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In this third book about the Bodine family, long lost Uncle Ned is found and brought back to Charleston to be reunited with this family. His step-granddaughter, Cathy has a son with spinal bifida, who needs an operation. Cathy can't afford the operation because she dropped out of college. She dropped out to marry the wrong man, who left her when her son was born with problems. These choices have left a rift between her and her grandfather. They come to Charleston with more than one kind of baggage.
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Carnival of Crisis
* Final Crisis #7, by Grant Morrison and Doug Mahnke, came out yesterday. I reviewed the entire series here. There's a burgeoning comment thread attached to that review, mostly focusing on critical approaches to Grant Morrison comics, here. And there's a semi-related post about how Morrison uses the concept of "the future," and about the Icelandic trip-hop/techno outfit Gus Gus for some reason, here.
* Believe it or not, other websites have been discussing this comic too! Here's Jog's review. As with most of his FC reviews, he's skeptical...
Final Crisis is a deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply flawed work....but ultimately mostly pleased. Kudos to him for leading with how the opening of this issue is basically Morrison dragging Dark Reign's zeitgeist misreading out into the street and beating it to death. Made me laugh to beat the band, as the fella says. Did everyone note the pharaonic architecture of the, ahem, White House?
* Douglas Wolk does his usual annotation thing, as does David Uzumeri. Both of them detect a heaping helping of Watchmen references and Alan Moore bashing--young(er) imaginative Morrison slaying the Dark Father, that sort of thing. Personally I didn't see it--I remain a bit thrown by how out of the blue the Mandrakk/Monitor climax seems after six issues of "this comic is about Darkseid," though Jog's comparison of the Monitor digression in Final Crisis/Superman Beyond to the similarly tangential presence of Darkseid himself back in the Sheeda-centric Seven Soldiers helped me contextualize it a bit better. But if you're really going to read the climax as Morrison slaying a particular way of doing comics, Moore is as good a target as any, though Matthew Perpetua prefers Brian Bendis.
* And from the sound of this interview with Morrison, so does Morrison. Sayeth Grant:
I wanted to be faithful to the spirit of the King. This had to be a story of gods, of God in fact, hence the 'cosmic' style, the elevated language, the total and deliberate disregard for the rules of the 'screenwriting' approach that has become the house style for a great many comic writers these days. The emphasis on spectacle and wonder at the expense of 'realism', the allegorical approach...it's all my take on Kirby.This certainly isn't the first time he's taken fairly obvious swipes at the Master of the House of Ideas.
* Just as interesting, however, is the way he uses this interview to express anticipatory displeasure and dismissal of how his own publisher will handle many of the ideas he introduced in Final Crisis. I'll be honest, this bothers me a bit, since I think he has not exactly been forthcoming about his own role in both the series' delays and in DC's inability to properly situate it amid the rest of their line. But that doesn't mean he's wrong about this.
* As is his wont, he goes after the peanut gallery too:
Of course I'm aware of a perpetual and chronic discontent from a particular jaded minority on the internet but I try to overlook their constant expressions of dissatisfaction on the grounds that it's depressing and often personally abusive."As long as it feels right and looks brilliant." Aye, there's the rub, Grant! YMMV, as they say. But it's nice to see him once again explicitly prescribe a "buy what you want, read what you want, ignore what you want" remedy for Dem Ol' Konfuzin' Event-Komik Blues--even, if he is to believed in this interview, when that cuts against the lasting impact of his own work.
Surely part of the fun of comics includes following stories across titles? If you like comics, what's so awful about buying another one to see what happens next? And if you don't want to buy it, don't bother. Do something else. Buy cigarettes or booze or bananas. I don't know!
Every time I read about the agonizing pains of 'event fatigue' or how '3-D hurts my head...' or how something's 'incomprehensible' when most people are 'comprehending' it just fine, it's like visiting a nursing home. 'Events' in superhero comic books FATIGUE you? I'm speechless. Admittedly they do tend to be a little more exciting than the instruction leaflets that come with angina pills but... 'fatigue'?
Superhero comics should have an 'event' in every panel! We all know this instinctively. Who cares 'how?' as long as it feels right and looks brilliant ?
* So what would he want you to want to read, and how would he want you to read it? Comme ca:
I'll probably give the whole shebang another read-through in that order. It's too bad it's not going to be collected like that in the near term, but in much the same way that the heroes pray for resurrections, the readers pray for Absolutes.
* This sort of thing drives me crazy, and is actually part of my problem with the intensity of focus some critics have on Morrison comics too:
Some really, really needs to banish Grant Morrison to Earth-PictureBox Inc. Seriously, there are a lot of exactly these kinds of comics out there. I'm always disappointed when intelligent people--intelligent professional comics-writer people, for god's sake!--act as though there aren't because Martian Manhunter hasn't been in one. How I would have loved to title a post "Carnival of Acme Novelty Library #19"! I really want Alvin Buenaventura to comp Morrison a copy of Kramers Ergot 7. You don't need the combined might of Superman and Captain Marvel to lift it, Grant, I promise.
I found myself wondering what it would be like if comics' storytelling stopped aping film or TV and tried a few tricks from opera, for instance. How about dense, allusive, hermetic comics that read more like poetry than prose? How about comics loaded with multiple, prismatic meanings and possibilities? Comics composed like music? In a marketplace dominated by 'left brain' books, I thought it might be refreshing to offer an unashamedly 'right brain' alternative.
* This is getting into the minutiae a bit, but there's a passage about Wonder Woman that echoed something my friends and I were discussing just yesterday:
NRAMA: Regarding the big legends of the DCU: Superman got his mini-event, Batman took on Darkseid, Flash tries to outrun death, Green Lantern overcomes granny . . . but Wonder Woman turns out to be Anti-Life Patient Zero and spends the bulk of the series as a disfigured thrall. Why does Wonder Woman not have a comparable moment in that context?The thing about DC's Big Three (or Trinity, if you must) is that the only thing that inherently links those three characters is their pop-culture currency from 1966-1978, and the fact that their copyrights are controlled by the same corporation. On an alternate Earth, the DC Trinity consists of Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan, and Doc Savage, while Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman are consigned to the Wold Newton Universe and WildStorm comics written by Alan Moore and Warren Ellis.
GM: I wondered about that myself. I love what Gail Simone (especially) and other writers have done to empower the Wonder Woman concept but I must admit I've always sensed something slightly bogus and troubling at its heart. When I dug into the roots of the character I found an uneasy melange of girl power, bondage and disturbed sexuality that has never been adequately dealt with or fully processed out to my mind. I've always felt there was something oddly artificial about Wonder Woman, something not like a woman at all.
Having said that, I became quite fascinated by these contradictions and problems and tried to resolve them for what turned into a different project entirely. Partly because I didn't want to use any of that new material in Final Crisis, I relegated Wonder Woman to a role that best summed up my original negative feelings about the character. My apologies to her fans and I promise to be a little more constructive next time around.
Wonder Woman gets a 'moment' in Final Crisis #7 but by that time, Mandrakk has sucked all the life out of the story!
(My pal Matthew Perpetua pointed out to me that in most regular readers' eyes, the real trinity at this point would probably be Superman, Batman, and Hal Jordan. I'd probably rather read interaction between those three, if only because it probably wouldn't be about how important the three of them are to each other and the world.)
Thinking about this, I realized that what Wonder Woman needs is an Ed Brubaker/Captain America run. To quote Tyra Banks, I always thought that Captain America had all the potential in the world, I obviously recognized his important role within the fictional Marvel world, he was fun to see in team-ups, and it would constantly frustrate me that no one was producing the post-9/11 Cap book of my dreams, but for the most part I'd written him off because almost all the stories done with him were so lame. In other words, he was Marvel's Wonder Woman--seriously, replace "post-9/11" with "feminist" and the situations are almost identical. If Marvel had structured their entire universe around, say, Spider-Man, Wolverine, and Captain America as a "Trinity," Cap would have looked like a total unreadable punk by comparison. But they didn't do that, they used him where it made sense, and eventually they got lucky and Brubaker came along knowing EXACTLY how to use the character, and he turned out to be awesome. Then they killed him and somehow he got even more awesome. Now he'll come back, probably around the same time as the movie hits, and he really WILL be a big deal to the fans.
To be fair, I actually agree with Mark Millar that Marvel's real pop-culture magical characters are Spidey, Wolverine, and the Hulk, not Cap, so it's not a perfectly analogous situation to Supes Bats and WW, but you know what I mean. Point is, instead of forcing her into an "important" role in every because she's an "important" character--and certainly instead of making every run on her solo book be about how important she is--just tell a cool story with your biggest characters. Eventually someone will come along and really know how to make the character sing to people who didn't write papers on her in college/aren't bloggers who focus on gender in DC comics/don't want her to be 300 in drag, and THEN you can start making a big deal of her again. (Chances are that writer will be Geoff Johns or Grant Morrison, as has been the case with basically all the other major characters at DC over the past few years, and it sounds like in this case it will be Morrison.) I don't purport to know how that would work anymore than, in the end, I had a clue how to make Captain America work. But I gotta believe someone does, and Morrison seems like a safe bet.
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I'm still a little confused as to how the Batman series connects to Final Crisis. Did I miss something along the way? I thought I was paying attention...
Also, I could not agree with you more about Wonder Woman. It always surprised me that they had Jim Lee work on Batman for a year and then Superman for a year and then nothing for Wonder Woman. They keep talking her up but never really backing it up. I think they tried doing this with the Heinberg/Dodson reboot, but that failed miserably and they couldn't follow it up in time and now we basically have a continuation of the previous series. I really did enjoy Rucka's run and am enjoying Simone's but I still feel like it could be so much more.
And just to put it all together in a blender and mash it up... I was once at a Comic Con panel with Grant Morrison, back when he was rebooting JLA, and he said he had also proposed rebooting Wonder Woman as a lesbian feminist, but that DC really didn't care for that idea.
300 in drag is about as close to my ideal representation of Wonder Woman as you can get.
Thanks for the Final Crisis checklist. I wish I had seen it before reading the series. I was considering writing something on Final Crisis, but backed out when I couldn't figure out who the space vampire was. I'm not opposed to stories threading across different titles, but I don't follow the Big Two well enough to have known that this was even taking place. The introduction of key characters could have happened in last week's Mark Trail and I would have probably been more aware of it.
I love that Morrison decries "the emphasis on spectacle and wonder at the expense of realism" when it was realism that nearly kept me from reading the series and pretty much ensures that I will never revisit it. I can't remember the last time I saw such a gap between the intent of the writing and the execution of the art. I think that's where your Los Bros. Hernandez comparison falls apart.
I maintain that if you want a Wonder Woman to succeed, you desperately need to downplay the mythology stuff and keep the emphasis on her being more of a superhero. It's also silly to try to get in her head and psychology -- she works best as this unknowable goddess that people respond to, bringing out the best and worst in people. Greg Rucka had the right idea, but ultimately his comics did not have nearly enough action, and often just felt like talky West Wing things. But making her something of an Oprah figure is brilliant, and introducing Veronica Cale as her Lex Luthor was also an inspired move that should be mined and developed by all subsequent WW writers.
For one of the most entertaining Wonder Woman stories in years, allow me to recommend Incredible Hercules: Love and War, currently available in single issue form from mighty Marvel! ;-)
Shaggy: It's spelled out pretty clearly in Batman #683: Batman gets back to the Batcave after the chopper goes down at the end of RIP. He's almost immediately called out to investigate the murder of Orion. From there it's as it was shown in FC proper--Granny Goodness captures him while disguised as that Alpha Lantern. Mokkari and Simyan stick him in their strict machine and use Lump to probe his memories and see what makes him tick so they can a) break him and b) use his memories to create an army of unstoppable super soldiers. Batman is too awesome, he gets free, he shoots Darkseid, he gets zapped with the Omega Sanction and sent back in time.
Also, that's a good call about not having Jim Lee do a Batman run. Not that Hush or For Tomorrow were anything but an awful sandwich on awful bread with awful juice to wash it down or anything, but yeah.
I don't like the idea of making Wonder Woman EXPLICITLY about feminism any more than I like the idea of, I dunno, John Stewart or Luke Cage being explicitly about the civil rights struggle.
Steven: I don't think making WW a Greek myth/culture-based character works because a) old-timey stuff gets old fast in comics; b) making her a blood-splatters sword-and-sandals warrior really makes her incompatible with Batman and Superman, the two most prominent "don't kill" superheroes there are. I think you can USE her roots in mythology, the same way you can use Superman's roots on the planet Krypton, but it's a mistake to make that their permament M.O.
I actually had access to FC #7 early, before I read Superman Beyond #2, and I'd pretty much forgotten what SB #1 was about except the Doctor Manhattan character at that point. So when Mandrakk the Dark Monitor/Space Vampire showed up, I didn't connect it with SB at all--I connected it with the sinister Monitor back in FC #1. And that worked fine.
Which artist are you talking about, JG Jones? I guess you're right, he's a pretty realistic artist. Still, the series gradually moves away from the early issues' feint in the direction of a cops-and-capes "realistic take" thing, I thought rather effectively.
Matthew: I still like Cheetah.
Ben: Seconded.
aaaah I did indeed miss something. I went back to #683 and found that page. I guess upon reading it the first time my mind honestly didn't connect it. I kept trying to find it somewhere in FC #6.
Totally agree with Matthew... the Greek mythology needs to be downplayed. I was hoping that was the plan after all the Amazons disappeared at the end of Infinite Crisis, but they really didn't stay gone for very long.
I wasn't thinking of the mythological aspect of Wonder Woman so much as I was her personality. It always seemed to me that the difference between Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman is that Superman doesn't want your help because he wants to protect you, Batman doesn't want your help because you'd just get in the way, and Wonder Woman expects you to pick up a rock or a stick or whatever is lying around and help you help yourself, with her standing by your side. I don't really follow Wonder Woman, so I don't know if this is how she's normally portrayed, but it's the kind of Wonder Woman I would read, if done well.
Concerning her compatibility with Batman and Superman, it seems a shame that Wonder Woman as a character should be the one to suffer because she has to accommodate this 'trinity', which you already touched on in your original post.
As for her place in the top three characters at DC, I guess it depends on who you ask. You would know better than me if Hal Jordan was back in the readers' favour. Up until a few months ago I thought he was still a deceased mass-murderer. What's H.E.A.T. up to these days? But for the general public, there's no doubt that the three amigos includes Wonder Woman.
And that's my quota for discussing Wonder Woman met for another year.
I didn't connect the space vampire with anything. I just couldn't understand why Superman didn't just plow through him. I mean, he took out Darkseid. How hard is it to kill a space vampire? The only explanation I could think of was that the space vampire was actually Space Dracula, which would make things considerably more difficult.
I don't fault the Final Crisis artists. They could draw circles around me any day. I just think they were miscast. I guess I just haven't read enough modern superhero comics to appreciate the more realistic approach. From what I've read, people believe that Mahnke took the series in a less realistic direction for the finale, but the difference between the two is negligible to these eyes. Final Crisis is Kirby Koncepts married with over-rendered, Anti-Life art.
And I think I like Cheetah even more than Wonder Woman.
Steven: "Concerning her compatibility with Batman and Superman, it seems a shame that Wonder Woman as a character should be the one to suffer because she has to accommodate this 'trinity', which you already touched on in your original post."
My concern has less to do with shoehorning the three of them into this weird BFF relationship where everyone worships them and more with the pop-culture impact you mentioned. It's just weird to make a huge deal out of a vigilante who doesn't kill, a godlike alien who doesn't kill, and Leonidas in a tiara.
Giving her something of an Oprah figure would be brilliant, I agree.
I think Wonder Woman needs to save the entire DC Universe, ala Barry Allen. That's how he went from being a moderately popular character on his last legs to the patron saint of DC. That would give the next creative team a chance to really reinvent the character after some time off rather than just another soft reboot.
My favorite take on Wonder Woman (not to demean other entertaining runs like Greg Rucka or Phil Jimenez) was George Perez's, because he had the whole "stranger in a strange land" thing going and it gave the character a hook outside of being defined by her villains.
I see Wonder Woman as being kinda like Thor in that neither has the most compelling villains and need something outside the struggle between good guys and bad guys to keep them interesting. Thor really doesn't have many credible baddies beyond Loki and a couple others, but the palace intrigue of Asgard has kept him interesting during the good times. Ditto for Hulk and his inner struggle or even, say, Hawkman and his romantic dilemnas.
Wonder Woman needs to have something going on in her life that is compelling and encompassing enough that her book could go 12 issus without her fighting Cheetah or Circe and still be fine. Batman or Spider-Man can get by just on fighting their villains because there's enough there, but Wonder Woman is different.
Ben, I 100% agree about WW needing to single-handedly doing something huge and positive for the DCU.
Really, they need to get away from the same old villains for her and either build up Cale, as I mentioned earlier, or throw her up against the sort of threats you'd normally have facing the entire JLA. Instead of rehashing the same stories that it is established few people want to read, they need to make a case for why WW is supposed to be so powerful and awesome. The story has to sell that point, not the dialogue.
"The story has to sell that point, not the dialogue."
Man, is that ever true.
Actually, I think that gets back to a point I've thought about a bit over the past half-year or so, which is that oftentimes superhero comics (and movies--cf. The Dark Knight) are a little too much about the ideas the superheroes are supposed to represent and a little too little about doing fun, entertaining stuff with superheroes. Everything is so fraught with symbolism and metaphor and trying to telegraph what each character "represents." Obviously I have a lot of affinity for that sort of thing or I wouldn't enjoy Grant Morrison comics (or Frank Miller Batman comics) so much, but in those cases that stuff comes out of the behavior of the characters, not getting from lectured by/about them. It's particularly egregious with characters like Wonder Woman, where what she represents is actually kind of incoherent.
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Yes. USB Tethering is used to share your data connection to a Windows or Mac computer using the micro USB cable.
NOTE: Your carrier may charge an additional cost to allow the USB Tethering connection. Contact your carrier for details.
To access the settings menu From the Home screen, tap All apps, and then tap Settings. The following categories are listed:
Wireless & networks Tap the desired slider to turn a connection on or off, or tap the connection type (Airplane mode/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/Mobile network) to access additional settings.
More… Check data usage, configure VPN connections, configure the portable Wi-Fi settings and mor
Personalize Make your device truly yours with the various personalization options available.
Security Set a screen lock, enable the SIM card lock, or manage the credential storage.
Privacy Choose to automatically back up some settings (e.g. Wi-Fi passwords or Bookmarks) to Google servers using your Google Account so you can restore them when needed.
Accessibility Use these settings when you've downloaded and installed an accessibility tool, such as a screen reader that provides voice feedback. You can turn accessibility functions or services on or off.
Display & gestures Set up display settings such as automatic screen orientation, brightness, screen timeout, and more.
Call Manage in-call settings such as fixed dialing numbers, configure voicemail, enable hearing aid compatibility, configure call forwarding, manage internet call settings, and more.
Apps Manage running applications, install or uninstall apps and more.
App Associations Configure which apps are used by default when certain activities are performed.
Power Configure your power settings, check the battery level and see which applications have been consuming the most battery.
Language & keyboard Set the operating system language and region. You can also set onscreen keyboard options.
Date & time Set the date and time, time zone, and date or time format.
Dock mode Set the default actions that take place when the device is connected to a desktop dock.
Developer options Configure advanced settings for your device such as USB debugging, Stay awake, User interface options, application options and more.
Software update Manually check to see if a software update is available for your device.Turn Tell HTC on or off. When enabled, you will be able to send us a report if your device encounters a technical problem.View specifications for your device, hardware and software information, and more.
If you've forgotten your screen lock pattern, you have up to five attempts to try and unlock your device. If this fails, you can unlock your device by entering your Google Account user name and password.
If you have not set up Gmail or do not recall your Gmail login information, you will have to factory reset your device and reconfigure it for use.
NOTE: A Factory reset will permanently delete all your data and customized settings, and will remove any applications you've downloaded and installed. SIM card data will not be deleted.
To perform a factory reset on your device:
HTC Sync Manager allows synchronization between a Device and PC. You can find the latest version of HTC Sync Manager, instructions, and drivers from the Support section of our website.
Once you download HTC Sync Manager, connect your device to your PC and select HTC Sync Manager from the Choose a connection type pop-up.
NOTE: USB debugging mode must be enabled for your device to be able to synchronize with your PC using HTC Sync. This should happen automatically, and a USB debugging connected notification will appear in your Notifications menu when successfully enabled. If this does not appear, you can manually enable this setting by:
Checking information about your device
You may add, set up and manage virtual private networks (VPNs) so you can connect and access resources inside a secured local network, such as your corporate network. Depending on the type of VPN you're using at work, you may be asked to enter your login credentials or install security certificates before you can connect to your company's local network. Contact your network administrator for more information.
NOTE: Your device must be connected to a Wi-Fi or data connection before you can start a VPN connection.
Adding a VPN connection
Connecting to a VPN
Disconnecting from a VPN
Sound enhancer allows you to further enhance your music experience when playing music stored on the device.
Yes. The pre-installed browser in your handset supports Adobe Flash. Adobe® Flash® Player 10.3 is included so you can enjoy more games, videos, and experience the Web as it was meant to be seen.
Can I share the internet on my computer with my device if I do not have a mobile data or Wi-Fi connection?
Yes. With internet pass-through you can share the internet on your computer with your device.
You can prevent internet from disconnecting while downloading if you are connected to Wi-Fi.
NOTE: Setting the Wi-Fi sleep policy to never may shorten the handset's battery life. See the Power and Battery category for tips to optimize your battery life.
Beats Audio is sound enhancement software that is included as part of the HTC One device experience, designed to provide studio quality sound. It is designed to enhance the lower sounds, such as bass and guitar, which often gets decreased when music is presented in a digital format. Some music styles, such as classical, might actually sound better without these enhancements. In these cases, Beats Audio can be turned off by dragging down the notification bar and tapping the slider to turn Beats Audio off.
Beats Audio will work whenever a headset or external speaker is connected to the device (wired or Bluetooth). Beats Audio will not be enabled when using the standard device speaker.
Note: Beats by Dr. Dre branded accessories are not required to use the Beats Audio software, however they do come recommended as they contain a hardware component that further enhances the audio experience.
People sync options
Sync your device contacts with your Outlook (Outlook XP, Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007), Outlook Express, or Windows Contacts. If you have contacts to sync from your SIM card, you have to import these first to your device storage.
If you have not already set up HTC Sync Manager, follow these steps first:
Set up your device to sync Contacts:
Note: Only the contact fields supported on your device will be synchronized.
To access your additional settings, from the Home screen tap All apps, tap Settings, and then tap Sound. Some additional settings include:
There are two ways to set a song as a ringtone on your device: The Personalize utility and the Sound settings.
The only way to get into your device when you have forgotten your PIN or Password is to perform a Factory Reset.
NOTE: A Factory reset will permanently delete all your data and customized settings, and will remove any applications you've downloaded and installed. SIM card data will not be deleted.
Bring the music tracks and songs you play on your computer to your device. If you have playlists created in iTunes® or Windows Media® Player, you can sync these too and enjoy them on the go.
NOTE: You can sync audio files in these formats: *.aac, *.amr, *.m4a, *.mid, *.midi, *.mp3, *.wav, *.wma
Set up your device to sync Music:
Connect your device via USB to you MAC computer, select USB tethering when prompted, and then select MAC OS X as your USB tethering type.
If you have downloaded a third party internet browser and set it as default, you can change the default browser back to Internet.
There are two ways to change the notification sound on your device: The Personalize utility and the Sound settings.
Wireless synchronization can fail when switching from or to a data or Wi-Fi connection or while you are out of service area. You may be prompted to login again before synchronization can complete.
You can create a Google account online or by launching a Google application from your device that requires an account to operate, such as Gmail. Alternatively, you can set up an account using the Accounts & sync menu:
NOTE: You can also turn Wi-Fi on or off by pulling down the Notifications menu, tapping Settings and turning Wi-Fi On or Off.
From the Home screen, press the Volume Up/Volume Down Button on the right side of the device to adjust the ringer volume. If you are in a media application (Music, YouTube, etc.) or Navigation, the Volume keys will change the volume for those specific applications.
To manually set the different volume options:
By default, the Internet browser on the device can only support up to six (6) windows at the same time. If you would like to have more than 6 web pages to be running continuously, you can search for and download a third-party internet browser from the Android Market.
If you skipped signing in to your social network accounts (such as Facebook, Twitter, or Flickr) when you first turned on and set up your device, you can still add these accounts.
NOTE: This option may not be available if automatic synchronization is in progress.
Using a Google account on your device will provide synchronization between Google services such as Gmail, contacts, and calendar events. You will also be able to keep your other Google services in sync such as YouTube, Picasa and more.
When clicking a media link in the Browser the installed media player will attempt play the file. Some file types may not be supported by the media player. It may be necessary to search Market for a Media Player that is compatible with the file type you are trying to access.
There are three ways to change the ringtone on your device: The Volume keys, the Settings menu and by using a Home screen widget.
Volume keys To switch your sound profile using the volume keys, simply press the Volume Down key until the Silent mode or Vibrate mode icons are displayed.
Home screen widget
There are two ways to change the ringtone on your device: The Personalize utility and the Sound settings.
By default, the screen orientation automatically adjusts between portrait and landscape depending on how you hold the device. To disable (or re-enable) the setting:
You can find the files you have saved from the web in the Downloads application. From the Home screen, tap All apps and tap Downloads.
NOTE: Once you create an event, you will be unable to change which calendar that event is tied to.
You can sync files and documents from your computer to your device. You can also sync email attachments that you stored on your device storage to your computer.
Set up your device to sync Documents:
Yes, you can connect to Windows Live services and access the following data:
To set up your Hotmail/Windows Live account:
Protect your personal information and prevent others from using your device without your permission by setting a screen lock pattern, PIN or password. After setting up lock-screen security, you will be asked to unlock your device every time your device is turned on or when it's idle for a certain period of time.
Tip: You can also clear the check box next to Make pattern visible on the Security screen if you don't want your screen lock to display as you enter it onscreen.
Changing your screen lock
The initial release of HTC Sync Manager is not compatible with Mac computers, however a version for Mac is planned for the near future. Please check back soon for more information.
There are two ways to change the alarm sound on your device: The Personalize utility and the Clock application.
All apps
The device supports the following Bluetooth Profiles:
Google Navigation is integrated with Google Maps on your device and enables turn-by-turn navigation without having to pay for a subscription.
Using Navigation from Maps
Using the Navigation Application
You can use Bluetooth to send information from your device to another Bluetooth enabled device such as another phone or a computer. You can send the following types of information, depending on the device you are sending to:
Received Bluetooth files can be accessed within the particular apps used to access the file. For instance, received pictures will be available in the Gallery and received contact cards will be available in People.
Sync your device calendar with your Outlook (Outlook XP, Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007).
Set up your device to sync Calendar:
Sync web browser bookmarks between your device and a computer.
Important: If you are using Google Chrome or Firefox Internet browser and have selected it to sync with your device, make sure to close all browser windows before you begin synchronization.
About Google Maps Google Maps™ lets you track your current location, view real-time traffic situations, and receive detailed directions to your destination. It also provides a search tool where you can locate places of interest or an address on a map, or view locations at street level.
Getting around maps
The device name identifies your device to other devices.


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Record Type
Iowa Public Records
There are many records available for public perusal in Iowa. There are restrictions on accessing vital records, which include Iowa birth records, death and marriage records. However, these can easily be requested from the Department of Public Health, although County Recorders' offices hold these records for the specific county. Iowa court records and divorce records are considered Iowa public records and can be easily searched online through the Iowa Courts website. Iowa court records can also be requested from the specific court that handled the case. In Iowa, the Division of Criminal Investigation offers public access to Iowa criminal records. If permission is granted from the subject, complete criminal records are returned versus just conviction information. To research historic Iowa public records, visit the State Historical Society Archives, which provides access to Iowa military records, vital and cemetery records and obituaries.
About Iowa Public Records
Iowa is mostly considered an open records state. Many records are open to the public as a result. However, Iowa birth records, death and marriage records are restricted to authorized recipients. These include the person of record, an immediate family member or someone with a legal interest. However, Iowa law releases these Iowa public records after 75 years. After this, anyone may request copies of vital records. Although Iowa started recording vital records on a state level in 1880, earlier Iowa public records may be available through the local County Recorder where the event occurred.
Iowa divorce records are not restricted and are not counted as vital records. This means that anyone may view divorce records, although these are maintained solely by the court that handled the case. No state repository exists for reporting Iowa divorces. However, the Iowa Courts website offers an online search tool that enables you to search across the state for divorce records.
Accessing Iowa Online Public Records
The Iowa Courts website, as mentioned above, provides a public access tool that gives online access to many state court records. This includes Iowa civil court records, criminal court records and divorce records. All counties report to this online web portal, although court records do not go back indefinitely. If an older Iowa court record isn't featured online, you will need to contact the court that handled the case to obtain records. These Iowa online public records are free to access, making this an invaluable tool for researchers.
Although the Division of Criminal Investigation offers an online tool that enables anyone to perform a name-based search for Iowa criminal records, there is a fee for this service, and only conviction records are returned. A search for criminal court records can be performed through the Iowa Courts website for free statewide, and pending and open actions will be returned, which wouldn't turn up in an official criminal records search because there was no disposition.
Performing a Public Records Search in Iowa
The Iowa State Historical Society houses its vast collection of historic records in two locations. These libraries, one in Des Moines and the other in Iowa City, are open to the public. Included in their collection are Iowa vital records, military and cemetery records and obituaries from indexed newspapers. A public records search of Iowa history can be made online by county. The Historical Society offers a map of Iowa divided into counties. Simply click on the desired county, and view a list of the various types of records specifically available for that county. An Iowa public records search will also yield online access to a variety of World War II Iowa military records. There is no fee to research at either library.
Office of Driver Services
PO Box 9204
Des Moines, IA 50306-9204
Hoover Bldg
1305 E Walnut St
Des Moines, IA 50319
Bureau of Vital Records
321 E 12th St, Lucas Bldg
Des Moines, IA 50319-0075
321 E 12th Street
1st Floor, Lucas Bldg
Des Moines, IA 50319
Records Unit
215 E 7th St
Des Moines, IA 50319
Bureau of Vital Records
321 E 12th St, Lucas Bldg
Des Moines, IA 50319-0075
Driver Service Records Section
PO Box 9204
Des Moines, IA 50306-9204
GED Records
Grimes State Office Building
Des Moines, IA 50319-0146
State Capitol Bldg
Des Moines, IA 50319
Wallace Building
502 E 9th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0034
510 E 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
Legislative Information Office G-16
State Capitol
Des Moines, IA 50319
Bureau of Vital Records
321 E 12th St, Lucas Bldg
Des Moines, IA 50319-0075
SOR Unit -
215 East 7th St
Des Moines, IA 50319-0041
600 E. Locust
Des Moines, IA 50319-0290
Judicial Branch Bldg
111 East Court Ave
Des Moines, IA 50319
321 E 12th Street
1st Floor, Lucas Bldg
Des Moines, IA 50319
Office of Vehicle Services
PO Box 9278
Des Moines, IA 50306-9278
Lucas Building, 1st Floor
321 E. 12th St.
Des Moines, IA 50319
Division of Workers' Compensation
1000 E Grand Ave
Des Moines, IA 50319


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Sep 24, 2012 8:30 AM
We thought that at thirty we'd be homeowners, living off the royalties of a New York Times Best Seller or three. But at one month shy of the big 3-0 we'd be happy just to be a little svelter by the big day. Enter these Volcano Ice Pop Molds ($10). We've been switching out our nightly dish of ice cream for a fresh fruit pop. Could this be the inspiration for that book? Or just a tasty way to attain at least one small goal?
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One of the homosexual characters on the popular Canadian show Degrassi: The Next Generation.
The show airs in the US on The-N.
The show airs in the US on The-N.
I love Marco Del Rossi from Degrassi! Too bad he's gay.
po aalien Октобар 11, 2006
The gay dude on "Degrassi: The Next Generation".
"Marco Del Rossi looks EXACTLY like my brother!"
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Today's bible study is Jeremiah 33:3: Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
How many times have we called to God to ask for something or someone? How many times have we called to Him in times of trouble, times of grief and sorrow, times of confusion and uncertainty? How often in thanksgiving and praise? Most of us have called to God to grant mercy to a dying friend, to heal a child who is ill, or to grant us strength to handle a difficult situation. Often we have called to God in anger and in vain, even unsure that God is even there to hear us. We are familiar with the words, 'My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?' Surely, we sometimes feel that God has forsaken us. Our prayers have not been answered, at least not in the way that we had hoped they would be. We have not felt any stronger or more peaceful or happier. We have had to work our way through our grief and suffering.
But, whether we are consciously aware of it or not, God does hear us when we call to Him and answers us according to His will, which may not always be the same as our own will. God will never forsake us, or will he simply be the beneficent gift-giver and grant our every wish. He will answer us according to His holy will. In the Lord's Prayer, we say, 'Thy will be done.' We don't say, 'My will be done.' It is God's will that will be done whenever we call to Him and, whether we recognize it or not, His work is for the good of us, His beloved children.
'Great and unsearchable things' is an especially interesting concept. It's quite easy for us to think of great things, at least great by our own simply standards. Yet, these are not the great things of which Jeremiah speaks and the great and unsearchable things that we do not know about. The great and unsearchable things are things known only to God and part of the great mystery that is life, faith and eternity. These are things that we 'see through a mirror darkly.' They are things that we cannot and do not understand and that we have to trust the great love and goodness of God to explain and fulfill. We may, throughout our mortal lives, 'know in part.' Or, we may not be able to know at all. Unsearchable things are the province of God Almighty and will be secreted from us until it is the proper time and place for their disclosure.
Many of us, as Christians, spend a great deal of our lives searching. We search for truth and guidance and answers. We listen to sermons, read and try to interpret the bible, discuss passages with other Christians. We seek truth in science, in nature, in history, in archaeology and in faith. We, like Thomas, sometimes even doubt. And this is part of the process of learning. We look at different viewpoints and study different philosophies. We are always searching and, to some small extent, finding answers. But, ultimately, only God will know and give us the answers that we so desperately seek. No matter how intensive our search, how hard our work, how long our hours of study, much will remain unknown to us, and we can only trust in the goodness of the Holy Spirit to know that this is right and good. We are not stupid. It is God's province to understand and not ours.
References: The People's New Testament Commentary by M. Eugene Boring and Fred B. Craddock and The MacArthur Bible Commentary by John MacArthur.
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- Bible Verse of the Day
- Daily Bible Guide
- Growing in Christ
- Bible Study Tools Online
- The Jesus Walk Bible Study Series
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Lesson 1 - Puzzle (Level 3)
Complete the puzzle by clicking on individual pieces then dragging them to the correct location.
Complete the puzzle by clicking on individual pieces then dragging them to the correct location.
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For many, Chicago is the blues capital of the world. Like everywhere else however, the popularity of the genre has had it's up and downs, no more so than in the suburbs. Back in the day you could find legends like Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Guy and Muddy Waters plying their trade in Joliet and surrounding communities. Later it was "Big Twist & The Mellow Fellows" and "Deluxery" among a score of others. During the Blues boom of the mid nineties, units like "The Griff Band" and "The Bluz Boyz" gigged incessantly and through it all was T-Bird Huck. Today acts like "Big Dog Mercer" and the "Maxwell Mojo Blues Band" carries on the tradition in an environment that seems to be a bit more welcoming to blues artist than it was even ten years ago.
Once such new comer is Joliet based "Cadillac Groove". The band feeds from a jambalaya of traditional blues, R&B and a dose of southern and classic rock and served up with what they call "an infectious pulse". Working from a set list that includes such diverse artists as T-Bone Walker, Booker T & The MG's and The Allman Brothers, this group of musicians not only truly enjoy the music they play, but love to entertain a crowd as well. As they like to put it, their objective is to "Get your heart bumpin', your feet thumpin' and your soul pumpin'."
Formed just this past year, "Cadillac Groove" is manned by Scott Groleske singing lead and blowing the harp, Voodoo Jones sharing lead vocals and slinging guitar, James Digirolamo locked in on bass and Thom Dixon on vocals and hammering down the drums. Groleske and Dixon has had a long history of working together before adding bassist Digirolamo, but the addition of Voodoo Jones is an interesting story.
With the band about to debut at McBride's Pub in Plainfield, the original guitarist backed out of the gig at the last minute and what could have been a case of jumping from the frying pan into the fire instead swung completely in the other direction. Band spokesman Thom Dixon explains it like this…"I called Voodoo and amazingly he had the date open. Now the thing is this lineup had never played together before as a band. Time was short (so) I sent out the song list and said be ready to go…..AND MAN WERE WE READY TO GO!! We blew the doors off the place. McBride's is always a rockin' joint but this night was incredible. There was a vibe in the room you could physically feel. Folks (were) dancing everywhere, on the dance floor, by their tables, at the bar, everywhere. First song, Voodoo took a guitar solo, walked straight out into the crowd, driving a stake in the ground saying "the party starts right friggin' NOW!" I knew then this was going to be one seriously smokin' band."
In just the relatively short amount of time they've been together, "Cadillac Groove" has not only drastically increased their fan base but also manage to stay busy and are consistently asked back to whatever venue they play.
Part of the reason for their success is that they truly love what they're doing. It's not hard to spot the bands that do it strictly for the money and phone it in while others, like "Cadillac Groove", look at it in a different light. Like Thom Dixon puts it…"You do get to be part of something very few people get to experience. When you are playing a tune and you look around and everyone in the room is boppin' to your beat, that's a really cool connection. Most people have some really great memories in their life that are somehow related to music, a night out with friends or a beach party with the music cranked. Playing music you get to be a part of those memories. That's why I play music and I hope that's why others who are just starting out will too."
Be sure to visit the band at "http://www.cadillacgroove.com" www.cadillacgroove.com and on Facebook at "http://www.facebook.com/cadillacgroove" www.facebook.com/cadillacgroove.


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13. LSU's Jalen Mills says: Denied!
Friday, November 30, 2012 3:28 PM
Keeping them from getting a first down in the 4th quarter, LSU cornerback Jalen Mills spreads his arms out as Arkansas wide receiver Brandon Mitchell misses a pass during their game in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Friday, November 23, 2012. (Photo by Chris Granger, Nola.com / The Times-Picayune)
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Single person loading
The roller/bunk question got me thinking more about my efficiency (or lack thereof) in loading. So here's my general setup and process. Any suggestions on how to make it a)easier on me, b)faster, c)less contact with the water. Most of which makes it better for you who is waiting for me to stop horsing around!
Central MN lakes, near Twin Cities. Shallow water. Short ramp. 17.5 ft alum. windshield boat, 115hp. roller trailer. Just me to do it all.
Before going in to dock, hook bow rope to bow eye. Wait out on the water until crowd thins, as I know I take some time. Putt into a dock. Tie up on end or non-loading side, to be out of the way for others trying to launch/load. Go get trailer. Do whatever to get into proper lane if more than one - wait, let others pass, go around and get in line again, whatever.
Back down, stay close to dock. Winch out enough line to reach to where I anticipate boat will stop floating on to trailer, and prestack it for easy/quick grabbing later (sometimes I skip this step, and instead peel line off winch at time of hookup). Walk out on dock, untie boat, use bow line to guide to trailer. This takes some bit of time, as I am on either the other side or off the end of the dock, so have to push the boat out, around corners, and then pull back in. Pull boat into contact with trailer. If lucky, can do initially from dock without tangling line in rollers, and then walk to rear of car while maintaining tension to finish pulling boat as far up as possible. If not lucky, wade in to do it. If having a really bad day, get really wet untangling line from rollers. At some point boat contacts rollers and can not be pulled any more with bow line. Tie off bow line on winch post. Always get wet here, wade out and attach winch line to bow eye. Winch boat on to trailer. Muck around here sometimes because it didn't go on straight, and winch has to be let out and boat pushed mostly off the rollers (gotta realign rollers and stop backing in too far!). Finally drive out, and finish process for stowing gear, tie downs, etc.
I've done power loading with a passenger standing at the front of the trailer to clip the winch to the bow eye. Works slick. Don't like power loading because of the holes it produces, and yes, many ramps don't allow it. But even still, contemplating one man power loading, the engine sucking grit issue, the danger of not being at the controls of a running engine, and just plane "how do I get out of the boat and to the car?" issues seem to defeat that option.
This just seems too complicated, there has to be some easier way I am overlooking. The best is to not go fishing alone - a helper really is an asset. But then I wouldn't go near as much. So while this old body could use the exercise - the ins/outs, ups, downs, winch cranking and climbing in/out doing final stowing, plus chilled to the bone wading in April/October does a lot to remove the luster of "goin' fishin'". The day ends with a poor attitude and lots of Advil. Plus I just hate what seems to be a pattern of being a "Launch Hog". How can I improve this?
Tie up the boat, get the trailer in the water. Get in the boat and drive it on to the trailer. When it is clear on the trailer let the motor keep running with the motor in gear. Walk up front lean over and hook the chain on the boat and walk back and shut off the motor and tilt it up. By the way tilt the motor half way up when driving it on the trailer so that the motor does not hit the bottom. Climb off the front and get in vehicle and drive out............... That how I do it all the time. Yes, it is easier if someone else handles the hook up and drives out. If it will not work this way get a smaller boat! The way you are doing it, God help the people waiting in line.
Go to Fleet Farm and buy the Trackker 2500 or 3000# electric winch with the wireless remote. It winds in or out 17 feet per min. and also has free wheel out. You can hook the cable to the boat at the dock and guide and winch the boat on the trailer very fast by your self. Wiredog
other than the electric winch suggestion I use waders so I can just go into the water when needed and not worry about getting wet
really speeds up the process
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Most of the ramps I use also prohibit power loading. What I do with my bunk trailer is, I back in the correct distance. I then get in my boat, untie it, line it up, and motor up to the trailer at a touch faster than pure idle. This speed is fast enought to get the boat far enough up on the trailer so it stays there. I step out, hook up the winch, and winch it up the last 2 feet.
99% of the time, I load by myself also. My scenario is the same as yours docking the boat out of the way while getting the trailer. I have a bunk trailer now, and can powerload if permitted, if not I lead the boat to the trailer as you do, and then when it isn't shorts and flipflop weather, I have waders to snap the bow line on. I don't sweat holding folks up, it will only lead to you being rushed and possibly making a mistake. As long as you aren't messing around with tackle, coolers etc, just get the boat loaded as efficiently as possible, then rig for transport home out of the way.
I would say I do it exactly like Shellback does.
"If the Devil is in charge of punishing the bad people in He11, then that makes the Devil a good person!"
The most important thing is to have a plan and practice a few times so you know the routine. As someone else said make sure ALL YOU ARE DOING is loading the boat. Pack tackle, pick weeds, inspect the boat out in the parking lot.
If you still aren't sure drop me a pm, I'd be more then happy to meet you this spring and show you how I do it.
Lucky me. I avoid the crowds most of the time but there are times when they are around. Regardless, I wait my turn to get to the dock and then go get the vehicle. I Don't get in line again, it only talks a minute to get the vehicle and back in anyways.
I back in so that I am very close to the dock, grab the bow line (not on the bow eye) and pull boat up onto bunk as far a possible. I then hop in boat, go to the bow, step on trailer spare tire, (hope to have EZEE step soon) then step on trailer tongue, clip onto bow eye, crank it up tight, step on vehicle bumper, step on dock, check boat to insure it's on center of trailer, look to see that motors are up, and then I pull out. Usually whole process (except for fetching vehicle) takes less than two minutes which I think is excellent time compared to some Bozo's.
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Thanks guys - sounds like I'm already doing most of what I can to be efficient (and yes, I never do anything except work on getting the boat on/off the trailer only, while at the launch itself).
Jumping, climbing or other off the front after power loading would only result in injury to me - whether through being a klutz, or because of height, slipperyness or whatever. If I was to do that, I'd have to get those trailer steps installed.....But in general, power loading is out anyway.
Partial driving on, then hoppping out may be something to work on, however. Have to practice getting closer to the dock with the trailer........
Hmmm, waders....I've been looking for an excuse to replace my old fly fishing ones, even though I almost never chase trout any more.......
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Cook delighted to see plan bear fruit
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Alastair Cook was thrilled England's batsmen were able to put into practice what they had aimed to before the one-day internationals with Pakistan.
Following Saturday's series-clinching win at Dubai, Stuart Broad exclusively told ecb.co.uk about the top-order's intention to set a platform in each game.
Cook was today able to reflect on just that, after Kevin Pietersen emulated his back-to-back hundreds in the 4-0 whitewash of Pakistan.
Pietersen's highest limited-overs international score of 130 took England to the brink of the designated hosts' 237, which they passed with four wickets and as many balls to spare.
"In the chase Kev was brilliant to score a hundred," Cook enthused. "We talked about one of the top four scoring the runs and in this series we've managed to do that."
"It's been a really good week and a half for us," Cook added. "We've played some excellent cricket. We came here, Pakistan had an excellent record, I think they'd won 14 out of their last 15 games in one-day cricket.
"So we had a challenge and everyone in that team stood up to that challenge. Everyone can be proud of what they've done in the last week and a half."
The series scoreline was in stark contrast to England's last one-day rubber, a 5-0 whitewash defeat in India.
Cook also reserved praise for Craig Kieswetter, who struck 43 in a crucial 109-run partnership with Pietersen.
"KP will take all the headlines for an amazing innings, but it's great to see Craig come in when we're 60 for four - in a new position for him - and look as comfortable as he did," said Cook.
"For him to come in and do that certainly brought a smile to my face as well, because we know we've got some good characters in our dressing room.
"After the blip at the start, we showed enough class from KP's innings and people supporting him to get home."
Asked what was most satisfying about this sweep, Cook replied: "That is was in sub-continent conditions. When we went to India we didn't win a game. To turn it around in such a short space was very encouraging for us."
England were able to complete the 4-0 scoreline despite making four changes today.
Ravi Bopara's back injury meant an England debut for Jos Buttler and - with James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann rested - Danny Briggs also made his senior international bow alongside the returning Tim Bresnan and Jade Dernbach.
Dernbach claimed a one-day international-best 4-45 while Briggs and Steven Finn each took two wickets.
"It's not often you get the opportunity to change and rotate with the series already won, but the guys who came in obviously had a point to prove," he said.
"I thought Jade was fantastic with the ball and Finny again outstanding as normal, and great to see Briggsy come in and do really well on debut.
While Cook can look back happily on these ODIs, his opposite number Misbah-ul-Haq preferred to concentrate on the three Twenty20 internationals - which start on Thursday at the same venue.
"We have to just look forward and forget the ODI series," he said. "Today we had an improved performance, but we then could not finish it. But there's a lot of positives from this game and I think we've just got to do better in the T20s."
Misbah could again face Cook, who has been added to England's T20 squad as injury cover for Bopara.
"He's their in-form batsman, so he's a bit of a concern for us," Misbah added. "Today we got him out early, and England were under a lot of pressure - even chasing a small total - and Pietersen helped them to just get home."
When asked about the turnaround from Tests to ODIs, Misbah cited contrasting batting displays.
"We are getting good starts as a batting unit but could not convert them into big scores," he conceded. "England have improved, and really batted well since the Test series. They've started playing the spinners well.
"The contribution from the batsmen at the top was remarkable, to get four centuries. That's the main difference between the two teams. But Pakistan dropped their performance. In the Test matches, England hardly got 200 in six innings."
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National signing day has become a holiday for many college football fans. This past Wednesday Christmas came early at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center as Urban Meyer received 25 letters of intent, many from some of the top high school prospects in the country.
It goes to show what a difference Meyer can make.
In two months time, Urban transformed Ohio State's recruiting class from average to a top five class. After accepting the job, he immediately addressed the most important needs on the team including offensive tackle, linebacker and defensive line. The result was one of the best recruiting classes the Buckeyes ever had led by highly touted players like defensive ends Noah Spence and Se'Von Pittman and offensive tackles Taylor Decker and Kyle Dodson.
They are also still in the running for five star receiver Stefon Diggs, who has yet to make his decision. If he were to sign, it would be the icing on the cake.
Now that the class is mostly in place, it's time to see how Urban and his staff can develop these young players. If the past is any indication, there are several stars in this group.
Urban and his past staffs have a history of developing NFL ready players. The list includes Tim Tebow, Aaron Hernandez, Alex Smith, Mike Pouncey, Percy Harvin and David Nelson just to name a few. If he is able to do the same at Ohio State, the Buckeyes will see significant growth quickly.
This is necessary especially on the offensive side of the ball. The Buckeyes finished 115th in the country in passing, averaging just 127 yards a game. Some of that was due to starting a freshman quarterback; however, much of it has to do with not having solid playmakers. The coaching staff needs to find and develop playmakers on this side of the ball to help Braxton Miller out.
On the other side, the defense will undergo significant changes. The defensive line received the most attention, garnering three top national recruits. The linebackers, who were the weakest part of the unit this past season, will have to improve. Urban brought in David Perkins and Camren Williams who are both four star recruits to compete for playing time. Overall, Meyer's emphasis will be on speed. This should lead to a quicker unit and possible playing time for many freshmen in the fall.
Signing day was another example of how good Meyer is at recruiting. Now that he's starting to get the pieces in place, it should be fun to see how these players develop over the next two to three seasons. He has a history of developing great players on the collegiate level that went on to have good NFL careers. If he does the same at Ohio State, the Buckeyes will be back on top of the Big Ten in no time and many more future recruits will look at Columbus as their ticket to the NFL.
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke are sure to come under fire at the Senate Banking Committee today. For many lawmakers, a few attacks may be all they need to provide enough cover to pass the $700 billion Wall Street bailout.
Some members, such as Republican Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky who is often critical of Mr. Bernanke, distrust the Fed and Treasury already and are sure to vote against the plan. Many are distrustful after giving Mr. Paulson unprecedented authority in July to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Treasury secretary asked for a "bazooka" to hold in his pocket against Wall Street but perhaps not use. He did.
Democratic and Republican attacks against Mr. Paulson, who represents the Bush administration, shouldn't be surprising six weeks before the presidential election. Attacks on the Fed and Mr. Bernanke are more unusual. Lawmakers are less likely to attack an independent agency, particularly on monetary policy. They'll have little standing to question one of the world's leading experts on the Great Depression about the risks of doing nothing.
But they may have an outlet: the Fed's regulatory practices throughout this decade may have contributed to the housing crisis. The Fed also had oversight of many of the major financial institutions that are at the root of the market crisis. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have already attacked Mr. Bernanke for statements last year about risks from the housing market's decline and they won't let him forget.
"What's the root cause of all this, where we are today?" Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, said on CBS's "Face the Nation" on Sunday. "Greed and lack of regulatory oversight. Let's be honest, the Federal Reserve and the other institutions overlooking our financial system, they didn't know what was going on in these institutions. If they did, we wouldn't be where we were today. And I remember about a year ago the Fed chairman, with all due respect to Chairman Bernanke, he said basically we had this contained. I fear that this is not contained and we will repeat it again if we don't have massive, tough regulatory reform in the next Congress."
The Fed, whose authority ultimately is subject to Congress's desires, often is helped by serving as a punching bag for politicians. Central bank officials have 14-year terms for a reason. Their independence is designed to allow them to make the tough decisions that lawmakers might not. Mr. Bernanke has been urging Congress all year to pass substantive housing legislation to support the troubled market. He and many other officials warned about problems at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for years.
Now, facing the risk of an imminent crisis, Fed officials were the only ones in government with the authority to act — even through a series of bailouts orchestrated with Treasury — to protect the economy. "Congress gave it that power," says Allan Meltzer, a noted Fed historian and professor at Carnegie Mellon University. "In a crisis we want them to be able to do whatever it is that they do." –Sudeep Reddy


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right on... It's alarming how narrow minded some people are on here, they just basically repreat what Fox or Rush tell them, not sure when they've had an original thought in decades.
re: the huskers... yes, I could definitely be part of the plan you devised...
Meh, F*ck them. They can jump on me all they want, but their 1950s social views and 1980s world views are dead. Let 'em rot.
As for the Nebraska-Punching, I'm thinking I'd just line 'em all up really close together single-file. I'll punch the person in the front of the line as hard as I can, while simultaneously you punch the person at the end as hard as you can in the back of his/her head, and we'll let the domino (dumbino?) effect work its magic.
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It's been about a month since we shipped Ops Center 2.1. The field teams are in full swing rolling it out at new customers, but the engineering teams are all heads down working on new features for Ops Center 2.5! It's a busy time to be sure, but I thought I'd take some time over the next few days to give you all a sneak peak of some of the new things coming in 2.5 -- which is due the second-half of this Summer.
The first one I thought I'd give you a peak at is Windows update management. One of the key features for Ops Center has always been it's advanced support for patching Solaris and Linux systems. However, we haven't been able to help people with Windows. Well, in Ops Center 2.5 we're adding support for patching of Windows -- giving users a "single pane of glass" to manage Solaris, Linux and Windows patching. Here's a screen shot just to whet your appetitie!
Keep an eye out for more previews of 2.5 features here. More previews to come soon!


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Securities not listed on an exchange are said to be traded over the counter.
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Over the counter (OTC) stocks, also called "bulletin board" stocks, "pink sheet" stocks, and unlisted stocks are not where Fools generally invest their money. (There is an exception, see below.) Instead, fools (lower case "f") do. Companies trading OTC generally do not have to file documents with the SEC, can become public through a reverse merger and thus never have to disclose anything as pesky as a proxy statement for an IPO, and usually are shells of companies that don't have revenue, often don't have products, and are often hyped by hucksters sending mass emails out to suckers ... I mean investors, in what should be viewed as pump and dump schemes.
Fool Bill Mann (TMFOtter) wrote this piece back in 1999, but the tale he weaves is just as relevant today as it was back then.
In other words, stay far away from these stocks, Fools. With hundreds, if not thousands, of companies trading on the NYSE or the AMEX and elsewhere, recognized exchanges with strict criteria for being listed, why should you wish to go to the pink sheets? If you want to gamble with your money, go to Las Vegas and put it all on 33.
Sometimes legitimate stocks trade over the counter because they are too small to meet an exchange's requirements for listing, or they may have been delisted for reasons including a failure to file documents in a timely fashion. Trading over the counter means broker/dealers communicate amongst themselves to do the buying and selling instead of using organized and regulated stock exchanges such as NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ.
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The one notable exception is when large, foreign corporations do not, for whatever reason, file to trade as American Depositary Receipts or American Depositary Shares, and thus are not listed on the major U.S. exchanges. They can then have their shares traded on the pink sheets. Nintendo is one such company, as is BMW.
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But don't get carried away with the negative. Don't forget that the Nasdaq is itself an over-the-counter market, or dealer market, which is different than a market in "over-the-counter" stocks, which do not meet the rules qualifying them to trade on the major exchanges. A dealer market in this case means that dealers -- so-called "market makers" -- are trading from their own stock accounts, using their own research and expertise. The dealers communicate by electronic means.
Usually one or more investment firms makes a market in the security of interest and will trade against you if needed to fill a buy/sell order.
And unlike lesser-known pink sheet companies, Nasdaq-listed companies are required by the exchanges rules to, for instance, make available to shareholders an annual report containing audited financial statements of the company and its subsidiaries.
The National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) was formed by the SEC in 1938 to regulate trading in the "over-the-counter" markets. The Maloney Act created the NASD to be a self-regulating body enforcing fair practices, thus increasing confidence in the markets. NASD remained under the auspices of the SEC, which had say-so over its decisions.
NASD was merged in 2007 with the enforcement arm of the New York Stock Exchange to become the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA.
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Interview by Steven Hager
Back on the reefer nightclub circuit after nine months in jail for selling bongs, the world's biggest pot star has a new documentary (a/k/a Tommy Chong) and a new book (The I-Chong: Meditations from the Joint), both due out this summer.
Josh Gilbert, producer/director of a/k/a Tommy Chong, recently convinced the Maharishi of Marijuana to drop by the HIGH TIMES office, where he talked about his Amazing Electric Hot Rod and other future plans.
When's the first time you ever got high?
I was a 17-year-old musician... A friend of mine, a jazz musician, a Chinese guy named Raymond Mau, came back from LA, and he handed me a joint and a Lenny Bruce record. Changed my life. And I took that joint, man, I don't know, instinct or what, but I smoked a little toke, put it away... put it out. That joint lasted me a month. And I was so messed up. Happy. In Calgary, it was totally legal. In fact, after I got high that one time, I was still in school, and I think I quit school the next week. I mean, I was wasting my time sleeping in class—this was before I got high. Then I realized: "I just want to play music. What am I going to learn?" And I didn't even want to go to music school, because I didn't want all that musical knowledge to interfere with my blues thing. Then we got kicked out of Calgary and had to go to Vancouver, and we're all playing, then we found out one day—I don't know how we found out, but we ended up at a party together, and the piano player and the drummer were also smoking dope. We were hiding it from each other, ha ha ha! And we were sneaking around. Then we found out: "Oh, you smoke?" Then—boom!—we're all together. We used to get joints from this black guy. He'd roll up these tiny little pinners. I credit him for keeping me from smoking too much pot. Because he'd sell to us for a buck apiece. And there'd be a little pot dust in each one, and he'd roll them so small. It was a marvel, how small he could get them. We'd share a little pinner and we'd all get stoned. Not the kind of stoned you get that you can't move, your mouth's open and you can't talk. Just a nice little buzz. Just to make the music a little more fun, the girls a little prettier—that was all.
So how did you and Josh meet? What's the genesis of a/k/a Tommy Chong?
Citadel Pictures. I did a movie called Far Out Man. I'd never been to film school. And so I figured, "Well, I know—I'll put up my own money and do a film with my family in it. That will really teach me how to make movies." And it did. Josh was a junior exec over at Citadel Pictures, and we became friends. We wrote a script together, Comedy's Easy, Dying's Hard. Josh talked me into buying a three-chip camera. I never used it, but Josh always managed to find a way to, ha ha ha! He said, "We got to get this on film." And I said, "Well, then you got to do it." I forgot that the camera was on half the time. Luckily, Josh is a great talent. The first rough cut blew me away—I loved it. I could see where he was headed. It was a good, well-told story. But then the final cut... wow, just blew me totally away. I can't watch Cheech & Chong movies right after I do them; I'm too close, and I see too many mistakes. But I can sit through a/k/a Tommy Chong and be crying at the end.


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