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A. Though our broadband usage is metered and we are expected to monitor it ourselves with their tool, said tool is and has been inaccessible for weeks (at least since the beginning of April (today is June 2, 2011) and there are a number of phone representatives that suggest that the work around is to call them and ask about our usage on a daily or more frequent basis. Meanwhile, there is a "push-button phone queue" associate with the telephone number to get to the representative who will "look up" that information per account and the process can vary in time, but is often 10 minutes or longer. This is an unacceptable workaround in lieu of their web portal technical issues. The portal description of the online process can be found here, while my recent visit to the site gave me the painfully familiar 404 error
B. While I was able to eventually find their corporate address and phone by researching at Hoover's Online for WildBlue and here for ViaSat, there is no way to formally address a complaint on the website as there is no address, no city, and no State, even, listed for the company. This lack of information is compounded by the confusing arrangement of their relationship with their parent (?) or partner company, ViaSat, that acquired them in October of 2009. And I say confused because my multiple attempts to get clear answers from the help staff regarding the new satellite promised here with
"In late 2010, ViaSat-1 is scheduled to launch, and will deliver next generation broadband services to customers in North America. "
and here with
"Were excited about accelerating your satellite broadband aSat. Learn more about our plans to transform satellite broadband in North America with ViaSat-1, our high-capacity satellite scheduled for launch in 2011"
When I asked the WildBlue phone staff specifically about the press release here at ViaSat's website, they said that they work for WildBlue and can't speak for ViaSat
ref.: KA-SAT has been successfully lofted into orbit by a Proton Breeze M rocket supplied by ILS. Lift-off of the satellite took place on December26. After a 9-hour 12-minute flight, the launcher released KA-SAT into geosynchronous transfer orbit. Europes first High-Throughput Satellite (HTS) will usher in a new era of competitively-priced satellite-delivered services when rollout of new services - called Tooway - begin in May. The total KA-SAT capacity of more than 70 Gbps ranks it as the worlds most powerful spacecraft.
C. While these partner companies have enjoyed a significant chunk of the free government corporate welfare money provided by the U.S. Recovery Act funds to the tune of $100+ million dollars, I have yet to realize any of the promised enhanced services, but instead I am regularly a victim of their fair-use policy. Further, while all references to transmission speeds provided are most often in terms of "up to" there is no discussion anywhere of average speeds or anything similar. In addition, though there are footer notices offer like this one with "Usage subject to data transmission limits. Speeds not guaranteed. See wildblue.com/legal for details. ", a quick trip to the referenced legal page offers no details as suggested !
In light of the above issues, I feel it would be fair if I got some significant adjustments to my billing until such time I begin to enjoy the speeds promised. In addition, I feel that some sort of consideration or adjustment should be made (in terms of refund or monetary adjustment for the lack of monitoring of bandwidth usage. Either that or a removal of the limit.
Much public money (mine and others) money has gone to the subsidy of companies like these and significant monies have also been spent nationwide to study and report on this disparity in service issue
[ ref. here and here and here ].
Again, in light of all of the above, I expect compensation, but I demand that my complaint be addressed by WildBlue formally, in writing.
Thank you.
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Architect of Ireland's 'Bad Bank' Sees Lessons for Spain
The failure of Spanish banks to recognize the extent of their bad loans is preventing them from escaping from their current troubles, said the economist who set up Ireland's "bad bank" which helped stabilize the Irish banking sector after the property crash.
Peter Bacon was hired by the Irish finance ministry in early 2009 to identify the scale of the Irish banking crisis after the worst property-market collapse in the country's history.
In a race against time to shore up international confidence in Irish banks and the nation's finances, the Irish authorities needed to show international investors they had a grip on the crisis and persuade international debt investors to keep buying Irish government bonds.
Mr. Bacon's report led the authorities to establish the National Asset Management Agency, or NAMA, the "bad bank" that was designed to cleanse Irish banks of the commercial-property loans that had become toxic as a result of the market's collapse.
In an interview for The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Bacon said other troubled euro-zone nations such as Spain could still draw lessons from Ireland's banking experience because the lenders have been too slow to put a number on their property loan losses.
"If you look at the drift in Spain, there is currently another attempt to stabilize the base of Spanish banks, and there is no confidence that the solution is at hand," he said.
Mr. Bacon said an asset-management agency along the lines of NAMA still offers the best prospect of removing doubts surrounding Spanish banks.
"The principal lesson Spain could draw from Ireland's experience is that painful as the NAMA outcome is, it is probably better in the longer run than the kind of approach that has been followed by Spain and other countries that has really failed to provide for the losses on banks' books that resulted from property bubbles," he said.
As Ireland's bank losses escalated, NAMA paid an average discount of almost 60% — double the estimate made by Mr. Bacon — because the lenders' property losses were much larger than first thought. Over several tranches, NAMA paid in all €32 billion in NAMA bonds to the lenders for €74 billion of their property loans.
The bill for the Irish government in recapitalizing its banks escalated further.
When bond investors took fright at the bank-rescue costs, Ireland was forced to seek an international bailout from the European Union and International Monetary Fund in late 2010.
Analysts say Spain is now fighting a similar fight: trying to restore confidence in its banks and to avoid having to accept a bailout.
But Mr. Bacon said Spain needs to waste no more time in identifying the losses in its banks.
"What has become apparent is that you cannot muddle through. And I think that is why Spain is back looking at the extent of its property losses," he said.
"Spanish banks are certainly not likely realizing anything like the losses that are in fact sitting on their balance sheets in respect of their property losses. I am saying that from my experience of Irish banks," he said.
He said that Spanish banks, though, are more highly diversified than their Irish counterparts, with a small number of Spanish banks too exposed to property lending.
"It is not a question that all banks in Spain are impaired. But it is worth pointing out that some of the internationally-focused Spanish banks are probably suffering unduly because they are being tarred with the one brush."
Mr. Bacon said he isn't optimistic that Spain and Ireland can get out of their legacy banking debts entirely through their own efforts. Europe's banks will in time need the European Central Bank to act like "a real" federal central bank, and provide the ultimate firewall by printing money, he said.
Mr. Bacon said giving the European Stability Mechanism — the euro-zone's permanent bailout fund — powers of a bank to borrow money would also fall short of what is required to resolve the region's debt crisis.
"It is a euro-zone-wide solution that is required for Ireland and Spain. You cannot put a figure on a firewall. In my view the real firewall is that the ECB role is to be a bank of last resort," he said.
Spain's banks, like those in Ireland, won't have the resources to settle their own debt crisis, he said.


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Fly Fishing For Walleye?
Not many fly anglers target walleye, and I've spoken with a few who don't think it's worth their time to do so. For some reason, many anglers also believe walleye to be a "warm water" fish – and I'm not sure how it ever got that designation.
Admittedly, I've not targeted Walleye myself very often, but on some occasions, have – and was successful. I don't know all the fly patterns that would be effective on this species of fish and if you're a regular walleye fly angler and have suggestions, I'd love to read about them. Feel free to leave a comment.
In the meantime, there's this: Effective Fly Patterns For Walleye.
We can add to it as we learn more.
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Recent additions to the site include some short articles but that were meant to answer some questions I've received via email.
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Stillwater Fly Fishing – Three Quick Tips
Can You Catch Catfish On A Fly Rod?
Walleye and Pike (Jack) On The Fly
Today was a day of firsts. My first time fishing the Athabasca River. Kade MacKenzie's first time fishing with a fly rod. I really wanted to get out fly fishing this afternoon, and asked Kade if he wanted to come along. I figured his local knowledge would be a huge help as I had no idea really where to even try fishing the Athabasca in this area.
Kade didn't hesitate in answering in the affirmative about going fishing. So we headed up to the boat launch in Whitecourt, where the McLeod River meets the Athabasca.
When we arrived, the winds were gusting and I was not confident that we'd have any success with a fly rod after looking at the swift current of the Athabasca flowing by. I wasn't even sure what species of fish to target. I knew there was Walleye in the area, but I've never fly fished for Walleye before. I've heard there are Grayling in the area, but where exactly I don't know.
Where the McLeod meets the Athabasca, there is a deep looking pool about 50 feet from the bank, with some currents swirling around, and I figured that would be a good target area to try. I also thought I might as well try a large black rabbit strip leech pattern to try to get down as deep as possible.
The gusting wind made it difficult to cast to exactly where I wanted so finally, I decided to cast out into the Athabasca side, and just let about 100 feet of line drift down with the current, before stripping the leech back. Well, that worked perfectly as about fifteen minutes after I started fishing, I felt a vicious strike and was able to bring a pike (called in these parts, "Jack") to the bank.
Both Kade and I were not just a bit surprised to have caught a pike – me because it was the first pike I'd caught on a fly rod, and Kade indicated that he had not seen to many pike caught here recently.
The fish was about 18″ and put up a darn good fight on my 5 wt. rod that I was using. I was thankful that it's teeth hadn't shredded the 6lb leader I was using.
After the photo, the pike was released and both Kade and I were pretty excited about continuing to fly fish the leech pattern. Not five minutes later, a monster of a pike bent the TCO 9′ rod right over and another fight was on. But this would not be as successful as the first one as this time, the sharp razor like teeth of the pike was no match for the leader.
The heaviest leader material I had with me was 10lb flourocarbon, and I decided I should use that if I wanted any chance of success with more pike. And now that we knew there were fish in the area, I set Kade up with my other 5 wt rod, gave him some quick fly casting lessons, (he did very well for his first time, especially considering the gusting winds), and we went back to work.
About ten minutes later, Kade was shaking his head with a grin on his face as he heard me whooping and hollering – another fish on!
"Ok, Ian, I guess I've been wasting my time here by not trying a fly rod before," he said as I brought to the bank … this time, a Walleye, about 15″.
So for me, that was another first: My first Walleye on the fly rod. And we weren't done yet. Over the course of the next half hour or so, another Walleye brought to hand and released, and two hooked and lost.
While Kade worked on his casting and continued to work the pool, I decided to walk upstream of the Athabasca where there was a nice looking back eddy away from the main flow of the river. The winds still made it difficult to cast, but roll casting was enough to get my fly where I wanted it. I worked the leech in the water, and several times had fish hit, but I couldn't get a solid hook up. Finally, I had a good tug where I was able to solidly set the hook and after an excellent fight, brought another Walleye, the biggest yet, at about 20″ to hand.
I called Kade over to where I was fishing as I thought he'd probably have a much better chance here than the first pool we had been working. And I'm not sure who was more excited – Kade or me – when a very large walleye took the same leech pattern. Kade did a superb job of keeping the fish on over the seven minutes or so that it took to bring it to the bank. The fish probably weighed in about 4 lbs – and Kade is becoming a fly fishing convert:
So, it was a day of firsts:
1. My first time fishing the Athabasca River
2. My first Pike on the fly rod.
3. My first Walleye on the fly rod.
4. Kade's first time fly fishing… and how can you beat… your first time fly fishing… and…
5. Your first fish – a 4 lb Walleye, on the fly rod?
A very fun afternoon/evening all round! Thanks Kade for coming out with me! I hope you had as much fun as I did!


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Gunfire strikes at least two vehicles on westbound Interstate 435 near Wornall Road Friday morning, Kansas City police said.
Police said a person in a car started firing shots at a pickup truck about 7:50 a.m.
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Jetta GLI Edition 30 road test
A comfortably contemporary compact sporty sedan
The Volkswagen Jetta GLI is a Millennial. It was first sold in the United States in 1984, so it's now pushing the big 3-0. And VW is honoring the occasion with an Edition 30 model.
The GLI is the sedan version of the sport-tuned GTI hatchback and it uses the same performance underpinnings and power.
The front-wheel-drive Jetta is sold in three gasoline-engine models and one diesel with six-speed transmissions, manual or automatic. Pricing starts at about $20,000 for the base gasoline model and about $28,000 for the loaded turbo diesel.
Edition 30 is sold in two trim levels with starting prices of $25,355 and $30,595, including the $820 freight charge from Puebla, Mexico. Special features includes V-Tex leatherette seats with red accents; red contrast stitching on the steering wheel, shifter, brake lever, and armrests; carbon-look trim inlays; Edition 30 door sills; and floormats with red stitching.
The GLI Edition 30 has the most powerful engine, a 210-horsepower, turbocharged and direct-injection 2.0 liter four-cylinder. EPA cites fuel economy of 23 mpg city, 33 highway and 26 mpg combined.
The six-speed manual transmission is light, compliant and fun – the ideal combination to learn the pleasures shifting. And a hill-holder calms the fear of start-off on a hill.
The attitude of the car is sporty and forgiving. The four-wheel-independent suspension has some lift and wobble in aggressive cornering, but overall ride quality is supple and smooth rolling. The 18-inch Bridgestone Potenza S001 tires have good grip with little transfer of road harshness, whether blacktop or concrete.
The doors open wide for comfortable entry and exit. Rear legroom, space is generous at 38.1 inches, gained by a slightly short rear bench seat bottom. The sunroof (standard with the GLI Autobahn) can be enjoyed wide open at highway speeds without buffeting.
It's not a particularly heavy car (3,131 pounds), but it takes a breath for the turbo to pack some pressure and get things moving off the line. The engine has what would seem to be decent torque – 207 foot-pounds at a low 1,700 rpm – so tach it up for the traffic-light launch and keep the revs rolling to stay in the power band. Or just throttle back and cruise in the sweet spot.
Edition 30 paint colors are black metallic, white, Tornado Red and silver metallic. Standard equipment includes front fog lights, LED taillights, leather-wrapped sport steering wheel, Premium VIII touchscreen radio with satellite radio and Bluetooth phone and audio connectivity.
The top-line test car, Edition 30 with Navigation, added keyless access with push-button start, touchscreen navigation system, rearview camera, LED daytime running lights and Bi-Xenon headlights with the Adaptive Front-lighting System (which has helpful cornering lights).
Safety features include the government's top five-star rating for front, side, and rollover crash-test ratings.
The Edition 30 is comfortably contemporary with a sporty look and lively attitude. It's a creative close to 2014, which will be followed by a mild redesign for 2015.
2014 VW Jetta GLI Autobahn
Body style: compact, 5-pass. front-drive sedan
Engine: 210-hp, direct-injection, turbocharged 4-cylinder; 206 lb.-ft. torque at 1,700 rpm
Transmission: 6-spd manual
Fuel economy: 23/33 mpg city/hwy.; premium
Fuel tank: 14.5 gal.
Trunk space: 15.5 cu. ft.
Front head/leg/shoulder room: 38.2/41.2/55.2 in.
Rear head/leg/shoulder room: 37.1/38.1/53.6 in.
Length/wheelbase: 182.2/104.4 in.
Curb weight: 3,131 lbs.
Turning circle: 38.1 ft.
Base price: $30,595, including $820 freight charge
Options on test vehicle: none
Where assembled: Puebla, Mexico
Warranty: 3-years/36,000-miles bumper to bumper with roadside assistance; 2-years/24,000-miles free scheduled maintenance; 5-years/50,000-miles powertrain
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Looks Like Ozzy Osbourne's Whole Family Is In Love With Taylor Swift
Kelly Osbourne bakes with Tay Tay: "you guys have no idea how good Taylor is at cooking!" she tweets.
So we told you how Taylor Swift bumped into rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his family in New York, and Ozzy gushed about how fab Taylor is.
Well, it seems the whole Osbourne family is in love with T-Swizzle.
Taylor, Ozzy's daughter Kelly and one of Kelly's friends spent Wednesday night (Oct. 2) baking cookies together—and Kelly posted the pics to prove it.
"In home made foodie heaven," Kelly wrote on an Instagram pic of the three eating cookies.
"#NewGirlGroup," she added with a second picture. "We are #TheCulinaryPatienceTurtles."
Posing aside, it seems Kelly truly was impressed with Taylor's skills in the kitchen: "you guys have no idea how good Taylor is at cooking! #shocked"
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Auction House Hopes 'Rush' Buzz will Boost Bids on James Hunt's Race Car
Chris Hemsworth may not be in the running for an Oscar for his portrayal of Formula One champion James Hunt in the film "Rush." But his performance put the late British driver, his 1970s career and his cars back on the popular-culture map.
Now one of those cars, the Hesketh 308, is scheduled to cross the auction block during RM Auctions' Monaco sale on May 9 and 10.
Among die-hard Formula One fans the Hesketh is a watershed car. Commissioned by team owner Lord Alexander Hesketh and designed by renowned engineer Harvey Postlethwaite, it helped the tiny, struggling crew compete with the sport's elite teams. And while Hunt won the 1976 World Championship in a McLaren car, it was the Hesketh that initially carried him into the spotlight.
The Hesketh team and this successful car played significant roles in last year's Ron Howard film about Hunt and his rival Niki Lauda.
With the stiff aluminum monocoque chassis and Ford Cosworth DFV eight-cylinder engine that were state-of-the-art at the time, the Hesketh 308 had the elements of a competitive racer. Still, few people expected Hesketh to do well against wealthier teams like Ferrari, Lotus, and McLaren.
Hesketh had four 308 chassis cars built and the one for sale was the first, called 308-1.It debuted at the 1974 Brands Hatch Race of Champions, where Hunt qualified on the pole. He notched a number of impressive performances in the car that year – enough to get the attention of top teams including McLaren, where he was later hired and won the 1976 World Championship.
The auction house estimates the Hesketh will fetch between $540,000 and $877,000.


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Close up, with the angle just right and if you flex your imagination, Future Sonics' Atrio M8 earphones look a little bit like a chocolate fountain. Perhaps that's not exactly what they had in mind - the removable silicone plugs, of which three pairs are supplied together with alternative foam sleeves, are designed to make a good seal with your ear canals rather than form the ideal surface for melted chocolate to cascade over - but looked at in isolation the unusual shape doesn't particularly resemble something you'd listen to music with.
A few weeks use (and a few weeks' worth of congealed ear wax) would put pay to any culinary misconception, however, and cement the Atrio M8's credentials as damned fine earphones. While in strict product line terms they fall at the "budget" end of the Future Sonics scale, when your standard earphones set are pro-audio friendly $600 with custom-moulded inserts "budget" comes in at a still impressive $199. For your money you get the company's home-made mg5pro dynamic drivers, with a 20 to 20,000Hz frequency range and up to 26dB ambient noise rejection, all in a striking (or gaudy, depending on taste) cobalt-blue casing.
With bigger drivers than rival sets from Shure or Etymotic, the M8s certainly make a statement in your ears. The colour is one thing, and then the reinforced cables add inflexible length to them. Still, given this will protect the internal connections you can't complain too much, and all is forgiven when you hit play.
If you've come from moderate aftermarket earphones from Sony or similar, the range and depth the Atrio manage will astound you. If you're replacing the bundled pair that came with your mp3 player then it's enough to make you weep. Velvet smooth bass is fudge-cake rich and the M8s have an honest, warm personality that's miles away from the brittle, sometimes overly-bright performance that competitors insist comes hand in hand with authentic reproduction. Yes, you lose a little clarity at that top-end, but their ability to maintain distinct bass sounds despite low volume more than makes up for it.
A little experimentation is needed to achieve that ideal sound, with each of the earbuds offering slightly different fit and comfort levels. While they Atrio M8 lack the active noise-reduction increasingly on offer in aftermarket headphones (which uses internal microphones to actively cancel out surrounding noise) the potential for a close fit minimises that as an issue. If criticism is due, it's that aforementioned styling and the included accessories, primarily the bulky and over-branded case. Perhaps Future Sonics should be looking at designer sunglasses cases for inspiration, as the supplied zip-up bag looks like something you'd pull cheap binoculars out of.
In the real world, however, neither packaging nor appearance matter when you're wearing and experiencing the M8s. With sound quality good enough - and, similarly importantly, distinctive enough - to differentiate them from competitors, they're maybe the best reason to encode your mp3s at a higher bit-rate. If you can afford them, you won't be disappointed.


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Three men arrested over Athlone sex assaultsMonday 30 September 2013 12.49
Three men have been arrested in connection with an investigation into serious sexual assaults on two young girls in Athlone.
It is understood the girls had been on the way home from a party yesterday evening when they were taken into a house and subjected to serious assault.
The girls, both under the age of ten, and their families are now receiving professional support and assistance from gardaí.
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Dell's Sliding Operating Income Now on Pace for $2.36 Billion
With each passing quarter, the earnings power of Dell appears to worsen.
As reported earlier this week, Dell posted its fiscal first-quarter earnings Thursday and missed expectations. Again. Its operating income plunged 71% from the prior year and on an adjusted basis dropped 42%.
That puts Dell on pace to make $2.36 billion for its fiscal 2014.
And that would be far worse than the $3 billion that the personal-computer maker's board conservatively estimated back in March. Ten months ago, Dell management internally forecast for 2014's operating profit to be more than twice the amount it's now on pace to reach.
To be sure, one quarter does not a year make, and Dell discounted for customers which hurt margins and impacted the results. Dell's operating income could improve as the year goes on.
The sliding results and management's inability to get a read on earnings first raised concern on the board last year when it began reviewing a potential sale to founder and CEO Michael Dell. The revisions spooked the board and its advisers enough that they took the somewhat unusual step of hiring their own consultant to give another estimate on what would happen to Dell earnings. The gloom contributed to the board's decision that a sale was appropriate.
Then the sliding results scared away first KKR & Co., which looked at a possible bid last year, and Blackstone Group, which explored a bid this year.
In early March, as Blackstone first began conducting due diligence the Dell board was forecasting 2014 operating income of $3.3 billion, and that was considered conservative. CNBC and The Wall Street Journal soon reported the board believed $3 billion was the new forecast.
When Blackstone was told that number two weeks later, its executives thought the number was too conservative, and plowed on with its due diligence
After sending a small army to Round Rock, Texas to pore over Dell documents, Blackstone's senior managers concluded the number was actually optimistic.
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The New York Yankees lost to the Oakland Athletics 5-4 in 12 innings for their fourth consecutive one-run defeat in the four-game series.
Coco Crisp delivered the winning run-scoring single in the bottom of the 12th inning yesterday in Oakland, California, after Seth Smith had tied the game for the A's with a solo home run in the ninth inning.
The Athletics have now won a Major League Baseball-best 11 games in their final at-bat this season.
They have a 14-2 record in July, including five wins in a row, and are 51-44 overall and in third place in the American League West Division. The AL East-leading Yankees, who were swept in a four-game series for the first time since 2003, still have baseball's best record at 57-38.
Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers hit two home runs in a 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox yesterday to become the 22nd active major leaguer with at least 300 career homers.
The Tigers had four homers to cap a three-game series sweep that leaves them 1 1/2 games ahead of the White Sox atop the American League Central Division. Detroit has won 13 of its past 15 games.
Cabrera, 29, becomes the youngest active member of the 300-home run club. The seven-time All-Star third baseman now has 23 homers this season and has hit at least 30 home runs in seven of the past eight seasons.
The Los Angeles Angels beat the Texas Rangers 7-4 as Albert Pujols hit his 18th home run of the season, while the Toronto Blue Jays hit four homers in a 15-7 rout of the Boston Red Sox.
Ryan Zimmerman hit a pair of home runs as the Washington Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 9-2 to improve their National League-best record to 55-39.
The Los Angeles Dodgers scored five runs in the 12th inning to beat the New York Mets 8-3 and send the Mets to their ninth loss in 10 games. At 47-48, the Mets now have a losing record for the first time this season.


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British teenager Abigail Gibbs began posting chapters of Dark Heroine: Dinner With A Vampire on online writing platform Wattpad at the age of 14 under the pseudonym Canse12. Spurred on by a huge and exponentially growing raft of readers around the world, with more than 16 million views, and over 24,000 comments, Gibbs continued with the story for the following two years – until she landed a literary agent and a global publishing deal for the entire story.
Dinner With A Vampire is being billed as the sexiest vampire story yet and combines the dark romance of Twilight with added passion, edginess… and gore (a paradox given Gibbs is a committed vegetarian!).
The book centres on protagonist Violet Lee, who is the only witness to a horrific mass murder, London's Bloodbath. Shown unexpected mercy by the culprits, Violet must make an impossible choice: face the possibility of never returning to her old life, or joining these powerful creatures of the night. As she discovers the past behind her captors – the Varns – Violet unwittingly finds herself drawn to the turbulent ways of the Varn's handsome fourth son Kaspar, the heir to the Vamperic throne.
HarperCollins Publishing Director Shona Martyn said: "Abigail is a huge talent – her storytelling is pacy and vivid; her characters and plot are sexier than Edward and Bella. Her existing fans are out there waiting to see what happens next."
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New York based Primary Care Physician, Dr. Marissa Ferrazzo-Weller of Highland Medical PC, shares tips on protecting your skin from the sun's harmful rays.
Nyack, N.Y. July 10, 2013 -- Beach days shouldn't be the only times you think about protecting your skin. Whenever you are outside, harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays can reach your skin. These rays not only can lead to skin cancer, but can also cause eye problems, age spots and wrinkles.
There are many ways to protect your skin against UV rays. The simplest, of course, is to stay out of the sun mid-morning until mid-afternoon, the peak burning hours. Keep in the shade, or wearing protective clothing, such as a hat with a broad brim, and UV-resistant sunglasses.
Before you go outside, apply a broad-spectrum sunscreen on all exposed skin. This type of sunscreen protects against both ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) rays. Choose a sunscreen with a sun protection factor (SPF) of at least 15, and reapply it at least every two hours—more if you are sweating or going in and out of the water.
According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, you should apply 1 ounce of sunscreen (about a shot glass full) each time. If you're spending a full day at the beach, you should use one-quarter to one-half of an 8-ounce bottle.
Other tips for protecting your skin:
By following commonsense sun safety rules, you can reduce your risk of skin cancer, while helping your skin look younger for a longer time.
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Nyack Hospital is a 375-bed community acute care medical and surgical hospital located in Rockland County, NY. Founded in 1895, it is a member of the New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System, an affiliate of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and has partnered with Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine providing clinical rotations to third-year medical students. Its mission is to provide competent, innovative and accessible emergency and acute care services to the residents of Rockland County and surrounding areas.


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What I mean here is that neither view is wrong, but they are
So, given that, can we merge the Object JSON world with the relational model? Well, not JSON, but Hibernate does it quite well. This is one of my objects to the NoSQL world, that the datamodel is closely linked to the application at hand, and less so to data itself and to other applications. Stuff such as …


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...Flash flooding and widespread severe weather possible with storm system developing over the central U.S....
...Rain and higher elevation snow return to the Northwest...
Active weather is expected across the central U.S. late this week as a
surface low deepening in the lee of the Colorado Rockies begins to lift
northeastward through the central Plains and Upper Midwest.
An organized axis of moderate to heavy rains should develop to the north and west of the low track...and falling temperatures behind this system could even lead to some late season accumulating snows over western portions of Nebraska and South Dakota.
Anomalous Gulf moisture surging northward ahead of a trailing cold front pushing through the Plains and Mississippi Valley will fuel widespread convection from the western Gulf Coast all the way up to the Upper Midwest on Thursday.
Developing thunderstorms will have the potential to become strong to severe...and heavy rains within the storms will pose a risk for flash flooding.
On Friday...the active weather will shift eastward with the cold front... impacting locations from the central Gulf coast to the Great Lakes Region.
Unsettled weather will make a return to the northwestern corner of the
Nation as a Pacific front approaching the coast begins to move onshore.
A decent amount of moisture streaming inland with the front should produce moderate to heavy precipitation across the Pacific Northwest early Thursday...which will spread eastward as the front crosses the
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Morning links: Things on the rise
I've seen workers before and after high-water warnings with a crane sliding or taking out the flood wall panels. It's an entirely manually system that requires several workers and equipment.
However, I do strongly agree that the H Street construction has been a complete disaster. The planners need to seriously get it together so as not let the sour H street experience discourage other neighborhoods from supporting street cars.
I'm not an engineer, but it seems to have taken a extraordinarily long time to complete this short section.
H Street construction was a mess because of the streetscape improvements, not laying the track.
by Charlie Brown's Mom on Apr 19, 2011 11:14 am • link • report
The streetcar installation was/is just a small part of the H-street reconstruction. This is a common misperception. Streetcar tracks can be laid in about 2-3 weeks per block if not combined with more major roadwork like on H. H-street has taken so long because it was a full-on rebuild of the street down to dirt, including new utilities, new roadway foundation, new curbs, etc., a project that would have taken nearly as long without the streetcar work.
The DDOT streetcar team seems to have a public relations problem on their hands when people associate streetcar construction with the wider 3-year Great Streets H-street reconstruction. They need to reiterate and work to educate the public going forward.
"A utility worker tells ABC7 that whoever was supposed to raise the flood panels, which are operated by hydraulics, yesterday did not do it correctly."
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The flood walls have been raised several times since I worked there. This time, someone completely dropped the ball. The place is a smelly mess, and no power.
Have you heard the deficit talk on the Hill? FYI DC makes an enormously outsize contribution to federal income tax coffers, and by far leads the nation in such ontributions on a per capita basis.
Maybe we should all follow Carol (though maybe its too late for 2011) Let's start a movement for 2012.
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"Spice up Your Life," the ninth series of gourmet cooking classes sponsored by the Art Force of Amarillo, begins in February, and sessions are open to the public.
People can learn about authentic Mexican cuisine, delicious desserts, Middle Eastern cuisine, Creole cooking and more at the sessions, which run through April in the kitchens of Amarillo homes. Several new chefs will be instructing classes.
Fees for classes provide scholarship funds for Fine Arts Department students attending Amarillo College. The Barrick Foundation is matching funds raised at the cooking school.
Classes that cost $25 each include:
Southern Exposure, authentic Mexican cuisine - noon Feb. 2 at Alice and Dr. Douglass Hyde home, 3537 Goodfellow Lane. Alice Hyde, chef.
Alexander the Great's Table, ancient Greek - 7 p.m. Feb. 25 at Drs. Loralu and Michael Westmoreland, 820 S. Avondale St. Lois and Marc Sollosy, chefs.
Grandma's Kaffe-Klatsch, desserts from past and present - 10:30 a.m. March 1 at Marilynn and Mike Standefer home, 4607 Spartanburg. Marilynn Standefer, chef.
Classes that cost $35 each include:
French Provencal - 7 p.m. March 3, Kay Lynn and Brent Caviness home, No. 2 Greenwood lane. Rick Madrigal of the Amarillo Club, chef.
Shrimply Delicious, showcasing seafood selections - 5 p.m. March 5 at Sharon and Larry Oeschger home, No. 11 Citadel Drive. Patty Bryant, chef.
New American - 7 p.m. March 10, Dalia and Michael Engler home, No. 15 Edgewater. Mary Fuller, chef.
New Orleans at Its Best, traditional Creole cooking - 7 p.m. March 24, Paula and Gary Moore home, 6502 Stoneham Drive. The Moores, chefs.
Orient Express, fast and delicious Oriental cuisine - 5 p.m. March 26, Becky and Dr. John McKinley home, 3526 Marsh Place. Jack Fishman, chef.
Gourmet Grilling, grilling secrets for entertaining - 4 p.m. March 29, Robin and Bobby Hall's Spring Creek Ranch. Bobby Hall and Dan Lokey, chefs.
Middle Eastern Cuisine, Iranian and Lebanese foods - 7 p.m. March 27 and Jenny and Dr. Masoud Alzeerah home, 3511 Kensington Place. Jenny Alzeerah and Rania Maliha, chefs.
Classes are limited to the first 20 who enroll, so they fill quickly. People should make reservations by mailing their names, class requests, telephone numbers and checks payable to Art Force of Amarillo to Becky McKinley, 3526 Marsh Place, Amarillo, TX 79121.
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CBJ Prospect Profiles: Summer 2010
Brandon Archibald and Cody Goloubef
Monday, 07.26.2010 / 1:06 PM ET / Features
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In 2009-10, Archibald played in 68 games for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the OHL. Archibald scored 5-28-33 while adding 81 penalty minutes. In five playoff games, Archibald scored 1-1-2. Archibald played for Team Cherry at the 2010 CHL Top Prospects Game, picking up an assist on the game-winning goal.
In 2008-09, Archibald played in 61 games for the Greyhounds scoring 0-8-8 with 45 penalty minutes.
Favorite actor… Denzel Washington
Favorite movie…Remember the Titans
Summer recap…He had a busy summer in LA for the draft and Toronto for the Combine
Most memorable hockey moment… winning the state championship
Favorite food… pasta
Favorite TV show… Family Guy/Burn Notice
Cody Goloubef was selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2nd round (37th overall) in 2008.
In 2009-10, Goloubef played in 42 games for the Wisconsin Badgers. He scored 3-11-14 along with a +14 and 64 penalty minutes. He led the Badgers to the NCAA Frozen Four where they finished runner-up to Boston College.
In 2008-09, Goloubef played in 36 games for the Badgers and scored 5-8-13 along with a +6 plus/minus rating and 38 penalty minutes. He also won a World Juniors Gold Medal with Team Canada where he scored 0-1-1 with eight penalty minutes.
In 2007-08, Goloubef played in 40 games for Wisconsin and scored 4-6-10 with 36 penalty minutes.
Family in the NHL… great uncle, Dick Duff, who won six Stanley Cups with Montreal and Toronto
If he wasn't playing hockey… he would want to be a GM in hockey
Greatest influence… parents
Best hockey memory… winning the World Juniors for Team Canada
Favorite vacation spot… Muskoka, ON
Favorite movie… Man on Fire
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Happy New Year Everybody!
I love knitting '2-at-a-time-Socks' and I always have an on-going project because I don't want to forget how to do it. This yarn has been ripped out from a previous sock project (2 years in progress). I had ripped out other areas many times over until I got to the sole portion then I realized the leg portion was too tight. So I started a new pattern this time with the same yarn. A while back I posted a "How-to" question regarding this pattern and thanks for all your help, I understand it better and on my way of knitting it.
I'm packing to go on a trip starting tomorrow. I'm taking this project and two other projects (a cowl and a shawl) with me so I will have something to do during sea days on a cruise ship.
I really appreciate this forum and all the expert help I get whenever I needed. :heart:
~ Quik
These are going to be beautiful. It's such a lovely, intricate pattern and the yarn colors are very pretty. Have fun on the cruise! Sounds like you've got the kntting taken care of.
Those socks are gorgeous! Can't wait to see them finished.
Love those beautiful sock tops! You really must post a photo when they're done. Bon voyage!
They are great looking. We just came back from a cruise last week in September and I took a whole bag of knitting. It is a great place to sit and knit and so many lovely places to sit too! Can't wait to see the finished product!
This afternoon we came back from a New Year Day bicycle ride. It felt good to be outside after all that snow we had since day after Christmas. With the trail cleared out (by hubby) we were able to ride without any incident.
:heart: ~ Quik
Wonderful yarn! Weeee!
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I finished the socks for a couple weeks now. I had to wait to model it because my legs are peeling from sun tanned. In the picture I'm wearing two layers of hose to keep from showing in the picture.
I really had fun knitting these socks and I think they look pretty good. The yarn aren't anything special. Bernat Sox: 60% Acrylic & 40% Nylon so they'll be machine washable and dryable. Easy to take care.
Now I have to decide on another pair to start. :woot:
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Beautiful! Bet your feet are happy. :happydance: You did great.
Very nice job they look great. I had to laugh though as I didn't enlarge the photo and I thought, "Wow, she really got a suntan!" lolololol They look fabooo! :inlove:
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The editors of Sunset magazine seek the best home, living, and food ideas from ... or for ... folks in the Western states.
And in their special September, 2009 Coastal Issue, Sunset recommended sustainably produced Western seafood, and the best retailers of these fish and shellfish.
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We received their recommendation in an article titled The West's best fish: A shopper's guide to our most delicious, sustainable seafood ? and how to enjoy it.
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Today, the world economy is more volatile than ever, endangering recent progress in developing countries.
The adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000 marked a significant moment in history that addressed issues of universal human importance. It was a hopeful moment in which there was a global conviction that human deprivation could be alleviated through the coordinated and sustained effort of the world's nations.
Nearly twelve years later, many countries have made impressive strides towards achieving the MDGs. However, we also now live in a more uncertain and integrated world where economic and financial shocks are more likely than ever, and their impact can be more broadly devastating. With such an environment come different and profound challenges for human development. To be clear, vulnerability to shocks directly impacts how well households meet basic needs, how many people live in poverty, the access children have to schooling, and the ability of men and women to find meaningful and productive employment.
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• Adopt income stabilization measures such as national revenue funds and insurance instruments to help commodity producers secure more predictable incomes.
• Develop rapid response systems to monitor private capital flow related shocks.
• Mobilize domestic revenues to enhance fiscal capacity and for investments needed to secure MDG progress.
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Frozen: A Disney Movie Where Sisters Actually Care For Each Other
Brotherly love gets a lot of play in the Bible, though the concepts are hardly gender specific. " Indeed, "Let brotherly love continue," says the author of Hebrews. The charge seems like an extension of the Golden Rule, where we are to love our neighbors as ourselves. We are to love each other as though we are siblings, as though our neighbor comes from our own flesh and blood.
Disney's treatment of siblings in Frozen feels more purposeful than previous films. In Little Mermaid, Ariel is the youngest of seven sisters, but her independent streak simply leads her away from the family. Cinderella faces her cruel stepsisters, but the story is more about her triumph over them in the end than it is about the love she shows them. Or many previous Disney movies simply feature princesses who don't have siblings, like Snow White or Belle in Beauty in the Beast.
Frozen is no match for the complexities portrayed of sisters in literature like Little Women, Little House on the Prairie, or Sense and Sensibility. Then there's C.S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces retelling of the Greek myth of sisters Cupid and Psyche, which features the themes of rivalry, jealousy, and possessiveness. On the surface, sisterly love, in comparison to "radical" brotherly love, can sound girly or cute. But serious literature has demonstrated the power of sisterly treatment, whether it turns into shared love or mutual destruction.
What Frozen offers is a leap forward in themes for a Disney cartoon, providing children with a picture of sibling challenges that consist of more than bickering and rivalries. As Princess Anna has to climb mountains to reach her sister while Princess Elsa has to come off her mountain to face her fears, it illustrates the persistence they both have in reconciliation.
Frozen captures sibling love by displaying the challenges and the sacrifices love might require of us. Even the romance in the film attempts a creative twist, with a love triangle thrown in the mix. What Princess Anna thinks of as true love is confused by another love interest, demonstrating that love looks different went put to the test.
Initially, I thought I'd be telling people, "Pick Frozen instead of Hunger Games this weekend!" But Hunger Games offers its own powerful qualities, for reasons Alissa Wilkinson has already spelled out in her review for CT Movies. Still, if you're looking for something light-hearted, a movie children can watch, and one that dives a bit into sacrificial love, Frozen will do the trick.
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5 Reasons Why Google Should Fear (or Buy) Twitter
Ever since Google began to gain momentum in the early years of the 21st century (and then went public in 2004), people have assumed that Google is unstoppable. Although other search engines have fought and clawed in an attempt to take back share of the search market from Google, they have all failed (yes Yahoo and Microsoft, I'm talking about you).
Because of Google's dominance over these other large corporations, it's easy to see why most people would assume that no company could come up with enough money to come close to competing with Google.
However, over the last couple of months, one company has emerged that could present a real threat to Google. While many people could not grasp why they had been able to raise over fifty-five million dollars in funding, people within the tech industry were still obsessed with the concept of Twitter for over a year. However, it was only recently when everyone started to realize that Twitter could actually pose a direct threat to Google (hence their ability to raise so much venture capital).
Without further ado, here's the list of five reasons why Google should fear (or more likely, buy) Twitter:
It's Personalized: If Google is a vast library with only one librarian to guide you around (who can be hard of hearing depending on how complicated the information is that you are looking for), then Twitter is the same library but with all of your friends (and other individuals who you trust) standing around different areas of the library to point out the information that you should actually care about.
It's Flexible: While it's true that you can use Google on different platforms (such as your desktop or your mobile phone), Google can't come close to offering the wide variety of flexible experiences that Twitter can. Whether you are using IceRocket Twitter Search to search and reply in real-time, Twitpic to share pictures with your followers, Tweetdeck to keep up with your stream of Twitter activity, Tweetie to use Twitter on the iPhone or BackTweets to monitor who is tweeting about your blog or web site, it's easy to see that the ways to adapt Twitter to your own preferences are almost endless.
It Can Be Customized: Although it's true that Google allows you to create a personalized homepage, Google simply can't offer the same level of customization as Twitter. For example, Twitter has mentioned the possibility of serving local news to individuals who are interested in this topic. While this may not seem that significant, the reason that it's a big deal is because Twitter is able to inject this topic (or any other topic for that matter) directly into your Twitter stream (which means that you don't have to worry about anything except for absorbing the information).
It's User Generated: This obviously ties in with the first point, but it's an important point to note in itself. While Google is dependant upon it's crawlers to go out and find the material for its index (which then must be organized by its algorithm), Twitter doesn't have to worry about collecting a single drop of information. Instead, it let's its extremely active participants collect and share all of this information on their own.
It's Fresh: Although the first four reasons on this list are all important and should be enough to make Google pay close attention to Twitter (which they already are), the most direct threat to Google is because of Twitter's ability to deliver fresh and relevant information the minute it becomes available.
In fact, it's this exact reason why Twitter began to gain so much attention back in October of 2007. When wildfires broke out in California, many people turned to Twitter to get up to the date information about the progress of the wildfires. While a search of Google yielded a couple of news results and a bunch of information that was not relevant at the time (since people didn't want to know about the history of wildfires, but what was happening at the moment), Twitter was giving people the exact, fresh information that they needed.
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google really should incorporate twitter more. its becoming such a powerful medium it has to be taken seriously more.
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The only problem with Twitter I've been seeing recently is that it is heavily manipulated. Google is mature, it has been through spamming and is clean now while Twitter is still to learn to keep its users free of spam.
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Not surprising. Twitter is so fresh and aren't we all about instant gratification?
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Twitter appears to have risen above all other "micro-blogging" platforms. So why shouldn't google buy them?
Twitter is a very popular site to be sure, but they have yet to find a way to be profitable.
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Great article Gerald! Great timing too!
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I think one of the most important aspects of Twitter is the wisdom of crowds concept it brings to gaining information. While Google's rankings and search results are based on a seemingly endless number of variables measured by a mathematical algorithm – an algorithm that can be manipulated, no less – there is no substitute for the human element that Twitter brings to the mix.
I often pose questions to my Twitterverse and receive answers in real-time from people I've come to trust and respect through my previous interactions with them. Trying to get an answer to the same question via Google could take several different keyword searches and weeding through a thousand results. The best answer could be buried on page 42 of the any one of a dozen keyword searches.
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As one of the above commenters said, the biggest problem Twitter faces is quality control. If they can get a better wrap around that, then they might pose a serious threat to the big G.
Yes I agree with you and Ann Eric. Twitter is still young so I'm sure they will have a few growing pains along the way.
Being able to search/follow the real time conversation is Twitter's competitive search advantage. By the time Google indexes a page, that's old news on Twitter.
Good stuff here,
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Agreed. Twitter is a great medium for breaking news.Thanks for commenting Matt.
Great post! You're absolutely right twitter is definitely something goggle is going to have to watch out for. I don't think google will have a hope in keeping up with twitter when it comes to fresh content. Nothing beats good old human interaction!
It seems Google buys Jaiku instead of Twitter!
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While I do agree that Twitter has attracted everyone's attention and that it has a huge potential yet to be developed, I'm not sure that it poses a threat to the Big G. Time will tell, I guess.
Nice post!
Yes indeed time will tell. 🙂
I don't see why Google would have to buy Twitter to get the benefits of its power and freshness. Most of the Twitter tools you mention are produced by another company. Other than Not Invented Here Syndrome (which Google seems to avoid pretty well) why couldn't Google just index Twitter, and intelligently build those results into search and other products? If it's not OK with Twitter's TOS, I'm sure paying Twitter a special license for that ability would be a lot cheaper than buying them.
Interesting suggestions. There are definitely many possibilities. It will be interesting to see how everything unfolds with Twitter in the future.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting. 🙂
Google can't be happy with just indexing Twitter. I don't have a gmail account because it's linked to a cell phone number and I don't want my cell cross referenced with my IP address which is associated with my physical address. Google is like the IRS except more efficient at collecting data and if they owned Twitter your "profile" would take on a whole new meaning. Hopefully, Twitter will stay out of the clutches of the Googly evil control freak.
I like your analogy "Google is like the IRS" 😉
All very valid points, but didn't Facebook already do all of this?
Considering that Facebook is compliant across multiple platforms, allows for sharing of not only text, but video, sound, and photos, AND it allows for complete organization of everything you upload.
If anyone should be worried about Twitter, it isn't Google.
well I think facebook is great for connecting with old classmates and what have you but if I get superpoked one more time….
Google buying Twitter – oh yea, that's a superb idea. The following is one of two or both things I see happening.
Charging "per tweet" and setting up daily, weekly, or monthly "packages".
No self promotions whatsoever – news only.
Viva Google! Yea whatever…
LOL Dennis let's hope that doesn't happen. 😉 pay per tweet perhaps? 😉
Exactly right. Just think of the possibilities as low as a penny or even a 1/2 cent per tweet.
Interesting thoughts but what I feel that twitter has still got a long way to go before it becomes a significant threat or even a buying option for Google.
If Twitter can't come up with a way to proactively keep spammers from gaming the system, it'll fall by the wayside when the next big thing happens. Google will keep moving along, because they've established themselves and have done a good job of keeping search results relevant.
I like Twitter, but there's a long ways to go until it's truly something that Google should fear.
Besides, Twitter is like a slightly modded version of old school chatrooms (remember when you posted your chat to a page, and it refreshed to show you the most recent chats? Same thing, just hashtags and following replaces chatrooms.).
Great post, by the way! It's always interesting to view the different perspectives on this.
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This is an excellent post, and I just excerpted the "librarian" metaphor to my Posterous, and thereby on to all my Twitter peeps.
BTW @Roger, Twitter having the IM/chat aspect mashed up with email/blog-like/commenting asynchronous features is exactly the reason for Twitters success.
As the post mentions, the crowd-sourced aggregator/guide function that Twitter users are naturally/effortlessly fulfilling is exactly what other crowd-sourced "search" tools like Mahalo have failed to resoundingly deliver.
Twitter is like a hive-mind with interesting social connection wormholes (TM).
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Antoine O. Flatharta's script does not condemn the church and its role in Irish society outright, but marginalizes it, casting it as a relic of a rose-colored time in recent history. In this sense, "Stella Days" could be regarded as a cinematic stand-in for the real-life Irish church today, fighting to regain trust — and to be recognized as relevant -- in the aftermath of traumatic scandals.
Unfortunately, "Stella Days" does not inspire much confidence in this regard. The aforementioned clergyman, Father Daniel Barry (Martin Sheen), is outwardly sunny and cheerful, but inwardly bored and depressed. Educated in Rome and having spent many years in America, he feels out of place in the remote and impoverished village to which he's been posted.
A telling moment in the film comes at the bedside of a dying old woman. She asks Father Barry where heaven is. He cannot answer. "So we know where we are," she responds, "but we do not know where we are going."
In another sense, though, Father Barry does know where he's going. He's counting on a one-way ticket back to Rome. But his plans are dashed by his superior, Bishop Hegerty (Tom Hickey).
The bishop is obsessed with finances and with the "constant, never-ending battle for the control of hearts and minds," as he misguidedly describes the church's mission. He wants to build a new parish church, and Father Barry must remain and raise the money.
It's a hopeless cause, until Father Barry sees the light — literally.
Electricity has finally arrived in his village, and with it modern conveniences and illumination, as well as new temptations and distractions. Father Barry, a fan of the cinema, thinks a picture house, called "The Stella," is just the ticket to raise money and, at the same time, engage his wandering flock.
Just why the opportunity to see Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr cavorting in the surf in "From Here to Eternity" should bring people flocking back to church is anyone's guess. But films, Father Barry insists, can be a source of entertainment and enlightenment. "The soul is fed by many things," he says.
Leading the opposition, predictably, is the bishop. He finds an ally in Brendan (Stephen Rea), a local politician. "Once you have turned on the filth and immorality, it is hard to turn it off," he predicts. And how.
Undaunted, Father Barry joins forces with Tim (Trystan Gravelle), a new teacher in the parish school. Tim is young, worldly, "with-it." He sets his own rules, casting morality aside as he beds his married landlady, Molly (Marcella Plunkett). Clearly, "Stella Days" pins its hopes for the future on Tim's generation, free of the influence of the once-mighty Catholic Church.
The film also casts new vocations to the priesthood in a questionable light. Father Barry discourages Molly's young son Joey (Joey O'Sullivan), who thinks God is calling him. "I was called, but not by God," he tells Joey. He then recounts his own sad story, which hinges on his having been given away by his parents to the church at the age of 12.
The film contains an unflattering portrayal of the Catholic Church, an adulterous relationship and some rough language. The Catholic News Service classification is L — limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.
*****Joseph McAleer is a guest reviewer for Catholic News Service.