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Hired farmworkers include field crop workers, nursery workers, livestock workers, farmworker supervisors, and hired farm managers. Some employment estimates also include support personnel on farms, as well as agricultural service workers, who are brought to farms by specialized contractors rather than hired by farm operators. Hired farmworkers make up less than 1 percent of all U.S. wage and salary workers, but they play an essential role in U.S. agriculture. Wages, salaries, and contract labor expenses represent roughly 17 percent of total variable farm costs, and as much as 40 percent of costs in labor intensive crops such as fruits, vegetables, and nursery products. Hired farmworkers continue to be one of the most economically disadvantaged groups in the United States.
Hired farmworkers are employed in both metro and nonmetro areas. The statistics presented in this chapter refer to farmworkers nationwide rather than in nonmetro areas only, unless otherwise indicated.
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According to the Farm Labor Survey (FLS) of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), hired farmworkers (including agricultural service workers) make up a third of all those working on farms; the other two-thirds are self-employed farm operators and their family members. The majority of hired farmworkers are found on the nation's largest farms, with sales over $500,000 per year.
The average number of hired farmworkers has steadily declined over the last century, from roughly 3.4 million to just over 1 million. Because the U.S. labor force grew, agricultural employment as a proportion of total employment has declined even more sharply. According to the FLS, the annual average number of people employed as hired farmworkers, including agricultural service workers, decreased from 1,142,000 in 1990 to 1,032,000 in 2007. Since then it has held steady at just above one million. In 2012, the total was 1,063,000 of which 576,000 were full-year positions, 199,000 were part-year positions, and an estimated 288,000 were agricultural service workers brought to farms by contractors. Employment is highly seasonal: in January of 2011, there were 808,000 workers, while in July the figure stood at 1,184,000.
Farm employment was less affected by the 2007-09 recession than was nonfarm employment. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, farm wage and salary employment fell by 1.5 percent between 2007 and 2009, compared to 4.7 percent for the nonfarm economy. The Farm Labor Survey found that average farm employment in 2012 was above 2007 levels.
The Current Population Survey (CPS) counts farmworkers using a household rather than a farm survey, and provides more demographic detail. In 2012, the CPS estimated average hired farm employment at 787,000, which is close to the FLS total excluding agricultural service workers (775,000).
Of these farmworkers, 56 percent work in crop agriculture, and the remaining 44 percent work in livestock. Roughly 37 percent of all hired farmworkers live in the Southwest (defined to include California), and 25 percent live in the Midwest region. Two States—California and Texas—account for more than one-third of all farmworkers.
More farmworkers are located in metropolitan areas (56 percent) than in nonmetro counties. In California, 99 percent of farmworkers are located in metro areas, and in Washington State the figure is 95 percent.
The table below divides the hired farmworkers found in the 2012 CPS into two groups: (i) laborers and field supervisors, and (ii) hired farm managers. About half of all laborers and supervisors are Hispanic, while managers are mostly non-Hispanic whites. Thirty-one percent of laborers and supervisors have less than a ninth grade education, compared to 6 percent for farm managers and three percent for the U.S. workforce as a whole. Laborers and supervisors are also younger and less likely to be married than either hired farm managers or the average U.S. worker.
Note that figures for these and other characteristics differ somewhat depending on the set of workers being analyzed and the data sources used. Livestock farmworkers, for example, have more stability and less seasonal employment, and consequently, their traits more resemble those of all wage and salary workers than of field crop farmworkers. Similarly, data from the Current Population Survey reflect a more established and native-born population than data collected from the National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS).
Fifty-nine percent of farm laborers and supervisors found in the CPS are U.S. citizens, compared to 91 percent for managers, and for all U.S. wage and salary workers. The CPS data do not indicate how many of those without citizenship are legally authorized to work, although some information on this question may be found in the NAWS, discussed below.
Hired farmworkers have historically experienced above-average unemployment rates in part because of the highly seasonal nature of agriculture; however, their low levels of education and often limited English-language skills compared with the general population also explain much of their labor market disadvantage.
Unemployment rates for hired farmworkers, as for many other major occupational groups, more than doubled between 2007 and 2010, to 15.9 percent. Only construction and extraction occupations saw a greater increase and higher resulting levels of unemployment in 2010. Employment levels for hired farmworkers, however, did not decrease over this period. This apparent disparity may be due to several factors, including greater turnover in the farm labor market and a larger number of former farmworkers rejoining the labor force. Since 2010, the unemployment rate for hired farmworkers has fallen slightly, and in 2012 it stood at 13.5 percent, compared to 8.1 percent for the national average of all occupations.
According to the FLS, the real average hourly earnings of non-supervisory farm laborers has been between $10.50 and $10.80 since 2007 (in constant inflation-adjusted dollars, at 2012 prices), and stood at $10.80 in 2012. Real farmworker wages have risen at 0.8 percent per year since 1990.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment Statistics program provides an alternative estimate of farmworker wages that permits a comparison between farm occupations, and with low-wage occupations in the nonfarm economy.
The U.S. Department of Labor's National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) is the only survey that ascertains the legal status of noncitizen farmworkers, and the only survey that identifies hired farmworkers as migrant or settled. However, NAWS is limited to hired crop farmworkers and excludes hired livestock farmworkers.
The share of hired crop farmworkers who were not legally authorized to work in the U.S. grew from roughly 15 percent in 1989-91 to almost 55 percent in 1999-2001. Since then it has fluctuated around 50 percent. Since 2001, the share who are citizens has increased from about 21 percent to about 33 percent, while the share who hold green cards or other forms of work authorization has fallen from about 25 percent to about 19 percent.
The share of hired crop farmworkers who were born in the United States or Puerto Rico fell from about 40 percent in 1989-91 to a low of about 18 percent in 1998-2000, while the share born in Mexico rose from 54 percent to 79 percent over the same interval. Since then, the U.S. and Puerto Rican share has rebounded to about 29 percent and the Mexican share has fallen to about 68 percent. The share from Central America and other countries has never exceeded 6 percent.
Since 2000, however, Hispanic workers have also been employed in increasing numbers in the dairy industry (not covered by NAWS). One study found that 75 percent of Hispanic dairy workers in New York State were from Mexico, 24 percent were from Guatemala, and one percent were from Honduras (see Survey of Hispanic Dairy Workers in New York State, Cornell University, February 2005).
Almost three-quarters of hired crop farmworkers are not migrants, but are considered settled, meaning they work at a single location within 75 miles of their home. This number is up from 42 percent in 1996-98.
Among migrant workers, the largest group are "shuttlers," who work at a single farm location more than 75 miles from home, and may cross an international border to get there. They made up about 12 percent of hired crop farmworkers in 2007-09, down from about 24 percent in 1996-98.
More common in the past, the "follow the crop" migrant farm worker, who moves from state to state working on different crops as the seasons advance, is now a relative rarity. These workers make up just five percent of those surveyed by the NAWS in 2007-09, down from a high of 14 percent in 1992-94. The final category in the figure are the newcomers to farming, whose migration patterns have not yet been established.
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MapKnitter is an open source mapping tool by Public Lab
Students map their university campus with MapKnitter
In the fall of 2010, I asked the biology class I teach at Western Carolina University for volunteers to help map the campus. Three years later, dozens of students have participated in learning how to use aerial photography and cartography techniques created by Public Lab.
I had no idea that such a simple question like, "Who wants to help make a map of campus?," could lead to mapping excursions to the South Carolina coast and local cemeteries, and eventually land the students work with Google Maps.
Collecting images for maps is fun for students because most enjoy being the center of attention: walking across campus with a 6 ft diameter red balloon accomplishes just that. We use cheap cameras with the shutter held down by rubber bands and duct tape to take pictures continuously. The balloon and camera pair are lofted into the air and then we take a leisurely stroll around campus avoiding trees, power lines, and buildings.
Over the years, several students have become more involved in the project. Standout cartographer Rachel Phipps used Adobe Photoshop to sort through thousands of photos to build the core of the campus map (still being used on Google Maps). Then, in 2011, Kaitlyn Reda added the University library to the map using MapKnitter—an open source tool developed by Public Lab (on GitHub). She calls it "simple and straight forward."
Proprietary map making software is complex and expensive, so in 2009 MIT graduate student Jeff Warren and his friends sought to create an open source solution. The early software was called Cartagen Knitter, and it allowed users to make maps for free with only an Internet connection. Today, after many coding hours, volunteer programmers, and staff hours, MapKnitter allows individuals to add their own aerial images and annotate maps. Last year, the pedestrian center of campus (under construction in 2010) was photographed and will be added to the larger campus map using MapKnitter.
Campuses around the country seem to be perpetually under construction and ours in no exception. Western Carolina University recently hired HEWV, a Virginia based architecture firm, to develop a master plan for construction and used several of our images and mosaics in their presentation to the campus community. Typically, the firm hires aerial photographers at great cost when they need images, so the low-cost images our team provided were a fresh and welcome perspective. Designer Ashley LeFew said, "It's great to have student involvement on something like this. Usually clients don't provide aerial photographs of their own site."
This fall, as new students and volunteers for the project stream in, I hope to photograph our new 160,000 square foot LEED Silver certified Health and Human Sciences building using the same low cost techniques. I look forward to explaining the project to my new class and showing them pictures from last semester's work (and fun!). The reactions are always the same as hands shoot into the air: Cool! How can I help?
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This is such an incredible project, Adam. What a wonderful way to give back to the campus while also teaching students.
Thanks, Ginny! It's happening all over the world at universities as well. I'd like to launch an initiative to get as many geography departments across the country involved.
FAA Part 101 Subpart B
101.13 Operating Limits
I am no expert, but how did you get around the federal law limiting moored balloons to a height not to exceed 500 feet from the surface of the air. I know this luniversity would not violate federal regulations, so please post your exception in order for the rest of us to be able to use it. Thank you.
Hi Joel, the operating limits that you refer to only apply to moored balloon platforms that are above a size threshold that these platforms do not exceed. The FAA regulations are listed and referred to in the PublicLab.org balloon mapping wiki.

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WAILUKU - Calling a defendant an "egotistical manipulator," a judge Friday ordered a 20-year prison term for a Kihei man convicted of repeatedly sexually molesting a girl during a five-year period.
"And you deserve every minute of those 20 years," 2nd Circuit Judge Richard Bissen told Eddie Garcia, 38.
He had pleaded no contest to continuous sexual assault of a child under age 14 from February 2005 to February 2010, as well as abuse of the child on Aug. 19, 2010.
Bissen had agreed to be bound by terms of a plea agreement in sentencing Garcia.
Prosecuting Attorney John D. Kim said Garcia began "sexualizing" the victim, a family member, when she was 10 years old. When she turned 12, he began having sexual intercourse with her weekly, with the frequency increasing to four to five times a week as the girl got older, Kim said.
"He has basically manipulated his whole family into believing he's a good father and a provider," Kim said.
He said Garcia has a 1998 conviction for third-degree promotion of a dangerous drug.
"He's a methamphetamine addict," Kim said. "I think he's just living in his own world and doesn't believe he's done anything wrong.
"The only thing he was sorry for was getting caught in this matter."
Before his sentencing, Garcia had unsuccessfully tried to withdraw his no-contest pleas in the case.
His attorney, Chris Dunn, said that Garcia planned to appeal the court decision to not allow him to withdraw his pleas.
The allegations to which Garcia pleaded no contest "are certainly horrendous," Dunn said.
"However, the pride and support of his family stand in stark contrast to those allegations," Dunn said.
Bissen said Garcia was "the most self-centered, egotistical manipulator that I have ever encountered in the last 26 years in the court system."
"And this extends from his manipulation, clearly, of the victim, his wife, his family," Bissen said.
He said Garcia's attempts to manipulate the court system were well documented.
Garcia "gave a full confession to the police of the horrible crimes he committed on the victim," Bissen said.
"The worst crime was to convince her that she is the reason you are sitting there today and that she's the reason you are going to prison for 20 years," the judge told Garcia. "Let it be clear, you are the reason you are going to prison today. You are the reason you can no longer provide financially for your family.
"Your family has clearly forgiven you. But forgiveness does not equal absence of guilt."
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A Rochester man pleaded guilty Monday to selling counterfeit Christmas ornaments at the Walden Galleria.
Hakan Umsu, 32, admitted buying the fake ornaments from a company in China, but his lawyer told U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara that he thought they were genuine.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Fauzia K. Mattingly told Arcara the counterfeit ornaments were made to look like ornaments sold by a Sarasota, Fla. company and that Umsu was caught in December of 2011 selling them from a kiosk at the Galleria.
Umsu pleaded guilty to a single charge of copyright infringement and now faces up to six months in prison.
His lawyer, Glenn Pincus, told Arcara that the copyrighted and non-copyrighted ornaments are made by the same Chinese manufacturer and that Umsu was unaware that he was buying fake ornaments.


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An Ashe County animal control officer has been fired after not responding to a call that would have "justified emergency response from animal control," and then later lying about the incident to county officials. While it may appear that Ashe officials have taken care of the problem by firing one ACO, it could be argued that the incident sheds light on a generally regressive attitude toward animals and their humane treatment by Ashe County employees.
The incident occurred on Sept. 27, when Animal Control Director Joe Testerman and his two AC officers were trying to capture a dog in response to calls from neighborhood residents. Testerman said the dog behaved aggressively toward the officers, so even though he had a catchpole, he decided to "capture the dog by shooting it," according to a report he made later to County Manager Pat Mitchell. The dog was shot but escaped alive, and according to Testerman it "was later found dead on Beaver Drive not far from where it was shot." Testerman's only concern about the incident appears to have been that the dog "was shot by a rifle at close range were a side arm would have been a better choice."
It turns out that the dog was "found" in the basement of a Beaver Drive residence, and "later" was the next morning. The dog had shown up there sometime before 7 pm the night before, alive and bleeding from his gunshot wound. The resident had called the sheriff's communications center, and a dispatcher called ACO Jim Walters. Following is a transcript from the recorded call:
Dispatcher: Did you go out and shoot a dog this morning?
Walters: Uh, Dana shot it and we lost it.
Dispatcher: Well the lady says it's back in her yard again. She didn't know what to do with it.
Walters: Well …
Dispatcher: It's, it's not dead.
Walters: Okay, it's not bothering anything, is it?
Dispatcher: Ah, uh, she didn't say it was.
Walters: All right. Well, it probably wouldn't be considered as an emergency. We'll just try to get up there in the morning and pop it again.
Dispatcher: Okay.
Walters: I don't want to shoot it with all these people home, you know.
Dispatcher: Yeah, yeah.
Walters: And, but I'll call … I'm gonna be off tomorrow, but I'll call Dana and tell him to go up there in the morning first thing and see if it's there and pop him again and get it.
Setting aside Walters' lack of concern about the animal's suffering (he's been fired, after all), what about the response by the dispatcher? A wounded dog is bleeding and, we can assume, suffering in someone's basement and the dispatcher's only response when an AC officer proposed leaving the dog there overnight was "Okay."
Even if you don't consider the animal's suffering, what about the resident who has called the sheriff's dispatcher about this wounded dog in her basement? Regardless of how deeply she may or may not have been affected by the suffering, she most likely called dispatch because she did not want a wounded and bleeding dog in her basement.
And in fact, shortly after the resident called, a neighbor called dispatch about the dog, stressing the fact to the dispatcher that the dog was bleeding and appeared to have been shot:
Dispatch: I talked to the animal control officer and he said that if it, hang on, he said that if the animal wasn't causing any problems that they would just come out tomorrow and they would take care of it.
Caller: [unintelligible] is they've got it shut up in their basement and they said it looked like it might have been shot cause it's bleeding.
Dispatcher: It's what, I'm sorry, what did you say?
Caller: My neighbor called, it was another neighbor come down, because they knew that I knew one of the animal control officers and been in contact with him, and they said they've got it shut up in their basement as I said, but they said it's kind of bleeding, looked like it might have been shot.
Dispatch: Yeah, it has been shot. They shot it, but they couldn't find it.
Caller: Oh, OK.
Dispatcher: But they said they'd come put tomorrow and take care of it.
Caller: Oh, OK, thank you.
At some point, wouldn't someone with a humane, compassionate outlook think: it's not fair to anyone involved–the dog or the people–to leave this situation until tomorrow?
This incident may have never been heard about again, but the residents involved were so unhappy about the way the situation was handled that they complained about it to other people, and at some point the complaint reached Pat Mitchell, who investigated.
Despite the investigation, there's still one question left unasked and unanswered: how did the dog die? Joe Testerman said in his report that the only injury they saw was the single gunshot wound, so presumably the dog bled to death in that basement.
UPDATE: There is actually another wrinkle to this story that I had forgotten. There was a reference to this incident in emails I received following a different public records request. A sheriff's department employee told Pat Mitchell that she heard of the incident from her grandson, who told her about an AC officer "shooting a dog in front of a group of kids and then the dog getting in his friend's basement and the father having to kill it." (Which partially answers the question of how the dog died.) The sheriff's employee said "Frankly, I disregarded this as I was sure no animal control officer would do that with 5 kids there."
The emails, reports and audio files linked to in this post were obtained via a public records request.


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Green and Goshen trustees are complaining about Mahoning County Roads. Would you agree many are in sorry shape?
Mahoning county office is a joke when you complain about the roads
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Mahoning County generally only cares about the Youngstown-Boardman area, as I'm sure we can all agree. The county is so screwed up they can't even take care of that area, why would Green or Goshen expect they'll be able to take care of them? Just keep electing scum bag Dems, they've been a real benefit to the county.
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Good point !Mahoning county ends just south of Youngstown.
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First, before anything can be done, Green and Goshen Townships have to convince Mahoning County that they are actually part of the county.
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12 Interchangeable Celebrities You Probably Get Confused
The older, more jaded generations have always complained that modern pop culture is too homogenous: All your starlets look the same, all your music sounds alike, all your movies share the same plots. For the most part, that's bullshit, but every once in a while some intriguing evidence surfaces that indicates there actually might be a celebrity factory out there somewhere, just stamping Zooey Deschanel's face onto a porn star's body and giving us soulless clone armies of Katy Perrys. I'm not saying the following people all look perfectly alike; I'm saying that there's a strange, indefinable aura of familiarity surrounding everything they do. There's a weird kind of sameness about each of these people that leads you to believe they really might be just some cheap palette-swapped version of another celebrity. For instance:
#12 - #10. Tobey Maguire and Elijah Wood and Topher Grace
They all occupy the "loveable nerd who inexplicably pulls hot women" slot on the actorboard. Sure, they share a look in common -- slight, kind of pasty, big doe eyes that implore you to preserve the sanctity of their innocence even as those pouty lips beg you to take it away from them -- but it's more than looks. There's something to the way they stand and the way they move that just screams "I have way too much lunch money and love punches; why won't somebody help me?"
That's not fair, of course: Tobey Maguire bulked way the hell up for Spider-Man, and any attempt to wedgie him now would end with the assailants finding out what their own teeth taste like. And Elijah Wood played that creepy dude in Sin City a little too well to be pure acting; you know that guy probably carries around a claw hammer everywhere he goes and just waits for some meathead to scratch his murder-itch.
But even though you know it's objectively silly to sense any kind of nerdly weakness in them, it's still there, isn't it? They each have this vague, victimized-and-now-I'm-totally-unstable-because-of-it aura. The interchangeability is even acknowledged in their own movie roles: In the Spider-Man comics, Eddie Brock -- the man behind Venom - looks like this:
He's huge, square-jawed and jockish; he's the opposite of everything Peter Parker. But when it came time to cast him in the movie, the producers went with this:
And you know it's because somebody sat down and said: "OK, we're casting Venom. He's like the anti-Spider-Man, so we need the antithesis of Tobey Maguire. You know: Somebody like him, but evil."
And somebody else raised their hand and timidly put forth: "What about that kid from That '70s Show?"
"You mean Elijah Wood?"
"No, that's the hobbit. The skinny kid, with the hair!"
"Like the one from Pleasantville?"
"That's fucking Tobey Maguire!"
#9 - #8. Patrick Swayze and Kurt Russell
Aw, bullshit. Nobody honestly gets these two confused. Patrick Swayze was Point Break. He was Ghost. He was badass, but also kind of sensitive. Kurt Russell exclusively played characters whose middle name was Motherfuckin'. He was Snake Motherfuckin' Plissken. He was Jack Motherfuckin' Burton. They each carved out their own niche in the cultural zeitgeist, and it's downright disrespectful to confuse them, right? Right. But you have to admit, that niche is pretty similar -- they both habitually played stoic, stone-jawed badasses who'd pull your throat out just as soon as look at you:
Or else they played long-haired rebels who defied authority at all costs, even if it screwed them in the process:
But even still, there's no mistaking Russell and Swayze in their iconic roles. When you start venturing out of those bounds, however, the mullet waters get a little bit muddy. What about the movie where Steven Seagal fights a plane? Was Russell in that one? Executive something?
Now, what about the one with the trucker versus the evil ... other truckers? I think it had Meatloaf in it. That sounds like a Russell deal for how silly it is, but the working-class overtones could put it firmly in Swayze territory.
What about that terrible remake with the upside-down boat? That had to be Swayze. Swayze did water stuff; he was Bodhi. He had spirituality firing out of both assholes. Swayze was a dude you just know was at home with the sea. If there's a boat, Swayze's on it.
It's like our brains come hard-wired with enough room for one guy who looks good in a mullet and a tank top, and that's it. If there's ever more than one to keep track of, our frontal lobes just shunt them off into the Mulletsphere and their individual identities are lost forever.
#7 - #6. Nick Nolte and Gary Busey
This one was only valid up until about 10 years ago, before all of Gary Busey's screen time became devoted solely to documentaries about how crazy he was, and all of Nick Nolte's went to, I don't know, whatever actors do when they stop getting film roles. Commercials for local furniture stores? Amateur porn? Guinea pigs for science?
But back in the mid-'80s to mid-'90s, it seemed like every other movie had a spot reserved for "unstable middle-aged blond guy," and the two men fought tooth and nail for every gig. They even got their breaks in a strangely similar fashion: Nolte made his fame in 48 Hours, a buddy-cop movie with Eddie Murphy, while Busey broke out as a villain in Lethal Weapon, THE buddy-cop movie, with a similarly proto-psycho Gibson. Man, that's a pretty epic crazy curse for one film. Did the whole cast get drunk and make fun of a mentally disabled gypsy or something?
But their typecasting wasn't quite the same: Nolte played frazzled middle-aged cops, Busey played psychotic ex-vets with terrifying horse-teeth.
So you should be able to guess the man by the role, right? Let's try it: Point Break -- frazzled middle-aged cop just trying to break the big case. Nolte or Busey? Nolte, right? His face just screams "too old for this shit." Sorry! It was Busey in Point Break. What about the crazy old Vietnam vet in Tropic Thunder? Busey? Nope, that was Nolte, busting the typecasting.
Those were easy. Let's step up the difficulty a little: Which one played the crazy abusive father in The Hulk? Could go either way -- the paternal overtones say Nolte; the crazy says Busey. Who was the straight-laced, overzealous FBI agent in Predator 2? "Straight-laced" says Nolte, while "overzealous" is practically tattooed on Busey's forehead. Of course, the game all falls apart after Busey had his motorcycle accident and suffered severe swelling of the acronym lobe. Then it becomes way too easy to spot the differences: Busey is the drugged-out psycho who looks like he lives under the boardwalk and snatches stray children like a bridge troll.
While Nolte is-
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I'm trying to score at least one more of Jabba's Palace, Helm's Deep, Attack on the Weathertop, Hobbit Shire Unexpected Gathering, Wargs, Mines of Moria, the Vampyre Castle, and the Ghost Train at the Target 70% off clearance prices. Everything else I have at least doubles on. I ended up getting another Orc Forge, 3 Uruk-Hai Army, 3 Loki Cosmic Cube Escape, and 3 Gandalf Arrives sets for $10.98, $8.98 each, $5.98 each, and $3.88 each.
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Jeff Tarpley "doesn't want to raise his son in the glare of the media," attorney Duane Folke says. "If she'll stop talking, we'll stop talking. I want to talk in court."
Tarpley's custody modification request, filed by Folke April 2, is due to be heard in court July 21. Tarpley, a comedian, wants Jeffrey to live with him in Los Angeles, where he and his girlfriend have two sons, ages 8 and 3.
During a discussion on Monday's View about working parents, Shepherd said, "Mommy is trying to pay the bills."
Shepherd's friend Wendy Williams was more direct on her show Monday, saying Tarpley "says that her schedule is too busy and that she is neglecting their son Jeffrey and leaving him with unskilled nannies. Well, somebody's got to work!"
Meanwhile, friends of the co-host are jumping to her defense. "She is an amazing mom and spends a lot of time with Jeffrey Jr.," says a one source adding that Shepherd is really "hands on" when it comes to her son.
"He is never left alone with babysitters or nannies for extended periods of time. When she's doing The View, she takes him to school in the morning and when she has to travel for work, he often goes with her."
Folke urged Shepherd and her friends to avoid the temptation to vent their frustrations on national TV. "I don't understand why they can't keep their mouths shut," he tells PEOPLE.
Folke also took issue with Williams' suggestion that Tarpley and Shepherd's recently estranged husband, Lamar Sally, "have gotten together and they're trying to bury Sherri." Folke says it's a coincidence that Sally recently filed for custody of his and Shepherd's unborn child, who is being carried by a surrogate.
"What she said was preposterous," Folke says. "We're not ganging up on anyone."
Folke says that Tarpley rarely sees Jeffrey. He suggested to PEOPLE that Tarpley lost primary custody of their special-needs son during their divorce battle because the court was "starstruck."
He says Jeffrey Jr. is caught between one parent who surrounds him with "super luxury" and another who provides "what I would call normal existence," and it's important that custody go to the parent who has more time to be with the child. He complained that Shepherd took Jeffrey out of school for three months because of her obligations on Dancing with the Stars.
As the July court date nears, another Shepherd source tells PEOPLE the comedian plans to fight. "She is tough – she will be a pit bull."
With reporting by K.C. BAKER
For more on Shepherd's dual custody battles, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.


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On the one hand he steps up as "peacemaker" in Syria, forestalling possible U.S. military action against the Assad regime for its alleged chemical-weapons atrocities.
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An act in which the male ejaculates his sperm into the female's mouth as he fades away, much like Kobe Bryant fades away on a jumper. Most often done while yelling "Kobe!"
2: Yea bro. Totally Kobe'd that bitch.
2: Yea bro. Totally Kobe'd that bitch.
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something a black man says when they throw a condom into a trashcan after having sex with a white woman in a hotel room
jamal shoots and he scores! kobe!
ayon kay stan ika-13 ng Pebrero, 2005
An exclamation, referring to talented basketball player and alleged rapist Kobe Bryant, used when someone does something requiring skill or great luck pretending to be skill. Created by Dave Chappelle when throwing a used condom into the trash can after prematurely ejaculating in an episode of Chappelle Show.
(Tosses piece of trash toward the trash can, goes in) KOBE!
(Takes a shot in pool, goes into a completely different pocket then the player anticipated) KOBE!
(Takes a shot in pool, goes into a completely different pocket then the player anticipated) KOBE!
ayon kay Gin_Orphan ika-15 ng Abril, 2004
a person who enjoys ass-pounding females relentlessly
damn girl my ass is sore, billy did a kobe on me last night !
ayon kay some TFer ika-01 ng Marso, 2004
A city in Japan.
See also basketball and rape.
See also basketball and rape.
Kobe's in deep shit.
ayon kay KRHimself ika-22 ng Pebrero, 2004
to throw a condom in a garbage can after having sex with a mentally-retarded, blonde, white woman on the back of a chair in a hotel room in colorado.
i swear! it was consensual!
ayon kay clevelandsteamer ika-07 ng Agosto, 2005
A great word to scream while doing something or anything that brings excitement or joy to you or friends.
(When you throw trash away from a far)KOBE!
(While having sexual intercourse)KOBE!
(While actually playing basketball)KOBE!
(While having sexual intercourse)KOBE!
(While actually playing basketball)KOBE!
ayon kay Chunkzerz! ika-22 ng Disyembre, 2007
What everyone yells when they shoot a fadeaway jumpshot with a paper ball into the garbage can.
*pump fake*
*fadeaway jumper*
*pump fake*
*fadeaway jumper*
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A type of tickling that involves two people: the giver and the receiver. The giver holds out both of his/her hands, in the way you would when you pick out berries from the trees, near the receiver's waists and tickle them (in a squeezing-the-berry kind of way) typically when they are unaware. In a sense, you are giving them a healthy berry of laughter. You usually tickle them until they don't want to have anymore chuckleberries.
Lucas gave Trixie a chuckleberry to cheer her up when she was depressed after her midterm.
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I mad gun collecting maniac that owns several fire arms and just waits for someone to break into his apt. so he can open fire and turn some poor thief into swiss cheese.
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It means light and is the opposite of Yami... It can also refer to the lighter side of one.
Yugi is Yami's light side aka hikari.
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The other half, true love
Rumaru is Ess' hikari.
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word used to describe ghesia woman activists who have the tendancy to PMS all over other minorites of Brown oR CaraMel skin shade. Also known to give boys the "why the fuck are you still breathing"look.
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HANAHAN — Computer scientist Allyn Stott has a plan this morning for the start of the Pentagon's mandatory civilian furloughs.
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Various DoD civilians facing sequestration furloughs in Charleston area:
Army Strategic Logistics
Activity Charleston: 38 civilians
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Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, June estimates.
"No vacation and no eating out except for one day a week," said Stott, 25, of James Island, who works at the U.S. Navy's high-tech installation known as SPAWAR and supports his wife in graduate school.
He also has calculated how much it will cost him to stay at home every Friday without pay for the next 11 weeks: Roughly $3,700 of his $75,000 annual salary.
That means cutting out "everything that would have been for fun or extra," he said, pointing to the peanut butter and jelly sandwich he brought for lunch.
After months of anticipation, the Department of Defense's "sequestration" furloughs are now a reality as thousands of civilians working for the military across the country and South Carolina are required to miss one day out of every five. That equates to a 20 percent loss in pay through September.
In the Charleston area, a minimum of 4,300 people are affected, with more than half of those coming from SPAWAR, the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic.
Statewide, the total number is more than 11,000 workers being furloughed, primarily from areas around South Carolina's other three leading military towns, Beaufort, Columbia and Sumter.
The furloughs came after Congress last year failed to head off the so-called "fiscal cliff" of budget reductions that triggered mandated spending cuts. The military's portion of those cuts is expected to save about $2.5 billion.
Still, the number of furlough days is not as bad as first envisioned. The target went from the Pentagon's originally announcement of 22 days down to 14, and finally settled on the current 11 days.
The reduction hasn't been enough to stop some Defense Department employees from looking for other options as they seek to make ends meet, ranging from renegotiating phone and cable packages to shopping more in bulk.
Veronica Maskell, 40, of West Ashley, who works as an administrative assistant at SPAWAR and is a single mother of two, is trying to land a second job as a waitress. Her ideal situation would be to work Wednesday and Thursday nights and on Fridays to make up for the loss of 20 percent of her take-home pay.
"I send my kids to private school, and I don't want that to change," she said.
SPAWAR officials have mandated every Friday as the designated "stay home" day for most workers, unless there is something like a planned installation of electronic equipment on a ship where more time might be needed to finish the job without interruption.
Other local commands, including the Charleston District Army Corps of Engineers headquarters with 60 civilians, are letting supervisors approve employee schedules.
Meanwhile, some local economy watchers said the 20 percent loss in pay will have a significant ripple effect as furloughed employees spend less and opt to stay home more, avoiding activities such as dining out and other extras.
"Forty-three hundred people taking a 20 percent cut in pay between July and Sept. 30 is, no doubt, going to impact the economy," said Mary Graham, who follows military issues for the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce.
Recent statistics show the military employs more than 22,000 people in the Charleston area, through active-duty, civilian and contract employment. Their contributions add more than $4.67 billion each year into the local economy, according to the Charleston Regional Development Alliance.
The state Commerce Department estimates that there is $15.7 billion in total economic impact (final demand or sales) and 138,000 jobs directly or indirectly supported by the military in South Carolina.
It's not just the loss of payroll cash. Graham said she has had conversations with some sectors of the defense industry worried about budgets and the short-term future.
"Their concerns are what happens in 2014 and 2015 and beyond," she said in a recent evaluation of the situation. "The longer you delay maintenance, training, etc., the worse the long-term impact is going to be."
Graham said one positive effect of the furloughs, and how the defense industry reacts to it here, is that it could show the value of the various Charleston installations to the Pentagon, post-Afghanistan and Iraq.
"I guess that could be the silver lining, if we show that they need us," she said. "The challenge could be that we meet the mission — and take the furlough."
Reach Schuyler Kropf at 937-5551.
Computer Scientist Allyn Stott, who works at SPAWAR, has concerns with the upcoming Sequestration.The sole income earner for he and his wife will lose $3,700 over the next three months. (Brad Nettles/postandcourier.com)×
Computer Scientist Allyn Stott, who works at SPAWAR, has concerns with the upcoming civilian furloughs. The sole income earner for he and his wife will loose $3,700 over the next three months.×


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The top selling smartphones in the U.S. during Q3 were the Apple iPhone 4 and the Apple iPhone 3GS
0. phoneArena 14 Nov 2011, 11:50 posted on
Thanks to the deeply discounted pricing for the Apple iPhone 3GS, that model trailed only the Apple iPhone 4 as the two top selling smartphones in the U.S. during the third quarter of 2011; during the period, the older iPhone models sold more units than Android heavyweights like the Motorola DROID 3...
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1. quakan (Posts: 1373; Member since: 02 Mar 2011)
No surprise.
31. Shangri-La (Posts: 71; Member since: 04 Oct 2011)
Yea, cheap phones sell more. Expected.
34. bucky (Posts: 2572; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
doesnt really apply. Android phones are cheap one month after they are released and overtaken by a new one. Just look at the galaxy s2 ($100) and the droid bionic. the demand is still there.
144. ardent1 (Posts: 2000; Member since: 16 Apr 2011)
For Q3:11, the aging Apple iPhone 3GS with outdated specs outsold the best Samsung phone, the best HTC phone or the best Motorola phone, respectively.
I said it before, I will say it again. If Samsung or Motorola or HTC stop making crap, i.e. a phone for every market or segment, they too can have similar success to the 3GS. Instead, Samsung or Motorola or HTC are caught in the treadmill of producing as many phone variation as possible akin to throwing wet paper against a wall and seeing which one sticks. These companies spread their talent, resources, attention too thin can't produce a phone that sells as well as the 3GS.
To add insult to injury, only one carrier offers the 3GS.
97. andro. (Posts: 1998; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
Agreed,seeing as there\'s only 3 phones representing a whole os its really easily how to see they are the top selling \'phones\'. Android however is the top selling os by far but with several top popular handsets from mulitple vendors (samsung,htc,sony,lg,motorola etc) the sales over from android are spread across the wider base of handsets thus giving the impression the iphone is more popular by individual handset sale
99. andro. (Posts: 1998; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
mistypes there,meant that there\'s only 3 iphones representing a whole os so easy to see how they show up as best selling individual \'phones\'
106. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
There's lots of flaws to your theory. First handset sales do matter. Motorola, Samsung, HTC etc compete with each other. Androids market share is of no benefit to them individually. Second Apple competes with all the top handsets just like android makers do. iPhone sells more because people prefer iPhone's. Once an android maker makes a phone that's competitive it can outsell the iPhone.
No need to justify facts. iPhone is the best selling phone in the US. Period.
111. c.hack (Posts: 609; Member since: 09 Dec 2009)
Why would Samsung care about just US sales? It outsells iPhone worldwide. Same goes for the other manufacturers.
I wouldn't make the inference that iPhone sells more because people prefer the hardware. I bought it for iOS, even though I would have preferred a 4.3" screen and less fragile hardware.
115. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Not sure what you're getting at. The article is about US sales.
I said people prefer iPhone that could be a lot of reasons including the software. I prefer iOS mainly. I also like the build quality of the phone, but the OS is the main selling point of iPhone for me.
Only Samsung outsold Apple world wide. Apple outsold every other manufacturer in Q3. Sorry you're wrong. Apple has outsold Samsung for the year so far and with Q4 they should extend their lead.
125. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
while obviously an iphone competes with all other phones, it has less competition. When someone wants an iOS phone, they dont have much choice. when someone wants an Android phone, there are lots n lots of choices.
If you say "top end iphone".. you can only think i4S. If you say "top end android" you can say SGS2, note, razr, bionic, sensation, on and on and on and on. For that reason, unless iOS just drastically falls in market share, an iphone will more than likely be in the top spot for a long time to come.
103. messiah (Posts: 438; Member since: 19 Feb 2010)
Two outdated products on discounted rates are easily sold
145. ardent1 (Posts: 2000; Member since: 16 Apr 2011)
I wish people would also take the time to focus on the business side of things. For example, do you realize how much money, resources, and time is needed to bring a phone from the drawing board to market.
Just ask yourself, how can you stay in business if you don't generate an adequate rate of return for your efforts. Right now, the high-end Android OEMs may enjoy their day in the sun, but watch out as the second tier android OEMs flex their muscle. This is not the time for the Samsung, HTC, or Motorola to rest on their laurels. Next year, the android market will get more crowded and fragmented.
5. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Not banned buddy
10. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
and there he is.
9. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
i did? which thread.
no he was just temp banned.. he will be back shortly.
and no, the bet is still on. :)
117. biophone (Posts: 1956; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
Well pa said he was banned they lied. Um the thread with the skyrocket.
16. ivanko34 (Posts: 617; Member since: 04 Sep 2011)
why banned ?
No taco no discussion
98. andro. (Posts: 1998; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
Yes sometimes we need a taco comment to keep the stereotype of apple fanboys intact
26. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
i guess the better question, is why did your question get modded?
3. bbblader (Posts: 590; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
but only in the US ;)
110. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
if that makes you feel better. There's no numbers I'm aware of for world sales, but pretty sure that will be iPhone as well.
6. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
BTW, this news comes from an apple fan site. while it may or may not be valid, some actual hard numbers would give it credibility. It beat out the others by how much? how did they come to this conclusion? what were the actual rankings of the top 5-10 phones with sales?
14. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Try reading the article
"According to stats compiled by the NPD group"
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19. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
taco, that doesnt answer any of my questions about actual sales, its just reiterating what this article was paraphrasing from the apple article that was cherry picking from that NPD article, which i read already. Hense, my questions.
22. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Considering iPhone has been #1 in sales and # every quarter this year why would this be surprising?
33. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
i didnt say it was, did i.
i expect a popular OS with only 2 or 3 phones for sale to outpace the other OS that is more than twice as popular but has like 50 phones for sale. Thats the nature of the beast. Marketshare though is stagnant for iOS, with or without top sales spots, while android is growing in over all share.
75. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
What does android market share have to do with the article. Please stay on topic.
101. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
im pretty sure market share has a direct correlation with sales.. cant have the former without the latter.
102. andro. (Posts: 1998; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
Agreed android is outselling and out pacing ios on a daily basis but islaves have just 3 phones to choose from if they stay stuck with apple. Android on he other hand has at least 20-30 top current hansets so the purchases are spread over a much larger base of phones and over individual handset sales are less than that of the sole iphone choices. Over all though individual sales don\'t represent the over market as android is gaining further and further distance in the lead
105. PhoneArena Team (Posts: 258; Member since: 27 Jun 2006)
stop calling iPhone users with offensive names.
118. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Why is he not being moderated or limited when calling Apple users i$laves and he did it again below after being told to stop
124. PhoneArena Team (Posts: 258; Member since: 27 Jun 2006)
andro. will not be able to post for a while
50. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
@remix.. so because it was reported form a Apple site then the Android news coming from Droid life Etc.. should not be reliable..is absurd.. if you want to troll...just troll...is ok.. we know you are an undercover closet troll
130. Paden (Posts: 262; Member since: 07 Jul 2011)
They are moderating harmful names as well. Might wanna take the higher road and cool it with the "Fandroid" talk too.
60. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
hey, this closet is comfortable. I got a plush lazy boy, a 60 inch flatscreen and skyrim goin on. You know u wanna hang in this closet. :)
8. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Top 3 selling phones in Q4?
iPhone 4s
iPhone 4
iPhone 3GS
Androids rush in with excuses as usual.
15. c.hack (Posts: 609; Member since: 09 Dec 2009)
Actually, a more fair comparison would be total Android phones to total iOS Phones.
18. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
No it wouldn't. That would be 50 phones against 3.
54. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
and everyday you bash Apple... go figured...
96. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
1. you're off topic by talking about market share. Hopefully this post gets deleted
2. Your argument makes no sense. iPhone competes will all 50 android phones as well. It's not like people buy exclusively Apple or exclusively android. Very few people are actually fanboys and pick out the one they like best. If android made a really good phone it would sell well. Example is GS 2. It has sold very well.
You don't have to justify this to yourself or PA. Iphone is the the best selling phone in the US in Q3 and also the 2nd best selling phone. Everyone else is behind.
116. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
1) market share and sales are 2 halves of the same whole.
2) part of apple's strategy is to force you to buy exclusively apple to get full compatablity with everything, which keeps you locked in apple's atmosphere otherwise you have to rebuy everything.. which is darn expencive.
3) most customers come in asking for "android" or "iphone4 (or 5 sadly)". We have a lot that ask for the SGS2, but thats an anomole comparatively. very rarely other than the SGS2 does some one come in looking for a specific android set. Brand recognition. With apple, the device is iconic. With android its the OS that people know.
67. PhoneArena Team (Posts: 258; Member since: 27 Jun 2006)
Offtopic posts have been deleted. Please stick to discussing the news itself.
104. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4833; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
PhoneArena Team, I don't like censorship. This is now going too far. We the readers come here to post whatever we want. We are regulars who talk with each other on mostly on topic stuff on a daily basis. Sometimes we may deviate but that is the nature of the beast.
I rather you temporarily ban someone then DELETE entire threads. This is very childish by PhoneArena.com.
You ALL at PhoneArena.com are NOTHING without the people who visit your site. You guys need to show some respect & accept what is written. I am very ashamed you guys are now censoring blog space.
If you guys are capable of this, then what else are you guys doing when articles are presented on your site. If you guys can manipulate ours posts then you guys can manipulate any articles that you supply as news to us the readers.
In all the years I have been reading your site, NEVER have I been so appalled like I am right now. This is completely unprofessional & it's a complete stain on your legitimacy! Literally deleting entire threads is something that China or Cuba would do, this is the U.S. & if you want to get rid of offensive people then that is fine but to manipulate & change posts is something that makes me questions your ethics.
How do I now know if your articles are sincere after such a heinous act?
108. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
A heinous act? Get over yourself they deleted some nonsense on a blog. I agree though the censorship is getting out of hand. Also if it will be enforced it needs to be done so evenly. There are people on here that literally post the same islaves or crapple sux posts on each article over and over. They should be limited or banned if I can be limited despite presenting facts and debating.
120. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4833; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
Look taco50 PhoneArena.com if you will gives us the arena to post our opinions, yes sometimes it gets a little crazy but there is no need to delete entire threads. This is a public forum, I can go and petition & speak anywhere because it's my right. To be silenced by PhoneArena.com in the form of deleting of entire threads, is crossing the line. I was ok with the moderating & the temporary bans but now this is a new thing altogether. If they can delete threads then what else is PhoneArena.com capable of?
How do I know that they are not manipulating articles? I just don't know, but what I do know is that they DO manipulate threads & it's sad that PhoneArena.com can cast a dark cloud on itself like that! To me PhoneArena.com's ethics are indeed in question.
109. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
i really dont understand the harm in off topic as long as its not a poo fight back n forth with name calling and all that. A lot of off topic conversations lead to general education and even consensus depending on the topic.
I'm all for watching how we treat each other and getting rid of those that constantly ignore common courtesies (yes, i know i have blown those rules in the past, but i am working on it.. which is what everyone should be doing).
However I think that conversation flows like a river.. its not a straight line.. it ebbs back n forth.. deep n shallow. As long as no one is trying to start fights or be extremely rude, why not let it go wherever it flows?
Now im curious to just how many times the "report" button was hit on this thread by everyone seeing as how often it got modded and then deleted. lol.
112. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
I'm reporting every single post now. Even mine.
113. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
baha.. i dare you. i reported one of mine because it tripple posted, so they would delete it. but they deleted all 3!!! :( and now im too lazy to repost.. lol.
123. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4833; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
Ok taco50 sure you are.
114. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
Things that are NOT allowed:
•Off-topic talk - you must stick to the subject of discussion
•Trolling - see a description
•Flame wars
•Offensive, hate speech - if you want to say something, say it politely
•Spam/Advertisements - these posts are deleted
•Multiple accounts - one person can have only one account
•Impersonations and offensive nicknames - these accounts get banned
the rules are there... dont like it... the door is wide open....
119. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
yet, i continually see you breaking these rules too. dont be a hippocrit gallito.
also, what is your point? we are aware of the forum rules.
the point is, never before has a thread been so heavily moderated and then deleted... and it wasnt even an offensive thread. thats the shocker. it was deleted because we were having an off topic conversation that naturally flowed from the original conversation. thats how conversation works. and for 95% of it, it was nothing but respectful and inciteful.
there has to be a balancing act. do you want active threads that are respectful and show a thriving community, or do you want threads that stay purely on topic. there is going to be a lot less posting with the latter as people can only say so much per topic without either starting a flame war, or getting bored and going to another site.
There are dozens of sites to get the news from. People stay on one site or another because of the community. As much as we go back n forth, if we didnt really like the banter, we wouldnt come back and post again.
121. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
nop.. it originated with Android followers doubting the article coming with old excuses taking the conversation off topic.... and is not how many people broke the rules in the past.. is how many will not break them ...
127. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
lol. if you say so.
122. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4833; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
gallitoking, life is not scripted. The topics that we all talk about might lead to a different place, just like real life face to face conversations. Sometimes comments might get off topic, that's life. This is a public forum to express our opinions not a English essay. I can understand moderation or temporary bans but deletion of entire threads is completely uncalled for. This is the nature of the beast. PhoneArena.com is completely over stepping its boundaries by deleting entire threads.
128. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
in order to find the boundaries, we must first over step them. Hopefully, this is a learning lesson for all.. including the hand that moderates PA's boards.
then again, its there boards, there is no freedom of speech. that is relegated to public space and private residence. this is neither, its a company. we are using its boards, so there fore we have to comply with its rules. Just like at work... there is no such thing as freedom of speech.
But there are consequences. over moderation will lead to people leaving the boards, which will reduce visits and posts, which will reduce revenue for the site. under moderation will lead to the constant flame wars that this board had become.. which will drive away posters and visitors resulting in less revenue for the site.
the sweet spot is in the middle somewhere. Which in my weightless PoV is taking action against the individuals that constantly break the important rules like constant trolling, flame starting, and insulting, and let the rest of the conversation go where it pleases as long as its respectful.
131. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4833; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
Exactly, actions like this might cause people to leave PhoneArena.com. If PhoneArena.com gets a reputation for deleting threads then it will hurt them in the long run. Most of us visit others sites not just PhoneArena.com. I could understand if we were spewing ethnic hate, child porn or whatever, but we were talking about the MHz of a certain phone & we doing it in a normal manner, nothing too over the top.
Then comes PhoneArena Team deleting like 40 to 50 posts. That was unprecedented, I have NEVER seen anything like that! It went from 4 pages to 2 in a flash. I was like you got to be kidding me.
132. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
well I can tell you this... Android followers started reporting Taco... and now we have this... if you guys would have been adults formthe beginning... none of these would have happen... it only takes one person... to ruin it for everyone... Taco was only expressing himself...
133. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4833; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
You don't know that gallitoking. You are making things up. How do you know that people reported taco50? I don't know that, do you have some information that I don't know? For the record the only thing I report on a consistent level is SPAM. I hate when I see horrible Chinese translations into English, to try to sell me some crazy stuff when I am reading what other people are talking about in a very interesting article. That is it. This to me is fun, it's not that serious that I need to report anyone. Sticks & stones may break bones...... I think you know the rest!
135. iamcc (Posts: 1319; Member since: 07 Oct 2011)
Yeah, as much as I shoot down taco's worthless posts and enjoy proving him wrong I have never reported him.
In fact, i've never even given him thumbs down. It's more fun to just prove him wrong.
148. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
You've only proven me wrong in your imagination.


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Such is the case of D.L. "Robbie" Robinson, a veterans service officer for the West Virginia Division of Veteran's Affairs.
Though he describes himself as "just another military man" who enlisted as a high school student, Robinson has been involved throughout the years since his enlistment in many organizations dedicated to assisting and honoring those brave men and women who have, or currently are, serving their country.
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Robinson is currently a lifelong member of the Disabled American Veterans organization, the American Legion, for which he is a state service officer, and the Honor Guard.
"For a lot of veterans, even after their time in the war is over, that entire experience for them doesn't end for a long time," Robinson said, while sitting in his office last week. "Whether they're veterans who served in World War II, or in Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq, sometimes it's never over, and we just want to make sure that they all know we'll never forget what they've done for us back here in the states."
Robinson grew up in Grafton, a small town that he said brought military service to the forefront and is also the home to the state's only national cemetery.
"Back then where we were living, military service was up there with coal mining and truck driving, so it was very common to enlist in the military," he said. "But I always knew I would be interested in the military."
Robinson said his initial interest to enlist was fueled after a recruiter for the United States Air Force visited his high school classroom during career day.
"At the time, I had thought it was the best option for me to choose and after the recruiter really caught my attention, I was convinced and I ended up enlisting my senior year," he said. "I come from a military family, so my parents weren't really surprised. They were just supportive. All of my uncles were servicemen, and my father was a Korean War veteran. My mother very much supported my decision, also. At the time, she was the state president for the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion Ladies Auxiliaries."
In 1979, while he was stationed at The National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Md., Robinson met his wife-to-be, Jo A.H. Robinson, whom he married three years later.
Robinson then was deployed overseas in 1982 to a communications unit just south of the Ramstein Air Base in Langerkopf, Germany.
"I was there for five years, where we lived 'on the economy,' as opposed to base housing," he said. "It's always interesting to live in a completely different culture. That was a period where people still weren't as friendly with Americans but overall, the situation wasn't too bad."
As his retirement grew closer, Robinson said that he made a deal with Jo, promising her that she could choose where the couple settled, with the only stipulation being that they live somewhere in West Virginia.
"I just really wanted to come back here," he said.
After being in charge of overseeing support roles from the bases, Robinson retired as senior master sergeant, the most difficult enlisted promotion to attain in the Air Force.
"I was never in combat, I'm not a decorated veteran, I was simply in administration in the Air Force, and was in charge of getting deployment orders ready, taking care of supply documents, things like that," he said. "I'm proud to have helped serve my country, but I'm no hero."
Robinson said that instead, he feels the true "heroes" he knows are the veterans he strives to help each day through his work as a service officer and member of various community groups.
"It's my job to ensure that no veteran is forgotten when they come home from war, that they're taken care of," he said.
Among many things, Robinson is currently a lifelong member of the Disabled American Veterans organization, the American Legion, for which he is a state service officer, and the Honor Guard. Robinson is part of the American Legion's Boys State and Oratorical Scholarship Contest, both educational programs geared toward helping high school students maximize their potential - whether that involves military service or none at all.
"The military is not for everybody, and that's OK," he said. "But there are many different branches of service that our youth should consider, ones that will make a difference not only in their lives but in the lives of others, too."
Though Robinson admits he is not a "political person," Robinson holds strong on one particular belief.
"Today, there seems to be many mixed opinions on where our troops should be or what they should or shouldn't be doing, but the reality is that it's still our job to remember them and the sacrifices they make," he said. "When we sit down to dinner at night, we shouldn't take it for granted that many of these men and women, who also have families, don't have the comforts we do every day."
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Now a couple of Summervillians think he should head this way.
Theyve even got a Facebook page to try to catch his attention: Bring Bill to Summerville.
It all started when Brad Mallett, owner of Coastal Coffee Roasters, had some space open up on one of the walls of the coffee shop and asked April Aldrich if shed like to display some of her art.
She had some pieces finished and ready to go, but at the last minute she thought it would be fun to paint famous people drinking coffee in keeping with the coffee-shop theme.
She painted Gandhi drinking coffee, Stephen Hawking whom shes bumped into, literally, twice drinking coffee.
And then she saw a Bill Murray sticker on someones car and was inspired to paint a portrait of Murray drinking coffee.
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But then a woman came into the café and had her picture taken next to the portrait.
And then somebody else did it, and then somebody else did it, Aldrich said.
And then, Mallett said, they started the Facebook page almost as a joke. But within a week almost 100 people had liked the page.
Now Mallett is starting to get his hopes up hed really like Murray to come to Summerville for the Veterans Day event that Coastal Coffee Roasters started a couple years ago.
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Supply Chain Automation | December 2012 | Case Study
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