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Altoona native and former boxer Kevin Fasick tells some tough tales as a New York Post staff reporter.
On his first day on the job in 2007, he interviewed the family of a gunshot victim in a high-profile case where Grammy-nominated rapper Remy Ma was at the trigger.
"This was pretty much diving into the deep end of the pool on day one," Fasick, 45, who now lives in Harlem, said in a recent phone interview.
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Former Altoona boxer Kevin Fasick was developed by John Robertson (background) and former world heavyweight champion Joe Frazier (right), shown in a June 1986 photo.
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This photo, taken early last year outside a soup kitchen for the homeless in New York City, shows Kevin Fasick with Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New?York.
Since then he has covered national headline-making stories such as New York Congressman Anthony Weiner's sex scandal.
Fasick said he scored a video interview with Weiner after he told the politician he could at least give him a couple minutes in light of his rudeness from a previous encounter. The interview, resulting in Weiner saying for the first time he was not going to resign from his post, went viral.
"I've been called tenacious on the job," Fasick said. "Sometimes it's a compliment. Sometimes it's an insult, depending on who I'm after."
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Aug. 1, 1967: Born in Altoona
1981: Began training to become a professional boxer with John Robertson, longtime director of the Altoona Boxing Club
Oct. 24, 1986: Became a professional boxer under the management of Joe Frazier, former heavyweight champion of the world - in his first fight, he knocked out Bobby Hillman at Stabler Arena, Bethlehem, Pa.
June 25, 1988: Knocked out middleweight boxer Ruben Torres at the Trump Plaza Hotel, Atlantic City
June 30, 1989: Lost to Lemark Davis in Cleveland (last fight)
1989-2002: Worked odd jobs, traveled
2002: Pursued undergraduate degree in English at Juniata College
2006: Graduated cum laude from Juniata College, Huntingdon
2007: Earned master's degree from Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. Began working for the New York Post that year.
2010: Member of the staff that won second place for spot news reporting in the New York State Associated Press photo and writing contests
That tenacity has helped get the protege of former world heavyweight champion Smokin' Joe Frazier where he is today.
Boxing days
The third son of Joe and Diane Fasick and brother to Mark and Chris, Fasick started boxing in Altoona at age 14, training with John Robertson, longtime director of the Altoona Boxing Club.
Fasick said he owes much to Robertson for getting his boxing career started.
"He's a great, great man who has helped out hundreds and hundreds of kids, literally," Fasick said.
Robertson said Fasick was never in his debt, however.
"Oh, he didn't owe me anything," Robertson said from his Altoona home. "I don't do it to get paid for anything. ... Just seeing the individual perform makes me happy."
And perform Fasick did.
Robertson said Fasick was a "very fiery kid" who wanted to go pro, which he did on Oct. 24, 1986, at age 19 under Frazier's management.
Frazier called him his "white son," Fasick wrote in a first-person story about his relationship with Frazier for the New York Post in 2011, following Frazier's death from cancer at age 67.
He boxed seven fights under Frazier before moving from Philadelphia and signing on with the Don King organization, he said. He fought twice under King, winning one and losing his last fight in 1989.
In June 1988, Fasick knocked out middleweight boxer Ruben Torres at the Trump Plaza Hotel, Atlantic City.
The match took place before the main event between Azumah Nelson and Lupe Suarez.
In front of Donald Trump and celebrity attendees, Fasick hit Torres with a right upper cut after they "both came out banging," he said.
The powerful shot knocked Torres out in a little over a minute of the first round. That would be the only knockout of 23 fights listed under Torres' name on the website boxrec.com.
Fasick was a "very good boxer," Robertson said. "He put a lot of time and effort into it. And he was very devoted to it."
"He would throw himself completely into things and then boxing was a perfect example of that," Chris Fasick said. "He tried it like I think kids try different sports for different reasons. The '70s, when we grew up, boxing was in its heyday. It was on national TV every weekend. It was popular in our house. Our dad, Joe, was a huge boxing fan. And so it was a sport that we were interested in."
But it wasn't a sport he would go on to dominate.
He ended his boxing career with a record of 5-3. Three of his wins were by knockout.
In 2006, he told the Mirror: "It was a question of maturing. It's a brutal sport. A brutal business where fighters get used up by managers, then discarded."
The write stuff
After his boxing days, Fasick found himself searching for a rewarding - and safer - career.
Eventually, he pursued journalism.
"I like to write," Fasick, who majored in English at Juniata College, said. "Writing is a passion of mine. And one of my [Juniata] professors said, 'The only way to really make money writing, at least starting out, is journalism. It's a marketable trade.'"
When Fasick decided he wanted to go to the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University some were skeptical because of the school's high rejection rate, Chris Fasick said. They shouldn't have been.
Fasick, who earned his general education diploma after dropping out of high school to follow his dream of boxing, graduated cum laude from Juniata in 2006.
College came after several years spent traveling and working odd jobs, he said.
Fasick then not only got into one of the top journalism schools but again graduated with honors in 2007.
Columbia Journalism School adjunct faculty member Kevin Coyne was Fasick's adviser for his master's project.
Coyne said Fasick was one of his favorite students.
"Well, number one, he was a really terrific reporter," Coyne said. "He was tenacious without being a jerk. I never saw him box, [but] I imagine it [reporting style] is in line with his boxing tactics."
To Fasick, becoming a journalist meant he "needed to be in the big city and the bright lights," and today, Chris Fasick said, "Bottom line is he's a beat reporter covering the activities, day-to-day underbelly of the biggest city in the world, and he's doing it."
'Ace in the hole'
Fasick came to the New York Post as a part-timer, said Danny Greenfield, the paper's deputy metropolitan editor.
"Kevin's great. I mean we love him here," he said. "He's so affable. People are always willing to talk to him. He's got such a genial manner that actually when we found out that he used to be a boxer we couldn't believe it ... He's just got this way of insinuating himself into peoples' lives that really works well as a reporter ... people are always willing to open up to him in ways that you don't expect. So he's one of our aces in the hole."
In his job, Fasick does what he calls stakeouts, waiting for a criminal or someone involved in a scandal to appear in public.
"The way I describe the job is, at least in New York City, is: Long periods of nothingness punctuated by a few seconds or moments of insanity," he said.
Fasick loves his job.
"I have amazing bosses, amazing co-workers," he said. "Yeah, it's a great place to be."
The subjects Fasick covers for the Post are heavy, though.
"As far as how I deal with the tragedy I often encounter on my job, on some level you have to compartmentalize it for your own sanity," he wrote in an email. "But the sadness often sticks with you and you have to deal with that as part of the job. I did a story of a little girl, 12-year-old Nicole Suriel, who drowned on a class trip. I spent a couple of hours in her parents' apartment.
"The father was telling us about his little girl, getting on the computer and getting photos for the photographer, while the mom stayed in the bedroom and wailed in grief. That was a long day and at the end of it, it hit me pretty hard."
The novelty of a byline has worn off, but Fasick has not lost what rounds out his tenacity - his humanity, something he teaches interns to tap into for the job.
He tells them, "You're a human being first, and what's going to make you a good reporter is by being a good human being. What we want to do is honor their loved one who may have been murdered, killed in a car wreck, died in fire, what have you. We're there to tell their stories."
Fasick's own story is a good one, a classic even, but not one he ever saw coming.
"When I was a boxer, I was interviewed by people, but I certainly never imagined that I would be on the other side of the notebook," he said. "But here I am."
Mirror Staff Writer Amanda Gabeletto is at 949-7030.


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Strong Pitching Helps Softball Sweep DH At WMU
KALAMAZOO, Mich. - - Thanks to a pair of strong pitching performances, and some timely hitting late in both games, the Ball State softball team swept a Saturday doubleheader at Western Michigan by scores of 5-2 and 4-1.
With the sweep, the Cardinals enter Wednesday's 4 p.m. non-conference doubleheader at Indiana with a 23-14 overall record, including a 4-2 mark in Mid-American Conference play. The Broncos fall to 13-26 (4-6 MAC) with the pair of losses.
"We received two more strong pitching performances from Nicole and Kelsey today," Ball State head coach Tyra Perry said. "I am proud of the way they went out and attacked Western Michigan's batters from start to finish. Our offense also had a strong day all around, scoring runs early and coming up with timely hits when we needed them late in both games. It's exciting to come out of the day with a pair wins, especially with everyone contributing and playing team ball."
In the nightcap, sophomore pitcher Kelsey Schifferdecker (Belton, Mo./Belton) turned in one of her best outings of the season, limiting the Broncos to one run and three hits to earn her 10th victory of the season. In addition, Schifferdecker would strikeout three batters in the first inning and finished the contest with seven total K's, one shy of her career-high.
In the opener, sophomore pitcher Nicole Steinbach (Merrillville, Ind./Andrean) held the Western Michigan offense to just one earned run (two overall), while scattering nine hits over seven innings. Steinbach also picked up her 10th victory of the year and chalked up seven strikeouts.
On offense, senior left fielder Jennifer Gilbert (McKinney, Texas/McKinney) wasted little time in moving up the NCAA Division I career home run chart, climbing into a tie for 10th with her 71st career round-tripper, a two-out solo shot over the left-center field wall in the first inning of the opener.
Gilbert also became the first player in MAC history to score 200 career runs later in the opening game, when she drew a walk in the sixth inning and eventually came around to score from third on a RBI groundout from senior first baseman Taylor Rager (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern).
Gilbert, Rager and sophomore second baseman Emily Dabkowski (Plainfield, Ind./South Putnam) each collected three hits over the two games for Ball State, finishing with .600 (3-for-5) batting averages. Rager added a solo home run in the second game, while Dabkowski collected a RBI single in the seventh inning of the nightcap.
GAME ONE RECAP: Ball State 5 – Western Michigan 2
Gilbert opened the scoring in the top of the first inning, with her 71st career home run to center field.
The score remained 1-0 until the bottom of the fourth, when WMU capitalized on a Ball State error and a home run from Sabrina Gamboa to pull ahead 2-1.
The lead was short-lived, however, as Ball State countered with a run in the top of the fifth. Rager singled to open the frame and was replaced by pinch runner Amanda Arnett (Monroe, Mich./Monroe). Arnett advanced to second on a wild pitch, and moved to third on a groundout from sophomore designated player Sammi Cowger (Fenton, Mich./Fenton). Freshman catcher Shelbie Scamihorn (Terre Haute, Ind./South Vigo) then drove in the game-tying run with a RBI groundout to second.
Western Michigan would put runners at first and second with two outs in the bottom of the fifth, and looked poised to score the go-ahead run on a single to left field from Jenny Rohn. However, Gilbert was able to collect the ball and make an amazing throw home to get the final out of the inning.
Ball State broke the game open in the sixth, scoring three runs on three hits. Sophomore shortstop Selena Reyna (Houston, Texas/South Houston) opened the inning with a double, while Gilbert walked to give BSU a pair of base runners. Senior third baseman Audrey Bickel (Munster, Ind./Andrean) drove in the first run of the inning with a double to center, while Rager followed with a RBI groundout to help plate Gilbert for the 200th time in her career. Ball State's final run of the inning came on a RBI single to left field from Cowger.
Steinbach would then limit the Broncos to single base runners in both the sixth and seventh innings to complete the Ball State victory.
GAME TWO RECAP: Ball State 4 – Western Michigan 1
After Schifferdecker chalked up three strikeouts in the bottom of the first, Rager gave Ball State a 1-0 lead in the top of the second with a one-out solo homer.
The score remained 1-0 until the bottom of the fourth, when a two-out RBI single from Megan Stamm drove in WMU's only run of the game.
After two scoreless innings, the Cardinals took control of the scoreboard with a three-run explosion in the top of the seventh. Rager walked to open the inning and came around to score what proved to be the game-winning run on a double from Cowger. After a sac bunt from Scamihorn moved Cowger to third, Dabkowski drove her in with a single to left, but was unfortunately called out trying to stretch it into a double.
The rally would not stop after the second out, however, as sophomore center fielder Briana Evans (Tulsa, Okla./Union) laid down a bunt single and advanced to third on a pinch hit single from junior Hanne Stuedemann (Mattawan, Mich./Mattawan). Senior Lauren Schroeder (Greenfield, Ind./New Palestine) drove in the game's final run with a single to left field.
Schifferdecker followed with a flawless seventh inning to secure BSU's second victory of the day.
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Though the couple went public with their engagement in October, little is known about the relationship between the daughter of the late grunge god Kurt Cobain, Frances Bean, and her fiancé, Isaiah Silva, frontman of rock band the Rambles.
"We're each other's everything," Silva, 26, tells PEOPLE about Cobain, 19, and himself. "We're homebodies. We don't go out to clubs so you won't find us stumbling out of them with Lindsay Lohan. We stay at home, read books and watch Arrested Development."
Adds band mate Mark Kuchel, "They're quiet and shy. They're a great couple. Frances comes to most of our shows that she can get into."
One of the last was the band's December set at the Viper Room, where Cobain and Silva were seen looking very loving and affectionate before and after the show.
"I love strong, opinionated, intelligent women," says Silva, who spent the first 18 years of his life in the Fullerton Assembly of God group, a faction focused on strict Christian values and the second coming of Christ. "Women in the [group] were totally oppressed, but I am very pro-woman."
Silva and his family severed ties with the group when he was 18. Despite Silva's unconventional upbringing, he fought for his individuality when he gravitated toward punk music, learned to play the guitar with pals and "always had long hair and always dyed it."
He's since settled into a comfort zone within his eclectic rock jam band, which also touches on country and blues, and whose influences range from, "early Beatles, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Velvet Underground and punk like the Stooges," says Silva. Adds Kuchel, "We try to maintain a rawness."
Also a teacher of special needs kids, Silva says, "I had to grow up much faster than I would have liked. I've been through a lot. But now, I'm totally happy."
Catch the Rambles at SXSW in Texas in March and look out for their upcoming EP, recorded with producer Keith Stegall (Zac Brown Band).
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Robin Williams a 'True Friend' to U.S. Troops
Video: Clips from Robin Williams's performances for troops, as well as his comments on supporting military men and women.
Robin Williams was a devoted friend of U.S. troops, traveling to 13 countries as part of six United Service Organization tours.
Mr. Williams, who died Monday, volunteered with the organization for over 12 years, performing for more than 89,400 service men and women, according to the USO. His last trip with the USO was in 2010, when he accompanied then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen on a holiday tour to Germany, Iraq, Afghanistan and Bahrain.
"It's an understatement to say he's the Bob Hope of our generation," said retired Adm. Frank Thorp , who traveled with Mr. Williams on two USO tours, in 2003 and 2004. Adm. Thorp was then an aide to Gen. Richard Meyers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
While many entertainers give their time selflessly to the USO, Adm. Thorp said Mr. Williams was "a breed apart."
"He was different, he always wanted to talk to the junior guys and entertain them and make them feel good," Adm. Thorp said. "We would literally have to hold on to the back of his shirt and pull him out in order to keep moving. He was continually engaged with the troops."
Mr. Williams would also take service members' phones and call their wives, husbands and kids, Adm. Thorp said.
In a statement Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said Mr. Williams was "a true friend and supporter of the troops."
"From entertaining thousands of service men and women in war zones, to his philanthropy that helped veterans struggling with hidden wounds of war, he was a loyal and compassionate advocate for all who serve this nation in uniform," Mr. Hagel said. "He will be dearly missed by the men and women of DOD – so many of whom were personally touched by his humor and generosity."
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Pamela M. Blood's attempt to avoid prison for stealing $311,000 from a 77-year-old widow to support a gambling addiction included a claim that medicine she was on helped trigger her compulsive behavior.
Erie County Judge Thomas P. Franczyk wasn't buying that explanation at her sentencing Monday. He pointed out that her thefts began a year or two before the 56-year-old paralegal started taking prescription medicine for restless leg syndrome.
In refusing her request for probation, Franczyk sentenced her to state prison for 16 months to four years. He could have imposed up to 30 years.
Blood, who often wept throughout the proceedings, wrote monthly checks to herself for as much as $5,000 from Patricia Rupp's accounts, after being hired part time by the Grand Island woman seven years ago to keep track of her money following the death of Rupp's husband, a construction equipment company owner.
Blood pleaded guilty in October to second-degree grand larceny and first-degree offering a false instrument for filing. A former paralegal with the Buffalo law offices of Hiscock & Barclay, Blood took on the side job independent of the law firm.
"She stands before you a broken woman," defense attorney Anthony J. Lana told the judge. "She has no assets, no husband and no sense of self-worth."
Her husband, the attorney said, died in a trucking accident late last year.
Lana said that while managing Rupp's books, Blood suffered a series of mini-strokes that may also have clouded her judgment.
Some of the stolen money, Blood had confessed, went to help finance her husband's business.
When it was her turn to address the court in front of 10 members of her family and friends, the Lockport woman owned up to her thefts and apologized.
"Your honor, I am totally responsible for what I did. There is nothing I can do to change it. The medication was a factor, but I still was responsible for gambling," she said of her trips three or four times a week to a Niagara Falls casino. "I will never allow myself to forget. I am very, very sorry, most of all for the breaking of trust."
Mirapex, the medication she took, is known to promote compulsive behaviors such as gambling, Lana told the judge.
Franczyk, in sentencing her, said he had a difficult time reconciling the woman standing before him, who was described as a good and loving individual, with the one who routinely stole from the accounts of a person who had trusted her.
"This was a colossal breach of someone's trust. It's not like a shoplifter taking one thing. This was the systematic, ongoing fleecing of a woman at a rate of $5,000 a month," Franczyk said.
Blood, a mother of two grown children and a grandmother, came to court with a check for $100,000 in partial repayment for the thefts. She raised the money by closing out her retirement account and mortgaging her home, Lana said.
Franczyk ordered Blood to pay the remaining $211,000.
Present in court on behalf of his mother, who is in Florida, was Melvin Rupp III. The money Blood stole, he said, was intended for his mother to live on in retirement. And while he felt the judge imposed a just sentence, he said, "it is hard to pay back when you're in jail."
His mother, he added, would have accepted a sentence of probation in order for Blood to make restitution.
"My mom is relieved and sad. This is not a happy victory," Rupp said of a phone conversation he had with his mother after Monday's sentencing. "As a Christian, her heart goes out to Pam, who has been through a lot."
The thefts were discovered last September when the widow was reviewing unrelated financial matters with another son, Andrew.
Lana said he is hopeful that Blood, who has no prior arrests, will be released from prison in about a year and placed in a halfway house. He added that she has been attending Gamblers Anonymous meetings and receiving mental health counseling.
Assistant District Attorney Candace K. Vogel, who specializes in cases of financial elder abuse, prosecuted the case.
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Congrats to the winners of the 2013 Funspiel.
First Event - Team DeJong (Plainfield)
Second Event - Team Banfield (Pittsburgh)
Third Event - Team Stayer (Bucks County)
Fourth Event - Team Findlay (Potomac / Philly)
It was a wonderful tournament with some great curling.
So far very good at the Funspiel. Lots of great folks and lots of great curling.
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Funspiel starts tomorrow. Snow is in the forecast for the evening. Everyone drive safely. If you are having difficulties getting to the club for your matches, please call 240-346-4415. Drive safe and good curling.
Also, CCC members, we still need silent auction items and help all weekend long. Contact StayC or please just pop by. Plenty to be done.
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If you haven't gotten the times from your skips, the first draws for the Funspiel are now available on the Chesapeake CC website. See you in 10 days. http://www.chesapeakecurling.org/aliens-in-the-hack
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Dr. Colleen Boylston started her North Charleston pediatric practice 10 years ago with five patients and her mom working the front office. Since then, Sweetgrass Pediatrics has expanded to Summerville and Moncks Corner, while the number of pediatricians will grow to 16 this summer.
We are keeping up with the growth and needs of the community, says Dr. Boylston.
Her practice reserves time for same-day sick visits, provides Spanish language services and accepts all insurance carriers, private and Medicaid. Plus, our physicians are trained to care for high-risk infants, provide breastfeeding support and handle developmental delays, ADHD and adolescent care. We even have a board certified pediatric sports medicine doctor. Together this allows us to provide superior medical care and guidance from birth to college.
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NEWELL-Head Start classes will start up again in northern Hancock County now that the agency has found a new home, officials said.
Northern Panhandle Head Start Inc. will hold its classes in a multipurpose building owned by and adjacent to Glendale Church of the Nazarene, 131 Glendale Road, Newell.
The new site is the result of a months-long search that began in June, when Head Start officials learned that the monthly rent at the Wells Building, the former site, was going up from $1,125 to $2,000 effective Aug. 1.
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Mike Dotson, a trustee at Glendale Church of the Nazarene in Newell, mows the lawn Tuesday in front of the building that will house Head Start classes for northern Hancock County. (Photo by Stephen Huba)
Head Start had been at the Wells Building since 1995, serving 40 preschool children in two classrooms with educational, developmental and nutritional programs.
The rent increase on all tenants in the Wells Building was necessitated by the rising cost of utilities and building upkeep, according to the Newell Volunteer Fire Department, which owns the building. But it was prohibitive for Head Start, forcing the agency to look elsewhere for classroom space, said Executive Director Marlene Midget.
The new Head Start school year opened Aug. 29 without a new location, so staff members have been visiting families in their homes during the transition period. The new location is expected to be ready for classes next week.
"It's a really beautiful site," Midget said, noting that Head Start wants to maintain a presence in northern Hancock County. Northern Panhandle Head Start, based in Wheeling, serves five West Virginia counties. Its other Hancock County classrooms are in Weirton.
Among the places Head Start considered moving to was the Chester Municipal Building, but it was Chester City Councilman Mike Dotson who helped make the connection with Glendale Church, Midget said. Dotson is a trustee at the church and is in charge of church grounds.
"The whole congregation came together to work on this project," Dotson said. "We just kind of stood back and watched the pieces fall into place."
The 3,000-square-foot building dates back to the 1970s, Dotson said, and has new kitchen and restroom facilities that will serve Head Start well. The main part of the building is a large multipurpose room that will act as a classroom for 20 children.
"They're going to have the whole building," Dotson said. "Their committee came out and looked at the building and were very impressed with the facilities."
A few improvements were made to the building to meet Head Start's requirements, he said.
The church will continue to use the building for various functions on weekends and days when Head Start does not occupy it, Dotson said. Rent from Head Start's use of the building will help the church cover its expenses, he said.
"We just wanted to support them in any way that we can," Dotson said, "and we're glad it worked out."


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What to do?
Posted 05 March 2012 - 07:07 AM
Now I cannot seem to find any distraction from my pain and I feel very helpless and desperate. I don't have any money for therapy but I really could use something to escape this horrible life I built.
I mean reading, music, movies, tv, activities, they don't do anything for me anymore. I need some sort of idea, does anyone have any idea of what I should do?
Tootoo does NOT belong on this team. He is classless and I would rather see the Wings be bad than classless. I feel the same way about Bertuzzi as well, but he at least CAN make the team better. With Tootoo the team becomes worse and in danger of being classless. Would you have liked Claude on the team? Or Roy? No. So why would you be okay with that POS.
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Posted 05 March 2012 - 12:21 PM
I'm not very good at advice, but I'll try.
Maybe you can find a new hobby? Try taking up a new activity that you've never tried before. Get a nice camera (you can get decent ones without breaking the bank) and try photography, or start going for long walks/hikes and enjoying nature. Do you play any sports? Try joining a local baseball team when summer rolls around. You could also try joining a volunteer group, like helping out with Habitat for Humanity. Helping other people might help you feel better.
Another thing that could help would be to take a vacation. I don't know where you live, but you could go to Florida and just relax on the beach for a week or something. It can help sometimes to just get away from whatever is bothering you for awhile and give you a fresh outlook on life. Even just taking a roadtrip into the next state over or something can help too. Go see a city you've never been to and have a fun weekend.
If your job is part of the problem, maybe you can try to find a new career? Go back to school and take classes in something you're really interested in. I know it's outrageously expensive but you might be able to get financial aid. Community Colleges are also cheaper so if there's one nearby that could work better for you than a University.
I don't know if any of that is feasible for you but I hope something works out for you. Hang in there and I hope you feel better soon. <3
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Posted 05 March 2012 - 10:09 PM
To be honest, in terms of activities, that's all it is for some people, and they are fine with it.
I have found from a serious level of depression that nothing gives me joy anymore, but I could distract from my pain.
Now I cannot seem to find any distraction from my pain and I feel very helpless and desperate. I don't have any money for therapy but I really could use something to escape this horrible life I built.
I mean reading, music, movies, tv, activities, they don't do anything for me anymore. I need some sort of idea, does anyone have any idea of what I should do?
Outside of work and taking care of bills/house chores, my hobbies are usually just some combination of exercise, reading, video games, reading the news, watching sports, cooking a new meal every now and then, going out for a dinner/drink in a low-key environment off/on. I rarely go cutting up or staying out until midnight or in the wee hours of the morning out somewhere (nor do I really want to stay out late unless it is with people I really want to be with).
Generally speaking, that's probably not too exciting possibly compared to other people's lives, but it's my life and I'm fine with it. It's my life, my stuff and nobody else's. And it is just me, myself and I. While I certainly have great family and enjoy seeing people obviously I have no spouse, no kids. If this is the worst that's going on, then it is still pretty good and I am still extremely fortunate to be doing these things. Could my life be more exciting or have more experiences or whatever? Without question. Could my life be far worse? No doubt about it. I learn to take joy or value out of this mindset. Am I selling myself short? Could be if you want to view it that way, but I don't like thinking like that and I just enjoy the present.
And to be honest, while I speak only for myself I think a good bit of other people's listings or hobbies would include some form of the same.
There's certainly nothing wrong with wanting more out of life, but you need to learn how to do that while trying to do things to enjoy your present life. If your life doesn't change much for better or worse until then, or stays as it is for the long haul, try to learn to appreciate the simple things in life over and over again. That's how it is with my life with a lot of things, and I'm happy to do them, no matter how repetitive or menial they may be at times.
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Posted 06 March 2012 - 03:24 AM
In focusing more on the aspect of rediscovering joy in life, you really do need to change things up. A long time friend of mine went through depression and drugs at a point in his life and seemed to fall into a hole. Talking on xbox live one night, we decided to start up a fantasy hockey league because neither of us had tried it before. It started off casual and became competitive pretty fast. We both got really involved with it, Hockey led to Baseball, then Football and Basketball. We started watching more hockey games outside of our teams (He's a Devils fan, blah) and suddenly it became a bit of a lifestyle. He quit drinking and everything else because of this new found passion, it became a safe addiction that has turned his life around. I'm not saying go out and become a fantasy sports addict, but finding something that is very involved and social has worked wonders in my experience.
Another suggestion, if you don't have one already, is consider adopting a dog. Not a cat, cats are depressing and that's counterproductive. Pets can bring much joy and change into someone's life, i'm a pet owner and consider them part of the family. Adopting can save the life of an animal and give you a friend for life, and it's something to consider also.
Life is so full of obstacles, and it got to a point in my life where I was anticipating the next bad thing to happen and it was relentless. It still is, but you need to realize at one point that something is going to give, and good things will happen eventually. As hard and difficult as times may seem you always need to maintain a good perspective on life and continue to do what you feel is right. Keep your head up, and I hope something I posted here helps.
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Posted 06 March 2012 - 03:44 PM
Hey! My cat is not depressing.
Another suggestion, if you don't have one already, is consider adopting a dog. Not a cat, cats are depressing and that's counterproductive. Pets can bring much joy and change into someone's life, i'm a pet owner and consider them part of the family. Adopting can save the life of an animal and give you a friend for life, and it's something to consider also.
This is another great idea though, and cats can be great pets as well as dogs or fish or birds or whatever other animal you like. They can bring you a lot of joy!
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SQUAW VALLEY - Squaw Valley local Iris Lazzareschi and Ruari MacFarlane of New Zealand were crowned Masters Champions among a highly competitive field in the 4-star The North Face Masters of Snowboarding presented by PrimaLoft on Friday.
A total of 53 men and 16 women competed. And they all their work cut out for them, as conditions under Squaw's Cornice II chairlift were challenging at best, with hardpack snow and bumpy traverse lines throughout the venue.
Nevertheless, the competitors impressed judges and spectators alike with dynamic and creative lines.
"Today was impressive because there was so much hard charging on really tough conditions," said Masters Head Judge Jim Zellers. "The riders really exceeded our expectations. They played it smart and rode some lines I honestly did not think could be done today."
In the women's field, Lazzareschi, hit a solid cliff at the top, which continued to be her namesake throughout the competition. She rode a fluid run integrating many air and style elements, including a half-cab and grabs. Lazzareschi's run earned her a high score of 85.00.
"Iris really stomped her run top to bottom with solid airs on the top and consistency the whole way through," said judge Andy Finch. "She really showed control in challenging conditions."
In second place, Kirkwood local Casey Lucas ripped her run, linking clean and fast turns. Marisa Krawczak of Nubs Nob, Mich., pointed it out of the gate and maintained dynamite speed her entire run to earn third.
Competing after the women, MacFarlane's run started with a clean 360 at the top. He maintained a fluid, high-speed run down the looker's right side of the venue, hitting numerous airs. Despite the hard conditions, McFarlane then proceeded to charge off a huge cliff in a highly technical area and sailed into the finish. The judges applauded his performance with a high score of 89.33.
North Shore local Sammy Luebke finished runner-up with a score of 85.00. Luebke's run delighted the crowded as he actually started by scurrying up the ridge and quickly dropping into huge frontside 360. He then brought his run back under control, maintaining fluidity through a highly technical section. Luebke finished his run with a solid backside 360.
In third place, Hans Mindich may have executed one of the most unconventional runs in Masters' history, earning an 83.67 score. Mindich dropped into his run switch, executing a backside 180 near the top. He continued to ride the majority of his incredibly fast line switch, accelerating a backside 180 off a large cliff on the looker's right side of the venue.
In addition to his podium spot, Mindich was recognized as the Young Gun of the event - a tradition that celebrates a rider under 21 rider who demonstrates raw talent, an innovative riding style and exemplifies true sportsmanship and passion for the mountains.
Ryan Hudson was given the A-Rob awarded for tackling two massive cliffs, despite falling during the landing of the first. The A-Rob award is in honor and memory of the late Master's champion Aaron Robinson. The A-Rob award captures the spirit of the community and desire to explore the mountains.
The North Face Masters is part of the Freeride World Qualifier system. FWQs are rated on a 1- to 4-star scale, with competitors earning more or less points at events according to venue difficulty and scale, competitive pool and other factors. The Masters is the top-level qualifier event and a pivotal step for athletes hoping to advance to the SWATCH Freeride World Tour by The North Face.
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On Thursday at Alpine Meadows, Harry Kearney of Telluride, Colo., and Mary Boddington out of Crested Butte, Colo., took top honors in a 2-star competition of The North Face Masters of Snowboarding.
Kearney took the men's first place position with a score of 82.00. He chose to tackle the incredibly technical Castle Chute. He rode a flawless line through the chute, maintaining fluidity and control throughout the maneuver. He punctuated his performance with a back flip off a jump near the finish.
Squaw Valley rider Gregory Terziev finished second with a score of 79.67. Terziev rode a smooth line on the looker's right side of the venue, executing a 180 off a knob near the top. Jonathan Penfield, from Northstar California Resort, clinched the men's third place finish with a score of 79.00. The judges particularly enjoyed the huge backside 360 Penfield threw off a large cliff near the bottom of the venue.
In the women's field, Boddington charged straight down the fall line with a nice clean air at the top. She continued her run with fast, fluid turns and a second air in the middle. A method grab at the bottom of her run was the icing on the cake and earned a score of 86.00.
In second place was first-time Masters competitor Claudia Laflamme out of Fernie, B.C., with a score of 83.00. She rode an aggressive line through the trees, hitting a number of features along the way. Also on the women's podium in third place was Lizzy Beerman out of Snowbird, Utah, who linked nice carving turns from top to bottom to earn a score of 68.33.


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TAHOE/TRUCKEE — In case you weren't convinced, winter will be back in a big way this week.
A cold front is forecast to sweep through the greater Truckee/Tahoe region late Monday, bringing with it close to a foot of snow by Tuesday night and temperatures in the single digits to below zero.
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Watching the videos - this was a very well skated competition! All the teams would really deserve to be at Junior Worlds. That said, they are all more or less evenly matched, so I would go with the results of Junior nationals in terms of JW assignments. With any of the 5 teams they pick, Russia could potentially sweep the podium.
Does anyone know anything about the pairs team Chernyavskaya/Souza-Kordeiru? I think the guy is not from Russia.
That was a very enjoyable competition. Does anyone know if F/M have ever attempted triple jumps in their free skate, everything else was done very well. I'm not sure I would have them winning the free but probably first over both sections. I was very impressed with G/B, they have been of form all season but they really nailed it here, hopefully they can hold that form for Junior Worlds. T/M didn't perform at the level they showed in Senior Nationals but I really like them, they have huge potential. It's a very strong team they are sending to worlds.
It's a pretty packed field in Russian pairs at the moment. I hope D/D get over their injury problems and come back strong next season, they were so impressive last year.


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8 - 10 Oct in Vantaa, Finland
International Senior Competition in Figure Skating for Ladies, Men and Ice Dance.
8 - 10 Oct in Vantaa, Finland
International Senior Competition in Figure Skating for Ladies, Men and Ice Dance.
Japanese athletes
Akiko Suzuki
Daisuke Murakami
John and Sinead Kerr will debut their programs here
US entries:
Dance The Hubbells
Men Grant Hochstein, Jonathan Cassaar
Ladies Amanda Dobbs
Pechalat and Bourzat are also competing.
In the ladies competition the reigning World bronze medalist Finland´s Laura Lepistö, Kiira Korpi
(bronze medalist at the 2007 Europeans) and young challengers Alisa Mikonsaari and Cecilia Törn will
face the winner of the Finlandia Trophy 2008 Japan´s Akiko Suzuki, as well Russian´s Alena Leonova
and Ksenia Makarova.
In speculations the strongest competitors in Men´s event will be Italian´s Samuel Contesti and
Sweden´s Kristoffer Berntsson. Finland will be represented by Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari, Valtter Virtanen
and 16-years old Viktor Zubik who is participating for the first time in Men´s event.
In the Ice Dance competition the attention will be focused on the latest reform. Starting from this season
Ice Dance event will consist only of two instead of three disciplines, Short Dance and Free Dance. The
British couple, siblings Sinead Kerr and John Kerr, will defend their last years victory. The Kerrs will
face the French Nathalie Pechalat Fabian Bourzat, who placed fourth at the World Championships in
March. Finnish couple at Finlandia Trophy will be Henna Lindholm and Ossi Kanervo.
Ice Dance: Nora Hoffmann / Maxim Zavozin
Entries are online! : http://www.stll.fi/finlandia_trophy/entries/
AUT Manuel Koll
FIN Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari
FIN Valtter Virtanen
FIN Viktor Zubik
ITA Paolo Bacchini
ITA Samuel Contesti
JPN Daisuke Murakami
POL Maciej Cieplucha
RUS Artur Gachinski
RUS Konstantin Menshov
RUS Sergei Voronov
RUS Ivan Tretiakov
SWE Kristoffer Berntsson
UKR Vitaliy Sazonets
USA Jonathan Cassar
USA Grant Hochstein
Contesti as frontrunner with a showdown of the top russian men fighting for the lone spot at Worlds.. great.. Plus I cant believe Berntsson and AriPekka still want to compete.
BLR Viktoria Liakhava
EST Elena Glebova
FIN Kiira Korpi
FIN Laura Lepistö
FIN Alisa Mikonsaaari
FIN Cecilia Törn
JPN Akiko Suzuki
RUS Sofia Biryukova
RUS Alena Leonova
RUS Ksenia Makarova
SWE Linnea Mellgren
USA Amanda Dobbs
Again a battle of the russian senior ladies, not as interesting as the juniors but still Akiko can easily win this.
BLR Lesia Valadzenkava - Vitalii Vakunov
DEN Katelyn Good - Nikolaj Sorensen
FIN Henna Lindholm - Ossi Kanervo
FRA Nathalie Pechalat - Fabian Bourzat
GBR Sinead Kerr - John Kerr
GER Stefanie Frohberg - Tim Giesen
HUN Nora Hoffmann - Maxim Zavozin
HUN Zsuzsanna Nagy - Mate Fejes
ITA Federica Testa - Christopher Mior
RUS Kristina Gorshkova - Vitali Butikov
UKR Siobhan Heekin-Canedy - Alexander Shakalov
USA Madison Hubbell - Keiffer Hubbell
Kerrs vs PechBourzat!! really nice.. Is the Shakalov guy representing Ukraine the same that used to compete for UZB some seasons ago??
I´m so intrested in the senior debut form Frohberg/Gießen. Ver good JGPs results last year, than very very good ISU Junior Competions and to the end a not so good JW, but for her first season togehter, it was great!
So I really want to see, where she place in the Senior ranks....
I just came from IN, after watching Jonathan Cassar again (he caught my eye during 2010 Nationals), and I'll be cheering on Jonathan to do well here. He has a lovely lyrical quality to his skating, though he does need to get his jumps together, but performance wise he's a looker. Such a softness & beauty to his skating accompanied with those soulful eyes and the grace of a gazelle.
Lol, and yes, what a showdown it will be between the two Russian men!! (8^o Who wants it more...
Cannot wait to hear about the Kerr's programs. So glad they are continuing to compete this season.
I'm looking forward to how Biryukova will do in her probably first major international competition.


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After winning $368 million from Apple in court, VirnetX back again for more
0. phoneArena 10 Nov 2012, 04:05 posted on
VirnetX recently won a $368 million award against Apple in court; using the same patents, VirnetX says that Apple's new products like the Apple iPhone 5, the Apple iPad mini and other newer devices with FaceTime, infringe on VirnetX's IP...
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1. Topcat488 (Posts: 1396; Member since: 29 Sep 2012)
Well They do have a point here... If the patent is violated again and again, you must pay accordingly... Anybody up for dessert; I want more Apple pie please....
10. MeoCao (unregistered)
But before having the pie one must put apple into an oven.
65. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 13103; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
Patent abuse. Why aren't they going after other video calling services?
66. matrix_neo (Posts: 334; Member since: 03 Nov 2011)
Who started abusing patents?! Rectangular shape with rounded corners? They don't sue other video calling services because they are like apple, suing only those who threaten the sales of their products. Remember what apple has been doing to Samsung? Is Apple should not be sued even it infringe ip's of other companies? Is apple above the law?
69. JeffdaBeat (unregistered)
If they've won against Apple, they will probably file suit against the other companies very soon.
70. LionStone (Posts: 743; Member since: 10 Dec 2010)
Which is to assume that the other companies are infringing on said patents.
84. gothicheart (Posts: 83; Member since: 17 Oct 2012)
unless of course, those other companies know how to respect and appreciate the innovation of others, it's only apple that copies and patent these innovation, for christsakes, even their best-selling products has a copied name....
89. letgomyeggroll (Posts: 138; Member since: 13 Jun 2012)
They wont file law suit against other companies just Apple. They started all this, and Im sure others are giving Virtex the courage and boost to go after Apple.
And like I said the companies arent developing the Video Chat, they just let the app enable in the device thats all
75. someones4 (Posts: 625; Member since: 16 Sep 2012)
Because they hate Apple that's why. And they have enough money to pay, so why not?
76. Droiddoes (unregistered)
Can I buy some pot off of you, mxy? That has got to be some amazing ish.
85. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
It's their wish to decide but you are right it is {ATENT ABUSE ... by Apple though :D
87. letgomyeggroll (Posts: 138; Member since: 13 Jun 2012)
Its a cat and mice game. Apple is the big cat and the others are the mouse. They are after Apple to show them that they are the innovation company. So these little companies are the big keys the patent of them all.
And besides, the others are using a third party for the video chatting. Unlike Apple, they are not claiming the innovations.
15. PhenomFaz (Posts: 1236; Member since: 26 Sep 2012)
Round 2...Ding! Ding! Ding!
Oh by the way I just LLLOOOOVVVVEEEEE Pies baby...especially Apple Pie :)
61. Nadr1212 (Posts: 741; Member since: 22 Sep 2012)
Looks like virnetX is becoming more like apple by the case
24. lyndon420 (Posts: 4405; Member since: 11 Jul 2012)
My favorite.
35. Googlethis (Posts: 179; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
some one said pie. APPLE PIE!!!!!
49. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
+1 on a second helping of dessert (Thumbup!). If the roles were reversed, Apple would be going for a sales ban.
52. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 13103; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
Violation? This is patent abuse and pure greed. I think the case should be tossed out and Apple countersue.
53. tedkord (Posts: 11733; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
Your hypocrisy is duly noted.
54. Googlethis (Posts: 179; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
You do realise that apple does the same exact thing this company is doing. So with your logic anything apple does is golden meaning that if they sue a company regardless of evidence they should win and if a company sues apple for patent infringment that company's claim should be tossed out and counter sued for wasting apples time. your mind is a bit warped.
60. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Your hypocrisy amuses me now. HAHA
79. GeekMovement (Posts: 2156; Member since: 09 Sep 2011)
Guys, he's brainwashed. He doesn't understand the word hypocrisy.
86. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Apple plays role model for all when it comes to "GREED" driven actions :)
88. letgomyeggroll (Posts: 138; Member since: 13 Jun 2012)
Hey dummy, why don't you count how many lawsuits that Apple has right now pending alone?!!!!!!!!!!!!!
64. Spariant (Posts: 12; Member since: 09 Mar 2012)
I think samsung should buy this small company and sue apple's a$$!
74. AnTuTu (Posts: 1580; Member since: 14 Oct 2012)
I am up for the "Apple pie" :)
2. dan86 (Posts: 298; Member since: 17 Mar 2012)
Hunter turns prey. God bless Apple! Looks good days gone in hell:)
3. ramonleonjr62 (Posts: 48; Member since: 17 Oct 2012)
keeping rolling an more to come
4. Max_Boost (Posts: 101; Member since: 22 Sep 2012)
Hahaha. Talk about iPwnage. Hahaha
5. 8logic (Posts: 148; Member since: 05 Mar 2012)
the chickens are coming home to roost
6. FAW-Q (Posts: 63; Member since: 29 Jul 2011)
Seems like Apple is finally getting a full dose of it's own medicine.
7. wendygarett (unregistered)
Wow virnetx, such a greedy company you are :P
11. Rocksteady (unregistered)
GO VirnetX.
20. kanagadeepan (Posts: 922; Member since: 24 Jan 2012)
Yes. But still less greedy than apple...
21. wendygarett (unregistered)
Oops, trolling failed XP
you're right, this is the time to give Apple a lesson for not being such patent troll...
8. xfire99 (Posts: 834; Member since: 14 Mar 2012)
Keep suing Apple and let them taste own medicine. They might get 1 Billion $ from Samsung, enough to pay up for all infringing patents they violated and few billions at the bank too, since theirs stock price have gone straight up past years. :)
27. Hemlocke (unregistered)
Apple isn't the only company, and they aren't the first. What do you think this company is going to ask of Samsung,who sells more smartphones than anyone? Lenovo? Motorola? Google? You guys are confused. Apple makes products and patents their IP. This company doesn't make anything, they are just trolls.
34. tedkord (Posts: 11733; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
No, Apple considers all IP to be their property. That's why, as they're patenting rectangles with rounded corners and suing the entire industry for it, they still haven't paid a dime for numerous tech patents from others like Motorola and Samsung, and even told a judge that they were above the law and wouldn't be bound by her decision if they didn't like it. Arrogance at its most extreme. I had hoped this arrogance would have died with Steve Jobs, but it seems to be more tightly ingrained than imagined.
9. lyndon420 (Posts: 4405; Member since: 11 Jul 2012)
Virnetx for the win. May the force be with you...and may you get every apple device removed from shelves everywhere. You can do it...for the betterment of the human race...failure is not an option.
12. angelesmec (unregistered)
That is called Karma. Good for you rotten A you deserve it!
13. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Oh boy if this goes through..the damages will be HUGE
14. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Why did Samsung's trial made worldwide news, why this one isn't?
44. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
coz a lot of us knows that samsung and apple are frenemies!
16. XiphiasGladius (Posts: 813; Member since: 21 Aug 2011)
Where's the "They're just protecting their IP's" comment? ^___^
BTW this suing due to patent is really getting more and more ridiculous.
17. parkwaydr (Posts: 572; Member since: 07 Sep 2011)
A possibility of a ban on apple products, oh Yes please do succeed!
28. Hemlocke (unregistered)
Careful what you wish for, because this company isn't going to stop with Apple. EVERY phone capable of video chat is on the hook. Apple can afford to pay their fines, but how do you think HTC, Motorola, and Samsung will fare when they are looking at a billion dollar judgment?
36. Googlethis (Posts: 179; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
i understand your point hemlocke. im curiouse if there js any backstory to this maybe the small company tried to settle out of court first but apple wouldnt be botherd thinking they had no grounds to stand on
37. Googlethis (Posts: 179; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
more to what i said before maybe the other companies are working on settling out of court maybe maybe not. just wishfull thinking.
47. BadAssAbe (Posts: 456; Member since: 22 Apr 2011)
Not all phones have a webchat app built in, most Android phones give u choices in apps
50. willard12 (Posts: 1693; Member since: 04 Jul 2012)
Wouldn't they have to sue the app developer rather than the phone manufacturer? For OEMs other than Apple, Skype or Tango or another developer would be infringing rather than a phone OEM.
55. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
The OS enables the infringement, therefore, the OS developer gets to pay the damages.
59. tedkord (Posts: 11733; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
If the OS itself doesn't infringe, then no, they are not liable.
18. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
this is ridiculous!
25. lyndon420 (Posts: 4405; Member since: 11 Jul 2012)
Why? You think apple is the only one who should be allowed to protect their IP? 2.4 billion dollars was spent on their amazing and innovative rectangle technology. Maybe their next 2.4 will be spent on 'researching' how NOT to piss everyone off, and maybe actually 'develop' something. But I think we all know that won't happen.
43. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
ridiculous in a way that companies are stopping innovation!
56. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Tell that to Apple. Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
39. MartyK (Posts: 820; Member since: 11 Apr 2012)
Yes it is Ridiculous!;
How dare they steal someone else patents and use it, without paying for it!!
oh wait, they do that all the time....hahahah
19. Wiki_jaan (Posts: 704; Member since: 24 Jun 2012)
a small company kick the apple .......................................................................
22. Savage (unregistered)
To Apple,
In the words of Bane - "Your punishment must be more severe."
By Virnet X.
23. tiara6918 (Posts: 2036; Member since: 26 Apr 2012)
$368 million isn't enough for the crime of apple, virnetx should ask more so apple could finally learn their lesson


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IRVING – Barry Earl Snyder Sr., a 72-year-old battle-scarred political veteran who already has served four terms as president, was returned to office Tuesday night by Seneca Nation voters.
Snyder's election followed one of the most bruising and hard-fought elections in the history of the region's most high-profile Indian tribe.
The dominant figure in Seneca politics over the past 40 years, Snyder defeated five other candidates, beating his closest challenger, Tribal Council Chairman Richard E. Nephew, by 225 votes. The election followed a nasty campaign marked by harsh accusations that the outgoing president – Robert Odawi Porter – and Nephew made against Snyder.
Nephew and Porter accused Snyder of malfeasance in connection with a crooked land deal for a Lewiston golf course and with fund raising for a charity group to help people with diabetes. At one point in the campaign, Nephew and Porter supporters sent a post card with Snyder's photograph on the front, bearing the caption, "How much money can one man steal from the Seneca Nation?"
Snyder denied the accusations against him, and voters put him back in the office he last held from 2008 to November 2010.
"I want to thank the Seneca people for once again believing that leadership of our nation is by the people," Snyder said. "The past two years have broken the spirit and confidence that our people have in Seneca political leadership. We will not look back but we will move forward with an open and transparent government...Now is the time for the Seneca."
Snyder's arch-rival, Porter, was defeated by Snyder running mate Rodney Pierce for the office of treasurer.
Pierce is Porter's brother-in-law.
Six candidates – the largest number in decades – sought the presidency, which pays an annual salary of $185,000 and carries the power to hire and fire thousands of people. The Seneca president is believed to be the highest-paid elected official in Western New York, making $80,000 more than the mayor of Buffalo and $82,000 more than the Erie County executive.
Candidates for the presidency were Nephew; two former presidents, Snyder and Cyrus Schindler; businessman Aaron Pierce; former Erie County Sheriff's Detective Cochise RedEye; and Shaun Humphrey, a union carpenter and bricklayer.
Snyder received 929 votes to Nephew's 704, according to the Seneca Nation.
Pierce defeated Porter by a count of 1,105 to 786.
Geraldine Huff was elected tribal clerk. Jeff Gill, Christina Jimerson, Linda Doxtator, Shelley Huff, Morris Abrams, Arlene Bova, Kevin Printup and Mike Williams were elected to the Tribal Council, the governing body of the tribe.
Keith White Sr. and Kara John were elected as chief marshals. Lance Cooper, Darby Leroy, Diana Maybee, David Isaac, Clifford Pierce, and Randy White were elected as marshals. Elected as assessors were Stanley Jimerson, Terry Nephew, David Pierce, Brenda Redeye, Sally Huff and Ronald Kenjockety.
Elmer Logan and Jason John were elected as highway commissioners, and Llona Leroy and Rae Lynn George were elected as poormasters.
Porter ran for treasurer because tribal laws prevent anyone from serving as president two terms in a row.
With so many running for president, Senecas said, the voter turnout was among the biggest they have seen in decades. Early Tuesday evening, the Seneca polling place in Irving was packed with people waiting to cast votes.
"There are a lot of people voting today. I hear it's been nonstop all day," said one Seneca voter, Mary Steeprock.
"I've never seen this many candidates running in any of our elections," said another voter, Matt Hill, 47, of Irving.
Hill, Steeprock and Shane Henhawk, 33, like many other voters, declined to say which candidate they voted for.
"A lot of us have relatives or friends who work for the Seneca government. ... These people have no civil service protection, and they're afraid they'll get fired if [government leaders] find out who they voted for," one Seneca woman explained.
Though, technically, the practice of paying for votes is barred under the tribe's election rules, Seneca candidates offer voters cash payments and other considerations.
Seneca sources told The Buffalo News that supporters of several candidates were actively buying votes Tuesday.
One Seneca woman said her son was paid $100 by one political group and then $60 by another.
A Seneca man said he was told that some people received more than $300 for their votes. People who traveled long distances to vote received more money than those who traveled short distances, several Senecas said.
"For a lot of the Seneca people, this is a big payday," said Sally Snow, a Seneca who owns a popular restaurant and gas station in Irving. "I don't accept money for my vote, but a lot of people do."
"It goes on every election," one Seneca official said. "Nobody files a complaint about it, and nobody ever enforces [the ban] on vote-buying."
The Seneca president directly controls 1,300 tribal jobs and has strong influence over more than 3,800 casino jobs.
The Seneca Nation is now one of the region's 10 largest employers, and the tribe spends more than $630 million a year on salaries, goods and services, many related to its three casinos.
Nephew and Snyder both said they represented the Seneca Party. Schindler started his own political organization, called the Peoples' Party. RedEye, Pierce and Humphrey ran as independents.
In recent weeks, some of the candidates enticed voters with parties, free meals, alcohol and department store gift cards.
"We do help people with travel expenses, especially those who come in from out of state," Snyder said before the election. "But once they get into that voting booth, we have no way of knowing who they vote for."
.One controversial issue during the campaign was the nation's 2006 land purchase in Lewiston for a golf course. An FBI investigation showed the Senecas paid $900,000 more for the land than it was worth and that $540,000 of that went to Timothy Toohey and Bergal Mitchell III, two longtime associates of Snyder. Snyder has never been charged in the case and denies any wrongdoing.
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