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All these ladies and skatersknowhow to work the PR - sorry to say. There is what you say and here is what you really think. Rarely do you havea Joubert or Chan who really say how they feel.
All these ladies and skatersknowhow to work the PR - sorry to say. There is what you say and here is what you really think. Rarely do you havea Joubert or Chan who really say how they feel.
There is no reason to doubt anyone's sincerity. Mirai is disappointed that she was not selected for the Olympic team, but she wishes good luck for Ashley and team USA. Ashley is grateful for Mirai's support. Nothing controversial here.
Yeah, I'm sure skaters put some thought into what to say to the media (and what to hold back, for that matter), but that doesn't mean any kind word out of their mouths is phony. Just because something makes a skater look good doesn't mean they don't mean it. I'd think someone in Ashley's position likely would be feeling a bit relieved at Mirai's comments and well wishes. How could she not? And Mirai, well, there are likely other thoughts going through her mind that she's keeping to herself, but that doesn't mean she doesn't mean what she says here, either.
ITA. But media loves controversy. On NBC's website there is an article about Ashley changing her long program, and they included a link to Mirai's twitter message. There is also coverage of Ashley and Jeremy in Sochi, and there is a photo of Ashley (layback) and Mirai (spiral). LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
If anyone has turned against her, well bully for them, and I would say to Ashley: you don't need those people. Don't bother trying to win them back; it's their loss.
Karne, the public is fickle and often irrational about such things and frequently not fair minded. The result is that Ashely became the focus of their upset. Frequently, the wrong person becomes the target.
You do realise that at the moment, the Ladies level at the JGP is higher than at the GP? Check the jumps landed at the JGPF vs. the jumps landed at the GPF.
And sorry but where in the IJS documents is 'being a newbie' listed as one of the PCS criteria?
Edmunds performed well and in both programs she showed movement in character of the music, smooth edges and good flow throughout her programs.
Nagasu's skating was quite heavy and her choreography was basic with little relation to the music. There was absolutely no reason to give her higher PCS.
Well, the calls would probably have been harsher. And guess what that would mean for Nagasu's jumps.
You say there is nothing in the IJS saying newbies will be docked in PCS. It may not be in writing, but in practice PCS scores are routinely held down for newbies. Look at Nagasu's PCS in Vancouver in her first ISU major championship. She outscored Rochette, by a small margin, in TES, yet lost in PCS by around 12 points. A month later in Torino, Nagasu's PCS suddenly shot up, not because her skating skills suddenly improved in that short interval, but because she was no longer considered a newbie. It wont surprise me if Edmunds, not just in her first ISU major championship, but her first ISU senior competion period, gets the same treatment as a newbie.

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Milt Greek, who may be familiar to some from his profile in the New York Times, is extraordinary for several reasons. Firstly, he is a person living with schizophrenia—an achievement in itself. Secondly, he is able to use his extensive first-hand experience to examine the condition from many different perspectives. He looks at the medical model, spiritual and philosophical aspects, social factors, and the importance of personal history in the illness. Most importantly, he does so impartially by highlighting the benefits and pitfalls of each vantage point.
The author stresses that medication is an important and often crucial part of recovery for many people. However, he states that some people can go without medicine for periods of time, or even for life, if their delusions and hallucinations respond to a low-stress, compassionate surrounding. He does not claim that this works for everyone (he says medication is critical for him) and must be done with caution, but believes that there is a spectrum of schizophrenia. Accordingly, there is no one treatment for all types of the illness.
Perhaps the most interesting part of Schizophrenia: A Blueprint for Recovery is the idea of finding personal meaning and fulfillment in one's delusions. He notes that not all delusions are meaningful (or pleasant), but feels that many thoughts and hallucinations of schizophrenia are often related to one's life. This view is contrary to the prototypical one that symptoms are simply meaningless by-products of the illness. After the acute period of psychosis, Greek argues persuasively that a person can find meaning in their experiences by relating them to life events. Similar to religious visions, hallucinations and delusions may provide insight into their thoughts, emotions, and life. He is careful to note that it can take time to distinguish the authentic insights from the misleading ones. Nor does he claim that spirituality or religion is a substitute for therapy which provides a way for connecting with "consensual reality," or what society in general accepts as real.
This book also details how to live with schizophrenia. Stress reduction, healthy eating, avoidance of any substance that worsens symptoms, socializing, finding support, and how to distinguish remaining hallucinations and delusions from reality are all discussed.
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November 21, 2012 - Cory Giger
People around the country have been asking all season why Matt McGloin has reached a record-setting level this year after looking mediocre at best the past three.
It's a simple answer, albeit in multiple parts.
1. Bill O'Brien's offense is perfect for his skill set. McGloin has a good football IQ, allowing him to understand the complex offense, read defenses at the line of scrimmage and get into the right play. He's also adept at throwing the short-yardage passes required by the scheme.
2. O'Brien named McGloin the starter early. No ridiculous quarterback competition when, like last year, there really was no competition between McGloin and Rob Bolden. That meant no more having to constantly look over his shoulder, allowing McGloin to play his game and not try to force things in an attempt to impress the coaches and stay ahead in a competition.
3. O'Brien himself. He worked with one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, Tom Brady, so it's no surprise he's been able to help McGloin reach another level.
4. This is the component that gets overlooked the most. It's quarterbacks coach Charlie Fisher, who in one season at Penn State has proven to be -- to put it as nicely as possible -- an enormous upgrade over his predecessor, Jay Paterno.
Fisher understands how to develop a quarterback. He knows how to improve mechanics, footwork, arm slot, pocket presence and all the other little nuances that stretch beyond merely sending a quarterback out there to rely on his natural physical skills.
Fisher has done a terrific job in all those areas with McGloin, who's enjoying one of the best and most surprising seasons in Penn State offensive history.
All throws start with the quarterback's feet, Fisher said, and getting in proper position in the pocket.
"You always try to work on their footwork first and just be consistent with their delivery and knowing what to do with the ball," Fisher said of his work with McGloin's mechanics. "That has as much to do with it as anything -- if you know what you're doing with the football in your hands, you can get yourself in position to make good throws."
There are many examples of that to point at this season, but one sticks out the most. It was the game at Iowa, and McGloin made one of the most impressive throws of his career, from both a physical and mechanics standpoint.
At the Hawkeyes' 31, McGloin escaped pressure in the pocket, rolled out to his right and fired a bullet over the middle to tight end Jesse James at the 3 (resulting in a TD). Many quarterbacks in that situation will throw on the run, often a mistake because he can't get enough on the ball to throw in traffic, but McGloin stopped, set his feet, squared his shoulders and threw a beautiful ball.
McGloin has let on several times this season how much better the coaching is than years past, including this gem.
"Coach O'Brien and Coach Fisher are doing a tremendous job with the quarterbacks," he said in late August. "They're just teaching us the right way how to play the game of football and the right way how to play quarterback.
"We've never had anything like that before here, so we're really happy with the progress that we've made, and hopefully we're able to show everybody how far we've come."
McGloin clearly has done that this year, setting numerous PSU passing records, including yards in a season (3,071) and career TDs (45).
O'Brien recalled Saturday a specific instance when he realized McGloin was really getting it in the new offense. The quarterback was asked to draw up a play during a meeting in the spring and nailed it from every aspect.
Fisher also remembers that situation.
"That certainly was a nice thing to see," Fisher said. "Matt got up and did a great job, obviously, not only designing the play that we talked about but taking everybody through it."
For Fisher, the final week of spring drills is when he realized McGloin has what it takes to succeed in the offense.
It was an indoor practice on a Monday at Holuba Hall when, in Fisher's eyes, McGloin began to separate himself from the other quarterbacks.
"You just kind of sensed the ball was coming out fast, his mind was starting to slow down, he was processing the information, he was getting the verbiage correct, he was just doing a lot of good things," Fisher said. "It wasn't perfect, but you could see that he was making strides and he was the guy that was starting to get it." Fisher went on to say the quarterback's confidence "took off that day," then it got another boost when O'Brien named him the starter on June 1.
"When he was named the starter, obviously I think his confidence grew because Coach O'Brien had put a lot of trust in him," Fisher said.
While at Vanderbilt, Fisher worked with current Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler. He also recruited Pennsylvania for the Commodores, and he remembers taking a look at McGloin, who played at West Scranton.
"He did a lot of good things on tape. ... He threw a good ball, and he made a lot of plays for their high school team," Fisher said.
McGloin, however, was barely recruited at all by Division I programs, didn't get any stars from recruiting services and eventually walked on at Penn State. Fisher was asked if he's surprised no one gave McGloin much of a shot.
"To a degree," he said. "I certainly thought he would end up with something, whether it be at the I-A level or certainly a lot of good I-AA programs in the East."
Five years later, a lot of college programs would love to have McGloin as their quarterback, and he enters his final game with the Nittany Lions having exceeded every expectation imaginable.
Bill O'Brien will get most of the credit for that, but no one should overlook Charlie Fisher's influence.
Cory Giger is the host of "Sports Central" from 4 to 6 p.m. daily on ESPN Radio 1430 WVAM. Reach him at 949-7031 or @CoryGiger on Twitter.


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It would not be in good taste or even legal to use a picture of the president of the United States as part of a product's package design or advertisement. Most states have laws that prohibit the unapproved use of a person's name or likeness for "commercial benefit."
This was not a concern when George Washington (1732-1799) was president (1789-1797).
Product packaging back then was usually a plain black and white folded paper packet. In the 19th century, celebrations of Washington's Feb. 22 birthday and the July 4 birthday of the United States made Washington a symbol of the country.
A surprising number of things collected today feature Washington's portrait. At least three tobacco companies used "Washington" as a brand name one for pipe tobacco, one for plug tobacco and one for chewing tobacco. Each had a picture of Washington on the package, often beside a flag and other patriotic symbols.
Collectors of Washington memorabilia can also find a brand of coffee, a soup company's ads, dishes, calendars and many other products that feature Washington's image. Other Washington collectibles found today include old posters and signs advertising products like insurance, 1876 U.S. Centennial furniture with wooden inlay picturing Washington, and paper needle cases from 1930s dime stores.
Even today Washington is a spokesman for products. In the past year, he has promoted cars, beer, an appliance store and a state lottery. A colorful tobacco tin for Washington Mixture tobacco, picturing Washington and a flag, auctioned for $303 at a 2012 William Morford auction in upstate New York. Almost all George Washington-related collectibles and antiques are selling well.
Q: My mother said she and my father had the first radio in our area. She thought it was 1919 or 1920. My dad built the radio, then bought a cabinet to put it in. The cabinet has a label that says "American Beauty Radio Cabinets & Console Speakers, Mfg. by Pierson Co., Rockford, Ill." The radio was disposed of long ago, but we still have the cabinet. I'd like to know when it was built and what it's worth.
A: The first commercial radio broadcast was made when KDKA of Pittsburgh broadcast results of the 1920 presidential race between Warren Harding and James Cox. In the 1920s, many people made their own radios by assembling the components and attaching them to a board. By the late 1920s, radios were being manufactured for sale, and furniture companies began making cabinets to put them in. Pierson Furniture Co. was founded in 1927. It became Pierson Radio Co. in 1930 and began making radio cabinets. In 1940 the company switched from manufacturing to retail, and its name was changed to Pierson Factory Showrooms. Your empty cabinet might bring a few hundred dollars.


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The Orlando Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying the thieves who broke into an AT&T store Wednesday.
Officials said the thieves stole electronics from the store on Conroy Road. They were seen fleeing in a light-colored vehicle.
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire … Jack Frost nipping at your nose…"It's that time of year again. It's time again to gather with friends and family to share the magic of the holiday season. When I was growing up, the holidays meant tons of baking … cookies, breads, cakes … and each of us had our favorites. My mom would spend hours, days, weeks building an enormous stash of holiday bake goods that would be given to friends and neighbors as gifts, or transported to family gatherings to fulfill that craving for even more sweets after the meal. To this day, I blame mom and the holidays for my sometimes insatiable sweet tooth.I took for granted in those days the wonderful smells that hit my nose when I walked in the door after school. The warm smells of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger were commonplace. I think the walls and floors of my old family home must still give up those wonderful aromas around this time of year.The one absolute tradition was gingerbread men. My mom had found this cut out for a gingerbread man in a magazine shortly after she and dad married in the 1930s. She carefully cut it out and traced the image on to her gingerbread dough. This "man" was different than the traditional form … he looked more like a sailor, with a square hat set upon his head and a little bit of a swagger in how he "walked."Soon these "men" became the family tradition, and mom grew tired of cutting each one by hand with a knife. Dad crafted from wood and copper stripping a cookie cutter that made the process easier for mom, and generated more cookies for us. My older brother and sister and I were drafted over the years to be the decorators. Before the "men" went into the oven, they were adorned with silver drages for the eyes and nose and a red cinnamon candy for the mouth. Sometimes we would even give him three red buttons from the red cinnamon candies for his shirt. Once baked and cooled, we kids would be given the honor of decorating them with colored sugars, "glued" on with beaten egg whites. Mom would tie a candy cane around their arm and package them up for gift giving and an occasional reward for us artists.I still have one of the several renditions of the gingerbread men cutters my dad made over the years. And I still mix, roll and decorate at least one batch of "men" each year … just to fill my house with those wonderful aromas and share a bit of my past with friends.My recipe for gingerbread is a bit different than the one used by mom. She would bake hers to last through the holidays and possibly be tree decorations. I tend to go for full flavor and the best aroma possible. My recipe below is an adaptation from a Martha Stewart recipe I found several years back and has become my tradition … I hope you find a way to make it yours.
Ingredients:• 6 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface• 1 teaspoon baking soda• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter• 1 cup packed dark-brown sugar• 4 teaspoons ground ginger• 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves• 1 teaspoon finely ground pepper• 1 1/2 teaspoons coarse salt• 2 large eggs• 1 cup unsulfured molasses• Silver drages for eyes, red cinnamon candies for mouth• Fine sanding sugar, forsprinklingDirections:1. Sift together flour, baking soda, and baking powder into a large bowl. Set aside.2. Put butter and brown sugar in the bowl of an electric mix on medium speed until fluffy. Mix in spices and salt, then eggs and molasses. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture; mix until just combined. Dough would be very stiff. Divide dough into thirds; wrap each in plastic. Refrigerate until cold, about 1 hour.3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll out dough on a lightly floured work surface to a 1/4-inch thick. Cut into gingerbread men your favorite cookie cutter. Space cookies 2 inches apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper, and decorate with silver degrees for eyes and nose and red cinnamon candy for mouth. Refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes.4. Bake cookies until crisp but not dark, 12 to 14 minutes. Let cool on sheets on wire racks.5. To decorate with sanding sugar, lightly beat one egg white with water until frothy. Paint on cookie with pastry brush where you want the sugar to adhere. Quickly sprinkle with sugar, allow excess to fall off and dry on sheets of parchment until sugar sets. 6. Package in individual clear treat bags for gift giving.


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WASHINGTON – It looks as if milk prices won't be doubling after the first of the year after all.
That's because House and Senate negotiators from both parties agreed Sunday on a one-year extension of farm legislation that expired Sept. 30.
If that deal is passed by both houses of Congress before Tuesday, the intricate set of policies that regulate milk prices will remain just as they are – and the nation won't automatically revert to a series of dairy policies dating from the 1940s.
Farmers, along with Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., had warned that going back to those ancient policies would double milk prices, prompting consumers to cut back on milk consumption and thereby inadvertently devastate the dairy industry.
In the end, though, fear of letting that happen appeared to overwhelm a deep divide that had prevented the House and Senate from agreeing on a new five-year farm bill.
The solution, as it often is in the current Congress, was to kick the can down the road.
"It is no longer possible to enact a five-year farm bill in this Congress," said Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., chairman of the House Agriculture Committee. "Given this reality, the responsible thing to do ... is to extend the 2008 legislation for one year. This provides certainty to our producers and critical disaster assistance to those affected by record drought conditions."
Shortly after the Senate passed its $500 billion, five-year farm bill, Lucas' committee approved a long-term farm bill with deep cuts to farm subsidies and the food stamp program.
But the House Republican leadership, apparently concerned that some farm-state Republicans would join with Democrats concerned about the food stamp cuts to kill the measure, never brought that measure to the floor.
Both Houses will be in session today – New Year's Eve – as Congress and the White House struggle toward a compromise to avoid the "fiscal cliff."And while waiting for a deal, both houses could take up the legislation to avert the so-called "dairy cliff."
Given the increasing unpopularity of those farm subsidies, it was not clear late Sunday whether a revolt would arise to try to stop the one-year extension.
But just in case, the House Agriculture Committee also filed two possible alternatives.
One is a one-month farm bill extension that excludes disaster relief funds and a new diary program, included in the longer extension, that aims to help farmers when milk prices are low and grain prices are high. The other merely extends current dairy policy while letting the rest of the 2008 farm bill lapse.
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For one special night last week, all seemed right with the wrestling world.
There was the Nature Boy, holding court, styling and profiling with the elite of todays generation of superstars.
The thousands of fans who packed the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia and the millions of fans watching on network television no doubt popped in unison when the opening strains of Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey began playing.
Ric Flair, the 16-time world heavyweight champion, returned to the ring last week on WWEs flagship Monday Night Raw show.
Its like Babe Ruth returning to Yankee Stadium, proclaimed commentator John Layfield as Flair made his way down the aisle.
The statement wasnt a stretch.
Ric Flairs legacy has long been etched in stone.
Flair, who turns 64 in February, began his career in December 1972. Richard Nixon was president, gas cost 36 cents a gallon and the original Godfather was a box-office blockbuster.
Thats a lifetime ago for most, but in the Ric Flair timeline, its just part of a fabulous career that has spanned generations and shows no signs of stopping.
Flair, the only performer to have been twice inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, has been the constant during those many years, bridging the different generations of fans and styles.
He has spent the better part of the past three years working for TNA, although he will admit that his heart never really left WWE.
Flairs appearance Monday night seemed to not only energize the crowd, but the WWE roster as well. On hand to present John Cena with a Slammy for Superstar of the Year, Flair was given the award by Cena as a show of respect to the greatest of all time.
It may sound a little clichéd, but everyone loves to be around the Nature Boy. As one announcer aptly noted, whenever Flair shows up, a party isnt far behind.
Truth be told, theres probably not a performer in the WWE locker room who isnt awed by Flair and his amazing volume of work.
For years critics claimed Flair wouldnt fit in with the younger, hipper image projected by the new generation of pro wrestling. Those same critics, however, forgot the fact that Ric Flair invented wrestling hip.
The Nature Boy was cool when guys like Dwayne Johnson (The Rock), Michael Shawn Hickenbottom (Shawn Michaels) and Paul Levesque (Triple H) were mere youngsters emulating the Nature Boy.
Ric Flair is the icon, says The Rock, who patterned his style after Flair.
For older fans, watching Flair in the ring brings back memories of a special time when the Nature Boy was the brashest, the cockiest and the coolest, a limousine-riding, jet-flying, kiss-stealing, wheelin and dealin son of a gun and the dirtiest player in the game.
For younger fans, it was a magical moment seeing Flair in the ring alongside Punk, a 21st-century wrestling superstar who carries some of that Flair-like panache.
The visual of Flair applying his vaunted figure four leglock to Paul Heyman was a Kodak moment.
The Nature Boy was the highlight of the show, and the ratings backed it up. The hour that featured Flair drew Raws highest number of the fall season.
Flair was and remains the showstopper.
Whats causing all this?
Flair isnt perfect, and hell be the first to admit it. Hes been through four failed marriages, and his financial setbacks over the years have been well documented.
Lucky in life, unlucky in love, he laments.
His once-flowing bleached blond hair has thinned, he carries some extra weight around his midsection, and hes a few steps slower than during the days when he was going 60 minutes a night with the best in the world and burning the proverbial candle at both ends.
No one these days is expecting him to go Broadway with performers half his age any more than theyre looking for Michael Jordan to come back and score 40 points in an NBA championship game or Joe Montana to lead the 49ers on another Super Bowl-winning drive.
But theres nobody in the world better than Ric Flair at creating magic in a wrestling ring.
Hes one of the greatest showmen in the history of sports entertainment (even though he will always proudly proclaim it professional wrestling). He can still talk smack with the best of them.
He proved it once again Monday night.
How long will Flair stick around?
As he said last week, I just came here for a good time.
If Monday night was any indication, hell be back for a long time.
During his passionate speech to the crowd Monday night, Flair said while pointing to the ring, If I die, I want to die right here or with a woman from Philly.
Business, as Jim Ross might say, is about to pick up.
I love working here ... I love being part of it. Its the best place in the world to work, says Naitch.
Its where he belongs.
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Nokia brings out the Lumia swag: the 920 is the one, not the HTC One
0. phoneArena 20 Feb 2013, 03:21 posted on
The HTC One is not just a great device all-around, it is also bold with its decision to include an UltraPixel Camera focusing on image quality instead of pixel count…
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2. tiara6918 (Posts: 2036; Member since: 26 Apr 2012)
Sorry nokia but I would rather get the true one from htc
15. tusshharish (Posts: 342; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
the recent post of htc one on pa shows that even lumia 800 wins against this 'one'.......
64. SamsungFan (Posts: 201; Member since: 16 Apr 2012)
Its Nokia Lumia to f*** htc and samsung will rule in 2013
With the one and galaxy s4
79. Muzhhur (Posts: 260; Member since: 14 Sep 2012)
that is just your decision, and it wont represent all of us
89. SamsungFan (Posts: 201; Member since: 16 Apr 2012)
Wait and see yourself .2012 was a worst year for nokia 2013 will be even worse for them
107. dexter_jdr (Posts: 1163; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
i will wait when samsung announces new devices on 2013 then u will be hiding under your bed coz its just "meh"
3. B3BLW29 (Posts: 238; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)
After looking at samples from HTC one something, I would say FTW NOKIA YAY!!
65. SamsungFan (Posts: 201; Member since: 16 Apr 2012)
Looks like there is more nokia fans online. A lots of thumb downs by those fools who don't know anything about innovations
73. bhavic (Posts: 1; Member since: 20 Feb 2013)
A samsung fan talking about innovation !! LOL !!
76. SamsungFan (Posts: 201; Member since: 16 Apr 2012)
Anyway samsung galaxy sells 10x more than lumias and lumias can never beat a samsung wait for galaxy s4 you'll see
77. dexter_jdr (Posts: 1163; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
dear stupid person,
if people all over the world already converted to an android ecosystem or ios... then why dont fans come here and counter our dislikes since you believe that android phones (samsung,sony, htc,lg,huawei,alcatel etc) can overpower 1 company named nokia ?
78. SamsungFan (Posts: 201; Member since: 16 Apr 2012)
You are the real fool because you can't just compare this post. If nokia was good then they should have good sales and profits which nokia doesn't have
Soon nokia will fall. Wait for galaxy s4 and iphone 5s
Nokia will be a big zero in front of them you fool
103. dexter_jdr (Posts: 1163; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
oh really? if s4 or 5s comes out, then we will wait for lumia 930, 830, 630 etc. HA! you fool you cant beat me
now your previous comment is now invalid
and sales isnt everything if phonearena already crowned 920 as best smartphone
104. SamsungFan (Posts: 201; Member since: 16 Apr 2012)
About 50% of the smartphones are made by samsung. Your f***ing nokia have nothing. .
106. dexter_jdr (Posts: 1163; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
oh screw you hahahaha going out of topic.
go back in the kitchen.
-or more preferably, go back in making led screens
83. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Sales aren't everything.
If they were, we'd all be using iphones and driving Toyota corollas. *shudder*
Why is the most common phrase from androiders (and iphonies) "wait and see"? Whereas Nokia Winners are happy and excited by what they already have?
94. BitterTruth (unregistered)
Common even motorola's vga camera is better than galaxy's 8mp :D
WARNING: Apply cold water to burned area.
95. tashreef (Posts: 476; Member since: 24 Nov 2012)
oh really being a Samsung fan you talk about innovations ...... that's a real innovation i have ever seen...LOL
4. cGmC11 (Posts: 139; Member since: 02 Apr 2012)
What is Nokia?
14. samystic (Posts: 230; Member since: 25 Mar 2012)
come out of cave
20. asingha94 (Posts: 295; Member since: 08 Apr 2012)
dammm!aliens also use internet!
21. SIGPRO (Posts: 1449; Member since: 03 Oct 2012)
You are a joke.......get a life!
49. lucasho2312 (Posts: 18; Member since: 10 Feb 2013)
hill people
66. SamsungFan (Posts: 201; Member since: 16 Apr 2012)
Nokia - a company which is struggling to get tranction these days and stands only with the help of fanboys
96. tashreef (Posts: 476; Member since: 24 Nov 2012)
At least we support Nokia no matter what... because we know they are the real players in the game... No Android== RIP Samsung...
75. p5yb0rg (unregistered)
Unfortunately Nokia chose Windows Phone as their OS but their hardware is the definition of quality
80. Muzhhur (Posts: 260; Member since: 14 Sep 2012)
Who are you?????????????????????????
90. BitterTruth (unregistered)
The company which will rape Samsunk and icrap soon soooooooo hardly
71. Dastrix (unregistered)
Five more days!! Bring it on!! Only then well we know who rules them all!!
91. BitterTruth (unregistered)
Can't waittttttttttttttttttt
6. mr.techdude (Posts: 570; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
Ok nokia, u guys have great cameras and ill admit it but HTC one is just knew too judge and even if u guys win in cameras, HTC one is a beast all around I mean seriously HTC one kills every phone out know even the sony z and its the only competitor to the s4
9. B3BLW29 (Posts: 238; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)
Dude what's with knew n know ? :D
12. yero789 (unregistered)
What?I don't really like Sony Xperia Z or ZL that much,because maximum screen size for me is 4.7",but I mean seriously?The ZL has it's advantages over HTC One,it has dragontrail glass on both sides,it's water and dust resistant,and all the way the phone looks beautiful.HTC One is a great handset too,but I hate HTC's boring design,all the phones look the same,and that makes me bored.But HTC One also has it's advantages over Sony Xperia Z,so both handsets are good :)
23. asingha94 (Posts: 295; Member since: 08 Apr 2012)
adding giant screen,core & ram is not innovation...thatswhy i hate htc....nokia ftw
45. b1acktiger (Posts: 223; Member since: 19 May 2012)
Could you please define the word innovation mean to you ? Since the NFC came out, hearing the phone needs to be plastic to make NFC Chips work. Now HTC comes with a solution. Camera is only the fancy thing in Lumia 920 nothing more and except that, nothing differentiates 920,8X,Ativ S.
52. No_Nonsense (Posts: 826; Member since: 17 Aug 2012)
Um, the 920 has wireless charging (gimmick but differentiating nonetheless), a super-sensitive screen, Nokia music and Dolby equalizers. The 8x has a thinner body, tapered edges and amplitude chips. The Ativ has plastic made around to look like brushed aluminium. There, I answered it for you.
26. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
just hope it runs one full day hahaha then come back and they will tell it will runs more thena a day but in reality those are lies most time they dont
32. rgxVOiD (Posts: 440; Member since: 30 Aug 2012)
"On look, a new phone is out, it must be better than the older one and the best. Now the older one is s**t, useless and anyone who uses it is inferior to me"
- kids nowadays...
How exactly did the One kill Z? The fact that its newer or just your brainwashed brain say so? Oh wait...
97. tashreef (Posts: 476; Member since: 24 Nov 2012)
will you mention what HTC One has got apart from UI like WP8 ...oh dual-speakers ... that's a real innovation orthe 1.7 GHz Dual-core processor ... or a ultrapixel camera.... for the name sake..
8. asingha94 (Posts: 295; Member since: 08 Apr 2012)
ugly truth for htc lovers..but truth is truth!!even 2 years older n8 givers better image quality..nokia ftw!
22. alterecho (Posts: 1098; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
Thats true about the N8.
"the 920 is the one, not the HTC One".
Whose statement is this? I don't think thats a statement from Nokia itself.
As far as i know, Nokia respects its competition. Unlike certain company, that degrades potential customers, just because they are using its competitor's phone.
41. smartphone (Posts: 160; Member since: 21 Oct 2011)
Actually recently HTC made fun of Nokia pureview technology by calling the number of megapixels useless.
Its just a reply and don't believe Phonearena they are baised against Nokia.
They didn't update the 920 camera update in recent camera test.
43. jsdechavez (Posts: 731; Member since: 20 Jul 2012)
I think Nokia went for 38-41MP so as to put to good use their oversampling tech. No other phone camera takes better 5MP or 8MP than the 808 due to that.
53. No_Nonsense (Posts: 826; Member since: 17 Aug 2012)
No other phone takes better pictures than the 808 (yet).
55. asingha94 (Posts: 295; Member since: 08 Apr 2012)
yes brother.but they dont use to review its camera comparing with other phones.because it has symbian & obviously not from samdog or htc!
69. eanpreou (Posts: 19; Member since: 14 Feb 2013)
not exactly. They don't use 808 for camera comparisons because it's way superior to the competition. They themselves commended 808 for its camera prowess they'd be a fool to ignore that.
92. BitterTruth (unregistered)
They are iSheep.
Johhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn isheep.
24. Sarajevo (Posts: 38; Member since: 30 Nov 2012)
Yeah, I wanted to write it here, but you were faster :) Exactly...
11. N-fanboy (Posts: 543; Member since: 12 Jan 2013)
Nokia FTW!
17. samystic (Posts: 230; Member since: 25 Mar 2012)
1) bad image editing (look at incomplete cutting of image with white corners left out)
2) image copied from PhoneArena
3) targeting 'competition'
not good Nokia... it is called arrogance!
coming from a Nokia fan... and BTW where is TROLL these days... i guess he must be filling butthurt form these days OR may be who is thumbing down everybody here... guess it is his job
85. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
I doubt Nokia did it themselves. Typically someone makes a picture and Nokia reposts it, like the one if a SWAT team member using an old Nokia phone to break down a door (the phone image was superimposed over the battering ram)
18. amiroo (Posts: 269; Member since: 03 Sep 2012)
sorry nokia but one can beat u..
25. Sarajevo (Posts: 38; Member since: 30 Nov 2012)
There is no inovation at HTC. Only try, aims of inovation. UltraPixel is nothing revolutionary...
27. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
HTC been coping nokia for a year now first in wp8 design now in camera tech at some little level of suspension idea so its another ripoff of nokia tech
29. asingha94 (Posts: 295; Member since: 08 Apr 2012)
htc just want to grab peoples attention by saying ultrapixel or whatever..adding giant screen,core & ram is not innovation...thatswhy i hate htc,samsung.within every 2 or 3 weeks they release phone.nothing new except more ram or core or screen size..nokia ftw
84. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
More like "no One can best you"!
19. idroidequis (Posts: 103; Member since: 23 Jan 2013)
Nokia is becoming that company... Please just let you phones do that talking. Your not helping yourself here. One of these days they are gonna say something they will regret on twitter (we know its gonna happen they all do it) and your gonna apologize. For a company that was and is still on the edge they sure do talk big. I really have yet to see one person on the street pull out a lumia since the 900.
57. shikroi (Posts: 187; Member since: 24 Sep 2012)
If you ask me their phones have been doing the talking. They promised a good low light camera, they delivered. They promised the best cam on a phone they delivered. They promised super sensitive touch, higher refresh rates and better out door visibility and they delivered. They promised a solid good looking phone and they delivered. And they will likely deliver more again in a few days and people like you will reiterate the same statement 2 months later.
"I really have yet to see one person on the street pull out a lumia since the 900."
Are you making an argument based on popularity? Because that defeats your whole premise of them not delivering quality phones. Quality and popularity don't necessarily always go hand in hand just ask htc.
BTW I have seen a few lumias.
70. eanpreou (Posts: 19; Member since: 14 Feb 2013)
It's amazing how people would react to something like this coming from Nokia yet there are other OEMs doing more s**t like this. And besides what harm will other OEMs get if Nokia proudly brand their product as the one as opposed to the others? Were they arrogant? Yes but who can blame them it's their freaking product but did they insult HTC like what HTC did when 808 and 920 came out? No. Like what shikroi said it's just "good compeition in good fun."


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One Bomb Mr. Cranky Movie Reviews
|Whale Rider
Now, I realize that New Zealand is in the middle of nowhere and kind of behind on the times, but I also know they have electricity and televisions over there and must have watched an episode or two of "Police Woman" and seen evidence that women can, in fact, kick some ass when necessary.
|07/04/2002 - 23:23
|When We Were Kings
By the end of the film I was hoping big George Foreman would sneak up behind (Norman) Mailer and, with one right cross, split his head open like a rotting Halloween pumpkin.
|02/14/1996 - 20:53
|Wild Bunch
Peckinpah obviously saw glory in stupidity.
|08/07/1995 - 02:37
|Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
This is probably one of the most heinous films ever made about corporate exploitation in the history of cinema.
|06/30/1971 - 02:26
|X-Men: First Class
History will also judge how good of a decision it was to cast a soulless supermodel non-actor as a lady mutant who can transform into pure diamond (fantastic) and a somewhat chubby, always frowny-faced blonde as a shapeshifter (terrible).
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The tragedy that occurred in Arizona last weekend is utter insanity. But I don't believe the 22-year-old gunman is as insane as some of us are being made to believe. I am not buying that kind of excuse.
The reality is that Jared Lee Loughner is the product of a political philosophy that espouses violence as a means to an end. He is the definition of a movement that preaches hate, racial intolerance and violence as the answer to addressing one's own insecurities about current political issues.
What happened in Tucson was nothing short of an attempted political assassination on the life of a moderate voice, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was targeted by the Tea Party for defeat in the November election.
Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which documents hate crimes and the activities of the Ku Klux Klan, explained on MSNBC how the ideas of Loughner are drawn from past right wing extremist ideologues.
I was glued to the TV all day Saturday afternoon in San Francisco last week after hearing the news of Giffords attempted assassination, the killing of a respected federal judge John Roll, who was pro immigration in some of his decisions, and five other people, including 9-year old Christina Taylor Green who according to her father was enthralled by the Obama candidacy in 2008.
Young Christina, inspired by the Obama campaign, was beginning to take an early role in politics. An impressionable young girl, she, like everyone who was at the scene last week, did not deserve to die.
I watched Christina's parents struggle to explain on CNN Tuesday night how they bade farewell to their gifted daughter lying dead at the hospital, and it struck me as the father of a young son, the unimaginable horror of losing a child in such a callous act.
Notably in a Dec. 15, 2010 posting, Loughner talked about the "second United States Constitution" and his apparent distrust of the federal government. "Second American Constitution" is very common term on the political right that has been hijacked by White supremacists for the sole purpose of raising objections to the Reconstruction Amendments (the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth), that deal with the freeing of slaves and the citizenship rights of all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.
"In conclusion, reading the second United States Constitution I can't trust the current government because of the ratifications: the government is implying mind control and brainwash on the people by controlling grammar. No! I won't pay debt with a currency that's not backed by gold and silver!" Loughner wrote.
Arizona, the place where steep racism and anti-immigrant rants call home, is now being challenged to do better and show the world that the action of Loughner does not define the state. That there are many people like Giffords who mean well and want to see a society free of racism and intolerance.
Perhaps it is also time for Arizona to apologize to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Years after the federal government instituted King's birthday as a national holiday, Arizona refused to recognize it. Apparently Arizona did not believe then in recognizing a man who called for racial harmony and challenged America to make real on its promises of democracy.
The state gave all kinds of inexcusable excuses for not honoring the memory of King. It stated, for instance, that the federal government was imposing a holiday on the state, citing state's rights — almost the same argument used by some states now to challenge the federal health care legislation. The state finally accepted the King holiday after a series of successful protests including a call for a national boycott of the state by Stevie Wonder, and the NFL moving the 1993 Super Bowl from Arizona to California.
It is no surprise that right wing extremism and those who espouse it see the demand for social justice, democracy and good governance as antithetical to their quest for control and dominance as the writings of Loughna are now showing.
It was only a year ago that the Michigan Chronicle partnered with the Detroit Jewish News, Latino Press, Arab American News and WDET-101.9FM whose station manager, Mikel Elcessor, led the effort to sound the alarm of the growth of violent right wing extremism in Michigan that is masking under the guise of free speech.
Each of us received our fair share of criticism from those who thought our project was wrongheaded because we dared to call out those dangerous, misguided people who see brandishing their guns and pronouncing violence at political rallies as the best form of democratic exercise. Others thought it was an attack on the likes of Sarah Palin. On her Facebook page she urged her supporters, targeting Giffords and other Democrats who voted for health care, saying, "Don't retreat. Instead, reload."
Palin, who in the wake of the massacre in Arizona has said very little, has a lot of explaining to do if she has any future political aspiration regarding her habitual use of violent imagery to advance her political agenda.
But it's not only Palin but also a number of people in her ilk who continue to use the airwaves for violent metaphors. And when they see the actual violence takes place, as in Tucson, they become cowardly, dancing around the issue and dismissing Loughner as some crazy guy instead of outrightly condemning his despicable act.
Loughner is not crazy. His actions have now been revealed with the note found in his home showing a carefully orchestrated plan. He embodies an idea that belongs to the past but is still alive in 2011: violent right wing extremism.
Honest and diligent people of all races should condemn this act. The media should not be incentivising the diabolical conversation we hear over the airwaves, that in many ways resemble the ideas of the Loughners of the world. Instead, the media should be exposing such for being what it truly is.
This weekend we remember Dr. King for being a peace officer who, like Mahatman Ghandi, used the philosophy of non-violence to address the injustices of the age in fighting for equal rights. He believed that bigotry, violence and hatred have no place in a functioning democracy where everyone should have a voice.
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Friday, July 26, 2013
A Charleston Southern Basketball alum will be competing in one of the best professional leagues in the world next season. Former CSU standout Kelvin Martin has signed a contract to play for Arca Impressa Lucca in Italy's prestigious Lega Due Silver.
Martin, a 2012 Charleston Southern graduate who finished his career as the Bucs' 2nd leading rebounder and sixth highest scorer, will head to Tuscany to play for a Lucca team that finished 19-15 last season. The Adel, Ga. native makes the step up following an excellent rookie year which saw him average 15.4 points and 5.7 rebounds per game for the Matrixx Magixx in Holland.
Charleston Southern Head Coach Barclay Radebaugh was excited for Martin, who helped lay the foundation for the Bucs' success in recent seasons.
"We are thrilled for Kelvin," said Radebaugh. "He has worked extremely hard this summer here in Charleston and he deserves this opportunity. When you think of Charleston Southern Basketball and the great players that have come through here, he is at or near the top of that list. We believe that this is the next step in a long professional career and we know that he will represent himself and Charleston Southern University in a first class fashion."
Martin was the driving force in CSU's 19-12 2011-12 season, the program's first winning campaign in 16 years. He led a young Bucs team in scoring and paced the Big South in rebounding en route to earning a spot on the all-conference first team. Martin also collected Big South Defensive Player of the Year accolades for the second consecutive season, as he capped his career as the league's third all-time leading rebounder. As a versatile force, Martin became only the third player in Big South history to tally more than 1,000 points (1,483), 900 rebounds (968), 200 steals (222) and 100 blocks (123).
The Bucs win total increased in each of Martin's four seasons, leading to the Big South regular season championship and NIT berth CSU earned in 2012-13.
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on March 17, 2013 - 1:00 AM
"This is New York State. We built the first railway and the first trade route to the West. We built the tallest skyscrapers, the greatest empires. We pushed the country forward. Then, some said we lost our edge …" – Promotional ad touting the "new New York."
By Patrick Reddy
Special to The News
In every census since 1950, New York State has lost electoral votes, leading to numerous articles on the Empire State's declining influence in national politics. Some of those stories were undoubtedly true as New York State simply has less representation in Washington, D.C. But the seeds of future Empire State influence were planted elsewhere in the 1950s and now, surprisingly, New York-style ideas and politics have spread to key areas of suburbia and the Sun Belt. The reports of the state's political demise have turned out to be greatly exaggerated. The official motto for New York State is "Ever Upward." The description of New York's influence might be "Ever Outward."
Census records from 1810 to 1970 reveal New York was the nation's most populous state. New York collected numerous electoral records: from 1810 to 1840, it had the highest percentage of electoral votes (nearly 15 percent) in U.S. history; it had the highest number of electoral votes (47) from 1930 to 1950; and it cast the highest percentage of the national popular vote (25 percent in 1832). In 1944, when the influence of big cities was at its peak, New York City alone cast 7 percent of the total national vote, a record by miles for any one place. Also in 1944, the Borough of Brooklyn cast more votes than the entire state of Texas, which is amazing considering that Texas had twice as many people as Brooklyn, and Texas is almost 4,000 times the physical size of Brooklyn.
And the Empire State was not just political power. New York was by far the richest state in America, with per capita incomes more than 50 percent higher than the national average during the 1940s. New York has been dubbed the national "media center," a highly accurate label because it was the birthplace of the television and film industries before they headed west to Hollywood.
A political powerhouse
This electoral clout was reflected in both parties' nominees for president. From 1868 to 1950, no less than 15 New Yorkers were either the Democratic or Republican nominees, by far the most from any state. And that doesn't include Republican presidents who were elected as temporary residents of New York: Dwight Eisenhower in 1952 and Richard Nixon in 1968. As Teddy White wrote in his classic "Making of the President, 1960": "The Empire State is so various in complexion, so rich in manpower, resources and votes, so dominant in the web of communications, that a governor of that state is considered presidential timber from the moment the votes are counted that give victory."
Ideas from New York were also dominant: Former Gov. Theodore Roosevelt was America's first "progressive" president, promoting Gotham-centered ideas on regulation of working conditions, anti-monopoly laws, progressive taxes on incomes and inheritances, and civil rights. A generation later, his distant cousin Franklin Roosevelt expanded on those ideas with labor unions, Social Security and public works programs. The title of a nostalgic book on New York says it all: "When Brooklyn Was the World."
Clout begins to wane
California officially passed the Empire State in 1970 and Texas did so in 2000. In the 2010 census, New York was almost caught by Florida for the number three spot, and projections have the Sunshine State passing the Empire State by 2015. As late as the 1980 election, New York was still second to California with 41 electoral votes. In the next two reapportionments, it lost a record-breaking eight House seats to the South and West – mainly to California, Texas and Florida. After the 1990 census showing New York losing seats again, Manhattan-based political consultant Henry Sheinkopt (who has worked for Hillary Clinton and Michael Bloomberg among others) commented: "We're in trouble … people didn't really like New York before, but they only dealt with us because we had clout. Now they won't have to."
But what if New York's clout didn't just evaporate; what if it reappeared in different places? In 1960, New York State had 9.3 percent of the U.S. population, compared with California's 8.8 percent. Fifty years later, New York was down to just 6.3 percent, while California had soared to 12.1 percent. Where did New York's clout go?
Exodus to Florida
Undoubtedly, many ex-New Yorkers moved to the suburbs of New Jersey and Connecticut as those two suburban-majority states grew much faster than New York. And many former New Yorkers joined the move to the Sun Belt, California, Texas, Arizona – and especially Florida.
After the 1960 census, New York State had 43 electoral votes. In 2012, it was down to 29. At the same time, Florida jumped from 14 to 29. Not all of the migrants to Florida came from New York, but many did.
These were mostly older white voters moving out of New York: in 1960, the Empire State was nearly 90 percent white; in 2010, it was only 65 percent white. As the Census Bureau reported: "In the 2010 census, the two largest flows are from New York to Florida and from California to Arizona. For census 2000, the largest is from New York to Florida and second largest is from New York to New Jersey." New York State has sent more of its residents to Florida (2 million-plus) than any other state.
I recall seeing a headline in USA Today during the 1980s stating that the most common move in America was New York to Florida. (The joke in Florida is that the further south toward Miami you go, the closer to New York you get). Today, roughly 20 percent of Floridians have roots in Greater New York. It is remarkable to go to holiday parties in Florida and not hear a single Southern accent.
From 1952 to 1988, Republican nominees carried Florida in eight of 10 elections based on a wave of middle-class migrants and conservative Southern Democrats switching parties. Two Southerners, Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter, were the only two Democrats to win Florida. But in the 1990s, Florida changed again.
Gold Coast grows
A new wave of retirees from the New York area to the Gold Coast – the counties of Miami-Dade, Broward (Ft. Lauderdale), Palm Beach and Monroe (Key West) – utterly transformed this section of Florida, which casts 25 percent of the state vote. The Gold Coast is now the most Democratic major metro area in the South. In 2008, Broward County alone delivered the votes that allowed President Obama to win Florida and guarantee an Electoral College majority. And in the closer 2012 election, Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties all delivered 100,000-plus vote margins for Obama as he carried Florida by just 75,000.
Since 1950, the populations of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties have increased by an average of 1,400 percent! Some of this rapid population growth was undoubtedly due to immigration from Latin America. But much of it is Jewish and working-class Catholic migrants from the New York area. The Gold Coast is an extension of Northeastern Democratic liberalism. By the 1980 census, 51 percent of Floridians had been born outside the South. Today, it is more than 70 percent Northern suburban.
Building a 'Blue Wall'
Ron Brownstein, in National Journal, detailed a "Blue Wall" of 18 states along the Northern tier and on the Pacific Coast with a total of 242 votes that have gone Democratic the last six presidential elections in a row. This Blue Wall (including New York, of course) was the backbone of Obama's re-election strategy. With the votes of former New York residents painting Florida blue, he was guaranteed another term in office.
New York currently has 29 electoral votes. And if ex-New Yorkers can tip the 29 votes of Florida into the Democratic column, that will mean that the Empire State really influences 58 electoral votes, three more than California and 20 more than Texas. Based on its ability to swing the nation's ultimate battleground state of Florida, the influence of "Greater New York" is bigger than ever. And if this pattern repeats for Democrats in 2016 when former New York Senator Hillary Clinton could be leading the Democratic ticket, American politics will have truly changed.
Can New York rebound?
Even before Hurricane Sandy hit, state government had started a TV campaign to remind viewers of New York's storied past and communicate its hopes for the future. The ads ordered by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo end by stating: "Today, there's a new New York State where innovation meets determination and our businesses once again lead the world."
At the Dec. 12 concert to benefit the victims of Hurricane Sandy, numerous speakers and performers extolled the toughness of New Yorkers and their ability to bounce back from troubles. Whether the physical land of the Empire State can be renewed after the devastation of Sandy and whether New York will regain its financial strength remain to be seen. But even if New York never regains its former spark and clout, the Empire State's influence will continue on in the 21st century – mostly in Florida.
Patrick Reddy is a Democratic political consultant in California who grew up in the New York area. His parents have retired to Florida.


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Debbie Stanitski's life changed in an instant on March 14, 1999. "I was riding and went to jump a fence. That's the last thing I remember," she said.
She was thrown from her horse, smashing her head on a rock.
Stanitski had recently accepted a faculty position as a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at MUSC. She had continued training for equestrian competitions despite a surgical career and family. Now she was fighting for her life. After emergency brain surgery, she endured months of rehab just to "walk, talk and swallow."
She required a feeding tube for two months and worked with physical and occupational therapists for a year.
As the current president of the Equestrian Medical Safety Association, Dr. Stanitski fights passionately to prevent equestrian injuries.
Approximately seven million Americans ride horses each year. Whether they ride competitively or for recreational enjoyment, serious injuries can occur. Horses can weigh up to 1,100 pounds and travel up to 40 mph. When one considers that a rider's head can be 13 feet off the ground when sitting in the saddle, it makes sense that brain injuries can occur.
In fact, brain injuries are the most common cause of death and serious injury in equestrian activities. They also make up a large portion of sport-related traumatic brain injuries. A 2013 study performed at MUSC presented data from a statewide surveillance system from all hospitals and emergency departments.
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Equestrian activities accounted for more than nine percent of all sport-related traumatic brain injuries.
In terms of brain injuries, studies have shown that equestrian sports can be as dangerous as motorcycle racing.
Only in recent years has the United States Equestrian Federation mandated that riders wear helmets. Starting in 2013, all dressage riders competing at any level in a nationally recognized competition must wear protective headgear.
Still, riders competing in Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) sanctioned classes are not required to wear them.
"Part of the problem is a cultural one. It's not the way we've done it forever," Dr. Stanitski says, pointing out the conventional argument some riders had opposing helmets. When asked what it will take to make helmets mandatory for all competitors in all disciplines, she quickly replied, "It's going to take someone having a serious injury."
In dressage, that injury occurred March 3, 2010. Courtney King-Dye, an equestrian competitor in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, was training a show horse when the horse tripped. King-Dye landed under the horse. Not wearing a helmet, she suffered a skull fracture. The traumatic brain injury kept her in a coma for almost a month and led her to years of rehabilitation.
Her accident inspired other riders and supporters to create the Riders4Helmets campaign. Riders4Helmets aims to educate the equestrian community about the benefits of wearing a helmet.
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Stanitski, who spoke at the first Riders4Helmets symposium, believes that this message must reach the grass roots level. "There is education about concussions (at the national level), but we need to reach the parents."
On Saturday, parents and young riders have an opportunity to learn about helmet safety. Riders4Helmets has partnered with numerous helmet manufacturers. Riders can learn more about helmets and purchase them at a discount. Plus, Riders4Helmets will offer educational webinars featuring concussion experts, psychologists and helmet testing groups.
Dr. Stanitski advocates some simple helmet recommendations for parents and their children. Wear a helmet approved by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and the Safety Equipment Institute (SEI) during any equestrian activity. Wear one that is designed to fit the individual rider. Inspect its condition regularly and replace it at least every five years.
And make sure to wear a helmet specifically designed for equestrian events and not other activities, like a bicycle helmet.
Despite wearing an ASTM/SEI-approved helmet, Stanitski suffered a serious injury. She has battled to return to compete in both regular and paraequestrian dressage. Her message for anyone involved in the sport is simple. "We have to create a culture where you don't get on a horse without a helmet."
Editor's Note: Dr. Geier is an orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist in Charleston, S.C. He writes a sports medicine column for The Post and Courier. For more information about sport-related brain injuries and other sports medicine topics, visit Dr. Geier's blog at drdavidgeier.com.
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ATHENS, Ohio – The Ball State women's basketball team won its third Mid-American Conference contest of the season with a 79-63 defeat at Ohio Saturday afternoon in the Convocation Center.
With the win the Cardinals improve to 8-8 overall and 3-2 in league action, while Ohio dropped to 8-8 overall and 3-2 in MAC action.
In a game where the Cardinals shot 58.7 percent from the field and held its opponent to a 37.7 percent shooting mark, Ball State never let Ohio lead or tie the game. The game marked Ball State's best shooting percentage of the season including a 72.2 percent showing from behind the arc.
Four players managed to score in double figures with Nathalie Fontaine leading the way after a 20-point performance. Jill Morrison ended the day with 19 points which included a 5-for-6 showing from the three point line. Brandy Woody added 16 points and teammate Brittany Carter had 11. Defensively the Cardinals out-rebounded the Bobcats 35 to 28.
The Cardinals opened the game hitting 6-of-6 from the floor, which included four layups from Fontaine and two three pointers from Shelbie Justice. Ball State shot 57.7 from the field in the first half alone, allowing the Cardinals to start the contest off with a 20-8 run with only seven minutes shaved off the clock.
Ball State led by as many as 17 (37-20) at the 5:07 mark in the first half. Ohio would answer with a 9-0 run to come within nine (37-28) but back-to-back baskets from Shelby Merder and Carter gave the Cardinals the 42-28 halftime edge over the Bobcats.
Ball State took its first half momentum into the second half, as the Cardinals continued to shoot well from the field. The Cardinals led by as many as 19 during the second half. Despite efforts, the closest Ohio would get would be nine the entire game.
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Turbos are on 75% of new cars sold in Europe
You don't have to be a scientist or an automotive engineer to look at the fuel economy that major automakers are squeezing out of their vehicles with normal combustion engines today and wonder if we really need EVs and hybrids. More than one diesel car in Europe is able to provide fuel economy as good or better than the hybrids people generally think are so fuel thrifty.
The catch is that we rarely see diesel engines in the US inside a car, that will be changing, but the diesel car isn't common today for American drivers. One thing that is becoming very common for fuel efficiency sake is the addition of a turbocharger to allow a smaller displacement engine to produce acceptable power to provide the performance drivers expect.
The turbocharger is something that was often thought of for performance cars like the Grand National Buick in the mid to late 1980's. Today the turbo is used in a number of engines including the very popular EcoBoost line from Ford. Ford's EcoBoost engine inside the
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is selling very well and has a towing capacity on par with normal engines with larger displacement. The turbocharger is even more widely used in Europe where
reports that 75% of all new cars come with one.
Craig Balis from Honeywell Turbo Technologies told Reuters in an interview, "The turbocharger is a green technology in the sense that it's helping cut emissions and raise fuel economy. It's a critical component to get more fuel efficiency out of the engine."
"Emissions regulations in Europe, the United States and worldwide are a driving force for cleaner, greener vehicles and that's a great landscape for turbocharging," said Balis. "We're confident about the continued evolution of combustion engines and the growing role turbocharging has."
reports that a diesel engine that has a turbocharger can get 40% more mileage than one without a turbo and a gas engine can go 20% further per liter of fuel than one without a turbo. With the impressive economy that normal engines with turbochargers achieve there are many that wonder if we even need EVs and hybrids.
Pierre Gaudillat, policy officer at the Transport and Environment lobby group in Brussels, was asked if we need EVs from a CO2 point of view. He said, "That's a valid question. The answer is: maybe not. Turbos are a no-brainer for cutting CO2 because the efficiency gains are really quite significant. In the near term, we don't really need and can't count on electric vehicles to deliver the CO2 savings. Maybe not until about 2030 or 2050."
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RE: diesel and petrol
The efficiency variance between designs buries the efficiency difference between the fuels in noise. A better question is which of the fuels generates more CO2 per liter of fuel. Once you know that you can make a good guesstimate of CO2 per km or mile by looking at the mpg or kmpl numbers
EVs are driving efficiency improvements in conventional ICES, new designs of alt fuel vehicles and vehicle specific battery designs.
There was a similar battle beginning around 1900 when there were electric, steam, gasoline & diesel engins. In the end gas won the war for low power applications and deisel for high power. Both due to dollars per mile to operate & infrastructure supporting refueling. Steam & electric both found lucrative niches in stationary applications and railroads.
In my situation a current generation EV is usable, but would require an ICE car to be in the garage beside it.
Round trip to work: 30 miles.
A long shopping day: 50 miles.
Even together, these numbers are withing the daily range of many EVs.
Trip to the nearest big city: 280 miles.
Driving while there: 40 miles
Return to home: 280 miles
Call it 600 miles for a nice round number.
The EV requires approx 8hrs charging per 100 miles.
This trip to the city requires 8hrs charging before leaving & 8hrs after return, covering 200 miles of the trip. So it only requires 4 layovers during the trip, totalling 32hrs, for recharging. (Note for those who will pick these numbers apart: These are NOT accurate depictions of a real world vehicle, they are generalizations based on existing tech)
EVs are not a danger to the other classes of vehicle yet. However when battery swapping or less than 30 minute recharge (including waiting in line for an available socket) become available, EVs will be relegated to short haul operation, with a second vehicle required for the occasional long haul trip or additional driving on a busy day.
Hybrids currently show the most promise. They can run in pure electric mode for commuter operations and switch to moderate efficiency ICE mode for long haul. Some can also use the ICE to supplement the electric's own regenerative braking, adding to overall efficiency by allowing each to take the load where they are most efficient.
ICEs turboed or not are a technology that is nearing the limits of efficiency using a fuel that is cheaply available due to mining (okay pumping) of reserves that will be exhausted. At that point bio-petrol will take over and no matter what the feed stock is, the supply will be limited. In this scenario, methane, wood & bio-petrol will work together to fuel many vehicles and the remainder will be electrics of one form or another. Most likely with a heavy dose of dual fuel&electric hybrids of various designs.
For those who choose to be picky I include things like flywheel, steam & molten salt power storage in whichever category spins the flywheel or heats the fluid/salt and hydrogen in the methane/wood/bio-petrol group.
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Glenn G. Bailey, of Grand Island, president and owner of Elmwood Warehousing Co., died last Thursday in Florida, where he had a vacation home. He was 63.
Born in Buffalo, he was a graduate of Lafayette High School. He joined the Merchant Marine in 1975 and developed a love of sailing and exploring new places. He sailed extensively on local waterways.
Mr. Bailey also obtained his pilot's license in 1981 and enjoyed riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
After obtaining a large building at 1800 Elmwood Ave. that housed Top Notch Provisions in the late 1980s, he converted it into warehouse space that he made available for self-storage.
An East Amherst resident before he moved to Grand Island in 2003, he maintained a condo in Bradenton, Fla., for the past three years.
Surviving are a son, Glenn J., and two daughters, Lisa Bona and Melissa Caccamise.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Lombardo Funeral Home, 885 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst.