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WBB Hosts In-State Rival Butler Tuesday
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Tuesday, 7 p.m. (EST)
Worthen Arena (Capacity 11,500)
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Internet: www.ballstatesports.com
Radio: WERK (104.9 FM) - Jay Garrison
WCRD (91.3) - Chris Renkel, Zach Huffman, and Brad Huber.
What's On Tap: Ball State will host an in-state rival school for the second consecutive game when Butler comes to Worthen Arena Tuesday. Both teams are 0-1 heading into tonights game with Ball State dropping its home opener to Evansville by a score of 54-45 in the first game of head coach's Brady Sallee's tenure with the Cardinals. Ball State pulled within four at 46-42 with 2:11 left in the contest on a pair of free throws from freshman Nathalie Fontaine, but Evansville hit a three pointer to go back up 52-43 with 36 seconds left to secure the victory for the Purple Aces. Fontaine led all Ball State scorers with 14 points plus added five rebounds and two steals. Shelbie Justice added eight points, three rebounds, three assists and three steals for the Cardinals. Brandy Woody managed seven points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals for Ball State.
Brady Sallee Quote: "The great thing about basketball is that you don't get to dwell on a loss to long, said Sallee. "We are excited to be better than we were on Friday. Butler is good and will really show us where we are and where we need to go."
About Butler: The Bulldogs opened the 2012-13 season on the road at Marquette Saturday, Nov. 10. Butler fell to the Golden Eagles by a score of 73-62. The Bulldogs had three players in double figures with Taylor Schippers leading the way with 20 points while Daress McClung had 19 and teammate Mandy McDivitt chipped in 10.
The Coaches: Ball State head coach Brady Sallee is in his first season at Ball State. Sallee's career coaching record is 136-110 and he is 0-1 with the Cardinals. He was named the the 11th head women's basketball coach in Ball State history May 10. Beth Couture is in her 11th year as Butler's head coach. Couture owns a 161-144 career record at Butler.
Probable Starters Ball State: Katie Murphy, Brandy Woody, Shelbie Justice, Brittany Carter and Nathalie Fontaine.


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As is being widely reported, Nelson Mandela's health has taken a dramatic turn for the worse, and he is now in critical condition, the South African government said today.
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma issued a statement indicating that he had visited the 94-year-old Mandela at a Pretoria hospital Sunday evening. The doctors there told him that Mandela's condition had become critical within the past 24 hours.
"The doctors are doing everything possible to get his condition to improve and are ensuring that Madiba is well-looked after and is comfortable. He is in good hands," the statement, as reported by YahooNews, said. Zuma was using Mandela's clan name.
Graca Machel, Mandela's wife, was also at the hospital and spoke of the great man's failing condition, according to Zuma's statement. Cyril Ramaphosa is South Africa's deputy president of the African National Congress. The ANC is South Africa's ruling party, and the party which after decades of nonviolent and then "armed struggle," fought the white nationalist apartheid government to a negotiated turnover of power to South Africa's black majority beginning in the early '90s. While imprisoned, Mandela was the ANC's president-in-abstenia for many years.
Mandela lost 27 years in white minority dominated South Africa's deepest, darkest dungeons. But, in fact, those years were not "lost" at all. The powerful symbolism of his uncompromising, indeed righteous, and selfless sacrificial stance against white racist rule grew to iconic stature. Mandela became and remains a living legend, a martyr for the cause of freedom, equality, and justice for black folks throughout the diaspora.
Nelson Mandela's presence in prison sharpened the focus and gave definition to the nature and direction of struggle against white supremacy. He showed us how to defeat – finally – the idea that any one people or "race" is "better" than another.
After it became clear – again, finally – to the white racists leadership and the minority it represented – that South Africa would be forever "ungovernable" unless and until the black majority gained its rightful place as the majority holders of "political" and, yes, economic, power, the white supremacists had no choice but to yield or watch the nation-state descend into utter chaos.
After sustained worldwide protests, demonstrations, demands, boycotts of all description, and the unquestionable moral force -- soul force -- of this simple argument, Nelson Mandela was released from prison in 1990.
Although he had played a surreptitious role as counselor and adviser to all factions during his long incarceration, his leading role in steering the divided country from the apartheid era and shaping her into a true democracy, culminated in his becoming South Africa's first black president in all-race elections in 1994.
He was hospitalized on June 8 for what has been described as a recurring lung infection, according to the Huffington Post, among others.
In today's press release, Zuma also acknowledged that the ambulance carrying Mandela to the Pretoria hospital two weeks ago had had engine trouble. At that time, the former president had to be transferred to another ambulance.
"There were seven doctors in the convoy who were in full control of the situation throughout the period. He had expert medical care," Zuma said. "The fully equipped military ICU ambulance had a full complement of specialist medical staff including intensive care specialists and ICU nurses. The doctors also dismissed the media reports that Madiba suffered cardiac arrest. There is no truth at all in that report."
Mandela is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
If and when Mandela dies, it will be interesting and more than revealing to see if President Obama will attend the former President Mandela's funeral. Or, will he, as I suspect and expect, send as his surrogate a whole raft of acolytes, led by Vice President Joe Biden.
Yes, I know President Obama will be on the continent soon. Please notice, though, that although his own deceased father was born and raised in Kenya, and Obama's paternal relatives keep popping all the time, Kenya is not on his itinerary.
For the same reason that Obama will not directly address African American issues, he will not deign to do anything about bringing Africa itself into the 21st Century.
Nelson Mandela has been kind to Obama. He has not called him out directly on his reticence to deal with white supremacy/white racism. Perhaps, no, I know, Mandela understands better than most that Obama is not his own man. That Obama simply cannot betray those who put him in office – not "the people," of course, but the banksters, the corporations, the oil companies, the coal companies, etc., etc., ad nauseum.
And so we wait...and watch. For the final word from South Africa. Nelson Mandela is one of those few true black leaders whose universal appeal was obvious and clear. "The system," despite its best efforts (including Ronald Reagan and Dick Cheney) was unable to corrupt, to diminish, to assassinate him. He endured and survived in the face of all that was thrown at him -- and us. Something black folks have done since Christopher Columbus made his first foray into Africa in the 1480s.
Thank you, President Nelson Mandela.

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Goffstown police are searching for two male suspects in connection to an early-morning armed robbery.
The incident occurred just before 3 a.m. at the Cumberland Farms at 772 Mast Road, police said.
According to police, two males walked into the store, displayed a black firearm then demanded the clerk to hand over money.
Police said both men fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money.
Both are described as white men. One is approximately 6 feet 2 inches.The other man as approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall. Both were described to have a medium build wearing all black with black ski masks.
Goffstown police are asking anyone to contact them if they have information at 603-497-4858.


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Orange Regional offers the latest MRI technology available with open and closed MRI systems.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), is an advanced, state-of-the-art method which produces very clear pictures, or images, of the human body without the use of X-rays. This technology enables physicians to detect developing diseases or abnormalities earlier.
MRI uses a powerful but harmless magnetic field and radiowaves, like the kind that transmit your favorite FM music. The combination of radiowaves and magnetic field produce detailed images of body structures such as the brain, the spine and other vital organs.
Orange Regional's Open Bore, 1.5 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system has a larger bore, or opening, and can capture top-quality diagnostic images. This allows a greater range of patients to benefit from the service (there is a weight limit of 450 lbs.). Our Open Bore MRI system is also ideal for claustrophobic patients. This service is performed at the Orange Regional Medical Pavilion.
Our high-field, short bore MRI delivers unsurpassed diagnostic detail - providing comprehensive MRI exams from head to toe. The short bore, or opening, allows almost all MRI's to be performed with your head outside of the machine and exams are typically completed in 20 minutes. Short bore MRI minimizes feelings of claustrophobia and can provide an alternative to open MRI for many patients. This service is performed at the Goshen Patient Service Center.
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The MRI exam poses no risks to the average patient if appropriate safety guidelines are followed. If you have any questions regarding the MRI exam, please be sure to discuss them with your doctor.
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Smith's Food & Drug and the Drug Enforcement Administration will hold a disposal clinic for expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Dayton and Carson City Smith's locations, 599 E. William St. and 2200 Highway 50 E. in Dayton.
Personal information may be blacked out on prescription bottles or medications may be emptied from the bottles into bins provided at collection areas.
For more information, go to www.smithsfoodanddrug.com or https://www.facebook.com/Smiths.
Support group available for the sight-impaired
The Sight Impaired Support Group meets at 10:30 a.m. on the first Thursday of each month in the ceramics room at the Douglas County Senior Center, 2300 Meadow Lane.
For more information, call 775-783-6455.
'Know Your Numbers' health seminar set
Dr. Susan O'Leary will present "Know Your Numbers" from 4-5 p.m. May 20 at Carson Tahoe Cardiology, 2133 S Ave. in South Lake Tahoe.
The free session will cover cholesterol, blood pressure, body mass index and more.
For more information or to reserve a spot, call 775-671-5160.
Veterans outreach set to review benefits
The Nevada Office of Veterans Services Veterans Outreach ROVER Program will visit the Douglas County Senior Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 and the Virginia City Senior Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 2.
Participants will be able to meet with a Veterans Service Officer to learn about benefits and services. Veterans are advised to bring a copy of the DD-214 discharge document or current VA paperwork. If the claim involves dependents, veterans are asked to bring marriage or birth certificates and Social Security numbers of dependents.
Pre scheduled appointments are suggested but walk-in appointments are welcome. To schedule an appointment, call 775-688-1653, ext. 6 or 775-321-4880.
Gardens sought for annual tour
The Carson City Historical Society is seeking noteworthy gardens to feature in their garden and house tour to be held from noon to 4:30 p.m. June 22.
The tour will take place exclusively in the west historical district of Carson City.
Tickets are $10 and $8 for Society members and will be available at Due Sorella and the Greenhouse Garden Center.
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Katy Perry isn't one to miss catching up with girlfriends. So on March 17 the pop star spent the morning hiking in Los Angeles with her pal Selena Gomez, then showed her support for the actress by checking out Gomez's latest flick, Spring Breakers, at a movie theater.
That same weekend John Mayer set up his own ideal night in Hollywood. The rocker was spotted at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre on March 16, hanging with close friends, including Saturday Night Live cast member Nasim Pedrad and comedian B.J. Novak, who performed that evening.
"He was definitely low-key but looked like his usual self," says an onlooker. "He was in a good mood and hung out in the lobby afterward talking to his friends."
But one VIP (Very Important Perry) was missing from Mayer's group – and has been notably absent from his side for almost two weeks. Following seven months jam-packed with relationship milestones – meeting the parents! house-hunting! a ring! (see right) – the once-inseparable couple have been spending time apart in L.A., showing signs that their romantic fireworks have flamed out.
While reps for both Mayer, 35, and Perry, 28, had no comment when asked about the pair's split, Perry may have said enough on Twitter. After gushing on March 2 during a getaway to Montana that "my boyfriend is taking me to a kitten shelter in his truck. I can't think of a more perfect Saturday," she was singing a very different tune on March 15. "Perfectly put, by Daughter," Perry tweeted with a link to the indie-rock group's single "Landfill," which includes the lyrics, "Throw me in a landfill/ Don't think about the consequences . . . I want you so much, But I hate your guts I hate you."
Of course, Mayer has earned a reputation as Hollywood's most outspoken heartbreaker, with a string of on-again, off-again romances with A-list women and a history of comparing his ex Jessica Simpson to "sexual napalm" and unwisely addressing his relationship with Jennifer Aniston in an impromptu press conference outside his Manhattan apartment. So when friends found out last summer that Perry had set her sights on him, worry set in.
"It's like wanting to find a solid guy and going to a meat-market bar to find him," says the Perry pal.
And Perry had found herself in love with another Mr. Wrong before. As her 14-month marriage to actor Russell Brand, 37, unraveled in 2011, "I started to realize . . . that fairy tale that I had is not true for me right now," Perry confessed through tears in her concert movie Katy Perry: Part of Me.
Telling fans in the film that her perfect partner is someone who "won't be threatened or have weird motives," Perry hinted that her soaring success (she is one of the top 5 highest-paid female musicians of 2012, according to Forbes) was a cause of friction with Brand.
Some say the same tensions rose between Perry and Mayer.
"He's very defensive and comes across as extremely jealous of her career," says one Perry insider. "He's basically using Katy, who fits into his plan to stay in the spotlight right now," a source adds of Mayer, who has been recovering from vocal granuloma surgeries and retreating to Montana while on vocal rest for the past year.
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In addition to his private studio, Mr. Brown regularly judges area Illinois Music Educator Association and Illinois High School Association events. Mr. Brown is employed by the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra as a winds and brass coach, where he works with chamber ensembles and leads sectionals. He also coaches brass ensembles and offers master-classes in brass performance, chamber music, brass pedagogy, and music business. Because of his connections with area performers, Mr. Brown offers musician contracting services for various churches and ensembles.
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And there's a pile of clean dishes that just need to be dried. And please just don't even go into the bathroom, okay.
I don't even know where to begin, sometimes I want to haul a dumspter up to the house and start shoveling stuff out the window. Or we could just light a match. It's not even about simplifying; I've filled my small home with only things I love and use but still. I will finally talk myself down from the ledge about it and nibble one bite at a time and then I walk out into the garage. Not any better in there and I'd really like to park my car in there by winter. Oh yeah, and then there's my car. Don't go in there either.
Starting in September, Jeff's mom wants to take Ivy on Mondays- all day. So I will be empty nesting it while the boys are in school. She probably got wind of her son having to use kid towels and was like we have to get this girl some help. Well, I'll take it.
I'm thankful my writing can be a paying job, and I'm so grateful for my family, our home and all my things. But I have got to rein it in somehow someway. Do you have a "system" you go by? Do you dedicate one day a week to cleaning (and if so how do you keep it clean the other days of the week?!) Is this one of those things that won't even matter when I look back in ten years? Oh and also where do I even begin?
So that it's not all for naught, I'm indebted if you'd read this post that I wrote (and truly put my heart into) this week, would like for you to consider signing up for the newsletter here, check out my latest posts at Strollerderby, and if you find yourself with some time to watch a few short videos, my Listen To Your Mother show is waiting to inspire you right here.
Ta ta, I'm off to fold some towels.
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a plaid or flanal jacket often seen on lumberjacks, old men, and hip young university students trying to break all the rules of fashion. Can be a variety of colors, sleeve lengths and shades, does not have to be any certain material, as long as it's near hideous yet strangely awesome.
dude 1 "where's dude 3?"
dude 2 "he went shopping, he should be right back"
dude 3 "hey guys check out this sweet Jarvis I bought at the Peavey Mart"
dude 1 and 2 simultaneously "that's a sweet fuckin Jarvis"
dude 2 "he went shopping, he should be right back"
dude 3 "hey guys check out this sweet Jarvis I bought at the Peavey Mart"
dude 1 and 2 simultaneously "that's a sweet fuckin Jarvis"
بواسطة Shagmuff يناير/كانون الثّاني 3, 2008
One whom exits before compleating his or her duty. May also be used as a substitution for the term "vagina" when refering to ones actions. A tool.
"I'm leaving the bar, I am super tired."
"Stop being such a jarvis and suck it up"
"Stop being such a jarvis and suck it up"
بواسطة Taylor Likes ديسمبر/كانون الأَوّل 7, 2008
an unspeakable thing.
(can also be spelled Jarvus)
An unspeakable thing.
Did you wash your...jarvis last night?
Lets keep it on the jarvis, so as not to gain any attention, alright?
You don't want many people to see your jarvis.
Person 1: Is jarvis a word?
Person 2: Yes.
بواسطة Janus Alpaca إبريل/نَيْسان 23, 2008
A Haircut where the person has a small fringe, and whose hair is long and shaggy over both ears, but not at the back. It is worn by someone with no sense of style
Look at that kid! What a Jarvis he has!
بواسطة Moorejam مارس/آذَار 27, 2009
noun; long haired, facial hair clad, and usually lacking the most basic hygienic qualities.
"Dude, that jarvis walked by earlier and it's smelled like ass ever since."
بواسطة voltron jarvis فبراير/شباط 24, 2009
The typically overweight drinking-buddy/sidekick of a cotch/cotchski. Can be solo, but operates best symbotically with his more vain counterpart. Usually drunk, belicose, and confused. Both a wingman and doormat.
After insulting and attempting to fight the cotch's arresting officer, the jarvis was also charged and incarcerated.
بواسطة Napoleon Bonerhard نوفمبر/تشرين الثّاني 19, 2006
The Jarvis is a fascinating creature. It will only listen to techno and hip hop, and enjoys watching disney movies other horrible ones over and over and saying they are the greatest. The Jarvis is characterized by a high pitched laugh, and being able to survive on no food for days on end. It is rarely seen eating, and when it does it is usually peanutbutter or macaroni and cheese. Be mindful of your surroundings when in the company of a jarvis, because your things may start to disappear without notice. The stories that a Jarvis tells are usuaslly extravagant and far fetched, typically made up on the spot with no fact or reason behind them. If you ever spot a Jarvis in the wild, your best bet is to run or say that you hate Marist singers.
This is the funniest movie ever! (Euro Trip) -- A wild Jarvis specimen
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RICHFIELD - Apostles. Prophets. Evangelists. Pastors. Teachers.
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Jill 'Jillybean' Bryan poses with Ally the Alligator. Bryan will teach several workshops during a Creative Arts Day in Richfield.
Pennsylvania Creative Arts Ministry Day will be held at 9 a.m. March 10 at the Richfield Mennonite Church featuring workshops throughout the day on puppet ministry, script writing, ventriloquism, black lighting, balloons and more. There will be a free public performance beginning at 6:30 p.m.
This is the third such event hosted by the Creative Arts Team of Juniata Mennonite School. This year's headliner, Jill "Jillybean" Bryan brings her five-fold ministry to the event to show the importance of dramatic arts - such as puppetry - and how to be a voice of comfort no matter what role you play.
Bryan refers to her non-profit organization, Jillybean Enterprises, with the scripture in Ephesians 4:11 that states, "It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers," which is known as the "five-fold" scripture describing the various "callings."
Voice in evangelism
Bryan, who resides in Wyoming, ministers with puppets such as "Ally the Alligator" all over the world, and her audience is not always inside a church. One of the courses she will be teaching March 10 is "Ministering in Other Cultures," which teaches how to reach people in other cultures - even biker gangs.
"It's not (just) about kids," Bryan said of her ministry. "I can speak to people of all ages."
Bryan has a passion for children's ministry, but stressed reaching children often results in adults on the sidelines listening in.
Although she had been in ministry for 15 years, Bryan had not taken part in puppet ministry specifically until later in her career. As a child she "played with oven mitts," to make puppets. But she left the mitts behind as she grew up.
After years of poor decisions, enduring physical abuse at the hand of her ex-husband and inflicting substance abuse upon herself, she turned to Christ at age 27 and then turned to ministry.
As she ministered in chaplaincy positions and shared her testimony for a decade and a half, she came upon a group known as "Fellowship of Christian Magicians."
"I was just in awe," she said.
The days of enthusiasm as a child when she held the oven mitts and pretended to be "Beanie and Cecil" returned. This was her new calling.
It was not long until puppets travelled with her on her ministry trips. She first gave a voice to a character named "Jillybean" while helping at a Christian children's camp. The voice was a ploy to get campers to go to sleep. When Bryan shared "Jillybean" stories, the campers promised to go to sleep when she finished.
"Jillybean" has performed on the streets of other countries as an interpreter stood with her.
Bryan will share that enthusiasm in the "Ventriloquism" class and the "Variety Arts 101" class she will lead at the Richfield Mennonite Church.
Pastoring and timing
Prior to becoming a puppeteer and ventriloquist, Bryan became a chaplain with Billy Graham Rapid Response and other organizations, something she is still actively doing.
"Chaplaincy is a ministry of presence," she said. After receiving proper ministry training through American Association of Christian Counseling, Bryan began travelling throughout the country and to other parts of the world to respond when disaster strikes.
"When there's a disaster, I counsel families and children," pointing out that "99 percent of people who go through a disaster won't recover quickly."
And when the time is appropriate, "Jillybean," and/or a puppet shares in that moment and talks to children.
"When you've gone through a fire, you're devastated. A chaplain will be there be the brain for you when you are on the emotional rollercoaster."
Her creative arts ministering comes in to play even during the most sensitive times. "I'm an atmosphere changer," she says. Bryan has the ability to walk into a situation and help those who have experienced catastrophic circumstances to see hope.
The Wyoming woman understands deep emotional pain. Her testimony on her website is openly honest. Bryan was raped by a pastor at age 12. She was beaten "beyond recognition" by her husband at age 19. She lived a life of drug abuse and cried inside many jail cells. And most recently she survived stage three cancer.
As she speaks of each endeavor, she says, "God didn't walk away from me."
Teaching and building the church
Jillybean Enterprises aims to not only reach the world for Christ, but to also help train believers to do the same. Another course Bryan will lead on March 10 is "Finding Your Talent." The course is designed to help believers step out of their comfort zone for the sake of the call whatever that may be.
"I pray everyone 'gets it' (on March 10). It's time to step out of that comfort zone. I believe Jesus is coming soon. The Gospel is clear."
"Jillybean" said she hopes people see her puppets and her ministry for what it truly is designed to be.
"There is a difference between entertainment and ministry."
More information about Jill Bryan: www.jillybean.org


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MORGANTOWN - Robben Ford, Vintage Trouble, Steve Forbert and Milo Greene will grace the WVU Creative Arts Center March 17 as part of West Virginia Public Radio's Mountain Stage with Larry Groce. Showtime is set for 7 p.m. Tickets are on sale now at the Mountainlair and Creative Arts Center box offices, online at ticketmaster.com, or by calling 304-293-SHOW or 800-745-3000.
Named one of the greatest guitarists of the 20th century by Musician magazine, five-time Grammy nominee Robben Ford has been immersed in the music world since he was 10. Before he even reached his 20s, Ford's band The Charles Ford Band appeared with blues hitmakers Charlie Musselwhite and Jimmy Witherspoon. While playing with the jazz fusion band L.A. Express, Ford supported George Harrison on his 1974 American tour and was featured on Joni Mitchell's hit album "Court and Spark." Though his collaborations run the gambit between Miles Davis and KISS, Ford's solo efforts shine through-his work today is still accessible, emotive, and bluesy as ever. His albums "Truth, "Handful of Blues," "Blue Moon" and "Soul On Ten" have each reached the Top 5 in the Billboard Blues albums charts. In 2010, Robben collaborated with friends to form Renegade Creation, releasing their second album "Bullet" in June 2012.
Friends of Music announce lineup
SHEPHERDSTOWN - Friends of Music has announced the lineup for its 2012-13 season:
Saturday, 8 p.m.: Jazz Festival Concert with Anat Cohen;
March 9, 8 p.m.: Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra;
March 28, 8 p.m.: The Lee Konitz New Quartet;
April 10, 8 p.m.: Bonus Concert with The 5 Browns (not included in subscription);
April 14, 7 p.m.: Masterworks Chorale.
Unless otherwise noted, all concerts will be performed at the Frank Center.
For subscription, ticket and all FOM information, call Melissa Huemfpner at 304-876-5765 or visit www.sufom.org.
Bluegrass concert set for Saturday
LUCKETTS, Va. - Lonesome Highway and Ted Jones and the Tarheel Boys will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Lucketts Community Center. Doors open at 6 p.m. Cost is $15 per person. Refreshments will be available.
For more information or directions, call 703-771-5281 or visit www.luckettsbluegrass.org
Masterworks Chorus presents Requim
Masterworks Chorus of the Shenandoah Valley presents Requim, a concert featuring compositions by Gabriel Faure and John Rutter at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Muhlenberg Lutheran church, 281 E. Market St., Harrisonburg, Va., and at 3 p.m. March 3 at Reformation Lutheran Church, 9283 N. Congress St., New Market, Va. Directed by Dr. Betty Karol Wilson, the chorus will be joined by soloists Laura Choi Stuart, Soprano and Dr. Rick Piersall, Baritone. Tickets are $15 per adults and $7.50 per students with ID.
For more information or tickets, visit www.masterworkschorus.com or call 540-459-4279.
Bluegrass Music Alliance concert set
MARTINSBURG - BMA will present a variety of bluegrass styles including the talents of The Carroll County Ramblers, The Shuey Brothers and The Back Creek Valley Boys at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at the Historic Apollo Civic Theatre, 128 E. Martin St. General admission is $10; and $8 for BMA members. Concessions available.
For more information, call Ike Jordan at 304-702-3591.
Pub series concert set Saturday
HOT SPRINGS, Va. - The second "pay-as-you-wish" pub series concert will be held Saturday at the Garth Newel Music Center. The "Games, Goulash &
Guinness" concert will feature Teresa Ling, on violin; Evelyn Grau, on viola; Genevieve Lee, on piano; and Jonathan Chapman Cook, on piano and harpsichord. Doors open at 7 p.m., concert starts at 7:30 p.m.
For more information, call 540-839-5018 or visit www.garthnewel.org
'Brother Coyote' band to play
MARTINSBURG - Club 313 will host "Brother Coyote" at 9 p.m. Saturday. No cover charge.
For more information, call 304-260-0010.
Glenn Miller Band to perform
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - Relive nostalgic moments when the world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra takes the stage at 3 p.m. on Sunday at the 1927 historic Capitol Theatre, 159 S. Main St. This orchestra's performance is the only one authorized to play the copyrighted Miller arrangements.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.thecapitoltheatre.org or by calling the Box Office at 717-263-0202. The box office is open from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and one hour before show time. Group rates for 10 or more are available by phone only. Ticket prices for The Glenn Miller Orchestra are: $25 for adults under age; $23 for seniors 60 and over; $15 for students. (including service fee.) Add $1 per online transaction.
Beard to present 'Intersections'
SHEPHERDSTOWN - Dr. Scott Beard, professor of music and dean of graduate studies at Shepherd University, will present "Intersections," a program highlighting classical piano music with jazz influences, at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 7. The performance is the fifth in the 2012-2013 Salon Series in the W.H. Shipley Recital Hall of Shepherd University's Frank Arts Center. Admission is free, however, seating is limited.
The concert represents music at a crossroads-music that points the way to a new style or century of composition, incorporating popular song elements, or using elements of jazz such as rhythm, harmony, and improvisation. The works represent a diverse group of composers, including Poulenc, Bach, Messiaen, Gershwin, Granados, and the world premiere performance of three etudes by Dr. Beard's colleague and fellow Peabody alumnus, Scott Pender.
For more information call 304-876-5555 or go to www.shepherd.edu.
Cabin Fever Blues Bash scheduled
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The City of Hagerstown and the Western Maryland Blues Fest Committee will host the 2013 Cabin Fever Blues Bash from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at the Maryland Theatre, 21 South Potomac Street. Doors will open at 6:15 p.m. Tickets to the Cabin Fever Blues Bash are available by calling the Maryland Theatre box office at 301-790-2000 or by visiting the Maryland Theatre website, www.mdtheatre.org or www.blues-fest.org. Tickets are $10, and the seating is general admission.
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"Ahhhh the single life!" the pop star Tweeted on Thursday, a sign to the world that she and Lucado are no more.
A rep for the singer confirmed the news on Thursday, telling PEOPLE, "Yes, she's single."
The Britney Jean singer and her beau have had a "tiffy" or two in the past, but things hit a wall when Spears caught wind of a video being shopped around of Lucado making out with another woman, a source tells TMZ.
Spears and Lucado began dating in March 2013 – just two months after the singer and Jason Trawick mutually ended their engagement.
By that November, the former X Factor judge was saying she was "in love".
"I'd like to have more kids, settle down ... have kids – maybe twins – and get married," Spears reportedly said last October. "That would be nice."
While her personal life has hit a bump, Spears's career is full-steam ahead. She's launching her lingerie line, The Intimate Britney Spears, on Sept. 9, and is back on stage with her live show at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.
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2014-15: Saw action in just one event during the year, posting a 12-over par score of 120 for 27 holes of competition against Liberty.
2013-14: Saw action in 11 events covering 28 rounds of competition ... Finished the year with a 76.25 stroke average ... Best round was a one-under par 71 in the second round of the Gary Freeman Invitational and again in the first round o the Harmony Preserve Intercollegiate ... Best finish was a sixth at Harmony Preserve with an even par score of 216 ... Tied for fourth at the Forest Hills Collegiate with a five-over par score of 149 ... Finished 48th in te A-Sun Championship.
2012-13: Saw action in just one event, finishing tied for 21st at the Stetson Invitational with a nine over par score of 225 ... Opened that event with a one-under par 71 ... Finished the year with a 75.0 scoring average.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letter winner in basketball at John Carroll Catholic HS in Ft. Pierce ... Qualified for the state tournament as an individual player in 2011, the first for his school in 40 years ... Was an All-Area performer in both golf and basketball and was selected as a Treasure Coast All-Star in basketball ... Averaged 72.6 during his senior season on the golf course ... Averaged 17 points and 8.9 rebounds per game as a senior in basketball ... Was an honor roll student ... Was active with the Habitat for Humanity.
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WESTON -When he heard a second bang from the starter's pistol at the beginning of the 4x100-meter relay, Jefferson coach Craig Hunter called out to no one in particular: "Shoot."
From his vantage point near the final exchange zone, some 80 meters from the finish, he had no way of knowing which team was being disqualified for a false start. It was just a sense.
His feeling proved right: the Cougars false-started, and the unit that won the event at the state meet last year during a record-setting performance, just will have to watch the race next weekend at the University of Charleston's Laidley Field.
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Jefferson's top three 1,600-meter runners, Andrew Milliron, Ryan Graf and Rhett Zillinger, circle the track during the Region II?Track Meet Wednesday at Lewis County.
On a day in which the Cougars finally got the 4x200 right after a season of misfortune by winning the event, Jefferson's top-ranked unit in the shorter sprint relay got caught by that bug.
The Cougars took it in stride as they won their third straight Class AAA, Region II title at Lewis County High School, capturing the crown by a healthy 40 points over a very-game Hedgesville squad.
Jefferson scored 166 points and Hedgesville 126. Third-place Musselman came in with 71 points among the nine teams.
"It wouldn't be a complete track season if we didn't have some obstacle all season long," Hunter said. "It's an obstacle these guys will be more than happy to overcome to prove they can still do it."
"Still doing it" means winning a fourth straight state championship to match the Class AAA record held by Cabell Midland, the squad that figures to be Jefferson's stiffest competition in reaching their goal.
"It's the name of the game," said Jefferson sprinter Dante' Price, who was set to take the baton home on the fourth leg of the 4x100. "False-starts happen. It's part of the game.
"We're deep. We'll switch things around. ... It just wasn't meant to be."
That means Price will move into either the 4x200 or 4x400, all depending what the Jefferson coaches decide over the next week.
Price will be in the starting blocks in the individual 100, 200 and 400 after he won all three events at Wednesday's regional, however. That's guaranteed.
He's the two-time state champion in the 100 and 200 and only added the 400 to his arsenal Saturday during the Potomac Valley Conference-Class AAA meet - much to the chagrin of Musselman's Josh Ferguson.
Ferguson, huffing and puffing and in search of some water after the 400, said, "I got that monkey (on my back)," referring to Price.
Ferguson ran second to Price in all three sprints.
Price ran 11.35 seconds in the finals of the 100, and Ferguson 11.37. In the 200, Ferguson, who posted the top qualifying time in the 200 trials, finished in 22.80 in the finals to Price's 22.62. In the 400, Price ran 48.59 and Ferguson 50.08.
"Right now, in the RunWV(.com) rankings, we got a large lead," Price said. "We can't cry about 10 points. We got to suck it up and keep our goals.
"That's the thing about us: we got so much depth."
No. 1-rated Jefferson proved it by sweeping the top three automatic qualifying positions in the 1,600 and 3,200, the strongest events for Cabell Midland, as Andrew Milliron won both events, with an ill Ryan Graf second. Rhett Zillinger was third in the 1,600, and Jackson Jacobs third in the 3,200.
"We always do the best we can and qualify as many as we can," Milliron said. "Ryan could've had me if he wanted. In the two-mile (3,200), we all finished in the same second."
Milliron ran 10 minutes, 1.20 seconds, Graf 10:01.26 and Jacobs 10.01.40 in the 3,200.
In the 1,600, it was Milliron in 4:37.33, Graf in 4:37.85 and Zillinger in 4:38.81.
Milliron and Graf also went second and third in the 800 behind Hedgesville's Michael Higginbothem (2:02.45).
Eastern Panhandle athetes, in fact, took all three automatic qualifying positions from the 100 on up to the 3,200.
"It gives you an opportunity to pick up points," Hunter said of his team's distance finishes. "If you're not in it, you can't fight for points."
Jefferson has plenty of other events in which to score points, too. The Cougars won half of the 18 events and have automatic qualifiers in every event but the two throwing disciplines and the pole vault.
Jordan Hardiman put on a show as he leaped to a school-record 6 feet, 10 inches in the high jump for first place. He failed to make 7 feet, however, which he is targetting next week.
"It felt really good," said Hardiman, who signed to compete at Cincinnati. "It's pretty nice."
Teammate Martinez Grant won the long jump and Warren Gray won the 300 hurdles after slipping to second in the 110 highs.
Jefferson also qualified with seconds in the 4x400 and 4x800 and a third in the shuttle hurdles relays.
"These kids have worked hard and fought hard all season long," Hunter said. "It's not time to rest. We got one more meet."
That one happens to be the most-important one.
Hedgesville is delighted going into the state meet, especially after its 4x400 relay team, with Higginbotham on the anchor leg, set a school record of 3:26.87 to finish first. He also anchored the Eagles' winning 4x800 relay team.
"Mike is a gamer, and he ran really well," Hedgesville coach Mark Norris said. "He's a very hard runner."
The Eagles managed a sequence of thirds to automatically qualify from Josh Beverly (100), Christian Beverly (200), Jacob Ervin (400), Josh Taggert-Perez (300 hurdles, Kajuan Lockett (shot put) and Aaron Snider (high jump). Taggert-Perez also placed second in the long jump, as did Hunter Weaver in the pole vault.
The Eagles also won the 4x100 and shuttle hurdles relays and were third in the 4x200.
"I think our kids really came to compete," Norris said. "Everybody did the best they could. I think our kids were ready."
Other Eastern Panhandle winners included Washington's Adrian Baker in the pole vault and Hampshire's Levi Moreland in the discus. Each one delivered their top efforts of the season, Baker at 13 feet and Moreland at 156-4.
Logan James ran third in the 110 hurdles for Hampshire, which also qualified Casey Feezle, second in the high jump, and its 4x800 relay team, third.
Ethan Killbride finished third in the pole vault for Washington, which took second in the 4x200 relay.
Martinsburg's 4x400 relay team finished third to move on, and Matt Berlo moved on for the Bulldogs by finishing second in the discus.
Thomas Baroody of Musselman was second in the shot put and teammate Alex Reiser third in the discus. Musselman's runner-up teams in the shuttle hurdles and 4x100 relay will also move on.
Ferguson anchored the Applemen's sprint relay team that went 44.36, compared with Hedgesville's 44.21.
Other athletes will await wild cards into the state tournament. Their efforts will be compared with other finishers from the three other regions to determine if they move on.


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One who dates someone who is significantly younger than them.
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a term which is often jokingly targetted to an older partner in a relationship, or, one that lays with those under the age of consent
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Q2 not such a great quarter for Android sales in the US, somewhat better for iOS
0. phoneArena 31 Jul 2012, 03:39 posted on
According to a report by market research firm Strategy Analytics, smartphone sales have fallen in Q2 2012, compared to the same quarter last year. Pretty much all mobile OS's have seen their sales shrink a bit, except for iOS...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. u-suck-more (Posts: 529; Member since: 26 Aug 2011)
and let the fanboy wars begin!
2. wendygarett (unregistered)
Many consumer intend to buy cheap iphone3gs instead of other because it can operate the latest ios6, whereas other still stuck at the gingerbread and BB os 2.0...
Nothing surprise at all....
7. MeoCao (unregistered)
Nope, it is b-c iPhones are sold by almost all big carriers unlike last year when only AT&T did it. I expect Android will take back the market share with JB.
13. wendygarett (unregistered)
That's just my assumption... I can't conclude such way because i'm not in US... But overall the smartphone can't sell well is because they satisfy the current phone... Or it is unnessesary to buy superphone
44. MeoCao (unregistered)
Look at GS3, it is selling like hot cakes.
40. E.N. (Posts: 2610; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)
don't get too excited just yet. Remember this is with the iPhone 4S. The iPhone 5 is probably going to continue this increase
45. MeoCao (unregistered)
I think existing users will stay with iPhone b-c they have invested too much on Apple's walled garden of apps and proprietary accessories.
New users will go with Androids b-c they have more choices and people are not stupid to buy more expensive and less capable phones.
47. E.N. (Posts: 2610; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)
Come on lets be honest, iPhone 5 will dominate if its any good. Even a handful of Android users will consider buying the phone. You need to remember that the crazy pro-Android people you find on this site is in no where reflective of the general population.
14. sorcio46 (Posts: 435; Member since: 27 Jul 2011)
What is iOs 6 without SIRI and Maps?
It's iOs 5 !! Ta Da !!
15. wendygarett (unregistered)
pardon me... did you miss out something?
such as facebook integration... that android lack of :)
16. sorcio46 (Posts: 435; Member since: 27 Jul 2011)
Android has facebook integration since 2.1 Froyo, try again :D
19. wendygarett (unregistered)
Huh? Since when? all I know is google+ integrate...
Is it an icon called facebook? :D
20. sorcio46 (Posts: 435; Member since: 27 Jul 2011)
So you have a very very poor knowledge of Android baby :-), we have integration with:
-all the communication and sharing apps
-all the UI (widjets toogles notifications) and also dedicated apps ^^
Learn before speaking
22. wendygarett (unregistered)
Oh now I get it :)
btw im talking about pure stock android here :)
you got the point but lastly...
24. sorcio46 (Posts: 435; Member since: 27 Jul 2011)
Again I quote myself:
"Learn before speaking"
I am talking about the stock Android experice iFanboy,
face the truth that you don't even know a 1% of what is Android.
You look like a dumb saying these things here -.-
If you continue it means that you really are...
25. wendygarett (unregistered)
well then... why dont you show me :)
how to access facebook without clicking the icon :)
btw friendstream doesnt count :)
26. sorcio46 (Posts: 435; Member since: 27 Jul 2011)
As I wrote before you can acces to it by any apps that supports sharing or by going to with widjets, toggles and interactive notifications (that iOS doesn't have at all) in fact in iOS is partly integrated compared to how it can be injected into Android :D.
Accept the loss and save your remaining iTroups :P
27. wendygarett (unregistered)
I confess the loss :)
And you confess that raw stock android can't access facebook and apps is needed....
Let just say that It's even okay :)
28. sorcio46 (Posts: 435; Member since: 27 Jul 2011)
Ahaha next time i visit US I will show you this on a decent smartphone :P
And one day, maybe in iOS 8 you will have the full integration of social apps ^^
P.S. Android has apps ecosystem, you cannot talk about it without considering them, same thing for iOS
32. wendygarett (unregistered)
be minded that im not in US :)
29. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
hmm, stock browser gets you to facebook just fine....
48. zhypher_23 (Posts: 195; Member since: 04 Jun 2012)
Dude it's been there since Android 2.2...
3. tedkord (Posts: 11672; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
I'll just use iFan logic. Most of those people were waiting for the release of the Galaxy S3.
Gee, that was fun and easy.
4. TheLibertine (Posts: 484; Member since: 15 Jan 2012)
Now you have it, fandroids. What do you say now after flaming on Cooks explanations? In Q2, HTC and Samsung allready released their flagships, ergo it was Android's strong quarter. I better say: it should have been...
Now, the iPad sales are high as ever and the iPhone 5 has yet to make its appearance, as will Windows Phone 8. Good luck, i'll lean back as i wait for fandroids making excuses.
30. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
actually, the 3rd quarter will be better for Android as the SGS3 was released in 3Q in the states....
5. darkkjedii (Posts: 21262; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Gs3, one x, atrix hd, and still not as strong as apples US quarter. Wowww not bashing, but that is a shocker. in the US apple does rule the nest though.
6. tedkord (Posts: 11672; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
GS3 was very late 2nd quarter, maybe even third. Nice try though.
8. TheLibertine (Posts: 484; Member since: 15 Jan 2012)
Really nice try cause there where the whole Sony lineup of Xperia S, U and P, the HTC X, S and V, the CES (aka Android tablet-showoff) and - pathetic try to deny it - of the Galaxy S3. It was announced in early May, so very early in Q2 and then got Samsungs fastest global rollout ever - Q2 was the quarter of Android flagships. Q3 started only 30 days ago.)
(Sorry for my not-so-good english. I am european-living. In Germany, Europes strongest economics, Apple is ruling the nest just like in the US, i can tell you. And now go thumbing down facts.)
10. IamYourFather6657 (Posts: 321; Member since: 01 Jul 2012)
It's okay
As long as you respect phonearena's forum rule of only English is allowed on this site
41. gwuhua1984 (Posts: 1237; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
SGS3 started in 2nd quarter outside of the US. Didn't start selling in the US until mid-late July (just in case you don't know, mid-late July would consider 3rd quarter). It's a common fact that all other devices had slow sales around the world, especially US with Apple banning products left and right. Talk about facts and talk about fear of competition.
43. tedkord (Posts: 11672; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
In the US, the SGS3 was released in late Q2, on Verizon (the largest carrier), not until Q3. When it was announced is irrelevant, except in that it would have caused people to hold off on upgrading until it was out. Q3 for Android will be very nice indeed.
Apple is ruling? Number two to Android worldwide by half. Number two to Samsung in sales of smartphones. What exactly are they ruling?
46. TheLibertine (Posts: 484; Member since: 15 Jan 2012)
Why they are ruling? Its simple: they are outgrowing entire Android with over 20 manufacturers in a relative weak quarter in worlds strongest economics, while Android had a lot of flagship products launched.
Everywhere except America the S3 was allready available long before Q3.
Apple can never have as much market share as Android today cause it is alone, has only one product line and a premium price point. But their sales stay impressive, the iPhone 4S the most-sold phone by many times and Apple the company with highest user satisfaction.
9. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
I wouldn't say most. Maybe a handful, but that's about it. I love Android, but iOS reings supreme in sales.
Is the iPhone the most popular phone? Yes.
Is it the best-selling phone in today's market? Yes.
Is it the best phone? Absolutely not.
And all of that goes for the iPad as well. It has great sales, but lacks in quality compared to others. But that's all that matters to Apple, sales. They couldn't care less what their consumers were getting, as long as Apple rakes in the cash, they won't do anything to get up to par with the competition.
12. TheLibertine (Posts: 484; Member since: 15 Jan 2012)
Lacking quality? o.O The only other tablet that comes closely in quality is the Asus Transformer Infinity...
iPhone - best sold smartphone by far. Not the best smartphone by far, but remember Apple has yet to make its big hardware and software update this year. iPhone 4 was far ahead its time, iPhone 4S was more like a software update.
iPad - best sold and best tablet by far, what ALL the big tech sites do agree with.
36. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Yes, the iPad is lacking quality. A tablet with that high of resolution is un-needed, and the majority of people can't even tell the difference between the screen on the new iPad and the iPad 2, or they just think it's better because of some sort of a placebo effect.
Then there's all the other issues it has, overheating, the fact that it's thicker and heavier than the iPad 2 (though I don't mind that), the whole Australian 4G problem, etc.
I'm not really into tablets, but if I had to get one, it would either be the Nexus 7, Transformer Prime (the only difference between the Prime and Inifinity is the display), iPad 2, or Huawei MediaPad FHD.
17. Non_Sequitur (Posts: 1111; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
Thank you. Ugh.
I personally don't care whether or not Apple controls the market share. It doesn't matter. Android is still better, whether iOS sells a little more or not. All the iOS fans are laughing in our faces, when, honestly, we don't care. We just like Android.
18. TheLibertine (Posts: 484; Member since: 15 Jan 2012)
I can understand you. You are just like Google, you are Geeks ;). But there is still large number of aggressive fandroid out here that act just like the so-called iSheeps.
21. Non_Sequitur (Posts: 1111; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
Yeah, exactly. :) I used to be an aggressive fandroid, but I eventually realized that people are gonna like what they like. Whether they like a more closed operating system or a more customizable operating system, it's their choice and it really doesn't matter.
23. TheLibertine (Posts: 484; Member since: 15 Jan 2012)
There is actually still hope for this site's comment section ;).
35. Non_Sequitur (Posts: 1111; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
Nah, not really.
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If 56% of the world market is not so great, I'd hate to see what terrible is. /s
31. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
The U.S. is the maverick of the world...
We use different sized paper here.
We measure in miles, inches, quarts.
We love the iphone....
33. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
Wow, Android is losing market share - I better go out and buy an iphone so that I am on the correct side of the battle.
34. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
See, people need to get over the fact that just because an item sells well does not necessarily mean it is the best.
Good example is Sega Master System vs Nintendo 8-bit.
Just because you bought something that sells the most does not mean that all of a sudden you work for that company and that they care about you.
They only care that you spent the money.
The best is subjective.
37. avasponge (Posts: 44; Member since: 03 May 2012)
Galaxy S3 with JB will fix this up
38. ankrul2004 (Posts: 16; Member since: 21 Mar 2012)
Android is about choice and iOs is about experience. I like choices in my mobile devices but some prefer a unified experience.
39. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
iphones are now on prepaid which increases their potential user base. Also, Q2 was the "waiting period" for the SGS3, which is going to dip sales. The ONLY Android manufacturer that matters right now as far as sales are concerned is Samsung, and their flagship product wasnt available until the very very end of Q2. Expect Q3 to show it swinging back towards android as the SGS3 sales will be in there and those that wanted the iphone on prepaid have it already.
42. downphoenix (Posts: 3165; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)
So basically, Android is still dominate but slowed down a bit, Apple took advantage of that slow growth, Blackberry is still falling, and Windows Phone is still not even on the radar. LOL.


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President Barack Obama supports requiring girls younger than 17 to see a doctor before buying the morning-after pill. Do you?
A great example is this judge being an activist and deciding on his own to remove the parents from the equation. He's absolutely wrong and this should be reversed and he should at a minimum, not be a judge.
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Right on...read history. Get the facts not junk and lies from the ones who want to see us lose our freedoms.
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Yep...pure evil.
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A Kentucky Democratic operative claimed Thursday that two leaders with a local liberal democrat group were the ones who secretly recorded a February strategy session with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and his aides.
The allegation comes after McConnell claimed his office was bugged, following the publication in Mother Jones magazine of the recorded meeting.
Jacob Conway, who is with the Jefferson County Democratic Party, said that two leaders with the group Progress Kentucky told him at the time that they recorded the session.
Liberal democrats in action...I guess they are the same in every State.
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Phoenix is correct in that Obama is not to blame for everything even though he does blame Bush for everything.
In trying to destroy our Constitutionally enjoyed freedoms, there are plenty who want to take them away.
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LOL I don't have to try to smear you. You do quite a good job of that yourself.
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NotSocialist, ever since Obama took office the NRA, who really represents the gun industry not legitimate gun owners, has used fear of a gun ban to drive up gun sales, looks like it's working. I watched you video, no where on it does he say anything about the Obama administration. You can't really attribute every dumb thing some city councilman in any ransom city across the nation to the Obama adminstration. As far as your other quotes, post video evidence if available, so I can judge for myself.
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You are too paranoid notsocialist. Maybe you should take something for that.
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And. With all this "4 year old shoots deputies wife" or "4 year old shoots 6 year old neighbor" These are OBVIOUSLY examples of irresponsible people who should NOT be allowed to own a gun. If you are responsible you have nothing to worry about
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And also. Guns should be allowed to owned by responsible law abiding citizens. If someone's psychologist or psychiatrist determines a person is an imminent threat to someone or themselves, they should be able to remove the guns.
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And again,
This is NOT Obama. This is a STATE deciding what they want to do in that STATE. It's not the Federal Govt. It's the state.
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This is the provision of the NY Safe Act to which I think you are loosely referring to:
"Requires designated mental health professionals who believe a mental health patient made a credible threat of harming others to report the threat to a mental health director, who would then have to report serious threats to the state Department of Criminal Justice Services. A patient's gun could be taken from him or her."
And this: "Allows law enforcement officials to pre-emptively seize a person's firearms without a warrant if they have probable cause the person may be mentally unstable or intends to use the weapons to commit a crime"
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"The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven't yet come to the end of themselves. We're still trying to give orders, and interfering with God's work within us. " —A. W. Tozer
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notsocialist, part of Obama's proposed plan includes trained armed guards at schools if they choose. honestly, you make it sound as if he wants a big gun round up. no one is taking away anyone's guns for goodness sake. let us not forget that the words "well regulated" are in the 2nd amendment too.
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Why is it every time Obummer opens his mouth WE GET POORER?
Because liberals refuse to wake up and conservatives haven't found a way to stop it. Socialism always fails because eventually the government has no more money to take.
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"Why is it every time Obummer opens his mouth WE GET POORER?"
I nominate this as Question of the Year.
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This is just another Obama money grab! Moving the economy! Drive up the costs of health care!
The morning after pill costs about 35 to 45 bucks. Send them to Doctors by law and watch the pregnancy rate grow and costs skyrocket. We already have given Obama gun and ammo salesman of the years. I can see it now...the morning after pill will be flying off the shelves and SURPLUS-ED! The cost of that over the counter drug should triple!
This should make the Docs and the pharm. companies happy happy happy!!!
Why is it every time Obummer opens his mouth WE GET POORER?
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WatchDog is right on when she says that government needs to back off and out of our lives...enough already.
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Obama is a twit. This is one of those "WASTED" political "no solution" arguments. Even if Odummer was to get his way it won't be effective and it won't work. That teen will have a 18 year old purchase it for her, or her parent or somebody else.
This is just more ways Obama is trying to drive people to go to Doctors.
Even if a teen has unprotected sex, the morning after pill, the best one on the market is only affective up to 3 days after intercourse. The odds a teen having sex, then making an appointment and getting into a Doctor within that time frame is IMPOSSIBLE just to get a doctor to write her a "excuse" permission slip to go purchase it.
WE have to get GOVERNMENT out of our lives!!
Wasted time and money.
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From what I can tell, we are in step 7 preparing to go into step 8.
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Ladybug is the perfect politician. Talk, talk, talk and never address the real subject. When they get cornered they just start pointing the finger at others saying well look what so and so did or the old standby they use is: if you think you can do it better then run for office and do it. They will do anything but accept accountability for their actions or have anyone question them on their actions. This is the mindset that has invaded our country. No one is responsible for their actions it is always anybody's fault but theirs.
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Now let's see...First comment was on subject and offered by me,
Next two comments were from you and off subject.
Next comment was from nonSocialist and was on subject or a response to your off subject comment.
Next comment was from you & again completely off subject.
Last comment was explaining that you were off subject and pointing out what the subject was about.
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ladybug Apr-07-13 3:19 PM "I could say the same about you know who ? 2001 thru 2009"
We would expect nothing less...as usual, liberals cannot speak to a subject so they blame others. I guess we have figured a long time ago that you are a liberal. I don't believe it has a thing to do with the subject which mentions, Obama, a doctor and little girls.
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I'm not the one who got off subject again with the extra comments.
And as far as the subject matter . ??
Chose between another pregnant teen and more wel-fare.
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I could say the same about you know who ? 2001 thru 2009
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Bill Carter had been planning his bucket-list winter vacation to Alaska for 30 years, and he couldn�t have picked a better time to take it.
The retired chemist from Jesup, Ga., didn�t mind that February temperatures can hover near minus 40 degrees on the outskirts of Fairbanks, because the night sky there offered Carter something most people never get to see: the aurora borealis.
�Yellows, oranges, greens. There were light bursts that would come from time to time,� Carter said during his trip. �There were light rays that seemed to come from the ground up, and from the sky down.�
The northern lights can be seen on dark, clear nights when charged solar particles strike the upper atmosphere near the North Pole. Because of a predicted peak in a solar cycle, this year and next year are expected to offer prime viewing for the elusive phenomenon. So Alaska�s tourism industry is gearing up for thousands of visitors like Carter � including jetloads from Japan � who are willing to wait outside in freezing weather, often for hours past midnight, in hopes of catching a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse of the lights.
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Dixie Burbank got a glimpse of the aurora as a child growing up in Wisconsin, but as an adult always wanted to travel to where the lights are more powerful.
�This has been something I�ve talked about for years, finally making our trek up to Alaska to see the northern lights,� said Burbank, of Sun Prairie, Wis., who, like Carter, saw the lights during a visit to Alaska last month. �Because of the solar max, this was the year to do it.�
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�The heavens just opened up with activity,� Burbank said. �It�s sheer excitement to see the lights come out.�
When the solar cycle hit its low point or solar minimum in 2006, NASA predicted that the next solar maximum could produce the most activity since the historic solar max of 1958, when the northern lights could be seen as far south as Mexico. If you compound that with the fact that aurora activity tends to become more common around autumnal and vernal equinoxes, the start of spring this month could be quite hectic for Fairbanks.
�Because of the buzz of the aurora blasts, we definitely think it�s gotten more attention from the media,� said Deb Hickok, president and CEO of the Fairbanks Visitor Bureau and Convention Center. �It�s certainly been a busy winter.�
Bernie Karl owns one of the most popular resorts in the Fairbanks area to see the lights. He said his Chena Hot Springs resort has been completely booked from the end of December to the end of March and all of next winter.
Todd Salat, a professional Alaska-based photographer who has been chasing the northern lights for 16 years, said he has seen some of the most powerful auroras of his career this winter and has taken some of his best photographs, too.
�The thing just goes crazy and starts ripping across the sky, then all of a sudden, you can�t believe what you�re seeing � ripples of light going from one horizon to the other in a matter of, you know, five or 10 seconds,� Salat said. �(It�s) just incredible. It makes you feel small because it�s big. It�s global.�
But Salat � and others who observe the aurora on a regular basis � aren�t quite sure the predictions of increased activity will hold true based on what they�ve seen so far this season.
Mark Conde, a professor of physics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, expects that recent solar activity indicates auroras may not be as active this month as some have anticipated.
�The current solar cycle is proving to be far less active than previous ones by quite a wide margin,� Conde said. �I would expect the peak of the current cycle � if it follows the current trend we have now � it�s probably going to only be about half as active as it was in 1958.�
Despite Conde�s expectations, Fairbanks still expects to be inundated with tourists, especially from Japan. Japanese tourists have been traveling to see the lights for years, but the number of them traveling to the United States has risen significantly since Japan Airlines began chartering flights directly to Alaska almost a decade ago. The airline chartered 15 jets from cities throughout Japan to fly to Fairbanks this winter.
Shigeo Mori, who does Japanese marketing for Chena Hot Springs, explained that the Japanese fascination with northern lights stems from a philosophy that contemplates both sides of nature: its destructive power as well as its natural beauty.
�It�s more than a phenomenon for the Japanese people,� Mori says. �It�s tradition; it�s history.�
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Montezuma-Cortez rallied to force overtime at 53-53, though.
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A public defender and children's law attorney were recently appointed as magistrate judges in the District of Columbia Superior Court.
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