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Indonesia: the IIPA is "Watching" you
If you use open source, you have no respect for intellectual property. Or at least, that's what the International Intellectual Property Alliance seems to think. According to this article, the lobbying group is asking the US Trade Representative to put Indonesia on its "Special 301 Priority Watch List," in part because of its policy encouraging the adoption of open source software by government agencies. The Watch List is essentially a blacklist of countries that the US believes do not adequately protect copyright or other intellectual property rights. The US then puts pressure (or bullies, depending on your point of view) the countries on the list to adopt more stringent IP enforcement practices.
In regards to Indonesia's open source procurement policy, the IIPA states:
Rather than fostering a system that will allow users to benefit from the best solution available in the market, irrespective of the development model, it encourages a mindset that does not give due consideration to the value to intellectual creations. As such, it fails to build respect for intellectual property rights and also limits the ability of government or public-sector customers (e.g., State-owned enterprise) to choose the best solutions to meet the needs of their organizations and the Indonesian people. [note: emphasis mine]
I can understand the IIPA's concerns about market competitiveness when a government states a technology procurement preference. But I take issue [BIG ISSUE!] with the notion that open source software isn't an intellectual creation, or that using or preferring OSS means that one does not respect intellectual property rights.
This is just one of many attacks that try to equate open source software with software piracy and an overall lack of respect for copyright law. And it's rhetoric that we, as open source advocates, need to quash. Sometimes we even have to educate our own people. The chairwoman of the Indonesian Association of Open Source (AOSI), said in an interview a few months ago "[P]eople have two options: either to pay for licensed software or go open source." I'm hoping she was misquoted.
Open source is licensed software. It is intellectual property. The difference is merely how the author chooses to exercise his intellectual property rights, generally allowing users the freedom to redistribute, copy, and/or modify the code under a specific license. Piracy violates the copyright and terms of that license, just as it does when talking about proprietary software.
A government (or any consumer, for that matter) that chooses to use OSS should not be accused of failing to respect or value intellectual creations or property. Equating them with software pirates is a low blow. Arrrrrgh.
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I'm infuriated by the IIPA's position. What the IIPA is saying is that any creative endeavor not directly revenue-bearing has no value. We all incorporate creative endeavor into our daily lives - we write blogs, we sing in church choirs, we paint murals to brighten a neighborhood, our children are in school plays. Is the IIPA seriously telling me that we as a society don't value intellectual creation because we do it for free? It's just the opposite, we value it SO MUCH we often do it without any expectation of compensation (and even absorb the cost of creation ourselves) simply to improve the quality of our lives. Just imagine a world where you had to pay for all creative works that you enjoy daily.
If you expect me to respect your right to license, respect my right to do the same!
What I realized when I read this article, and the "Why I Will Not Sign the Public Domain Manifesto" in your 'What We're Reading' section, was the term intellectual property sustains a double standard. The rights holders "own" the content, but when they sell it to you, you don't "own" that copy. If it really was property, you should be able to do what you want with it, such as resell or modify it. Yet the rights holders don't want that to happen. If anything, open source is closer to property than closed content.
Not only is this decision wrong but also shows the double mined US government. NASA for instance uses FLOSS software in many places as we all know. The last Mars probe runs GNU+Linux of some sort. Resellers to the government have been vending GNU+Linux to them for years in select locations and for select jobs.
By their own standards the US government is calling its self a pirate and doing it publicly and internationally. In time I think that they will see the error of their ways but it will only come from their trying to justify them selves in the compromising situation they have put them selves in. It maybe out of their cost concerns or technological. But it will happen.
While entertainers at a magic show might use bait and switch to "pull a rabbit out of a hat", all manner of scoundrels and thieves use bait and switch to pull your wealth from their wallet.
Ideally the economy should be built on gains from exchange. Bait and switch detracts from honest exchange by using manipulation to enhance the value of the product, and when a poor product is delivered, more manipulation to increase the cost (real or psychological) of reversing the trade (if that is even possible). Of course, the worst examples of bait and switch are found in the recent mortgage and financial crises, but they trickle all the way down to dollar-level purchases.
Open source is not based on such games, manipulation, or lock-in. Open source allows a customer to try and test many alternative solutions and see them in their entirety. Open source encourages customers to purchase professional expertise to adapt software to their needs as well as professional training and support. The open source software, any modifications, and the training can be evaluated and purchased incrementally. If the buyer has appropriate skills they can modify or configure the software themselves. In this way the buyer can make more rational decisions about what is being purchased and whether the costs are in line with the benefits.
In contrast, proprietary software is sold more often in bundles, so that you must buy things you don't want to perhaps have a chance of getting to what you do want, and is more often sold sight unseen. Sometimes the benefits so outweigh the costs that problems with the deal can be overlooked. But it also common that the consumer, having paid for the software, often thinks that is the total price and does not want to consider paying for support, training, or modification. Skilled buyers detest buying high priced add-ons for simple changes that they could have done themselves had the relevant parts of the solution not been welded shut. At that point they feels bait-and-switched.
The true pirates are those who rob people and take their money. It doesn't matter if they have peg legs or business suits.
"government's policy... simply weakens the software industry and undermines its long-term competitiveness by creating an artificial preference for companies"
Artificial preference. Funny, I thought that's what the world's Imaginary Property laws were designed to do.
It seems to me that the IIPA have this backwards.
Obviously there is growing dissatisfaction, amongst many, with the restrictions imposed by intellectual property law and the potential of the current IP protection framework to act as a barrier to innovation and the free flow of knowledge and ideas. Nothing wrong with that; people are allowed to be dissatisfied with the law, they are just not allowed to break it.
This dissatisfaction can be--and is being--expressed in a number of ways. One way is resorting to piracy and other violations of intellectual property law. Another is campaigning for changes to the current framework, such as increasing the exceptions to copyright law and weakening the protections afforded to intellectual creations. And yet another is licensing intellectual creations under licenses which guarantee maximum user freedom and which prevent people from taking away that freedom.
What has me all confused about the IIPA's stance is that the third of those options--the open source option--is the LEAST destructive to the current intellectual property regime. It is based on mutual consent and utilizes existing legal principles; it is achieving its aims without any major reforms to the current system. It provides a solution to many of the real and perceived problems with the law in this area, while allowing the law itself to remain essentially intact and substantially unchanged. In a way, it could almost be said to defend or justify the current system.
That doesn't mean that open source advocates think the law is just fine the way it is, many of us want changes to the law in this area. But if you attack the open source movement, then agitation with the shortcomings of the current law will lead to more people utilizing the other options I mentioned above, which would if nothing else be more destructive to the current protection framework. So, even on the IIPA's own terms, this position does not make sense to me.
Melanie, what do you propose that we should do about this? I see that segments of the web are abuzz with outrage about IIPA's filing, but I don't see a lot of thoughtful or constructive suggestions for what the open source community (either as individuals or in the form of its corporate supporters) can constructively do to respond to this.
I wonder just how many US Govt websites are on Apache at this very moment. Probably more than 50%, I would guess.
This is something I meant to say in my previous comment. This isn't a case of the establishment vs the little guy. There are plenty of "big guys" on FOSS's side too. This includes governments, local authorities and businesses big and small. So I find it hard to believe that anything significant will come of this, but then I am not speaking from an American perspective.
If you look at IIPA's website and the roster of groups it represents, I think you see industries with a diverse range of products but a startling commonality in what they want from the government process. The people pushing the Indonesian issue don't care about the conditions on the ground, they're responding to a real or perceived threat to their bottom line. This tends to concentrate your mind if you have a payroll to meet or investors.
The OSS community is significantly more fragmented, and IMO, at a significant disadvantage. I think we spend way, way too much time pointing out the opposition's perceived legal, ethical and moral failings, and not constructing a positive argument about the benefits of open source. It comes across as whiny and emotional, and at least in the U.S. I have trouble seeing that approach getting any traction with outside observers or policymakers.
Perhaps the US Gov't should ban all open source practices? I mean, since we always violate intellectual property rights... Just, always, even though if they bothered to read the licenses that the programs were released under, they would realize that it is somebody's property, they are just allowing other people to use, improve and redistribute it...
If only...
Apart from the issues with IIPA's painting of open souce as anti intellectual property, this article also highlights the need for all of us to communicate right message to uninitiated. It is absolutely important to communicate the benefits of open source software, the licensing (GPL...) of it and the high moral values behind it.
We are doing it in our way in Singapore. Hoping to make it more impactfull around the region.
Hi Melanie, I'm Harry, vice president of AOSI. Many thanks for your post on the issue. Hopefully this will create more awareness on the situation to broader audience.
Indonesia was plagued by very serious piracy problems. AOSI offered to help by advocating the use of F/OSS software to the masses.
The response have been overwhelming from all kind of institutions - government, academics, corporations, and general population.
We even advocates F/OSS to specific audiences, for example, various madrassa. We informed them that F/OSS is "halal software" - software which are considered legal by Islam they can use to teach their students with. And their response have been quite spectacular; many have created their own initiatives to further spread awareness in their communities.
Last year we also held an international conference in Jakarta, GCOS (Global Conference on Open Source) - http://gcos.info
Held at Shangri-La hotel, the conference was fully booked in a very short time. For this year's event we're going to do it in a bigger place. It's a very interesting time for F/OSS in Indonesia indeed.
Therefore we're very shocked to find out about the IIPA recommendation. Some of the accusations are even plain untrue.
For example; quoted :
"Government Procurement Preference Denies U.S. Software Companies a Level Playing Field"
There's NO foul play. The Indonesian gov't recommends use of F/OSS software - which means ALL US Software companies are welcome. Redhat, Novell, Sun, Microsoft, etc.
As long as the product offered is licensed as F/OSS. That is all.
This kind of FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) campaign is not fairplay. And if IIPA recommendations are accepted, the resulting penalties can have serious repercussions to Indonesian economy, at the time when we're still working to recover from the last economic crisis.
Re: AOSI chairwoman, I would believe that she was misquoted. She usually would say sometime like "pay for your proprietary license, or use F/OSS" or "Go Legal", or something along those lines.
I'd understand the misquotation, since F/OSS is not a topic where mainstream journalists are very well-versed with. AOSI is continuously working with & will happily assists any journalists with articles related to F/OSS.
Again, thanks very much for your post, Melanie. If you need any further information, don't hesitate to contact us. We'd be very happy to be of assistance. Thank you.
Best regards,
Harry Sufehmi
If you need any support in this matter from the Open Source Initiative, who raised this matter for OSfA's attention, please feel free to contact me or any of the other Board members directly (I'm simon at webmink dot com).


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Years ago on film, and before GPS was available so cheaply, I was changing camera backs and rolls of film every ten minutes or so and making detailed notes of everywhere we flew over and shot. Once back at my office I would then have to decipher my shaky handwriting and sort through maps to caption the images. Now with GPS and DSLR's this is all automated. I love the way you can embed the coordinates in the EXIF data of the RAW files, but sometimes after sitting at my Mac for hours colour correcting images I do think back to the days when once you'd sent the film to the E6 lab your job was finished.
I also now do a lot of night photography, in fact my latest three books London, Las Vegas and New York have all been shot at night. This involves a lot of work using mounts to cancel the vibration of the helicopter. It took a long time to sort out the right balance of mounts / cameras and lenses and even with these it's a very long-winded process but the results can be amazing.
I tested out the Nokia N8 on a flight over London, and my first thoughts were that we really needed some pretty large and impressive locations around the UK to shoot. The N8's Carl Zeiss lens is surprisingly good but fixed at 28mm which is fairly wide so I looked through my archive of locations and came up with places such as The Shard and 2012 site in London, Chesil Beach, St Michaels Mount and Longships Lighthouse in the South West and the huge Emily Moor Mast, Jodrell Bank Observatory and even the offshore Wind farm at Thanet, all places I knew we could get really dramatic images of.
The whole campaign was shot in March and thankfully we had some terrific weather. Combining that with some great pilots and a twin engined helicopter for safety the whole shoot went really well. Digital photography has moved on so far in the last few years. The idea of shooting aerial stills using just a phone really should be ridiculous but after downloading the images at the end of every day and doing initial edits I was really impressed with the results.
Jason Hawkes photographed the UK¹s most stunning locations using a Nokia N8 smartphone for the HD Horizons project.
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Well, technically the word 'only' doesn't fit here, the N8 doesn't have a regular camera-phone's camera, it has a pretty hefty cam to begin with.
Now I know that Nokia's out of hype, but honestly, in terms of signal-to noise ratio, sensor size (I know these two correlate positively) & resolution is exceptional amongst its peers.
Give it a QHD screen, a Tegra 2 SOC, & Fennec as a browser & you'll get something epic.
But in the end, a good photographer is all what a good picture needs.
I don't get what the big deal is. It's a camera with which you take photos of whatever you want. That's it. Duh.
After crashing my Nikon Coolpix 7900 two years ago, I went over to make photo's with my mobile phone. Since last year that was a SonyEricsson Xperia X10 mini, which is very small so I always carry it with me. And with good lighting it makes nice photo's, even some nice macro photo's. I still use it for snapshots. I had never owned a DSLR, but I'm very glad I was able to buy myself a D7000 two weaks ago :P Huge difference!
Impressive… I can't believe it was done by camera phone…
This is a very impressive and fun camera phone series. Very well taken.
it's possible to have the pictures(specialy the first one) with the real size to use it as a wallpaper ?
Nice captures - I wonder how much you paid for your mobile contract.
Have you ever try to captures with new Iphone4?
Nice captures.
Have you tried using IPhone 4 for your Aerial Photography?
Can you share the setting on N8 to capture that nice evening aerial shot above?
This is very impressive! It is a very good camera photo though, great angle and composition!
"tan sólo con una cámara de un celular"... el N8 es máquina, pero tengo que reconocer que son estupendas fotografías… tienen un efecto parecido al HDR
I often use my camera phone since I unfortunately tend to forget to grab my camera. What surprises me is the quality of these photos. They are great. Mine never turn out that good although I am using a Nokia 2.0 mp.
Explain how you took the HDR shot of the gherkin on a camera phone
this is amazing and a huge moral booster… It just proves that you always dont need a high end super cool camera for amazing photographs.. i have just taken up photography… Cant really afford a DSLR at the moment… :) i want to buy a Nikon D90.. and am saving up to by one.. In the meanwhile… shooting away with my phone camera..
i nvr knw low iso = low shutter
thanks for the tip
Honestly I forgot about the N8 until just now. I know the sensor is crazy big for a phone but the first pic is gorgeous.
I've always liked Nokia for their durability. But they just fell way behind with Android and IOS in terms of features, apps and ease of use. I bit the bullet and got a Nexus S last year. I still have fond memories of my nokia E55…RIP *tear*
I would have taken something better than a camera phone if I knew I was going up in a helicopter!
Stunning quality!!
Great idea, but I rarely break out my iphone mid flight only because I have Nikon gear with me. I guess I would consider it if I forgot my other cameras! Check out our work:
amazing quality for a cameraphone, really stunning - don't know why but that Heathrow one really grabs me
now thats what you call a great photo. very good
these sots are stunning just goes to show camera phones have come a long way and a great shot comes from the photographer rather than the camera
The quality of the images is amazing, I just wonder what size they could be blown up to?
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Amazing results from a camera phone! These gadgets have improved so much recently I may well be using one for my wedding photography assignments soon.
Wonderful photography in camera phone. It's quality and resolution are are very nice. Thanks for the post.
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This is really a great article.Thank you for sharing this article.
Brilliant stuff; just shows it's not the camera that makes the photograph.

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More and more of the democrat LIES are coming out. Obama is closer to being impeached. Hillary committed perjury on Benghazi; Eric HOlder is closer to impeachment and being FIRED for his lies and illegal gun running of fast & furious and lying and covering up Benghazi to the public.
Oh poor liberals.....their lies and deceit are catching up with them. Stay tuned....as America is about to be rid of the socialist fools who are too incompetent and corrupt and greedy to lead anything. Fools and little children are in control at this time; but not for long.
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The East Liverpool team honored its seven seniors Wednesday night on Senior Night at Potter Fieldhouse. The seniors are (from left to right): Taylar Jordan, Jordyn Adkins, Jordan Chupa, Morgan?Campbell, Mary Davis, Brittany Conkle and Cathy Rowe. (Photo courtesy Jimmy Joe Savage)
East Liverpool head coach Bob Shansky said it was nice to send his seven seniors out with a win in their final match at Potters Fieldhouse.
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Finally, Miranda Turkovich finished with one point, two spikes, four kills and one block, Tannar Dolhun ended up with seven spikes, two kills and four blocks and Sierra Jones added one dig and one block.
For the Falcons, Cali Milkovich contributed five kills, 12 spikes, 17 digs and 14 passes, Tiffany Rapovy finished with six assists and Maura Biando and Taylor Herman each recorded two blocks.
Fitch won the JV match, 25-20, 23-25.
Beaver Local's next match is at 7:30 p.m. against Indian Creek in Ohio Division II Eastern District Sectional play down at St. Clairsville.
Edison d. Big Red, 25-21, 25-20, 25-13
STEUBENVILLE - The Wildcats rolled over Big Red.
The Edison volleyball team earned a three-game victory, 25-21, 25-20, 25-13, over Jefferson County rival Steubenville at the Crimson Center.
For the Wildcats, Kylie Smith tallied three points and six digs, Katie Davidson delivered five points, four kills, 18 assists and five blocks and Hannah Johns scored six points to go along with four kills.
Also, Katelyn Pollock collected six points, 10 kills and two blocks, Caitlin Brenstuhl contributed 11 points, six kills, 18 assists, three blocks and three digs and Cassady Jarvis recorded four points, five kills and seven blocks.
Finally, Alexis Gill added eight kills and five blocks.
For Big Red (8-12), Abby Taylor recorded four kills, 10 assists and three blocks, Taylor Young tallied four points, four kills, five assists and two digs and Annie Nehrbas recorded five points, three kills and seven blocks.
Also, Brittany Bodo delivered three kills and two digs, Mytia Barker added nine points and two kills and Carmie Biasi scored two points to go along with eight digs.
Edison plays Indian Creek in the OVAC Class 5A Tournament Semifinals Saturday back at the Crimson Center.
Potters sweep Huskies
CADIZ The East Liverpool 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams earned a sweep Wednesday at Harrison Central.
The 7th grade won, 25-13, 24-26, 25-12.
For the Potters (9-7), Kiandria Cowart contributed 13 points, and Aerieen Brown netted 12 points.
East Liverpool won the 8th grade match in two games, 25-5, 25-22.
For the Potters (12-4), Kirsi King collected 11 points, Gabbi Rinehardt tallied seven points and Karla Allison and Lauren Cunningham each chipped in with four points.
East Liverpool opens up tournament play Saturday at Indian Creek.
Golden Bears split with Wildcats
RICHMOND - The Oak Glen and Edison 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams split Tuesday at Edison.
The Wildcats won the 7th grade match, 25-16, 25-12.
For the Golden Bears, Alexis Swan netted five points.
Oak Glen won the 8th grade match, 25-17, 17-25, 25-19.
For the Golden Bears, Maisie Witherow recorded 11 points and 16 sets, Cassidy Strum delivered seven points and six spikes and Dominica Price produced 11 spikes.
Oak Glen's next match is at home against Toronto. It is the final regular season game for the Golden Bears.


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NEW ORLEANS — It will forever be remembered as the night when the lights went out on the Super Bowl, when a resurgent city's big moment was interrupted by a power surge in the Superdome.
That's fine. The Super Bowl is our most important national sporting event, so it's always good to add another rich and memorable twist, no matter how bizarre, to the game's history.
One coaching Harbaugh brother beat another. Ray Lewis went out with a victory. And for 34 excruciating minutes early in the second half, the players stretched on the dome's artificial turf, reduced to befuddled spectators like the people watching TV at home, wondering when the game was going to resume.
But in the end, the Ravens' 34-31 win should be remembered as one thing only: A great game. I don't want to hear how the power outage stole their momentum and let the Niners back into a game they had no business winning. That would do it a severe injustice.
San Francisco was too good to get blown out. They had too much speed, too many offensive weapons, for an older and slower Ravens defensive front to keep them down all night. The Niners had 292 yards of offense in the second half. It's silly to imagine the blackout was responsible.
This was a sensational football game, one that came down to the final minute. It had big plays, big hits, a 108-yard kickoff return. It featured a clash of quarterbacking styles — Joe Flacco, the conventional pocket passer versus the hot option guy, Colin Kaepernick.
Judging from the tone of the stories during the week, you would have thought the conventional NFL pocket quarterback was fast becoming obsolete, like wall phones, CDs and letter-writing.
But the pocket passer prevailed yet again. Flacco, finishing off a brilliant postseason that is sure to make him one of the highest-paid QBs in the NFL, completed 22 of 33 passes for 287 yards and three touchdowns — all three in the first half — to capture the MVP award.
Running QBs are all the rage in the NFL. Scouts and general managers are frantically searching for the next big thing, the closest facsimile of Cam Newton, Russell Wilson, Robert Griffin III or Kaepernick, who was spectacular if erratic in defeat.
But after Sunday night, they might be more inclined to looking for the next Joe Flacco.
"I don't think it's going to settle in for awhile," Flacco said. "We don't make anything easy. It was a hard-fought game on both sides. I think we gave the country a pretty good game to watch. Not to our liking, necessarily, but that's the way it goes sometimes and the way we do things."
Coming in, the story line was about the coaching matchup of brothers
Jim and John Harbaugh, and the complicated farewell of Lewis. But ultimately, it was a validation of a young quarterback in his prime, as it had been for Eli Manning, Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees and Ben Roethisberger in previous Super Bowls.
Flacco, whose contract expired after the season, was near-perfect in the first half, throwing for 192 yards and three TDs as the Ravens surged to a 21-6 lead. When Jacoby Jones took the second-half kickoff 108 yards for a TD, it was 28-6 and looking like a rout.
Moments later, the power went out in the Superdome. The game turned dramatically. Maybe the delay took something out of the Ravens. But it seemed only a matter of time before Kaepernick would get his team going. "I just knew with Jim on the other sideline, that it would be a dogfight to the end," John Harbaugh said of his younger brother. "There's no greater competitor, no greater coach in the league than Jim. The way that team came back tonight proves it."
Kaepernick was sensational in the second half. The Niners ate up yardage in chunks, as Kaepernick mixed in big throws with keepers and power runs by Frank Gore, who rushed for 110 yards.
But Flacco was better. He wasn't perfect. But he didn't make a critical mistake in four playoff games. He was the ideal combination of the game manager and playmaker, which is what all the great quarterbacks become in time.
Kaepernick is an amazing talent. He electrified the crowd after the power came back, nearly leading the Niners all the way back. But he didn't make enough of the tough throws, the precise throws that the elite QBs tend to make in these games.
He missed an open receiver in the end zone early. He missed a throw on a potential game-tying two-point conversion early in the fourth quarter. Then, with three shots from the Ravens' 5-yard line in the final two minutes, he missed on three straight passes. You wondered if he might have used his best asset, his legs, in that situation.
It's unfair to pigeonhole either quarterback. Kaepernick has a gun for an arm, and Flacco is no statue in the
pocket. He moves well and bought time for himself several times, moving away from pressure to make some big throws early.
But it was guile and guts that distinguished Flacco late. Midway through the fourth quarter, clinging to a 31-29 lead, the Ravens faced third-and-1 at their own 45. Earlier in his career, Flacco would have taken the conservative route and handed off.
He saw the Niners' cornerback coming up to the line and figured bump-and-run. So Flacco called a pass to Anquan Boldin's back shoulder near the right sideline. He completed it for 15 yards, keeping the drive alive and leading to a field goal that made it 34-29.
That play was huge, because it took three minutes away from a hot San Francisco offense and forced the Niners to score a TD instead of a field goal.
"Joe had three options on that play," said John Harbaugh, "and he decides to throw the fade to Anquan and puts it right in there. That shows you he has guts, the guts of a burglar, and he was doing it all
night, making plays."
Flacco finished the postseason with 11 touchdown passes and no interceptions, the exact numbers that Joe Montana put up during his run to the Super Bowl title in January of 1990. For one night, instead
of being judged against the legion of young, running QBs in the league, he was being measured against a legend.
"People mentioned that to me, but I never asked what the number was or anything," Flacco said. "I kind of avoided it. Joe Montana has been my favorite quarterback, so to be put anywhere next to him is pretty
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COURCHEVEL, France - Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley and U.S. teammate Mikaela Shiffrin combined for top-10 finishes in an Audi FIS Alpine World Cup giant slalom in Courchevel, France, on Sunday.
Mancuso was sixth and Shiffrin ninth as Tina Maze of Slovenia continued her dominance, winning her fourth straight GS.
"It's a step in the right direction for my GS," said Mancuso, who recorded two top-10 finishes on the weekend. "I was happy to come down second and end up sixth."
Mancuso moved to fifth in the World Cup overall standings, one spot behind Lindsey Vonn, who went out in the first run. Maze leads the overall, 799-468, over Germany's Maria Hoefl-Riesch.
Two days earlier in Val d'Isere, American Leanne Smith parlayed an early start number into a career-first World Cup podium, as she finished second in the downhill behind Swiss winner Lara Gut. Mancuso finished seventh and Stacey Cook of Truckee was 10th.
Smith, who started third, was among four Americans in the top 10 on a shortened course after high winds forced a move of the start. Alice McKennis placed eighth.
Vonn lost her footing on a fallaway turn near the top and slid into the B-netting. She got up and skied down on her own power to the finish.
The best-in-the-world U.S. women's speed team has now placed four different athletes on the podium this season.
The World Cup now heads for Are, Sweden, for giant slalom and slalom Wednesday and Thursday.
"It should be fun in Sweden," Mancuso said. "It will be cool to be back to the GS race under the lights as there's not a lot of sunshine that time of year."


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Need your fill of Ball State hoops? Check out Off The Court with Brady Sallee every Thursday night at 6p.m. on WIPB across Indiana. Every week Sallee sits down with Joel Godett to discuss the previous games for the Cards and preview the week that waits ahead. The two break down game highlights, talk about the players-of-the-week, and hear from Cardinals basketball newsmakers and star players.
On this week's edition of the program, Sallee and Godett review the start of MAC play, the non-conference season and the upcoming date with Ohio. They also go behind the scenes on a roadtrip and take a look at the special surprise freshman Calyn Hosea got one day after practice.
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A couple addressed a crowd from a makeshift stage at Colonial Lake on Saturday night, while 29 luminarias lit the still water behind them -- one for each day since they last saw their 2-year-old adoptive daughter.
"We are trying to remain strong in the belief that our little girl, our sweet Veronica Rose, will come home, but it's been difficult," Melanie Capobianco said as her husband, Matt, stood beside her. "We miss her so much."
The James Island couple tried in-vitro fertilization seven times before deciding to adopt in 2009. Four months after they brought Veronica home, her biological father, a 30-year-old Oklahoman, Dusten Brown, filed for paternity and custody.
Brown is a registered member of the Cherokee Nation, and a family court judge ruled in his favor under the Indian Child Welfare Act, a federal law designed to preserve Native American families.
The judge ordered the Capobiancos to turn over Veronica, and Brown and his parents drove her back to Oklahoma on New Year's Eve.
In the days since, the Capobiancos' friends have gathered more than 20,000 signatures on a "Save Veronica" petition, which they delivered to federal lawmakers' offices and to Gov. Nikki Haley herself last week.
On Saturday the same friends invited supporters to meet them at Local, a coffee shop in West Ashley, to help raise money for the Capobiancos' mounting legal bills, then later at Colonial Lake for hope and prayer by candlelight.
Veronica's case now rests in the state Supreme Court. Experts' personal convictions seem to influence their beliefs about how the case will proceed.
Hopeful provision
Stephanie Brinkley, a Charleston adoption attorney with a personal interest in the case, thinks the Capobiancos could win under a provision called the "existing Indian family doctrine."
The doctrine argues that the Indian Child Welfare Act applies only when the child has been removed from an existing Indian family. Brinkley said Brown does not meet those qualifications.
An attorney for the Capobiancos noted in court that Brown never spoke of his Native American heritage to Veronica's mother.
A filing on the couple's behalf also states that Brown testified that he would give up his rights to Veronica to her mother if he would not be responsible for child support, though Brown's attorney denies her client ever made that statement.
"Federal law trumps state law, but those that have applied the 'existing Indian family doctrine' haven't been overturned," Brinkley said. She noted that most of the cases that successfully argued the doctrine unfolded in courtrooms in the Southeast.
"What does that mean for South Carolina?" Brinkley asked. "It means we could go either way."
She pointed to an early application of the "existing Indian family doctrine," a 1986 case involving a Kansas Kickapoo tribe member who sought custody of his 7-year-old daughter for whom he had provided no previous support, financial or otherwise.
Trial court determined that the girl was not an "Indian child," despite her biological father's bloodline.
The Kansas Supreme Court agreed, citing another case from 1982 in which a non-Indian mother's illegitimate child had never been in the father's custody. In that case, the courts ruled against the father and granted an adoption.
"It's a glimmer of hope," Brinkley said. "I know it's a minority position, but most courts that have applied it have been in the Southeast."
Whose best interest?
Marcia Zug, a professor at the University of South Carolina's School of Law who specializes in family and Indian law, said only a handful of states have applied the "existing Indian family doctrine."
She added that Brown should face little challenge on those grounds, given his status as a registered member of the Cherokee Nation.
"It's a harder argument to make when you have one actively involved Indian parent," Zug said.
Zug, who worked on a high-profile Indian Child Welfare Act case in New York, said the law serves solely to prevent destruction of a dying culture.
That purpose, at times, overrides the well-being of an individual -- even when that individual is a toddler.
"Is this the best thing for this little girl?" she asked. "Probably not, but (the law) is about the best interest of this tribe."
Former U.S. Sen. Jim Abourezk of North Dakota, who authored the Indian Child Welfare Act, said in a previous interview with The Post and Courier that the law, as used in Veronica's custody dispute, misses its intent.
He called this case "something totally different than what we intended at the time."
The Cherokee Nation alone is involved in about 1,100 active Indian Child Welfare cases involving some 1,500 children, according to an attorney for the tribe. Zug said every child returned to a Native American parent preserves the tribe that much longer.
Pointing to Veronica's case, she said, "This is exactly what the law is for.
"I don't see any legal ground for the Supreme Court to overturn it," Zug said. For the Capobiancos to win, she added, "the court would have to apply the best interest of the child, which would not be applying the law."
Sharing the story
Jessica Munday, a family friend of the Capobiancos, told the crowd that gathered at Local coffee shop on Saturday how the couple avoided public attention in their case until the day they received word that they would have to hand over Veronica.
Now, with Veronica more than 1,000 miles away, Munday asked everyone there to continue to share the girl's story.
The people who came out Saturday helped build a legal fund for the Capobiancos, one $10 donation at a time. They bought art inspired by the curly haired toddler and "Veronica Rose" perfume that Matt Capobianco's chemist friend concocted to smell like cookies and cake.
Many supporters wore purple, Veronica's favorite color, and scrawled messages in colorful markers on a banner for her -- sending love, telling her to come back soon and, for some, saying they can't wait to meet her.
Advocates from more than 14 countries have joined the "Save Veronica" movement through social media, and an estimated 200 people attended the two local events Saturday.
Taking the microphone again at Colonial Lake, Munday acknowledged that even 1 million people signing a petition can't change what happens next in the S.C. Supreme Court. Then she added, "But we can pray."
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[0:24] WCF Data Services 5.0 RTM Release (WCF Data Services Team Blog), WCF Data Services 5.0 RTM
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Personally, I preferred being able to skim the bulleted list quickly - but then, I always get C9 via RSS. (I almost never watch TWC9. ) Plus, the caption on each thumbnail is too small to read.
But maybe it's great for others?
New format totally freaks my HTMLTextblock for WP7 out, so it's unreadable in the app.
But I like it!
The new layout is broken in chrome.
@ababcock1: sigh... I see what you mean. I had similar issues in IE9 at first, but was able to tweak the tables/images to fix the layout there. Looks like more tweaking is needed. Thanks for the heads up on that...
@ababcock1: @Maddus Mattus:Okay, how's that?
Looks better when I look at it in Chrome and still looks okay in IE. Originally I was trying to use tables, but with all the levels of abstraction and help (between WLW, the C9 published platform, etc) the layout just wasn't where I wanted it to be.
So I nuked the tables and tried something a little simpler. Better? Worse?
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MBB Gives Feisty Effort in Loss to 1st-Place Toledo
MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State men's basketball team was within a single possession of Mid-American Conference leader Toledo in the final minute Saturday before falling 80-73.
The Cardinals rallied from double-digit deficits twice but were never able to completely seize control at Worthen Arena. Ball State (4-17, 1-9 MAC) hurt its chances with 14 second-half turnovers after giving it away just seven times in the first half.
Toledo (20-3, 8-2 MAC), owner of the best record in the MAC and an RPI of 31, reached the 20-win mark and maintained its spot alone atop the league's West Division standings.
Zavier Turner led Ball State with 19 points, while Majok Majok logged his eighth double-double of the year with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Chris Bond joined them in double figures with 12 points, including a highlight-reel dunk as part of a big run for the Cardinals to close the first half.
"I thought we executed on the offensive end as well as we have in a long time," Ball State head coach James Whitford said. "We were right there to win the game, and I was proud of our guys for the way they competed."
Rian Pearson led four Toledo scorers in double figures with 20 points and hit a clutch fade-away jumper with 28 seconds left that turned the Rockets' three-point edge into a five-point lead at 76-71. Ball State turned the ball over on the following possession, and Toledo was able to lock up the win at the free throw line.
Ball State trailed by as many as 15 points less than 12 minutes into the game before scoring 17 unanswered and grabbing the lead at 35-33 on a breakaway dunk by Quinten Payne. Toledo finally ended an 8-minute scoring drought on a layup by Pearson, and the teams went to the locker room knotted at 35-35.
"I didn't feel like we defended with the level of energy we needed to through the first three media timeouts, but we turned up the intensity from that point on," Whitford said. "For about the next eight minutes, it was outstanding. I was so proud of our guys. It was as good as it has been since I've been here. We were able to really turn defense into offense."
Toledo again had the stronger start to the second half, regaining the lead and pushing it to as many as 13 points at 57-44 with 11:33 to play. Ball State rallied once more, cutting it to one at 62-61 on a pair of Majok free throws at the 7:03 mark. The Cardinals then had a chance to grab the lead the next time down, but Bond could not connect on a pair of foul shots.
Ball State was again within one at 68-67 after Turner hit four free throws that resulted from a personal foul and technical foul whistled against Toledo's Julius Brown. The Rocket point guard fouled out on the play with 4:22 left, but Toledo managed to hang on to its slim lead.
Two more Turner free throws brought the Cardinals within 74-71 with one minute to play, but Pearson answered with his fade away at the other end, just getting the difficult shot off over the outstretched hand of Bond.
Brown finished with 18 points in just 25 minutes for Toledo, while Justin Drummond added 12 and Boothe had 11. The Rockets shot 49.1 percent and, while they made only 2 of 12 attempts from beyond the arc, they connected on 24 of 41 inside of it.
Ball State shot 39.2 percent and finished 7 of 25 from 3-point range. Jesse Berry added eight points and Franko House finished with seven points and eight boards. House helped the Cardinals to a 39-33 rebounding advantage over a Toledo team that entered the game with the best rebounding margin in the league.
Saturday's game was the first of three in a row at home for Ball State, which will be back in action Wednesday with a 7 p.m. tipoff at Worthen Arena against Eastern Michigan.


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Is there a perfect track record for any which distro? No. Do any two desktop environments ever behave the same? No. Is there anything really good and cool about the MATE offering? Yes, definitely. It's not the finest, but it's definitely quite all right. You do get very decent hardware support, adequate battery life and good performance, smartphone and media support is top notch, and your applications will all run happily. On the other hand, you will struggle with Samba and Bluetooth, and there are some odd issues here and there. I think the Gnome and Xfce offerings are better, but MATE is not to be dissed as a useless relic. Far from it, this is definitely an option you ought to consider if you're into less-than-mainstream desktops, and you happen to like CentOS. To sum it all up, another goodie in the growing arsenal of CentOS fun facts. Enjoy.
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After a second release 5.1.0 published one month ago, the digiKam team is proud to announce the new release 5.2.0 of digiKam Software Collection. This version introduces a new bugs triage and some fixes following new feedback from end-users. This release introduce also a new red eyes tool which automatize the red-eyes effect reduction process. Faces detection is processed on whole image and a new algorithm written by a Google Summer of Code 2016 student named Omar Amin is dedicated to recognize shapes and try to found eyes with direct flash reflection on retina.
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Mitt Romney faces Tea Party doubters
Sep 4, 2011, 11:24 p.m.
By Toni Clarke
CONCORD, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Presidential contender Mitt Romney tried to win over doubters from the conservative Tea Party movement on Sunday, telling them he was the Republican candidate who can beat back the "heavy hand of government" and create jobs.
Brushing off a small protest from activists who consider him too liberal, Romney addressed a Tea Party rally in the New Hampshire town of Concord.
The most moderate of the top three Republican candidates, Romney is distrusted by some conservatives in the party. They particularly dislike a healthcare reform he enacted while governor of Massachusetts that some consider a model for President Barack Obama's 2010 national healthcare overhaul.
Romney, a multimillionaire former businessman, said his experience in the private sector makes him uniquely qualified to tackle stubbornly high unemployment. "We need someone who has worked in the private sector,: he said. "I'm a business guy."
Taking up a favorite Tea Party theme, Romney accused big government of "crushing the rights of individuals."
Speaking to a Republican group that often opposes him was a high risk strategy but Romney came through largely unscathed. He was received reasonably warmly for the most part by the audience of around 200 people, although some 20 Tea Party backers held a protest before he spoke to accuse him of only paying lip service to Tea Party principals of small government, low taxes and personal responsibility.
A person in the crowd wore a dolphin suit, and waved a pair of yellow flip-flops in reference to criticism of Romney as a flip flopper on policies.
"We do not need leadership that puts up a finger in the wind to see which way the wind is blowing and then changes direction," said Tim Carter, a protest leader.
In recent weeks, Governor Rick Perry of Texas, favored by many Tea Party supporters, has overtaken Romney in the race to become the Republican who will take on Obama in 2012.
In an apparent attack on three-times governor Perry, Romney said:
"Career politicians got us into this mess and career politicians can't get us out of it."
A recent Gallup poll showed 29 percent of Republicans would likely vote for Perry, while 17 percent would support Romney.
Romney is due to present a major policy plan on jobs this week, ahead of Obama's speech to Congress on how to alleviate unemployment of 9 percent.
"We did an unusual thing about 3 years ago as a people, we elected a person who had never worked in the private sector, who never had a job in the private sector and never really been a leader anywhere, and didn't have a track record, and people asked, what would happen if we elected as president someone with no experience. Now we know, and its not a very pretty picture, is it?" Romney said.
In the audience, James McCloskey, 38, who works in finance, said he was glad Romney had reached out to "serious conservatives," But he added: "A speech is one thing, a record is another," and said he would vote for Ron Paul.
Romney was invited to Concord by the Tea Party Express, but another wing of the Tea Party movement, the libertarian group FreedomWorks objected to his presence there.
His visit opened up a division in the movement, which is a fierce critic of Obama's efforts to reduce the budget deficit. The Tea Party helped the Republican Party take control of the House of Representatives at congressional elections last year.
"This is more than just a local spat, it represents something larger," said Professor Jeffrey Berry, a professor of American politics at Tufts University who is writing a book about the Tea Party. "I think the conflict between FreedomWorks and local and state parties is going to continue and that organizational rivalries are going to continue."
(Editing by Alistair Bell and Cynthia Osterman)
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Friday, September 13, 2013
On Saturday, Aug. 24, friends and family gathered for a relaxing ferry boat cruise to Capers Island courtesy of Barrier Island Eco Tours. The group gathered with food and drink and raised $650 for the Callen-Lacy Center for Children located in Moncks Corner.
The home for children provides a secure, protective and nurturing environment for abused, abandoned and neglected children. Since opening in 1998, Callen-Lacy has been home to more than 800 children ranging in ages from newborn to 17 and is open 24 hours a day.
"We were all really pleased to get together and support this worthwhile cause," Diann Lyons Clark said. "A big thank you to Shane and Morgan Ziegler of Barrier Island Eco Tours for sharing their beautiful boat with us. Our captains Jim and Courtney Hutson are so knowledgeable about the ecosystem and really made our evening enjoyable. I would recommend their tour to everyone. There is so much to see and learn."
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On returning from a vacation with friends, everyone said 'Well, now you can do a nice DVD with all our photos, right? "
Certainly, work in IT means I need to know anything about computers, let's say I used this opportunity to learn a bit about this topic in Linux.
I found myself with about 3000 photos from five different cameras, to put in order and select for a slide show of about an hour, to accomplish all we need:
- Software to move from camera to PC the images
- Software for storing photos and process them
- A software to create a slideshow from images, perhaps with some effect
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Gov. John Kasich's budget proposal includes a combination of economic stimulus and borrowing. That may sound familiar, but the governor's approach is different than what we've seen on a national basis.
Instead of turning to crony capitalism or redistributing wealth, Kasich aims to stimulate Ohio's economy by cutting tax rates. Suggested tax reforms would cut the tax rate for small businesses in half and reduce income tax rates by 20 percent over three years. Meanwhile, the sales tax would drop from 5.5 cents on the dollar to a nickel.
Yet the next two-year budget calls for spending $63.1 billion, a noticeable rise from the $55.5 billion budgeted for the 2011-2013 fiscal years. No, that isn't just based on wishful thinking about lower tax rates boosting tax collections.
Sure, economic growth and more revenue from gambling (although lower than expected) are forecast. But Kasich's administration wants to impose the lower sales tax rate on a wider range of services. The plan is to collect the lower tax on a broader base, thus producing more revenues.
However, the proposal also calls for borrowing. The budget foresees bonding of the Ohio Turnpike and the state liquor operation through Kasich's private nonprofit JobsOhio. While that would include avenues for paying off bonds - turnpike tolls and liquor sale profits - it still would involve spending future income in the near term.
But if the governor's plan for encouraging economic growth and helping the needy works, it could give Ohio a growing economy and an expanding middle class. The proposal unveiled Monday isn't just a budget, it's a plan to expand the economy and economic opportunity.


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The person below me enjoys scaring the crap out of people on Halloween
I'm good at it, too. If someone doesn't start to call either the cops or an ambulance over one of my pranks, I'm off my game.
The person below me is having a less boring morning than I am.


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Saint Joseph's University was founded by the Jesuits — visionary Catholic priests and educators who prioritized social justice, the pursuit of excellence, service to others, and the development of the whole person, or, cura personalis. One of only 28 universities and colleges nationwide exemplifying this 500-year- old Jesuit tradition, SJU offers each of its students an educational experience that will hone their skills, expand their knowledge, grow their faith and strengthen their character.
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The Haub School provides a comprehensive business curriculum complementing the liberal arts component of the general education program at Saint Joseph's. As an institution that is accredited by AACSB, the International Association for Management Education, the Haub School is in an elite category of the best business schools throughout the world. It allows us to attract and retain highly qualified faculty who can create dynamic learning environments and to connect with numerous business and community partners in this rapidly changing global economy.
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Students at George Ward Elementary School exhibiting good character were rewarded with a country and bluegrass music show Friday by Johnny Cochran & the Trailblazers.
"We chose Johnny Cochran & the Trailblazers as the reward because they play country and bluegrass music," said George Ward Elementary School counselor Mark Allen. "Bluegrass has its beginnings in Appalachia, and we wanted to combine history and learning in this reward. Some of the band members spoke with students prior to the show. We thought this a good event because students get to see a live performance and learn."
The event, sponsored by Mike Ross Inc., included a 90-minute show and three breakout groups where students talked with band members Cochran and Mark Hamrick about the history of West Virginia music and their instruments. Cochran plays fiddle and Hamrick plays guitar.
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George Ward Elementary School students enjoy a Friday concert by Johnny Cochran & the Trailblazers as part of Pickin' In the School, a monthly reward for the Character Counts program. Playing traditional bluegrass music are Lee Sines, Andy Currence, Cochran, Ishah Franks, James Atha and Mark Hamrick.
Frances McLaughlin, principal at George Ward Elementary, said she was pleased to offer this event to the students.
"We have a Character Counts Program for TRRFCC kids," McLaughlin said. "Our terrific kids learn about being trustworthy, responsible, respectful, fair, caring and citizenship. We expect them to be good, even when no one is watching."
McLaughlin said students earn "pup bucks" for displaying good behavior, and admission to the concert was 25 "pup bucks."
"We begin each day learning about good character," McLaughlin said. "We have an event every month, and larger rewards like this one each semester. Some of these events are after school."
Ishah Franks, singer with Johnny Cochran & the Trailblazers, said the performance is important for kids.
"The students will be exposed to a variety of music," Franks said. "If they have a musical background, they will learn new things. This is a fun event and we hope they will find the music interesting. The kids look so cute and ready to have a good time."
Cochran said he enjoys working with the students.
"We do this for the kids," Cochran said. "It has been a fun day."


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To be so drunk and floppy your body looks like you have no bones
I was proper clancy last night
автор: Bluesunday 15 августа 2010
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Can you define these popular missing words?
Classy + Fancy.
"We should have a classy party with everything fancy."
"A clancy party?"
"A clancy party?"
автор: .jp 1 декабря 2011
a hot chick who is the best at everything and is really friggen amazing!!! and is really sweet and thoughtful!!!
dude that clancy chick is really friggen amazing
автор: hot spot 23 марта 2011
the perfect combination of classy and fancy. you know it when you've achieved it.
"You guys got bottle service? You're clancy as f**k"
автор: courtk 9 сентября 2013
A peculiar gay little man with abnormally small hands. Clancy is usually seen prostituting himself out to indians.
Did u see clancy going down on that indian in the parking lot last night?
автор: snickelfrits 5 декабря 2013
A Clancy is a boy who is on average aged 14-17 and is very fridgit. A Clancy is afraid to touch his girlfriend/boyfriend because he is worried he'll do the wrong thing or make the situation awkward, however by not touching his girlfriend, he'd only making the situation worse. A Clancy is normally a rather short, wears vans and flanos, lives in England, is a young boy with golden locks and dizzy hair.
girl one: i got a boyfriend!
girl two: HOW EXCITING!
girl one: dont get too excited, he's a clancy!
girl two: *gasp* WHAT A DOUCHE!
girl two: HOW EXCITING!
girl one: dont get too excited, he's a clancy!
girl two: *gasp* WHAT A DOUCHE!
автор: imaridemybikeuntilligethome 24 мая 2011
A 'Clancy' is a teenage boy, aged from 12 to 16 who is namely fridgit and afraid to get with his girlfriend, let alone touch a girl. He doesnt want to hold her hand, kiss her, hook up with her or Make out because he is worried he'll be doing the wrong thing. The bets way to overcome a clancy is to talk to him about emotions and make him relax.
Girl 1: im so angry1
girl 2: why?
girl 1: my new bf is a clancy
girl 2: ZOMG YOU HAVE TO DUMP HIM
girl 1: i know -sigh_
girl 2: why?
girl 1: my new bf is a clancy
girl 2: ZOMG YOU HAVE TO DUMP HIM
girl 1: i know -sigh_
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Who would PSU fans prefer: O'Brien or Meyer as coach, McGloin or Miller at QB?
October 23, 2012 - Cory Giger
UNIVERSITY PARK -- Who would Penn State fans rather have as head coach, Bill O'Brien or Urban Meyer? And how about at quarterback: Matt McGloin or Braxton Miller?
For many, if not the vast majority, the answers last fall would be different from the answers now.
A year ago, Meyer was the free-agent coaching star with two national titles under his belt, and Miller was a star-in-the-making. Meanwhile, O'Brien was an unknown, and there were some PSU fans -- believe it or not -- who still favored Rob Bolden over McGloin.
It's remarkable how the Nittany Lions' five-game winning streak has changed perspectives concerning O'Brien and McGloin.
It was no secret to the Lion players that Meyer was rumored to be a leading candidate for the Penn State job last year. The rumor spread so far as to suggest Meyer had purchased a house in Boalsburg.
"We definitely heard the rumors. ... You never know what's true and what's not," PSU defensive tackle Jordan Hill said.
Hill even remembers seeing Meyer at a couple of practices last year, although a Penn State spokesman pointed out in a tweet that Meyer was working as an ESPN/ABC analyst for the Iowa game in early October.
Who knows what the future holds, but as of now it's hard to imagine Meyer or anyone else doing a better job than O'Brien under the tough circumstances at Penn State. Meyer's team is undefeated and ranked No. 9 by the AP, but O'Brien is the one receiving national coach of the year endorsements.
Meyer, 48, also already has retired from coaching -- twice -- first coming back to Florida after a health scare in 2009 and then resigning again from the Gators following the 2010 season because of family and health concerns. It's debatable that he would have been able to physically and/or mentally take on the exhaustive challenge of helping rebuild Penn State's image the way O'Brien has.
Meyer is an Ohio native, as is Penn State running back Michael Zordich, who said fans in that state are "extremely excited, and they should be" to have Meyer as the Buckeyes' coach.
"Urban Meyer's a great coach, and he's proven," Zordich said. "He's proven that at Florida and everywhere else he's been, he gets it done, and it's been working for Ohio State so far. They have every right to be excited. Ohio feels very strongly about Ohio State, and that's always going to be that way."
Zordich also heard the rumors about Meyer potentially coming to Penn State.
"But we have Coach O'Brien here now," he said, "and we're very happy with him as our coach."
SUBHD: QB comparison
Miller, just a sophomore, is a Heisman Trophy candidate and could be one for the next two years, as well. But it's debatable if he's even the Big Ten's best quarterback.
McGloin has a strong case in that discussion. He leads the league in passing yards per game (255.4), is second in TDs (14) and has only two interceptions while completing 62.5 percent of his throws.
O'Brien had a humorous moment during his press conference Tuesday when a reporter began asking him a question about McGloin and mentioned that he's not a dual-threat quarterback.
"What are you talking about?" O'Brien said with smile while raising his hands in the air. "Were you at the Northwestern game?"
He was referring to McGloin scoring on a touchdown run against the Wildcats, although the quarterback has caught a lot of flak for a very unathletic-looking dive into the end zone.
McGloin might not look pretty running the ball, but he's excelled through the air.
"You learn to realize that he knows what he's doing, he understands the game and he can get that done," Zordich said. "I wouldn't go as far as calling him an athlete, but I'll give him credit for that."
Miller, who did practice Tuesday and is expected to play Saturday after suffering a neck injury last week against Purdue, is a great athlete at quarterback. He leads the Buckeyes with 959 yards rushing and has 10 TDs on the ground, to go along with 11 TDs and five interceptions through the air. He's completing 58.7 percent and averaging 173 yards per game.
Defensive tackle Jordan Hill pointed out Miller runs a lot of the same running plays Tim Tebow did while playing for Meyer at Florida.
Penn State plans to "emphasize someone spying on him at all times," linebacker Gerald Hodges said.
While McGloin's lack of running prowess probably would prevent him from being able to run Meyer's offense at Ohio State, it's questionable that Miller -- or anyone else in the Big Ten -- could run O'Brien's complex, pass-heavy offense at PSU as effectively as McGloin.
"He's got great pocket awareness," O'Brien said of his quarterback. "What we've tried to do with Matt is teach him about pocket awareness, and Matt's done a good job of that.
"He's climbed the pocket when he's supposed to. He's moved ever so slightly when he's supposed to. And the number one thing for a quarterback is to be able to do that and keep your eyes downfield and complete the ball and not see the rush."
SUBHD: Bench on bench
O'Brien curiously decided not to play freshman backup quarterback Steven Bench despite having a 38-0 lead at Iowa. Bench has appeared in just one game, at Virginia when McGloin was briefly injured, so the Lions have virtually no experience at backup quarterback.
"I felt like Iowa was still in the game," O'Brien said. "Maybe I could have gotten Steven in. But I think Steven realizes that we're trying to win the football game, do what's best for the football team at that point in time. So I stuck with Matt throughout the whole game. And if we have a chance to put Steven in at some point during the year, then we'll do it.
SUBHD: News and notes Hill called this the biggest game of his career for several reasons, including his last whiteout at Beaver Stadium and last against the Buckeyes. "The situation we're both in and how good of a season we both are having, in my opinion it's the biggest game for us," he said. ... Receiver Eugene Lewis has been playing the Miller role on the scout team in practice for PSU. ... Asked what the players who transferred out of PSU are missing out on, Hodges said, "Missing out on a tight family with a lot of love in it." ... Freshman LB Nyeem Wartman (knee) is healthy and practicing again and will play if needed, O'Brien said, making it unlikely he'll seek a medical redshirt.


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AUSTINTOWN - West Branch used its killer instinct to help put away Streetsboro, 80-42, for a Division II sectional title Saturday at Austintown Fitch High School.
"I thought we started out slow," sophomore Melinda Trimmer said. "But once we realized we weren't playing well, we just took responsibility and wanted to come out strong in the second quarter."
Trimmer paced the Warriors with a game-high 25 points, seven assists and five steals. Pavin Heath added 15 points and Taryn Hahn chipped in 10 points and five rebounds.
The Warriors' sluggish started resulted in several missed free throws and key shots through the game's opening minutes. That listlessness wore off quickly as the Warriors began to heat up as the first half wore on.
While offense lacked, defense did not, and West Branch kept the Rockets from lifting off by limiting offensive chances.
"Defensively I thought we did a great job early in the game, when we could have put our heads down," West Branch coach Walt DeShields said. "We kept playing hard down there, keeping the game right were it needed to be until we got going."
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WEST BRANCH SCORING: Brittany Bryte 3-0-8, Melinda Trimmer 10-2-25, Pavin Heath 5-0-15, Amanda Linhart 0-0-0, Taryn Hahn 4-2-10, Erica Johnson 0-2-2, Lea Bock 2-1-5, Emily Menegay 2-0-4, Kyla Sharp 1-2-4, Kaylee Manning 1-0-2, Paige Walsh 1-0-2, Lauren Martig 1-1-3, Catie Hahn 0-0-0. TOTALS: 30, 10-20: 80.
STREETSBORO SCORING: Megan Denamore 1-0-3, Shania Williams 0-1-1, Shannon Blondeaux 2-3-8, Marro Woods 3-2-8, Alison Targosky 3-0-6, Taylor Tuma 1-0-3, Rachael Murphy 1-1-3, Brooke Bolyard 0-0-0, Mikaela Dombroski 1-0-3, Kaela Howard 0-2-2, Lindsay Washinski 1-0-2, Amy Hatfield 0-0-0, Jackie Angue 1-1-3. TOTALS: 14, 10-15: 42.
Three-pointers: West Branch 10 (Heath 5, Trimmer 3, Bryte 2) Streetsboro 4 (Denamore, Blondeaux, Dombroski, Tuma).
The Warriors' defensive tenacity doesn't just begin when the girls step foot on the floor. Hours of preparation beforehand play a hand into the success seen on the floor.
"We study the scouting report a lot in practice and review what we can do know our opponent," Trimmer said. "So that helps with stopping the other team"
And with the girls buying into that system, a combined effort
"They (the girls) really take advantage of our scouting and coaches that get out there and put the time in to put together that scouting report to put together some strengths on the other team," DeShields said. "It's those little things that help you win the bigger games, you have to make teams adjust and make teams try to counter."
West Branch has won 11 straight games to improve to 22-2 on the season. The second-seeded Warriors advance to play fifth-seeded Poland in the district semifinals at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
With the defense serving as the anchor for the Warriors on Saturday afternoon, patience and persistence paved a way for an awakening for the offense.
"We struggled early and missed some layups and some open shots that we normally make," DeShields said. "We knew that eventually we would get going offensively, we're too good not to."
It didn't take long for the Warriors to heat up. Pavin Heath, Brittany Bryte and Trimmer each connected on multiple three-pointers to quickly burgeon their seven-point lead after one quarter to as many as 26 points in the second quarter.
"Melinda and Pavin got us going there and that's nice for our big girls to get involved," DeShields said. "Lea Bock had been battling on the boards. Taryn Hahn scored double figures today. Anytime our posts can record double digits and hit the boards for us, and give us second shot opportunities, we're usually going to cash in with a second or third opportunity."
The Rockets closed out the half on a 8-2 run to bring the score to 38-18 at the half, but the second half was where the Warriors clamped down defensively. West Branch allowed just four points throughout the entire frame,
"We work really hard in practice on defense and that's one of our main goals, to stop them," Trimmer said. "Anytime we hold them to under double digits in a quarter, it's a good thing."
"Early in the game, you have to learn what the girl's best move is, or who their better player is," DeShields said. "Even though you go over that, the girls still have to see it live, you can watch as much tape as you want, but until you get out there between the lines and see how quick that girls is then you adjust to it and I thought our girls adjusted to it very well."
Shannon Blondeaux paced the Rockets with nine points while Marra Woods contributed eight points.
Poland advanced with a 41-37 win over fourth-seeded Ravenna on Saturday.
"It's important, no matter what kind of defense we see, to take care of the basketball on every possession," DeShields said. "Each game gets tougher and you know it's going to get tougher offensively to score and tougher to stop teams. So points will be very limited."


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Scary night glow: Fire along Bend river trail
Blaze caught fast, as was brushfire SE of Prineville
BEND, Ore. - A crowd gathered at Riverbend Park for Friday night's Balloons Over Bend Nightglow got to witness a different, scarier kind of glow -- a wildfire that broke out just to the south along the Deschutes River Trail, sending up tall flames near the footbridge to Farewell Bend Park.
The fire was reported shortly after 9 p.m. and quickly began to spread in brush beside the tall rock cliffs that line the river.
Steven Chan saw the fire from he river, having taken his kayak out for a sunset paddle. He said he called in the fire, "started by a bunch of kids I spotted running away."
Chan said several passers-by poured river water on the flames to keep it contained while others pulled the dry grass and shrubs to remove fuels leading to the cliffs. Firefighters put out the blaze by pouring water down from the cliffs above, he said.
Meanwhile, police looked for a suspect or suspects who might have ignited the blaze.
Police later tweeted a thankful note of "great response by Bend Fire and those community members who did what they could to help control the fire."
Wildfires have been breaking out across the region in the recent hot spell, with most fortunately caught at a fairly small size, like another one earlier Friday evening about six miles southeast of Prineville.
Crook County Fire and Rescue and Crook County sheriff's deputies responded around 6:10 p.m. to a brushfire near Juniper Canyon Road.
Structures were threatened, but a line was quickly established around the blaze, and no damage occurred, nor were any evacuations or road closures necessary, officials said.
Three engine crews and a water tender were able to contain the fire to one acre.
Also, the 470-acre Box Springs Fire 25 miles northeast of Prineville was declared fully contained Friday evening, six days after dry lightning sparked it and several other smaller fires.


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Kate Bradshaw
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Kate Bradshaw graduated with a BA in history in 2003 and is now the vice president of the Utah Food Industry Association. After graduating, she began working in politics with the Utah Republican Party and enjoyed seeing the change that happens on the local level. The writing and communication skills she learned at Westminster gave her the confidence and competency she needed to succeed in this position. At Westminster, Kate participated in many activities that helped her grow both personally and professionally. Kate was captain of the woman's volleyball team and an honors student. Those experiences helped her develop leadership, teamwork, and collaboration skills, which were invaluable as Kate moved from her position with the Utah Republican Party to the Utah House of Representatives. Kate was a public relations officer for the House for two years before deciding to start her own political consulting company, which led to her position with the Utah Food Industry.