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We must preserve land for future generations
Listening and reading the discussion on the pros and cons of fracking certainly does not help me understand the issue. But recently, a statement made by author Matthew Kelly, a religious writer from Australia no less, gave me some clarity. He noted that our Native Americans used to ask themselves how their decision today would affect their people seven generations from now.
The state may find "no harm in fracking" now (to quote a headline in the Jan. 4 News), but what effect will it have on our earth generations after us? There may be cheap gas and jobs for us now, but what are we leaving for our progeny – land that we have fracked until it is useless to them?
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— Roman L. (@AngelWZR) April 2, 2013
Well maybe that's not an April Fools' joke i.imgur.com/LI9QRKo.png
It's true: Blue is Windows 8.1.
— Paul Thurrott (@thurrott) April 2, 2013
It's true: Blue is Windows 8.1.
Sources: Twitter [AngelWZR], [Thurrott], WinSuperSite, ZDNet
quote: If Microsoft REALLY wanted people to start adopting Windows 8 they would give back the classic Start Menu and give a choice as to which start menu you want; "Classic" for the old Start Menu, and "Touch" for the new Windows 8 UI ("Having your cake and eating it). That would potentially neuter the "Metro-App" experience, but I'm sure they could find a way to "Launch" the new (or old, for that matter) Start Menu on demand.

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Cats rescued from a Town of Oconomowoc home are beginning to find new homes.
The Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha County said they were able to rescue 50 of the 144 cats found living on a Town of Oconomowoc property.
Officials said the first of the 50 animals they brought in are on their way to new homes. One cat was adopted last Friday and three others will be placed in new homes this week.
HAWS officials said 94 cats found on the property were not able to be rescued.


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No matter your budget, the season, town or purpose for your vacation, Lake Tahoe hotels, inns, lodges and cabins are numerous and cater to practically any desire. From the no-nonsense motels to the swankier resorts, your Lake Tahoe hotel choice will keep you as pampered as you want or don't want to be. Lake Tahoe accommodations range from familiar hotel chains to homey log cabins, and the options in between blend the endearingly kitschy with upscale authenticity to create a diverse selection of places to stay.
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You can find this range of options in all the towns around the lake, but the South Lake Tahoe hotels are the most in number and the most diverse since you have everything from lakefront resorts to small hotels to casino grandness. Kings Beach hotels are also varied, with some of the older,cool motor hotels existing in harmony with higher end lodges and condos. But all Lake Tahoe hotels have something interesting and value-added to offer. Take advantage of free continental breakfasts, WiFi and access to beaches or ski slopes.
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Speaking of restaurants, we know that dining is essential to every vacation. Fortunately for us foodies, many of the Lake Tahoe hotels, inns, lodges, and resorts have at least one restaurant on site. Whether you're in the mood for a hardy burger or want to taste some Sierra Nevada/West Coast-influenced dishes, you won't even have to leave your hotel to satisfy your cravings.
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South Lake Tahoe | Truckee | Tahoe City & West Shore | Squaw Valley & Alpine Meadows
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All Stardust Memories
Hey, consecutive weeks with three-day undefeated stretches! Do you think…never mind.
Ever been to an all-star game? I've been to two which ties with holes-in-one on my personal list of something-you-don't-see-every-day experiences.
I went with some pals to the 1983 game at Comiskey Park where Fred Lynn hit the first [and still the only?] grand slam in AS history off of Atlee Hammaker. What I remember more than that is drinking across the street at a joint called McCuddy's [I think] that was presided over by an old matriarch proprietress who regaled us with stories about Ruth dashing over for a cold one between innings when the Yankees were in town. Speaking of the Bambino, the other highlight of that trip was another old gal, the Babe's sister, who was in attendance and whose autograph I got on a game program which I cannot locate now. I don't remember her name but I remember that she noted herself as "Babe Ruth's sister" in a parenthetical p.s. to her signature.
I also went to the 2001 affair at Safeco Field in Seattle courtesy of tickets arranged by an MLB ump who used to work part-time at a pub I owned while he was in college at Iowa State. That game fell on the golden birthday of the son who is the eldest of our three kids. You might remember it as one where Cal Ripken was named the MVP for swatting a homer after being waved over from 3rd base to shortstop in the top of the first by A-Rod; a gesture in deference to the last year of Ripken's illustrious career. Later in the game Tommy Lasorda was knocked on his ass in the 3rd base coaching box by a splintered bat as I recall.
My fondest all-star memories have nothing to do with games actually attended. I remember being at a friend's house during a tremendous thunderstorm when Cub Jim Hickman lashed the single that lit the fuse on Pete Rose's game-winning, career-ending charge into and through Ray Fosse in 1971.
I vaguely remember the years during my little league days when two all-star games were played per summer; the golden era of Mays, Aaron, Mantle, Clemente, Koufax and Marichal. That's why the 1983 game at Comiskey marked the 50th anniversary of the first all-star game but was the 54th one played.
By the way, the reason that 2001 game fell on my son's golden birthday is because his mother went into labor about the time Andre Dawson went deep on Roger Clemens in Toronto at the 1991 game. That was on July 9. By the time the kid was born it was the wee hours of July 10 which also happens to be Dawson's birthday.
They've awarded the 2012 game to Kansas City, an easy trip from Des Moines. The date has again been set for July 10, the day Dawson will turn 58 and you-know-who turns 21.
So there you have my contribution to the passing of the break…
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As a Certified Old Fart, I stopped watching the All-Star Game as it morphed more & more into a pageant.
It's fine to have at least one player from each team on the roster, but the managers shouldn't have to concern themselves with getting everybody into the game.
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Today is the deadline for the Arizona State Legislature to have funding in place for the new Cubs Spring Training facility.
Because the AZ State Legislature quite obviously has no intention of doing this, the Cubs now have the right to opt out of their agreement with the City of Mesa and go to Naples, FL, instead.
The City of Mesa has come up with an alternative plan to fund a Cubs ST site that involves selling land near Coolidge the city had acquired several years ago, and while the Cubs may accept that alternative funding plan, they don't have to accept it.
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10-foot gator bites off man's hand in Fla. canal
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NAPLES, Fla. — Florida wildlife officials say a 10-foot alligator bit off a man's hand while he was swimming in a canal with friends.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokeswoman Gabriella Ferraro says 18-year-old Timothy Delano of Naples is recovering at a hospital. Officials managed to catch the gator and retrieve the hand from its stomach, and doctors may be able to reattach the hand.
Ferraro says Delano was swimming with three friends around 9:30 p.m. Sunday when the alligator attacked.
The men swam to shore and drove to a gas station, where they called 911. Delano was flown by helicopter to a hospital.
Wildlife officials say people should stay out of freshwater canals and lakes this time of year because alligators are more active, especially around dawn and dusk.
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NAPLES, Fla. — Florida wildlife officials say a 10-foot alligator bit off a man's hand while he was swimming in a canal with friends.
I'll gladly search the sports medicine literature for pitchers who recover from replant surgery.
My guess is...significant sucess has been reported on ambidextrous pitchers. I thought the pitcher who had a sucessful recovery was named Cap Hook.
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Unfortunately for our young Florida friend, after taking a look at it surgeons decided not to try to reattach the hand.
Maybe it's just me but I think that a swimming hole located at the corner of "Everglades Blvd." and "Alligator Alley" might not be the best place for a dip at dusk.
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Oh, nevermind
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Although each of the five MLB clubs associated with the Mesa Solar Sox are limited to what positions need to be filled on the Solar Sox roster, if I had to guess, here are the players I believe the Cubs will most-likely send to the AFL post-2010:
David Cales, RHRP
Chris Carpenter, RHSP
Brandon Guyer, OF
Brett Jackson, OF
Aaron Shafer, RHRP
Marquez Smith, 3B-2B
Luke Sommer, LHRP
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Seems to me that Brandon Guyer and David Cales will almost definitely be there, barring injury.
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Ray Fosse's career didn't end with the Rose smash up. He played another handful of years. But it certainly affected his future play.
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my friend was the al bat boy for al in 83 game.
he's a cub fan and was mad he had to be in al dugout.
he as the first to high five lynn after rand slam.
he's on the all highlights because of that.
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he was 14
entered drawing for sun times he got picked.
he was big baseball card collector back then and was a fanatic
he got pix w joe cronin and fernando and ton of autographs.
got broken.brett bat autograped was his best haul
no money I believe but you see that sob eveytime they show lynns slam, wearing #13.
we are still good friends.
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That's him in the ill fitting uniform.
Thanks Tito.
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I too attended the 1983 all-star game at the old Comiskey Park. It is the only all-star game I have ever attended. It wasn't until many years later that I learned that Fred Lynn's grand slam was the only one in all-star game history. At the time, it was a big hit, but at least in my mind, not historic.
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I went to the '84 game in San Fran. The Cubs played four games vs. the Giants before the break, so we saw those, too.
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+1 Having an ump friend set you up for the as gm
-1 any mention of Iowa State (I was a Hawkeye ;-)
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McCuddy's was a great bar. I always thought they should have saved it and actually include it as part of the new park with a turnstyle at the back of the place right into the stadium but alas, that's not the kind of cool thing Reinsdorf had in mind. I think Reinsdorf also promised the owner of McCuddy's that they would find a new place for them after they tore it down but that hasn't happened.
Guys like Reinsdorf just can't stand a joint like McCuddy's prospering because of its proximity to his product. Shut down McCuddy's and that's just more beer people have to buy from Reinsdorf. He doesn't see that places like that enhance the overall experience and create a great atmosphere - things that make the casual fan want to return.
Works at Wrigley Field but Reinsdorf, like the elder Wirtz with his stubborn refusal to televise home games, just can't bring himself to change his ways.
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Assuming Soler is good to go, I think it comes down to 3 of the following 4: Coghlan, TLS, Sczcur, Almora. Of the 4, TLS seems to be the hardest to justify, particularly given his behavioral issues.
I'm wondering if both Coghlan and LaStella make it. With Javy being able to play all the infield spots and Joe maybe wanting late-inning D when Soler plays (assuming he plays), hence either Szczur or Almora, I think LaStella might be the odd guy out.
Hendricks needs the win, anyway, plus a couple more.
My hunch is that Hendricks wins the Cy Young . . . for Lester. That is, without Hendricks tipping the scale toward the Cubs, Scherzer tops Lester.
Old Cub fans remember when Ken Hubbs died at 22 in the crash of a small plane he was piloting in a storm in Utah in 1964. But Hubbs was not an elite power pitcher like Score and Fernandez. Score lived a long time after the accident but it was (effectively) career-ending.
HAGSAG: Since I've only seen them throw in one game and in one "live" BP session, all I can do is provide initial first impressions.
Brailyn Marquez is listed at 6'4 but is probably more like 6'5 or 6'6. I would describe him as a younger version of Bryan Hudson, throwing a ton of ground balls but not getting a lot of swings & misses (yet). Because of his size he could eventually grow into more velocity, but right now he's mostly a pitch-to-contact guy. He generally throws strikes.
Phil, do Marquez and Ocampo look like prospects?
It helps when your defense has declared war against the H in WHIP.
Still impressive.
Lackey finishes with a 3.35 ERA. Currently good for 13th in the NL. Not bad for a guy signed to be a #3 starter in a 15-team league.
He is also 6th in WHIP. Pretty amazing: Cubs have the #2, #3, #5 and #6 starters in WHIP.
Completely meaningless game, but Pena striking out Sean the Turd to with the bases loaded was very fun.
Other than one bad game in SD, Pena has been very good. Even with that game, 9.0 IP, 13 K, 0.89 WHIP.
101 wins...most since 1910 (104).
neat. ...or sad. pick one. pick both. 'murica.
Just looked up Grimm's stats -- after a great run, he gave up 2 runs vs. MIL then didn't pitch for 10 days. Don't remember why?
Sean Rodriguez's helmet looks like it's taking a dump
Grimm not doing himself any favors lately re: making the playoff squad. Seems to have lost the feel for his curveball.
j.grimm is literally worse than hitler.
felix pena, your turn.
it's been a while since joe's over-managed a game...it's gotta feel good for him to be back in the saddle making people's scorecards look like their pens blew up.
Fuck a bench spot on the playoff roster, Coghlan is competing to bat cleanup.


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An alternative spelling for heel. The word itself is usually applied to someone who is a total tosser, waste of space or OIC and derives from the British upper class pronounciation of 'hole' (heale) an abbreviation of the word 'arsehole' (awseheale). It was used by upper classes as an 'in' word to describe people they didn't like, social climbers, nouveau riche and so on who wouldn't know what it meant. It gained wider usage due to the internet and period dramas so more and more people found out what it meant and began using it. It's major use now is when some upper class twit, or someone who thinks thay are, wants to pile on the agony and uses it about someone knowing that they will overhear or that it will get back to them and that they know what it means.
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The 5 Most Intense Rites of Passage from Around the World
#2. Cliff Diving
Jumping off something really big and not dying is a neat trick, and was formally used as a rite of passage in Hawaii in the 18th century, where King Kahekili used to jump off cliffs just to show that he could. The Birdman, as he was soon nicknamed, began making his warriors jump off the same cliffs to prove their loyalty and forever earn his respect and whatever the 18th century Hawaiian equivalent of an extreme sports reality show was.
"I hope I at least get some longer shorts out of this."
In the modern era, cliff diving's fallen by the wayside a bit, at least as a formalized rite of passage -- really, ever since we stopped having badass bird-kings and switched to cruddy democracy. Obviously, anywhere there's a lake or pier or jetty and moron teenagers desperate to impress other moron teenagers, there will be cliff diving. This is even quaintly called tombstoning in the English media, supposedly due to the angle at which participants enter the water (straight up and down, like a tombstone) and not, as you might suspect, because that's what's waiting for you on the other side of this ridiculous jump.
The future(?) of England(?!).
That said, this is still a professional sport practiced in various places around the world, even though the reign of King Birdman is long over.
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#1. Land Divers
But if jumping into water is too tame for you, consider for a moment the land divers of Vanuatu.
After scaling a wooden tower they've spent the past couple weeks assembling, these men and boys will hurl themselves at the dirt below in order to prove the usual assortment of traits -- courage, strength, gullibility. Yes, they have vines attached to their legs that do break their fall, similar to a bungee jump. Except that these are vines, and, accordingly, a little less consistent than bungee cords. Also, they're measured and matched to the jumper's weight by a process that involves little more than squinting.
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"Wait. You mean these aren't ISO-certified vines? Why did I not think to ask about that until now?"
Also, critically, the goal of a successful land dive isn't just to bounce back a safe distance from the ground. It's to hit the ground, headfirst. Only a little bit, but still.
Paul Stein via Wikimedia Commons
The ground is, to be fair, softened a bit. Although, to be fair, it is still the ground.
Aside from the expected benefits -- ensuring good harvests, turning boys into men -- there's a charming backstory behind land diving. Basically, the legend goes that there once was a wife who climbed a tree to escape her husband's beatings. When the husband pursued her up the tree, she jumped off, using vines tied around her ankles to break her fall. The husband, assuming she'd died and now despondent that he'd lost the wife he loved beating so much, jumped after her, neglecting the vine part. He died, predictably, and ... happily. Right? That's a happy ending? He was the bad guy, right?
Well, not according to everyone. Because after thoughtfully considering this story, the local men of Vanuatu managed to walk away with entirely the wrong lesson, and have since practiced land diving so that they might avoid a similar fate (of being tricked into jumping off trees by their fleeing wives). That their solution to the problem -- risking catastrophic head injuries by jumping off trees -- is exactly the same as the problem they're trying to avoid suggests that maybe a few centuries of catastrophic head injuries have twisted the story up a bit.
Or, more likely, that their wives are even trickier than they thought.
Chris Bucholz is a Cracked columnist and the biggest coward in the world. Join him on Facebook or Twitter and listen to him recount stories of all the things he's quietly backed away from.
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"I've taken on the challenges of living with a terminal illness that has no cure and I've found a cause to party each and every day… because just living is a win against cancer that I'm compelled to continuously celebrate!" – Jameca Barrett, January 2013 Advocate of the Month
Jameca Barrett of Atlanta, Georgia was diagnosed with Stage III Multiple Myeloma in 2003 at the age of 26. At that time she was the youngest patient diagnosed in the Metro-Atlanta Area. She has been in remission for nine years and as a young survivor is excited about making a difference in the lives of other survivors through her advocacy work. The Advocacy Team is inspired by Jameca each day because of her commitment to help empower those young and old living with myeloma who have decades of life ahead of them.
"Since 2004 I've attended Multiple Myeloma Support group meetings," says Jameca when asked about what sparked her interest in advocacy, "and in recent years became more active by volunteering. However, two years ago the conversations of relapses and members losing their battle with the disease became too overwhelming for me as a young survivor (age 33) trying to figure out how to live without fearing cancer. I wanted to continue to volunteer, but in a different area. When I learned about advocacy I immediately knew I had to become involved. It not only provided me with a way to fearlessly address cancer, but also to attack it, while educating the public of all of the changes that are needed to health care in America to better the lives of survivors."
Jameca has been an amazing Action Team leader in Atlanta working with the area myeloma support groups and leukemia support groups to help grow the action network. She took a lead role in registering people for our Advocacy Training last month and worked hand in hand with grassroots liaison, Aimee Martin, to build awareness of the event to area hospitals and clinics. Because of her outreach, we were able to recruit individuals outside the myeloma community who wanted to learn more about health care reform and advocating for issues important to them.
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This spring Jameca is looking forward to working with the folks who attended the training to set up in-district meetings with key Congressmen about the Cancer Drug Coverage Act of 2013. The group will help to build co-sponsors for the bill and organize a targeted Postcards for Parity Program in the area. We are grateful for all of the hard work Jameca has done on behalf of the IMF and all cancer patients. She is an amazing and powerful advocate and we look forward to her continued work with us to build a strong base of advocates in Atlanta.


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Veteran parks writer Robert Earle Howells is the authority on finding real adventure in the National Park System. Here he names the 20 best hikes in the parks, from unforgettable day trips to challenging backpacking escapes.
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Photograph by Raymond Gehman, National Geographic
Teton Crest Trail
When to Go: Mid-July to Mid-September
One Way: 37 Miles, 6 Days
Level: Moderate Backpacking Trip
The signature hike of Grand Teton National Park threads its way along the interior spine of the Teton Range, joining high divides and passes, alpine lakes, and intimate looks at those iconic craggy summits. The brief hiking season coincides with a supernova burst of color—carpets of lupine, streams choked with mountain bluebells. At Fox Creek Pass you get sweeping views of Jackson Hole in Wyoming and Teton Valley in Idaho. And starting in Hurricane Pass, every view for several miles frames the three Tetons in all their glory.
Insider Tip: Leave a car at trail's end—the Leigh Lake trailhead—then ride the Teton Village tram to start the hike on the Granite Canyon Trail.
America's Best Adventures: Climb the Grand Teton
Ultimate Adventure Bucket List: Climb the Tetons' Cathedral Traverse
Grand Teton National Park Guide
Big Bend National Park, Texas
Photograph by Christian Heeb, laif/Redux
Outer Mountain Loop
When to Go: October to May
Round-Trip: 30 Miles, 3 Days
Level: Strenuous Backpacking Trip
Big Bend is all about a sense of vastness: Hundred-mile views sweep across the hills, arroyos, and mesas of the Chihuahuan Desert with nary a sign of civilization. No place delivers a sense of the park's enormity—and solitude—better than the high country of the Chisos Mountains. This three-day, two-night hike climbs into and traverses the south rim of the range, where you can stand in the shade of big maples, cypress, oaks, and ponderosa pines and view the austere beauty of the desert far below.
Insider Tip: Cache water in advance at Blue Creek Canyon so you only have to carry two days' worth of liquid.
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Photograph by Syd Dasna, My Shot
Queens Garden/Navajo Loop Combination Trail
When to Go: Year-round
Round-Trip: 3 Miles
Level: Moderate Day Hike
This hike joins parts of two loops to descend the canyon and ogle the weirdest of weird Bryce geology—warrens of fantastic rococo hoodoos that shimmer in dozens of shades of red in early-morning light. The sandstone spires tower as you make your way back up through the Wall Street section of the Navajo Loop Trail and view the park's postcard-icon formation, the top-heavy Thor's Hammer.
Insider Tip: If the moon is full or nearly so, do the hike at night. No moon? Join stargazers at the visitors center for a tour of the stunningly clear night sky; telescopes are provided.
Bryce Canyon National Park Guide
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Photograph by Corey Rich, Aurora
Climb Longs Peak
When to Go: July to September
Round-Trip: 16 Miles
Level: Challenging Peak Ascent
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At 14,259 feet, Longs Peak is the crown of Rocky Mountain National Park and a coveted trophy for mountaineers who take on its hugely exposed big-wall ramparts. The rest of us can hike up, which means tackling an eight-mile approach called the Keyhole Route that gains 4,850 feet. It requires stamina, boulder scrambling, and route finding. Stay on target and you'll come out on top of the world.
Insider Tip: Set your alarm. You need to set out by 3 a.m. to get off the summit by 10 a.m., before the frequent afternoon thunderstorms.
Rocky Mountain National Park Guide
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Acadia National Park, Maine
Photograph by Jeff Foott, Getty Images
Sargent Mountain Loop
When to Go: May to October
Round-Trip: 5.5 Miles
Level: Moderate Day Hike
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One of the charms of Acadia is the way subtle human "improvements" work with the park's thick spruce-fir forests, rugged mountains, and steep cliffs to make it all accessible—and just a bit thrilling. Such is the case with this undesignated trail loop that rises from the park's most civilized venue, Jordan Pond House (elevation 200 feet), to the wild summit of Sargent Mountain (1,373 feet). En route you skirt Jordan Cliffs and East Cliffs by way of constructed steps and fortuitously placed iron rungs, making the hike possible, though far from easy. The reward is a three-coastline view of Mount Desert Island and an inland vista that extends to distant Baxter Peak and Katahdin.
Insider Tip: Cool off with a brisk plunge into Sargent Pond on your way down from the mountain.
Acadia National Park Guide
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Yosemite National Park, California
Photograph by Michael Maloney, San Francisco Chronicle/Corbis
Half Dome Hike
When to Go: April to October
Round-Trip: 17.2 Miles
Level: Challenging Day Hike
This is the hike you'll talk about as all the others fade into pleasant memories. Not only do you climb 4,800 feet out of Yosemite Valley and past Vernal and Nevada Falls, but the last 900 feet are right up the granite face of fabled Half Dome. Luckily, you get a hand from well-placed steel cables on your way top of the dome. It's a heart-thumping, insanely wonderful feeling to be hanging in space until you top out—and then the view takes over.
Insider Tip: Break it up by staying the night in Little Yosemite Valley campground, about halfway to Half Dome. This gives you a huge head start on the legions of hikers who do the dome every day.
World's Best Hikes: Yosemite Grand Traverse
Glacier National Park, Montana
Photograph by M. Scott Brauer, Alamy
Grinnell Glacier Trail
When to Go: June to September
Round-Trip: 11 Miles
Level: Moderate Day Hike
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View many of Glacier's most iconic features—big, clear, glacial valley lakes, alpine meadows filled with wildflowers; the omnipresent possibility of seeing a grizzly—en route to a glorious view from the maw of Grinnell, one of the park's signature glaciers. The trail skirts Swiftcurrent and Josephine Lakes (opt for a tour boat if you want to knock 3.8 miles off the hike) before ascending 1,600 feet to the narrow, fissured glacier hanging high above milky blue Grinnell Lake.
Insider Tip: Push on past the glacier's outflow for a jaw-dropping view of Grinnell Lake and a host of alpine summits. The incredible vistas are worth the 1,200-foot climb, first to the saddle between Mount Gould and Angel Wing, and then up to the ridge just below the summit of Angel Wing.
America's Best Adventures: Backpack Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park Guide
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Zion National Park, Utah
Photograph by Ethan Welty, Aurora Creative/Getty Images
Angels Landing
When: March to October
Round-Trip: 5.5 Miles
Level: Challenging Day Hike
See the Trail Map
Zion's red-rock walls and sandstone canyons are stunning from any perspective, but none is more rewarding than the one from the top of the sandstone fin known as Angels Landing. Your sweat equity figures into that reward. The first couple of miles gently skirt the Virgin River on the West Rim Trail and pass through Refrigerator Canyon. Then the heart thumping commences—up the 21 switchbacks called Walter's Wiggles and up an exposed rock spine that requires the aid of built-in chains. Suddenly it's all at your feet—360 degrees of canyon walls, piñon-juniper forests, the Virgin River, and distant, craggy peaks.
Insider Tip: Get out early for the best light on the rocks and to minimize company on the narrow trail.
America's Best Adventures: Hike the Zion Narrows
Zion National Park Guide
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Olympic National Park, Washington
Photograph by Michael Hanson, Aurora Photos
Hike and Climb Mount Olympus
When to Go: July and August
Round-Trip: 40 Miles, 2 Days
Level: Moderate Backpacking Trip; Challenging Peak Ascent
See the Trail Map
From the long approach through the old-growth Hoh rain forest to the top-of-the-world alpine summit, this is every inch a majestic climb. The two-day approach is gentle hiking beneath towering cedars and Sitka spruce. Summit day, though, entails 3,700 feet of climbing and a traverse of Blue Glacier (ice ax, crampons, rope, and crevasse rescue gear required)—true alpine mountaineering, but without extreme elevation. The summit stands 7,980 feet high and delivers a view that extends from Mount Rainier to Vancouver Island.
Insider Tip: If you lack alpine mountaineering experience, go with a guiding service such as Mountain Madness (www.mountainmadness.com).
Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Photograph by Tom Dempsey
Wonderland Trail
When to Go: Late July to Mid-September
Round-Trip: 93-Mile Loop
Level: Challenging Backpacking Trip to Complete the Loop; Moderate Backpacking Trip for Sections
A ten-day (minimum) circumnavigation of massive Mount Rainier is one of the true epic hikes in the National Park System. Wonderland Trail makes it possible, with all the wonders of the mighty mountain on vivid display—glaciers and scree fields, high alpine country with brilliant (some endemic) wildflowers, roaring rivers, and, of course, great looks at the mighty summit. Eighteen trail camps simplify logistics a bit, but total elevation gain (and loss) is still more than 20,000 feet as the trail undulates over countless Rainier ridges.
Insider Tip: Wonderland can be accessed from any of nine trailheads, so it's possible to break up the trail into less-than-epic distances, or to do it over the course of several seasons.
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Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
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Nankoweap Trail
When to Go: September to May
Round-Trip: 28 Miles, 3 to 4 Days
Level: Challenging Backpacking Trip
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Of all the Grand Canyon rim-to-river routes, the Nankoweap is the most challenging and the most rewarding. In the course of 14 miles from the North Rim trailhead on the Kaibab Plateau, the trail plummets 6,000 feet. Allow one to two days to hike down, two to hike out. All the glories of the canyon are on view—buttes and hoodoos, cliffs of sandstone and redwall limestone. But the real reward is a solitary camp beside the Colorado River near the echoing roar of Nankoweap Rapids and a chance to explore ancient granaries of the Ancestral Puebloan people.
Insider Tip: On the way out, lay over at Nankoweap Creek, and be sure to top off your water bottles—the final 14 miles are bone dry.
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Lake Clark National Park, Alaska
Photograph by Corey Rich, Aurora Creative/Getty Images
Telaquana Lake to Twin Lakes
When to Go: June to September
Round-Trip: 25 miles
Level: Moderate Backpacking Trip
See the Trail Map
You have to be willing to go native to do this classically Alaskan hike—in and out by floatplane, and not a trail in sight. That said, the going is fairly easy (just head south) across a huge landscape of contoured high tundra, and the rewards are immense. You'll see caribou, moose, Dall sheep, and possibly brown bears as you hike beneath towering mountains and hanging glaciers perched above the east end of Turquoise Lake. Allow six or seven days and some time to check out the handcrafted cabin built by locally fabled naturalist/mountain man Dick Proenneke on Upper Twin Lake at the end of your hike.
Insider Tip: Lake Clark Air (www.lakeclarkrair.com) can set up your floatplane taxis, or go with Alaska Alpine Adventures—they guide the route and arrange the floatplanes (www.alaskaalpineadventures.com).
Lake Clark National Park Guide
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
Photograph by Jon Massie, Alamy
Climb Mount LeConte
When to Go: March to October
Round-Trip: 10.4 Miles
Level: Moderate Peak Ascent
See the Trail Map
Sixers—mountains higher than 6,000 feet—have magical appeal in the Appalachians because they come with bragging rights (tallest in the East) as well as a cool series of habitat transitions and the region's most stellar views. A trudge up Mount LeConte (6,593 feet) takes you through hardwood forests to spruce and balsam and on to exposed cliffs that require steel-cable assistance. You'll also pass through Alum Cave, more of an overhang, which was once a source of saltpeter for the Confederate Army.
Inside Tip: Save the descent for another day by booking a room at the mountaintop LeConte Lodge (www.leconte-lodge.com).
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Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
Photograph by Ron Niebrugge, Alamy
Harding Icefield Trail
When to Go: July to September
Round-Trip: 8 miles
Level: Challenging Day Hike
See the Trail Map
Over the course of a steep, steady ascent—the trail gains nearly 1,000 feet a mile—you leave the world as you know it and enter the frigid realm of the Pleistocene epoch, or what's left of it. You'll skirt Exit Glacier along the way, and hear its cracking ice. But the Harding Icefield is the real payoff for your effort. It covers more than 700 square miles of the Kenai Mountains in the same glacial ice that blanketed much of south-central Alaska 23,000 years ago. Then, the vast, alien world of ice will take away what's left of your breath.
Insider Tip: Watch for black bears and mountain goats along the way. Pack dry clothes for your all-downhill return.
Kenai Fjords National Park Guide
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Yellowstone National Park, Idaho/Wyoming/Montana
Photograph by Rollie Rodriguez, Alamy
Bechler to Old Faithful
When to Go: Late August or September
One Way: 27 Miles, 4 Days
Level: Moderate Backpacking Trip
See the Trail Map
A traverse of the remote southwest corner of Yellowstone unspools a highlight reel of the park's wonders—the vast, wildflower-strewn Bechler Meadows, wildlife (moose and black bears), geysers, and a dazzling abundance of waterfalls. Above all else, of course, is a sense of immensity and remoteness. The four-day, three-night hike over rolling terrain traces the Bechler River through a spruce-forested canyon as it tumbles over Ouzel, Colonnade, and Iris Falls. After the Great Divide comes Lone Star Geyser (pictured, showtime every three hours), and more spouts are brewing in a geyser basin near Shoshone Lake, worth a two-mile side trip.
Insider Tip: Do this trip with a car shuttle. And don't miss a soak in the hot spring known as Mr. Bubble—take the short side trail along Ferris Fork River at Three Rivers Junction.
Yellowstone National Park Guide
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Isle Royale National Park, Michigan
Photograph by Tim Bieber, Getty Images
Greenstone Ridge Trail
When: May to September
One-Way Trip: 40 Miles, 4 Days
Level: Moderate Backpacking Trip
See the Trail Map
This four-day, three-night hike traces the spine of the densely forested Lake Superior island that gives the least visited national park in the system its name. Whenever the trail breaks out of the woods—most impressively, atop 1,394-foot Mount Desor—you get a grand sense of remoteness while gazing down on the isle, dozens of surrounding barrier islands, and the sparkling lake. Even more thrilling is the chance for wildlife encounters—moose feeding in trailside swamps, loons in the many lakes, and the haunting howls of wolves at night.
Insider Tip: Hike from the southwest to the northeast. The Voyageur II ferry (www.isleroyaleboats.com) from Grand Portage, Minnesota, will drop you off at Windigo and pick you up at Rock Harbor, where there's a small lodge (www.rockharborlodge.com).
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Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota
Photograph by Robert E. Barber, Alamy
Highland and Centennial Trails
When to Go: May to October
Round-Trip: 7.3 Miles
Level: Moderate Day Hike
See the Trail Map
Wind Cave is better known for what's found underground than what's above it—28,000 acres of great plains. This is why you'll probably have this unsung hike, one of the best in the National Park System, to yourself. The trails traverse mixed-grass prairie with soul-stirring long-distance views before rising into a solitary ponderosa pine forest. Silhouetted against those vistas are likely to be elk, bison, pronghorn, or mule deer.
Insider Tip: Take the candlelight cave tour for a sense of the cavern as its early visitors experienced it.
Wind Cave National Park Guide
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Redwood National Park, California
Photograph by James P. Blair, National Geographic
Redwood Creek Trail
When to Go: June to September
Round-Trip: 16 Miles, 2 Days
Level: Moderate Backpacking Trip
See the Trail Map
The first few miles of this hike pass through lovely forests of ferns, dogwoods, and alders. But the payoff comes when you cross a small bridge into the Tall Trees Grove and stand amid the tallest of the tall, the biggest of the big, the Himalaya of trees. They're as ancient as they are soaring. John Steinbeck called them "ambassadors from another time." Camp on the Redwood Creek gravel bar upstream of Bond Creek.
Insider Tip: Hyperion, the tallest tree in the world at 379 feet, is in this watershed, but you won't find a sign to point it out.
Redwood National Park Guide
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North Cascades National Park, Washington
Photograph by Drew Perine, MCT/Getty Images
Cascade Pass to Sahale Arm Trail
When to Go: July to September
Round-Trip: 12 Miles
Level: Challenging Day Hike
See the Trail Map
Cascade Pass Trail is the most direct route to the heady essence of the North Cascades—true alpine high country with craggy summits that look like multiplied Matterhorns. After six miles and nearly 4,000 feet of gain, you also come face-to-face with the foot of the Sahale Glacier and views of trophy peaks, such as Johannesburg, with its hanging glaciers, and even Rainier in the far distance on a clear day.
Insider Tip: Make it an overnight by camping at Sahale Glacier and bag 8,425-foot Sahale Peak by way of the glacier the next day. You'll need an ice ax and crampons.
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Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Photograph by Aurora Photos/Alamy
Old Rag Loop
When to Go: April to October
Round-Trip: 8.8 Miles
Level: Moderate Peak Ascent
See the Trail Map
Bagging 3,291-foot Old Rag is a venerable Blue Ridge Mountains tradition for good reason: You get a sweeping view of the range, ridge after ridge, for 100 miles in every direction on a clear day. Plus it's a worthy challenge, a 4WD hike that will employ all four limbs and then some. You'll have to scramble up some steep, heart-quickening granite pitches over the course of gaining at least 2,200 feet.
Insider Tip: Spring is a wonderful time to bag Old Rag. It's too early for snakes and bugs; streams and waterfalls go crazy; wildflowers pop; and blue-sky views abound, unhindered by leafed-out trees.
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Key witness in Apple-Samsung trial leaves Apple, doesn't want to testify
0. phoneArena 30 Jul 2012, 00:21 posted on
Shin Nishibori, the Apple employee whose designs based on an article in 2006 about Sony's handheld devices led to the look of the Apple iPhone, says that he no longer works at Apple and does not want to testify at the Apple-Samsung patent infringement trial which starts Monday...
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1. mukrenol (Posts: 90; Member since: 03 Sep 2011)
Apple is doing everything to prevent the witness to take the stands...
22. smartphone (Posts: 160; Member since: 21 Oct 2011)
Its a conspiracy by apple
They paid him nice and made him quit to appear fair in trails.
Its shameful for Apple to admit the award winning design is stolen.
Apple can never play fair in either trails or competition.
31. darkkjedii (Posts: 21204; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Man shutup
24. anywherehome (Posts: 971; Member since: 13 Dec 2011)
please, tell everyone who has an Apple device "it comes from rotten company".......it is important to show what is rotten and what do not support
https://sites.google com/site/corpsins/
27. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)
iHope he gets iSubpoenad, the last thing anyone wants on this is an iHung Jury.
43. Phullofphil (Posts: 801; Member since: 10 Feb 2009)
well for one thing what the heck was Sony thinking. I still think they don't fully grasp the market yet but what can you do know. Its either jump on android or hope on windows phone 8.
. I think it was members of led zeplin that said it best when they said every one of there songs where not there idea. They were techniques and ideas takin from there influences with music. Then put together in there own way to make music history and musicians do the Sam with there music. Ifs past down.
of course if you get down to brass tacks all the designs came from previous influences but what apple did with it is like zeplin did for rock and roll. They re wrote it. If apple did not come out with the iphone I think we would be five years back in tech or at the very liest no where near the quad core monsters we se today with tablets and phones. I personally think Samsung did copy not only apples phone but there business mode to a point. But really its a rectangle screen in a rectangle body. There is no others conclusion you can come to when designing a touch screen phone. It can really go no other way unless you add a keyboard. I really think apple probably coppied a little from Sony but I also think that the iphone was made as soon as the technology was available to do so and that shape is really the only conclusion you can get for a all touch screen phone. I am sure apple got ideas from other areas also but it was pretty original in all aspects from hardware to software and materials used.
I own a galaxy nexus and a galaxy s 3. One of my first smartphones was a Samsung omnia and I loved it. I do believe Samsung took ideas a little but like I said that shape should not be slowed to be patterned because its really the only shape you can get. Besides that I have both an iphone and these phones and they couldn't be more different as far as user experience goes. That goes to the credit of google more than anybody. A personal assistant app has been around before siri .
I guess I can go on for ever with my reasons why there should be know lawsuites in either way and let the consumer be the one rewarded with continued inovation from rivelry . But i n a side note if apple would stop exploiting foreign workers to save a couple dollars and start supporting our people in America and building the iphone here since we have the skilled workers I would gladly support them a lot more. They are a sudo American company and are making way too much profit not to support our country. We should tax the crap on them so they have to build here. Atliest freaking Mexico.
2. roscuthiii (Posts: 2217; Member since: 18 Jul 2010)
Oh no, that's not suspect at all...
5. SonyFTW2020 (Posts: 311; Member since: 03 May 2012)
3. ilia1986 (unregistered)
I just want everything to be over already!! I'm tired of this BS.
32. darkkjedii (Posts: 21204; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Now that's a post I agree with. No jabs jus truth
4. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
He's recovering from health issues? Yeah, 9 mm health issues...
6. SonyFTW2020 (Posts: 311; Member since: 03 May 2012)
This is getting really interesting...It sounds like something is going to be uncovered on Apple and Samsung may be the winner in the court room.....All in all Sony is going to get the praise for originality when its all said and done...SonyFTW
8. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
As I said in a previous thread, this is going to be great PR for Sony - the inventor of the original iPhone.
As far as Nishibori testifying, Meh. If the deposition was properly taken (as in video recorded), the attorneys for Sammy just play the tape of the part(s) they want to show to the jury. What is the saying - a picture is worth a thousand words? Well, with video depositions, they have pictures with the witness actually speaking the words.
9. SonyFTW2020 (Posts: 311; Member since: 03 May 2012)
hahahah a picture is worth a thousand words..... but a video! LOL
33. darkkjedii (Posts: 21204; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
And apple is the inventor of android
7. Mark.J.Linskiy (unregistered)
Judge Koh, really now? This is just ridiculous, as we all know this isn't the correct judge for the case.
10. lyndon420 (Posts: 4370; Member since: 11 Jul 2012)
I'm interested in what this guy would have to say.
11. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
That he used the Sony prototype and Sammy phone (F700?) as inspiration for the drawings he made of the iPhone design?
12. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Good news for Apple. From all the evidence that's coming out Samsung is in a lot of trouble. They could be looking at billions in losses and worldwide bans. It's sad that Samsung continues to blatantly copy Apple in the face of these lawsuits.
14. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
This response was funny. Its almost like the ramblings of a mad man....
A key witness doesnt wanna testify ....FOR APPLE...he just left Apple this month...
And this is good for them?
I'm no judge nor am I on the jury.....but it would have the wheels turning in my head....
16. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Our little taco has developed almost a knee-jerk response to anything Apple. If Apple were to lose this litigation, taco's response would likely be that the case got stream-lined for the appeal.
19. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
And I forgot to mention.....he drops the obligatory "copy Apple" phrase.....
I might begin to wonder if he really is a bot...
20. jalva30 (Posts: 14; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
Yea taco does have a response to everything! Sammy should win, and if apple some how does, it wouldn't be right. They can't just look at who has what patents, because obviously, by reading this artical, some of apples patents don't belong to them, they are just patenting everything that Nokia Sony and Samsung didnt patent. Becuase they don't care it's free enterprise. If Sony Samsung and Nokia patent everything they made apple wouldn't have been able to make a phone,
41. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
And your response to Samsung and android losing is that the judge is bribed. Samsung has lost cases in Germany, Australia and the US now. When will you admit Samsung has copied?
17. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
This will be a really easy win for Apple. All the evidence is on their side.
21. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
If so, why didn't Apple move for summary judgement? Because even they had to concede all the evidence was not on their side.
38. iami67 (Posts: 318; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
Taco what evidence are you looking at. Obviously not the evidence that they show in this article. Id like to know where you get your info from.
40. metoyou (Posts: 279; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
Do you know how SJ dead? cuz you sucks too much juice out of him taco!
15. jaafar2k (Posts: 17; Member since: 14 Oct 2011)
Come out of you're dreams taco
13. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
Duh Duh DUHNNN!!!
The plot thickens.....
Yea...someone said it the other day....this is gonna be one interesting case..
18. jalva30 (Posts: 14; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
I just can't stand apple anymore they are the only ones that have to patent little thing!! The technology should be for the constumers and should be able to be built on not patent, especially coming from an America company. If every company patent every idea there wouldn't be many phone manufactures. It's only apple and its going to force others into patenting everything from being afraid of being sued. Also it's funny that it's only the galaxy s phone and tablet line. Aka iPhone and iPad's biggest competition. Come on there are only so many designs you can do with the "candy bar" touch screen design. There isn't much you can do, your bound to get some that look the same. Buttthere is NO way any galaxy looks like the iPhone.! There are others that look more like the iPhone but since they aren't competition to apple they aren't sueing them
39. iami67 (Posts: 318; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
Serious the Iphone only has one button on the bottom. The galaxy has one button and two little ones its totally different lol. Its like when vanilla ice was getting sued by Queen for copyright and Vanilla Ice was like " No man its totally different Queen's song goes. da da da duh dun.... mine goes da da da duh dun teh...... Hear the difference its totally a different song." Same thing in this case its totally different lol
23. mukrenol (Posts: 90; Member since: 03 Sep 2011)
Another thing I am wondering about is why Sony is not involve?
25. ibap (Posts: 758; Member since: 09 Sep 2009)
Why does this have all the flavor of that 'lost' prototype iPhone?
26. Aeires (unregistered)
Why do I get the feeling this entire case is going to get thrown out.
28. ez31k (Posts: 45; Member since: 10 Jan 2012)
I'm surprised they haven't wacked Shin Nishibori.... Yet.....
29. Hammerfest (Posts: 383; Member since: 12 May 2012)
This doesnt reak of bulls**t or anything... no... totally legit...
Judge Koh first, now this guys... Samsung needs to start paying out more, fight bribes with bribes, Apple plays the judicial game like a pro, id even bet the jury is paid off as well.
30. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
wow, what a coincidence that the man that drew the original iphone sketches.. a long time apple employee.. just happens to quit/retire in the last 30 days.. right before all the evidence of apple's copying gets dropped to the media, then goes and says he's got "health issues".
aka, if he talks, the apple gestapo gets him. What bull crap. What kind of idiot still thinks apple has a legal leg to stand on after all of these little circus acts? A juror would have to be brain dead not to connect the dots.
34. metoyou (Posts: 279; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
Who the Fxxk grant the square design to rotten rapple at ipatent office must be shot dead. case closed!
35. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
Lol this just says it all
36. iami67 (Posts: 318; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
I wonder how much Apple is paying him off not to come to the stands. Friggin apple
37. metoyou (Posts: 279; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
C a p p l e (insert R between C and A) is a banned word? iphonearena :)
42. joseg81 (Posts: 194; Member since: 15 Jul 2011)
this all sounds fishy like one of those bad mob stories....nishibori is prolly "sleeping with the fishes" out in hawai'i lol
44. alannyny (Posts: 29; Member since: 27 Jun 2012)
I bet if Nishibori tries to sing like a canary, Apple will send one of its shadowy operatives to Hawaii and have him rubbed out. He'll be found in a smoki tiki lounge on the seedy side of Honolulu. So sad, another re-designer lost.
45. alannyny (Posts: 29; Member since: 27 Jun 2012)
Oh, just noticed joseg81 posted pretty much the same thing, right before me, an entire day earlier. Sorry, joseg81!


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Here's a look back at the career of redshirt-senior, Dorenzo Hudson. Hudson moved into 32nd Place on the VT career scoring list on Thursday night. He has 1,170 points heading into his final game at the Cassell on Sunday.
Zo Clutch was money at the end of games, hitting 3 game winners in his career, plus the clincher at uva this year.
Did you know Hudson was originally #2 his freshman year? He switched to #5 after Marcus Travis moved on.
Dorenzo has been a part of 79 Virginia Tech wins over the last 5 years (he missed the first 8 games of 2007-08, 1 games in 2009-10, and only played in 9 games last year). VT is 79-54 in games he's played in.
I'll post Victor Davila's video early next week — I'm hoping to get video from Senior Day on both guys.


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Saturday, November 9, 2013
Blowouts have been the name of the game the majority of the time in Goose Creek's impressive winning streak.
On Friday, the Gators had to win a slugfest to extend the streak to 37 games, surviving crosstown rival Stratford, 14-7, in front of a frenzied crowd at Stackley Field.
The Gators ended the regular season 11-0 with their seventh straight win in the series. The victory also gave Goose Creek the Region 7-AAAA title.
Stratford is 9-2, with both of those setbacks coming the last two weeks.
"It was just what I knew and what I said," GCHS coach Chuck Reedy said. "They're probably the best team we've played in the last two or three years."
Both teams will learn their playoff seeds Saturday and, by both coaches' math, the rivalry could be on center stage again in three weeks.
The Gators will be the No. 1 seed in the Class AAAA Div. II bracket and Stratford is likely going to fall to No. 4 or 5, meaning a matchup in the state semifinals could happen.
"We might have a chance to get back at them a little bit," SHS coach Ray Stackley said.
Neither team came close to its season averages in points and yards because both defensive units were dialed in.
Stratford's lone points, ironically, came on its first play from scrimmage on a double pass. Thad Thompson threw a 45-yard touchdown pass to K.J. Givens after hauling in a lateral from quarterback Jacob Park.
It took the Gators until the second quarter to answer. Fullback Evan McField capped an 86-yard drive with a 1-yard plunge.
Goose Creek's other score was set up by quarterback Dantez Bennamon's 65-yard scamper early in the third quarter. On fourth and goal, tailback Tyrik Johnson scored on a 5-yard run.
"What you saw was two really fine football teams," Stackley said. "We didn't make enough plays but we had some opportunities."
Stratford had the ball last and drove to Goose Creek's 47 before turning it over on downs. Gators defensive back Kenny Hampton swatted down a Park pass thrown deep into Goose Creek territory.
The Gators ran out the final 1:36.
Bennamon had 145 yards rushing and McField had 67 yards for the Gators, who came in averaging over 50 points a game.
Park was 14 of 32 with two interceptions, both by Gators defensive back Omar McRae. One of McRae's interceptions was at the goal line after Johnson's go-ahead score in the third quarter.
The Knights were averaging 32.2 points per game.
"We have a lot of confidence in our defense," Bennamon said, "and they kept stepping up."
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