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Receiver Justin Brown explained in a few simple words this past week one big example of why Penn State football as we've come to know it no longer exists.
"The past playbook was kind of simple," said Brown, pointing out the obvious, "but this one's a lot more creative."
We won't find out exactly how creative PSU's new offense is two weeks from now in the Blue-White Game, since Bill O'Brien and his staff likely won't tip their hands too much. But the spring game will give us some glimpses into the program's long-awaited foray into modern offensive football.
You know, the kind where there's more than one trick play - a reverse to a receiver that could be sniffed out by 100,000 fans in attendance, let alone opposing defensive players.
"Everybody's excited about the new offense," Brown said.
That even goes for the defensive players, who no longer will have the burden of doing everything themselves in hopes of surviving ugly, low-scoring games, even against mediocre competition.
"In practice, with the different looks that we're getting, it is exciting to see that something different is coming from the other side of the ball, that they're trying to score points every time they get on the field," safety Malcolm Willis said.
One of the big things PSU's offense has worked on this spring, Brown noted, has been getting receivers open in space. That's a huge component of a successful passing attack because it leads directly to the all-important stat of yards after the catch.
O'Brien is bringing a New England Patriots-themed offense to Happy Valley, and anyone who watched the Pats extensively knows they excel at gaining yards after the catch. Receiver Wes Welker led the NFL in that category in 2011 (732 of his 1,569 yards came after the reception), while tight end Rob Gronkowski was fourth (656 out of 1,327) and tight end Aaron Hernandez was ninth (519 out of 910).
The NCAA doesn't keep stats on yards after the catch, but that's typically been a problem for PSU receivers. It's tough to pad that stat when the offense relies so heavily on sideline routes and passes in the flat to the short side of the field, where defenders can use the sideline to their advantage.
Joe Paterno preferred that type of safe approach in the passing game because it limited mistakes and turnovers. It also severely limited the offense's ability to make big plays.
Paterno didn't want his offense to lose games.
O'Brien, on the other hand, wants his offense to win games.
That philosophy has been made clear to players on both sides of the ball this spring.
"The main thing about this offense and what coach O'Brien has already said is put points on the board and help the defense out," Brown said.
It seems to be a given that the Lions will throw the ball a lot under O'Brien. It may not be 35-40 times per game, especially with a standout running back like Silas Redd in the backfield, but the passing game will be a bigger factor going forward.
Some fans wonder if a heavy reliance on throwing the ball can work in the Big Ten, where the weather occasionally can be treacherous. But the key word there is occasionally, and frankly, that theory is overblown.
In reality, the overwhelming majority of Penn State's games are played in mild weather, conditions that favor the passing game rather than hurt it.
Last year, PSU's night game against Illinois at home was 32 degrees, but that was the only one all season below 40 and 10 games were above 50. In 2010, the home game against Michigan State was 35 degrees, while two were in the 40s and the rest above 50. In 2009, the home game against Minnesota was in the mid-30s, two were in the 40s and the rest above 50.
Also, anyone who thinks a northeast team can't win relying so heavily on passing needs only to be reminded of the Patriots. After coaching in New England, don't think O'Brien will be too worried about the impact of the weather in central Pennsylvania or the rest of the Big Ten.
The biggest keys to having the kind of offense O'Brien wants to have at Penn State are a smart, decisive quarterback who can make good decisions and deliver the ball on target so receivers can run after the catch, plus a strong offensive line that gives the quarterback time to make those reads.
Matt McGloin, for all of his question marks, does throw the 8- to 12-yard routes very well, and that's a requirement in the Patriot-style offense. Rob Bolden has not shown an ability to throw short passes well, and we don't yet know about Paul Jones.
It will be interesting to see how much time each of those three get with the first-team offense in the Blue-White Game.
The offensive line has been a big problem at PSU for years, but the major change now is that one coach, not two, is in charge of the entire line. Mac McWhorter is calling all the shots as the line coach after Dick Anderson and Bill Kenney split those duties, and all linemen now take part in the same meetings, as opposed to being split into groups life before.
"It is different," center Matt Stankiewitch said. "I like this way. It makes us more of a unit."
The Lions have spent a lot of time this spring working on the no-huddle offense and picking up the pace, which is another change from years past.
"We're going to be out of breath," Stankiewitch said of the no-huddle impact on the offensive line, "but the thing is we're going to keep the defense on the field ... and keep them on their heels."
From now on, all teams preparing to play Penn State will have to be on their heels trying to figure out what the Lions' offense will try to do. Predictability is a thing of the past, and later this fall, no one anywhere in college football will know exactly what to expect from O'Brien's offense.
"It's a very exciting time for Penn State," Stankiewitch said. "It's an exciting time for our football team."
Anyone who enjoys a good, aggressive offense certainly would agree.
Cory Giger is the host of "Sports Central" from 4 to 6 p.m. daily on ESPN Radio 1430 WVAM. Reach him at 949-7031 or @CoryGiger on Twitter.


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Referring to Decembers Intl Herald Tribunes article (Madoff dealings tarnish a private Swiss bank), Koechlin reiterated that UBP has had no direct link with the Fairfield Group (FGG).
UBPs relationship with FGG, contrary to what has been reported, is based solely on an advisory management agreement. Such agreements are common among professional fund managers. The advisory management agreement was done directly with the directors of the FoHFs division at Fairfield.
Fairfields FoHFs have to be widely diversified (they include around 40 underlying funds), and this is how Madoff became part of the diversification process. FGG managed 4 FoHFs within this specialized division, where UBP played an advisory role.
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Near Term Trend: Neutral to Negative
Fridays Close: 3019 (- 17)
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Originally a racial slur directed at Filipinos created by American Soldiers during WWII meaning "fucking little island people." However, many Filipinos today have come to use the term when referring to the word Filipino. Also, a recent ad campaign for a company in the Philippines changed the meaning to "Fine Looking Island People"
WWII Soldier: Damn! Where are those FLIPS? They were supposed to reinforce us an hour ago.
автор: DtodaAtodaEtodaB 1 сентября 2006
A derrogatory term meaning "fucking little island people", usually used to insult those of Filipino ancestry.
I hate that fucking, flip!
автор: jay pimpizzle 7 июня 2005
A Deragatory term used against those of Filipino culture. The word is an Acronym for the phrase "F**KING LITTLE ISLAND PERSON" or "F**KING LITTLE ISLAND PEOPLE"...etc..
an example isnt needed...
the example is the stupidity in those that use the term without knowing its meaning and origin.
the example is the stupidity in those that use the term without knowing its meaning and origin.
автор: anonomic 29 мая 2005
To take a sample of an old song and change it or rework it into something new in different
Did you hear the way he flipped that on 80's joint...It was phat
автор: mxjcmxjc 10 июля 2008
acronym that stands for "Fuck Love I'm Pimpin"; anyone who's not ready for love yet, through with love, or just wants to chill and have fun without getting to serious in relationships
Johnny said he loves me but I can't deal with that right now, Im in F.L.I.P mode
автор: simona88 21 марта 2007
1. My head flippin hurts!
2. Let's flip this weekend
3. I got flipped off!
2. Let's flip this weekend
3. I got flipped off!
автор: JKix 20 мая 2005
A derrogatory term for filipinos, means Fucking Little Island People, as some soldiers would call filipinos during world war two. The teenager of our days now use it as a name for filipinos, which is not right at all since they should be educated on the roots of that word.
WW2 Soldier - These fucking flips better hurry up and make their own weapons because we aint helping them make it.
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STEUBENVILLE - Watch out for the Wildcats.
The Edison volleyball team claimed its second OVAC Tournament title in three years as the Wildcats claimed the Class 5A championship Saturday afternoon at the Crimson Center at Steubenville High School.
The Wildcats began the day by defeating Jefferson County and Buckeye 8 rival Indian Creek, 25-23, 27-25, to advance to the tournament final. In the final, Edison made the key plays down the stretch to pull out a thrilling three-game victory over Parkersburg South, 25-16, 20-25, 25-22.
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The Edison volleyball team celebrates their OVAC Class 4A volleyball title on Saturday in Steubenville. (Photo by Aaron Petchal)
With the two wins, the Wildcats end the regular season 10 games over .500 at 16-6.
"It means a lot," second-year Edison head coach Leah Snyder said about winning the tournament title. "I can't explain it. We went from a 6-14 season last year to a 14-6 season this year. We missed the OVAC's last year. This is special."
Individually for Edison against Parkersburg South, Katie Davidson delivered five points, five kills, 11 assists and five digs, Katelyn Pollock collected six points, one ace, 14 kills and two digs and Cassady Jarvis recorded four points, three aces, eight kills and two blocks.
Also, Caitlin Brenstuhl tallied four points, three aces, three kills, 10 assists and four digs, Kylie Smith chipped in with two points, one ace and eight digs and Hannah Johns scored two points to go along with one kill and one dig.
Finally, Alexis Gill added three blocks and one dig.
Edison entered the tournament as the No. 4 seed. Parkersburg South was seeded third. Indian Creek was the top seed in the tournament, and University was seeded second.
The Wildcats claimed the Class 3A tournament tile back in 2010. Chuck Woodward was the head coach of the Wildcats that season, and Snyder served as one of his assistants.
Edison was the No. 4 seed that year before upsetting two-higher seeds en route to winning the championship.
"It was 4 versus 1, just like it was two years ago," Snyder said. "It was a lot like this year."
In 2010, Edison upset top-seeded Buckeye Trail, 22-25, 25-22, 25-20, in the semifinals. Then in the finals, Edison defeated No. 3 seed Tyler Consolidated, 12-25, 25-23, 25-14, to win the title.
Buckeye Trail defeated No. 2 seed St. Clairsville, 25-18, 25-18, in the consolation final.
The Silver Knights knocked off the Red Devils, 25-21, 25-23, in the semifinals to advance to the championship game.
Saturday's semifinal was the third meeting this season between Edison and Indian Creek. The two teams split during the regular season. The Redskins are one of the Wildcats' main rivals.
"The girls were not pumped at all," Snyder joked about her team's level of excitement going into and after the match against the Redskins.
For the Wildcats against the Redskins, Davidson ended up with four points, two kills, one block, six assists and one dig, Pollock tallied two points, one ace, 13 kills, two blocks and three digs and Brenstuhl collected five points, one ace, one kill, one block, 16 assists and seven digs.
Also, Jarvis delivered five points, five aces, three kills and four blocks, Johns netted five points, three kills, two blocks and three digs and Smyth contributed two points, one kill and six digs.
Finally, Gill finished with two kills and five blocks.
The Patriots rallied to defeat the Hawks, 16-25, 25-16, 25-18, in the semifinals inside the Joseph Stern Gymnasium.
Indian Creek defeated University, 25-16, 25-18, in the consolation final.
Under the guidance of Snyder, the Wildcats have made a big turnaround this season.
"I have told everyone last year was my fault completely," Snyder said. "I put too much in at once."
Prior to winning the 5A championship, the Wildcats struggled in matches played on Saturdays throughout the regular season. Edison lost to Meadowbrook, Oak Glen, Beaver Local and Carrollton in matches played on the sixth day of the week.
The Golden Bears swept the Wildcats during the season.
"Today was a step forward," Snyder said. "I have been with these girls since I started. I love them to death. You would love them too."
Snyder has now won OVAC titles in volleyball at Edison as an assistant coach, a head coach and as a player. As a player for the Wildcats, Snyder won OVAC titles as a freshman in 2001 and as a senior in 2004.
"I was just looking at the banners," Snyder said. "They are not even close to feeling the same.
"We miss Chuckie. Chuckie was a motivator. He really knew how to motivator the girls. It is hard not having him here."
The Wildcats will have to wait a couple of days to find out their next opponent. Edison will play at 7:30 p.m. in an Ohio Division II Eastern District Sectional Semifinal down at St. Clairsville High School. Edison will play the winner of Monday night second's quarterfinal between East Liverpool and Meadowbrook.
The Colts defeated the Potters, 25-15, 22-25, 25-19, to claim the OVAC Class 4A title Saturday.
East Liverpool defeated Edison in sectional play last year.


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I made my favorite brownies yesterday, with the help of a chocolatey little chef.
You can find me here at NaBloPoMo.
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What a messy cutie pie!
Selah is very concerned that Gray has chocolate on his shirt and face! LOLReplyDelete
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Yum. I'm going to make these this weekend for my little friend who has an egg allergy. Cute Gray.ReplyDelete
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Yum! Couldn't you just eat him right up? :)ReplyDelete
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While he can come across as a cranky curmudgeon with a short fuse, veteran comedian, author, actor and commentator Lewis Black is actually quite the optimist — despite what to him seems like blatant lunacy in Washington and around the country.
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Black, who has released eight stand-up comedy albums and has published three best-selling books, returns to the North Charleston Performing Arts Center this week as part of his The Rant is Due tour, an audience-interactive trip on the heels of "Old Yeller," his ninth official comedy special (released digitally through InDemand in August).
"Some of this Rant is Due thing involves taking messages and tweets from people and just going off on them," the Grammy Award-winning stand-up comedian says. "A lot of time, it's more fun to go off on something spontaneously than to do a bit you've working on for months. The 'Old Yeller' title is pretty obvious. A friend told me, 'You really should call this Old Yeller,' and then I got excited about putting my face within a yellow lab's face."
Black has been a fixture on the U.S. comedy scene for years. His fevered frustration and fascination with politics and current events has fueled his observational humor on stage as part of his edgy stand-up performances as well his hilarious, tirade-like, profanity-laden "Back in Black" commentaries on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," which date to 1996.
"A lot of my rants stem from reading well-written editorials, because those writers actually do research, so I don't have to spend my day wandering around looking for it," Black says of his daily news searches. "A lot of it comes from well-written analysis online. Most of the time, I feel like I'm in college doing a term paper."
As he's done on previous specials like "Me of Little Faith" and "In God We Rust," Black rails against what he considers to be blatant incompetence and irresponsibility of elected officials in power.
"They really are functioning in a bubble," Black says of the current government. "They have no clue as to what's really going on outside and the way in which we feel. But it's not really about the politician or celebrity; it's about the effect. They're the starting point for how their stupid point of view and their nonsense affects us on a day-to-day level."
When Black headlined the PAC last year, the 2012 presidential race was in full swing. As always, national politics played well into his set as he commented, grumbled and raved about the characters and issues involved.
"Much of what I've come up with recently comes from the staggering inability for us to really do anything collectively anymore," Black says. "That's what's been on my mind this year. It's as if somehow, if we were to function as one, it would be seen as communism. It's beyond appalling at this point."
Black's gruff, amusingly combative style is aimed at the most ridiculous aspects of current events, American pop culture and the seediest corners of world politics.


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MARTINSBURG - Martinsburg Moose Lodge 120 invites the public to "Take a Rock and Roll" road trip at 8 p.m. Oct. 6 when the Rick K. & The Allnighthers perform at the lodge. The event is open to the public and tickets are on sale at the social quarters.
For more information, call 304-671-0356.
Local performances announced today
CHARLES TOWN - A "Jam Night" will be held from 8 to 11 p.m. today at Paddy's Irish Pub with Billy Thompson and Friends. In addition, Beasley's, a tavern bookstore, will present Jay Powell solo concert from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday. No cover.
Billy Thompson will perform from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Dub V Pub, in Martinsburg.
Stoney Creek
performances set
HEDGESVILLE - Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band announces the following concert appearances:
Saturday, 1:30 p.m.: Orr's Farm Market, Martinsburg;
Sept. 22, 10:30 a.m.: Charles Town Heritage Festival;
Sept. 29, 2 p.m.: Paramount Baptist Church, Hagerstown, Md.
Oct. 5, 2:30 p.m.: Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival, Manteo, N.C.
The Friends of Music gives lineup
SHEPHERDSTOWN - Friends of Music (FOM) launches a much anticipated 2012-13 season with a performance by the Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra at 8 p.m. Saturday. Guest Conductor Jed Gaylin will be at the podium in the Frank Arts Center at Shepherd University. Gaylin is the music director of the Bay Atlantic Symphony, principal guest conductor of the National Radio and Film Philharmonic, principal conductor of the Cape May Music Festival, and music director of the Johns Hopkins Symphony Orchestra.
2012-13 Friends of Music Concert Calendar lineup includes:
Oct. 12, 8 p.m.: Caroline Hong;
Nov. 6, 8 p.m.: Georgia Guitar Quartet;
Nov. 10, 8 p.m.: Masterworks Chorale at St. James Catholic Church
Nov. 11, 7 p.m.: Masterworks Chorale at Frank Center
Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m.: Annual Holiday Gala, with reception immediately afterwards at the Cress Creek Country Club
Dec. 2, 3 p.m.: Annual Holiday Gala;
Feb. 23, 8 p.m.: The Merling Trio;
March 2, 8 p.m.: Jazz Festival Concert with Anat Cohen;
March 9, 8 p.m.: Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra;
March 28, 8 p.m.: The Lee Konitz New Quartet;
April 13, 8 p.m.: Masterworks Chorale at St. James Catholic Church
April 14, 7 p.m.: Masterworks Chorale
April 10, 8 p.m.: Bonus Concert with The 5 Browns (not included in subscription)
Unless otherwise noted all concerts will be performed at the Frank Center
The Friends of Music is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports and promotes musical excellence at Shepherd University and throughout the region.
For subscription, ticket and all FOM information, call Melissa Huemfpner at 304-876-5785, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.sufom.org.
Band competition to be held Saturday
MARTINSBURG - The Martinsburg High School Band Spectacular Marching Band Competition will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Cobourn Field at Martinsburg High School.
Admission is $6 per adult; $4 for students and senior citizens; and children 5 and under are admitted free.
Pen Mar Park Music Series set
CASCADE, Md. - The Pen Mar Park 2012 Summer Music Series has announced the following lineup. Musicians and groups will perform from 2 to 5 p.m. in the 4,000-square foot dance pavilion. Concerts are held rain or shine.
Sunday: Variety;
Sept. 23: The Josh Tindall Combo;
Sept. 30: For Dancers Only Orchestra.
Concerts are free and open to the public. For more information, call 240-313-2807.
Opera House to host live music
SHEPHERDSTOWN - The Shepherdstown Opera House has announced the following lineup:
Monday: Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk;
Oct. 27: Titled Torch: Spook-o-rama;
Nov. 8: Davina and the Vagabonds;
Nov. 20: Larry Keel and Natural Bridge;
Admission ranges from $5 to $30, depending on the concert, and more information is available at www.OperaHouseLive.com.
Banks coming
to Hagerstown
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Victoria Banks, Canadian Country Music Award-winning Female Vocalist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year, will perform her songs of life and love at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at The Maryland Theatre. Single tickets for this performance will be sold at the door; $25 for adults, $10 for students.
All Hagerstown Association concerts are presented at the historic downtown Maryland Theatre, celebrating its 97th anniversary.
For more information, call 301-790-0980 or visit www.hagerstownliveonstage.com.
Music superstar Avicii to perform
MORGANTOWN One of electronic dance music's biggest names, Avicii, will play the WVU Coliseum Sept. 20. Showtime is set for 7:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at the Mountainlair and Creative Arts Center box offices, online at ticketmaster.com, or by calling 304-293-SHOW or 800-745-3000.
This event is produced by WVU Arts & Entertainment. For additional event information, call 304-293-SHOW or visit events.wvu.edu. Like wvuevents on Facebook and follow @wvuevents on Twitter for the most up-to-date show information.
benefit concert set
SHEPHERDSTOWN - The 8th annual concert for the benefit of the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association Inc. (SBPA) will be held Sept. 21 at the Train Station at Shepherdstown. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. and entertainment will begin at 8 p.m. Don Oehser and Todd Coyle will provide the entertainment. A $10 donation is requested at the door. There will be free food, adult beverages for a small donation and soft drinks.
For more information, visit www.battleofshepherdstown.org.
Scott Brannon Band to perform
ARCADIA, Md. - The Scott Brannon Band, a traditional bluegrass music band will perform from noon to 5 p.m. and from 3 to 8 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Arcadia Bluegrass Festival. The concert from 3 to 8 p.m. will include David Davis and Lloyd Douglas, in a tribute to Ray Davis. For more information, email Scott Brannon at firstname.lastname@example.com.
performances set
WINCHESTER, Va. - Shenandoah Conservatory Performances announced the programs for the 2012-13 season. Featuring a diverse lineup of music, theatre, and dance, the season runs between September and April. Performances will be held in the Armstrong Concert Hall and will include:
Sept. 22, 8 p.m.: "Inspirations" by the Wind Ensemble
Sept. 23, 7 p.m.: Red Baraat - a fusion of Indian folk, world music, jazz and funk
Sept. 28, 8 p.m.: Jazz Ensemble, "Swinging with the Music of Count Basie"
Sept. 29, 8 p.m.: Symphony Orchestra will perform All Brahms
Sept. 30, 3 p.m.: "The World of the Piano," by Awadagin Pratt
For more information or tickets, call 540-665-4569 or visit www.ConservatoryPerforms.org.
Symphony presents War of 1812
LEESBURG, Va. - On Sept. 23, the Loudoun Symphony, together with the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership, Visit Loudoun and the Town of Leesburg, will present "1812: An American Celebration," a festival of words and music that will be the largest War of 1812 Bicentennial celebration in the greater Washington, D.C., region. The festival will be held at 2 p.m. at Leesburg's Ida Lee Park.
Gates open at 2 p.m. A fife and drum corps will welcome attendees as they arrive. The West Point Alumni Glee Club will perform at 3 p.m. and the Loudoun Symphony Orchestra's concert will begin at 4 p.m. The concert will last approximately 90 minutes. Advance general admission tickets are $20. Children under 12 enter for free.
For more information or tickets, visit www.1812Concert.org.
Music at the Library slated
SUMMIT POINT - The South Jefferson Public Library is pleased to announce yet another in its series of "Music at the Library" performances. Set Theory, featuring special guest Chris Vadala, will perform a free concert on the lawn of the library at 3 p.m. Sept. 30. The library is located at 49 Church St., corner of Church and Summit Point Roads, in Summit Point. In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be held in the library's meeting room on the same date and at the same time.
The audience is encouraged to bring lawn chairs and to please refrain from smoking on library property. Refreshments will be served. Come early to experience local artist William McGinnis exhibit acrylic paintings in the library's meeting room.
For additional information, contact Sue Floyd, the program coordinator, at email@example.com or call 304-725-6227.
Open mic event set for Oct. 5
SHEPHERDSTOWN - First Friday Coffeehouse will present Connor Garvey in concert on Oct. 5 at Trinity Orchard House, 4599 Shepherdstown Road. Doors open for social time and sign-up for the open mic hour at 7:30 p.m. All open mic participants should be there early to get a slot to perform three to five songs.
For more information, call Steve Warner at 304-676-4422 or 304-876-2915 or visit www.myspace.com/firstfri daycoffeehouse.


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The Stetson softball team recently completed its four-week fall season that included full team practices and four exhibiton games against local junior colleges.
With a roster 16 student-athletes deep including seven newcomers to the sqaud, head coach Frank Griffin had several opportunities to look at a variety of different line-ups and defensive combinations.
"I saw some young talent, and it looks they're going to be able to produce some runs for us," Griffin said. "We have more depth this year than we have had recently. The girls are very energetic, they work hard in practice and they stay focused on what they are working on."
The Hatters were impressive in their fall competitions, outscoring their opponents 59-10 over the four extended games. Splitting time in the circle were junior Meredith Owen, redshirt sophomore Taylor Cochran, and sophomore Courtney Brandt.
"I thought the pitchers did very well," Griffin said. "Considering the amount of time we had to practice I thought their control and poise was where it should be for this time of year. They pitched themselves out of a lot tough situations, like bases loaded or second and third. It's always good to be in those situations in the fall to see how they responded and I thought they responded very well."
Stetson also responded well at the plate, scoring in several different innings each game and hitting a total of seven home runs during the fall. Senior Jordan Cleghorn hit one of those home runs - a grand slam against Lake-Sumter State College.
"Of my four years being here, I think this is by far the strongest I have seen our hitting," Cleghorn said. "We have so much depth on our team that there is no weak spot in the lineup. The newcomers have really stepped up and adjusted to college ball so far. They are going to be a huge part in the success of this team."
Several of the freshmen made strong first impressions, including Morgan Hatch who hit two home runs, Brittany Hawn who had a pair of triples and scored 10 runs, and Jessica Griffin who went 10-for-20 with eight RBI.
"I thought the hitters did an outstanding job," Frank Griffin said. "Of course we didn't face great pitching until the last day, but we still had several players hit over .400, and some over .500 for the fall season."
Other offensive standouts included junior Chrissy Morello who led the team with 13 hits and Brandt who homered twice against Daytona State.
Owen thinks the potent offense could make things more comfortable for the pitchers.
"I feel like the pitchers can breathe a little bit because we have so many people who we can depend on to hit," Owen said. "I think overall our pitchers did really well, but we still have a few things we need to work on. The newcomers did a fantastic job this fall, but we all need to keep working to prepare for the better competition we will see in the spring."
With team practice over, the Hatters will continue their strength and conditioning and small group workouts over the final few weeks of the semester. Griffin emphasized the importance of the players coming back in game-ready condition when practice resumes in January.
"They have been working really hard in the weight room and conditioning, and my biggest concern is that they just continue to do that over the break," Griffin said. "We don't want to start over in January when they get back."
Even though the start of the season is still three months away, the Hatters have concluded fall practice with high expectations for the spring.
"I am extremely excited about our spring season and I think we have a real chance at going above and beyond a conference championship," Cleghorn said.
The spring schedule will be announced later this month.


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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — A man was hospitalized after a collision along the main stretch of highway through town Tuesday afternoon.
A red Ford Mustang was pulling left onto Highway 28 in front of the Raley's Center when it reportedly clipped the side of a silver Lexus GX470 heading westbound at about 1:15 p.m.
The Lexus spun out of control, said Deputy Paul Longshore of the Washoe County Sheriff's Office, and struck the Tahoe Regional Transit Authority bus shelter along the highway near the pedestrian crosswalk.
Incline Village resident Amanda Gray witnessed the incident. She was heading to the crosswalk from the south side of the highway, heard a crash and saw the Lexus flip twice and crash into the bus stop.
"I ran over to the SUV and started talking to the poor old man inside," she said. "(He) was conscious and talking. He knew his name, where he was and what had happened. He seemed like he was a bit shaken up, obviously, and kept saying 'I'm fine, I'm fine.'"
North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District chief Mike Brown said the man was taken to a local hospital for evaluation. The extent of his injuries were unknown.
Traffic on Highway 28 was reduced to one lane in front of Raley's for more than a half hour while the scene was cleared.
WCSO, Nevada Highway Patrol and NLTFPD responded. NHP is investigating the accident.
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Butterfly Magic, a tropical wonderland in Tucson!
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Oct through May
9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. daily
Butterfly Magic is Tucson's only tropical butterfly greenhouse and one of the most diverse in the country. Guests can marvel at the spectacular sight of hundreds of butterflies fluttering about amongst lush tropical flora. Throughout the season, over 120 different varieties of butterflies from 11 different countries make their way to the Tucson Botanical Gardens. The butterflies come to the Gardens in their pupae stage and emerge in the chrysalis exhibit right in front of guests' eyes!
Butterfly Magic is also home to colorful South American dart frogs. There are currently four vibrant dart frog varieties in the exhibit: Tinctorius 'Oyapok' (white with bright blue legs and black spots), Tinctorius 'Citronella (vibrant yellow and blue with streaks of black), Azureus (beautiful blue with black speckles), and Leucomelas (radiant yellow with strong black stripes and splotches).
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Del Webb residents Dan and Isabelle Oswald are more than "Just- Good -Enough", they are wonderful! Ask the numerous people they have ministered to and all will agree. "Just- Good-Enough" also happens to be the name Dan chose to call their musical senior ministry group. The witty title was derived from how many times the group felt they needed to practice their music. Everyone believed that more was better however Dan jokingly voted that three times was just good enough to deliver their Christian message.
Their ministry originated in Philadelphia as a bible study group. Eventually music was added. Dan sang and played the saxophone, their daughter accompanied him on her flute and a piano and guitar player completed the bill. Isabelle introduced songs while delivering an inspirational message. The group was well received within their community and before long they were averaging twenty visits a month to senior centers throughout the city. As Dan so lovingly states, "Isabelle's forte is her gift to connect to the people." Through her banter, she becomes the glue between the "Just- Good- Enough" volunteers and the audience.
Soon Dan and Isabelle found themselves answering to another kind of calling, one that would require they leave the Philadelphia area. Before heading to Summerville, Dan and Isabelle made one final appearance with their "Just- Good-Enough" group. While at a nursing facility they met a couple who had recently brought their elderly mother there to live. As it turned out, the mother had resided in Summerville for several years. God sometimes works His messages in strange ways, Dan recalled.
As was in Philadelphia, today their appreciative fan base are the residents of assisted living homes, skilled care facilities, senior day care centers, independent living, veteran homes and churches. After seventeen year of spreading their message through music, their repertoire of songs has grown from twelve to over one hundred and thirty. Dan and Isabelle are quick to add that each song they play has a personal message. Many tunes are the favorites of their audience.
"Just-Good-Enough" currently visits around twelve senior facilities and churches within the Summerville and surrounding areas. Most performances are the result of word of mouth endorsements or through business card circulation. Dan and Isabelle are aware that not everyone is open to Christianity yet their music has been embraced by a vast cross section of denominations and cultures. While it is their purpose to deliver a message, they also get back so much more from the people they play for. Along with their reminder of faith and goodness, they also hope to bring laughter and joy to people's lives. Music is universal and uplifting, in itself it is a form of bonding with others and as Dan says, "Old music evokes memories of the past." It brings life back to patients. All of us have a story to tell; all of us have made a contribution to society.
"Just-Good-Enough" is comprised of a few good folks who reside at Del Webb Cane Bay and a few outside area folks as well. Current membership is made up of rotating individuals, with no commitment attached. The Oswalds are always looking for additional volunteers of all faiths, willing to bring peace and love to senior citizens via joyful music and inspirational messages; fine people who are just good enough to make a difference in someone's life.
For more information regarding their group or to request an appearance, please call
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If you were at the Good Samaritan in Belington on July 25 you would have heard the sound of Christmas carols as the residents gathered to celebrate Christmas in July! The members of Belington......
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Tuesday, January 23, 2001
By SCHUYLER KROPF
Of The Post and Courier staff
Small pox. Tuberculosis. Fever. These are some of the diseases
archaeologists will worry about when the excavation of the Confederate submarine Hunley
begins this morning in North Charleston.
Chances are no killer germ survived 137 years at the bottom of
the ocean. But in a low-oxygen environment, it's hard to tell.
"We have no indication that any of these men were
sick," Hunley project manager Dr. Bob Neyland said Monday. "But you have to take
extra precautions."
Gloves and goggles are within the rules of safety, and so are
injections for tetanus.
After five months of prep work, scientists will make their first
formal entry into the sub today at Warren Lasch Conservation Lab where public tours have
been temporarily suspended and sub access sealed off except for the very few.
The first task is to scoop out - by hand - the sub's silt-filled
back compartment. Scientists will stick their hands through a 3-foot-long tear in the
right stern (rear) - a ballast area not far from the propeller - that likely was punched
decades ago by a wayward anchor.
Here, archaeologists will pull out cupfuls of silt hoping to
expose the Hunley's mechanics, including the steering rod controlled by Lt. George Dixon
on the night of Feb. 17, 1864, when the Hunley attacked and sank the USS Housatonic.
"I think in the next several months this project will really
have a sizzle factor to it in terms of ... secrets coming out," said Sen. Glenn
McConnell, chairman of the state Hunley Commission.
The center compartment, where the Hunley's nine-man crew sat,
probably won't be entered until mid-February. Team members working there hope to find
pieces of bone, trinkets, buttons, clothes, crew personal items and perhaps maps and
The Hunley is "the world's finest time capsule,"
McConnell said. It "has defied the laws of time."
He also dispelled rumors that some of the sand now filling the
sub might be sold and marketed as a fund-raising novelty for the project, expected to cost
millions. No such selling is envisioned because the Hunley is first and foremost a war
grave for nine men, McConnell said.
"We felt that would have been selling the contents of a
coffin," he added.
Neyland said the tons of sand that will be removed might one day
be returned to the site of the wreck - 4 miles off Charleston - and ceremoniously dumped
back into the ocean.
Before that happens, the layers of sand inside the sub will be
mapped so archaeologists can tell how fast the Hunley filled with silt after sinking. EL
The trickiest part will be entering the human compartment between the sub's two hatch
towers. The plan now is to remove at least three of the eight semi-circular panels that
cover that section.
Archaeologists first must examine the inside of the rear chamber
so they can determine how the back side of the rivets are sunk. So far, several attempts
at X-raying the sub and those rivets have been unfruitful.
"The sub is full of wet sand, and wet sand effectively
blocks X-rays," Neyland said.
The cold water storage tank now holding the sub won't be fully
drained during the excavation so that the sub stays wet and chilled, a factor that could
also reduce the spread of any disease.
When the crew's remains are removed, they will be buried at the
Hunley plot at Magnolia Cemetery alongside two other Hunley crews. They also might lie in
state inside the Statehouse.
Since the tours started last fall, more than $600,000 has been
raised for the project, said Warren Lasch, chairman of Friends of the Hunley. He said the
project has been so successful, it has become the benchmark of modern-day recoveries.
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Arild Remmereit
In September 2010 the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra appointed Arild Remmereit as its eleventh Music Director, now in his second season of a four-year term. Mr. Remmereit's predecessors include illustrious conductors such as Eugene Goosens, Erich Lesindorf and David Zinman.
Over a five-month period in 2005, conductor Arild Remmereit made five dramatic debuts with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, Milan's Filarmonica della Scala, the Munich Philharmonic and the Vienna Symphony, quickly establishing himself as a major talent on the international scene.
The New York Times wrote of his Pittsburgh debut: "…he showed utter self-assurance, using clear and wide-ranging gestures, particularly in a breathtakingly dynamic reading of the Schumann [Symphony No. 4]… The only thing listeners seemed to want to talk about afterward was Mr. Remmereit. 'Sensational' was the word heard most frequently."
The prestigious Wiener Zeitung hailed his performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 with the Vienna Symphony as "the sensation of the evening. …The orchestra played with unequaled precision."
Remmereit was immediately re-engaged in Pittsburgh, Vienna, Milan and Baltimore, and since then has conducted a number of other prominent orchestras around the world, including the Detroit Symphony, where he appears frequently, England's Hallé Orchestra, the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale in Florence, the National Arts Center Orchestra (NACO) in Ottawa, the Dallas Symphony, the Cincinnati Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Montreal Symphony, the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, the Bamberg Symphoniker, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Seattle Symphony, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic, and the Seoul Philharmonic, among many others. In 2005 he made an acclaimed debut at the Teatro alla Scala conducting Tchaikovsky's opera Cherevicki.
In addition to his duties as Music Director in Rochester, highlights of the 2012-13 season include return engagements with the Pittsburgh Symphony and the NACO (Ottawa), which he conducts in subscription and on tour, and debuts with both the Naples Philharmonic and Orchestre Symphonique de Québec.
Born in Norway, Remmereit began piano lessons at the age of six, studied trumpet and performed as a boy soprano. In 1986 he graduated from the Norwegian Conservatory of Music, earning master degrees in voice, piano (jazz and classical), and composition. It was at a conducting seminar in 1985 at the Aspen Music Festival that he was inspired to change his focus. From 1987 to 1992 he studied conducting in Vienna under the direction of Prof. Karl Österreicher at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, where he also participated in a master class with Zubin Mehta. Remmereit studied with Leonard Bernstein at the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, and assisted him in several recordings in Vienna between 1987 and 1990.


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|Dr. Evil: As you know, every diabolical scheme I've hatched has been thwarted by Austin Powers. And why is that, ladies and gentlemen?
Scott: Because you never kill him when you get the chance, and you're a dope?
|-- Austin Powers: The Spy who Shagged Me


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Another year and hunting season is about to come to an end. The year 2011 has been unusual in some respects.
The harvest for the two-week buck gun season was much better than most people expected. While some of the game biologists anticipated an increase over last year, most of them did not expect a whopping 37 percent increase over the 2010 harvest. The weather for nearly half of the two weeks of buck season was downright terrible here in Randolph County. I know that I will be eager to see the total harvest figure for all of the deer seasons (antlerless, archery, buck and muzzleloader) we have in this state.
Another thing I find unusual is the number of mature or older-aged bucks that were taken this year. I think the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources will be handing out more of those "Big Buck Certificates" than it has for several years in the past.
In last week's column, I briefly described several of the hunting accidents and incidents that happened this past fall. I hope no one gets the wrong impression that sport hunting is a dangerous activity because the opposite is true. I have said in past columns that hunting is a very safe sport and will stand up to that conviction. This past deer season, approximately 275,000 hunters went after that "big buck." The number of hunters or individuals who had to have hospital emergency room services because of hunting incidents (accidental shooting, tree stand falls, heart attacks, etc.) is a very small fraction of 1 percent when we consider all the participants. This year could possibly be the safest on record, but I will have to do some research on my own to be able to confirm this.
I have not talked to any bear hunters this year. I only know that the number of bear sightings is up from last year. This harvest figure also will be interesting when the DNR releases it.
A few of the small game hunting and trapping seasons will remain open in early 2012. The squirrel season closes Jan. 31. The cottontail rabbit, raccoon, red and gray fox, and snowshoe hare will close on Feb. 29. The bobcat hunting and trapping season also will close on Feb. 29. Successful bobcat hunters and trappers need to remember this game animal must be checked in at an official game checking station; and the season limit is three.
Weather permitting, the DNR should start its trout stocking program in January. The 2012 fishing regulations are out, and a few changes have been made for black bass and walleye.
Another change that needs to be fully understood by senior outdoor men and women is the mandatory lifetime hunting, trapping and fishing (Class XS) license. All sportsmen who turn 65 on or after Jan. 1, 2012, must purchase this one-time $25 license. However, holders of lifetime hunting and fishing (Class AB-L) license will not be required to purchase this license.
I hope all my readers had a merry Christmas. New Year's Eve is now upon us. The West Virginia State Police say they mean it, when people are checked at a sobriety location, "if they are over the limit, they will be under arrest." Don't gamble with driving under the influence of alcohol. Happy New Year.


text: Little by little the apps are coming to the Apple TV. Hacker and iOS developer Steven Troughton-Smith and a hacker called TheMudKip have made it to run iPhone and iPad apps on an Apple TV 2, jailbroken with Seas0nPass. Using @TheMudkip's MobileX window manager for iOS, and @chpwn's MobileLaunchpad launcher to go with it, they managed to get multiple iOS apps running natively on Apple TV, without AirPlay. Later on, they even figured out a way to run iPad applications at a full 720p resolution.


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No damage after 3.5 quake hits off NorCal coast
Happened about 66 miles southwest of Eureka
Published 5:31 PM PST Feb 05, 2013
Authorities say they have no reports of damage or injuries after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.5 hit off the coast of Northern California.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake hit about 66 miles southwest of Eureka at 2:03 p.m. Tuesday.
USGS Geophysicist Dale Grant referred to the quake as a "very insignificant quake" because of its magnitude and location.
A Eureka police dispatcher says the department had not received any calls about the earthquake, and it was not felt by personnel at the police station.
Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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NEW WATERFORD - State level funding cuts are beginning to catch up.
As the village awaits an estimate from the Columbiana County auditor on how much a 1-mill addition to the current 3-mill operating levy will generate, Fiscal Officer Dave Slagle compared it to a V8 running on a few spark plugs.
"It'll run but it'll miss," Slagle said, pointing out that nearly $33,000 in cuts were implemented last year.
The 1-mill in additional money will appear on the May 7 primary election ballot as a replacement for the 3-mill levy, for a total of 4 mills, Slagle said Tuesday while noting council approved the issue at its Jan. 8 meeting.
If voters approve it the money will be used for general operating expenses.
Mayor Shane Patrone said the 3-mill issue was passed five years ago last November as a renewal and if approved in 2013 it won't be collected until 2014.
In light of the state Local Government Fund, personal property, and inheritance taxes drying up, Slagle said asking voters for the increase is a forced move.
He explained that village officials "all understand ... they've seen the cuts that were made and there weren't any raises ... no raises for street and police department employees."
The last pay raises were made in 2006.
Patrone said that LGF cuts, which have hit local governments for a couple of years, are a big concern.
"A lot of villages like New Waterford rely heavily on it," Patrone said, noting the village has received two cuts of around $17,000 apiece.
"We don't have a lot of money," he said.
"The village is constantly losing money ... we don't want to ask for more ... its just the facts."
If voters said "no" in May, Slagle said city council will probably place the issue on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.
If it goes down then, it will lead to layoffs, he said.
The village has been efficient in its finances, Slagle, a retired Salem firefighter, said.
In 2012, the village started and ended the year with a balance of $316,000, but the frustrating aspect is the ending balance includes nearly $33,000 in cuts council authorized.
"You would have thought with the cuts we made we would have broke even ... but with the loss in revenue we just can't get ahead," Slagle said.
"The losses are coming as quick as we make the cuts ... the state funding cuts are happening faster than we can make cuts."
As appropriations stand there is enough to make it through the year.
"Provided there are no emergencies," Slagle said, adding that he was unsure of the political climate regarding the replacement levy.
If the issue fails, Slagle said, "All I can say is we won't have any money. We're down to a minimum on the police department."
Patrone, who believes the village is on the rebound, said he hoped residents understand the village struggles to make it each year.
"We've eliminated the custodian, reduced a lot of bills and we now we're looking at electricity (street lighting)," he said.
Patrone said he doesn't want to cut into the police department that has three full-time and six part-time officers. There is one officer on duty per shift and Slagle said the police chief patrols, answers calls and handles court duties to cover a shift.
"They've eliminated all overtime," he said.
Before he was hired last year, Slagle agreed to serve as fiscal officer at a reduced pay and took the job for $5,961 a year less than his predecessor.
That was one of a number of cuts that, over 12 months, has saved $32,931.
The village switched to a new electric service which has saved $12,000 annually.
Other yearly savings include: a new dumpster service, $2,340; new Internet service, $1,113; new cell phone service, $1,297; AT&T for the fire department, $2,316; First Communications, $4,309; and Worker's Compensation, $3,595.
Slagle pointed out that voters have eliminated 6.95 mills of general operating revenue beginning in 2004, but Patrone noted past councils, unlike the current one, were argumentative.
"That was a problem in the past," he said.
"They (voters) did pass the 3-mill renewal," he said, "we're asking for their faith."
Larry Shields can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com


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to Bloomberg, sources at Microsoft state that the company
will be making a very late tablet push, unveiling a dedicated tablet operating
system sometime next year (2012).
With Apple announcing its entry-level priced iPad 2 and with a
host of Android competitors like Samsung and Motorola releasing
higher-powered, more expensive entries, the tablet market is on fire. The
competition is particularly fierce on the operating system side where Apple has
poured a great deal of effort to make iOS better suited for a large-screen
device. Similarly Google has put tremendous effort to complete Android
3.0 Honeycomb, which overhauls the past Android UI and makes it truly
tablet-friendly. Even HP's
webOS and RIM are
looking to get a piece of the tablet business
Microsoft, meanwhile stands watching on the sidelines. While it will
release some Windows 7-based tablets this year, the outlook for them is
somewhat poor. They require
Intel x86 processors, and the chipmaker has struggled to deliver energy
efficient Atom chips for tablets. Another trouble spot is the Windows 7
OS itself. The operating system isn't exactly optimized for a tablet
experience, and with dedicated competitors like iOS 4.3 and Android Honeycomb
3.0 on the market, that could seriously stall sales.
Bloomberg quoted Michael Gartenberg, a New Jersey-based analyst, as
meeting the news with pessimism, stating, "If 2011 is the year of the tablet
wars, Microsoft will be awfully late suiting up for that battle."
And he's not alone; Goldman Sachs was scathing
in a recent assessment of Microsoft and Intel's combined tablet
Then again, a late entry may not spell doom for Microsoft's tablet efforts.
Its other key
mobile offering -- smartphones -- looked like a mess after the downhill
slide of Windows Mobile and the abysmal
failure of Kin. But by going back to the drawing board and taking the
time to reinvent, the company has delivered arguably the most
innovative smart phone user interface currently available. And
with a new partnership with Nokia in hand, Microsoft could pass Apple to become the
world's second largest smartphone OS maker in terms of sales if it
plays its cards right.
The one worrisome sign is that Microsoft is reportedly choosing to build on top
of Windows 7, adding more touch features. While Windows 7 is arguably a
great personal computer OS the question is whether even a modified version will
be up to speed on tablets. While such an approach is a quicker and
easier, many were hoping the company would port the Windows Phone 7/Zune
operating system to a tablet, given its more touch-centric UI. To
Microsoft's credit, many users -- including DailyTech readers
-- have clamored for Windows 7-tablets.
Interestingly, Microsoft appears to be preparing to follow a similar approach
that Google
is following with its upcoming Chrome netbook/notebook OS, giving out
test units to commercial partners and the public. Microsoft will
reportedly begin distributing device with test builds of the new OS before the
end of the year.
It is unclear whether current generation Windows 7 tablets releasing this year
will be upgradeable to the new OS next year, but this presumably would be the
case, if hardware makers cooperate.
According to reports [1] [2] by
In-Stat, the tablet business will be booming over the next several years, and
will, in part, cannibalize PC sales. In-Stat predicts over 100 new
designs from Apple, Android makers (Motorola, Samsung, HTC, Sony-Ericcson,
Archos, etc.), RIM, HP (webOS), MeeGo tablet makers (no major named partners),
and Windows tablet makers (Dell, Lenovo, etc.) to enter the market this year.
And it predicts sales by 2014 to rise to 58 million units and by 2015 to
118 million units.
Microsoft is also reportedly preparing
its next generation version of Windows, which will support ARM
CPUs for notebooks, Windows 8.
quote: Only Microsoft (and perhaps Nokia) could deliver such Industrial strength failure so consistently. I am astonished Ballmer is still in post.Do the bozos in Seattle have any idea how fast things are changing?
quote: That said, Microsoft is unquestionably dominant in several lucrative markets -- PC operating systems, productivity software, and web browsing.
quote: Sure Kin was a colossal black mark on MSFT's record, but consider that after that most dismissed MSFT's chances expecting it to be distantly behind the trifecta of Android, iOS, and RIM OS. Now with a partnership with Nokia in hand, MSFT is replacing Symbian and looks virtually assured a #2 spot in the world market AHEAD of Apple. Not only that, it arguably provides the most innovative smart phone interface, more so than Google or Apple.
quote: His view is that by the end of this year Nokia will have fallen to 12% of the global smart phone market and that's before we can expect a Nokia WP7 handset.
quote: The idea that the current Nokia global sales will transmute into WP7 Nokia phone sales thus propelling Microsoft into some sort giant market share is not very plausible.


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MARTINSBURG - Donna Jordan believes things happen for a reason.
A type-1 diabetic, Jordan can suddenly - and with almost no warning - become helpless when her blood sugar plummets. She starts shaking, gets dizzy, can't speak or walk.
"It's just like I can feel my mind and body shutting down as my blood sugar falls. It's about the scariest thing I have ever gone through, yet it happens all the time," Jordan said, shaking her head as she recalled past episodes.
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Journal photo by Jenni Vincent
Martinsburg resident Donna Jordan (right back) has nothing but praise for neighbor Angela Shackelford (left back) and daughter Faith Hite for the help they provided — along with another daughter, Brianna Easterday and cousin Destiny Shackelford (not pictured) — when she fell from a pool deck after suffering a bout of severe low blood sugar.
Fortunately, the last time this happened Jordan wasn't alone - her own "little heroes" were there to help.
Jordan and some neighborhood children were enjoying her backyard pool when hypoglycemia hit hard - she was able to get out of the water, but faltered and fell hard going down the deck steps.
Unable to help herself, Jordan immediately knew she was in trouble.
"I had gotten those white flashing dots which comes when I get light headed and I was shaking so badly, I just couldn't think. In the end, I hit all three wooden steps on my way down," Jordan said.
"I was laying there with tears in my eyes, in so much pain that I almost couldn't handle it. But the kids immediately knew something was wrong and got out of the pool to help. They were scared and some children might have run away, but not my little heroes," she said.
Eight-year-old Faith Hite immediately knew it was a diabetic problem and was joined by her five-year-old cousin Destiny Shackelford in helping, Jordan said.
"They really are my guardian angels, along with being my little heroes, because they went right into action to help. Faith knew it was my diabetes and ran right to her house to get help. She immediately got her mother over here and that was important because time was of the essence. I didn't have time to lay out there because I was on the verge of low sugar shock," she said.
Brianna Easterday, 14, Hite's sister, had been at the pool a few minutes before the mishap and rushed back to help, Jordan said.
"Those kids just took over and knew the right thing to do for a severe diabetic. Brianna even knew to fix some oatmeal to help me get my blood sugar back up and didn't hesitate for a minute to do that. It is just so impressive that children this young could do so much," she said with a proud smile.
Jordan also credits the children's mother, Angela Shackelford, for teaching them about diabetes, the problems it can cause and how to respond to them.
Recalling years ago when her sister, who was also a severe diabetic, was ashamed to admit her medical condition, Jordan said she wishes more would people follow Shackelford's example and also learn more about this disease.
"It seems like there are more diabetics today than ever before, so you just never know when you might be in the same position as these children. But would you know what to do to save a diabetic's life?" Jordan said.
Smiling proudly at her children, Shackelford said she's well aware of diabetes because several family members are battling it.
"So I am always talking to them about what might happen, what they should look for and to know what to do if there is a serious problem. I'm just so happy they were here to help Donna and that they didn't hesitate to do the right thing," she said.
Staff writer Jenni Vincent can be reached at 304-263-8931, ext. 131.


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Nexus 5: first proper, leaks-based renders look exciting
0. phoneArena 09 Sep 2013, 02:31 posted on
Although not the bestseller on the market, Google's Nexus brand has now garnered an image of affordable, but quality, top of the line products that run the stock Android experience, just the way Mountain View intended it...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Yeah it will be something like that, but with thicker bezels, also a bit bigger ring around the camera lens but otherwise this fan rander is the closest to the Google video so far.
2. Commentator (Posts: 3692; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
Not the biggest fan of the vertical "NEXUS" engraving, I have to admit.
6. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Yeah, you'll see a lot of ppl. on the subway turning their head sideways. :)
9. Commentator (Posts: 3692; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
We don't have subways where I am, but I imagine the same effect can be attained by walking into a Subway restaurant (which we do have).
3. Trex95 (Posts: 905; Member since: 03 Mar 2013)
Hope this the Nexus 5!. But i don't think Google going to approve this design for one reason kinda looks like IPhone 5.
4. Commentator (Posts: 3692; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
The new Nexus 7 kind of looks like the iPad Mini but that didn't stop them. If anything, this just looks like a shrunken-down Nexus 7.
24. jan25 (Posts: 470; Member since: 26 Feb 2012)
because of the rectangular shape? really? Apple invented that too?
7. a_tumiwa (Posts: 373; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
Why LG again... please use a manufacturer that never release nexus phone before, like Sony
10. Trex95 (Posts: 905; Member since: 03 Mar 2013)
Hope so. Nexus deserve better treatment.
12. TechBizJP08 (Posts: 495; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
I think sony is not the nexus type. Sony makes premium built handset. But Nexus i think lets say not so premium. Afordable than Sony. So logicaly speaking it won't happen.
17. boosook (Posts: 1437; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
Low-end Sony phones are not so premium... :) anyway yes, Sony wants to convey a premium image of the brand, so they\'ll never make a Nexus.
Most important, they have their own services for music, movies, books and games, so it would be a suicide for them to sell a device that is made essentially to sell Google\'s services. I think that Sony is probably the first to hope that Nexus products will fail.
25. buccob (Posts: 2566; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)
Actually Google asked Sony to make one of the first Nexus devices and Sony declined the offer... after that Sony is the one that has been trying to convince Google to make a Nexus... but I think we have to wait...
I actually like Sony skin the most among manufacturers... Dont get me wrong, it has less features than Samsung's, its less elegant than HTC's but it feels the most balanced for me... and it really adds some functionality to Stock Android...
What should be done is to make Nexus edition (like S4 and One) for every manufacturer's flagship...
G2 Nexus edition
Z1 Nexus edition
18. Professor (Posts: 212; Member since: 02 Aug 2013)
My current phone is a Nexus 4. My prior phone was a Sony. I am not planning to buy a Sony phone again.
If some people thing that LG phones are not good lets them try a Sony. My Sony was slow as molasses and the micro usb connector damaged (inside the phone) and stop working after a month or two. At least had a removable battery, so I had to use an external battery charger with 2 bateries to charge it and keep swapping batteries.
22. rgxVOiD (Posts: 440; Member since: 30 Aug 2012)
What was your last Sony phone though? That's the question. I own both N4 and Z. Both are good
33. Professor (Posts: 212; Member since: 02 Aug 2013)
Sorry for not answering before. I was working and just came home now.
My Sony phone was a (black) Sony Ericson Xperia Pro. The one with a slide out keyboard. And by the way the phone still works. Is just that the battery has to removed and placed in an external charger because the phone don\'t recognize the micro-usb cable as being connected and due to that it don\'t charge the battery.
26. buccob (Posts: 2566; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)
Yeah buddy, at least tell what Sony device you were using... because, just as Samsung, Sony has a wide lineup of phones from cheap small and basic Android phones, up to the very best high end ones...
In my family there has been recently: SE Xperia Pro (incredibly reliable, though low on RAM and ROM), Xperia Advance (or Go, good entry level waterproof for my clumsy dad), Xperia Acro S (two of them because of the great experience I had with mine, I got the second for my wife)... Xperia U (good entry phone for mother in law)... Xperia TX (excelent SGS3 Contender)
All of those of great quality... even the entry level ones...
27. techspace (Posts: 1036; Member since: 03 Sep 2012)
because they want to make the nexus phone affordable
8. scriptwriter (Posts: 396; Member since: 13 Nov 2012)
dont like this render. it looks like an iphone in terms of rounded corners. I hope it looks like the G2 when it comes out
11. boosook (Posts: 1437; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
I don't like the G2, it looks like a Samsung, which in turns still looks like the old iphone 3gs (the Mother of all Samsung phones... :) ).
This looks like a mini Nexus 7, instead, and I like it a lot!
13. taojj (Posts: 33; Member since: 01 Aug 2013)
That is a real ugly device. Nexus phones have always been so bad when it comes to design.
32. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
No, Samsung Nexus phones have always been bad when it comes to design. The Nexus One and Nexus 4 are beautiful in my opinion. This looks ok, but the vertical Nexus logo is unattractive.
14. veer.d (Posts: 88; Member since: 12 Jul 2013)
apple is again going for sue them rounded corner
15. a_merryman (Posts: 749; Member since: 14 Dec 2011)
I think the renders from TheVerge were the most realistic
16. valapsp (Posts: 557; Member since: 12 Aug 2011)
That\'s super sexy. Hope the battery is 3100mAh+. I\'m somehow sure that 2300mAh is not right.
19. Professor (Posts: 212; Member since: 02 Aug 2013)
I liked more the Nexus 4 design and beauty. Looks like a cheap plastic phone.
20. blingblingthing (Posts: 529; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
About the nexus logo being vertical when held landscape. Remember the only real time you would be able to read the back of the phone is when the owner in taking a picture. Sure you can read it making a phone call but no one really does that none.
21. virtuallypete (Posts: 7; Member since: 24 Jul 2013)
With the diztronic case on my nexus 4, I have trouble using the swipe-from-edge features. If the bezel of the nexus 5 is thinner, it had better be constructed well enough that I feel comfortable carrying it w/o a case, like my nexus one. I carried it for two years with no cover or screen protector, and never had a problem, despite careless daily use and several drops.
23. 1701nino (unregistered)
I must say recently i purchased the nexus 4 and it is the best phone i ever had,can't wait to see what the next nexus has in store.
28. TechBlue (Posts: 80; Member since: 06 May 2010)
N4 is the best phone you had? sure if you like a phone with a very fragile glass design. NO SD Card, No removable battery, crappy Battery Life, crappy Camera, NO LTE then yea by all means this phone is for you. enjoy.
31. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Some people like glass and are willing to risk the chance of breaking it for higher build quality
Not everybody needs a SD card slot
Not everybody needs removable battery
Battery life is dependent on the user, not your opinion
The Nexus 4's camera is perfectly suitable for the average consumer who just posts it on social networks
LTE isn't available everywhere, plus HSPA+ gets similar speeds (in all practicality) and is less of a battery hog.
Why don't you think about the possibilities of the consumer's needs before bashing them for liking a phone, otherwise you look like a jerk.
34. Professor (Posts: 212; Member since: 02 Aug 2013)
I had a Nexus 4 since Nov or Dec of last year. It has fall a few times already and survived without even a scar.
Since I use it on T-mobile I really don\'t care if it has LTE or not since T-mobile don\'t have LTE yet anyway. (At least not in NYC).
The only thing I really wished it had is an SD card slot in order to bw able store more videos. And maybe an easy to remove and replace battery in case it damage. Right now due to its non replaceable battery I consider the phone a disposable phone.
36. TechBlue (Posts: 80; Member since: 06 May 2010)
thats exactly what it is my opinion. I have the right to my Opinion. I dont go by other generic consumer needs you know why? cuZ I am not them. so instead of bashing me and my opinion why dont you shut the F up. before I put my foot up you arse. I think your mom is calling you to take out the garbage
37. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
You were the one who was bashing nino's opinion about the Nexus 4, not me. I was just putting up a defensive statement saying how you shouldn't push your opinion on anyone else's, at least not in such a negative and sarcastic way. I wasn't bashing your opinion on the Nexus 4, I was just telling you that doing so in the way you wrote it is actually kind of rude and typically frowned upon.
Also, way to go on proving that you're a typical ignorant internet knight who reserves crude threats and comments about someone's mother as comebacks to when that someone shows you in a negative light, even though you do that yourself so well by the way you present your impulsively written arguments. And if you reply to this with more empty over the internet threats, you're just proving my point even more.
29. thiscantbereal (Posts: 5; Member since: 29 Jul 2013)
Might as well call that the iphone 6
30. tobybeast7 (Posts: 2; Member since: 23 Aug 2013)
Damn son, that looks like s**t......feels like the chocolate bars that i bought in Safeway.
35. darkkjedii (Posts: 21342; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
That puppy looks nice.
38. cricri45 (Posts: 2; Member since: 11 Sep 2013)
si tan solo se quedara así el nexus 5 con esas medidas que son 131 mm en la parte mas larga y con una pantalla de 5 pulgadas que teléfono tan bonito...131 mm y 5 pulgadas = perfección... y solo falta un cuerpo de aluminio y una autonomía enorme...