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Possible pricing for affordable iPhone emerges
0. phoneArena 02 Jul 2013, 12:29 posted on
The budget-friendly iPhone has been making the rounds with various leaked images of multi-colored...
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1. Ninetysix (Posts: 2383; Member since: 08 Oct 2012)
These prices will depend on the final specs of the phone. I would say that the pricess are reasonable if the specs are on par with the iPhone 5.
4. TechDork (Posts: 292; Member since: 10 May 2010)
I ultimately agree. If the specs are that of the iPhone 5, then this would be a great snatch. But, from what we know of them now....yeah, 40 thumbs downs lol.
11. mafiaprinc3 (Posts: 530; Member since: 07 May 2012)
specs won't be on par with the iphone 5,regardless of the specs it won't be worth that much, these companies just overcharging for the crapass product they make,that's were MediaTek and chinese OEMs are coming, like xiaomi good phones reasonably enough price,screw apple!
12. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
my guess is probably 129$ because you're paying for the paint job/logo. when u can buy a Android phone from .99-49$
30. darkkjedii (Posts: 21317; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Dude you should really do yourself favor, and log off. Boy lol just wowwwwwwww
45. sharifsumit (Posts: 22; Member since: 27 Jan 2012)
a 99$ android !!! have you tried any of those ? how they performed ? use one and let me know.
26. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)
I totally disagree, I feel these prices are $348.99, $448.99 and $548.99, respectively, overpriced.
27. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
I'm talking bout with 2yr contract. those prices you put are FULL PRICE.
28. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)
My point exactly; they should be an iPenny, respectively, with a '2yr contract'!!
29. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
is that cheeper version of iphone?
oh com'on better to buy Xperia SP, One X, S3, and Lumia 720-820.
2. RaKithAPeiRiZ (Posts: 1488; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
$349 ..Xperia SP is a better deal ..or a lumia 820
3. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
...or a LG Optimus L7 II... or a ...Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 and many more...
10. sats.mine2k4 (banned) (Posts: 208; Member since: 10 Aug 2012)
14. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
15. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
18. Eonnaydra (Posts: 217; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
You are wrong man,these handsets are full of lag with terrible SoCs.
I'm sure this affordable iPhone will crush these android midrange phones in terms of speed and smoothness.iOS doesn't need a dual core to run smooth.
Anyway I'm dissapointed with the design,so much cheap plastic.
20. thelukewarm (Posts: 18; Member since: 18 Dec 2012)
''IOS dosen't need dual-core''.................... what about games and some apps...... f**k you and your IOSH*T 7
39. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
The 4s and above are dual core, aren't they? Sake for, what, the iFat2 and up?
21. RaKithAPeiRiZ (Posts: 1488; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
the Xperia SP got a Dual core s4 , same for the Lumia 820 and im pretty sure they wont be packing anything more than a Dual core A5 in that phone (due to cost ) ..as you said , iOS doesn't need high specs , but for future updates , it will ....so therefore to the average sensible customer , the SP is the overall best package - fast processor , great design , good camera , good battery ,LTE support , expandable storage ..the "Budget" iphone is therefore made for people who want a iphone to show off and be a part of the high society ...so it is sort of like a porsche boxter - which is the "poor mans" porsche for the wannabe 911 fans
22. papss (unregistered)
um the n4 does anything but lag
25. HASHTAG (unregistered)
That's what I'm saying. Never lagged when I owned the N4.
13. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
If there was no Android phones I would only buy the lumia 820 over this budget iPhone
16. selena1000 (Posts: 84; Member since: 14 Mar 2013)
you cant say an iphone for $349 isnt a big deal
23. RaKithAPeiRiZ (Posts: 1488; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
i guess the phone is aimed at teenagers and white collar workers who want a mid range phone with a desirable logo on it .....its not over priced but with taxes and stuff , this will cost $370 to ship and in some countries it will cost more than the 4S due to taxes , so it might be a tough sell
41. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
rumor has the color models will probably be for china and India and such
5. darkvadervip (Posts: 365; Member since: 08 Dec 2010)
It's amazing to me that people post out of ignorance and for the simple fact they don't own or even touch the phones they are mentioning. I've owned a iPhone 5 and currently in a HTC One and both are great phones. Otherwise don't comment if you are on a $1 phone on contract or on a model that's more than a year old.
37. belovedson (Posts: 988; Member since: 30 Nov 2010)
I had three Verizon iPhone fives. Every one of them were garbage. The screen lagged from the lock screen and worst of all the battery life was horrible. I mean like 11/2 screen on time! Really!
42. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
See if Warranty Customer Care will give you a Lumia 928 as an exchange.
6. GMS85 (Posts: 209; Member since: 26 Sep 2012)
Apple = iPod pretty much it!
7. abcdefgh (banned) (Posts: 471; Member since: 29 Mar 2013)
100$ for doubling the memory.i dont think it costs that much.even if it would,u can simply add support for sd card(coz its low cost phone afterall)
8. RaKithAPeiRiZ (Posts: 1488; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
welcome to apple ....
9. alterecho (Posts: 1098; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
There's the problem of inability to install apps on SD cards due to speed reasons. Android has stopped support for installing apps on the SD card since jab I think.
17. Eonnaydra (Posts: 217; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
With iPhone 5/4S's specs this will be a hit.
300 euros is quite cheap,but of course,here,in Europe we have stupid taxes which will make this phone costs around 400 euros(at least ~100 euros in addition).
19. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
If it has the exact specs of the iPhone 5 but in a plastic casing, then the $350 price tab would be reasonable. Otherwise, Nexus 4 is the way to go (where the Play Store is available at least).
24. papss (unregistered)
I just got my N4 and love it so far.. one nitpick is that the Google V keyboard doesn't have a .com button like my Lumia 920 does..
31. PermanentHiatus (Posts: 267; Member since: 22 Jun 2012)
Looks cheap. Apple selling only premium products...no more.
43. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Premium only in price. Early iPhones and new ipods and macs are plastic with cheap Chinese internals with some decent silicon CPU and GPUs.
32. TechnoTechyes (Posts: 64; Member since: 24 Jan 2011)
I thought they were 'only' being manufactured for Indian and African markets.
33. FlushGordon (unregistered)
Still overpriced compared to generic 1080p China phones with faster specs
34. papss (unregistered)
I would rather pay more than buy anything made by a Chinese company if I can help it. Plus I can imagine Apple will support there products far longer
36. aditya.k (Posts: 493; Member since: 10 Mar 2013)
Actually, there are some really good companies bringing some really great products! It would be worth if you lived in China! Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Lenovo,etc. are surely well known companies now! :)
Just saying.
40. papss (unregistered)
Fair enough...
48. dexter_jdr (Posts: 1163; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
he meant the cheapo fake branded china phones. but you get the idea..
35. aditya.k (Posts: 493; Member since: 10 Mar 2013)
Yeah! Now even the poor can show off their new iPhone! :P
44. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Aren't they the only ones who do?
38. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
All iphones are overpriced. The 5 should be no more expensive than a Lumia 620.
46. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
if it has decent specs then i may pick one of these up to have as a backup.
47. DKJnr (Posts: 24; Member since: 11 Mar 2013)
I really think that Apple is getting this wrong. I don't see how they will succeed in the budget smartphone market. They might only succeed in diluting the brand. Secondly, other OEMs for Android or Nokia are releasing very good budget smartphones at lower price points.
Apple is known for innovation, quality and most other attributes that support it's premium brand position and they have been extremely successful at it. Why try to compete with ZTE (if you get my point)? I believe they should stick with old strategy of older handset being the budget phone and just focus on innovation for new releases. For instance, upgrade iPhone 5 to iOS 7 (with better extras than currently available) & reduce price for budget minded but release a game changing iPhone 6 at the same time as their topline phone. Or launch a completely new budget brand.


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The word "plastic," deriving from plastikos, Ancient Greek for "molded," has for ages been used to spell out sculptural qualities in artwork. In everyday usage it is usually used as a synonym for artificial materials, its original meaning. And yet it's the first meaning that describes the very quality of artificial materials that's of greatest interest in design: moldability.
Synthetically created sub positions were at first replacements for finite and there fore expensive natural materials, but research and technology have made synthetic mother terials more and more multifaceted, a development. As with cars, which have also existed for just about 150 years, it is not easy to visualize a world without artificial materials. Most artificial substances are made from fossil fuels and could be split into three major categories: ther moplastics, thermosets, and elastomers.
Every one of these has its own particular features, which are the result of their molecular structures. Thermo plastics, for example polypropylene and polyethylene, can be reheated and remolded, whereas thermosets, including melamine and Bakelite, can't be reshaped. Elastomers, including silicone rubber and natural rubber, could be molded using pressure, but revert to their original shape. They all have strong electrical and thermal insulating properties, enormous resistance, the ability to retain their shape in temperatures that are different, as well as a high level of plasticity. Various characteristics and properties may be created via the selection of the generation process the stuff, and the usage of additives.
They are therefore perfect for industrial serial production, and provide designers with a virtually endless spectrum of possibilities. The foundation of the synthetics business as we understand it now was laid by the American Charles Goodyear in 1839, when he managed to develop a procedure for vulcanizing rubber. For the very first time in history it became possible, through the utilization of extreme heat, pressure, as well as the addition of sulfur, to create a type of rubber (thermoplastic) that did not lose its shape in various temperatures.
These first "plastics" from the time before 1850 contained Goodyear's gum elastic, vulcanite, gutta percha, Florence Compound, and bois durci (a hard com position produced from wood flour blended with cows blood and pressed). They were used to make insu lation, along with golf balls, mourning decorations (because they Custom Made Furniture Fremantle were black, fig. p. 102), hairbrushes, hand mirrors, photograph frames, and other lavishly adorned objects for ornamentation and home fur nishings. In small batches, such things were already created during this early phase. These plastics were used chiefly as replacements for expensive natural materials like tortoise shell, ivory, onyx, and mother of pearl, and in this way introduced a degree of affordable luxury to the lives of working men and girls. The invention of Bakelite was truly groundbreak ing. In 1907 the Belgian Leo Baekeland registered a patent on a procedure that used pressure, alkali, heat, and acid to a combination of aldehydes and phenols.
This led to the first pro duced, artificial thermoset. In contrast to earlier plastics, Bakelite was quite steady, and had insulating properties, was free of bubbles may be made simply and cost effectively. These charac teristics, combined with improvements in electronics, opened up a wealth of formerly nonexistent opportunities to designers. During the 1920 and 1930 plastics were improved as well as their processing procedures made more efficient. Largescale serial production was introduced, for example the manu facture of the DBH 1001 (amount right), the Ericsson phone of 1931, designed by Jean Heiberg. This was the first phone to truly have a Bakelite rather than a metal housing.
The plastic had better and was more hygienic, but, most impor tantly, it could be molded into a flowing, ergonomic shape, true that would inspire all future models, including Henry Dreyfuss's renowned 1937 Model 302 for Bell. Bakelite caused plastic to be a symbol of mo dernity. It was not accessible clear, clear, in a variety of colours and white, and its use was not confined to truly being a substitute for natural materials. The American Streamline layouts of the 19305 particularly, including the Hoover vacuum cleaner Model 150 by Dreyfuss (1936) as well as the Zenith Radio Nurse baby monitor by Isamu Noguchi (1937, amount p. 185) (see Art in DesignDesign in Art) increased the value of plastics and made them popular. These designs joined this new, modern material with brand new, modern types, creating affordable, well designed lifestyle articles for the middle classes.
The states saw them selves faced using an enormous lack of natural resources, and so authorities provided generous funding for research into the synthet icmaterials sector. The emphasis then was, of course, on the production of military equipment. It was in this context that the first pieces of Plexi glas were used in plastics in radio equipment, and gas masks in rubber, silicone and airplanes.
Devel opment focused on functionality and the improve ment of substance properties, like resilience to wear, temperature change, and aging. This surge in technical advances is especially clearly in the visual appearance of products produced from artificial materials before and after the war. The plastics industry in general benefited from the competitive spirit of innovation in several states. The designers Charles and Ray Eames, for instance, designed their revolutionary plastic shell chair (1950, amount p. 100) from a glassreinforced polyester that had initially been developed by the military for wheel spats and protective helmets.
The result was the first uncushioned seating fur niture made of plastic, with the seat bucket produced in serial production and being made of a single bit. The formal language that developed was entirely new, and pressed the possibilities pro vided by the substance to their limits. The products were more streamlined and lighter, and though the initial cost of development was high, it became lower total as it was divided up between a lot of units. Plastics completed their conquest of everyday life in the 19505.
Formica tables, melamine crockery, Tupperware (fig. p. 105), telephones and radios colorful, cheap, and hygienic plastic objects were soon to be found in every household. In Swe den Bjorn & the designers Bernadotte created the mixing bowl Margarethe, an aesthetically satisfying and, most of all, extremely robust and prac tical home utensil. It was named after Bernad otte's niece, the presentday Queen of Denmark, con tinues to be produced, and is still a fixture in many kitchens. Demand aroused. This had a deleterious effect on quality, nonetheless, which eventually had a negative impact on the image of artificial substances.
Plastic had become, above all else, disposable and inexpensive. Other highquality plastics, polycarbonate, polyethylene and polypropylene became obtainable in the 19603. They could be processed in a wide variety of ways, could be modeled into almost any shape, and were quite resistant to stress. Social change, the pluralization of lifestyles, along with the demand for greater personal freedom were also represented in layout, which became increasingly experimental.
These new materials were just the thing. Italian makers such as Artemide, Kartell, Poltrono va, and Zanotta in particular supported the devel opment of new, nontraditional layouts, ushering in the golden age of plastic. An unprecedented range of designs, colors, and kinds was created. For the first time progressive, futuristic designs were affordable for the overall public thanks to the inex pensive material from which they were made. One of the most powerful seat designs of all times dates to this period: the Danish designer Verner Panton's Panton seat of 1967 (fig. pp. 106/107).
In cooperation with Vitra, he managed to create the very first chair to be made from one bit of poured plastic. With its hot, smooth, and revolutionary appearance, the Panton became the iconic chair of its genera tion. It's at once a plastic chair along with a plastic sculpture. The inflatable furniture created from heat fused polyvinyl chloride (PVC) by Bernard Quentin, Nguyen Manh Khanh, and Jonathan de Pas were also products of this time. The oil crisis of 1973 put a stop to the lowcost, cheerful, and colorful Pop era. Plastic was no lon ger an affordable stuff, criticism of overcon sumption and waste and environ mental comprehension was growing.
This led, among other things, to designs that were logical. A resurrection of natural materials started, and the picture of plastics deteriorated. As a result, manmade stuff became, once more, substitutes which were designed to mirror nature, the usage of laminates and imitation leather became widespread. The designers of the early 198os played on exact ly this paradox, and rebelled against oldfashioned fauXnatural designs. They knowingly chose to use affordable, artificial materials for example lami nates, and embellished them with loud, brilliant patterns.
The Italian design group Memphis was at the cutting edge, not only enhancing the image of synthetic substances, but also paving the way in the 19803 and 199os for a renaissance of plastics in de hint (see Postmodernism). Designers made plastic their stuff of choice and thought again about its exceptional characteristics. Manufacturers like Alessi jumped aboard the bright colored plastics band wagon, having understood that they were ideal for supplying the mass market, which was in search of designs that were new, modern, brilliant, and in expensive. It was in this context that designs such as the Bookworm bookcase by Ron Arad for Kartell (1994, fig. preceding) and the multicolored housewares by Stefano Giovannoni for Alessi were created.
The renaissance of plastics in design was accompanied by fantastic technical developments. In 1998 Philippe Starck created another landmark of chair design with his Ghost show (fig. right). These were the first completely transparent chairs, made from just one piece of polycarbonate in a completely automated production process. This postmodern design combines historic kinds with the most modern of technologies and substances, once again giving plas tics an aura of lightness and sophistication. The most recent styles in the use of plastic include com puterbased designs and ecologically sound designs (see H ighTech Design and Ecological Design).
Many manmade substances are already recyclable, and new kinds that are made without additives that are toxic and mineral oils are constantly being developed. Biopoly mers, for instance, are made from renewable re sources like starch, cellulose, and lactic acid. For the business FluidSolids, the Swiss designer Beat Karrer developed a biopolymer from industrial waste products that can be processed in a wide selection of manners and renewable substances; it is cost efficient, stable, extremely adaptable, and itself recyclable. It can also be utilized in a wide selection of ways as it can be independently programmed for specific design jobs. In the same way that plastics have in the past contribut ed to the democratization of design, these new kinds of plastic could help to make design sustainable.
Complex computer programs that can gener ate threedimensional models open up new worlds of possibility for designers using plastics. Kinds are becoming increasingly more complicated, and details can be made with increasing precision. De signs by Ross Lovegrovelike the Cosmic Leaf light (2009, fig. above right) and the Ty Nant water bottle (19992001)push back the boundaries of the ma terials and of the techniques with which they are made. Other famed designers whose designs make full utilization of the technical possibilities available are Zaha Hadid, who is known for her flowing, futur istic forms, Karim Rashid, with his amazing, colorful designs, and Tom Dixon, who creates groundbreak ing, top quality, usually recyclable products. These modern, futuristic designs are often more redolent of sculpture and art than they are of things for everyday use, which is what they truly are.
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The sea potato was documented in Nova Scotia in the 1960s but never on the U.S. Atlantic coast the students' discovery in 2011.
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Why do you cheer for the Red Wings?
Posted 10 April 2013 - 10:28 AM
kneejerk-itis here at LGW.
Maybe I could sponsor a 5k beach run for the cure here in Destin.
Go wings!
Posted 10 April 2013 - 10:36 AM
Because I love hockey and I live in Michigan, and have always done both.
Posted 10 April 2013 - 10:38 AM
When I started playing hockey in the 90s, I was surrounded by Red Wings. Watched a couple of their games and loved how they played.
Posted 10 April 2013 - 10:45 AM
Cuz if I'd cheered against them, Dad'd have backhanded me and I'd have gotten no supper.
Same with the Lions.
Now it's in my blood.
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Posted 10 April 2013 - 10:46 AM
Cuz if I'd cheered against them, Dad'd have backhanded me and I'd have gotten no supper.
Same with the Lions.
Now it's in my blood.
Same here, except it was my two older brothers. And it wouldn't have been limited to just a backhand. I shudder to think what would have happened had I said anything less than complimentary about Gordie.
Can't wait to read the "Phoenix: I still think it's a hockey market" chapter of Gary Bettman's autobiography. I'm guessing it's going to be chapter 11.
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Posted 10 April 2013 - 10:52 AM
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Posted 10 April 2013 - 10:54 AM
Because I grew up on Yzerman, Shanahan, Fedorov and Lidstrom. I love hockey, live in Michigan, and I take pride in being loyal. I also love the puck possession style of hockey, which they used to excel at. I'm pretty flaky on losing interest in things, but this is one of the few that has stuck with me, so I figure I'm a lifer.
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Posted 10 April 2013 - 10:55 AM
It was 1993 when I decided to become a wings fan, I was 5 years old, and my dad was a leafs fan, so it created the perfect household rivalry, my uncle soon after bought me my first wings jersey, which i promptly covered in pizza grease at the red wings games lol. I always loved the dedication we had to winning while being very classy about it, I could never be a sharks fan, or a nucks fan, or a canadien fan for this exact reason. I support my wings through thick and thin, I've seen 4 cups, not something most people can say!
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Posted 10 April 2013 - 11:32 AM
Thats like asking me why I breathe....
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You're a wizard Dylan!
Posted 10 April 2013 - 12:36 PM
- Its a class act organization that's run right, starting with the ownership down to the players.
- Its an original 6 team with a rich history and has had some of the greatest players of all time.
- When they're at their best, their style of play is mesmerizing. The passing, the skating, the whole flow of the team was just incredible to watch at times.
- I don't live in Detroit and I wear Red Wings gear ALL the time (the logo is even tattooed on my arm) and I'm known as that "Red Wings fan" (like their's only one or something). I like being known for that. Its a good feeling.
- Vladifan, 55fan, Z Winged Dangler and 2 others like this
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Posted 10 April 2013 - 12:51 PM
I was born a Wings fan. My dad named me after Steve Yzerman. I grew up on the couch with my old man watching Yzerman and Probert, then the 91 draft made us a power house and I loved all the guys we've got over the years. Lids, Vladdy, McCarty, Fedorov, Shanny, Hull and Robitaille for the 02 Cup... This organization in my lifetime at least has always tabled an amazing product and I've always liked most of, if not all of the players on our teams. This year there's a few I'm not a fan of, as well Ulf Samuelsson coming to the Wings I hated, but the general product has always kept me a huge fan. Being born a Wings fan, I only became a bigger fan watching all the guys mentioned above, and then the Grind Line, the Russian 5, the rivalry with the Avs, Dats and Z have been my favorite players since Yzerman retired hence "Z Winged Dangler" which is basically a mash together of Dats and Z.
Even the last few years where this team has been losing guys, needing to create a new identity, kind of like the misfit in school that no one wanted to play with, trade with, help out at all...I still like the different things that Holland has done aside from just getting rejected in trades. Look at the guys we drafted in the past few years. We have some guys in our system that are in all likelyhood going to be superstars for years in the NHL.
The Wings for me are the first and last part of my day. I wake up, get to work 15 minutes early and drink my coffee while I check LGW and TSN for Wings news, and at lunch, and when I get home every day. No matter how good, or how bad they're doing I'll continue to follow them and they'll always be my favorite team.
And I love puck possession.
I like this team.
Posted 10 April 2013 - 12:56 PM
But by the next year I was watching games right along side my Dad, hating the Avalanche and cheering away. It's been what brings us together ever since. He had some health issues and we spent time in Pittsburgh during the 09 season as a result, the playoffs got us through, and we reveled at being the Detroit fans in enemy territory when the Finals started. Fortunately, when we came back to Michigan the Wings were up 2-0, but I'm getting off topic.
We'd watch the Lions but grew tired of the antics of football, and over the past few years we've been much more into baseball; but hockey was what really brought us together.
I had tickets to go to this year's Winter Classic with my Dad, but the lock out ruined that. I'll be living somewhere else when the next one rolls around, and I don't know if I'll ever not hold at least a slight grudge against the NHL for that lost memory.
Posted 10 April 2013 - 01:39 PM
Then I started learning more about them and found out Stevie Y was born here and that they had made the playoffs every year since I'd been born etc. Then I'd watch them and everything they did just looked better than the other team and I'd find players I liked and see interviews with other teams and there was so much respect for them. Just ended up loving them.
My Bruins, Oilers, and Van fan brothers were less than pleased.
"Everything he does is exciting to watch." -Holmstrom describes Datsyuk
Posted 10 April 2013 - 01:40 PM
I became a fan of the team for the dumbest reason ever probably. I grew up in Nova Scotia where most people are either Toronto, Montreal or Boston fans. My dad is a Montreal fan, but he isn't really big into sports in general, so I didn't really have an influence there (not sure why I'm so big into sports and my dad not). I began playing hockey at a young age in the 80s and loved the Oilers and Mark Messier, can't remember why, but mostly likely picked it up from friends of mine and they were the powerhouse team at the time.
When I got a bit older, I started collecting hockey cards, like a lot of people at the time. One of the cards I had was a 1990-91 Fedorov RC. It was worth a lot compared to most of the cards in that collection, so I figured, if he plays well, the card will be worth more money and I started cheering for him and the Wings at the same time (back in 1990 I guess). I was only big into collecting cards for 2-3 years, but that's what got me into cheering for the Wings over 20 years ago.
Posted 10 April 2013 - 02:32 PM
When the North Stars left for Dallas I had to find another team to cheer for. It was between Detroit, Winnipeg and Chicago. I chose the Wings cuz they were so fun to watch offensively. In April of 1997 the town I live in flooded and I lost everything. Watching the Wings in the playoffs and eventually winning the cup that year helped me through that nightmare.
Past 10 years I get Center Ice and watch almost every Wings game.
Posted 10 April 2013 - 02:38 PM
Posted 10 April 2013 - 02:51 PM
In 1992 I came across the pond to study chemistry at the University of Toledo. I had a passing intrest in hockey already, so I started following the Wings, who everyone at that time still called the "Dead-things". Luckily they had a bunch of great young players, were exciting to watch, and my first game at JLA was a 5-1 defeat of the Canucks - some rookie by the name of Dallas Drake had 2 goals and an assist
I came back home, suffered through the NJ and Colorado defeats, then watched them win in '97 on a Sunday afternoon at my girlfiends parents house in Australia. Came back to England again, watched them win in the middle of the night in '98 in my bedroom with the sound turned right down
Posted 10 April 2013 - 03:10 PM
if you grew up in michigan this isnt really a question.
Posted 10 April 2013 - 04:12 PM
Like most people outside of Michigan, Stevie Y was a big reason. Truth be told as well, I was a front runner as a kid and started liking them around 96 when I got my first jersey. Been a fan ever since.
Posted 10 April 2013 - 04:31 PM
Like most Canadian Wings fans it was because of Yzerman. I have been following the team since the late 80's and even more closely since sat tv and internet has allowed me too.
Being a sports fan to me is about the passion. If the Wings are playing like s*** or the manager or coach is doing something I don't agree with I will complain about it. Does this make me a bad fan I ask the OP? Hell no it doesn't....It makes me a better one. We put in hours our of our lives watching this team, buying their items. I WILL voice my opinion.
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Current status: No cosponsors. Nothing on House Judiciary Committee schedule. Needs scheduled vote and 20 votes to leave Committee.
14 House Judiciary Committee members who sponsored this same legislation in 2005. 3 more Committee members who have advocated for AWBs in the past (Davis, Wasserman-Schulz, Lungren).
In 2005, this same bill went a month before acquiring any co-sponsors. The current bill was introduced February 13, 2007.
No change in status as of March 1, 2007.
Lobotomy Boy
February 28, 2007, 09:44 PM
Thank you for this thread. We appreciate your hard work.
Bartholomew Roberts
March 8, 2007, 09:41 AM
12 Cosponsors signed on to Rep. McCarthy's bill on March 7:
Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] - 3/7/2007
Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] - 3/7/2007
Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 3/7/2007
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 3/7/2007
Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 3/7/2007
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 3/7/2007
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 3/7/2007
Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] - 3/7/2007
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 3/7/2007
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 3/7/2007
Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 3/7/2007
Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 3/7/2007
If these are your reps, you probably already know they are worthless but call them and give them an earful (if you belong to their district, otherwise you are wasting your breath).
Other than this, the bill is still going nowhere. It needs assignment to a Subcommittee before it can move anywhere and it has not been assigned one yet. This suggests that the Chairmain (John Conyers) may be keeping a lid on this bill for now...
Currently the House Judiciary Schedule (http://judiciary.house.gov/search.aspx) shows no plans to even discuss HR 1022, though this schedule is usually only updated a few days in advance so that can change rapidly.
March 8, 2007, 09:17 PM
Just click on the name and it will take you to a page with contact information for that representative. I suggest flooding their offices with faxes in addition to just making phone calls. If you don't want to pay for a long distance call or don't have a fax machine, you can use FAXZERO (http://faxzero.com/). Here is a link (http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/02/awb2-sample-letters.html) that will take you to a page of a sample letters that you can alter and use.
Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY 4th) (http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/?id=407)
Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY 5th) (http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/?id=408&lvl=C&congress=1092)
Joseph Crowley (D-NY 7th) (http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/?id=410)
Chaka Fattah (D-PA 2nd) (http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/?id=500)
Bob Filner (D-CA 51st) (http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/?id=674)
Barney Frank (D-MA 4th) (http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/?id=302)
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX 18th) (http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/?id=572) - House Judiciary Committee member
Carolyn Maloney (D-NY 14th) (http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/?id=418)
Marty Meehan (D-MA 5th) (http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/?id=304) - House Judiciary Committee member
James P. Moran (D-VA 8th) (http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/?id=606)
Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL 9th) (http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/?id=221)
Adam Schiff (D-CA 29th) (http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/?id=1974) - House Judiciary Committee member
Chris Van Hollen, Jr. (D-MD 8th) (http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/?id=4275)
Bartholomew Roberts
March 10, 2007, 05:27 PM
Six more co-sponsors signed on as of March 9, 2007 (click on link for contact info):
Rep Capps, Lois (http://www.house.gov/capps/contact/offices.shtml) [CA-23] - Democrat
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy (http://www.house.gov/clay/contact.htm) [MO-1] - Democrat
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. (http://eshoo.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6&Itemid=15) [CA-14] - Democrat
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. (http://www.house.gov/grijalva/contact.html) [AZ-7] - Democrat
Rep Miller, Brad (http://www.house.gov/bradmiller/contact.html) [NC-13] - Democrat
Rep Wexler, Robert (http://wexler.house.gov/contact.php) [FL-19] - Democrat - House Judiciary Committee member
This brings the total number of co-sponsors to 18. Jackson-Lee and Wexler are also on the House Judiciary Committee that will hear this bill if it moves forward. So far, there is still nothing on the schedule; but they also haven't even started to post next week's schedule yet.
March 14, 2007, 09:02 AM
Up to 26 co-sponsors now (including 5 House Judiciary Committee members). 8 new ones as of 3-13-07. Still only referred to House Judiciary Committee.
Rep Hirono, Mazie K. (http://hirono.house.gov/contact.shtml) [HI-2] - Democrat
Rep Delahunt, William D. (http://www.house.gov/delahunt/) [MA-10] - Democrat and House Judiciary Committee member
Rep McGovern, James P. (http://mcgovern.house.gov/) [MA-3] - Democrat
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. (http://pascrell.house.gov/) [NJ-8] - Democrat
Rep Berman, Howard L. (http://www.house.gov/berman/contact/index.shtml) [CA-28] - Democrat - House Judiciary Committee member
Rep DeGette, Diana (http://www.house.gov/degette/contact.shtml) [CO-1] - Democrat
Rep Markey, Edward J. (http://markey.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=6) [MA-7] - Democrat
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh (http://www.louise.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=506&Itemid=153) [NY-28] - Demoract
Bartholomew Roberts
March 16, 2007, 09:49 AM
Four new co-sponsors signed on as 3/15/07. This gives the bill a total of 30 co-sponsors (8 of whom are on the House Judiciary Committee). Click on the name for contact info:
Rep Lofgren, Zoe (http://www.house.gov/lofgren/) [CA-16] - 3/15/2007 - Democrat - House Judiciary Committee member
Rep Lowey, Nita M. (http://www.house.gov/lowey/contact.htm) [NY-18] - 3/15/2007 - Democrat
Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] - 3/15/2007 - Democrat* - House Judiciary Committee member
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. (http://www.house.gov/tauscher/letstalk.shtml) [CA-10] - 3/15/2007 - Democrat
*(Congressman Sherman's website is here (http://www.house.gov/sherman/); but it has a script error that causes Internet Explorer to hang/crash.
Bartholomew Roberts
March 23, 2007, 11:48 AM
Three new sponsors signed on 3/22/07, including one Judiciary Committee member. That brings the total number to 33 co-sponsors (9 on the House Judiciary). Click on link for contact info:
Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20] (http://www.house.gov/schultz/zipauth.htm) - 3/22/2007 - Democrat - House Judiciary Committee member
Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] (http://www.pastor.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=67) - 3/22/2007 - Democrat
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (http://www.patrickkennedy.house.gov/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={ACF990C4-42E5-4268-98B7-E8BF94CD03ED}) - 3/22/2007 - Democrat
Still nothing on the House Judiciary Committee schedule for this bill.
March 25, 2007, 01:33 AM
The bill now has 1 sponsor and 33 co-sponsors. Here is the full list as of 3-25-2007
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]
Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]
Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. William Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. William Delahunt [D-MA]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]
Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Martin Meehan [D-MA]
Rep. Bradley Miller [D-NC]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Rep. William Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Edward Pastor [D-AZ]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D-CA]
Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]
Art Eatman
March 25, 2007, 12:10 PM
March 26, 2007, 02:37 PM
This makes it a little easier to look for your critter.
Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]
Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D-CA]
Rep. William Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. William Delahunt [D-MA]
Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Martin Meehan [D-MA]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Edward Pastor [D-AZ]
Rep. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI]
Rep. Bradley Miller [D-NC]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Rep. William Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D-MD]
Was gonna do the "Co-sponsors by party" but what's the point?
Bartholomew Roberts
March 29, 2007, 04:54 PM
H.R. 1022 was referred to the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security on March 19, 2007; but Thomas was just updated to show the referral. This is the first of many steps it must take to become a bill. However, almost all bills make it to this step and many bills never make it past this step.
Usually a bill is referred to the proper subcommittee almost immediately after introduction and in the past, that is what has happened with this bill. For whatever reason, they sat on it and did not refer it to the subcommittee this session until March 19th (almost a month of limbo).
All in all, things are looking good for this bill to die a quiet death in committee.
Bartholomew Roberts
April 17, 2007, 10:06 AM
As you might have guessed, several Representatives felt a need to take a political stand after yesterday's tragedy. Three new co-sponsors signed on to McCarthy's bill yesterday:
Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] (http://www.house.gov/abercrombie/contact.shtml) - Democrat
Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] (http://www.farr.house.gov/feedback.cfm?campaign=farr&type=Contact%20Me) - Democrat
Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] (http://www.henrywaxman.house.gov/contact.htm) - Democrat
This brings the total to 36 co-sponsors, 9 of whom are on the House Judiciary committee.
Bartholomew Roberts
April 22, 2007, 11:06 PM
Two more Representatives signed on as co-sponsors on April 19th.
Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] (http://www.house.gov/harman/contact/) - Democrat
Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] (http://holt.house.gov/contact.shtml) - Democrat
This brings the total number of co-sponsors to 38 (with nine on the House Judiciary).
Bartholomew Roberts
May 1, 2007, 09:42 AM
Three more representatives signed as co-sponsors on April 26:
Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] (http://www.house.gov/emanuel/contact.shtml) - 4/26/2007 - Democrat
Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] (http://www.house.gov/watson/contact.shtml) - 4/26/2007 - Democrat
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] (http://woolsey.house.gov/contactinfo.asp) - 4/26/2007 - Democrat
This brings the total to 41 co-sponsors with nine on the House Judiciary Committee.
Bartholomew Roberts
May 5, 2007, 12:04 PM
Two more representatives signed as co-sponsors on May 3:
Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] (http://www.house.gov/langevin/) - 5/3/2007 - Democrat
Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] (http://www.house.gov/olver/contact/index.html) - 5/3/2007 - Democrat
This brings the total number of co-sponsors to 43, with nine on the House Judiciary Committee.
Bartholomew Roberts
May 9, 2007, 10:24 AM
Four more representatives (one a non-voting representative from D.C.) has signed on as co-sponsors as of May 8, 2007. Two of these new co-sponsors are on the House Judiciary Committee.
Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] (http://blumenauer.house.gov/about/Contact.shtml) - 5/8/2007 - Democrat
Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] (http://www.house.gov/nadler/contact.shtml) - 5/8/2007 - Democrat - House Judiciary Committee member
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] (http://www.norton.house.gov/) - 5/8/2007 - NON-VOTING - Democrat
Rep Watt, Melvin L. [NC-12] (http://watt.house.gov/contactinfo.asp) - 5/8/2007 - Democrat - House Judiciary Committee member
This brings the total number of co-sponsors to 46 voting (47 total) with 11 members of the House Judiciary Committee signed on.
June 16, 2007, 08:42 PM
Two more Representatives have signed on as of June 6th :
Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] - 6/6/2007
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] - 6/6/2007
This brings the total of co-sponsors to 49.
July 18, 2007, 09:11 AM
One more Representative signed on as of July 12th:
Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] (http://clarke.house.gov/) - 7/12/2007
Thus bringing the number of co-sponsors to 50.
HR 2666 (handgun licensing & registration) picked up two con-sponsors that day too:
Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] (http://clarke.house.gov/) - 7/12/2007
Rep Lee, Barbara (http://lee.house.gov/) [CA-9] - 7/12/2007
July 20, 2007, 12:39 PM
One more Representative as of July 19th:
Rep Solis, Hilda L. (http://solis.house.gov/) [CA-32] - 7/19/2007
New grand total: 51
HR 2666 got five more co-sponsors yesterday too!
Rep Rangel, Charles B. (http://www.house.gov/rangel/) [NY-15] - 7/19/2007
Rep Davis, Danny K. (http://www.house.gov/davis/) [IL-7] - 7/19/2007
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete (http://www.house.gov/stark/) [CA-13] - 7/19/2007
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. (http://luisgutierrez.house.gov/) [IL-4] - 7/19/2007
Rep Towns, Edolphus (http://www.house.gov/towns/) [NY-10] - 7/19/2007
Which gives us a total of 7 co-sponsors.
September 5, 2007, 12:48 PM
Five more co-sponsors:
Rep Honda, Michael M. (http://honda.house.gov/) [CA-15] - 8/2/2007
Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. (http://hankjohnson.house.gov/) [GA-4] - 9/4/2007
Rep Lee, Barbara (http://lee.house.gov/) [CA-9] - 9/4/2007
Rep Tierney, John F. (http://www.house.gov/tierney/) [MA-6] - 9/4/2007
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell (http://www.wynn.house.gov/) [MD-4] - 9/4/2007
Which brings the total up to 56.
October 27, 2007, 01:28 AM
Three more, one of whom is running for President.
Rep McCollum, Betty (http://www.mccollum.house.gov/) [MN-4] - 9/25/2007
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. (http://www.alceehastings.house.gov/) [FL-23] - 10/22/2007
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (http://kucinich.house.gov/) [OH-10] - 10/25/2007
New grand total is 59.
(And for those playing along at home, HR 2666, which would require handgun licensing and registration, has crept up to 15 cosponsors.)
October 27, 2007, 09:21 PM
And another Presidential candidate jumps into the fray!
Joseph Biden (http://biden.senate.gov/) has just introduced S. 2237 (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-2237) in the Senate. The bill would, among other things, reauthorize the Clinton AWB and close the "gun show loophole."
There's no text of the legislation yet, but Biden issued a press release (http://biden.senate.gov/newsroom/details.cfm?id=286107) about it.
December 28, 2007, 10:26 PM
By My Count 60 ? :what:
ps... I could be wrong ...but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express :)
December 28, 2007, 10:40 PM
Effectively dead. It's been in committee since 19 March and will die there. It is not scheduled for hearings or a vote. Since HR 2640 has passed chances are mighty slim that any other gun bills of any type will come out of any committee.
From: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-1022
This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills go first to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise them before they go to general debate. The majority of bills never make it out of committee.
December 29, 2007, 03:00 PM
Have You Ever ben Wrong ?
ps.....I HAVE and more than once :what: ... Yes more and more lately :banghead: LOLROFLMAO
February 10, 2008, 10:07 PM
So, has it gone from "effectively dead" to "actually dead", yet?
February 11, 2008, 03:31 AM
It won't go to "actually dead" until the end of the 110th Congress at the end of this year. Have no fear, it'll start all over again NEXT year with the 111th Congress. And, statistically with a Democrat president in the White House. And BOTH of the leading Democrat candidates have said they support banning "assault weapons."
March 22, 2008, 05:08 AM
Is there any more information on HR1022, and how Mccain or Obama views this bill?
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This paper pursues two themes. First, it argues that there is a commonality between the general interest in the past, the interest of historians, and interest of legal historians. Second, it shows that several ideas about the past commonly appear in all three contexts. In pursuing this themes, the paper begins by reviewing the initial study of past and the emergence of history and legal history in academia. It explores the various reasons that the early historians and later academic historians and legal historians studied the past and the different ways in which they used it. The paper then pursues in more detail the development of Anglo-American legal history as a scholarly tradition. It identifies three types of academic legal history: classical, liberal, and critical and discusses their natures and different uses of the past. Finally, the paper explores the substantial legal history scholarship and its relevance to scholars who are not legal historians. The paper concludes by stressing the importance of studying the legal past.
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This section includes celebrated performers who flourished or emerged in the inter-war years: Peggy Ashcroft, John Barrymore, Edith Evans, John Gielgud, Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, etc. However, it also reviews a variety of foreign and non-English-speaking productions from 1900 to the 21st c. These pictures are for educational use, and most appear by the courtesy of the Hampden-Booth Library, New York, the Yorck Project (under GNU Free Document License), or of the Cleveland Press Shakespeare Photographs 1870-1982, edited by Lesley Ellen Jorbin of the Special Collections, Cleveland State University Library, and based on the Clevelandmemory site at http:/www.ulib.csuohio.edu/shakespeare/ See individual credits.
A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre. 2002.
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Pyramus & Thisbe (2004, American Repertory Theatre, USA)
Midsummer Night's Dream in Russia (2007): Performance at the Saratov Puppet Theatre "Teremok"
Much Ado About Nothing, 1904: Julia Marlowe as Beatrice, E. H. Sothern as Benedick.
Much Ado About Nothing,1980: Claudio: Stephen Russell; Hero: Diana Leblanc; Beatrice: Maggie Smith; Benedick: Brian Bedford.
Much Ado: CST, 2003. Beatrice (Julie Eccles) mocks Benedick (Charles Shaw Robinson).
Much Ado: Beatrice (Julie Eccles) in Love
Much Ado: Engagement
Othello: Walter Hampden as Othello
Othello: Harcourt Williams (1880-1957) as Othello.
Othello: Paul Robeson as Othello, Jose Ferrer as Iago, Theater Guild, NY, 1943.
Othello: Paul Robeson as Othello and Uta Hagen as Desdemona, Theatre Guild Production, Broadway, 1943-44
Othello: Lawrence Olivier as Othello 1965
Otello by Giuseppe Verdi, Opery Wrocawskiej Wrocaw, Poland, 2008.
Pericles; 1973, Stratford Festival, Ontario, Canada.
Pericles: the Setting and the Set, California Shakespeare Theatre, 2008.
Pericles (Christopher Kelly) Meets Some Fishermen at the Bruns Theatre: California Shakespeare Theatre, 2008.
Richard II (1978): King Richard II: Derek Jacobi; John of Gaunt: John Gielgud.
Richard III: Olivier as Richard, Claire Bloom as Lady Anne (film: 1955)
Richard III Janet Susman as Lady Anne and Ian Holm as Richard of Gloucester.
Ann Murray as Queen Margaret with Larry Linville as her Lover the Duke of Suffolk (Henry VI, Part 2).
Richard III: Peggy Ashcroft as Queen Margaret
Richard III, Sweden, 1947: Gerda Lundequist as the Duchess of York.
Romeo & Juliet (1904): E. H. Southern (1859-1933) with Julia Marlowe.
Romeo and Juliet, 1923-4: Jane Cowl (1884-1950) as Juliet.
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Romeo and Juliet: Katherine Cornell as Juliet and Edith Evans as the Nurse. 1934. Grebanier considered this production one of th
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Taming of the Shrew: F. R. Benson as Petruchio (1916)
Taming of the Shrew; Open-air Theatre, City Park, Schöneberg,Berlin 1946.
Taming of the Shrew; Open-air Theatre, City Park, Schöneberg,Berlin, 1946.
Taming of the Shrew, Prague, 1978: Lenka Pichikova as Bianca; Dagmar Veskenova as Katherina.
The Tempest: at the Faculty Glade U.C.Berkeley, 1993.
The Tempest: Faculty Glade at U.C.B. 1993.
The Tempest , Shakespeare and Company, 2001.
Timon of Athens, 1965, Royal shakespeare Company; Timon, Paul Scofield.
Titus Andronicus: Old Globe, San Diego, CA, 2006.
Troilus and Cressida, 1976, Royal Shakespeare Company,
Twelfth Night: Savoy Theatre, London;
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Copyright Misuse and the Limits of the Copyright Monopoly
Aaron Xavier Fellmeth
Arizona State University (ASU) - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Journal Intellectual Property Law, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1998
Although both the antitrust and intellectual property laws are intended to foster innovation and efficiency, the former do so by outlawing monopolies and the latter by protecting them. These disparate methods cause antitrust law and intellectual property law to coexist in a state of permanent tension. Until recently, that tension was reduced by the limited duration of patents and copyrights. However, with exponential growth of innovation and invention in technology has come rapid obsolescence of many inventions. Software and hardware become obsolete in a matter of a few years or months. The postindustrial era has therefore reinvigorated the conflict between intellectual property law and antitrust law. At the nexus of this tension, one will find the doctrines of patent and copyright misuse.
Unfortunately, neither the 1976 Copyright Act nor the antitrust statutes addresses the tension between the two bodies of law. In the copyright field, however, the dangers inherent in any monopoly have spawned legal doctrines, such as the misuse defense, designed to prevent abuse of the monopoly. The purpose of this Article is to discuss the current status of the copyright misuse doctrine and predict its probable future course. Until 1990, no federal circuit court and only one federal district court 8 accepted the copyright misuse defense, making such predictions difficult. Since 1990, however, acceptance of the defense (in theory, at least) has become quite broad. The questions now are: what are the tenets of the doctrine and when will the defense most likely succeed?
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A "woman-owned, service-disabled, veteran-owned company" has approached local government and Navy base officials with a plan to repurpose the Sugar Grove Navy Base.
The Ambit Group, LLC, located in Reston, Va., proposes to build a Veterans Transition Center that would provide veterans and their families with vocational education programs and support services, such as physical and mental health services and housing.
Ambit wants to use the Sugar Grove facility to establish a prototype umbrella organization and facility through which private and government funds could be channelled to improve benefits for veterans and also provide communities with new opportunities and resources, Pendleton County Commission President Gene McConnell said.
"The center also would serve nonveterans throughout the region. Any program would be available to local residents. This project would be perfected at Sugar Grove and then possibly replicated at other locations throughout the country," McConnell added.
To support both veterans and communities, the government is investing more than $130 billion annually that comes from a "myriad of programs and agencies; however, a lack of cohesion limits the impact of the support provided," said Ambit spokesman Tom Oates.
A transition center that unites the services for veterans and the community creates a unique opportunity.
"We can better serve both groups - and our nation as a whole - by better using the funds already allocated," Oates said.
Pendleton County would have no money or liability invested in this project.
"If the project would not work, the county would shut the project down," said McConnell, who emphasized this is just one of the projects being pursued. The base is still under the control of the Department of Defense, which has priority over all future use of the Navy base.
Currently, Ambit provides management consulting services to the public and private sectors and specializes in technology, telecommunications and information management, program and project management, and communications, McConnell said.
Kim Hayes, Ambit CEO and co-founder with John Condon, enlisted in the U.S. Army at age 18 and came home disabled.
"I went in healthy and came home wounded," Hayes said. "It was a long wait even then for help from the Veterans Administration. It took 27 months, and I didn't know what to do during that time, what options I had or jobs I could do. I was home and hurt."
Hayes took advantage of the VA programs, got her college degree and became a successful business owner. "I always said when my day came, I had a dream to do something for these kids ... build a safe landing zone, so as they came out, they could get help and education. I wanted to have a single point of process while they wait for the VA in no man's land," she said
Hayes also is passionate about linking her help for veterans with communities who are struggling with closures and lost job opportunities.
"I'm from a small town in North Carolina and fell in love with Pendleton County, the base and the people I have met," she said. "I want to link the two together by combining our resources to help both. I think it's the right answer for the veterans, the community and their families."
First steps toward building the center are likely to begin no later than Oct.1 in order to solicit commitments from corporations and government agencies interested in participating.
"In the unlikely event there would be insufficient commitment from these agencies by January 2014, this would represent a go/no-go decision point and would leave time to pursue alternate solutions," McConnell said.
A decision to go forward would result in the initiation of a pilot project early in 2014. The results of the pilot program would provide another "go/no-go decision point."
"If the pilot goes well and the Veterans Transition Center seems sustainable, recruitment of companies and government partners would ramp up starting in October 2014 to prepare for the Navy's departure from Sugar Grove in October 2015," McConnell said.
A critical component of the base closure is a gradual well-planned transition, not allowing the base to become closed for a significant period of time, as the cost of re-opening would be substantial, McConnell added.
"Ambit has a well thought-out plan with a lot of potential. It also has connections to companies and can raise funds to make it happen. But before moving forward, we need to engage the community in the discussion and hear what others think of this opportunity," he said.
The County Commission will hold a public hearing on Ambit's proposal in the near future.
"We need to get the community behind this project," Hayes said. "Together we're going to do it."


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So exciting about the offer on your house! Glad you are having such a great time this week. I loved these pictures so much... xoReplyDelete
Wonderful! I can honestly say this is the first time I've seen you post a 'slide show' of so many pictures... and.. I kind of loved it! ;o) Happy Thanksgiving to you Yankees south o' the border.ReplyDelete
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Oh Steph...I am so so happy to read these words:) I am just grinning ear to ear thinking of your year and this move and all of the wishing and hoping and AN OFFER! Hooray!! I feel so blessed too...having you in my life, my sweet friend:) This is pure bounty. XXOOReplyDelete
Those are such great photos, and congrats on the offer on your house!ReplyDelete
It was an amazing Thanksgiving. I wish it didn't have to end! You are the Best Hostess!ReplyDelete
Happy, happy Thanksgiving. And congrats on your house! Fingers crossed.ReplyDelete
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So glad you got an offer on the house, what great news!ReplyDelete
I especially like the one of Jeff setting the stage for the Christmas card photo. Cracked me up. :)ReplyDelete
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Thinking of you and the offer.
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Beautiful photos.
All of these photos are just so great! But where are you? ;)ReplyDelete
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ERIE - Taking a no-hitter into the sixth inning usually means a pitcher is in control, but Casey Sadler never really had control Sunday for the Curve and lost on the road for the first time all season.
Sadler flirted with danger with four walks through five innings, and Erie finally got to him for two runs on two hits in the sixth to take the lead for good. Altoona's offense managed only a run in the third inning and lost, 3-1, at Jerry Uht Park.
Sadler (10-7) had been 7-0 away from home before suffering the loss, allowing three runs - two earned - on four hits in seven innings. He gave up just four hits but also walked six while striking out only two.
The loss of command was unusual for Sadler, whose season high prior to Sunday was three walks. He had only 32 walks in 117 innings entering the day.
The Curve scored their lone run in the third when Mel Rojas Jr. tripled and came home on a squeeze bunt by Alen Hanson.
Sadler carried a no-hitter for 5 1/3 innings before Eugenio Suarez tripled in the sixth. Erie tied the game when Suarez came home on a grounder to Hanson at shortstop, and Hanson's wild throw allowed Daniel Fields to get to second. That proved to be a costly error as Ramon Cabrera singled home Fields for a 2-1 Erie lead.
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LEADING OFF: The Curve return to Peoples Natural Gas Field tonight for the next-to-last homestand of the season. It's a four-game series against Reading, and tonight there's a doubleheader beginning at 5:30 p.m. There's a makeup game from a rainout June 6.
SAFE AT FIRST: LHP Kris Johnson became the 110th former Curve player to reach the major leagues when he was called up Sunday by the Pirates. Johnson appeared in 15 games (nine starts) for Altoona last season, going 3-2 with a 2.09 ERA.
STEALING SECOND: Johnson had a highly unusual MLB debut as he pitched six innings of relief for the Pirates in their 16-inning loss to the Diamondbacks. Johnson didn't allow a run for his first five innings before giving up two runs on a bloop double in the 16th to take the loss.
ROUNDING THIRD: The Pirates optioned former Curve OF Andrew Lambo back to Triple-A to make room for Johnson on the roster, knowing they needed extra pitching. Bucs officials said Sunday they plan to call up Lambo again after the mandatory 10-day waiting period.
HEADING HOME: The Curve's attendance average is likely to drop from last season to this one as they enter tonight's series averaging 4,052 fans per game, down from last year's finish of 4,295.
- Cory Giger
The SeaWolves added an insurance run in the seventh when Fields singled home Wade Gaynor.
Erie starter Warwick Saupold (7-5) picked up the win, allowing one run in six innings. Melvin Mercedes finished it off in the ninth for his 10th save.
SUBHD: Game recap
Key player: Erie CF Daniel Fields went 1-for-4 with two RBIs and scored the go-ahead run.
Key play: A grounder to SS Alen Hanson with a runner at third tied the game in the sixth, and Hanson's throwing error to the plate allowed the eventual go-ahead run to get into scoring position.
Key stat: Curve RHP Casey Sadler had been 7-0 on the road this season but lost for the first time Sunday.
SUBHD: How they scored
Top 3rd: Rojas Jr. tripled, scored on Hanson squeeze bunt (1-0).
Bottom 6th: Suarez tripled, scored on Fields fielder's choice (1-1); Cabrera single scored Fields (1-2).
Bottom 7th: Gaynor walked, scored on Fields single (1-3).


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I have made the point numerous times in previous Myeloma Today articles and discussions with many IMF members around the country: if we are serious about achieving the goal of more federal funding for myeloma research, we must advocate on behalf of all cancer research funding. Specifically, we must be active in coalitions like One Voice Against Cancer (OVAC) to support full funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and educate our members of Congress about the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Director's Bypass Budget. It is only by working with others with similar goals that we will achieve our specific goal of more funding for myeloma research.
During our most recent OVAC Advocacy Day in June 2002, however, I was strongly advised by one member of Congress and other staff members that advocating for a bigger slice of the funding pie for NIH and the Bypass Budget overlooked another stark reality. It was not enough, according to these individuals, to ask for more funding. In fact, it could be counterproductive in the long term.
What was needed, they argued, was an understanding and appreciation of how the political and appropriations processes were dependent on each other. How, for example, could the appropriations committees begin to fulfill the wishes of the competing funding constituencies if tax cuts diminished federal resources by $600 billion?
Under these conditions, no constituency should expect to fulfill their wish lists, or, in a more likely scenario, the future of appropriations would translate into a process of perceived winners one year becoming losers in the next. For example, this year, it seems likely NIH will achieve or come near to the five-year doubling pledge goal of $27.3 billion.
That might translate into education programs not being funded at the levels promised in previous years. It also may translate in reductions or stagnant funding levels for other health programs such as the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
And in boom-and-bust funding cycle scenarios, it may mean that next year's medical research funding figure will barely rise while other programs, the perceived losers of the current cycle, will experience greater increases. It will be the legislative metaphor of moving around the deck chairs on the Titanic.
What is the subtext to this debate? Part of the answer, in a case made strongly to me by one member of Congress, is if we are vocal about increasing funding levels for NIH and NCI, we should also be vocal and concerned about tax cuts limiting the funding streams for those agencies. The two are related.
This argument is one component of the historic political tensions that have underscored the American political process. But instead of "guns or butter" the mantra for advocates may be "tax cuts or cancer research" or "tax cuts or education funding."
On the other side of the discussion, there would be no guarantee that research funding would automatically go up if tax cuts were defeated and the federal funding stream remained uninterrupted. Those decisions would again be left up to the various appropriations subcommittees and there are no guarantees that link tax income with funding for programs.
The moral of the story is that advocates must be vigilant and assertive no matter the political environment. We should always vigorously support our goals. We shouldn't take for granted success in the good times. Nor should we expect lesser results in tight fiscal times.
But we should expect winners and losers in the appropriations process. Although the NIH part of the equation looks promising for cancer research advocates this year, the other parts do not look as promising. The outlook for the next few years is even more nebulous, especially for NIH.
And remember to connect the dots. At least then it is easier to explain the final results. And remember that it is more likely to be on the losing side of the appropriations process when the income of the federal government is constricted by tax cuts.


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Sync Transactions allows you to authorize AppFolio to automatically download your bank statement and import the information into AppFolio. The system then compares information on your bank statement with what recorded in AppFolio, automatically clears all matching transactions, and flags any transactions that don't match, saving you the hassle of manually reviewing every line item.
We leverage the Universal Search feature to make entering bills simple and intuitive.
Just search for the bill you need, enter the correct information and you're done. You can create one-time and recurring bills to assign expenses to any property or general ledger account code. It's that easy!
Instead of the traditional process of printing and mailing checks to owners, you can save time and money by paying your owners via ACH.
AppFolio Owner ACH enables you to make owner payments simply by downloading an electronic file from AppFolio and uploading it to your bank. Using ACH to pay owners electronically will allow you to reduce your monthly costs to print and send checks and also allow you to provide better service to your owners. Owners receive the funds directly in their bank account, so they are paid much faster—and they definitely appreciate that!
You can use AppFolio Property Manager to easily create budgets at the property level.
With all of the accounting data stored in AppFolio you can track the current budget and compare to actual income and expenses for each property. This simplifies the process and ensures consistency during the budgeting cycle as you avoid entering data in multiple places.
For properties with optional, rentable items you can easily manage them within AppFolio Property Manager.
Common items typically rented to residents include extra parking spots, covered parking or storage sheds. You have the flexibility to add the items that are relevant to each property and easily set them to show up as recurring charges on the property record.
We've designed our reports to be extremely flexible so you can customize them for how you run your business.
There are many standard reports provided, including: accounting details, property details, resident and vendor information and much more. It is easy to adjust columns, select different fields and sort by different titles and even customize the way the information is grouped together. Links within the reports allow you to drill down on specific items so you can get all of the information you need.
Reports can also be generated in a variety of formats including PDF, .xls, .and csv, so you can quickly email, print or save them for future use.
Transferring funds between properties is simple and uses an intuitive graphical interface so you avoid mistakes and save time.
With just a couple of clicks you can transfer money from one property to another to pay that bill without having to bother your owners. Everything is shown clearly on the ledgers for your owners, reducing questions at the end of the month. This functionality is designed to only transfer funds from properties with the same owner—eliminating the chance of error and accidental entries.
Unlike other solutions that require you to use specific checks, with AppFolio you can buy your checks at Costco if you wish!
Writing checks is an intuitive and easy process. The screen display looks like an actual check and you are prompted for all of the required information throughout the entire process. You can initiate the check writing process from a variety of locations in AppFolio to fit with your workflow.
Our system fully supports different check formats and setting up MICR printing is a breeze. Think of how much money you will save when you no longer have to purchase that expensive check stock from your bank.


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Faith Hill is singing a brand-new song – and she's hoping to inspire her fans.
"We've been through a lot as a country throughout the years, and we've faced tremendous adversity," the country superstar tells PEOPLE via email of her new single, "American Heart."
"People are suffering, trying to make ends meet, and times are especially tough right now. The sentiment captures everything I think we all feel when we think about the American spirit."
The song, which will premiere in full on Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. ET on Hill's Twitter account (@faithhill), finds her singing, "You can't break an American heart." (Listen to an exclusive preview of the song below.) "Musically, it's a straightforward, no nonsense reminder [of the country's spirit]," she says.
She will also be online, answering fan questions after premiering the tracks. Fans can Tweet their questions using the hashtag #askfaith.
Even though the song hasn't been released in full yet, the reviews are already (sort of) in.
"The good thing (or the bad) depending on how you look at it, is that I get so many different opinions," she tells PEOPLE of husband Tim McGraw and daughters Gracie, Maggie and Audrey's response to "American Heart." "How could I not – three girls and a husband who seems to like everything I do!"
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Faith Hill Premiering New Song
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From donkey booty to diaper duty!
Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks welcomed her second child – a son – with husband Apollo Nida on Wednesday, her rep confirms to PEOPLE.
"Mother and baby are happy and healthy," says the rep.
The couple, who have been married since 2009, are already parents to Ayden, who turns 3 this month.
Parks recently shared her plan for staying healthy during her pregnancy with PEOPLE.
"I don't count calories," she said at the time. "I just try to eat organic, healthy food. I eat a lot of small meals per day. If I want something, I try to eat it in moderation if it's something that's not good for me. I don't really have any cravings. The only thing I [craved] during my last pregnancy were oranges. I love citrus fruit."
Health is a priority for Parks, who has released two exercise DVDs, Phine Body By Phaedra & Apollo Donkey Booty Volume 1 and Phine Body: Volume 2.
Phaedra Parks Welcomes Second Son
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