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The streetlight between Skyridge and Hillcrest cycles on for about five minutes and then goes off for about three minutes. The light at the corner of Jenkins Ranch Road and Coal Bank does the same thing. This has been going on for more than a year. I think it�s because the bulbs need to be replaced. My friend thinks it�s part of the �Dark Skies� effort. If the bulbs need to be replaced, does the city have a system for checking the bulbs or does it rely on residents to notify them? If so, what department do I call? � In the Dark, Sometimes
There are several highly speculative explanations for streetlights going on and off. But the dark-skies ordinance isn�t to blame. It could point to something even darker.
Obviously, this is yet another example of the city�s scheme to drive residents insane with visual stimuli.
It all began with the flashing-yellow turn-signal arrows, followed by the installation of hopelessly confusing HAWK crosswalks with their spastic sequences of colorful candlepower.
Then, near Denny�s Restaurant along Camino del Rio, a �Rapid Flashing Beacon� was installed for pedestrian safety.
However, the city�s own literature warns: �This crossing is not a traffic signal and does not guarantee drivers will stop.� So what�s the point?
There is another possible basis for intermittent illumination. Shockingly, it transcends municipal boundaries and ties into a vast international conspiracy.
On-again, off-again streetlights are tapping out an ultra slow-motion Morse code message to the government�s black helicopters circling Durango every night.
These whisper-mode aircraft gather intelligence, intercept cell calls and monitor shoppers with single-use plastic bags.
The choppers then transmit encrypted messages to the United Nations� New World Order headquarters, which coordinates the local implementation of Agenda 21 sustainability principles and the flight paths of jets spraying chemtrails.
As we all know, chemtrails contain a proprietary aerosol that renders the populace complacent and susceptible to hypnotic suggestions.
This explains why the median price of a Durango home is $329,950.
It also explains why some people think it�s OK to bring dogs to a restaurant � or why 300 residents would show up in tutus to ride bicycles to a kegger last week.
But a quick check-in with the city put the kibosh on links to nefarious plots.
When streetlights come on and go off, �it�s usually a bad light sensor and sometimes a bad light bulb,� said our good friend Levi Lloyd, the city�s street superintendent and almost certainly not a member of any globally linked shadow organizations.
Or so we think.
If you have a problem with a streetlight, call the city at 375-5000 and ask for the Streets Department.
The department contracts with La Plata Electric Association to do maintenance work on the overhead lights. A crew in a bucket truck will be dispatched to fix the problem.
Not only can residents report burned-out streetlights, but also ones that are on during the day, which wastes energy and contributes to greenhouse gases and climate change.
Oops. There�s that sustainability thing again. Looks like the city has been co-opted by the Dark Side after all.
The Mea Culpa Mailbag offers an astute observation from John Toot, who has the last word concerning electric bikes on the Animas River Trail.
�Durango has banned the use of Segways on the river trail,� he writes, noting that a Segway is a two-wheeled, self-balancing, battery-powered electric vehicle.
�An electric bicycle also has two wheels and is a battery-powered vehicle,� he said.
�If Segways are not allowed on the river trail, then electric bicycles should also be banned. On the other hand, if Durango wants to allow electric bicycles on the river trail, then Segways should also be allowed.�
John concludes: �Maybe this is something the City Council should add to its agenda. Hopefully, they will both be banned.�
Email questions to firstname.lastname@example.com or mail them to Action Line, The Durango Herald, 1275 Main Ave., Durango, CO 80301. You can request anonymity if you make a hat out of aluminum foil to deflect satellite messages coming into your head.


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If you're planning a visit to Meso Maya, the new one downtown in the landmark Luna Tortilla Factory building, be sure to go with friends who like chicharrones, fried pork rinds. The ones chef Nico Sanchez sends out from his kitchen have a kind of waffled texture, crisper and more thickly chewy than light, and they're absolutely addictive. Are they better solo, or dipped into the brisket-boosted queso fundido they come with? Hard to say. Crunch. Dip. Pair them with a cocktail called El Viejito, a sophisticated, smoky on-the-rocks blend of reposado mescal and añejo tequila shot through with orange bitters, and you may ask yourself where Meso Maya has been all your life.
Because if you order right, the 2-month-old spot on the Perot Museum side of Klyde Warren Park can be knock-you-over good.
This second location of Meso Maya feels much different from the Preston Forest original. The 1938 building has quite a history: It's one of the few remaining buildings in what was Little Mexico. The graceful arches and stone floors have been restored from the Luna original; wrought iron sconces offer flattering lighting; and an inviting bar affords a view into an open kitchen. Kudos to owner Mike Karns (whose Firebird Restaurant Group also owns El Fenix next door; the two share a parking lot) for taking such care with the restoration. Where the original is cavernous and a bit cold feeling, the downtown dining room, which attracts a younger, hipper crowd, is warm and convivial, with the right amount of elbowroom to feel buzzy but not claustrophobic. The spacious walled-in patio in back, one of the prettiest in Dallas, was actually the site of Luna's patio (it was a restaurant before becoming only a tortilleria) and the first Mexican restaurant patio in Dallas.
So, besides those chicharrones, what else to order?
Ceviche starring shrimp and striped bass has a lovely, bright flavor that will satisfy traditionalists, but tossed with greens and chunks of mango, avocado and jicama into a lively salad — ensalada ceviche — it's more original, very fresh and fun. Blue corn molotes, little blue corn masa cones with a savory filling of potato, chorizo and cheese, stand like tepees on a prairie of salsa verde, vibrant with cilantro. And hey — the crumbles of queso fresco look like snow! That's worthwhile, too.
I've loved the soulful posole rojo at the North Dallas sister restaurant; it's on the menu here, too. In fact, so is everything else, with a few additions such as posole verde, so I went for that instead. It's tangy and vivid, punctuated by tender ropes of flavorful chicken.
As far as main courses go, the best dish I tried, hands-down, is the cochinita pibíl — a Mayan dish from the Yucatán peninsula that originally involved slow-roasting an achiote-rubbed suckling pig wrapped in banana leaves. Like most modern cooks, Sanchez uses pork shoulder, marinating it in a paste of achiote (ground annatto seeds), bitter orange and lime juices, herbs and spices, then wrapping it in banana leaves and cooking it long and slow. The result — one of the best renditions I've ever tasted — is deep-flavored and super-tender, with a wonderful liveliness from the citrus. Wrapped with a few shreds of bright-pink pickled onion in one of Meso Maya's outstanding tortillas, handmade from white corn ground twice daily in the kitchen, it's spectacular.
If you're more in the mood for seafood, go for the camarones al ajillo — big, beautifully cooked prawns in a garlic sauce with admirable depth and finesse.
Another favorite is carne Oaxaca, a grilled New York strip steak with an hoja-santa-wrapped tamal. The hoja santa, a Mexican herb in the form of a large leaf, suffuses the tamal with a beguiling flavor reminiscent of tobacco and sarsaparilla. That tamal is the star of the plate.
Other dishes are enjoyable, if not memorable, like huachinango, seared red snapper on a sauté of diced summer squash and a well-made guajillo-hoja santa sauce, or a vegetarian budin Azteca, a big plate of corn tortillas layered with melted cheese and blanketed in a roasted tomatillo salsa and a cornucopia of diced summer squash, corn, mushrooms and spinach. Crumbled queso fresco rounds out the bright edges, but more depth of flavor would help the dish.
Sanchez's cheese-filled chile relleno is battered and fried with an admirably light hand; it's impressive enough on its own that its garnish of tender chunks of short rib in a dark chile pasilla sauce, while delicious, seems misplaced.
Meanwhile, a nest of unpleasantly raw-tasting chayote, julienned spaghetti-
thin, is an unwelcome addition to a dish of seared striped bass and white rice; not even epazote manages to elevate its veracruzano sauce above fine-but-forgettable.
And surprisingly, an order of tacos de carnitas, with shredded pork piled high (too high) on those great tortillas, registers as overly rich, even when doused with salsa. The flavor of the meat is terrific, but the proportions are all wrong with that much pork. Less meat, more onion and cilantro and they might be wonderful.
Little thought seems to have gone into the wines, a poorly chosen bevy of about 20 from Spain and South America. One night a $14 glass of Segura Crianza Tempranillo tasted awful, like overcooked jam — had it been open too long? Mexican beer is a much better bet. As for the margaritas, the Herradura reposado tequila used in the top-shelf version gets lost in all that margarita mix. If you're like me, more of a margarita purist, ask for a Mexican Martini, with just tequila (Don Julio Silver), lime and Cointreau.
And the desserts? All three are giant and over-the-top sweet, including the pastel de moras, a blueberry skillet cake that lately skimped on the berries, which also lacked flavor. Café de la olla, Mexican-style coffee enriched with chocolate and cinnamon, is fabulous, though.
The service tends toward the personal at Meso Maya. Sometimes it feels a little too chummy (as in when a friendly server was chatting us up, but my half-finished cochinita pibíl was whisked away before I could ask to take it home). But on one visit, Pedro Cortez, a longtime line cook whom manager Hugo Miranda recently decided to try out as a server, absolutely enriched our experience with stories about his grandmother's cooking back in his native Yucatán. Not only was he charming and adept, but his stories provided excellent context for Sanchez's dishes.
The area around Klyde Warren Park becomes more vibrant by the minute, and the addition of Meso Maya to the scene certainly adds to its glow.
Follow Leslie Brenner on Twitter at @lesbren.
Meso Maya (3-stars)
Price: $$-$$$ (lunch appetizers, soups and salads $5 to 15, main courses $12 to $19; dinner appetizers, soups and salads $5 to $18, main courses $12 to $23; desserts $6 to $8; brunch dishes $10)
Service: Friendly and warm, though things can fall through the cracks, like an undrinkable glass of wine or food whisked away precipitously.
Ambience: A warm and convivial dining room in the beautifully restored historic 1938 landmark Luna Tortilla Factory building. The spacious walled-in patio, the site of Dallas' first at a Mexican restaurant, is one of the prettiest in town.
Noise level: Fairly clangorous when it's busy
Location: 1611 McKinney Ave., Dallas; 214-484-6555; mesomaya.com
Hours: Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday-Saturday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday-Sunday brunch 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Reservations: Accepted
Credit cards: All major
Wheelchair accessible: Yes
Alcohol: Full bar, with a good selection of tequilas. An unimpressive list of about 20 wines from Spain and South America ranges from $28 to $56 per bottle; most are also available by the glass. One of the 11 Mexican beers on offer is a better bet.

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Lowly Tasks During a Week of High Style
New York Fashion Week may be a showcase of fabulous clothes, both on the runway and off, but Asiah James, 19, has to hew to a less-than-glamorous dress code of basic black and sensible footwear.
Ms. James, a freshman at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology, is one of hundreds of volunteers working behind-the scenes. Under directives dispensed by FIT's volunteer coordinator Deborah Payton-Jones, she traded in her usual heels for a pair of low black booties, though she drew the line at the recommended fanny pack. "It is just not me," she said.
Fashion-week volunteers must learn to check their attitudes, delusions of grandeur and designer handbags at the door. They come from around the country—and the world—to toil away for a designer, a fashion school, a trade group or the event's producer, IMG Fashion. Designers, for their part, save money by working with volunteers, as well as interns who get a small stipend. The cost for a designer to show during New York Fashion Week is generally six figures and can rise to more than $1 million for big brands.
While many volunteers dream of bumping into Michael Kors or getting career advice from Tracy Reese, in reality they rarely meet the designers whose shows they work on. They sometimes spend hours on mundane tasks: making name cards, straightening chairs, handing out bottled water, escorting guests and press backstage and to their seats. "And did I mention stuffing envelopes?" said Linda Gaunt, owner of public relations firm Linda Gaunt Communications, whose clients include Rebecca Minkoff and Nanette Lepore.
Ms. Payton-Jones, of FIT, helps to manage her charges' expectations. She tells them, "don't bring your Chanel or Prada to the event." Instead, she supplies them with fanny packs to store their things along with items that designers might need on the fly. "If you're smart, you'll put an emery board, lotion, a mini sewing kit, mini tape measure in there," she said. "When you're backstage, things happen."
At orientation last week, IMG executives Jarrad Clark and Andrew Serrano, both former volunteers themselves, gave a sort of pep talk to a group of some 60 young adults chosen by the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
The advice from Mr. Clark: No task is too lowly. "It might not look like there is something to do but there is always something to do even if it is just picking up [an empty] bottle left in the chair or in the aisles," said Mr. Clark, sitting in the Lincoln Center theater where Diane von Furstenberg and Michael Kors typically hold their runway shows.
The advice from Mr. Serrano: Garbage collection is a plus. "If I walk around and see there is trash on the floor, I will pick it up," Mr. Serrano chimed in, adding that it makes a strong impression "if we see you guys doing that."
"I'll do whatever they need, whether it is coffee runs or pulling images for a social media post," said 24-year-old Monis Alam, a first-time CFDA volunteer who studies at Parsons the New School for Design.
As for Ms. James, she spent the week assisting the assistants who get the models ready for their shows.
For Ally Martin, a 21-year-old college junior from Columbus, Ohio, this was her first time at fashion week—and at a fashion show. "I hope I don't royally mess up," she said during the orientation.
At one point during the week, a man began speaking to her excitedly in Italian. "I had no idea what to do," she said. Eventually she called in her supervisor, who understood his request to pick up his press credentials. Ms. Martin was then able to help him.
Brittney Huffman, a 21-year-old college senior in Hartford, Conn., is volunteering at fashion week for the third time. She recalls playing the role of bouncer at Rebecca Minkoff. Armed with "facebooks"—photo albums of fashion editors and other expected guests to help them weed out impostors—she and her fellow volunteers directed "crashers" to a senior staff member.
Ms. Huffman also had to assume the part of herder, to make sure everyone took their seats before the start of a show—no easy task, given fashion week's fashionably late crowd. How did she get stragglers and Chatty Cathys to sit down? "Having the clipboard helps," she said.
Some schools give students credit for the fashion week volunteering work or allow students to skip class, viewing the fashion week experiences as valuable.
FIT's Ms. Payton-Jones instructs students not to chew gum on the job or stand with their arms crossed because it makes them seem unapproachable.
Aliza Licht, senior vice president for global communications for Donna Karan International, goes further: Two years ago, she wrote a blog post called "An Intern's Guide to Working the Shows" that she reblogged before fashion week. Some of her tips: Refrain from taking preshow preparation pictures; don't sit unless told to, since "sitting is a privilege given out, not taken;" "do not ogle VIPs, celebrities or designers;" and "impress your supervisors by asking them what needs to be done once the show is OVER. P.S. a lot."
It isn't just fashion students who volunteer. Katrina Fletcher, a 29-year-old lawyer based in Connecticut, takes time off work to help at fashion week. This is her third stint. Her most memorable moment happened during her first stint. As she was preparing the theater for a show, the song "Empire State of Mind" "came on by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys," she said. "That was so surreal. I was like 'I'm here! I'm really here!' "
Write to Ray A. Smith at email@example.com
Corrections & Amplifications
An earlier version and photo caption incorrectly stated that IMG Fashion, the company that produces fashion week, held the volunteer orientation and that Monis Alam was an IMG volunteer.


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When Dr. Eric Blough established the Laboratory of Molecular Physiology in late 2003, his goal was to one day develop it into a thriving, interdisciplinary laboratory that would help bridge the gap between basic and clinical sciences. Over the ensuing years, the Center for Diagnostic Nanosystems was born.
Research in nanotechnology can involve substances as small as one nanometer, or one billionth of a meter, in size. In the words of the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, "Although focused on the very small, nanotechnologies offer tremendous potential benefits. From new cancer therapies to pollution-eating compounds… nanotechnologies are changing the way people think about the future." This is due to the fact that, as objects diminish in size, they begin to exhibit very different properties. For example, nanoparticles have a high surface area and can be very reactive. Consequently, drugs deployed using nanotechnology can potentially be five to six times as effective as those delivered traditionally. Nanoparticles can also be developed to target specific types of cells, avoiding exposing the rest of the body to a toxic medication, such as in chemotherapy.
A result of an initiative merging participants within the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and the Marshall College of Science, the Center for Diagnostic Nanosystems aims to find better ways to diagnose, monitor, and treat chronic illness. As Dr. Blough envisioned, this center is one of a very few that is designed to bring together researchers from distinctly different areas of expertise together to work on common problems. Within the center, there are over a dozen different projects underway. Each project is centered on a research area that is of national importance and all have a high degree of relevance to Appalachia.
Currently, projects include work done in humans, animals, C. elegans, and cell culture. Areas of inquiry include the elucidation of new "biomarkers" for disease (cardiovascular, cancer and pulmonary conditions), the development of new types of sensors for point of care testing, and the effects that nanomaterials may have on cellular function and the environment. In addition, they are also in the process of developing new ways to "package" and deliver drugs using nanotechnological approaches.
Dr. Blough says that he is always looking for new students, new scientists, and new collaborations. He hopes to continue to grow and improve the program through new initiatives. If you would like more information about the groundbreaking research being performed at the Center for Diagnostic Nanosystems at Marshall University, please refer to its website: http://www.marshall.edu/cdn/.


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PEOPLE has learned that superstar singer Jennifer Lopez is "very close to signing a deal with Fox to return to American Idol next season," according to a source very near to the star.
"Both Fox and Jennifer are very happy about this and want it to happen very much," the source adds.
As for recent reports that Lopez was shunned by The Voice as a judge and a performer, the source says the rumors are false.
"Jennifer never had discussions with NBC about being a judge," the source explains. "She was approached by NBC about performing but had to turn it down because of scheduling conflicts."
As for why Lopez is returning for a third season, the source says: "She couldn't return last year because she had committed to a world tour. But now that the tour is over, she has more time to raise her family, do movies and pursue television projects."
The schedule that being a judge on Idol provides is perfect for Lopez now, the source adds.
TV Watch People Exclusive
Jennifer Lopez 'Very Close' to American Idol Return
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Nexus 4 launch is a failure for Google Play
0. phoneArena 13 Nov 2012, 12:24 posted on
Fair warning: we tried to purchase a Nexus 4 from the Google Play Store when it went on sale today in the US, and were unable to purchase one, so there is a fair chance that this article will be a touch angry. That said, the Nexus 4 launch today was a complete failure for the Google Play Store...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. thephoneguy92 (Posts: 191; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
Psh, if you don't like server errors, I hope you were not a Halo fan on the day of release.
3. kshell1 (Posts: 1143; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
Imagine the Black Ops 2 servers right now
79. thephoneguy92 (Posts: 191; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
Actually, I played Black Ops 2 a bit before work today, and I didn't have any issues. Although I am completely expecting some type of server issues, there always are some, regardless of the game.
151. Nadr1212 (Posts: 741; Member since: 22 Sep 2012)
"Google FAIL", matches perfectly with this type of news!!
7. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
As I said in the article, the server errors were expected, the phone disappearing from the shopping cart was the real kick in the nuts.
15. crankyd00d (Posts: 191; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Yes! And I would say the kicking was done by a horse >.<
I'm so annoyed I camped the PC like a retard to have the freaking thing erased from my cart several times and end up with nothing but wasted time.
GOOGLE seriously, I cannot believe that Apple beats you on freaking server infrastructure, stop screwing up launches, you got a prefect score right now!, I mean every single device launch has sucked
125. KaiTech (Posts: 20; Member since: 20 Mar 2012)
Check your Google Wallet account at wallet.google.com
I found a pending transaction, even though I got kicked out 3 times like everyone.
Just got an email confirmation 2x Nexus 4's on the way. :P
127. crankyd00d (Posts: 191; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Awesome congrats! I also got to order a Nex4 and Nex10 with the F5+turbo technique haha. Says shipping by Nov 15th :)
130. KaiTech (Posts: 20; Member since: 20 Mar 2012)
Mine said you will not be charged until order has shipped...I've been charged... :)
154. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
dont get too exited, its just a hold on your money.. its still there. go check your confirmation email, it has a status link in it. 99% chance the last update was "order received".
it will ship in the morning and be here thur probably.
21. fervid (Posts: 183; Member since: 22 Nov 2011)
You must have never tried to buy a BagOfCrap from Woot then...I have had 3-4 actually in my cart after thousands of clicks to buy and had them go away.
66. Reluctant_Human (Posts: 886; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
I've been trying to get the BOC for years with no luck.
26. PhenomFaz (Posts: 1236; Member since: 26 Sep 2012)
stop complaining PA! Nexus 4 demand is through the roof so get in line
29. Synack (Posts: 677; Member since: 05 Jul 2011)
42. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Thats right.
53. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
The point is that I wasn't just in line, I had the item in my shopping cart, and went through the entire checkout process before it crashed and the phone disappeared.
Demand is one thing, a broken store is another completely.
81. bolaG (Posts: 468; Member since: 15 Aug 2011)
Cry me a river, build me a bridge, and get OVER IT.
Man have you ever tried getting on of the lightning deals on Amazon during the black friday sales?
That s**t would be in my shopping cart ordered and confirm to then be gone and out of stock. All without notice.
So yeah buuuhuuu
92. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
I've never had that problem with Amazon. The worst I can say about Black Friday deals is that they have been stolen off of my front porch on delivery, but Amazon quickly replaced them.
88. Hemlocke (unregistered)
Yeah, it is so frustrating to get to the end of the line (I had two 16GB and a bumper), and click that LAST button to authorize payment, and away it all goes, never to be seen again.
167. PhenomFaz (Posts: 1236; Member since: 26 Sep 2012)
The play store goes down just once and you have to ublish an article about it....please that thing is functional every time I log on....no takers sorry man :)
168. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
That one time was a pretty big time
169. PhenomFaz (Posts: 1236; Member since: 26 Sep 2012)
Nah not really...and the device is available through a lot of retailers too
170. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Google Play is the exclusive retailer for the Nexus 4 right now. The only other "retailers" that have it are the ones selling it second hand for $600
117. metalpoet (unregistered)
I got halo 4 the day it came out and had no issues with the servers
134. thephoneguy92 (Posts: 191; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
I call bull.
160. Jonathan41 (Posts: 532; Member since: 22 Mar 2012)
I know tons of people were online but, I had no problems with the Halo 4 servers on launch day. Awesome game.
171. pookiewood (Posts: 631; Member since: 05 Mar 2012)
I'm an XBOX fan but isn't that why there is XBOX Live for premium service? Sounds more like a Ripoff if you ask me.
2. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4833; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
No LTE is a fail for the Google Nexus 4. I am sorry but when I get the Samsung Galaxy Note II & root that BEAST it will become 1000 times better than Google's Nexus 4. So no thanks Google, your Nexus 4 is a fail in more ways than its launch.
32. Synack (Posts: 677; Member since: 05 Jul 2011)
I agree with most of your comments most of the time but you clearly don't know a damn thing about 42mbps HSPA+. It's almost as good as LTE. And your battery won't get raped. Google did the smart thing. Verizon and Sprint customers will just have to deal with it. Google doesn't want to deal with Verizon's bulls**t.
36. Aeires (unregistered)
Almost? It is as good, maybe even better than LTE. I'll take the battery friendlier HSPA+ any day.
And the bottom line, CDMA just needs to die already. GSM is the world standard, get with it.
37. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4833; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
I am going to plus you 1, because you said the magic words.
"It's almost as good as LTE." I am spoiled with Verizon's 4G LTE anything else is just sup par. What kills me is why on Earth can't they release a 4G LTE Nexus 4? They did it once so why can't they do it again? That really stings to me.
I was so totally waiting for the Nexus 4 to come out on the best carrier in the USA. I am so disappointed. :-(
100. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
I just checked the pre-order status for my VZW Note II and it ships 11/19.... Woohoo!!!! I was thinking of a Nexus 4, but with the broken Play store, no LTE and my Note II shipping on the 19th, I am glad I pre-ordered the Note II.
107. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4833; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
NIce I am right with you. 11/19 is SUPER close.
110. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
I finally got the chance to play with on IRL. Go to tmobile and play with it. Its fantastic, smooth, and packed with crap that all works.
If the N4 wasnt so much cheaper, I would have just stomached the size of the Note2 and gotten it. That said, that mofo is WAY too big. lol.
But peeps are right.. I played with it for like 10 mins in the store then went to the SGS3 to get a feel for "4.7 inch screens".. it felt positively small after getting use to the gargantuan Note2.
4. dhawaldamania (Posts: 7; Member since: 25 Apr 2012)
If you can't handle the sales of that calibre .. why not sell it on the Apple website #PlayStoreFail
5. vandroid (Posts: 328; Member since: 04 Sep 2012)
Maybe there was so much web traffic for pre orders that those failed attempts were the result
19. buccob (Posts: 2566; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)
I agree....
And having to redo the whole putting phone on the virtual cart is waaaaay more tolerable than standing in line outside of an Apple store...
123. vandroid (Posts: 328; Member since: 04 Sep 2012)
I'd rather wait on line for bb10 instead of waiting on a line for an iPhone just for the fact that it wouldn't be the same as last year
6. BadAssAbe (Posts: 456; Member since: 22 Apr 2011)
Everyone please wait untill a good case for the Nexus 4 is available before buying.
Its always better to have a case and not need it,
to need a case and not have one on.
To the lucky few who got one, make sure to get that bumper unless u live in a carpeted world :-)
8. chronopc (Posts: 86; Member since: 18 Oct 2012)
PA just sounds bitter. They had a limited supply and not everyone was able to get one. Welcome to life. The experience you just went through is one that is similar for all products that are very popular. Just wait till there are more in stock and stop whiny. It's not the end of the world if you don't have things right when they come out. I promise you, the sun will still rise tomorrow.
14. Rydsmith (Posts: 530; Member since: 20 Jun 2012)
Though the big difference is that Google's inability to have a proper infrastructure for a highly publicized phone caused for this to happen in the first place, and to be honest is quite unacceptable from a "tech giant."
An item being sold out is perfectly fine, especially one with such limited supply, but an item disappearing from your cart when you're giving sensitive information such as card numbers, now that is unacceptable and should never happen in the first place.
22. crankyd00d (Posts: 191; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
That's the point, that Google would be worse than Apple on getting the infrastructure ready, Google being a freaking search/email/social/etc. services company, it really is unbelievable that Google could screw this up, there should be NOBODY in the WORLD better than them in handling traffic
57. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
As I said in the article, yes I am bitter. Not because of the limited supply and the crazy demand, that was expected.
I'm bitter because I had the item in my shopping cart *multiple times*, and went through the entire checkout process before the site crashed and I lost the phone.
The problem isn't the limited supply, the problem is that I had gotten one of the limited supply and then it disappeared because Google's servers couldn't handle it.
68. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Micheal H nice article as always! So you already have the N4, given by Google for reviews, atleast you have played around with it. It was a sever mistake, are you not patient to await for next stock? Also have you tried Rooting this phone? I'm running JB4.1.2.....?
93. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
I don't do hardware reviews, so I don't have an N4.
9. Sakeem (Posts: 459; Member since: 05 Sep 2012)
Failure is such a harsh statement here. Obviously the servers were overloaded due to the excitement of wanting to buy the device. It happens. Did they expect this, who knows. Should they have, maybe. I would say yes actually. But this was the only way to purchase the device, so i am not surprised this happened. I'm not a google defender before any flames me. I just hope now they learn from this and take the necessary steps to guard against it happening again.
11. wando77 (Posts: 838; Member since: 23 Aug 2012)
This sounds like a lame attempt by PA to score a free nexus 4
12. kabel (Posts: 81; Member since: 06 Nov 2011)
At 12:25 Central Time i was able to purchase Nexus 4 16 GB, so they are not out of stock yet, they just have bad purchase system.
13. kabel (Posts: 81; Member since: 06 Nov 2011)
and another one for my wife (16 GB) at 12:45 Central Time
20. eisenbricher (Posts: 973; Member since: 09 Aug 2012)
of course if they have any devices left in stock.
- angry nokia fanboy from India.
Still not a single word on launch of 920 here, in their 'most imp' market :(
24. ReddD (Posts: 37; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
ha ha sounds like Google just got themselves a lotto machine by accident :-P
28. BadAssAbe (Posts: 456; Member since: 22 Apr 2011)
I dont think there is a way to stop things like form happening,
Anonymous uses the tactics to bring down many big companys MS, FBI, Sony and Even Google.
Very simple but effective
Same thing happens with any big video games
30. guosheng (Posts: 9; Member since: 27 Feb 2012)
That was the exact 1-hour-horror I went through this morning with empty hands. It seemed that there were automated programs from bigger buyers beat me every single time. As it was said "should be the end of battle" once I was proceeding with my order. Suck!!
34. alpha2035 (Posts: 1; Member since: 13 Nov 2012)
you should see trying to get a nexus 7 I got the same problem took me almost 1 1/2 hrs till success..=)
35. amehtab (Posts: 8; Member since: 15 Aug 2012)
ohh.. the case of soure grapes !!
39. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
the Nexus out of stock??? thats a page righ out of the Apple playbook
72. tedkord (Posts: 11659; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
Selling out in minutes. Apple should sue.
135. gwuhua1984 (Posts: 1237; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
Most likely in progress
43. McLTE (Posts: 821; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
Wait.. doesn't this mean that the Nexus 4 launch is an epic success???
In a round about way.. this is kind of a good thing, TONS of attention and people wanting the phone badly.
It's too bad so many are experiencing issues.. that'll get hammered out soon and people will get their phones.
I'd hardly call the phone launch a failure.. when I read headlines like this, I expect to read about how the PHONE failed.. not the servers.


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CLEMSON - One year ago Thursday night, the rumors - quickly confirmed as truth - spread on social media like wildfire.
Howard's Rock vandalized? Tarnished? How?
Even more incredibly, as it would be revealed a few weeks later, by a Clemson fan?
To the credit of Clemson investigators and officials, the hubbub lasted about a month. Three men were arrested for their involvement in the vandalism of Memorial Stadium's 48-year-old artifact. Micah Rogers, 18, was charged with the actual deed of chipping off about 15 percent of Howard's Rock.
Well before football season rolled around with a Death Valley showdown against visiting Georgia, most of the shock and fallout from the news of June 12, 2013, had subsided.
One year later, life moves on. In court, the case is expected to drag on into fall. On campus, Howard's Rock is guarded like it's the Hope Diamond.
In the hearts of Clemson fans, well, they should feel lucky. Not all ruined keepsakes make such a graceful comeback.
The legal side
Justice has been patient in this matter, which projects to age past the typical range of 12-18 months to resolve these types of general sessions cases in South Carolina.
W. Walter Wilkins, the solicitor handling the case, is hoping to schedule Rogers' trial in October.
"This case has gone on a little bit longer than I certainly would have liked," Wilkins told The Post and Courier, "but it's the unique nature of the case that has required us to complete our investigation so we can present and advocate a trial."
The original affidavit submitted by Clemson University Police Captain Eric Hendricks charged Rogers with a misdemeanor (trespassing and unlawful entry into enclosed places) and a felony (malicious injury to personal property valued between $2,000 and $10,000).
The latter provides the hangup. How does one place a price on a rock, as iconic as this one is?
"This is not your typical damaged property case," Wilkins said. "One of the elements we must prove is the value, over a certain amount of money, per the statute. That decides what court it's in, if it's a magistrate court or general sessions court, and it decides what the possible penalties are."
Once Rogers' trial concludes, the solicitor's office will turn its attention to the other two men arraigned last summer - Michael Rogers (Micah's father) and Alden James Gainey, then 17. Both were charged with felony counts of conspiracy and obstruction of justice.
Rogers' white 1993 Ford F-250 truck, caught on video in the days preceding his arrest, is adorned with a Clemson tag on the front a Tiger Paw sticker on the back window.
Wilkins has long been done searching for any further suspects - "we know everyone who was involved," he said. However, the stolen chunk of Howard's Rock is still missing.
"We followed any and all leads that were made available to us," Wilkins said. "Of course, Clemson would love the recovery of the portion of the rock, but that has not occurred."
The security
Following the vandalism, Clemson officials spent two months formulating a plan to protect Howard's Rock in the future.
"We had gotten, I don't want to say lazy, but we just weren't really paying attention," said Van Hilderbrand, Clemson associate athletic director of event management. "Now we pay a little more attention on a day-to-day basis of what's going on in that stadium."
The new security measures were implemented in August. Two spotlights brighten Howard's Rock from dusk to dawn, plus a mounted camera points downward from the east end zone scoreboard directly at the pedestal, monitored by Clemson University police.
"They can see the rock 24/7," Hilderbrand said, "if they want to look at it."
When a passersby approaches the rock, he or she is informed by a voice-activated warning triggered by a motion detector, "you're now being videoed by the Clemson University Police Department."
A new Plexiglas cover is armed with sensors. If the rock is shaken or moved - but not touched - an alarm sounds in the police department, located just outside the stadium.
Finally, Memorial Stadium is no longer an open house when nobody's around. Previously, it was easy enough to walk the perimeter and find an unlocked gate. That random access is no more.
"We've got it well-protected, I think," Hilderbrand said.
The Tradition
Ask the folks down in Auburn about somebody messing with tradition.
Alabama fan Harvey Updyke poisoned the famed Toomer's Oaks after Auburn's football victory over the Crimson Tide in 2010. Three years later, the trees were deemed unsalvageable and chopped down, replaced by a wiring system so fans may still roll toilet paper after victories.
Clemson fared much better. At least 85 percent of its prized rock is preserved and the pregame ritual of players and coaches rubbing it on their way down The Hill lives on.
"We feel like Howard's Rock did prevail in this event," said Hilderbrand, a 1974 Clemson graduate. "We obviously did have to do some new things, new security measures, that type of thing, but unfortunately we see that happen a lot around the world these days."
Howard's Rock is under glass most the time, though it's uncovered for camps, recruits, gamedays and special occasions.
Someday, the vandalism will be remembered as a note in a history book, a story grandparents tell their grandkids, and luckily for Clemson fans, nothing more than that.
"It gave us a little wake-up call to be more attentive," Hilderbrand said, "but in the end, the rock is still there."
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Big saggy pussy lips that can be brown or pink, and serves as a nice blanket for a cock on a cold wintry day.
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The comedian, 54, and popular Full House star is set to wed his longtime girlfriend Melissa Bring, a Los Angeles-based photographer and producer.
"Melissa has been, truly, my best friend for nine years," Coulier tells PEOPLE exclusively in announcing his engagement. "We simply thought we would just make it a lifetime. I can't wait."
Expect a Full House reunion for the private wedding, set to take place in Montana on July 2, where Coulier, who played Joey Gladstone from 1987 to 1995 on the ABC sitcom, will be joined by former costars John Stamos, Bob Saget, Lori Loughlin and Candace Cameron Bure.
The wedding will be the second for Coulier, who was married to actress Jayne Modean from 1990 to 1992. He is father to a son, Luc Coulier, 23.


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Police: Homeowner holds robber at gunpoint until police arrive
Police arrest man, looking for second burglar
A suspected burglar in Lancaster is in custody, but it wasn't police who caught him.
On Wednesday, police were called to a home in the 300 block of Mill Street for reports of a possible burglary in progress. When they arrived, the homeowner was holding the suspect at gunpoint, according to police.
Police arrested Jean Carlos Rivera-Gonzalez, 22, of Lancaster. Police believe Rivera-Gonzalez stole from that same home the day before.
A second man was seen leaving the area in a gold two-door Honda Accord. He is described by witnesses as a light-skinned Hispanic male possibly in his late 20s or early 30s with green eyes. Anyone with information on that man is asked to call Lancaster City police.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Eighteen competitors, but only one Miss Wando. On March 9, the annual Miss Wando Pageant took place in the Wando Performing Arts Center. Junior Dylan Thorp was crowned the 2013 Miss Wando.
Other award winners included Miss Senior Georgia Compton and Miss Junior Anna Stockman. Also crowned were Miss Sophomore Rebecca Brantley and Miss Freshman Brittany McDonald. Each of the 18 contestants presented an opening statement, performed a talent and ended with the question portion of the show.
Thorp also also received the award for Most Articulate. She performed a self-choreographed gymnastics routine and spoke of her dreams of becoming a neurosurgeon.
Thorp is the founder of Wando's Healthy Lifestyles Club and enjoys keeping up a healthy lifestyle. "It was amazing," Thorp said. "They turned the lights on when the confetti came down and they announced my name, and I saw all my family that was there and my friends had made a sign for me. It was an incredible moment."
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MARTINSBURG - Bob "Butane" Ewers was 18 years old when he got his first tattoo.
"And I swore I wouldn't get another," the now 50-year-old Romney native said in a recent interview. "And I said that after my second tattoo and my third tattoo and my fourth."
Ewers, a licensed tattoo artist, is the manager of the new Little House of Ink Tattoos at 32 Bowling Lane. He has been a tattoo artist for more than 25 years.
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Bob 'Butane' Ewers is the artist and manager of Little House of Ink Tattoos off Hack Wilson Way in Martinsburg.
Describing himself as a natural-born artist, he was traveling the country working with rock 'n' roll bands, when he attended a tattoo convention in Richmond, Va.
"I walked in there and it was 'Wow,'" Ewers said. "It blew my mind. It represented everything I was about: rock music, art work, rebellion and I could make money doing it."
He learned to tattoo by apprenticing with several well-known tattoo artists during the mid-1980s.
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32 Bowling Lane, Martinsburg, W.Va. 304-264-9747
Who: Bob "Butane" Ewers,
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Tara Patrick, piercer
Kenny and Jason Stevens, owners
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Hours: Noon to 8 p.m., Mondays-Thursdays; noon to 9 p.m., Friday-Saturday; and noon to 7 p.m., Sundays.
He had access to bands - like Metallica - that these tattoo artists wanted to meet and he wanted to learn how to tattoo, so they struck a quid pro quo arrangement.
Tattooing acclaimed rock stars is a coup for tattoo artists.
Ewers has counted several coups during his career and has been featured in several videos and tattoo cable shows.
He also received a degree from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.
Ewers lived in Hedgesville and Spring Mills for about 10 years, operating Dreamquest tattoo shop in Martinsburg.
Spreading his wings, Ewers ended up in Myrtle Beach, S.C., where he fought to have tattooing legalized. With that accomplished, he helped to set up several shops in that area and worked for Elite Tattoos there.
He then moved to Columbia, S.C., where he worked for a chain of tattoo shops, but after about five years, Ewers hit the road again, traveling the country appearing as a guest tattoo artist at different parlors.
Ewers' travels took him to Baltimore and then Rehobeth Beach, Del.
"I have a 14-year-old daughter, Andrea, who lives in Berkeley Springs and it was time for dad to come home," he said.
Checking out Craigslist, he found a listing for a tattoo artist wanted in Martinsburg. He contacted the person advertising for the artist to find it was an acquaintance of some 20 years ago - Kenny Stevens, who had a nightclub in Martinsburg where Ewers had booked bands.
Stevens and his son, Jason, along with Jason's wife, Cindy, had opened a tattoo parlor in Martinsburg and were looking for an artist.
"It was like it was meant to be," Ewers said.
Little House of Ink in the small A-frame house off Hack Wilson Way opened about three months ago, he said.
It has been fully inspected by the Berkeley County Health Department, which was so impressed with the shop's disinfection station, they took pictures to show to other tattoo parlors applying for certification to show them how the cleaning process should be done, Ewers said.
While not required by state law, Ewers is trained in hepatitis C and blood-borne pathogens prevention.
"This is a top-notch shop, nothing but the best," he emphasized. "We guarantee our work. I want people to come back when it's healed for touch-ups at no cost."
Little House of Ink is open seven days a week with set hours or by appointment, although walk-ins are welcome.
Minimum charge is $50, but the sky's the limit when it comes to prices of tattoos, Ewers said. A full back tattoo can cost a couple thousand dollars, he said.
"I try to give set prices, rather than hourly rates, but sometimes on big tattoos, I don't know how long it will take, so I have to charge by the hour," he said. "I will work with customers on prices. It's about the art, not the money."
Tattoos on certain parts of the body, such as the ribcage, are higher-priced, Ewers added.
The shop has a large library of tattoo art for patrons to choose from or they can bring their own design and Ewers will work with them to refine the art.
He also does cover-up work and fixes mistakes.
"Remember, cheap tattoos aren't good and good tattoos aren't cheap," Ewers said.
He attributes the phenomenal rise in the popularity of tattoos to television and the mass media.
"Before it was military, bikers and outlaws who liked it, but we strive to have mainstream acceptance and we got what we wanted," Ewers said.
The consummate professional, he wishes there were more severe guidelines for tattooing businesses in West Virginia.
"If you're under 18, you must have your parents' permission to get a tattoo, but there's no age cutoff," Ewers said. "I've seen parents get 10-year-old children tattooed. We won't tattoo anyone under 16 in this shop."
Little House of Ink will be adding another qualified artist in the near future, Ewers said.
Tara Patrick - Miss Body Bling - has been hired to do piercings.
Twenty-seven years ago, Ewers did his first tattoo -on his own leg.
"You must (tattoo yourself) to learn," he said. "You have to be consistent with your line flow and the only way to learn consistency is to do it on yourself."
He is proud of how vibrant the colors of that tattoo have remained after so many years. About one-third of Ewers' body is now covered with tattoos.
"This isn't a job - it's an adventure," Ewers said. "It's a lifestyle and it's been good to me. I've tattooed tens of thousands of people. It's been a good ride."
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Jennifer Hudson, acting sanitarian supervisor at the Berkeley County Health Department, said that while the department was impressed with Little House of Ink's sanitation process, there are other tattoo shops in Berkeley County with which the department was just as impressed based on their cleanliness and sanitation.
She said photographs of Little House of Ink's sanitation area were taken because it was in a separate place and the photos would be used as an example to show operators who are not familiar with the requirements.
Hudson said that not all tattoo parlors are required to have autoclaves if those shops use disposable equipment.
She emphasized that the Health Department is "not playing favorites."
Hudson is a registered sanitarian.


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California's drought over . . . or so they say
California's drought over . . . or so they say
A rainy season that arrived early, stayed long, and was unusually productive prompted California Governor Jerry Brown on Wednesday to declare an official end to the Golden State's three-year drought. Rainfall totals across much of the state are 50 percent or more above average season totals.
But many farmers up and down the state, who suffered mandatory irrigation cutbacks that forced them to take thousands of acres out of production, are taking a "show me the water" stance before they begin any celebration. Even comments by Brown seem to justify that caution: "Drought or no drought, demand for water in California always outstrips supply. Continued conservation is the key," he said during his announcement.
The California Department of Water Resources has already estimated it will be able to provide 70 percent of requested State Water Project supplies this year, although it is widely expected that amount will increase as adjustments are made for updated snowpack and runoff readings.
The department's fourth and most recent official snowpack survey found water levels at 165 percent of their normal season average. Last year's levels were 102 percent of average. Most of the state's major reservoirs are also over 100 percent of storage average, and some are already making releases in order to ensure they have capacity when spring melts begin.


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BLYTHEWOOD — What came first, Cocky The Gamecock or the egg?
Success or stability?
Steve Spurrier has all four — the popular college mascot and Cocky's enormous chic shell used at home game introductions, plus a proven program with a pair of good quarterbacks.
South Carolina's head football coach was smiling a lot Thursday at his annual golf outing at Cobblestone Park Golf Club, playful even. The garnet visor was on backwards. Spurrier likes his team, his assistant coaches and the Gamecocks' chances of having a third straight 11-win season.
Or better.
And nothing makes Spurrier happier than quarterback depth, which he has — at least for 2013 — in the names of senior Connor Shaw and junior Dylan Thompson.
It wasn't this way a few seasons ago, when South Carolina was a Stephen Garcia injury away from probably considering the Wildcat formation as a staple.
Or less than one year ago, when Shaw was hurt in the 2012 opener at Vanderbilt and Thompson entered and seemed as overmatched as most Nashville waiters with lyrics and a guitar.
Sleep better this summer, coach?
"I don't worry about the season during the summer," Spurrier said with a big grin. "When I was in Ireland playing golf? Or when I was in the Bahamas?"
He slept well in Lake Tahoe, at his Florida beach house and on a mountain vacation, too.
Beating Clemson
But football thoughts are happier with the first one-two quarterback punch Spurrier has had in his nine years at South Carolina, the kind of depth he enjoyed during those glory years at Florida.
"Connor Shaw is our quarterback, winningest QB in school history, 17-3," Spurrier said. "Tough, gritty performer. He can run with it, he can throw it, he can make plays.
"Dylan is an excellent player also. A good drop-back passer."
Consider the sub-modest historical record of South Carolina quarterbacks. It started with that first game against Furman on Christmas Eve in 1892, a 44-0 loss in Charleston after Lee Corso picked the Gamecocks to win. Through the 2010 season, only three South Carolina quarterbacks beat Clemson and won a bowl game in the same season.
Steve Taneyhill, 1994.
Phil Petty, 2001.
Blake Mitchell, 2006.
Now the Gamecocks have two on the same roster. Shaw completed the double at the Capital One Bowl in 2011 and Thompson won at Clemson and was the winning pitcher in the Outback Bowl last season.
There are other encouraging signs of stability. Whammy Ward is back for a second full season as defensive coordinator, a nice carryover with so much turnover behind the defensive line.
Mike Davis, the heir-apparent to Marcus Lattimore, "has improved so much since the Clemson game that he's not even the same player," said running backs coach Everette Sands. Which is nice, considering Davis ran for 53 yards on 13 carries and scored at Clemson.
But two capable quarterbacks make for one backfield full of options, real or imagined.
"Now there might be a place in there where they both play," Spurrier said of his quarterback duo. "They could be on the field at the same time. I'm trying to come up with something new. Everybody is always looking for a new ball play."
Inside the well-rested summer mind of Steve Spurrier …
"Have you ever seen a play where two quarterbacks are in the shotgun, but you don't know which one they're going to snap it to?"
Uh, no.
More likely: Thompson at quarterback and Shaw at slot receiver. Spurrier said Shaw has Wes Welker-like potential as an NFL prospect, and Shaw said at SEC Media Days last week he loves the idea of playing some at receiver.
From Wildcat worries to overflowing quarterback talent.
No wonder Spurrier has been sleeping well all over the world.
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Brutus gave Jan some Milky Tears in an outhouse at a Nascar Race!
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Call New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg any name you want - nanny, ninny, he doesn't care. He's determined to fight his city's obesity problem with whatever it takes - like the ban on outlandishly large sodas approved by his Board of Health - and even if the measure is largely symbolic, it's hard not to admire him for it.
Obesity is a super-sized problem for his city, and the rest of the country, really. It causes serious health problems, like diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure that cut people's lives short and cost them, and their insurers, countless amounts of money. When the patient is on Medicaid - as many in New York City are - what happens to them is the public's responsibility, so it's not unreasonable for the public to take some interest.
Bloomberg's ban does not prevent people from buying their favorite sugary sodas, only enormous servings of them. And only in restaurants, movie theaters and cafeterias - not in bodegas, supermarkets or convenience stores. It can be easily circumvented by anyone so inclined, by buying two 16-ounce servings instead of a single 32-ounce one.
The mayor's plan is designed to get people to think about what they're drinking, and maybe not drink so much. When it comes to sugary sodas, that's a good idea because they're loaded with nutritionally empty calories which do nothing but put weight on sedentary people. There are far better ways to quench one's thirst; that's Bloomberg's message.
Sure, plenty of people already know that and don't need the government telling them. Others feel it's OK for the government to tell, but that's as far as it should go. The problem is these measures haven't worked: Too many New Yorkers are still drinking too much soda and getting too fat. (An estimated 50 percent of New York's population is either overweight or obese.) And it's costing the city billions in health care.
Studies show that when people eat in restaurants that post the calorie content of menu items (another idea of Bloomberg's), they eat a bit less or choose less-fattening foods. (McDonald's, to its credit, announced last week that it will start posting this information shortly, instead of waiting for a new federal law to take effect.) The jumbo soft drink ban is designed to do much the same. And while it may make it less convenient and more expensive for consumers, they still can drink more soda if that's what they want.
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Jury selection began Monday morning in the trial of a former Orlando police officer accused of shooting and killing his 22-year-old son at the family's Apopka home.
Timothy Davis, Sr. is accused of second-degree murder and faces life in prison if convicted.
Jury selection was complicated by the fact that most of the potential jurors had been exposed to media reports showing the surveillance video of Davis retrieving a gun and shooting his son, Tim Davis, Jr. twice. He claims he shot his son in self-defense.
"I didn't mean to kill him, I wasn't trying to kill him. I just lost it," Timothy Davis, Sr. told authorities.
Timothy Davis, Sr. said he and his son were fighting throughout the day. He said he didn't see his son as his "loving son," but as someone who was threatening his family.
In November, a judge denied Timothy Davis, Sr. a stand your ground defense.
One of the more odd moments during jury selection was when Timothy Davis, Sr.'s own cell phone rang, something the judge was not happy about.
If convicted, he faces life in prison. His daughter, just 9 years old, witnessed her brother being shot. She testified at his stand your ground hearing in November and is also expected to testify at his trial.
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WASHINGTON – Four years after Continental Connection Flight 3407 fell from the sky and into a home in Clarence, the families of the crash's 50 victims have learned a hard political lesson: Sometimes getting Congress to pass a law is the easy part.
The families pushed a landmark aviation safety law through Congress in August 2010, only to be frustrated ever since by the Federal Aviation Administration's slow, arduous process turning that law into regulations for the airlines to follow every day.
Modernization of the rules regarding pilot work hours and rest requirements is on the books.
But the FAA has had much more trouble complying with the other two central mandates of the law: tougher experience qualifications for pilots and improved pilot training.
All of which is very troubling to aviation safety advocates such as Scott Maurer.
"The law looks great on paper, but unless we get these overdue final rules completed on pilot qualifications and crew-member training, much of our effort will have been for naught," said Maurer, who lost his daughter, Lorin, in the crash.
That being the case, more than 50 members of the Families of Continental Flight 3407 will be in Washington on Tuesday, the fourth anniversary of the crash, to press their case before lawmakers and the FAA.
"I'd like FAA, DOT (Department of Transportation) and OMB (Office of Management and Budget) – the players on the government rule team – to stand up and show us, and show the flying public, that safety does come first, and to put these rule makings back on track," said Karen Eckert, who lost her sister, Beverly Eckert, in the crash.
For its part, the FAA now says it expects the qualifications rules to be finished by July – 11 months past its deadline – and the training rule to be done in October, meaning it will be more than two years overdue.
In its latest update on why the rules have been delayed, the FAA offered a three-word explanation for the delays: "Additional coordination necessary."
It's all further proof of another lesson the families have learned: The federal rule-making process is not nearly so transparent as Congress.
As bureaucrats work to turn laws into regulations, they seek comments from interested parties and then review them and try to reconcile the competing interests involved – which in this case would be the airlines, the pilots, flight training schools and aviation safety advocates such as the Flight 3407 families.
The process has left those families in the dark about the delays, and they're not particularly happy about it.
"Is it a lack of resolve? A lack of priority? Is it a real issue? Are they stuck?" Eckert asked. "We don't know, and that's what's so frustrating."
One thing is certain, though: The airline industry has expressed grave concerns about both sets of rules, leaving the families fearing that the industry has undue influence that they lack.
"It's no secret that the airline industry is against any change and has been waging a war behind the scenes to water down or halt these critical rule makings," Eckert said.
Both Airlines for America – which represents the nation's major airlines – and the Regional Airline Association refused to respond to requests to comment for this story.
But the industry's concerns, spelled out in their comments to the FAA, essentially argue that the regulations the FAA has proposed are too burdensome and too expensive.
The new pilot qualification rules would require all new commercial pilots to have an Air Transport Pilot, or ATP, certificate, which typically requires 1,500 hours of flight experience – up from 250 today.
Former military pilots and graduates of four-year flight schools would be eligible for ATP "restricted privileges" certificates that would let them serve as copilots for commercial airlines without amassing 1,500 flight hours. Military pilots would be able to get that restricted privileges license with 750 hours of flight experience, while graduates of aviation bachelor's degree programs could get that provisional certification with 1,000 hours of flight time.
The airlines say that the practical implication of those rules would be that most aspiring pilots would have to get four-year aviation degrees in order to amass the requisite hours, rather than going to far cheaper flight schools that turn out pilots much faster.
The trouble is, "regional airlines' recent pilot recruiting and selection experience provides substantial evidence that requiring an expensive and time-consuming four-year aviation degree as prerequisite for obtaining certification ... would cause today's already dwindling pool of airline pilot candidates to dry up to such an extent that it would significantly constrain or even force reductions in regional airline service," the Regional Airlines Association said in its filing with the FAA.
Regional airlines handle many of the flights in an out of Buffalo, and often they go unrecognized by travelers because the regionals fly under the name and contract of the major airlines.
Industry concerns haunt the training rule, which would require that pilots be trained to fly in the weather conditions they are likely to experience in their jobs and force them, for the first time, to get simulator training on sudden emergency "upsets" and how to recover from them.
The Air Transport Association – now Airlines for America – told the FAA those requirements and others in the new training rules would be inordinately expensive.
The agency's cost-benefit analysis showed the rules costing the airlines $199.1 million while producing $222.9 million in benefits.
But the airlines cited a consultant's study that put the costs at $1.97 billion and the benefits at a paltry $34.4 million.
The airline group bounced the FAA proposal off training experts at its member airlines.
"The collective opinion of these experts is that there remains a large number of systemic issues in the proposed rule which will make it unduly burdensome, detrimental to existing training programs, and nearly impossible to implement in accordance with its own directives," the group told the FAA.
Safety experts such as Deborah A.P. Hersman, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, see things far differently, instead stressing the importance of training pilots in simulators so that they will be prepared if an unexpected "upset" hits their plane.
The pilot of Flight 3407 did not have that experience and mishandled his response to an unexpected aerodynamic stall, crashing the aircraft.
"What we really wanted to do was to get to a situation where the first time pilots saw these events was in a simulator, so they got to practice it, they got to experience this event and learn how to respond," Hersman said.
Lawmakers with a vested interest in the aviation safety issue agreed and said it's long past the time for the airlines to stop complaining.
"I can see where the airlines might be lobbying," said Rep. Chris Collins, R-Clarence. "Well, that day has come and gone. The law was passed."
Collins, who oversaw the emergency response as Erie County executive when Flight 3407 crashed, termed the FAA's delays "disappointing and unacceptable."
Sen. Charles E. Schumer said he was pleased that the FAA had at last vowed to complete the regulations this year.
But he also noted that the airlines appear to be lagging in implementing the regulations. For example, at two regional airlines recently studied by the Department of Transportation inspector general, only 25 percent of copilots would have met the new experience requirements.
"The FAA has to put far more heat on the airlines to get this done," said Schumer, a New York Democrat who played a key role in pushing the aviation safety law through the Senate.
Then again, as always, the FAA finds itself under heat from the Flight 3407 families, who vow they won't rest until all the aviation safety rules stemming from the crash are implemented.
"They never give up, which is just the greatest," Schumer said, regarding those families.
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Solving the overcrowding problem in the Lycoming County prison system was the main topic of discussion at Friday's prison board meeting....
so everything is due to corruption? bull.. it's from people who are irresponsible. people cant be helped who dont want the help. if they dont want to change then rehab and what not will not work. people need to stop pointing fingers at law enforcement and own up to their own faults. the way you talk sideliner, i get the feeling you spent some time in either the county prison or prc
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"drive out into the woods and drop them off and hope they never come back."
Zippie, this essentially is already being done. But instead of the woods, our undesirables and throw-aways end up in public housing projects, ghettos, and other such neighborhoods. You know, all those places the "good" people would dare not venture and most of whom are hardly aware of their existence.
LA's Skid Row is a prime example of that. It is so close to a booming economic center and couldn't be farther away in terms of its inhabitants' realities.
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Agreed that respect for the law, or at lest law enforcers, is declining. But with continued corruption, lawlessness by corporate, political, and financial elite, discriminatory enforcement, and justice meted out by how much of it one can afford, is there any wonder?
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Do like people that no longer want their cats or dogs ... drive out into the woods and drop them off and hope they never come back.
Seriously, this problem will never get solved. Each generation is getting worse and people have no respect for each other or the law.
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I'm glad someone recognizes that. You're not being well served by law enforcement there. It's costing you money to lock people up for petty violations. That, and the fact that the Williamsport police department is so corrupt and ineffective.
You're paying for this. It's up to you to force change.
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My guess is that most parole violations are technical drug/alcohol in nature with no new criminal offense. So much for higher enforcement levels to reduce drug use, the stated root of the city's crime problem.
This new push by the DA in "stepping up ****** battle" puts more pressure on an already stressed county prison system, but the need for more prison space should make clear that more of the same will do little to actually reduce the problem, drug related crime.
Regardless, get ready for a lot high-fives and atta-boys coming out of the offices of the DA, the mayor, and the police chief as they lock up more and more addicts and low level street dealers.
But really tackle the issue and solve the problem? Hardly. This new show of force will do little more than show voters that SOMETHING is being done while it makes a lot of people feel good for their wasted time, resources, and efforts.
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NEW YORK � Tom Hanks will play a gutsy New York City newspaper columnist when he makes his debut on Broadway in the spring.
Producers of Nora Ephron�s play �Lucky Guy� announced Thursday that Hanks will play Mike McAlary in the stage biography. Hanks, a two-time Oscar winner, had been in negotiations for the role when Ephron died this summer.
Previews will begin March 1 at the Broadhurst Theatre and an opening night is set for April 1.
McAlary, the city�s one-time dominant tabloid reporter, got the first interview with Abner Louima, a Haitian immigrant who was sodomized and beaten by white police officers at a station house in 1997. McAlary would win the Pulitzer Prize the next year, but would die of cancer a few months later at age 41.
The director of �Lucky Guy� will be George C. Wolfe.
In June, lead producer Colin Callender said his team could �think of no more fitting tribute to her extraordinary writing and remarkable body of work� than to proceed with plans to produce Ephron�s play.
Hanks is the star of such films as �Splash,� �Forrest Gump,� �Philadelphia,� �Sleepless in Seattle,� �Apollo 13� and �Saving Private Ryan.�
Ephron, who died June 26 at age 71, gained recognition as the writer of films such as �When Harry Met Sally� and �Sleepless in Seattle.�
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The Law and Economics of Contract Interpretation
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Contract interpretation is an understudied topic in the economic analysis of contract law. This paper combines simple formal analysis of the tradeoffs involved in interpretation with applications to the principal doctrines of contract interpretation, including the four corners rule, mutual mistake, contra proferentum, and what I call the (informal but very important) rule of extrinsic nonevidence. Gap filling is distinguished, and the relativity of interpretive doctrine to the interpretive medium - jurors, arbitrators, and judges in different kinds of judicial system - is emphasized.
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quote: While I agree about the validity of CO2 induced global warming, that doesn't give free license to pollute. It is still irresponsible to dump (?)vast(?) amounts of man-made gasses into the environment, despite the immediate repercussions.
quote: alternative fuel development
quote: Will it be cleaner than what we have now?