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Five open source alternatives to the iPad
Which of these alternatives to the iPad sounds best to you?
Interest in iPad app development is waning, and the device just got here. Maybe that means it's time to explore more open options. Here are five.
Neofonie WePad
A bit bigger than the iPad with an 11.6", 1366x768 display, the WePad runs the Android OS. You can get apps from the Android Market or the WePad App Store. It also has a 1.3 megapixel webcam, which the iPad infamously did not include. What about the other iPad holes most often complained about? Flash? Yes. Multitasking? Yes. And the USB ports, modem, and 6-hour battery life won't hear many complaints either.
Touch Book
Touch Book is sort of a netbook, sort of a tablet. It's made by a company called Always Innovating, and it has a feature that really appeals to me--a detachable keyboard dock. Their website shows its many with-or-without-dock configurations with titles like "Yoga: Downward dog," "Separation under way," and my favorite, "Fridge magnet." The hardware and software are fully open source--ready for you to do with what you like. It comes with a custom operating system, but you can install any mobile OS you like. Take a look at it at Gizmodo.
A 2-pound tablet for 300-400€ with a Linux OS designed specifically for a touchscreen with usability in mind. That's the completely open source iFreeTablet developed at the University of Cordoba in Spain. And you get the Flash support and multitasking you can only dream of with that shiny iPad. It's biggest shortcoming is the mere 2.5 hour battery life.
Tablets from Taiwan
According to PCWorld, Taiwanese gadget makers are ready to show off at least 10 iPad competitors. Here are two that were also shown at CES:
- MSI has a 10" Android tablet. They're still a little short on details, other than the fact that they use the new Tegra 2 chips.
- The Asustek Eee Pad also has a 10" touchscreen and the Tegra 2 chips. It's expected to come with the Chrome OS.
Google tablet
This one's cheating a bit--Google has no official plans to release a tablet. But there has been consideration of what the Chrome OS would look like on a tablet. And that gets the speculation started. ReadWriteWeb has explored the idea more in-depth.
Features comparison
|Touch Book
|1.75 pounds
|<2 pounds
|2.27 pounds
|1.5 pounds
|11.6", 1366x768
|8.9", 1024x600
|9.7", 1024x768
|Intem Atom N450, 1.6 Ghz
|OMAP2530, 600 MHz
|Atom N270, 1.6 GHz
|Apple A4, 1 GHz
|6 hours
|3-5 hours tablet, 10-15 hours with keyboard, replaceable by user
|2.5 hours (planning to improve)
|10 hours
|3 external, 4 internal
|16 GB, extendable to 32 GB
|8 GB removable SD card
|16, 32, or 64 GB
|Linux, Android, soon Chrome, other options
|SIeSTA (based on Debian)
|iPhone OS
|802.11 b/g/n
|802.11 b/g/n
|802.11 b/g
|802.11 a/b/g/n
|not yet for sale
|$299 tablet, $399 with keyboard
|not yet for sale--estimated 300-400 Euro (~$400-$550)
Ready to say no to the definitely closed iPad? Which of these alternatives sounds best to you?
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Let's just say that I think, out of all the tablets you mentioned, the TouchBook is by far the more interesting one. You might say "innovative", though I'm not convinced that either the iPad or TouchBook are particularly innovative.
if it is less than a netbook, it should cost less than one. until then, i am not interested.
It seems like most of the hype around the iPad is that Apple missed the NetBook boat.
But then again, Microsoft pretty much killed the goose that laid the golden eggs by forcing the OEMs to install Windows on all of the NetBooks. Windows 7 Starter is a stopper.
It's ironic that many flat panel displays and HDTVs also have Linux controlled microcontrollers embedded.
I guess if you don't see the Penguin or the Gnu, or the GNOME footprints somewhere, it isn't running Linux?
Maybe Google will be more aggressive about pushing the branding, and keeping Linux on the NetBooks and touch-pads.
We seem to forget that there are several Linux tablets already available from Sony, Amazon, and other consumer electronics companies - often for under $200 each.
The tablet design isn't all that new it, just like a lot of technology, just needed to be marketed and bundled up better than "neat hardware- slap Windows on top and viola!.. a laptop that is not a laptop.. and is kinda clunky.. and the handwriting is spotty... but it's different!!"
I like the Touch Book's removable keyboard.
Looking at the chart now, the WePad looks pretty interesting too.
One of the best tablet concepts I have seen is the Adam. It stands out from the other with it PixelQi dual LCD panel. Check it out and I think you should include it here. Bye!
The other products are better but their battery life is bad. That is the only good thing in the iPad. If the other products could just improve the battery.
What makes the iPad great is not the features one by one, it's the integration between software and hardware and the fact that is has an excellent user interface.
On the other hand, open-source programmers have proven repeatedly that they cannot go beyond Windows 95 GUI. I don't see how it will change just by changing the form factor.
The cool thing about the iPad is that they actually exist, they are in stock, and you can buy them right now.
I wouldn't really consider these examples 'alternatives' to the iPad.
Well, I think someone is reading more deeply into something than they ought. From the linked article at eweek:
"Appcelerator, maker of the open-source Titanium cross-platform mobile, desktop and Web development platform, has released a new survey of its developer base that indicates that, while still hot, developer interest in Apple's iPad is slightly on the wane from earlier this year, while interest in the Google Android platform continues to grow."
Gee, most apps on the iPad are done in Apple's Xcode, and I question if they are intended to be "cross-platform" (if you use Xcode, they won't be). All this shows is that those developers who are attempting to use Appcelerator to make x-platform apps are not developing apps. I've got to assume that is a much smaller cross-section than those who develop using xcode.
Here's one from the other side (also from eweek 2 days after the above) - http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/More-Than-20000-iPad-Ap...
"In these pie charts, Flurry notes that iPad made up 22 percent of new projects starts within Flurry over the last two months. Interestingly, the charts show that Google Android's share of new project starts decreased from 18 percent in 2009 to 10 percent over the last 60 days."
Ok - I don't know how much stock to put in either, or both. However, I question both of them. The only fact is - how many apps are in an "app store"?
And until one of these actually ships, and we KNOW what they actually do, and how the battery ACTUALLY lasts, etc. - is this a case of "Open Source FUD"? Don't misunderstand, I'm a firm Linux user, and like to see competition occur - but let's report accurately - and with some skepticism about reports.
I'm suprised no one brought up Notion Ink's Adam which is soon to be released.
None of this are a true alternative to iPad, some are nice concepts, specially when talking in "opensource" terms, but in the global scenario, they aren't consistent, they don't have the same user experience, and don't have a app store, full of ready to go applications. And price is high for the offered features.
They can fill some market niches, for the gadget people, who like to get inside and hacking it, but they aren't suited for the masses.
Maybe google change this with android..but for now it's far from apple's business.
Just ran across an article about the ICD's Tegra 2-powered Gemini which runs Android. The article includes a comparison with the Gemini, the iPad and the JooJoo in engadget.
ICD's Tegra 2-powered Gemini is the most feature-complete tablet we've seen yet
Isn't the JooJoo that has bad "JuJu" because of questionable business dealings?
Dell has an open source based Andriod tablet coming out soon too.
That chart really illustrates why nobody else can pull off the tablet idea. They are so far behind the iPad in the things that matter for a device like this, particularly battery life. I'm a heavy FOSS user, but won't give up productivity just to say I'm using it. The best tool for the job wins, and at this time, the iPad is light years ahead of the others in the things that actually matter for this device. Everyone else is trying to fit the same old requirements and paradigms into a completely new device and way of using a computer.
I've been following the development of the Touch Book for a couple years now, well before there was a credible ipad rumour, much less a shipping product. They have some really solid concepts there, but the reviews from people who actually order the hardware continues to be sour -- poor quality in almost every aspect of the hardware along with reports of repeated delays for software updates that never materialize have scared me away a couple times (first to an EEEpc 501, then to an HP mini, both running linux).
I had hoped upon seeing this article that perhaps their quality woes were a thing of the past, but I am troubled by the choice of a year-old story as the information link on the device -- and when I look for current reviews, I'm still mostly finding stories of hardware and some software quality complaints -- in fact, the year-old link given has a sidebar entry for an 8-month-old story by the same people who call it `not totally baked' and mention the quality issues.
I can understand the desire to push a timely story, but the headline talks about `options' and `alternatives' without mentioning until basically the very last line of the piece that only one of the 3/4 alternatives is actually available, and that one is plagued with reports of poor quality.
This article does a great job dissecting the individual components of "real" and "imaginary" devices, but fails to identify which product is most use-able, stable and flexible. Quality is far more important in the long run then bells and whistles that might or might not work or are concepts locked in someone's head.
Perhaps it would be a good idea to actually see, interact with and "use" each device (at least the ones that exist) rather than breaking down the specifications.
My judgment will be reserved until I interact with the devices.
Once tablets / touch tablets like these are officially released and engineered for the ChromeOS I'll buy one...
While it seems Android is a popular choice for these tablets so far, I am particularly interested in the upcoming availability of Meego - a real Linux operating system that carries on the excellent work started by Moblin and Maemo.
While not many people know about Meego yet, I suspect that within a year it will be a big player in this field.
Well, I'm sending this e-mail from my iPad and I don't need to guess at its features. While there are certainly features I would like to add, as a user rather than an experimenter I appreciate the time and effort that have been spent to get the boring things right.
I am forced by my software customers to develop for open source platforms using the open source libraries and tools. While I appreciate the donated effort that is expended, the developer productivity I get from Microsoft and Apple is simply not available in open source, nor is the backward compatibility.
In my experience, it's not what the product has that makes it great it's what it leaves out. Apple avoids feature bloat and keeps its products focused on a cohesive set of objectives. Most users will take that over a laundry list of marginally useful features that are inconsistently tossed into the bag and frequently buggy.
I think a quick glance at the battery life and weight of these so-called alternatives will tell you a lot about why Apple shipped the iPad as it is.
A Happy iPad User.
Wow, one report about an cross-platform "SDK" users' lack of interest in iPad development. That's practically all you need to judge the success of an Apple device ;)
Great work, Ruth.
This must explain the lack of stock at US stores, the delayed international launch & the 52 week high stock price for AAPL.
Apple should be scrambling to get this sub-par product up to snuff. Maybe they should focus on upgrades like an embedded camera or 3G. Hopefully they're not slacking off waiting for the competition to catch them like a bad MP3 player manufacturer or poseur cell phone maker.
Seriously, my interest in journalism is waning.
I love Steve Jobs, but iPad is so pricey for what it is. There is Debian, CentOS, SuSE and other Enterprise flavors of Linux. There is also Ubuntu and Fedora for new comers .. If this is the case in OSS (Diversity & Competition) which makes it the ultimate truth that scares Apple and Microsoft.. Why not it be the case for Hardware?
I'd love to choose both the HW and SW of my:
1) laptop > reality
2) pad > gonna be reality
3) mobile phone > gonna be reality
4) digital camera > may be later
competition is OK, monopoly is NOT!
When the only thing they can say is ``the rumours that we will actually have a product this year are not true'', does it really count as an alternative?
I was very disappointed when Neofonie introduced the WePad and restricted its use to landscape mode only.
I started an open hardware/software project to present 3-D content (movies/stills/games/web) on any tablet running in portrait mode and WeTab was announced almost before iPad. Find details here : http://openKMQ.blogpsot.com


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Investigators at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) say they have found a way to use a new DNA-editing technology more broadly than in the past. The scientific advance involves a set of designer DNA-binding proteins called TALEs (transcription-activator-like effectors), which biologists increasingly use to turn on, turn off, delete, insert, or even rewrite specific genes within cells.
The researchers see potential applications in the biotech and medical arenas including gene therapy, as well as in scientific experiments. TALE-based methods had been considered useful against only a fraction of the possible DNA sequences found in animals and plants, but the new finding removes that limitation, according to the TSRI team.
"This is one of the hottest tools in biology, and we've now found a way to target it to any DNA sequence," said Carlos F. Barbas III, Ph.D., the Janet and Keith Kellogg II Chair in molecular biology and professor in the department of chemistry at TSRI. He and his group just published their study, entitled "Directed Evolution of the TALE N-Terminal Domain for Recognition of All 5' Bases," in an advance online edition of Nucleic Acids Research.
Scientists have found that they can easily engineer the DNA-grabbing segment of TALE proteins to bind precisely to a DNA sequence of interest. Typically they join that DNA-binding segment to another protein segment that can perform some desired function at the site of interest.
However, TALE-based DNA-editing has been seen to have a significant limitation. Virtually all the natural TALE proteins that have been discovered so far target sequences of DNA whose transcription begins with thymidine. Structural studies have hinted that natural TALE proteins can't bind well to DNA without that initial T. Molecular biologists thus have widely assumed that the same "T restriction" rule applies to any artificial TALE protein they might engineer.
"Yet no one has investigated thoroughly whether that initial thymidine is truly required for the variety of TALE designer proteins and enzymes that now exist," said Brian M. Lamb, Ph.D., a research associate in the Barbas Lab who was first author of the new study.
Dr. Lamb started by evaluating how well TALE-based proteins function against their usual DNA targets when the first DNA letter is switched from a T to one of the other three nucleosides (A, G, or C). Using a library of natural and engineered TALE proteins, he found strong evidence in favor of the "T restriction" rule. "There was an orders-of-magnitude difference: Some of the TALE proteins we evaluated lost as much as 99.9% of their activity when we changed that first nucleoside base," said Dr. Lamb.
But he pointed out that he wasn't ready to give up on the possibility of designing more broadly useful TALE proteins. For this he adapted a "directed evolution" technique developed last year by Andrew C. Mercer, Ph.D., who at the time was another research associate in the Barbas lab. First, Dr. Lamb generated a large library of novel TALE proteins that vary randomly in the structures they hypothesized to grab the initial nucleoside. He then put these new TALEs through a series of tests to select those that work adequately even with a non-T nucleoside at the start of their target DNA sequence.
In this way, he found several new TALE protein architectures that aren't held back by the T restriction. One prefers to bind to DNA that begins not with a T nucleoside but with a G (guanosine). Others bind well enough to sequences that start with any of the four DNA nucleosides. Lamb found that these non-T-restricted TALEs work as designed when conjoined, for example, to DNA-cutting enzyme fragments. "Essentially we abolished the T requirement," noted Dr. Lamb.
"That means that the number of DNA sites we can target with TALE-based proteins, and the precision with which we can target within any given gene, have gone up dramatically," added Dr. Barbas.
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Four seats are up for grabs in DD2s school board election this year.
Chairwoman Gail Hughes and secretary Tanya Robinson are running for re-election; Vice Chairman Charles Stoudenmire and member Frances Townsend have opted not to run again, meaning at least two new faces will join the board.
Filing for board members seats ends on July 15. Potential candidates must turn in a petition of 250 signatures by registered voters to the Dorchester Board of Elections and Voter Registration by noon that day.
In preparation for the race, board members have provided input on what potential candidates should expect when they join the board.
Time management
All board members agree that candidates should be aware of how time-consuming being on the board can be.
As a board member you can put as much time or as little time as you see needed, Hughes said. I am one of those people that, in order for me to do a good job, I feel that I have to learn all aspects before I make a decision.
The board holds regular sessions twice a month. Board member Barbara Crosby said sometimes it can be even more than that.
There is more than meeting twice a month. Sometimes we meet for our five times a week to get the problem solved, she said.
Hughes added that most members serve on at least two committees that also meet once a month.
There is always something going on that board members will be involved in, she said.
Robinson said she puts in about 20 hours a week or more for the school board.
Its like a part-time job, she said.
Highs and lows
Robinson compares being on school board to riding a roller coaster.
As long as you love roller coaster youll love being on the school board, Robinson said.
Robinson, who has served four years on the board, said some of the pros of being on the school board are seeing things like watching little children begin kindergarten, or attending high school graduations and participating in award nights.
The lows are watching students dropping out of school or acting out in a way that causes them to be expelled. Then there are times when Robinson leaves a board meeting feeling like maybe not everyone was in compete agreement after hours of discussion.
Nevertheless, Robinson said being on the board is very fulfilling, which is why she is running again.
I am going to run but only one more time, she said. In eight years I feel like I will have given a lot of service but it will be someone elses turn.
Board member Lisa Tupper said one negative to being on the board is having people criticize things they do without knowing the background or having all the details.
It gets frustrating to hear people bash us, she said. We do try and get the full picture of things before we make a decision that is the best one for our students. Of course, we arent perfect and I understand we will never be able to please everyone.
Crosby said time-management is one of the cons to being on the board, saying board members pretty much have to be on call and act whenever needed. That aspect, however, does not thwart Crosby.
I enjoy it, I just love it, she said. I love talking to the public and the community. It still gives me a chance to be in touch with the kids since Im retired.
Each board member takes pride in something that has been accomplished from serving on the school board.
Charles Stoudenmire has been on the school board for eight years. When he started, DD2s graduation rate was relatively low. Now, its almost 81 percent, above the state rate of 77.5 percent.
We do everything for one reason: academic achievement, he said. Every child has the right to be successful. Our graduation rate is getting much better, but theres still a lot to do to make it even better.
Hughes said one thing she is really proud of is how the board managed to build relationships with government entities such as when the school board was proactive is getting the bill signed to waive the make-up days for school at the end of May.
Hughes is also proud of the relationships DD2 has made with the Chamber of Commerce as well as other community organizations.
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Frances Townsend has been on the board 16 years and is not running again. Since she has been on the board, Townsend said six schools have been built in the district. She added that passing the bond referendum to build the new schools was a major accomplishment for the board as well.
I think we have a fantastic group of people, Townsend said. I really enjoy working with them.
Townsend said a big thing prospective candidates need to be aware of is knowing how to compromise and communicate with the other board members.
You need to listen to them and work out your differences so that children can benefit, she said.
Stoudenmire said the public will always ask questions to the board and they have the right to do so.
You dont have a responsibility to answer yes to everything they question about, he said. Theres a difference between saying yes and Ill consider it.
Stoudenmire said the same thing goes for when board members are having a discussion amongst themselves.
At least give me a chance to speak, he said. Respect what I have to say and have that consideration.
Ongoing projects
When the new board members join after the election, the biggest thing they are going to have to start dealing with is the school construction.
Theyre going to have to jump in swimming, Robinson said. You will start laps immediately.
Board members say there will be lots of meetings as construction progresses, and there are still other things about the new schools to sort out such as school colors, mascots, etc.
Theres continuous involvement, Hughes said. There are several things that we have to make decisions on.
Both Robinson and Hughes hope to still be on the board in order to watch the building project come to a finish.
Hopefully they (new members) would know that they need to be getting involved or check into the building project so they are already abreast on things, Hughes said.
Crosby added the district is constantly working on safety for the students, which is why many of the schools are undergoing renovations this summer for new security entrances.
You never can tell when were going to have one of those disasters you hear about in schools, she said.
All board members find serving the districts students very rewarding.
My gosh, youre helping more than 23,000 children, Robinson said. What an honor it is to be a decision-maker for those children.
Hughes grew up in Summerville and was a student in DD2, and is also a DD2 parent. She feels being on the board is an opportunity to give back to the community and be involved with something that pertained to her love for children.
I felt like I could be an asset and bring in some new ideas and new perspectives, she said. I think in eight years I can certainly see some accomplishments we made.
Board members said having a commitment to the districts parents, teachers and, above all, students will make someone a good board member.
Its a commitment to our community and to the children, and if youre going to be a good board member you have to be willing to give that effort, Stoudenmire said, adding, I do whats best for the children. Thats my first priority.
Tupper said she greatly appreciates the districts employees.
This comes from not only seeing/hearing what other districts experience but from seeing the things our people do daily, she said. I leave board meetings feeling so proud of our schools.
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This article summarizes some of the key findings regarding the structure and performance of Arizona's court-connected arbitration system. Most cases eligible for arbitration concluded before a hearing was held, and those cases that had a hearing seemed more likely to have been diverted from settlement than from trial. Consequently, the arbitration program was likely to affect the court's workload in a relatively small proportion of cases, was more likely to reduce the use of court pretrial rather than trial resources, and was unlikely to substantially reduce litigants' costs. Many cases did not meet arbitration deadlines and court case processing time standards. These findings, which were consistent with studies in other jurisdictions, suggest that court-connected arbitration does not have negative consequences, but also does not consistently or substantially improve the effectiveness and efficiency of dispute resolution.
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Before the Pulitzer-winning musical "Rent" began its legendary, 12-year run on Broadway in 1996, it existed in a smaller, more intimate form in New York Theatre Workshop's 199-seat space in Manhattan's East Village.
When it transferred to Broadway's Nederlander Theatre, said MusicalFare Theatre artistic and executive director Randall Kramer, Jonathan Larson's masterwork "became this huge sensation, this huge money-maker, playing 2,000, 3,000-seat houses." But in a new production of the musical opening Wednesday at MusicalFare (4380 Main St., Snyder), Kramer and his cast are shrinking the show down to size.
"We want to bring it back to its roots," Kramer said. In an approach that will echo MusicalFare's productions of "Man of La Mancha" and "Cabaret," many actors will play their own instruments throughout the performance with the help of a four-piece band.
"I like that idea because this is about musicians and this is about creativity, and so to see that on stage and to see actors playing instruments on stage while the story is being told I think only enhances all of that," said Kramer, who directs the show. "It's still going to rock in a small space, but we're also going to be looking at the other things, the things that can only happen when you have the intimacy of a 130-seat space that we have at MusicalFare."
The show, which tells the story of a group of poor, city-dwelling artists striving to make something of their lives while confronting the dual scourges of drug abuse and AIDS, is based closely on Puccini's opera "La Boheme." It stars Steve Copps, John Kaczorowski, Key Keriman, Marc Sacco, Charmagne Chi, Paschal Frisina III, Ben Puglisi and Amy Jakiel in the major roles.
Tickets are $15 to $39, with limited $10 on-stage seats available through a pre-performance lottery. Call 839-8540 or visit www.musicalfare.com.
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"There's no other way on the planet to free your soul unto the destiny and unto God but by serving those who need a hand—smiling at them, wiping away their tears, forgiving them."
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Seva, or selfless service, is the most selfish act that you can practice on the planet. To serve another person selflessly is very selfish in that it lifts you up into a higher vibration that makes you feel good about life, others and yourself.
Seva is the magic pill to pull you out of your own neurosis, fears, doubts and worries. Seva is like a much welcomed vacation from the limited ego that expands you into your greater GOD SELF.
If you are feeling under a blanket of negativity, obsessing about your problems and saying to yourself, "How can I help anyone—look how screwed up I am!" The most efficient way out of this state of consciousness is to find someone that has the same problem as you and help them!
If you look around the world, there is no dearth of people who need a helping hand. We all have something to give even if it is just a smile, a kind word, or your undivided attention.
There is a longing inside each one of us to help other people. It is our natural state to give in this way. However, in the Piscean Age, the illness of the ego has taken us from our natural centre. The ego is all about the bargain—I do this for you and then you do this for me. I will lend you money and you pay me back with interest. I will give you my time and energy and you give me money in return. Seva takes you away from this ego bargain that permeates the world and puts you into an expanded state of consciousness.
My first real profound experience of seva took place in 2004 at Yogi Bhajan's Memorial Service in British Columbia, Canada. I was in charge of foot washing as people entered the Gurdwara. I felt out of my comfort zone and a little grumpy because I didn't sleep well the night before. To be honest, this job was a stretch for me as a westerner and my ego was in full on resistance.
However, as I surrendered to the task, my grumpiness disappeared and I reached a state of consciousness where I was actually enjoying it. After each foot wash, I aspired to give a better foot wash next time—as if I could do this all day, every day, for eternity. Then my perspective started to radically shift. At one point, I saw everyone coming to me as a majestic Saint—each one was so beautiful and radiant. It truly felt like I was in the presence of royalty.
And then I began to see them looking at me with so much love, respect and honor—like it was really me that was the Saint! Then everything merged into ONE and I could no longer tell who was serving and who was receiving. This was my first real experience that it is the ONE SELF that serves itself. The SELF longs to see itself reflected in the SELF of the other.
Any impulse we have to serve is really coming from this SELF that lives in each one of us. Listen to this impulse, this call of your Higher Self to serve—you won't regret it.
Catalyst Yogi (HariBhajan) empowers you to navigate through life as your Authentic Self and to deliver your purpose to the world. Visit www.CatalystYogi.com to learn more about life changing on-line programs.


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Posted 24 July 2012 - 03:56 PM
im sorry for opening an new topic. i just wanted to introduce myself. i am new in this forum. im glad to be part of the red wings fan base.
im 29 years old and play hockey by myself for more than 20 years. since i was a child and i could remember im a wings fan! my favorite player was steve yzerman. thats why i wear the #19 for 20 years now.
i played in some higher and lower leagues in germany and im a coach for young kids too.
i follow nearly all news and when possible, games by internet or espn america.
thats about me. im sorry if my english isnt very good.
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Posted 24 July 2012 - 04:26 PM
Moving this post to the Water Cooler, which is a place for more abstract discussion and conversation, as opposed to the hockey-specific area that you originally posted in.
Hope you stick around for awhile! Always good to hear from Wings fans overseas!
"We thought we were indestructible, The Lords of Iron"
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Posted 24 July 2012 - 04:43 PM
It's always nice when we get peeps even from other countries who know their hockey stuff! I'm glad you signed on with us. It'll really pick up this fall. Hang in there!
"He even ate with women who at that time were accorded the same status as the family donkey. Are we willing to break bread with, say, child sex slaves, transgender teens and undocumented workers? Because when Jesus comes back to Earth, that's where he'll be hanging."
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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servus germanwing, grias de!
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Posted 24 July 2012 - 06:50 PM
I like this team.
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Posted 24 July 2012 - 08:38 PM
My priorities: 1-Hockey. 2-Sleep. 3-Food. 4-Everything Else.
No, Ozzie is NOT the Breakfast Wizard!" -- my husband
Posted 24 July 2012 - 09:11 PM
Posted 25 July 2012 - 01:52 AM
You don't need to apologize for starting a thread introducing yourself, and your english is fine. We have a few members from Europe that post here so I think you will fit in and it's great that you have been so personally involved with Hockey yourself. I bet you crossed paths with Olaf Kolzig at some point.
In memory of Steve Shoen, Rest in peace.
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By the way, your English is better than my German, so stand proud!
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Paul Begala NAILS IT:
In a column on the budget, to maintain credibility with Beltway elites, I am supposed to claim the impasse is both parties� fault. It isn�t. The conventional wisdom is that Republicans won�t support any more tax increases and Democrats won�t support any more spending cuts. That�s half right.
House Democrats have proposed some sensible spending cuts: like doing away with the billions we spend subsidizing oil companies. With gas nearing $4 a gallon, does anyone really want to send taxpayers� money to the welfare queens of ExxonMobil? House Dems would also enact the Buffett rule ...
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5 Crucial Lessons Learned by Watching Kids Play Video Games
They Press "Y" to Skip, as Fast as They Can
NOTE: The following contains end-game spoilers for Grand Theft Auto IV.
A couple of months ago, my youngest son finished a climactic quest in Grand Theft Auto IV that led to the main character's best friend and cousin, Roman, getting killed. This is not a minor character -- he's the very first person you meet in the game; the entire story revolves around him. All of the early missions center around him and his business. When he died, my son looked at me and very sincerely asked, "Who was that?"
It turns out he had been skipping all of the cut scenes from the very beginning.
Why Do They Do It?
I'm a sucker for cut scenes. Again, I remember a time when cut scenes weren't a thing -- the consoles weren't powerful enough to support them. So when the technology finally evolved enough to include full-motion cinematics, I was blown away. They looked a hundred times better than the actual gameplay, and so they became a reward for game progression. Hell, the entire point of beating a game was to see the end cut scene.
But my kids were born long after the novelty wore off. I still play with the idea that cut scenes are a reward, and still get excited, because I've watched them evolve from this:
To this:
But my kids aren't comparing game cut scenes to the NES era. They weren't alive in the NES era.
They're comparing them to movies.
And no matter how pretty the cut scene, they just don't compare to, say, Lord of the Rings. The acting is usually shitty. The animations are overly dramatic. And, in most cases, you don't need to see them in order to figure out what's going on. They're only there for the sake of flash, their primary function being to please people like me, whose minds are still blown with how awesome the graphics look. But kids my sons' ages don't give a shit. They were born long after graphics were even a concern.
So to them, cut scenes are something that stops the game and clogs up their murder sprees. They could give a crap less about why Niko Bellic is doing errands for a drug lord. To them, that's just what the game is making them do. Do this, then this, then this and you win. Everything that makes them pause the action is just useless bullshit.
Unless there is giant cleavage to look at, of course.
What Does it Mean?
I'm starting to think they're right. I love cut scenes and I always will, but let's be honest here: They can't put together a Hollywood-quality cast or script -- it's just not realistic. Too much of the budget has to be spent elsewhere, and game companies have already figured out that games with cheap actors or non-actors sell just as well. And that makes me question whether or not they were ever necessary to begin with. They started as a novelty, to show off new technology (specifically, storage media large enough to hold them) but now? Yeah, they kind of just intrude on the fun.
It's absolutely possible to tell a good story through the "game" part of a game. Portal. Bioshock. Modern Warfare. The more time we spend watching, the less time we spend playing. And that directly affects what I do and don't buy at Christmas and on birthdays because I'm not about to throw away $60 on something my kids are going to put on a shelf because they get bored from the lack of interaction.
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Oh, hindsight, you are a cruel bitch.
Don't Like it? Break It.
Cheats codes aren't as much of a thing with this generation of consoles (the achievement system prevents devices like Game Shark) unless you're exploiting a glitch or the game just outright gives them to you (like the phone numbers in GTA that spawn vehicles, health, etc). And that's too bad, because I need that shit.
Maybe it's because my kids have rubbed off on me, but if I'm playing a story-based game, I mainly just want to see what happens next, and the whole "game" part is just a means of getting me involved in that universe. So, yeah, I don't want to fuck around with being killed by the same pack of wild dogs 10 times in a row. I don't want to replay the whole level because I didn't realize the enemy lodged a grenade in my asshole. "Shit, is that a sniper up there in th- yes, it was."
"Say cheese!"
I used to turn on God Mode and just bypass all of that. If I'm ammo-starved like the old-school Resident Evil series used to love doing, I'd turn on an infinite ammo cheat and just go crazy.
But then the other day, I heard my youngest son giggling and when I turned around, I noticed that he was playing GTA: San Andreas, and he had turned all of the cars pink and put all of the NPCs into riot mode. Buildings and houses were on fire, cars were exploding, people were beating the fuck out of each other. Oh, and they were all dressed as clowns.
When my kids cheat in a game, that's how they do it.
Why Do They Do It?
Remember, they're not playing for the story. They don't understand why games need stories. So when they get stuck, they aren't sitting there in suspense, wanting to know whether or not CJ's gang comes out on top of Los Santos. They just see it as a toy that has stopped working. So, they break it down and remake it into something else, like how in my generation electrician's tape could turn any action figure into a ninja.
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Manx gets it, man.
What Does it Mean?
This is one of the few cases where console games seem to be going away from this (it's PC gaming where you find all the mods that, say, turn every gun into a dildo launcher, etc). Most non-sandbox games walk the player along a specific corridor to trigger specific scripted events -- any kind of improvisation is limited only to games specifically designed for it. Even games like Bulletstorm, which are supposed to be all about creative improvisation in how you kill the bad guys, carefully walk you through how to do it, and are still leading you toward triggering pre-scripted events (it's less fun to impale an enemy in the butthole when you find out the game had a specific achievement waiting for you to do just that).
Cheating in the way I cheat is still playing by the game's rules -- I have extra bullets, but I'm still trying to achieve the game's objectives and go where the game wants me. I make the character stronger, but the game remains the same.
My kids don't see the point of being constrained by that. They don't change themselves. They change the universe. That's a pretty fucking awesome philosophy to have if you ask me.
For more on the future of gaming, check out The 6 Most Ominous Trends in Video Games. For more on why kids are stupid, here's 6 Things Our Kids Just Plain Won't Get.


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In a small desk in a small room inside Breckenridge Elementary, custodian Tyger Kulesza holds onto several folders containing letters from students.
�Dear Tyger, sorry for making that mess,� one starts out, carefully written on white-lined paper and signed by the sender.
It�s not unlike the rest in the large stack: The children explain how they came to make whatever large mess they created, and they�re sorry she had to clean it up.
Kulesza also has a green-covered book from students, given to her on her last birthday, titled, A Book of Birthday Wishes for Tyger. The children drew presents for her � one gave her a jet pack; another, a hiking backpack; and yet another, a snowboard. While Kulesza was talking about the drawings on a recent morning, students peeked in and waved at her.
�The kids definitely bring it, they make the job,� Kulesza said. If they weren�t there, she added, �I�d just be cleaning up after adults.�
Kulesza has been a custodian at Breckenridge Elementary for three years, a job she went for because �I thought that applying at the school would be a good way to give something back to the community, be a part of it.�
Kids don�t often know or even notice school custodians, but at Breck, Kulesza has positioned herself as another mentor for the kids, there with advice and encouragement when they need it.
Kulesza wakes up every morning at 4:30 and gets to the school by 5 to ensure everything�s clean and safe inside and out for the students. Sometimes, she rides her beloved mountain bike around the school as students start to arrive in the morning. During the day, she fixes what needs fixing and keeps everything tidy.
�She always visits our class,� said fourth-grader Nazarie Poliuk, who made sure earlier in the day to greet Kulesza on his way to class. Poliuk demonstrated the intricate handshake he and Kulesza made up before proudly mentioning that Kulesza has agreed to attend his upcoming dance recital.
�These kids know her and look up to her,� said Principal Jonathan Johnson. �The biggest piece of it is how she engages with the kids.�
Besides those hellos in the hallways, high-fives are exchanged. If someone is upset or isn�t on his or her best behavior at lunch, Kulesza will talk to the person. One student likes to help her out sometimes, and together they made up the �skibroom,� a broom with a scraper attached (they found out later it had already been invented). Twice a month, Kulesza holds a �lunch bunch� for well-behaved students, where the small group eats together, creates and throws paper airplanes, and Kulesza makes sure they�re doing their homework. She talks to the kids about the sports they�re playing and other extracurriculars � like Poliuk�s upcoming dance recital � and even built her own solar oven in which to cook s�mores recently, alongside one of the fifth-grade classes.
�She is amazing with our kids,� Johnson said. �She has as great an impact on our kids as a teacher does ... and sometimes more.�
At the end of last school year, Kulesza collected old school supplies and shipped them to a small community in southern Mexico. The foreign students and teachers sent thank-you letters and pictures, now displayed in the hallway next to the gym. Kulesza did it to let the Breckenridge students know �their world is much larger than Breck.�
�This is our future right here,� she said, pointing at the letters and pictures. �This is one of the things that will make a difference.�
This school year, the kids will have a bigger part in the project.
�You�ve got to do positive things. ... That�s what I want to do for them,� Kulesza said. �They watch us, as adults.�
Kulesza moved here a few years ago after a car-tour of the United States convinced her Colorado was the most beautiful place she�d ever seen.
She�s been to 49 of the 50 states � she hasn�t yet made it to Maine � and grew up all over the country.
�I never really stayed in one spot,� Kulesza said.
Kulesza admits she�s a big kid, which helps her relate to the real kids at school (they do, however, respect her as an adult, she said). In her off time, she likes to snowboard and mountain bike, and she�s just getting into road biking.
�Just as much outdoor time as I can get, I like to be out there,� she said. �Put my feet on the rocks and roots. I�ve got to get out and touch it � that�s what it�s there for, right?�
As for any next moves, Kulesza seems happy where she is. Anywhere else and she�d miss the students, she said.
�I love these kids,� she said. �They make it what it is.�


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Stefan Elliott has been sent down to the AHL Lake Erie Monsters.
Jaroslav Halak will guard Team Europe's crease against Team Sweden in Sunday's semi-final.
One potential landing spot for Jacob Trouba, should he be traded, is Toronto.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 42 shots in Russia's 5-3 loss to Team Canada in the semifinal of the World Cup of Hockey on Saturday night.
Team Canada's Brad Marchand scored two goals in their 5-3 win over Team Russia at the World Cup of Hockey semifinal.
Jacob Trouba has requested a trade out of Winnipeg.
Russia will be without their Magic Man for Saturday's semi-final against Canada.
Carey Price will tend Canada's net against Russia in Saturday's semi-final.
The Penguins have announced that Matt Murray will be out "three-to-six week" with a broken hand.
P.K. Subban will miss the start of training camp because of some general soreness.
Alexander Steen has agreed to a four-year, $23 million contract extension with the St. Louis Blues.
Scott Hartnell has reactivated his no-movement clause.


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quote: But increasing the ethanol content by 5% wouldn't do anything to any vehicle that runs on E10.
quote: The way AAA went about it by working with manufactures to say this would cause engine damage is liken to how Marijuana activists are trying to legalize pot on the medical platform. The arguments are ridiculous.
quote: There was a slight difference in means (E10=28.1 MPG; E0=28.64 MPG) but it was not statistically significant (p=0.56).This was in contrast to the first impression when I got 26.4 MPG with E10 and it went up to 27.7 with E0.
quote: The trend was so clear there was no point in doing an uncertainty analysis.
quote: I'm not the only one who has noticed a 5-10% impact on gas mileage. You assume we are all wrong because the results don't agree with your beliefs.
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text: Being a leader is much more than taking the reins when it is needed most. It is about guiding, teaching, and motivating others, and sometimes it is about much more than that. This is what West Virginia Wesleyan College senior Justin Frye of Clarksburg found out to be true through the Wesleyan Engaging Leaders through Education Awareness & Development (WE LEAD) Program, and it has helped him become published in a prestigious student leadership text, "Exploring Leadership: For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference."


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5 Things Video Games Do Better Than Any Other Forms of Art
#2. They Can Trick You into Learning Something About Yourself
The worst I've ever felt about myself was the time I let that dude fall to his death from a bell tower when I so easily could have pulled him to safety. I found out something about myself that day -- I was willing to decide that someone I didn't like should die, and I was mad at that dead bastard, but I was infinitely madder at myself. Fortunately, most of this took place in a video game (2012's The Walking Dead), and it's a prime example of something games can do but passive media cannot: They can set you up to do things you assumed you weren't capable of, in a manner typically reserved for evenings at Stanley Milgram's place. A novel or film can show you someone else's descent into oblivion, but it can't make you do evil.
Recently in games there's a mini-trend of examining traditional game protagonists and the way they unquestioningly scythe down waves of enemies because the back of the box says they're The Hero. 2012's Spec Ops: The Line directly confronts this with chilling consequences for the psyche (how to play Spec Ops: The Line, Step 1: Return game to store); The Walking Dead tests the limits of how far you would go to protect one implausibly cute kid (pretty far, it turns out); and even Dark Souls is a game where half the enemies you face inevitably turn out to have some heart-breakingly noble reason for trying to dismember you (you who have unknowingly wrought so much evil because you assumed you were the hero of the game). Why is all this worth it? Because evil starts from assuming that you can do no wrong, and games genuinely have the potential to remind us that we can and will do evil if we're first told how good we are. Plus games keep you off the streets, killing virtual giant crabs instead of real ones, and that's the way to be.
#1. They Can Actually Attract an Audience
In the damn-near-impossible-to-make-a-living/impact world of the arts, you often have to go where the audience is, and that's the biggest advantage of video games right now. Like it or not, that's definitely where the audience is. Even entry-level indie games can get attention not available to other mediums. 2011's low-tech To the Moon is basically a short story infused with a frankly microscopic amount of gameplay, but it's a good short story, and it's one that thousands of people would never have read if it hadn't been in game form.
That might sound unfair, but every medium exists merely to fill the unending need for entertainment and stories, and games are in right now (have faith, erotic limerick writers, your time will come again). Most games are not 3D paintings. Artistically speaking, the majority of video games don't do anything better than a brick, let alone literature or HBO, but most of them are at least fun, and some are legitimately beginning to demonstrate games' unique potential to be equally fun AND thought-provoking (heaven forbid). An actual diversity of voices, attracted by this potential, is maybe all that's needed to take things further. And then 30 years from now when games come full circle and become what Hollywood is now, we'll at least have a golden age to look back on wistfully.


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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The Cane Bay High School wrestling clinic will be held daily June 11-13 in the school's gymnasium from 9:30 a.m. to noon.
Cost is $25 and open to all wrestlers from elementary school to high school.
Camp instructors will be Cane Bay wrestling coach Tim Wash, a former state coach of the year and 14-time region coach of the year, and Cane Bay assistant coach Andrew Young.
Wash has coached nine all-Americans and 35 state champions over stints at James Island, Lugoff-Elgin, Rock Hill and Berkeley.
Young was a three-time state champion and Class AAAA wrestler of the year at Summerville High School before going on to an all-American career at Newberry College.
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Corn planting well behind schedule
Corn planting well behind schedule
Only 13 percent of the nation's corn crop has been planted according to USDA's most recent Crop Progress released May 2. This year's cool, wet spring weather has limited farmers' ability to work fields and plant crops especially when compared to last year's unusually warm spring when 66 percent of the corn crop was planted at this point. Even compared to the five-year average, planting is well behind the 40 percent mark for the beginning of May.
Even more alarming, the nation's top two corn states — Iowa and Illinois — which produce one-third of the nation's corn crop have planted less than the 13 percent national average reported May 2. As of May 1, only 8 percent of Iowa's corn is in the ground with Illinois having planted 10 percent of its crop. In other top five corn states: Nebraska has 15 percent planted; Minnesota, 1 percent; and Indiana, 2 percent. Meanwhile, the seventh-ranked state, South Dakota, has 2 percent planted while eighth-ranked Ohio has 1 percent of its crop in the ground.
In Wisconsin, which ranks ninth for corn harvested for grain and first for corn silage, only 1 percent of its crop is in the ground. Having driven from Janesville, Wis., to Rochester Minn., on Monday, members of the Hoard's Dairyman editorial team saw little signs of tillage or manure application along I-90 and I-94. Also, countless news reports indicate the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers are at their highest levels since the 1920s and 1930s. Rich cropland in those regions will take a long time to dry out and be ready for planting.
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Department of Job and Family Services presenting Quarterly Information Fair
July 31, 2013
By CADY WILSON Salem News staff intern LISBON — There is plenty of information out there for those in need. But unfortunately few are taking advantage of it....
Actually notSocialist, I did say something, not that long ago, you called me a liar.
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Ok !
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I definitely know those who abuse it also. And it's wrong and needs changed. I just have a problem with people like notsocialist who generalize the people who are on it. Unjustly at that, as the statistics show. Say you think it needs fixed, say you think we need to figure out a better way. Just don't make generalized statements based on your limited knowledge and experience (notsocialist I mean)Know what I'm sayin?
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Personally there's always 2 sides to every story. I know families whose parents where on welfare and their kids are now on it.
I know people who are receiving food stamps, because there to lazy to work and would rather spend the day doing drugs,
For the people who really need the help.No problem
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And those on SSI etc.. find out how old those people who say they aren't returning to work are. Since around 70% of these recipients are over 65.. do we really expect them to be planning to go back to work?
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5. 83% of SNAP households have gross income at or below 100% of the poverty guideline ($19,530 for a family of 3 in 2013)
6.More than 60 percent work while receiving SNAP, and almost 90 percent work in the prior or subsequent year.
7. MOST of the people receiving these benefits who don't work are those who CANT work. Children, elderly, disabled etc.
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1. 90% of benefits go to the elderly,disabled and working households
2.TANF has a maximum 60 months of benefits in a lifetime.
3. Single parents must work 30 hours per week. 2 parent families must work 35-55 hours depending on circumstance.
4.76% of SNAP households include one with a child, elderly person or disabled person
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"Or working somewhere producing something that people want or need. "
Oh sorry kozy/notsocialist/whoever, you must have forgotten you posted this under this name
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Very interesting statistics.
I new it was bad ,and getting worse
I see it every day and it's very upsetting. So many people wanting a free ride anymore.
I don't mind helping those in true need
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Sunshine says "The majority of people on welfare do have jobs. In fact to even qualify for cash assistance in most cases you have to be employed at least 30 hours a week." You are incorrect. People collecting cash assistance are not employed. Those that work the 30 hrs you speak of are ones working off their cash assistance. That is called the Work Experience Program (WEP). They are "working off the money they receive. In other words, this is not unsubsidized employment. It is merely a work requirement.
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The majority of people on welfare do have jobs. In fact to even qualify for cash assistance in most cases you have to be employed at least 30 hours a week.
notsocialist, disagree with stuff if you want, but quit spewing out lies that hype up the hatred toward people on welfare! you act like none of them work, when in FACT, MOST of them do! Now, shall we talk about why wages in this country are so stinking low that that is even possible?!
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No clue what you are talking about ladybug, how about rereading my comment again.
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The list of agencies in the article you see are the ones that said they would be there. What we dont have is the list of those agencies that were invited but declined. Knowing the thoroughness of the director of CDJFS, I am certain the Col Cty VA was invited but turned declined.
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I'm kind of curious where would these people find all these jobs your talking about ?
It's kind of hard to be independent when most of the jobs in the Salem area pay poverty level wages .
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Yep and that vicious circle just keeps going round and round and getting bigger and bigger. We are on a doomsday path in America.
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Isn't frightening to think, one day when we are all dependent upon Government, working for Government, our third world nation will be born! God help us!
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Just reading this article is depressing and unacceptable. If our Government spent half the effort and time solving the problems that have forced this all to exist oh how better off we would ALL BE.
I am sorry but there is nothing to celebrate. Our Government has grown so big that we are in a no way out crisis. If people started working and capable of going back to self independence, THESE people would be out jobs and standing in unemployment lines.
Look at that list...it is frightening. We are never going to recover from this not on this path.
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Since the 1880s, there had been a flood of "new immigrants" to the United States. These immigrants were "new" because they came from different regions than previous immigrants had. These new immigrants came from Southern and Eastern Europe rather than from Northern and Western Europe. Many of the new immigrants were Jewish. Many others were Catholic and Catholics were still viewed with suspicion by many Americans. Finally, many of the new immigrants held to radical political beliefs such as socialism and anarchism.
After World War I, a backlash against these immigrants arose. This was due partly to the recent Bolshevik Revolution in Russia which raised fears of a similar revolution in the United States. It was also due in part to the changes that were occurring as American culture (particularly in cities) moved into the "Jazz Age." Many traditional-minded Americans felt that the immigrants were dangerous politically and identified the immigrant-laden cities with the bad new cultural developments.
It was for these reasons that anti-immigrant sentiment strengthened. This is seen most clearly in the immigration restriction acts of the 1920s. These laws were meant to reduce the flow of "new immigrants" and to encourage immigration by Northern and Western Europeans instead.
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
Roger Williams was sentenced to life in prison without parole Thursday after a jury found him guilty of two charges homicide by child abuse and unlawful conduct toward a child.
Williams was charged in the 2010 death of his two-year-old son, Rodricus Fred Williams. He was accused of abusing his child and dumping the body in the woods near Vance. The childs body was encased in a trashcan filled with more than 400 pounds of concrete.
The jurys Thursday deliberation lasted 33 minutes. The trial began Monday afternoon. Numerous witnesses were called to testify throughout Tuesday and Wednesday. The final two witnesses were called to the stand Thursday morning.
Williams did not testify.
Defense Attorney James Falk and Ninth Judicial Circuit Court Assistant Solicitor Anne Williams made their closing statements to the 14-person jury Thursday morning.
The jury returned to the courtroom at 1:19 p.m. to deliver their verdict.
The Honorable Judge Markley Dennis sentenced Williams to life in prison without parole on the homicide by child abuse charge. Dennis sentenced Williams to a concurrent 10 years for the unlawful conduct toward a child charge.
Rodricus mother, Shaneka Washington cried silently in the front row of the audience after the verdict was read.
Falk then made a motion for a mistrial because he said he was concerned the jury did not give it enough consideration.
Dennis said in his 19 years as a judge, the case was overwhelming for him.
I dont quarrel with the length of time, Dennis said to Falk. I think the jury did it very properly. I will respectfully deny your motion for a new trial or mistrial.
Dennis said the defendant, in his own statement in a police interview, said he was guilty.
Williams then spoke for the first time in the trial. He apologized to Washington, her family, the Huger family, his family and friends, the jury and the community.
I just want everyone to know my intentions were never to be cruel, Williams said. I do want to apologize to Grace Trotman. If I was the family man she wanted me to be that came home, this situation might never have occurred.
There is overwhelming evidence, Dennis said. Being a parent, none of us are given instruction manuals. A lot of it is just common sense and decency.
You made the statement about gambling your money away when your children are sleeping on blankets on the floor. It displaced my heart. Its totally inconsiderate. Graces child died. He deserved much more than that.
And then to do what you did, methodically, intentionally. I just cant think of anything that indicates a more hardened heart . . . then to go back. I dont know how a father can do that.
Your actions in itself warrant what Im about to do in my opinion, Dennis said moments before he handed down the sentence.
Washington attempted to make a statement at the podium after the sentencing, but was unable to speak. She was sobbing audibly.
At this point Connie Huger, a family friend who said Rodricus stayed with her until he was two, spoke at the podium.
I just want to say thank you to everyone who brought justice to Rodricus, Huger said. He learned those songs from my family. He was comical. He got so much love from our house.
I cant cry right now because Im so overjoyed . . . I am so deeply touched. He did not deserve what he went through. I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart.
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This is a sly reference to and synonym for the penis or cock. For males adding the penis to the 10 fingers and 10 toes makes 21 appendages. Use this if you want to sound intelligent or don't want stupid or younger people to know what you are talking about.
I'm in the process of writing an epic poem about the love between me and my twenty-first appendage.
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Paul Wylie, junior pair skater
And junior singles champion
Paul Wylie, junior pair skater
And junior singles champion
Wasn't Fabian about the same when younger? Maybe? Sometimes girls just have that extra fight and maturity when younger. They both just need more time. Curious though, are there any videos of him as a singles skater? Very cute, I would imagine...
Baby Jason Brown, 13 years old at Skate for Hope (with bonus squeaky voice interview)
Baby Joshua Farris in an interview with Michelle Kwan (possibly 11 or 12 years old)
Baby Artur Gachinski at Plushenko's "10 Years Together" show (10 years old)
Joshua and Jason at 14 getting their medals at the 2009 Novice Nationals. With bonus appearance by Jay Yostanto!
Here is a photo of a group of local skaters taken at the Jet Centre, Coleraine in the mid-90's:
Included in this photo are some significant names in Ladies skating in Northern Ireland:
10x British Senior Ladies Champion, Jenna McCorkell (from Coleraine), is at the end of the front row wearing the red skirt.
2008 British Junior Ladies Champion, Karla Quinn (from Rasharkin), is in the front row wearing the reddish-pink skirt and a yellow hair ribbon.
Jenna's original coach, Margaret O'Neill (from Belfast), is in the back row weaing the blue sweat-shirt.
1974 (Jaca) World Professional Ladies Champion (and Jenna's current choreographer), Lorna Brown (from, er, Newcastle-upon-Tyne in England) is wearing the black ski suit (which she wishes she still had!)
Photo courtesy of Louise Rowan (who is also in the photo!)
(Sorry if this has already been posted!)
Mao Asada at the 2000 Novice Japanese Championships, which would have made her 10.
There's a lovely triple lutz in there!
It is Jenny Kirks birthday on Thursday, and to thoroughly embarrass her, for the past few days Dave has been posting links on the TSL Facebook page to videos of Jenny skating when she was a lot younger ( https://www.facebook.com/TheSkatingLesson ).
13 year old Jenny
14 year old Jenny (Lion King)
16 year old Jenny (Pocahontas)
Jenny is so cute and adorable in the first video!!! You just want to pick her up give her a big hug!!!
What I find so remarkable looking back is how good Jenny was so young! I had only ever seen her skating before when she was already at senior level. But, from looking at these, she was a VERY good novice and junior. I know I have been raving on about how good the current Russian teenagers are, but I think Jenny at the same age was as good as, if not better, than them.
And, although Jenny is embarrassed looking back on it, I love her costume in the Lion King routine! It really helps your enjoyment when you can see the lengths the skater goes to make their performance look just right. Its like Mao Asada and her Mary Poppins exhibition from last season. It just shows their professionalism.
I just wish I had watched these videos before I watched the This and That video from a couple of weeks ago, as all I could think during these throwback videos was Where did it all go wrong?!
Thankfully, Jenny made up for that major fashion faux-pas a few days later by posting this photo of herself when she was going out for her first competition:
Jenny wrote in the description accompanying this photo The number of fashion don'ts in this picture is overwhelming. But, I totally disagree. She looks just how a wee girl of that age, at that time, SHOULD look. And she looks so happy!
Thank you for the memories! (Even though, for me, they are completely new! )
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Midori Ito Junior Worlds 1981 at 11 years old
Midori 1981 at NHK EX
Midori 1980 NHK LP
And here she is this year in the Worlds Adult Championship
A life lived with the love of skating.
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To take from, either Violently, Sexually, or Passively
1. Im gonna grump that bitches V-card tonight when shes wasted.
2. Im gonna go grump some fresh chipolte
3. Im going to grump your life on Call of Duty 4.
2. Im gonna go grump some fresh chipolte
3. Im going to grump your life on Call of Duty 4.
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noun: when you shit on the ground. grump = ground + dump
When doodie calls and there isn't a bathroom around, take a grump.
Backpacking ventures almost always entail grumps.
Backpacking ventures almost always entail grumps.
by thebelgianbomber February 08, 2014
A particulary difficult yet ultimately satisfying bowel movement.
That was a hell of a grump I just took.
by meempants September 06, 2002
a certain state of mind characterized by grumpiness and a generally disagreeable demeanor
Reia spilled her beer all over her self, and was grumps for the rest of the night.
by manfriend July 03, 2004
"A mythical Creature so elusive that to actually see one would bring untold good fortune" referenced in the movie One Week
I'm going to ride my motorcycle across Canada in search of Grumps
by I_M_CDN November 11, 2010
To add an entry on Grumper.
I posted a grump today at Grumper.org, check it out!
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1) the disposal of a bad attitude or exceptionally grumpy perspective. 2) The byproduct of general grumpiness
agitated venting girlfriend: "We never do what I want to do! We always go to all the stupid bars YOU want and hang out with YOUR friends and...OMG these pants dont fit me anymore?!! FML"
boyfriend: "wow...sounds like someone needs to take a grump"
boyfriend: "wow...sounds like someone needs to take a grump"
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The Vikings defense has annihilated every opponent so far. Can they do it to the explosive Giants offense this week?
The Chiefs and Steelers battle it out in a match-up of AFC playoff contenders.
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The motion of High-Fiving given by two people from a distance, usually accompanied with the high-fiving sound effect "WOOPISH."
Dude 1: I found $100!
Dude 2: Sweet! Air Five!
Dude 1 & 2: WOOPISH!
Dude 2: Sweet! Air Five!
Dude 1 & 2: WOOPISH!
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A pantomimed high five, performed in unison with someone who is too far away (e.g. across a room) to give you an actual high five.
When the professor announced that class would be canceled, Eric and Nathan gave each other an air five.
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Also referred to as skyfive, being a highfive transmitted through the air without actual physical contact.
John and Matt airfived across the room as there were too many mo-fos in the way.
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n. the act of lacking the physical strength to actually hi-five someone and resorting to a pushing movement of the right or left hand to someone. This is usually followed by the saying "AIR FIVE". The receiving person has the choice of refusing the "air-five", with a sharp reply of "BLOCK" with both arms crossed.
Evan: Hey Ari, nice thats-what-she-said-joke! Air-Five!
Ari: BLOCK!
Ari: BLOCK!
Ari Goodman tarafından 11 Ekim 2007, Perşembe
Wi-five is a cyber-high-five, and Air-Fave is a long distance high-five..
Mike: Oh theres ryan, Wi-Five!
Ryan: No you idiot, It's AIR-FIVE!
Ryan: No you idiot, It's AIR-FIVE!
Lindzzzzz tarafından 12 Ocak 2008, Cumartesi
a high five given aross the room without touching. ("wi-five") Call for you to give a "high five" at the same time as some one across the room from and facing you. the five meets in the middle.
Am-"air five!"
*air five takes place*
Lunchbox-"wait for it....waiiiittt.. *air five meets*...YEA!
Am-"air five!"
*air five takes place*
Lunchbox-"wait for it....waiiiittt.. *air five meets*...YEA!
Ambah! tarafından 12 Aralık 2007, Çarşamba
Air five is a high five through a long distance, usually used when speaking on the phone or writing emails
OOOH good one, air five!
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I am looking at the Mossberg pump 535 and 835 waterfowl models. Can anyone recommend one over the other. I know the 535 is lighter and 835 heavier but am not sure what the other differences are. I would be using primarily for goose and duck hunting.
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I'm not a Mossberg guy. at one point in my life I owned the Mossberg 9300. it was an autoloader. I assume the two models you mention are pumps. so.........we aren't comparing apples to apples. the autoloader was without a doubt the worst firearm I've ever owned. it only stayed with me for a season. totally unreliable.
hopefully some Mossberg pump guys can help you out. good luck
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I own a Mossberg 935. I love this gun, I told my brother to get it and he had nothing but problems he ended up turning it back in and got a Remington versa max, that gun is nice that will be my next gun.
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I hunted with the 835 for years .
Worked great for me. And death on Snows,Canadas and turkeys with the 3 1/2's.
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the difference in those 2 guns is the 835 has an over-bored barrel, basically a 10 gauge barrel to reduce recoil. I have a 535 and have had no problems with it.
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I love my 535, I have hunted everything with it from ducks, gesse, turkeys, to deer here in Iowa. But Hammer1 is right the only real difference is the Overbored barrel. Mossberg pumps are great, I wish my 935 worked as well as the 535.
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I have a Mossberg 935 and I love it. No problems. Great quality gun for a low price
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I have a Mossberg 835 that I have used for years to turkey hunt. It has performed wonderfully and I have no complaints with it at all. I had thought at one time that I would move up to something nicer at some point but it has performed so well I can't impagine anything performing any better. In fact, I would buy another one and not think twice about it. I do keep it clean and I use a 10 gauge brush in the barrel when cleaning. I would imagine the only difference for you would be a longer barrel for ducks and a different camo pattern.
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Gotta love a great song, a great trumpet and a lotta laughs. That's what's in store this weekend as we ramp up the arts calendar for fall.
Adam Parker brings you highlights to get your season started, but here's couple that stand out.
First, our own Darius Rucker is going to perform his summer anthem and current single "Radio" from his new album "True Believers" on the 48th annual national broadcast of the MDA Show of Strength Telethon today on ABC television stations across the country.
Rucker's met former MDA National Goodwill Ambassador Abbey Umali (now 14 years old) during a special Grand Ole Opry duet performance in 2011. It aired on that year's MDA telethon.
Rucker asked Abbey to join him on the main stage to help him sing his Billboard No. 1 single "Come Back Song."
For those of us who grew up watching the telethon, Rucker is a welcome addition to the line-up.
In addition to Rucker, this year's event will feature Ryan Seacrest; Backstreet Boys; country stars Luke Bryan and Lee Ann Womack; "Glee" star Matthew Mor- rison; Enrique Iglesias; Paula Abdul; teen pop sensation Austin Mahone; hip-hop dance crew Jabbawockeez; "American Idol" runner-up Jessica Sanchez and others.
It seems like it will be a way to support the home team.
Trumpets and reggae
Trinidad-born trumpeter Etienne Charles has been to Charleston before and he'll be at the Mezz, 276 King St., on Friday and Saturday. His fourth full-length release, "Creole Soul," is out now on Culture Shock Music and has garnered positive reviews by The New York Times and reached No. 1 on the JazzWeek Radio Chart.
His music is a combination of calypso, reggae and other Afro-Caribbean sounds filtered into a modern jazz concept.
He's smooth and easy to listen to, and you'll recognize compositions by Thelonius Monk, Willie Cobbs, Winsford Devine and Bob Marley.
Last year, he performed a jazz concert for kids here that got the audience standing on its feet.
This is a chance to hear an up and coming talent honing his sound, and of course, the Mezz is a favorite local jazz hangout. Just the thing for a Friday night.
'9 to 5'
And if you love some country twang, then Charleston Stage's production of "9 to 5" is one to get your toes tapping.
The stage production is the first in Charleston Stage's 35th anniversary year and promises to be a lot of fun.
You will remember the lead song a la Dolly Parton and the movie starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Parton, and Dabney Coleman.
The plot swirls around three working women living out their fantasies of getting even with, and their successful overthrow of, the company's autocratic boss.
The movie was hugely successful when it came out, launching Parton as an actress, and the enduring fantasy play between women and men is one of the great themes of all time. Later the movie was made into a successful Broadway musical, so get ready for some very funny songs.
One thing that I like about this production: It comes with a Parent's Guide to the musical. It's nice to see if it's a production where you want to take the kids.
This is a great idea, and means that you don't have to rent the movie to figure out the references. (Hint: the musical is fine for teen-agers, not so much 'tweens and younger ones.)
In fact, I wish more productions would do a parent's guide.
Unlike television, live productions can run the gamut of emotions, innuendoes, bawdy humor and pathos, and the ending can be very different from what you expect.
A play can be a far more powerful experience than sitting in front of the tube, and some kids might not be ready for that.
Of course, the reason we go to live performances is to be surprised, amused, entertained, but the free rein of the playwright means the play can go off on unexpected tangents.
Most librettos are online, so it's possible to read through them, or just read them before you go, but of course, the delight of a play is the unusual.
The parent's guide is a form of cliff notes separate from the synopsis of the play. Hats off to Charleston Stage for this great idea.
The production is ongoing through Sept. 21 at the Dock Street Theatre, 135 Church St.
Tickets range from $22.50 to $57.50. For more info and to buy tickets go to www.charlestonstage.com/shows-and-tickets/1-9-to-5-the-musical.html.
Reach Stephanie Harvin at 937-5557 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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