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Apple may be planning to ditch carriers and offer its own wireless service
0. phoneArena 01 May 2012, 11:09 posted on
This is not really a new idea, but an analyst thinks that right now may be the best time possible for Apple to toss aside the pesky carrier system and begin to offer its own wireless service directly to iPhone and iPad customers...
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1. tech-head (Posts: 133; Member since: 02 Sep 2011)
Not gonna happen......unless they buy T-Mobile.....or something
3. Tux4g63 (Posts: 118; Member since: 21 Oct 2011)
With T-Mobile not looking so strong, not a far fetched idea. If this happens in the coming years, it could create a very good competitive environment for the consumer. Other carriers would have to essentially lower pricing on Apple handsets or give customers a credit, so as not to upset Cupertino, or even lower subsidized handset pricing all around again to highlight their carrier value. In a way, I kind of hope this does happen, but I can see Apple squeezing the cash cow from other networks first before they make their move.
5. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4839; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
Yeah I don't think it WILL ever happen. BOTH Verizon & AT&T are such HUGE players & have the most spectrum that an upstart from Apple even with its large bank accounts couldn't compete.
If Apple got a network up and running it will pale in comparison to both Verizon & AT&T. I don't know how a Wi-Fi signal would reach the woods like Verizon's signal does. People want to reduce carrier mobile towers not add more. I think people would not go for more towers & Apple might be screwed. Shoot I might even put Sprint in there because they have a large footprint also.
I think it would be a FAIL by Apple.
13. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
i dont think it would be a major player, but its a neat idea. They could easily do as Walmart, boost, virgin, or a dozen others do it.. and ride the backs of the big boys for expanded coverage.
The only big thing I see.. is I dont see a benefit. If Google got into that arena, it would be at a low price to mess with the system the way google likes to. If Apple got in, it would be against their nature to go in as the low priced carrier.. they would want to be a premium brand with a premium tag. At that rate, what would be the benefit of going to Apple Wireless for service? The one thing I could see for them as an advantage, would be to keep their prices just slightly lower than ATT/VZW, but give away iphones for contracts, since they would more than make up the subsidy on the 2 year contract. But again, that goes against every philosophy they currently have about premium pricing.. sooo... unless Cook really wants to change Apple's direction, I dont see them ever entering the space.
52. ACCTDADDY (Posts: 12; Member since: 06 Jan 2012)
Apple should Buy T-Mobile. Or Google should or Comcast should. Anyway someone should buy T-Mobile before they go out of bussiness.
64. dodo1234 (Posts: 37; Member since: 06 Nov 2011)
"Should" isn't the correct term here, cuz Tmo is the best available low cost servive on or off contract with highend smartphones, nationwide coverage n blazing HSDPA+. But "could" or "would" seem much more likely.
72. steelicon (Posts: 318; Member since: 02 Apr 2011)
1984? Scary stuff.
2. appleDOESNT.com (banned) (Posts: 456; Member since: 19 Nov 2011)
A company more evil and expensive than Verizon.. good luck with that Apple lol!
70. Gawain (Posts: 420; Member since: 15 Apr 2010)
You're not kidding!! LOL... I actually hope it happens, it would give me an excuse to dump the iToy I have been using (it was a gift, so I can't just toss it) and go to something more productive.
4. elandrumiii (Posts: 109; Member since: 20 Mar 2010)
That wojld deserve a look depending on rate plans and data restrictions. And yes tbey could buy tmobile
6. spindoctor55 (Posts: 18; Member since: 27 Feb 2012)
I would ditch my cell phone altogether if I had to get into bed with Apple as my carrier!!!
46. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
if you go into bed with your cellphone you have other issues to worry about
47. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
but.. its warm.. and it vibrates. giggidy! :)
75. spindoctor55 (Posts: 18; Member since: 27 Feb 2012)
7. tech-head (Posts: 133; Member since: 02 Sep 2011)
Acquiring spectrum is a complicated process and Apple would have to spend billions to build infrastructure.
19. sithman (banned) (Posts: 299; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
They have hundreds of billions
55. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
@sithman, not quite. $100B =/= hundreds ($200B+)
51. ACCTDADDY (Posts: 12; Member since: 06 Jan 2012)
not if they bought T-Mobile
8. VZWuser76 (Posts: 4214; Member since: 04 Mar 2010)
The only thing about this is using WiFi spectrum. Great if you live in a city, but once you're out of WiFi range (which is nowhere near as far reaching as cellular) you've got an iPod touch. So what then, get another phone for when you leave a metro area? In an emergency situation like car troubles or if you get lost, your iPhone becomes a shiny paperweight.
10. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Well considering its track record for signal reception strength and ability to hold a connection, a WiFi network might be an improvement...
12. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Oh look an unfunny troll
57. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
@taco how is that trolling? It's proven fact. The iphone4 was, and remains, the worst rated phone in terms of signal reception quality, call holding capability, and other connection issues in (new, that is, post-Cingular) AT&T's history. Apple admitted this with the bumper case fiasco and with the massive overhaul of the 4S' antenna designs and communication handling methods on the software level with later iOS updates, and with the design tweaks for the verizon 4 model.The software was revised to give data less of a priority (which is how it was initially designed and released, especially with iOS 4.0. It even affected 3G and 3GS owners who updated to it) and give more priority to voice services, which it should have had in the first place, being an iPHONE not an iPod+voice once in a while
14. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 13103; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
Are you mistaking the iPhone with the Galaxy line of phones?
17. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Haha yea the nexus phones have had terrible reception. Of course fandroids are hypocrites and just troll.
Look at remix losing the bet and continuing to be a worthless troll.
22. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
group opinion.
who lost the bet? taco or remix? Who outsold who in Q1 2012.. Apple or Samsung? If apple won, then Remix is to be banned. if Samsung won then Taco is to be banned.
Go, search the site. Find the info. Tell us who won.
bye bye taco
29. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
That's the problem with you fandroids. It's not about your opinion OT your "friends". It's about facts.
31. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
u dont have friends or a valid opinion. Nor do you have facts.
Phone Arena has yet to post a single article, picture, blurb, or anything that agrees with you. You found one article that agrees with you in a sea of them that dont. If you dont trust PA's writing and news, then why are you here to begin with?
If you have such proof, where is it? The last time you posted "proof" it didnt agree with you at all.
You try to cherry pick hoping people wont read it. Unfortunately for you, they do... and they know you are full of crap.
33. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Sounds like someone is upset the facts aren't on his side. Aah remix do you ever get tired of being wrong?
34. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
can you please find the phone arena article that says apple won and samsung came in second please?
if not, then your just a worthless liar.. like always.
41. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Is PA the only source on the planet? You the same guy who disputes articles all the time. Lol the irony.
42. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
we made the bet on this site didnt we? now this site isnt good enough? fine. .what does GSMarena, BGR, Androidcentral, applecentral, engadget, and all the others say?
oh yea, the almost all universally agree that samsung won.
woopsie for you.
45. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
here, since i know your incapable of proper searching, i went and hit the sites for you.
proof, proof, proof, proof.. and more proof. and many of these articles include that site that you think was proof that apple won.. in their own articles. hmm..
tsamsung/ir/ireventpresentations/earningsrelease/downloads/2012/201204 29_conference_eng.pdf
56. SleepingOz (unregistered)
haha, trust taco to ignore this!
62. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
of course. notice how he stopped posting on this thread the moment I linked him into the corner. give him a bit and he will pop up on another thread posting how he won and I'm a liar...
such an ignorant troll.. oi
65. roscuthiii (Posts: 2217; Member since: 18 Jul 2010)
And one more from a site and author that generally are iCheerleaders:
50. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 13103; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
This post deserves recognition.
63. matrix_neo (Posts: 334; Member since: 03 Nov 2011)
C'mon taco don't play safe here, you're also one of the hypocrites and always trolling here. How many thumbs down you already received here?? Glad you're not yet banned, maybe sooner lol
69. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Taco has lost, and dissapeard....
How funny... what a big loooooser.
9. dcgore (Posts: 227; Member since: 24 Feb 2012)
Hmmm., i think buying TMO would be the way to go. $20bn i think at&t was paying for it?
35. thedarkside (Posts: 652; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
4 billion.
58. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
$39 billion was AT&T's offer. It failed, so they paid the breakup fee of $3 Billion and $1 billion worth of wireless spectrum for the 700Mhz AWS frequencies
11. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
This could work by Apple using wifi and renting towers from carriers like a reseller. Apple has a track record of making the user experience pleasant so considering how unpleasant it is now Apple could actually do very well. Of course Apple wouldn't do this unless they had a very solid plan in place.
15. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
now if only they had a plan for beating samsung in Q1 2012. hmm. why are you still posting? going to admit your a worthless liar and not good for your word?
16. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Please honor the bet and get off this site. Samsung lost. I've already provided the proof.
18. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
what proof was that? the last link you posted said that samsung had won. but i forgot you dont actually read the "proof" you provided.
hey PA posted yet ANOTHER article saying that samsung won today. Yet you are still here. you are one sad sad little internet troll.
26. Pdubb (Posts: 248; Member since: 08 Aug 2011)
The way the iPhone impacted the AT&T network one woould assume that the same would impact the "new" network. The Apple experience would take a hit if they had to actually put up with cellphone customer's problems. They get some but if they had to deal with fixing the network when things went wrong (slow data, dropped calls,etc.) I do not think they would have a good track record. Especially after the past few snafus they have encountered with the new releases.
59. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
I'm glad you admit that the user experience is "unpleasant ... now" and that "Apple could actually do very well" improving it.
I'm so happy you've come to realize that dropping calls, getting crummy reception, having to pay for decent apps, and all while trying to use a tiny screen hardly equates a "pleasant experience"
20. Mobile-X-Pert (Posts: 565; Member since: 20 Dec 2010)
So which one is the winner??
21. tluv00 (Posts: 134; Member since: 18 Oct 2007)
Another analyst article littered with "ifs", "maybes", "possiblies" etc.
Sure it's possible. It's also possible Google could do the same.There is zero benefit and would place 100% of the level of service on Apple and I don't think they want to have to deal with cell phone coverage. It's easier to blame the carrier or the way you are holding your device.
25. droiddomination (Posts: 203; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)
27. PaloAltoWorldView (Posts: 2; Member since: 01 May 2012)
Old news. I wrote about this last week already:http://www.thestreet.com/story
28. shadowcell (Posts: 300; Member since: 28 Mar 2012)
Sounds great. I recall hearing this a few times earlier about Apple's intentions as a carrier. It'll work, maybe starting off in selected markets (a few cities here and there) and moving up the food chain.
Maybe instead of subsidized iPhones they could lower the monthly plans?
36. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
Remix - go to FierceWireless.com - Samsung sold more smartphones than Apple for Q1 2012 - it is official....
48. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
oh, im quite aware. its Taco that is in denial. He found some off the wall company that has been using its own stats to say that apple outhedged samsung. 1 article that even though others mention, they all say is full of junk.. yet Taco holds it up as ultimate proof that he won. lol. like always he is loud, clueless, and vile.
39. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
You will be paying a arm and a leg with their expensive plans.
44. bbblader (Posts: 590; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
lets call this iWi-Fi
60. phones522 (Posts: 94; Member since: 27 Jan 2010)
its an ok idea but really a network with only one phone
66. gwuhua1984 (Posts: 1237; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
I can't foresee Apple doing this, but I could definitely see Google doing this tho. Afterall, Google did take part in bidding for 700mhz spectrum before.
67. joey18 (Posts: 589; Member since: 20 Jul 2010)
Depend of the price if so spenced who wans the iphone remember apple overprice there products
68. lsutigers (Posts: 820; Member since: 08 Mar 2009)
I could see them entering into a partnership with Clearwire's new TD-LTE Advanced Network. Clear's new network will have a ton of capacity and speed with 20x20 carriers TD for much better building penetration.


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In the dentist office waiting room on Wednesday a mom couldn't get her son to put his coat on when it was time to go. He wanted to play with the big activity box thing and had no interest in anything his mom said. He was maybe three or four? And she said, "Don't make me spank you in front of these ladies. I don't think they'd like that." And I just looked down at my knitting and wished so hard I was invisible right that very moment. I hated that she brought me- a stranger- into this. Her kid didn't want to put his coat on. I deal with that every live long day. So you know, I go over to my child and just put the dang coat on. And if I have to, I physically pick them up and carry them to the car. But instead she left him, she said "bye" and she walked completely out the building and then I looked up and watched him. I wanted to tell him that he better listen to his mom, but really I wanted to hug him. And he still played until he raised his head and peeked at the door and then he ran. He ran to find her.
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In the dentist office waiting room on Wednesday a mom couldn't get her son to put his coat on when it was time to go. He wanted to play with the big activity box thing and had no interest in anything his mom said. He was maybe three or four? And she said, "Don't make me spank you in front of these ladies. I don't think they'd like that." And I just looked down at my knitting and wished so hard I was invisible right that very moment. I hated that she brought me- a stranger- into this. Her kid didn't want to put his coat on. I deal with that every live long day. So you know, I go over to my child and just put the dang coat on. And if I have to, I physically pick them up and carry them to the car. But instead she left him, she said "bye" and she walked completely out the building and then I looked up and watched him. I wanted to tell him that he better listen to his mom, but really I wanted to hug him. And he still played until he raised his head and peeked at the door and then he ran. He ran to find her.
38 comments:
Oh those kids break my heart. Yesterday I watched a mom SCREAM at her two year old for not walking fast enough. I hate the harshness and the knowing that when they leave my sight they are going home to more of the same.ReplyDelete
I don't agree with publicly shaming your child... Buuuut I reached a point in my pregnancy where I couldn't physically make my toddler do things anymore. There were a lot more verbal commands... And threats of punishment. But I never announce punishment loudly, and I've never left a building. That said, early morning (5am) snuggles are the best, even if he has to return to his room because he never falls asleep with us.ReplyDelete
Ah... I've been there. On both sides, (kind of). When I'm there as a witness, I remember to TRY to think that perhaps the lady is having a bad day. Maybe the dentist totally wigs her out. Because on another day, gentle old me might be the one losing my stuff and yelling at all of my kids to just STOP and BEHAVE.ReplyDelete
Because we've all done something... Anything that another mother would look at and be like, woah. And even if it never happened in public? I'm positive even the most gentle among us has lost it once or twice.
That woman may do that constantly. But it helps my heart a little to pretend maybe she slipped. And that her capacity for grace is having a very human day.
Because really, I pray that others will think the same of me next time.Replies
nice response, I thought I was an ogre. My son was very easy at that age. I never had a problem like that. Then my grandson (my husband is older than me by 20 years, so I am a grandma at 37), well my grandson is ...independent. He rolls over his mom and other grandma. Me, it has taken more verbal gymnastics than I care to admit. I have had to be more creative. With blended family issues, I can't physically make him put on a jacket, etc. because it "looks" like I am not being fair to my "step" grandchild. argh.Delete
Oh sob... I think we have all been mean to our kids at sometime or another, but to walk away goes beyond that.ReplyDelete
Sometimes I leave Libby like that. I have a crying baby in my arms, and she won't come with me, so I leave. But never out of the building. I go to where she can't see me. Although, she usually just watches me go, then goes back to playing. The girl has no fear!ReplyDelete
My heart breaks for that little boy though too, don't spank him. don't bring strangers into your discipline. ugh. this parenting thing is hard.Replies
I'm glad I'm not the only one, Kim. I don't do it often, but with 4 kids who are 6 and under, sometimes I have to pull the "Alright, I'm gone..." card. Like you, I get out of their line of sight, but I don't let them get out of mine.Delete
But the rest does make me sad...
sometimes, I wonder what goes in behind the doors if people say things like that in public? gah.ReplyDelete
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my daughter {3} still sneaks in my room every night, and in rythm finds the small of my back where the whole of her back fits in just so. Last night I wrestled the thoughts that I should perhaps get her out of that habit, but then I knew for the rest of my life, I will miss that perfectly placed warm. So instead, i sank into her and the dance us mothers and daughters face...the loving and the pulling. That's the whole issue I find, even with this boy you mention. As a mom, when to love and when to pull your child along in their journey just a bit.ReplyDeleteReplies
Tara - that is beautiful and so true - when to love and when to pull your child along a little - pretty much sums up the whole thing we call "parenting"Delete
Two things I always try to remember when I'm struggling with my little ones are to never threaten anything I won't actually follow through on and to never humiliate them. The first thing can undermine my position of authority and leader in their life and the second can undermine my position of friend and protector in their life, not to mention what it does to my children's own self-worth.
No judging. Just observation. I've been all those people, including the boy. I mean, I did have some thoughts about how Id handle it differently but who knows if any of us does it right or wrong.ReplyDelete
I don't think any of us do it right all the time, we all have moments we wish we could do-over. My heart was smote a bit when I read this post at first - for just that thing, those moments from yesterday that I'd like a second chance at. This observation was a good reminder to me to put those two things I always need to remember back in the forefront of my mind.Delete
yes, yes, yes.Delete
A couple weekends ago, I saw a little girl in the cart at Hobby Lobby ask, "Mom, what does H-O-M-E spell?" to which her mother replied angrily, "I am not talking to you right now!" It broke my heart to hear, especially considering the word she wanted to know.ReplyDelete
I totally agree - the mother shouldn't have threatened the little boy, and I'm definitely against spanking. But I have walked away from my son in similar situations with plenty of warning, "I know you want to stay here and play. I can tell you're having a lot of fun, but it's time to go to the car. I need you to come with me. Okay. I'm walking toward the door, etc."ReplyDelete
I have a sixteen month old as well as a two and a half year old, so I can't physically haul both of them to the car. The mother wasn't locking him in a room. The boy had every opportunity to go with her (like he did).
Thank you Jen! I agree, I hope when I'm having a difficult time other mothers will be empathetic and nonjudgmental. There's nothing worse than struggling to hold it together in public and have a set of glaring eyes on you.Replies
I definitely wasn't glaring- I kept my head down the whole time, but felt like I was put in a very awkward and uncomfortable position. Like I was really trying to be invisible, like I shouldn't have been there at all. It felt intimate, I guess. If that makes sense?Delete
This spring I had my (at the time) 3yo and 18mo leaving the doctor's office while Chris handled the 13yo getting a very much unwanted shot. It was raining, and Zach wanted to go back inside with Dad and big sister. So he laid down on the pavement. The wet rainy pavement. I contemplated walking away, decided too dangerous. Contemplated picking him up and physically dragging him to the car. Too dangerous. So I stood there, in the rain, with the baby in my arms, and let him just lay there in the ground. A very kind bystander lady offered to hold my daughter so I could deal with him, and I politely told her, "No thank you. He will eventually get tired of being wet and cold." She probably thought I was a moron, but sure enough, 30 seconds later, he stood up and walked calmly with me to the car. I seriously thought I was going to lose it in those 2-3 minutes haha! Funny now, but not so funny then.Delete
So sad. Better ways to handle that situation.ReplyDelete
I was that mom last night trying to get Jessica to just.GO.to.sleep. Then I was the mom who just scooped her up let her sleep with us when she was fighting sleep again in the middle of the night. Even though it makes me not sleep and I hurt all over from having her practically lay on top of me.ReplyDelete
You have encouraged me these last 4 years since I began reading your blog...in my parenting, my faith and how to be a friend...just wanted you to know that:)
I have been that mom, and as the rest of my kids have come along, I have changed (thankfully so!). My mantra: there is nothing I have to do or nowhere I have to be that is more important than being kind to my children. Sometimes I fail miserably, but for the most part it has helped me to stop yelling and stop being an irrational jerk to my people.ReplyDelete
If my son doesn't want to put his coat on, I won't fight him. But I do put the coat (and hat and mittens, too) under my arm as I walk out the door. He will get cold, that's a natural consequence, and it provides us with a teachable moment. And with my people, it usually takes only once or twice to get the message.
This post makes me sadReplyDelete
These moments in time, really, these observation periods when I'm not in the thick of the fight, the heat of the moment with my kids, probably teach me more about who I want to be than the actual moments I'm immersed in the battle of wills. And so does this moment shared. Thanks for sharing it.ReplyDeleteReplies
In those situations I want to hug the mom as well as the child. Raising children is such a hard endeavor...but we can make it easier and enjoyable, but it has to be a choice and often we don't know how because our parents didn't do it that way either.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, this. I want to hug the mom, too. I've been that mom--powerless and exhausted after a long day of work, just wanting to be home and grasping for straws knowing that I'm not doing it right.Delete
I took my youngest to target the other day. my two year old daughter. she was dressed so cute and had received many compliments on how adorable she is. and then as we were walking hand in hand we passed another mother and her 4{ish?} year old son. he was crying & making a scene. as they approached us his mother said to him "look. see the pretty girl? she's going to stare at you. what will she think of you crying?"ReplyDelete
I wanted to tell that mom that my daughter, my beautiful daughter that we are trying to adopt is the most non-judgmental person you will ever meet... and that she doesn't stare when others are in pain. she looks away. because she has experienced pain I will never know...
so next time you want to shame your son... please don't use my daughter to do it.
Yes! Please do not bring ME into your disciplinary ways, I have enough of my own, thanks! ;)ReplyDelete
I've walked away from my kids too, to get them to come along but I've NEVER and never will, embarrassed them by saying I was going to spank them in front of others. Obviously it was an empty threat, which makes it all the worse...
Oh my heart. Reading that situation from your point of view, as a bystander rather than a participant, really allowed me to see the bigger picture. I've certainly been that parent, no doubt about it. I need to pause, like this, sometimes, and realize how my babies feel in those moments, too. Thanks for opening my eyes a bit today.ReplyDelete
when I was a young mom of 21, I had a very strong willed first child. He still is that way. This post made me think of myself way back then. I was impatient and didn't realize what I sounded like until I heard another mom do it in a store.ReplyDelete
I felt so guilty and ashamed of what I must have sounded like to my young baby boy at that age of this boy.
I learned a lot in 11 years.I'm still learning.
Ah, yes, the lesson of observing others. I remember one time (pre-kids) when I grabbed lunch with a few coworkers at McDonalds. While we were sitting there, two moms were attempting to have lunch as their kids ate/played/fought. One little girl was having a major melt-down while her mom held her baby sister. It was chaotic, but I watched one mom ask her friend to hold the baby. She then gently walked her daughter outside of the restaurant, knelt down to her level, and talked to her. She didn't ignore her or yell at her. She gave her what she needed...attention. I can not tell you how many times I replay that moment in my mind -- even now, 8 years later. There is so much we can learn by watching others -- both good and band.ReplyDelete
In the end, we are all just trying to do better. I think that's your point here. This gave you an opportunity to observe, reflect, and perhaps confirm (or even change) what works for you and your family.
*bad not band.ReplyDelete
f*ck. this just punched me in the gut. and i'm not sure if it is because of that boy or because i see a little too much of myself in that woman, albeit in different clothing. i don't spank and never threaten any kind of physical discipline. but i definitely use a tone of voice that would make me pause if i heard another woman do it. and i definitely use scare tactics at times. and sometimes, i even do the worst: i don't follow through. oh, those empty threats. hanging around my shoulders....making life harder.ReplyDelete
we're all doing our best, aren't we? it's just that sometimes our best is pure shite.
It's good to observe those moments. I tried to read it as though I were watching from the outside too - remembering that I might be that woman one day (my little one is 6 months old) - but that I might be able to do it differently sometimes too.ReplyDelete
It is funny, when you see it in other people, it is such a cringe-worthy moment in so many ways. For the kids, for the frustrated parent, for yourself (myself).ReplyDelete
Cringe. That's why we need each other so badly. Women need other women, to learn examples from on how (or how not) to behave, act, react, respond.


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There's no limit to how far a mother will go to protect her children. From the minute they're born, a child's safety and wellbeing take top priority in a parent's life.
Parents see to it every day, from cooking healthy meals and doing the laundry to making sure children wear bike helmets and talking about stranger danger. But it's important to look at the big picture, too.
Most parents know the basics: You have to carry enough insurance on you and your child. You must have a will.
But there are a few other tricky areas where kids, the law and family finances cross paths.
For the third installment of our Family Matters series, we'll give you an overview of three oft-misunderstood areas: child identity theft, adoption and requirements for college savings plans. For details on family financial planning, development of a will, insurance requirements, divorce and custody disputes, please see our earlier "Family Matters" stories at YourLCP.com.
Child Identity Theft
Most of us have heard the warnings about identity theft: Safeguard your Social Security number, shred any financial documents and check your credit report periodically for any suspicious activity. But when it comes to our kids, it's easy to overlook such precautions — kids don't have credit or identities worth stealing, right?
Not according to Sergeant Trevor Shelor, crime prevention specialist with the Charleston Police Department.
"Identity theft can be every bit as devastating to your kids, except they don't know it yet," he said. "If kids don't have credit, they don't have bad credit. A person could wind up with your child's Social Security number, and they could put that on a job employment application, an application to buy a set of tires, a cell phone or something like that and then go 10 or 15 years without paying bills. So when your kid is old enough to be wanting a college loan or a job, all of a sudden it comes up with a whole bunch of crooked credit that he never knew about."
According at AllClear ID, an identity protection alert network, the percentage of identity theft victims under 5 years old more than doubled in 2012 compared to 2011 — an increase of 105 percent. The rise shows thieves seem to be targeting younger victims because they can use their information undetected for a longer period of time.
Social Security numbers are the key to child identity theft, Shelor said. If a thief learns your child's Social Security number, with or without other information such as name and date of birth, they can start establishing and abusing your child's credit. Thieves obtain Social Security numbers in a variety of ways, including stealing them from paperwork or computer data, buying them from illegal lists of valid numbers online and even predicting them based on the formula the IRS uses to assign new Social Security numbers to newborns, Shelor said.
The first step to protecting your children is safeguarding these numbers. Keep Social Security cards and information in a secure, locked place and be careful about writing the numbers down on forms for school, sports teams and other activities, Shelor said.
"A lot of people are just too fast and loose with their Social Security numbers," he said. "They needed to be safeguarded, and I think there's been a lapse of that over the past 20 years or so."
The next step is checking for misuse of your children's Social Security numbers, Shelor said. When you check your own credit report, run a report of your child's credit, too. You can get a free copy of your credit report every year from the major credit reporting companies — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. Shelor suggests running a report with one of the three companies every four months rather than checking all three at once.
While checking your child's credit report is good, it doesn't check for all identity theft. According to AllClear ID, these reports search for matches on name plus date of birth plus Social Security number. Therefore they will not detect if a child's Social Security number has been found associated with another name and date of birth.
To cover all your bases, you can request a free ChildScan Report from AllClear ID for a one-time scan of your child's Social Security number. You can also contact the credit bureaus and request a manual search that will check your child's Social Security number only.
If at any time you discover an anomaly in your child's credit report, report it to the Federal Trade Commission, Shelor said. The FTC can offer you protection on that Social Security number and flag it against any future use. Once you have a file number with the FTC, you can also file a report with the police department.
"Most agencies are better now than they were 15 years ago about going ahead and making the report, even if the identity is being used by a thief out of their jurisdiction," Shelor said. "If it gets unfounded, then it gets unfounded. But at least it gets documented … that the identity information was taken."
With documentation from police the FTC, you can start defending your child against bad credit, Shelor said. It takes a lot of time, up to seven years or more, to get rid of all the fraudulent accounts. But it's important to stay vigilant, he said.
"If you find an anomaly, don't say you'll start on it next Tuesday when you have time," Shelor said. "Start calling on it immediately, that minute, because every day that you delay is another day some meth addict in a shack with a computer connection is doing something else with your kid's Social Security number."
How to Handle Adoption
For parents new to the idea of adoption, the process can seem like a daunting undertaking, a confusing mix of courtrooms, lawyers and consent papers. Adoption lawyer Emily McDaniel Barrett, with the law offices of Thomas P. Lowndes, Jr. in downtown Charleston, said the first step is learning how the process works.
There are three main ways to adopt, Barrett said. The first is to go through the Department of Social Services.
"That's going to be a child that's taken through the foster care system," she said. "That is a process where you have to wait for DSS to terminate the rights of the biological parents, so the child tends to be older. DSS adoptions are not for the faint of heart, but there are some amazing people out there who have their doors open to children who are older and might have some emotional problems."
The second type is international adoption, where you're going overseas to find a child. To adopt a child from a foreign country, you must work with an adoption agency that's accredited in that country, Barrett said. However, when you get back, you can hire a local attorney to domesticate your foreign adoption.
The third type of adoption is a private domestic adoption, which Barrett specializes in. In this process, adoptive parents are matched with a birth mother through an adoption agency or an adoption attorney. Most private domestic adoptions are of newborns who are matched while the birth mother is still pregnant, Barrett said.
The cost and length of time required for adoption varies for each situation, Barrett said.
Going through DSS is typically the longest process, but usually costs the least, she said. According to the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, it can range from nothing up to $2,500 or more.
"Parents are losing their rights for whatever reason, and you've got all those court proceedings. DSS has to give the birth parents a chance to get their lives turned around, so it can be longer, and it can be frustrating," Barrett says.
International adoptions also can take a long time to complete. The National Adoption Information Clearinghouse lists fees ranging from $7,000 to $25,000, which doesn't include parents' travel expenses, lodging or any medical care the child may need.
The cost and duration for a private domestic adoption is unique for every situation, Barrett said. The process begins, and the first check is usually written, when the couple hires an adoption investigator to do a home study. After passing the home study, the couple's profile is available to be matched with a birth mother, based on their budget and the needs and circumstances of the birth mother and child.
"From the time you get your home study and start looking to the time you're matched, that is wide open," Barrett said. "I've had clients who've matched as quickly as 24 hours to other clients who've taken over two years to get matched. That's the hardest part for adoptive parents, waiting for that match. I always tell my clients, 'Your child will come to you when it's time.' "
The cost for a private domestic adoption can vary widely by circumstance, Barrett said. The biggest variable is usually the birth mother's living expenses, which she can request the adoptive parents to pay under South Carolina law. The fees are also higher if the adoption is taking place between different states, not including the added travel and lodging expenses for the adoptive parents. Barrett said her adoptions usually range from $10,000 to $20,000.
"In a nutshell, they're not cheap," Barrett said. "But there are grants out there, there's the adoption tax credit, there are state subsidies, some large employers have adoption tax benefits. There is financial help for people who need it."
Barrett said it's important to remember that adoption is not like what you see on TV. Today, most adoptions are open, and sometimes even include visitation for the birth mother. And that's not always a bad thing, Barrett said.
"Closed adoptions are not healthy for anyone," Barrett said. "It's not healthy for the birth mother, for the child or for you when this child is older asking you all sorts of questions you can't answer. Many times, adoptive parents are surprised. They go into it absolutely terrified of what is going to happen and then they get to know the birth mother and they call me back and say, 'Wow, we really like her.'"
After the child is born and the biological parents sign the consent papers, the action can be filed at the courthouse, Barrett said. From there, a 90-day waiting period is required from the time the pleadings are filed until the hearing can be finalized. So the process ends up extending about three months after the baby is born, Barrett said.
Another common type of adoption is inner-family adoptions, when the child is related to the adoptive parents by blood or marriage, Barrett said. Stepparents can also adopt their stepchildren if the biological parent has signed consent or had their rights terminated, she said. Both of these types of adoptions are less expensive and don't take as long because a home study is not required and the 90-day waiting period is waived, Barrett said.
Saving for College
By David Slade/Post and Courier
Think of a 529 plan like a retirement plan, but for college.
Like a Roth Individual Retirement Account, contributions to Future Scholar can be invested in a variety of ways such as stock funds, bond funds and a money market account, and there are no state or federal taxes due on investment gains when the money is withdrawn, so long as it's used for the intended purpose. So if you put some money in a Future Scholar fund when junior is a baby and the fund's worth three times as much when he goes to college, those gains are not taxed.
In a 529 plan, the intended purpose is paying for the named beneficiary's education expenses. Nonqualified withdrawals can trigger a 10 percent penalty and taxes on earnings, just like if you withdraw retirement funds too early and trigger penalties.
Unlike an IRA, South Carolina residents with a Future Scholar account can claim a state tax deduction for the amount they put in. For most people, that means getting 7 percent of the money back, and there's no waiting period before you can use the contributed funds.
That's a very important feature of South Carolina's 529 plan. People can put money in, take it right back out and still get the tax deduction. That means people with kids in college right now can use Future Scholar to get some tax savings by contributing funds to a Future Scholar account before using those funds to pay for tuition or even room and board.
For long-term savers, that tax deduction lets you boost the amount you can afford to save. For example, someone who decides to contribute $100 a month ($1,200 a year) would save $84 in S.C. income tax, nearly enough to cover one monthly contribution. Think of it like the matching funds that some companies offer for 401(k) contributions.
Some key points:
• The funds are controlled by the owner of the fund, not the beneficiary. The account owner is typically a parent or grandparent.
• Funds can be used for higher education expense at accredited institutions in any state.
• Eligible expenses include tuition, fees, room, board, books, supplies and equipment.
• If funds aren't needed for the original beneficiary of the account, a different beneficiary can be named.
• If the intended beneficiary receives scholarship money, an equal amount can be withdrawn from the 529 plan without the 10 percent penalty, but the withdrawal would be taxed.
• Funds in a 529 plan are counted as parental assets in federal financial aid calculations, which is more favorable than having funds counted as the college-going child's assets. That means just 5.64 percent of the 529 plan balance would be counted in financial aid calculations, and qualified withdrawals aren't counted as income.
• In South Carolina, the 529 plan is called a "Future Scholar" plan. You can set up an account online, download enrollment forms or call 888-244-5674. You could have a financial adviser set up an account, but don't do that. There are significant fees involved with going through an adviser, plus higher ongoing fund
• There are no fees for setting up a "direct" account yourself other than the small management fees associated with the different funds. Management fees, typically a fraction of 1 percent of the value of your holdings, are taken from the fund balances.
• College savers have the option of choosing a fund designed to put the decision making process on auto-pilot. The portfolio adjusts the blend of stocks, bonds and cash based on the age of the child the fund is meant for, making the investments more conservative as college approaches. Savers can further specify if they want an aggressive, moderate or conservative age-based portfolio.
• For those who want to take a more hands-on approach, there are 17 remaining choices. All funds carry some risk, and only the low-yielding Bank Deposit fund is federally insured against losses.
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An additional 2 or more inches of snow is expected above 7,000 feet, according to NWS, before the season's first storm tapers into flurries this afternoon.
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Our new course, American Popular Music of the 20th Century (first offered this fall), will feature integrated mobile technology applications that allow students to access course content and participate in online discussions while on the go. The ability to instantly upload audio, video and images to the course will expand students' learning environment and allow them to connect with their classmates from almost anywhere!
Other projects include exploring the potential benefits of e-readers, such as the Amazon Kindle, in literature studies. In particular, students could take advantage of pre-1923 titles, thousands of which are available in digital format from Project Gutenberg, Open Library and others.
But we understand mobile technology's practical and logistical value as well, and consistently strive to make our adult students' lives a little more manageable. Currently, those enrolled in GPS and the New Geography are able to access their course schedule via smart phone, to keep up with assignments and due dates.
The Mobile Learning Task Force, a collaborative committee with members from the CDL faculty, Curriculum & Instructional Group and the Office of Academic Technology. The committee will participate in a panel discussion at the 2011 Empire State All-College Conference (March 23-25) and the CDL Conference (April 29-30). Stay tuned!


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Fight night is finally here!
The Pacquiao vs. Mosley pay-per-view telecast begins at 9 p.m. ET (6 p.m. PT).
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Undercard bouts will feature three undefeated boxers. The matchups include Kelly Pavlik (36-2) vs. Alfonso Lopez (21-0), Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (20-0-1) vs. Jorge Arce (56-6-2) and Mike Alvarado (29-0) vs. Ray Narh (25-1). The Pavlik-Lopez bout is scheduled for 10 rounds while the other two are scheduled for 12. A fourth undercard bout will probably be shown, but it hasn't been announced yet.
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Porsche CEO Says Plans for a New "550" Are Off the Table
LOS ANGELES – Porsche AG has put the idea of building a 21st Century version of the legendary Porsche 550 sports car back "into the desk," CEO Matthias Mueller says.
Mr. Mueller had earlier this year floated the idea of a new Porsche sports car that would be priced below the brand's Boxster and Cayman models. The original 550, produced in the 1950s, was a low-slung open-top car embraced by racers and celebrities, including actor James Dean.
However, in an interview Wednesday ahead of this week's Los Angeles Auto Show, Mr. Mueller said that after studying the concept of offering a less expensive sports car now, he concluded "the risk to the brand is pretty high." So the idea is now off the table, he said.
Still on the table, Mr. Mueller says, is the idea of a "sport turismo" – you could call it a wagon – version of the Porsche Panamera sedan. Plug-in hybrid versions of the Panamera are on track to go on sale next year, as is a plug-in Porsche 918 sports car. Plug-in hybrid Porsche Cayenne SUVs are scheduled to be available in 2014, Mr. Mueller said.
Mr. Mueller expressed some impatience with the emphasis on electric and plug-in cars, which has become traditional at the LA Auto Show, partly in deference to the pro-electric car leanings of California clean-air regulators.
"It's a pity we are always discussing plug-ins and BEVs (battery electric vehicles," he said.
More significant to the cause of reducing greenhouse gases and petroleum consumption are the improvements in internal combustion engines, Mr. Mueller said. He cited as an example Porsche's redesigned Cayman sports car, on display in LA this week.
It's new six cylinder engine is more fuel efficient than its predecessor – the 2014 model is rated at 32 miles per gallon on the highway compared to 30 for the outgoing car – but should reach 60 miles per hour from a standing start in 5.1 seconds, 0.3 seconds faster than today's Cayman.
Porsche, now controlled by German auto giant Volkswagen AG, expects record sales in the U.S. for 2012, and Mr. Mueller said he's confident the brand will achieve its goal of selling 200,000 vehicles a year worldwide by 2018, up from just under 117,000 vehicles in 2011. A big part of that increase will come from a new, smaller sport utility vehicle called the Macan which goes into production next year, he said.
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Fateful Timing in Veterans' Tragic Crash
Some Sacrificed Themselves for Spouses as Train Barreled Toward Their Ride; Parade Flags End Up Shrouding Bodies
MIDLAND, Texas—The flatbed truck carrying a group of wounded veterans and their wives was easing its way across a railroad crossing, when suddenly the crossing lights flashed, and a gate came down on the back end of the trailer.
'We Saw Souls Stolen From Us'
Petra Reyes was part of the procession honoring wounded veterans that was hit by a Union Pacific train Thursday. "We saw souls stolen from us," she said. "It was horrible." Read the witness account.
A train horn sounded. A Special Forces veteran shouted for people to jump. Retired Army Sgt. Joshua Michael pushed his wife of 15 years to safety as men and women stumbled and leaped off the flatbed. Seconds later, a 7,243-foot long freight train slammed into the truck at 62 miles per hour.
After attending to the wounded, bystanders pulled American flags off of the float, and veterans draped them over the bodies of the dead.
"We saw souls stolen from us," said one eyewitness, 19-year-old Petra Reyes.
The day after a collision that killed four people, including Sgt. Michael, and wounded 17 veterans and their spouses during a parade, more details emerged about the victims and the events immediately preceding the crash. Officials for the National Transportation Safety Board arrived at the scene Friday to begin unraveling how the tragedy occurred and what could have been done to prevent it.
An NTSB spokesman said investigators haven't determined whether the crossing signals were working properly at the time of the accident. A Union Pacific Corp. UNP -0.16 % spokesman said the train company's own preliminary findings showed the equipment was functioning properly.
Investigators may be able to determine the sequence of events relatively quickly because the train was equipped with a forward-facing video camera and a "black box" digital recorder showing speed, throttle or brake actions and other factors. If both systems survived the crash, they will provide crucial details.
Depending on what investigators discover, the Midland accident could rekindle the debate about rail safety that has flared up several times in recent years after fatal accidents in California and Washington, D.C.
There were 10 collisions between 1979 and 1997 at the Midland crossing where Thursday's deaths occurred, none that involved fatalities, the NTSB spokesman said. The Union Pacific train involved in the collision began its trip in Los Angeles. Its final destination was Shreveport, La., officials said.
On Wednesday, 25 wounded veterans and their wives began arriving in Midland from across the country for a weekend full of events to honor their service. The veterans, many of them with severe burns or amputated limbs, were greeted at the airport by residents carrying U.S. flags, assigned local escorts, and accompanied to events. Wherever they went, they got a police escort.
"What this town does for veterans is amazing," said Pam Shoemaker, who attended the event with her husband, U.S. Army Sgt. Tommy Shoemaker.
On Thursday, the veterans and their wives were assigned seats strapped to two flatbed trucks for a parade through town, on the way to a banquet in their honor. Families gathered along the route to cheer them.
The first truck crossed the train tracks with no problem. But when the Shoemakers looked back, they saw the warning lights begin to flash after the second truck began to cross.
The cab of the truck had already crossed the rails, and it didn't appear to be stuck on the tracks, eyewitnesses said.
Ms. Reyes, a dance-team member for a local minor-league football club, the West Texas Drillers, rode in a pickup truck behind two flatbeds. She watched the rig that was pulling the second flatbed head over the tracks, moving slowly to keep the passengers from falling. She saw the arm of the crossing gate drop. In a matter of seconds, she said, the train came through.
In the seconds before the impact, Sgt. Michael pushed his wife off the truck in time to save her life, but not his own, said Aimée Rogers of Amarillo, a longtime friend of Mr. Michael, 34, and his wife, Daylyn. "Josh was a hero," Ms. Rogers said.
After the collision, Sgt. Shoemaker, whose leg was injured during tours in the Middle East, jumped off his flatbed and ran to the aid of the wounded. Sgt. Shoemaker attended to the wife of a veteran he had served with in Panama. Her leg was later amputated, he said. Her husband sustained back injuries.
"It's one thing for soldiers to see each other killed. We're talking about our families here," Sgt. Shoemaker said Friday, his voice strained with exhaustion. "Our families are who we're protecting when we're over there. And we couldn't protect them."
Sgt. Shoemaker said he frantically began driving ambulances across the tracks to get them closer to the wounded, and all the veterans who could helped to triage the victims.
"We covered the bodies with flags before they were moved. The local people formed a wall around us so nobody would see," Sgt. Shoemaker said. "I told them I'm not leaving without the flags. So they took my cutters and took them down and helped me fold them all."
On Friday, Sgt. Shoemaker was helping arrange for the transportation of the body of a fellow veteran back to his home state, and comforting his friend, whose wife had lost her leg. He is worried about how families will come up with enough money for funeral arrangements, and to support themselves. But he couldn't help also thinking about the man driving the flatbed truck that was hit, a young soldier who wore his uniform for the occasion.
"I can't even imagine what that kid is going through," Sgt. Shoemaker said. "He was devastated. It blows me away that he's going to have to live with this."
Thomas Kim, the father-in-law of one of the fatal victims, Sgt. Maj. William Lubbers, said he was glad the NTSB is involved "so we can find out exactly what happened. Someone must be to blame for this and held responsible."
Mark Rosekind, an NTSB board member, said at a news conference Friday that investigators would be looking at a variety of factors, from the timing of the signal system to the truck driver's credentials and health.
He said the investigation has rendered limited information so far. One finding was that the south-side gate was destroyed, although he declined to speculate what that might indicate.
He said the train was traveling at 62 miles per hour in a 70 miles-per-hour zone, although it was unclear whether trains are required to slow down when going through a crossing point. Mr. Rosekind said the train engineers activated the emergency brake, but that investigators haven't determined when that happened.
The area is a "quiet zone," he said, meaning that there are restrictions on horn blowing.
He said local authorities had notified his agency that there was a power outage during part of Thursday, adding that the probe will look into any potential ties to the accident.
Mr. Rosekind said the investigators would look into whether local authorities and the organizers of the parade followed the required procedures for such events.
Janet Scott, member of one of the local chapters of Veterans of Foreign Wars, said she has participated in the parade several years, and it has always been along the same route.
It wasn't clear Friday whether the parade organizers knew—or could have known—that the train was due to come through town at the time of the parade. Ms. Scott said her group believed that no train was due until 7 p.m. However, a spokesman for the Federal Railroad Administration said freight trains "don't run on schedule. They run on demand." Parade organizers would "have to contact the railroad to know to expect the train."
Even if organizers of a parade try in advance to coordinate with the railroad, "there's no way for us to know" when a train would arrive at a specific intersection, a UP spokesman said.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the community, veterans and family members involved," Union Pacific Chief Executive Jack Koraleski said in a statement.
Dozens of people gathered at a downtown square Friday morning to honor the victims. Midland Mayor Wes Perry asked for a moment of silence as he read the names of the dead one by one: Retired U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua Michael. U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer Gary Stouffer. Retired U.S. Army Sgt. Major Lawrence Boivin. U.S. Army Sgt. Major William Lubbers.
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The sun burned through the thick fog on a recent Saturday morning as the Cheat Mountain Salamander Train rolled down the tracks, through the deciduous forest and into the red spruce as it headed to the former location of Spruce.
During the nine-hour ride, covering more than 128 miles, Rodney Bartgis, West Virginia director of the Nature Conservancy, served as narrator, pointing out the natural history of the Shaver's Fork and stories of conservation taking place in the area. The train ride was just one of this year's celebrations of the Nature Conservancy's 50-year celebration in West Virginia.
"It is easy for some of us in West Virginia to take our forests for granted," Bartgis said. "Today, we are traveling through a mixed forest of oaks, maples, magnolias and dogwoods. These are some of the most diverse deciduous forests on earth. That means there are more types of plants, animals and trees than anywhere else except China."
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Bartgis said the trip starts in Elkins with an elevation of 1,900 feet and travels through Bowden, Cheat Bridge before reaching Spruce.
"Shaver's Fork is the highest big river in eastern North America east of the Mississippi River," Bartgis said. "As a result, it is one of the coldest and most unusual rivers in the area. That is why it is of such interest to conservationists."
Bartgis said the climate and weather make the area special.
"We are on land that is part of the Monongahela National Forest clear up to the town of Spruce," Bartgis said. "So what makes this particularly special is the climate is pretty cold. We are in the snowiest part of North America south of New York. In the snowiest winters, there will be more than 300 inches of snow up in the mountains. Snowshoe Ski Resort at the very head of the Shaver's Fork River has an average snowfall of 150 to 170 inches a snow a year. In recent years, they have had more than 200 inches of snow a year. It is at the same latitude as Washington, D.C.
"The area also gets lots of rain. Between 60 and 80 inches of rain fall in these mountains each year. Elkins gets more rain than Seattle and gets as many foggy days as Seattle. It is the second foggiest town in the Eastern United States."
"In 1861, just East of here, there was a Union fort during the Civil War," Bartgis continued. "It was the highest fort with an elevation of 4,000 feet. On August 12, 1861, they had a snow that accumulated on the ground. In September, they had problems with their horses freezing to death. Also that September, the Union Army was attacked by Confederate Forces under Robert E. Lee. It was the first battle he was in direct command of during the Civil War. Robert E. Lee's camp was in the South end of the Tygart Valley. In August, one of his soldiers wrote that 'it rained for 32 days that August.'"
Bartgis said the train trip was a different way to share the group's successes.
"We have completed so many years of conservation and protected so much land up here, and we are still involved in restoring the ecosystem up here," Bartgis said. "We thought the train would be a great venue to share this with people and let them learn about our group. It is an unusual venue, but the people at the Durbin and Greenbrier Railroad were very accommodating to our request. Some of our members came along, and public tourists also have the opportunity to learn about this mountain and our conservation work."
Bartgis said the Nature Conservancy is active in all 50 states and 30 countries.
"This summer we had some photography workshops throughout the state," Bartgis said. "We are also working on another project around Gandee Creek to help improve the trout habitat there."
According to a Nature Conservancy press release, "the group started gaining strength in October, 1960, when a small group of students and faculty from West Virginia University launched private land conservation in West Virginia. On that day, this unassuming group of conservation heroes worked through The Nature Conservancy, a national group just getting started, to purchase what's now known as Cranesville Swamp Preserve, near Morgantown, in order to establish an outdoor classroom for nature study. Just three years later, in 1963, the Conservancy established a permanent foothold in the state when the West Virginia Chapter was chartered."
Today the Nature Conservancy is the most successful private land trust in the state-one that's grown to protect some 120,000 acres of the state's finest natural areas. For decades they have been vigilantly strategic in identifying conservation targets-now iconic areas like Panther Knob, Slaty Mountain and Brush Creek- as is evidenced by the establishment of the West Virginia Natural Heritage Program, which catalogues the state's natural assets.
The Cheat Mountain Salamander is found only in West Virginia on Cheat Mountain up to Blackwater Falls. It is now nowhere else on earth. The Cheat Mountain Salamander is on the endangered species list as a threatened species.
"Under a spruce tree, needles accumulate," Bartgis said. "There are truffles that live in the soil under spruce trees. The Northern Flying Squirrel lives in spruce forests. The squirrel does not eat from the tree tops, but digs up the truffles beneath the spruce trees. It had been on the endangered species list, but enough conservation has been completed that it has been taken off of the list, showing the success of the conservation list. Those truffles are underground, and cannot spread their spores. They rely on the flying squirrel to dig them up, eat them and spread the spores around. Those spruce are stress for nutrients, and the way they get more nutrients are from the fungi that interact with the roots of the spruce. The spruce trees need the truffles that the squirrels dig up and eat, and the squirrels only live in the spruce trees. So it shows how connected things are and how if you break one piece of that chain, it is hard to but everything back together."
Goals for the next 50 years for the group include creating a landscape where energy is developed sustainably; protecting restoring and connecting public forestland; making major headway in eradicating harmful pests and diseases; and helping safeguard nature in the face of climate change.
Kent Mason, a photographer and conservationist from Dry Fork, came along on the train Saturday to take photos.
"I am retired now and just do this for fun," Mason said. "I wanted to see this area and take photos. I wanted to come because Rodney is a walking encyclopedia when it comes to nature."
Dr. Gretchen Boise traveled from Virginia to make the nine-hour journey and learn about conservation in West Virginia.
"I came because I got something in the mail from the Nature Conservancy," Boise said. "I am very interested in taking trips and meeting people. I like trips that teach lessons. Everyone had a great time today and learned about conservation.
"I am a legacy club member of the Nature Conservancy," Boise said. "I may move to West Virginia and am interested to learn more about the state. In general, the trip was fun. I would encourage people to join the Nature Conservancy. It is a class act."
Pam Byrne, trustee for the Nature Conservancy in West Virginia, said she was introduced to the group by a book she read.
"The author named four or five organizations that are the most credible," Byrne said. "The Nature Conservancy was one of the five that was doing good work. They were large enough that they could tap into other sources. If they needed to do large land deals, they were able to do that. They have a larger support base and can share ideas on what is working in conservation nationally and internationally. The depth of their resources is unparalleled."
The Nature Conservancy is always looking for volunteers.
"Our field trips are led by our volunteers," Bartgis said. "We are also looking for folks to help us momentarily. More information is available online at nature.org."
The main celebration for the 50th anniversary of the West Virginia Nature Conservancy is slated for Oct. 25 in Morgantown at the Waterfront. During this event, folks will have the opportunity to meet people that are conservation leaders in the Nature Conservancy and people that have helped the agency achieve their conservation successes throughout the years.
Details are available by calling Amy Martin in the Elkins Office at 304-637-0160.


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Curt Wegener, longtime director of the annual Lake Tahoe Lacrosse Tournament returning to Incline Village this weekend, laughed when asked the obligatory question: Why should people attend this year's event?
"I'll probably say the same thing I say every year," he said with a chuckle. "It's probably the highest level of lacrosse that you'll see on the West Coast. And of course it's a great setting, with the Village Green right next to the lake."
He did say the same thing as every year — the part about the high level of play — because it's true.
"Over the last three years, it's amazing the players that have come out here," Wegener continued. "Last year (University of) Virginia won the national championship, and we had the MVP from that team out here playing. And there are a lot of other Division I players from across the country who come out for this."
Now in its 22nd year, the Lake Tahoe Lacrosse Tournament is bigger and better than ever, with 32 men's teams in the open division and 10 women's teams. That's compared to 28 men's teams last year, 24 in 2010 and 16 in 2009. The event also includes a U-19 tournament the following weekend featuring 16 teams — up from last year's 14 and the previous year's eight.
The addition of the new teams will bring another 300-plus players and the possibility of an additional 300 spectators and friends, potentially generating some 2,250 visitors to the Tahoe Basin, Wegener said.
The growing trend is encouraging to the local lacrosse community, as the two-weekend event serves as a major fundraiser for the nonprofit Truckee Tahoe Lacrosse Association, for which Wegener is the treasurer.
"It's very gratifying," he said of the event's growth, "and of course the funds go to a good cause."
Aside from all the elite teams with Division I college talent — Wegener expects to see players from Duke, Bucknell, Virginia and Johns Hopkins, while one team, Salt Shakers, boast a roster more than 100 players deep, he said — the Tahoe Dawgs will represent the area with pride as the local team.
"We always get a little bit better and a little bit older — and a little bit wiser," Wegener said of the Tahoe Dawgs. "We picked up a couple players who should help us out."
Games will be played at both the Incline Village General Improvement District Village Green and Incline High School from Friday through Sunday, July 20-22. The U-19 tournament is July 27-29. To view a full schedule with brackets, go to www.highsierralax.org.


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MotoWilliams wrote:Wow, does the video really need to flirt w/ 1 Gig?
Very cool video and interview. I'm happy to see the WM_IN series continue.
Cool to see that Carol was an intern before she joined Microsoft....it was funny to hear that her only previous work experience was baby sitting...she must have really been impressive during her interviews....cuz she definitely comes across as being smart.
I did find it a little bit annoying that Ritzy was chewing gum doing the interview. :O Also the sweatshirt came across as being very laid back.... almost too laid back.
I was surprised to learn that MSI came in Windows 2000. I thought it was in windows NT 3.51..
Very cool to hear about the binary that she wrote for XP.
Funny that Carol's husband works in Office...I wonder if they share the confidential product plans between each other when they get home at night.
Crazy to hear about all of the re-orgs her team has been through...nuts.
I like Carol's honesty about their being very few Women in COSD...I find that honestly refreshing....Charles you went a little strong on defending Vista....and oops you mentioned Windows 7....that had to be irritating to PR.
I still find it perplexing that the PMs are gaining more and more power than the Devs in Windows....much in the way that the PMs have more power in Office....what does that mean for the innovation coming out of Windows when meeting the schedule is such a big focus...vs...innovation taking time.
I laughed when I heard Charles say that managers can threaten a "bad review" and that would somehow motivate an employee....I'm happy Charles you aren't my manager....hehehe
Charles why did you have to bring up the cup topic....jeez...Ritzy's head almost exploded....there were definitely some awkward moments during this interview...the Rhythm was definitely off at times...and it seemed like it was dragging on and on...endlessly.
Carol you talked about how blogs are providing a new kind of transparency to Microsoft…so where is your blog or your husband's blog?
I can't wait for the next WM_IN video.
One question missing was women playing soccer alongside men as they do work in software development. In tennis there is such a competetion and Fifa can stage Women World Champions against the World Champions, Italy.
If Mia Hamm and Del Piero can play on the same ground, the interest count can outnumber any release of Windows or Office.
I was able to live my dream of playing in front of thousands of people every week over a ten-year period.
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Android operating system has been tremendously successful. It's become
the top selling phone platform in the world and its app store is stocked with
close to 200,000 apps. But for all that success, a perpetual criticism is
a perception that Android's environment is too heterogeneous across various handsets --
part of this is due to carriers/hardware partners failing to roll out the
latest versions, but part of it is due to customizations such as Motorola's
Motoblur and HTC's Sense UI.
I. Bye Bye Open Source -- For Now
Perhaps that's part of why Google has decided why not to release the source
code for Android 3.0 "Honeycomb", yet.
The company states that the code isn't ready yet for external modification,
despite the fact that products are being sold with it installed, today.
Aside from preventing unwanted third-party user interfaces, the chief goal of
the delay is ostensibly from preventing Honeycomb (Android 3.0) from being put
on smartphones. Google is pressuring smartphone makers to instead use Android 2.3 "Gingerbread". Google
is also less-than-enthusiastic about Honeycomb entering other devices, like
set-top boxes and automobiles, without further modification.
Andy Rubin, vice-president for engineering at Google and head of its Android
group essentially admits that the move is being made to prevent the platform
from heading, in its current state, to places Google didn't intend. In a BusinessWeek interview,
he states, "To make our schedule to ship the tablet, we made some
design tradeoffs. We didn't want to think about what it would take for the same
software to run on phones. It would have required a lot of additional resources
and extended our schedule beyond what we thought was reasonable. So we took a
He adds, "Android is an open-source project. We have not changed our
Then he makes an even more surprising statement -- he says that if his company
released Android's source, it couldn't prevent phone makers from putting it in
a phone form-factor "and creating a really bad user experience. We have no
idea if it will even work on phones."
That statement is intriguing because it sounds a lot like arguments against open
source operating systems that one of Android's top competitors, Apple, made in
recent years. And while the delay doesn't mean Google has closed its
project off from the public, it does indicate that the company is increasingly
seeing eye to eye with Apple on this issue.
Dave Rosenberg, a longtime executive in the open-source software world,
complains about the decision, but admits, "Everyone expects this level of
complete trust from a company that's worth $185 billion. To me, that is
ridiculous. You have to be realistic and see that Google will do what is in
[its] best interests at all times.
II. What Will the Impact of Google's Newfound Selectiveness Be?
Ultimately this issue will supposedly be washed away with Android 3.5 "Ice
Cream Sandwich", which will unify the smartphone (Gingerbread) and tablet
(Honeycomb) trees into a single operating system.
In the meantime, it's possible Google could make stop-gap modifications to
improve the Honeycomb experience on smart phones, and release a minor update.
Mr. Rubin states, "The team is hard at work looking at what it takes
to get this running on other devices."
It's hard to say how the move will affect sales.
Sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab were quite good, despite the interface (Android 2.2
Froyo)feeling clunky on a tablet. By contrast the
Motorola Xoom offers a vastly superior UI in Honeycomb, yet has struggled in sales.
Part of this may be due to price -- the Tab debuted at $399 USD on at least one network,
while the Xoom debuted at $799 USD.
The true test of whether the decision to close off the platform should be soon
at hand, though. The Xoom has dropped in price, with a Wi-Fi version launch on Sunday at $599 USD. And Samsung
will soon air a second generation Galaxy Tab 8.9-inch tablet
for $469 USD and a a 10.1-inch variant for $499 USD, rumored to launch on June
8. Dell also looks to soon air updated versions of its "Streak"
Android tablets, at competitive prices.
Despite that the decision to temporarily close the source may benefit Google
and its customers experience, not everyone is happy with it.
Eben Moglen, a professor of Law at Columbia Law School and the founding
director of the Software Freedom Law Center, argues that Google is repeating
the mistakes of industry giants like Apple. He states, "[Closing
your source is] usually a mistake. Long experience teaches people that exposing
the code to the community helps more than it hurts you."
quote: You are confusing closed source and closed platform. Closed platform means that the OS cant be modified, closed platform means that you can't release programs for the device without first party authorization.Apple is closed platform which is what so many people complain about. If you make an awesome app for the iphone and Apple decides they dont like it they can pull it from the market and you will never make any money.Google seems to be temporarily trying out closed source but they are still an open platform and nothing like Apple
quote: someone can get inside your phone, alter and delete stuff and never ask permission in advance
quote: And Apple can't? You are probably giving them permission to do so just by buying the phone. Remember those bricked after a firmware update?
quote: "Apple and its licensors reserve the right to change, suspend, remove, or disable access to any Services at any time without notice. In no event will Apple be liable for the removal of or disabling of access to any such Services. Apple may also impose limits on the use of or access to certain Services, in any case and without notice or liability."Straight from the EULA.
quote: Seriously, it's hard to know what that refers to? I know you're smarter than that Tony. If not, go read the entire EULA, it's public.I don't have an iPhone, but maybe you can tell me what remote wipe does?
quote: I'm sure if that was in Android's EULA you would be using it to your advantage.Another case of Mr. Swash circumventing around a subject he obviously has little knowledge of. If this trojan had not divulged the remote wipe capabilities on the Android platform, no one would have known about it. Does that mean it wouldn't have existed if this didn't happen?
quote: Again no evidence that Apple can change the code or alter the content of your iPhone without you knowing about it or giving your permission. And no evidence that Apple intends to do so. Remote wiping of stolen iPhones has nothing to do with this.
quote: Don't play dumb. You know that can't be proven since the law prohibits anyone from looking into Apple's code.Remote wiping is proof enough data can be erased remotely, isn't that what you were asking for? When a firmware update bricks your phone, isn't that altering the content of your phone without asking permission?
quote: Should buyers of Android handsets been told that this was something that could happen?
quote: C'mon, Tony. You know as well as I do it's not as black and white as answering just a few simple questions. These are valid questions, however, you know as well as I do that each scenario would need to be assessed individually, with the main focal point being what is the end impact to the user.My point was that if evidence proves existence, does that which has not been evidenced not exist?You're getting into a complicated and very controversial topic. However in this case, as you have already pointed out in one of your previous posts if I recall correctly, Google performed this act of judgement for the good of its consumers.The only one I can answer is this one:quote:Should buyers of Android handsets been told that this was something that could happen?Yes I do believe consumers should be informed.There is no proof to suggest anything otherwise, and until there is, it's hard to answer any of your questions or even determine whether it's right or wong that any company should have the ability to perform these actions.
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Assessment of water resources in Makutupora basin, Dodoma -Tanzania
Shakinyau, Marco
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Issue date: 1991
University: Tampereen teknillinen korkeakoulu
Faculty: Rakennustekniikan osasto
Department: Vesi- ja ympäristötekniikan laitos
In this study hydraulic aquifer parameters, i.e. transmissivity and toragecoefficient, for Makutupora basin in Dodoma were determined. Assessment of the adequacy of the basin yield in relation to the water demand in Dodoma town was made. To achieve the objectives the following methods were applied: Test pumping was carried out using submersible pumps and the data obtained ere analysed.Constant rate test with recovery methods was applied. Also existing data were analysed to determine the parameters. The classical methods applied in the analysis of the data were Theis, Jacobs and Chows methods.Since each method gives a specific value of transmissivity(T)and storage coefficient (S), a mean value each was established by considering reasonable values.The parameters have been applied to calculate draw downs at higher pumping rates. Assuming that all the boreholes in the basin are operating for 24 h/d, the probable basin yield has been determined.It was found out that the transmissivity value (T) is 1.5 x10/3 m2/d and the storage coefficient (S) is 2.0 x 10- 3.By these values the theoretical basin yield is 62 000 m3/d. Although the productivity of a boreholes a function of several parameters like depth, effective diameter, completion and developmenth method, it is assumed that none of the separameters have been altered since completion of the wells.The results clearly show that Makutupora basin has a high potential of groundwater. The basin can safely meet the water demand(54 000 m3/d)of Dodoma up to the year 2008 based on maximum daily demand.This conclusion should still be confirmed for future palans. The confirmation could be done by computer simulations, which calculate the behaviour and the optimum and safe yields of the aquifer.Bigger test pumping unit should be used to determine the yields of the wells. /Kir10
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