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The fourth annual Hard Rock Cafe New Year's Eve Guitar Drop and fireworks display has become the go-to event for families interested in engaging in a New Year's party that blends a community aspect with great tunes. The family friendly event will be headlined this year by '90s alternative rock stalwarts Everclear, with guests Eve 6 and Buffalo's own alt-pop outfit the Albrights.
Art Alexakis, the founder, leader and sole remaining original member of Everclear, should serve as an inspiration to anyone who's dabbled with the dark side in their personal life. Alexakis had a troubled youth, was raised in poverty and found himself shuffled from guardian to guardian, in the process, developing a serious drug habit. Despite the odds, Alexakis persevered, aided, no doubt, by the fiery power-pop infused rock he was able to summon with Everclear, whose 1995 album "Sparkle & Fade" is widely held to be a classic of its era.
The free outdoor concert starts at 8 p.m. Monday on Old Falls Street adjacent to the Hard Rock (333 Prospect St., Niagara Falls). Admission is free. Food and beverages will be available in the heated 103.3 FM the Edge party tent. Inside the Hard Rock will be music by eXit! from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Call 282-0007 for indoor reservations.
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That radio DJ is a real douchemouth.
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Pennsylvania taxpayers could save $365 million each year if it fixed the state's flawed formula for funding cyber and charter schools, state Auditor General Jack Wagner said Wednesday.
Wagner released a report saying the state has spent "substantially more" than the national average on the charter and cyber charter schools that educate more than 100,000 students.
"With the tightening of school budgets and funding available to school districts throughout the state," Wagner said, "Pennsylvania's flawed and overly generous funding formula for charter and cyber charter schools is a luxury taxpayers can no longer afford."


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Drop chocolate cake mix batter onto chocolate chip cake batter. 6 (or so) circles should do it.
Drop chocolate cake mix batter onto chocolate chip cake batter. 6 (or so) circles should do it.
How easy is this? Looks great.
Anonymous says
I WILL be making this on Wednesday, when I am off! Can't wait…… LOOKS YUMMY as always. Amanda
Tina says
fabulous cake..yummy.
Jacelyn says
My 2 year old Sophie and I love making your cakes every Monday. Thank you so much for sharing these great easy recipes! Do you think one could just add some cocoa powder to the reserved batter to cut down on the sugar a bit?
I love doctored box cake recipes and the creativity that people have with them. I absolutely love your idea and I'm going to save it to try!
Micha @ Cookin' Mimi says
There is nothing wrong with boxed cake mixes. I use 'em all the time when I make cakes.
I have a feeling the auntlings would love this cake and would love to help their aunt make it.
Kiri W. says
Mmmmmmm, this looks to die for! Love how simple it is to make, too 🙂
The Country Cook says
Jacelyn, you could definitely use some cocoa powder instead of the chocolate syrup in this. 🙂
Emily A Perfect Pantry says
Making me very hungry!
This is a pretty awesome recipe! I just love your doctored up cake mixes!
Sandra says
This looks delicious! If I use a box mix I'll buy my store brand (Meijers) or Duncan Hines. Looking forward to trying your recipe.
The Better Baker says
Oh Honey – not only did I laugh when I saw the title of your post…I laughed even more to read your opening line! 😀 One thing for sure…YOU ARE CONSISTENT! =) This sounds fabulous…I have a pantry full of cake mixes…I'm gonna 'study' your cake posts and try several soon. SO glad you shared…have a good day Friend. XO
Brandie, nothing funny about a cake that looks that good!
I'm with you! I love a good recipe starting with a boxed cake!
carolinaheartstrings says
This cake looks so wonderful. Cannot wait to make it and eat the whole thing! Come visit us. We have some terrific things to share this week.
There's nothing wrong with "jazzing" up a boxed cake mix. This cake looks so tasty. Thanks for sharing.
Winnie says
Great looking cake!
I wish I could have a slice or two (or three….) right now!:)
Slice of Southern says
This looks so decadent! I'd love it if you would share this post on my Southern Sundays linky party on Sunday. http://www.asliceofsouthern.blogspot.com
Hope to see you there!
Billie says
I'm definately saving this recipe! Looks delicious!
Anonymous says
Thank you for another delicious-looking creation! I, too, prefer to use Duncan Hines mixes in my baking–I feel they are moister, and more flavorful—my opinion. Thanks for making it so acceptable to use boxed mixes in making delicious things for our loved ones. I admire your crativity and inventiveness. Thanks for sharing!
Marilyn says
I have your marbled gooey cake in the oven now…..and then I found this to make next. I am from st Louis and do like the gooey butters, but this looks good too, so I will do this tomorrow. What a great way to use the chocolate mixed with the cream cheese or frosting. A new trick for a old baker, thanks
I just tried this! It was so easy and so delicious! Thanks so much for sharing.


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Source: Bloomberg
quote: After weeks of denial and criticism.
quote: After days of silence and criticism.
quote: Color tint is not a problem that all point and shoot cameras have, or even most.
quote: Says you. Apple never releases numbers, and goes as far as to cover things up. The retina display issue was a worldwide problem for at least three months (June-August), so it was pretty big. As for WIFI, there were at least three issues with it (WIFI not working, cellular instead of WIFI, and lack of AES) and it affected enough people to be mentioned in every technical journal and web site. For a company that claims its closed approach means perfection, it sure ain't perfect.


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Laid off yesterday, today I have 2 bets involving the same game. Im gonna roll with Boston. They still havent clinched a playoff berth, the Hawks already have. Hawks on thier 4th road game in a row. also taking the over in this game. Its been 5-2 ats the last 7 meetings between these 2. No KG and a tired Atlanta D with Bostons playoff hopes on the line should give enough points for the over.
BOS Celtics -1.5
Over 194.5 BOS Celtics-ATL Hawks
greengiants 31-37
Under 203.5 DEN Nuggets - BKN Nets
Key component to both offenses will be missing tonight with Lawson and Johnson out, a little fatigue factor for Brooklyn who will be on the 6th game of their 7 game trip.Brooklyn's last ten games have averaged 196.5 pts and denver has averaged 202.5 in the last ten.There has been RLM with this game also.
-Under is 7-1 in Nuggets last 8 home games
-Under is 6-0-1 in Nuggets last 7 after allowing 100 points or more in their previous game
best of luck tonight everyone!
Like you show any intelligence. Good thing you posted since you are such a voice of reason...
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And then there were two.
Durango High School qualified two golfers for the CHSAA Class 4A Boys Golf State Championships two weeks from now in Montrose, and a third finished a close three strokes off the cut.
Cory Gillespie and Bo Ward made the cut at regionals Tuesday at Conquistador Golf Club in Cortez, and there was plenty of drama involved in the penultimate tournament of the season, too.
Montezuma-Cortez and Rifle tied for first at 226 strokes apiece, but only one team from the region can advance to the state meet. So, the Panthers and the Bears played a playoff.
The long and short of it: Jakob Rudosky holed in from 140 yards out to eagle a par 4 and give Montezuma-Cortez the state berth.
The Rifle Bears were relegated to runner-up.
The trickle-down effect from the Panthers� victory also created a three-player playoff for the final two individual spots on the state roster: Durango, Montrose and Rifle.
The kid from Rifle shot par on the playoff hole and advanced; Ward bogeyed to earn the final spot, while the kid from Montrose double bogeyed.
Gillespie�s 77 on Tuesday was seven strokes off medalist Kyler Smith�s 70 and was good for seventh place overall. The top nine individuals besides the Panthers qualified for state.
�That�s impressive,� DHS coach Kirk Rawles said of Gillespie�s season. �Cory is a freshman, and he made (state) his first year on the team.
�Bo�s very deserving.
�I�m bummed for Trevor (Bogus),� Rawles said of the junior who narrowly missed out on state for the second consecutive season. �He dropped five strokes over the last four holes, otherwise he�d be there, too.�
Ward finished with a 79, Bogus an 82. Cameron Barnhardt shot an 83 for the Demons.
Rudosky and Riley Willis of Montrose finished runner-up to Palisade�s Smith.
Palisade finished third overall at 233, followed by Montrose, Summit and Durango (238).


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Wait, so Windows 8 is not outpacing Windows 7 adoption rate?
0. phoneArena 01 Dec 2012, 22:16 posted on
While Microsoft has hailed sales of more than 40 million licenses in just a month, the internet traffic is not seeing it yet...
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1. Pings (Posts: 303; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
What a shock! Oh wait never mind Windows 8 sucks...
11. Nadr1212 (Posts: 741; Member since: 22 Sep 2012)
12. JulianGT (Posts: 89; Member since: 15 Oct 2012)
Of course!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
13. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Don't forget hurricane Sandy's impact.... Puhleeeease. It didn't work for Mittens to blame his loss on Sandy; it won't work to blame the slow adoption rate for Win 8 on Sandy either.
42. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
showing obama to be a huge hypocrite and the worst person for our economy didnt work either...
what made you think america would begin to listen to a successful man about a hurricane...
59. parkwaydr (Posts: 572; Member since: 07 Sep 2011)
If by successful you mean shipping our jobs to china then you're right. Face it, Romney would have been a horrible president.
68. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
better than the man who claimed to slice our deficit in half, yet increased it by 6 trillion-- the biggest by far burden on our country
14. wendygarett (unregistered)
how can you say it sucks when you are not even install and experience it :(
25. kartik4u98 (Posts: 511; Member since: 19 May 2012)
I have it on my father's notebook...
It isn't intuitive and is very hard to use on mouse-keyboard devices..
Multitasking is not at all easy like it was on windows 7(or more previous versions)..
26. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
It's not hard, it's just not as easy without the touchscreen. I have it on 2 of my computers (both non-touchscreen) and still have 7 Ultimate 64-bit for my main desktop (because my work and other programs are too reliant on old software and I try to avoid any sweeping changes until I'm as close to 100% confident they'll work with the new system with no negative impacts)
29. wendygarett (unregistered)
I've go to the Sony center and taste the Window 8 and tell you the truth... I'm the only guests there who know how to operate it wisely, and the rest just watching what I performed... Looks like win8 is too new to the average users :(
30. myownchoice (Posts: 22; Member since: 31 Oct 2012)
Thats too lame a clame.... lol...
31. kartik4u98 (Posts: 511; Member since: 19 May 2012)
I miss the Start button a lot..
33. Raymond_htc (Posts: 430; Member since: 06 Apr 2012)
You don't need to try it out to know.. Just LOOK AT IT! It's designed for tablets.. and we are using mouses in computer. And there is a scroll bar at the bottom and we have to scroll left n right to access ''apps''.
I tried it and compared to Windows 7.. and i would still think Windows 8 is worse than Windows 7.
50. freebee269 (Posts: 539; Member since: 10 Aug 2012)
or you can hit your windows key on your keyboard and that pops up the apps.
53. SonyXperiaNexus (Posts: 374; Member since: 01 Oct 2012)
You need to get a hands-on review before you start talking b.s. its just like windows 7 without a start menu. there are no problems navigating or multitasking. all this negativity around windows 8 makes me sick
73. Dastrix (unregistered)
... your mom. Cool story bro!
2. OHaZZaR (Posts: 131; Member since: 19 Aug 2011)
In all honesty, Microsoft made a poor move in keeping traditional desktop users out in the cold. To close an application, you have to drag the top of the application all the way to the bottom, which makes sense on a touch screen but not with a mouse. Also, when having 2 apps on the same screen, they either take 20% or 80% of the screen which is most unreasonable, the GALAXY Note series handles multi-tasking better for god's sake. Is it better than having it 50-50, why does each app need to occupy either a ridiculously large amount of the monitor or a minuscule amount. I hate this OS, so much that I left windows for mac. I would've liked windows 8 if it were optimised for traditional users and the full screen app problem. Plus the gestures are pretty unintuitive and almost never work on windows 7 laptops updated to windows 8, unless they were released this year. I still have windows 7 for my gaming purposes but I use my mac for just about everything else. Windows 7 is a perfect OS, it just got boring to me, and I use the mac because all my basic needs are met more easily, albeit with a lot of mac-centric frustrations.
44. ImQ009 (Posts: 41; Member since: 02 Dec 2012)
Just shows how much you know. And you don't know anything :P You basically described the Modern UI which is PART of the OS. Maybe you should try it out BEFORE saying it's unoptimized. The point is, the new UI is basically a new start menu. The desktop, windows and all the stuff is STILL there and it works exactly the same as in Windows 7.
45. OHaZZaR (Posts: 131; Member since: 19 Aug 2011)
I've had it on my old laptop since beta, and it mostly is the same except most apps don't run on the traditional desktop. The start button isn't there, everything is just a lot more "schizophrenic" in the sense that some apps work on the desktop and others work in metro. I do commend microsoft for taking the steps into making it boot as fast as mac OSX and to finally have a not-so-laughable experience on internet explorer, but taking 2 steps forward and 4 steps back is not a good sign. I don't get how people say that every creative person uses a mac since I do pretty much all the same video editing, word processing, image editing and all that on windows, and some are even better on windows. Mac definitely is easier to navigate than both OSes though, it boots faster than windows 7 and gets things done faster than windows in my experience. Windows 7 was better than mac OSX 10.6, but mac evolved, and windows revolutionised, but not in a good way. So yes mister, I do know what I am talking about. If you bring linux into this, then I'd be a fool to say anything at all, but I have used every windows iteration since 2000 and I am still 1 month into using my first mac. I've had windows 8 since beta, gave it a chance when it was released and ultimately wasn't just unimpressed, I was appalled. I have a touchpad, so I can only imagine the frustration of using a mouse which is even worse. Why be forced to use metro when the mouse clearly isn't optimised, I still hold on to that. Microsoft is forcing users to get a touchscreen and that is why it's adoption should not be as high as windows 7. I do believe windows will eventually sell but I'll wait for windows blue to install on my desktop.
46. ImQ009 (Posts: 41; Member since: 02 Dec 2012)
Most apps? You mean that little ammount of apps found in the Windows Marketplace? Seems legit hehe
49. OHaZZaR (Posts: 131; Member since: 19 Aug 2011)
Microsoft claims 100,000 apps by the end of the year (correct me if I'm wrong) which is still probably not nearly as many apps as regular desktop apps. In the end it doesn't know where it belongs to, tablet apps that work great on tablets but horribly on desktops, and vice versa. An incomplete experience on both. Don't get me wrong, I'm very confident that windows will eventually work in a beautiful harmony, both touch-screen and otherwise. Thinking that it achieved what windows 7 did in it's time, which is a perfect OS for the vast majority of consumers (tablet pcs weren't really popular in 2009) is pure hogwash.
74. davkaramagi (Posts: 4; Member since: 21 Sep 2011)
Hover your mouse cursor around the bottom left part of screen & you get the equivalent of start button - icon like form of Mordern UI....thus start button is there only looks different & is accessed differently!! Let's not misguide others...
79. OHaZZaR (Posts: 131; Member since: 19 Aug 2011)
There is still no start button, and the functionality of the new start screen is poor beyond belief, where everything the start menu occupied would be a mere 10% of the screen, this one occupies the entire screen, which does not enhance productivity at all, which was what windows was well known for. It's sacrificing functionality for aesthetics, not even Apple does that. Heck isn't it a little odd that windows has garnered a ton of criticism from this release of windows and not windows 7. OSX doesn't get this type of criticism, just the pricing of the products. I'm not misguiding anyone. The start button isn't there anymore, it's gone. What came instead is a square that appears when you hover the cursor, the function of which is to display a bunch of applications and use up your entire screen, forget watching a movie while pressing the start button. I can't imagine schools, businesses or institutions using windows 8 until touchscreen desktops are cheaper and popularised. Windows 8 is a personal OS, much like mac OSX.
51. freebee269 (Posts: 539; Member since: 10 Aug 2012)
what windows 8 are you using? on my desktop when i want to close an application i just click the x in the upper right corner. same as on windows 7. there are always going to be people that dont like something about something new. it's just too bad that those people are more readily to voice their opinion about it than the people that do like it.
76. OHaZZaR (Posts: 131; Member since: 19 Aug 2011)
Windows 8 pro, and if you use apps from metro, or the windows 8 app store, then you have to perform this lengthy manoeuvre.
78. downphoenix (Posts: 3165; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)
wrong, because
1) For closing an application, if its on Desktop, it works the same as in 7. If its Modern UI, you can close with alt-f4 keyboard shortcut, you can hover on top left then slide down a bit to close any apps that aren't the currently active one by right clicking on it, and you can also ctrl-alt-del to force apps to close in the task manager. You dont have to do the drag thing.
2)As far as the app split thing, you can adjust the screen size it will take, but the 80-20% is the default for it. Its meant to be for the important app to take the big portion (ie web browser, offe program, game, etc.) while the other one will be something minor (ie weather, news, etc.)
3) Hating 8 so much that you go to mac doesnt really compute, since you have to learn a new UI anyway, plus paid more for the computer, and have a more restricted os. Why not just go back to 7, or go to Ubuntu, if you hated it that much?
80. OHaZZaR (Posts: 131; Member since: 19 Aug 2011)
1) I'm completely aware of that, all of it. I think I failed to point out the fact that I don't understand why they didn't go all the way and innovate for mouse users. I'd hate to see the future of computing be without a mouse and keyboard and since Microsoft is by far the market leader in that, things aren't looking good. So yeah, I'd just wish they'd go the extra mile.
2) There'll always still be an app using 80% of the screen, and depending on the screen's aspect ratio, 90%. Is it unreasonable to at least have 50% of the screen for each app, or at least let you split it at any ratio? this I'm particularly baffled by. Especially when my OG Samsung GALAXY Note running jelly bean can do exactly that.
3) I didn't just go with mac because of my hatred of windows 8. I specifically went to a Macbook air because it is light, portable and has the power of a regular computer and not a tablet, meaning I could still use a word processor, do some video or photo editing (which I do), and has a charge for more than 5 hours, which while not exactly tablet-worthy, it is spectacular for laptops (mine on average holds 7 hours and 30 minutes). I've done a lot of research and I liked it. There are very few windows laptops that are exactly like that but run windows instead, and I switched for the same reason I switched from an iPhone to my Samsung GALAXY Note, the OS got stale. I tried OSX in stores and was amazed by it. I bought it and had some regret for a few reasons. My 1TB hard drive was incompatible, I had to format 500GB of the photos, videos, movies and tv series I had in there, or I could buy a $20 app on my mac which fixes it, I went with the latter. I'm a dedicated gamer and while my mac doesn't have the power play the latest games, it's still a very small collection nonetheless, and I don't wanna install windows on it anyway (not because I dislike it, I only have a 128GB SSD and don't want to sacrifice the space). Everything else was an awesome experience, it does everything I want my computer to, and that is the exact feeling I got when I had windows 7 the first time. I would've gone ubuntu but I wasn't exactly sure about it and I was going to change my laptop anyway. It felt a little like a gamble.
In conclusion, I probably hate windows 8 more than I should because I expected so much more. I really did give it a chance and I personally did not like it. Everyone's entitled to his opinion and it seems as though I'm the minority, and that's okay. I've had a horrible experience in beta where a week after installing windows 8 my computer would boot into a blue screen, and forgave them because it's just a beta. Now windows 8 is out and the bugs are ironed out, boot-up time's awesome (my MacBook boots up in 7 seconds, but that's thanks to both the SSD AND the OS) but in the end, I did not get the same feeling I had when I first tried Windows 7 or OSX.
3. pokharkarsaga (Posts: 384; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
Windows 8 is more like a tablet os(touchscreen device os) than the traditional desktop os.
Win 7=Win XP
Win Vista=Win 8
4. noim1 (Posts: 297; Member since: 15 May 2012)
Win8 did meet my expectations...plus it is kind of a pain to use without a touch screen...so I am sticking with win7..... Its going to take some time before ppl start accepting the new interface...plus I don't want to raise my hand every time I want to make a touch for a click.. It's tiring... The usage with mouse is much easier and lazy like...
8. MeoCao (unregistered)
It's dumbest thing I've ever seen. Touch screen is good only when you don't have physical KB or mouse for the sake of portability.
I always keep PC screen out of the reach of my hand and that's the distance I'm comfortable with, so for me touchscreen in a desktop is cumbersome and not necessary.
18. rav405 (unregistered)
I infact have found win8 really good.....People having a problem with navigating in win8, i would advise them to buy a touch mouse coz it really works really well...and i have installed it on the pcand also use a touch mose and i find really fluid and fast i have....Ill really enjoy using win8 on my pc.....
43. serious9010 (Posts: 254; Member since: 20 Jul 2012)
thats right, thumb him down! who does he think he is having a different opinion than you guys! /s
52. freebee269 (Posts: 539; Member since: 10 Aug 2012)
i find it easy to use with my physical mouse. in fact it's not much different to me than windows 7. everything i do is done from the desktop (like windows 7). only time i go into metro is to open an app. and i just hit the windows key on my keyboard for that. thats actually faster than clicking the start button.
5. yowanvista (Posts: 340; Member since: 20 Sep 2011)
Statcounter uses cookies to track users, how the hell is that even accurate? Windows 8 is a failure on the standard PC, nobody wants a Touch-oriented fullscreen interface on a PC. Have it installed on a partition, I sometimes play with it but it will never ever replace my Windows 7 setup. The touchscreen metro UI and the whatever touch optimized apps don't really fit on a regular desktop, kinda makes the keyboard & mice redundant although they can still be used, it just doesn't feel right. I'll surely use it on a tablet but Microsoft should really have released a Desktop version. Windows 8 has some nice new features and I would have switched in a second if they gave me the option to disable all the touchscreen nonsense. The start screen is an inconvenience. Having full-screen apps on a desktop is a huge, pointless step back, it makes no sense on large screen. And why all those bold colors?
A Desktop and a Tablet have DIFFERENT UI needs, there was really no need to alienate the desktop, turning it into an App pinned in the Start Screen. Running two different paradigms in the
same system makes it seem bi-polar and cumbersome. The Metro nonsense is like a tablet system running on-top of regular PC system and this makes me no sense. Why would I need fullscreen touch Apps on my PC?
27. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
I would disagree, especially with the increasing year-on-year sale of touchscreen All-in-ones (aka AIOs). It is very likely my next computer purchase (that is, new system, versus something I build myself) will be a touchscreen AIO for my kitchen area, so it can be folded down from under a cabinet (keeping the counter empty) to use for recipes or entertainment, with a separate compartment for the wireless keyboard and mouse (which will probably never be used, but can be useful if doing something across the room or something if too far away from the microphone for voice commands)
61. yowanvista (Posts: 340; Member since: 20 Sep 2011)
AIOs are underpowered compared to traditional PCs, there crappy integrated graphics or their Nvidia 6xxM GPUs are substandard. Utterly useless for gaming, who would even want to touch their monitors? Kinda stupid.
6. Aeires (unregistered)
I work in an IT department on the telecom side and just yesterday I was talking about W8 with a computer tech. He said flat out he doesn't see our corporation adapting W8 until major changes are made to it, namely the UI. Live tiles aren't cut out for some applications like we use. I've said from the first time I saw Metro, it's too different of a change from W7 to W8 and it will isolate a huge user base. Regardless of how many techies here love it, the average user is going to have problems.
7. Hemlocke (unregistered)
Same whre I work, but our companies have probably been counted in this number of upgrades if they have enterprise licenses. That is why web traffic doesn't match the number of upgrades.
23. Aeires (unregistered)
Whoa, we have a boat load of licenses that got counted then.
9. wendygarett (unregistered)
As to whether or not Windows 8 is outpacing Windows 7 or not, it depends on where you look, how you look, who you ask and when you ask.
Nice sentence to describe :)
10. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
I am happy with Windows 7 for my home PC - I may get a windows 8 phone next year when it is time to upgrade - not sure yet - I have no problem with the UI on windows 7 PC - windows 8 may be more appealing for an all-in-one touch screen PC, though.
15. ChafedBanana (Posts: 381; Member since: 20 Sep 2011)
I just bought a Windows 8 laptop from Asus. It's been a few years since my PC broke. This one was a display model for $449 marked down to $391. I5 processor and very decent specs for the money. The jury's still out on W8. I have 30 days to return it. I will never spend $1200 on a confuser from Apple. Screw that. I'm starting to feel unsure if I should even have a computer at all when my phone does almost everything I really need to do.
28. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
You got a thumbs-up just for "confuser". So accurate!
65. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
I second your last sentence.
I actually don't think I'll ever buy a PC again..
I just wish vendors come to their senses and start making padfone-like tablet accessories.
Just give me a quality full hd 10 inch touchscreen(it could be done for 200$ ) in which I can place the phone and connect the peripherals .. and I'm set for life.
16. twens (Posts: 978; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
Like serioulsy,are people that dump or naive? What is has drastically changed from windows 7? Is your want your windows 7 style desktop just go to the desktop.for Christ seek W8 is not that different from W7 you guys should stop whinning.
17. Bluesky02 (Posts: 1439; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
Windows 8 Desktop is a disaster, I've used I know. There're so many extra annoying steps that are optimized for Tablets Touchscreen but a pain for us Desktop users. The removal of Start Menu is a huge blow for Windows fan. This can be fixed via custom Start Menu like Classic Shell and Stardock Start8. Navigating through the Metro UI with a mouse feels like a pain and unnecessary steps but you are forced to do. Moreover most apps go fullscreen I wonder how productivity users will managed. Windows 8 is like Windows without Windows, Microsoft is taking its OS design seriously but this time they went the wrong way. Whenever i used Windows 8 i feel sick, uncomfortable and feel like using something stranger to my machine.
Windows Phone 8 is great because it works well on smartphone, however it is not the case for Windows 8. These disappointing changes are pushing me more and more towards Linux.
I hope Microsoft is going to fix Windows 8 with Windows Blue upgrade or Service Pack.
54. freebee269 (Posts: 539; Member since: 10 Aug 2012)
when i use the desktop in win8 it does not feel any different than the desktop i used in win7. i go for hours not even seeing the metro ui. when i am in metro (only to open an app) i use the scroll button on my mouse to go left and right in the metro. how is that a pain? did it pain your finger to move the scroll wheel? speaking of the start button in win7, how is moving your mouse to the bottom left corner of your screen for the start button faster than just hitting the windows key on your keyboard for the metro ui where your apps are? it's not. if using windows 8 makes you feel sick, you got more of a problem than just using windows 8.
19. breathlesstao (unregistered)
Hurricane Sandy? So all this rambling is US-only again? I love how the rest of the world never seems to exist... I mean, not to devalue the destruction and all, but on a global level, I'm not sure it's all that significant as to bear blame for something like this.
21. Maxwell.R (Posts: 214; Member since: 20 Sep 2012)
When major weather events or acts of nature affect major markets like New York City, the largest market in the free world behind Tokyo, it creates a significant economic ripple. The population of the northeastern seaboard of the United States accounts for about 25% of the US GDP, $4 trillion+ -or- still more economic output than any other nation in the western world. Hurricane Sandy was a major storm that closed commerce for significant periods of time with many areas still recovering.
The same thing happened with batteries, auto parts and other supplies when the earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit Japan. The wake of that event was felt for months. Hurricane Sandy will not be as long lasting.
As for the market share figures cited in the article, those were quoted from the global market, not the US-only market.
32. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Uh Maxwell, the only state that got 'shut down' by Sandy was New Jersey. Further, the entire state was not shut down. Friends who live on Manhattan never lost electricity, much less access to the Internets. Yes, people on the New Jersey coast as well as parts of the New York coast were (some still are) shut down. But 25% of U.S. GDP being affected is hyperbole. There is significant property loss due to Sandy, but don't confuse beach front property value with economic output.
34. Maxwell.R (Posts: 214; Member since: 20 Sep 2012)
There were power outages as far north as New Hampshire, flooding throughout Manhattan, trading was suspended, and the utility work being done on New Jersey, NYC, and Long Island is still being undertaken - that affected actual internet traffic - a region of at least 30 million people. The "effect" was a slowdown that touched every state in the region. NYC and the surrounding metro/Tri-State area has a gross metro product of about $1.3Tr. Yes, Sandy affected the economy - property restoration, repairs, replacements are exactly that. They are not expanding economic indicators.
38. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Maxwell, notwithstanding the trauma experienced by Sandy's victims, life is moving on. Trading on the exchanges resumed after what, a 2 day halt? Power is out for how many at the present time? How many factories standing idle presently in the storm zone?
The point that I am making is that Sandy can't be blamed for a fall-off in W8 activity. If Sandy was responsible, wouldn't there be a drop in all W# activity? Any fall-off in W8 activity is probably due to slow rates of conversion. Dogs don't like dog food that doesn't taste great. With Windows, there is the W7 alternative.
20. pongkie (Posts: 538; Member since: 20 Aug 2011)
lol am I the only one here who upgraded an old laptop to windows 8 and ended up liking it? at least it ran better than windows 7 and I like the new start screen. I don't know bout you guys but I find working with it easier.
35. XYZ360 (Posts: 53; Member since: 01 Jan 2012)
no you are the only one
37. rav405 (unregistered)
I also upgraded from win 7 to win8 and i too liked it....I bought a Microsoft touch mouse especiaaly for win8 and win8 works like breeze with the touch mouse.....
55. freebee269 (Posts: 539; Member since: 10 Aug 2012)
i upgraded from win7 to win8 also and i like it too. and i use a physical mouse and i dont have any issues with the OS or the UI.
22. ogy_dogy (Posts: 453; Member since: 29 Jun 2012)
Why is it that you are comparing a msoft pc os with another msoft pc os, if you can compare wp7-8 with ios and android why not wompare w 8 with apple whatever lion and chrome os from google. Than you would see whos the big daddy of the computer industry. I mean have 40 mil macs been sold like, ever??
And yes i got w8 and would never go back...
36. SonyXperiaNexus (Posts: 374; Member since: 01 Oct 2012)
I use windows 8 withou a touchscreen and i dont have any inconveniences with it. its just like windows 7 in desktop mode all thats different is the start menu where you now get a live tile view. i dont have any navigating problems with it and its a lot faster than windows seven.
39. gazmatic (Posts: 795; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
If my grandmother can use windows 8 then so can you. Those who say that it is dumb to have touch screen on desktop seem to not know that windows 7 was also built with touch in mind. Also if my 13 year old sister can master windows 8 then do not call yourself tech savvy. Plus if you still use xp then your point is irrelevent.


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on July 14, 2013 - 11:19 PM
After serious soul-searching, and the level of planning typically reserved for multinational military invasions, I made a major life decision last month:
I cut the cable cord.
I did something similar, in the early 2000s, when I dropped my land line. But that had little effect on my day-to-day existence, beyond making it harder for telemarketers to reach me. (Sadly, they've now managed to figure out how to call and text me on my cellphone.)
It's a practical decision, because you can save a lot by getting rid of cable, premium channels, set-top boxes and a DVR.
It's an emotional one, too, because it's hard to give up the ability to watch (almost) anything you want to watch at (almost) any time that you want.
I realized this when I posted my news on Facebook, and I received a gusher of responses from people who a) happily cut their cable years ago and wanted to offer advice or b) wanted to do it for financial reasons but were afraid to take the cable-free plunge.
My wife and I did it to save $82 per month, but it wasn't easy to cobble together a plan to watch our favorite shows and live events. So consider this a tale of one consumer's experience in the tumultuous world of cable cutting, over-the-air TV and streaming video.
I know I'm not alone. The number of cable TV customers in this country peaked at 66.9 million in 2001, and has steadily declined to 56.4 million last year, according to the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, which cited SNL Kagan data.
Nielsen in March reported that the number of "zero-TV" households – whose members consume TV shows and movies through an Internet connection, not through cable or satellite service – rose from 2 million in 2007 to an estimated 5 million this year.
These "zero-TV" households on average are younger, less likely to have children and more likely to live alone than the population at large, and cost was the No. 1 factor driving their decision to live without cable.
As much as we love our "Game of Thrones," "Downton Abbey" and "Mad Men," cost was our motivating reason, too.
We paid $140.03 to Verizon for FiOS TV and Internet service in our last monthly bill. This included an $89.99 "bundle price" for TV and Internet, $18.99 for HBO, $16.99 for our HD DVR set-top box and $6.99 for a second set-top box, plus taxes.
We paid $35 per month for Internet as part of the bundle, and I knew the stand-alone price would be higher. But I was surprised when a customer rep said the price for Internet alone was $74.99 per month.
When I asked if that was the best she could do, she said she could lower it to $69.99 per month. But this would require a two-year contract.
She also said she could lower the price for our current arrangement to $100 per month, but this reduced price only would be good for one year. So I took the $75-per-month, Internet-only price and contacted Time Warner Cable next.
I checked online first. We had the 15/5 Internet with Verizon FiOS, meaning up to 15 megabits per second of download speed, and up to five megabits of upload speed.
Time Warner calls this their standard Internet, with the same 15 mbps for downloading but only 1 mbps upload speed.
The base price is $34.99 for each of the next 12 months, but Time Warner adds $10.43 for a modem and wireless Internet to bring the cost to $45.42.
The Time Warner representative also told me the cost will go up after 12 months, but the company doesn't say what the new price will be.
After getting this price quote from Time Warner, I went back to Verizon to give them a chance to keep our business. The representative said she talked to her manager but she couldn't lower the price any further unless we were buying a package.
"Cutting the cord is something we are aware of, certainly, but it's just one option consumers have at their disposal, including maintaining their FiOS TV," John J. Bonomo, a Verizon spokesman, said later in an email, adding, "A strong FiOS Internet connection will be able to make the consumer experience a better one. Like any other purchases consumers make, there is additional value in buying several services bundled together, rather than one on a standalone basis."
I asked the Verizon rep about an offer I saw online for new Verizon customers, for $49.99 per month for a year – rising to $69.99 per month for the second year of a two-year contract – for the same Internet service.
She encouraged me to cancel our Verizon Internet, wait two days and then try to sign up as a new customer. But I didn't want a two-year contract, so we signed up with Time Warner for Internet ($69.98 installation fee) and canceled our Verizon service altogether.
Now that we've taken the plunge, we face the question of how to get all of the shows we want to watch.
We already had Netflix ($7.99 per month), which streams movies, documentaries and TV shows to our TV through our Wii. Netflix is generally a season behind on most current TV series, and it doesn't have everything, but it has a great catalog of old shows and movies.
We wanted to stream more content to our TV, so I knew we needed a player that would allow us to do this.
I considered three: Roku, Apple TV and TiVo.
All three can pull in Netflix and Hulu Plus (also $7.99 per month, with new episodes of a lot of shows, usually a day later).
Roku and TiVo also get movies and shows through Amazon Instant Video (you pay per movie or show instead of a monthly fee), while Apple TV ($99, through Apple) can pull in paid content from Apple's iTunes.
The TiVo Premiere ($149.99 from TiVo's website) also can record TV over the air, but paying for DVR service adds a $14.99 per month fee. In the end, we bought the Roku 3 streaming player ($99 from Amazon).
We're also using antennas to pull in over-the-air TV, with mixed results. We had an old set of rabbit ears for our smaller TV, and I bought an RCA digital flat antenna from Best Buy ($29.99) for our main TV.
We were hoping to pull in NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS, CW and FOX, but the signal on some channels has been hit or miss at our suburban home.
We used TV Fool to try to figure out where to point the antenna. Generally speaking, a roof-top antenna works best, an antenna in the attic is the next-best option and an antenna mounted near the TV is the least effective.
There are a handful of shows that won't have new episodes on Hulu Plus, Netflix or Amazon Instant Video – "60 Minutes," for one – that we'll have to watch live over the air or through the show's website on our laptops.
Other shows, such as "Mad Men," we'll have to order on Amazon ($1.99 per episode or $22.99 per season in low-def).
Sports are a tough one. No more cable TV means no more ESPN or NBC Sports Network.
Thankfully (or unfortunately, depending on how they play) Bills games air on the broadcast networks. I'm out of luck with the Sabres, though, since the games aren't streamed online. I can buy NHL GameCenter LIVE for the Roku but it only carries out-of-market games.
So, to watch the Sabres, I'll have to spend more time in my friendly neighborhood bar, or rely on the kindness of friends. At least it's a rebuilding year.
Since cutting the cord, we've had to get used to something that hasn't been part of our lives: commercials.
I knew over-the-air TV would have commercials – we DVR'd shows and skipped through the ads – but Hulu Plus has more than one dozen brief ads for each hour-long show, and you can't fast-forward.
However, the monthly savings are worth the annoyance, for now. We're three weeks into our grand experiment. We can always add more Internet speed, if we need it – or basic cable, if we can't live without it.
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Greensboro, NC -- Facing the potential loss of its anchor tenant, the owner of the GMAC Insurance complex in downtown Greensboro has defaulted on its mortgage and walked away from the property.
The Business Journal reports the change in ownership comes amid speculation the building's chief tenant, GMAC Insurance, could be moving within two years into a downtown Cleveland, Ohio, building.
The problem is the insurance company has a lease on the West Fifth Street property through September 2014.
That's three months before the Cleveland building renovation is scheduled to be completed.
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
I'm 55 years old and this weekend I saw my first-ever 3D movie.
That means throughout my childhood I resisted the temptation to put on those quirky shades and be summarily amazed at the 3D special effects poorly written into the movie plot.
I remember watching the Three Stooges in 3D without the quirky shades and noting the 3D special effects were limited to Curly waggling his fingers at the camera. Since back then the quality of the quirky shades was pretty darn poor, I never got the whole 3D thing. It flew right over my head.
Not even at Disney and Michael Jackson's 3D epic music video at EPCOT Center did I get it. Sadly my eyes are multi-dimensionally challenged. You should see me try to read ultra-sounds.
There lies my first-ever look at both my kids, and my soon-to-be born grandchild and I have no idea what I'm looking at.
"See the head?"
All I can do is nod and say, "Yes, I see the head," but in reality all I can make out is a big round smear.
This past weekend while buying tickets to see Iron Man 3, I opt not to wait the extra 45 minutes for the standard 2-dimensional flick and instead pull the trigger on Iron Man in 3D. Imagine my excitement when, for the price of my seven-dollar ticket, I was handed my very own set of 3D quirky shades. I thought, cool, these will fit over my regular glasses just fine.
And when the prompt flashed across the screen to "Put my 3D glasses on now," I did so with the other 60-or-so 3D buffs waiting to see Iron Man.
The movie did not disappoint and I didn't have to wait long to be impressed.
The best way to show off your 3D movie making skills is to blow something up and they wasted little time in dumping Tony Stark's flying saucer home into the Pacific Ocean.
Shrapnel blew by my head. Sparks spewed all around me.
I thought – I'm sitting too close to the screen, I'm going to get burned up in the explosion.
I was impressed.
There was even a point when the 3D was too 3D for me and I took off my glasses. The screen looked how things look after one or four adult beverages. So I put the glasses back on.
It was a neat movie, with or without the 3D. After a while you stopped noticing the 3D and just watched the movie.
As I left I told the usher, "Neat," and he replied, "You ain't seen nothing yet, wait until Man of Steel comes out."
The new Superman movie worries me. I've seen the trailers. I want to know.
How am I going to make it through a two-hour movie without bursting into uncontrollable sobs when I can't even make it through a three-minute movie teaser?
At one point in Iron Man I did a big time fist pump when the Hulkbuster suit thundered across the screen. I think I even let out a squeal of glee.
And I never "glee."
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Kim Kardashian knew the way to her boyfriend and baby's father's heart when she gifted Kanye West with a unique Father's Day gift.
The dad to North revealed what Kardashian, 32, gifted him on Twitter Monday.
"One of the other gifts my girl gave me for fathers day," West Tweeted with a photograph of two Apple computer mice signed by the company's founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
In a recent interview with the New York Times, West, 36, shared his hopes of one day becoming as influential as the late Jobs.
"I think what Kanye West is going to mean is something similar to what Steve Jobs means. I am undoubtedly, you know, Steve of Internet, downtown, fashion, culture. Period. By a long jump," he explained. "I honestly feel that because Steve has passed, you know, it's like when Biggie passed and Jay-Z was allowed to become Jay-Z."
The gift must have touched West's heart because the Yeezus – who, despite his 9.6 million Twitter followers, only follows Kardashian – has only Tweeted seven times since May.
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This picture was taken the other night, an incredible sun set here in the Northwest.
This at the end of a Great Scouting Day!
This at the end of a Great Scouting Day!
"Red sky at night; shepherds delightRed sky in the morning; shepherds warning"Great photo!
"Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning; red sky at night, sailors delight."A gorgeous photo. Thank you for sharing.
Nice. Beautiful. These are the things we try to get the kids outside to see. Great picture. I went camping with my troop a few weeks ago and the sunset turned the entire mountain behind us scarlet. It was breathtaking and the boys all stood still for two whole seconds to take it in. Success!
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EAST PALESTINE - Despite East Palestine and Crestview playing for third place in the ITCL upper tier on Friday night, the Rebels used their positioning in the league as motivation towards post-season play and grabbed a 54-36 win on the road.
"It was progress towards the tournament, this game got us 10 wins now and to me there's a big difference between 10-5 and 9-6," Crestview head coach Herman Miller said. "Just saying it even sounds different because you have a double digit number in the front. We look at our district and think that there are a couple of good teams for sure, but for the most part it is pretty open."
After falling to East Palestine (6-8, 5-5) earlier this season, Crestview (10-5, 6-4) had revenge on their minds from the moment they stepped off the bus.
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"We were pretty pumped before the game," Crestview junior Robert Logan said. "I was telling everybody on the bus that we are not going to lose tonight. It may be homecoming for them, but we are having no mercy."
Crestview's bout for revenge was eased when East Palestine's leading scorer Austen Reiser left the game with an injury just seconds into the contest. Reiser left the floor with a hand injury, eventually exiting the gymnasium which effectively ended his evening.
"When you lose your leading rebounder the first possession of the game, it hurts," East Palestine head coach Tom Bingham. "It changed our game completely and it forced us to do things that we weren't prepared to do. We tried to adjust on the fly."
Despite being down their top scorer, and by as many as 15 points at halftime, East Palestine came out in the second half and made a run that eventually brought the deficit to nine points.
Although Reiser suffered a bad fracture, he is expected to take the floor for the Bulldogs on Tuesday.
"They made a run and I think that's to be expected when team loses their best player," Miller said. "They are going to try to play up and seize the moment we did a nice job of pushing it out to about 17 or 18 and then they cut it back to nine at it's closest. While I didn't feel like we were in jeopardy, I didn't want us to get caught up in the action."
The Rebels took advantage of their size, especially without the injured Reiser. Crestview came up with several second and third chances on the offensive glass, and used those opportunities to convert several easy put-backs. East Palestine struggled early with the mismatch, and the deficit made things even more difficult for the already shorthanded Bulldogs.
"We tried to pack it in and we pressed more tonight and tried to force some turnovers, but they were too big and too physical inside for us tonight," Bingham said. "I'm extremely proud of our kids since they cut into that lead, they aren't going to quit and that's what we preach."
With a forgettable first half behind them, East Palestine came out in the second and used a 10-0 run through the last half of the third quarter to cut their deficit to nine.
"I thought Nate Keylor played a heck of a game for us tonight and so did Alec Dumbauld," Bingham said. They did a great job coming off of the bench for us tonight."
Crestview's demise in that third stanza was an outbreak of turnovers and tendency to rush. Once Miller called a timeout to address their shortcomings, the Rebels rebounded and pushed their lead back to double digits.
"Once we calmed down we did okay," Miller said. "It's an emotional charge that is to be expected when the team is playing without one of its best players I really hope the kid is okay because he's a great player."
With Reiser down to injury, the Rebels continued to plug away with their game plan they had crafted for the night. An injury didn't sway their focus from what they wanted to accomplish.
"Our game plan didn't actually change because he went out," Miller said. "We had some specific defense of adjustments to make for what amounts to about 60 percent of their offense so we had some specific things that we were going to do. And it really didn't change it just change for one person one riser went out."
That scheme included the Rebels big men making the most of their size advantage, which shown through over the course of the night. Logan finished with a game-high 19 points and Derek Bable joined him in double figures with 14 points.
"We always talk about that throughout the game I tell him the box out and we communicate pretty well back and forth and we help each other out with the rebounds," Logan said. "It's pretty easy down low whenever you're standing right next to each other. We are always together even in practice when we separate posts and guards. I can dribble a little bit but I'm not a guard, so we stay together."
Nick Moneleone paced the Bulldogs with ten points on the night. Steve Parker added eight points and grabbed a personal-high 11 rebounds.
Crestview also won the jayvee game 44-39.
Both teams play Tuesday as Crestview hosts United and East Palestine travels to Jackson-Milton.
Game notes
Friday's game marked homecoming for the Bulldogs. Derek Smith was named king and Audrey Huddleston queen.
CRESTVIEW SCORING: Andrew Batchelor 0-1-1, Collin Gilbert 4-0-9, Austin Eskra 2-0-5, Josh McDade 3-0-6, Robert Logan 8-3-19, Derek Bable 5-4-14, Nick Gates 0-0-0, Enzo Lucci 0-0-0, Greg Bable 0-0-0, Eric Lloyd 0-0-0, Evan Beachler 0-0-0. TOTALS: 22, 8-18: 54.
EAST PALESTINE SCORING: Nick Monteleone 3-4-10, Nate Keylor 3-1-9, Austen Reiser 0-0-0, Billy Bibby 1-1-4, Alec Dumbauld 1-2-5, Steve Parker 3-2-8, Zack MayRobb 0-0-0, Justin Fristik 0-0-0. TOTALS: 11, 10-14: 36.
Three-pointers: Crestview 2 (Gilbert, Eskra), East Palestine 4 (Keylor 2, Bibby, Dumbauld).


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Barborak working on amending law regarding judges
April 15, 2013
LISBON — State Rep. Nick Barborak is working on further amending a law that he says requires judges to sentence non-violent, low-level felony drug offenders to probation instead of prison....
Oh great, Barborak is going to be one of those types that we see his lips moving but we don't have a clue to what the hello he is talking about.
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"When the bill was passed one of its stated intentions was to save money by reducing the state prison population by diverting more felons to local probation and treatment programs."
The money burden shuffle. So in the meantime, we lower the costs on taxpayers by decreasing prison population and now we grow the responsibility of local costs and create repeat offenders because this system is a failure. This system is not a solution is a pacification.
How many violate probation? Or maybe the question should be? How many violate probation and a blind cheek is turned to it?
Welcome to the quality of life that is deteriorating our communities and growing the crime population.
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Adam Almquist
Posted 12 December 2009 - 12:57 PM
he is the real deal, should been in swedens WJC squad.
Posted 12 December 2009 - 01:16 PM
he is the real deal, should been in swedens WJC squad.
Any goals out of those 3 points?
Posted 12 December 2009 - 04:41 PM
Naw. Actually it says on the Elitserien website that he had two points, both assists.
Posted 13 December 2009 - 12:28 PM
too, smallish playmking D with great hockey sense. If Adam can turn out as good or better than Tobias then Hakan has done it again.
"Putting on the foil coach" Jeff Hanson
"Yeah, every game, you want some coach?" Steve Hanson
"Er, no. No thanks guys." Reggie Dunlop
"Make sure they don't leave the bench!" Reggie Dunlop.
Posted 28 December 2009 - 02:41 PM
He really could be a gem.
"For my game, I don't need to score the goal," Konstantinov once explained. "I need someone to start thinking about me and forgetting about scoring goals."
Posted 03 January 2010 - 11:54 AM
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Posted 06 January 2010 - 02:19 PM
it seems that he had no problem with taking the next step and switching from juniors to men. as expected he could not match his unbelievable numbers from juniors, but nevertheless i think 7 points in 16 games are pretty good numbers for an 18 year old in swedens top-league. even more impressive is the fact that he is a +9.
sidenote: considering the scouting report on redwingscentral it may be a sign that he wears no.28.
Posted 07 January 2010 - 01:09 PM
sidenote: considering the scouting report on redwingscentral it may be a sign that he wears no.28.
Also of note, is that in those 16 games, he's only picked up two minors. Kid is real responsible.
HankthaTank - Squirrels, they hate to be thrown. / Why is the magical unicorn named Brian... Jedi - I just downloaded the "kids" book, "Go the F--k to Sleep" as narrated by Samuel L. Jackson on my kindle. I am now ready to be a daddy. / *Checks Router* No, I'm positive I didn't hit the "Wings Defense Sucks" button. Electrophile - I'm just glad the Wings were able to win despite the Curse of Brian. ACallToArms - I think Trey needs to put something about payroll tax and deferred income in his sig... Edicius - I'd rather [have] a soundbite of me saying "I like (man sausage)" rather than "I like Crosby".
Posted 08 January 2010 - 12:09 AM
"HV71 elitserien. 3games. 1assist. +3. Average playing time 19:30.
With 4 defenders out Adam has played over 20 minutes in two games this week and nobody is questioning his defensive skills anymore. He is still quite small, but thanks to his hockey sense, he is always in the right position.
He has always played on the powerplay and today he even played some penaltykill.
Adam will probably get quite a lot of playing time even when the injured players are back. At least 12-15 minutes."
Posted 05 February 2010 - 07:58 AM
Posted 05 February 2010 - 09:38 AM
Nick Junior, Jr.?
Kidding aside, I hope that knee heals up real fast for the kid. It's been fun following his progress all year.
Edited by ruarc', 05 February 2010 - 09:39 AM.
Posted 20 March 2010 - 01:35 PM
#54 Guest_mindfly (Guest)
Posted 01 April 2010 - 02:32 PM
"He's got mad hockey sense"
Nice job Mr Andersson
Posted 01 April 2010 - 03:34 PM
Got huge credit today in their win today over SAIK
"He's got mad hockey sense"
Nice job Mr Andersson
Nice video. More in this article:
"He's got everything. It doesn't matter if 110 kg of muscles is coming against him. He understands the situation perfectly clear," said HV coach Jan Karlsson. "
Posted 04 April 2010 - 04:17 PM
Now before we all get carried away and think we have Lids heir apparent, the guy I have him similar to and drafted more or less the same is Atlanta's Tobias Enstrom. Same stature
too, smallish playmking D with great hockey sense. If Adam can turn out as good or better than Tobias then Hakan has done it again.
I think comparing him to Tobias Enstrom is getting carried away as it is. Enstrom is a premier player in the NHL, he's just stuck in a black-hole of a franchise that is Atlanta (yeah, they've been decent this year but his skills are often overlooked).
Sure he seems to have great hockey sense and playmaking ability, which is comparable to Enstrom, but Enstrom has much more strength to his name and obviously has proven abilities at higher levels than the SEL.
With that said, for our last pick of the draft he seems to have potential steal written all over him. Luckily for us, with the help of a personal trainer he could easily bulk up and we have no instant need for him so that will give him a nice amount of time to progress in the SEL.
Posted 08 April 2010 - 01:05 PM
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#59 Guest_mindfly (Guest)
Posted 08 April 2010 - 03:38 PM
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What are you reading right now?Posted Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at 2:52 PM
I work in a library, and my husband is a public library director. We both love to read. Our two-year-old loves books as well. As a result, my life seems to revolve around books. This is a good thing!
My favorites are horror and thrillers, but sadly I feel that so many of them are cheesy or predictable, usually both. I love it when I find one that both scares me and challenges me. I also love a good fantasy or science fiction novel. But honestly, I've read books of nearly all genres. My favorite books of all time are Lost Boys by Orson Scott Card, The Thief of Always by Clive Barker, The Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin, and The Shining by Stephen King. My recent reads have been the Ender series by Orson Scott Card, The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, House of Reckoning by John Saul, Boneman's Daughters by Ted Dekker, and a recent re-read of theTwilight series. My current read is Under the Dome, the newest Stephen King novel.
What are you reading right now? Who are your favorite authors?
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My favorite authors are JR Ward, James Patterson, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. I'm reading the Odyssey by Homer, Julie of the Wolves, and whatever I feel like grabbing at the time. I can't read just one book at a time. My boyfriends telling me I have to read "From the Corner of his Eye" by Dean Koontz next though. I have a couple earlier blogs on here about some of my favorite/ recommended books too so that's a better list.
-- Posted by _Samantha_ on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 4:50 PM
I really enjoyed From the Corner of his Eye. I read all of Koontz's books. His Odd Thomas series is one of my favorites as well. I would also recommend One Door Away from Heaven and The Darkest Evening of the Year. Those two are particularly enjoyable if you love dogs.
-- Posted by stafinois on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 7:55 PM
Did you see that one he wrote about his dog? He wrote it after his dog passed. I really wanna read it but can't remember what it's called.
-- Posted by _Samantha_ on Wed, Nov 18, 2009, at 8:11 PM
I prefer the classics, myself. Right now I'm in the middle of Hemingways collection of short stories, very interesting, but somewhat rambling at times, still worth a read. When I'm not reading that, I am in the middle of the Melville classic Mobey Dick. Dry, rambling (especially the 9 page diatribe on the color white and the evil meaning behind it) and otherwise fairly dull, but when I am done with it, at least I can say I read it, which some English proffesors cannot say.
Score one for the fat guy!
-- Posted by ftguy on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 2:24 AM
The classics are often excellent, too. I've been thinking about picking up Paradise Lost, but have yet to do it. I've also been curious about Moby Dick, but your review doesn't make it sound like a page turner!
-- Posted by stafinois on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 8:27 AM
I am reading Frank Lloyd Wright by Jan Adkins. He was an architectural genius. This controversial man revolutionized building and construction in residences, schools, and businesses when he broke from traditional and classic styles and promoted more natural designs known to us as the prairie style.
I am also reading Paul Theroux's Ghost Train to Eastern Star, a travel narrative. It is historically compelling.
I will soon embark on I, Alex Cross by James Patterson. He writes mysteries.
Three genres provide challenge and diversity.
-- Posted by Judy1904 on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 1:01 PM
If your favorites are thrillers, you should try Frank Peretti's "Piercing the Darkness", and "This Present Darkness". Don't shun him if you normally don't read "Christian" authors. These two books are great reading!
-- Posted by read me on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 7:29 AM
I have never been a fan of the "classics" and have never seen the purpose of reading them. I was always very bored by them. I still see no useful purpose in requiring them for HS curriculum. I have never once referred back to Shakespeare or Hemingway for life guidance. However, I do appreciate Og Mandino, Napolean Hill, Robert Schuller etc. Like movies, I love to read for entertainment so I have read all of the Harry Potter and Twilight books several times.
-- Posted by Leah Cauthron on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 9:18 AM
Well, I happen to like the classics. I'm currently reading "Life on the Mississippi" by Mark Twain. I've read quite a bit of his writing and find it thoroughly entertaining. Charles Bukowski is another favorite of mine.
-- Posted by Damon on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 11:21 AM
read me - I agree on Frank Peretti's books. He is an excellent author and can really make you think while you read his fiction. "Prophet" was another book of Peretti's I found to be quite enjoyable.
I have to say, my favorite book of all time, which I can read time and time again - is "The Stand" by Stephen King.
-- Posted by Chunky_Monkey on Mon, Nov 23, 2009, at 7:38 PM
Chunky_Monkey, you would probably enjoy his new one! Under the Dome reminds me of a cross between The Stand and Lord of the Flies.
-- Posted by stafinois on Mon, Nov 23, 2009, at 7:57 PM
My favorite author is Jen Lancaster. Until she has another book out, I tend to stick to memoir type of books. I am currently reading Ivanka Trump's "Playing the Trump Card". I was hesitant to pick it up, but did so and have been surprised by the contents. Not bad reading.
-- Posted by aworkingmom on Tue, Nov 24, 2009, at 8:23 AM
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The Durango High School wrestling team squashed the Farmington Scorpions (N.M.) 55-12 on Thursday.
�Really really good,� DHS head coach Doug Cuddie said. �Back on the right track.�
Hunter Hall (120), Daniel Gustafson (220) and Diego Martinez (138), who moved up from junior varsity, all had pins. Dillon Anthony (132), still-undefeated Nick Tarpley (152), Patrick Cunnion and Demetre Cullison (182) also got wins.
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FOSTORIA - Peter Campbell carded a 42, good enough for medalist honors and good enough to help St. Wendelin to victory in a tri-match with Seneca East and Bettsville at Loudon Meadows.
The Mohawks tallied 176, distancing themselves from the second place Tigers with 187. Bettsville finished with 243.
Kieran Campbell backed Peter with a 44 while Dalton Murray and Joey DeHaven shot matching 45s.
For Seneca East, Nate Phillips was one shot of medalist pace posting a 43. Jack Daniel posted a 46, Bradenn Nagel shot 47 and Austin Holmer shot 52.
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Sometimes you get the feeling that "Dr. Beach" isn't really trying anymore.
Best beach list for 2013
1. Main Beach East Hampton, New York2. Kahanamoku Beach Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii3. St. George Island State Park, Florida panhandle4. Hamoa Beach, Maui, Hawaii5. Waimanalo Bay Beach Park Oahu, Hawaii6. Barefoot Beach Bonita Springs, Florida7. Cape Florida State Park Key Biscayne, Florida8. Cape Hatteras, Outer Banks of N.C.9. Coast Guard Beach Cape Cod, Massachusetts10. Beachwalker Park, Kiawah IslandSource: www.drbeach.org
Beachwalker Park on Kiawah Island is in the beach guru's Top Ten list — again — for the five zillionth time. The good doctor continues to chill with the Charleston County park's natural environs, the wildlife-flocked Capt. Sam's Spit and amenities — even though this time he expresses a qualm over a proposed development on the spit.
If you go
Hours: 9 a.m.-7 p.m.Cost: $8, standard-size vehicle.Location: 8 Beachwalker Drive, Kiawah Island.Heads Up: Parking is limited (only 150 spaces) and the park gets crowded on summer weekends. The town of Kiawah does provide some overflow parking. Go early. Call for updates.Contact: 768-2395.
Well, sure, Beachwalker's nice. But what about waves? Folly's got 'em, the best surf in the state. The Edge of America has natural environs beaches on both ends, and the iconic Morris Island Lighthouse out in the water. Not to mention a pier, beachfront restaurants and a hotel with a lounge overlooking the waves.
Its downtown shopping and entertainment scene still hangs onto its bohemian vibe, if only by the thin strap of a high-priced bikini.
Isle of Palms has beach glam. This is where you go to tan, and it too has a pier, beachfront restaurants and hotels, and a beachware shopping row.
Then there's the mother pearl of natural beaches, the state's Botany Bay Plantation preserve and wildlife management area just down the coast. Long streams of pelicans glide overhead, along a stretch of sand backed by palmetto trees and the limbs of a boneyard beach. The causeway out travels a marsh where shorebirds hang and the reclusive painted bunting flashes by.
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Three-year-old Isabella Rodarte enjoyed a day at Beachwalker Park on Kiawah Island in April.×
Amelia Aranda, 4, giggles as she tries to catch the tail of a kite her father was flying at Beachwalker Park on Friday. "We absolutely love it out here," said Jimmy Aranda of West Ashley.×
Kirsten Dodd and daughter Kendall, 3, from Fort Mill take the boardwalk to Beachwalker Park on Friday.×


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Buckhannon City Engineer Jay Hollen said that a new sidewalk and lighting project could begin from the West Virginia Route 20 and West Main Street intersection to Leggett Addition Road, crossing over the railroad tracks. Hollen told Buckhannon City Council that the project cost could be in excess of $400,000.
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The Military Friendly Schools ® media and website, found at www.militaryfriendlyschools.com, feature the list, interactive tools and search functionality to help military students find the best school to suit their unique needs and preferences. The 1,739 colleges, universities and trade schools on this year's list exhibit leading practices in the recruitment and retention of students with military experience. These schools have worldclass programs and policies for student support on campus, academic accreditation, credit policies, flexibility, and other services to those who served.
Penn State Shenango Chancellor Fred Leeds stated, "As a student-centered campus, Penn State Shenango boasts individual service and personal attention to all our students, especially our veterans who have given so much for their country. These adult students come to the Shenango campus because of our reputation as a quality educational institution and our friendly, family-like atmosphere.'"
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The 14-year-old boy accused of killing a 16-year-old in a fight last weekend had showed off a handgun on a school bus and brought it into the school during the spring, a Buffalo School Board member and a police official told The Buffalo News.
School authorities tried to suspend the boy, the police source said, but when his parents objected at a hearing and said he did not have access to a handgun, a school administrator allowed him to continue at the school.
Police were not notified of the gun incident in April involving Myles D. Taylor III until after the shooting death of Kelmyne Jones Jr. a week ago Saturday, the police source said.
The school district, however, said that a thorough investigation was completed, but no gun was discovered and police were, in fact, notified of the situation.
But that wasn't the understanding of one of Buffalo's School Board members.
"He brought the gun on the bus and was showing it to other students and then took it into school," School Board member Carl Paladino said of Taylor. "This report is on a school district computer but only certain people had access to it."
Paladino said he received the information about Taylor from a school district employee but would not identify the individual.
A police official confirmed that homicide investigators also have been told that Taylor displayed a gun on the bus and brought it into school. Investigators have received three separate reports of Taylor bringing the gun into the school, the police source said. The school is believed to be Waterfront Elementary School, the source added.
"You'd think that the school would have notified us," the police official said. "There was a suspension hearing, and the parents said their son did not have access to a gun. Police are now looking into the allegation."
When contacted by The Buffalo News on Saturday, the district released a statement with this account of what happened on April 10:
A teacher at Waterfront overheard students talking about a gun on a bus. Administrators and counselors conducted a thorough investigation and alerted police.
"Student reports varied by date as to when they allegedly saw the gun and multiple students interviewed reported no firearm," the district statement read.
School officials searched the student, his locker, and the lockers of 10 other students at Waterfront. A bus video also was checked, but there was no evidence of a gun, the district said.
"To the fullest extent of his abilities and based on the allegations, the school principal pursued a formal district hearing in which all evidence was presented," the statement from the district said.
"Based on the outcome, with no evidence whatsoever of a weapon, the student was allowed to return to school in accordance with education law."
Efforts to reach the suspect's family members have been unsuccessful.
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Kerri Dickie
March 12, 1971–Dec. 7, 2012
Age: 41
Residence: LaSalle
Kerri Dickie, 41, of LaSalle passed away Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at the Hospice Inpatient Unit. She was born March 12, 1971, in Greeley to William C. and Shirley A. (Thoutt) Shable.
She lived on the same family farm most of her life, graduating from Valley High School in 1989, NJC in Sterling in 1991, and CSU in 1993, with a BS in animal science. After graduation, she worked for Waldo Farms in Nebraska, Colorado Animal Research Enterprise in Wellington, and then joined in the family farm operation.
The family attended the Kersey Cowboy Church. Kerrie was active in Block and Bridle at CSU, she was a little sister at Farm House fraternity and active in PTO. She was very involved with her boys' school activities, helping as a room mother and volunteered to help with classroom activities. She enjoyed flower gardening, baking and cooking. The most important thing was being a super mom and a great wife to her family.
She is survived by her husband, John Dickie; sons, Jack, Craig and Cody Dickie; parents, William "Bill" and Shirley Shable; brother, Brian Shable, all of LaSalle; grandmother, Mary Erma Shable of Greeley; parents-in-law, Dr. Charles and Marjorie Dickie of Rocky Ford; sisters-in-law, Lynn Dickie of El Paso, Texas, and Barbara Johnson of San Jose, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Delbert Shable, and Reinholdt and Esther Thoutt.
Visitation is from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at the Allnutt Macy Chapel and one hour prior to service on Thursday. Service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul's Congregational Church, 1525 43rd Ave., Greeley. Interment Linn Grove Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Kerri Dickie memorial fund in care of Allnutt, 702 13th St., Greeley, CO 80631. Friends may view the online obituary and send condolences at www.allnutt.com.
Clayton Everett Edmonds
Feb. 23, 1920-Dec. 7, 2012
Age: 92
Residence: Greeley
Clayton Everett Edmonds of Greeley passed away Dec. 7, 2012, at Windsor Healthcare Center in Windsor, Colo.
He was born Feb. 23, 1920, at the Township of Clay in Greentop, Mo., to Emmet (Dick) Earl and Grace Estilla (McBrien) Edmonds.
In 1937, Clayton joined the Civilian Conservation Corp. in Nelson, Neb., and worked on many projects. On Sept., 9, 1940, he wed Opal Irene Brelsford in Smith Center, Kan. Then, on Oct. 19, 1943, he was inducted in the Army in North Camp Hood, Texas, where he received training in the Tank Destroyers division. From there, he received advanced training in Fort Geo. Mead, Md., and other Army facilities across the nation. After his training, he was dispatched to Germany as part of the 84th Infantry Division, Company G, 2nd Platoon, 334th Infantry, where he fought in battles on the Siegfried Line and the Battle of the Bulge. He was wounded on two separate occasions, and upon his honorable discharge, he was awarded two Purple Hearts, Bronze Campaign Star, European, African Middle Eastern Theater ribbons and other distinguished awards for his service.
After this, he and his wife, Opal, moved to northern Colorado and ultimately, settled in Greeley. Clayton worked in various occupations. He last worked for Kaler Maytag of Greeley, until 1974, when he had to take war-related medical retirement but maintained his involvement with the VFW and DAV organizations until his passing.
Clayton and Opal were also charter members of the Hillside Baptist Church of Greeley, which they attended for many years.
Clayton is survived by his sister, Ellen Alloway of Dacono, Colo.; his daughters, Carolyn Printz and her husband, Herman of Greeley, and Marilyn Leffler of Windsor; his son, C. Duane Edmonds and his wife, Juanita of Greeley; six grandchildren, Mick Printz, Kristi Sheets, Joleen Stanley, Brenda Leffler, Brian Leffler and Erik Edmonds; and seven great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Opal; one brother; and two sisters.
Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, at Adamson Chapel, with viewing one hour prior. Interment at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Greeley.
Memorial contributions may be made to the DAV in care of Adamson Funeral & Cremation Services, 2000 47th Ave., Greeley, CO 80634.
To extend condolences to the family go to adamsonchapels.com.
Eugene Gallegos Sr.
May 13, 1958-Dec. 7, 2012
Age: 54
Residence: Greeley
Eugene Gallegos, 54, died Dec. 7, 2012. Eugene was born May 13, 1958, to Phillip S. and Dora M. (Garcia) Gallegos in Denver.
Eugene is survived by his children, Eugene Jr., Brandon (Susie), Shawn (Jenny), Shawna (Robert) Allen, all of Greeley; stepdaughter, Stephanie Goree of Alabama; 15 grandchildren; father, Phillip; brothers, Philip, Eddie and Joe; and sisters, Anita Duran and Debbie Martinez.
Rosary service at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at Adamson Chapel, 2000 47th Ave., Greeley CO.
Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Ault, Colo.
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Phyllis Anne Evans
Aug. 11, 1929-Dec. 8, 2012
Age: 83
Residence: Greeley
Phyllis Anne Evans was born Aug. 11, 1929, to Blaine and Mina Ford in Borger, Texas. The family moved to Boise City, Okla., where she attended grade through high school. In 1947, Phyllis moved to Greeley where she attended Colorado State College, and met and married Alvin G. Evans Jr., on Dec. 18, 1949. She then put her plans for teaching on hold while she raised her children. Phyllis finished her degree and worked as a substitute teacher for District 6 for many years.
Phyllis and Alvin traveled extensively across the United States on various motorcycle trips. They had many great adventures together, including visiting their grandchildren.
Phyllis worked at several different jobs over the years until she began her 22-year career at McDonald's. She loved her fellow employees and customers at McDonald's and looked forward to working every day.
Phyllis moved to Garden Square Assisted Living Center in Feburary 2010, where she resided at the time of her death on Dec. 8, 2012.
Phyllis is survived by her sons, Michael Evans and wife, Rhonda of Greeley and Roger Evans and wife, Rusanna of Fort Collins; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and brother, Everett Ford and wife, Paula of Tucson, Ariz.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Alvin G. Evans Jr., and daughter, Sherri Evans Camacho.
Graveside services at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, at Sunset Memorial Gardens, with reception following at The New Plantation, 3520 11th Ave., Evans, CO 80620.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Northern Colorado, 2726 11th St. Road, Greeley, CO 80634.
Della Marie Hernandez (Arebalo)
Jan. 13, 1937-Dec. 9, 2012
Age: 75
Residence: Kersey
Della Marie Hernandez (Arebalo), was born Jan. 13, 1937, in Lingle, Wyo. She married Louie Hernandez, the love of her life and soulmate on July 30, 1955, in Torrington, Wyo., at St. Rose Catholic Church.
Della and her family have lived in the Kersey/Gill area since 1963, where she was a tax-preparer until she retired in 2006.
She enjoyed her work, her family and friends, and especially loved bargain shopping and her "Day of Beauty" with her son, Tommy.
Della is survived by her sisters, Antonia Reyes and Theresa Mecham; her husband, Louie; children, Jason (Darrell Johnson) Hernandez, Helen Hernandez, and Tommy Hernandez, of Greeley. She had many nieces and nephews and was loved by all who were blessed enough to know her. She enjoyed her time on the phone with her kids. Della made everyone feel they were special.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Agustina and Agapito Arebalo; siblings, Joe John, Angelina, Lucy and Carmen; and daughters, Arlene and Louise.
Visitation will be held at 6 p.m,, followed by a Rosary at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, at the Allnutt Macy Chapel. Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at St. Peter Catholic Church with a reception to follow. Interment at Linn Grove Cemetery.
Friends may view the online obituary and send condolences at www.allnutt.com.
Lani Chizuru Hikida
Feb. 1, 1923-Dec. 3, 2012
Age: 89
Residence: Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Greeley
Mrs. Lani Chizuru Hikida, 89, died in her sleep early Monday morning, Dec. 3, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. She was born Feb. 1, 1923, in Watsonville, Calif., and graduated from Watsonville High School in 1941. On Sept. 4, 1943, Lani married Kenich Hikida in Poston, Ariz. They moved to Greeley in 1944 and farmed until 1958. Ken died March 10, 2007. They owned and operated Ken's Camera, Inc. in Greeley from 1963-2008. Lani was a floral designer with the Forget Me Not shop/Erickson's Flowers for more than 50 years. She was a member of the Greeley Buddhist Temple.
Lani is survived by two sons, Larry (Su Cheng) of Tucson, and Edwin of Greeley; three grandchildren, Matt (Apryl) of Greeley, Lin of Tucson, and Leslie of North Hollywood, Calif.; three great-grandchildren, Alahana of Tucson, Kailani and Aspyn of Greeley; and one great-great-grandson, Jesiah of Tucson; sister, Pat (George) Masamori of Sunnyvale, Calif.; sisters-in-law, Linda (Pat) Inouye of Palos Verdes, Calif., and Lorraine Niida of Henderson, Nev.; brother-in-law, Hideo (Jane) of Cypress, Calif.; as well as several nieces and nephews.
Lani is also survived by close family friends, Carol Bond of Greeley, Connie Morey, J. B. Morey, Jay Bolles, DeAnn Lorz and husband Rob, Zach and Autumn Lorz, all of Denver; Marion Abe of Honolulu, Hawaii, and Matsu and Betty Okamoto of Kaneohe, Hawaii.
No services are scheduled.


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If Friday�s victory was Beauty, Saturday was the Beast.
But the Fort Lewis College volleyball team got its happy ending by capturing a gritty 3-1 victory over visiting Chadron State.
�During the intermission, we asked the girls what it was like, and one of the girls said it was like you were on a hike,� FLC head coach Shelly Aaland said. �Like it�s always hard. You�re always having to work. And it sure was.�
The Skyhawks (9-7, 5-3 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) picked up their first RMAC weekend sweep of the year, and with the powers of the East Division looming, the momentum boost is well-timed.
�I think it�s one of the best wins, in my opinion,� said Kristin Stephan, who had 10 kills for FLC. �It�s definitely like a breakthrough for us ... to be able to pull through and win games.�
FLC dropped the first set, a lethargic affair for both teams, 25-19 before rallying to win the next three 25-19, 29-27 and 25-23, closing the match on an emphatic Stephani Sonka kill that snuffed an Eagles� rally.
Neither offense was pretty. The Eagles (3-14, 1-7 RMAC) had 29 errors to 32 for FLC.
The ugliest set was the most pivotal � the third. The teams combined for 21 errors in the frame, but FLC fought off set point three times and used a block and a kill by Stephan, an Ashley Wells kill and a block by Taylor Frederking and Wells to seal the deal 29-27, then salted the victory in the fourth set.
�It�s just a total momentum builder, and it kills their momentum, which helps us,� Stephan said of Set 3.
Wells had 19 kills and 18 digs, while Jenna Kinzer added 22 digs and Ciara Krening 45 assists and 16 digs in a phenomenal defensive effort.
�(Saturday) never felt comfortable, but we still grinded it out,� coach Aaland said.