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You can also see the fingerprints, the smudges, the stains in the carpet.
Rather than filling your house with the smell of chemical detergents - and paying a fortune for them - why not try some all-natural alternatives that have withstood the test of time?
Mary Miller, of the Town of Tonawanda, first started using natural home cleaners out of concern for her 19-month-old daughter, Claudia.
"It snowballed from making soap blends to use on my daughter at bath time to making the majority of household items in my own kitchen," Miller said.
Using ingredients like raw local honey, washing soda and essential oils, she makes everything from toothpaste, deodorant and diaper wipes to bathroom scrub and all-purpose household cleaner. She likes them because she thinks they work better, aren't full of harmful chemicals and aren't tested on animals.
Perhaps best of all, they save her a ton of cash.
"We cloth diaper, so we do a lot of laundry in my house. After four months, I barely put a dent into the 15 or so pounds of detergent I made," Miller said. "I imagine $20 worth of soap will last me at least a full year, if not longer."
Think natural cleaners don't have the same muscle as commercial ones?
Think again.
Amanda Kardasovski of Lakeview has her own commercial cleaning business and uses natural cleaners to power through just about everything. She soaks stove-top grates in a little bit of ammonia to wipe them clean easily, buffs stainless steel appliances with olive oil to remove scratches and smudges and to make them sparkle, and says two parts hydrogen peroxide to one part Dawn dish soap can get rid of almost any stain.
"It saves up to 75 percent," Kardasovski said. "Why would I pay more for a name? You're paying for advertising, plain and simple."
MoneySmart pulled together a list of everything you need to get the house sparkling. You can buy everything on the list for less than $17 and, since most uses call for just a little bit of one ingredient diluted with water, it will stretch exponentially farther than anything you can buy in the store.
. Baking soda, 75 cents per pound. Use it to scour sinks and tubs, sprinkle it on carpets as a deodorizer and add it to dishwater to make scrubbing easier.
You can pour it down a clogged drain, followed by a blast of water to get things moving again. You can also clean and deodorize your toilet by letting a cup of it sit in the toilet bowl water for an hour before flushing.
. Borax, or sodium borate, $3.39 for 76 ounces. Dissolve two teaspoons of borax into a spray bottle with two cups of hot water, shake it up and you have an all-purpose cleaner that will clean, deodorize and disinfect floors, baseboards, walls and just about any household surface. You can also put some on a sponge to scrub out rust stains in sinks and toilets.
. Cornstarch, $2.45 for 16 ounces. Use it to polish your silverware: Make a paste with water, smear it all over your silver, then buff it with a soft cloth to make it sparkle. Dissolve one tablespoon of cornstarch into two cups of water in a spray bottle and use it when ironing for crisp shirts and sheets. Sprinkle it on leather and fabric to remove grease stains, or on the carpet to clean and deodorize.
. Lemon juice, $2.39 for 32 ounces. With its high acidity, lemon juice has great anti-bacterial properties and naturally smells great.
You can use it to scrub out rust stains in the kitchen and bath, to get rid of stains on laminate counters and cutting boards, and to remove lime scale on faucets.
You can bleach cotton and polyester clothing by soaking it in a mix of a half cup of lemon juice and a gallon of hot water. Lemon juice mixed with baking soda can also get stains out of Tupperware.
. Salt, 79 cents for 26 ounces. Clean dusty artificial plants and flowers by shaking them in a paper bag with some salt. Use it to scour pots and pans and sprinkle it on a carpet to blot up excess spilled wine before treating a stain. You can also scrub white wicker furniture with saltwater and a stiff brush to keep it from turning yellow.
. Washing soda, or sodium carbonate decahydrate, $2.89 for 55 ounces. A half cup of washing soda with a gallon of warm water is a powerful way to clean smoke and soot from fireplace doors. You can also use it as a stain treater, degreaser, drain de-clogger, water softener and all-purpose cleaner.
It's strong enough to peel paint and strip wax floors, though, so use it only on surfaces like unpainted wood, glass and stone.
. White vinegar, $2.99 per gallon. Why pay $4.39 for 8.45 little ounces of Jet-Dry dishwasher rinsing agent when you can use a cup of vinegar in the rinse cycle for about 18 cents per load? Use it to clean and shine your tile and stainless steel, to get rid of lime scale on irons and faucets, and run it through your coffee maker to keep your coffee tasting fresh. Let it sit on grout at full strength to make scrubbing out mildew stains easy.
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An 1812-style quilt made by Patty Murphy of South Lake Tahoe is traveling with the Great Lakes Seaway Trail War of 1812 Educational Exhibit.
Murphy's quilt, titled "Explosion at the Textile Mill," uses more than 1,000 different fabrics in 5,376 tiny hourglass triangle blocks.
"I wanted to represent the chaos that occurs during war and to demonstrate the use of even the smallest pieces of fabrics by the women of the time," Murphy stated. "The quilt's name represents the conflict between America and Great Britain over textile manufacturing, one of the issues of the war."
The 30-piece exhibit includes Murphy's quilt among 20 American-made and six Canadian-made "cot-to-coffin" quilts made with 1812-authentic patterns, fabrics and colors. The 30-inch-wide-by-70-inch-long size represents the average height of a man during the War of 1812.
Great Lakes Seaway Trail "Storyteller" cards are displayed with each quilt in the exhibit, noting the factual history and heroes represented by the quilt or the quiltmaker's imagined tale of a family sending its loved one off to the war.
The Great Lakes Seaway Trail is the 518-mile National Scenic Byway that follows the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, Niagara River and Lake Erie in New York and Pennsylvania. Much of the War of 1812 was fought along this strategic freshwater shoreline.
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The 10 remaining contestants on Dancing with the Stars hit the ballroom again on Monday, performing routines that told the story of the best year of their lives.
There were waltzes, foxtrots and paso dobles but one couple's contemporary earned a high score for the season.
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Olympian Alexandra Raisman and her partner Mark Ballas earned 27 points for their contemporary routine that had the judges gushing.
"You're going for gold! I love the balance of the spectacular and the details," Bruno Tonioli said of her performance to David Guetta's "Titanium."
"I'm very proud of you," Carrie Ann Inaba said. "I was mesmerized by you. It was the beauty of the perfect movement and the perfect emotional connection. It was profound."
Andy Dick also made a big impression with a Viennese waltz to Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," which he dedicated to someone special: "My daughter Meg is the apple of my eye," he said, adding that 2013 is the best year of his life thanks to his sobriety. "She's like a mini version of me. ... It will be the most important dance I'll do."
Carrie Ann was left sobbing. "It was like you made a beautiful poem just using three letters," she said. "You're movement vocabulary is small but what you said with those few movements was so beautiful.
Added Len Goodman: "You came onto this show a man, whatever happens you'll go out of it a hero. Well done." They earned 21 out of 30 points.
This season's early frontrunners, Kellie Pickler and Zendaya, both had a good night and both scored 26 points.
Sean Lowe and partner Peta Murgatroyd performed a Viennese waltz, which ended with The Bachelor star kissing his winner fiancée Catherine Giudici. "That was so sweet," Bruno said. "You played it very well. At times, you have wonderful fluidity but ... you have to sustain it." They scored 20 points.
D.L. Hughley, who has heard some harsh words from the judges, redeemed himself, scoring 21 points for a foxtrot to the Etta James classic, "I Just Want to Make Love to You." "I admire your spirit, the fact that you go out and give it your all," Len said. "This had far more content, it was far better."
"Hallelujah!" Carrie shouted. "That's the real breakthrough."
Ingo Rademacher and Kym Johnson earned 23 points for their Viennese waltz; Jacoby Jones and Karina Smirnoff were just ahead with 24 points for a foxtrot that had Carrie Ann saying, "I think you have a real shot at winning this." And Victor Ortiz and Lindsay Arnold's boxing-themed paso doble earned just 18 points but Len told the world champion fighter, "I admire your spirit, your determination."
The last performer of the night was Lisa Vanderpump, whose fainting spell during rehearsals made headlines. Although she was ill and was asked by her doctor to sit out rehearsals she made the late decision to perform an 18-point cha cha with partner Gleb Savchenko.
"You've given it your best shot," Len said. "There were a few mistakes ... For what you've been though I think you did a very good job."
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EHS: Symptoms and Support
Electrohypersensitivity (EHS) is also more accurately referred to as electromagnetic intolerance syndrome.
Like chemical sensitivity, it is an environmentally-caused intolerance and disability that needs to be more fully understood and recognized.
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We believe a profound urgency exists to protect the unsuspecting public, especially children, youth and pregnant mothers from unsafe wireless technologies.
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A 25-year-old city man will spend 32 to 64 years in state prison for a June 2011 stabbing.
Larry Travers stabbed Kevin Houseknecht in an empty Newberry lot on the afternoon of June 17, 2011, when a drug deal between the two went sour.
Travers pleaded guilty to charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault, robbery and robbery of a motor vehicle on April 16, 2012, when his case initially was scheduled to go before a jury. He then withdrew his guilty plea on July 24, causing perjury charges to be filed.
A jury returned a guilty verdict on the charges on Jan. 25.
Travers had admitted, in his initial plea, to chasing Houseknecht across the lot and stabbing him two or three times in the neck after the two struggled in the victim's Plymouth over an envelope containing $2,487. Travers then drove the car away before hitting a deadend and running on foot.
Travers then changed his story, saying he saw Houseknecht flash a knife across his face, then blacked out and acted in self-defense.
Judge Marc Lovecchio read a statement from the victim during the sentencing hearing.
"He should think every day how lucky he is not to be spending the rest of his life in prison because I survived the attack," Houseknecht wrote.
"I'm sorry for what happened to your son," Travers told Houseknecht's father at the hearing. "But I'm innocent."
"What you say smacks of sincerity, but I think the facts belie your innocence," Lovecchio told Travers. "Anything that went against what you wanted to happen was your attorney's fault.
"This is stuff you see on TV. It reminds me of 'Braveheart,' " Lovecchio said. "You're lucky this wasn't a capital case. It's depressing to see a young man throw his life away because he can't control his anger."
"The very day this incident took place, he pled down to probation, to a simple assault, for an offense - he broke the jaw of his wife," said Assistant District Attorney Aaron Biichle. "This is an individual who's proven both inside and outside of jail he can't be kept from violence."
"She broke my rib with a hammer," Travers said. "I took full responsibility for it."
Since he was committed to Lycoming County Prison in June 2011, Travers has spent 150 days in disciplinary seclusion for an assault, refusing orders and possession of contraband.
"This is sad because I'm going to impose a sentence that's going to effectively put you into prison until you're 85 or 90 years old if you don't do what you're supposed to do," Lovecchio said. "The purpose is to protect society from your misconduct."


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I met Vicki in 2001 at a Wellness Community luncheon. Immediately, we had something in common... multiple myeloma. As a caregiver for my husband, Bob, I was taking a crash course in myeloma as Bob began his chemo (VAD) and radiation treatments.
It seems that every day I would have a new concern or question, or even a tearful moment, and I would find myself reaching out to the IMF Hotline. A cheerful voice would always welcome my call and respond to my needs. I didn't know it at the time, but I was already in training to become head cheerleader of the Miami Multiple Myeloma Support Group. The IMF had put me in touch with Ed Blumenthal. A caregiver, Ed organized a Miami support group and ran it until his wife passed away. But Ed still maintained a list of the group's past members. Together, he and I culled the list, made the phone calls, and welcomed the past members into a reorganized group, which Bob and I would run.
When Vicki retired from her position in the Federal Reserve, she had more time to help Bob and me with the Miami support group. In 2003, when Bob and I moved to West Palm Beach, Vicki took over the responsibility of running the Miami group. Vicki's professional expertise and leadership skills have helped this group to reach a new level of excellence. She writes a very detailed monthly newsletter and stays in touch with her members by phone and email. And she always has a hug to welcome each person at her meetings. I am thrilled that the Miami group is in such capable hands.
As Bob and I settled into our new home, our passion for MM education continued. Committed to starting a myeloma support group near our new home, we began to collect names of South Florida patients. On May 6, 2005, with the invaluable assistance of Millennium Pharmaceuticals representative, Rick Sulak, we put the group on the map!
Rick helped secure our first speaker, Joe Tarriman, RN, and we had 30 people gather for our group's first meeting! When Vicki secured Maureen Carling, RN, to speak to the Miami group, Bob and I offered to provide Maureen with transportation and lodging if she would agree to expand her visit to cover both support groups.
Our group's focus is to empower myeloma patients and caregivers with as much support, information, and education as possible. I am happy to offer encouragement and Bob is very good at handling calls and emails that are too technical for me. We have formed relationships with a number of people strictly via phone and email, and we consider them to be full-fledged members of the group. As winter approached, we have welcomed a number of "snowbirds"* from other parts of the country to our group, and I encourage all members of the myeloma community to join us when they come to South Florida.
NOTE: Cindy and Bob Feltzin can be reached at email@example.com or 561-624-8888.
Vicki Anderson Ferraro's Story
My entire working career was with the Federal Reserve Bank. From the mid-1990s until I retired in 2003 I served as an official in the Retail Payments Office of the Federal Reserve System, with responsibility for the Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) product development function. It was an exciting, one-of-a-kind job that required extensive domestic and international travel and there was intense pressure and lots of long hours.
In 1999, after being anemic for a long time, my primary care physician referred me to a hematologist. I was told that I had MGUS. Although the doctor said that he wanted me to have a bone marrow biopsy, I just never got around to doing it because I was traveling so much. Several months later, I became very ill while out of the country on business. When I returned to the US, I went to the emergency room, with extreme fatigue and back pain my primary complaints. I was diagnosed with Stage 3 multiple myeloma. After a few days in the intensive care unit and several more days in the hospital, I returned home to recuperate.
I took a two-month leave but, being a workaholic, I couldn't wait to get back to the office. I wasn't going to be a "sick person" or let myeloma interfere with my life. In retrospect, getting back to work helped me cope with the diagnosis and prognosis of an incurable cancer. (Of course, now I have outlived all the statistics that I was quoted at the outset!) During this time, a friend had encouraged me to contact the IMF. I found the IMF staff very caring and helpful and the information and assistance that the IMF provided was invaluable.
Facing a range of treatment options, I decided against having a transplant. From my research, I learned that thalidomide was being used with some success on refractory patients that had failed all other treatments. I convinced my doctors to let me try thalidomide as frontline therapy and it worked very well for me for several years. In late 2002, my myeloma began to slowly progress and I realized that although I loved my work, the stress of long hours and constant travel were having an adverse effect on my health. It was a very difficult decision but in February of 2003 I began an extended leave of absence, which eventually led to retirement.
When I was first diagnosed, the IMF helped me locate a myeloma support group, but it met in the afternoons so I was unable to attend meetings due to my work schedule. The support group leader, Ed Blumenthal, kept in touch with me via telephone and mailed me a wealth of information. The group eventually became defunct but, in mid-2002, I received a flyer from the IMF announcing a new myeloma support group that was forming at the local Wellness Community.
I first met Cindy Feltzin at an educational event sponsored by the Wellness Community. Cindy sought me out to tell me about her efforts to start a myeloma group in cooperation with Ed and the Wellness Community. She was so dynamic and passionate about obtaining knowledge related to myeloma, which included traveling to many seminars and speaking to experts about the disease. I liked Cindy immediately and wanted to provide any assistance I could. When Cindy and Bob moved to West Palm Beach in April 2003, I assumed responsibility for leading the Miami support group.
The mission of our group is to provide education, hope, and support in a caring environment to myeloma patients, family members, and friends. My initial goal for the group was to have at least 10 people attend each meeting. By the end of 2003, we far exceeded that goal and were averaging 20 people per meeting. There was a core group of regular participants and friendships began to develop. Everyone had a different story with myeloma but we were able to share experiences and offer support to one another, both in person and on the phone.
Every support group has a personality. Our group is a family. I want everyone who joins us to feel welcome, to feel safe, and to feel very hopeful. The Wellness Community has provided us with a wonderful meeting environment and an outstanding facilitator, Mae Greenberg. The local Millennium Pharmaceuticals representative, Norma Ortega, has been extremely supportive and has significantly contributed to the success of our group. She is personally engaged in my annual planning process. Based on feedback received from our members, we develop a draft agenda for the year that is reviewed and approved by the members. Norma and Millennium have generously assisted our group by bringing in excellent speakers and sponsoring refreshments for the meetings, which take place the 4th Wednesday of every month from 6 to 8 PM.
I am very grateful for the many wonderful relationships that have formed as a result of the Miami support group. Sadly, last year we experienced our first losses and we still feel the void left by several long-time members. I am delighted that their spouses still attend meetings on occasion. I keep in touch with them and assure them that they will always be a part of our group. We continue to welcome new members and I am encouraged that we have had at least one new attendee at each meeting for the past few months.
My husband Dennis and I have become good friends with Cindy and Bob Feltzin. Last year, the four of us traveled to Los Angeles together to attend the IMF Gala and take in some sights. Cindy planned a whirlwind of activities while we were there and we had a fabulous time. Cindy and I also work together to support and promote each other's groups. One successful strategy that we pursue is to share speakers when possible. The Miami group meets Wednesday in the evening and the Palm Beach group meets on Thursday afternoon, which has allowed us to invite speakers to address both support groups on consecutive days. Cindy and Bob are very gracious hosts, and they have even provided transportation from Miami and opened their home to speakers. Like Cindy, we welcome visitors and encourage all myeloma patients, family members and friends to attend our meetings if they are in town.
NOTE: Vicki Anderson and Dennis Ferraro can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 305-665-8284.


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The ghetto way to calculate the amount of garbage used per broken TV. (X tons of garbage * 2000 lbs) / #of Broken TVs = the Envirofactor
Man, last month our recycling efforts for the balls! Our Envirofactor was only 1.7! Sa-wheat!
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Almost the same thing as the Dirty Sanchez, The Dirty Snachez is when you are having anal sex and pull out and put your penis back in her vagina. The thrusting creates residual poo to build up around her vagina.
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It's actually called a dirty sanchez, and it is performed when the male sticks his finger up the chicks ass and uses the crap to give her a moustache
She wasn't too happy when i gave her the old dirty sanchez.
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In order to assist students and families in determining the affordability of off-campus study, the Office of Global & Off-campus Education has provided a cost estimate template. The template will allow students and families to input both fixed and variable program costs. The costs of studying abroad vary widely, and by visiting the program provider websites, students and families can obtain detailed estimates of program costs. Due to travel and currency differentials, these program costs may be higher than regular Bucknell University costs.
Cost Estimate Template (Excel format)
Before filling out the cost estimate sheet you will want to visit your individual program's website or have the program costs readily available in order to factor in total program costs.
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Migrating applications to Windows Azure has the potential to help lower costs, reduce management overhead and dramatically improve scalability. This session will give you insights into choosing which applications are suitable for migration, how to map existing technologies to their Cloud equivalents, and how to overcome common migration challenges.
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About Surgical Services
The Surgical Services department is a multi-specialty group of highly skilled surgeons that provides a team approach to evaluate and manage our patients' surgical conditions.
Our focus is the individual patient, and we provide the safest and most comprehensive treatment to each of our patients. Lee Memorial Health System offers multiple options for your surgical needs whether you are in need of inpatient or outpatient surgery.
Today, we offer many procedures using minimally invasive techniques, including single incision approaches and the use of robotic technology.
Surgical Services includes:
- Cancer Surgery (Oncology)
- Heart & Lung Surgery
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I REALLY wanted to fall for Fox's "The Mob Doctor."
It would have been so cool to splash that name over the cover of our fall TV preview.
But as much as I love saying "The Mob Doctor" - try it, it's like "Snakes on a Plane" - I decided, as they say in Hollywood, to go in a different direction, with a big, splashy show set in the home of country music and starring a woman only recently freed from a house of horrors, and with four other shows that, based on one episode apiece, I'm crawling way out on a limb to call my Top 5 for Fall:


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Wow you guys see Rachel today?
Ya shes got a great... personality.
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Ya shes got a great... personality.
Damn I would love to tap that... personality.
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something many people lack
"that bitch had no personality"
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Your spirit. The real you that you can't see in the mirror. How you feel. How you think. How you act.
The worst personality of those I have come across are those who are aloof and dull with a capital-D. They dont seem to have any sense of humor, or any interest in conversing with people, don't know how to sound like a person of reasonable intelligence and are a person of very few words and thought.
by krock1dk October 26, 2007
how you act how you think how you look how you feel basically its you inside and out........
everyone is different because everyone has their own personality not one person should be called a poser cause maybe thats how they are deep down inside
by lindsey lea April 21, 2004
Something that a vast majority of the population these days needs to grow. Everyone listens to what everyone else is, they all like the same food, movies, etc....
1: Did you hear bout the new Justin Bieber album!? It's the thing these days!
2: Grow a fucking personality.
2: Grow a fucking personality.
by Carnie1337 June 20, 2010
A person's general disposition and who they are as a person including the way they act, the way the think, the way they feel, and the values they hold.
His personality is horrible. He is angry, bitter and jealous, and always holds grudges against people that offend him.
by krock1dk May 23, 2008
Your personality is what defines you . It's how you act, think, and talk . It's that one things that you don't see when you look in a mirror, but everybody else does . It reflects so much . It's also something a majority of people lack .
Person 1: I have no emotions though..
Person 2: But that doesn't effect the personality I see when I'm with you .
Person 2: But that doesn't effect the personality I see when I'm with you .
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Get up on your toes.
Start a new holiday tradition this year and bring the entire family to The Little Match Girl, presented by Chamber Music Charleston and the Charleston Dance Institute. The performance will be presented on Saturday, Dec. 14 at 2 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 15 at 3 p.m. at the Rose Maree Myers Theater at the Charleston County School of the Arts, 5109-B West Enterprise St., North Charleston.
Never in Charleston has an original ballet and score been crafted quite like this production. The original musical score is by Laura Ball, music is provided by the Chamber Music Charleston and performances are from the Youth Dance Company of the Charleston Dance Institute. Choreography is by Jonathan Tabbert.
The beautiful, period sets were built by Buchanan Arts, and, along with the lighting, and the young dancers in their creative costumes, together, they underscore the storys moods, and reflect the period.
The magic of winter sparkles and flirts with the audience, when the dancers turn into shooting stars and dancing flames.
Tickets: $20 adult and $10 child.
Visit Ovationtix.com to purchase tickets
For more information, call 843-763-4941 or visit www.chambermusiccharleston.org.
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Elizabeth Colbert Busch may seem perfectly pleasant in person and be known as "Lulu" to family and friends, but overlook her scrappy side at your own risk.
She doesn't back away from a fight.
That's partly why this political newcomer is taking such an ambitious first step — attempting to be the first Democrat in more than three decades to win South Carolina's 1st District Congressional seat.
She is seen as having a chance, partly because her famous brother, comedian Stephen Colbert, is helping her raise money, and partly because of the baggage carried by her Republican opponent, former Gov. Mark Sanford.
But her greatest advantage might be something else — an inner toughness forged growing up as one of 11 children; as a single mother reeling from a first marriage to a man who ended up on "America's Most Wanted;" as a woman trying to earn a living on Charleston's male-dominated waterfront; and as an American walking the streets of lower Manhattan, trying to escape the dust as the World Trade Center towers fell just blocks away.
"I'm pretty thick-skinned," said Colbert Busch, 58, adding that her decision to run was based in part on the advice from her late father: "Take every legitimate adventure and don't be afraid."
Colbert Busch grew up in a large family and realized quickly, "You're not always going to win."
She was exposed to politics at an early age. At 6, her mother took her to see Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in his motorcade during a visit to St. Louis.
Shortly after her family moved to Charleston in 1969, her father, Dr. James Colbert, helped find a peaceful settlement to the Medical University of South Carolina's hospital strike, one of the city's most tense and volatile moments during the civil rights movement.
Five years later he died in a plane crash in Charlotte, along with two sons, Peter and Paul. She dropped out of school and returned home to live with her mother.
The following year, in the summer of 1975, she got a chance to intern at U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings' office on Capitol Hill. She didn't attend many high level meetings; her role was clerical. She was proud to master an early version of the fax machine, despite its smell.
She remembers her time in Washington fondly, partly because of the more cordial, less partisan tone.
"What you see today was not what it was like back then, not at all," she said. "People talked to each other. They actually discussed things. They came to agreements.
"We've got to go back to those days."
Coping as single mom
She married, had three children and divorced after eight years. She talks little publicly about her first marriage, but has said, "I got a divorce not because I wanted to but because I had to."
Her first husband appeared on "America's Most Wanted" in relation to a case about securities fraud.
She returned home again and got a job working at $6 an hour. The experience left her keenly aware of the struggles of working people.
"I got a raise to $6.25 an hour. How do you raise three children on $6.25 an hour?" she said. "Nothing motivates a parent more than putting food on the table."
She was told she should consider a new College of Charleston program focused on logistics and supply chain and transportation. She was told the program was full, but she managed to get in anyway. She finished at the top of the class.
Still, she struggled as a woman seeking work on the waterfront. She contacted one shipping company several times and never got a call back.
For the following two decades, she had what she calls her "dream job," working as the sales and marketing director for Orient Overseas Container Line. One of her first actions was to pursue the clients of the company that didn't return her phone calls — and she succeeded.
"To this day, if I get a phone call from a young person asking for help, I return their phone call," she said. "It's a matter of survival."
'Got to play hardball'
Some say they want to see more fight from her.
Andy Brack, a journalist and former Democratic 1st District candidate himself, said her best chance will be to harp on Sanford's being "absent without leave" in 2009, a reference to the former governor's Argentina trip to visit his mistress, now his fiancee.
"South Carolina doesn't need more fodder for her brother's TV show, but if she wants to win, she's got to play hardball," Brack said. "Mark Sanford has a string of 12 victories in elective politics, and he knows how to campaign."
Sanford has been more visible on the campaign trail so far. Colbert Busch's only public Charleston event this week was a call into her West Ashley campaign office.
Speaking from Greenville on a cellphone switched to speakerphone, Colbert Busch told about a half-dozen volunteers that she would push for equal pay for women.
"Women make only 76 cents on the dollar for a man in South Carolina," she said, as a few women booed.
"That's a big 'Boo!,' " Colbert Busch replied. "We're going to do something about that."
The call lasted just a few minutes, but Jim Pierson, a Colbert Busch volunteer from James Island, said he thought it was an effective message.
"Women have been turned off of the GOP to a degree," he said. "I think she will attract more women than Sanford."
Pushing past fear
One of Colbert Busch's most recent formative experiences was a meeting in lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001.
She heard a bang as the first plane crashed into the World Trace Center tower. Her building shook. She looked out the window and saw dozens of people jumping to their deaths as the building burned. Her group stepped outside and could barely see. They walked toward Chelsea Pier, holding onto each other. Every sense was fully alive.
During the hushed trip, she saw a man emerge from a clowd of rubble covered in plaster. She saw another man in Army fatigues standing guard, and she tearfully thanked him.
The experience reinforced the futility of fear, and how difficult situations can be tackled simply by putting one foot in front of the other.
"I saw what this country is — people who are not afraid, people who have courage. It was the true essence of who we are," she said. "I was so honored to be part of that. I would never give it back."
Though these experiences have made her tough, she will need to draw on that toughness in the run-up to the May 7 election. The 1st District, which stretches from Berkeley to Beaufort counties, is heavily Republican, going for Mitt Romney over Barack Obama last year by a 3-2 ratio.
When Colbert Busch held a kick-off event this month at an assisted-living center on Johns Island, a dozen elderly residents sipped champagne as they listened to Colbert Busch give a cheerful, brief speech.
She didn't talk about federal policies or campaign issues. Instead, she just celebrated her primary win, thanked them for inviting her back, and she said she would keep them in her thoughts.
"I'm looking forward to the campaign ahead," she said. "Keep watching, because it's going to be a vigorous campaign."
Later, as she spoke to reporters outside, she declined to criticize Sanford, who had just won the GOP nomination.
"We're going to focus on the difference between the two campaigns, and there are very big differences," she said. "What we have in our campaign is the positive approach of what can be, where we are and where we can go."
Asked if Sanford's controversial past is something voters should consider, she replied, "We're going to focus on job creation."
Reach Robert Behre at 937-5771.
Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert came to The Alley on Columbus Street in Charleston on Feb. 23 for a fundraiser for his sister, Elizabeth Colbert Busch. He will hold other fundraisers for her before the May 7 election.×


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Whenever it fits best into your academic plans. Go for a year if you can.
Each program specifies its own deadlines. Most programs use rolling admissions, so it is to your advantage to apply earlier. In the past year, we have noticed that some programs actually fill early. You should apply several months before the deadline if you have made your decision about where to go.
This is not necessary, but you're welcome to contact the office with questions or concerns.
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Analyst: Apple and Google should watch out for Microsoft
0. phoneArena 29 Nov 2012, 15:43 posted on
Saying that Microsoft will crush Google, and muscle out Apple, this analyst thinks the market will look very different next year...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Sizemore is just putting out self-serving bloviation to bump the value of his long position in MS. MS is not going to crush Google. Apple likewise won't be crushed by MS. Remember all of the statements last year about how Win 8 was going to crush Apple and Google? This is the latest effort at re-cycling the blather.
6. Aeires (unregistered)
Exactly, even if MS did pick up major speed and take off, it's going to be years before they catch Android (sales) and Apple (mobile profit). By then, any number of things could change so this is just analysts being analysts.
34. MeoCao (unregistered)
This after all is about competitiveness, and that's MS weakest point. Just have a look:
- How MS mobile stratgey shifted back and forth that left their allies stranded
- How long it takes MS to bring a product to market
- the WP8 and RT features or lack thereof
- The disappointment called Surface RT
And THIS company will "muscle out " Android?
I know MS is desperate, but resorting to such extreme measure to make some noise is beyond any stupidity.
61. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
so android was full of everything u see in it now since 2008 or some date back then or was it evolving over time yes wp8 lacks few features at moment but its fresh thing built from scratch in less then a year and yet it outperforms android in things that are important for OS it self smothness stability and android took 3-4 years to get to that while apps didnt add up for android either from 300k it was also 0 once took 5 years wht else u point out locked system huh look at Iphones still they get more sales then androids so who hates locked OS even if it is extremly overpriced still gets more sales. so where did ur arguments fall in friction or just hate for a company besides they all do buissness and in that matter its a COLD war they all pull each other every one is evil and good same time i dont support any of the three in that matter cuz its just what the buissness books says
69. Aeires (unregistered)
It's extremely difficult to answer when all you wrote was put into one sentence, but I'll try.
I never mentioned app count because Android didn't rise due to app counts. Android rose to market share dominance due to it being customizable, variety of handsets, and handset pricing.
MS' new W(insert model number here) has been out for what, two years now and still is in single digits. That's growth much slower than Android. Up until now they phone selection hasn't been all that stellar so that could be part of it but I suspect the main reason is people just don't like the tiles, IMO.
As for my personal opinion on W8, I too don't like the tiles but as for it succeeding, great. I don't care one way if it does or doesn't, but I mostly wish it would so more variety could be seen in the mobile world.
And just so you know, I've been using Windows since 3.11. My phone is Android because I can customize it exactly like I want.
72. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
you did make valid points though and i was not pointing about apps againt Android i was simply telling the fact that its natural to get apps over time not over night
for some details about winphone7 and 8
-winphone7.5 dont support core engines that most developers are use too, so game developers skip it back then and games are to main reson why others doing awsome
-wp8 now have those engine support that developers use so that was first major reson why games didnt came to it + the hardware limit + the fact wp8 was know to be new born from scratch which will eventually oslosilte wp7.5 well that was a bummer :|
- there u go wp8 is now in the first year not second year.
- last but not least you think customization is key to victory or i guess u think that but did u think apple whould have made on top because you are correct NO most people dont bother customization or do it for a while then its not that awsome to do it all the time.
- And their is a theory of mine perhaps even more guys will agree win8 was desgined like wp8 so people adopt this ecosystem where they hate it or not since eventually they will converg to win8 sooner or letter if not getting to linux or MACOS($$ Hard Choce $$) for pocket though. in few months or a year people might get more intersted in this and that might be wht MS did with windows overhaul.
Conslution ; Wp8 got good chance to stand in the competetion sure it needs tweeking, updates, but in time it will be good enough, we all know when some can put so much money in this OS they will make it worthwhile eventually
75. Aeires (unregistered)
W8 might be in the first year, but the whole Metro UI is in the second year due to 7.5 and 7.8. I didn't know that about the engine though, it makes perfect sense what you wrote about W8 and developers. One thing you didn't point out that I said on another article is MS should have an easier time with the upgrade process because of stricter requirements on standardized hardware. +1 for MS seeing that early on.
Customization was one of three things I mentioned. It's importance varies with each user, but having that choice is important.
I totally agree with you on the PC integration and believe that's exactly what MS had in mind when they shifted everything to Metro across all platforms. Whether it works or not remains to be seen, but it does have potential.
There is one thing that MS has a battle with though. When Android was released, in all reality only iOS was rising. BB was getting stagnant and Nokia was killing off Symbian. Android had a lot less competition to deal with. MS on the other hand has iOS and Android to deal with, and possibly even BB again (hopefully). While I will say MS can be successful with W8 on phones and tablets, I'm not ready to say they'll be the top mobile OS just yet. We'll have to give this some more time to stew.
78. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
i agree on u at last but for the last point they dont have to be on Top neither it is important for customers its just a badge they all wear for a while then other gets it but its better to have so different OS then any other it is balance between closed and Open ecosystem although some of its features should not be closed but all in all it is doing good as competetion is though rising up is harder these days Meanwhile Android was very lucky but well timed.
59. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
well can cant say anything untill the first two reports of win8 and wp8 comes out but win8 is doing preity huge as software is is being adopted faster then win7
70. Aeires (unregistered)
I'd have to see some report data before making that call. All I've read is W8 sales are less than expected from MS. Add to it, people were leery of W7 because they got stung by Vista so badly. Once people saw W7 was solid, it took off but for a while there was a lot of skepticism. An impressive stat would be if W8 is adapted faster than XP.
73. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
here is what i read
as i said untill reports come out we can spaculate news but it still something to check out
79. atsamman (Posts: 74; Member since: 26 Sep 2012)
if ms did launch with android I think yes it would've crushed both apple and android or at least be at the same level of sales of apple or android
I think its gonna take not less than 2 years for ms to be as competitive and it mainly depends on its sales cause if they didnt make a good sale they would eventually fail no matter how much effort they put into their products and no matter how much better they make them
I think ms gonna suffer so much convincing people to buy surface....people already are happy with either android or apple devices so why change
I think though if apple did change a bit of the iOS make a bit more open, expandable storage and more accessible to the files on the device it would make a huge plus over android
i would think many times before updating the iOS on my idevice its alotta time backing up and restoring not to mention if u have a jailbroken or illegally unlocked iPhone
on the other hand I don't have to do any of that on android I would just get the firmware and just flash it without loosing any thing
9. SuperEd (Posts: 132; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
Are you really that pedestrian? Win 8 has bareley been released. how could it crush anything. Oh, unless your looking at market share of MS as a whole? right..then both APple and Google have been crushed for their entire existence.
22. joey_sfb (Posts: 5741; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
Now i know why they are called 'Anal'-yst
26. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
"then both APple and Google have been crushed for their entire existence."
Right, laughing all the way to the bank.
45. Dr.Phil (Posts: 1162; Member since: 14 Feb 2011)
While I disagree with the way Droid_X_Doug put it, I believe he was referring to the way Microsoft was hyping up WP8 to capture a lot of attention and become the new thing everyone would want. With the average success of WP7, Microsoft looked to WP8 as a way to create the breakthrough they needed. However, it remains to be seen if they have had that real breakthrough they needed or not. It's been about a month now and we still haven't seen any hardline numbers for WP8 devices besides company representatives saying that they are good.
2. kozza3 (Posts: 697; Member since: 17 Oct 2012)
Apple = Boring OS
Google = Fragmentation
Microsoft = Not sure yet
3. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
Apple = Fragmentation
Google = Fragmentation
Microsoft = Fragmentation
5. nak1017 (Posts: 328; Member since: 08 Jan 2010)
How is Apple fragmented?
It's more of an "intended obsolescence"...
12. Hammerfest (Posts: 383; Member since: 12 May 2012)
In that case so is Android...
way to make a moot point... moot!
14. joey_sfb (Posts: 5741; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
Intended obsolescence is what some android manufacturer hidden intend as well. Just that they are not up front about it especially the phones are still selling on the shelve.
Samsung, Sony and HTC are getting better at keeping up with updates as they start to acknowledge that what make a return customer.
A lot of young people update their hand set every 12 months.
30. lyndon420 (Posts: 4373; Member since: 11 Jul 2012)
The iphone used to only come in a 3.5" screen size because Steve said any bigger was ridiculous for a phone...now they have a 4" screen. The ipad was at one size also because of Steve's vision, now they have 2 or is it 3? IOS developers have to alter their apps to work properly on every different screen size, whereas Android tries to use a 'write once' approach that in most cases adjusts automatically to the screen size being used. But...it isn't perfect and some apps/games do need to be tweaked depending on their complexity etc. Fragmentation in my opinion is when a developer can't code something once and have it work across all screen sizes and devices...even platforms for that matter, unless it's web based of course.
50. MeoCao (unregistered)
Great comment!
I think what Google is trying to do with their auto-scaling approach is right as it makes apps development much easier.
But I think they need to support 3 base screen sizes: Phone, 7" and 10" tablets. All devices will be scaled to fit from 1 of those base sizes.
Currently Google uses only 1 base size and that's not enough.
54. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
"whereas Android tries to use a 'write once' approach that in most cases adjusts automatically to the screen size being used."
Guess what Google calls this feature... Fragments. I think that was Google's way of being Google...lol.
Ppl that keep bringing up fragmentation and Android need to read up on Fragments. As for other reasons ppl bring up the F word....look at the PC market. It hasnt hurt PC's. Android will be fine. And like PhoneArenaUser mentioned....fragmentations exists with Android, WP and iOS to some degree.
32. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
Google for more if you want.
67. xfire99 (Posts: 828; Member since: 14 Mar 2012)
Iphone 3GS/4/4S/5, Ipad 1/2/3/4, Ipod and if this isnt fragmentation and what do u call it?
35. meowcenary (Posts: 187; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
I think you are jaded, apple and ms are not the fragmented one. androidOS is the fragmented OS/hardware on many levels. Despite the fragmentation it sells really at an excellent rate. What does this tell you about the users of androidOS?
37. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
That tells you that many do not care about so-called fragmentation and simply go to XDA for the updates.
49. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
In this case it is more than my opinion it is fact!
Also have you read my comment #32 ?
52. lyndon420 (Posts: 4373; Member since: 11 Jul 2012)
What I'm being told is there are many people out there that love the freedom and choices that the Android OS offers.
8. CanYouSeeTheLight (Posts: 1116; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
Are there people still using Symbian?
10. chaoticrazor (Posts: 2347; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)
yep im one of them, i can do everything i need and more.
28. wendygarett (unregistered)
Wtf thumb you down because you are symbian user? Seriously this is too much!!
53. chaoticrazor (Posts: 2347; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)
What are you on about, it ain't my fault you got thumbed downed stop been a baby crying over it.
Your too much how about you go do something other then troll
7. TylerGrunter (Posts: 1522; Member since: 16 Feb 2012)
Apple=as their ecosystem is build up of just pretty much one device every year, it will take just one bad device, one serious issue to have a debacle. Also their capacity for growth is limited, as most of the upper market is already saturated (eveyone with money to buy and iphone has already a smartphone of some kind). They also have two differnt OS and trying to avoid them competing (lack of productivity in iPads/iphones) can take a toll in the long run.
Google=There is no real revenue at this point in time for Google from Android, or it is very limited. If selling videos, music and apps fron the playstore doesn´t compensate the high costs of constantly innovating and actualizing the OS their model is at risk.
They need aslo to put a foot in the bigger screens, computers and TVs.
Microsoft=They desperately need to enter in the mobile market. Right now the stragegy of 3 different OS (W8, RT and WP8) won´t be sustainable in the long term and will cause confussion and disatissfaction in the customers. Either they manage a sucess with WP8 and/or RT and merge them or with the convergence of mobile & productivity computers they could end up losing their business completely.
Personally I think Apple is the best postioned for the present, but Google and Microsoft are better positioned for the future, one in the mobile and media consumption, and the other in the productivity markets. But as both markets (compters and mobile) converge I doubt there will be place for the three. OS are natural monopolies, and that´s a rule difficult fo fight. So let´s take some popcorn, sit and watch how it develops!
13. mick25 (banned) (Posts: 110; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
"They need aslo to put a foot in the bigger screens, computers and TVs."
They already are. Google TV, Chrome OS, etc.
55. TylerGrunter (Posts: 1522; Member since: 16 Feb 2012)
With "put a foot" I mean to have the critical market share that is needed to make profit out of a product. In both cases the market share Google has is negligible.
20. QWIKSTRIKE (Posts: 1130; Member since: 09 Mar 2010)
you are completely wrong about Google, they make money from advertising and as long as you have a hand held device or pc they will make money unless advertising changes.
Google would give away devices at cost because advertising is very lucrative. They have a great model based on this. Why do you think maps is free, and most things are free with Google. The more you get in contact with Googles advertisers they get paid if even only a click of an ad.
However this analyst is just blowing smoke up your ass to get is postition traction in the stock market
23. Aeires (unregistered)
And to get the Google app package, you have to pay Google for each handset made that have them. If the daily activations are a million, even if 75% of them have the app packages, that's a boat load of money made from having the official Google apps. And there's the market as well, it is always being advanced and offering more money for Google to collect.
Android is a big money maker, make no mistake about it.
57. TylerGrunter (Posts: 1522; Member since: 16 Feb 2012)
OEMs don't pay to get the app pacakage. The only condition is that they have to include the whole pack. Google does this to ensure they include the "Play Store" instead of their own stores. That's why the Kindle doesn't have any of the applications, becasue they want you to use the Amazon Store, not the Google one.
The revenues for Google comes from:
a) Advertising: pretty much in each one of the apps
b) Sells in Play Store
c) Selling services like Google Drive or Google docs
d) Selling positioning for business (EG: if you want your shopt to show in Google Maps over other shops in a search)
76. Aeires (unregistered)
I wish I would have bookmarked it but I could swear I read an article that said to get the official Google apps, manufacturers had to pay Google a fee for them. It was the main reason a lot of phones coming out of China don't have the Play store, they didn't pay the fee. And of course, Amazon wasn't going to do that either because they created their own market. Same reason why a lot of cheap tablets don't have the Play store.
58. TylerGrunter (Posts: 1522; Member since: 16 Feb 2012)
I didn't say they don't make money, I said it's very limited in mobile for the time being.
For how much they make out of advertisements:
And for revenues of the Play Store:
They are making money, but so little that they are still creating Android more for the promise of future profits in the Play Store (selling videos and music may increse that in the medium-short term) than for any real gains right now.
Don't get me wrong, I'm cheering for Google, but I'm not blind of how much they struggle to offer services at the minimum price possible.
33. webOSlove (unregistered)
They haven't really innovated. Matias Duarte is just takinng 3 year old webOS ideas and putting them into Android. WebOS is one of the main reasons Android has changed at all.
38. meowcenary (Posts: 187; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Besides WP, webOS has always been a favorite. It's a shame that HP did not do Foxtrot Sierra to this fine OS.
As for androidOS change is not that spectacular OS wise. Hardware wise they still can't do multicore processors efficiently. In order for androidOS to mature, google needs to stop this arms race against iOS. They focus on fine tuning and making their OS more robust versus a leaking sieve.
60. MeoCao (unregistered)
I think what you say about Android is fair, but some weaknesses are due to Android open nature. eg Android apps need scaling while iOS apps don't therefore iOS is very inflexible and it's very difficult for iOS to expand to different screen sizes.
And Android powerful Notification Center, widgets, Google Now .. all require system resources.
maybe Goggle can make Android more efficient but overall I think the price that Android has to pay is money well spent.
62. MeoCao (unregistered)
I disagree, I think the best that Android inherits from WebOS is Duarte himself. This guy is genius. He did bring some ideas from WebOS like dispaying information in cards but that's not a big thing.
But no doubt Duarte has done a very good job fro Android.
11. mick25 (banned) (Posts: 110; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
This analysis is far-fetched; it just seems like Sizemore is trying to justify his investment into Microsoft.
"With Nokia, HTC, Samsung and others jumping on the Windows Phone bandwagon he believes the mobile phone market will look markedly different this time next year."
This is the most naive thought I've ever read. Nokia is the only manufacturer that's going all in with Windows Phone. Ever wonder why Samsung makes a whole variety of handsets for Android yet a very few for Windows Phone? Because they know all the money is in Android, as with just about every manufacturers. Android fragmentation is a good thing to these manufacturers; HTC wouldn't have their Sense skin, or Samsung wouldn't have their Touchwiz and possibly the Galaxy Note would not exist either if it weren't for fragmentation. Manufacturers love Android, because they can differentiate their products from others even if they're using the same OS platform. HTC and Samsung are merely testing the Windows Phone market. Windows Phones have nearly zero differentiation; if there is no differentiation, there is little profit to be made. If Samsung and every other Android manufacturers went all in with Windows Phone as Nokia did, I can guarantee you Nokia would be long gone or at the very least, insignificant as they were before they looked into Windows Phone. This is also how Apple is also able to maintain a higher price than its competitors, by differentiation with their iOS.
"Sizemore then digs into Google and its Android ecosystem hard, especially Google Play, which he refers to as a "shoddy attempt to compete with Apple's iTunes."
Odd how he doesn't mention Google Play is the only one that even comes close to iTunes.
"As the online advertisement landscape changes, and arguably delivers less revenue over time, Google's ability to adjust through that change will be the critical factor."
Completely wrong, Google is actually changing the advertising landscape.
15. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3757; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Both Apple and Google started from scratch and none of us didn't even know or heard of what iOS or Android is until the iPhone and Motorola Droid was released respectively. If i had to look at how things started, Microsoft will ruin both Apple and Google because Windows has been pretty much there before none of us heard of iOS or Android. But no, i don't think this will be the case.
WP will be successful...but it won't overshadow any other OS, they will co-exist together, like they are doing now.
19. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3757; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
...and taking note that more operating systems like BB10 and Jolla, irrespective of how successful they will be, each will have their share depending on how well the representative owner updates their OS according with time and needs.
I won't be surprised to see more smaller OS emerge.
24. wendygarett (unregistered)
Total agree... I'm going to get wp soon and thats a promise, but don't worry, I won't throw away any of my iDevice and android device because of that :)
40. meowcenary (Posts: 187; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Mike Uniform
41. meowcenary (Posts: 187; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
I would not call WP coexisting with androidOS and iOS. WP and RIM are basically lost at sea. With RIM they are drowing and land is not even in sight. One wonders about RIMS build 10, would that be their land ho? With WP it's treading water and land is near and yet it's so far away. Time would tell if MS would make it to shore or drown. There is one write up in a recent Forbes article regarding the impending demise of MS.
One hopes that either company makes it because competition i good for innovation.
16. MattAdorno (Posts: 19; Member since: 24 Jul 2012)
I really think Microsoft will be a much bigger player in the mobile market in the next couple years. Bringing the live tiles to the desktop operating system will familiarize everyone with entire concept. Windows being the dominate OS on PC everyone is going to be using it and growing more comfortable with its operation.
I know alot of people aren't happy with Windows 8, but even when Mircosoft has put out a crappy Desktop OS (Windows ME, Vista) there has never been a shift away from they're products.
And Microsoft has the money, so none of this needs to be imeaditely profitable.
18. mick25 (banned) (Posts: 110; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
"but even when Mircosoft has put out a crappy Desktop OS (Windows ME, Vista) there has never been a shift away from they're products."
You must be joking. They flocked over to Apple.
"And Microsoft has the money, so none of this needs to be imeaditely profitable."
And so does Apple, Google, etc. they all have money. Only way to keep that money is to make a profit.
27. tedkord (Posts: 11659; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
Who flocked to Apple? Microsoft's market share still hovers around 90%.
47. meowcenary (Posts: 187; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Then you have not read the article by Forbes and various media outlets regarding the state of MS. MS is like IBM and if they not change course the would cease. MS has always been the last one to the party. The old MS bought their way to the top. In this economy and with google's method of delivering application. MS cease being relevant, if Ballmer and his senior command staff do not wake up, MS is burnt toast.
17. mick25 (banned) (Posts: 110; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
"If i had to look at how things started, Microsoft will ruin both Apple and Google because Windows has been pretty much there before none of us heard of iOS or Android."
This isn't even an argument.
There was a time were Sony was also at the top. They've also been around for a long time. Look what happened to them now.
21. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3757; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
And did you read the next following sentence? I didn't think so...
25. FoxDavis (Posts: 47; Member since: 12 Jul 2012)
To me when I play with a Windows phone, I get bored in about 10 minutes. It's not for me even if it's a good product.


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On Friday, people from more than 30 local organizations will join hands along Calhoun Street to take a stand against racism.
Stand Together, Acclaim A New Day was to kick off Wednesday with a dinner at Mosaic Cafe in Mount Pleasant and continue with a panel discussion, rally and workshop at the YWCA on Coming Street.
STAND is a national movement started in 2007 that has been in Charleston for four years.
Last year, about 125 people participated.
YWCA Executive Director Kathleen Rodgers said STAND and putting a stop to racism are more than just a black-and-white issue.
"We use the term racism so many times, people think it's about black and white, but it's about human rights for all groups," Rodgers said.
Today's event will start with "The Power of 1NE," a monodrama by Charleston actor Donna Lee Williams on the life of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer.
Following the performance will be a panel discussion on women's rights moderated by Victoria Middleton of the S.C. American Civil Liberties Union with panelists Susan Dunn of the ACLU, Lisa Surratt of the A21 Campaign and Nilsy Rapalo, a psychologist and El Informador columnist.
Friday's rally is a free event that includes speeches, music, food, a poetry slam, drummers and dance. A human chain will be made along Calhoun Street between St. Philip and Coming streets as a symbol of unity.
Lastly, the YWCA will host "Woman to Woman: Living Longer, Living Smarter," a workshop series on long-term-care planning for baby boomers co-sponsored by the Center for Women and the National Council of Negro Women-Bethune Leonard Section.
"It's about accepting diversity and accepting culture," Rodgers said of the event. "We're becoming more and more culturally mixed, and we need to embrace that wealth of culture."
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Introducing St Helena
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A volcanic island rising out of the South Atlantic Ocean, the British territory of Saint Helena is one of the most isolated islands in the world, located 1,200 miles (nearly 2,000km) from the west coast of Africa with Ascension Island, 703 miles (1,131km) away, its nearest landmass. Ascension Island is one of its dependencies along with Tristan da Cunha.
Despite its small size and remote location, St Helena has been described as a 'beautiful emerald set in bronze', with its lush subtropical forests and rolling hills almost entirely enclosed by sheer volcanic cliffs. Instead of bright lights, sandy beaches and shopping, the island offers tranquil beauty, and 19th century values imbued with 300 years of colonial history. Chief attractions include the island's Napoleonic history, the endemic Wirebird and various plants, Jonathan the ancient Giant Tortoise, and the Tungi distillery.
The Saints, as the islanders are called, are friendly and charming, a mixture of descendants from British settlers, African slaves and contracted workers from the East.
St Helena was discovered by the Portuguese in 1502, and lying directly in line with the trade winds that took ships rounding the southern tip of Africa into the South Atlantic, it soon became a preferred stopover for its supplies of fresh water and fruit trees, and a rendezvous point for homebound voyages from Asia. It became a British dependency in 1834 and for many years was used as a place of exile, most famously for Napoleon after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. Tourism promotes the life of Napoleon on the island where he lived in Longwood House for six years until his death in 1821, and the residence is now a museum owned by the French government. The island was also a prison during the Anglo-Boer war in South Africa, and King Dinuzulu and 6,000 Boer prisoners were held there from 1900 to 1904. The Boer Cemetary, located at Knollcombes, is a popular attraction from this period.
St Helena's capital and only town is the Georgian seaport of Jamestown, nestled between towering cliffs and protected from the sea by 18th-century fortifications. The town's most prominent feature is Jacob's Ladder, 699 steps embedded into the near vertical cliffs that connects the valley floor to the top of Ladder Hill. It is popular with tourists, as well as runners who come from around the world to compete in the timed run every year. Other attractions in St Helena include the Heart-Shaped Waterfall, the castle and its gardens, Sandy Bay, and the Central Peaks. St Helena has no airport, though plans are in place to construct one, and can currently only be reached by ship.
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A couple months ago, I wrote a post about my littlest one's diagnosis with verbal apraxia, and how it really rocked our family.
Since that post, my son, Kai, has made progress through weekly sessions with a wonderful speech therapist and a lot of hard work. And, as I feared most, it has really changed the way we interact as a family.
But the change has been unexpectedly good.
I was driving my older son to preschool last week with Kai in the car, and he started to shout, "Mama, mama," which he does to get my attention when he wants to tell me something in sign. I turned quickly to see him putting his little fingers together in the sign for bird, then scanned the sky until I saw a flock of geese sitting on a nearby pond.
"You're right, Kai," I said. "Look at all those birds!"
Now, normally, I would absentmindedly listen while my older son narrates what is going by out the car windows, or while he tells me a story as I make dinner. I would give a few responses to indicate I was basically listening, and go on multitasking away. It didn't take long for me to learn that isn't possible when you have to stop and "listen" to a child by watching them sign.
Understanding Kai's sign language has forced me, my husband and our 4-year-old to really slow down and spend more face-time with Kai. In the process of giving him space to form words and sentences, we have to spend time giving him room without hurrying him on to the next sentence, the next task that probably doesn't need to be done so immediately anyway.
When I looked around for the birds Kai was signing about in the car last week, I realized that I can't let my mind wander ahead as much now because I have to be present, seeing things as he sees them so that I can "hear" what he is trying to tell me with his silent hands. It's been an interesting change and has shown me how much I take language for granted.
I can yell from the other room, "What do you want for a snack?" and then do three other things at once while I listen for an answer from my older son. With Kai, I have to get down on his level, ask him, and then wait while he decides if he has a sign or a verbal word for the answer. I have to be present and careful with my prompts, helping him learn while reassuring him I understand how hard he has to try.
It's still heartbreaking to see him struggle to work his little mouth, but as I knew he would, Kai has already taught our family so much, and I hope we can continue to return the favor.
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Incumbent Democrat Denise L. Campbell of Elkins and incumbent Democrat Bill Hartman of Elkins have been elected to the House of Delegates 43rd District seats, defeating Republican challenger Donna Auvil of Elkins.
Also Tuesday, incumbent Republican Clark Barnes of Beverly defeated Democrat Margaret Kerr Beckwith of Elkins for the 11th District seat in the West Virginia State Senate.
In the delegate race, after the election results were announced, Campbell, who has served one term, commented on the race.
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"It's a great feeling. I'm honored and proud to see that the county has supported me," she said. "You want to be out there listening to concerns of people and do everything you can for them."
Hartman has served five terms as a delegate. He expressed his happiness about being re-elected Tuesday and spoke about the need for cooperation.
"It's good to get the appreciation of Randolph County citizens," Hartman said. "I'm happy.
"We need to find some middle ground," he said, commenting on his desire to work across party lines. "I want to see West Virginia prosper and grow."
This is Auvil's first bid for the House. She was in good spirits following the final ballot count.
"I was very pleased, this being my first time running for office," Auvil said. "I'm humbled by the number of votes I got."
For the future, she said she will spend time with her family and may consider a second campaign in the next delegate election.
In the 11th District race, Barnes was vying for his third term in the Senate. He said reigning in reckless spending, completing Corridor H and dealing with overcrowded prisons are major concerns.
He spoke about the need for prescription drugs to be made less easily available to those intending to create illegal substances.
Beckwith was running for public office for the first time. She said she championed the ideas of public service, improved public education and access to health care.
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A new bill, NAT GAS (New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions), has been proposed by U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV),and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) which looks to push natural gas vehicles into the consumer mainstream. The proposal looks to offer a bevy of natural gas vehicle purchasing, refueling and manufacturing tax credits which would eclipse even current credits for electric vehicles.
People purchasing a light vehicle capable of running on natural gas would get a $12,500 tax credit, significantly more than the $7,500 credit offered for plug-in vehicles. Current tax credits for three other weight classes would double, up to a maximum of $80,000 for the largest vehicle class.
Bi-fuel (gas and natural gas) vehicles would also be eligible for a 50 percent incremental cost tax credit -- this means that 50 percent of the costs that companies assume from increasing production would be offset by tax credits. The bill would also make it 100 percent tax deductible (with some limitations) to build a facility which builds natural gas vehicles. The bill would also offer refueling stations up to $100,000 to provide natural gas vehicle refilling pumps.
The new bill was masterminded and heavily praised by oil and natural gas baron T. Boone Pickens. Mr. Pickens had made headlines last year, announcing a massive wind power project. Just last week, he essentially pulled the plug on the project, and called natural gas the "only option" for the U.S.
With his heavy natural gas holdings Mr. Pickens stands to make a small fortune if the bill should pass. Indeed, the natural gas industry as a whole would see a huge boost from the bill.
Natural gas vehicles run on methane, the primary component of natural gas. Methane engines run approximately as efficiently as gasoline/petrol engines, but are less efficient than diesel engines. Dual-mode engines suffer a 10 to 15 percent efficiency loss over gas-only engines, due to the higher octane number of 120-130.
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Culinary Arts Schools in California
Like its East Coast cousin New York, San Francisco anchors the West Coast's culinary arts scene, home to a similarly diverse and assorted collection of restaurants, restaurateurs and cooking trends. From the molecular gastronomy restaurant in San Francisco to the traditional beach-front hot dog stand in Los Angeles, California has something for every foodie.
In the north, the thought of the California culinary scene conjures images of sprawling vineyards, farmers markets stretched across cities like Palo Alto and Petaluma, jam-packed with tables filled with seasonal fruits and vegetables. Juxtaposed in Southern California are some of America's most famous -- and original -- fast food joints that offer a laid-back eating experience.
The culinary industry in California is one of the largest in the country, even outpacing New York. In 2016, according to the National Restaurant Association (NRA), there were more than 69,908 restaurants in the state that produce nearly $79.1 billion in sales annually. The industry employs more than 1.69 million individuals and is projected by the NRA to grow 10.1 percent by 2026. Some of these employees are likely graduates of culinary schools in California.
Famous California restaurants
San Francisco in the north and Los Angeles in the south are the two focal points of California's culinary arts ecosystem, drawing attention from critics and patrons from all over the world. For 2015, Michelin gave 40 restaurants 1-, 2- or 3-star rankings, with four restaurants -- all in wine country or San Francisco -- receiving three stars, Michelin's highest possible ranking.
The 3-star winners in Northern California include the following:
Benu (San Francisco). Located in the heart of the SOMA district in San Franciso, Benu is the result of chef and owner Cory Lee's culinary genius, a fusion of Asian inspiration and molecular gastronomy.
The French Laundry (Napa Valley). Earning its sixth straight 3-star Michelin ranking, The French Laundry is helmed by Thomas Keller, the only American-born chef who owns two 3-star Michelin restaurants.
Restaurant at Meadowood (Napa Valley). Chef Christopher Kostow has created Napa Valley's leading take on modern American cuisine, crafting an individualized, unique dining experience for each patron.
Saison (San Francisco). Joshua Skenes, executive chef and owner of Saison, has created a distinct culinary vision in Saison, where patrons are treated to 3-hour meals and an unpublished menu that has brought unparalleled critical acclaim.
Although Northern California's Michelin ranked restaurants receive critical renown, it is restaurants like Pink's in Hollywood, The Original Tommy's in Los Angeles or Philippe the Original in Chinatown that drive Southern California's culinary culture.
- Pink's. The long famous hot dog stand draws huge lines all day long and is well-known for its unique options, including a bacon burrito hot dog.
- The Original Tommy's. The anchor of Beverly and Rampart, The Original Tommy's is indeed the original hamburger joint, famous for its chili French fries, burgers and hot dogs.
- Philippe the Original. Situated in Los Angeles' Chinatown, Philippe the Original has been open for more than 100 years and has diners eating with each other on shared wooden tables.
Yet, diners don't need to venture to exclusive Michelin-ranked restaurants to find a good meal, especially in San Francisco. In 2014, Zagat named the following five restaurants as some of the best values in the area:
- Kokkari Estiatorio (Greek)
- Gary Danko (American)
- Quince (Italian)
- Acquerello (Italian)
- Boulevard (New American)
California culinary arts career outlook
Future chefs of America may not have the means or desire to move to France, Germany or Italy to work their way up through the culinary ranks to find a position in the industry. Prospective chefs in California can choose from a multitude of educational and career path opportunities at culinary schools. Typically, students at California culinary schools can choose from four subject areas of study:
- Culinary arts
- Baking & pastry arts
- Culinary management
- Hospitality management
This training can prepare graduates to become chefs, bakers, pastry chefs, restaurant managers, caterers, private chefs and more.
Employment projections for the culinary industry in California are strong (9.1 percent growth in 2014, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics), while individual occupations, such as chef and food service manager are expected to see continued gains between 2012 and 2022.
Below is a table of state-wide average salaries and projected career growth for chefs, bakers and food service managers in California:
|Total Employment
|Annual Mean Wage
|Chefs and Head Cooks
|Food Service Managers
In the two major metropolitan areas, San Francisco and Los Angeles, prospective students should find robust employment and career earning opportunities.
|Total Employed (2013)
|2013 Average Salary
|Los Angeles
|Food Service Managers
|Chefs and Head Cooks
|San Francisco
|Food Service Managers
|Chefs and Head Cooks
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2013
Although the hubs of San Francisco and Los Angeles are attractive locations for cooking or culinary schools training in California, prospective students of culinary colleges should do their research as the state has numerous other options and locations for education. With its diverse and award winning culinary experiences -- in both the north and the south, California is a surefire bet for those ready to move into a foodie-based career.
Check out the list of culinary schools in California below for more information on individual degree programs. Additional lists of California culinary schools by city make it easy to find a culinary college near you.
- Michelin, California, http://www.michelintravel.com/selections/2015-san-francisco-michelin-selections/
- Benu, http://www.benusf.com
- Saison, http://saisonsf.com/
- The French Laundry, http://www.thomaskeller.com/tfl
- Restaurant at Meadowood, http://www.therestaurantatmeadowood.com/
- National Restaurant Association, California, http://www.restaurant.org/Downloads/PDFs/State-Statistics/2016/CA_Restaurants2016
- Projections Central, California, projectionscentral.com
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, California, Occupational and Employment Wage Estimates, http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_ca.htm
- Zagat, California, http://www.zagat.com/best-restaurants/san-francisco