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The Stetson University men's and women's golf squads will team up for the opening weekend of the 2013-14 season.
The Hatters will compete in the GolfWeek Magazine Program Challenge for a second consecutive year, and will be looking to improve on their overall 10th place finish in the 12-team event from last year.
The Tournament is held in Pawley's Island, SC, and will start on Sunday, September 8. The 12 men's teams will compete at the True Blue Plantation while the 12 women's teams will play the Caledonia Golf Course.
Both teams will look a little different to start the year, with a pair of freshmen earning a spot on the travel squad through qualifying for both teams.
For the men, freshmen Dirk Kuehler was the medalist in the team's first fall qualifier, leading the Hatters with a one over par score of 217 for the 54-hole event.
"This was a good start to the year," first year Hatters coach Larry Watson said. "I think these 11 young men are on a mission, they know their goals for the season and they are pushing each other to play as well as they can."
Only nine shots separated the medalist from the fifth spot for the opening tournament. That was claimed by fellow freshman Zach Stark in a sudden death playoff with junior co-captain Matt Taylor. Both tied at 11 over par for the 54 holes.
"It is tough playing against your friends and teammates, but that completion will make this team get better and better," Watson said. "I really think this team is a bit embarrassed that we haven't won a conference championship since the early 90's and they want to do something about that right now.
Three returning players, all sophomores who are coming off successful rookie seasons, will join with the two freshmen.
Andrew Peterson posted 78.07 scoring average last year and had one top 10 finish. Michael Primavera had an even 78 stroke average and Dustin Dingus led the team with a 74.61 average.
The Stetson women have the same coach, but will feature a pair of freshmen in the lineup to start the year. Seniors Sammi Smith and Jenna Hoecker led qualifying. Hoecker is coming off a strong summer which included a title run in the New York State Amateur Matchplay Tournament.
Smith also had success over the summer and came into the fall determined to play more consistently.
"All of our returning players are much better," Stetson coach Floyd Kerr said. "They are almost hard to recognize because they have improved so much."
Smith, who Kerr challenged to increase her pace of play, opened the 54-hole qualifier with a 69 to set the tone.
"The thing about qualifying that jumped out was that all five players had at least one round under par," Kerr said. "That tells me they are all capable of going low in any round. If you can get two to go low every day then you will have a chance to beat a lot of teams."
The third senior to qualify was Mallory Viera, who captured the Florida State Amateur matchplay title over the summer. She had to work, however, to make the travel team, storming from behind with a final round score of 68 to move up from sixth place to fourth.
"She played very conservative in the final round because she knew she had to," Kerr said. "She is capable of doing that every day if she will just keep that conservative approach. She just has to understand that a lot of time, par is a good score."
The two freshmen who will compete are Alessandra Kutz and Giulia Vandenberg.
The tournament format for the Program Challenge includes individual titles for both the men and women's teams, as well as an overall title for lowest combined score.
Campbell dominated the event last year, winning the women's tournament by 40 shots over second place Central Arkansas. UCA won the men's tournament, but the Camels still took the overall title by 24 shots.
The field for the tournament his year includes the defending champions as well as other returning schools Jacksonville State, James Madison, Northern Iowa, Western Carolina and Boston College. New to the tournament this year will be Akron, Valparaiso, IUPUI, Louisiana Tech and Old Dominion.
"Campbell steam-rolled the tournament last year," Kerr said. "They will be the favorites again this year. Boston College and James Madison should also be good. We can finish in the top three this year, but with two freshmen, you never know.If we play anything close to what we are capable of, then we can be in the top three."
The teams will travel on Friday before playing practice rounds on Saturday. The tournament will include single rounds of competition on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.


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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - More than three-quarters of registered voters in Incline Village/Crystal Bay cast ballots in the 2012 presidential election, and the majority of them voted for Republican challenger Mitt Romney, according to final precinct-by-precinct numbers from Washoe County.
Roughly 55 percent of the 5,575 ballots cast were for the former Massachusetts governor who lost to President Barack Obama, who was re-elected to a second term. In Incline Village, roughly 42.6 percent of the votes were for Obama.
The numbers, released in late 2012 by Washoe County, represent Incline's traditional GOP-leaning registered voter base. According to previous reports, of the 7,270 people registered to vote in the 2012 election in the Incline/Crystal Bay area, 3,189 (about 44 percent) did so as Republicans, compared to 2,140 (about 30 percent) as Democrats and 1,386 (about 19 percent) with no party affiliation - numbers that have reflected previous modern presidential election years.
Nationally, Obama surpassed Romney in the electoral vote, 332-206, although the popular vote was much closer, at roughly 51 percent to 47.2 percent.
While Incline leaned right this year, that was not the case four years ago, when just more than 50 percent of the local ballots cast were for Obama, compared to about 47.8 percent for his 2008 Republican challenger, Arizona Sen. John McCain, whom Obama crushed in a historic runaway election.
In all, the Incline Village/Crystal Bay area (which stretches from Crystal Bay from the west almost to Spooner Summit to the east) comprises 12 voting precincts within Washoe County, although three of them where only a handful of homes reside include just 14 total registered voters among them.
Because those precincts are so small, voting numbers within them - in all, 12 votes were cast - aren't added into the overall voting total for the presidential race. As for the other nine local precincts, Romney carried all but one.
Overall voting totals for Incline were similar to the 2008 presidential election, according to the numbers. In 2012, roughly 76.6 percent of registered voters here cast a ballot, compared to 74.6 percent in 2008. Further, the 5,575 ballots cast in 2012 were just 10 more than four years ago.
A big difference from 2008, however, was the number of residents who voted early. This election season, roughly 54.7 percent of Incline Village voted early, compared to about 38 percent four years ago. Roughly 21.3 percent of Incline votes tallied this year were from absentee ballots, while 24 percent of residents turned out to the polls on Election Day.
Locally and regionally, as 2013 gets under way, a slew of new boards of directors and trustees will begin meeting for the first time in a public forum, most notably on Wednesday, Jan. 9, when the new Incline Village General Improvement District board meets.
In November, Incline residents voted in Jim Smith, Jim Hammerel and Bill Devine, who join Bruce Simonian and Joe Wolfe. The board meets at 3 p.m. at the IVGID offices at 893 Southwood Blvd.

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Scientists report positive data from a first-in-man study evaluating the bone marrow-protective effects of genetically modified autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplants in glioblastoma patients treated using chemotherapy and benzylguanine. The results, published in Science Translational Medicine, showed that of the three patients given the transplants prior to combination therapy, two survived much longer than average, and the third remains alive with no disease progression almost three years later.
The study, led by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's Clinical Research Division, demonstrates that the engineered stem cells have a chemoprotective effect, maximizing the drug dose that can be administered. The results are described in a paper titled "Extended Survival of Glioblastoma Patients After Chemoprotective HSC Gene Therapy."
A major barrier to the successful use of cancer chemotherapy is organ toxicity, and primarily bone marrow toxicity (hematopoietic toxicity), which causes blood cell counts to drop and increases susceptibility to infection. Bone marrow toxicity resulting form alkylating agents has been linked with low or absent expression of the methylguanine methyltransferase (MGMT) gene, the researchers explain. However, some tumors, including aggressive brain tumors, paradoxically over-express MGMT, which results in the tumor cells being chemotherapy-resistant but the bone marrow cells being particularly sensitive to alkylating agents. Prognosis is thus particularly poor in patients with glioblastomas that express an unmethylated promoter for the MGMT gene because the increased increased MGMT activity in tumor cells reduces the cytotoxicity of alkylating chemotherapies such as temozolomide (TMZ) by repairing the drug-induced DNA damage.
It's feasible that overcoming MGMT-related tumor-cell resistance to chemotherapy can be achieved by administering an MGMT inhibitor, O6-benzylguanine (O6BG), in combination with alkylating agent chemotherapy. However, Phase I and II studies have shown that this approach leads to significant hematopoietic toxicity, the researchers continue. In order to try and overcome this, the Fred Hutchinson team carried out a small clinical trial to test a gene therapy approach in which patients received transplants of their own hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) that had been engineered to carry a mutant MGMT gene (P140K).
The mutant gene engineered into the HSCs displays the same activity as wild-type MGMT, but also confers both the stem cells and their progeny with resistance to O6BG. Prior in vitro and in vivo preclinical work has demonstrated that O6BG-resistant MGMT P140K gene expression can protect the hematopoietic system from toxicity associated with combined O6BG and alkylator chemotherapy.
The reported clinical study involved giving three glioblastoma patients autologous transplants of P140K-modified hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells after nonmyeloablative conditioning with the FDA-approved chemotherapeutic agent BCNU. This step was carried out because data from previous studies indicate that BCNU could facilitate engraftment of transplanted gene-modified cells while maintaining stable disease during transplant recovery.
After BCNU treatment and successful engraftment of modified stem cells, the patients were treated using between three and nine cycles of chemotherapy comprising O6BG and TMZ. Procedural details are reported in the published paper, but the authors stress that all patients demonstrated recovery from BCNU, engraftment of P140K gene-modified cells, and maintenance of stable disease during the transplant period. This, they say, supports "the clinical feasibility of this approach". Moreover, the dose of BCNU administered prior to HSC transplantation was much lower than doses of the drug used for chemotherapy for glioblastoma, and resulted in only mild myelosuppression with no apparent toxicity.
PCR analyses confirmed that all three stem cell recipients exhibited gene-modified cells among peripheral blood granulocytes and lymphocytes up to 14 months after transplantation. Hematopoietic recovery was observed in each patient after each chemotherapy cycle, and the P140K gene-modified cells were found in multiple hematopoietic lineages after several rounds of combination treatment with O6BG and TMZ.
Importantly, chemotherapy was well tolerated, and all patients demonstrated acceptable hematopoietic toxicity and no significant extramedullary toxicity. "All three patients treated surpassed the median survival for glioblastoma patients with unmethylated MGMT promoter status in tumor cells (12 months), with two of three patients displaying stable disease at 12 months from diagnosis and one patient displaying no evidence for disease progression," the authors state.
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I don't disagree that the video is interesting but I would like to figure out a way to measure and document what is really happening.
I agree with your previous comments about TF by definition being applied only to LTI systems. It almost never is actually, typcially assumptions have to be made concerning the regimes where the measurement is linear. I chose 25% based on many other tests. I have done the tests for other values such as 5% and 10%. I'll post more results.
What I would really like to do is find a good test case, two ESCs to compare. I'll measure it with my test stand and others can also measure the same two. Then let's all decide.
My intuition is that the momentum of the propeller limits realistic update to about 50Hz with very very minor corrections up to 100Hz. Changes in RPM greater than 10% can only occur lower than 30Hz.
I don't disagree with comments like "well it just flies better with X brand ESC" I disagree with "feel" being representative of fact which seems to be the prevailing sentiment.
if you look at the KK's test, biggest thing we do notice about the esc power ramp is this.
turnigy esc takes about 8 clock cycle to go from 0 to full throttle. which means for your 25% change, it take 3 cycles to effect full change. since the cycle is totally depended upon frequency, at 50 hz, 3 cyc is 60ms while at 400hz, it is 7.5ms. anything less than about 10% throttle change, it will happen in 1 cycle. Now, I believe simonk's firmware actually take this ramp out, which means power change is much quicker. I believe this is the biggest reason for better performance.
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There have been some good ESCs tests discussed and results shown here without words like "feel" and "intuition". However even after all the engineering calculations, graphs, 3d level analysis have been done and the metrics presented, it is the operational flight test that proves and is the final analysis of the outcome of the data. No doubt we eventually can improve these tests to match operational reality
Your graphs are worthy, and it is great that you are providing some data. WE can use all we can get The only bit I would question is your observation and test result of the RCTimer ESCs which perform the same as the OEM Turnighy Plush's in all my multicopters and is frequently used successfully by many other multicopter flyers. Of course both perform even better with SimonK firmware as evidenced by being able to increase the gyro proportional by several points and by noticeably better performance in winds greater than 10kts.
From the ESC recommendations and converting ESCs to I2c and to faster PWM section in the Quadrocopter and Tricopter Info Mega Link Index as reported by successful multicopter builders:
--TIP 10: ESC recommendations for standard PWM: Bidproduct HW25a (www.bidproduct.com), eRC (http://www.hobby-lobby.com/erc_speed...ls_470_ctg.htm), DYS ESCs, ExceedRC Volcano/Proton series, HKSuperSimple (the programmable type not the basic), HK Blue Series, HobbyWing, Mystery Blue series, www.quadroufo.com 30a, Maytech Harrier-Supreme Series(these are the same as HW Blue series at 3x the cost) http://montorc.com/MT30ABEC.aspx, RCTimer (www.rctimer.com), Towerpro, Turnigy Plush, YGE, ZTW. *Note: The following ESCs are known to be poor performers when used on multicopter's due to some or all of the following issues: the lack of manual endpoint calibration and the use of automatic endpoint calibration, timing lags due to throttle smoothing, firmware that is optimized for helicopter use is not compatible with multicopter flight controllers, low update rates, non-linear throttle curves. The ESC's with those features will cause multicopters to have drifting and oscillation issues. Again the following have been tested and will not perform well on multicopters and are therefore not recommended for multicopter use: Castle Creations, Dynam Denton. Hercules, Scorpion Commander, Thunderbird.
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will probably prevent a single test from telling you everything. Someone
with a very lightweight copter that's going for high speed stunt flying is
probably going to be needing different things than someone who wants to lug
a heavy SLR. There are things that can certainly be improved which will
help across the board, but there's others that will probably help some
cases, and hurt others.
input i2c/ppm. Unfortunately, not everyone has the equipment or knowledge
necessary, and misinterpretation of a single result can lead to a lot of
"This one is best" type things, which don't usually tell the whole story.
into "attenuation". The problem is that depending on the type of slew
limiting that is being done, your results aren't necessarily going to say
anything that is useful. You'll get a good idea of the control bandwidth,
but you run into the point where it becomes non-linear, and that's where
things can easily get misinterpreted. It may be more important to know how
well an esc responds to hitting its limits, as opposed to just how high
those limits are. You may get one that seems to respond really well with
the prop, and conditions you're running it in, but which may behave
differently under different load, or different input conditions (non
standard tests for this to be useful.
There may actually be a high speed "dithering" occuring between a couple
steps of pwm which might turn into a slower vibration at lower speeds.
That's just hypothesis on my part though. I haven't tested it at all to see
if it's an issue or not.
better", they just know that they have an easier time flying it, etc. In
some cases people exaggerate, but if many people are saying it works way
better for them, It would probably be a good idea to try and figure out why.
I doubt it's a shared delusion, and the few before/after videos I've seen
seem to show some definite improvement.
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I'm pretty sure there will be "some" improvement in removing the ESC average filtering. But then you have a rather large momentum of motor and prop.
So in the end it will be like improving car performance by driving naked - it will improve it, you can measure, but I doubt it's worth it.
BUT if there were some vendor (like Turnigy) who would do "Multicopter line" of ESCs for the same buck as the regular ones with SimonK firmware or just a regular firmware with faster reaction - they would get my money too, of course. Because what if...
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A human eye can't even see oscillation much faster than 25Hz, most pilots notice a multicopter oscillating when its a few Hz, and ignore it when it's much higher. When you have people applying things like gyro LPF set to 42Hz to remove noise, you have to wonder where the input to drive these these 400Hz ESC micro corrections is coming from. I mean it's not the pilot, not the gyros, so where is the stimulus at least 400 times a second that requires the FC to make ESC adjustments that often? I just don't see a viable feedback loop to justify it, perhaps I am missing something.
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Erknie: exactly what I was wondering - Multiwii race for cycle time looks silly to me - you want a smooth flight with fast reaction to user input, not copter correcting at 400Hz.Position change vector and factors influencing position (like wind, CG, different motor RPMs) are not changing at xx Hz either so trying to level it hundreds of times per second with strong changes in ESC inputs makes no sense.
BUT! On the other hand, I am using Turnigy Plush with my copter, and when I tried other ones I was _not_ having that good time. I can't put my finger on the ESCs, but I think they were very contributing factor to the overral feel (ability to use much higher PIDs with Turnigy ESCs and less filtering on gyro was one symptom).
But even if ESCs react in an instant, the props don't because you don't have "infinite power" to change the rotation - there's always momentum with "change dampening" properties orders of magnitute greater than any SW filtering in ESC will do. (And it's "analogue" )
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for me its easy to see that simonk flashed escs are heaps better.
I had turnigy plush on all of my quads/octo's/hex's. They all flew great and I did and still do love turnigy plush, although hey had the usual slight wobble when descending etc and just weren't perfectly, silky smooth.
I started off just buying 4 simonk escs for a quad. I did a direct replacement, did not change any gains or anything else. When I launched it for the first time I was convinced straight away. It flew up smooth as silk, hovered perfectly, descended without wobble.
So I ordered more, put them on my octo and same result. With gps, wookong m is so much smoother, it fights wind better etc.
Best way i can describe it is lthat the escs are like a 1/8 second quicker, instead of responding to wind from the right by banking left and then smoothing that motion by banking right and back and forth which gives a seemingly steady motion but a slight wobby, the simonk's react that much faster so it seems to be a perfectly smooth reaction and counters that wobble.
If you doubt it, it's so easy to try. Just order 4 x 30A DYS esc from quadroufo.com @ $18 ea and try it on a quad yourself!
Just to clarify I have no technical/engineering experience. I'm just stating what I've seen from so much trial and error with these beautiful machines
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Nek has done a fine job indexing and continuously updating all the info you need in his first post of his ESC firmware flashing thread. No need to read and travel all the road it took to get there Read the first post and then go and read the last page for any updates or to ask questions.
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The couple took home individual honors at the Country Music Association Awards Thursday night – including an entertainer of the year honor for Shelton! – but the most emotional moment came when they accepted the award for song of the year for their powerful duet, "Over You."
"I lost my brother in a car wreck when I was 14-years-old, and later in life when I decided I wanted to be a country singer, my dad always told me, 'Son, you should write a song about your brother,' " Shelton said alongside his wife.
"I lost my dad in January, and it's so amazing to me that tonight even after he's gone, he's still right," he continued as the audience cheered and Lambert fought back tears.
"I just needed the right person to write this song with and the right person to sing it," Shelton said to his wife. "I love you so much, baby," he added as he kissed Lambert's forehead.
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"Thank you, Blake, for allowing me to sing this beautiful song and write it with you," she said. "Thank you CMA and all of our peers for voting for us. It's really emotional. We love y'all."
Later in the evening, Shelton took home the award for male vocalist of the year for the third time and ultimately, entertainer of the year.
"I'm gonna be totally honest, I've had a few drinks since the song of the year announcement and I was actually sitting there thinking either Jason [Aldean] or Luke [Bryan] had this one," he said.
Shortly after, Lambert followed suit, winning female vocalist of the year for the third time.
"Holy crap! I don't necessarily deserve this but I'll sure take it," she said.
Equally surprised was Shelton when he took top entertainer honors: "I'm still Willied out here. I didn't even go to change!"
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Veteran pitcher Kyle Lohse has agreed to a three-year deal that will bring him to Milwaukee, the team announced Monday.
Lohse, 34, finished seventh in NL Cy Young voting last season and most recently pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals.
He has also pitched for Minnesota, Cincinnati and Philadelphia over his 12 season in the league.
"Kyle is coming off two very good years, and his experience and competitiveness will be welcomed by the club," Brewers General Manager Doug Melvin said. "This signing makes us a better club today than we were yesterday."
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Police union OKs new contract
January 16, 2013
City Bureau of Police and the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 29 have reached agreement on a new contract, according to police sources and Mayor Gabriel J. Campana....
@stacey21 -- And I would expect nothing more. Ha.
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@Laughable -- I'll tell you what I think about a new police contract after you demonstrate the slightest understanding of the proper use of to, too, and two when you "right" to me on this forum.
And...still waiting for jeff33 to put his money where his mouth is. What is his definition of a "big" raise?
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Areutheanus, of course you do not understand what you right. Tell this forum what you think you know about your contract. Some men in blue are to clever, obvious and way to demanding.
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Ahh jeff33 just trying to poke the union bear again, I would expect nothing less
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@laughin -- I don't quite understand your post. Sorry. What I THINK the terms of the contract are is irrelevant. I just wanted to hear exactly what jeff33 defines as "big" prior to the official announcement. His hit-and-run comments grow weary sometimes.
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Aretsanus, You know Jeff is assuming his comment, so please feel free to tell this forum what the contract says.
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@jeff33 -- Your quick, contrary, skeptical, and sarcastic comments about law enforcement are very apparent and you are never held accountable to support them, both here and in numerous other posts.
Real quick, then, and before the media/Mayor disclose the terms of the contract, tell us specifically here in this forum, on this thread, what you consider a big raise to be, please.
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Jeff, do you really think if police were going to get a big raise that Mayor Campana would cancel the press conference and stay quiet? Get real. That's not his M.O. He would have been screaming mad and threatening. Because he is quiet, it means he got what he wanted.
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New Contract = Big Raise!
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Nokia EOS/Lumia 1020 render leaks
0. phoneArena 03 Jul 2013, 23:25 posted on
The Nokia EOS is expected to be introduced at Nokia's next press event on July 11th in New York City; last month, we told you that the EOS could end up coming to market as the Nokia Lumia 1020. With that in mind, @evleaks posted a render of the device, which from the front has the typical look of a Nokia Lumia handset...
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1. juandante (Posts: 463; Member since: 23 Apr 2013)
Sony i1 will be deception, as where Xperia S, Z, and all the other,
Galaxy camera is great but to big for pocket (and looks to much like a camera so it is hard to take pictures in some situations)
So waiting for EOS (but still not a big fan of this closed WP... -_-")
29. Potato. (banned) (Posts: 607; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
Zoom should'nt be considered as a phone. Putting GSM support in camera doesnt make a phone. Its not even pocket friendly.
EOS and Honami are real warriors.
Honami has the advantage of Android to me.. Lets see what Nokia will bring to us.
48. mafiaprinc3 (Posts: 528; Member since: 07 May 2012)
i like nokia but they need to bring something else to table apart from camera features,they own that now, it's time for windows phone to start innovate and bring features to the table already available on android and ios
56. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
nokia u guys need to put your devices in all carrier not only in one.
can't waitttttttt for this device, i'm seeing this device have some uniqueness in it.
2. raunak (Posts: 507; Member since: 12 Oct 2011)
No, it will not go up against S4 Zoom because that thing is not a phone.
5. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
last time 808 went in competion with DSLRs lost but came really close to DSLR picture quality with nomral senarios
8. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
Actually, there is a new category called "Phamera" (Phone+Camera).
Sony i1 and Nokia EOS is a Phamera and the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom is just a big boob camera with an earpiece. lol
12. Timmehor (Posts: 599; Member since: 09 Mar 2013)
Phamera? Me like. Yeah, totally agree, the S4 Zoom is just named that way so it can be a "camera phone".
13. raunak (Posts: 507; Member since: 12 Oct 2011)
No. Honami and EOS are phones with good cameras. Still phones. If you call phones with good camera Phameras, then you should also call phones with GPS Phonigation device (Phone + Navigation device). Do not invent weird names. Phablet was fine but Phamera is stupid.
18. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
I didn't invent the name "Phamera", it came from someone in here (I don't remember who it is). But I don't think "Phamera" sound stupid IMO.
52. FISTFLY (Posts: 27; Member since: 03 Jul 2013)
I read his comment mentioning "phamera" and you resounded this term in the other article. Phamera is more like phablet camera rather than phone camera. The latter has its own term already "camera phone"
23. Timmehor (Posts: 599; Member since: 09 Mar 2013)
When I first heard "Phablet" I laughed, now it's in, like the Phamera will be "in" in a few years.
49. verty (Posts: 122; Member since: 07 May 2012)
What do you mean stupid!!! How rude and unpleasant!!. Make your point no need to get abusive and unmannerly.
Tell me the difference between phablet and phamera!!. its the same principle, combining two words to become one.
62. raunak (Posts: 507; Member since: 12 Oct 2011)
3. adit38 (Posts: 25; Member since: 02 Jul 2013)
I dont think wp8 better from android or ios, but i loved it. Its very different than other OS.
But because wp8 not perfect, i always bring android beside EOS. I always carrying 2 phone since 2004.
For its hardware i prefer nokia, for its os functionaly i prefer android, for its beauty i prefer wp8
39. Credo (Posts: 748; Member since: 19 Apr 2012)
Well said! Someone who can love different OS'es +1
4. Alex123 (Posts: 241; Member since: 17 Oct 2012)
How surprise if Nokia release android device without any information or rumor? I hope this will come true one day
6. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
lol till MS stops paying them 1 billion per year and this contract ends nokia cannot make android or MS will sue them for violating the contract :P
7. preet27in (banned) (Posts: 173; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
waiting curiously... BRING IT ONN !!!!!
9. vandroid (Posts: 328; Member since: 04 Sep 2012)
It looks the same as the other lumia models Nokia is worse than apple
10. tashreef (Posts: 476; Member since: 24 Nov 2012)
Than what you want every new Model with unique design, At least Nokia have different design sets Like Lumia 720, Lumia 620 Lumia 920 and Lumia 925 all of them look different .. Not like iPhone or Samsung where the owners have to tell you look this is my S4 or iPhone 5 ... ooops i thought it was Galaxy S3 or iPhone 4
15. vandroid (Posts: 328; Member since: 04 Sep 2012)
The s3 and i4 are different generations and were also flagships the lumia 620 and 720 are mid range which is why they have different designs and besides galaxy devices and iPhones sell more in a quarter than a lumia does in a year
17. tashreef (Posts: 476; Member since: 24 Nov 2012)
When you don't have anything to argue than you came up with sales figures...
"The s3 and i4 are different generations and were also flagships the lumia 620 and 720 are mid range which is why they have different designs" ?
Hahahhaha LOLx
22. vandroid (Posts: 328; Member since: 04 Sep 2012)
Funny because you bringing up non flagship models was less relevant
24. tashreef (Posts: 476; Member since: 24 Nov 2012)
I think you should read your first comment again.
BTW which mid-range device from samsung have unique design? forget about apple they don't have any mid-range phone.
HTC One is a real beauty but flagship device
Tell me Which OEM is bothered about their Low-end and Mid-range device design and performance Except Nokia?...
Consider 520 and Nokia Asha 501. These models out performs every laggy buggy droid in their segment
30. vandroid (Posts: 328; Member since: 04 Sep 2012)
You have a good point but why are we talking about performance and design of mid and low end devices my first comment said that Nokia is worse than apple when it comes to the same design which is true because Nokia's flagship devices have been the same design for years you couldn't tell which model you were holding you brought up apple and samsung but the average consumer can spot the difference no mid range devices by top oems have unique designs and acceptable performance because they are focused on high end models and making those cheap sure Nokia devices run smooth but take their os into consideration my android device doesn't lag and I play games and watch videos etc windows is a boring os that lacks many things
45. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Midrange phones do not sell well!
Only Nokias midrange and low end range devices sell well.
Asha are selling well in 3rd world country cause consumers can't afford highend devices.
Android is an OS that needs power and Ram to preform very well.
Wp8 is still a unmatured OS you are comparing to Android.
31. WHoyton1 (Posts: 1635; Member since: 21 Feb 2013)
Sorry to get involved in this flame war....but I have never heard anything so idiotic....I don't need some idiot coming up to me in a phone shop and going oh this is the s3 this is the s4.....they have labels next to them they have boxes with them, I have never heard of any idiot walking out of a phone shop and saying "damn I bought the s3 instead of the s4".....what are you on!
34. vandroid (Posts: 328; Member since: 04 Sep 2012)
Are you saying that to me?
36. WHoyton1 (Posts: 1635; Member since: 21 Feb 2013)
No tashreef...
35. vandroid (Posts: 328; Member since: 04 Sep 2012)
Its quote obvious that stores have labels and boxes but in a scenario without a label or a box you couldn't tell
43. tashreef (Posts: 476; Member since: 24 Nov 2012)
hahahahhah I think you should carefully read my comment again. i said "owners/users" not "retailers"
60. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Without measuring screen size or.having them side by side, I can't tell an S3 from an S4, so I just call them "Galaxy", just like iphone 3g vs 3gs and 4 vs 4s. The only Nokias that are the same are within the same model, 810/820/822, that is.
41. aelliott (Posts: 31; Member since: 01 Oct 2010)
Okay, I know I am a fan of NOKIA but, from what I can see from this one photo, I really like the design. The N9/Lumia 800 design form is so elegant, so simple, so sleek - it never gets tiring.
I do want to see the reverse side and the camera hump.
And I want to see one without AT&T logo which would reassure me that I can get hold on one here in the UK.
11. krimHD (Posts: 106; Member since: 23 May 2012)
personally i'll say its kind of difficult to create a unique design every moment but nokia has tried in doing that..925,928,920,720,620,520 all pretty in their own way Thumbs up nokia.am pretty sure nokia eos/lumia 1020 will have a pretty design.
57. KINGJUAN27 (Posts: 210; Member since: 02 Jul 2012)
You forgot to mention the 820 in your enumeration! And yeah they're all unique. I'm loving the design build of 720 and 925 so far :)
14. valapsp (Posts: 557; Member since: 12 Aug 2011)
Look at those ugly bezels.
16. PhansMuneeb (Posts: 371; Member since: 28 Jan 2012)
I can't see any :-P
37. reten (Posts: 43; Member since: 03 Apr 2013)
Can't see?
Take out your Nokia fan glasses and see again,
Or it's ok as long as your happy with your phone right.
19. tashreef (Posts: 476; Member since: 24 Nov 2012)
Ugly bezels? i think they work as protective shield for the device...
26. MachidoDen (banned) (Posts: 202; Member since: 30 May 2013)
U call them protective shield??
Because its nokia
If its some other brand then u cud have said ugly
Stupid fan-mick
32. WHoyton1 (Posts: 1635; Member since: 21 Feb 2013)
Yes because the s4 needs a protective shield......(sarcasm).....well I shouldn't be surprised to see tashreef loving Nokia to the end.....
20. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
Those are gorgeous Lumia-style bezels. :P
44. papss (unregistered)
Right because it must not be good with bezel right? My N4 has arguably just as big of a bezel as my lumia. I don't much care as long as the screen is black when its off. What matter is the experience and WP has that in spades. WP feels more organic and I feel more connects to my phone than with any android I've ever had.
21. abcdefgh (banned) (Posts: 471; Member since: 29 Mar 2013)
lumia 1020...
25. Rehankhan (Posts: 323; Member since: 24 Oct 2012)
wow mind blown looks exactly like lumia 920
28. Potato. (banned) (Posts: 607; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
33. WHoyton1 (Posts: 1635; Member since: 21 Feb 2013)
40. Potato. (banned) (Posts: 607; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
47. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
And it will be
51. papss (unregistered)
About every word you use is the same..big, jumbo, huge? Wow you are stretching your vocabulary
54. Potato. (banned) (Posts: 607; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
We are not talking about Galaxy Mega Troll..
55. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
27. SIGPRO (Posts: 1432; Member since: 03 Oct 2012)
I hope it will not look like the picture above, Not only Nokia but all manufacturers should use smaller bezel's. Man i hate big bezel's almost every phone these days have it, it's UGLY!
38. Ruisleipä (Posts: 31; Member since: 06 Apr 2013)
Look at the time, 10:00 --> Lumia 1000 ?
42. KiranPAUSER (Posts: 73; Member since: 15 Feb 2013)
Bezel are important as it allows more space down to pack a powerful battery inside.
46. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Another phone by Nokia using the same specs as Lumia 920,925,928
4 highend devices with the same specs...
What a joke. Really sucks.
Just another camera upgrade.
50. Jehovah (Posts: 69; Member since: 25 Jun 2013)
I am almost sure it will be my next phone. What troubles me the most is distribuition, the 920 only reached the brazillian market in early march. We already waited for more than a year to have our 808s made into WPs, having to wait until the end of the year or the next would be VERY disappointing. Justice to be made to Samsung, the S4 was available here in less than two months of its global release. Please NOKIA, remember us!
53. papss (unregistered)
I will most certainly be getting the eos when it's released.
58. 7thspaceman (Posts: 1544; Member since: 14 Feb 2011)
WoW Nokia put some gold metal piping or something around the screen of this case to give it
some glory. Nokia the 925 design is cool it should have been upgraded a little and used on the
EOS 41 mega pixel model Windows 8 smart phone. Nokia You would have won many awards by having a 925 case body with EOS 41 pixel camera


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On the pop singer's "Truth About Love" tour – currently heading to Europe and returning to the U.S. on Oct. 10 – Pink gives her followers just that. Her show is full of impressive high-flying moments that "push boundaries," says her acrobatic and aerial choreographer, Dreya Weber, adding that Pink, a former gymnast, "Likes the adrenaline rush and is so engaged."
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The board voted to re-open discussions on possibly closing Nippenose Valley Elementary School at its last meeting.
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A large crowd of residents attend Monday's school board meeting. The board set March 14 as a public hearing on the potential closure of Nippenose Valley Elementary School.
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Adrianne Stahl, of Limestone Township, said those affected by the decision deserve to know if they will be moved next school year.
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Borough resident Burt Francis commented that he doesn't see a tax relief or educational benefit to closing the school and going forward with a construction project at Jersey Shore Elementary School.
He asked that the board consider only renovating the elementary school and not do any additions, as is planned. This decision will affect generations to come, Francis said.
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"I never came to a school board meeting ... with such a heavy heart and heavy concern for where (the district) is going," Francis said.
Joy Clester, of Bastress Township, asked the board a variety of questions pertaining to the potential school closure and upcoming construction project.
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I take the baby and we all three start the steamy bathroom, then breathe in the cold night air. I need to put more towels in the dryer. I need to clean up the kitchen. I need to DO EVERYTHING and it's 5 in the morning.
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You know me! I try to see the good in all of this, (you know when I just typed that I typed "god" instead of "good" and I do try to see God in all of this but...)
I need a break. I need to wake up one morning and have everything in order. So I can just start new or something. Can all the laundry be done, the bathrooms clean, dishes washed, all the tiny things that are undermyfeet put away and I am not asking for a house like in the magazines but just something better than right now. I am so behind.
And with nights and mornings like these, how can I ever ever catch up?
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I didn't realize it until I was on the drive out here but for a long time I've felt a pull, almost like a magnet and it was bringing me here. There are a couple times in my life I can specifically recall God physically moving me from one place to another, and this is one of them. So much of the last six month makes very little sense but I don't really need it to.
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The keynote speaker for today's lunch was Ted Kennedy Jr., president of the Marwood Group. He spoke about the political catalysts in 2009 that will impact healthcare investing. The presentation can also be accessed as a webcast.
Kennedy believes that under the new Obama administration and a Democratic Congress, healthcare reform initiatives that will probably pass this year are an expanded SCHIP program, a Medicaid bailout (FMAP), and Health IT investment by the government (about $20 billion). The major changes to the product landscape will be new FDA leadership, follow-on biologics review, new generic-friendly policies, and safety issues related to imported drugs.
The big idea for 2009 is passage of a comprehensive healthcare reform bill by Congress that includes a large Medicare bill along with addressing what Kennedy calls the Doctor Payment Fix (i.e., how to pay the docs under any new reform package, which Kennedy estimates to be $300 billion). Kennedy believes Congress will enact a new comprehensive healthcare package, because of this new window of opportunity in which "the planets are aligned to make it happen in 2009."
In contrast to the healthcare reform package proposed by the Clinton administration in 1993, there is no organized opposition to the current plan, and the commitment of Obama and his Secretary of HHS, Tom Daschle, will give rise to a greater probability of success this time around.
It was particularly interesting that Kennedy noted that this time around younger voters are keenly interested in the government providing some form of universal healthcare. In the past, it was the older voters who were interested in Medicare and Medicaid. Now, though, with great uncertainity of the economy, younger voters are concerned that some form of government-sponsored program is around when they get older.
Similar to the Reinhardt's views presented yesterday, Kennedy believes that a $20 billion investment in Healthcare IT will be the cornerstone of this new reform/economic stimulus package.
Kennedy also gave a comprehensive overview of the different sectors of healthcare that will be stressed, segments that will still be stable, growth areas, and companies such as those focused on medical devices and diagnostics (areas that will reduce the rising cost of healthcare) that will do well under the Obama administration.
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CHESTER-Local concerns about FirstEnergy Corp. expanding or replacing its Little Blue Run impoundment may be moot now that the electric company has announced plans to take its coal ash elsewhere come 2017.
The utility, which operates the Bruce Mansfield Plant in Shippingport, Pa., announced this week that it will not go through with plans to build a coal ash disposal facility adjacent to Little Blue Run once the controversial impoundment reaches capacity in 2016.
Instead, FirstEnergy plans to ship the coal ash via river barge to La Belle, Pa., a tiny community on the Monongahela River, where it will be used as part of a coal mine reclamation project, said FirstEnergy spokesman Mark Durbin.
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Yard signs like this one can be seen along Pyramus and Johnsonville roads, where residents are concerned about the environmental effects of coal ash being disposed of at the nearby Little Blue Run impoundment. FirstEnergy says it has no plans to expand Little Blue, which is scheduled for closure by the end of 2016. (Photo by Stephen Huba)
"Several million tons a year of this material would ultimately go to the mine reclamation site," Durbin said. "It equates to about 45 barges a week."
Durbin said the coal ash, a byproduct of the coal combustion process at the Bruce Mansfield Plant, will be used as fill material at the abandoned coal mine, which will eventually be covered with top soil. FirstEnergy already uses the mine site to dispose of coal ash from its Mitchell Power Station in Courtney, Pa.
Transporting the coal ash by barge along the Ohio and Monongahela rivers will be cheaper than building a new, smaller disposal facility adjacent to Little Blue Run in Greene Township, Pa., Durbin said. About 40 percent of the impoundment is in Hancock County.
Residents in the Lawrenceville area of Hancock County have been concerned about FirstEnergy's alternate plans for coal ash disposal, including the possible expansion of Little Blue Run, since 2011. The local Little Blue Regional Action Group, with the help of the Washington, D.C.-based Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), has sought to draw attention to what it considers the environmental hazards of coal ash.
But Durbin said FirstEnergy's new disposal plan is not the result of public pressure. "It's strictly a business decision," he said.
FirstEnergy Generation President James Lash described the decision as an economic one "based on the costs of barging the material to a third-party site compared to permitting and constructing an expanded disposal facility. ..."
FirstEnergy has informed the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PDEP) and the Army Corps of Engineers that it will withdraw its previously-submitted permit applications seeking to expand Little Blue Run.
"After conducting a detailed review of future disposal options beyond Little Blue Run, the decision was made to beneficially use this CCB material for an existing mine reclamation project," Lash said.
CCBs, or coal combustion byproducts, are the waste material that's created when scrubber technology is used to remove sulfur dioxide from coal emissions. The coal ash is thickened into a slurry and sent through a seven-mile, underground pipeline to the impoundment, which has been in use since 1974 and has grown to about 1,300 acres.
Not all the coal ash from the Bruce Mansfield Plant goes to the impoundment, however. Approximately 450,000 tons a year are converted into synthetic gypsum and sent across the street to the National Gypsum plant for use in the manufacture of drywall, Durbin said.
"We're always looking for other options to reuse the material," he said.
Despite the beneficial uses, the Environmental Protection Agency and environmental groups say coal ash, when disposed of in unlined surface impoundments such as Little Blue Run, poses an environmental hazard because of the potential for ground water contamination.
In Lawrenceville, FirstEnergy has installed a series of pumping stations to monitor the ground water and remove seepages from residential neighborhoods in the vicinity of Little Blue Run.
The latest decision follows a consent decree reached between FirstEnergy and PDEP that requires the utility to discontinue the disposal of wet coal ash material at Little Blue Run after Dec. 31, 2016. The material that will be sent up-river will have a dry consistency thanks to a de-watering facility that will be built sometime in 2014 or 2015, Durbin said.
Hancock County Commissioner Jeff Davis said he was heartened by the news, which he heard at a meeting hosted by FirstEnergy on Tuesday.
"I was extremely pleased to hear that they have no plans of expanding Little Blue, either in Pennsylvania or West Virginia. That certainly was a concern of ours," Davis said. "Great news."
According to the consent decree, FirstEnergy must submit a closure plan for Little Blue Run by March 31. "We have no intention of walking away from that facility," Durbin said. "It would be a matter of how we would properly close it."
The closure plan will include a study of the future ground water impact of the coal ash in and around the facility, Durbin said.
But Lisa Graves Marcucci, EIP's Pennsylvania coordinator for community outreach, said FirstEnergy's announcement is not all good news.
"They're basically taking the same ash with the same toxins and pollutants and proposing to transfer it along a major water source and then want to dump it in another unlined pit," she said. "I'm concerned that we're transferring the risks from one community to another."
Marcucci said FirstEnergy's plan is a "victory for the communities that have already been impacted by Little Blue" and a concession to the growing body of evidence that coal ash is hazardous when disposed of improperly.
"The facts are pretty clear that there is a pollution problem," she said.


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PITTSBURGH - The following are the highlights and lowlights from the Steelers' 13-10 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday night at Heinz Field:
Play of the game: Baltimore's Jacoby Jones hauled in a punt at his own 37-yard line, sprinted up the middle and cut back across the field and outran Pittsburgh punter Drew Butler to the end zone for a 63-yard touchdown in the first quarter.
Offensive player of the game: Ravens receiver Anquan Boldin caught eight passes for 79 yards.
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Ravens QB Joe Flacco tries to throw a pass over the Steelers defense.
Defensive player of the game: Baltimore cornerback Corey Graham intercepted a pass and recorded eight tackles.
Most telling statistic: The Steelers offense, which led the league on third down, converted just five-of-17 chances.
Hidden statistic: The Steelers are 0-5 against the Ravens when Ben Roethlisberger watches from the sideline.
Best pass: Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco threw off his back foot and hit Ray Rice in stride down the right sideline for a 31-yard gain in the first quarter.
Worst pass: Pittsburgh's Byron Leftwich underthrew Emmanuel Sanders on a third-and-8 pass in the third quarter, and Graham intercepted the ball.
Best run: Leftwich ran away from Terrell Suggs, avoided a couple of tackle attempts and ended up going 31 yards for an early first-quarter touchdown.
Best catch: Sanders came across the field to snag a 37-yard pass from Leftwich in the third quarter.
Dropped pass: Not technically a drop, but Pittsburgh's Mike Wallace couldn't get both feet down on a pass in the end zone in the third quarter.
Best block: Sanders helped spring Leftwich on his touchdown run by taking out Graham.
Missed block: Pittsburgh rookie right tackle Mike Adams was beaten badly by Baltimore's Paul Kruger for a sack of Leftwich on third-and-10 in the first quarter.
Best tackle: Steelers cornerback Ike Taylor tripped up Baltimore's Bernard Pierce in the open field on a second-quarter run.
Best hit: Baltimore safety James Ihedigbo crushed Leftwich on a fourth-quarter sack. Leftwich was evaluated for a rib injury after the play.
Missed tackle: Taylor and Lawrence Timmons allowed Boldin to escape after a short reception and pick up a first down on a third-and-10 play in the second quarter.
Best coverage: Taylor knocked away and nearly intercepted a deep pass to Torrey Smith in the first quarter.
Worst coverage: Steelers linebacker LaMarr Woodley was several steps behind Rice on the 31-yard pass play in the first quarter.
Best kick: Baltimore's Sam Koch punted a ball 54 yards, and it was fair-caught by Sanders at his own 12-yard line in the first quarter.
Worst kick: The Ravens' Justin Tucker was wide right on a 41-yard field goal in the second quarter.
Best return: Jones' punt return was the difference in the game.
Costliest penalty: Baltimore's Cary Williams was called for pass interference on the first play of the game, and the Steelers gained 42 yards.
Best decision: A screen pass to Jonathan Dwyer on second-and-14 at their own 12-yard line netted 15 yards for the Steelers in the third quarter. Let's add, though, that the Steelers should have given Dwyer more carries than the 12 he received.
Worst decision: The Steelers burned two timeouts on one drive in the third quarter.
Best effort: The Ravens, as a team, played mistake-free football.
Unsung hero: Koch finished with a net average of 42.5 on his eight punts, helping keep the Steelers in bad field position throughout the game.
Replays: Steelers coach Mike Tomlin successfully challenged the spot of the ball on an 8-yard pass from Leftwich to Dwyer in the fourth quarter. The Steelers received a first down after a review.


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Observations on British and American English
by an American linguist in the UK
England and America are two countries separated by a common language.
--George Bernard Shaw
BrE = British English
AmE = American English
OED=Oxford English Dictionary (2nd edn. [1989], unless otherwise noted)
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Thank you for your support!
and this:
Thank you, my dear readers, for all your support. I am not worthy!
(BrE) Have/(AmE) Take a look at the other blogs on those lists if you'd to find some new languagey diversions.
5 comments:
- Markus B. said...
I'd say you're very worthy ;-) Congrats and thanks for this wonderful blog!
- 29 May, 2010 01:36
- Cameron MacDonald Black said...
What Markus said.
- 29 May, 2010 17:32
I should thank you, I was recently reading a novel that was just chock-full of briticisms and thanks to being a reader of your blog I was able to easily translate them into American English. I shutter to think of how much difficulty I would've had if I had tried reading the same book five years ago.
- 30 May, 2010 14:14
I meant 'shudder' not 'shutter' in the last post, my mistake.
- 30 May, 2010 15:49
- Dedene said...
Congratulations! Keep up the good work.
- 02 June, 2010 16:19


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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Whether it's about the Tahoe Area Plan update or other issues, residents have an opportunity to share opinions through an informal, face-to-face meeting with Washoe County Commissioner Marsha Berkbigler, who will host a pair of Commissioner Conversations.
At the meetings, residents will have an opportunity to speak with Berkbigler on the topic of "Strengthening Citizen Involvement," according to a press release from Washoe County.
The conversations are scheduled as follows:
• Thursday, Feb. 28, 5-6 p.m., Northwest Library, 2325 Robb Drive, Reno
• Tuesday, Mar. 5, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Incline Village Library, 845 Alder Ave., Incline Village


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Perhaps the most interesting thing about Dr. Ben Carson is the emerging possibility that he may be the springboard for moderate to conservative African-Americans to jump off and courageously face what I gather is considerable peer pressure and ridicule from their liberal brethren, both black and white.
Consider the following from Paul Middleton: "What a great article! Being stationed in Washington, D.C., for 10 of my Air Force years, I learned of Dr. Carson and his book, 'Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story,' before retiring in 1997. He is truly gifted and I'm not surprised of his conservative leaning. Many (fellow) African-Americans — my age and younger — fully understand and embrace many conservative principles. The problem historically is that we never got the love back unless we 'repudiated' other African-Americans of liberal persuasion. Dr. Carson's approach of speaking directly to issues as opposed to speaking directly to or about a specific person has long been our preferred way of stating positions on political issues.
"Recognition of conservative African-Americans is long overdue."
Jeanette Hardage has read the book and says that it should be an inspiration to anyone. "The story is especially good for teens and preteens," she writes.
Much to my surprise (and embarrassment), I'm just now learning that Dr. Carson spoke at last year's MUSC commencement program. I wasn't in the least bit aware of Dr. Carson at the time, so even if I heard about his speech, it didn't register.
Carson withdrawal
Carson, of course, does have his critics. Rick Stringer writes, "He is a great doctor with a great life story. But he can't save the Republican Party, which is on the wrong side of every major issue. His conflation of homosexuality to bestiality is troubling. His nonbelief in evolution is more troubling. But the clincher for me is his belief that the Earth is 6,000 years old. Mind boggling."
He's correct that Carson has made some poorly chosen remarks lately. Consequently, some of the backlash Carson has received precipitated his recent withdrawal as graduation speaker at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, ceding to demands from students about his recent comments on gay marriage.
According to The Washington Post, Carson did mention bestiality and pedophilia while arguing against gay marriage.
"(Traditional marriage is) a well-established, fundamental pillar of society and no group — be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they the people who believe in bestiality, it doesn't matter what they are — they don't get to change the definition," Carson said in a Fox News interview, referencing the North American Man/Boy Love Association, which seeks to overturn pedophilia laws.
Carson apologized, but it was too late. Now certain elements of the left want to skewer him like a well-roasted shish kabab. The invective is ... well, decide for yourself.
Another point of view
Consider excerpts from David Clark's two-page, single-spaced manifesto: "The schadenfreude was tasty as I enjoyed your (column on Carson), even as concurrent events presented your hero as a complete horse's ass. ... (His) faux apologies, of course, are of the typical conservative if-anyone-was-offended insincere type that neither acknowledge his error nor recognize its violence to others. ... I'd say that when your boss calls out your behavior using the language (Johns Hopkins Dean of Medicine Dr. Paul) Rothman did, then you probably ought to concentrate on the OR (operating room) work you're good at, and not on your after-hours hobby of being a social provocateur and useful idiot for the Republicans"
Dr. Charles Summerall, on the other hand, regrets that Carson withdrew. "It should not have happened," he writes. "Great persons should not, in spite of frequent recent examples, be penalized for their moral or political statements — as opposed to their moral behavior. A current S.C. example comes to mind."
Another type of leader
The Citadel's Col. Ben Legare told me an amusing anecdote relating to his 14- and 10-year-old grandsons. He had heard a talk by friend and classmate Gen. Bill Hartzog, in which the latter addressed the complexities of leadership, but remarked that any situation can be initially handled with a simplistic and yet effective leadership style: Look at the situation, focus on key elements of it and then take action.
Do that much and you've at least done something.
The colonel explained this to his 14-year-old grandson and it seemed to sink in.
A couple of weeks later, the family was out to dinner. The 10-year-old seemed to be having problems with the menu as the waitress approached to take their order. "Come on," said his older brother. "Look at the menu, focus on what you like and take action."
Edward M. Gilbreth is a Charleston physician. Reach him at edwardgilbreth@ comcast.net.


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A quick confession. I don't know Detroit's new police chief, Ralph Godbee, aside from what has been reported in the media lately about him and that he is also a minister. I know he appears to be smarter than his former boss, Kwame Kilpatrick, because when confronted with allegations of a sex-text recently, between him and a subordinate officer, Godbee did the right thing by admitting and apologizing to his family and the public right away.
He did not deny the allegations as some arrogant taxpayer-funded officials would do, thinking it would only be a one-day story.
Instead, he removed the sting from the story by admitting it, a cunning way to take away news incentive from reporters.
There may be other things I and other observers of Detroit's political process don't know about Godbee. But one thing I know for sure is that Godbee is taking over a police department that has been plagued with so many problems. From an outdated crime lab and poor dealings with residents to the sometimes unresponsiveness to complaints from those seeking help from 1300 Beaubien.
And, of course, the federal consent decree that is costing millions of taxpayer dollars to ensure that the police department becomes not only one of the best professional institutions in the country, but also civil rights conscious when it comes to dealing with citizens.
The police should protect, not instill fear. The men and women in blue should be working to safeguard people's rights, not infringe upon those rights. They should uphold their obligation to protect.
But I, like many others, am willing to give Godbee the benefit of the doubt and the chance to prove himself at departments in the country.
He has been at the department since 1987 which by any standard of definition is more than enough experience to know how to manage the department. Godbee is not ignorant to the issues — internal as well as external — that are confronting the police department.
Those who support him say he is the best choice to lead right now because he understands the nexus between community policing and law enforcement.
Certainly his elevation to the position of chief of police would not dramatically end the negative perception that some have long held regarding the police department. It won't all of a sudden reduce the carjacking and burglaries in our neighborhoods.
But if Godbee sees community policing as a tool to improve relations between law enforcement and the community in a way to deter crime, then he is on the right track.
Thomas Brandon, special agent in charge of the ATF, said on my television program that one way for law enforcement officers to effectively tackle crime, and maintain a healthy relationship between themselves and those they are sworn to protect, is by demonstrating respect for all in the community.
Most lawsuits that are filed against the City of Detroit result from police dealings with residents who feel disrespected and violated by officers.
At police commission meetings, commissioners are often greeted with a litany of complaints from citizens concerning how certain officers misbehave on the job, interpreting the law in their own way, instead of what's in the books.
That does not negate the fact that there are officers — a large majority we believe — in the department who work professionally and tirelessly around the clock to ensure the integrity of law enforcement, and to maintain that essential community relationship.
But for Godbee to make a mark on the department, he will have to assemble an independent team that's ready to go to work. That team should form the brain trust of the department, ensuring that Detroit taxpayers are getting the most for their investment. The brain trust group will ensure that the city is not ensnared in any kind of police scandal that would distract from the work of fighting crime.
Now that the permanent top cop has been selected, he needs to go to work, and the police department cannot be at the mercy of political expediency and loyalty.
Even though the police chief serves at the discretion of Mayor Bing, Godbee has to have some level of independence if lessons of past administrations are any indication of what can happen otherwise.
Detroit cannot afford another episode of the politicization of the civil service. Officers should not have to feel like they are walking a tightrope where they are caught up between the demands of political favoritism and maintaining the tenets and sanctity of their jobs.
Unfortunately, too often we witness an unsavory connection between police power and political loyalty. The end result is hard- pressed taxpayers footing the bill of something they didn't approve of and never would.
It is interesting to remember that the problems that brought Detroit the change we now see have been triggered by officers who are mandated to protect.
Gary Brown, Detroit City Council president pro tem who was a deputy chief at the time, was only beginning to investigate misconduct in former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's security detail (officers from the police department). That investigation had a snowball-like effect and the story that came out of it had so many complexities that many were wondering what was really going on with the former administration.
This time around Detroit can be spared the trouble, waste of taxpayer money and time to of another scandal that has its roots in the police department.
Detroit is going through almost a moment of political cleansing and we hope that Godbee, who stands as a key figure in this historic juncture, will learn from what has happened in the past and offer the kind of leadership that puts the community first.
If Ralph Godbee remains focused on the job, he can further restore the integrity of the Detroit Police Department and also improve the city's image and morale in the process.
Senior editor Bankole Thompson directs the editorial expression of the Michigan Chronicle. He is the author of the upcoming book "Obama and Black Loyalty," volume one of a trilogy on President Barack Obama which will be launched Oct 22 at a national symposium on Obama's impact on Blacks at Wayne State University Law School Auditorium. He is the host of "Center Stage With Bankole Thompson" airing every Saturday at 1 p.m. on WADL TV 38 (Comcast Channel 4). This Saturday, Sept. 25, will feature a roundtable about the Congressional Black Caucus 2010 Legislative Conference which recently ended in Washington, DC. You can also listen to his weekly analysis on the Detroit National Public Radio Affiliate, WDET 101.9 FM Thursdays at 11:15 a.m. on the Craig Fahle show.


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on February 24, 2013 - 1:00 AM
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The town and village were shut out in the latest round of funding from the federal Community Development Block Grant program.
The Town Board submitted a request for $100,000 to pay for replacement of sidewalks and curb cuts in the town, outside the village, while the Village Board approved a request for $57,525 in sidewalk repair work on several blocks within the village.
The sidewalk projects were the communities' top priorities, while the boards as a second option requested $100,000 for a skateboarding and biking park that would be built in town-operated Keysa Park.
Thomas J. Dearing, Erie County's deputy commissioner for planning and economic development, recently informed the town and village that the project selection committee for the block grant program had rejected their funding applications.
The letters don't provide an explanation for the rejection, but state the committee received 46 applications seeking a total of $3.27 million for 2013.
The committee approved six projects with a value of $586,323, including $100,000 for relining the Suffield Street sanitary sewer in Depew, according to county records.
Also this week:
•The School Board meets for a budget work session at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the board room of the former Central Avenue Elementary School, 149 Central Ave. Board members will discuss spending on instruction – the largest portion of the district's budget – and special education.
•The Village Board meets at 7 p.m. Monday in the Municipal Building, 5423 Broadway, with a work session beginning at 6. This is the last board meeting prior to the March 19 village elections.
•Tax counselors are providing income-tax preparation assistance each Thursday through April 4 at the Lancaster Senior Center.
The free tax counseling is offered on a first-come, first-served basis from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and is a service of the AARP and the Internal Revenue Service's Tax Counseling for the Elderly program. There are no restrictions based on age or residency, but the counselors can't provide assistance to high-income earners.
Interested people should bring their prior year's returns, current W-2s and 1099s and other relevant documents. For more information, including income eligibility, call the center at 685-3498.
This item was updated on Feb. 25 to correct the eligibility requirements for the income-tax preparation assistance. People receiving tax assistance don't have to be members of the Lancaster Senior Center, nor do they have to be seniors or residents of Lancaster, but there is a maximum income level. Call the center for further details.


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The Trust for Public Land is working with Portland Parks and Recreation to focus on densely populated areas that most need new parks—places like the Cully neighborhood, which has the city's lowest number of parks per capital.
The Trust for Public Land stepped in to prevent this popular dog park from being sold to developers while the city's dog park community mobilized support for a $17 million park bond measure.
This former private golf course was slated for development of 250 homes and apartments, but TPL helped secure the property and generate funds for it purchase for a park.
Cherry Park, a beautiful and popular local park in a densely populated, park-poor suburb of the City of Portland was until only a few years ago, an old quarry site.
The successful conclusion of the Summer Creek project in 2010 is a testament to The Trust for Public Land's tenacity and commitment, both in fund-raising and sensitive negotiations.
In 2007, 27 acres on Clatsop Butte in Southeast Portland were slated for a housing subdivision, but when the housing market took a downturn in early 2010, TPL had a chance to purchase and protect the property as city parkland.
In 2008, TPL helped to found The Intertwine Alliance, a broad coalition
of independent organizations working to preserve land, water and habitat
in the Portland/Vancouver Metropolitan Region and to create
opportunities for residents to connect with nature.
The City of Beaverton, Metro, THPRD and TPL all worked to fund the purchase of the Murray Ridge property, which was transferred into the city's ownership in January 2010.
In 2000, Portland Parks & Recreation asked TPL to help acquire Holly Farm, a 1.7-acre property, named for the holly trees that grow there.


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The company also features the expanded C-Cutter Mini chamfer mill line, which is suited for high speed, high-feed applications. Also on display are complete workholding solutions from Stevens Engineering.


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