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Motorola explains why it won't update the Motorola DROID 3 and the Motorola DROID X2 to Android 4.0
0. phoneArena 19 May 2012, 12:07 posted on
Friday's updated Android 4.0 update schedule for Motorola practically confirmed that a pair of handsets out for less than a year, the Motorola DROID 3 and the Motorola DROID X2, will not be receiving Ice Cream Sandwich; in a statement, Motorola explains the reasoning behind it's decision...
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1. hoevito (Posts: 8; Member since: 18 Apr 2012)
If the Htc Sensation can get it with 768mb of RAM, a bloated overlay in Sense 3.6, AND a generally inferior processor in the S3, then I call Motorola's BS...
10. jellytime (Posts: 135; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
Don't forget that sony also is updating their all their devices
which has 512 mb ram.
Hell my xperia play has 87 mb of ram and only 4 programs are running on the background
:Advanced task killer pro
:Swiftkey x
33. mio15 (Posts: 37; Member since: 21 Mar 2011)
no offens but...
Android System is designed to run apps in "backround". to simplify things here. task killer is contra productive to this system of managing app/runtimes.
just saying ;)
for more info try google
60. mas11 (Posts: 1034; Member since: 30 Mar 2012)
I couldn't agree more with you. It probably uses more power opening and closing these apps than just letting Android manage them.
24. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
This is the problem with not providing specifics about how/why ICS won't 'improve' the users experience. It just fuels the frenzy. Moto could have nipped this in the bud.
44. phitch (Posts: 214; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
HTC didn't use a chip that the developer decided to stop supporting less than 6 months after it was deployed in smartphones. WAY TO GO NVIDIA!
52. poddey (Posts: 77; Member since: 22 Mar 2012)
It is total BS. Motorola haven't provided any specifics because the real answer is it was most probably a decision based on dollars - i.e. they didn't make enough money selling these handsets to justify spending more money on developing an upgrade to ICS.
It seems Motorola thinks that they can make their way back to profitability by releasing a new flagship with slightly better specs every couple of months. Whether they realised it or not at the time, they have released way too many devices for their budget or software development team to be able to develop a firmware upgrade for each one for every country each one is being sold in. Does Motorola really think that customers who they've left behind without an upgrade are going to buy the next best Motorola phone or that their reputation would not be tarnished?
I get it that it doesn't really make sense for Motorola to provide an upgrade to pure ICS on a phone they sold with their Motoblur customisations (because the majority of customers won't root their phones and install custom ROMS). However I find it hard to believe that ICS with their latest Motoblur build wouldn't fit or run well on these handsets when their latest version of Motoblur basically looks like pure ICS anyway.
If Nvidia are partly to blame (because the Droid X2 runs their dual core Tegra 2 chip) then shame on Nvidia because Qualcomm are still supporting their SINGLE core S2 chips (Sony are upgrading their ENTIRE 2011 line up of Xperia phones and all of them run the S2 chip).
2. hybrid06339 (Posts: 23; Member since: 16 May 2012)
Utter BS from Moto. I have a DX running AOKP build of ICS and it runs just fine. Moto should come out and say that they won't support anything past a year old and allow users to unlock those devices easily so that they can be updated with a custom ROM.
11. theBankRobber (Posts: 681; Member since: 22 Sep 2011)
Both the Atrix and Photon can have there boot loaders unlocked easy and still both are getting ICS.
45. Tatperson (Posts: 58; Member since: 21 Oct 2011)
But according to XDA, Motorola is giving an update with 2.3.6 for both the photon and the Atrix which will further lock down their bootloaders and even make it impossible to flash SBFs.
53. theBankRobber (Posts: 681; Member since: 22 Sep 2011)
I was just in the recent soak test for my Photon 4G. I can not confirm the ( can't unlocked the boot loader again method) but can say the update was a BUST. Only thing good was the 1080p video recording.
3. CharlieAtInfinity (Posts: 253; Member since: 10 Apr 2012)
even my arc s with 512 MB ram got ICS... geeze Motorola!! :/ disappointing to hear!!
22. sasa3342 (Posts: 2; Member since: 19 May 2012)
I have Xperia neo V with ICS, believe me, every 30 min i get "Application is not responding, would you like to close it?".
Xperia neo V + ICS = FAIL! Sony is using ICS update for marketing purposes only. ICS was made for dual core processor and 1GB RAM. Motorola is right.
32. adjou (Posts: 103; Member since: 06 Jul 2010)
That's why Sony said clearly upgrading to ICS can affect the performance of the handset. And that's why they clearly stated that ICS is optional.
They know ICS won't do the handset any better, but they gave the user the choice to choose.
You should read next time you upgrade...
34. Zayuh24 (Posts: 149; Member since: 21 Nov 2011)
There are a few factors involved:
1. How long do you have the phone on before you restart it? The longer ANY system runs, the more it uses it's RAM and tries to close programs to ease the load.
2. Are the force-closing apps even updated to support ICS? I read a lot of the "Update Logs" and some still only support Honeycomb at best. It takes a lot longer for devs to jump from Gingerbread to ICS because every app runs differently on different devices. No if, ands, or buts.
3. Maybe it really is Sony's fault, but that doesn't mean you CAN'T fix it. Check some of the Android forums online and see if you're the only one having the problem. It could be a faulty app that's constantly running in the background and eating your RAM or it could be a misspelled word in Sony's rendition of the source code lol.
42. CharlieAtInfinity (Posts: 253; Member since: 10 Apr 2012)
dude, just disable facebook inside xperia and few other apps, its working great on my arc S
4. wp74ver (banned) (Posts: 62; Member since: 10 May 2012)
That's has to suck , you go buy a phone and didn't even get one update lol welcome to android a.k.a fragmentation king lol.
6. biophone (Posts: 1956; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
Your misusing the term fragmentation. This is a serious problem and even fustrates casual users but its not fragmentation.
7. eDiesel (Posts: 142; Member since: 17 Mar 2012)
What are you talking about????.
Current windows phone handsets won't even get wp8 so you have no room to talk.
13. theBankRobber (Posts: 681; Member since: 22 Sep 2011)
Haha WP6 didn't get 7 and wp7 won't get 8, and this guy talks about fragmentation. Lol dude so true
17. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
that has actually not been confirmed i beleive.. there are rumors that is is true and that it isnt true
but as for the droid, this makes little sense as they google should be making sure their own products get the updates... i mean they practically own moto now so it shouldnt be to hard to get some cohesion
19. kshell1 (Posts: 1143; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
The phones aren't their products, the OS is thats as far as it goes. They have 0 control of any device unless its a nexus device. All they do is make the stock OS and let out source codes.
26. threed61 (Posts: 200; Member since: 27 May 2011)
As of today, Google does own Motorola, and should assume responsibility for all Moto phones. Motorola has always hated to update anything, even bug/security fixes, hopefully this changes under new management.
27. kshell1 (Posts: 1143; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
They also said they wouldn't interfere with Motorola's products or use them as sole android manufacturer just doing it for the patents.
29. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Not meaning to be pedantic, but - Google just received approval from the China ministry to proceed with the acquisition of Moto. Until Google managers are in place at Moto, Google isn't really calling the shots. Soon, but not quite yet.
40. chadrick0814 (Posts: 209; Member since: 23 Nov 2011)
That's a good point. Your title is also a good point. WP 7 phones will be running WP 7 forever and will never get WP 8. Welcome to WP!
5. biophone (Posts: 1956; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
These phones can handle ICS that isn't the reason they aren't getting ICS. Neither is the fact that it won't improve the phone (it would). Its not getting ICS because these phones weren't sold in high volume and where mid-tier devices. When you release a bunch of devices some of them most likely won't be supported.
These phones could use ICS though so a big disapointment. The dual cores aren't talken advantage of in gingerbread so ICS would really help the performance of the phone.
8. marions (Posts: 13; Member since: 19 May 2012)
This utter and complete bs from Motorola. A prior poster is correct by saying these phones (X2) were not sold in high enough volume to comply with their "promised" 18 month update policy on their new phones. Not to mention their locked bootloaders. This will be my last Motorola product period. If it requires going back to Apple to get updates and reliability, then so be it. By Motorola!
9. kingjr243 (Posts: 31; Member since: 06 Jun 2011)
any word on the bionic
12. TreyTreyTaylor (Posts: 674; Member since: 21 Dec 2010)
Its a damn shame. Sometimes its really better to wait for the next big thing. The X2 and D3 were terrible successors to their predecessors. As a ex Droid X user(lol), I know all to well how Motorola straight up disrespects their customers. Not to say that any of these companies sincerely care about their customers. But I got really tired of bootstrapping recovery, and not being able to change my kernel. From day one with my Galaxy Nexus, the boot loader was unlocked, it was rooted and had a custom rom. I may never get another Motorola again. Not that they're bad, its just that I hack a lot, and the Nexus has got me turned out lol.
62. doubleD (Posts: 78; Member since: 13 Dec 2010)
"...D3 were terrible successors to their predecessors"
Obviously you didn't own/use a D2 and D3. That statement couldn't be further from the truth.
The D3 improved upon the D2 in every way. Among other things, the dual core processor all but eliminated any lag on the D3, which was a huge issue on the D2. Also, the newly designed keyboard was a huge improvement. This along with everything else made the D3 the best phone I've ever owned.
14. Bluesky02 (Posts: 1439; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
What Moto means
"You want ICS? Buy our new phones"
15. Sinaps (Posts: 60; Member since: 27 Jul 2010)
Just saying the freaking truth motorola, dont need this bullcrap. My Droid X2 is pissed.
18. rg987 (Posts: 130; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
Motorola sucks
21. RamyRamz69 (Posts: 390; Member since: 12 Dec 2011)
My Arc S runs perfectly with 512 MB of RAM and a single 1.4 GHZ core...
I think Sony is the only company that actually gives a damn about it's customers. Not LG, Samsung, HTC or Motorola are updating atleast half of their devices to ICS.
Samsung is just updating S2 and the Note. They didn't even mention when is the Galaxy R going to get the update...
LG is updating the Optimus 2X and their USA phones, at like 2013
Moto is just updating the Razr/Maxx and Bionic
Htc is upgrading all the Sensations and a couple of other phones which is good to be honest.
23. tha.fox (Posts: 100; Member since: 30 Nov 2011)
honestly anyone who was stupid enough to buy the x2 or droid 3 aftet the 4g tbolt charge and revolution were already out then thats their bad.
25. kshell1 (Posts: 1143; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
the x2 and droid 3 were superior phones except the exclusion of LTE
28. ceepyou (Posts: 38; Member since: 10 Apr 2012)
Maybe it is more like, "...we want the new release to improve our devices. If we determine that with Moto Blur that can't be done - well then, we're not able to upgrade that particular device." I definitely agree that something is holding this up, but maybe 512MB of RAM and Moto Blur are not a good combo on ICS and Motorola is not about to update an iconic device like a DROID without the Blur UI on it.
Or maybe as much as Google said they would let Motorola run independently, they won't let Motorola push out those updates in fear of the user experience being tarnished and slowed, thus making the whole Google/Motorola relationship seem sloppy. What I mean is, in case there are any problems, this keeps the some from saying that since Motorola is owned by the manufacturer of the OS, this could have been prevented by Google. Something just didn't go right to keep them from proceeding with the update but we probably won't get a 100% straight up answer.
37. wp74ver (banned) (Posts: 62; Member since: 10 May 2012)
Poor android customers, I put my d!ck on the line ,I will get windows 8 on my lumia 900.
43. wassup (Posts: 565; Member since: 23 Jun 2011)
Stop trying to justify your purchase, how do you know if the Lumia 900 will get WP8? the WM6 devices never got WP7, so what makes you so sure?
Besides, The D3 and DX2, are better on gingerbread than WP7 on your Lumia.
56. snowgator (Posts: 3583; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
No, Windows Mobile did not get Windows Phone. 2 Totally different OS's. But what your posts omit is that EVERY WP7 device got the Nodo update and the Mango update- so 2 OS upgrades on every device.
And yes, there was one blogger who said that WP 7.5 will not get WP 8.0 which every anti-Windows OS poster has grabbed onto like it was announced by Microsoft itself. Meanwhile, app developers, Nokia devlopers, and other bloggers state at least all 2nd Gen devices will get it. So the the Nokia Lumina series, all three Samsung Focus series (except the original), the Titan series from HTC, and the Mango ZTE and Fujitsu devices SHOULD get it. No, I do not have any more confirmation than any other person. But I just believe it goes in line with what Microsoft wants to do, and they only really have to deal with a handful of devices and a few carriers.
All that doesn't change the fact both the Droid 3 (which I would have bought had I gone to Verizon, as I was unimpressed with the HTC Trophy) and the X2 were great performing devices, and both should get ICS.
30. mio15 (Posts: 37; Member since: 21 Mar 2011)
Nothing can suprise me anymore. I get it, that not every device will run 4.x flawlessly. but if companys are concerned that users won´t like the work flow on specific hardware, they could at least offer a "beta" or an optional update. i know xda is something different than motorola, lg etc. but if "some guys" can make 4.x run on an Xperia X8 (600mhz) with pretty ok system speed i highly doubt that newer devices cant run it.
i bet most users care about what 4.0 offers in features (updated gapps) than hoping for a "lag free" experience. but companys think its the other way around.
nevertheless... upgrade or not. it is absurd how long it takes for some devices to update (LG, Moto). Sony (in opinion) are the ones who care the most for their users to get ICS. then HTC then nothing... than samsung... an at the end lg, moto. (only to name the BIG) Huawei also does an ok job. but they have less devices (in EU/US)
31. nd4spd1919 (Posts: 1; Member since: 19 May 2012)
This is utter bulls**t and Motorola knows it. A rooted Droid 3 can run ICS just fine. Motorola just wants you to drop your new phone for a newer phone. I got my 3 in December, and have been waiting for a update announcement since then. See that I buy from Motorola again. I'm going to go root my phone right now. Screw you.
35. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3108; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
Droid X2 was a crappy device but the D3 was really good. Despite both having the same dual core processor(i think) and the same amount of RAM. The Droid 3 was WAY more responsive and WAY less laggy and WAY less of a bug fest that the DROID X2 was.
DROIDX2 was a complete and utter mistake, device should have never came out. But Verizon wanted to be the first to offer a dual core handset in the US(again I think thats why they released it so quickly)
I also think it has to do with priority. Both handsets are 3G only devices and Verizon is obvious and clear and very blunt that they will crap all over their 3G only devices and not care whatsoever about them. Better get a 4G LTE device while you can if you are grandfathered in and only have a 3G device.
41. phitch (Posts: 214; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
It wasn't the first dual core handset in the US. The G2x from T-Mobile was, also, the D3 uses an TI-Omap, the X2 uses the same chip in the G2x. Nvidia stopped supporting that version (Harmony) of the Tegra 2 chip. To get support companies have to pay for premium support and you can guarantee that since the moment the harmony is updated someone will reverse engineer it on which ever device it is updated to support ICS, that Nvidia is going to charge out the nose for the updated source code.
55. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
the X2 used a Tegra II, the 3 used an OMAP4 so yeah, the Droid 3 was a good bit more powerful.
36. nnaatthhaannx2 (Posts: 820; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
I think Moto needs to work on the RAM managment on their phones because the LOWEST I've ever gotten my phone's RAM down to was around 500MB... that's pretty bad moto. On top of that, there's no way to get rid of MOG, which uses 17!
No me gusta.
-Droid Razr Maxx
38. Murfpass (Posts: 23; Member since: 23 Aug 2011)
One of the many reasons I won't ever buy a Motorola
57. snowgator (Posts: 3583; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
Moto is not the only handset maker guilty of this. It does seem they get bashed more about it. While I am sure the GS2 should get ICS, I thing Samsung is the worst, and they are the biggest Android maker in the world. LG doesn't seem to update anything.
Actually, I think all manufacturers are doing better with roadmaps and updates to ICS than they have with any other iteration in Androids history. It just seems these too were not succesful enough to warrent the upgrade.
39. phitch (Posts: 214; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
What is comes down to is this: The Droid X2 can't be updated because it uses a Tegra Harmony Chip. Nvidia stopped supporting these chips and will not release updated code for ICS support on them, unless the manufacturer decides to pay out the ass. It just isn't worth it. The Droid 3 came out around the same time, so if one gets it and the other doesn't you are looking at a lot of backlash and possibly people demanding a phone switch from one to the other -- since they are essentially the same exact phone.
So if you want to be angry with someone -- go to Nvidia and tell them to give proper support to the devices that used their chips.
46. marions (Posts: 13; Member since: 19 May 2012)
Motorola shouldn't push out phones knowing they won't update them. It will be much easier to not even worry with them any more and just not buy their products. Way easier!
47. un1ocked (Posts: 2; Member since: 19 May 2012)
if moto said this:
xoom wifi (nvidia tegra2 / 1gb ram) + ics = ok
photon4g (nvidia tegra2 / 1gb ram) + ics + blur = ok
droid-x2 (nvidia tegra2 / 512mb ram) + ics + blur = not ok
i'm sure that: droid-x2 + ics = ok, because
nexus-s-4g (512mb ram) + ics = OK
so... just give us PURE ics,
we don't need your motoblur, which takes time/resources to develop
48. DigitalMD (Posts: 226; Member since: 17 Feb 2010)
Of course its all BS. The extend of Motorola's testing for these devices amounts to "does this make us money........... no, well then it's not compatible.
49. un1ocked (Posts: 2; Member since: 19 May 2012)
i wish i could install motoblur optionally,
so, enjoy google ics while waiting for motoblur being released
50. Fuego84 (Posts: 344; Member since: 13 May 2012)
New phone + new android OS = new sales on the current devices. They don't want to upgrade the old handsets they rather have the people buy new phones.
51. raymond513 (Posts: 12; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
That's convenient timing Motorola. The first public release of ICS for the Droid x2 just dropped and it works great.
54. amazinghorse (Posts: 38; Member since: 14 Dec 2009)
Gingerbread on both the Droid X and Droid Incredible have been super poopy. I am super ok with Moto saying "Um, ya. We can't make this work to a satisfactory level....so ya...we're not gonna do it."
58. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 12979; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
Excuses, excuses. Typical Motorola bullcrap. Flipping off and alienating their fanbase.


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Dec. 7, 2010
When Brad "Dogg" Thompson works his 1,000th game in professional hockey on Wednesday, December 8, he will not be looking back at the number of times he has walked out to the bench or sharpened skates, but rather how many relationships he has built over the years. A true people-person, Thompson measures his success by the places he's been and people he's met during his 14-year journey.
"I do this job because I enjoy it. Once I don't enjoy it anymore, I won't be around," said Thompson.
"Grand Rapids is a good organization and from the start, everybody has treated me awesome. I have been able grow into the job, starting off by not even knowing much about pro hockey and then having the chance to move up and be the equipment manager."
Thompson still aspires to one day make one more move up and work in the NHL before he decides to enter a hockey-free chapter of his life. He has received tastes of the NHL by working for the Red Wings during their past few playoff runs, and even has a 2008 Stanley Cup Championship ring to show for it. But if his call-up to be an equipment manager in the big league does not come, he is fine with that as well.
"I really love Grand Rapids, but my goal is still to be working in the NHL," Thompson said. "If that doesn't happen, I am stable here and fine with that too. Like I said, I really enjoy working for the Griffins organization and I am happy here."
Obviously, 1,000 games provides many memories for Thompson, who notes the Griffins' Game 7 come-from-behind win against the Manitoba Moose in the 2006 North Division Finals as one of his fondest. He is also quick to note however, that more important than a specific event, are the people and players he has come to know over the years.
"I enjoy seeing a lot of my buddies doing well in Detroit and still keep in touch with many of them." Thompson said. "A lot of the guys I've gotten to know over the years are real friendly, like Joey MacDonald, Tomas Kopecky, Jiri Hudler, Darryl Bootland and the list goes on and on. Guys like that stand out and will build a relationship with you outside of just hockey.
"Just traveling over the years and making all kinds of new friends has been great," Thompson continued. "There are so many fun things that happen here, whether it's skating after the games with all the stick boys or something else. It's just fun."
As far as what Thompson plans to do when his hockey career is over, he has one idea, but either way he plans to be around people.
"I wouldn't mind going back to UPS. It might sound weird, but I worked at Airborne Express before the Griffins and I enjoyed delivering packages," Thompson said. "It's just like here where you meet and talk to new people all the time and just enjoy your life."
Enjoying life is exactly what Brad Thompson is doing right now, and will likely continue to do for a much longer hockey career than these first 1,000 games, a milestone that will be celebrated the only way for someone that likes to be around people can be, and that is to invite everyone you know out to your big event.
"My wife called 54 of our closest friends, bought tickets for them, so they will all be there with us," Thompson commented. "It's going to be a lot of fun."
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Dear All,
Need help to analyze quota generation as per business scenario as given below :
Sick Leave to be credited during the beginning of year(12) through evaluation. Validity of one year(calendar year) and can be carry forwarded(up to 30 days)
PL to be calculated evaluating the eligibility of 240 days of attendance to be credited in the next year(beginning of calendar year) If eligibility is not fullfilled(short of 240 day of actual attendance) same years earned and availed PL will be added to actual working days to consider the eligibility. However calculation will be on actual working days.
You have use RPTQTA00 method for sick leave and Use PT60 for the PL.
Best Regards,
Dear Sandev,
According to me, If the sick leave is not carried forwarded for 30 days you can use RPTQTA00 to generate it but it has to be carried forwarded to 30 days in next year, so you have to use PT60 for both the leaves.
For SL you have to put a PCR to work on 1st jan to carry forward the leaves to the next year and another PCR say on 31st jan to limit the SL quota to a maximum of 12 days so the carried leaves if not utilized will be discarded.
For PL you have to put attendances of employee into a time type and on 1st jan according to the working days stored in the time type PL should be generated.
Thanks Prateek
As far as SL is considered I generated 12 days during Jan time evaluation and I have restricted 12 max in the rule. This restricts the carry forward of remaining which is always > 12 during next year.
For PL logic of using time type may not work as the whole issue is how to get this time type in generation rule ?? Only periods are considered for calculation of quota.
Dear Devesh,
Are you using a -tive or +tive time scenario???
As per your scenario, i am thinking that it is a positive time conditions. Then passing the attendance days into the time type and generating quota accordingly through the schema according to the attendance days i think is the best possible solution.


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That fat bastard ate all my hula hoops!
margheritapizza가 작성 2007년 03월 28일 (수)
take a hoop and do your best to throw it around a man's erect penis, try semis for a more difficult shot (worth twice as many points)
i was playin a good round a hulahoop last night with a pair of twins i met
alex delves가 작성 2006년 05월 24일 (수)
(V)To break a tackle in american football, in which the ballcarrier puts his shoulder into the tackling defender, causing the defender to roll around the ballcarrier's back, much like the motion of a hula hoop.
Did you see that running back Hula Hoop that dude!
Big Hamp가 작성 2007년 09월 20일 (목)
Another word to describe a homosexual.
"look at the way he walks, you could tell he's a hula hoop."
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5 Reasons Your Online Dating Profile Isn't Working
So you've set up your online dating profile, answered 66,000 of those ancillary compatibility questions, and received exactly zero messages from others -- so what's the deal?! Why is no one attracted to you?
Well, it's because you're not attractive.
Here, let's cut it down into pieces that are easier to swallow. Your dating profile isn't working because ...
#5. You Want Something from a Romantic Partner You Should Be Getting Somewhere Else
"What are you looking for?" asks the dating form.
"Let's see ... I'm gonna need someone who's gonna rescue me from my-"
That was quick, and it was quick because the first thing you want from a relationship is something you should be getting from anywhere other than a nice stranger who's willing to eat a meal with you. You want to have more self-esteem? You'd better get it from achieving something in life, because that's not the job of your future partner. You need someone to hover around you in the ready position because (emotionally speaking) you are a very brittle (though sexy) vase on top of a very high display? That's more a job for the professionals (psychiatrist, not escort). You see the mile markers in life as education, career, relationship, and family, but just because you can sleepwalk your way through the first two doesn't mean you're automatically ready for the rest.
#4. You're Looking for an Endorsement of Your Single Life
Your dating profile is not working because you are literally posing with a sword in your photo (and yes, I know it's a katana -- I called it a sword just to annoy you). You are posing with a sword (I DID IT AGAIN) in your photo because you have laboriously over-engineered a Single Life for yourself and would now like to shoehorn another person into it in the manner of adding a seventh wheel to one of those stupid six-wheeled cars. Approximately 77 percent of your dating profile is a massive itemized list of your favorite bands and TV shows simply because those are the things that have paired nicely with your aloneness. You're looking for a cheerleader for your big pile of Single Person Stuff, but you have that pile BECAUSE you're single. There's less time for constant sword-polishing (ahem) when you're reconfiguring your day to allow for mutual trust and support with another human being.
Your job is not to demand that someone else submit to jackbooted annexation by your single person's empire. You do not want to be the Hitler of relationships. You do not want to be the Hitler of anything. I cannot stress that enough.
#3. You Don't See Other People as People
Why do you think you can get away with misreporting your age/height/weight by a factor of 146? Because you don't see other people as fully sentient. You've spent 960 hours thinking about why you'd potentially stop seeing someone but zero hours thinking about why someone might dump you. That's because you don't see other people as people -- you see them as props, here to supplement the existence of the One True Human. That's a tough pill to swallow, but here's a full glass of context to help wash it down: It's so common that there's even a word ("sonder") to describe the belated realization that other people exist in the same way you do. Because they do.
Ohhhh shit.
Like everyone else, you've probably grown up watching a lot of movies, and the thing about movies is that the stories that offer the most escapism by nature give you the least accurate picture of the real world. Lacking are the movies about how the universe is a big unfair mess of random shit and awkward gray areas in which you are entitled only to die screaming. Your life is not a character arc in which the Love Interest is obligated to appear at some point -- it is a horribly free-form escalator ride to the grave, and it's up to you to make the most of it by shaping yourself into the kind of person that the kind of person you're attracted to would plausibly find attractive. Something you're clearly not doing already, because you have the dating profile of the hero, the protagonist, the One True Human, who is intrinsically attractive without having to grow as a person.


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ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP-Officers with the St. Clair police Department will be better equipped to protect the public from criminals who, in many cases, are becoming more and more well armed all the time. Police Chief Donald Hyatt told trustees at their Tuesday meeting that his department has purchased several new Sig Sauer .223 caliber Semi Automatic Patrol Rifles. The rifle is similar in configuration and appearance to the well known AR-15.
Hyatt reported that officers will be carrying the rifles in their cruisers while on patrol, adding that several cruisers had previously been outfitted with the rifles, however, he wanted all of his officers to have the same fire power available to them. " I wanted to get to the point where all the units have the same weapons in them," said Hyatt, adding, "So all the cars now will have the military grade 12 gauge shot gun and the Sig Sauer .223."
According to Hyatt all that is left to do now is get the new rifles properly sighted in by taking them to the shooting range and "zeroing them in." He explained this process is done to insure the rifles are accurate after coming from the factory. All officers with the St. Clair Police Department are certified by the state to use the .223 rifle as well as the 12 gauge shotgun, according to Hyatt.
When asked how he thinks the new rifle can benefit his department Hyatt explained that criminals everywhere seem to be more well armed than ever and his department is just "keeping pace". "You just never know what you're going to run into these days and you have to be able to respond appropriately," said Hyatt. He cited well publicized incidents like the infamous 1997 North Hollywood Bank shootout where officers with the LAPD had to go to local gun stores to find weapons that could match the firepower of two assault rifle wielding bank robbers. "If you can't equal the force you're being threatened with you're not going to be able to help anybody," said Hyatt.
As for funding for the purchase of the rifles Hyatt explained that ceased narcotics money footed the bill. "These rifles were paid for thanks to local drug dealers."
Hyatt explained that his department often buys equipment with ceased drug revenue. "We're going to fight the war on drugs, and we're going to fight it with their money."


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Benson brothers disagree on Maryland's move to Big Ten; Todd: "I feel like they sold out."
November 19, 2012 - Cory Giger
Brothers don't always agree, and when it comes to Maryland bolting from the ACC to the Big Ten, Todd and Shawn Benson have very different viewpoints about their alma mater.
Todd hates the move. Shawn likes it.
"No, I don't think it's a good thing for Maryland," said Todd, an Altoona Area High School product who was a standout defensive lineman for the Terps from 1978-80. "Why move to another conference?" Todd added. "I don't understand why they would even want to, other than money."
That's what the move -- which takes place in 2014 -- is all about. For both sides.
The Big Ten gets to expand its TV reach into the Baltimore and Washington D.C. markets by adding Maryland, and if Rutgers is added to the league today, as expected, it brings New Jersey and potentially New York viewers into the mix.
That's potentially a boatload of money for the Big Ten and its member schools. And that's what Todd Benson dislikes about the whole ordeal, believing money is not enough of a reason on its own for Maryland to switch conferences.
"It gets down to the question: Is it sport, or is it entertainment and money," Todd said. "I would like to think that it's just sport, especially when you're talking about it's supposed to be [college athletes].
"They go move to another conference for only one reason -- that's money. To me, I feel like they sold out."
Shawn Benson, a guard for the Terps who started his final two seasons (1982 and '83), admitted he initially had the same reservations as his brother when the Maryland news was announced Monday. But unlike Todd, Shawn quickly came around to believing the move to the Big Ten will be a good thing for Maryland.
"My initial reaction was they're only doing it for the money and the holy dollar speaks completely and sometimes overcompensates for tradition and things of that nature," said Shawn, an AAHS product.
"But let's face it, to be competitive at the collegiate level from a football and basketball perspective, if you don't have top-notch facilities -- and it takes money to have those facilities -- then you're always going to be playing catch-up."
Shawn first thought of Maryland's tradition in the ACC -- particularly in basketball, playing the likes of Duke and North Carolina -- the fact that his alma mater was a charter member of the league and that he earned a 1983 ACC championship ring with the Terps.
"I was like, 'Aw no, this can't be," Shawn said of the move to the Big Ten. "But after really taking a more rational approach to it, I think in the long run it's probably going to be a good thing."
For Shawn, unlike Todd, the notion of "show me the money" is a positive for Maryland.
"With all these four or five major BCS conferences, who knows what could happen in the ACC going forward?" Shawn said. "At this point, I think it's ultimately going to be a good thing for all athletics at the university. So I'm coming to grips with it."
Todd and Shawn Benson are part of the first family of football in Blair County. Brothers Brad (Penn State) and Troy (Pitt) also played Division I football, and Brad went on to play for the New York Giants, while Troy played for the New York Jets.
The two Bensons who played at Maryland also disagree on whether the Terps can compete in the Big Ten.
"They don't compete in the ACC now, so the answer right now is no," Todd said. "I'm still rooting for them. I hope they do well. I don't know that they will, but I hope I'm wrong."
"I think we'll be able to compete in the Big Ten," Shawn said. "It might take a little time, and probably even a little more time than to have success at the ACC level, but I'm very encouraged by [coach] Randy Edsall and some of the kids he's been able to recruit. And I think the recruiting can even be a little bit better going into the Big Ten now."
Todd Benson also said he's encouraged by Edsall, who's in his second season with the Terps. Maryland is just 4-7 this year but has had terrible luck with four quarterbacks going down with injury.
"I'm willing to give Edsall and his staff more time because I think they're doing good things," Todd said.
The brothers also disagree about whether Maryland and Penn State can become good rivals. The Terps have beaten PSU just once in 37 meetings (the series is 35-1-1), but Shawn played in one of the closest and most meaningful games.
The Nittany Lions, behind Todd Blackledge, beat Boomer Esiason and Maryland, 39-31, during their national title season in 1982.
There were some other close games between the two programs -- which haven't played since 1993 -- but that's not enough for Todd to be convinced it can become a good rivalry.
"There are no rivalries that are going to stem from this," Todd said. "The only one that I can see maybe -- and again maybe, a pure long shot -- would be a Penn State rivalry. It's the only good thing that can come from it."
Phil Sipes of Hollidaysburg, a 1986 Maryland graduate who broadcasts Golden Tiger football games, sides more with Shawn Benson when it comes to the Terps' conference switch.
"It's kind of bittersweet," Sipes said. "When you think about all the history and tradition that Maryland's had in the ACC, it's really tough. But knowing the way the environment is right now and knowing what's going on at Maryland specifically and what they're getting from the ACC today as opposed to the past, I think it's a no-brainer.
"At first it was kind of a shock and it was like, this isn't a good thing. But then the more you look at the numbers, the figures behind it, I think it's really a great fit for Maryland, to be honest, from an athletic standpoint and an academic standpoint."
Sipes believes Maryland can enjoy success in the Big Ten and pointed out his alma mater has won more bowl games (11) than several current members of the league. He also points to Maryland's strong basketball tradition and believes that program will fit in very well in the Big Ten, which has emerged as the nation's premier basketball league in recent years.
"They will be a great addition to the Big Ten basketball-wise, without a doubt," Sipes said.
PSU statement
From athletic director Dave Joyner:
"Penn State welcomes the University of Maryland to the Big Ten Conference with tremendous enthusiasm. Maryland is a fantastic addition and to an already outstanding family of Big Ten institutions. Our two institutions have a long history of collegiality and athletic competition and we're excited about future meetings as conference partners. We look forward to this new era for the Big Ten."


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Thursday, May 30, 2013
On Monday, May 20, Santee Cooper and the Central Electric Power Cooperative signed an extension of an agreement between the two entities that Santee Cooper executives say could equal long-term savings for consumers.
Santee Cooper CEO Lonnie Carter said the agreement could help keep energy affordable and costs down for customers through the next 75 years.
"Today is a win for South Carolina, which has enjoyed the fruits of our partnership with Central for more than 60 years already," Carter on Monday. "One immediate benefit of this extension is it will provide the credit agencies the stability that they need as they evaluate our bonds. This should translate into lower interest rates on our debt, which helps us keep power costs low for all our customers."
The savings will benefit all cooperative consumers as well as other wholesale customers and direct served residential, commercial and industrial customers of Santee Cooper. In addition to the savings, the agreement creates a collaborative approach to planning for Santee Cooper and the Electric Cooperatives, Santee Cooper's largest customer.
Through their wholesale electricity aggregator, Central Electric Power Cooperative, the 20 independent retail electric cooperatives agreed to the extension of the Coordination Agreement, a complex document that governs how Central and Santee Cooper work together. The boards of both organizations approved the agreement in separate votes. With this amendment, the contract between the two entities cannot be terminated prior to 2058.
"Today's signing puts in place significant changes that will help make our two organizations partners in power supply planning and delivery," said Ronald J. Calcaterra, president and CEO of Central. "It will be a true and effective partnership that aligns the interests of both parties."
The amendment is noteworthy also because of its influence on electricity rates for the more than two million South Carolinians who use power from either electric cooperatives or Santee Cooper."
Lower power costs are also important to Central and Santee Cooper as they work to attract and retain industry. Electric cooperatives and Santee Cooper last year announced a new discounted economic development rate designed to attract large industry to the state.
The cooperatives and Santee Cooper also promote growth through their jointly funded South Carolina Power Team, the only statewide non-governmental economic development organization. Since its founding in 1988, the Power Team has participated in more than 600 industrial expansions and new developments representing $9.3 billion in capital investment, more than 52,400 new jobs and $2 billion in annual payroll.
The signing followed approval in separate votes by directors for each organization. Central's board of directors approved the contract May 8, and Santee Cooper's board approved it earlier on Monday, May 20.
"More than a year ago, the board directed staff to push hard for long-term rate and contract improvements," said Lawrence J. Hinz, Central's board chairman, "and board members were unanimous in their approval of that hard work. Congratulations to the staffs of both organizations for working together for the good of all."
O.L. Thompson, Santee Cooper Chairman of the Board of Directors, said, "From providing electricity to every corner of the state, to our work with the Power Team and renewable Green Power, we've delivered many groundbreaking projects already. Today's signing signals more opportunity ahead for what is truly a powerful partnership."
"This is the kind of long term stability investors and businesses like to see," Carter said. "And it's been a long time coming."
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If you've ever received help from a charitable organization in Charleston, it would not be unreasonable to think June Griggs somehow might have been involved.
Griggs, who began volunteering 47 years ago, now puts in 25 to 30 hours a week.
Much of the 75-year-old North Charleston resident's assistance is focused on airmen and their dependents, but many in the broader Charleston community, and some overseas benefit, too.
Some of the people she serves are those found in the lunch line at TriCounty Family Ministries in North Charleston. "June has always had a good heart for service," says Sue Hanshaw, executive director of the organization. "She is very caring and loving."
Griggs, who wears her trademark red hat with a ladybug on it when serving, has a personal relationship with the clients, Hanshaw says.
Those who eat at TriCounty Family Ministries have few opportunities to make decisions about their lives, Hanshaw says. Griggs always gives them the chance to decide on their dessert. A small decision such as whether to have chocolate or vanilla can be a big thing to those with little control over their lives.
"She certainly is an asset to TriCounty Family Ministries," Hanshaw says.
While Griggs always has several volunteer projects on her plate, she sometimes pauses for activities that are just plain fun.
She skydived from 10,000 feet on her 70th and 75th birthdays. She also rolled at the St. George Grits Festival, where she managed to jam 16 pounds of grits into her homemade red baggy pants and hooded cape in 10 seconds.
How she got started
Volunteering has been a big part of her life since Peter Griggs, her husband, served on an Air Force flight crew that took him away from home, and her children spent their days in school. His career and their school days are long over, but her volunteering continues.
On any given day, she could work in a consignment shop to benefit those in need, tutor children with reading difficulties, shelve library books and provide assistance to those navigating Joint Base Charleston's clinic. It might also be her day to respond to a call to help kids with cancer, cleft palates or living in abject poverty overseas.
"I do so many different things that it never becomes dull," Griggs says. "I do something different every day."
A favorite volunteer activity is tutoring children with reading disabilities at Lambs Elementary School, where she has helped out for 35 years.
"When school is out, I'm antsy for school to start again," Griggs says. "I have one child I've worked with since kindergarten. He could not read. He's now in the fifth grade and will go to the Military Magnet (Academy) once it starts again. He's in the gifted and talented program."
Volunteering a motivator
As a member of Team Charleston Spouses Club, Griggs helps raise scholarship funds for military dependents through its consignment shop sales and annual auction.
She established the local Airmen's Attic, where service personnel and dependents can get food, children's clothing, furniture, electronics and other items free. She also is a member of the Protestant Women of the Chapel ministry, which conducts a variety of programs locally and internationally to help those in need.
Through these and other organizations, she's helped provide everything from toiletries for people in the United States to livestock for those overseas.
When will she stop?
"Probably when I get so old I can't do it anymore," Griggs says.
Volunteering, she says, gives her a reason to get up and out of the house in the mornings.
For her efforts, Griggs has received numerous awards, including Military Enlisted Wife of the Year (Charleston Air Force Base), American Red Cross Clara Barton Award (Charleston Air Force Base), North Charleston Citizen of the Year and Senior Volunteer of the Year for Charleston County.
Reach Wevonneda Minis at 937-5705.


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Kariina arrived at the fiesta eager to experience for herself what her friends have been enthusiastically gossiping about. After showing the password, Kariina was granted access to the fiesta by Jmac. Soon after the pleasantries, Jmac fucked Kariina relentlessly and eventually sent her back to her friends with her face entirely covered in cum.


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Despite posting a season-high .250 attack percentage, the Stetson volleyball team fell 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-15) to Kennesaw State in an Atlantic Sun Conference match Saturday afternoon at the KSU Convocation Center.
Senior setter Kelli Carneal recorded her 2000th career assist late in the match, becoming just the seventh player in school history to reach that milestone.
One day after committing 29 attack errors at Mercer, the Hatters (3-15, 0-2 A-Sun) tallied a season-low nine hitting errors on Saturday. Both Cailyn Prewitt (8 kills, 1 error, 16 attempts, .438 attack pct.), and Ellen Hawks (7-1-15, .400) recorded attack percentages of .400 or better, but Kennesaw State (12-5, 2-1 A-Sun) also posted a high attack percentage (.337) en route to the three set victory.
"Kennesaw State played very well today, they played a clean game, and they definitely earned the victory," Stetson head coach Tim Loesch said. "We did some good things again, but each set we struggled with something different. The first game we struggled with passing, the second game we really struggled with serving, and the third game our attacking dropped off significantly. Unfortunately we weren't able to put it all together."
Kaley Melville and Prewitt each had eight kills to lead the offense. Carneal dished out 16 assists, Melville recorded 10 digs, and Hawks posted four blocks. Senior libero Monique Russell picked up nine digs while playing in her 100th career match.
Samantha Freeman contributed an individual three-point run in the first set with back-to-back kills followed by a solo block.
"I thought Cailyn Prewitt, Ellen Hawks, and Kaley Melville did a really good job for us today," Loesch said.
After playing eight of their last nine matches on the road, the Hatters will return home for three straight matches and four out of the next five. Stetson will host Jacksonville at 7 p.m. Tuesday night at the Edmunds Center, followed by weekend matches against USC Upstate and ETSU.
"Hopefully playing at home will be the spark that we need, the extra motivation to get us over the hump," Loesch said.


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Geneseo's annual Halloween night Mummer's Parade, sponsored by the Don Cherry VFW Post No. 5083 Auxiliary, will start at 7 p.m. Oct. 31 at the intersection of State and First streets in downtown Geneseo. Costumed participants are invited to participate. Prizes will be awarded in various categories.
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LEWISTOWN - It is never too early to get books in the hands of children, and local educators are reaching children as early as the day they're born.
In celebration of American Education Week, the Association of Mifflin County Educators is giving books to the parents of any child born between Nov. 11 and 17 at Lewistown Hospital. Each family will receive a copy of "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" by Eric Carle.
"It's a very colorful book, and it focuses on color recognition and animal recognition," Nancy Aurand, third grade teacher at Lewistown Elementary School, said.
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Rebecca Filson, a teacher at Lewistown Elementary School and member of the Association of Mifflin County Educators, reads 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear' by Eric Carle to her first grade class.
The book is written in poetry form and is a favorite of primary readers, she added. Every copy will include a bookplate which reads, "Children are made readers on the laps of their parents."
Stacey Osborne, patient care director of the maternity department at the hospital, said the book will be one of a number of gifts offered to new parents. Discharge packets include samples and coupons from a variety of companies, as well as a keepsake bracelet and unofficial certificate of birth.
She said the book donation is appreciated by hospital staff and parents alike.
"It's never too early to start (reading to your child)," Osborne said.
Aurand said local educators have been funding the project for several years and believe that early intervention improves the lives of children.
"When parents read to their children, it teaches the children that reading is important and it's used in all parts of life," she said. "Children that are better readers are better students."
American Education Week continues through Saturday.


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I did not sleep nearly enough when I was younger, in my other life – the one before I had children.
I didn't realize what tired was, or what it would really mean to have so little free time.
My husband and I talk sometimes about what on earth we did with all that time in the evenings and on the weekends before our kids were born. We never seemed to have time for the things we wanted to do, but I can't for the life of me remember what we were doing to use up all those hours without feeding kids, cleaning up after kids, doing laundry for kids, playing with kids, taking kids to tumbling and swimming lessons, or going through the endless routine that is bedtime.
What I would really like to do is go back in time and have a little conversation with my younger, pre-parent self. My early-20s self, newlywed and rushing to have children.
It would go something like this:
"I know you feel tired and busy. You're working full-time and going to school, and you have a house to keep up.
"You're trying like a crazy person to have the baby that was in your plan for age 25, and you feel like it can't happen soon enough.
"Trust me: It can. Don't rush it all so much. Take a nap. Hell, take a nap every chance you can get because, once that wonderful little baby finally does come, you will never get any real sleep again.
"You don't actually know what exhaustion is, or just how precious the quiet Saturday morning hours really are.
"Because once you have children, you will wake up on their schedule nearly every day, and you will have to hit the ground running. Breakfast, sibling negotiations and rides to preschool will pile up like load after load of laundry as soon as you open your eyes.
"Of course, it will just become the routine once your life is full of kids, but please take a step back to appreciate what you have now. Room for spontaneity, to drop everything and see a movie or get a glass of wine with your husband. Space and time to lay out all those projects you want to do, right in the middle of the floor in the lonely craft room that will soon be sacrificed to monster trucks and train tracks.
"And just for now, slow down. Time will speed itself up soon enough, and you will spend entire days wishing it would slow down. Take advantage of the fact that your life is not moving at that special speed reserved for people whose kids are growing up too fast and whose spare time is nonexistent.
"Good things come to those who wait, remember?
"And believe me – many good things will come to you. But enjoy the good ones you have now before you're introduced to the real meanings of tired and busy."
Kayenta Williams is married with two sons. Read her Wednesdays on Greeley Moms. Also check out her personal blog here.
Take a nap. Hell, take a nap every chance you can get because once that wonderful little baby finally does come, you will never get any real sleep again.


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LOCKPORT - Two men who sought new trials in homicide cases had their hopes dashed by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas last week.
The judge rejected motions by Cordero R. Gibson and Norman J. Pryor to scrub their convictions because, they claimed, they got bad advice from their lawyers.
Although "ineffective assistance of counsel" can be a reason for reversing a verdict or a guilty plea, the threshold to prove that is high, and Farkas ruled that neither Gibson nor Pryor had met it.
In Gibson's case, the ruling set him up to receive a prison sentence of as long as 18 years on his guilty plea to a reduced charge of first-degree manslaughter in connection with the Dec. 8 slaying of Niagara University junior Brandon Johnson of Rochester.
Johnson was shot to death in his University Court apartment in what police said was a robbery attempt.
The triggerman, Gordon N. Jackson, 18, of Niagara Falls, was sentenced Sept. 19 to 21 years to life in prison for his guilty plea to second-degree murder.
Gibson, 24, of Niagara Fall, was present in the apartment and drove the getaway car.
Jackson's attorney, Ann Nichols, claimed at the sentencing that the robbery was Gibson's idea.
Gibson sought to cancel his plea and go to trial, claiming that he didn't understand the terms of the plea bargain worked out by his then-attorney, Michael S. Deal.
However, a hearing Aug. 29 went badly for Gibson, who at one point invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination when asked if he was lying.
Gibson claimed he had a hard time reading but also said didn't know he was going to have to serve 18 years until he read it in a newspaper.
Prosecutors offered tapes of wiretapped phone calls from the County Jail to show that Gibson knew and understood the plea deal before he accepted it.
In her ruling, Farkas accused Gibson of having "buyer's remorse."
"The defendant thinks he is savvy and able to dupe this court into believing that he was confused and received ineffective assistance of counsel. That is not the case," she wrote.
A jury convicted Pryor of murder in October 2004 for the July 6, 2003, shooting death of Joshua Hunt, 19, in a gun battle outside a Niagara Falls bar. Pryor is serving 20 years to life in prison.
Pryor, who admitted his guilt during a hearing, said prosecutors offered him a five-year sentence in a plea deal before the trial started.
He said his attorney, James M. Perry, was confident of acquittal, so Pryor rejected the plea.
Pryor said Perry also told him the five-year offer might not stick because of Pryor's status as a persistent felon.
But the 2004 transcript shows Perry recommended the plea bargain and Pryor turned it down after "reasoned consideration." Perry testified that he never promised Pryor an acquittal.
Farkas also noted that Pryor admitted he lied on the witness stand in 2004 when he said he didn't kill Hunt.
Farkas deemed Perry's testimony "credible" and Pryor's "self-serving."
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The images are haunting: "Anne Frank's Amsterdam" depicts the teen-ager's photograph trapped in a web of city streets; in "Box Car" her fragile head shot peers out of a small barred window; and in "Anne Frank's Journey" her passage from her home in Frankfurt, Germany, to the Annex in Amsterdam, to her death in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is documented
Judith Weinshall Liberman, the artist who created these mixed-media wall hangings, often reflects that "but for the good fortune of living in Israel rather than in Europe during the Holocaust, I might not have escaped her end."
Through February 18, Liberman's work is a focal point of "Threads of Remembrance: Artistic Visions of the Holocaust," on exhibit at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage in Beachwood.
Liberman's poignant wall hangings -- intricate, large-scale fabric works depicting the Holocaust through maps, scenes and visually expressed questions -- are paired with photographer Herbert Ascherman, Jr.'s moving tribute, "50 Faces," black-and-white portraits of northeast Ohio Holocaust survivors, POWs and concentration camp liberators.
The Maltz Museum's transition gallery, lined with Ascherman's black-and-white portraits and painted in red, leads into the larger space where Liberman's hangings are displayed.
"This area is painted a slate gray to mimic the cold, sterile environment of the Holocaust," says Stacy Singerman, manager of special exhibitions for the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage. The wall hangings are divided into three sections: maps showing the broad section of Europe where the Holocaust occurred, scenes depicting people and events and the boxcar-shaped space where Liberman asks the poignant question, "Where was God?"
Liberman, 77, who was born and raised in Israel and now resides in Massachusetts, earned two law degrees by the time she took up art in her 30s. It wasn't until 1987 that she adopted wall hangings as the ideal medium for expressing her feelings about the Holocaust.
"As in all of my art, my Holocaust wall hangings derive much of their impact from the fact that they are expressive rather than simply descriptive," she says.
Ascherman, who has been creating fine art portraiture in the greater Cleveland area for more than 30 years, developed "50 Faces" in 1985. He shot each of the portraits using a "passport" approach, seeking to capture the survivors in their natural state with no artistic direction given. Each portrait includes a hand-written testimony.
"I didn't want to impose, dictate or direct by controlling the lighting or asking for elegant images," he explains. "I just wanted to show the people as they were." People such as Leon Faigenbam, dressed smartly in a suit and tie but sporting the battered striped cap he wore while imprisoned in eight concentration camps during World War II. He keeps it as a reminder of the countless times the guards ordered all prisoners to stand at roll call and take off and put on their caps in unison. "Some prisoners were sick and not able to do this," Faigenbam writes, "so they got beaten, sometimes to death."
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For the last three weeks, my husband and kids have gotten one sickness after another. I've managed to stay above the fray as they suffered through stomach flus, coughs and head colds.
But finally, my immune system could hold out no longer, and I now have a terrible head cold - the kind that makes me want to crawl into bed and stay there with a hot water bottle at my feet for a week.
The only thing is, I am a stay-at-home mom of two young children, and it's a full-time job with no sick days. Being able to stay home with my boys is a wonderful thing for which I am incredibly grateful, but days like today do make me wish I worked for someone over the age of 4 and had benefits like paid sick days.
When a 1-year-old and a 4-year-old are your bosses, the work is demanding, you are on-call 24/7 and there is rarely any vacation time. Sick days are a luxury for other people because when Mommy is sick, no one else's needs decline just because she doesn't feel like getting out of bed. Children still need fed and entertained, the house still needs picked up, and the dog still needs let out.
I often hear from people that I "do nothing" or "I'm just a mom."
Because raising tiny humans is not really a job at all, right?
That could not be further from the truth. Raising compassionate, responsible, confident little people is probably one of the most important jobs of all. It's definitely one of the hardest. Hard because it requires constant self-assessment, adjustment and improvement. Exhausting because I am required to work at it every second of every day.
Even bathroom breaks alone are rare.
I know many women would give anything to be able to stay home with their children rather than go to work each day. I do know how lucky I am.
But I also know that the joy of being with my kids every day comes with a lot of unpaid, unappreciated work. In a society where careers are valued over child-rearing more often than not, it's a genuine struggle to show people I am accomplished and have value as a stay-at-home mom.
If moms were paid even minimum wage, we would make nearly $70,000 per year.
It's a difficult task to help people see our time is worth that much. We are paid in hugs and tantrums, homemade decorations and broken vases. We live the ups and downs of any career, and we rarely get to see the end results of the people-growing projects until our children successfully reach adulthood.
It is wonderful work, grueling and amazing every day, and even through the fog of sickness I can see the good I'm doing in my children's lives.
But there are definitely times I would like to ask the neighbor who tells me being at home is easy because I "don't do anything" what happened the last time he requested a sick day or did a great job at work.
I'm willing to bet he got a little time off or an acknowledgement, and I guarantee his boss has never asked him to change his diaper, get him a drink, or get up with him in the middle of the night when he has a bad dream.
Kayenta Williams is married with two children. Read her Wednesdays on Greeley Moms.
We live the ups and downs of any career, and we rarely get to see the end results of the people-growing projects until our children successfully reach adulthood.


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Ebène QuartetThe Ebène Quartet won the 2004 ARD International Competition in Munich and the 2005 Forberg-Schneider Foundation Belmont Prize. The Quartet is known for its mastery of traditional repertoire as well as its innovative renditions of jazz standards.04/15/2013Time: 7:30 pmCarnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Music at Rodef Shalom Violinist Bella Hristova, winner of the Young Concert Artists Award, has performed at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. She'll play works by Mozart, Beethoven, Gershwin, and Arvo Pärt. Free admission04/15/2013Time: 8:00 pmRodef Shalom, 4905 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Anything GoesAll aboard for this saucy and splendid production of Roundabout Theatre Company's Anything Goes, winner of three 2011 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival and Choreography. One of the greatest musicals in theater history, Cole Porter's first-class musical comedy is sailing to Pittsburgh, while it continues a triumphant run on Broadway.04/16/2013 - 04/21/2013Time: variousLocation: Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
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Clybourne ParkWith brilliant wit, this 2011 Pulitzer Prize winner and 2012 Tony-winning Best Play inspects one house in two separate years: 1959 and 2009. In Act One, a black family moves into Chicago's white Clybourne Park. In Act Two, it's 50 years later and the issue is white gentrification in the now black neighborhood. Clybourne Park is a perceptive and sharply funny play about the minefield of personalities that must be negotiated before a community can be created. Pamela Berlin directs.04/18/2013 - 05/19/2013O'Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
A Deco Affaira pre-season gala event with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, gourmet dinner, opera gems performances featuring Diba Alvi, Anna Singer, Daniel Teadt, and Juan Jose De Leon; silent and live auctions, dessert and dancing to a Live band.04/18/2013Time: 5:30 - 10:00 pmLocation: 20th Century Club, 4201 Bigelow Blvd., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
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The Nordic Sound: NorwayChatham's Friday Afternoon Musicale series presents pianist Walter Morales in music by Halvorsen, Grieg, Sinding, and Tellefsen in honor of the Chatham University Global Focus Program's Year of Europe: Scandinavia.04/19/2013Time: 4:00 pmLaughlin Music Center, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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Elizabeth Taylor fans will soon get a closer look into the private life of the late Hollywood legend, as Christie's prepares a worldwide tour and auction of some of her most prized personal possessions.
The auction house is assembling a museum-quality collection of Taylor's jewelry, fashion, accessories, decorative arts and memorabilia, and will display it on a three-month international tour beginning in September.
The tour will culminate in New York in December with a 10-day exhibition taking up Christie's entire Rockefeller Center gallery, followed by four consecutive days of auctions from Dec. 13-16.
A portion of proceeds from the tour and auction will be donated to the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, which the film star, fashion icon, and humanitarian founded in 1993.
The exhibition will offer "a window into the world of a true icon, a rare woman who was at once an international film and fashion star, loving mother, successful businesswoman, and generous humanitarian," said Marc Porter, chairman and president of Christie's Americas.
He added: "This collection of her many cherished possessions will bring us closer to the essence of Elizabeth Taylor's unique spirit, and promises to inspire admiration, delight, and at times, sheer wonder, in all who come to see it."
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(Nov-Dec '00) Four loud and boisterous young men, probably college age, were on the number 4 train shouting back and forth to each other across the aisle, oblivious to the stares from the other passengers. Then, suddenly, the inevitable.
"He's a faggot," one of them said, about someone they knew.
"A faggot," another repeated loudly.
"Faggot," the third said. And they said it again and again, like a chant.
Is there any slur more common? Is there any practice more prevalent among young men, than ridiculing gay people? Is this harmless, or does it lead to harassment, and violence?
"Don't Just Take It," announces a recent advertising campaign of the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, with the picture of an angry mouth in the background spewing epithets. "Take Offense. Call AVP."
With a 24-hour confidential and bilingual hotline, the Anti-Violence Project documents bias incidents that range from simple verbal harassment to murder. Celebrating its twentieth anniversary, the Anti-Violence Project is the only victim services organization serving the gay and lesbian community in the state, offering crisis intervention, counseling and other services for victims of hate crimes, rape, sexual assault, domestic violence, HIV-related violence, and police abuse and misconduct.
Harassment, Intimidation And Violence
The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs released a report earlier this year documenting incidents of violence against lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual people in 25 communities across the country. In New York City, there were 499 incidents reported in 1999. This included 6 murders, 210 assaults, 18 sexual assaults and rape, 299 reports of intimidation, 241 incidents of harassment, and 66 reports of telephone or mail harassment.
Typical anti-gay harassment, according to the report, involves the use of slurs. Harassment alone is not a crime, but is monitored because "it is often accompanied by, or escalates into, more violent types of behavior." Intimidation is defined as when speech or gestures are used to threaten an individual; most often, intimidation is illegal. Many of the numbers were down from the previous year (although not sexual assaults and rapes, which increased), but it is possible that the decrease only reflects less reporting due to cutbacks last year in outreach and advertising.
"There is also concern that because of high visibility cases like the murders of Billy Jack Gaither and Matthew Shepard," said Clarence Patton, Director of Community Organizing and Public Advocacy of the Anti Violence Project, "people experiencing a single harassment or minor violence feel they don't deserve to report it." AVP hopes the new advertising campaign will encourage more people to contact them.
The report also profiles people committing the offenses: 86 percent were male, almost two-thirds were under the age of 30, and another third were between 30 and 44 years old. Although there were fewer reported incidents in 1999, the number of offenders rose from the previous year. What this means, the report explains, is a sharp increase in the incidents perpetrated by groups of ten or more individuals.
New Layers Of Protection
The New York State Hate Crimes Act of 2000, signed into law in July went into effect a few weeks ago. The measure, which increases penalties for bias related crimes, includes protection for lesbians and gay men for the first time in the history of the state. There was also hope for passage of the Federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act, but that has yet to happen.
The city recently transformed the police department's Bias Unit into the Hate Crimes Task Force, and increased the budget. Getting anti-gay incidents classified as hate crimes, however, has sometimes been a problem. Clarence Patton recounted the story of a few men walking down the street when a van almost hit them. They cursed the driver and the van stopped, the occupants jumped out shouting anti-gay epithets, chased the pedestrians down the street, caught up with one of them, and beat him with a beer bottle which resulted in his losing an eye.
"Even though the incident may have started as a traffic violation," said Patton, "it escalated because the perpetrators thought these people were gay. It should be classified as bias."
The Anti-Violence Project fought for a year and finally succeeded in getting it classified as a bias crime. "There is some sense of justice," said Patton, "for the police to say, yes, what happened to you was a bias crime."
Deal With It
"All of us have been called things and we just kept walking," said Patton. "We heard X number of things in a day and said, I can't deal with it." But the Anti-Violence Project is urging everyone to stop and deal with it.
"By documenting all of these incidents, we can say to the community, to government, to leadership, look, this is what is happening, how it is happening, and the effect it is having on the victims."
What about preventing anti-gay sentiment and violence?
"You have to get to people while they are young," said Patton, and he recommended programs in the schools to teach tolerance.
"Some queer young people stop going to school or can't do the work any longer because all day, every day, they hear things," said Patton. Community and religious leaders, too, says Patton, have an obligation to talk about this. "A lot of faiths have come under bias attacks: the Catholics, Jews, black churches, all have been victims of bias. You can't parse it out and say I'm only going to deal with anti-Semitic or anti-black crimes. We need everyone to deal with this, come up with real strategies and make it a priority."
Related Information:
- Empire State Pride Agenda: New York's Lesbian and Gay Political Advocacy Organization
- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
- New York City Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center


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to defecate in the shower and then proceed to try to stomp it down the drain with your foot
In a hurry to cover up the evidence, she waffle stomped.
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verb. To defecate on a shower floor near a drain and to begin stomping the fecal matter through the drain, thus creating a waffle imprint.
I totally wafflestomped in Joey's shower last night. He's such a fucking retard.
by Miles M. November 10, 2006
When one poops in the shower, and stomps it down the drain with bare feet. making the poop into what looks like waffles
dude, i shit in the shower and stomped it down the drain. waffle stomp
by MrBigglesworth1990 January 14, 2012
When you take a shit in the shower, and stomp it down the drain with your foot.
If I get drunk enough tonight, I'm gonna use it as an excuse to waffle stomp my ex's shower. Fuck her house party!
by Smooth Buns 69 January 13, 2014
Verb. "Waf-ful-stomp"
To use a treaded boot to stomp something soft, thus leaving an impression of the boot which looks similar to the imprint left by a waffle iron.
To use a treaded boot to stomp something soft, thus leaving an impression of the boot which looks similar to the imprint left by a waffle iron.
Use: "Did you see Jason wafflestomp his french fries when they served them cold?!"
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verb. to get your shirt signed by a band member
Dude, i got my shirt wafflestomped by the guitarist from Big D
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To hardcore pwn someone. One of the worst types of ownings known.
Holy shit, I just wafflestomped that nub in 1 hit!!!1
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Stetson women's soccer is hosting the 2014 Day Camp for Boys & Girls, July 21-25 at the Athletic Training Center.
Walk-up registration will be offered, and those wishing to register at the camp should plan on paying by either cash or check.
Stetson Soccer Day camp for Boys and Girls is designed to help build technical ability and improve the skill of each camper through fun, structured games which promote learning and improvement.
For half-day campers the focus of camp is to introduce and build upon your child's enjoyment and love for the game through fun activities which help him/her develop the basic tools to enjoy the game more.
For Full-day campers, the primary focus will be on teaching the requisite skills necessary to play the game well: dribbling, passing, shooting and ball control. Players will experience a skill circuit and a finishing circuit most of the week and will have the opportunity to play games in various numbers. We will also use the pool on a daily basis in order to let the campers cool off from the intense heat of the mid-day sun.
•All campers will receive a camp t-shirt
•Campers should bring their lunch and a snack daily; water and Powerade will be provided
•All Full Day campers should bring a bathing suit, towel and a change of clothes, as we will be going to the pool daily
Note: Stetson University camps and clinics are open to any and all entrants (limited only by number, age, grade level and/or gender).
Day Camp for Boys & Girls
Dates: June 23-27, 2014
Campers: Boys & Girls ages 5-14
Cost: Half Day Camp - $75 (ages 5-8)
Full Day Camp - $150 (ages 8-14)
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10:30-10:45 a.m. Water Break
10:45-11:30 a.m. Small-sided Games/Numbers Soccer
11:30 a.m. Camper Pick-up
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9:45-10:30 a.m. Technical Stations
10:30 a.m. Snack Break
10:45-11:30 a.m. Finishing Circuit
11:30-Noon Finishing Games
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Effective January 1, 2014, AACN and American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC) certified clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners must complete 25 of 75 required contact hours in pharmacotherapeutics.
To meet the growing need for continuing professional development in pharmacotherapeutics, AACN identifies educational content that can be applied to this requirement as "Pharma Hours."
Pharmacy content includes topics such as drug specific information, safe-prescribing practices, safe medication administration and prescribing methodologies.
For more details about the AACN requirements, please refer to the Renewal Handbook for your certification. It can be found on the Documents and Handbooks page.
Q: What are Pharma Hours?
A: Pharma Hours are continuing nursing education contact hours offered by AACN related to pharmacotherapeutics.
Q: Why is it important to earn Pharma Hours?
A: Effective January 1, 2014, advance practice registered nurses (APRNs) will be required to renew APRN certifications with a minimum of 25 of the 75 required contact hours in pharmacotherapeutics.
Q: Which APRN certifications are affected by this requirement?
A: AACN and ANCC certified clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) and nurse practitioners (NPs).
Q: Is this new policy required for relicensure by the state boards of nursing?
A: A number of Boards of Nursing have recently implemented licensure renewal requirements for APRNs, which include mandatory pharmacology CEs. Please check with your state board of nursing for APRN pharmacology CE requirements.
Q: What criteria does AACN use to determine pharmacotherapeutics contact hours?
A: Pharmacological continuing nursing education contact hours contain:
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Start your brioche knitting adventure alongside knitwear designer and instructor Mercedes Tarasovich-Clark. You'll learn all of the individual stitches and techniques you need to create this inviting combination of stitches. Cast on with the best needles and yarn, and find out how to work brioche on flat pieces of knitting. Then expand on your skills to knit brioche in the round. Create a brioche hat as Mercedes shares tips for reading patterns, shaping the crown and finishing. Take brioche to the next level as you knit fingerless mitts with faux cables and shaped thumbs. Plus, make a vine cowl with gorgeous brioche in either one or two colors. Discover brioche bliss as you finish three sumptuous projects!
$34.99 $44.99
Known for cute, feminine and fashionable sweaters, Mercedes brings a brand-new design to Craftsy! She'll teach you shaping at the back neck, shoulders and waist that will provide a flattering fit. As you knit along with Mercedes, you'll learn her techniques for short-row shaping, knitting in the round, following lace charts and lots of nifty tips and tricks. Choose to knit three-quarter or full-length sleeves, building in as much ease as you like. You'll finish with a sweater you'll be pleased to wear or give.
$19.99 $29.99


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