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The 6 Most Amazing Acts of Mid-Fight Mockery in MMA History
Beating a man is the universal way to express your disapproval. A vicious attack clears up any confusion, and it's still the only way to tell an inflatable doll that you've broken up with it. But sometimes violence isn't enough -- sometimes you need to add some mockery, trash talk or taunting pantomime to really tell a person how you feel. Whether they were used tactically or only to add insult to injury, here are the most outstanding taunts in MMA history:
Brandon Vera vs. Thiago Silva
At UFC 125, Brandon Vera was coming off two straight losses. One to Randy Couture and another to supernatural crimefighter Jon Jones who elbowed a crack into his face. He didn't do much better against Thiago Silva. Silva threw Vera into the mat and beat him like he wasn't human. Which, according to the post-fight urine test, he wasn't.
The first two rounds looked the same-- like an inhuman monster violating the warranty of a Real Doll. Then late in the third round, Thiago got Brandon Vera's back, shoved him down, and pounded him until his knuckles were bored. By this point, the chunks of Brandon Vera's nose had decided to go in several different directions, so his fighting strategy was covering his face and hoping to live long enough to get home and delete his Internet history before he bled to death.
Thiago moved on to throwing volleyball spikes to the side of Brandon Vera's head, now the location of many head parts that were supposed to be on the front. To Brandon Vera's credit, he still wasn't dead.
Thiago eventually ran out of legal places to hit, so settled back and started rhythmically slapping Vera's back. For a second Brandon probably felt this tender pawing and thought he'd crossed over to a place beyond pain. But, oh man, was he unhappy about it when he realized it was actually some asshole playing him like bongo drums.
Did it work?
There is a science behind taunting. For example, getting kicked in the balls hurts so many more ways if it happens right after you've heard how tiny they are. However, this was a case of a taunt being nothing more than a dick move. And it worked. Thiago Silva looked like a dick. Which was only logical, since the urinalysis showed that at the time his blood was 70% bull penis. Vera survived to the final bell, but after emerging from a humiliating beating with most of his nose missing, it was an easy decision for the judges. Vera lost his third straight, and as is UFC tradition, his job.
Vera's story has a happy ending, though. After Thiago tested positive for steroids, the loss was changed to a no-contest and he was rehired by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Unfortunately, the doctors who handled Silva's pee had to be shot when they broke free from their restraints.
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Royce Gracie
PRIDE Grand Prix 2000 Finals
Six months before this fight, Kazushi Sakuraba almost snapped the arm off Royce's brother Royler (see right). Royler never submitted, but the referee stopped the fight before he was yanked into two parts. This pissed the Gracies off-- they see limb removal as elective surgery. If you want to let someone disassemble you, who are these referees to get in your way? That's why Royce demanded a revenge fight against Sakuraba with fewer of these bullshit "regulations."
Since Royce Gracie is sort of the most important martial artist who ever lived, Pride Fighting Championships agreed to a bout with no time limits and modified rules. Sakuraba responded by offering to bring a diaper.
On the night of the fight, it was clear neither of them was going to finish things any time soon. Royce kept pushing Sakuraba against the ropes and nudging him in the leg with knees. Sakuraba defended this by making faces at the camera and trying to pull Royce's pants down. There was a little bit of confusion about the new rules, and while the strange embrace went on, the Japanese referee tried to separate them for inactivity. Royce explained to the ref in two languages that were not Japanese, that the fight was a special occasion and he could hug all he wanted. So now we have three people huddled together: an angry one trying to fight, a confused one trying to break it up, and a third one trying to tear off the angry one's pajamas. In Texas, they call this a "wedding."
As the fight went on, Sakuraba got more and more creative, combining his taunts and his attacks into an entirely new martial art. He pulled Royce's gi over his head and beat him like a hockey player. When Royce was on the ground, Sakuraba grabbed his pants and reverse-wedgied him up to drop him on his head. He snuck attacks through Royce's defenses with two-handed karate chops. In one fight, Sakuraba recreated the entire evolutionary process that led to monkeys being able to crack open palm nuts.
Did it work?
Kind of. Sakuraba wasn't disrespectful so much as he was just trying to entertain himself. He looked like a five-year-old forced to go to the laundromat with his parents. And like that poor bored child's day, this fight went on for fucking ever. For six 15-minute rounds, Sakuraba put on a violent improvisational comedy show with only one prop. And finally, after 90 minutes of leg kicks and decortication, the legend Royce Gracie could no longer stand. His corner threw in the towel. He lost what was and will always be the longest MMA fight ever, but Royce made his point: if a man is going to lose a fight it should be from defeat, not from some asshole judge or referee's decision.
Once again, Royce Gracie had changed the face of mixed martial arts. At least until three months later when his cousin Renzo Gracie got caught in an elbow-tearing armbar and a grossed out referee stopped the fight before he tapped. I'll give you one second to try to guess who Renzo's opponent was in that fight. Holy shit, you were right: Kazushi Sakuraba.
Gary Goodridge vs. Amir Rahnavardi
Gary Goodridge was first seen in blurry video footage recovered from a massacred Tobagonian research team whose final words were, "It took all their sorcerers to entrap him! What hubris it was to unseal the casket!" Coming into this fight, he punched so hard that bomb squads had to use a special robot to wrap his hands. Amir Rahnavardi, on the other hand, was forty pounds lighter, coming in with a professional record of 0-0, and took the fight on one day's notice. Sorry if that spoiled the ending for you.
And speaking of spoiling the ending, this fight featured commentary from Stephen Quadros and Bas Rutten pretending to be live at ringside. They actually recorded it months later in a studio, and what happened to Amir Rahnavardi in this fight was so insane that Stephen Quadros started telling a story about it. He suddenly realized what he was doing, panicked, and blurted out that Amir lost. Amazingly, it was left on the DVD release. Here's a transcription:
Stephen Quadros: "Amir, when I was working for editor of Kickboxing Ring Report, used to, was calling me from Japan, telling me, 'Hey. I took a fight with Gary Goodridge.' I said, 'Oh my god. tt! Okay.' OH, LOOK AT THAT RIGHT HAND!"
"And then Amir called me after the fight was over and... he uh... told me... that..."
"That he had lost the fight."
Bas Rutten: "Okay, they have to cut it out. You're right here, man."
So now the people watching at home knew that Amir lost, and that he did it in a way so horrible that simply thinking about it caused a fight commentator to forget where the fuck he was. It all started with Amir's takedown attempt. He got close to Gary and tried a basic judo hip throw. Gary countered it by ignoring physics and falling right on top of him. The hip throw went so unaccording to plan that Christian scientists show it to their students to disprove levers.
While on the bottom, Amir started throwing strikes. Gary said the last three things you ever want to hear from the man you're punching in the jaw. See below:
Did it work?
Only as a portend of the obvious. Gary Goodridge wasn't letting out little "WOO"s like Ric Flair; he was belting them out. When you hit a man as hard as you can ten times and it only makes him sing like Little Richard, there aren't a whole lot of Plan B's. At that point, all you can do is hope that your mortuary makeup artist has a good Before picture and a lot of spackle in your color.
After giving something for Amir to see every time he closed his eyes ever again, Gary Goodridge grabbed his left arm, pulled it behind his back, and dropped the kind of punch that stimulates neurological job growth. His unfrozen Trinidadian caveman fist bounced Amir's head off the canvas and one of the impacts knocked him out cold with his eyes open. The next three punches didn't do anything to help him wake up, but they confused the shit out of Tokyo seismologists.


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Paul shows rift in GOP
February 16, 2013
Rand Paul's State of the Union reply, alongside Margo Rubio's official Republican response, indicates a widening rift within the GOP....
Rand Paul is not on the fringe. John McCain and the rest of his RINO friends are.
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Liberalism: Hypocrites.
When Bush was president, liberals everywhere cried, screamed, turned blue, purple...whined, protested......why? Because gas prices were $1.85 a gallon. BWAHAHAHA.
Under Democrat controlled congress; Democrat president gas prices keep skyrocketing to over 4 dollars a gallon at times........and the ignorant hypocrites on the left are not protesting it, crying about it, screaming over it.........why? Because liberals don't MIND being slaves as long as the slave DRIVER is a democrat as stupid as they are. Stupid people cling with stupid people. Just like criminals attract other criminals; so don't these hypocrites on the left. Stupid foolish folks without any common sense. THAT is why most in poverty are democrats. They have no desire to work hard and make something of themselves or provide for their own children. They are not ashamed to 'take' from others. Heck; they even go so far as to 'feel entitled' to YOUR things. Leeches that need FORCED to grow up
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Democrats QUITTING their jobs; not running for re-election; resigning in droves..........Bwahaha.....sounds more like Democrat Socialist party is in deep trouble. They are lacking the support they had BEFORE Obama became the first American dictator without a brain. What happened liberals. Thought Obama was your emperor that could do no harm! Didn't take long to find out how DECEIVED you sheep were.
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Liberals are so funny.
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keep saying that lie elkins.....bwahaha.....still doesn't change the 'fact' that Obama and socialist democrats are finished. Now that they've tried the gun control bill again.....you'll be lucky if you see just one of your lefty loons holding an office next election. I knew the democrats wouldn't take long to destroy themselves politically. They showed their 'true colors' for 5 years; racists, discriminatory, bullys, intimidators, bribers, little children, no common sense, constitution bashing/destroying fools with no signs of any common sense whatsoever. It will be the largest ousting of a party ever in this country. Cannot wait; looking forward to next election!!!
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THE GOP is falling apart they think they can parade Margo Rubio out there so automatically everyone will vote republican not going to happen as long as they contiune to surpress the votes of minorites, crush woman's rights, call everyone who does'nt agree with them not good american's do they really think people are stupid no matter how they dress things up they have lost 50% of the voters from the start!!! as long as they continue to hate everyone they will contiune to lose National elections PERIOD
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The Town of Mount Pleasant Finance Division employees recently completed the National Incident Management System (NIMS) training ICS-100 and ICS-200 as required for administrative personnel to be FEMA compliant during 2013.
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Robert Randolph and the Family Band
In 2003, Robert Randolph and the Family Band was cruising through its headlining tour in the wake of its highly successful studio debut, "Unclassified."
At the time, the band was beginning to receive some national attention, but it was merely a sample of what was in store for the New Jersey blues/funk/soul group.
It was no secret that the band's standout was front man, singer and pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph. The young Randolph was mesmerizing during live performances, and his prowess on the slide guitar led legendary songwriter and guitarist Eric Clapton to invite the band on multiple tours as well as make an appearance on the band's 2006 sophomore album, "Colorblind."
To date, Randolph has been asked to make guest appearances with Buddy Guy, Kirk Hammett and Elton John, and earned a spot on Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time list. The band released its fourth studio album, "Lickety Split," in July.
Robert Randolph and the Family Band will perform Thursday at the Music Farm, 32 Ann St., with Michael Bellar & The As-Is Ensemble, Under Great Lights. Tickets are $22 in advance, $25 the day of the show, and are available at the Music Farm box office or online at Etix.com. The doors open at 8 p.m. with the show slated to begin at 9 p.m.
Go to MusicFarm.com or call 577-6989.
George Porter Jr.
Accolades seem endless for legendary bass man George Porter Jr.
The New Orleans native was a pivotal member of the legendary funk band The Meters beginning in 1965. As co-founder, bassist and singer, Porter helped take The Meters to the forefront of the funk movement and became one of the recognized godfathers of the genre itself.
While his bass playing has led him to collaborate with some of music's most recognizable names, such as Paul McCartney, Robert Palmer, Patti Labelle, Jimmy Buffett and Tori Amos, Porter still finds time to head several projects of his own.
George Porter Jr. and the Runnin' Pardners is one of those projects, and one that incorporates a large brass section for an added depth into the funk landscape for which Porter is known.
The group will perform Thursday at The Pour House, 1977 Maybank Highway. Doors open at 9 p.m. with the show starting at 10 p.m. Tickets are $15 and are available online at Etix.com or at the door.
Go to CharlestonPourHouse.com or call 571-4343 for more information.
A country/Americana band from Brooklyn may seem questionable or ill fitting, like a gimmick, but for Yarn, it makes perfect sense.
Almost anywhere else and Yarn might be pigeonholed as just another country band or lost in the masses of Americana bands. In New York, however, Yarn's roots-rock and country style is more progressive than familiar.
It's not just Yarn's location that sets the band apart. The music nestles itself into significance through sing-a-long choruses and superior musicianship that wanders from Appalachian-style and toe-tapping bluegrass to backwoods blues and subtle rock.
Yarn will perform Saturday at The Pour House, 1977 Maybank Highway, with Folk Soul Revival. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 the day of the show. Doors open at 9 p.m. with the show starting at 10 p.m.
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Baseball's Godfrey Wins MAC Weekly Award
Sean Godfrey, a senior outfielder on the Ball State baseball team, was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week for his performance in the Cardinals sweep over Central Michigan last weekend.
Godfrey led Ball State to a series sweep over the Chippewas with his .389 batting average for the week, including four runs batted in, three doubles and one home run.
Godfrey hit a pair of doubles in Ball State's Saturday win over the Chippewas, while his third inning homer – his eighth of the year –gave the Cardinals a 2-0 lead in Friday's win.
This marks the second time this season Godfrey has been honored with the MAC's weekly award.
With the three-game sweep, Ball State improved to 30-14 overall and 14-3 in the MAC. The Cardinals moved ahead of Central Michigan in the MAC West standings, and now hold a two and half game lead over the Chippewas with nine league contests left on the schedule.
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HYDRUS groundwater modeling workshopApril 10, 8:00am - 5:00pm
Manoa Campus, Watershed Hydrology Laboratory at the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
The University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) is hosting a three-day training workshop (April 8, 9 & 10) on advanced modeling for water flow and contaminant transport in soils and groundwater using the HYDRUS software packages.
HYDRUS is currently used for wide variety of industrial, agricultural, and environmental applications worldwide.
The HYDRUS workshop includes a detailed discussion of water flow and solute transport processes in the vadose zone, followed by an overview of techniques for solving the governing flow and transport equations. During hands-on computer training sessions, participants will use the Windows-based HYDRUS-1D (open source) and HYDRUS (2D/3D) software packages, including additional modules such as ROSETTA, HP1, UNSATCHEM, and the Wetlands Module. The workshop will emphasize preparation of input data for a variety of one- and multi-dimensional applications.
Selected advanced HYDRUS topics covered in this workshop include:
- Coupled movement of water, vapor, and energy (including the surface energy balance)
- Preferential/nonequilibrium water flow and solute transport (using dual-porosity and dual-permeability models)
- Biogeochemical transport
- Modeling flow and transport in 3D
The workshop instructor is Dr. Jirka Šimůnek, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside.
Cost for the 3-day workshop:
Graduate students: $295
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Manoa Campus, Frear Hall
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Manoa Campus, QLC 411
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Manoa Campus, Campus Center Executive Dining Room
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Must-Have Gear for Spring and Summer
From finless surfboards to minimalist footwear, 2011's spring and summer gear is all about stripping away the adornments and perfecting the basics. The season's best new equipment and travel tech enhance without distracting—a refreshing return to well-considered simplicity. —By Steve Casimiro
Backpack, Overnight
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Osprey Hornet 46
Osprey's svelte 46-liter Hornet backpack is so light and compact that at first glance you might think it's little more than a daypack best suited for casual meanderings. But the pack easily expands and stretches to transform into a smartly designed overnighter. Two elements make this a great weekender: First, the careful use of lightweight fabrics and materials keeps the weight at a pound and a half, and second, the judicious use of flexible mesh means you can fill the top loader with essential items and stuff the extras into the large, stretchy side and front pockets ($159; www.ospreypacks.com).
Shell, Value
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Mountain Hardwear Stretch Cohesion Jacket
The boom in versatile soft shells has reduced the need for overbuilt and spendy hard-shell jackets, opening the door to more affordable options like the multisport Mountain Hardwear Stretch Cohesion Jacket. Although designed for mountaineering and alpine climbing, the Stretch Cohesion is far too adept to restrict it to one pursuit. The oversize hood works just fine with ski or snowboard helmet, the stretch panels on the sleeves soften the reach to mountain bike handlebars, and its highly compressible 13 ounces make it a worthy backpacking companion. Complaints? Not a one ($170; www.mountainhardwear.com).
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Big Agnes Fly Creek UL3
The Big Agnes Fly Creek UL3 boasts an astounding weight-to-space ratio: Its trail weight (tent, fly, poles) is just three pounds, three ounces, yet there's a palatial 39 square feet of living space, 42 inches of head room, and near vertical walls. Like most three-person shelters, the Fly Creek is more comfortable for two plus gear or two plus kid or dog, but even with an overly loving canine you still have room to create your own space. Drawbacks? Not many. To shave weight, you trade double side doors for one front entrance, which isn't quite as comfy ... but that's the only quibble ($450; www.bigagnes.com).
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Revo Spool
Plant-based plastic is making its way, slowly, into sunglass frames, which is great. But even better is when the material used is 100 percent recycled, as in Revo's wraparound Spool shades. The "Re-Use" plastic diverts top-grade TR-90 nylon that's headed for the landfill, with no difference in performance. The polarized lenses are impact-resistant polycarbonate, extremely clear and sharp, and they're treated with a coating that rapidly sheds water and sweat ($189; www.revo.com).
Sleeping Pad System
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NEMO Astro Insulated, With Pillowtop
Whoever said camping means forgoing the comforts of home never slept on NEMO's Astro Insulated pad paired with the NEMO Pillowtop. This sleeping system sports more than three inches of soft foam and air cushioning for an awesome night's sleep. Use them together for trailhead car camping, then leave the Pillowtop behind when you head into the backcountry. Without the Pillowtop, the Astro weighs a pound and a half and still provides 2.5 inches of dreamy bliss ($175 for both; can be purchased separately; www.nemoequipment.com).
Sleeping Bag
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Marmot Plasma 30
Light and warm. That's all you need to remember about Marmot's Plasma 30 sleeping bag. It combines 900-fill down, the lightest for its loft, with an ultralight Pertex Quantum shell fabric, for a one-pound, six-ounce bag that adheres to European standards for temperature ratings (there are no U.S. standards). For gals, that means a comfort rating of 42 degrees; for the men, a lowest temp of 33. There's a roomy toe box for your feet, but the shoulder girth might feel a little restrictive—it is a mummy bag, after all (starting at $419; www.marmot.com).
Camera, DSLR
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Canon's EOS Rebel T3i
The still photography capabilities of DSLR cameras have been so good for so long that now the excitement is how each new generation ups the capabilities in video. Canon's EOS Rebel T3i rocks full 1080p high-def resolution and adds a new flip-out, vari-angle LCD monitor, along with up to 10x movie zoom. It also packs a host of creative filters and newbie-friendly on-screen guides that are like having a photography professor hidden inside ($899 with 18-55mm IS II lens; www.us.canon.com).
Camera, Point-and-Shoot
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Nikon Coolpix P300
Nikon fans have been waiting years for the hallowed brand to give them a high-end compact camera. At last it's here in the form of the Coolpix P300. This fantastic point-and-shoot sports a 12MP sensor and full 1080p HD video. The P300 is similar to Canon's S95 and G12 but is significantly less expensive, since it gives up features most people never use, like RAW files. The photos it shoots are excellent, thanks to the 24-100mm f/1.8 lens, and videos are even better ($330; www.nikon.com).
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Casio Edifice Black Label Collection
Casio's Edifice Black Label is one of those atomic timekeeping watches—it syncs wirelessly with signals worldwide—that looks like it could survive an atomic blast. Rugged, water resistant to 330 feet, and decidedly macho, the EQWM1100DC-1A2 model also tracks 29 world city times, is solar powered, and has a stopwatch accurate to 1/1000 second (starting at $250; www.casio.com).
Hiking Boots
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Salewa's Alp Trainer Mid GTX
Over the last decade, many backpackers have grown averse to the kludginess of heavy-duty boots and switched to trail running shoes or light hikers—to the detriment of their feet, ankles, and knees. Salewa's Alp Trainer Mid GTX could be the footwear to win them (you?) back: It's unabashedly a boot, with above-ankle coverage and lacing from the toes to the tippy top, but it weighs only a pound and a half per boot and sports an extremely nimble, spry ride. The sole is sticky Vibram rubber, with an ultra-tacky section at the toe for scrambling on rocks, but it's strikingly flexible and offers great trail feel. A thin Y-shaped steel cable helps secure your foot in the heel pocket, so there's no unwanted movement. And Gore-Tex keeps out the wet. The only shortfall? If you have wide feet, it might be too snug ($179; www.salewa.us).
Minimalist Shoe
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Merrell Barefoot Trail Glove
The path to true barefoot running is a gradual one. After decades of overprotecting your feet in traditional footwear, you risk injury by kicking off the shoes and running free. Merrell's minimalist Trail Glove is a great bridge—it has a thin layer of EVA foam padding and low-to-the-ground construction that ease you into unbound running while allowing your feet to strengthen, bit by bit. The sole flexes effortlessly, the interior is lined so it's comfortable without socks, and there's plenty of room for your toes to wiggle and spread. It's such a great shoe, you might start moving toward bare feet but never get past the Trail Glove ($110; www.merrell.com).
Trail Running Shoe
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Brooks Cascadia 6
Trail runners don't need as much cushioning as road runners—dirt is softer than pavement, of course—but they do need some, and the new Brooks DNA cushioning system in the Cascadia 6 adds some welcome springiness to the heel of this excellent trail shoe. With each step, it provides the perfect amount of float, without giving up trail feel. There's additional DNA padding in the forefoot, but that's less apparent. The more noticeable sensation is the neutral, gently curved arc of the shoe pushing off the trail as if it were an extension of your foot ($110; www.brooksrunning.com).
Door-to-Trail Shoe
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Salomon XR Crossmax Neutral
Shoes that perform equally well on road and trail are tough to pull off, but Salomon has nailed it with the XR Crossmax Neutral door-to-trail shoe, which balances enough cushioning for road, enough tread for trail, and the right amount of protection from rocks and roots. The soft EVA foam under the instep mellows concrete, while the shallow lugs are best on hardpacked dirt and pavement (mud and squishies can overwhelm them). For trail, you get extra armor with a reinforced toe bumper ($130; www.salomon.com).
Water Shoe
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Adidas Outdoor Boat CC Lace
It looks like a skate shoe and it feels like a skate shoe, but the Adidas Outdoor Boat CC Lace is a water baby through and through. It has 25 drain ports in the sole so H2O is out as soon as it's in, and the grippy rubber tread clings like a barnacle to all but the slickest rocks. This might be the comfiest of all aqua footwear ($65; www.adidas.com).
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Necky Vector 13
Sit-on-top kayaks are great for many things—stability, fishing, forgiveness—but they just don't have the sex appeal of sleek and speedy sit-insides. Well, Necky set out to change that with its first sit-on-top in a long time, and the Vector 13 will make you rethink just how cool the category can be. This 13-footer is just as newbie-to-intermediate friendly, but it gets up to speed more quickly and turns more nimbly than you'd expect from a typical sit-on-top. It also offers adjustable foot pegs, a touring seat with back support, and optional rudder (starting at $899; www.neckykayaks.com).
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Apple iPad 2
Thinner = winner. At just 1.3 pounds and skinnier than an iPhone 4, the iPad 2 is our choice for the ultimate travel companion, especially now that it has front- and rear-facing cameras that enable free video calls from, say, the Piazza San Marco. It's impossible to beat for books, movies, and maps—and it's not just us saying that. The FAA just gave conditional approval to an airline that wants their pilots to use iPads instead of paper maps ($499-$699; www.apple.com).
Water Bottle
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Klean Kanteen Reflect
Klean Kanteen has turned the simple water carrier into a work of art that is streamlined, cool to the touch, and sleek when tucked into a backpack pocket. That slender silhouette is echoed in the simplicity of its construction: The Reflect is made of nothing but stainless steel with a small silicone seal and bamboo cap. There's no lining (so no BPA worries) and absolutely no aftertaste ($33; www.kleankanteen.com).
Road Bike
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Giant Defy Advanced 3
The Giant Defy Advanced 3 is an ideal road bike. Its geometry is more relaxed than you'd find in the pro peloton—and that's exactly the point, since relaxed geometry is more comfortable on your neck and shoulders. Yet if the Giant is "defying" anything, it's the notion that a less aggressive geometry equals soft handling, since this full-carbon rig still offers snappy acceleration and takes corners effortlessly. Note that its ride is smooth as glass, though somehow just lively enough to not feel like it's tuning out the road, a trait that's often too common at this price ($1,870; www.giantbicycles.com).
Mountain Bike
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Yeti 575 Enduro
Mountain biking is moving faster, riders are charging harder, and Yeti's sweet spot 575 Enduro is perfectly poised for the future. The Colorado brand stiffened the back end of this 5.75-inch suspension bike significantly, which means that it holds its line better at higher speeds, corners with greater accuracy, and acts more like a thoroughbred that can read your mind instead of a wayward colt. It lowered the bottom bracket, which adds stability, and retooled the front end to be stiffer, too. All that equals better handling, especially at speed. And the kicker? Frames cost $1,900, but the complete Enduro bike is just $2,900. It weighs a bit more than the most expensively built 575, but it'll leave your wallet that way, too ($2,900; www.yeticycles.com).
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Seaglass Tuna
Stand-up surfboards are the most visible example of the rediscovery of surfing's roots, but even more fun are finless boards called alaias. While stand-up now is equated with fitness as much as surfing, alaias are all about wave fun—fast, loose, and playful. But the vast majority are wood. Australian shaper Tom Wegener, in partnership with Global Surf Industries, has taken what he's learned from his wood alaias and built an epoxy foam version that's more buoyant, lighter, less expensive, and easier to find. The six-footer is a hoot—you can belly ride or stand up. Whichever you choose it's pure joy—like beginning surfing all over again ($495; www.surfindustries.com).
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Pendleton Glacier National Park Blanket
A Pendleton commemorative national park blanket should be in the back of your car at all times—you never know when you're going to need to cuddle up in woolen warmth or have the urge for a spontaneous picnic. The Glacier National Park blanket has been made since 1916—it's the original outdoor insulation from one of America's great brands ($178; www.pendleton-usa.com).
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Base Camp X Pathfinder
The ax as heirloom? Base Camp X's 24-inch Pathfinder is beautiful, finely tuned, and has the perfect heft—it's exactly the kind of tool to pass on to your kids. But before you do, you'll be cutting a lot of logs. The Pathfinder splits hardwood like it's balsa and is such a dream to use, you'll be asking the neighbors if you can chop their wood. The handle is Tennessee hickory, wet-sanded twice to be buttery smooth, and the blade is fine grain high carbon steel temptered by hand in New England (starting at $175; www.basecampx.com).
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Garmin GTU 10 Locator
Never lose your luggage, backpack, or messenger bag again: Garmin's GTU 10 Locator GPS transceiver is like LoJack for your gear. Tuck the 1.7-ounce device into the bottom of your bag, attach it to your dog's collar, or put it inside your kid's ski jacket. Want to check their whereabouts? Just go online and map it ($200; www.garmin.com).
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O'Neill Hybrid Freak
The only question about O'Neill's Hybrid Freak shorts is why nobody's made them before now. These versatile bottoms combine the comfort and cut of a walking short with the fast-drying nylon of a surfing boardshort to create the ultimate summer wear. They dry extremely fast, have multiple pockets (including two with zippers), and close with button, fly, and drawstring. They don't stretch the way today's top surf trunks do, but unless you're an acrobatic surfer, that won't be an issue. And if you're a river/lake/swimming hole guy, you won't find a better short ($55; www.oneill.com).
Hiking Poles
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Black Diamond Equipment Ultra Distance Z-Pole
A sexy hiking pole? These are. Black Diamond's carbon fiber Ultra Distance Z-Pole weighs just 9.5 ounces—per pair. You'll hardly notice they're there, until you need one to keep from going in the drink on a creek crossing, prop up a tarp, or steady the load on a downhill. The Z-Pole collapses to 15 inches, so it easily tucks into your pack when you don't need it, and it comes with swappable tips—rubber or carbide ($150; www.bdel.com).
Travel Bag
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Brooks Hampstead Holdall
Brooks bike saddles are legendary for style, workmanship, and comfort, qualities the British brand clearly included in its new Hampstead Holdall. This water-resistent cotton and vegetable-tanned leather duffel is extremely bike-friendly, with adjustable straps that can turn it into a backpack, but its classic well-worn look, generous capacity, and stiff-upper-lip toughness make it a go-to choice for any kind of travel ($400; www.brooksengland.com).
Bike Jersey
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Rapha Country Jersey
Wool is still the best choice for December cycling, but as winter gives way to spring and rolls into summer, a wool/poly blend might be a better choice. Rapha's impeccably detailed Country jersey's Sportwool is 40 percent merino and 60 percent polyester, so it has the warm-when-cool and cool-when-warm feeling of wool, but dries a heck of a lot faster. It also has smart features often overlooked in bike jerseys, like a full length zipper, reinforced rear pockets, and zippered valuables pocket ($170; www.rapha.cc).


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Proposed $87 million bond would fix, replace facilities in Abilene ISD
2 campuses recommended to close
ABILENE, Texas - Abilene ISD's board must decide by Monday whether to bring an $87 million bond issue to voters this fall.
A special committee recommended 11 buildings in the district be fixed or even torn down and replaced.
Part of the committee recommendation would mean closing two of the oldest schools in the district, Woodson and Locust elementary schools. Woodson, specifically, would not be torn down because of its historical value.
KTXS took a tour of the district facilities on Tuesday. We saw the ceilings falling in, floors coming up and lots of other problems on the campuses.
When the heating goes out in these old building maintenance installs electric heaters as a band-aid to a much bigger piping problem that's just one piece of a deteriorating puzzle AISD is tackling. Some issues are so bad that the master facilities committee recommends tearing down Bowie and Bonham elementary schools and starting from scratch.
"We are thrilled," Bonham Principal Kathy Horner said. "We think that would be the best news we've ever heard."
Part of the recommendation would require the district take the open land near Johnston Elementary and build a replacement school. The old campus would then eventually be sold.
Horner said safety on Bonham's campus is an issue.
"If (students are) called to go to the nurse or if the nurse calls the classroom our nurse has to come outside and stand where I'm standing, and then the teacher will open the door and they will watch the student come down here, because otherwise the child will be out here alone, coming to the office to get whatever their needs are taken care of," Horner said.
Alex Galindo is a student member of the committee. The Cooper High School junior has a unique way of defining how much passing a school bond would impact taxpayers.
"$50 a year and you could say give up McDonald's three times a year for your family and there you go," Galindo said. "You gotta kid with a brand new school. You got kids in a great learning environment that is so much better than what they had before."
The district spends hundreds of thousands of dollars every year to maintain the older facilities. Organizers say this bond could help save money in the long term.
The board will vote on a bond election next Monday, which is also the last day a bond issue could be placed on the November ballot.
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Professional athletes and stars of the entertainment industry hit the links at Daniel Island Club, March 19, for the Needtobreathe Golf Classic benefitting the Palmetto Medical Initiative.
It marked the third year proceeds were directed to the medical group, and it was the fifth year the Commonwealth Cares Foundation hosted the charity golf tournament.
The classic got its name from the Needtobreathe rock band based out of Seneca.
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To act in a stalkerish manner, usually confined to the internet, with the intent to use the information gained for petty vengence
She upset him so now he's gone all cally
автор: Scally5 5 ноября 2008
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Gorgeous angel and I love him
"I'm with Cally yay!"
автор: Axl Rose 6 ноября 2004
A beautiful angel who enjoys pleasing other people but who makes their beloved truly happy. One to treasure for life, never let your Cally go.
I'm with a Cally <3
автор: MadAl 5 мая 2011
Technician slang for calipers, a tool for measuring precise thicknesses or widths
Hey, John, can I borrow your callies? I need to know if this nut is a 4mm or a 5mm.
автор: mrrs 15 октября 2011
she is the most beautiful, unique , most intellectual individual you will ever meet. Has a smoking hot body, amazing personality, and is very good in bed.
Man, i hooked up with this girl last night, deffinately a Cally!
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"To address the growing interest in tablets among consumers and businesses alike, HP will offer a range of form factors and leverage an array of operating systems," said Alberto Torres, senior vice president, Mobility Global Business Unit, HP. "Our new HP Slate on Android represents a compelling entry point for consumer tablets."
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Management style of not paying much attention to things until the deadline and then criticizing the work thats been done.
What'd bet Jones comes by today and pulls a swoop and poop.
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went you move into a realtionship and shit all over the situation
It looked like Ron was serious about her untill he pulled the swoop and poop.
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When a woman is going down on a man, right before he ejaculates he pushes down on the back of her head (or punches her in the back of the head) causing he to choke and cough thus shooting the semen out her nose. Like a dragon shooting flames or ice of it's nose.
See, Ice dragon or white dragon
See, Ice dragon or white dragon
"What's a Sticky dragon?"
"This Bitch!"
squirt Gag Splat
"This Bitch!"
squirt Gag Splat
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When youre getting a hummer and right when youre about to blow........smack her on the back of the head to make your load come out her nose.
Gobble gobble , smack .....Achew!!!!
door Mike Dukes 16 februari 2004
When a guy is about to cum, he puts the tip of penis up to the opening of his partners nose( one or the other openings ), and as he ejaculates, the other person pulls it in through the nose, down to the back of the throat, and then finally, spits it back on to his penis.
that bitch is so kinky, she let me pull a stickydragon on her!
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New Arizona Extension Dairy Specialist
New Arizona Extension Dairy Specialist
Arizona dairy producers' toolbox of resources and expertise has become tremendously bigger with the announcement that Dr. John Smith has been hired as the new University of Arizona Extension Dairy Specialist. It is a major coup for the state.
A production management expert whose focus is on practical, effective solutions to daily challenges faced by milk producers, Smith is already well known throughout Arizona and the Southwest. He served as New Mexico Extension Dairy Specialist from 1989 to 1995, where he was mentored by longtime Arizona Extension Dairy Specialist Dennis Armstrong. It's a close, productive collaboration and friendship that continues today and over the years has produced numerous advances in dairy design and expansion, parlor throughput efficiency, special needs facilities, and cow cooling in particular.
He left New Mexico in 1995 to take over as Extension Dairy Specialist at Kansas State University, where he dramatically raised the profile of that school's dairy Extension program and won several awards for his education leadership. He also co-founded the Western Large Herd Dairy Management Conference and the High Plains Dairy Management Conference.
Smith will be officially introduced at Arizona Dairy Dairy April 8 at Shamrock Dairy in Stanfield.


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Degradation and Frost Susceptibility of Crushed Rock Aggregates Used in Structural Layers of Railway Track
Nurmikolu, Antti
Publication type: Doctoral dissertation
Issue date: 2005-11-23
Belongs to: Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto. Julkaisu - Tampere University of Technology. Publication 567
University: Tampere University of Technology
Faculty: Department of Civil Engineering
Department: Institute of Structural Engineering
This study deals with the degradation of crushed rock aggregate in the structural layers of track as well as the factors influencing degradation and frost susceptibility of degraded aggregate. The research is based on literature review and laboratory analyses of degraded ballast samples from the ballast bed, new crushed rock aggregates and some natural coarse-grained soils. In the experimental part of the research the degradation of ballast is assessed primarily by analysing samples from the ballast bed. Other examined properties besides grading are strength, water absorption and freeze-thaw resistance of coarse particles and water adsorption, specific surface area, pore size distribution, mineralogy and loss on ignition of fines. Based on observations the degradation of ballast in the Finnish railway network is largely due to mechanical breakage and abrasion of ballast grains from traffic loading and tamping. Chemical weathering of ballast samples proved generally insignificantly small, and where it occurred, it was limited to the surfaces of grains. In the absence of long-term use experiences, the research strived to forecast especially the degradation of the frost protection and intermediate layer crushed rock aggregates in cyclic loading apparatus with three separate loading plates developed to simulate traffic load-ing. Despite the test technical limitations related to the test material interfaces, the factors affecting degradation could be observed and the magnitude of degradation under the loading conditions of the track structure assessed. The frost susceptibility of aggregates was examined by the developed frost heave test arrangements. In certain crushed rock aggregate the frost susceptibility at under 15 % fines content was found to be directly proportional to the fines content of the material. As the result of a stepwise regression analysis performed to analyse various aggregates together a regression model based on the under 0.002 mm material content, water absorption of coarse particles and total pore volume of fines is presented. In this combined analysis of aggregates it was possible to explain frost susceptibility nearly as well as by fines content in the analysis of individual aggregates. The practical results of the research include recommendations for the strength, mineralogy and grading of the crushed rock aggregate in the frost protection and intermediate layers of track structure. KEYWORDS: crushed rock aggregate, track structure, degradation, fines, frost susceptibility, cyclic loading test, frost heave test, ballast, subballast, weathering, substructure, frost protection layer, coarse-grained material, pore size distribution, water absorption
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now that patrick roy is coach of colorado alot of people are saying hes gonna try and convince people to draft mckinnon or drouin since he coached the quebec league even though they need a defensemen and want seth jones
what if we traded brendan smith and tomas tatar in the off season for matt duchene ?? that might make them more inclined to say draft mckinnon?
probably wont happen for both sides and i like what smith is doing but my thinking is we got sproul ouellet backman almquist marchenko coming up and we have ericsson kronwall dekeyser kindl lashoff quincey now
duchene was a 3rd overall pick but hasnt yet really exploded as of yet but i think babcock would do wonders , anyways just an idea ... cant see them trading landeskog and i wouldnt want ryan oreilly or stastny from colorado


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TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. — The Fellowship of Fathers Foundation is offering through its Help Our Military— Every Dad (HOME) program, a book to any active duty military man requesting one through their military chaplain. The book "Be a Better Dad Today," by author and philanthropist Gregory W. Slayton was released last month.
"Serving in the U.S. Military is one of the most honorable professions, but let's face it, it's also an extremely hard one, especially on families," Slayton said. "My hope and prayer is that the tools and ideas put forward in 'Be A Better Dad Today' will be a powerful help for military dads."
Published by Regal Books, "Be a Better Dad Today" is available in stores everywhere. For active duty military men, it can be requested online, by their military chaplain. Inquire for the entire unit and the Chaplain will receive up to 30 free copies shipped immediately.
Written by former U.S. diplomat, the Honorable Gregory W. Slayton, this book has received high profile endorsements and is set to be valuable Father's Day read. Slayton gets personal and shares openly about his own family, speaking as a father, to fathers, about self-improvement and success.
U.S. Senator and war veteran John McCain says, "I learned about life and honor from my father and grandfather, who were my heroes as Naval officers and, most importantly, fathers. Their courage and faith were an inspiration to me and a key to my survival in some of my most difficult times. I've personally known Gregory and his family for years, and I know he exemplifies the title of his book 'Be a Better Dad Today,' each and every day of his life. My hope is that this book will help every single man who picks it up to be the best father, the best husband, and the best man he can be."--
To underscore his commitment of strengthening fatherhood and families, Gregory Slayton has committed to donate 100 percent of his book royalties to charity.
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Two of most beautiful people in FS, they look so smitten:D, while that publishing was rather unfortunate. I remember an episode during Nice. I read a post somewhere that one of French commentators explicitly expressed his frustration with T Verner and the other guy mentioned that he and Natalie are a thing, and then suddenly this guy was all "Oh my god, look at his superb skating!" I was so ROFL.
French commentators say a lot of unnecessary things. For example, the time they were laughing at Johnny Weir and calling him gay (I think at Vancouver olympics?)
Re Nathalie's pictures, she does put a lot of pictures of off-ice stuff on P/B's Facebook page, including ones of her and Tomas - but I don't believe these came from there, and they were probably not intended for that kind of distribution.
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Andrei Deputat
The new issue of International Figure Skating magazine has some wonderful articles and photos about both Worlds skaters and some pro skaters (Lambiel and Browning). There's a lovely photo of Joubert, who I agree is quite fine-looking. We skate fans are lucky ducks.
My first post! Have to agree about D. Takahashi. I don't think he's creepy looking but I always think he needs a good shampoo and cut! My favorites are:
Stephane Lambiel (bought him a drink in Victoria after he won Skate Canada - sooooo cute!)
Charlie White
and a young Kurt Browning
Welcome to the GS Forum, noskates!
In his late teen, he used to bring lots of containers of hair sprays/gels/wax in his overseas suitcase, and spend an hour or so doing his hairdo by himself in a hotel room prior to the competitions. When it did not go well to his liking, he was not in the mood for competing in the least, he confessed years later. That explains a couple of his lackluster performances back in the days, to me in a way.
Here goes mine!
Among retired ones:
Alexei Urmanov
Ilia Kulik
Sasha Abt
John Zimmerman
Stephane Lambiel
Among currently competing:
Brian Joubert
Andrew Poje
Nikita Katsalapov
Paul Poirier
Zach Donohue ->First time for me to see this team at the recent US Nats on TV. I tried HARD to concentrate on their 'feet', but I just could not take my eyes off his face.
Sorry Dai but I am attracted more to ice dancers these days.
How cool, Noskates! A Lambiel memory is one to treasure for generations to come. And welcome to GS! I agree about your three faves, Lambiel, White, and Browning (at any age, especially when on the move to music).
And yes, deedee1, I'm getting more and more impressed (one could say weak at the knees) when seeing Poje. Of course Ilia Kulik is on my list as well.
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So here's what happened. It was Skate Canada in 2006 in Victoria. My skating friend and I met two ladies from Vancouver at the 2001 Worlds and have kept in touch. They met us in Victoria and we spent the competition together. One of them was absolutely gaga over Stephane (she probably had clothes older than him but....hey!) We were in the bar at the Empress Hotel and he walked in with his coach, girlfriend, and I don't know who else. I called a waiter over and unbeknownst to my friend, sent Stephane a drink. When the waiter delivered it to him he asked who sent it, etc. He came over and very graciously thanked us. He was so cute and so polite. My friend couldn't even get a word out - she was so shocked. We congratulated him on his skate and told him how much we enjoyed his skating - especially his spins. He was just so humble and so nice. I've been a diehard fan ever since.
p.s. thank you for the welcome. I've been searching for a place to talk about skating.


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The Sand Flea Jig and its accompanying "App-e-teaser fly" or "Banana Jig" turn the trick on weary Pompano. Its natural crab like appearance looks like an easy meal. The "App-e-teaser fly" and "Banana Jig" that comes with this Sand Flea Jig represents a shrimp or some other crustacean dislodged from a weed patch and attracts additional attention to the jig.
The Sand Flea Jig was designed to look like the Mole Crab (Emerita), also known as The Sand Flea, with the female's telson showing off her clutch of bright orange eggs. The maribu feathers (instead of nylon bristle) represent the motion of wavy feeding plumose antennae of the crab. These are the features of the Pompano's natural prey in the surf zone.
How to fish this lure:
Casting the Pompano Sand Flea Jig from pier, bridge, boat, or in the light surf, allow to sink to sand bottom. Short, sharp jigs (start and stop) makes little puff plumes in the sand as the natural sand Flea would scuttle forward. Stop for a few seconds in between jigs. Look for strike when the jig settles.
The "App-e-teaser fly" and "Banana Jig is an attractor to the main jig. Tie on one or the other 8"-10" above the jig on the leader line using a loop knot, the same knot we use when we tie our gold hook bait fish rigs. This will then make a tandem (two lure) rig. With its bright colors the fly or Banana Jig resembles shrimp and other crustaceans dislodged by wave action. Expect to catch most of your Pomps on either of these little lures, double headers are possible.
If Ladyfish and Bluefish are present, they are also very attracted to these lures. To avoid cut-offs either beef up your mono leader and or forego the "App-e-teaser fly" and "Banana Jig". Straight tie the Sand Flea Jig with heavier mono using a loop knot.
A great jig combo for walking the beach and casting in the surf.
Each package comes with 3 lures, 1-Pompano Sand Flea Jig, 1 - App-e-teaser Fly and 1 Banana Jig, please specify your color choices:
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Color Selections App-e-teaser Fly (hook colors are subject to change without notice):
Glow Orange
PRICE : $3.00 each
Additional "App-e-teaser" Fly or Banana Jig $2.00 each
Three (3) of the Pompano Sand Flea Jigs (one of each color), Three (3) App-e-teaser Flies (one of each color) and Three (3) Banana Jigs
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LEWISTOWN - It may not be typical for a youth pastor to transition into the position of lead pastor within the same church, but Rev. Dave Purdy insists that there is "nothing special about me."
Purdy is the new lead pastor at Evangel Baptist Church in Lewistown and describes himself as a regular farm boy and long-time Penn State fan. He lives with his wife, Kim, and children, Caleb and Kylee, in Lewistown, and has served as youth pastor at the church for the last 10 years.
"I'm very loyal to whatever it is I'm putting my energy into," he said. "God has just seen fit to use us in ministry here."
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Sentinel photo by JULIANNE CAHILL
The staff of Evangel Baptist Church stand at the construction site of their new worship center. The new sanctuary will seat 550 people and is expected to be completed in 2013. Pictured from left; Rev. Dave Purdy, lead pastor; Sean Moon, minister of worship; Margie Aurand, secretary; and Rev. Ed Kauffman, family pastor.
When the position of lead pastor became available, Purdy said he was initially hesitant about whether it was the right fit for him.
"To be taking on a church of this size...it's a big responsibility," he explained.
Yet, he and his wife sensed that God was going to change their ministry. A reading of Isaiah 41:10 during a youth camp event is what connected with Purdy and encouraged him to apply for the position.
Isaiah 41:10 reads, "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
"I felt like (the speaker) was just talking to me," Purdy said.
The reading made him aware that this position was what God had in store for him.
As he settles into his new position, Purdy said his goal is community outreach. He wants community members to feel loved not only by the church, but also by the savior. Whether church-goers show up in shorts and a T-shirt or a shirt and tie, Purdy said the congregation of Evangel Baptist accepts everyone as they are.
"We just want everyone in the community to know there's a place for them here at Evangel," he said.
In an effort to increase membership and attendance, the church offers a variety of groups and activities for people of all ages. Purdy said Evangel Baptist has a balanced age demographic and has as many children in the nursery as there are adults in their 70s and 80s.
"There's something for everyone," he said.
About 100 children attend Evangel's AWANA club every Wednesday night, and older teens enjoy meetings of Ablaze Student Ministries, the church's Sunday evening youth group.
Purdy said adults are also encouraged to meet outside of regular worship in smaller LIFE groups. LIFE groups meet in the homes of church members and allow individuals to connect with their peers on a more personal level through the study of God's Word and discussion of life's issues and challenges.
Evangel Baptist also encourages those with special talents to become a part of worship. At this time, Purdy said there are about five worship teams of musicians at the church.
"If you have a talent, there's a way for that talent to be used," he said.
The diversity of the congregation and staff at Evangel Baptist may be the reason for its rapid growth over the years. A sanctuary that once held about 250 people was last used for worship on Oct. 24, 2012, Margie Aurand, church secretary, said. Since then, worship services have been held in the all-purpose room which seats up to 400 people. Even that is getting a bit snug.
Purdy said construction began on a new worship center that is expected to open in 2013. The new building will hold up to 550 people.
Though Evangel Baptist is constantly changing and expanding, Purdy said the welcoming, family-focused atmosphere is something that will not waiver. Every improvement is one more step toward including a greater number of community members in the ministry.
"We just want everybody serving. We want to reach out," he said. "You're loved by God and we want everyone to know that."
Evangel Baptist Church is located at 375 W. 5th St., Lewistown. For more information, call 242-2769.


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Diving into open source communities: Students' need to knows | Opensource.com
Diving into open source communities: Students' need to knows
One of the talks at POSSCON's education track was John "maddog" Hall's presentation titled "FOSS Teaches You Twice or Three Times." A 42-year veteran of the computer industry, maddog has seen it all. He's since turned his attention to the field of education and the work of creating a nation of thinkers and self-directed lifelong learners.
I'll jump ahead to my favorite part of the talk: if we want students to be able to learn "the open source way" and participate in FOSS communities, what skills do we need to teach them? Here's maddog's list of the how-to's they need to know:
- Do distributed development
- License software
- Develop formal standards
- Write code to standards
- Motivate software developers
- Locate and engage the community of users and developers
- Innovate everywhere, always
- Evaluate and size customer needs
- Compare multiple programs that perform the same function
- Share
All right. Rewind a bit. Where does this list comes from?
It started many years ago, when maddog himself was a teenager in college. All software was what we'd call "open source" today--the code was passed around from developer to developer in a friendly atmosphere where tinkering and modification was encouraged. Many of the developers maddog worked with were amateurs--they didn't write software for a living, or at least didn't start out that way. And they could be, because the culture of sharing meant that amateurs had access to the same resources professionals did, so amateurs could therefore easily match or even surpass professionals in learning and skill.
This is a stark contrast to the world of software development students today are faced with. Most of their information is locked up in proprietary textbooks. They're trained to use proprietary software that takes a lot of money, a professor with industry connections, or access to an underground student pirating network. (This is nothing new; in 1976, when AT&T blocked a professor named John Lions from the University of New South Wales from publishing his annotations on the UNIX source code, amateurs did it themselves, passing photocopies of photocopies of photocopies of the pirated book from one hand to the other.) They're asked to create programs from scratch for many individual assignments, but it's hard to create interesting software on your own. Most software projects nowadays are complex creatures, shepherded through their evolution by large teams over long periods of time. That's the world students graduate into--but they're not prepared for it after four years of "throwaway" projects.
Companies know this, and the smart ones find ways other than resumes and grades to screen new hires. Maddog recounted the story of Mark Shuttleworth's first round of Canonical hires. Rather than screening resumes, Shuttleworth sat down with the Debian mailing list archives, analyzing conversations to determine which developers he wanted to hire. Shuttleworth ended up hiring developers from all over the world. This makes sense; why should good software development be the exclusive province of a few countries? Instead of using their ingenuity and talent to pirate American software, shouldn't students all over the world be creating programs of their own to address local needs?
That's where the list comes in. Clearly, learning specific algorithms, languages, and tools aren't enough; instead of simply being trained as technicians, students need to be educated as service providers who solve the problems of their community by working on living projects, just as surgeons learn how to work their art of healing on living bodies.
Once students know these basic skills, it's possible for them to take advantage of a multitude of living examples for any topic they encounter in class. Kernels and operating systems, multithreading, concurrency, or programming languages? There are multiple thriving open source projects used in production for each of these. Doing a special topics course on telephony? Check out VoIP, Asterisk, and Android. Studying electrical engineering? There's SPICE, the Arduino, and a host of circuit simulators and board layout tools. Law, English, Philosophy? Check out Creative Commons and Project Gutenberg.
Of course, this doesn't tell us how we can teach these skills, or how to develop programs to teach and assess them consistently--but that's a topic for another article.
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It was great to have met you at POSSCON, Mel.
Interesting article, and now I wish I had managed to make it to that talk. Maddog always gives interesting lectures.
A good project to look into for a slightly different application of open source in education is Flat World Knowledge. The idea of teaching FOSS methodology dovetails rather nicely with creative commons text books. Students could write up improvements to their text books as a collaborative group project.
"They're asked to create programs from scratch for many individual assignments, but it's hard to create interesting software on your own. Most software projects nowadays are complex creatures, shepherded through their evolution by large teams over long periods of time. That's the world students graduate into--but they're not prepared for it after four years of "throwaway" projects."
I think this is a problem of the education system, rather than being able to be laid solely at the hands of industry. The reason I say this is because the same problems can be found in engineering as well.
I had a similar talk about this topic, is interesting how some of the things you point out I had it on mine. However things that are often discussed is how to change teachers way of thinking to adopt this new paradigms.
My solution is to rebel and do this outside of classes and in clubs. And ask for help on the internet.
Interesting article, but I'd suggest holding off on the full jump into open source until later. The reason being is to get the kids thinking first. The last thing we need is a bunch of graduates only knowing how to cut and paste from the open sources out there. Basically stealing other peoples ideas without knowing what or how they work.
Just my 2 cents.
@James this is not stealling and that is the big difference. Another difference is how much do you need to think how the inner working of a motor vehiecle to buy or drive a car.
On the flip side, I think that FLOSS is about contributing back and the actual challenge is how can we further the standard of knowledge given already as open source. That way you are not just taking but sharing.
I wonder how well can you do a calculus derivative right now from your calculus days in high school. Or how well can you perform on a 100 meters race vs the kids from the neighbor school.
Is not about how much can you copy paste open source, but how many new lines can you generate.
I wasn't worried too much about the steeling, just the not thinking part. True, I'm older but I've been around the block for a while and know every bump and stumbling block.
I'm all for sharing; however, most students are mainly interested in other things and don't care about the same things. Most have ideas of sharing as what can I get from you.
But, the person that knows how the car works is better at getting a program written to drive a car than just someone who wants to drive a car and doesn't know the first thing about a car.
Ok I understand the student mentality and that si why Open source can help change that. In a non-open source world. EVERYONE is having the ideas of what can I get from you not only students.
But that is exactly why open source in education is more important. Because we need to edcuate the value of sharing and contributing. At least is easier to educate a student than educate a lawyer per-say.
Yes, but overwelming them with complex projects could scare away many. Education on sharing is good, however one must be aware there are those that don't contribute but seem to always take. These are the ones we need to weed out of the framework since they don't belong.
Then there are the ones that don't get it and insist that everything needs to be done their way. ... well, I'm not that kind... in fact I believe strongly there is more than one way to do something and they may both be correct. Not talking simple math here.
The simple "hello world!" example has been played to death in my opinion; however, it can show someone that it does work and can be simple and shows the real power of programming. From there the imagination is the limit. There really isn't anything you can't do with a computer in terms of programming. But, you have to know the hardware and what the software is doing for you weather you wrote the program or not.
Programmers aren't "a dime a dozen" or a "simply replacable commodity". OpenSource is a great thing and we do need to teach more sharing and cooperation; however, we also need inovative thinkers and not "smoochers".
Two things here, a project doesn't need to be complex or huge to be an open source project. That said, big open source projects are actually easier to contribute. Because there is already a standarized process of contribution, well documented and things belong to place.
The other thing is the dynamics of team collaboration which sometimes are just not enforced. Many schools just horde students together and say... do a project/paper. But very rarely they are taught how to really do teamwork.
Also by just taking, you could also innovate. If this was literature, you will need to 'take' a lot, to be able to produce. That means you will need to read a lot of books from different writers to come up with your own. Sure there is a difference between copy and reading. But unless everything is perfect, once you start debugging your software, you will be forced to read what you just pasted.


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Nokia Lumia 928 vs Samsung Galaxy S4
Trying to dethrone a king is a tough task to accomplish, especially when its lineage has been around for what might seem to be ages. Well, that's exactly what we're seeing here in this comparison, as we take the newly minted Nokia Lumia 928 against the magnitude of star power behind the Samsung Galaxy S4. Arguably the two best handsets for their respective platforms, the Lumia 928 might seem insignificant against the imposing presence of Sammy's flagship, but the true test to find a winner is to pit the two head-to-head in each category.
Looking at the two, it's not surprising that their designs are iterative, but if we have to pick, we'll give it to the Nokia Lumia 928 by just a smidgen. Sure, the Galaxy S4 is thinner and lighter, but it just simply doesn't come off as the more stylish device between the two – even more when it still, you know, looks like the Galaxy S III from afar. In contrast, the Lumia 928 still employs the distinct design characteristics of past Lumia devices, but we appreciate its more solid build quality, so if the two were accidentally dropped, we'd feel more confident that Nokia's prodigy would handle it better. Furthermore, there's just this stylish appeal with its hard lines and tapered design.
133 x 68.9 x 10.1 mm
5.7 oz (162 g)
Nokia Lumia 928
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
4.59 oz (130 g)
Samsung Galaxy S4
Even though the two feature distinctive power buttons and volume controls, the Galaxy S4's set seem to be the more responsive – whereas it's lacking with the Lumia 928. Taking a peek around the bezels of the two smartphones, they're packing all the same ports and buttons. To be specific, they include the standard mic, noise-cancelling mic, 3.5mm headset ports, and microUSB ports. With the latter, though, the Galaxy S4 offers the useful functionality of video-out. And finally, the S4's feature set is strengthened by the addition of an IR blaster, which doubles for a universal remote.
Bottom edges
Rear cameras
The sides of the Nokia Lumia 928 (left) and the Samsung Galaxy S4 (right)
At the heart of these two titans, they both pack AMOLED panels that showcase all the lovely qualities that we adore about the display tech – like their oversaturated colors, wide viewing angles, and deep black reproduction. However, the higher resolution of the Samsung Galaxy S4's 5-inch 1080 x 1920 Super AMOLED display simply outshines that of the 4.5-inch PureMotion HD+ 768 x 1280 AMOLED panel on the Lumia 928. Frankly, the difference in detail superiority is instantly evident as we take notice of the sharpness associated with the Galaxy S4's display. Indeed, the two are unique amongst other things for their super sensitivity, which allows us to interact with them with glove on, but yet again it's the Galaxy S4 showing its depth with its new capacitive panel that allows us to hover over the display with our finger.
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1. wendygarett (unregistered)
Lumia 928 is a jokes, gs4 all the way...
6. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
Lumia 928 is not a joke, it beats the GS4 easily with it's PureView camera. Yes, the GS4 is an awesome phone, it has beasty specs and features, it beats the Lumia 928 in almost everything, but the Lumia 928 is not bad at all, it has an excellent camera (better than the GS4 of course), and it has okay specs and features.
If you like the GS4, just say "GS4 all the way", don't spit "Lumia 928 is a jokes". Wendy, the "best" Samsung fanboy as always.
48. donfem (Posts: 646; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)
Just for the excellent camera, you get "30 thumbs up"? interesting
91. windork (Posts: 16; Member since: 24 May 2013)
50 actually...
54. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
i guess u forget features that NL928 have :(.
i don't think that NL928 have okay features though.
> Puremotion HD+ 60 FPS HD display refresh rate
>Pureview Camera - Low light, OIS-floating lens
>Super Sensitive screen
>Integrated wireless charging
>Pentaband LTE support
and u said it has okay features.
62. windork (Posts: 16; Member since: 24 May 2013)
it's kind of wierd though that the entire online world doesn't even consider IPhone as an option any more
92. phonemonkey (Posts: 168; Member since: 13 Feb 2012)
do you do drugs before you post
74. Shatter (Posts: 2036; Member since: 29 May 2013)
Every single screen on a phone is 60 fps
77. OldWarrior632 (Posts: 14; Member since: 03 Jun 2013)
But not Carl Zeiss Optics, HERE Navigation, Here City Lens.
A microphone second to none. A Smartphone is so much more than a camera and a pretty screen.
78. OldWarrior632 (Posts: 14; Member since: 03 Jun 2013)
You should have just started the comparison with the disclaimer that you were going to look for S4 advantages and not research the 928. The 928 camera blows the S4 away in low light and has features like Panorama, ISO800 for true "Stop Action" and if you had cared to look, you could have switched the Video to 1080. It just defaults to 720 to save memory.
on Mics-
"To be specific, they include the standard mic"
The Nokia mic is so superior that HTC had to switch to an inferior mic after losing a patent infringement case!
As said Below, the 928 Mapping is the standard of the industry and 80% of the Auto's sold with on-board navigation use HERE.
I could go on but it's pointless as your mind was made up before you started this bogus story.
If you are going to do a review, please learn your instruments.
76. cripton805 (Posts: 1440; Member since: 18 Mar 2012)
Easily? Were not talking Oranges to a Potato here. Camera does have a slight advantage as durability is more important. Take that a side and the Lumia is a joke. It amazes me that people are willing to defend a company that refuses to give them more.
Anyhow, I know two people. One with the Lumia and one with the GS4. The Lumia owner felt his OS was extremely limited and a POS compared to the features found on the GS4. There is no comparison between the two unless you're planning to take pictures all day everyday.
90. OldWarrior632 (Posts: 14; Member since: 03 Jun 2013)
OK You know 2 people, and 1 thinks like you do. Err That isn't a lot of comparison. Exactly what is the GS4 better at, other than being able to use it as a VERY expensive TV Remote. The Lumia loads things just as fast, has better Mapping and City Lens, Mic is a full generation ahead, Lumia is more rugged, can do just about everything the GS4 can do at half the price. I can do 3 way calling, surf during a call even take video while on the phone, then send the video, or just use the skype to show what I am looking at.
Certainly there are more Apps, but as I said, once you DL about 50, how many do you have to offload to load more? Battery lasts a full workday, Wireless charging means I can set it on the charger while I use it as a Secure Hotspot instead of joining the open window WiFi. I have Office, can link directly to my Laptop or desktop so I can transfer files without spending Gigs of Data. NP we are both happy with our phones. I am not saying the GS4 is a POS, why do you feel the need to bash someone else's phone to make you feel better? A tad insecure with your choice? Some need to justify your extra hundred bucks or so? Surely if the GS4 is so much better, you can make the extra money that your phone cost you with the extra productivity can't you? I mean, I can zoom in on a CT image on my phone to confirm a diagnosis at likely the same speed you could, assuming you have some Office Clone to generate your billings don't you?
7. SIGPRO (Posts: 1443; Member since: 03 Oct 2012)
Hahah the joke is you wenygarret, keep living in your cave!
14. hung2900 (Posts: 956; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)
At least I agree if considering the size. An 5-inch display phone is smaller than an 4.5-inch display phone in any dimension.
23. rahulz (Posts: 117; Member since: 25 Feb 2013)
Why? I mean seriously why? You don't have bash every devices other than samsung
deep down you know that Lumia 928 is a great peace of hardware. You may hate WP8 , just use it its not bad as you think.
nothing is perfect, android,ios,wp all have their own pros and cons. I have used them all and i like android better bcuz of its features also its closest to pc on a smartphone then i moved on to WP8 just to try it out, i must say i am impressed its pretty cool. Of course its not close to android 4.2 just give it some time i guarantee it will grow faster than you think. now its like a coooool kid. you know cool kids are always cool to hangout with..
34. roldefol (Posts: 4258; Member since: 28 Jan 2011)
Maybe she doesn't actually know any other piece of hardware. The true fanboy (fangirl?) ignores all evidence to the contrary.
Can we all just agree to down-thumb Wendy out of existence and not feed the troll?
38. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
In fairness to wendygarett (who is a boy) he does say some good things once in a while. At least they aren't the hardcore apple apologist they were pre-iphone5
41. roldefol (Posts: 4258; Member since: 28 Jan 2011)
I haven't seen anything insightful from him in quite a while. Typically comments like this one. I'll defend the trolls when they have something provocative or amusing to add (like TROLL® and his outlandish spec lists), but Wendy has been pretty much just trolling of late.
So did Wendy and Garett break up?
56. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
The design of the L928 looks much better than the S4!
61. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
Ow damn u actully said another +ive thing about Lumia device ur account is hacked :O or what
63. windork (Posts: 16; Member since: 24 May 2013)
you're trolling the troll?
49. donfem (Posts: 646; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)
Great comment.
58. mydi.maus (unregistered)
lumia all the waaay..gs4 is toy
60. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
and thumdown = 50 congrads
69. rcranium (Posts: 30; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
You're the joke, troll. I have both a gn2 and 920 and don't rag on either company.
2. donjunior (Posts: 50; Member since: 28 May 2013)
S4 is the beast
4. fsnas (Posts: 102; Member since: 18 Jun 2012)
S4 is (a) beast but not (the) beast!
forgetting HTC One?
55. TheBitterTruth (unregistered)
Yeah both are the beast. We got two beasts this year.
Another is coming "OPTIMUS G"
64. windork (Posts: 16; Member since: 24 May 2013)
no, this article isn't about it
95. piyath (Posts: 333; Member since: 23 Mar 2012)
HTC One is a JOKE...! huh huh haaaaaaaaaaa..
33. tashreef (Posts: 476; Member since: 24 Nov 2012)
Lumia 928 is also gives equal performance, and you have to pay double of 928 for S4 . of course you'll get octa-core processor+2GB RAM+1080p Display with S4
but lumia 928 does performs well with its Dual-core processor and offers better results with its 8.7MP pure-view camera.
So both are best having some pros and cons , choice is yours....
3. fsnas (Posts: 102; Member since: 18 Jun 2012)
M$ needs to react faster!!
I'm a WP8 user but it's really depressing to wait for MS minor but really important updates like:
- seperating phone ringtone volume from media volume.
- screen rotation lock.
- customizing notification ringtones.
- flexibility in rewinding and forwarding videos
- killing apps in multitasking
and for major updates:
- Notification center
- high resolution screen
- multi-cores
- dual-SIM support
- etc..
12. PhansMuneeb (Posts: 371; Member since: 28 Jan 2012)
The only reasons I sold my lumia 710 was for above features which I think Android has covered. ...
20. rahulz (Posts: 117; Member since: 25 Feb 2013)
Yes my friend, WP does lack alot of minor features which means alot to normal user
hope all will be coming in next blue or 8.1 update...
44. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
i'm in dude........nokia is good on their area, but MS need to quick.
46. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
Yep Nokia are doing there bit, Microsoft needs to step up there game.
57. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Totally agree!
But you won't be getting none of those feautres.
Exclusive to Android™®©
And if you do,we will kick you're @ss, and Litigate you, hahahahaha.
And all green to all above
65. windork (Posts: 16; Member since: 24 May 2013)
Dear TROLL,
Who do you like? You seem to just hate on Windows Phone then say "GS4 looks like crap" (which is true) but then you say this, "Windows Phone won't get there" (Which is false, 145,000 apps already) So please good troll, tell me who it is that isn't crap
72. OldWarrior632 (Posts: 14; Member since: 03 Jun 2013)
I have to agree with you on $MSFT, but from the point of view of a normal user, I actually like the looks of the Galaxy better. That said, I own a 928, and Photography is one of my hobbies. The 928 actually takes very good pictures. While the GS has an added memory card from what I read, I offload my pictures daily when I recharge anyway. If I want to do heavy duty photos. I switch to an SLR anyway.
I find that after about 100k Apps, it is rare that one appears that is new or a serious upgrade of an old one.
The worst part of the 928 is not the phone, but the lack of Marketing. Not having used a GS, I cannot comment on comparison, but I did compare my 928 to other phones including my landline, and the people I called all reported the 928 to be the clearest voice.
94. Mirosti (Posts: 9; Member since: 08 May 2013)
I totally agree with you on those, but still i think WP is the best smart phone platform ever! I'm just in love with my Nokia Lumia 800 (WP7.8). WP is perfect to me :)
8. SIGPRO (Posts: 1443; Member since: 03 Oct 2012)
I would choose the Lumia 928, the S4 design is ulgy and Android is outdated!
11. PhansMuneeb (Posts: 371; Member since: 28 Jan 2012)
I agree with s4, but what were you thinking when writing Android is outdated ??
13. sukimtk (Posts: 13; Member since: 04 May 2013)
let him, cant you see that he is wp fan boy :D
i hve ativ s and i love wp8 but some1 like android more and that doesnt mean that other os is worse or better :/
every1 have his opinion and both wp8 and android are good
16. SIGPRO (Posts: 1443; Member since: 03 Oct 2012)
How can i be a WP8 fanboy if i dont own a WP8 device!
15. SIGPRO (Posts: 1443; Member since: 03 Oct 2012)
I mean the icons i dont like it anymore, it looks and feels outdated!
It is slow and laggy!
After my ICS device it will not buy a Adroid device anymore!
19. rahulz (Posts: 117; Member since: 25 Feb 2013)
After using wp i figured out wp does have icons in app drawer just unified in small squares
and live tiles are widgets which you cant interact with. But i must say it definitely looks beautiful
27. SleepingOz (unregistered)
You have always been bashing Android/defending nokia here and now you you telling us that you own an Android device? Ok, we trust you.. lol
31. SIGPRO (Posts: 1443; Member since: 03 Oct 2012)
I have a Transformer wit ICS and my girl a ExperiaT with JB yes both lags and are slow en with al lot of bugs!. And i use a N9 which is still faster than the Experria T of my girl.
So when people say ithat i lie about the issues we have, i would say get a life fanboys. Because many people have similar issues with Android devices!
82. Pedro0x (Posts: 271; Member since: 19 Oct 2012)
This is not android problem, this is SONY and ASUS problem. They failed at optimizing their devices. You must root it and put a new kernel and ROM on your device. It should run way better now.
And do not think that WP does not lag, everytime I have used it, it lagged just as much as other android high-end devices.
29. noim1 (Posts: 297; Member since: 15 May 2012)
Did you even use Jelly Bean ??? if u want to enjoy Android then go get a Flagship Device....Don't Wine abt android if u have a low end android device ...
30. SIGPRO (Posts: 1443; Member since: 03 Oct 2012)
My girl has a Experia T with JB on it, project butter sure the phone is still slow and laggy. Alarm does not go off, sound is gone often, browser closes it self everytime. So no Android for me anymore.
32. SIGPRO (Posts: 1443; Member since: 03 Oct 2012)
I dont think ExperiaT and Asus Transformers are low end devices!
And even you 2gb ram or a octacore in a droid device it will not help because Android is not optimized for it!
42. roldefol (Posts: 4258; Member since: 28 Jan 2011)
My phone WAS a flagship device just 18 months ago. Now it's obsolete and, yes, laggy. Maybe this is more of a Verizon/HTC problem, but the fact is I was never even offered JB. And no, I shouldn't be forced to root just to keep up.
So if Nokia can promise me better service, I'll give them a good hard look.
37. PhansMuneeb (Posts: 371; Member since: 28 Jan 2012)
yeah you r right android is laggy as hell even on my 1ghz dual core Samsung galaxy s Advance (Android Jellybean v4.1)....
and for wp I decided to sell it as soon as ms announced that wp7.5 devices will not be updated to wp8 (plz no wp7.8 thing again)...
openness is what I liked about Symbian and Android has fulfilled my all demands easily....
17. rahulz (Posts: 117; Member since: 25 Feb 2013)
Outdated... Oh i got it you are a fanboy.
i use wp8 smartphone bcuz its suits me but i must say android is in its own league with tons of features. And android 4.2 jellybean is two years ahead of ios &wp
66. windork (Posts: 16; Member since: 24 May 2013)
IOS has more apps (773,000 vs 650,000)
WP has live tiles (amazing look vs 4 years of NO change)
What exactly is it ahead on?
79. OldWarrior632 (Posts: 14; Member since: 03 Jun 2013)
Just how many of those 773k apps have you downloaded, and how many do you use? After you DL about 50, how many that you bought did you have to delete to make room for more?
85. WHoyton1 (Posts: 1635; Member since: 21 Feb 2013)
I don't need to say anything to highlight your stupidity other than....oh dear
21. WHoyton1 (Posts: 1635; Member since: 21 Feb 2013)
Cough cough go die cough cough