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At a gestational age of 30 weeks, prenatal ultrasonographic diagnosis of thoracoomphalopagus twins was made. They were suspected of having a single heart and an omphalocele. At 34 weeks' gestation, twins were delivered by cesarean section. In the delivery room, the infants were apneic and cyanotic. They were intubated immediately and were ventilated with positive pressure. The combined body weight of the twins was 2280 g; they faced each other and were conjoined at the distal half of the thorax and proximal two thirds of the abdomen. On initial physical examination, twin A had lordosis and a tracheoesophageal fistula, and twin B had kyphosis as well as a left diaphragmatic hernia. The twins
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Dulce de Leche Brownie Recipe
I thought I'd share this recipe for Dulce de Leche Brownies. I had several jars of the dulce de leche in my refrigerator, waiting to be used. And since I happened to be craving chocolate brownies, I though – "Why not combine the two?"
In the past, I've used homemade Dulce de Leche in this recipe, although you can use store-bought. I think these brownies are really fun to make: who doesn't like swirling caramel? Just be careful not to overdo it. You wanted big, gooey pockets of dulce de leche, not thin lines of it. So don't overdo it!
Dulce de Leche Brownies
12 brownies
Adapted from The Sweet Life in Paris (Broadway Books)
- 8 tablespoons (115g) salted or unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 6 ounces (170g) bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup (25g) unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup (200g) sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup (140g) flour
- optional: 1 cup (100 g) toasted pecans or walnuts, coarsely chopped
- 1 cup Dulce de Leche (or Cajeta)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (175 C).
Line an 8-inch (20 cm) square pan with a long sheet of aluminum foil that covers the bottom and reaches up the sides. If it doesn't reach all the way up and over all four sides, cross another sheet of foil over it, making a large cross with edges that overhang the sides. Grease the bottom and sides of the foil with a bit of butter or non-stick spray.
Melt the butter in a medium saucepan. Add the chocolate pieces and stir constantly over very low heat until the chocolate is melted. Remove from heat and whisk in the cocoa powder until smooth. Add in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the sugar, vanilla, then the flour. Mix in the nuts, if using.
Scrape half of the batter into the prepared pan. Drop one-third of the Dulce de Leche, by heaping spoonfuls, evenly spaced over the brownie batter. Then drag a knife through the dulce de leche mounds to swirl it slightly. Spread the remaining brownie batter over, then drop spoonfuls of the remaining Dulce de Leche in dollops over the top of the brownie batter. Use a knife to swirl the Dulce de Leche slightly, again.
Bake for 35 to 45 minutes. The brownies are done when the center feels just-slightly firm. Remove from the oven and cool completely.
Storage: These brownies will keep well for up to 3 days at room temperature. They can be frozen for up to two months
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growing up cuban, it seems we always either had cans of condensed milk boiling away on the stove…or already half-eaten in the fridge. but, like you, i have been too scared to attempt this as an adult. i've never thought of making it in the oven. how very exciting!! gracias, david.
It's also a "staple" in Singaporean kitchens. Parents would add a dollop or two in Milo and other drinks for the kids, or we would spread it over sliced bread. Never thought of putting it into brownies though. I like the sound of "Dulce de Leche" so much more sophisticated and tempting than "condensed milk".
oh man…i made david's dulce de leche recipe for the first time about 2 months ago and as soon as it was cool enough, i was standing over the stove, scooping the sticky sweetness from pie plate to mouth with my finger! even though my hubby made a huge batch of brownies last night, i really need to try these!
The thing is, once you've seen the last episode, you will want to see it again, and maybe go back to the first few seasons and so on and so on. I suggest taking a grocery store break sometime soon.
I still have a jar of confiture de lait left over from my trip to Paris – could I use that instead of dulce de leche?
Prepare yourself. Those final episodes of SFU are exhilarating and desvastating.
That's funny – my mom used to make Dulce De Leche in the can all the time. I've done it myself but not recently. The one "safety" thing I do is to put something on the bottom of the pot and put the can on that something so it isn't setting right on the burner. "Fully cooked" dulce takes 4 hours or so, and is solid (well, gelled) and you can cut it into wedges and serve with fruit and cheese. Yum. Now I will have to do that this weekend. :)
This looks sinfully delicious! I would love a piece right now! Yum!
This looks sinfully delicious! I would love a piece now!
these look amazing! if i wasn't already planning to make banana nut bread this weekend i would try the brownies. although, the dulce de leche might be good spread on a nice slice of the BNB. :)
I am SO upset that I didn't have these around to nibble on while I made my way through season 5 of Six Feet Under! I may just have to fire up the oven and rent the DVDs again. Looks delicious, David.
mmm, can you pass me one of those?
david! my pocket coffee and microplane foot file both came today! ever consider a career at HSN? great sales pitch. :)
My mum used to make Dulce de Leche all the time – she was Scottish and she would boil a can of condensed milk on the stove. She wasn't a fancy schmancy cook but she used it for cake fillings – mostly pineapple upside down cakes – yummy – I miss my mummy so much!
She was such a character.
Luisa: I'm sure you could use it, but it's probably very good and I would save it for spreading on toast, and use something more 'plebian'.
Anne: Glad you got both! You can get all hyped up on espresso…just don't shave your feet off.
As for those of you who boil cans of milk on the stovetop, yes, you can do it. Although if the water boils out of the pan, the can may explode and I don't want to look like one of those corpses on Six Feet Under, sans Rico to fix me up. Some people puncture the can first, but the way I do it seems to work fine and no one's ever complained!
Oh, my f***ing lord, I just made a pan of these to send to my sweetie… and now I'm going to have to make another batch.
See, I will most likely die from instant-onset diabetes on account'a eating NEARLY THE WHOLE DAMN PAN after testing just a weensy corner (QC is SO important in baking, I feel).
There is no control. This stuff is evil. EVIL, I TELL YOU!
Oh, I hope you're happy, mister…
Just when I was looking for the perfect brownie recipe. It looks delicious David.
My friends love me for my chocolate brownies, so these look like they'll be an amazing addition to my repetoire. A must-do for the weekend. I've never made dulce de leche before, but my friend Mark is an experienced maker and these are his tips:
'I boil them for 45 mins to an hour . On high nothing between can and pot , pref do not use a aluminium pot as the two metals seem to react.
Take the label off and as much of the glue off as possible as this is difficult to get off the side of the pot afterwards.
The longer you cook it the thicker and darker the caramel becomes.
There is no real science to it just make sure the can is covered by the water at all times, and rotate
the can to cook the caramel evenly , i.e. 15 mins on its top 15 mins on its bottom , then roll it 15 mins on either side.
When you take it off the stove run cold water into the pot and let it cool off before opening.
Do not open when very hot as the can tends to "burp" and the caramel is hot.
Do not let the pot boil dry, this leads to spectacular results , a friend of my mother did just this and it was amazing
just how much surface area one can can cover !!!!!!!'
Be careful out there
I used the crockpot method last year to make ducle de leche and the results were pretty good. It might just be time to make it again, just for these brownies………………..
I'm sure I'll bake these Brownies soon ! yummy, and thanks ;)
I've tried them, fantastic!! so humid… but I cooked them just 20 min or so…depends on each oven I guess… thanks for sharing the recipe!!
Hey David, I have a quick question – I'm planning to make these brownies on Thursday (to eat for breakfast during the Germany-Argentina match, if you must know, so yes, caramel is a-okay for breakfast!). I was hoping to use my salted butter, but I don't have a scale at the moment. I don't know that I can get a semi-precise 1/2 cup chunk off the pound plus block of the salty butter I have. If I use unsalted butter, would you recommend throwing in some salt?
Ok, I lied, I have two questions. I'm also on the hunt for the most perfect caramel recipe ever of all time. I mean, being kind of far from Jacques Genin – whose caramels I have never tried yet TORTURE ME every time I come to your site, thanks – and occasionally wanting some that are not enrobed in Fran's perfect chocolate, I'll have to go and make my own. Anyway, do you have a recipe or know of one you might recommend? If so, I would be forever grateful. Thank you!
Leah: Yes, just add a nice pinch of salt, to balance the flavor.
As for making caramels, Carole Bloom's book, "Truffles, Candies and Confections" has a whole chapter to recipes that you'd find helpful. Happy baking!
I just made Molten Chocolate Babycakes..
Nigella Lawsons recipe…….
I used William Sanomas bittersweet chocolate shavings…yumm…..
We love the chocloate ones you get at Mustache Cafe on Melrose in California….
sooo and my point is???
I want to make your brownies.,but I want to suggest to you to try the W/S Chocolate shavings in your brownies…
The Hot Chocolate is sold twice a year in W/S here in Vegas……its Guittard chocolate not cocoa…a little pricy but these babycakes are do die for….(0)¿(0)…..the chocolate is creammy silk..
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Who do you expect to be 1, 2, 3 lady at japan's Nationals next year. best guess?
Nobody knows what kind of form she shows up at the Nats; physically and more importantly MENTALLY, you know...
If it's true Miki is now Nikolai-free (on and off ice) and she is fully prepared by the end of December, she of course can win it.
Rumored that Stephane Lambiel did the choreo for her SP and I am really looking forward to it! We may see the improved version of Miki who beautifully skated to Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence and looked so
promising in the 2005-06 season.
Who will be her coach, idk...but I would love that if she could join Team Nagamitsu in Osaka! She can improve skating skills, speed, edge work, and of course artistic side of her skating under Mrs. Nagamitsu. And Takeshi Honda surely will help her to regain jumps.
I saw a lovely SOI skate 2012 on Youtube. Miki has been more than a jumper for a long time. I hope Mao comes back. Her "Jupiter" is just exquisite. It is so easy to love Mao. I think she is loved round the world. Miki looked lovely and very happy in her SOI skate. I think she has washed NM out of her hair. Good. I wonder if you see Akiko as the third lady? I love these 3, and find Haruka Imai lovely with a beautiful way of moving. I am not such a Kanako fan. She is fast but her positions are not lovely. The judges like her well enough. I so hope Mao does well in her GPFs. I hope she finds the motivation to continue having lost her beloved mother.
Miki is your favorite Japanese lady?
It seems she's been chatting alot with Daisuke, since he trained with Morozov for 3 yrs. In Dai's book he had thanked him for helping him overcome his self confidence issues. Dai wasn't sure after his departure and injury whether he would continue skating competively. Hopefully Dai will give her the emotional support she needs to decide for herself.
Reading some articles about her and twitter, it seems she's looking for a reason to convince her to come back. The coaches, fans and others can be the rudder to help reach her destination. But she needs to find her desire to be a champion from within. The "wind in her sails" can only come from her and noone can give that to her.
I think it would be great if Miki came back, though she's not my favorite skater, or even my favorite Japanese skater. (That's Mao.) I agree that she'll need to be hungry in order to make her way through the next two years.
If she maintains or regains her technical strength, she'll still be at or near the top. I hope she ends up with a Lambiel program and the Nagamitsu team! That will give her far more than mere mechanical superiority.
New article on Miki. Reads:-
Japanese star Ando set to make a reluctant return to competition, Lei Lei writes. Although she is listed as an entry for the 2012-2013 Grand Prix, Japan's two-time world champion skater Miki Ando says she is not ready for the series. The 24-year-old says she would now prefer to be an artist on ice rather than a competitor. "I don't care about what place I get in competitions now. I just care about how I perform in front of an audience," said Ando in Shanghai last weekend for the Art on Ice skating show. "I just want to show how I perform and if somebody can feel something from my skating, that's my goal, that's my best performance and why I dreamt of becoming a skater," she said. "I was quite busy last year, but I didn't train seriously. This year, I don't feel like I am ready for competition, but I signed a paper (with the International Skating Union) in case I want to do the Grand Prix circuit," Ando told China Daily. "I was planning to make a decision in June, but I didn't have the time to think about it. So, (I just signed it) just in case I wanted to compete. If I don't sign the paper, I can't go. I don't feel I want to compete yet, but I signed the contact, so I have no choice I will try my best. Let's see how it works out." She has set herself no targets for the coming season. "I don't have any goal right now. I have done my job and I think skaters don't have to be competitors because we are like artists. I really enjoy being a show skater," she said. "We all have to quit some day and I'm going to be 25 this year. It's a really hard age for a woman. I don't know, maybe my next goal will be to be a great skater in show skating. Of course, it's really good to be a competitor and get good results, medals and everything. But people have to understand we have to quit some day. We have a future and other choices. "I'm just thinking about the Grand Prix now. An Olympic gold medal is great, but it's so difficult. I don't know if I will attempt to go to the Sochi Olympics yet. So, maybe I will think about the Grand Prix final as the place to get another medal."
That's interesting. I feel a bit bad for her if she's approaching this season halfheartedly, because that's a lot of hard work for something you're not devoted to. Is there outside pressure on her to compete, or does she just feel as if she doesn't know what else to do besides skate competitively? Perhaps her emotions are due to her breakup with Morosov. Maybe she just feels all at sea, and her determination will return soon.
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Thanks for the link to a nice interview from Miki!
Wow! What a thoughtful interview! Thanks so much!
It doesn't sound very likely she's coming back? I don't know... too many doubts, too much uncertain terms. She skates from 1-3 "in the morning"? Does she really mean 1am?? Sounds like a crazy time to be on the ice and call it a 'morning session'.
Actually that's what Shizuka has been doing up until today and Yukari did when she was competing back then, because the ice rink at Shin-Yokohama opens for public during day time.
If skaters, especially those who are at team Sato's, want to reserve private ice time, they can only reserve during midnight or very early in the morning.


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• A systematic and easily reproduced bone protocol was used over a 14-month period to evaluate bone histologically and by mycobacterial culture In patients with chronic osteomyelitis. On examination of 140 bone specimens, we found four patients with unsuspected tuberculous osteomyelitis whose diagnosis was obscured by a concomitant staphylococcal osteomyelitis. Three of the patients had axial skeleton involvement, and one had disease of the femur. No patient had a history of a positive skin test or of tuberculous disease, and none had coexistent pulmonary disease. The underlying granulomatous infection was initially revealed In one patient by histologic examination of bone and In three others only by mycobacterial culture of bone. Concomitant osseous tuberculosis should be excluded in patients with staphylococcal osteomyelitis. Evaluation using a bone protocol with histologic study and culture on Löwenstein-Jensen medium is effective in diagnosing occult osseous tuberculosis.
(Arch Intern Med. 1990;150:1865-1867)
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Molbak's in 1957 and Molbak's today
Molbak's celebrates 40 years of business and tradition
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Molbak's will celebrate their 40th anniversary with a three-day celebration August 8, 9, and 10 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A sampling of events and tasting includes Charles Ramseyer, executive chef at Ray's Boathouse, August 8 from 1 to 3 p.m.; Fran's Chocolate and Sauces, August 9 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; the Stafford Miller String Quartet, August 10 from 2 to 4 p.m. and a seminar on European hand-tied bouquets August 10 from 2 to 3 p.m.
Other ongoing activities include shows of work by local artists Kay Barnes and Kathleen Woodward, 19th century fine art reproductions and a variety of foods, beverages and snacks.
For the past 40 years Molbak's has been a Northwest tradition for hundreds of thousands of shoppers and visitors. As Woodinville grew, so did Molbak's, from a small stand on NE 175th to its current retail space. During this growth, Molbak's has remained a family-owned business with Egon Molbak as chairman, Egon's and Laina's daughter Kirsten Molbak as vice chairman and the other three Molbak children on the board of directors. With annual sales in 1996 at about 17 million dollars, Molbak's currently operates the largest single-outlet garden center in the US.
It never occurred to Laina and Egon Molbak back in 1956 that Molbak's would someday become a premiere horticultural center, or that it would become a household name. They only wanted it to represent integrity and quality.
In the fall of 1956, a friend of the Molbaks told them about a little greenhouse business in Woodinville for sale. It had four acres of land and five small greenhouses, with a cut-flower business. Laina laughs as she recalls the conversation held when Egon called her at their home in Denmark to discuss the possibilities.
"He said it was an old place," Laina said, "and I said, 'as long as it has a great big old house.'
'No,' said Egon. 'It has a little old house on it.'
"So I said, 'Well, as long as there is a big garden.'
'No,' said Egon. 'There's no garden.'
"I finally asked, 'Is there an opportunity for establishing a good business so we can make a living?'
And Egon said, 'Well, I think there are some possibilities.'"
With that, the Molbaks set in motion what we know as the Molbak's of today.
The business began as a wholesale operation selling potted and bedding plants with just Egon, Laina and three employees doing all the work. Laina admits, "I didn't know a petunia from a marigold."
With Egon's expertise in horticulture, however, the business began to grow. But not without its challenges. In January of 1957, during one of the coldest winters on record, the boiler quit, and the temperature in the greenhouses quickly dropped below freezing. To save their first crop, Egon and Laina raced through the greenhouses building fires in buckets and carrying burning torches.
In 1966, the Molbaks built a small 700-square foot retail shop as an experiment and began selling retail on a larger scale. By 1983, they had expanded to 10.5 acres with a complete indoor and outdoor garden center including specialty shops for floral design, fine gifts, garden furniture and a Christmas shop. In 1984, the first 50,000-square foot Dutch greenhouse was built on 42 acres, four miles south of Woodinville in the Sammamish Valley. Today, that property contains three greenhouses with a total of 187,000-square feet.
Currently Molbak's retail location encompasses 15 acres in the heart of Woodinville. Along with its many departments, Molbak's regularly holds events, seminars and special attractions such as Floral Fairyland, a free fairy tale play, and the well-known Poinsettia Festival.
"Over the years, I have seen the business grow to a point that I hardly would have imagined 40 years ago," said Egon Molbak, chairman. "It is wonderful to be able to see a business grow and change with the needs and desires of our customers."
The Molbak family and their employees have also proven to be active members in their community, supporting schools, garden clubs, civic groups and nonprofit organizations.
"This community has been supportive of our business for 40 years," said Egon. "We strongly believe that as a company, and as individuals, we should return that support.


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Hong Kong is one of the richest and most densely populated cities in the world. It also possesses one of the fastest growing global trends—abject poverty and a deep disparity in wealth.
The city that reportedly has more Louis Vuitton shops than Paris houses some of its poor in stacked cages. Yes, you read right—human beings live caged like captive animals.
In fact, the people who live in these "homes" are called "caged dogs." Thousands live in 6-feet-by-2-feet rabbit hutches, stacked on top of each other and crammed into rooms.
The stack rises in rows of three, sometimes 20 to one filthy, rodent, bug-infested room. There are no cooking facilities, so residents are forced to eat takeout. They all share a bathroom and pay about $200 a month to occupy the cage. Everything they own fits in that tiny space.
Gentrification, also on the rise here in the US, is responsible for most of the 100,000 men, women and children living as captive animals in Hong Kong.
When developers push the poor out to convert buildings into expensive high-rise apartments and condos, there is often nowhere affordable for the displaced to go.
Some have lived in this kind of stunning confinement for decades. Like 79-year-old Tai Lun Po, who has lived in his cage for an extraordinary 30 years; or 8-year-old Lee Ka Ying, who lives in one of the 6 feet square "cubicle cage homes" with her mother.
Or 60-year-old Tang Man Wai, a retired restaurant worker, who says he is forced to spend what little money he has on takeout food because there isn't anywhere to cook. And Kong Sui Kao, 64, whose cage is one of 20 packed in a room he shares with "his neighbors."
Then there is Yan Chi Leung, who is mentally ill and lives in his wire cage at the bottom of a stack of three. The lower cages are reportedly more expensive, for they have standing room, whereas the higher ones do not.
Brian Cassey, a British photographer, captured the hopelessness on the faces of the people living in those cages, highlighting the inhumanity we humans are capable of allowing, ignoring and worse –unscrupulously extorting a profit from.
How can a city that boosts a boom in luxury property have some of its people live in this kind of stunning squalor? With the very rich juxtaposed in expensive housing close by?
But then again, as horrific as this kind of existence is, it is not unique to just Hong Kong. From the shanty towns of Africa, the slums of India and other parts of Asia, the ghettos of Brazil and other parts of Latin and South America to the Caribbean and here in America--poverty seems to have taken up a permanent home for some.
While the world's wealthy net worth appears to be growing at a dizzying pace, with the reported 100 richest raking in $1.9 trillion in 2012, poverty is deepening at an alarming rate as well.
Here in the US, there is also crushing poverty displayed alongside opulence and mounting wealth. In fact, according to reports, the wealthiest one-percent earners in the US have raked in their biggest net worth since 1928, the year before the historic stock market crash. They have earned more than 19 percent of the country's household income in 2012.
The staggering statistics do not end there. The top 10 percent reportedly pulled in a record 48.2 percent of total earnings. Read more on this here.
One of the places in the US where this deep divide can be seen in stark relief is New York City. This tale of two cities with the haves and the have-nots were highlighted in a 3-D graphic by artist and researcher Nickolay Lamm.
As tale of two cities spread across the globe, what do you think is the role of governments in bridging this widening gap? What is the role of the individual citizen and the collective?
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The slums of India and the towering skyscraper homes of the super-rich
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Occasionally one encounters a case which presents clinical symptoms and signs strongly indicative of a tumor of the brain, yet after complete studies one finds no evidence of neoplasm. The condition to be reviewed has been described in the literature under a number of different headings, none of which seems to be satisfactory. Terms such as "serous meningitis," "toxic hydrocephalus" and "pseudotumor" indicate the lack of knowledge regarding the exact nature of this condition.
There are a number of conditions which justly fall into the broad classification of pseudotumor of the brain. Dandy1 listed and discussed the following: psychoneurosis, encephalitis, Schilder's disease, multiple sclerosis, syphilis, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, sinus thrombosis, various forms of meningitis (tuberculous, fungous and parasitic diseases), cerebral thrombosis and embolism, infantile cerebral palsies, hydrocephalus, macrocephalus, chondrodystrophy, oxycephalus, scaphocephalus and epilepsy.
Dandy classified the cases as those presenting papilledema with increased intracranial tension and those presenting papilledema without
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An editorial entitled "Research, Investigation, and Teaching in the Armed Forces Medical Services," published in this journal,1 called attention to the fine work being done in the hospitals and research centers of the Armed Forces, where facilities for research, clinical investigation, graduate training, and medical therapy are worth-while counterparts of civilian hospitals, clinical activities, and university teaching centers. In addition, the accomplishments of Dr. Frank B. Berry, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health and Medical), with his distinguished group of medical consultants, and the members of the Panel on Medical Sciences of the Department of Defense, which is under the chairmanship of Dr. Richard Kern,* Professor Emeritus of the Department of Medicine, at Temple University School of Medicine, were mentioned. Both groups have been meeting at the various medical installations of the Armed Forces in this country, and the former group in other countries as well. The purpose of
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Nokia gives warning to ASUS and Google that the Nexus 7 infringes on wireless patents
0. phoneArena 02 Jul 2012, 18:28 posted on
According to the Inquirer, Nokia has warned both Google and ASUS that the newly introduced Nexus 7 infringes on patents related to standard IEEE WiFi 802.11.; Nokia collects royalties from 40 companies to use the patent...
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1. Icestalker (Posts: 8; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)
Why can't all tech companies work like this?
6. rnk.khch (Posts: 86; Member since: 30 Jan 2012)
Because they are not Nokia!!! They only think about filling their pockets with cash!!!
10. Ravail (Posts: 182; Member since: 14 Oct 2011)
Umm im sorry, however, i must say.. Isnt the point of a "Business" to make as much cash as possible?
25. rnk.khch (Posts: 86; Member since: 30 Jan 2012)
Yes, but I believe in ethical and respectful business. And I can't stand that these companies blatantly ignore the patent laws and just do whatever they like.
32. ChiX017 (Posts: 308; Member since: 09 Nov 2011)
theirs a difference when it gets personal and greed sets in
49. daniel_bargs (Posts: 325; Member since: 27 Nov 2010)
because they are Nokia.
if this is Apple, you will be sued right away.
if this is Nokia, they will warn u first then if you dont talk with them... they'll take action.
i prefer Nokia's move. its like child and parent relationship... when your child breaks a vase, you should not slap them right away... you should tell them to be careful next time
15. Astreo (Posts: 102; Member since: 05 May 2011)
Uhh...what do you think Nokia is doing ? filling their pockets with cash from all those payments lol.
27. rnk.khch (Posts: 86; Member since: 30 Jan 2012)
Yes, but that's because they hold those patents. Similarly, they pay for patents that belong to other companies. They have always been honest and straightforward with the laws. It's not Nokia culture to cheat!
13. Otterbox (banned) (Posts: 71; Member since: 27 Jun 2012)
Because the Nexus 7 isn't released. Samsung released numerous devices that violated numerous patents though they never paid royalties for them.
21. frydaexiii (Posts: 1443; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)
You're really giving my favourite phone accessory provider a really bad name...
23. Otterbox (banned) (Posts: 71; Member since: 27 Jun 2012)
Samsung gave themselves a bad name. I'm assuming you are referring to Samsung, right?
28. frydaexiii (Posts: 1443; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)
I'm starting to think there's something wrong with the phone functions of the iPhone. I think it's emitting some radiation and frequency that screws up the brain. Almost all the Apple supporters here are either delusional or just dumb trolls, there's only like what? 2 Apple fans who aren't brainwashed and are willing to participate in an active discussion instead of making it an argument by sprouting nonsense and false crap. Too bad they aren't that active, I suppose because they actually have a life.
39. ilia1986 (unregistered)
Absolutely. I am even an Android fan who uses an iPhone (unlikely to change soon as eco situation got worse).
26. groupsacc (Posts: 232; Member since: 28 Feb 2012)
Royalties for rounded corners? LOL
42. SherlockHolmes (Posts: 125; Member since: 10 Apr 2012)
See Nokia is really Smart here !!
Nokia will have to waste money on filling and fighting the injunction against Google and Asus and in-turn if they won they can just ban the Tablet !! And this ban on Nexus tablet wont help Nokia even to a small extent as they do not make Tablets !!
So Nokia asked to make a deal so that they can get Royalty from Google and Asus and fill their pockets !!
2. rudlie (Posts: 205; Member since: 13 Mar 2012)
really an infringes OS
3. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
So, past Android phones did not infringe on patents? Or is it, because of their popularity that companies are deciding that the time to sue is now?
At least Nokia wants to make a deal and not just ruin a company or companies.
Man, I wish Nokia would become an ANDROID OEM - imagine the phone that would be created out of that marriage of technology.
11. skymitch89 (Posts: 1299; Member since: 05 Nov 2010)
The article mentions that "Nokia says that 40 companies pay them for a license to use the technology", so I would assume that device manufacturers such as Samsung, HTC, and Motorola are included in that license, and would therefore not need through Google.
20. Astreo (Posts: 102; Member since: 05 May 2011)
Maybe but remember that Google decided to keep their mobility sector away from their OS if i remember correctly.
4. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
is just a nice way to ask to pay up.. and they better be generous or they will take them to court..
41. bayusuputra (Posts: 962; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
at least they are nice to ask them to pay up first, and not taking them straight to Lucy Koh..
5. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
I knew this was coming didn't think NOKIA would start a LAW SUIT. Isn't WIFI on all devicoes like routers laptops hand held game device this is pointless THEY all have wifi built in. this is getting nonsense. Wifi was longer way before Nokia started making phones. plus they don't even have a tablet. just plan stupid. oh yeah and PhoneArena post SOME good NEWS for once stop posting so many negative articles
7. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3108; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
PhoneArena should make an additional website dedicated to patent and lawsuit related articles and no I'm not kidding.
8. hepresearch (unregistered)
I was a Nokia fan for a long time... may I be the first to say that I am ashamed to see them joining forces with Oracle, Apple, and Microsoft to go after Google and Asus for pointless things that everyone already has/does without having to deal with stuff like this. I knew there was a good reason that I didn't buy any new Nokia phones after 2010... other than my unemployment/illness/bankruptcy in 2011-2012. It sickens me to see this.
36. smartphone (Posts: 160; Member since: 21 Oct 2011)
This is not a pointless patent. Apple paid 600m $ for infringing them its not like they are going after silly innovations like slide to unlock.
Patent licensing is a legitimate business.
44. bayusuputra (Posts: 962; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
I would say that Nokia should go ahead with this patent.. as much as i hate patent litigations, but if the patents are real and not some vague, generalised ideas that have been around since rock age, then go ahead.. I mean, many OEMs have paid for the licence, why not Google and Asus? Just pay up, and all will be settled..
61. hepresearch (unregistered)
Fair enough. However, I just worry that in this day and age, for someone to start going this way can easily lead them to becoming sue-crazy like Apple...
63. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Sad to hear that..... why? What happened?
68. hepresearch (unregistered)
Well, its complicated... really a whole life-time in the making, thus far. It just mostly all culminated in the last year or two.
Well, since you asked, I'll try to keep this short(er)...
Always had mental illnesses and disabilities since I was a child... I managed to go into regular school classes with most children my age, though, thanks to my parents really fighting for me and insisting that I was worthy of regular classes. Anyway, that helped me to get into college. A very decent one, in fact, where I could get a degree in my passions, physics and math. I got into fundamental particle physics, got to do a lot of research with the department and faculty, but eventually I ran out of money, and my health got a lot worse. I ended up having to leave before I could finish a degree.
A few months later, I met a lady who I fell in love with. After a year of dating, we got engaged and married a few months after that. This is where things took a serious wrong turn... for lack of a better term, my wife turned out to be a total harpee. After enduring physical and emotional abuse, her dreadful spending and debt acrual habits, and her adulterous activities, for three years, I could not safely live with her any more. I got a divorce, and in order to avoid her putting a two-year hold on the process, I agreed to accept most of the debt and abandon most of my possessions... so I was free of her in 7 months instead. I still had my last job at that point, but a year and a half later I was cut loose without any unemployment benefits (they claimed safety violations... thus, termination with cause, and ineligible for unemployment benefits). I searched for a new job for six months, unsucessfully, and then became very ill.
Turned out to be bone cancer, making me the fifth family member to get any form of cancer in that year (no history of cancer in our family ever before that). I fought it, and with the help of chemotherapy and radiation treatments, I survived my way into remission... I was one of four cancer survivors in our family that year, although two of us didn't make it.
Around this same time, I finally neared the completion of the process to file for bankruptcy (result of the marriage and divorce), and once my cancer treatments were over, and I could think clearly again, I finished that process. In May this year I received my Chapter 7 discharge, a clean bill of health (cancer-remission and unrestricted work-approval), and began officially looking for work again. I have been unemployed for 18 months now, without any benefits aside from Medicaid, and it is very difficult to find a job around here these days, especially with medical benefits which I really really need.
All I can say is... thank goodness my parents still tolerate having me around after all this time being back at home...
9. iamcc (Posts: 1319; Member since: 07 Oct 2011)
Interesting. They are actually being reasonable... that's awesome haha
12. skymitch89 (Posts: 1299; Member since: 05 Nov 2010)
I kind of think that more companies, aka Apple, would take note from Nokia and give notification first about patent infringements before suing. I don't understand how Asus is infringing on the patents relating to standard IEEE WiFi 802.11 when they make laptops and other tablets that use IEEE WiFi 802.11.
14. johnbftl (Posts: 281; Member since: 09 Jun 2012)
Why do this now? Asus has released multiple tablets already. I don't recall Nokia crying about patents with the Transformer or Transformer Prime. Of all things for WiFi. I'm pretty sure by now that should fall under FRAND. Are they just now reacting to the rotten Apple and the little green robot burying their OS? Blame the American consumer for your failure.
18. microsoftnokiawin (Posts: 1178; Member since: 30 Mar 2012)
this is about a specific kind of wifi
45. bayusuputra (Posts: 962; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
maybe this is specific to Google, as Asus is only the chosen OEM for the Nexus.. So it is directed at Google, who has not paid for the licence, but in the process Asus also gets involved since they know that Google should pay for the licence but didn't pay instead..
16. Quezdagreat (Posts: 428; Member since: 05 Apr 2012)
We all know they won't sue google, because in the future they want to make a android phone.
46. bayusuputra (Posts: 962; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
Amen to that!
17. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Apple did the same thing. They went to Samung first before suing. Not sure how the author doesn't know that.
19. parkwaydr (Posts: 572; Member since: 07 Sep 2011)
Source or get out.
24. frydaexiii (Posts: 1443; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)
WTF where the hell did you pull that this time? Apple just went straight to trying to ban it. Anyway if they did, Samsung wouldn't pay up because they didn't infringe anything, Apple is just trying to juice money out of Samsung just because they're luring customers away.
29. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
if Apple was going to be cooperative why do you think their recent talks with Samsung fell through the roof? :P
51. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Talks failed because Samsung knows it can't compete without copying Apple.
52. matrix_neo (Posts: 334; Member since: 03 Nov 2011)
Your such an idiot sheep!!! Do you think only apple can make innovation?! You always generalized samsung a copyist. Why your apple products are not free of copying and worst is stealing ideas. I'm sure you'll ask for proof, my answer is same with your answer, google it!!! Apple is afraid of competition not samsung, if samsung can compete why they enter mibile business?! Apple only started 5 years ago, that time samsung already selling phones. Stop writing nonsense comments, you have no other reason to defend your godly apple other than copying. Go back to farm, you need more grass to eat so that your brain can think rightly and with sense.
64. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
That was really funny
Go back to urge farm....
53. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
yeah, i'm sure that's why Apple is trying to get a ban on the Galaxy Nexus using a silly search patent. that really shows the world how much Samsung is really copying Apple.
59. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
nah, samsung just doesnt have the army of mindless morons that will champion everything they do good or bad.
62. hepresearch (unregistered)
taco... you keep calling it a "copy" when you keep defining it as nothing like a copy. A "copy" is an identical reproduction of the original with identical quality, which you claim that Samsung cannot make because theirs is so horrible. A "counterfeit", on the other hand, is simply made to look like the original, but is generally not nearly as good or reliable. If you would stop calling it a "copy", and start calling it a "counterfeit" instead, which is actually more consistent with your alleged portrayal, then at least you would stop grating on my nerves so much, and although you would still be disagreed with by many here, at least you could be better equipped to actually make your own case a little more sensibly. The other thing is that you would be better served by asking for criminal legal action over the "counterfeiting", rather than money suits over "copying", which you and gallito say are worthless to Apple because they already have soooooo much money...
You can't say I never tried to help you out here...
65. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
47. bayusuputra (Posts: 962; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
prove or GTFO..
22. RapidCat (Posts: 351; Member since: 12 Jun 2012)
This what i like, Talk first, not Sue first
48. bayusuputra (Posts: 962; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
don't you know that if you sue first you will get sued by Apple? they did patent the heck out of "Suing first before peaceful negotiation"..
30. darkvadervip (Posts: 365; Member since: 08 Dec 2010)
Some of you all are idiots. Nokia had these patents for years and companies did fair payments. Asus got the rush job for the nexus tablet and plainly forgot to cross there "T"s and dot there "I"s. They wil pay but the truth of the matter if you do your homework is that Samsung got the job originally but Google got scared and went a different way with it since apple has no beef with Asus. If I were any company I would wake up and notice Google only plays with the winning team until they max them out on profit.
31. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
so what's your point? that everything revolves around Apple?
40. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
at least the cellphone worlds does.. look at al the haters always on apple articles. 2 on Android...
54. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
yeah, it probably does on tech blogs but i wouldn't say that Google couldn't tie their shoes without wondering what Apple would do.
33. rpankaj (Posts: 29; Member since: 21 Jun 2012)
An Android from Nokia will surely take them back in business... They r not restricted to windows anyways.. Its Elop, who won't allow
38. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
nah, Nokia would've been crushed by the weight of the other OEMs. with WP they can find a nice comfort zone to recover from the last few years in.
50. bayusuputra (Posts: 962; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
who knows maybe after the recovery period? both WP and Android?
55. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
maybe but i doubt it. they belong to Microsoft now...
34. rpankaj (Posts: 29; Member since: 21 Jun 2012)
An Android from Nokia will surely take them back in business... They r not restricted to windows anyways.. Its Elop, who won't allow


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The Importance of GrandparentsEmily McClements
I shared last week that my father recently passed away, and besides the fact that I will miss him like crazy, one of the things that makes me the most sad is knowing that my kids won't be able to have a relationship with him as they grow up.
When I ask my kids what they will miss about Papa, one of the things they say the most is that they will miss him swinging them, because he never missed an opportunity to push them outside on the swings, either on the swing set he helped my husband build at our house, or the swings he set up especially for them at his house.
My kids loved to swing with their Papa. And that was one of his special ways of bonding with them.
My dad really was an amazing man, with so many gifts and talents, and so much wisdom to share. And while I can pass things on to my kids that my dad taught me, it's definitely not the same thing as it coming directly from him.
I really want my kids to develop strong bonds with their grandparents. I think it's really important for kids to have close and loving relationships with their grandparents, because they can add a richness and depth to my kids' lives that my husband and I can't provide for them on our own.
I am so grateful for the way that both my parents, and my in-laws, want to be involved in our children's lives. I know that's not something that is true in every family. For me, I grew up with loving grandparents, but they always seemed distant. They weren't really actively involved in my life on a regular basis. So when we had kids, my husband and I both agreed that we wanted our parents to be involved with our kids as much as possible.
I want my kids to learn from their grandparents. They have amazing stories, and so much life experience and history to share. I want them to play with their grandparents; I love watching them read books, make puzzles, or play games together.
I want my kids to be loved by their grandparents, to experience unconditional love from someone other than their parents in a way that's not affected by the grind of daily life, and I want them to love their grandparents in return.
But most of all, I want them to really know their grandparents, and for their grandparents to know them, because that's how true and lasting bonds are formed. And while I grieve the loss of that knowing, that relationship, that my kids will never get to experience with my dad, I am thankful that they still have two grandmas and a grandpa to share their lives with for, hopefully, many, many more years to come.
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LEWISBURG - The Weis Center for the Performing Arts will begin its 25th season with a community open house and a free concert by Brooklyn-based fusion band Red Baraat Aug. 24.
"We couldn't think of a better way to celebrate 25 years of the performing arts at Bucknell than with a free outdoor concert showcasing one of the most boisterous and energetic fusion bands on the East Coast," Executive Director Kathryn Maguet said. "They symbolize the energy and passion that we have for bringing progressive acts to Central PA."
Red Baraat is just one of many original music acts the venue has lined up for the next year. Maguet said that when planning a season, finding unique bands is a high priority.
"I am always on the look out for new and interesting artists," she said. "We have the opportunity to bring artists from around the entire world to the Weis Center and share them with central Pa. audiences."
A group that counts as both unique and international is the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, which performs everything from Tchaikovsky to Nirvana, as well as Spaghetti Western soundtracks, according to its website.
"The Ukes are a particularly interesting ensemble - they're well-known for their unique performances as well as their highly entertaining YouTube clips," Maguet said. "We are already receiving ticket orders for this performance from as far away as the Lehigh Valley and the season announcement just went out last week."
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The most singular act of the season may not be a musical one, however - The Papermoon Puppet Company from Indonesia promises not only artistic puppetry but a story that deals with serious issues.
"They are an extraordinary company whose work exhibits the highest level of artistic integrity," Maguet said. "It will be a rare treat to attend this performance."
The creator of the puppet company, Maria "Ria" Tri Sulistyani, told The Jakarta Post ("the largest English-language newspaper in Indonesia") that the idea came to her while she watched a performance during the Jakarta International Puppetry Festival in 2006.
"One of the puppeteers in the festival performed Shakespeare," she said. "That's when it dawned on me: 'Hey, puppet theater is not only for kids'."
Along with puppet theater, the Weis Center also will feature a circus act all the way from Australia.
According to the season brochure, Circa's performances "embrace improvisation, multimedia and collaboration, and are infused with an immersive use of light and sound."
One of the acts that is scheduled to make the trip to Lewisburg this season has performed at the Weis Center in the past, according to Maguet.
"I believe that the wonderful contemporary dance company Philadanco performed at the Weis Center at least 10 years ago, but the rest of the artists are new to our venue," she said.
Walter Rutledge, of Harlemworld Magazine, wrote that Philadanco has "enriched the lives of countless aspiring young dancers and choreographers."
"The company has cultivated civic pride in the under-served African American community and built a broader appreciation for the contributions by artists of color," he said in a review of one of the group's April performances at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia.
And while Maguet said that she loves every act that will make an appearance this season, she admitted that she has a "strong personal love" of flamenco dance.
"Soledad Barrio (of Noche Flamenca) is my favorite flamenco dancer of all time," she said. "Her footwork, power and passion are out of this world."
One of the highlights of each season at the Weis Center is the Janet Weis Cabaret Jazz series, which will begin with a performance by Anat Cohen.
"Cohen is the perfect artist to kick off the fall 2012 Janet Weis Cabaret Jazz series," Maguet said. "She's the real deal. Her fresh, interesting and breathtaking performances reflect her boundary-stretching artistry as well as her highly developed and broad palate of musical expression."
Even though the planning aspect of the 2012-13 season is done, there's still more to be done before the shows begin.
"We have a lot of work ahead getting this series up and running," Maguet said.
For ticket information or for more information about the individual acts, visit www.bucknell.edu/weiscenter.


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For Heaven's Sake, Why Am I a Refugee? The high cost of warDerreck Kayongo
One fateful morning we awoke to the sound of gunfire outside our flat. My father looked out of the window to see a sea of people being hoarded off. There were soldiers everywhere with big guns who were yelling at everyone in Swahili, one of my national languages: "Get out of you flats right now!
My father looked at us with despondent eyes — he realized how much trouble we were in. He said hurriedly, "Okay guys pick up a few things and lets go. Stick together all of you." We left our flat and were taken to a roundabout station along with many others where we were all accused of something incredible. A well-decorated soldier stood robustly at a podium where he screamed at the top of his lungs, "Last night two of my soldiers were killed on this village. I am here to find out who did it. We are going to have a firing squad until someone comes forward with this information."
Immediately there was an audible gash of disbelief from the crowd. First of all, there was a curfew in the village. No one was allowed out on the streets after 6 p.m. Secondly, why would you victimize the whole village when there are processes of investigation in policing a State? So there we were before a "kangaroo court" because of these buffoons who didn't know how to govern and always resorted to torture and killing.
Within no time, they rounded off four people who were brought to the front. Next, we heard loud gunshots. Yes, they had been killed on the spot. Quickly another four were rounded up, and people at this point were in total mayhem. Neighbors were pit against each other. The women and children cried. It was horrible. The second group of four was summarily shot to death. Before another group was picked, a young man offered himself as the killer in question. He was brought to the front of the room where there was a short interrogation and yet another gunshot. He was dead. What become evident to all of us at that point was that this young man was actually a visitor to the village and had just sacrificed his life to stop the killing. I will never forget this experience because how many of us a willing to sacrifice our lives for anything in protection of the common good? Well he did and after that we were informed of our freedom and warned to never kill any soldier.
After this experience and many more, my mother had a big discussion with my father about becoming refugees in Kenya where every Ugandan at the time fled. After we were attacked a second time, my mother, like a true mummy grisly bear, picked up my sisters and me and left for Kenya.
What started off, as a wonderful, normal life was now the life of refugees with no home country to speak off, a new language to learn, new friends to make, and a new culture to assimilate to. The fear that engulfed us was remarkable. Going to another land without knowing if you will ever see your homeland again is one of the most mind-numbing experiences.
What was shocking about being a refugee was realizing how many there were.
Did you know that there are 43.3 million refugees in the world, among whom 50 percent are women and over 10 percent are children? In Kenya, where I was a refugee, there are over 800,000 refugees, meaning one out of 30 people in Kenya is a refugee from a neighboring country. Why? Because of uncontrollable wars. War is one of the most devastating instruments against communities globally. And yes wars are very expensive for all of us globally, and more so for women.
For instance, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the American Journal of Public Health published this month, the Guardian reports: "It found 1,152 women are raped every day — a rate equal to 48 per hour. That rate is 26 times more than the previous estimate of 16,000 rapes reported in one year by the United Nations."
Apart from this horror that women have to endure, I also found that diseases, especially the easy ones to treat are a big deal within the refugee population. Among the poor refugees, sanitation and hygiene, which are hugely important for women and girls, become an anomaly. Small amenities like soap are inaccessible. Here in the U.S., a bar of soap is so cheap we barely think of its cost. For people who live on a dollar or less a day, it's hard to take that and buy soap when you haven't eaten yet. So again women who don't make much and have no control of their resources, because men take those away from them, fall victim to diarrhea. In fact according to Rehydrate.org:
"2.2 million children will die from diarrhea and related diseases this year. 80% of them in the first two years of their life; 42,000 a week, 6,000 a day, four every minute, one every fourteen seconds."
But as the era of questioning carried on in my mind, I made and important mental note as a young boy going though this horrific transformation. My father made soap and here I was with people that needed soap. Something could be done. I parked that away into the universe and hoped I could find a solution one day …


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Billy Bob on Berry: No Monsters Here
And now it's Billy Bob Thornton's turn to discuss the intense love scene he shares with Halle Berry in their latest, "Monster's Ball," which opened in L.A. and New York this week. The film is a dark drama about racism and capital punishment and has already yielded Berry, 33, the National Board of Review's award for best actress of the year. Yet the sex scene in question is so graphic that a minute had to be snipped from it in order to avoid an NC-17 rating. "I would only do it if Billy Bob agreed to be as naked as I was," Berry told The New York Times in an interview that was published last weekend. Meanwhile, Thornton, 46, has told the Associated Press that he and Berry were able to pull off the scene because they both have stable personal lives off-camera. Thornton is married to Oscar winner Angelina Jolie, 26. (It is his fifth marriage.) Berry is married to singer Eric Benet, 35. (Her second marriage, after a rocky relationship with previous husband, New York Yankee David Justice.) Said Thornton to the AP: "I know who Halle is in real life. Halle is a woman who has a great marriage and has a great husband, who I know, and she's a stepmom. She's real focused on her life and real focused on her family." As for himself, Thornton said, "I'm in exactly the same situation. I'm in a family that has a stepmom, and I'm a father, and our life is very important to us."


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ARDMORE - Golf is a game that is renowned for its silence. But the noises at this year's U.S. Open couldn't be louder.
There are the roars of approval from the crowd when putts are holed and great shots are played. There are the audible moans from the gallery when a golfer does something most spectators are used to seeing from their own golf games. There are even the polite requests from the course marshals for "quiet, please."
But this week at Merion, one sound quite literally drowns out all the others - squish.
Despite a sunny day that saw playing conditions in good shape, the same could not be said for the crosswalks spectators (and those of us in the media who aren't fortunate enough to have been given "inside the ropes" access) use to navigate their way around the course.
If you've been watching the tournament on TV, no doubt you've head the commentators stress over the wetness of the golf course. The course - at least where the players are supposed to hit the ball - is fine. Lewistown native Arron McCurdy, the superintendent here at Merion can tell you that. He even went so far as to dare Mother Nature by saying the course could handle some more rain and be just fine.
I'm sure it could, Arron, but if it's OK with you, I'll just take your word for it.
The walkways are wet. Very wet.
That means the walkways are muddy. Very muddy.
Trust me when I tell you that TV does not do it justice. Every time one of the crosswalks opens to spectator traffic, all you can here is the squish, splash, squish, splash of hundreds of shoes trekking across the bog followed by the complaining that accompanies it.
The sloppy state of the high-traffic areas has had a noticeable effect on the gallery in more ways than just inconvenience, too.
Some of the things players wear on the Tour can turn your head. But there were also plenty of interesting looks for many in the crowd, who opted for jackets, shorts and knee-high rubber boots to begin Day 2 at Merion.
As the cooler temperatures gave way to the warmth of the afternoon, the jackets went away, but the boots were here to stay because so was the mud.
I'm generally an optimistic kind of person, so I leave you with something that made me laugh on Thursday afternoon after the rain had pelted the area again.
One of the marshals, who was stationed at the crosswalk bisecting the 15th fairway, reminded those who were unhappy about the mud and the muck collecting on everything they were wearing below their knees that they were getting the chance to "take a piece of Merion home with you."
Nothing like a bit of dry humor on an otherwise wet day at the U.S. Open.
Sentinel city editor Brian Cox can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The New England Patriots will have some decisions to make between now and the end of the season.
Nineteen players will see their contracts expire after this season, and many of them are currently playing significant roles as the Patriots prepare for another playoff run and Super Bowl chase.
Some will be back. And some are in their last go-around in Foxboro.
Many of the players will be back without an issue. But there are several that will be looking to hit it big while either re-upping or testing the market, and that's a game the Patriots usually don't like to play.
Whatever the decisions end up being, some won't be decided until the very last moment. Here are 10 of the more interesting upcoming contract situations in New England, with a take on whether they stay put or take their games elsewhere.


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Union team manager Peter Nowak has shown unwavering support for goalkeeper Chris Seitz all season and even a bad bounce won't change his stance.
Nowak stated that Seitz will be the starter in goal in Thursday's Major League Soccer matchup at PPL Park with Eastern Conference-leading Columbus Crew. The 8 p.m. game will be televised by ESPN2.
Seitz was victimized by a bad bounce on a 40-yard free kick by Marko Perovic in Saturday's 1-1 draw with the visiting New England Revolution.


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To get high in secret. Not to be confused with "sneak peek", a common expression used to describe a preview of a product.
I got a sneak peak in on my lunch break.
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When a guy tucks his dick into his waist band and is wearing a shirt that is too short. To the effect where you see the tip, or peak, of his dick between the shirt and his pants.
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Looking under skirts, or down shirts to get a peak of a naughty part.
While on the escalator, Fundo used his camera phone to get a photographic sneak peak under the skirt of the female standing 3 steps ahead of him. Fortunately for him, she wasn't wearing panties.
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