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Let me preface this by saying, I am no virgin, I have had numerous sexual encounters in the past 5 years, that being said, I was skeptical that the Fleshlight could live up to what is claimed on your website, furthermore, I could not have been more wrong. I timed my order so that it would arrive when I was here by myself, and it did, next; I applaud ILF for their discreet billing, and shipping, I could have set the shipping box on my kitchen table and had company, no one would have even mentioned it.
Sleeping after being home from work (night shift at Costco stocking shelves, part time for my student loans), I hear the doorbells' "ding!" and I immediately sprung to my feet, I knew what it was, I had just missed the courier and there it was sitting on the ground, my first Fleshlight. Quickly, I scurried inside to find a pair of scissors and open the package, sure enough, there was the insert in the plastic bag, the case, the postcard, the instructions and the 2 oz. bottle of Gun Oil. Remembering what I'd read about washing once before and warming, I opened the plastic bag and to my surprise, it was a lot more lifelike than I had ever imagined, the website really doesn't do justice to it, this is something you need to feel for yourself.
And so, I filled up the sink in my bathroom with hot water, running water through it once first, then I returned to watching TV in anticipation of what was yet to come, 20 minutes later I returned to the sink, drained the water and tried it out with my finger, the lifelike similarity I alluded to earlier was now intensified by about 10 fold, it was like an actual vagina, since I'd spilled some Gatorade on myself driving home from work but was too tired to take a shower before I went to sleep, I started my shower and returned to the package, retrieving the Gun Oil, back to the bathroom, I took about a dimesize amount of lube and covered myself, shaft and all, then I took another, smaller amount of lube and lubricated the entry and a bit down into the insert.
Next, after viewing some porn I was able to get an erection that I furthered by stroking myself as I returned to the shower, now in extreme anticipation, I grabbed my FL and jumped into the shower, quite literally; to put it in perspective, my shower is a large shower stall in the center of the room, the water comes straight down and so there is plenty of room not to be directly under the water. With relative ease, I penetrated my first FL, for the very first time, the similarity to that of an actual vagina was uncanny, far more similar than I ever hoped or thought it would be, I loosened the cap some and went to work, stroking out, and back in, feeling the grip of each rib, I buried it to the hilt for a few minutes as hard as I could go, then backed off, edging myself, a minute or so later I did the same, but once I was at my peak, I couldn't let myself come down off the unparalleled exaltation, I let myself go, experiencing the most powerful release I've had since my first sexual partner.
I removed the insert, placing the case on the floor outside the shower door, and ran water through the insert, feeling inside to make sure there was no residue, there was none, I shook the water off and placed it back inside its case, finished my shower and got out, ran some more hot water in the sink and placed it there again, waited another 20 minutes or so and I needed to have another go, I lubed myself and my Fleshlight up, this time sitting at my computer with visual aids handy, as lame as it sounds; I simulated what was going on in the porn in front of me, with my Fleshlight, ergo if the pornstar slipped out, so did I, experiencing the euphoria of entering once again, this encounter was much shorter, but the release was even more powerful. Again, I ran some water through it, reached inside to make sure it was clean and presto, I felt nothing but the insert itself.
So as I stated in my title, to those unsure about buying, while your results may vary, this is my review of the Puma Swede FLG (thanks, Puma and ILF!) As the normal work day draws to a close, my household returns to its normal bustle of activity, so until tonight when I'm alone with my newly beloved Fleshlight, that will be all.


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Hi, my name is Rachel and I'm 26. I recently started the Primal way of life because my friend Jen got on her soap box one day about carbs. She introduced me to Mark's Daily Apple and I was instantly hooked. A lot of the things really clicked with me and so I started my Primal journey on May 18th, 2012. I'm currently doing well with it, I have had a couple falls off the wagon with Peanut Butter M&Ms but after they knocked me out yesterday and made me feel really bad I don't think I'm going to be having them any time soon. The Primal Blueprint has dramatically helped with my Bipolar Disorder Type II and Anxiety issues. My doctor says this has something to do with the large amount of Omega-3s in the diet. I have felt much much better and despite the lack of weight loss I am happy to have energy and not feel so tired. Perhaps once things settle down more I'll lose more weight. In the mean time I'm happy being me.
So I'm 26
I'm trying to be as Primal as possible for the first 30 days and then see how things go!
I do consume dairy as in butter, cheese, and greek yogurt. Not so much whole milk as the milk gives me facial acne pretty bad.
I drink 1-2 cups of coffee a day
My motivation for going Primal was my lack of energy and my recent weight gain of 10lbs in less than 2 months.
My favorite exercise is waterskiing or running
My favorite Primal Food is probably Shrimp. I <3 Shrimp so very much, Salmon comes in a close second.
Best part about being Primal is the amount of energy I have, how happy I feel, I don't feel rushed anymore.
Worst part about being Primal is people who don't understand and tell me the way I'm eating is really unhealthy. Yeah... like they know... because they look fantastic with what they're doing >.> NOT.


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I'm planning a nettle foray too - in Sussex. I want to dry them though, and with the weather we are having - they'll likely go mouldy before they dry out.
I like them as a veg, streamed, chopped and double cream / nutmeg added. Also an ace soup.
well, it's coming on to that season here in Scotland, so I went out today and collected a massive bag of stinging nettles. with gloves on! it took maybe about an hour. upon blanching, we got a large mixing bowl towering with prepared nettles -- waaaayyyyyy more than I figured we'd have. (I had assumed they would reduce in volume the way spinach does; they do, but not nearly as much.) it smelled kind of minty and lobstery all at the same time. what a combination...
so the result was several nettle products:
-a large jar of pesto a la Mark's recipe from a few weeks ago
-a few quarts of soup (chicken stock, onions, garlic, rosemary, thyme, oregano, basil, a hint of chili, black pepper, milk, parmesan, olive oil, boyfriend plans to add chorizo to his bowl)
-about a gallon of deeply-infused nettle tea from all the blanching.
the moral of the story is, spending probably 15 minutes getting nettles out of the back garden is probably enough to supply your meal needs in one evening. I'm gonna struggle to get through all this nettle food! on the other hand, I will be superbly nettle-flushed (if any of those medicinal nettle tea things are true, believe me, I will find out), and I'm not gonna lack for mega greens input over the next few days.
also - there were dandelions out there, so I collected them too. yeah free food!
I'm planning a nettle foray too - in Sussex. I want to dry them though, and with the weather we are having - they'll likely go mouldy before they dry out.
I like them as a veg, streamed, chopped and double cream / nutmeg added. Also an ace soup.
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You know the Fire weed shoots are edible to, baby ones are best (they get bitter as they get older) fry up in some butter, salt, pepper garlic for yummy side dish or toss in meaty sauces like I did last night.. yummmmm
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Okay, so the soup was awesome and I used some of the pesto to make nettle/ground beef bolognaise --which I stuffed into mushroom caps and grilled with mozzarella on top. That was great. What WASN'T great: I also stir-fried the dandelions, which turned out terribly bitter - any advice on that?
Update: I just found a bank along the riverside where I run that is COVERED with wild garlic AND nettles. FTW!!! So I can run with scissors (!) and gloves to the bank, fill up a bag, and go home and stir it all around in some cold water in a bucket, then whizz it all up together.
Today's result: stir fried the lot in butter to kill the stings, then boiled it briefly in a minimum amount of chicken stock; added dried chives/oregano/basil/thyme/rosemary/cayenne and olive oil; whizzed it with the processor. Then I sauteed some diced turkey leg, threw it into the nettle/garlic mix, and let it stew for awhile. I finished it with about three tablespoons of double cream (per about 3 large bowls of the stew) to make it like a very thick soup. You could easily do this as non-dairy. I'm thinking of trying it again this week, but minus all the dried herbs. (The native flavour of the nettle pesto was quite nice, and I'm sure I'm masking it somewhat -- although who cares, it was freakin delicious.) Also good with a local Scottish gruyere.
Ive always found dandilion to be a bit bitter, not so bad if you mix with other stuff but on its own..meh....
Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise', I wash my mouth out with chocolate.
dino hunter, what's your trick? what aer you mixing it with? (and can i just ask... where are you in scotland?)
I was looking at the abundance of nettles out in the woods (also Sussex) and just thinking about having a collecting day. Nettle pesto sounds excellent, but they are good in soup or just boiled with cream and nutmeg. I'm also planting a few in a back border of my garden for butterfly larvae.
Dandelion leaves must be very small and tender when picked and I love them washed carefully and topped with some fried diced bacon or pancetta, with the fat mixed with a dash of wine vinegar at the end and used as a warm dressing (a Swiss invention I think?)


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Spring is in the air and there is a spring in our step! Fun is right around the corner! Dust off those dancing shoes and join us at the Freshmen - Sophomore Dance. The Freshmen - Sophomore Dance will be held on Saturday, February 6th in the school cafeteria from 8 - 11 p.m.
1). Tickets for this special evening will be sold at the bookstore for $5 or at the door the evening of the dance for $10. Tickets go on sale Monday, February 1st.2). We don't want you to miss a minute of the fun, so no one will be admitted past 10 P.M.3). Dress is semi-formal. We want to make sure you're comfortable and know how to dress. This is the most common question we get, so we'll try to answer it below in as much detail as we can.
Girls: Think of an outfit you would wear for dinner at a nice restaurant. It's not a formal sort of prom dress. Most girls don't wear long dresses. Semi-formal dresses, modest-hem length.
Boys. Since the girls are wearing dresses, guys should look nice. Dress in a way that your grandparents would be proud of if you were in the newspaper.
4). Make sure to register all guests in advance. You may register your guests at the bookstore.
5) don't feel pressure at all. The vast majority of students do not bring a date. You can if you want to, but don't feel pressure.
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Make memories that will last a lifetime. Come celebrate the Junior-Senior Prom at the Cardinal Club in downtown Raleigh.
In keeping with the tone of the evening, formal and semi-formal attire is required.
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Where: The City Club (formerly the Cardinal Club) 150 Fayetteville Street Mall Suite 2800 Raleigh, North Carolina
When: Friday, April 15th, 2016 9 p.m. – midnight
Price: $50 per person
Free Parking: This is included as part of the Prom at no additional cost; parking this year will be at a nearby parking deck and the Cardinal Club will validate the parking ticket. Escorts back to cars at the end of the evening will be available.
Free Dessert: Yum!!
Free Photo Booth: Our prom will be featuring a photo booth! The photo booth is complimentary. Share laughs with your friends while you make memories that will last a lifetime!
New for 2015 and beyond: Karaoke!
Payment: Tickets will be on sale at the bookstore from March 16th- April 8th . The City Club requires us to submit the number of persons attending in advance. You must have them in on time. If you do not submit them on time, you cannot go to the prom.
Admittance: There are no paper tickets to prom. Your payment puts your name on our list, and then at the prom you only have to show your id. Your ticket purchase includes a prom favor which will be distributed at the event.
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Maybe Seton Hall is the answer.
Of course, the question is which of the eight New Jersey Division I colleges have the best chance to get to the NCAA tournament next year.
This is the third straight year the NCAAs go on with no N.J. representation, and this year no one even came close.
The Pirates gave Jersey a glimmer of hope with a good showing in the Big East Tournament, including the shocking final second upset of top-seeded Villanova.
They gave Providence a decent game in the semis before bowing out, 60-54, to finish the season 17-17.
Years ago when UHF was popular and cable wasn't invented yet, 17-17, was the great entertainer.
Seton Hall was just a .500 team, but the best in New Jersey and maybe a team on the rise.
Four key players return for the Pirates next year. Among them is guard Sterling Gibbs, who made the shot that beat Villanova.
They also bring back 6-foot-9 forwards Patrik Auda and Brandon Mobley and point guard Jaren Sina, from Gill-St. Bernard's, who Trenton Catholic Academy fans remember in a not-so-fond way.
What's more impressive for the Hall is its incoming class of freshmen, which includes two top 100 recruits, according to ESPN's list.
Isaiah Whitehead, a 6-foot-4 guard from Lincoln High in New York and one of the top players in the country, is headed over the bridge to the South Orange campus and is bringing his teammate, Desi Rodriguez, a 6-foot-5 swingman, with him.
The other top 100 player is The Patrick School's Angel Delgado, a 6-foot-8 forward, who is ranked just a notch or two below Whitehead and should also make an early impact.
The fourth major recruit is Newark East Side's Ismael Sonoga, who helped take apart Ewing on Sunday in the Group III state final.
That's not a bad haul for the Hall, especially when you consider two of the top players from New Jersey are staying in state.
Let's take a quick look at the other area schools in the state.
PRINCETON: Times have changed. When Pete Carril was coach, he wouldn't let the
Tigers go to what he called "the loser tournmaent,'' which was the NIT. Now, the Tigers are reportedly excited about playing a tournament two steps below the NIT.
Princeton looked good early this year, struggled when the Ivy League season began, and then surged at the end to finish in a tie for third with Columbia.
Wow, tied for third with Columbia, and the Tigers are happy.
The sad part is as long as Tommy Amaker is at Harvard, the Crimson isn't going away.
So until the Tigers find a way to beat the Crimson, there will be no invites to the Big Dance.
RIDER: One of these years the MAAC drought is going to end, and the Broncs will go dancing. It says here it will happen under Kevin Baggett's watch as well.
Could it be next year?
Well, Teddy Okerafor, the transfer from VCU, would have to be really good and the
Broncs' coaching staff thinks he is.
The other transfer who sat out this year, Matt Lopez, from Utah State by way of La Salle, is 6-foot-11. That's something the Broncs haven't had in a while.
Put those two with Jimmie Taylor, Zedric Sadler, Khalil Thomas and incoming freshman Kenny Grant, a 6-foot-9, 240 pounder from East Orange, who turned down George Mason and top-seeded Wichita State to be a Bronc, and who knows.
RUTGERS: Now that the Knights fired their assistant coach after that 61-point loss to Louisville in the American Conference Tournament, things should be fine. It was never fully explained was coach Cox in charge of the defense that gave up 92 points, or the offense that scored 31?
Joining the Big 10 is not going to help a program that couldn't compete in a lesser conference.
Rutgers does have a pretty good guard in Mike Williams, out of New York's Bishop Loughlin, coming in next year and a 6-foot-10 center in Ibrahima Diallo, from Winston Salem, N.C.
But is that enough to compete with Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Iowa, or even Penn State?
No, it's not.
T.J. Bray, Princeton, 6-5, G
Fuquan Edwin, Seton Hall, 6-6, G/F
Myles Mack, Rutgers, 5-9, G
Danny Stewart, Rider, 6-7, F
Marvin Dominique, St. Peter's 6-7, F
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Coach of the Year: Jim Engels, NJIT
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CHARLES TOWN - After addressing concerns of gerrymandering, Charles Town city officials have voted to seek legal counsel to aid in the city's ward redistricting process.
During this week's town council meeting, officials discussed redistricting and the issue of equal representation within the four wards once new lines were drawn.
The charter, last amended in 2005, states that there must be two council members from each ward who must be residents of the wards they are representing.
However, once the lines are redrawn, there will be a shift and a certain number of council members may no longer be able to represent those wards, leaving some wards with no representation. In addition, there is a possibility that certain wards will have more than two representatives.
With redistricting set to be done before the new election year, some city officials are concerned with how the lines will affect current council seats.
Ann Paonessa, Ward 3 council member, raised the concern of the number of election cycles before council will be in compliance with the new boundary lines.
Rich Bringewatt, Ward 3 council member, discussed scenarios of elected seats and what would happen to council members once a proposed map is drawn.
"There's no attempt by anyone to jerry-rig the boundary lines. We know we have a problem and we know we are trying to fix it," Bringewatt said.
As a result of the concerns and issues raised within the memo and the redistricting process, council voted unanimously to seek legal help.
Mayor Peggy Smith was one of several officials who spoke out in support.
"I think we're at a stage where we need to get legal guidance," Smith said.
Smith said the city will be seeking guidance from Teresa Helmick of the Steptoe and Johnson law firm, based in Charleston.
The decision for council to seek legal advice comes just after a city memo dated Aug. 15 from city manager David Mills to city officials, claiming that the issue of changing the ward maps could be solved by amending the charter instead of redrawing the lines.
"If we change the ward maps as was suggested previously and we want to continue the practice of electing one representative from each ward, then we could be creating the unpleasant situation where two sitting council members could be forced to run against one another," Mills said in his memo.
In addition, Mills also addressed the issue of equal representation for each ward by proposing that the city be divided into four wards, "with one representative per ward and four at-large positions."
However, during this week's council meeting, Mills said to disregard the first portion of the memo and to "leave it at that."
Yet, Mark Reinhart, Ward 1 council member, responded to the memo during the council meeting discussion by disagreeing with Mills.
"To even suggest that four at-large seats strengthens the democracy of this city fails to even pass a laugh test," Reinhart said. "I would rather lose my seat than support such an unethical change to our charter."
In addition, while the memo addressed council as the "many of you," Reinhart claims Mills did not speak with him on the issue.
Citizens residents expressed concerns about redistricting as well.
Keith Veler, a resident in the Norborne Glebe subdivision, said he would like to see equal representation and is opposed to having at large representatives.
Veler expressed concerns by saying that having four at large members from a certain area could control the entire council and would lead to "pure corruption."
"If some council members have to lose their seat, that's too bad. Live with it. Follow the law," Veler said.
The city of Charles Town has been out of compliance with West Virginia state law 3-1-6 since 1990.
The city is working to redistrict so that there is an equal population representation in all four wards.
Charles Town's next council meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, due to Labor Day.
- Staff writer Chelsea DeMello can be reached at 304-263-8931, ext. 215, or twitter.com/cdemelloJN.


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Singapore has attempted to prepare her students for the knowledge economy by implementing a series of Information Technology master plans. The need to train teachers on how to use the master plan provision of video production tools prompted the author to develop a course for pre-service teachers that focused on collaborative critiquing using computer-supported collaborative learning, an area of scant literature. This study focused on the online discussion part of the course and examined how online scaffolding can be used to support pre-service teachers in acquiring video production knowledge, in developing critiquing technique and Socratic Thinking through critiquing video design examples. Findings has shown that scaffolding strategies can be successfully employed to encourage learners to improve their knowledge, generate active debate on many contentious issues, keep discussion organised and make in-depth contributions from multiple perspectives. Implications to five areas of practice were drawn: online discussion, learner development, the teaching of design studies, staff development and design of learning environments.
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Yiong Hwee Teo, PhD held various portfolios at the Ministry of Education (Singapore) including Assistant Director (IT Training, Media Development) and Lead Educational Technology Specialist. He also taught at universities in Singapore and Australia. His research interest is in computer-supported collaborative learning and video production.


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Unidentified Syrian men detained by the Lebanese army in Wadi Khaled on the Lebanese-Syrian border, yesterday.
TEHRAN/damascus: Iran's foreign minister said yesterday that Tehran is "ready to help any logical attempts" to end the Syrian conflict, during a visit by UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi.
Brahimi was in Tehran for the second day of talks with Iranian officials about ending the conflict in Syria, a key regional ally of Iran.
Shia Iran has been a staunch supporter of President Bashar al-Assad's regime in its struggle against mostly Sunni rebels backed by Western powers and Arab nations.
"Iran is ready to help any logical attempts which are based on the realities of Syria, particularly those efforts made by the United Nations (which) are being pursued by Lakhdar Brahimi," Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quoted as saying by official news agency Irna.
"Without being affected by the pressures of some countries, the UN should play its independent role and continue its attempts to resolve the crisis," he added.
Brahimi said addressing the crisis in Syria would "affect the security and stability of the whole region," Irna reported.
The envoy's visit came as Syrian troops, backed by Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, were preparing to launch a fresh offensive north of Damascus after taking the rebel stronghold of Yabrud on Sunday.
Tehran has been accused of supplying Damascus with military and financial backing, despite repeatedly denying it has an official military presence in Syria. The Iranian authorities say their backing takes the form of humanitarian aid. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon last week called on Russia and Iran to encourage Syria to resume peace talks after the failure of the so-called Geneva II process earlier this year.
Tehran was excluded from the talks after Ban reversed a last-minute invitation when Syria's opposition said it would boycott if Iran took part.
The United States and other Western nations say Iran must first support a June 2012 declaration by the major powers calling for a transitional government in Syria before it can play a frontline role in peace talks.
Iran refuses to consent to a transitional government, saying that "the best solution is to organise free and fair elections inside Syria."
Meanwhile, Syrian regime forces were yesterday readying an assault on the last rebel-held areas in the Qalamoun mountains, strategically located on the Lebanese border, after overrunning key opposition bastion Yabrud.
The capture of Yabrud on Sunday by Syrian troops and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters came shortly after the conflict entered its fourth year and marked a significant setback for the rebels as it severs their supply lines from across the border.
It also raised fears of further spillover of the conflict into Lebanon, where Sunni extremists carried out a suicide car bomb attack late Sunday in a Hezbollah-dominated area that killed two members of the Shiite group, including a local official.
A security source in Damascus said the army would soon launch operations "in all areas where terrorists are to be found," using the regime's term for rebels battling to end the Assad family's four-decade rule. "The aim of the army operation is to entirely secure the border and to close all corridors to Lebanon."
The fighting along the border has sparked a fresh flight of civilians into Lebanon, which is already hosting nearly a million refugees, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.


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Kayla Desroches/KMXT After roughly six years of logging in Chiniak, Native Corporation Leisnoi wrapped up its tree harvest in July. The work, which Leisnoi contracted A-1 to carry out, has been controversial among Kodiak residents, with many lamenting the negative effect on the land's beauty. Logging is evident driving out to the area, and there are patches along the road ... Read More »
Recent News
Kodiak Boys Make it 15 Consecutive Region Titles
Though they weren't favorites to defend, the Kodiak High School boys cross country team won the Region III title for the 15th consecutive year on Saturday. The feat happened, as it often has, on the TsalteshiTrails in Soldotna. The Bears were led by senior Keith Osowski, who became the 11th straight region winner from Kodiak. He finished the 5-kilometer course ... Read More »
Kodiak Swimmers Dominate Soldotna Meets
A pair of Kodiak High School juniors defended their swimming titles at the SoHi Pentathlon. The event brings swimmers together and they each compete in five events and the lowest combined score wins. Kodiak's Marina Cummiskey and Talon Lindquist had total combined finishing times of 3-minutes 3.29-seconds and 2-minutes 29.4-seconds, respectively. Lindquist swept all five races and set new records in ... Read More »
Sound Feature: The School Board Candidate Forum
School board candidate forum in drama pod. On stage, Kelly Bell on right, Julie Hill on left. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT Next month, voters will choose who will fill a three-year seat on the Kodiak Island Borough School District Board of Education. Running for the board is Kelly Bell, who arrived to Kodiak in 2013 with a background in education ... Read More »
School Board Candidates Call Teamwork a Priority for Future of District
Kayla Desroches/KMXT Behind most school districts, there's a board of education setting policies and connecting the residents to its school administrators, and in October, two community members are running for one seat on the Kodiak Island Borough School District's Board of Education. Kelly Bell and Julie Hill both express a passion for the community. Bell says she moved to Kodiak ... Read More »
City Staff Still Working on Harbor Rate Increase
Kayla Desroches/KMXT Staff at the Kodiak Harbormaster's Office is still trying to implement a harbor rate increase. City Finance Director Kelly Mayes and Harbormaster Lon White made a presentation to the Kodiak City Council at its work session Tuesday. Mayes went over a few different projected options for rate increases, which they had developed after a prior meeting. "So, then ... Read More »
The Alaska Fisheries Report
Coming up this week, an explosion at the Westward plant in Unalaska this week caused considerable damage, but didn't stop production; we hear how a cannery was vital to the founding of Petersburg, and… what is that? A giant tadpole or something? All coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help from KUCB's Laura Kraegel and from Alaska ... Read More »
Kodiak City Council Could Ban Hunting, Also Paintball Guns
The legal harvest of a deer during hunting season last year on Near Island has had some lasting and unintended consequence. Because of that incident, staff in the city managers office at Kodiak City Hall have decided to float an ordinance change that would ban the discharge of firearms within city limits. It would also ban the discharge of other "dangerous ... Read More »


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Thread: SOTD: Monday, December 24, 2012
creed aventus!
Ambre Sultan
Click to view my swap thread (L'Occitane and Tam Dao products going):
I'm wearing Nuit de Noel today ... it's a tradition!
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate.
I've trademarked the color bleu
Burberry London
Polo Classic.
Current Summer Favorites:
1. Creed - Pure White Cologne
2. Xerjoff - Nio
3. Dior - Homme Cologne 2013
4. The Different Company - De Bachmakov
5. Armani - Code Sport Athlete
6. Ermenegildo Zegna - Sicilian Mandarin
7. Dior - Homme Sport 2008
8. Tom Ford - Rive dAmbre
9. Montale - Aoud Legacy
10. Creed - Virgin Island Water
SotE - PDN New York.
Le Vetiver Bluff - Lubin
ointments and perfume delight the heart....
Dior Eau Sauvage Parfum
Last night I went out in a cloud of Comme des Garcons Eau de Parfum (I hardly wear this one at all when it's warm, so lst night's chill went perfectly with the spicy/medicinal accord of this one).
This morning, I felt like something light & crisp:
Infusion de Vetiver by Prada
Later on this afternoon, for some baking, it'll be:
Aqua Allegoria Winter Delice by Guerlain
"When you become comfortable with uncertainty. infinite possibilities open up in your life"
-- Eckhart Tolle
Chanel Égoïste vintage EdT
Shaving Shop
by Taylor of Old Bond Street
during the day
maybe at night something else don't know yet
Burberry London. It's just so Christmas-like! Merry Christmas everyone!
Amouage - Epic Man
Montana Parfum d'Homme today
Things are things because of Mind--Zen Buddhist saying
After much debating. Byredo Accord Oud.
Boozy plum and leather.
Tesori d'Oriente Marrakesh Neroli e Cardamomo
Songe d'un Bois d'Ete (Guerlain)
even better with sweaty sex
No.5 Parfum
Formerly known as Inselaffe
SotD: Guerlain Spiritueuse Double Vanille. Good one for a little last-minute shopping on Christmas Eve.
SotA: YSL M7. Oud and cherries, nice for a chilly afternoon.
SotE: Serge Lutens Un Bois Vanille. Christmas Eve ready.
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The coaliton of the Googlin'
While there's a lull in the action on that important troop withdrawal vote, take some time to stop by these blogs. They all used the Just Google It graphics or made their own versions.
Lifelike Pundits
Eric's Boredom Revealed
The Owner's Manual
Halbert's Cubicle
The Red Vee Dub
The Kellino Zone
The Shape of Days
but that's just my opinion
Justin Lollie dot com
Mark Tapscott
The Good and the Right
Slapstick Politics
The Lost-Tooth Society
Han's News and Politics Blog
Big Daddy
Small Town Veteran
Combs Spouts Off
RadioActive Chief
Law and Ordance
The Defiance
Kokonut Pundits
The Squiggler
Gina Cobb
California Conservative
Changing Worldviews
Wild Tangents
Pursuing Holiness
Myopic Zeal
Super Fun Power Hour
Freedom Folks
Palmetto Pundit
Virtual Fret Noise
WMET 1160 AM Talk Back
The World According to Carl
Pious Agnostic
The Trading Post
Daniel in Brookline
Republicans Abroad in Panama
The Mike Church Show
I Love Capitalism
The Political Teen
Shared Daily
Jerad Brown
Daily Pundit
DANEgerus Weblog
Eclipse Ramblings
The Things You Believe You're Seeing
My Sandmen
Nickie Goomba
Common Folks Using Common Sense
The NJ BLog
Stuck On Stupid
The Right Place
Dr. Sanity
Right Wing Nation
Chasing The Wind
Another Rovian Conspiracy
Crazy Politico's Rantings
Garm Howling
Right Voices
Cake or Death
Jesse Richardson
Conservative Musings
Pundits My *ss
Raging Rabbits
Hard Talk
Cooper Republic
A Lady's Ruminations
Peakah's Pub
Point of View
Ridgecrest Blog
Two Babes and a Brain
I Have Something to Say!
Jason Coleman
PA Pundits
Right on the Right
Roscoe's Excuse
Something…And Half of Something
Kirbside Musings
Don't Get Stuck on Stupid
Clark Mountain Musings
South Dakota Politics
Sierra Faith
American Geek
Jo Rob's House of Opinions
GM's Corner
Thoughts Enroute
Timothy S. Carlson
The Shadow of the Olive Tree
The Auto Prophet
Dirk Belligerent
Obviously Right
News O Rama
Fake But Accurate
Bright & Early
Blonde Sagacity
Schultz Infosystems
The Violence Worker
And of course
Return of the Conservatives, who designed the animated logo.
This is a great group of blogs. I've become acquainted with many of them for the first time this week, and I'll be visiting them again.
And while I still have time, I would like to thank Michelle for letting me post here alongside some outstanding company while she has been away. It has been a great week. If I didn't drive you nuts this week and you would like to read more of my work, you may find me at the JunkYardBlog.
*Updated to include links that actually work.
Bill & Hillary, struggling to keep pace with socialist 'public servant' Bernie Sanders, purchase 3rd home
September 23, 2016 12:39 PM by Doug Powers
Gee, it's a good thing Colin Powell cited a source for his Bill Clinton slam or it might not have been believable (*eyeroll*)
September 14, 2016 09:02 PM by Doug Powers
What a guy! Bill Clinton selflessly offers to go party with the Hollywood elite while his wife convalesces
September 12, 2016 09:36 PM by Doug Powers
Does this mean Hillary has to put Bill in the 'basket of deplorables'?
September 10, 2016 03:03 PM by Doug Powers
FYI colleges! Chelsea Clinton's going rates: $500 for entrance; $2,700 for reception; $5,000 to sledgehammer one of her mom's old BlackBerrys
September 9, 2016 09:30 PM by Doug Powers
Categories: 2016 Campaign, Bill Clinton, Corruption, Hillary Clinton


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There are two sides to every NBA Power Ranking: the Fanalytical and the Fanatical. The Miami Heat Index and Mrs. NBA played good fan/bad fan to predict the top eight teams in the Eastern Conference for the 2012 season.
As a Miami Heat blogger living on the east coast, the good fan for the Eastern Conference was the Miami Heat Index. As a Denver Nuggets fan living west of the Mississippi, the bad fan for these rankings was Mrs. NBA (she's an acquired taste).
1. Miami Heat
The Good Fanalyst (MHI): If the defending Eastern Conference champions replace 52% of the minutes played at center and 40% of the minutes played at point guard last season with younger, faster options to give opponents 94 feet of hell, then the HEAT will run away with the regular season as long as they remain one of the best rebounding and defensive teams in the NBA and stay healthy.
The Bad Fan (Mrs. NBA): Big FUCKING shocker here. While they are the team to beat, I'm going to go all Skip Bayless for a second, will LBJ finally step up or will he pull another Houdini?????
2. Chicago Bulls
2. Chicago Bulls
The Good Fanalyst (MHI): The Bulls will have the best defense and the best bench in the NBA, but replacing Keith Bogans with Richard Hamilton could cost them four wins and allow teams to crowd Derrick Rose without any fear of a three-point threat.
The Bad Fan (Mrs. NBA): Obviously, Bulls are the next in the hunt for the title, but even with Derrick Rose's premier cock, things may not play out for them.
3. Boston Celtics
3. Boston Celtics
The Good Fanalyst (MHI): Replacing Glen Davis, Nenad Krstic, Delonte West and Jeff Green with Chris Wilcox, Brandon Bass and Keyon Dooling should improve the Celtics enough to offset the two additional sets of back-to-back games they'll play in the shortened season as well as any injuries to Kevin Garnett and Jermaine O'Neal and finish at least 2-4 games ahead of the Knicks.
The Bad Fan (Mrs. NBA): Are you a FUCKTARD!!!! How are the Celtics better than the Knicks??? Do their wheelchairs provide some stability????? Do those prunes they ingest make them powerful?? Are you on drugs again??
4. New York Knicks
The Bad Fan (Mrs. NBA): Are you a FUCKTARD!!!! How are the Celtics better than the Knicks??? Do their wheelchairs provide some stability????? Do those prunes they ingest make them powerful?? Are you on drugs again??
4. New York Knicks
The Good Fanalyst (MHI): Tyson Chandler will make the Knicks a 40-win team this season (while Baron Davis fans take golden showers), and the point guard rotation of Toney Douglas and Iman Shumpert will be adequate but leave a top-10 bench from last season decimated and D'Antoni searching for answers during those 21 back-to-backs this season.
The Bad Fan (Mrs. NBA): While I believe NY IS BETTER than the Senior Celtic squad, they have no chance in hell of making it to the Finals. LeBron has a better shot of sucking Skip's dick than the Knicks do at a championship this year. No matter what those fucktarded NY, crack-guzzling fans say.
5. Atlanta Hawks
5. Atlanta Hawks
The Good Fanalyst (MHI): If the Hawks are healthy this season, then improvement from Jeff Teague and the addition of Tracy McGrady can push them to 40 wins, and if the Knicks aren't healthy (e.g. Amare Stoudemire or Tyson Chandler) then the Hawks can get home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
The Bad Fan (Mrs. NBA): Who??
6. Orlando Magic
6. Orlando Magic
The Good Fanalyst (MHI): The Dwight Howard era in Orlando will be dead as fucking fried chicken shortly after the all-star break and the Magic will play sub-.500 ball over the last 31 games of the season as they go from a team that was competing with the Knicks for home-court advantage in the first round to a team getting swept by the Celtics in the first round.
The Bad Fan (Mrs. NBA): Dwight will soon be gone to somewhere, then the Magic will be a mediocre team, at best. Who the fuck cares though?? D-12 leaves and so does most of the fans. This, I guaran-fucking-tee. Why aren't they fucking last????? Do you have a man crush on Big Baby??
7. Philadelphia 76ers
7. Philadelphia 76ers
The Good Fanalyst (MHI): Jrue Holiday and Evan Turner will improve just enough to make the second half of the season interesting as the 76ers chase the base-jumping Magic for the 6th seed, but they'll fall a game or two short unless the franchise does something more drastic than changing its mascot because there just isn't enough star-power to be considered a threat to one of the contenders in the East.
The Bad Fan (Mrs. NBA): Does anyone even care??
8. Milwaukee Bucks
8. Milwaukee Bucks
The Good Fanalyst (MHI): The battle for the eighth spot in the East ended up a war of attrition in recent seasons and 2012 will be no different as the Pacers lost players worth five more wins than the ones they signed while Brook Lopez's stress fracture shot the Nets in the foot (pun intended) and will leave the Bucks as the last team standing on the wrong side of the lottery.
The Bad Fan (Mrs. NBA): You left out the BLOODY Pacers, but put in the Bucks??? Lay down the crack in the can and think clearly!! The Bucks are NOT, I repeat NOT, GREATER than the Pacers. Who is your drug dealer?? This must be some good shit you are smoking.
Who you with? The Good FanalystMHI rankings. Leave a comment at Mrs. NBA's blog if you agree with her slander.


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So, um, why exactly do carriers throttle the top 5% of data users again?
0. phoneArena 23 Feb 2012, 12:59 posted on
An analysis of data usage in 2011 shows that carriers that throttle the top 5% of unlimited data users aren't actually helping with network congestion. So why do they do it...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. bigdawg23 (Posts: 448; Member since: 25 May 2011)
I have ATT Unlimited Plan. To date(Knock on Wood) have not been throttled when eclipsing 2GB.
My opinion is why they don't touch tiered is if they go over they pay for it. People like me on Unlimited go get to 50GB while still paying $30.
2. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
dollar dollar bill yall!
ive got 5GB of 4g on magenta, and have yet to go over my limit.
these shady practices are what keeps me on prepaid.
3. LoneShaolin (Posts: 307; Member since: 14 Jan 2012)
f**king agreed! I have one friend who has ATT Unlimited Data and is throttled after 1.5GB religiously. And I have a friend on Verizon Unlimited Data who has used 25GB every month he has had it, even spiking up to 109GB LAST MONTH to test out the throttling theory. Not only was he not throttled, he was never warned about a throttling issue either.
6. pooked (Posts: 56; Member since: 27 Jan 2012)
we all know between verizon and att who the clear winner is...been a big red fan since before late 90's and still remain loyal to the big red army!!
too soon?
15. superguy (Posts: 293; Member since: 15 Jul 2011)
How's that possible? VZ/VZW didn't even exist before 2000.
So who were you a big fan of before 2000?
16. hobble (Posts: 130; Member since: 11 Oct 2011)
I think he's talking about the kool aid man.
21. quakan (Posts: 1373; Member since: 02 Mar 2011)
I think he's talking about the pop or gum. lol
22. corporateJP (Posts: 2431; Member since: 28 Nov 2009)
That's not entirely true.
It was three companies unified into one, then they bought out a bunch of different regionals.
He could've been on Airtouch or GTE before they merged and became Verizon.
Just sayin'...
23. EclipseGSX (Posts: 1717; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
or the Nebraska Cornhuskers lol
34. CellieCell (Posts: 121; Member since: 14 Apr 2010)
I am also on Verizon's unlimited data and average 12-15GB per month, luckily I haven't seen any throttling. ^_^v
4. Habib (Posts: 114; Member since: 26 Feb 2011)
I would add to the article, that verizon throttles the unlimited with only 3G network, that excludes unlimited 4G data plans :D!
8. iamcc (Posts: 1319; Member since: 07 Oct 2011)
How much can Verizon really throttle 3G? Not trolling or anything because I have Verizon and love it but the 3G is already pretty slow as it is...
13. Scott_H (Posts: 167; Member since: 28 Oct 2011)
Good point Habib, added.
5. cybervlad81 (Posts: 89; Member since: 04 Apr 2011)
Running on 3G, on Verizon and have yet to see a throttle, half way through this bill cycle and am at 3.5GB I usually hit +/- 5GB a month due to a long commute and excessive Dogcatcher(Podcast) use.
7. PimpStrong (Posts: 310; Member since: 25 Jul 2011)
I just thank God for T-Mobile's cheap $20 2GB plan because with CPU access at work and WiFi at home, I'll never have to worry about going over or throttling.
Bring on the $20/MO LTE!!
9. imkyle (Posts: 1073; Member since: 18 Nov 2010)
My dad still has the $30 unlimited data plan for the iPhone since 2009 and he says that he does notice a slower speed when used above a certain amount.
10. 14545 (Posts: 1535; Member since: 22 Nov 2011)
I have to stand by VZW on this issue, and this issue alone. I use somewhere between 4-10 gb's a month. Typically around 5-6, but I have had more and less, and I have never been throttled. I consider myself a heavy user, but if you are using >15gb a month, then you need to learn to not be so selfish. I tether when not in range of wifi, but usually < an hour or so a month. I can honestly say, that if I was on ATT, I would leave. I have a friend on ATT and he was throttled at 2 gb last month on his iphone. And he isn't jailbroken and never uses it in a way that wouldn't be deemed "normal" usage.
14. Scott_H (Posts: 167; Member since: 28 Oct 2011)
We specifically agreed that it's a legitimate practice to throttle speeds on network abusers - the point is that most people who fall into that "top 5% of data users" aren't actually using any more data than tiered customers, so they are being punished for nothing more than not upgrading to a plan the carrier prefers (be it 4G or tiered...but tiered is what they really want).
11. Jammers (Posts: 6; Member since: 05 May 2011)
The companies won't stop it until We the Consumers use our mighty dollar and take our buisness elsewhere. Sadly, most of us are such sheep we won't. How long before the Big guys decide unlimited texting isn't profitable enough and shy away from 'unlimited' plans for that as well? Don't be so silly to think they WON'T do it if they think they'll get away with it. All it takes REALLY is one of the Big Two.
29. Cwebb (Posts: 501; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
Because texting is so cheap as it is their already making a killing off that. I remember an older article saying that.
36. Jammers (Posts: 6; Member since: 05 May 2011)
Texting is essentially FREE for the carriers. Trust me though, if they think they can squeeze a few more dollars out, they will. Why do you think AT&T was one of the last to GET an Unlimited plan?
12. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
lol, i hit almost 20gb of data last month. of course, im on a no-throttle employee plan. :)
17. Magog14 (Posts: 3; Member since: 07 Feb 2012)
If it weren't for people hacking their phones to tether for free the carriers wouldn't bother throttling.
18. Scott_H (Posts: 167; Member since: 28 Oct 2011)
The data in the article shows this is not true. While there clearly are individuals who do this and end up abusing their data plan, on average the top 5% of unlimited data users are indistinguishable from the top 5% of tiered data users - so it's unrelated to tethering abuse.
24. corporateJP (Posts: 2431; Member since: 28 Nov 2009)
True, but tethering was a big part of why carriers switched to tiered.
They aren't totally stupid.
Regardless, it is a good point.
33. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
as a person working for teh carriers, i dissagree. what happened was one carrier had the balls to charge for it... aka a major one.. and the rest followed suite after they realized that people didnt gather their pitch forks.
the only reason there is tiered data plans is so they can reduce the cost for those that dont want the plan but want the phone (in which the carrier still nets more than the people that never make the switch to smartphones), and raise the cost on those that need the plan and intend on using it.
44. atheisticemetic (Posts: 377; Member since: 18 Dec 2011)
limewire was a pretty big contributor (at least in West Michigan) as to the push toward tiered plans
as I mentioned before, it's usually one person to ruin it for the rest of us...i miss my unl data
28. miles16852 (Posts: 241; Member since: 20 Oct 2011)
43. cnpthe3rd (Posts: 81; Member since: 01 Feb 2009)
as for tethering what difference does it make I use my phone basically the same as my computer why does it matter if i tether or not
19. medicci37 (Posts: 1276; Member since: 19 Nov 2011)
This is what happens when big bussiness is deregulated. It should be illegal for carriers to throttle customers unless they go over 5 gigs. @ Magog that makes no sense. Its not about tethering. its about how much data people use. Tmo doesn't charge extra for tethering. & users don't have to tether to use more than 2 gigs.
20. xpr3ss10n (Posts: 58; Member since: 15 Dec 2011)
Ive used over 40gb of data this month and never seen a throttle from verizon. Thats why i stickbwith big red
25. corporateJP (Posts: 2431; Member since: 28 Nov 2009)
It's a cash grab for at least one carrier, a few others will follow because they can.
Anyone know who the cash-grabber is?
26. ibap (Posts: 758; Member since: 09 Sep 2009)
So how much extra bandwidth do they gain by doing this? It's totally to convince grandfathered plan holders to switch to a new plan so the carriers can up their revenue. What was all that hooey about how you can't just break a contract?
27. molsky (Posts: 12; Member since: 10 Feb 2011)
I have been trying to speak out on this issue for months exposing ATT and their anti consumer friendly policies. Let me be clear on exactly how they throttle you. Customers with an unlimited data plan are monitored on DAILY usage..not monthly amount of data consumed. If you use a large amount of data in one or a few days they will take this usage and multiply it by the rest of your billing cycle. If this is over a certain amount you are IMMEDIATELY THROTTLED FOR YOU ENTIRE BILLING CYCLE. They punish you for what you might do in the future. I was throttled after only consuming 2GB of data only because I had a few days of high usage. It's like throwing you in jail for the bank that you might rob next month...Everyone needs to leave ATT Wireless when possible. Send a clear message that we will not stand for a corporate lobbyist CEO punishing customers because his own company can't keep up their spectrum based on subscribers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
30. Cwebb (Posts: 501; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
Side note, Sprint FTW!
32. jtech (Posts: 101; Member since: 14 Jul 2011)
That 0.97 throttled speed test is still faster then my throttled 0.4x or 0.3x speed I have with T-MO
35. Phaze0085 (Posts: 112; Member since: 22 Sep 2011)
I agree. It is very wrong for AT&T to throttle users who use 2GB of data and up. I think I can see why they do it. They're spectrum is limited at the moment and they can't seem to keep up the demand. But that is the price you pay when being one of the best mobile providers for GSM phones. I am a loyal AT&T customer, and so far they've been great to me. I don't think I've ever been throttled, but I guess know that question would be like answering the question of "How would you know the difference between a loose woman and a tight one?" I sure do not know. I have experienced lag in my data speeds and sometimes I get no signal at all. However, this could be blamed on my coverage area. I have a 2GB data plan, and I don't believe I've ever used in close to a gig, maybe 500MB, but i don't believe I've ever even come close to using 2GB, plus I am lucky enough to have a strong wifi signal practically everywhere I go. But wrong is still wrong. AT&T needs to find a way to make throttling work, like the guys have, and it would hurt if they also focused their attention on bringing the latest updates to customer i.e. WP7 users. I'm still plagued by the disappearing keyboard glitch.
37. centuro1911 (Posts: 12; Member since: 24 Feb 2012)
You people are so short sighted it is laughable. These companies are not screwing you over now because there is a current problem. They are conditioning you for later when there is an actual problem.
They have set some stupid artificial limit knowing full well that in about 4 years this is going to be a big deal, but they want to be able to say, "see we told you so and we were doing something about it way back then."
This is just like the excuse that they have to charge 45 cents per minute you go over your plan because if everyone talked all they wanted it would clog up the network. And then they started offering unlimited plans.
Haven't you noticed how voice plans have not gone down at all in the last 5 years? The companies are screwing us over just like the banks tried to do. But there has been no coordinated protest so they just keep doing it. If 5 million people cancelled their VZW accts they'd stop, but we let them lock us into ridiculous contracts of 2 years when phones get outdated in 6 months.
38. dcgore (Posts: 227; Member since: 24 Feb 2012)
As always there are two sides to the story. On the one end, i can see why consumers with unlimited data are annoyed. After all, the carriers should be "obligated" to uphold their end of the bargain...unlimited data.
But now think about this, the potential to massive data usage in the future which could bring service to a halt Say you are the avg. peson who uses 1GB per month or so. Then a new shiny new service becomes popular in the future like netflix instant streaming for instance. So now from the avg. 1GB you go to 6GB or more. Now compound that times a lot of people that end up doing the same. Big problem.
The carriers know things are just getting bigger, pictures, files, videos. They are trying to prevent massive future consumption because of legacy data plans. For one, i am very happy AT&T is getting good in NYC where i live. So to an extent, i like people getting capped but would hate if I get capped. Ha!
39. kcombs (Posts: 275; Member since: 15 Dec 2010)
I work for at&t customer service, it is based on their location. The more contested area's (like New York city, or LA) you will get throttled sooner, the less congestion in your area the more data you get. I have unlimited and live in Orlando, I used 3GB one month never got a notice, or throttled. I have personally seen customers with 10GB not being throttled, and I have seen some with 4GB being throttled. This has always been in effect it's just no one ever reads there contract details. Before the tiered data at&t had a soft cap of 5GB for each customer, they just rarely enforced it, if you excessively went over every month they would offer to cancel service with no ETF.
40. atheisticemetic (Posts: 377; Member since: 18 Dec 2011)
i think the difference here however is going to be those who are on unlimited have the capability of going over. They are more than likely throttled because if they're allowed to use 100gbs a month the cellphone companies arent making anything extra
on the other hand those who have limited data plans (using the same as unl and throttled) have the potential to go over and pay out the butt for overages.
from a business standpoint i see entirely why they do it. we dont have to agree with it, but the potential to do something is why companies act on it before it gets out of hand. IE the douche bag that tethers his or her phone to play Xbox Live or playstation network or use it to torrent and use an inordinate amount of data
one person ruins it for all i suppose
41. atheisticemetic (Posts: 377; Member since: 18 Dec 2011)
"those who are on unlimited have the capability "
add the word dont in there for me ;)
42. cnpthe3rd (Posts: 81; Member since: 01 Feb 2009)
it all comes down to greed. take for example in my immediate family, I regularly go over (i have 5GB) however my sister and mother both pay for "unlimited data" and my sister may use at most 1GB and my mom often uses NONE at all so "heavy users" are more than made up for by light users "unlimited" should mean just that "UNLIMITED"
45. atheisticemetic (Posts: 377; Member since: 18 Dec 2011)
until 'that' jackass kills my nearby tower for tethering and doing torrents.
plans need to be tiered. unlimited was the golden age of internet....even your regular providers are capping usage
46. kanagadeepan (Posts: 922; Member since: 24 Jan 2012)
So AT&T punishes its users for continuing to be their customers... Just $crew the greedy at&t...
47. Asphyxiation (Posts: 3; Member since: 26 Feb 2012)
I do not really see how people using so much data could be a problem. More satellites and towers are going up all of the time. How much data is used when using Wi-Fi at your home or connecting a computer or gaming system to ethernet? Reflect on that for a moment or two. Now why exactly is data usage exceeding any certain amount going to harm anyone? Yeah, some people don't use that much of their data each month. Well, there are a lot of people that do utilize that data that they pay for. Life is business. It is all out of greed. People are power-hungry. People are money-hungry. Anything that can be done to obtain these two things is done as soon as possible. Those of you that are all for companies throttling data usage only are for such a thing because you do not use that much data each month or each day. Also, because you believe what the world has to say. "Holy crap, the news just said that the reason my data *might* be so slow is because of people using insane amounts of data! It must be true if it was on the news." Honestly, you are probably in a bad area. It is extremely possible for you to have every single bar of reception and still have amazingly slow data speeds. It has been tested. And if it has not -- I tested it. I will achieve 7+ megabytes per second in one area of full reception and 3 megabytes per second and below in another area. Seriously, this is only an issue for customers as they are being ripped off by the companies. People are paying in money as well as loyalty for their plans. Unlimited data plans are almost unheard of now and the only people that still have them are the ones who have been loyal to their respective companies. Either that or the people who go with a company that still offers unlimited data. Until the world learns that money is not everything, people like the few of us on this website will be in dispute over things like this. It is not even one another who should be fighting over such things. We, the people, and they, the companies, should all treat each other with respect and stop ripping one another off.
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WARREN - With blue-and-white striped flags waving in the wind, local Greek Americans and others celebrated the annual Greek Independence Day with a Sunday afternoon parade. They marched from St. Demetrios Church, 429 High St. N.E., to City Hall, 391 Mahoning Ave. N.W.
During a program at City Hall, the Greek flag was raised, and participants shared messages of the importance of the holiday for the nation of Greece. The date is celebrated with parades in both Greece and the United States.
Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Peter Kontos, speaking from City Hall's front porch, said the historic date of March 25, 1821, marks the start of Greek independence.
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''Look all around. On our route to come here from the church, we passed buildings with columns all part of the different Greek architecture. If you go to any state capitol or any government building or museum throughout this country, you see the architecture that was derived from Greece that is still alive today,'' Kontos said.
He said the Greek language is strong, with many words used in the English language that have a Greek derivation, especially in the arts and sciences.
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''There is not a day that goes by that if we speak the English language, we are using words that are derived from the Greek language,'' Kontos said.
Kontos said the New Testament of the Bible was written in Greek.
''When anyone is in church listening to the Gospel reading, it is a translation from Greek,'' he said.
St. Demetrios Church's Parish Council President George Halkias said religious freedom was just as important to Greek predecessors as it was to the early Americans when they fought for freedom.
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''You all stand as leaders in every single field in every part of our society. That culture legacy still echoes today in classrooms, courtrooms, corporate board rooms and in all parts of communities across this nation,'' Franklin said.
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On Washington Watch this week, Tony Perkins lambasted USAID for holding an activist training in Colombia working on ways to promote LGBT equality and curb anti-LGBT violence. Since Perkins is under the false impression that the "majority of Americans oppose" and "object to" LGBT rights and protections, he said that the summit represents "another breach of trust with Americans" on par with the controversy surrounding accusations the IRS targeted conservative organizations.
Perkins, who has spoken approvingly of the "kill the gays" bill in Uganda, claimed "this is just another part of its strong-arm strategy to bully another nation into compliance with their liberal social policy" and "bribe, coerce and force poor countries into accepting his pro-homosexual agenda," lamenting: "this administration is doing everything they can to remake not just America in their image, but the world."
Now this week, the first in a series of USAID gay training took place in Colombia, a nation specifically targeted because its leaders struck down a bill redefining marriage. The goal, an agency spokesman says, is to teach people how to infiltrate the political process and advocate for laws that a majority of Americans oppose, by the way, and we're paying for this program, these are things we object to, work against and we're being forced through our tax dollars to pay for it. She says, "It can be a real game-changer in the advancement of LGBT human rights." Essentially, U.S. taxpayers are being forced to groom the next generation of the world's Human Rights Campaigns, a stunning exploitation of Americans' tax dollars, and more importantly, I think this is another breach of trust with Americans. For the Obama administration, this is just another part of its strong-arm strategy to bully another nation into compliance with their liberal social policy. Whether it's through the United Nations, U.S. embassies, or the State Department, President Obama is leading the effort to bribe, coerce and force poor countries into accepting his pro-homosexual agenda. And it's being done with your tax dollars. So the IRS is just the tip of the iceberg. This administration is doing everything they can to remake not just America in their image, but the world.
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Michael Yardy claims he is living proof that the England Academy system can produce international cricketers.
The Sussex all-rounder, a largely unheralded county professional in the not too distant past, is now a valued member of the England one-day side, having spent time at the National Academy and represented England A.
He is one of seven players included in the 2005-06 Academy intake who will be involved with the senior England side this winter.
Chris Read, Ed Joyce, Jamie Dalrymple and Yardy make up a sizeable proportion of the 14-man ICC Champions Trophy squad, while Alastair Cook will feature in the Ashes and Sajid Mahmood and Liam Plunkett are involved in both.
"We've got a lot of guys here now who I was in the same intake with," Yardy told ECBtv.
"There are six or seven of them, so there is a natural kind of progression - you put performances in for your county and hopefully you get international honours.
"It's a good sign that you're getting Academy players coming through."
Few players have had as enjoyable season as Yardy this summer, his international call-up coming in between Sussex's memorable C&G Trophy triumph and their crowning as Liverpool Victoria County Champions.
While his contributions with bat and ball were key to Sussex's success in both competitions, and he admits he is proud to be part of the "legacy" that the current side have created, his most memorable moment came in England colours during the Twenty20 international against Pakistan at Bristol.
"Winning the championship at Trent Bridge - that was special - but, personally, getting my first international wicket stands out," Yardy added.
"To get Mohammad Yousuf was one of those things where it's a bit surreal.
"It just happens and then you think, 'blimey, I've just got a wicket'. That was awesome."
"Getting the opportunity to play for England is absolutely brilliant. It is a step up but I really enjoyed it."
While Yardy's experience at the Academy and England A helped smooth his passage into the senior side, he also admits to benefiting from playing on the biggest domestic stage with Sussex.
His resolute 37 helped Sussex recover from the depths of 78 for six to post 172 in the C&G Trophy final against Lancashire, which proved sufficient for a 15-run victory.
"The C&G final, in a funny sort of way, was perfect preparation for going to play for England because a few days after I played a Twenty20 international," said Yardy.
"There was a full house at Lord's - it just sets you up brilliantly and it's huge occasion.
"There were a lot of butterflies but we came through it."
Though Yardy cannot help but cast his mind back to the best summer of his career, he refuses to spend too much time planning ahead.
He added: "I just and just take each game as it comes and see where it gets me.
"If you look too far ahead, which I've done in the past, it's going to come and bite you.
"Hopefully everything goes well this winter.
"I find international cricket quite intense, so I try to concentrate on the now instead of worrying about the future.
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Has it really been four years since an arsonist torched the Texas Governor's Mansion, rendering it unlivable for the family that is supposed to call it home?
Well, the mansion's long and arduous restoration is about to end. That is excellent news.
The building's historic furnishings are being returned to the house, which is the oldest of its kind west of the Mississippi River.
Texas first lady (and West Texas State University graduate) Anita Perry said, "The historic Texas Governor's Mansion has been a symbol of Texas pride and resilience for decades and now as its restoration nears completion, we enter a new chapter in its history."
Texans who value their state's long and storied history are welcoming the impending move back into the Greek Revival building, which was built in 1855.
If there's a bit of good fortune in this tragic event, it is that the historic artifacts were spared damage or destruction by the Molotov cocktail someone tossed onto the mansion's front porch June 8, 2008. Gov. and Mrs. Perry had moved out the previous year to enable a planned restoration. Therefore, the artifacts had been removed from the mansion.
The Perrys plan to move into the mansion at the end of July. Their temporary living arrangements have been the subject of some criticism. They have lived in a high-end gated community, with taxpayers footing a five-figure monthly rent for the Perrys.
The rental arrangement became an issue in the 2010 governor's campaign.
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The Texas Governor's Mansion's repair and restoration has been a painful process. It's been costly, too. The Legislature appropriated $21.5 million for its restoration, with private donations contributing another $3.5 million.
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Burton 2L Anthem Jacket - Women's
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Hold the elements at bay with the Burton Women's 2L Anthem Jacket. The Anthem provides protection and style without completely eviscerating your wallet, so you can afford to stay dry and eat at the same time.
- Backcountry.com
Free Shipping. Burton Women's 2L Anthem Jacket DECENT FEATURES of the Burton Women's 2L Anthem Jacket Zippered Handwarmer Pockets AirTech Fabric DRYRIDE Durashell 2L Fabric Micro Cell Mesh Lining Women's Sig Fit Mesh-Lined Pit Zips Fulltime Contour Hood Critically Taped Seams Adjustable Cuff Closures Hem Cinch Chafe Free Chin Guard This product can only be shipped within the United States. Please don't hate us.
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Burton Women's 2L Anthem Jacket
The Burton Women's 2L Anthem Jacket is not available from the stores we monitor. It was last seen February 22, 2014 at Backcountry.com.
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It was the last day of July last year, and Nina Mazzarelli had played in more than 60 basketball games over five months with her AAU team, the Rebels.
Her West Chester East coach, Moe Blatt, had some advice.
Actually, it was more like an order than advice.
Blatt, who took over the Vikings when Mazzarelli was a freshman, is also on the coaching staff of the Rebels, and he told the senior guard that she couldn't touch a basketball until Sept. 15. She needed to refresh and relax a bit, he said.
The two joked about placing cameras in her car because they both knew how hard it would be for a self-proclaimed "gym rat" to stay away from the basketball court.