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When Clay Aiken returns to his boyhood home in Raleigh, N.C., for Christmas this year, mom Faye Parker will pull out all the usual stops: She'll whip up batches of cow patties (thin fudge-and-oatmeal cookies) and sausage balls (ground pork and cheddar cheese wrapped in Bisquick dough)—both southern traditions. She'll prepare a pre-Christmas dinner for 30 to 40 family members and close friends. And she'll ready the porcelain nativity scene for her son to arrange on the living room bookcase. "That's my favorite part of Christmas," says Aiken. "It has become a holiday that is more about Santa than Jesus. That's not how it should be." On the other hand, the 25-year-old singer did such a good job playing Santa last year, he'll have a hard time outdoing himself. Flush from his breakout album Measure of a Man, which sold 1.7 million copies in 2003, he surprised his mother by paying off the mortgage on her house. The occasion, however, was bittersweet: It was the first Christmas the family had celebrated since the 2002 death of Aiken's stepfather, Ray Parker, who raised him and his brother Brett, 18, a U.S. Marine. While Faye and Clay reminisce about past holidays with Ray (whom he called Dad), they laugh when recalling his attempts at decorating the front of their house. "We had to have the tackiest yard," Aiken says. Other memories include family taffy pulls, when "we would cook the taffy, then take it outside in the cold to pull it," Aiken says. "My mom almost ripped my arms off." Parker remembers things differently. "You weren't doing it right," she insists. "You needed to pull it hard, like a chain saw!" This year Aiken will ring in the season with a Christmas album, Merry Christmas with Love (the title track is a song he sang in high school choir), and his first book, Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music in Your Life (Random House). "It's a collection of stories about people who have taught me something," he explains. "My mom always told me to pay attention to the lessons, whether they came from something bad or something good." Meanwhile, since buying his own house in Los Angeles this fall, Aiken has enlisted (who else!) his mother, a professional interior-design consultant, to help him decorate it. "I keep telling him not to buy everything now and to leave some things for me to get him for Christmas, " she says "Now he has so much money I don't know what to buy him."
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boy oh boy that floyd aint playin no games in that ring! gotta love it
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If anyone is debating it was against the rules they are clearly in denial. That's. Not the point. Folks are saying Floyd took a cheap shot because Victor was clearly looking at Cortez and was unguarded, which is HIS own fault. I think Floyd capitalized on a open oppurtunity. We all know it was legal, but it comes off in a bad light.
I'm more surpised Floyd threw two punches in a row more then anything.
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Lol jesus... HAHAHHA... Legal ok sure I give you that... Cheap shot, are you kidding me? Completely cheap, classless, and disrespectful to any boxer.
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cortez had no control, it was a state of confusion, mayweather within legal parameters to advantage of the opportunity....... thats fine and dandy, but the open window during all that, with cortez not looking or paying attention, and not having the time set before he reset the action........ says fishy.....
floyd was the favorite in this fight, no doubt he was going to win, thats not the issue, and it's not even an issue that floyd won the way he won, but what is fishy is how open that opportunity was..... make it a floyd thing, or a ortiz thing , but the lack of control and professionalism by cortez is extraordinary beyond his normal incompetence level.....
thats my issue, just because he said "lets go" doesn't make his incompetence and lack of taking control of things right......
everyone should be upset for getting fleeced on their money as well as their time, but then again i guess all you guys like being taken for your cash, hell some of you think it was money well spent.......
it's over, whatever, i just propose a boycott of cortez and a boycott of floyd if he refuses to fight pacquiao or martinez in his next fight........
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great video hope it puts an end to this **** .
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it was not illegal....but to say it was not dirty is just making cake out of sh1t really.....the public aint that stupid...
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Everyone(well most people) know there was nothing illegal about the way Floyd finished it. Still doesn't take away from the fact they were sucka punches.
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Deal on student loans stumbles on costs
WASHINGTON -- An emerging deal to lower interest rates on student loans hit a major obstacle Thursday after Senate lawmakers were told it carried a $22 billion price tag over the next decade.
The proposal was designed to offer Democrats the promise that interest rates would not reach 10 percent and to give Republicans a link between borrowing terms and the financial markets that they sought. But at that cost, the bipartisan coalition behind it decided to return to negotiations to bring that cost down.
The estimate was described by a congressional aide involved in the negotiations who said the Congressional Budget Office report had not yet been widely released.
The unexpected cost estimate was unlikely to end talks among lawmakers about how they might reduce rates on subsidized Stafford loans, which doubled to 6.8 percent last week in the wake of congressional inaction.
Efforts to restore those rates to 3.4 percent were abandoned in favor of a new compromise that bears many similarities with a bill that House Republicans have passed, and with President Barack Obama's budget proposal.
"There is no question that there is a compromise available on this important issue and that the sides have not been that far apart and we just need to get it done," White House spokesman Jay Carney said before the CBO released its estimate.
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The Brewers Community Foundation is banking on the Milwaukee Brewers being a formidable baseball team.
Fisher Nuts, Roundy's and the Brewers have teamed up for the "Freshness You Can Win" campaign. Under the rules of the campaign, Fisher will donate $500 to the Brewers Community Foundation (The Brewers Community Foundation was established to extend financial support to programs benefiting disadvantaged youth and their families) every time the team wins two consecutive games.
"We're thrilled to help cheer on the Milwaukee Brewers this summer and support Brewers Community Foundation," saysHoward Brandeisky, Vice President Global Marketing, Innovation & Customer Solutions at John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., the parent company of Fisher Nuts. (via Press Release)
Besides the donation from Fisher, which they will present to the Brewers at their game versus the Astros on September 30th, Consumers will also be entered into a contest to win $250 gift cards each time they purchase Fisher Nuts at select grocery stores in the Milwaukee area.
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January 15, 2009 ANAHEIM, California In an introduction that dramatically resets expectations of what a professional-grade touring amplifier should deliver in terms of performance, processing, integration and ease of use, amplifier pioneer Crown Audio today introduced the new I-Tech HD Series amplifiers that have been meticulously engineered to advance every criteria by which an amplifier is judged. At its core, I-Tech HD features a new user-inspired DSP engine co-developed with BSS and Linear Phase FIR filters that offer unrivaled performance. Together with Crowns Class-I amplifier technology; new software that makes I-Tech HD robust and very easy to configure; an industry-leading choice of input options including CobraNet and the all-new LevelMax limiters (Peak, Thermal and RMS), I-Tech HD is a stunning product of engineering R&D, more than 60 years of amplifier heritage and systematic user input from tour sound leaders in all markets.
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A DAD IS SO FED UP WITH DRIVERS SPEEDING THROUGH SCHOOL ZONES... HE TAKES HIS FIGHT TO FACEBOOK HOPING TO GET THE ATTENTION OF CITY OFFICIALS. ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ANNA VELASQUEZ HAS MORE. HOME VIDEO SHOT BY BRIAN DODGE CAPTURES A WHITE VAN THAT JUST PASSED A JEEP... IN A SCHOOL ZONE 1:55 she was headed right here to the dental office, jumped right in front of another vehicle, the lights were flashing, she didn't care :05 A-P-D SAYS IT IS ILLEGAL TO PASS WHEN THE YELLOW LIGHTS ARE FLASHING HE'S SO SICK OF DRIVERS VIOLATING SCHOOL ZONE LAWS OUTSIDE CLEVELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL... HE RECORDS THEM AND POSTS THEM ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE. nats kids walking across the street BUT HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO FEARS FOR THE KIDS' SAFETY. REYNALDA BEGAY SAYS SHE SAW A DRIVER ALMOST HIT A CHILD. :25 he didn't even care to stop it was like this far and the kid was this far :29 SHE GOT SO MAD - SHE FOLLOWED THAT DRIVER TO CONFRONT HIM BUT SAID, HE DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE. :40 I said you almost hit one of them. But he flipped me off and took off and I was like hey! :44 SO I TOOK OUR RADAR GUN OUT... :16 thirteen THE SPEED LIMIT WHEN THE YELLOW LIGHTS ARE FLASHING IS 20 MILES PER HOUR. nats WE DIDN'T CATCH ANYONE SPEEDING ON THIS DAY. BUT DODGE SAYS HE SEES IT ALL THE TIME, AND IT NEEDS TO STOP. :44 how hard is it for these people to take 15 to 25 seconds out of their life to save a person's life to slow down :50 IN N-E ALBUQUERQUE ANNA VELASQUEZ KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO CROSSING GUARDS ON THAT SIDE OF CLEVELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL. PARENTS SAY THEY'LL VOLUNTEER, IF THEY HAVE TO.
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Learn what's necessary to support a healthy population of koalas by cracking the koala code.
Follow individual koalas from a small social group on an Australian island to learn just how a koala manages to survive and thrive on a diet poisonous to almost all other herbivorous mammals.
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Dayton, OH (May 10, 2012) – The Miami Valley Hospital Foundation is now accepting nominations for the fourth annual Champions of Hope Awards. Deadline for submission is June 15, 2012.
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Denzel Washington doesn't get mad in "The Equalizer," the newest dark crime drama that reteams him with "Training Day" director Antoine Fuqua. It's not quite right to say he gets even, though. He just gets down to business -- dark, ugly business -- in what feels like a cross between the revenge films of the 1970s and the superhero movies of today.
Inspired by the 1980s TV show of the same name, "The Equalizer" stars Washington as a man with lethal skills who -- wanting a quiet life -- assumes a new identity and a new job at a home-improvement warehouse. But you know how it goes: You can take the man out of the war zone, but you can't take the war zone out of the man. So when he sees injustice, he can't help but to act.
The first trailer for Fuqua's film landed online this week, and it's decidedly dark and intense stuff. It also gets the nod as today's Movie Trailer of the Day. Check it out in the embedded video above. Below, find the studio boilerplate.
Columbia Pictures' "The Equalizer," which co-stars Chloe Grace Moretz, Bill Pullman and Melissa Leo," is scheduled for release on Sept. 26, 2014.


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How much longer is the American people gonna stand idly by and watch this rote government take over America and destroy America? It's unbelieveable. Even mainstream media doesn't see it and it's slapping them right directly between the eyes and they turn their face. I don't get it.
At the federal, state and local levels of government, this country doesn't have Republicans and Democrats in charge. We have career politicians, only interested in lining their own pockets and pushing their own agendas while being drunk with power. It's not a Democrat or Republican problem it's moral defects in these elected men and women.
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Louie Rondao comes from a Portuguese family with a long history of restaurants and
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In 1974 after an overthrow of government and political turmoil they were forced
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Do 'BSG's' Cylons hint at our own future?
Artificial intelligences have long fascinated science-fiction writers. The stories are dark and foreboding: supercomputers seizing control of the world, viruses waging war, robots subjugating their human masters, terminators bent on eradicating all human life. "Star Trek's" Commander Data and Issac Asimov's law-abiding robots are among the rarities with on-off switches.
The original 1970s "Battlestar Galactica" series reveled in the dark side of artificial intelligence. The humans created the Cylons, a race of intelligent robots that eventually set out to exterminate humanity.
The new "Battlestar Galactica" made the same vision more sinister by introducing Cylons so human in form that only Baltar's mysterious DNA test can identify them. The human Cylons have all the powers of the mechanicals plus machine-aided resurrection.
Yet just when the Cylons seem to have the upper hand, we discover a flaw: They can't have children. They also struggle with the same issues we do: What is the meaning of my life? What does God expect of me? What is my relationship to others? It is no longer easy to hate the Cylons. They are too human.
Curiously, a similar convergence is happening in the real world. We are gradually building the capability of replacing our own aging body parts indefinitely and expanding our brains and muscles through implants. Rather than create a race better than ourselves, we are re-creating ourselves. "BSG" is telling us that once we accomplish this, we will struggle with the same questions of the meaning of life that have plagued us since our beginnings.
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Cloth vs. Disposable: The Environment is IndifferentJacinda
I've mentioned before that I'm "team disposable." I'm just too lazy for cloth. Even packing them up for someone else to wash is a burden I cannot bear. I'm lame, I know. So you can imagine my delight when my husband started reading aloud from this article in the Dallas Morning News. The article begins with a bit of background about the history of disposables and how they were slow to catch on in the late 50's before becoming the standard by the 70's. But that now, as we know, cloth diapers are making a resurgence, especially in notoriously "green" markets. It then goes on to say…
Today, saving the environment — and keeping anything that isn't "green!" away from baby — is driving interest in reusables. The green question is especially vexing as both sides bandy scientific studies involving so many variables that the Natural Resources Defense Council considers the issue a wash when it comes to disposables in a landfill versus reusables in the laundry.
"We don't recommend one over another," said Allen Hershkowitz, a senior scientist at the environmental action group and director of its solid waste project."A compelling argument for getting rid of disposable diapers absolutely does not exist. It's a personal choice, but it really can't be made on environmental grounds. There are costs both ways," he said…
There are a lot of "what abouts" in the cloth versus disposable debate. There's the cotton, pulp, petrol and industrial agricultural complexes to contend with on both sides. And what about the landfills, a subject that comes up a lot.
Disposable diapers, according to Hershkowitz, comprise about 1.5 percent of all municipal waste generated in the United States, and municipal waste makes up about 2 percent of all waste from all sources. As someone who cares, he's been looking for answers to the diaper dilemma for decades, "and there's just no clear position to take. I wish it was that easy, but it's not."
There are other reasons to use cloth, including long-term savings, avoiding disposable diaper chemicals, and all the cute color options. But I have to confess, this news warms my cold, black, disposable-diaper-loving heart. One less reason for this mama to beat herself up.
Is "the environment" your main reason for using cloth? Does this make you consider switching to disposables or have you fallen in love with cloth for other reasons?


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Samsung Galaxy Note is coming to AT&T with LTE on board, indecisive crowds rejoice
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1. Exile_One (Posts: 24; Member since: 06 Jan 2012)
any word on this excellent peice of hardware coming to t-mobile?
10. lubba (Posts: 1313; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
We can only pray. Bold words by tmo CEO USA but so far little action.
2. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
crapdragons are having a ball raining on the parade today. xD
3. SavageLucy42 (Posts: 211; Member since: 24 Mar 2011)
Ooh it's coming in white? Sucks I'm not eligible for upgrade until May. Maybe my brother will let me use his...
4. Jeradiah3 (Posts: 1032; Member since: 11 Feb 2010)
Im ready to upgrade to this phone........my first AT&T-LTE phone!! my fiance is already jealous lol
5. Jyakotu (Posts: 844; Member since: 12 Dec 2008)
Although it's not for me, AT&T did offer the Streak, IIRC. I think this is a perfect phone for those who aren't quite ready for a tablet. A phablet, if you will.
11. apocalypsebc (Posts: 148; Member since: 07 Dec 2010)
It's a phone/tablet~hybrid!
6. JGuinan007 (Posts: 684; Member since: 19 May 2011)
so what exact processor is running on it?
7. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
a crapdragon.
8. JGuinan007 (Posts: 684; Member since: 19 May 2011)
What about NFC and ICS samsung already has ICS running on Galaxy Note why not release it and launch US version with it?
9. Jeradiah3 (Posts: 1032; Member since: 11 Feb 2010)
The processor is SnapDragon? Im glad that its a dual core cause I dont want to have the same issue that I have with the Inspire like the slow response time during the day


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Bicyclists riding in Seattle with the monthly Critical Mass demonstration injured a motorist after an altercation on Friday.
Seattle Police spokesman Mark Jamieson said between 100 and 300 bicyclists were riding down a street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, blocking traffic on both lanes, when a man and a woman in a Subaru tried to pull out of a parking spot.
Some of the bicyclists blocked them, sat on the car and began banging on the vehicle. The male driver and the bicyclists exchanged words.
The driver backed up, but bumped a biker and enraged the group. In response, bikers smashed the windshield and rear window. The driver tried to drive away but hit another bicyclist.
The car stopped a block down and the bicyclists surrounded the car. One biker punched the driver through an open window and another used a knife to slash the tires.
When the driver got out of the car, a male suspect struck him with an unknown object in the back of the head. The driver was taken to the hospital. His female companion was not injured.
Jamieson says two men were arrested and police are looking for the suspect who struck the driver in the back of the head. He added police know the man's identity.
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I loved rock'n'roll from the moment I heard Gene Vincent and Frankie Lymon in the summer of 1956. Like most of us I've lost nearly all my records I bought as a teenager (including all the Chuck Berry's) but somehow - God knows how - I've kept the rare LaVernBaker Rock'n'Roll LP on London.
I have retired now, but for over 35 years I played (tenor sax) in various r'n'r and r'n'b bands (semi-pro). The best moment was as support act to Little Richard at Torquay in 2005. I interviewed Gene Vincent (we spoke for 20 minutes) for a student newspaper in 1963. I have been to many, many r'n'r, r'n'b and jazz gigs but by far the best was in The Johnny Otis show in London in 1972.
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Q3: Suntech posts 13 percent gross margin; announces redundancies09. November 2011 | Markets & Trends, Global PV markets | By: Jonathan Gifford
While acknowledging that cost reductions are key and capacity expansion plans are to be put on hold in the current environment, Chinese polysilicon module manufacturer, Suntech has announced a 13 percent gross margin for the third quarter (Q3) of 2011. It has also said that redundancies have been made.
These preliminary margin results are at the high end of the projected range and shipments were reported to have increased by over 15 percent, quarter-on-quarter. Q3 earnings, meanwhile, were reported as being over USD$800 million.
In a statement announcing the results, chairman and CEO, Zhengrong Shi commented that the environment is challenging and the focus was on becoming a "leaner", more competitive company. "By proactively implementing these initiatives, we are confident Suntech will be able to maintain its financial and operational stability, and emerge in an even stronger market position," he said.
Suntech also spelled out targets of reducing operating expenses by 20 percent, by 2012, and improving working capital by $200 million by the end of the year.
Shi added that all of these efforts will contribute to photovoltaics being more competitive in the market and playing a greater role in the global energy mix.
Due to efforts to reduce costs, Suntech has announced that it will report payments of USD$10 million in "severance expenses" to staff that have been made redundant. It also reported non-cash foreign exchange losses for Q3.
A spokesperson for the company could not elaborate on how many employees have been affected, or if any production facilities have closed down, however.
Suntech will announce its full Q3 financial results on November 22.
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Poster Design Instructions
Overview: The purpose of a research poster is to convey the research's central problem and key findings. To be effective, however, the poster must be visually attractive. The presenter's aim is to create a poster that stands out from other posters and captures the audience's attention. In most cases, the audience will decide within seconds whether to read the poster. Therefore, the poster should include compelling visuals and clear, succinct prose that communicates effectively.
Below are recommendations for creating posters for both Virginia Wesleyan's Undergraduate Research Symposium and off-campus academic conferences. These instructions are intended to be interdisciplinary, and therefore, they might have to be modified for specific disciplines or projects.
- Program: Posters should be designed in POWERPOINT. The poster should be designed as a single PowerPoint slide.
- Set-Up: To be printed on VWC's printer, posters must follow specific design parameters. The PAGE SET UP (which is located under DESIGN in PowerPoint) should be set as follows:
- Height=24"
- Width=36" to 48"
Content should be of high quality and follow professional and disciplinary standards for research presentation.
Here are some guidelines:
Posters should include the following content sections:
- Research Project Title. The title should clearly communicate the project's purpose and significance. It should answer the first questions that a viewer might pose (i.e. research type and project's significance).
Attending to the title's syntax is important to communicate the project's main findings. In general, the title should include a subject, verb, and predicate that communicates either cause and effect or relationships between research elements. While it's appropriate to incorporate disciplinary language into the title, any student in that discipline should be able to read the title and understand the problem that the research addresses.
- Name of Student(s)
- Course Information. Posters that are presented at VWC's Undergraduate Research Symposium should note the class number, title, and professor(s) with whom you worked on this project. Posters that are presented at academic conferences might not include this information.
- Abstract. The abstract should provide a brief synopsis of the research. This synopsis should explain the research's main problem, its method, and its key findings. In some disciplines, the findings refer to the research's argument. In most disciplines, the abstract should be written out in full sentences (not bulleted).
- Introduction. This section should explain the specific questions that the research addresses and include a brief overview of the key literature in the field. The introduction might also lay out the particular research context and include a hypothesis.
- Method. This section should explain the method or approach the the research employed. It might note scholarly literature that provided a model for the research.
- Results. Quantitative studies might include a results section that reviews key data analyzed in the research process. (Note: A results section might not be included on the poster if space is limited.)
- Discussion. The discussion section should explain the most significant findings of the research. It might also suggest future areas of research based on these findings.
- Works Cited. This section should provide full citations for 3-6 key sources that the research incorporated. Citations should be formatted according to disciplinary conventions.
- Acknowledgements. Posters should recognize people and institutions that supported the research project. Include full titles in the acknowledgements.
- Visuals. Incorporate visual aids to illustrate key points. Be sure to label all visuals, complete with references.
- VWC Logo. Posters should identify Virginia Wesleyan College as the institution where the research was conducted. You may simply include the VWC logo on the poster.
Recommendations for Text:
The text should communicate ideas clearly and succinctly. While the poster should include the above content items, it's also important to limit the amount of text, as few people will read a poster that contains mostly text.
- Avoid long sentences.
- Incorporate language that explicitly shows either cause and effect or relationships between elements.
- Use the active voice.
- Additional important information (i.e. results/data or a full bibliography) may be made available as a supplemental handout during the poster session.
It's important that the poster follow certain design parameters to make it visually interesting and effective. Here are some guidelines:
- Margins: Avoid putting content elements at the margins of the Powerpoint slide because these might get cut off in the printing process. In other words, leave a large margin on the slide.
- Clearly Define Content Sections. Place key content is separate sections that are visually separated from other content sections. Each section should include a clear title that explains to the audience what the section does.
- Blank Spaces. The poster should include ample blank spaces that set off content sections. If the poster contains too much content (especially text), the viewer might feel overwhelmed and thus reluctant to read the poster.
- Poster Coherence. To enable the viewer to read the poster with relative ease and understand the relationship between its sections, the poster should contain visual coherence. In particular, related content sections should be visually aligned in such a manner that they flow from one main point to the next. This provides a path for the viewer to follow. Graphic hierarchy, such as larger to smaller font or color coding, also helps the viewer to interpret the project's significance quickly.
- General Background Color: The background should be light colored (but not necessarily white). If you use other colors, just make sure that they are a lighter shade of that color. Gradient coloring looks good.
- Section Background Colors: Posters that include separate backgrounds for certain elements look good (i.e put a different colored background on only the abstract). However, be mindful that the poster does not include too many competing colors.
- Background Images: In most cases, posters should not include background images, as they tend to compete with the content and make the poster look busy, which might confuse the viewer.
- Font Size: Posters should use a variety of font sizes to draw more/less attention to certain elements on the poster. The largest fonts should be reserved for the project's title, the section titles, and the abstract. The minimum setting for the font size is 24 point; however, the font sizes generally should be larger than 24 point.
- Font Color: The font color should be dark. This sets the font off from the light-colored background.
- Presentation of Text: Bullet most of the text to make information easy to read (although the abstract should be written out in complete sentences).
Posters may be printed out at VWC's Copy Center. Allow a minimum of a 3-day turn-around time.
- It's important to recognize that VWC's Copy Center might not be able to guarantee the 3-day turn-around time during the final 2 weeks of the spring semester when it receives many printing requests. The earlier you can send a print request, the better. Posters should be sent electronically to VWC's Copy Center at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- There is an expense associated with printing posters. Students should consult their faculty mentor about how to pay for the poster.
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Francis E. CarrollFebruary 11,2013
Francis E. Carroll Rites
GRANITEVILLE A celebration of life for Francis E. Carroll of Crest Street, who passed away on February 1, 2013, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, was held on Wednesday, February 6, 2013, at the Pruneau Polli Funeral Home.
Pastor Tom Harty of the United Church of Bethel led the service.
Words of remembrance were offered by Sandra Carroll, daughter, and Nancy Moran, sister-in-law.
Nicole Boisseau, daughter, read poems written by Franciss grandchildren.
Pre-recorded hymns, Daddys Hands, Wind Beneath My Wings, My Fathers Eyes and This Aint Goodbye, were played.
A later burial will be held in the Maple Hill Cemetery in Washington.
Arrangements were in the care of the Pruneau Polli Funeral Home, 58 Summer St., Barre.MORE IN ObituariesMONTPELIER Kenneth Michael Hickey, 72, of Granby, Connecticut, beloved husband for 41 years of... Full StoryMONTPELIER Rollande T. Fraser passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept. Full StoryWORCESTER Emily L. Wagner, 87, formerly of Worcester and currently of Montpelier, died Sept. Full Story
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Powers junior Shane Moreland displayed his All-State credentials in the first quarter, scoring 11 points on 4-for-6 shooting. His 3-pointer with four seconds left in the quarter gave Powers an 18-14 lead after the first.
The biggest lead either team had in the first half was Powers' 21-16 advantage on a 3-pointer by Patrick O'Brien with 6:24 left in the half. The Cougars were able to erase that deficit by hitting 8 of 11 shots during one stretch in the second quarter.
Lansing Catholic took a 30-27 lead on a 3-pointer by Austin Nichols with 56 seconds left in the first half. A putback by Mike Repovz two seconds before halftime gave the Cougars a 32-29 edge at the break.
It was an extremely well-played first half, with each team committing only three turnovers. Shane Moreland had 13 points for Powers and Nichols 12 for Lansing Catholic in the first half.


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Daniel's murdering stepfather was jailed in Britain THREE times: So why wasn't he deported before beating and starving to death four-year-old boy?
- Mariusz Krezolek was also arrested at least six times for range of offences
- Along with Magdelena Luczak he carried out campaign of cruelty
- Daniel Pelka, four, was starved of food, force-fed salt and held underwater
- Brutality culminated in his death in March 2012 from a head injury
- An MP has now demanded to know why Krezolek was able to stay
- Police have defended their actions and sought to blame Polish police
The Polish monster who tortured and killed his four-year-old stepson had been jailed in this country three times, it emerged last night.
Mariusz Krezolek had also been arrested at least six times for offences including assault and burglary. But despite his serial offending, he was never put on a plane back to Poland.
Instead, together with Magdelena Luczak, he carried out a campaign of cruelty against Daniel Pelka, starving him of food, force-feeding him salt and holding him underwater. Their brutality culminated in his death in March 2012 from a head injury, locked in a cold room on a soiled mattress.
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Callous: Mariusz Krezolek and Magdelena Luczak carried out a campaign of cruelty against Daniel Pelka which culminated in his death
Abuse: Daniel Pelka was starved of food, force-fed salt and held underwater
Last night an MP demanded to know why Krezolek was able to stay despite his criminal record and called for a full inquiry into whether opportunities were missed to deport him.
Geoffrey Robinson said: 'My primary concern is for the functioning of the protective services in Coventry, including social workers and teachers. But I am also concerned as to whether the police may have missed opportunities to deport this man, who was capable of inflicting a sadistic punishment on child- and was able to stay here despite a criminal record.'
As fury mounted over the case:
- It emerged the headteacher who failed to act over Daniel's injuries has simply moved to a new school. He said it had 'not been a pleasant time for anyone concerned'
- Nick Clegg said that the 'vile, evil murder' should be 'on all of our consciences'
- Calls were made for the resignation of Coventry's director of children's services.
Daniel died in March 2012 from a head injury, locked in a cold room on a soiled mattress. Dr Roache highlights the 'laughably inadequate' sentence of 30 years in prison for Magdelena Luczak and Mariusz Krezolek
Guilty: Daniel's mother Magdalena Luczak (right), 27, and stepfather Mariusz Krezolek (left), 34, were found guilty of his murder
Krezolek was first arrested months after he arrived in the UK in 2005. In February the following year he was convicted of drink-driving and given a 16-month driving ban. The following month he was fined £50 after he was caught stealing from a shop.
In April that year he was arrested again for driving while disqualified and in May handed a 16-week suspended jail sentence.
Three months later, in August 2006, he was arrested again for driving while disqualified and this time was locked up by magistrates who handed him an 18-week sentence.
In September 2007 he was again arrested for driving while disqualified and sentenced to 16 weeks in jail. He was handed a further 20-week term in February 2008.
Injury: Police were alerted 14 months before Daniel (right) died when he was found with a broken left arm. No action was taken after his mother (left) convinced the authorities he had fallen off a sofa
He was also arrested in August 2010 for assault and in April 2011 for burglary but on neither occasion was he charged.
Police were also alerted 14 months before Daniel died on January 5, 2011 when he was found with a broken left arm.
No action was taken after his mother convinced the authorities that he had been hurt falling off a sofa. It has also emerged that in the year leading up to Daniel's murder, police visited his home at least three times over rows between the couple.
'How can the staff at the school attended by Daniel have failed to have recognised patterns of behaviour that should have set alarm bells ringing, not only within the school but within the corridors of power within the Council House?'
- MP Geoffrey Robinson
During the entire period, Krezolek was wanted by Polish police for breaching the terms of a drink-drive sentence. If anyone had contacted the authorities there, he could have been extradited to stand trial.
Instead he was free to inflict terrible damage on his stepson. The post-mortem examination revealed Daniel's body had 23 injuries in addition to the head wound.
By the time he died, he was a 'bag of bones' with the same weight as a normal toddler. Teachers had caught him stealing food from bins but believed the mother when she told them he had a genetic disorder.
They also made no record when he turned up to school with bruises on his neck and black eyes.
Daniel was left to die for 33 hours after suffering the head injury on March 1 last year. Mr Robinson said Daniel was 'badly let down' by 'an evil stepfather and an indifferent and selfish mother' but also by his school, health professionals and social services.
He called for the resignation of children's services director Colin Green, saying: 'He takes with him the indelible stain of Daniel's cruel death, which his department had failed to prevent.' He added: 'How can the staff at the school attended by Daniel have failed to have recognised patterns of behaviour that should have set alarm bells ringing, not only within the school but within the corridors of power within the Council House?
Calls for resignation: Geoffrey Robinson (left) has called for the resignation of children's services director Colin Green (right)
'How could anyone believe it to be normal for a child to climb on the top of furniture to get to food; to scavenge around bins to access waste; and to steal food from the lunch-boxes? What human being, with the slightest understanding of children, would not have been concerned enough to take action to set alarm bells ringing?
Last night police defended their actions and sought to put the blame on the Polish police for failing to issue a European Arrest Warrant.
A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: 'Following Krezolek's arrests for drink driving in the UK, checks were made against the Police National Computer to establish if he was wanted in connection with other offences either in the UK or internationally. A European Arrest Warrant had not been raised by Polish authorities and so it was not known by arresting officers here that he was sought for traffic offences elsewhere.'
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Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja
A trip to the days of old.By Brandon B Score:
Dec 26, 2008 9:23PM PST
This game has been out for a while, so anyone who was (Or is) interested in the genre has already picked it up and enjoyed it. With it's unforgiving nature, the price to be paid for death, chance of a powerful weapon breaking, it's hard not to find a thing to hate in it. But with that hate comes a thing of fondness, of it's difficulty, how it doesn't soften up the player with more "Forgiving" features, replayability and the totally awesome 8th Dungeon.
All I can say is that it was one hell of a trip and I would definitely buy it's sequel.
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Emigre Web Fonts
Emigre's font library is now available as web fonts that you can self-host (providing you take some protective measures with .htaccess). That means Mrs. Eaves is available for the screen. W00t!
Emigre's font library is now available as web fonts that you can self-host (providing you take some protective measures with .htaccess). That means Mrs. Eaves is available for the screen. W00t!
A useful bookmarklet that suggests font stacks to match up with the web fonts on whatever page you happen to be viewing.
Syntax for @font-face that's more bulletproof than the techniques previously considered bulletproof …'till an even more bulletproof syntax comes along.
Lovely typographic showcases from Stan and friends.
The newest web fonts delivery service is a collaboration between five foundries: The Font Bureau, Ascender, Roger Black, Petr van Blokland and DevBridge.
Ascender is selling (and hosting) webfonts now.
Google-hosted free-as-in-beer webfonts.
Get a glimpse behind Fontdeck's curtain.
Microsoft, Mozilla and Opera have formally submitted the WOFF font format to the W3C.
A store of fonts for sale, many of which have licenses that allow you to use them with @font-face.
Beautifully done with HTML5 and font linking.
Test cases for font-linking.
Steve Souders does the research and reveals the sad truth about the effect font-linking has on performance.
A quick, slick primer on font linking.
A good look at choosing fonts for font linking.
Getting font-linking to work in all browsers.
Elliot gives a rundown of the font delivery services for the web that are on the way.
A good, clear-headed summation of font linking.
A great round-up on the current state of web typography following TypeCon 2009.
@font-face for all — Ted shows how to convert TTF files to EOT using the command line.
The colour scheme is a little odd (though I expect this will change from month to month) but the typography is tasteful and the content is king.
Another font-linking service is on the way.
A good description of how font linking works.
Jeff's got something up his sleeve that will help the cause of web typography.
A great example of @font-face in action: comparing Graublau Sans Web with with Lucida Grande.
A repository of liberally-licensed fonts to link to with @font-face.
"We're done with the tired old fontstacks of yesteryear. Enough with the limitations of the web, we won't have it. It's time to raise our standards. Here, you'll find only the most well-made, free & open-source, @font-face ready fonts."
Mark Pilgrim knows the score.
A look at different font stacks out there in the wild.
A wiki for tracking which fonts have licenses that allow for @font-face embedding with CSS.
John has come to the same conclusion as Richard with regards to font embedding. In short, the font foundries are missing a huge revenue stream. They could be offering fonts on a per-domain basis (a la Google Maps or any other third-party API). Rem…


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Visual Rx - Examples
The Cates Plot shown above is an example of the output from a Cochrane Review of the use of antibiotics in Acute Otitis Media (middle ear infection) in children. The data is taken from the Cochrane Library 1999 issue 4.
The picture represents 100 children who are all given antibiotics for ear infections. The 86 green faces are children who would have been free from pain at 2 to 7 days even if they had not received an antibiotic. The 9 red faces are children who are still in pain even with antibiotics. The 5 yellow faces are the only children who show a benefit; they would have been in pain without the antibiotic but are not when they receive one.
Since it is not possible to identify which children will benefit all 100 need to be given the antibiotic for 5 to benefit. This represents the number needed to treat (NNT) of 20 for a single child to benefit. A summary of the NNTs from the updated Cochrane review can be seen in the October Newsletter.
In contrast this Cates Plot shows that when all 100 children are given antibiotics an extra 8 will suffer diarrhoea, vomiting or a rash. This means that the number needed to cause a harmful outcome in one child (NNH) is 13.


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The importance of having a personal care plan in place to communicate preferences and wishes for end of life care is being highlighted in the East Riding this month as part of Dying Matters Awareness Week.
Dying Matters is a broad-based and inclusive national coalition of 30,000 members, which aims to change public knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards dying, death and bereavement.
Dying Matters Awareness week runs from 12 -18 May 2014 aiming to help people speak out about death and encouraging members of the public to take simple steps to make their end of life experience better, both for them and for their loved ones..
One of the CCG's key priorities is to make it easier for patients to communicate their preferences and wishes for end of life care. The CCG is working with local partner organisations to help raise awareness by distributing leaflets and posters at local events and meetings.
Care for people at the end of their life in the East Riding is provided by range of healthcare professionals including GPs, specialist teams such as Macmillan and Marie Curie, local hospices and local Neighbourhood Care Teams.
Alex Seale Director of Commissioning and Transformation at ERY CCG said: "This is naturally a sensitive and upsetting subject that is not always openly discussed in families. However, having an up to date record of your wishes will support nursing and care home staff deliver care the way individuals want at their end of life.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A defective propulsion system was likely to blame for last month's crash of the Andrew J. Barberi ferryboat that sent three dozen people to the hospital.
The National Transportation Safety Board said today that the propulsion unit wasn't properly responding to commands from the wheelhouse on the boat's Staten Island end.
Pilot-house video reviewed by the NTSB shows the Barberi's voyage from Whitehall was uneventful in the moments before the ferry struck slip No. 5 of the St. George Ferry Terminal at 9:19 a.m.
The slip No. 5 deckhand told investigators he noticed the speed of the ferry was faster than usual as it made its approach.
Meanwhile, the chief engineer, who was on duty in the engine control room became aware of the problem when he heard the engine audible pitch increase. He looked at the pilot-house close-circuit television and noticed the vessel was in the slip and moving too fast.
He instructed the crew to brace for impact.
Passengers — 244 were aboard along with 18 crew members and two city police officers — were jostled in their seats or seen falling to the deck in the video reviewed by the NTSB.
Some passengers credited the drizzly day with keeping injuries to a minimum: Because of the weather, many stayed inside instead of standing outside as the ferry neared St. George.
Defective parts have since been replaced and were working properly after dockside testing. Multiple sea trials have been conducted under Coast Guard and American Bureau of Shipping oversight, the NTSB said.
The NTSB has yet to issue a formal finding on what caused the accident. The investigation is ongoing and could take over a year to complete.
Last month's accident was the latest in a long string of mishaps involving the Barberi since its arrival in 1981.
It's engine died during its maiden voyage, leaving the $16.5 million boat to drift near Governors Island, where it ran aground before power was restored. The Barberi also was plagued by a series of propulsion problems, and was delivered two years late.
In one of the worst mass transit disasters in history, the boat crashed into a maintenance pier near the St. George Ferry Terminal on Oct. 15, 2003, leaving 11 dead and scores injured and leading to hundreds of lawsuits against the city.
Assistant Capt. Richard Smith, who was at the controls, blacked out. Smith said he was extremely fatigued and on painkillers. Capt. Michael Gansas was in the other pilothouse at the opposite end of the boat.
Smith, a Westerleigh resident, and Patrick Ryan, director of ferry operations when the crash occurred, each pleaded guilty to federal counts of seaman's manslaughter and received jail time.
Gansas was fired by the city in November 2003.
The newest additions to the ferry fleet have also been plagued by repeated mechanical problems.
Even before it left its Wisconsin shipyard in 2005, the $40 million Spirit of America had propulsion problems, delaying its arrival by several weeks.
The Department of Transportation signed off on that new boat only after negotiating extended warranties for its generators and drive system components, after problems had cropped up with its sister boats, the Marchi and the Guy V. Molinari.
A year later, the Marchi and Molinari were both tied up for several weeks while technicians reprogrammed the propulsion systems to fix a voltage problem.
At one juncture, during a spate of shutdowns of the system that powered ventilation, lights and running water, the city rented large generators and installed them on the boats' car decks. That problem has been corrected.
Cracked walls and windows and loose decking and screws also were repaired.
Officials have said it wasn't a mistake to accept delivery of the Molinari-class vessels, and that problems are common in brand-new ships, especially custom-made commuter ferryboats like these.
Still, the Advance's exposure of the persistent mechanical failures aboard the boats led the City Council to hold a hearing last fall.
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That seems like a reasonable assessment that the Wii on the same strip as the TV and still functioning likely means there wasn't lightening damage.
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The Dell Streak was the first Phablet, but the Galaxy Note made Phablets revelant. Even at this price, its still too high for a new-renewing customer to purchase at a 2yr contracted price. Ive seen the AT&T variant of the Galaxy Note for $148.88 at Sams Club.
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I was about to say the same bud. I still have my Dell Streak actually. It still gets questions. hahah.
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lol. When I was working for AT&T, i had a co-worker that had the Streak. It wouldve been more popular if it was advertised more
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We hope you're getting used to your new Mirror.
We're two weeks into the cutdown, which shaved the width of each page by 1.5 inches. As expected, it's brought feedback in the form of letters, e-mails and voice mails - all of which we appreciate, even if not every one has been positive.
The Mirror always has been blessed with an active audience, and when the paper undergoes a significant change, response is understandable.
It's an adjustment for all of us, especially those who of us have devoted our lives to the newspaper industry and the Mirror. When the first papers rolled off the presses at about 2:30 a.m. Feb. 2 - deadline was pushed back in order get as much Super Bowl coverage as possible - we had the same reaction many of you did, even though we knew it was coming.
Everyone deals with change differently.
The majority of concern seems to center not so much around the reduced width, which has made the paper easier to read and handle, but the portions of the paper that must use smaller type. Like the Classified section and comics page, to name a couple.
While we certainly hope it's something you can get used to - and the Mirror does offer free magnifying sheets to those who may need them - we will continue to monitor your input as we transition toward the future.
You'll notice our Life and Business sections on Sundays have reversed positions.
Because of the configuration of our press, this allows us to keep eight pages of Life. Our Business and Nation/World sections are six pages each. (Forgive the press lesson, but the number of pages in the A and C sections and the B and D sections must match, another reason Life is now E).
We hope you'll remain patient with us as we know what we hope you know: That is the Mirror remains your best source for local news.
Just ask any of the radio stations that read it to you every day.
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Not to mention during Valentine's week.
Judging by the widespread reaction, we stand by the story and its placement.
Our Friday (the 13th) story on the most widespread superstitions brought a smile and raised my mother-in-law, Sue Jackson, to further heights as one of her unique superstitions was not listed.
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WARREN - A city man told police he was robbed Friday by two men at gunpoint near West Market Street and Parkman Road.
Richard Cummins, 28, 554 Nevada Ave. S.W., told police he was walking about 7 p.m. when two men approached him, brandished a handgun and demanded money.
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YOUNGSTOWN - City firefighters battled two arson fires late Thursday evening.
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Damage was listed at $1,500.
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The limit that has been imposed on new users is misguided and will hurt Geni in the long run. Any person I invite to the tree now will not be able to add a single person and therefore wont see the ease and beauty of working within Geni. These are potential customers who will never experience the product. There is no incentive anymore to invite people.
The restriction should be modified to at least allow these newly invited people to be able to add some people.
Suggestion : If the tree is bigger than 100, limit the individual free users of that tree to be able to add only 25 profiles each themselves.
Yay ... but one question I have is -- where are you seeing these "update" news? It's not in the Geni Blog (I just looked).
In case you haven't noticed it basic users have the last week been allowed to add 100 profiles them self regardless of the size of the tree they got invited to or got merged into.
Any chance Geni would consider the following change -- allowing users who are over the profile limit to have/make unlimited additions within their own immediate family - ie, be able to add their own parents, their own spouse/partner(s?), their own siblings, and their own children?
Hendrina I did respond to your first message on Jan 27th. I also responded to the two messages you sent yesterday. Your issue can not be resolved by Customer Service and our engineers said it should be resolved today.
We applied for a lifetime membership at the end of December 2011. Geni took our money within hours but up to now we still do not have access to the benefits. No matter what we do they are now at a point where they do not answering our e-mails. What kind of organisation is this.Is there any body out there who can tell us what to do.
I live in the hope that Geni will take on board the reactions they have provoked and people's very fair comments and perhaps try to think out of the box a bit to think of ways to get around these difficulties. Perhaps more world wide advertising to attract a wider base and charging for small aspects of Geni.
Once connected to a tree of more than 100 profile, a basic user can only add 5 profiles, which means some new members can't even add thier immedate family. Also, if a new basic member adds their parents and immediate family first, they are unable to accept a merge intiated by a Pro member to join a large tree. The result is Pro members can't get new people connected into their trees, and new Basic members quickly get frustrated and are very unlikely to become paying members.
The limit of 5 is too small - 25 or 30 would be a reasonable limit.
GENI, I feel PUNISHED! I have been using Geni for quite a while now (maybe from the beginning when you, Geni were still very small) I have been entering half of my family tree members (going back to 1600-something) so I concider 'my' tree as one of them that made Geni BIG and POPULAR. First 'gathering' way more than 100 people from 'MY' tree for free and now 'suddenly' you want me to pay when I want to add even one more person.
Thanks a lot Geni, but this is not how one treats customers from the (almost) first hour. Charging new members of Geni, okay, they can decide whether they want to get along with it. Starting to charge 'old' members is rediculeous. And I cannot even retract my tree... or to be honest... I would not like to do this for the people I found enthousiastic about adding their contributes.
English is not my native language so if I am hard to understandL I'm very sorry!
I think Geni could become a potential alternative to Facebook but needing to pay to add members is not something I want to do. Unfortunately if the business model doesn't evolve we will all move to a concurrent website that does the same thing for free. Now unless I pay Geni has become completely useless to me and my family...
This paid model is absolutely terrible. As everyone mentioned above, it does nothing but stifle growth, and the longer this stays in place, the more likely it will become another failed genealogy site that got too greedy.
The ONLY reason I've been using this site over other paid ones is that this site is free, easy to use, and easy to add family members and get them involved. Take away the free aspect, and now you are spamming any new users with requests to pay money (terrible first time user experience) and preventing the addition of new users altogether (terrible for growth of the site).
Finding a way to keep the site free for everyone to and/or promoting unrestricted growth is the only way to keep this site (and all of your users' hard work at researching their family history) from dying.
I think this change will be reverted soon when these idiots at Geni realise that this is a screwed up idea. Unless I fork out for a whole years membership at a minimum, the site has almost become useless to me and I don't feel incentivised to do anything. The plans cost too much per year. If they charged £10 a year I might buy in, but can't be bothered now. Can we still download our data!!?
Why you are commenting here that this iis not true or in real world it is different? - We are in Geni Feature Requests page! Text written here by Tony Basoglu and by me is Wish, Request etc.
Lauri Kreen's comment does not reflect the reality of the new change. Lea quotes the statement in the release correctly. Here is Mike Stangel's elaboration/explanation:
Jean-François ANTOIN: I agree. It appears that the algorithm is looking at the count of "connected family" ... when it really ought to be looking at the count of "profiles managed by". This would allow a plus/pro user to connect family members, but the living family members can update and add their own children / grandchildren. Right now, that can't even happen once their personal profile is "connected" to more than 100 other profiles. That's why I think it is a mistake (I won't speculate as to whether it was intentional or not).
I quote Lauri Kreen
"Each free user shall have right to add 100 profiles to Geni!"
But it doesn't work that way.
I have just invited my mother who had never been on GENI before and straight away she got the message asking to upgrade because of the 100 limit. I checked with her and she manages no profile!
With the new limitations, I cannot invite any member of my family. I think the limitation should be of 100 new profiles managed by newcomers even if they are invited by someone who is already in the big tree, like me!
Well the Geni is really out of the lamp now, seen in the true light of greed! I guess i was naiive to think that yet another genealogy site would not stay"free" for long. All genealogy sites have gone down this road eventually,once a critical mass of freely given data has been amassed they all want an obscene return for minimal outlay(MY DATA AND SO MANY OTHER MILLIONS OF OTHERS WAS GIVEN FREE AND ENTRUSTED TO GENI .COM)The gamekeepers have turned poacher !
I want my data back at the same price it was given,I will not charge Geni for the time I spent typing in all my researched family information.............. I believe this information is my right as it is covered by the Freedom of information Act in UK,now that Geni choose to take a new approach gives me the option to withdraw this data ....my family data .If Geni wish to purchase it they can contact me at the usual email address!! My charge is modest .....a lifetime subscription to access Geni at all levels .....for FREE!
But I guess that ,just like Geni ,I'm asking too much !
The problem comes once the Basic User's tree (profiles) are "connected" to others. Then the total "family count" affects all in the "family". In other words, you don't want to 'connect' to other family members until they have put in all their profiles -- because once they are "connected", their total count will be at/over the limit.
... that does NOT encourage collaboration ...
It ought to be a limit on the number of profiles "owned" (managed), not the number in the "family".
From what I can tell, it's not a bug, they actually meant to limit basic users this badly. It says Basic members can have 100 people on their tree. New members who already have 100 relations on the tree cannot add anyone to the tree, they are stuck. In my tree close relatives that are new members couldn't even get the plus membership & do anything because there are way over 1000 people on the tree already, they would be unable to add to the tree even if they paid for it!!
Lauri, have you actually tried this, like I detailed, it doesnt work if the tree is already big.
Each free user shall have right to add 100 profiles to Geni!
Let new invited members build their own trees. When they reach the 100 member limit, merge their profiles to the bigger trees with the help from Geni pro users.
Yeah, I just tried this ... it's a pain -- and not at all what I expected to be able to do!
So, at the present time, once a "family" gets over 100 people, it has to be a "distant cousin" who fills in more of the tree (which a Plus/Pro user then 'connects') -- this limitation REALLY makes it hard for my direct cousins to fill in the details of their own family ... and I'd hope that'll change if Geni wants to grow more than just historical profiles!!
I have tried it with my tree of 3000 and it works as I said. Any new user that I invite into the tree cannot add anything - they get faced with a payment request.
I hope its a bug but I'm not holding my breath. Geni are doing some pretty crazy and silly things lately.
I haven't tried this yet ... are you saying that (currently) a new "family member" cannnot add any profiles if the existing family tree they are a part of contains over 100 profiles? If so, then that seems to be an "implementation bug" ... I would think (hope) that the intention would be that a Basic (free) member can add 100 profiles which they "own" (i.e.: manage).