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Sony Xperia S Android phone
Sony Xperia S review: A great looking smartphone that has a few annoying flaws.
- Excellent display
- Slick performance and user interface
- Decent battery life
- No expandable memory
- Terrible capacitive shortcut keys
- Still waiting for Ice Cream Sandwich
Bottom Line
The Sony Xperia S has a great screen, a very good camera and provides a slick user experience. However, it lacks expandable memory and a removeable battery, is still waiting for the latest Android software update and its capacitive shortcut buttons are unresponsive at best. Overall, the Xperia S is a great looking phone, but it could have been a much better one.
Price$ 579.00 (AUD)
Sony's Xperia S Android phone is the company's first product release following its acquisition of the Sony Ericsson joint venture last October. The Xperia S has a great screen, a good camera and looks every bit the premium device, but it has too many niggling flaws to immediately recommend.
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Not just a bland, black slab
The Xperia S is the start of a new line of Sony phones called Xperia NXT and on first glance, there is definitely a lot to like about this phone. The design is simple and elegant — it's basically a square, flat block with a curved back that gives it a unique look in an otherwise boring market of black slabs. The Xperia S is just about the perfect weight — it's light enough not to be a burden to carry around, but heavy enough that it doesn't feel like a cheap toy.
The top, bottom, back and sides of the Xperia S feature a soft feeling plastic finish which is very kind to fingerprints, though the same can't be said about the front of the handset which is a glossy fingerprint magnet. We like the well positioned power key, but both the volume and dedicated camera button should be raised more to provide better tactility. We also dislike the fiddly, flimsy feeling plastic covers that hide the HDMI and micro-USB ports on either side.
The most distinctive design feature of the Xperia S is a transparent band below the screen with back, home and menu key labels. If you look closely, you can see a grid inside the transparent bar, which Sony says is part of the Xperia S' antenna system. The band has a soft, white backlight when the screen is on which does look attractive, though the colour of the light can't be altered.
On first glance you would expect this bar to house the back, home and menu shortcut keys but this is not the case. The bar is simply a backlit label for the capacitive buttons, which are denoted by small dots above the labels. These buttons are without doubt the worst aspect of the Xperia S. In my experience they responded about one in every three presses, are poorly positioned too close to the bottom of the screen and are simply a waste of space that just makes the phone longer than it should be. We can only hope this issue is resolved in a future software update.
Even more questionable than the transparent strip is the fact that the Xperia S has a removable rear cover despite the fact you can't change the battery. There's no microSD card slot either, so we can't understand why Sony didn't just use a slot loading micro SIM card slot on the side of the device instead of a removable cover that is quite simply pointless.
The best feature of the Sony Xperia S is its 4.3in LED-backlit LCD display. It has a HD resolution of 1280x720, the same resolution as the Google's flagship Galaxy Nexus. It also has a pixels per inch (ppi) count of 342. As a comparison, the iPhone 4S's "retina" display has a lower ppi of 326, while the Galaxy Nexus also has a lower ppi of 316.
The end result of these impressive numbers is super sharp and crisp text, even when zoomed in, excellent image quality for both photo and video content and truly outstanding sunlight legibility. While the Xperia S's LCD panel might lack the true vibrant colours and excellent viewing angles that AMOLED screens are capable of, there is no doubting that this is one of the best smartphone screens we've reviewed.
The Xperia S also comes with Sony's Mobile Bravia engine feature. This is the same technology seen on previous Sony Ericsson phones like the XPERIA Arc, the XPERIA Arc S, and the XPERIA Ray. It claims to enhance sharpness, contrast and colour saturation of photos and videos while minimising digital image noise. It worked well on previous Sony Ericsson phones we tested and the same applies to the Xperia S here.
A nice touch is the fact that Sony pre-installs a screen protector on the Xperia S from the factory. It's barely noticeable unless you look really close but considering this is an extra usually bought seperately, it's a welcomed inclusion. Disappointingly, there is no ambient light sensor so the Xperia S won't adjust brightness depending on the level of light like most other smartphones do.
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The James K. Robinson Endowed Scholarship Fund Committee and Wayne State University Law School will host a special evening to celebrate the life of Jim Robinson.
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Legacy of attorney, former Wayne Law dean to be celebrated at event: School to award first James K. Robinson Scholarship at October gala
By Tom Kirvan
Legal News
Jim Robinson is coming full circle to Wayne State University Law School this fall, albeit in a posthumous way.
A former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Robinson was a stellar student at Wayne Law School, graduating magna cum laude in 1968 after earning his bachelor's degree with honors from Michigan State University three years earlier.
His Wayne Law School education set the stage for a brilliant legal career that would include stays with major firms in Detroit and Washington, D.C., career stops that were sandwiched around public service appointments as U.S. Attorney in Detroit and Assistant Attorney General with the Department of Justice.
And yet it was from 1993-98 that Robinson may have felt most at home, serving as dean of Wayne Law School, a place where he again influenced many lives and budding legal careers.
So it will be particularly fitting on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 18 at the Detroit Athletic Club that the first recipient of the James K. Robinson Scholarship to Wayne Law School will be announced. The honoree will receive a full ride scholarship to the law school from an endowed fund that was created in memory of Robinson, who died of gastrointestinal cancer last August at age 66.
The October 18 event, which will be held from 6-8 p.m. at the DAC, will be the first of an annual celebration of Robinson's life with the proceeds from the evening used to supplement the endowed scholarship fund in his name. Tickets are $150 per person and reservation information will be announced this summer.
Spearheading planning efforts for the fall gala are eight members of the Scholarship Fund Committee. They include Robinson's wife, Marietta (Marti), an attorney and former candidate for the Michigan Supreme Court; Tom Cranmer, of Miller Canfield; William Hochkammer and Bill Winsten, both of Honigman Miller; Thomas Kienbaum, of Kienbaum Opperwall; Richard Rossman, former U.S. Attorney in Detroit; Michael Silverstein, of Wayne State Law Development/Alumni Relations; and Joe Papelian, of Delphi Corp.
A native of Grand Rapids, Robinson rose to legal fame as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, earning the appointment at age 34 from President Jimmy Carter in 1977. He came to the federal post after a clerkship with Judge George Edwards of the U.S. Court of Appeals and then as an attorney with Honigman.
President of the State Bar of Michigan from 1990-91, Robinson was a revered figure in Detroit and Washington legal circles, where members of the bar and bench spoke of him as a "legal giant," a "bright light," a "scholar," a "mentor," and a man of "exceptional integrity."
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr., in a letter written shortly after Robinson's death last year, said, "Jim embodied the steady and steely resolve under pressure that we need and expect from our public servants. Every action that he took, and every decision he made, reflected his singular desire to do justice and serve the people of this nation."
His life's work and his commitment to the ideals of justice will endure through the annual scholarship award, according to his wife, Marti.
"Jim was a legal scholar and it would make him proud to know that an annual scholarship will be awarded to fund a law school education for a deserving student," she said. "That would please him a great deal."

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The fourth edition of Prof George Cartwright's monograph of aboratory methodology maintains the tradition of excellence and timeliness of its forebearers. Comprehensiveness, clarity of organization, and syntactic simplicity have been the hallmarks of all editions. I treasured my copy of the first rendition (1954); it provided an uncluttered pathway through the proliferating foliage of laboratory hematology. Other texts of similar persuasion assumed too much biochemical background or too little bench experience; most clinicians found them either incomprehensible or tedious. I suspect that is why this book was written.
By its very nature, hematology has been concerned with individual cells and their menstrum. Fortunately, blood is readily accessible and in ample volume to facilitate detailed study. It is little wonder that hematologists have led all other disciplines inside the cell in the pursuit of subcellular structures, intracellular metabolism, kinetics, etc. Diagnostic Laboratory Hematology has kept pace with the profusion of information.
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LORETTO - In a game filled with emotions and outbursts from both sides, the biggest reaction may have come from State College girls basketball coach Bethany Irwin when Altoona star Darby Lee picked up her second foul with 2:52 to play in the first quarter of the teams' District 6 Class AAAA title game Thursday at DeGol Arena.
Following Lee's offensive foul, Irwin hopped into the air, pumped both fists and her entire bench leapt to its feet in celebration. Lee sat out the rest of the half and for the final 3:58 of the third quarter after she picked up her third foul, but Lee's teammates made it almost not matter.
With Sarah and Lauren Donley leading the way, the Lady Lions connected on six 3-pointers and stayed within five points heading into the final quarter.
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Altoona seniors McKenzie Hatch (left) and Lauren Donley walk off the court disappointed after Thursday night's season-ending loss to State College.
Lee returned and dominated portions of the game, even helping Altoona take a one-point lead with 42.2 seconds left, before State College regained its composure and secured a 60-57 victory and the district championship.
"I thought our team responded well," Altoona coach Jill Helsel said. "When your inside player is in foul trouble and not in the game, other people have to come in the game, and they stepped up.
"Ashley Muffie went in and did a great job. Rachel Dibert went in and did a great job on Kyla Irwin, and they held their own while [Lee] was out."
"It's always difficult, especially when you get that many fouls early in the game," Lee said. "I just had to sit on the bench and cheer for the team and be positive. They played very well and played awesome to keep us in it."
Lee finished the game with 26 points and eight rebounds despite missing 14 minutes and 50 seconds of game time in the 32-minute contest. Her game-high total brought her career total to 1,013 points. After being pulled in the third quarter with three fouls, Lee returned to begin the fourth and didn't pick up her fourth until 12 seconds remained the game. While playing the entire fourth quarter, Lee scored 13 points.
"My hat's off to Darby Lee," Bethany Irwin said. "She played a phenomenal game. It seemed like she didn't miss a shot. Every time she went out with foul trouble, I thought we'd make a run, and we didn't make a run.
"I'm just really proud of the way the girls finished and did what we had to do at the end of the game to finish strong."
Following Lee's layup with 42.2 seconds left, State College turned to its own star forward, Kyla Irwin. Irwin, who led the Lady Little Lions with 24 points and 12 rebounds, backed in and made a layup with 32 seconds left, but Altoona still had two chances to take the lead back.
With 22.3 seconds left, Lee's pass was deflected out of bounds. Altoona (10-12) attempted to inbound the ball and turned it over but managed a jump ball to get the ball back with 16 seconds left.
Following a timeout, the inbounds pass went to Sarah Donley who appeared to draw contact near the sideline. The ruling was that Donley dribbled the ball out of bounds, and State College (17-7) took over as Helsel vehemently protested the call to the officials.
Irwin was fouled by Lee and made two free throws to put the Lady Little Lions ahead by three with 12 seconds left. After a couple passes beyond the arc, McKenzie Hatch drove to the basket and took a shot with less than 2 seconds left, attempting to draw contact. The shot, and the Lady Lions' chance at a district title, came up short.
"We had a four-guard offense in there and wanted to penetrate and kick it to the open person," Helsel said. "We kind of overloaded one side a little too much, but we just didn't get the shot off."
Jalyn Shelton-Burleigh added 10 points and 12 rebounds for State College, including a hook shot with a minute to play that gave the Lady Little Lions a one-point lead before Lee's layup.
"My J-Train, I love that kid," Bethany Irwin said. "She plays hard, and she's really helped out. People can't concentrate on just Kyla."
Sarah Donley finished with 15 points. Her sister, Lauren, Hatch and Lee all played in their final high school game.
"They had their backs against the wall and came back and took the lead," Helsel said. "If we don't make a couple mistakes, we win the game.
"The quickness of McKenzie Hatch, the inside presence of Darby Lee and the outside shooting of Lauren Donley will be missed. All three brought key intangibles to our offense we'll have to find a way to replace."
Lee will continue her basketball career at Division I Hartford next season.
"We had a great season," Lee said. "It sucks that it ends this early. I know they are going to do great things, and I just hope I can play well at Hartford."
STATE COLLEGE (60): Irwin 9 6-7 24, Treglia 5 2-2 12, Mahon 1 1-2 3, King 5 1-5 11, Shelton-Burleigh 5 0-0 10, Hurley 0 0-0 0. Totals - 25 10-16 60.
ALTOONA (57): Darby Lee 9 8-8 26, Hatch 1 0-0 2, L. Donley 3 1-2 9, Dibert 0 2-2 2, S. Donley 4 4-4 15, Muffie 0 0-0 0, Caracciolo 0 0-0 0, Knab 1 0-0 3. Totals - 18 13-14 57.
State College15 12 16 17 - 60
Altoona15 9 14 19 - 57
3-point goals: State College: none; Altoona 6 (S. Donley 3, L. Donley 2, Knab).
Records: State College (17-7); Altoona (10-12).
Officials: Terri Piatak, Sue Kovensky, Vicki Markowitz.


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Opinion: Ethiopia and Kenya help dismember Somalia
By Martin Plaut Published 03 September 2013
New Statesman
A new deal has recognised Jubaland, a strip of land in southern Somalia and bordering on Kenya and Ethiopia, as yet another quasi-independent entity in the region.
After nine days of late night meetings and plenty of arm-twisting, the fragile government of Somalia was finally forced to accept that a further slice of its territory had slipped beyond its control. The deal, signed in Addis Ababa, recognised Jubaland as yet another quasi-independent entity. This strip of land in southern Somalia and bordering on Kenya and Ethiopia, it is the illegitimate heir of both of these countries.
Jubaland is of critical importance to the whole of southern Somalia. Trade through the port and airport of Kismaayo is a lifeline for the region. In theory Jubaland will be the 'Interim Juba Administration' and last for just two years, while Somalia re-forms itself into a Federation. In reality it is now outside Mogadishu's control – just like those other fragments of Somalia, including Puntland, Galmadug and the self-declared independent state of Somaliland.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who was only sworn in as Somali president a year ago, was unable to resist the intense pressure of his neighbours and agreed to the deal. The entire sorry saga was witnessed by Nicholas Kay, the UN's Special Representative in Somalia; welcomed by Catherine Ashton for the European Union and supported by the African Union. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, the South African chair of African Union described the agreement as "historic", declaring [2]that it was "a further illustration of the capacity of the Somalis to triumph over their differences."
It is hard to see what there was to welcome.
The deal officially recognises Ahmed Mohamed Islam (known, like all Somalis by a nickname - 'Madobe') as the 'leader' of Jubaland. Yet only a month earlier Sheikh Madobe was described in a major UN report [3] as a "spoiler" and one of the chief threats to Somali stability.
The Sheikh was said to be "subverting the efforts of the Federal Government leadership and its partners to extend the reach of Government authority and stabilise the country, particularly in Kismaayo."
What the Baroness Ashton and her colleagues have done is anoint a man who has been roundly denounced by the Monitoring Group, established by the UN Security Council. Its July report pointed out that the Sheikh had been a member of the short-lived Union of Islamic Courts, which was ousted by Ethiopia during its 2006 invasion of Somalia. What happened next is interesting. As the report puts it: "Madobe's forces returned to Kismayo in August 2008, when Al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam recaptured the city following the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia." At this time the Sheikh Madobe was a key player in the al-Qaeda linked network. But, as is ever the case in Somalia, clan and inter-clan rivalry came into play and the Sheikh fell out with his former allies. He threw in his lot with the African peacekeepers and the Federal Government. But Sheikh Madobe did not cut his ties with al-Sabaab altogether and the UN report accuses him of continuing the export of charcoal from territory controlled by the Islamists – a trade long since outlawed by the UN because of its catastrophic impact on the Somali environment.
Under the new arrangement the Sheikh retains the port and the airport, although he is required to hand control to the Federal Government within six months. Since this would cut his income and hence his power, there seems little chance of the handover ever taking place.
The outcome has been a triumph for Somalia's neighbours, even though Kenya and Ethiopia will continue to vie for influence [4] in this critical part of the country.
The Kenyan foreign ministry has long seen the establishment of a buffer state along its northern border as vital to its security interests. Thanks to Wikileaks, we know that Kenya's Foreign Minister, Moses Wetangula, practically begged the United States for its support when he saw Johnnie Carsons, President Obama's most senior US Africa official, in January 2010. The Kenyans were requesting backing for an invasion of Somalia to create Jubaland, but the Americans were far from keen.
As the confidential embassy telex puts it: "Carson tactfully, but categorically refused the Kenyan delegation's attempts to enlist US Government support for their effort." It was, said the telex, the third time Wetangula had made the appeal, but Carsons resisted, pointing out – rightly – that "the initiative could backfire." Critically, Carsons warned that: "if successful, a Lower Juba entity could emerge as a rival to the TFG" (Somalia's Transitional Federal Government). This is exactly what has now come about.
Brushing these concerns aside, Kenya sent its troops into Somalia in October 2011 [5]. As predicted, they found it very heavy going and it was to take almost a year before al-Shabaab were driven from Kismaayo [6].
For the Ethiopians, the establishment of Jubaland is a further fragmentation of Somalia, its sworn enemy since the Somalis invaded their country in 1977. It was an attack that is imprinted on Ethiopian memories, fuelling a determination to see the end of a powerful, centralised Somali state.
As if the situation was not complicated enough, newly created Jubaland could be sitting on reserves of oil. Several fields have been detected in the waters along the Kenya-Somali border, but, like many African frontiers, the location of the border is a matter of dispute. The Somali government refuses to recognise oil licenses granted to multinational companies by Kenya, and has persuaded several oil-majors, including Total and the Norwegian state owned Statoil, to withdraw their claims. But, said the UN in July, the Italian firm, ENI, was still pressing ahead with its claims.
As Jonnie Carsons remarked in 2010, Jubaland "raises more questions than it answers."
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"This strip of land in southern Somalia and bordering on Kenya and Ethiopia, it is the illegitimate heir of both of these countries."
what does the above quote mean?
Let there be no denying History, it is actually Mengistu who di-stablized Somalia for good bombarding Mogadishu through air raids,effectively weakening Siad Barre and his army for good and making them easier target for challenge to his internal rivals and warlords. Many don't know these facts because for some reason the west media largely has decided to ignore the vents.
But who is to blame for all the problems Somalia is having? who made a critical mistake of invading another country (Ethiopia) and attempt to take land by force? In fact no one other than the boastful Said Barre and his army!
The dismemberment of the country is the after effect of the brutal wars waged with Ethiopia. When one, let alone go to war, loses a war there will be always be great consequences, from killing each other to splintering apart over decays and centuries.
In fact it may also be the reason why we have a our own dismemberment up north and we have idiots like Addis Zefen Fart claiming to be Ethiopian.
What do mean it does mean? It is simple suggestion. It means the said strip of land or area is neither belongs to Kenya nor Ethiopia and they should refrain to meddle its affairs. It has been part of Somali territory legally, historically and administrative wise. And still it belongs to the newly formed Somali government and its up to it to stabilize and make whatever political decisions needed to administer peacefully. Need more and easy explanation than that?
The balkanization of Somalia is not in the best long term interest of Ethiopia as much as Balkanization of Ethiopia is not in long term interest of Somalia. Dealing with one strong democratically elected government is much easier than dealing with several little fiefdoms with their own army and Militia.
I wouldn't be surprised if Woyanes were the one hatching these ideas. Why not, if they can make their own country land locked, I am sure they will not hesitate to do it to others. They only look after their short term interest to extend their life.
The so called Au is just a bunch of dictators representative with modern suite and smuggling business. The main purpose of Au is to unite the continent with old pan Africa vision once the pioneers like HAILE selase of Ethiopia, Ghana ,and others struggled to bring unity and but here we have western nation dividing us into small tribal clan based 21st century modern colonial mapping. Are we all so stupid that what we are witnessing in today's Somalia is a copy of what took place in southern Sudan where the western fanatic rich Christians extremist supported and succeeded in creating their own interest new christian based south Sudan. From 100% anaemic religion 1970 to 89% Protestant the new south
Sudan. And here we are again a tiny region of Somalia remapped by western new colonial into pieces and this is just a begging of remapping Africa into 21st century modern colonial mapping. AU is not aware of this new western strategy but they have become a servant of this modern colonial apparatus. Like the Turks and Indies served their master during colonial era in begging of 19 century to colonise Africa and here we are witnessing how the AU turn to become a 21century mercenary to serve as a slave to western modern colonialist strategy. What I see is a remapping of Africa b former colonialist supported by UN and AU. What a stupid organisation.
What is recently happening actually in Somalia is the reflexion of the institution of a
New Neo Colonialism System in Africa .As did happen by the past decades in Central Africa by the desmanteling of the Congo Republic .The recent situation in Lybia and the desmanteling of the Sudan .The opportunist bandas and the Fools dealing with the Agazi Bandits must meditate on the Future of the Country .For more information I invite all of you to Watch these links :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG4yS3lFVW8 and :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsU43BCIKWc .
Martin Plaut wrote this article on Somalia's recent history and the Jubaland initiative, taking the time to demonize Ethiopia, Kenya and the west at every opportunity and failed to mention once Eritrea's highly destructive crucial role or the 2011 famine which was worsened by Al Shabab banning all foreign aid workers and orgs.
This looks more like an article written by Thomas C Mountain, that white boy BBC reject who moved to Eritrea, nailed an Eritrean babe and now lives there writing pieces for Shabia.
Somalia doesnt need Martin Plaut to tell them about what has happened in their own country. Let the millions of starving Somali women and children who were dying from famine and al shabab suicide bombs speak for themselves. Refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya provided them shelter, safety, food and healthcare unable in their own destroyed country. Al shabab used to control the whole country. In the end it was Kenya and Ethiopian military that have effectively wiped out al shabab and sent them from sitting proudly in the cities to hiding in the jungles. Let the people of Baidoa and Beledweyne in the Bay and Hiraan regions of Somalia recall of their lives under Al Shabab. Public beheadings, lashings stonings, a terrorized population. This all ended in early 2012 when Ethiopian soldiers banished Al shabab from these areas.
Today Somalia has gone from hell on earth to a fragmented stability. At least diasporans are now dreaming of returning home and opening businesses. This stability is due to the sacrifices of Ethiopian Kenyan AU and TFG forces.
Martin Plaut's tired Siad Barre era rambling is out of touch with Somalia of 2013.
If it wasnt for her neighbours Somalia would have been dismantled and destroyed by western oil oligarchs (after oil discoveries in Puntland 2012). In history its the white colonizers of England and Italy who dismembered and divided Somalia.
And for Martin Plaut to claim we are deeply wounded with the 77 Ogaden war imprinted in our minds, just know that the majority of Ethiopians are under 30 years of age and werent even born then. This generation of Ethiopians only knows of Somalia from seeing their refugees at the Addis Ababa immigration office near Bherawi and Legare.
We have no hate nor ill wishes for them. Martin Plaut and like minded trash westerners need to back off. Hes trying to create hate amongst our ppls. Africa for Africans. Not for stinky hate infested snobby Brits.
This is the first of the good news coming from that wretched piece of desert; the rest will follow when all these primitive bandits split up into their natural conclaves as roaming clans!! Good riddance!!
walya& lucy
what a beautiful comment, well done
@ the intruder C'est moi senait
U are a mysterious individual who has since hijacked the real Senait's pen name and churns out many disgusting comments on her behalf.
It is quite depressing to observe many an indvidual like this above one who lack self confidence to declare their own self identity.
Why do you want to opt for cover under her stinky skirt? Have you already taken a useless lesson from wimp-Shaebiya like they used to do it hiding themselves under the skirts of Somalia's women?
Trust yourself & show your guts! YeMatireba Geriba, anten bilo Arada – Idiot!
One Stronge Somalia will soon in the middle of Savagery Tigrai stage.We believe the only cancer we have in our blood are Tigrai Weyane and As a Somalia nationalist one we shall over come in this trubble area toghter .Hurry man boys.
Wasting your time on YouTube and inviting us to do the same is the ultimate example of your stupidity. YouTube is a great source of music video,other than that valueless self-indulgent crap posted by losers,low lives and moronic people like you.
The new autonomous Jubaland's leader Madobe and his militia are mainly Ogaden Clan members. So once they lay their hands on the sea and air port of Kismayo, that will be end of Ethiopian grip on south eastern part of Ethiopia( Ogaden Region) and ultimately the break-up of the so called Ethiopia. So what goes around comes around. Those of you who are jubilant about the sad saga of Somalia's dismemberment and Sudan should think again. Be careful of what you wish for, it could come back to bite you. Person in a glass house shouldn't start throwing stones about.
It is good to live in unison with respect and love provided that all are treated equal with their human right intact. All of us are of mankind and all land and the universe belong to all.
The notion of"Dismembering Somalia."
At first place the writer should read the history books.
Somalia as whole was the part of ancient Abyssinia in bible and Quran in 500 years ago.
Second, the region you talking Juba
or Jubaland was part of East African colony of Germans before the Second World war. but, part of Italian colony of Southern Somalia after Germans were defeated.
Again, Ethiopia and Kenya never claimed any part of what was called Somalia, when Somalia was united from 1960 - 1999.
Somalia was only state which claiming ownership of the parts of Ethiopia,Kenya and whole Republic of D'Jabuti. And that was what the wars were about. Now, it is Somali choice to be free from each other.
For example Somaliland Republic which is now its own sovereign country used to be part of Somalia and before 1960 it was different country.
So, if you are Somalia or its lover don't blame anybody with your own problems.
What this really means is the trend that shows the greater Somalia since the departure of Ziad Bare, going to be devided into many regions each being controlled by a clan leader!!!
It is the new desease facing all non developed nations all over the world.
It decimats any country throwing it's citiznes to an abyss of economic and social hell
Let us all hope this is not contagious to our homeland.
We have already witnessed the symptom thanks to the late "devil" Shifta meles the Chenawi, who carved Eritrea away
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GERRARDSTOWN — Alexis Dutko loves to teach — and it shows, especially when she's talking about her fourth-grade students at Mountain Ridge Intermediate School....
Yes, I am very aware of all the amendments. Just remember your job, your skills, and your knowledge all came to you because a teacher had a hand in it. Oh, an the people who you do trust like your bankers, doctors, lawyers, and even those people who serve food all learned from a teacher.
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Majoritarian, If you think you can do that job better, please go apply! Policy 5000 and the new evaluation process would have you on your unethical butt in less than a year. You have no clue, why because your too busy getting up at the crack of dawn to bust the chops of everything good that someone in this community does. If it's not City PD, it's teachers, or City Council. I have held my tongue way too long. My grandma raised me to respect my elders, but if you do not give respect, then you don't deserve it. You make me want to fill my pockets full of glitter and whenever you make a comment that is really stupid or rude I want to release the glitter above your head and shower it like a baptism of stupid. Everyone has the right to be stupid, but you abuse this privilege.
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"Plus an average of 2 hours a day longer of "extra" work 400.." not hardly...i live within spitting distance of a school...the vast majority of teachers are getting here when buses arrive, and leave immediately after the buses pull out in the afternoons....extra hrs my eye...PTA meetings are short and sweet,when they hold them.....teachers today are NOT as dedicated as those in the past:generalization, but accurate...
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Ourchildren : your math is wrong.
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Our childrenourstate. Teachers go into the profession knowing they won't be vacationing in the French riveria. They will probably have a obx sticker on their Subaru. Teachers in west by god will make less. Virginia and Maryland have more moolah. Also a higher cost of living. Before teachers unions make their push for more green maybe they should get out of the bottom 10 in education rankings first. Kind of like going to a steakhouse ordering a bone in ribeye for 35 bucks and getting sirloin tips. Scores come up,graduation rates go up and higher levels of comprehension. Those things equal more money. That's unfair I know parents look to pass the buck,but life isn't fair. Also though some of these states people like to bring up cant afford to pay their teachers and are in the red with pensions. So let's not get to envious.
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Calculate it: teachers work 200 days X 8 hours a day 1600. Plus an average of 2 hours a day longer of "extra" work 400. = 2000 hours a year....Reg employee 261 hours -14 (two weeks vacation) = 217 days x8= 1976 hours a year. MMMM Summers off , RIGHT?!
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Wow. Some people have gotten really off base. Retirement????? We are talking about retaining Highly Qualified teachers in the classroom for our children. We spent millions of dollars to have businesses to come to our state. Why don't they come ...poor education and lack of qualified teachers. Come on . It is a win win situation. By the way I know a teacher who has to work two jobs ,plus comes home at night and usually puts in 2-3 hours on grading, lesson planning, and calling parents. Summers off ? Really? An who punches your clock in and out! enjoy your evening! Get off the retirement thing. It is not about that!
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Can we all guess who major blames? Anyone......anyone? One day I'm a liberal and the next conservative. I can live with that.
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I remember last time. It was painful.
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Interstatecommuter38: You right about that. It did once before.
EmadErton - "Leeroy, you are way off base regarding the fire fee but to each his own."
Well, I guess WV State Code 33-3-33 doesn't exist. And it is the Fire and Caauality Tax, not the fire fee. Two separate accounts.
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Hey leeroy you better keep a close eye on that 401k. When that fed stops pumping the 40billion a month and interest rates creep upwards the stock market will correct itself and your 401k will turn into a 201k real quick.
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Leeroy, you are way off base regarding the fire fee but to each his own. Just remember: You ultimately pay for what you get. You want better education, then pay the money to get people back in WV and provide them with an incentive to come here as opposed to going to Loudan, Washington County MD, and other parts of DMV. You can't have it both ways.
But by all means, focus on the days and the weekends that teachers get off.
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I'm a teacher from iran,my pay is just 250$ in month guys! :)
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EmadErton; So you believe its ok for the teachers to use the fire and casuality insurance fee to fund their retirement that go to help protect people from emergencies? Next time someone complains about the county fire service, they should ask a teacher. What that says is teachers believes their retirement is more important then public safety. So no, I say go somewhere else for your money and if not, get a summer job during your summer vacation. After all, companies always say, if you don't like it here, leave!!!
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Contrary One; I am lucky to have a pension and a 401k and let me tell ya, the 401k is great. I would take the 401k any day of the week over the pension. Due to newer pension rules, I do not receive all my pension unless I work into full retirement. If I leave say at 55, I loose 75% of the pension. My 401k and Roth account, I can have at 59 1/2. If someone is worried that they would loose their money due to the market, their are options that allow safe keeping of the 401k funds where you can place your money. I didn't know much about stocks and mutual funds but Since the early 90's, I now have amassed s 7 digit 401k.
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"Our state is a laughingstock nationwide in a number of categories."
Yes, but don't forget WHO has put WV and WV teachers is the positions we are in. BINGO, the DEMOCRATS of coarse,after all they have had "carte blanche" in this state for years and years. Also, for the record I fully support MORE PAY FOR the teachers. That could easily be achieved by cutting down on the overload of administrators and giving the teachers who are in the classrooms that money. Oh, by the way, my daughter is a teacher.
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Would you teach if you had to put up with most of the previous 98 comments? It's not the students or the pay, IT'S YOU!
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Sure you read about subjects to learn and help form a opinion. You don't though make the article itself your opinion and constantly lead off with the authors opinion as your own. There are also a lot of moral issues and general knowledge issues that you should be able to form a opinion on your own. Is that more clear?
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" I prefer to hear ones own opinions" you must base your opinion on something. If you don't read what do you base it on?
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Much of the decline in retirement security is due to the shift in the private sector from providing retirement benefits through traditional pensions, which guaranteed a lifetime stream of income at retirement, to less secure individual retirement accounts" This is not limit to the private sector. But what happens when these companies go bankrupt or when governments, like WV, fail to fund these obligations. The person who said WV is taking from one fund and putting in the teachers retirement fund, where were you when WV failed to fund teachers retirement or when they stole from the horsemen? Remember the old saying when they came for the Jews, I wasn't one .......
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"most individuals are simply not trained to do this" This is the fallacy in this.
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to stick around there. And guess what? That means that your child, grandchild, or future productive member of society in WV is falling behind because the young blood of teaching is going elsewhere.
Our state is a laughingstock nationwide in a number of categories. Education is obviously not the only one included in that, but it seems to be the most controversial. As we continue to attack the education system in our state, we will also continue to be dead last in nearly everything but the percentage of people that are at risk of having a heart attack before age 50. I'm sure glad my health teacher talked to me in high school about the risks of not eating right.
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Leeroy - Your comments in this forum are disturbing and you represent a subset of people that drag this state down. The whole, "Let's not compete with other states. We can just do our own mediocre thing and that is fine. If you want to have better, go somewhere else!" Yeah - that works. Why not try to provide better for the people that are willing to be here? Probably because of those potholes that need fixed up on Queen Street.
Major - You have been so far off base in most of your comments that your political agenda not only bleeds through onto the screen, but it might as well be the only thing beside your name. The pay AND the kids in Northern Virginia are pretty good. In fact, affluent suburban DC neighborhoods produce some of the best academic kids you will ever find. The schools are brand new, the classrooms are outfitted with new technology, and the parents take an interest in their kids. When young people go to Loudan to work, they combine that and the pay and decide
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Is anyone writing this down. These pearls of wisdom.
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So basically after years of practicing source versus your source. Then arguing in circles uselessly for hours. I prefer to hear ones own opinion. Not the search engine bingo that some try to pass off as their own analysis. What im saying is empirical data volleys that are others partisans studies that have been searched out on the vast net get to be redundant. A orginal thought is so much more interesting. That is why I have always resorted to what some would call insults to quickly is because of the plague of online plagerism by folks who think nobody notices it.
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Violence In My Backyard: Why I Refuse To Live In FearEllen Seidman
The mother in the green dress getting attacked in a home invasion could have been any one of us moms.
The neatly-kept living room, with an Olivia cartoon on the TV, could have been any one of our living rooms.
The 3-year-old girl on the couch, paralyzed with fear, could have been any one of our kids.
The video of the home invasion in New Jersey, caught on a nanny cam, went viral last week and horrified the country. Our family was on vacation when I heard about it. I hesitated before I clicked on the video; I knew what I'd see would forever remain lodged in my mind. But I watched. I couldn't help it: That home invasion happened close to where we live.
I did not personally know this mom, but I could easily have. Like me, she's a working mom with two kids in a nice suburban neighborhood. The intruder repeatedly punched her. He kicked her in the face. He threw her down the basement stairs. She suffered a concussion, bruises, chipped teeth and cuts around her mouth. I heard her talking on the news, her face off camera; she said she had purposely not resisted her attacker, because she did not want to traumatize her little girl.
How could this have happened?
This summer, it's ten years since we moved to our house. There have been daytime burglaries over the years in the area, and a few home invasions in surrounding areas. In general, violent crime are rare where we live. After a robbery on our block years ago, I started a Neighborhood Watch Group. The police let me know if there were any incidents—say, a rash of bicycle thefts—and I'd alert the group. The police encouraged us to keep an eye on each other's homes. If you see something weird, they said, don't hesitate to call the precinct.
Over the years, I've called the police when I've seen the occasional stranger wandering around, or a workman who didn't have an official vehicle parked nearby. But the watch group had fallen to the wayside in the last couple of years; just last month, a sergeant had gotten in touch to let me know about a couple of robberies, and to tell me to remind neighbors that the police offered free home security checks.
And now, the home invasion. The creep boldly kicked down the back door, in the morning. Our area had never seen a crime of this caliber, a shocking, senseless beating by an intruder in front of a child, no less. People in a local mom group I'm part of shared information on where to drop off meals for the family. Local businesses and individuals contributed toward the reward money for tips leading to an arrest. I couldn't get the incident out of my head the entire vacation, and kept obsessively checking the news.
Friday evening, cops arrested Shawn Custis, 42, in New York City. The guy has 12 felony convictions dating back to the 1990s, reports say. He faces charges of first-degree attempted murder, first-degree robbery, second-degree burglary and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. I felt relieved—especially for the poor mom, because at least she'd have the peace of mind knowing her attacker had been caught.
As we drove back into our neighborhood after vacation, the pleasures of suburbia greeted us. We passed kids playing in the street. I waved to a cluster of neighbors talking on a corner. The blue hydrangeas in our front yard were in full bloom. This is the neighborhood I adore, the house of my dreams. And I decided then and there that I was not going to be afraid.
I keep thinking back to the criminology class I took in college, and the discussion we had one day about how there's no such thing as a "safe" neighborhood. As much as we like to think of our homes as a haven, crime happens; to pretend otherwise is to live in a fairytale. I've gotten a bit complacent over the years, not even bothering to turn on our home security system, but now we will. We've activated the little chime that tinkles whenever anyone comes in and out of a door. I'm also going to reinvigorate our Neighborhood Watch Group, starting with a meeting with that sergeant about safety tips and what to do if you confront an intruder. And, of course, I've reminded the kids about steering clear of strangers.
To date, the police have yet to release further details about the crime. Local moms haven't stopped buzzing about it. This attack, some said, had seemed personal; instead of telling the woman to stay put, the jerk kept coming after her. "He spent more time beating her than robbing her," someone noted on a message board. He seemed to know the layout of the home, another person mentioned. The woman's nanny had called in sick that day, the rumor was. And she had a nanny cam. Perhaps this wasn't a random attack but retribution of sorts, some wondered. Others pointed out that it's natural to try and make this seem like a targeted crime, as a way of reassuring ourselves, but that it wasn't likely the perp knew the victim.
I keep thinking of this mother, and fervently hope she will manage to get past this. I pray that her daughter is not emotionally scarred for life. But I refuse to let one Bad Guy destroy the serenity of my life in the home and neighborhood I love.
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Tons of one-of-a-kind antiques are on sale at Renningers Market near Kutztown.
Folks from all over the country are selling crafts and antiques as part of the summer Antique Extravaganza in Maxatawny Township.
Thursday was early buyers day. The event will be open to everyone else Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.
One vendor works with demolition crews on the things he sells.
"The stars that we do are corrugated tin roofing. The frames that we make are German siding off housing and buildings," said Jaycee Chamberlain. "We'll take demo jobs like this and turn 'em back in to where they're functional again.
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The current year KTM 990 SM T unites a jazzy, high-precision chassis with a progressive V2 engine, a frame-anchored fairing, nice comfort and a sensitively regulation ABS system. The DOHC twin offers a selection between full-on power for vigorous throttle-twisting or refined power for creating progress with ease. This arrangement has given rise to a singular combination of tourer, racer and town bike. In short: a long-distance Super moto that mixes sports talent with endurance, comfort and quality for everyday use.
The frame-anchored fairing on the 990 SM T provides effective protection from the wind and weather and accommodates a clearly structured Multi-function cockpit that provides the rider with all essential info. The fuel tank with a capability of nineteen l ensures an extended helpful operating vary.
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The dis-connectable dual-circuit ABS system developed in cooperation with Bosch offers glorious protection against over-braking, whereas maintaining the total impact and excellent feedback of a real sports brake because of terribly fine sensors. advisement no quite one kilo, the ABS system thus permits very jazzy braking. And sets standards within the bar of unintentional endos.
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Design -2-cylinder 4-stroke Otto motor, 75° V arrangement, water-cooled
Displacement -999 cm³ (60.96 cu in)
Bore -101 mm (3.98 in)
Stroke -62.4 mm (2.457 in)
Performance -85 kW (114 hp)
Cold start device -Electric starter
Transmission -6-gears, claw-shifted
Engine lubrication -Dry sump lubrication system with two rotor pumps
Primary transmission -35:67
Secondary drive ratio -17:41
Fork -WP Suspension Up Side Down
Shock absorber -WP Suspension Mono shock
Suspension travel Front -160 mm (6.3 in)
Suspension travel Rear -180 mm (7.09 in
Brake discs - -diameter Front 305 mm (12.01 in)
Brake discs - -diameter Rear 240 mm (9.45 in)
Chain -5/8 x 5/16 X-ring
Steering head angle -65.6°
Wheelbase -1,505±15 mm (59.25±0.59 in)
Ground clearance, -unloaded 195 mm (7.68 in)
Seat height, unloaded -855 mm (33.66 in)
Total fuel tank capacity, -approx 19 l (5 US gal)
Super unleaded -ROZ 95/RON 95/PON 91
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Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates after taking the wicket of NZ skipper Ross Taylor for seven runs. (AFP)
Team India celebrate after defeating New Zealand by an innings and 115 runs. (AFP)
Kane Williamson raises his bat after scoring a half-century. (AFP)
Cheteshwar Pujara falls to the ground after being hit by the ball. (AFP)
Ross Taylor reacts after being bowled by R Ashwin for paltry seven runs. (AFP)
Umesh Yadav celebrates after getting rid of the well-settled Brendon McCullum for 42 runs. (AFP)
Kane Williamson provides New Zealand a steady start on an overcast morning. (AFP)
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It's all a matter of perspective. The year 2014 might have been a great one for you. Or it could have been hell. I hope for your sake it was the former rather than the latter, but either way it's a good time to look back — and forward.
Politically, it was a rough year for the Democrats, both here in New Mexico and in the halls of Congress. Gary King got trounced in November, but we all pretty much knew that was going to happen. It must have been a tough, tough year for the retiring attorney general, as he started out behind and lost ground from there.
By Rick Kraft
Do you bring about positive change in the life you live? When you go to bed at night, is the world a better place than it was when you woke up because of some action or actions you took during the day?
Do you have the ability to take a negative thrown at you and respond with a positive? Are you able to bring about positive change to those around you without yourself being consumed?
Maybe you are a catalyst. Maybe you are a catalyst for change.
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Houston Chronicle on the border being more secure than it was a decade ago (Dec. 17):
Texas Department of Public Safety chief Steve McCraw said recently his agency will install 4,000 cameras along the Rio Grande, the state's 1,254-mile border with Mexico, as part of the ongoing "border surge" against illegal immigration.
When was the last time someone from another state failed to realize that we New Mexicans also live in a state? No doubt at least once you've been asked what the rate of exchange is for pesos and real dollars, or whether one needs a passport to enter the borders of this untamed land.
It's almost laughable, the way Americans just can't win with gasoline prices. If they go up, it's money out of our pockets, and if they go down, it's money out of our investments.
The New York Times on airfares going up despite the dip in oil prices (Dec. 15).
Oil prices have fallen by about half since June, making it much cheaper just in time for drivers to fill up their cars for Christmas travel. But the decline in oil prices has had made no perceptible difference on the cost of flying. Fares are up from earlier this year, and many airlines are still levying significant fuel surcharges on the tickets they sell.
What were they thinking? They are young — probably pre-pubescent — boys who almost caused my workout partner to reduce Las Vegas' population by three.
Let me explain:
Since moving to New Mexico a decade ago, I've had a lot of family and friends come out for a visit, and they're often quite curious about this land and its people.
On such occasions, I like to play tour guide, taking my visitors around to see various historic and cultural sites, all while bending their ears with what I've learned over the years about my adopted state and its citizenry.
By Susan Boe
Day in and day out, the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government is on the front lines, supporting the public's right to know. FOG has been educating, advocating and litigating for transparency and accountability in our government for almost 25 years.
The Plattsburgh Press-Republican, of Albany, NY, on new college campus policies on consenting to sexual encounters (Dec. 6):
Maybe this will help. At least it's a step in the right direction.
For decades, college students had a wink and a nod governing their sexual conduct on and off campus. If the woman didn't scream too loudly, convention said, it must have meant she approved of the groping male's efforts.
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On Tuesday morning, RadioShack (NASDAQOTH: RSHCQ ) posted yet another quarter of glum earnings results. Comparable-store sales dropped by 7% due to declines in consumer electronics and mobility (two of RadioShack's three product groups). Pre-tax income of $3 million in the fourth quarter was significantly below fourth-quarter 2011 pre-tax income of $18 million, and unimpressive for what is usually a seasonally strong quarter.
For the full year, RadioShack lost $139 million; excluding taxes, the loss was $114 million. While RadioShack has a relatively strong balance sheet and trades below book value, the company has been destroying value at an alarming rate. RadioShack has hired a new CEO, but we don't know yet whether he will be able to craft a new strategy that turns RadioShack's business around. Until RadioShack shows some positive momentum, investors should steer clear of this value trap.
Cutting losses -- but not fast enough
On the earnings conference call, CFO Dorvin Lively noted that weak trends have continued into the current quarter, and he projected that RadioShack will see more earnings pressure in the first half of 2013. RadioShack has particularly suffered over the past two years from a deterioration in wireless gross margin. While the effects of that deterioration started to level off in the fourth quarter, management expects sequential margin erosion this quarter.
To combat the poor profitability of the wireless business, RadioShack recently announced that it is exiting its partnership with Target (NYSE: TGT ) effective April 8. Since 2009, RadioShack has operated "Target Mobile" kiosks inside Target stores to sell postpaid phones and wireless contracts. This business was supposed to boost RadioShack's growth, but was consistently unprofitable.
The Target Mobile division lost $37.5 million in 2012, so exiting this business should improve RadioShack's financial position. However, that represents only about one-third of RadioShack's total pre-tax loss of $114 million, so the company will need significant improvements elsewhere to return to profitability. An additional worrisome prospect is that inventories grew by $164 million in 2012, despite declining sales. The loss of Target Mobile sales may make it hard to move RadioShack's current inventory without resorting to discounts that further pressure gross margin in 2013.
Book value: A moving target
For value investors, the attractive thing about RadioShack is that it is trading significantly below tangible book value of $562 million ($5.61 per share). However, it is worth noting that book value dropped by more than $150 million in 2012 alone. With more losses projected for the next few quarters, RadioShack's book value is quickly being eaten up by operating losses. As a result, book value does not provide RadioShack shareholders much of a safety net.
It is possible that new CEO Joseph Magnacca can turn the RadioShack business around. However, until he creates a turnaround plan and demonstrates its promise, the risks to owning RadioShack appear to be greater than the rewards.
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Looking for a fun diversion on a sunny summer afternoon? If you live in Boston, check out the city's online solar map, which shows the solar power projects, large and small, that have been installed throughout the city. You'll be astonished, as I was, to see how many of your workaday neighbors have gone solar — and not just in the city's urban hipster quarters. The Renew Boston website includes an interactive tool that lets you estimate how much solar potential is on your own roof, and how much money (not to mention greenhouse gas and toxic particulate matter) you could save by making the switch.


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The tests, which took place in October 2012, included thirteen anti-virus products and focused on how well the software could remove malware. Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2013 finished in first place, earning Advanced+ status, AV-Comparatives' highest rating.
The product received a score of 94 points out of a possible 100, successfully removing all 14 malware samples used by the experts. The only minor blemish, which denied Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2013 a 100 per cent score, was caused by some difficulty in removing the toughest malware samples. One was removed by the product, but a few fragments (executable files, MBR and/or registry changes) remained. Another sample was eliminated with help from the Rescue Disc. Only three of the other twelve rival solutions managed to detect and remove all the malware samples.
Oleg Ishanov, Head of Anti-Malware Research, Kaspersky Lab commented;"According to AV Comparatives, the main aim of these tests was to demonstrate that professional antivirus products need to do far more than merely delete malicious files. We are pleased to reaffirm that our consumer product has once again fulfilled the expectations of the experts and proven its high quality and earned the laboratory's highest rating."
According to the malware removal testing rules, the participating products were installed on pre-infected machines. Eleven malware samples were taken randomly from a pool of specially selected samples and a further three samples, which featured in last year's tests, were added to see if there had been any improvements. After the products were installed, a full system scan was run and the removal process was started following the instructions displayed by the antivirus programs.
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The Accounting program at Merrimack provides the gateway to the accounting profession, preparing students for entry-level positions in public, corporate/managerial, not-for-profit, and governmental accounting. As business, accounting, finance and financial reporting, and filings/compliance have become more complex and regulated there has been a significant increase in demand for qualified accountants in all fields.
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Seven more to go.
The Patriots have agreed to terms with fourth-round draft pick Cameron Fleming, a source confirmed, making him the second member of New England's draft class to sign.
The deal is worth $2.5 million over four years and includes a $300,584 signing bonus. He will make $420,000 in 2014, $495,000 in 2015, $600,000 in 2016, and $690,000 in 2017.
The Patriots signed sixth-round draft pick Zach Moore, a defensive lineman out of Concordia, earlier this week.
Fleming, an offensive lineman from Stanford, projects to serve as a backup to right tackle Sebastian Vollmer.


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On Jul 15, 4:51*am, DJ
> I have been using a Buffalo LinkStation Pro LS-250GL High Speed NAS Wireless
> External Hard Drive and all of a sudden I can't network with it. *It has
> worked fine for over a year on my primary XP (SP2) laptop, and 2 other
> laptops I own (both XP SP2) have no problem accessing the hard drive and its
> files.
> Now - although I can access the hardware through its web interface and can
> log in and change settings, it won't let me access files. *
> I have been in contact with BuffaloTech support as well as Symantec/Norton
> and both insist that something changed in Windows to cause access problems. I
> have disabled and re-enabled Norton Antivirus and uninstalled and
> re-installed the Buffalo LinkStation software and updated their firmware to
> no avail. * *
> I haven't used the external drive for a month, maybe 2 months, and I doubt I
> could rollback far enough to a system restore point to see if that would
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> Is there any other way to see what could be causing this issue? *
Problem is usually with a "known" setting with Norton Antivirus. By
default, Norton blocks all NetBIOS name resolution requests. You need
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Explore an age thousands of years before the rise of Darth Vader when war between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire divides the galaxy. Choose your class from a variety of classic Star Wars roles including Jedi Knight, Bounty Hunter, and Smuggler. Make decisions which define your personal story and determine your path down the light or dark side of the Force. Along the way you will befriend courageous companions who will fight at your side. Together, you will battle enemies in dynamic Star Wars combat, team up with other players to overcome incredible challenges and discover the wonders of the Star Wars galaxy in a fully-featured Massively Multiplayer Online Game.
Limited Collector's Edition Features
Limited Collector's Edition - Seven Additional Digital Items
- Exclusive Gentle Giant Darth Malgus statue
- Star Wars: The Old Republic game disks in collectible metal case
- The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural annotated by Satele Shan
- Star Wars: The Old Republic galaxy map
- Custom Security Authentication Key
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- High-quality Collector's Edition box
- Flare Gun: Fire flares into the air
- Training Droid: Hovers at your side for combat assistance
- HoloDancer: Project your own holographic dancer
- HoloCam: Keep visual records of in-game adventures
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Pre-ordered. It's quite a bit, but I think it's going to be worth it.
EDIT: Apparently it automatically uses your credit, so I got this pre-ordered for $100. Not bad, IMO. Now, we play the waiting game...


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Almond Butter Ripple Crunch Shakekathypatalsky
I think cool, frosty, shake-like, ice cream-y, dessert treats always sound better with the word 'ripple' in the title. You agree? Fudge ripple. Caramel ripple. Vanilla cinnamon ripple. Pecan caramel ripple. Can someone make all these (vegan) shakes for me please because they just sound so tasty! I'll blame the ripple part. And this Almond Butter Ripple Crunch Shake is no exception. Light and crunchy sliced almonds mingle with sweet banana, coconut and cinnamon flavors. And a secret ingredient worth trying!..
The secret ingredient? Coconut milk ice cubes! I'm obsessed with these things. I freeze plain old (full fat or light) coconut milk into ice cube trays and blend a few cubes into my shakes and smoothies. Ice cream effect – done! Dairy free and vegan!
Almond Butter Ripple Crunch Shake
serves 1-2, vegan
1 1/2 bananas, frozen
1/3 cup sliced almonds (the crunch part!)
a few dashes cinnamon
3/4 cup soy milk, vanilla
1 tsp maple or agave syrup (optional – use if your bananas were not super ripe when frozen)
1/4 cup coconut milk ice cubes (2-4 cubes)
ripple swirl:
1 Tbsp almond butter + 1 tsp maple or agave syrup (warm slightly for easier blending)
garnish: more sliced almonds
1. Blend the almond butter ripple sauce. Warm in microwave if needed to stir well.
2. Blend the smoothie ingredients – the sliced almond make things crisp and lovely. They add the CRUNCH!
3. Pour smoothie into glass – half way – they swirl in some ripple sauce. Then add remaining smoothie and remaining ripple. Add almonds to garnish.
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MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- A federal judge has delayed a ruling on whether Alabama prisons can continue to segregate inmates who test positive for HIV.
U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson had told lawyers in that class action lawsuit challenging the policy that he hoped to have a ruling by Thanksgiving.
Thompson issued a notice today that he needed more time and will not issue a decision until sometime before the Christmas holidays.
Thompson held a trial this fall in the lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Successful KDE Finances Sprint Held
On April 23rd, developers from various finance-related KDE applications gathered in Eschborn, near Frankfurt, Germany for the first ever KDE Finance Sprint. The fellowship was composed of developers from KMyMoney, Kraft and Skrooge. This was a week after the ash cloud stopped all flights over Europe. Until the last minute, it was not clear whether those who were coming by plane would be able to make it. Fortunately, the airports opened just in time. Read on for a report for the meeting.
On Friday 23rd, after traveling from our various places, we met in SyroCon's office, located in Eschborn, facing the building that will soon become the new home of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Now, ain't that the perfect place for a KDE Finance Sprint?
We took some time to introduce ourselves and the events that brought us that day into that room, discussing that highly improbable topic: writing KDE Applications dedicated to financial matters.
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