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Shirley Scott Wells Pierce, with her husband the Rev. Robert E. Pierce Sr. in 1988, founded the John Paul Scott AME Zion Church, now known as John Paul Scott Community Church.
Pierce, 83, of Harrisburg, died Nov. 13 at home.
She was a graduate of the former John Harris High School, attended the old Thompson Institute, retired from the U. S. Army Security Affairs Command in 1988 with 30 years of service.
Pierce grew up in Wesley Union AME Zion Church, where she served as a Sunday and Bible school teacher, as president of the Progressive Club and a member of the Missionary Society.
She was a Past Daughter Ruler of Unity Temple No. 61 I.B.P.O.E. of W., Worthy Matron of Esther Chapter No. 1 O.E.S.P.H.A., a member of the Naaman Tabernacle of the Order of Galilean Fisherman and American Legion Post No. 733 Auxiliary.
Pierce was a community activist and served 16 years as a commissioner for the Human Relations Commission for the City of Harrisburg. As the commissioner, she worked alongside John Vartan in building the Allison Hill Community Center and served on its board of directors.
She was an avid bowler, enjoyed crocheting, doing crossword puzzles and arts and crafts.
In addition to her husband, surviving are her son and daughter-in-law, Robert E. Pierce Jr. and Wanda Banks Pierce; her daughters and sons-in-law, Karen L. Fields and Charles Fields Sr. and Wanda M. Watson and Kenneth Watson Sr., all of Harrisburg; her brother, Barry Wells Sr. of Virginia; her sisters, Yvonne Brisbane of New Jersey, Sondra Daniels of Lewisberry, Lorraine Peterson, Patricia Pierce and Lynne Martin, all of Harrisburg; seven grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
From her guest book:
"My heart was broken to hear about Mrs. Pierce. She was not only beautiful on the outside, but on the inside, too. She also helped to raise a family of beautiful and kind children."
-- Gloria Martin-Roberts, Harrisburg
"I shall forever hold in my heart the good times I had growing up as a child living next door to the Pierce family. Mrs. Shirley was my other mother."
-- Renee "Nay Nay" Burston, Harrisburg
"Ms. Shirley has been a pillar in our community and a phenomenal women of faith. Continue to let her light shine in your life. Her warmth and smile will not be forgotten."
-- Betty Sedgwick, Ronnie Haigood Sr., Sandra Myers Pharris, Harrisburg
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ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Bulldozers and jackhammers tore into flattened buildings still entombing thousands of earthquake victims in Turkey on Sunday, rushing to clear decomposing corpses before expected rains increase the risk of epidemics.
Just how many people remained buried across populous northwestern Turkey was unknown nearly a week after Tuesday's enormous quake. The official death toll surpassed 12,000, and some officials predicted as many as 40,000 may have died.
Amid the tears, an astonishing ray of hope: A 57-year-old stroke-crippled woman unable to cry for help was found alive after nearly 5 1/2 days trapped in rubble in the town of Golcuk, about 110 miles southeast of Istanbul.
Another woman, 52, was pulled out by Israeli, Turkish and Bulgarian rescue teams from the rubble of her home in Cinarcik, southwest of Golcuk.
In many places, however, the search for the living was scaled back, and there was only the roar of machinery ripping into the wreckage where rescuers once carefully listened for any signs of life.
Survivors, some with family members still buried, watched helplessly.
"We can't even get our dead," said Osman Bakay, who has two relatives still caught in a collapsed five-story building in Yalova, about 30 miles south of Istanbul.
The stench of decomposing bodies across the quake zone was an obvious reminder that serious diseases could flare any moment. Typhoid fever, cholera and dysentery topped the list of concerns. Officials sprayed disinfectants, distributed water purification tablets and started spreading antiseptic lime in the region.
Rains forecast to begin today could bring contaminated runoff into streets. They also could contribute to other health risks - for example, carrying down toxic particles pumped into the sky from a huge fire that burned several days at Turkey's biggest oil refinery after Tuesday's quake.
Health Minister Osman Durmus urged people to leave the area near the refinery in Izmit, about 90 miles southeast of Istanbul.
Energy officials, speaking on customary condition of anonymity, said an oil spill from the refinery spread up to 1 1/2 miles offshore into the Marmara Sea.
The government put the damage caused by the refinery fire at $200 million.
Up to 25,000 beds were available at hotels and resorts around the region, government officials said. Food, plastic sheeting and buses also were sent in. Tent cities were erected in some areas.
The government is desperate to reverse the impression that it was unable to cope with the disaster.
Much criticism was focused on why Turkey's military - with nearly 800,000 servicemen - appeared to hold off on a mass mobilization to dig for survivors and lead relief operations. More soldiers were dispatched to the quake zone, but, it seemed, more to protect against looting than to provide help.
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As the news broke about the tragic death of DJ AM in New York on Friday, fans and friends reacted with shock, sympathy and love for the 36-year-old star who died too soon.
Here Are Tweets from Fans and Friends Alike
Lindsay Lohan: nononononono what????? i can't believe this.. i'm in shock. why? why? r.i.p. Adam
John Mayer: In complete shock ...I really want to use words right now but I can't get em. F---... We're supposed to lose our friends to time, at an age when we're ready to agree to the terms of having lived a long life. Not now.
Ryan Seacrest: So sad the hear about adam. a very kind and generous guy.
Sam Ronson, in an exclusive statement to PEOPLE: "I just can't wrap my head around it – I don't want to believe it's real – and nothing I can say will serve his memory any justice right now ... I'm just f-ng sad sad.
Tony Hawk: Not everything happens for a reason. Thinking of you, @trvsbrkr. Stay strong.
Shanna Moakler: My deepest condolences are to DJ AM, he was a great artist and will be severely missed. My thoughts and prayers to his family and friends. My support and love goes out to Travis, as I know how hard this is for him and how close they were.
Dita Von Teese: Shocked at the news of my good friend DJ AM.
Emmy Rossum: RIP AM... You were loved and respected and will be missed.
Soleil Moon Frye: Thank you for bringing so much music and inspiration to peoples lives. Rip Dj Am.
Khole Kardashian: Tell your loved ones you love them every chance you get. You never know when it will be the last time. God bless DJ AM. I love you.
Shannon Elizabeth: OMG - I can't believe it-DJ AM was just found dead-he was such a sweet, amazing guy-I'm soooo sad! I pray he has peace & happiness now...
Ingrid Cesares, Miami nightclub guru: rip dj am you will be missed....
Diddy: DJ AM Rest In Peace...
Miss_Veronnie: Wow....I'm in total shock!!!! RIP dj am.
Jaclynpaige: Why do the good ones always have to go...sick.
kimberley_m: terrible shame. rip DJ AM.
heybuddy1: Man overcame sooo much. Much prayers go out to his fam.
MTV: MTV was honored to support him as he helped young people battle their own addictions. Our heartfelt thoughts go out to his family.
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Dumas isn't the same town it was just three decades ago.
It's population hit nearly 14,000 in the 2005 mid-decade census, compared with 9,771 in 1970.
And while the growth has led to some economic prosperity, it also has placed new demands for the community once known more for its agriculture.
City Manager Vincent DiPiazza spoke recently on how the Moore County seat is juggling the change.
Q: What's the biggest challenge facing the city?
A: "(It's) handling growth in a smart, responsible and fiscally prudent way. Everyone wants growth, but there are costs associated with it - to our infrastructure. There's also social costs.
We're fortunate to be one of the Panhandle communities that is seeing both population growth and economic growth. But it does strain public services. And it can change the character of a community."
Q: What's going to be a key focus for the city to keep its economic engine running?
A: "We've got to continue to be aggressive in the area of economic development. We've got an active economic development group here in Dumas, and we've already got a reputation for being aggressive as far as that's concerned. We've just got to continue to build on it.
Q: Nationally there has been a significant downturn in the housing industry, particularly in growth areas. Is it affected Dumas in anyway? Are you keeping an eye on the trends?
A: "I asked a real estate person if we're seeing that here, and he said 'no.' But I think you have to keep looking around, seeing what's going on. A lot of what's going on in that industry is out of the city's control, but it helps to know what's on the horizon."
Q: The city has grown quite a bit in less than 20 years. Is that hurting or helping the community?
A: "It's good. People like living in a small community, but they also want easy access to activities and conveniences of larger cities. It's possible to strike a balance between the two. And that's what we're trying to do."
Q: You're holding on to your agriculture roots, but in recent years Dumas has courted businesses that diversifies your economy in a lot of ways. How important is that formula going to be as you continue to grow?
A: "You don't want to have too many of your economic eggs in one basket. The agriculture and energy industries have both seen up and down years. We know that things are looking good now, but there have been down times. The best thing you can do is have a diverse mix (of businesses). If one part of your economy is having a tough time, and the other is there to help you out."
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Getting better grades in school should not be a difficult task, it also should not be a matter of who is the smarter or dumber person, instead it should be a matter of knowing how to be a smarter student. In this article I will go over some tips to get better grades that will help you understand that to accomplish the grades you want it is not necessary to break your head.
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The first tip that I want to give you is very easy to do and you might be already doing it which is taking notes in class. Taking notes in class plus adding colors and high lighting the most important aspects of whatever the teacher says about the subject could save a lot of time when studying for a test or doing your homework. Try your notes to be visual so you can associate them with key points of the material.
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David Rudolf met with Judge Orlando Hudson, who agreed to schedule an evidentiary hearing for Sept. 26 to present evidence why Peterson should get a new trial.
David Rudolf, one of Peterson's defense attorneys, filed a motion for a new trial in light of recent evidence about possible mistakes conducted by SBI agent Duane Deaver. Deaver was a key witness for the prosecution and presented evidence on blood patterns. http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/9119055/
Jason Anthony, one of Peterson's defense attorneys, files a motion alleging that prosecutors withheld evidence of a tire iron during the trial. The motion was denied.
The state attorney general's office declared that Peterson had a fair trial, free of prejudicial error. http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/133936/
Tom Maher, one of Peterson's defense attorneys, files for an appeal on the basis that irrelevant evidence that was used in court prevented Peterson from getting a fair trial. His appeal was denied.http://dukechronicle.com/article/peterson-appeal-murder-case
Caitlin Atwater wins the wrongful death lawsuit she filed against Peterson. Later that year, his estate was divided between Atwater and her father.
After four days of deliberations, a jury found Peterson guilty of first-degree murder. Judge Orlando Hudson sentenced him to life in prison without parole.
Opening statements are given.http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1090153/
Kathleen's daughter, Caitlin Atwater, files a wrongful death suit against Peterson, alleging that he was responsible for murdering her mother.
According to the report, Kathleen had at least seven deep cuts to the back of her head and bruises on her hands, arms and face.The report concluded that a struggle had ensued and Kathleen's death did not result from falling down a flight of stairs.http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/101083/
Peterson is released from jail after posting a $850,000 bond. http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/100776/
A Durham grand jury indicts Peterson on first-degree murder charges. He is denied bond one day later while prosecutors determine whether or not they will seek the death penalty.http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/100647/
Durham police deem Kathleen Peterson's death "suspicious." Officials obtain a search warrant to search the Peterson home.
Michael Peterson calls 911 after finding his wife injured at the bottom of a staircase in the couple's Durham, N.C., home. http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/100551/


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What did the Buffalo Bills need C.J. Spiller for? ¶ They already had a pair of 1,000-yard running backs; one went to the Pro Bowl two seasons earlier, and the other was a heart-and-soul leader. ¶ The Bills went into the 2010 draft needing help at practically every other position. They took Spiller ninth overall. Comprehension over their decision was minuscule. ¶ Sure, Spiller was dazzling. Bills owner Ralph Wilson declared he was sick of watching a dull loser, that Spiller could spice up our monotonous Sunday afternoons. ¶ Spiller rushed for zero touchdowns as a rookie. He frequently got tackled for negative yardage. ¶ He seemed unnecessary. His production was unreliable. ¶ Two preseason games into his sophomore season, a message-board thread on the Bills' website asked, "Is it safe to say Spiller's a bust?" ¶ "It wasn't coming as easy as I hoped," Spiller said two weeks ago. He leaned back in a plastic chair under an awning, away from the training-camp sun and looked off in the distance. ¶ "But I never doubted my ability. There's no way you can doubt yourself and play this game."
Those close to Spiller are unanimous about the depth of his resolve. They say it's anchored by his faith in God, the memory of his late grandmother and loyalty to his family, especially his mother and daughter.
Spiller maintains the same ambitions he brought into the NFL three years ago. He doesn't like to discuss specific goals. Maybe he's superstitious. Maybe he wants to avoid sounding audacious. Probably both.
But the coach who recruited him to Clemson rattled off a list of Spiller's aspirations.
"He's going to be a College Football Hall of Famer," Dabo Swinney said from his office in Death Valley. "He wants to be a Pro Football Hall of Famer. He wants to be a multiyear Pro Bowler. He wants to break O.J. Simpson's record.
"He thinks like that. This guy has vision for greatness."
Big talk like that would've elicited giggles from most observers in 2010 and much of 2011.
But when a leg injury ended captain Fred Jackson's season in November 2011, Spiller, well, happened.
Spiller morphed into some other-worldly force. Over the final six games, he performed at a Pro Bowl-worthy pace. He ran for touchdowns – long touchdowns.
"He feels as though he can't be touched," Clemson teammate and Oakland Raiders receiver Jacoby Ford said. "He's just a man on a mission to make people look silly."
Then he showed us his statistical flare up could be expected every week.
In last year's season opener, he rushed for 169 yards, 5 more than he had in his first nine NFL games, and a touchdown. He turned in a phenomenal season, averaging 6 yards a carry, rushing for 1,244 yards and scoring eight touchdowns total. He went to the Pro Bowl.
Those lofty long-term goals don't seem so comical anymore.
In NFL.com fantasy drafts, conducted by many owners who considered Spiller a bum two years ago, he's the eighth player selected on average.
The Bills' own website wonders if Spiller, who averaged 12.8 carries a game last year, can rush for 2,000 yards. New offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett said, "We're going to give him the ball until he throws up."
Fewer and fewer people have doubts about Spiller every day.
"He has 'it,' " said Buddy Nobles, Spiller's high school football coach and father figure. "There are not many people that have 'it.'
"Some people have what it takes genetically, but they don't have 'it.' You can't explain it. Words can't say it. But C.J.'s got 'it.' "
Treading a narrow path
Spiller's life has been pockmarked by events that within most people would create doubt, excuses and justifiable reasons to quit. He has encountered circumstances that easily could have nudged him off the path. He has gone against his own mother on several critical decisions, yet all of those choices have appeared to be correct.
Nobles appropriately borrowed a biblical metaphor in describing how Spiller has defied the odds. Genetics don't adequately explain Spiller's journey.
"There's a lot of people who want to be the best, but they don't want to follow that narrow road that it takes," Nobles said. "Only a few people can go down that narrow road. He's going to go that narrow road, and that's what makes him special."
The Gospel of Matthew extols the narrow pathway to God's glory: "The gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it."
Many moments could have proved cataclysmic to Spiller's career if not his manhood. Had an actuary considered the issues Spiller faced at the time of his birth, the calculated odds of him making it, whether to the NFL or to a college degree, would have been infinitesimal.
Spiller grew up in Lake Butler, Fla., "a dot on the map, exactly," Nobles said. "It's a small town." Lake Butler, population about 1,900, is an hour's drive from Jacksonville.
"I went to Lake Butler with him one time," Ford said, "and I was, like, 'Man, there is nothing. Out here. At all.' It's just a little, bitty town, and he's their golden boy."
Lake Butler wasn't necessarily an obstacle for Spiller to overcome. Kids make the NFL from small towns all the time, especially from Florida. Defensive tackle Gerard Warren, the third overall draft pick in 2001, went to Spiller's alma mater, Union County High. So did Andrew Zow, who left Alabama in 2002 as its all-time passing leader.
Spiller is fond of Lake Butler. He still calls it home. His family stays there.
But trouble is around. Family members and friends have gone to prison, been killed. Many others have been tripped up by a bad break or two and simply didn't have the wherewithal to break through.
That various events didn't knock Spiller off track is amazing.
At the time Spiller was born, his mother still was seven weeks away from her 18th birthday. She already had an older son and eventually would have three children with three last names. Spiller's father had moved to Miami and mostly out of his life for the next 17 or 18 years.
When Spiller was 3 months old, he witnessed a murder. He doesn't remember, of course, but the loss of his Uncle Clarence has been an inspiration.
Clarence Brown was a football and basketball legend at Union County. Spiller has heard countless tales about Brown's dynamic personality and athleticism. He could have been a star.
"Them are some of the memories you sit back and wonder: What if things have been different?" Spiller said. "Unfortunately I wasn't able to experience him in my life. The only way I know what he looks like is from pictures."
Brown lived with his little sister and her two babies in a government housing project. He was only 19 years old when, according to a Gainesville Sun report, a neighbor came home from work and, upon learning his girlfriend was with Brown, chased him out of the apartment and stabbed him in the neck with a paring knife.
Spiller's mother, Patricia Watkins, was there. Spiller was in her arms. She dropped him in the commotion while trying to help her brother.
"She ran in the house, and she just dropped me. Just forget me, right?" Spiller said with a grin that shows off brilliant teeth apparently carved from ivory. "I understand.
"Probably did something to my head. What he didn't finish was passed on to me. All that drive and that determination, I think he had those traits."
Of all the football honors he has received, none made Spiller more emotional than after his freshman year. Nobles presented him with the school's Clarence Brown Award for being on the field for the most plays.
Devoted to Grandma Nettie
Watkins, without Spiller's father or her big brother, was buoyed by her mother and stepdad. Hubert and Nettie Pearl Allen took a significant role in raising the children when Watkins began working as a nursing-home aide.
Grandma Nettie was a central figure in Spiller's life. She brought her lounge chair to his Pop Warner games but had trouble staying in it. She would run along the sidelines when Spiller hit the open field.
She was a custodian at Union County High. Spiller looked forward to becoming a freshman so he finally could see her in the school hallways every day.
"She taught me everything," Spiller said. "She made me the man I am today, how to respect people. She taught me how to be a man, how to treat women, how to treat your elders, how to be an influence to young people and understanding the spotlight."
Spiller, with Watkins working nights, would get up at 5:30 each morning to accompany Grandma Nettie to work. His school day didn't begin until after 7 a.m., so they would stop at Hardee's for a sausage-egg-and-cheese biscuit and an orange juice.
She called him her little guardian angel because they were alone in the dark school before sunrise.
"Cleaning the classrooms and vacuuming and taking out the trash and mopping the floors," Spiller said. "She had to make sure the classrooms were ready for kids to learn. That's why I think I'm a morning person to this day.
"It taught me so much respect for people who do that hard work. It takes great character to be able to do that and keep doing it. She always just wanted to be there for the kids."
Four months before Spiller's freshman year at Union County, Grandma Nettie died.
Spiller was there when she drew her last, difficult breaths. Frail from lung cancer, she stayed at Watkins' home in the Hidden Oaks trailer park. Spiller was awakened before dawn by the sound of Grandma Nettie gasping for air in the next room. He climbed out of his bunk bed and watched another loved one leave his life.
"I walked in the room, and I knew what time it was," Spiller said. "She passed right there. To actually see someone die, I went into shell shock. But I'm glad I was there with her."
He went to school that morning anyway. But he was inconsolable and eventually went home.
"It was very unfair because … well, I don't want to say it was unfair because that would be me questioning God," Spiller said. "It was very difficult.
"I knew I would never see my grandmother again until I pass away. Now she wasn't going to get to watch me play football. I'll never know that experience like other people. I just sit back and wonder what those moments would have been like.
"You wonder why it couldn't have been somebody else. I guess everybody questions that when they lose a family member like that. It was the most depressing time in my life, something I still think about to this day. It took me a long time to cope with losing her."
Throughout his college career, Spiller scrawled the initials "NPA" on his wristbands so Grandma Nettie's memory would be with him on the field. Before every Bills game, Spiller makes a sign of the cross and points to the sky.
"That just lets her know, 'I'm fittin' to go out here and represent our family in the best way, and I know you're up there watching me,' " Spiller said.
He also genuflects in the end zone after a touchdown, says a short prayer and points to Grandma Nettie again.
From Spiller's home in Hidden Oaks, where Grandma Nettie died, you could throw a rock and hit Pritchett Trucking's headquarters.
Eight mornings ago, Hubert Allen Jr., Grandma Nettie's husband, went to Pritchett Trucking and shot another man, authorities said. Allen, a former employee, went on a rampage. He killed two men, including owner Marvin Pritchett, and wounded two more before returning home and killing himself, authorities said.
Buffalo played a preseason game at Washington that afternoon. As Spiller did when Grandma Nettie died, he got dressed and showed up where he was supposed to. He started and scored the Bills' lone touchdown.
"That was his family," Nobles said. "It's just a raw deal for him.
"The only thing people can fall back on is their faith, and I think that's what C.J.'s going to fall back on."
Spiller left the team briefly to grieve with his family and wasn't expected to return until today. He hasn't spoken publicly since the shootings. The interviews for this story were conducted the week before the shootings.
Inventory of goals
Spiller wishes he still had that scrap of paper he kept on his bunk bed back in high school. He has that list of goals mostly memorized, but for sentimental purposes or perhaps to double-check his inventory, he'd love to see it again.
"All the things I wanted to achieve in my life," Spiller said with a laugh that sounded more like a sigh.
He wanted to break all the Union County High records then go off to college and break just as many records there. He wanted to be in a position to let his mother retire. He wanted to be married, have a big house, two or three children and two dogs. He wanted to start a foundation that helped underprivileged kids.
Circled and in bold letters: NFL.
"C.J. is the most unique guy I've ever recruited," said Swinney, now Clemson's head coach. "He was different in that he knew what he wanted. Most young people don't really know. He was focused and wise beyond his years."
Even so, potential roadblocks continued to emerge on Spiller's narrow path. Early in his senior season, with college recruiters salivating for him, Spiller's girlfriend tearfully informed him she was pregnant.
"That process," Swinney said, "will change a lot of young people. A lot of them don't know how to handle all that."
Spiller recalled jumping in the shower for some solitude and to collect his thoughts. He prayed out loud as the warm water washed over him. He asked God for strength.
Spiller didn't know his mother was listening outside the bathroom door.
"My mom was very upset," Spiller said. "Here, you have your son who's 18 and about to go off to college.
"She knew how girls were and didn't know if it was a trap to set me back. I said, 'I'm going to go fulfill my dreams. This is just going to make me grow up faster than my peers.' I was fine with that. I knew what I wanted to do and what it took to do it."
Fatherhood frightened Spiller, but he promised he would not repeat the same mistakes his dad made.
Clifford Spiller met Watkins while in Lake Butler with the Job Corps. C.J. Spiller said his father tried to convince Watkins to move to Miami with him, but she declined. Clifford Spiller, 21 when C.J. was conceived, moved anyway.
"I resented him for a long time," C.J. Spiller said. "He could have obviously made the decision to move closer, but he chose not to. That was his decision.
"I want you to be here to teach me those things that a son's supposed to be taught from his father. I always had this fire burning inside me, when I would see other kids with their dads at their games. You get jealous. It made me have a grudge that lasted all the way up until high school."
A teenage C.J. (short for Clifford Jr.) is the one who went out of his way to connect with his father, who drives garbage trucks for Dade County. C.J. Spiller said forgiveness is a critical component to being a good Christian, but admitted that principle forced him to reach out. His decision didn't come naturally.
Asked to describe their father-son relationship now, C.J. Spiller thought for eight seconds before speaking.
"Uh, our relationship's done got better. I can say that," Spiller said. "It wasn't always the best relationship that a father and son will have."
C.J. Spiller was fine with his father being interviewed for this story and supplied a cell number. Clifford Spiller did not return messages.
Devoted to his daughter
Shania Spiller was born in March 2006. She lives in the Atlanta area with her mother and recently began the second grade.
C.J. Spiller acknowledged the similarity with his father having a child young, not marrying the mother and living apart. But anyone close to C.J. Spiller quickly points out how committed he is to Shania.
"I'm going to be totally different," Spiller said. "That's not to bash my dad, but the things he done, I'm going to do differently.
"I'm going to spend as much time with my daughter as I can. I'm going to be there for her. I talk to her every day, and after the season she's with me just about the whole time. I want to make sure that she grows up to be the woman she needs to be."
Spiller says he might have a budding actress on his hands. Shania is enamored with makeup. She's into gymnastics, takes swimming classes and loves to run.
"And when she's around me she can pretty much get away with anything," Spiller said. "If anybody tells her 'No,' she'll just ask me, and I'll tell her she can do it."
Spiller doesn't buckle to all the women in his life. Three essential times he has defied his mother's wishes.
She wanted him to attend nearby University of Florida. She didn't learn his choice until an assembly in the Union County High gymnasium was held for Spiller and his teammates to announce their commitments.
Spiller wrote "Clemson" on a slip of paper and handed it to his mother right before his announcement. She sat there, stunned.
He chose Clemson because it's in a small town. Swinney, then the receivers coach, got to know Spiller because Swinney had been on Alabama's staff when Zow was there. Spiller felt comfortable in Clemson, comfortable with Swinney and head coach Tommy Bowden.
"He went against his family," Swinney said. "He went against what the world thought was the right thing to do by going to Florida or Florida State.
"He's got incredible guts and a rock-solid faith that is really unshakable."
But Spiller was homesick and wanted to be closer to his infant daughter. He told Watkins after his freshman season he would transfer to Florida. She ripped Clemson's coaches in the media. She had no clue Spiller would change his mind and return to Death Valley.
"That," Spiller said of leaving Clemson, "would have been a coward move."
He rebuffed his mother a third time after his junior season. He was projected as a first-round pick. The money would've changed his family's life. They weren't broke down in Lake Butler, but Spiller conceded there were "a lot of Ramen noodles" being eaten.
"You see what you're going through as a family, and I had an opportunity to make it better," Spiller said. "But at the end of the day, I knew my grandmother was really big on education."
Spiller declined to enter the 2009 draft, returning for his senior season. He set more Clemson records and graduated after the fall semester – a half year early – with a sociology degree.
Clemson's board of trustees gave him a standing ovation. He had been named Academic All-ACC and was on the dean's list. Not bad for a kid who couldn't play football in the seventh grade because he was academically ineligible.
"He had a whole bunch of people in his ear, telling him what to do and pulling him each way," said Ford, who also ran track with Spiller at Clemson.
"That's a hard decision to make, and I think he made the best decision by staying and getting his degree and still being a first-round pick."
Clemson retired Spiller's No. 28, only the third jersey in school history, during the Bills' bye week his rookie year. That afternoon, he donated $100,000 to his alma mater.
Aiming toward Canton
That list of goals Spiller kept on his bunk bed became obsolete while on a summer trip with the Nobles family.
Spiller had become such a part of his head coach's family that Nobles said he does not recall a 12-year-old Spiller coming to live with them for a week or so because an auto accident put Watkins in the hospital.
That's because Spiller always was at the Nobles' house anyway. He grew up and played football with their oldest son, Kasey Nobles, since kindergarten.
"His last name's not Nobles," said Nobles, now a high school coach in Georgia, "but if he ever said he wanted to be a Nobles, I'd say, 'You already are.' "
The Nobles planned a family vacation that would include campus visits to Tennessee and Ohio State for Kasey and C.J. They went to Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, and dashed over to Canton for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Spiller was mesmerized. He spent extra time studying the bronze busts of running backs such as Walter Payton, Barry Sanders and Eric Dickerson.
"It was almost a church atmosphere the way he walked around and our kids walked around and I walked around," Nobles said. "It's the ultimate of the sport that he plays and I coach. It was humbling to watch him and now know that he's playing pro football."
Raising his standards
There, inside football's shrine, Spiller's career aim shifted upward.
Merely reaching the NFL wasn't enough.
Merely being great still isn't enough.
"He's not in that league to be just another good player," Swinney said. "His goal every year – and he might not say it – is to be the best. He wants to lead that league in rushing. He wants to lead the league in yards per carry. He wants to lead the league in big plays. He wants to be a Pro Bowler.
"His standard is to be the best, and that's the way he's always been. That's how he's wired. But it's his ability to pay the price. It's how he lives his life off the field."
Spiller is only interested in being elite. He wants to break Simpson's club record and become the eighth player in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards.
He wants to win a Super Bowl for a franchise that's been mostly irrelevant for four presidential terms.
The so-called 2010 draft bust works with the mental image of seeing his bust in Canton someday.
He doesn't care whether or not people write off his wish list as foolhardy.
"There are a lot of great people," Spiller said, "but there are only a few special people. To be able to get into that category and be a special individual – not with just what you do on the field, stuff off the field – that's the category you really want to be a part of. That's my mind-set.
"I know that takes a lot of hard work. That takes a lot of team effort. I'm willing to sacrifice a whole bunch to get into that category. I'm a long way from there, but I'm definitely working towards it.
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Some guys have stretch marks too, thankfully I don't. However, stretch marks are diet related. Cut out sugar, grains and dairy completely and that ought to help.
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Three pregnancies has left my stomach looking pretty beaten-up. I know that toning my abs (I'm thinking planks and the like) as well as reducing my body fat % is going to make a huge difference. However, what is it going to do for my stretch marks? Am I just stuck with these the rest of my life? Does anyone have experience with stretch marks disappearing? The irony is that when I actually had the body for a bikini, I was too modest to wear one!
Some guys have stretch marks too, thankfully I don't. However, stretch marks are diet related. Cut out sugar, grains and dairy completely and that ought to help.
Men can get stretchmarks too. I unfortunately got my dad's non-elastic skin and both of us have stretchmarks at various places (backs of knees, for example) from growth spurts but they're hardly visible. My worst area are my hips (luckily more or less covered even in a bikini) and while they appeared more gradually as I was growing (versus the stretchmarks one gets from pregnancy - mine were never red) - they do fade over time, but will not completely disappear. Just don't tan too much since the stretchmarks don't tan and if the rest of you gets too dark they'll stick out even more!
I still have them, but I've found as I've lost weight, take supplements, use lots of coconut oil, and tone up that they are not as prominent!
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Current Weight/BMI: 130 /21.0
Ultimate Goal: 125/18
While stretch marks will fade over time, there is nothing, NOTHING that can be done to treat them short of dermabrasion and possibly deep deep peels like phenol peels.
Dermabrasion: not microdermabrasion but the kind where a dremel is essentially used to sand away your skin to the dermis....blood and tissue flying about the room etc etc. It's pretty brutal and can scar significantly, but if it doesn't scar, it will work.
Phenol peels: no one will do them for stretch marks due to the complete loss of pigmenetation in the skin and other dangerous associated with them.
Afaik, there are not currently any lasers that will effectively treat stretch marks.
Sagging skin can only be dealt with via surgery. Once skin has lost it's elasticity (think saggy face, breasts, stomach, arms) there is *nothing* that can reverse it. Nothing.
There is not a single topical that will treat or prevent stretch marks. However, skin/tissue elasticity and integrity are a direct function of diet.
Sufficient (not excessive) A
Sufficient (not excessive) zinc
Sufficient antioxidants from eating dark/bright veggies
Minimizing easily oxidized PUFA's (but at least get enough 3 to balance the 6 you take in)
Minimize AGEs - by keeping insulin levels healthfully low
Keep weight healthfully low
If pregnant, gain slowly and appropriately (no reason to gain more than 25 lbs), optimize diet.
The sucky thing here? While i've had stretch marks on my breasts since 13 or so, I made it through two pregnancies with no stretch marks on my belly. However, the weight I continued to gain after my 2nd pregnancy took it's toll and I developed stretch marks and have damaged the skin to the point that if I ever plan on wearing a bikini again, I'll need to have an abdominoplasty. Feh.
So yeah, no bikini here. I was supermodest and not body confident until well into my 20s. Thankfully, I did have the experience of becoming really comfortable in that regard and at that point did get plenty of bikini time.
Sorry for excluding you guys. My DH is a skinny skinny man, and he still has stretch marks in some places. I just figured that most guys don't care and thus wouldn't have given it much thought.
Cillakat, this is what I've feared. I still have a glimmer of hope that my change of diet will have some beneficial impact on the appearance. But I probably won't ever wear a bikini in public. Which is a shame, because even in my somewhat overweight state, I could still rock a bikini if it wasn't for the stretch marks.
OK, I just wanna jump in and say that I have deep stretch marks on my belly from the very end of both of my pregnancies and I still plan to wear a bikini (albeit more publicly once I've toned up the area)! They're a part of my life and represent something awesome that I did (just look at my children!).
I'm working hard to accept/love parts of myself that I can't change and work on/focus what I can change. Honestly, I think I can handle showing some scars while showing off my primal body. There are people out there who might not like it, but so few of them have any room to diss...
I think confidence and fitness are very sexy no matter the package. And when I fail to remember all this, I at least know DH digs me. *wink, wink*
(No one is 'perfect'...they *might* look perfect, but everyone deals with something so make the most of what you've got and try to always love yourself!)
cillakat is on point on this one. my wife works in derm (both cosmetic and gen) and that's what she preaches. though I believe there are a couple lasers that can treat stretch marks, though it depends how new/old the stretch marks are. she said for older ones they can try fraxel, though it does not always work. if they are more recent they should be able to treat.
Collagen induction therapy (a.k.a microneedling/dermarolling) has been known to help stretch marks to lessen:
You can get this same brand of dermaroller (as well as single needles for stretch marks) much cheaper here: http://www.owndoc.com/stretchmarks/s...ore-and-after/
Rosehip seed oil is good for scar tissue in general, so it might help a bit.
For future prevention, Biosil silica (orthosilicic acid) is good to help maintain the collagen structure of the skin (good for hair, nails and connective tissue as well).


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When blood vessels become weak or are put under trauma, they become porous and blood cells leak out – flooding surrounding tissue and putting a person's life in jeopardy. Faculty at the University of Toledo have developed a new liquid compound polyethylene glycol (PEG) – modified albumin. Dr. Joseph Shapiro, Dr. Regheb Assaly, and Dr. J. David Dignam developed this medical breakthrough and are licensing its use through ADS Biotechnology. Dr. Jeffrey Gold, provost, UT College of Medicine, talks about the process taking a drug from lab to the pharmacy shelf.


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The search for a 30-year-old Virginia man missing and presumed drowned in the Delaware River during a tubing excursion with friends is set to resume this weekend.
The recovery is being coordinated by Point Pleasant (Pa.) Fire Company. Chief Scott Fleischer late this afternoon said that some volunteers will spread out on boats tomorrow to search the riverbanks and islands between Bucks and Hunterdon counties.
Anthony Del Prete of Herndon, Va., disappeared as his group of 10 was preparing to leave the rain-swollen Delaware on Saturday, Aug. 10. Del Prete had played baseball for the University of Oregon and was on the river with former teammates of a Philadelphia softball team.
He had lived for 15 years near lakes in Oregon and was a strong swimmer, his mother said. She said that he worked for the Department of the Interior and was intelligent and hard-working.
His family wants to work with people here who are proposing a flag-warning system on the Delaware River, hoping to prevent further tragedies. This year has been a particularly difficult one on the wild and scenic river — four people have drowned and the search continues for Del Prete and a 20-year-old Clifton man who disappeared three days later north of this.
Timeline: Dangerous summer on the Delaware River
The search for 20-year-old Amjad Hasin continued today, with state marine police working from boats with sonar equipment.
There haven't been any signs of alcohol use playing a role in the tragedy here.
Del Prete's group was preparing to exit the river when he disappeared near the Kingwood boat launch. That's on the New Jersey side of the river, but the rescue, and now recovery, effort has been coordinated by Point Pleasant Fire.
Most drownings here have happened when people with no, or limited, swimming skills or experiences in open waters have entered the river, to wade, swim or tube.
Fleischer said that the Del Prete tragedy has people wondering what went wrong. "Maybe he didn't quite realize where he was in the water and took a couple of big gulps of water," the chief said. "Maybe he wasn't expecting to land in the water and it caught him by surprise.
"Maybe the current spun him around. He may have hit his head, or his foot may have gotten stuck in something. With the current that day maybe he got disoriented."
Del Prete's body could be found tomorrow by volunteers, or spotted by someone else on or near the river. At this time of year on the river, Fleischer said, a victim's body may float to the surface after 4-5 days.
However, it could be caught by a rock or submerged limb, which is why a search by divers, including those from the fire company and Garden State Underwater Recover, is scheduled for Sunday, starting at 8 a.m. from Point Pleasant.
Fleischer said that his company normally wouldn't take part in a recovery at this point, but the volunteers "certainly feel for his mother" and the rest of Del Prete's family and friends. "We'd like to get them some type of closure. It's a tough place for the family."
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Grace Kelly of Philadelphia
Although She was a Princess, Some Knew a Different Grace—A Fiery Irish Girl from Philadelphia
Twelve long months have gone by since Princess Grace of Monaco died at the age of 52, suffering a stroke at the wheel of her car and plunging off a cliff near her home. In that time countless magazine and newspaper articles have dwelt almost obsessively on her life and death. To date Prince Rainier has received more than 24,000 letters of condolence. Almost every day mourners and the curious file past Grace's resting place in Monaco's Cathedral of St. Nicholas.
Why will the world not let go of this princess? What is it about Grace that so enthralls the imagination? To some, of course, she was a fairy tale incarnate, a regal, icy beauty who proved that dreams can come breathtakingly true. Others, however, saw a different Grace—a fiery Irish girl from Philadelphia who never forgot how Main Line society had snubbed her self-made father.
Only now, with their grief finally easing, are the people closest to Grace—her friends and family and the men who loved her—beginning to let themselves share their memories of her. What emerges as they sift out their recollections is a collective portrait of a more complex and human Grace. Publicly, she was the aloof and dignified Princess of Monaco, an impeccably proper patroness of the arts and ardent supporter of charities. Privately, though, the woman who was Grace Kelly could be almost raucously earthy. Family members still shake their heads over the time Grace caved in a table while acting out a play one night in Ocean City.
The two Graces hardly seemed to exist in the same skin. She was a unique blend of showbiz glamour and Old World stateliness: "She had the same aura as the Pope," claims Lynn Wyatt, wife of Houston oil tycoon Oscar Wyatt and chairperson of next February's first Princess Grace Foundation benefit. Adds Grace's old friend, actress Rita Gam: "Her strength to be constant, loyal and dependable came from the Catholic Church. Her reverence for the church started at home."
Or did it? "She was not the world's most active Catholic, that came later," insists Grace's brother, John Jr. ("Kell"), 56. "Gracie was a lot more down to earth around us—loads of fun when she wasn't on display."
What follows is an informal view of that Grace Kelly, who, out of sight, before she was touched by fame, grew up amid the brawling, bickering Kellys of Philadelphia, a family dynasty just as powerful in its way as that of the Grimaldis of Monaco.
The patriarch of the clan was John Henry Kelly, a laborer who immigrated to New England from Ireland in 1867 and soon married fellow Irish immigrant Mary Costello. Like her granddaughter Grace, Mary was smitten with fantasy and nobility. To escape the rigors of rearing 10 children, she read Shakespeare for hours. Mary's son George, Grace's uncle, went on to write a Pulitzer Prize-winning play (1926's Craig's Wife) and became the single most important influence on Grace's career. "She idolized him," says Gam. Another uncle, Walter, was a vaudeville star and, ironically, their sister Grace, who died tragically in her 20s, wanted to be an actress.
Grace's rough-hewn father, John B. Kelly Sr., was already well on his way to parlaying a $7,000 stake into a multimillion-dollar masonry empire when he married a photographer's model, Margaret Majer. It was "Ma" Kelly who established a set of rules that Grace would live by: "Be just, be punctual, buy only what you need and pay cash."
Seemingly aloof and withdrawn, Grace grew up under the shadow of achievement (though John B. Kelly's financial success—he built Philly's Packard Building—could not buy him Main Line social acceptance). Grace's father was a superb athlete who had given up boxing to take up rowing and in 1920 won the Olympic single sculls championship at Antwerp. When he wasn't allowed to compete in England's prestigious Diamond Sculls at Henley because he "worked with his hands," he found an avenger: his own son. Kell vindicated his father by becoming a championship rower himself, winning not only the Diamond Sculls but almost every other single sculls championship in the world.
Friends now say John B.'s single-minded determination was not always healthy. "John expected a great deal from his kids," says Gam. (Years later, his son Kell's self-confessed philandering helped shatter his first marriage and caused the mother of his six children to remarry and leave Philadelphia. In 1975 Kell's well-publicized fling with a striking transsexual named Rachel Harlow—formerly Richard Finocchio—was a factor in his decision to drop out of the mayoral contest in Philadelphia when the opposition threatened to campaign with the slogan "Do you want Rachel Harlow as First Lady of Philadelphia?")
Grace had her own problems with her demanding father(who died in 1960). She did play hockey and swim, if only to please her dad, but with some trepidation. "Poor Grace was something of an outsider at home," said a friend. "John wasn't interested in anyone unathletic. He had no appreciation of culture." From the beginning Grace preferred solitude. She wore heavy-rimmed glasses to read, danced barefoot with her tomboy older sister Peggy (who often went without stockings or shoes) and would daydream about becoming a dancer, an actress, a nurse or an FBI agent. "Grace wasn't shy like you read everywhere," insists Peggy, Daddy's favorite, "she was just quiet." Still, Lizanne recalls the day "I hid Grace in the closet—and nobody missed her."
At Philadelphia's prestigious Stevens School (her parents tried relentlessly to gain social acceptance, even if it meant forfeiting her Catholic education), Grace made above-average grades, gossiped with her sisters and dated her brother's classmates and older boys from the University of Pennsylvania. "She was very popular," recalls Max Raab, now chairman of the Philadelphia-based garment firm J.G. Hook. "Grace had lots of dates." Another acquaintance from those days agrees: "Grace was a wild teenager, but everyone hides it. She gets loyalty from everybody, but those of us who knew her remember her."
The Kelly house was then buzzing with politicians, sports figures, theatrical stars and eccentric cousins—including one chess champ and a hard-drinking billiards player who later died a derelict on Skid Row. As boss of the Democratic Party in Philadelphia, John was an intimate of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph P. Kennedy and Isaac Levy (a founder of CBS). "There was always something going on at the Kellys'," recalls a friend. "It was the old man's high-powered friends that got Grace going in acting; she didn't just rise to success. She first met Sinatra through her dad when Frank was brought in as a stockholder in the Atlantic City Race Track." (The Kellys and Levys were onetime partners in the track. Grace invested in it and made millions.)
When a lack of credits kept Grace from studying drama at Vermont's Bennington College in 1947, Uncle George urged her to persevere elsewhere. She applied immediately to New York's American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Once in Manhattan, Grace moved into the Barbizon Hotel for Women. Armed with her father's drive and her uncle's aristocratic demeanor, Grace studied fencing, voice and walking and stubbornly did modeling and TV commercials (she was the Old Gold girl) to pay her own way.
Dressed in tweed skirts, bulky wool sweaters and sensible walking shoes, she would sit alone at dinner studying her drama books from behind those clunky glasses. "That Grace Kelly is such a pretty little thing," Academy classmate John Cassavetes remembered thinking when she graduated in 1949. "Isn't it a shame she's too shy ever to amount to anything?"
After reading unsuccessfully for dozens of parts, she finally made it to Broadway in The Father with Raymond Massey. Favorable reviews and a little CBS clout landed her parts on TV shows like Studio One and Kraft Television Theatre. Soon Grace was starring opposite Gary Cooper in High Noon. The movie didn't quite make her a star, but it did link her in the columns with Cooper. In truth, she was smitten at the time with a hard-drinking actor named Gene Lyons. But Lyons soon faded, as she was besieged and befuddled by an army of would-be beaux. Grace was self-conscious about what she considered her big jaw and told friends that she never felt beautiful.
MGM loaned her to Hitchcock in 1954 to make Dial M for Murder with the very married Ray Milland. When her father heard a whisper that Grace might be seeing the actor socially, he had his Hollywood cronies investigate. "My father was concerned about Ray Milland," said Kell. "He didn't like what he had heard about him." After separate visits from Peggy (now twice divorced) and Lizanne (still married), Grace decided to be more careful. "She was too practical to mess her life up," said a Hollywood observer. "And everyone liked Milland's wife."
Outings with Bing Crosby and William Holden while making The Country Girl that year were generally chaperoned by one of her sisters or a friend. Weekends were spent safely with roommate Gam, rehearsing, exercising, gossiping, laughing, eating spaghetti or drinking lots of champagne. "I was married [her husband was in New York], and Grace was always working," laughs Gam. "She was a great woman's woman. She loved to giggle, she loved girl talk."
The talk turned serious after dress designer Oleg Cassini arrived on the scene. Grace's two-year relationship with the dashing former Russian nobleman had the family worried. "He had a bad temper," says Lizanne, "and he'd been married before." No matter. Had it not been for her family's grumbling, she would probably have become a rag queen instead of a royal princess. "I thought," Gam said, "that she was going to marry Oleg."
Today, Cassini, who has not remarried, still lets the regret tinge his voice when he talks about what might have been: "I fell in love with Grace after I saw her in Mogambo. When she broke up with Milland she sent me a postcard asking me to come to the south of France while she filmed To Catch a Thief. 'Those who love me follow me,' she wrote.
"Well, I let my dress collections go to hell, and I flew to Cannes. She was warm and funny and caring, also very disciplined about her work. She never stayed out past 11 p.m. Up till now our relationship had been platonic, but we had such a wonderful time that she asked me what my intentions were. I told her I wanted to marry her. We became secretly engaged.
"Later I saw sharks in the water. It was 1955, and Paris Match introduced Grace to Prince Rainier as a photo publicity stunt for a magazine article. I thought nothing of it. She said Rainier was nice, but that was it.
"We came back to New York and Grace was becoming a superstar. Neither of her parents liked me. The weekend I spent in Ocean City was the worst of my life. I had my own room, but I had to walk through her parents' bedroom to get there.
"She kept seeing me despite her family's opposition, even suggesting we get married right away. She told me to find a priest who would marry us. I agreed, but then she got sick and rundown. Once she recovered, she had changed her mind. Her parents had talked her out of it. I didn't see her again until she called to tell me she was engaged to Prince Rainier."
Rainier had been seeking an escort after his four-year affair with French actress Gisele Pascal ended in part over her fling with Gary Cooper (apparently a busy man) and her desire to continue acting. Furthermore, Gisele reportedly couldn't bear children, and the 20,500 Monégasques kept reminding their Prince that he must produce a male heir if they were to assure continued Grimaldi rule. (Otherwise, Monaco, by treaty, would become a French protectorate.) Then, said Kelly clan biographer Arthur Lewis, "Along came Grace, beautiful, fiscally sound and, best of all, fecund."
According to legend, some time after the two-hour Paris Match picture session, Rainier's confidant, American priest Francis Tucker, arranged through friends of the Kellys for the Prince to reacquaint himself with Grace at a family gathering on Christmas Day 1955. Three days later they were engaged to be married. Before it was announced publicly on Jan. 5, Grace's family tried to absorb it all. Ma Kelly called it a beautiful love story. Peggy the clown insisted if Grace was marrying a prince, she must be the barefoot contessa. Brother Kell was too busy training for the 1956 Olympics to take much notice. Only Grace's father was skeptical. Family friend Jack Edelstein guesses that John B. Sr. was stunned because "he was looking for a prince of a man. He hadn't counted on a man who was a Prince."
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> I have used debian for years, but on an x86. I have heard that since
> Linux is an intel 386+ based OS, that it is unbearably slow running on
> a powerPC chip. Can anyone confirm this for me?
Where the heck did you hear this? Linux runs really well on my
iBook G4. A whole lot faster than OS X.
> Also, all Mac's have hardware from the same vendor, Apple. (Well, not
> always apple, but exclusive to apple usually) Does this mean that
> installation of Linux distributions will be easy since they should have
> drivers for every component in every Apple? In theory, this would make
> sense, but I'm not so sure.
In practice, it will likely be more challenging for some devices.
For example, there's no public specs on the Airport Extreme, which
would likely be included with the iBook, so you either specifically
need to request the old Airport, or attempt to get the bcm43xx driver
working. It's not that difficult, but the driver is definitely
not stable yet. Similarly on the trackpad--the appletouch kernel
driver was only recently added to the kernel, and IME is a little
quirky. (For some reason which I haven't dealt with yet, the trackpad
occasionally dies after sleeping, and only a reboot helps.)
At any rate, you'd also likely have to go get some of these drivers
yourself. Almost certainly the bcm43xx drivers, possibly the
new kernel with the appletouch driver. It's also true that the
Broadcom chipset in the Extreme is used in other wireless cards
that are found in x86 boxes, so it's not exclusive to Apple. (In
fact, I am pretty sure the firmware I'm using for my bcm43xx
came from a Windows driver file.)
But beyond the newer or proprietary-driver hardware, I think you'd
find the iBook a nice box, and not any more difficult than an x86,
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Yup. You read it right. The original full version Angry Birds release can be downloaded for FREE for iOS device users. The best thing now are the additional 15 new levels for more enjoyability of game play for both iPad and iPhone owners.
The first Angry Birds release took grip of the world of mobile gaming when it became the world's most popular mobile game. But the recent scenario places the once No.1 game slide down to the top 80 highest-grossing apps. This bold move is an effort by Rovio, makers of Angry Birds game, to jump start new users/downloaders.
The full angry Birds games are now part of the freemium games offer from the online store. The free game however requires in-app purchase for some features like the unlimited use of Mighty Eagle or Birdquakes, which shake the piggies houses down on top of them.
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Friday 12 July 2013, 10am – 6 pm, University of East London,
Docklands Campus
This one-day interdisciplinary symposium aims to provide an opportunity to share research about current, emerging and historical moments of change and intersections in city spaces. We invite scholars of various disciplinary and theoretical backgrounds to share their research on cities, subjectivity and change – the latter to be interpreted with an equal measure of theoretical rigour and imagination. Practitioners, artists and activists whose work speaks to these concerns would be welcome.
A city is a living organism. It is both a 'hard city', one that can be mapped in terms of roads, buildings, public spaces, and a 'soft city' of inhabitants, multiple belongings, itineraries, sounds, and desires (Raban, 1974). The process of 'softening the urban fabric' is the extent to which the 'soft city' informs, interplays, and eventually remaps the 'hard city'.
This is an area of growing interdisciplinary interest. Current debates focus on the relationships between economics, shifting societies and everyday cultural practices, providing challenging and interesting terrains for applied social research. At the same time, the current political and theoretical project is how to engage with opening spaces for critical reflection in order to advance views of how civil society changes, and make claims for new mechanisms and processes towards change. The proposed interdisciplinary symposium will attempt to engage with a range of approaches to space, social bonds, politics, culture and power.
Whether change occurs through political upheaval and economic austerity, or emerges with the ebb and flow of 'normal' life, it finds its way in peoples' narratives, desires, itineraries, and everyday practices. The evocation of 'hard' and 'soft' is intended as a metaphor that insists on embodiment, sensory experiences and subjective ways of understanding cities, subjectivities and change.
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• What are the challenges for researching the 'soft city' in terms of methodologies?
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Stages of the Ongoing Global Financial Crisis: Is There a Wandering Asset-Price Bubble?
Lucjan T. Orlowski
Sacred Heart University - John F. Welch College of Business
July 21, 2009
CASE Network Studies and Analyses No. 372
This study identifies five distinctive stages of the current global financial crisis: the meltdown of the subprime mortgage market, spillovers into broader credit market, the liquidity crisis epitomized by the fallout of Northern Rock, Bear Stearns with contagion effects on other financial institutions, the commodity price bubble, and the ultimate demise of investment banking in the U.S. Monetary policy responses aimed at stabilizing financial markets are proposed. The study argues that the severity of the crisis is influenced strongly by changeable allocations of global savings, which lead to over-pricing of varied types of assets. The study calls such process a "wandering asset-price bubble". Unstable allocations have elevated market, credit and liquidity risks. Since its original outbreak induced by the demise of the subprime mortgage market and the mortgage-backed securities in the U.S., the crisis has reverberated across other credit areas, structured financial products and global financial institutions.
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Keywords: subprime mortgage crisis, credit crisis, liquidity crisis, market risk, credit risk, default risk, Level 3 assets, Basel II
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