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Apple copied us with gold Apple iPhone 5s hints Samsung
0. phoneArena 29 Sep 2013, 00:34 posted on
Just a few days ago, Samsung announced that it would offer a gold Samsung Galaxy S4 model; this brought Apple fans to their collective feet, claiming that Samsung had copied the gold Apple iPhone 5s. The timing looked ad for the Korean based OEM. After all, just last week Apple asked its partners to increase production of the gold iPhone 5s by 33% because of strong demand for the unit...
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74. giani (Posts: 269; Member since: 13 Nov 2012)
There is no point in defending any one..mate seriously...the more competition the better..we need that..as far as I'm concerned on all this colour scheme saga...I COULD not give a flying fck about who came first or second. Point is we need competition..we need manufacturers to be driven to innovate and improve their products..That is why when berry went down it was a very sad day..the more manufacturers and platforms the better !..for us consumers..
5. madmikepr (Posts: 138; Member since: 09 Aug 2011)
let the war begin xD
6. N-fanboy (Posts: 543; Member since: 12 Jan 2013)
I don't get it! Why must it (either of what these co.s do) be dubbed copying from either of the two? lol
7. byazatt (Posts: 269; Member since: 26 Oct 2012)
I'm bored of this 'you copied me ' nonsense. so we should not expect ois on iOS lest it be copying Nokia, metallic s5 it be a copy of HTC One or iPhone 5, 8 MP camera on HTC lest it be a copy of iPhone S3... ? nonsense
80. kabhijeet.16 (Posts: 805; Member since: 05 Dec 2012)
Exactly... I agree.. what copy-copy nonsense.. What iFans want to say that aluminum/rectangle with rounded corners/ icons/ colours are Apple's patent.. ? ? Limit of stupidity.
If that is the case, then aluminum was discovered by Apple/ before iPhone we didn't know what rectangle was/ never saw icons on Windows PC,/ lived in black & white world...! !!!
Sick of this copy nonsense....
U want copy nonsense? Apple stole design&mobile technology from Motorola & Nokia (the first 2 companies with mobile devices)...Now give comment against this...
Case closed.....
8. byazatt (Posts: 269; Member since: 26 Oct 2012)
I'm bored of this 'you copied me ' nonsense. so we should not expect ois on iOS lest it be copying Nokia, metallic s5 it be a copy of HTC One or iPhone 5, 8 MP camera on HTC lest it be a copy of iPhone S3... ? nonsense
34. Topcat488 (Posts: 1396; Member since: 29 Sep 2012)
You can't be that bored of copying... Because "YOU" copied "YOURSELF".
90. VZWuser76 (Posts: 4189; Member since: 04 Mar 2010)
I agree with what you said, except for the 8MP camera on an HTC. HTC's had 8MP cameras for quite a while now, I believe around 3-4 years.
9. Navaid (Posts: 46; Member since: 05 Sep 2013)
So what if copied or not, All is good if end is good. And in the end Samsung has the best. :)
10. taojj (Posts: 33; Member since: 01 Aug 2013)
Shut up Samsung. Copying is your job.
12. SlimSoulja86 (Posts: 660; Member since: 03 Nov 2011)
And you must be a genius. I'm sure your clothes don't look like anyone else's clothes, because you're original, and you don't eat the same food like the rest of us. I'm an Apple fan, but I love and appreciate technology. It seems like it's a good thing to call Samsung a copy cat by Apple fans, but when the facts are released that Apple copied Samsung, all of a sudden people are bored with this "you copied me". Wow, what are world we live in. I'm very disappointed at people that comes to this side and claim companies are copying each other, when we should rejoice as this will push your favourite brand to come up with something more advance. Because at the end of the day, we the consumer will benefit. SOme people just need to grow up and behave like tech lovers, instead of brand lovers. It doesn't help to be so attached to a brand that you don't sleep at night because a brand you hate has something you wish your favourite brand had.
30. joey_sfb (Posts: 5741; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
Well said. Every thing Apple did is original including their plastic iPhone 5c, notification bar, having touch screen on phone.
However I not saying Apple can't copy they could just don't kick a big fuss over I patent the rectangle round corner nonsensical claim.
11. E.N. (Posts: 2610; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)
Yeah even though Samsung sold their gold S4 first, gold/champagne iPhone rumors have been spreading for ages. Given Samsung's obsession of Apple, I don't doubt Samsung included Gold because they knew Apple was gonna do it.
But in all honesty it doesn't really matter.... the Galaxy S4 gold is a freakin ugly
17. willard12 (Posts: 1678; Member since: 04 Jul 2012)
....and samsung has been selling gold phones for ages. The list doesn't even include the samsung giorgio armani in 2009. So, to say that they did it because they knew what apple was going to do doesn't exactly account for any of the pictures above....before apple even made a phone. The looks of this and every phone is a matter of your own personal, individual, humble, and irrelevant opinion....much like your perception(guess) of when the design team sat at the table and decided to make a phone that looks exactly like their note 8.0 released in July. If samsung is obsessed with apple, then who keeps taking whom to court for "slavish" copying of slide to unlock(invalidated), pinch to zoom (invalidated), scroll bounce (invalidated)? It looks like the obsession goes one way.
53. E.N. (Posts: 2610; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)
When was Samsung's last flagship smartphone gold?
There's no doubt that Samsung is obsessed with Apple. Announcing the 64 bit processor days after the iPhone. All those anti-iPhone commercials. Don't forget the 132 page document focusing on every single design element on the iPhone (as far as I'm concerned there was no such document for any other competitor to Samsung). Before the S3, Samsung devices looked extremely similar to the iPhone, in both physical design and touchwiz. Also, we will disagree on the source of inspiration for the S4's "premium finish" with the metal/flat sides. And what's up with this whole gold phone ordeal? Samsung should've just continued selling their gold S4's and STFU. What's up with all the commotion? They should stop seeking attention wherever Apple is invovled, its making them look pathetic. Yes, the obsession only goes one way....Samsung needs to get off Apple's $%@#
55. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
Meh, its not like apple is fully original, plastic phones, colored phones smaller tablet, bigger iPhone etc they have backed down their word several times just to have what others are having and to sell what others are selling...
Anyway good to see Samsung introduced a gold phone... I can say how much I f**king hate gold without being considered a fanboy... Its a horrible color that's only knows how to stand out too much and should be burnt with fire
72. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10456; Member since: 14 May 2012)
64-bit ARM processors were announced earlier this year. Samsung announcing their processor is a bad thing? Okay, it was announced days after the iPhone. Cool, but it was taking the limelight that Apple never deserved in the first place. The iPhone 5S was the most disappointing iPhone model next to the 5C. This was the most disappointing product cycle from Apple ever.
91. VZWuser76 (Posts: 4189; Member since: 04 Mar 2010)
As I recall, anytime a phone launches with anything even remotely considered ground breaking, you usually here from the competition saying either they've been working on that for months or their version will be out shortly. Really isn't anything new here.
111. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10456; Member since: 14 May 2012)
Are you trying to be oblivious or are you serious?
117. VZWuser76 (Posts: 4189; Member since: 04 Mar 2010)
Do you not read PA? When the first watch phone was announced, around three other companies came out saying they were already at work on it. Same with things like LTE, dual & quad core processors, the next higher MP rating, fingerprint scanners, etc. The competition has to show their customer base that they don't have to switch companies for those features. Same thing with the carriers. Verizon announced LTE, shortly after the other carriers were announcing their plans for the same. T-Mobile announced plans to make it easier to upgrade devices, within a week or two VZW & AT&T made similar announcements. Verizon does away with one year contracts, annual upgrades & plans for tiered data, shortly after AT&T follows suit. And this doesn't only apply to mobile. Computers, TVs, cars, appliances, and so on do this as well. It's them trying to stay competitive.
122. VZWuser76 (Posts: 4189; Member since: 04 Mar 2010)
As far as selling their gold S4 a few days before the 5s announcement, no one knew how big of a hit the champagne/gold iphone was going to be, not even Apple apparently (unless the manufacturing yield was low due to manufacturing issues or intentionally to create buzz.)
I'm not necessarily a Samsung fan. I currently have an S3, my first Samsung phone. Just over a year later and I need to upgrade due to issues ranging from the quircky (after I complete a call it tries to call them again multiple times) to hardware (screen burn in). When I first got it I wasn't impressed with Touchwiz, but I've lived with it. The S4, IMHO, is more of the same. A few more features I may never use, the next step up in specs, but basically the same experience when I tried it out in the store. I'll be looking for something with a lighter skin this time. Not to say I wouldn't consider them in the future, but for now I'd rather try something else.
My point was these guys will offer anything to keep them competitive, whether they're first or reacting to the market.
145. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
Great post!
147. E.N. (Posts: 2610; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)
Taking the limelight that Apple never deserved? Yes because Samsung deserves the limelight with their suck ass devices
You can talk about product cycles, sales, or whatever, but all of that is pretty damn irrelevant in this conversation. At the end of the day, Samsung bullishly stalks Apple. Nothing else to it.
They should have just continued selling their gold S4s, but all they're doing is drawing attention back to the iPhone and making themselves look pathetic.
144. willard12 (Posts: 1678; Member since: 04 Jul 2012)
The 64 bit chip that Samsung made for Apple....now Samsung says they are going to make one for themselves....those bastards! And Samsung actually did market research of the competition, that's absurd. Now, based on your flawed logic, I suppose we will never see an iphone with a larger screen or quad core processor because Samsung has done those and Apple isn't obsessed with them at all.
148. E.N. (Posts: 2610; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)
It's the fact that they announced it so quickly after Apple's event that is the point, not the fact that they're going to include it in future devices.... Don't be so stupid!
152. willard12 (Posts: 1678; Member since: 04 Jul 2012)
"As it turns out, the first Samsung Galaxy S4 in gold was ANNOUNCED for the UAE on August 27th."
I'm still not sure how August 27th is AFTER. Besides, after other flagships are announced, Apple stays quiet and professional and that's the standard which we should apply equally, right? Remember, double-standards are difficult to enforce.
No Samsung obsession on their part, right?
154. Ninetysix (Posts: 2380; Member since: 08 Oct 2012)
There were TONS of leaks way before Aug 27th of the iPhone 5S champagne color. If Samsung didn't get any ideas from Apple, they should have announced that color when they first announced the S4.
155. willard12 (Posts: 1678; Member since: 04 Jul 2012)
I suppose you think it takes 15 minutes to develop, test, produce and then mass produce a product before it goes to the market. If this is so easy, then I wonder why there will be a delay for apple in getting their next batch of already created "champagne colored" handsets in to the market? Maybe the 64 bit GS4 will be out next week. The color scheme of the gold gs4 is the exact same color scheme of the note 8.0, released in July. Samsung has no responsibility to announce any product because Apple lacks operational security and every detail of their product is known 5 months in advance. Apple has "adopted" toggles, pull down notifications, larger screen, automatic app updates, air drop (group play knock off). So, even if you feel Samsung never wanted to make a gs4 in the color scheme of the note 8.0 because you are a mind-reader, just think of them as "adopting" a color and you will feel better.
162. AKumar47 (Posts: 48; Member since: 11 Sep 2013)
13. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
It's a freaking color. Stop getting all butt-hurt about it.
14. woodshop20 (Posts: 459; Member since: 14 Sep 2013)
Yeah, and Apple copied Blackberry with the smartphone, and Blackberry copied Motorola with the mobile phone, and Motorola copied Alexander Graham Bell with the first telephone. Whatever.
15. SlimSoulja86 (Posts: 660; Member since: 03 Nov 2011)
Can someone tell me of any OEM that has come up with something original since 2010? Every company has copied something from the other company. I guess Samsung will never win, because it is being attached from all sides, from Apple, HTC, Moto, Sony, etc fans. But then again, it's always about how many you sell, than who hates you. And it feels lonely at the top, because everyone will hate you, correction, few will hate you in Samsung's case, cos they sell more phone than anyone. Just saying. I still don't get the hate.
19. matrix_neo (Posts: 334; Member since: 03 Nov 2011)
+1 for you. Very well said.
18. matrix_neo (Posts: 334; Member since: 03 Nov 2011)
These iTards always think that Apple is the only company have the right to produce different colors for a phone. If another company uses the same color, they already copying it. What a joke! Even before many companies already using different colors before iPhone was made. Look at nokia phones, they have it. Copying should be applied to Apple now, a plastic iPhone 5c is an example. You bashed Samsung for using plastic, look who's using now? Reality always hurts, and iTards can't accept it, too much obsession makes them more retarded.
Doesn't matter who copied this or that, important is we are happy and satisfied with what we buy. Copying is part of a business strategy, it makes them stay in the business. For the info for iTards, this applies to other products as well, not only in mobile phones.
36. joey_sfb (Posts: 5741; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
I was an Apple fan before and I know exactly how an iTards think. They including who I was all have tunnel vision.
Nazi like moral and believes to a point that they can't accept diversity. Hail Apple!!
86. kabhijeet.16 (Posts: 805; Member since: 05 Dec 2012)
Agree.. IFans don't accept the truth... Same old design again & again since 2008... Somebody is laughing at Apple HQ "This is the 6th time I have released the same device & they don't notice it & are buying it again & again".. LOL....
21. skyline88 (Posts: 458; Member since: 15 Jul 2013)
desperate Apple
39. BillyG (Posts: 305; Member since: 24 Sep 2012)
more like desperate samesung... why now after apple put those golds? why there are no gold GS, GS2, GS3, Note, Note2 ?? i wonder how many photocopier do they have at samsung HQ...
49. amats69 (Posts: 1432; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
The samesung HQ itself is the biggest photocopier in the world.lol
92. VZWuser76 (Posts: 4189; Member since: 04 Mar 2010)
So selling a plastic phone in multiple colors isn't copying anyone? Riiiight.
50. willard12 (Posts: 1678; Member since: 04 Jul 2012)
After apple? You either missed or just decided to ignore this part:
As it turns out, the first Samsung Galaxy S4 in gold was announced for the UAE on August 27th, and was sold on September 8th. That means that the gold version of Samsung's Android flagship was being sold two days before the gold Apple iPhone 5s was even introduced.
59. DONUT (Posts: 425; Member since: 27 Jun 2013)
golden iphone leaked so many times before its released too. so samsung couldve saw it and quickly announce their gold variant to avoid being accused of copying again
85. kabhijeet.16 (Posts: 805; Member since: 05 Dec 2012)
Right.. Samsung heard it, went back in time, made the gold phone & sold it..
87. DONUT (Posts: 425; Member since: 27 Jun 2013)
and why not? there was such a big gap in time between e release of e iPhone and the leak, Samsung had more than enough time to do it. now shoo
102. darkkjedii (Posts: 21216; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Who bought it? Why no mention of it till now? And who cares, Sammy is using this as a counter move dude...chill.
163. AKumar47 (Posts: 48; Member since: 11 Sep 2013)
Apple owns Samsung, haha!
82. kabhijeet.16 (Posts: 805; Member since: 05 Dec 2012)
Samesung? Ya like iPhones are all different in design, features, size,? ? ... LOL... Same old design again & again since 2008... Somebody is laughing at Apple HQ "This is the 6th time I have released the same device & they don't notice it & are buying it again & again".. LOL....
89. DONUT (Posts: 425; Member since: 27 Jun 2013)
lol same thing is going on in Samsung HQ. now sit and stop trying it
97. joey_sfb (Posts: 5741; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
winner learn from one another loser like to kick a big fuss and waste time. by iFan logic no one are allow to produce God's colored phone or anything for that matters.
99. joey_sfb (Posts: 5741; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
typo errors gold colored phone
118. VZWuser76 (Posts: 4189; Member since: 04 Mar 2010)
Either way probably works. The iphone's old nickname was the Jesus phone. ;)
23. katuss (Posts: 11; Member since: 18 Feb 2013)
oh my dear ifans.... xperia p gold edition was released last year
24. nctx77 (Posts: 1962; Member since: 03 Sep 2013)
This is not samsung against apple. It more samsung against the apple fanboys/girls. Apple itself hasn't said anything on the matter. As far as the gold phones, it's not about who done it first, it's more about the timing. Samsung hasn't thought nothing about making its flagship gold until They saw The iphone leaks. They released theirs a week or so before the iPhone and then say, "we been doing this for years". The timing says it all. The same goes for the watch.
25. Pancholo (Posts: 380; Member since: 27 Feb 2012)
And this is news because...? Oh, how I wish certain "journalists" learned how to troll better.
27. AKumar47 (Posts: 48; Member since: 11 Sep 2013)
WTF! expect more gold phones to produce and expect more crimes to happen, nahaha!
28. promise7 (Posts: 877; Member since: 03 Jul 2013)
So few people had knowledge about Samsung's gold phone history that they had to come out and make a announcement just showing that they did make them. That in itself shows how irrelevant those phones were/are. Samsung may have made gold phones before Apple, but Apple made the gold phone relevant.
32. darkkjedii (Posts: 21216; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
I have a gold s4, gold note 3, gold mega 6.3, gold fish, gold box of captain crunch, heck even C3PO comes by to shine my gold X-Wing fighter. As Raffi says...gold is best. Sammy's trying to steal a little of apples thunder with this one. I got the golden ticket too.
35. Topcat488 (Posts: 1396; Member since: 29 Sep 2012)
Samsung was making Gold phones before Apple was a test tube baby... Before Apple was a thought in the human mind, Samsung was making Golden Smartphones!
94. darkkjedii (Posts: 21216; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
No they weren't.


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Ted Meissner is the host of The Secular Buddhist podcast and the Executive Director of the Secular Buddhist Association. In this episode with host Vincent Horn, Ted shares examples of secular Buddhism, why he is skeptical but not cynical about religion, and he stresses what he thinks is the importance of right speech in the modern world.
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Vincent: Hello, Buddhist Geeks. This is Vincent Horn and I'm back today for another Buddhist Geeks interview. And this is an interview that for me has been a long time coming. I've really wanted to have this gentleman on the show and we finally made the time to make it happen, and I'm very very thrilled today to be joined by Ted Meissner. Ted, thank you so much for doing the Buddhist Geeks.
Ted: I'm very glad to be here. It's been an honor because I've been a follower of your podcast and work, and an attendee of Buddhist Geeks Conference. So wonderful to be here.
Vincent: Great to have you. And just to mention for those that haven't heard of Ted or heard of your work. Ted is the host of The Secular Buddhist Podcast which is one of the most awesome Buddhist podcast out there, and he's also the executive director of the Secular Buddhist Association. Let's start with the most basic and obvious question which is what is Secular Buddhism. What is it?
Ted: That's a very big question. That's a good one that we get a lot. Because people see that and are like "wait it's a religion and it's secular, it can't really be both of those. What are you talking about?" So the way I like to describe it, and there are a lot of different ways to describe it as you'll see in the discussion, is that people in the Buddha's time were searching for meaning, for understanding about their experiences in daily life. That included the joys, the sorrow, the ease and stress. The whole gamut of what we considered condition existence. That's no different that what people do in all times trying to get it and cope as best we can. And that's a situation we find today. It's just that we have a different cultural backdrop from that of Siddhattha Gotama. We don't see the world in the same way as 2500 years ago. We don't have the same understanding of the universe as even 500 years ago.
So the Buddha was embedded in his cultural environment just as we are and as all people have always been. It colors the way we see the world and engage with our experiences. So at this point, Secular Buddhism is an ongoing and evolutionary exploration of what contemporary Buddhism might become. It's very early in that exploration. It represents an increasingly secular society. We'll talk a little bit more about that. Not as accepting of dependencies on the supernatural or institutionalized religion for spiritual development. We're interested in how to positively impact the self and others here in this lifetime. So there are a lot of different ways to approach it but that's it in a nutshell.
Vincent: Okay. Cool. Thank you. I think there's a common maybe misunderstanding or common myth that Buddhism is like simply not a religion. And yet for anyone who's done any sort of practice, especially in Asian context, its quite clear that Buddhism is practiced as a religion often times.
Ted: Absolutely.
Vincent: And so I'm curious, with the whole emphasis on putting "secular" in front of Buddhism. Obviously, and as you're pointing to, there's some need to differentiate or distance oneself in saying that. Tell me what is it that you're differentiating from, and what is it that you're sort of wanting to move yourself away from by adding that secular piece to the front?
Ted: You know that's really at the heart of a lot of the questions and pushbacks we get is that, the misunderstanding that this is in some way antagonistic to our tradition. And it is not. The people who are involved with this: we typically have a traditional background. I come from a Soto Zen tradition and my practice evolved into very in depth Theravada practices. And that colors and informs how I engage with Buddhism because those are very rich traditions and what we're doing is finding resonance with another part of society that we need to resonate with people with this human practice.
And those of us who are practicing, we all know that this applies to everybody. If you're human, this makes sense to you. But we're not going to do that if we insist on: well you need to accept the dharma, you need to be a Buddhist, and you need to do things exactly this way. That kind of dogmatic approach is excluding people from finding benefit in the dharma. So there isn't really an attempt: that kind of striving to intentionally draw arbitrary lines of distinction. We're a big tent movement. So it's more about describing what we're seeing in this ongoing exploration.
What's coming to the surface is that from our cultural backdrop, as we see from the Pew Religious Surveys, our society is becoming increasingly secular. Buddhism is the fastest growing religious designation in the US for example, but it's not the fastest growing or largest designation. The non-religious, or "the nones" as they say, are secular people or those who simply don't align with any particular tradition fit into that. And that includes atheist and secular humanist and spiritual but not religious, a whole lot of people. So with continuing exposure of religious teachers and institutions, ongoing harm of children, for example, or viewing people suffering from mental illness as being possessed, our society is just not as willing to give a hall pass to religious privilege because it is sometimes demonstratively harmful.
It's not that religion is all bad, that our traditions don't inform us and don't provide great benefit, it's simply that we're finding freedom to question things and to shift responsibility for our spiritual growth to our own efforts rather than adherence to a particular dogma as finding more traction with contemporary circles. So our focus is going to be more "this-world" centric, because there are all kinds conflicting narratives about what happens say: after death, and none of them provide tangible and material evidence that their view is the right one. So it's really hard for us to distinguish how is this right, that right, the other one is right. So we maintain an open mind about how that might be and open mind about new information but don't hang our hat on compelling stories. And simply set those aside as dependent features of secular practice. We can still have wonderful inspiration from our traditions and we do.
The use of secular doesn't mean that we don't enjoy the stories of the Pali canon or the Mahayana traditions. We do very much so because they are ways to help us understand what's going on in the world and a lot of that is timeless because it speaks to a human element. It's just that we're interested in what we can see in the world inspired by those stories and those narratives. And that's where our explorations find the most appetite and interest.
Vincent: Okay. You have a skeptical background don't you as well? I remember you mentioning at one point that you had something of a background as a skeptic. I was curious how that's informed this whole piece and what that means?
Ted: So skepticism is often confused with cynicism. That because one questions that there is a dismissal, and it's not that. It's an open minded exploration of how we can discern what's accurate and beneficial from what is not. And those who are familiar with the Kalama Sutta will find some resonance with that idea. My background as an atheist my whole life and as a skeptic, someone with a degree in science and my degrees in biology, I find that the need to demonstrate our assertions is very beneficial to what we see in our practice.
And what was particularly interesting about Buddhist practice is that the four noble truths, the eightfold path, that whole process of how we engage and turn our minds around to more beneficial actions daily in our lives was standing up to the rigorous of my own experience and my own testing and my own experiences to what was happening in the world and what I was hearing from others about how that was positively impacting a transformation in my life and my approaches.
It has been tremendously valuable. And we see that with the secular humanist as well. That on the one hand we all agree: be excellent to each other is a great idea. We all get on board with that, but that's a what. And what is sometimes missing is the how. And to many of us and those in the skeptic community "the how" that Buddhist practice show is proving to be standing up to the rigors of that exploration.
Vincent: Interesting. Now obviously, and I can tell this just by taking a quick glance at some of the podcasts you've had, there's obviously not one view of what secular Buddhism is. I mean obviously you've got your own kind of understanding you bring to things.
But you're talking to a lot of different people who have different approaches to this. Sometimes contradictory, sometimes there's disagreement. I'm curious if you can talk about some of the different approaches within the secular Buddhist movement and what you've noticed about some of those different patterns and where they tend to disagree with each other, and what points people tend to disagree about. Because that can, I think, looking at those patterns and looking at those disagreements, can maybe say a little bit more about the broader movement itself.
Ted: Yeah. It does. That's very true. There are many different ways of being a secular Buddhist. There's no monolithic: this is the one true secular Buddhism. We won't find that. Some, like our friend Stephen Batchelor, take an approach of re-examining the early suttas, to see what the four noble truths may have been intended to be as a call to action in this lifetime. And others of us may resonate more with an approach that's informed by how our contemporary scientific understanding can cast a light on our tradition's practices and how they help us without having to have an adherence to a particular set of religious practices or assertions. The important thing to get all of this is that our practice is for everyone, not just those who are willing to accept Buddhism as their religion whole cloth. As Buddhists, those of us who do designate that way, we help raise the awareness of the value of the dharma by demonstrating how this applies to you regardless of your ideological affiliation.
So we'll see folks who approach this from the way of looking at the traditional writings say of the Pali canon, and they'll say "this is really secular. It's talking about our day to day existence." There are others who will approach it from a more say one end of the spectrum of scientific materials view that this is part of the natural world and it doesn't mean that we don't love, it doesn't mean that we don't have unique experiences which inspire us. Of course that is all part of the natural world as well. And still others who are interested in how this relates to other philosophical views of life. And so there's a great deal of discussion around Kant and Hegel and other philosophers and how that ties to Buddhism. And we see that this recent article by one of the very well-known skeptical bloggers that's a comparison of Buddhism with some of the other philosophers of the day and how those compare with one another and how they don't. So there are all kinds of discussions that are occurring around that. Where we tend to agree within the very big tent umbrella of secular Buddhism is what works for us today that we can show in this life within conditioned existence.
And our dependent practices are reliant on what we do today and what we can see and how that helps us moment by moment in our interactions with ourselves, our minds, our own stresses, into our immediate families, into our society as a whole. There does seem to be a theme of suicidal change and transformation that crosses the lines across the different areas of the way one approaches secular practice. There seems to be an interest in making that positive change in the world. In particular as we have a smaller and smaller global society, that becomes more and more important. The differences aren't so much disagreements about points of ideological dogma because we don't really have much resonance with that. We know that things are in flux and don't dictate: "this is the one true practice. You have to do it this way." So those things are set aside. We value one's personal experience. Many of us light incense and bow in our meditation practices. I do that everyday. I light incense and I bow in out of my meditation practice. And if you find me, for example, as a materialistic reductionist sitting in retreat at Bhavana Society in West Virginia under the auspices of Bhante Gunaratana, and next to me is a monastic who does have a belief in a literal rebirth, an ongoing and the goal is the ending of the wheel of samsara, you won't see any difference in our practice in what we're doing today.
And you'll find complete agreement about what we want to do in our minds, in our meditation practice itself. So our differences are more in terms of what's your area of interest rather than disagreements about how to be a secular Buddhist.
Vincent: Is there any room for like intense disagreements though? Cause I know there are intense disagreements among people that listen to Buddhist Geeks sometimes. Obviously, I think maybe there's a distinction here between disagreeing in an ideological way, like saying "this is the right ideology, that is the right ideology", and then disagreements that are more like "hey I think you're missing something here. I think there's something you're not aware of."
Those disagreements can also feel heated because even if we're not maybe clinging to an ideology, at least this is what I've noticed, there's still a way in which you know we tend to cling to our ideas about things, maybe not ideologically. Like maybe we can let go after we hear different perspective. You know in a few days, we start to think about things differently. But still I've just noticed disagreement doesn't seem to go away even when big identities with ideologies start to dissolve. So I'm wondering how you see that and how you work with that in your community.
Ted: I think it's a very good point is that we are going to have disagreements. That is going to happen. And how we address that when they do occur has so far been: there's a rising of the heat, the water boils a little bit, and then we all kind of take a step back and calm down and understand that there are going to be certain points about which we disagree. It doesn't mean that we don't respect or like each other. We have disagreements about what are some of the key drivers about how we've gotten to the conclusions that we've gotten to.
For example, there is a very good discussion, although, it is sometimes been a little pointed on one of the episodes that we had on Dharma Voices for Animals, which is a site that is about switching to a non-meat based diet, to veganism, vegetarianism. And for many of us as Buddhist, what we've found very compelling about this is our understanding of the suffering of others and our compassion. That the integrated and really in depth understanding and experience and practice of compassion leads us to a point where it's really not something we can ethically accept in our own lives to eat meat. So we have written that out of our lives and for me that's a relative new thing and it's been an interesting transformation. It's been an interesting challenge but one that has proven to be very beneficial in a number of different ways. Others on the discussion, although they do understand that particular point of view, don't share it because of some of their own particular background interests and understandings of how things work. They're not denying any of the fact and evidence that is suffering that goes on. But they're reaching a different conclusion about how they relate to that in their own practices and the choices that they make. So there is, again happily, one of the common threads is understanding that we're not going to have those agreements. We can't expect everyone to be on the same page with this.
The biggest disagreements that we tend to have aren't so much within our community of people who are more progressive and open minded about others having different points of view. It's from those who are more focused on an ideological "Truth." And that what we are therefore doing is harmful to the dharma and secular practice is associated with Nazism. I get that one all the time and I admonish people to please do your homework before you make that accusation because it's really wrong.
Vincent: The Nazi get pulled into pretty much everything.
Ted: Everything. Yeah. Yeah. They do. Anything bad therefore Nazi. It's kind of amusing at this point because it's such a ridiculous and unfounded argument and their party was really based on a religious distinction between groups, not one based on anything rational. It's not a matter of evolution or social evolution or Darwinism is often the term I hear use. That's just a gross misunderstanding of that entire context that whole horrific part of our history.
So there are some pushbacks there, and there are some disagreements, but what I like to see occur, as some of the discussions we've had with those, we enter into it knowing we have fundamental disagreements about things that we know we will not change the other and that's not our intent. But we still have very positive engagements. And one of the discussions with [inaudible], one of the Tibetan monastic who's been on the podcast is around that. We do have a discussion around things like rebirth and we know we have different views on it and we shared what those were and why we have the understandings that we do. And it was still very companionable and friendly and we still agreed that what we do in this world is still very much in alignment. So that's part of our practice in right speech and right action is trying to find that synchronicity where we can align because that's where we're finding the most value.
Vincent: Okay. I think this sort of starts cutting right into the heart of what is secular Buddhism and how is it different than past forms of Buddhism. Would you say that's a new emerging understanding of right speech that's coming with a more kind of, like what I hear you describing is more kind of a rational discourse or one is able to describe the kind of reasons underlying the conclusions that we've made and sort of like being able to not, like you mention the term dogma before, not simply have a belief in the ways thing are without any reasons except for the reasons being that's the way it is. Is this a new understanding of right speech from your understanding of the history of Buddhism? Is this an emergent I guess is the question?
Ted: You know I don't think it's a new understanding at all because we see it referenced in the Pali canon, that we really try to get along and that there not be always, for example you'd have people coming to the Buddha saying "I think this" and he'll ask some question and the person will have a new understanding. And they may or may not be convinced. And there's a simple ending of the discussion at that point. And the person may show up in later suttas and engage again. So when you see that I don't think right speech itself is undergoing a new emergence. What is happening, however, is that with the advent of social networking and digital technology and our propensity to type out something without as much mindfulness as we might have when we're directly facing someone and have those in person cues that we evolve to have as social creatures we're separated from that.
So what we see is people in person, maybe very kind and very engaging, and we can really make good progress and at the very least understanding. But online, separated from those cues, it goes in a very different and negative direction. And there's a phrase that you have an axe in your mouth and it's your tongue. We now have knives at the end of our arms, our fingers as we type. And so what we're seeing is greater opportunity for us to be lax in our application of right speech, and that's where we're seeing some real challenges in how people speak with one another because it can be different if we apply the same awareness of what we're saying that we do in person as we do online.
It's not to say that we shouldn't call out nonsense as nonsense, we should but only if it's harmful nonsense. But at the same time we don't have to be jerks about it.
Vincent: Very interesting. So there's a distinction in what you're saying between using argumentation as a way to call out nonsense, to challenge each other, to help each other learn. And then being a jerk or essentially attacking one another personally. There's some sort of distinction there. What I hear you saying is that right speech in that sense hasn't really changed so much.
Ted: Right. Right speech itself is sound and valid and positively beneficial. Is this helpful? Is this beneficial? is this done with a heart of friendliness and compassion? And here's one of the trickiest ones: Is it the right time? Which is very hard for us to get around. When is the right time to approach this? And the only thing in the whole right speech tool kit that is still a negative one is what you say might not always be well received. And that's okay. You can still go forward with that. But everything else: is a timely? Is it inspiring? Is it is from a place in the right heart? These are all somewhat difficult for us to do at all times, particular online. So I'm seeing it more so as an effect of some of the ways in which we can communicate now that we didn't have in the Buddha's time. Right speech itself is right on.
Vincent: Ok, interesting. So this is the one of the things I've sort of struggled with, especially being like a millennial in a boomer world. I say part of it is I sort of come into environments, in particular like in the insight meditation world which I've, by the way before I say this I'll just qualify it by saying I've really appreciated the teachers and the environments I have to practice in. And yet I sometimes will come into these environments and feel like there's a way in which right speech simply means being nice all the time and kind of blowing smoke up each other's asses. [laughter]
Ted: Yeah and it doesn't. [laughter]
Vincent: And the piece you said about even if it's not received well, like part of pointing out to someone, and I've been on the receiving end of this probably more than I've been on the offering end of this, is like it really challenges something like an identity or challenges a notion. And it really feels like I'm being attacked.
Ted: Yeah.
Vincent: So for me the whole issue of right speech really gets muddy and clouded by like the tendencies that we as humans have to not want to rock the boat, and also it's very difficult, I guess in my experience, to differentiate in the moment when someone is really offering something of value and when its actually a personal attack, and it usually takes a long time to kind piece those things apart, which for me makes, has always made the whole issue of right speech and the culture surrounding it very challenging, and I've never quite found a community in which I feel like speech is easier or like there's clear guidelines or anything.
Ted: Yeah. It's very difficult to have that because we are going to need to talk about topics sometimes about which there maybe deep divides. Let's take for example, and something that's not specifically dharma related so we'll edge away from that, say acupuncture and its validity as a medical treatment to heal tissue. And there are very different opinions on that and very conflicting ways to interpret controlled studies about it. We may be able to challenge one another and ask: So how about this, cause my understanding is based on this information. How do you address that? And like you and I are doing now we're going to ask about that.
So what I found very useful, again in our magic bag of tricks of right speech, is sincere inquiry. Because we can be quite honest with ourselves, not the least bit disingenuous that I raise my hand and say "I really don't understand your point of view and I really do want to because I may be missing something." That's a very true statement. Again going back to its okay to say I don't know. We should be all right with that and understand this as a shared exploration of what's really going on, because independent of our views about it, stuff is really going on.
I think with regards to the idea about having to be nice, we've had some push back on that on the site and we put up standards to adhere to for the most beneficial results in our discussions online. We build this whole set of guidelines that we'd like people to adhere to, which is not outright telling people "no you're wrong, you don't understand." Instead we'd rather go towards active questioning. And of course harsh speech, again going back to the value of, I think the value of right speech is: harshness, swearing, all that is not necessary. It doesn't help. It creates agitation and bad feelings. It's for that reason that we don't want to have it there.
And the only time we've gone and had to block a few people from our discussions or from the Facebook page is when it's been outright abusive speech. Not active questioning. That can be very difficult. And that's okay. That happens. Those are good questions. It's when there are accusations and ad hominem attacks: it's one the logical fallacies we run into where we associate whatever someone's view is with their failings as a person, and we attack the person, that's not okay. So let's move away from that and onto more fruitful dialogue.


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A slow-moving coastal storm will linger near the mid-Atlantic states through the next several days. While it won't be raining all the time, rain, showers or drizzle are in the forecast through Sunday morning, the National Weather Service reported.
The NWS has cut back on the predictions of heavy rain for northwestern New Jersey but notes than another 1 to 2 inches is possible at or near the Atlantic Ocean.
Heavy downpours this afternoon and tonight could cause ponding of water on roads and areas of poor drainage, NWS said in a Hazardous Weather Outlook issued around 2 p.m. It covers most of New Jersey including Hunterdon, Warren, Somerset and Mercer counties.
The Hunterdon area forecast lists a 40% chance of rain this afternoon, 50% tonight and 40% on Saturday. Drizzle is likely Saturday night, NWS said.
And it will continue to be windy, with gusts of 25 to 35 mph near the coast, and 15 to 30 mph inland.
"Significant rainfall fell last night in portions of Pennsylvania and small stream & river flooding is occurring," the weather service reported. "Inland flooding is a continuing threat as additional rainfall of 1 to 2 inches is expected."
According to the NWS, 3 inches of rain fell on parts of central Pennsylvania overnight Thursday, with a small area getting 6 inches. But in Hunterdon the total was only about a half-inch during that same period.
Repeated rounds of minor coastal flooding at the time of high tide are likely continuing into Sunday, NWS said. The threat of moderate coastal flooding has diminished. Heavy rainfall at the time of high tide will worsen the coastal flooding impacts.
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If you're looking for something crafty to do this weekend – here are some fun fall holiday projects to keep you busy and get you in a festive mood. My friend and I are going to attempt to make these adorable black cat lanterns from Sunset Magazine…hopefully they turn out as good as the ones pictured here!
Black Cat Lanterns
Lace Pumpkins
If you're and over-achiever and have LOTS of time on your hands, these beautiful lace pattern pumpkins might just be for you :)
Glitter Pumpkins
These glitter pumpkins from Martha Stewart Living would be a gorgeous centerpiece for your holiday table…we're hosting Thanksgiving dinner for our entire family this year for the first time…and these will definitely be adorning our own table.!
Funny Face Pumpkins
Absolutely adorable…'nough said :) Click here to for step-by-step instructions and templates from marthastewart.com.
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1holly SAYS:
oooh. love the lace.
2marisol SAYS:
I love the glitter pumpkins…great idea!
3Sierra Rox SAYS:
what type of paint do you use for the black cat pumpkins?
4Terri Wade SAYS:
love the black cat pumpkins.
5Bianca SAYS:
Ik heb de zwarte kat pompoen gemaakt en is heel goed gelukt


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GOODYEAR, Ariz.—A season after walking tall, the Cincinnati Reds face planted in 2011, leaving Walt Jocketty searching for a way to peel his team off the pavement this winter.
In 2010, the Reds had their first winning season since 2000, and they won the division. For a young team, their quick playoff exit—swept by the Phillies in the NLDS—was just a growing pain for what was believed to be a perennial playoff contender.
Just a season later, that thought was squashed. All the magic the Reds captured during 2010 evaporated into the muggy Ohio summer and the club finished a disappointing third in the NL Central, winning 12 fewer games than the year before and leaving Jocketty, their renowned general manager, searching for solutions.
Jocketty's answer was to sell off developing parts for proven ones. Because of those moves, the Reds have added depth and are again a confident bunch, convinced that injuries and bad luck helped wreck last season.
The make-or-break move this season was trading the seventh overall pick in the 2008 draft, Yonder Alonso, along with starter Edinson Volquez and two prospects to the San Diego Padres for 24-year old front-line pitcher Mat Latos, who could pair with ace Johnny Cueto to form one of the league's better 1-2 pitching tandems.
Days after that move, Jocketty traded a high-ceiling starter, 25-year old Travis Wood, for one of the league's best left-handed relievers in Sean Marshall, who might also be a starting candidate later in the season or next spring. To further strengthen that bullpen, the Reds signed Ryan Madson to a one-year deal to be their closer.
"We are quite a bit better, a lot better (on the pitching side)," manager Dusty Baker said Monday as he shuffled his trademark toothpick from one side of his mouth to the other. "Not only at the surface but with the backup guys, too. If something happens to a guy, we have guys that have big league experience or guys that are close."
The team added Ryan Ludwick for outfield depth. He is just three seasons removed from a 37-homer campaign, and if getting out of San Diego's huge Petco Park can help his numbers uptick again, he could emerge as the team's everyday left fielder, something it has lacked for a while now.
Those moves, along with the departures of Albert Pujols from St. Louis and Prince Fielder from Milwaukee, have opened Cincinnati's window of opportunity again. But if the Reds are going to be able to take advantage of that, certain trends have to change.
The Reds were 29-33 in one-run games last season, the most one-run losses in the majors, and pitching was a big reason as the staff ranked 12th in the league in ERA (4.16) and the bullpen was tied for the league lead with 227 walks. In 2010, the team was 27-27 in one-run games.
"That's what was different there. In 2010, we won a lot of one-run games and last year one-run games haunted us," Baker said. "That's one of the things that I tell these guys in the beginning of spring: The teams that win the one-run games are the teams that win.
"Sometimes that's the way the ball bounces, sometimes we had untimely walks, a lot of late-inning walks, a lot of walk-off wins on the other side. We had a bunch of heartbreakers."
Third baseman Scott Rolen was limited to 65 games in 2011 because of shoulder problems—he played in 133 and had a 126 OPS+ (his best mark since 2004) in 2010. When he was around the team, he noticed the team lost some of the intangibles that led to wins a year before.
"In 2010, we were finding ways to win games. In 2011, we were finding ways to lose games," Rolen said. "It's a confidence issue. You get that feeling in 2010 when you're down two or three runs of 'How are we going to win this time?' It's not rah-rah, pom-pom (stuff). It's just that everybody goes out and is prepared and focused. Last year, it didn't seem like we had that confidence.
"But it's a new group right now. On paper everything looks good, but when you cross the lines in April is when you understand what kind of team you put together."
Rolen is healthy for now, and Cueto is healthy again after missing more than a month at the start of the season because of a shoulder injury and being shut down in September with a strain in his side. If Latos handles the transition from an extreme pitchers' park to an extreme hitters' park, the rotation will receive a boost. The bullpen, which had so much trouble late in games, has gotten stronger in the back.
For Jocketty, Baker and the players in the clubhouse, there is a real belief that the team is improved.
"We had a lot of guys get hurt last year whereas in 2010 we seemed to be healthy all year," Votto said. "We also had a lot of guys reach their potential in 2010 and last year a lot of guys felt they came up short, and finally the division got better and we stood pat. We stayed competitive but in the end those other two teams (the Cardinals and Brewers) blew us away.
"We've added talent this offseason and it's filled some voids. We are healthy and the division weakened a little, too."


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ARCADIA - Open is a relative term. Courtney Cramer, for instance, doesn't need much of an opening to gain an edge.
Arcadia's senior sharpshooter was dialed in here Tuesday as she canned six 3-pointers on the way to 24 points in a 52-48 Redskin win over New Riegel.
The long-range game was a key for the Redskins in improving to 16-4 while dropping the Blue Jackets to 18-2. Both teams hit 19 field goals, but Arcadia had an 8-5 edge in 3-pointers.
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Arcadia's?Molly Glick tries to dribble past?New Riegel's Taylor Arbogast during Tuesday's game in?Arcadia.
Cramer hit a 3-pointer to open the game's scoring and added two more in the first period as Arcadia opened a 15-10 lead.
"We use the three quite a bit," Redskin coach Randy Baker said. "We've got a couple kids who can shoot it - Courtney's usually pretty good at it and Molly (Glick, who had the other two 3-pointers) can hit it. If they give it to us, we'll take it."
The Redskins had the upper hand for all but nine seconds of the first half. Three straight inside hoops by Abbie Dauterman helped push the margin to 21-11 before New Riegel rallied.
Taylor Arbogast, who led the Blue Jackets with 16 points, started it with a steal for two and a post move.
Down 26-21 with 58 seconds left in the half, New Riegel took a 27-26 lead into the locker room after Arbogast fed Lauren Ladd (nine points, seven rebounds) for a basket, Ladd scored on a putback and then Arbogast scored off a Kara Scherger feed.
"We can be a little streaky like that," New Riegel coach Steve Lucius said. "We felt pretty good about (getting the halftime lead) and we wanted to continue on with that in the third quarter. Unfortunately, we had kind of a slow start to the third and we had to come back again."
Glick and Cramer had 3-pointers and freshman Taylor Ware had a rebound basket in the first two minutes of the second half for a 34-27 Redskin edge.
But they weren't running away. Arbogast's 3-pointer started a 9-2 New Riegel run that tied it at 36-36. Moments later, Scherger (14 points, five assists) nailed a 3-pointer to give New Riegel its final lead at 39-38.
It lasted 11 seconds as Cramer hit a short jumper for the Redskins. She then hit her final 3-pointer to open the fourth.
"When she gets in a rhythm, she can knock down a few in a row," Baker said. "This was a solid game. That's a good group of kids. We'd go up a few points and they would come back and then they'd go up a few points and we'd come back."
More often that not, the Arcadia surges had Cramer involved.
"We had closeouts on her, but sometimes we weren't close enough," Lucius said. "Other times we closed out, we had a hand in her face. She's a great shooter and she gets that shot off so quickly.
"We've gone against Courtney for four years now and we know what a tremendous shooter, and player, she is," he said. "We were on her, but they move the ball so well - backside, skips, whatever. And when she catches it, it's too late. It's gone."
It was 48-43 before New Riegel's Morgan Noftz scored to trim the lead to three with 18 seconds to play. Glick (12 points) hit two foul shots but Arbogast answered with a 3-pointer to make it 50-48 with nine ticks left.
The Blue Jackets pressured, but Cramer drew a foul and finished it with two more from the line.
The 3-point edge wasn't Arcadia's only advantage. The Redskins out-rebounded the Jackets 31-19 with Dauterman grabbing nine, Rebecca Kirian eight and Glick seven.
And a third issue was foul shots - the Redskins went 6 for 7 to New Riegel's 5-for-13 effort.
"We talked about that (Monday), rebounds would be a key," Lucius said. "That's twice this year, we've been out-rebounded and twice we've lost. Still, if we make foul shots, and we're a good foul shooting team, that could have really, really helped."


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- U.S. televisions are NTSC while most of Europe is PAL/SECOM format. Some European televisions will support NTSC however the same can't be said about U.S. televisions, most CRT televisions don't offer compatibility (can't say the same for LCD/Plasma). I've heard that using component cables in 480i format (EDTV) is a international standard therefore if that is true your HDTV/EDTV's should work.
- A European Wii will not play the U.S. games as they are region encoded. This means that all your games will have to be imported, and to make matters worse, Europe is generally last to receive games releases as well. Ne prepared to be teased as games rot on the shelf as you will be unable to buy them and play.
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Free Speech, Terrorism, and European Security: Defining and Defending the Political Community
Shawn Marie Boyne
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
February 18, 2010
In this paper I examine the impact that the struggle against terror has had on free speech protections in three European states. Specifically, I argue that prosecutors have overbroadly interpreted and expanded the definition of laws designed to target individuals who provide material support to terrorists. As a result, some prosecutions undertaken by European states threaten to undermine the core democratic value of free speech. By analyzing specific cases, I explore how some liberal democratic states have chosen to navigate the tension between security and liberty that Hannah Arendt referred to as the "crisis of authority." Although I discuss each state's relevant legislation, my primary focus is to draw distinctions and comparisons between the three countries based on recent cases that attempt to criminalize speech. This approach will allow me to assess the pulse of free speech in several democratic states that face significant terrorism threats.
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President Barack Obama said it's time for Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi to relinquish power, as intense fighting continues to ravage parts of the north African nation.
At the White House Thursday, Obama was clear on where he stood regarding the Libyan crisis.
"The violence must stop," Obama said. "Moammar Gadhafi has lost the legitimacy to lead and he must leave. Those who perpetrate violence against the Libyan people will be held accountable."
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Gadhafi, his sons and members of the dictator's inner circle now face a new challenge. The International Criminal Court is investigating the regime for possible crimes against humanity in the violent crackdown on anti-government protestors.
"We'd like to use this opportunity to put them on notice," said Luis Moreno-Ocampo of the International Criminal Court. "We have a mandate to do justice and we will do it."
Thursday, Libyan fighter jets continued to bomb the key eastern oil town of Brega. Rebel groups regained control of the city after repelling a ground and air attack by troops loyal to the regime.
There's growing concern in Washington that Libya is sliding into a civil war.
"One of our biggest concern is Libya descending into chaos and becoming a giant Somalia," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.
Pressure is on the Obama administration to stop the slaughter of Gadhafi's opponents. The U.S. insists all options are on the table.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said military options, such as enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya, would amount to an act of war.
"Let's just call a spade a spade, a no-fly zone begins with an attack on Libya to destroy the air defenses," Gate's said. "That's the way you do a no-fly zone."
Meanwhile, the exodus out of Libya continues. he United Nations estimates more than 180,000 people have fled into neighboring Tunisia and Egypt.
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Auto sales in the United States topped 7.8 million in the first six months of 2013, the best first half since 2007, according to Autodata Corp. and AutoInfoBank.
Analysts expect total sales of around 15.5 million cars and trucks in 2013, which would be 1 million more than in 2012. New cars and trucks sold at an annualized rate of 15.96 million in June, the fastest monthly pace since December 2007.
Demand for big pickups has been the driving force. GM, Ford and Chrysler sold 157,480 full-size pickup trucks combined in June. That is up about 25 percent from the same month a year ago and almost double the number the companies sold in June 2009, a year when total sales sank to a 30-year low.
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Darren Carey (left) and Bob Terek, salesmen at Zeigler Chevrolet in Claysburg, examine the engine of a Chevy Cruze.
GM said its new Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, which went on sale last month, are spending just 10 days on dealer lots before being sold. A 60-day stay is typical.
Pickup truck sales have been strong locally.
"We are seeing a lot of truck sales. Our F-150 sales are up at least 10 percent over last year, which was up over previous years," said Bob Bradley, sales manager at Courtesy Ford Kia Lincoln, Altoona.
"Chevy Silverados are selling extremely well," said Dan Cobaugh, sales manager at Zeigler Chevrolet, Claysburg.
Small and subcompact cars sales also were strong, possibly because young graduates went shopping for a new car, said Kelley Blue Book analyst Alec Gutierrez. Relatively high gas prices also may have steered some buyers to more fuel-efficient models, he said. Gas averaged $3.60 a gallon nationwide in June, or 10 cents more than a year ago.
Sales of Ford's recently updated Fiesta subcompact more than doubled, while the Hyundai Elantra saw a 22-percent gain.
Family-haulers also did well to start the summer road trip season. Honda said sales of its Odyssey minivan jumped 26 percent. The Toyota RAV4 SUV was up 36 percent, while sales of the Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV rose 33 percent.
Overall, local dealers said they have been busy during the first six months of 2013.
"Business is brisk. We are selling cars; we can't get them fast enough. The incentives and rebates are the best they have been in a long time. There is also built-up demand. People have been holding off and holding off. They realize the economy is improving, and there is no reason not to buy," Cobaugh said.
"Our sales have been pretty strong; they have not been slow by any means," said Jim Hetrick, sales manager at Courtesy Dodge Chrysler Jeep Nissan, Altoona. "Sales across the board, both new and used for us, are up about 10 percent, but the increase is higher in new sales."
"Pickup trucks are remarkably strong," Hetrick said. "We have seen an increase in performance cars like the Challenger."
Many people are trading in their older vehicles, Bradley said.
"It is probably because of pent-up demand, customers who have wanted to trade are finally pulling the trigger," Bradley said.
Sales have been strong at Five Star Mitsubishi - formerly Five Star Suzuki - in Altoona, said owner Greg Sloan.
"We sold 60 plus new vehicles last month," he said.
"In less than three months we sold over 150 new Mitsubishis. It is a good product. We had some loyal customers who switched over from Suzuki to Mitsubishi," Sloan said. "I've traded a lot of Suzuki's but traded as many other brands as well. Mitsubishi has not had a strong representation in this market for several years; that is creating some excitement."
Local dealers expect to be busy during the second half of the year.
"I expect to average 60 new cars a month here," Sloan said. "My used car business has also been strong. We sold over 100 cars, new and used, last month."
"This month started out strong. I don't see any change unless there is a big change in the economy," Hetrick said.
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Always Evolving's logo is really similar to Associated Electrics' logo. The AE's logo represents a slot cars track forming the letters AE. The Always Evolving's logo also represents the letters AE and with the same shape and design.
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* Regina B. Gault, 43, of Haynes Avenue, was arrested Tuesday and charged for a failure to appear warrant from Upper Deerfield. She was lodged in the Cumberland County Jail in lieu of $750 bail.
* Edwardo G. Garcia, 23, of North Pearl Street, was arrested Tuesday and charged with aggravated assault, possession of a knife for an unlawful purpose, resisting arrest and for a failure to appear warrant from Bridgeton.
Police said the assault and knife charges stemmed from a domestic violence incident and would not released any further information. They said that after they arrested Garcia, he began to physically resist them and had to be subdued with pepper spray.
He was lodged in the Cumberland County Jail in lieu of $52,500 bail.
* One of the tenants who lost their home in a fire at the Bridgeton Villas returned to find that they had also lost some jewelry and other belongings.
Around 3:15 p.m., a manager let the tenant into the apartment, where they discovered that a black onyx 10K gold watch with an inset diamond, a silver Disney charm bracelet and Aeropostale brand stone washed jeans, blue hooded sweatshirt and gray and red dress sweater and shirt with collar with a total value of $1,080 were missing.
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He earned a Bachelor of Science in Linguistics from the University of Kansas, a Master of Science in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) from Florida International University, and a Master of Education in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University. Entering his 14th year in the field of education, he has served as administrator and instructor in secondary and tertiary levels. He has taught all levels of English, including Business English and Technical English, on three continents in the United States, Japan, Senegal, Guinea, and the United Arab Emirates.
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Amanda McStay is a dynamic tertiary education professional who enjoys bringing her 15 years of academic leadership and lecturing experience, and similar years of global industry experience, to inspire students in creative learning environments. As Executive Director of her own training company, and former Academic Director of Murdoch University Business School in Dubai, Amanda consults to universities and private industry in the Gulf region. She has a BSc majoring in Psychology and Anthropology, an MBA with distinction, doctoral research focussing on the Dubai tertiary education sector, and numerous other teaching qualifications. Amanda is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management (FAIM), a Certified Professional with the Australian Human Resources Institute (CAHRI), and a Certified IELTS Trainer with the British Council. Her areas of expertise and interest include Business, English language, Social Sciences and Executive Education.