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QuakeMan87 4 years ago#1
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It's an Aprils fools joke as you could clearly see on the front page of the poll on GameFAQS.
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The funny part is if this was true I really wohldnt give a crap.
The only thing decent about nintendo is the occasional Zelda game and even that they keep doing that windwaker junk now.
It's all the same stuff I've played from nintendo since I was old enough to hold a NES controller...I just don't care anymore.
They released GameCube with mini discs...umm why? Was real nice getting the tiniest scratch on one of those things and it refusing to play.
The Wii is barely functional just like kinnect and whatever Sony calls their stupid version. Not to mention its a slightly upgraded ps2... I mean for as crappy as kinnect is at least Microsoft didn't build an entire console around it.
Now they release Wii u...it has a gamegear DS with it or something..who cares? The thing is a current gen console when we are right around the corner from the next gen.
I don't know what the deal is with Nintendo insisting on being behind a generation but I'm pretty sick of everything they do. I don't have anything against them really...I just don't seem to care about anything they do at this point. I own a 3ds and I kinda enjoy it...sometimes, that's about it.
Their 3rd party support has been atrocious ever since n64.
It almost blows my mind how they're still so successful and then I remember that they cater to casuals, children, and chicks. There's nothing wrong with that......I just don't see why they can't try to appeal to the more "traditional" gamer too but oh well...
P.S. I'm not saying motion technology is worthless...its cool and all and eventually will be a lot of fun but now? A controller that works most of the time or some of the time gets old REALLY fast. None of it is that responsive..maybe the Wii u is different but I doubt it.
NegiBozu203 posted...
Facts don't mean **** to me.
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What do you consider a "traditional" gamer? Do you think SimCity players generally are? Or is there something else that makes someone a "traditional" gamer? It's kind of a thing that doesn't exist as a unified term like you think it does.
Fun fact: Call of Duty is so successful precisely because it appeals to casual gamers.
I Like Toast 4 years ago#5
From: Kabuto_Y | Posted: 4/1/2013 8:51:25 AM | #004
What do you consider a "traditional" gamer?
he plays Call of Duty and League of Legends and bashes SimCity. so Frat gamers basically..
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darkace77450 4 years ago#6
I Like Toast posted...
From: Kabuto_Y | Posted: 4/1/2013 8:51:25 AM | #004
Monday morning, time for Toast to begin another 40 hours of asinine trolling.
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I never said it existed in a uniform term that's why I put quotation marks on it, I decided to go with traditional instead of "hardcore" because hardcore sounds like you want to grind experience points for hours on end but perhaps traditional wasn't the right term either.
I used it to try to get the point across that it would be nice if Nintendo would try to branch out a little and develop some games more geared towards adults, or even just branched out from their usual "Oh? It's a new generation? We better make a couple games of Mario, Metroid, Zelda, Mario Party, blah blah blah"
It would be nice if the tried to develop something really story driven/dialogue driven, something a little dark/gritty...it's all sunshine and lollipops over there.. I'm just not 7 anymore. Instead they just keep pumping out mostly the same silent characters of yesteryear. Which again, it's fine... people seem to like it..but that's all Nintendo brings to the table at this point and I'm personally over it.
I think it's a little hypocritical for people to get mad about sequels on one hand being money grabs but in a lot of ways that's most of nintendo's catalog...and they sell you a console to bring it to you, multiple consoles actually.
At the same time though Nintendo has been around forever and their methods clearly work, at least they aren't butchering franchises to give them mass appeal that doesn't exist or dumbing everything down in an attempt to make it all kid friendly, this is just what nintendo has always done. I'm just not their target audience anymore and that's fine but as a consumer it can still annoy me a bit.
NegiBozu203 posted...
Facts don't mean **** to me.
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Like metroid prime? Or xenoblade? Or fire emblem "I was ordered to retreat and get this message to you. Oh god I can still hear the screams of the other members of my unit being massacred, I should have been there, it's not right that they all died to allow me to escape." They make a bit of everything really.
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The funny part is if this was true I really wohldnt give a crap.
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. ...one begins to twist facts to suit theories.... Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
darkace77450 posted...
I Like Toast posted...From: Kabuto_Y | Posted: 4/1/2013 8:51:25 AM | #004
These forums are actually a fairly reasonable place where at least semi constructive debate can be had on the weekends. Then Toast comes back and it's all trololololol
Show us another video of your city on fire from your traffic problems.
but for the heck of it and because I'm so sporting and like talking about games in general and this topic might as well be the place for us to discuss other games.
Games I'm currently playing and enjoying:
1. Chivalry: I picked it up yesterday finally when I noticed it was on sale for 8 dollars. I wanted to get it for awhile but I had a 4870x2 and I didn't trust that game to work properly with crossifre. Now I have a new gpu and happened to see the sale so I grabbed it. It's not for everyone and it's far from perfect.. in a lot of ways you can say it's objectively a bad game even but damn it was worth the 8 bucks and I think I'd be happy with it for the full price of 25. If you haven't looked into it yet... check it out, it's a lot of fun, but can be rather hard...it's all multiplayer base.This game does have glitches/problems but it's not 60 dollars and they're not gamebreaking like Simcity.
2. Bioshock Infinite: It's a great game with amazing atmosphere, runs like butter too on the PC if your rig is decent. Does it reinvent bioshocks wheel in terms of gameplay? No, probably not. It does enough though.
3. Metal Gear Solid: Lots of fun, the sword mechanic of slashing everything up is awesome. It's over the top action all the way that will have you jumping from missle to missle and running down the sides of buildings and all that good stuff. It's a good time if you're into action.
4. Guild Wars 2: It's probably the best MMO out there currently unless you're somehow not burned out by WoW. I'm still burned out on the MMO genre in genral but there's a lot to like about this game for me.
5. God of war Ascension: God of war 3 disappointed me a little bit I actually enjoyed Dante's Inferno more. With that said I read up on this GOW some and so I went into it with lowered expectations. The scale is great but it has some problems that I never noticed before. Jumping is a nightmare...and the controls just feel clunky now, they need to be updated. The game also likes to zoom out to show scale...it looks cool but it gets really hard to keep track of Kratos or fight effectively. It's definitely my least favorite recent purchase, I'd suggest waiting until it's like 30 bucks for anyone interested. I haven't tried the multiplayer yet so maybe that's worth the price of admission...can't say yet.
I haven't got to play any of these games a real ton yet just with me having so much to play currently + life.
I play everything really, I like games in general. I play sports games, racing games, action games, adventure games, RPG's, JRPG's, MMO's, Simulators, RTS, puzzle games, FPS, 3PS... I don't think there's a genre I hate... except maybe MOBA games...I've tried them and simply don't like them...they're too passive and derpy for me but to each their own.
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The latest Torre stuff: Johnny Damon's lack of heart in 2007 brought players to tears or something:
Interesting stuff on Pages 394 and 395 about Johnny Damon's physical and emotional struggles early in the 2007 season, when a leg injury sapped him of his enthusiasm and he began to annoy old-guard Yankees.
In a private meeting, Torre told Damon, "The kind of player you've been your whole life is the player who goes out there and fully commits himself. You're not that kind of person now. It's easy to see that."
To which Damon said, "I'm not sure I want to do this."
The book says one teammate visited Torre and was near tears discussing Damon, saying, "Let's get rid of him. Guys can't stand him."
The tears seem a bit much. Tell me: when you're complaining about someone behind their back and trying to get them fired, aren't you more angry than tearful? Wait, you don't plot against your co-workers like that? Well pardon me, your majesty.
Anyway, here is a list of the people who are probably happy with the Joe Torre book: Joe Torre, Tom Verducci, The Doubleday Publishing Group, column writers, bloggers, talk radio hosts and Joe Girardi, who will no longer have to compete with the fiction that Torre inspired some preternatural calm and good chemistry in the Yankee clubhouse which he cannot replicate.
And here is a list of the people who are probably not very happy with the Joe Torre book: Every Yankee player who joined the team after 2000, the Yankee front office and, in all likelihood, every player on the current Los Angeles Dodgers roster who can now expect to be thrown under the bus by their boss when the sequel implied by the title of this book is inevitably written.
I'm going to read this book. I'll probably like a lot of it because it appears to cover a lot of stuff we've never heard before. I still can't fathom, however, why Joe Torre wrote this book, at least while he's still in the game.

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Rochester NY (SPX) Jul 01, 2014
In quantum physics, momentum and position are an example of conjugate variables. This means they are connected by Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, which says that both quantities cannot be simultaneously measured precisely.
Recently, researchers have been developing novel techniques, such as "weak measurement," to measure both at the same time. Now University of Rochester physicists have shown that a technique called compressive sensing also offers a way to measure both variables at the same time, without violating the Uncertainty Principle.
In a paper published in Physical Review Letters this week and highlighted as an Editors' Suggestion, the Rochester team explain that when measuring quantum systems each detection event gives a little information about momentum and a little about position, so that information about the whole system can be obtained.
Graduate student and lead author Gregory Howland, who carried out the experiment with his colleagues James Schneeloch, Daniel Lum and his advisor Professor John Howell, explains that the compressive sensing approach "economizes the use of this information."
Compressive sensing uses the possibility of compressing the signal to be able to recover more information from relatively few measurements, and therefore obtain an understanding of the system.
"We use random on-off patterns to gain a small amount of position information while only minimally affecting the momentum of the photons", explains Howell, professor of physics at the University of Rochester.
"In much the same way as weak measurements, the random on-off patterns gain very little information about the position of the photons, but putting all the patterns together, we can learn about the images carried by the light."
Compressive sensing has been widely used in the last decade in signal processing applications such as magnetic resonance imaging and radio astronomy. Howland explained that recently it has even been used in imaging applications, for example, when Howland and his colleagues used the technique to enable a single pixel camera to capture the 3D movement of a tennis ball swinging on a string.
Although the team applied compressive sensing in this case to gain information about momentum and position, they could also have applied it other conjugate variables like time and energy for example. To begin, they illuminated an object with a laser beam. They then used a simple, standard imaging setup to be able to retrieve an image of the object, which gives the position information, and also image the Fourier transform of the object, which gives the momentum information.
However, instead of doing a complete, or 'projective' measurement, they used compressive sensing to do the equivalent of a "weak measurement" to get position information.
This requires a series of random filters (random on-off patterns) to be applied to the system, which block some of the signal but allow enough of it to pass to be able to image the Fourier transform of the object, which is effectively a "strong" momentum measurement.
"It may be counterintuitive to realize that random measurements can provide the same results as strong, projective measurements and do so more efficiently," says Howland. "Not only that, but in the quantum domain we can do this and also measure the conjugate variable in the same experiment."
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There's a decent video of Joe Kinnear speaking with Sky Tyne and Wear and the interview lasts over eight minutes and it's on a cricket filed before Joe takes part in a charity cricket game.
Joe Kinnear – decent interview
That's been the big news on Sunday afternoon and it's a decent interview in that Joe talks well and quite professionally about what Newcastle are doing in the transfer market.
It's great for the fans to hear exactly what's happening, and it even sounds good, but we still wish both Joe and Alan Pardew would keep quiet about the deals – until they are complete.
This is the bit right at the end, when Joe is asked how successful can Newcastle be next season:
"I think it took it's toll and we had a tough season last season, no question about that , and injuries didn't help things either." "Maybe the squad wasn't big and strong enough in certain areas."
"I've sat down with Alan and we've gone through numerous things, irrespective of what everybody else is saying about it and the tricky stories that we don't get on and this that and the other, you as well as I do that it's a nonsense.
"We get on very well and we have the utmost respect for each other, he keeps in touch with me on a regular basis, and I keeps in touch with him on a regular basis
"I know it's frustrating for anybody at the club at the moment going into the start of the season without having additional strikers but we are dong the very best we can and I can give people my word of honor if it's not being these players that we may not be able to snatch and sign we would be signing somebody else."
"That's for sure, because we have a second hit list if these three players fall through"
Joe also said he wanted to get the strikers in first, and then he would go after a player to strengthen another part of the side.
Joe of course didn't mention what the position was and who the targets may be, but that could be a winger like Blackpool's Tom Ince, or maybe a central midfielder like James McCarthy of Wigan.
Here's the full interview and it's definitely worth a look and listen.
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Gold, silver and black balloons, gold cardboard wedding bells, a posterboard adorned with old and new photos and a white-iced anniversary cake recently filled part of the dining hall at Villa Maria Care Center.
A special occasion was brewing.
Residents Dominic Bruno, 90, and Theda Bruno, 88, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on April 12. The couple lives together in an assisted-living apartment at the care center, 4310 E. Grant Road.
More than three dozen residents, friends, family and staff members gathered and waited for the couple to make their grand entrance for the surprise party. As nurses pushed the couple's wheelchairs into the dining area, they grabbed one another other's hands and cried.
A pianist playing big-band music welcomed them as Dominic wiped away tears with a crumpled tissue, mouthing the words "thank you."
Four Bruno generations were at the party to celebrate this long journey of love in their family.
"This happens so seldom," said Villa Maria worker Eileen Muñoz.
Dominic explained that being married 70 years "feels no different than seven years."
"She's beautiful," he added. "I look at her and say she's a doll."
The couple, their sons, daughters, granddaughter and great-granddaughter sat at a white-clothed table where they enjoyed cake, read greeting cards and reminisced about their life together.
Theda said she doesn't have a favorite thing about her husband because she loves "everything" about him.
The pair met at a dance at Summit Beach, Ohio. Dominic's friend asked him to drive Theda home. When he did, Dominic recalled, "I asked: 'You wanna go out?' and she said, 'Yeah.' "
They had been together for about nine months when they married in Cumberland, Md. He was 20 and she was 18 when they were married by a justice of the peace in 1943. They had to travel to a different state, since marriage at 18 was illegal in Ohio. Only five people, including the priest, were at the courthouse.
"We didn't have no big ceremony," Dominic said.
A year later, the couple had their marriage blessed at St. Martha's Church in Akron, Ohio.
They ended up having two sons and two daughters.
"It's been a very happy, long relationship," Dominic's son, Rick Bruno, 60, said. "They guided us, but never forced us to do anything."
Rick and his wife have been married for 38 years while the oldest son, Joseph Bruno, 66, has been married for 43 years.
Daughters are Karen Brandon, 58; and Janet Johnson, 54, both of Tucson.
The anniversary celebration took a month of planning by fellow residents and staff at the care center.
Muñoz has been working at the care center for about 14 years and has known the Brunos since they moved in about a year and a half ago.
"They're just so connected," Muñoz said. "They're like a little piece of a puzzle."
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One From the Heart
Darling I wrote you this song, A bunch of thoughts and regrets from when I did you wrong,
Why can't I erase this feeling, it's tearing up my heart,
When I close my eyes I see your face,
I can't escape this, and it's pulling me down,
This stranglehold you have over me it's leaving me breathless,
I know it was my fault, but this pain is relentless,
Why is it to me that your voice seems so divine?
I know that I should walk away
But this drug is all in my face and the temptation is just too great,
I fall into the same cycle again,
I end up just falling when- I try to run,
My own self destruction is such a funny little game.
So darling here's one from the heart,
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An' he come with me to th' dure, holdin' th' lamp over his head.
And Biddy acknowledged that he "sildom dairkened her dure these days."
La rose du jardin, comme tu sais, dure peu, et la saison des roses est bien vite coule!
Put them pups in their basket and come out and shut the dure.
Out th' window,' says I. Just thin Dorsey's nanny-goat that died next year put her head through th' dure.
At th' dure are two or three polismen that maybe ye don't care to meet.
An' thin I'd bolt th' dure an' I'd say, 'George, take off ye'er coat an' pull up to th' fire.
Ye'er demands are refused an' ye can bang th' dure afther ye.'
Sorra any wan with him but his cane, Miss; and that he axed me wud I sthand it behind the dure for him.
Thin came the gintleman that first had the dure in his hand.


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The Wright State volleyball team nearly won the first set, only to see Youngstown State rally for a three-set decision in Horizon League action at the C.J. McLin Gymnasium Friday night. The Penguins won the match 26-24, 25-19, 25-22.
The opening set featured 13 ties and six lead changes, including WSU taking the lead at 24-22 on kills by Natalie Catani and Marisa Aiello. YSU, however, tied it on an Alexis Egler kill and a service ace and claimed the set on a Missy Hundelt kill and a Raider attack error.
Youngstown State (12-7, 2-3 Horizon) then broke a 1-1 tie in the second set with four straight points and maintained the lead throughout the rest of the match, jumping out to a 7-1 lead in the final set.
The Penguins finished with a 43-37 edge in kills and outhit the Raiders .194-.120.
Aiello led WSU with 12 kills while Heidi Splinter nearly had a double-double with nine kills and 11 digs. Libero Katie Glassmeyer had 21 digs and Mariah Nussbaum had 12. Setter Ashleigh Lucco dished out 35 assists.
Wright State (2-19, 0-4 Horizon) hosts Cleveland State Saturday night at 7:00.


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Downtown in December presented by Devon, is a series of holiday events and attractions in the heart of Oklahoma City. It's a one-of-a-kind winter experience that features thrilling outdoor ice skating, a tree lighting festival, afternoon visits with Santa Claus, a festive holiday run, snow tubing, free water taxi excursions, performing arts, shopping, and parties… all surrounded by twinkling holiday lights. Most events are free of charge and there is an open invitation for all to attend.
Downtown in December is produced in part by Downtown Oklahoma City, Inc. with generous support from Devon Energy, the Downtown Business Improvement District, as well as other corporate sponsors and partners.
We hope you enjoy making holiday memories at this year's #DowntownInDecember!
Devon's Saturdays With Santa »
Bricktown Tree Lighting Festival presented by SONIC »
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LifeShare WinterFest and Snow Tubing »
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Little Willie's Triple Dog Dare »
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Christmas Crawl at Deep Deuce »
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"Miracle" on the Canal Pop-Up Bar »
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The New York Jets are the second AFC East team to select in the first round of the NFL draft. The Jets have the No. 9 overall pick.
What can the Jets get for their value? Let's take a look at the recent history of the No. 9 pick and what this means for New York.
2012: Luke Kuechly, LB, Carolina Panthers
2011: Tyron Smith, OT, Dallas Cowboys
2010: C.J. Spiller, RB, Buffalo Bills
2009: B.J. Raji, DT, Green Bay Packers
2008: Keith Rivers, LB, Cincinnati Bengals
The No. 9 overall pick has been great for teams. As recently as this past season, Kuechly won the rookie of year award for Carolina. Smith is a full-time starter, Spiller is a budding star in Buffalo and Raji helped propel the Packers to a Super Bowl title two seasons ago.
This could bode well for the Jets and new general manager John Idzik. New York is in proven position to get a game-changer if its scouting staff does its job. Needs for the Jets include safety, running back, receiver, linebacker and quarterback.


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Ever waited in line overnight to make sure that, when the store opened, you were the first in the door to buy some fancy, just-released product? Then you may appreciate the ability to preorder hit movies. You can also sign up for season passes to upcoming TV shows.
The cost: No membership fee; à la carte pricing only. Rent movies for $3 to $8; buy them for $6 to $20. TV episodes are free to $6 each.
Worth noting: Many movies now come with "iTunes Extras"—similar to bonus features on a DVD. Extras include things like deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes info, and other interactive elements to play with on your computer.
The downside: "iTunes Extras" only come with purchased movies, not rentals.


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Foster + Partners to Design Airport in Mexico City
British architect Norman Foster of Foster + Partners and Mexican architect Fernando Romero of FR-EE have been selected to design a $9.15 billion airport for Mexico City, according to Reuters.
Courtesy of Foster + Partners
The airport, which plans to solve overcrowding at the current terminal, covers an area of 18.5 square miles with a single 5,059,038-square-foot terminal building. Clad in glass and painted aluminum panels, the structure will be made of pre-fabricated steel and concrete and made with sustainable and locally sourced materials when possible. A gridded, lightweight shell will house the entire terminal beneath one roof.
Courtesy of Foster + Partners
The design was also selected for its eco-friendly features, which will utilize Mexico City's dry climate with displacement ventilation and outside air to keep the interiors comfortable. Designed to meet LEED Platinum standards, the model allows for a reduction in energy consumption over the model and should create shorter walking distances through the terminal.
The project is set to finish by the end of 2018.
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Postponement forces Deer Lakes softball to play waiting game
Deer Lakes' run in the state softball playoffs was delayed a day — and maybe longer if wet weather continues.
Rain and unplayable field conditions forced PIAA officials to postpone a number of quarterfinal playoff games to Friday.
One was the Class AA game between Deer Lakes (19-1) and Philipsburg-Osceola (22-1) at Bedford High School. That game now is set for 11:30 a.m. Friday at the same site.
With more rain in the forecast, the potential exists for the game to move to a different site.
Riverside (20-0) was scheduled to play Ligonier Valley (17-4) in Kennedy Township, but that game was moved to Friday at Woodland Hills, which has a turf field.
There also has been discussion about games being moved to Saturday, if necessary. The semifinals are scheduled for Monday.
Deer Lakes did not even board a bus Thursday, and instead took extra at-bats in the school's indoor hitting cage.
"You can't worry about things you can't control," Deer Lakes coach Craig Taliani said. "We're looking at it as another opportunity to practice."
One potential issue for Deer Lakes is that the school's graduation is set for 6 p.m. Friday. So, if the game is pushed to later in the day, the team's four seniors could be pressed for time.
"It could be a pretty exciting day," Deer Lakes senior shortstop Becca Babincak said. "I am really looking forward to playing. It makes me want to win even more since I get to go back and see all my classmates.
"We'll just have to deal with the adversity."
Last year, Deer Lakes had its game against Martinsburg Central postponed a day in the same round of the playoffs, at St. Francis (Pa.). The Lancers were dealt a 4-2 loss, but made it home for graduation.
Bill Beckner Jr. is the local sports editor of the Valley News Dispatch. Reach him at email@example.com.


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Nina Sweeney, of Amherst, a nurse and physical therapist, died Saturday in Beechwood Continuing Care, Getzville. She was 102.
Mrs. Sweeney was director of physical therapy at the Crippled Children's Guild during the polio epidemic of the early 1940s.
She later was director of physical therapy at Niagara Frontier Rehabilitation Center and the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Western New York for 18 years.
Born Nina Dorey in Madison, Wis., one of six children, she was a graduate of Gowanda High School, the Buffalo General Hospital School of Nursing and the University of Buffalo.
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Mrs. Sweeney was a life member of the Buffalo General Hospital Alumni Association and the American Physical Therapy Association.
She was a member of the St. Aloysius Senior Citizens.
Her husband, Arthur E., died in 1964.
Survivors include two daughters, Holly and Candee.
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(CNSNews.com) - The Thai state is on the verge of losing control of the troubled Southern provinces, according to a new report just published on the Oct. 25 anniversary of a massacre at Tak Bai, where 85 died.
The damning report from the Thai National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) states that there are ominous indications of the state going into ''administrative bankruptcy'' -- when the government cannot assure the safety of the people.
The report noted the worsening problem deep in the South, where state control was said to be ebbing away.
''The trend that became the main concern has to do not only with the weakening ability of the state to protect its own citizens but also the falling apart of local communities,'' the NRC report stated.
Bloodshed at Tak Bai was a turning point, according to the report. Hundreds of protesters, angered by what they saw as unfair local arrests, converged outside the police station to demand justice on Oct 25 last year.
The following clash with security forces left six protesters dead and another died in a hospital. Seventy-eight others suffocated during transportation to a nearby town for questioning.
The government could not evade responsibility for the excessive force blamed for the steep death toll, according to the NRC.
''The Muslim Thais are under the impression the state is biased against them and not remorseful for the deaths of the protesters,'' the report stated.
The families of those who died in the massacre have taken the embattled government to court for damages totaling 103 million baht [$2.5 million].
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Widows of the tragedy said they would never forgive the soldiers who they believe caused their husbands' deaths. ''I will never forgive them [the soldiers]. My husband died while in their hands. My 10 children have lost their father and our family is in trouble. I will never forget what happened,'' 42-year-old Waesiti Waedolo told reporters.
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Subject: [PA] MYERS and related surnames--moved from Central PA to Ohio
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 16:00:29 EST
I have several publications from the South Central PA Genealogical Society
which detail from various sources migration from Central PA to Ohio. I have
abstracted the Myers data from these publications:
Publication #53 July-October 1993, Gone to Ohio--Champaign, Crawford and Wood
Counties from Pennsylvania Counties: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin,
Lancaster, and York, compiled by Gloria L. Aughenbaugh:
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio by Baskin and Battey, Historical
Publishers, Chicago 1981
Henry COUTS, farmer, born 4 July 1810 Lancaster Co., PA son of Christian COUTS
(Rev. soldier), family to Ohio 1821, married 25 Aug. 1833 Sarah Ann PETERMAN.
Listed among the children is Jeremiah B. born 12 Mar. 1846 who married Susan
Gen. Samuel MYERS born 4 Dec. 1802 near Lancaster, PA, son of Abraham MYERS
married 1st Rebecca DEARDORF (31 July 1808-17 July 1845); OH 1827; 10
children; married 2nd--22 June 1848 Mrs. Hannah HAMILTON; one son, born 2
July 1849; elected to State Legislature 1848; elected Brigadier General 3rd
Brigade, 11th Div. OH Militia.
Source: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood Co., OH,
pub. Chicago: J.H. Beers Co. 1897
J.C. WITMORE born 1 Sept 1839 Franklin Co., PA, family to Ohio 1850; married
29 Nov. 1862 (Seneca Co.) Mary A. KRABILL. Licensed German Baptist minister.
J.C. was the son of Johathan and Catherine COVER WITMORE. Johathan (J.C.'s
father) died 1 July 1886--he never knew his age. He had a first wife whom he
married in PA whose name is not known and they had a daughter who married John
MYERS (see entry below). He then married second Catherine COVER who is the
mother of J.C. above.
Isaac NEIFER born 29 July 1813 in New Holland, Lancaster Co., PA. He married
13 Nov. 1838 Harriet OBERLY, born 16 May 1821 in Leacock Twp., Lancaster Co.,
PA, daughter of Adam and Catharine MYERS OBERLY. The family moved to Ohio in
D.J. REX, born 31 Dec. 1818 Adams Co., PA, only child of Jonas and Leah MYERS
REX, 1826 family to Crawford Co., Wood Co. 1863. Jonas and Leah MYERS REX,
natives of Adams Co. "to Richland Co. at an early day."
Christian STOUDINGER born 24 Feb. 1833 Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, son of John
STOUDINGER; emigrated 1854 ship "Satellite" from Havre, France; proceeded to
York Co., PA where he had friends; to OH 1861 where schoolmate Frederick
BOWER resided; enlisted Aug. 1862 in Co. I, 111th OVI; married 25 Oct. 1865
Elizabeth MYERS, born 9 June Canton Schaffhauser, Switzerland, daughter of
Christian and Magdalena SWITZER (died Aug. 1895) MYERS who emigrated in 1855.
John MYERS, born 13 Oct. 1826, Franklin Co., PA son of Adam and Elizabeth
GUIPE MYERS; married 1848 Malinda WHITMORE (died 1875; OH 1852; no children.
Adam MYERS born Lancaster Co., PA married Elizabeth GUIPE born PA; children;
Catherine, decd., Elizabeth decd., Fanny married John HECKMAN of Franklin
Co., Sarah decd., Mary married John WALTERS of PA, Nicholas res. IL, John,
and Adam who died in the Army.
Elias HANELY, born 30 Sept. 1817 Lancaster Co. 1830 son of Michael and Susanna
Stoner HANELY; family to Stark Co. 1830; married 1844 Susanna SHRINER (died
June 1891), daughter of John and Mary HOOVER SHRINER of Ashland Co.; Wood Co.
1846; children include: Samuel who married Elizabeth MYERS.
Gone to Ohio, Logan, Mahoning, Stark and Trumbull Counties, from Pennsylvania
Counties: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster and York compiled
by Gloria L. Aughenbaugh, Special Publication #54:
Source: History of Logan County and Ohio, Chicago; O.L. Baskins and Co., 1880
S.B. MYERS, farmer/cooper by trade, born 1822 York Co., PA married 1843 Susan
ELCOOK (also born York Co.); OH ca. 1853; children--Alivina S. and Wesley C.
Mr. MYERS' parents died in PA.
Source: History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, Cleveland; H.Z. Williams
Trumbull County, Hartford Township: John KEPNER, born 7 Oct. 1784 Cumberland
Co., PA purchased 636 acres Hartford Twp. in 1805; returned to Cumberland Co.
and married Elizabeth DUBS. Moved to Ohio Spring 1807; served in War of 1812;
fell from barn roof and died 20 Mar. 1833. Among his children is: Jane born
13 March 1813 who married Eli MYERS.
Special Publication #23 July 1983, compiled by Edna Renner and Yvonne
Information found in newspapers of Astoria, Fulton Co., IL, 1886-1917 and
Crawford Co., Ohio, 1891-1939:
Death Notices and Obituaries, Astoria, IL, Newspapers:
1888: Joseph MYERS, father of Mrs. Daniel BLEMER and Willam MYERS died 18
May age 80 at his home in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA.
1900: Mary MYERS, married 1st Samuel BRICKER married 2nd Samuel BAUMGARTNER
died 1 Sept. age 68 born Adams County, PA.
1906: Mary MYERS wife of J.B. MYERS died 8 Aug. born Hanover, York Co., PA.
1909: John B. MYERS died Nov. age 94 born Adams Co., PA.
1915: John William MYERS died 22 June born PA.
1915: Adlina MEYER widow of Isaac BRILLHART died 28 June born York Co., PA.
Crawford Co., OH Newspaper (clipping, exact newspaper unknown, but probably
Bucyrus Journal) 1923 (exact date unknown):
Elias CRALL, son of John and Elizabeth CRALL, was born near Harrisburg,
Dauphin Co., PA October 9, 1850, and departed this life Aug. 20, 1923, aged 72
years, 10 months, and 11 days. (There is more information given.) Among the
survivors is listed his sister: Susie MEYERS of Enid, Oklahoma.
Special Publication #43, July 1990, Gone to Ohio, Ashland, Brown, Columbiana,
Harrison, Jefferson, and Richland Counties from Pennsylvania Counties: Adams,
Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, and York, compiled by Gloria L.
Source: History of Ashland County, Ohio by George William Hill, M.D. 1880
The Pioneers:
James CLARK, born 7 Oct. 1790 Chambersburg, PA; family to Washinton Co., PA
1797; OH 1814; married 1st 1830 Charlotte MYERS (died 1841) daughter of Jacob
MYERS, married 2nd Miss MARSHALL. Children with first wife: Josephus, John,
M.L., James M., Mary A. MCBRIDE, and Mrs. C. SHARRICK.
Green Township:
George BITTINGER born Franklin Co., PA to OH 1827; married Susanna DERR;
children include: Catharine who married Peter MYERS.
Perry Township:
J. MYERS, born 1822, Cumberland Co., PA, second son of Abram and Susannah
MYERS; married 1847 Elizabeth MILLER; OH 1866; children: Abraham, Augustus,
May Isabel, George F., John J.S., Elizabeth L., David E., Catharine E. and
Elmore Oscar.
Jackson Township:
William MYERS, born 24 Sept 1830 Center Co., PA son of Henry and Barbara
FOREMAN MYERS; married 1866 Mary MILLER (born 4 June 1848 Lancaster Co., PA),
daughter of Peter and Elizabeth MILLER; children: Corren, Orlando, and Henry
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published by D.W. Ensign and Co.,
Philadelphia, 1879:
Knox Township:
Jacob SHAFFER, born 1791, Lancaster Co., PA; to Ohio 1804; first wife killed 2
June 1822 during a church service. Married 2nd--Nancy LINARD born PA in 1804;
among children of 2nd marriage: Hannah who married John MYERS.
Springfield Township:
J.A. MYERS, born Bird-in-Hand, Lancaster Co., PA, son of Hiram and Jane Ann
DEAN MYERS. to Ohio 1832; druggist; Liverpool Township.
From: 1750-1977 Links A History of Springfield Township by Mabel Davis
Philip SIPE of York Co., PA; married Magdalena MESSERLY, daughter of Peter
MESSERLY. Magdalena was an only child, so Peter and his wife went to OH with
Philip and Magdalena SIPE in 1803. Children of Philip and Magdalena MESSERLY
SIPE include: Jacob born 1808 who married 1st Rachel KRINER who died in 1855.
He married 2nd--Sophia ELDER and among the children of this marriage is:
Ephraim who married 1st--Estella MYERS--5 children. He married 2nd--Elizabeth
Source: A Historical Collection from Columbiana and Fairfield Townsihp
1805-1975 by the Heritage Committee 1976 Marilyn Durr, Editor:
Henry SEACHRIST born 1813, Lancaster Co., PA married Apr. 1834 Margaret
WINDLE--10 children. Among the children are: Elizabeth born 1837 who married
Elias MYERS and Leonard born 1852 who married Susan MYERS.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio 1880 Compiled by A.A. Graham Mansfield,
Ohio, A.A. Graham and Co., Publishers, 1807-1880:
Blooming Grove Township:
Peter MEYERS, carpenter, born ca 1840, Adams Co., PA; left there ca 1870;
married 20 Oct 1868 Mary Ann ALBERT; had one adopted daughter.
Franklin Township:
Hezekiah KOHLER, farmer, born 25 Apr. 1825, Adams Co., PA; Ohio 1829; married
1854 Rebecca C. MYERS born Ohio, 8 children.
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The Thursday wrap
New Republic, the same Obama-slobbering magazine that allowed the president to say he does "skeet shooting all the time" at Camp David — without challenging him to produce proof — this week tweeted what it said was a White House photo of Mr. Obama shooting skeet. The only problem is, it was fake, a fakery that the new official organ of the Obama presidency was forced to admit. And the world breathlessly awaits word from the White House on what kind of gun the president uses. ... Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel sent letters to TD Bank and Bank of America urging them to stop offering lines of credit to gun manufacturers. Those big bad bullies are profiting from gun violence, he claims. It's like saying automakers profit from vehicular homicide and swimming pool manufacturers profit from backyard child drownings. Mr. Emanuel has become the poster child for "progressive" critical thinking skills. ... There's a new scandal for the "most transparent administration" in American history. The Washington Free Beacon reports that congressional investigators have discovered a second high-ranking EPA official who used a personal email account to conduct official business, ostensibly to keep such emails out of the public domain. Investigators believe the EPA's outgoing boss went as far as using a pseudonym in her government-related private email dealings. Talk about "shadow government."


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LsFarm - I am simply researching the possibility of hooking my steam system up. I would have to sell the Pocono and buy a coal boiler etc, but it is a possibility.
As far as hooking up a cold air return to my stove's input being a $30.00 fix
that is an awfuly big assumption. In terms of the first floor maybe I can use ducts with bigger fans (8") to push the hot air up to the first floor than hook up a fan and tube to the combustion blower but it won't be $30.00 All of this experimenting costs $ and Home Depot will take back most things, but not cut to size duct work.
I may have a heating contractor come out and tell me where my natrual air currents are and how to capitalize on them, but I am sure that its going to be a 50/50 whether he knows and wants to share the info etc,


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My poor wife had to cope with me being in the USA shortly after I started my new job. I am sure she would have agreed with a woman who was quoted in the telegraph as sayinghaving his comatose body home two days ahead of his mind drives me nuts.
This was certainly true of me after that trip! In fact I slept for ages on my return and twice thought I was in my hotel room on waking up. One of these times I was convinced I had another woman lying next to me in bed. I couldnt understand it as that really isnt my style! It took me almost five minutes to realise I was in my own bed with my own wife next to me!
Since travel is part of the job, what can a spouse do to lessen the stress?
Rita Yee, of ExpatCoach.com, recommends that partners talk beforehand about the impact business travel may have on the family and the relationship. "Get it all out and be heard," advises Ms Yee. "As much as possible, be clear about when the trips are coming and how long they will be since no one likes last minute surprises. The spouse who stays home has to prepare for the trip too. Talking about the travel, rather than ignoring it, will help couples come up with a healthy coping strategy for both pre-departure and during his time away."
Ms Yee also offers the following helpful tips to spouses:
Do make sure you're prepared to handle whatever might come up while he's away. Know who to call if a pipe bursts. Let friends and neighbours know you're home alone.
Don't play Superwoman. If you need extra help with the children while he's away, reach out and ask. Martyrdom will get you nowhere.
Don't brood while he's away. Be so engaged in creating a life you love that you don't have time to wallow in resentment.


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Ben D.wrote a review of Burton Board Sack on November 18, 2011
Great for the Price!
For what it is, this bag is perfect. Enough padding on the bottom to protect your edges while traveling and enough room to even fit the kitchen sink. I bought this bag to travel with(airplanes included) and it has performed perfectly.
-OK...This is what I fit in there(Bag size 156):
149 board w/ bindings on, boots, helmet, three pairs of goggles, two pairs of gloves(one-heavy duty mittens), two pairs of snow pants, one big snow jacket, three hoodies, two pairs of jeans, two regular jackets, 7 pairs of snowboard socks, 7 beanies, 8 t-shirts, a ton of underwear and regular socks, travel coffee mug, one big bar of wax, goo gone, scraper, 2 knifes, 2 screwdrivers, and oh ya...one down sleeping bag!


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Nirvana's 'Nevermind' is ever-covered, spoofed
Nevermind has become a significant piece of not only rock music but pop culture. The album's powerful songs and iconic cover art have been spoofed, covered and mashed-up repeatedly.
No one can replicate Nirvana's signature song, Smells Like Teen Spirit, but many have remixed it. There's the good (Tori Amos' haunting piano rendition), the bad (Miley Cyrus' hard-to-hear and harder-to-watch tour performance) and the unexpected (composites that pit Nirvana against everyone from The Jackson 5 to Dead or Alive).
Parody Smells Like Nirvana, one of "Weird Al" Yankovic's greatest hits, pokes fun at Kurt Cobain's guttural, indecipherable singing with the lyrics: "Now I'm mumblin' and I'm screamin'/And I don't know what I'm singin'." The music video, featuring Weird Al in a greasy Cobain-blond wig, is impressively similar to the original.
Then there's the swimming baby: so cute, so random, so worth remaking ironically. The image has been the source of inspiration for comic book covers (Marvel's Deadpool swims toward a taco) magazine covers (Bart Simpson paddles across the cover of Rolling Stone) and other album covers (Safety Suit, Foals).
The infant on the album, now a 20-year-old, is famous in his own right, starring in reshoots of the photo — this time with trunks on.
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American leaders say they will avoid future Mannings and Snowdens by segmenting access to information so that individual analysts cannot avail themselves of so much, and by giving fewer security clearances, especially to employees of contractors such as Booz Allen Hamilton, where Snowden worked. This will not work. Segmentation of access runs counter to the whole point of the latest intelligence strategy, which is fusion of data from disparate sources.
Not all secrets are alike | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.


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Paris Hilton Will Start Suing Now
"And one of them just touched me. GUARDS!"
Earlier this week, an excerpt from Neil Strauss' new book was posted online that depicted an 18-year-old Paris Hilton as a racist who regretted making out with Vin Diesel after realizing he was black-ish. Her rep has since issued the following statement claiming the quote is false and that Paris' lawyer will most likely sue for damaging her sterling reputation. Via The Toronto Sun:
A statement from Hilton's spokesperson reads, "These allegations are absolutely untrue and ridiculous. We have sent these claims to Miss Hilton's lawyers to respond further. It's another example of someone making false claims for financial gain."
Perhaps even more telling than Paris' alleged racism – A vapid, uneducated white woman hates minorities? Alert the president! – is the fact that the media has yet to ask Vin Diesel what he thinks about this. Apparently they're too afraid he'll gang violence them in the face and/or cook a delicious Italian meal using his grandma's recipe from the old country. It's sickening, is what it is. Makes me ashamed to shove an index card with the word "Press" on it in my underwear every morning. (I don't wear hats.) That used to stand for something!
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Convocation 2004: The "Greening" of MHC
MHC Buildings Garner LEED Award for Green Design
Scholar to Speak at MHC on "Stereotype Threat"
Center Offers Fall Series on 2004 Presidential Election
Dining and Catering Options Offered This Fall at Blanchard
to Introduce New Students to Valley
Vies for Massachusetts's First Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
Partnership Award
the Nightstand: What MHC Faculty Read This Summer
Students at Mount Holyoke Form Global Book Circle
Welcomes New Archivist Jennifer King
Society of America Honors Janice Hudgings
Holyoke Enters Partnership to Combat Global Warming
Holyoke Historian Is Named ACLS Fellow
Science Symposium Highlights Student Research
Association Essay Contest Asks, "What Changed Your
Week at MHC
Claude M. Steele
Claude M. Steele, an internationally recognized authority on
how group stereotypes affect self-image, academic performance,
and individual behavior, will speak at Mount Holyoke Tuesday,
September 21. Steele has written extensively on a range of issues,
including challenges faced by students of color and women at
American institutions of higher education and in other settings.
Steele will speak at 7 pm in Gamble Auditorium. The event is
free, open to the public, and accessible to all.
Steele's visit is sponsored by the Office of the President and tied to
the work of the Presidential Commission on Diverse Community, a committee of
faculty members, students, and staff appointed by President Joanne V. Creighton
last year and charged with assessing and enhancing the role diversity plays in
the school's work environment, community, and especially in the curricular
and cocurricular dimensions of Mount Holyoke students' education. Last
year, members of the Commission, as well as more than 50 faculty members and
administrators, met with two of Steele's colleagues—Geoffrey Cohen
of Yale University and Josh Aronson of New York University—to discuss ensuring
the effectiveness of the school as a learning environment for all students.
"Professor Steele is at the forefront of scholars examining how race and
gender can interact with societal stereotypes to negatively affect high-achieving
students of color and women in their academic performance," Creighton said. "His
work has great relevance as educational institutions—and our society as
a whole—face issues ranging from affirmative action and diversity to questions
of how standardized tests measure student abilities."
A significant focus of Steele's work has been on how explicit or implicit
societal attitudes regarding race, ethnicity, and gender can affect the academic
performance of students of color and women, as well as the expectations of faculty
members, while often bolstering the performance of majority students. For example,
as part of his work Steele and his colleagues have looked at reasons why the
abilities of high-achieving African Americans and women are underrepresented
on standardized tests such as the SAT. According to material posted on the Web
as part of "Secrets of the SAT," a 1999 documentary by the PBS investigative
magazine Frontline:
"Recent studies have shown that later in life, when those students who
make it to college and post-graduate studies are faced with standardized tests
such as the SAT and the GRE, new factors come into play which might contribute
to the gap. Stanford psychology professor Claude Steele and his colleagues have
described what they call 'stereotype threat.' According to their
research, a student who feels he is part of a group that has been negatively
stereotyped is likely to perform less well in a situation in which he thinks
that people might evaluate him through that stereotype than in a situation in
which he feels no such pressure.
"Steele has conducted experiments in which he brings in black students
and white students to take a standardized test. The first time, he tells the
students that they will be taking a test to measure their verbal and reasoning
ability. The second time, he tells them the test is an unimportant research tool.
Steele has found that the black students do less well when they are told that
the test measures their abilities. He also believes that the effects of stereotype
threat are strongest for students who are high-achievers and care very much about
doing well. They care so much about doing well, Steele says, that they feel that
if they don't they will be confirming the negative stereotypes associated
with black students." (Frontline has published an interview with Steele
at www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/sats/interviews/steele.html.)
Interestingly, Steele has also found, in the test situations comparing white
students and students of color, that the performance of white students is enhanced
by the same conditions under which the performance of minority students is diminished.
In fact, this "stereotype lift" may be a factor in the persistence
of racism among members of the majority, who benefit from situations where expectations,
both positive and negative, are keyed to race.
Steele is the Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences at Stanford University,
where he has taught since 1991. He has also been a faculty member at the Universities
of Michigan, Washington, and Utah. Throughout his career he has been interested
in how people cope with self-image threat. His theory of "self-affirmation" describes
processes for coping with this threat, and his theory of "stereotype threat" describes
how negative group stereotypes—through the self-evaluative and belongingness
threats they pose—can affect important behaviors like intellectual performance
and intergroup relations. He has also studied addictive behaviors.
Steele received his B.A. degree from Hiram College and his Ph.D. from Ohio State
University. He is past president of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology
and the Western Psychological Association. He has served as chair of the executive
committee of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, as a member of the
board of directors of the American Psychological Society (APS), and on numerous
editorial boards and grant study sections. He is past chair of the psychology
department at Stanford, a fellow of the APS and the American Psychological Association
(APA), and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National
Academy of Education. He is the recipient of a Cattell Fellowship, the Gordon
Allport Prize, the William James Fellow Award from the APS, the Kurt Lewin Prize
from the Society for the Scientific Study of Social Issues, honorary doctorates
from the University of Chicago and Yale University, the Distinguished Scientific
Career Awards from both the APA and APS, and the Senior Award for Distinguished
Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest, he was elected to
the National Academy of Sciences
in 2003.
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I saw an interview on PBS a few days ago about hantzfarmsdetroit.com. The owner of the hantz group still lives in Detroit and wants to plant trees on all the vacant lots in Detroit. 240,000 people left Detroit between 2000 and 2010. I don't know how many lots that translates to and I don't know how big the lots are but the interview mentioned 10,000 acres. Detroit city council will vote soon on letting this group just get 170 acres to start with. Hantzfarmsdetroit.com only wants to pay $300/lot. They will clean up the lots, keep the property maintained and plant the trees. They figure it will 40 to 60 years before they harvest the trees. They could also sell some smaller trees as nursery stock.
The company I worked at used to hold a clothing drive for COTS, which is located in Detroit. COTS is an acronym for Coalition On Temporary Shelter. The place is a 10 story hotel and it was always full. I drove the truck over to COTS a couple of times. So Detroit has plenty of people needing shelter. My suggestion for Detroit is to end exclusionary zoning and allow a free housing market. People should be able to place a home of their own choosing on a residential lot. Poverty has two sides. On the one hand is what you earn and on the other hand is what you spend. Anything that can be done to increase what you earn or decrease what you spend will go that much further toward eliminating poverty. Ending exclusionary zoning works on reducing the spending side.
I went from paying $3,720/yr in lot rent to a mobile home park to paying $662/yr in property taxes once I was allowed to place my singlewide mobile home on a residential lot outside of the mobile home park. Too bad I had to wait until I lost my job and then retire in order to do this. Once I no longer had a job that I had to commute to every day then I was free to move to an area that allowed me to place my singlewide on a residential lot and just pay property taxes like everyone else. I lived at Little Valley Estates mobile home park in Farmington Hills, MI (near Detroit-closest major intersection was Eight Mile and Middlebelt). I lived there for 18 years because Farmington Hills says your home has to be at least 24 feet wide and conform to existing housing.
I paid $12,500 for a quarter acre lot and it cost just under $10,000 to move my singlewide 300 miles and place it on this lot. That included running an underground electric line and rerouting the water line. There was already a sewer hookup on the property. I made this suggestion to Detroit Mayor Bing back in 2010 when I saw him on the TV program '60 Minutes'. I sent him a letter with photos of my singlewide at the mobile home park location and at the new location and suggested that by ending exclusionary zoning he might attract some residents.
My recent contact to the mayor was via an email with a link to my face book album 'Inside My Singlewide'. Here's a link to my face book page where you can view pictures of my singlewide. As you will see, it's a neat little home. Just copy and paste it into your browser. All my photos are public. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.149213788455629.25303.100001010274735&type=3&l=e9e55b12ea
There are no doubt many Detroit residents who are renting. They could become homeowners and save themselves a lot of money. Think about all the people who lost a lot of their pension money. How about all the people who lost a home to foreclosure? What about all the flood victims and wild fire victims? Global warming is making it hotter and hotter. I sure wouldn't want to live any further south than Ohio. Detroit's climate is only improving with global warming. Detroit has plenty of water, no wild fires, no hurricanes and no flooding. If people could park a motor home on a lot then you could attract retirees back to Detroit during the summer when it's just too hot in Florida and practically everywhere else down south. In the winter these retirees could go back down south and enjoy the warmer weather.
The recession has put a lot of people who were close to retirement out of work. That's what happened to me. I lost my job at 59 in Oct 2008. I decided to just retire (didn't even apply for unemployment). I paid off my singlewide in less than 2 years so I didn't flush a lot of money down the 30 yr mortgage toilet. I was not able to save for retirement prior to my last job and that job only lasted 22 yrs. I had a good employer for 20.5 yrs and then they sold the business to another company. I worked for the new company for 18 months and then they let me go. Anyway I had a plan B. I had been saving as much money as I could and bought single premium immediate income for life annuities. I bought one in 2005 and had just purchased another in early 2008. After I lost my job in Oct 2008 I only had to wait until Feb 2009 when I was 59 and a half to draw out my 401K money to buy a third income for life annuity. So if you have an income then you don't need a job. The good company I worked at for 20.5 yrs has a pension and I'll start drawing that when I'm 65. I'm waiting until I reach 70 to start getting social security. I'm living on around $10k/yr so I know I'll need 4 times that if I live another 40 yrs. So I'll be covered by the time my pension and social security kick in.
There have got to be a lot of people who would just like to retire but feel they can't afford it. Detroit could appeal to people like that. Imagine an ad such as the following:
Would you like to retire but don't think you can afford it? Think again. Detroit has no exclusionary zoning. That means you can place a singlewide mobile home on a lot and just pay property taxes of $650/yr. You can also park a motor home on a lot and live in that. How about living in a camper van or a travel trailer? You're welcome in Detroit. We cater to anyone who just wants to live a happy, healthy, affordable, peaceful life. You see in Detroit we respect your constitutional right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We believe you have the right to place a home of your own choosing on any residential lot. Think about it. No more home owners association collecting dues and telling you how to live your life.
Here's another ad they could run in the appropriate market:
Has your expensive, traditional, site built home been destroyed by a hurricane, wild fire, flood or tornado? Instead of rebuilding, why not just sell your lot and live in Detroit? We don't have hurricanes, wild fires or floods. We have plenty of good water. You can place a singlewide mobile home or practically any other dwelling you choose on one of our lots and live a happy life. We seldom get any tornadoes but if that did happen then you could replace your smaller home as easily and as cheaply as you'd replace your car.
Here's another ad they could run at any retirement community in the heat belt:
Is global warming making your summer here in the heat belt almost unbearable? How about buying a lot in Detroit? You could live up here during the summer and come back to the heat belt in the winter. You see we've ended exclusionary zoning in Detroit forever. It's in our city preamble: "The American Dream is to live in a home of one's own choosing. Detroit shall establish no covenant or restriction that runs contrary to this dream." We'll even put it in your deed so that as long as you own your lot you'll be able to live in a home of your own choosing no matter what laws the city might adopt in the future. For example, you could leave a travel trailer or motor home parked here year round or just place a singlewide mobile home on your lot. So you could have a very affordable second home in a cooler northern climate. Don't let global warming spoil your retirement half of the year. If all the ice melts and Florida ends up under water then at least you've planned ahead and have a plan B.
Detroit could attract urban pioneers who have jobs less than an hour's commute away. Offer the lot to anyone who cleans up the lot and lives on it and pays taxes on it for 10 yrs. Again it's affordability that would be the main selling point. Anyone with an internet connection can do home schooling now at KahnAcademy.com. Paint some lines on existing roads for bike lanes and make the city pedestrian and bicycle friendly. They could fill up all the lots that hantzfarmsdetroit.com wants to plant trees on. Freedom leads to prosperity. If safety is an issue at least they'd be getting property tax money to hire police to address that issue. By making life more affordable for their current residents then shouldn't that reduce crime? Doesn't poverty and crime go hand and hand? So less poverty means less crime. Isn't it worth a shot before you sell 10,000 acres to hantzfarmsdetroit.com at just $300/lot? I paid $12,500 for my quarter acre lot just so I could put my singlewide on it and live an affordable retirement. Social Security might get cut to 75% unless it gets fixed. Medicare might not last past 2022. People need affordability.
Honorable Detroit Mayor Bing and respected members of the Detroit City Council: You may think that ending exclusionary zoning and allowing mobile housing would make it too easy for people to leave Detroit. But it would also make it very easy for people to come to Detroit. Many current residents might walk away from current mortgages or quit renting to get in on this very affordable life style. Well many would probably do just that. But the poverty would be reduced and so then would the crime be reduced. Detroit could blossom and be all about inclusion as Dr King once dreamed. Rodney King once said "Can't we all get along?" Detroit's answer could be "Yes we can." As President Obama recently said in his speech at the Democratic convention: "Let's turn to each other and not on each other."


text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The "too big to fail" money center banks and the large regional banks make up the 24 bank stocks in the PHLX KBW Banking Index ( BKX).The last time I profiled these banks was on Sept. 26 in Don't Bank on Bank Stocks, Just Trade Them and since then the BKX moved up to a potential double top at $52.04 on Oct. 5 vs. its 2012 high of $52.11 on Sept 14. The sideways-to-down pattern since Oct. 5 has created negative technical divergences on both daily and weekly charts for several members of the BKX and for the BKX as an index. The BKX made significant gains of 52.3% since bottoming in October 2011, and is up 25.9% year to date. Fundamentally www.ValuEngine.com shows the Finance sector 11.3% overvalued. The weekly chart for the BKX ended last week with declining momentum (12x3x3 weekly slow stochastic) reading of 78.28 down from 81.98 the prior week. This decline under 80 on a scale of 0 to 100 is a negative divergence. Last Friday's close at 49.25 was just below the five-week modified moving average at 49.50. This is a technical negative and a symptom of "QE Fatigue."


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'Act of Valor' Creators Turn 'The Prototype' From Man into Machine
by Ben Pearson
June 21, 2012
Source: Deadline
The Bandito Brothers surprised a lot of people with Act of Valor earlier this year, a small-budget feature starring active-duty members of the military which provided a fresh perspective on a tired genre. They've got a few other projects in the works, but none of them sound as promising as their newest endeavor. Deadline points us to a new teaser for The Prototype, written and directed by Andrew Will and starring "Justified" and Captain America actor Neal McDonough. With a budget of under $40 million and thematic similarities to Neill Blomkamp's fantastic District 9, you don't want to miss this sci-fi action.
Here's the teaser used to sell The Prototype from the Bandito Brothers via Deadline:
Apparently the project wasn't supposed to be auctioned off until later next month, but after the teaser leaked, a studio could swoop in and scoop this one up any time now. Somebody certainly should, because the visual effects are excellent and, more importantly, it looks like there's a hint of a solid storyline involved, too, meaning it won't be just a series of chases with no emotional attachment to the characters. The acting was the worst part of Act of Valor, but if Will and the Bandito Bros. can pull quality talent like McDonaugh for the teaser, let's hope they're able to round out the cast with similar talent and give us a truly memorable spiritual successor to District 9 as soon as possible. Thoughts?
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How can I tell if my boyfriend is either too distracted to pay attention to what matters to me and how I feel or if he's just plain unappreciative? We've been dating for almost 2 years and have been living together for about 6 months. He has 2 children and I have one still at home. I work first shift and he works 2nd...I always tend to go overboard with gifts, etc for special occasions--whereas he barely puts a second thought into anything at all. I also take care of nearly everything with the kids and house (it is my house...he has his own, but he is trying to sell it) I really complain or get upset...but when I do, I feel like I have no right to. I know that my PMDD can be a problem at times and sometimes I'm not sure if it's that or if there is a real problem. We have only gone out alone MAYBE 5 times the entire time we've been together. I know he has a lot on his mind...but, I feel as though I am totally unappreciated and don't know if I should move on or what....
Hi. Welcome. I am a Licensed Master Social Worker with more than 20 years experience working with individuals and families on a variety of issues.
Have you discussed how you feel with him?
I will wait for you to come online so we can chat about it.
I have at times...but, it seems that most of the time he tends to think I may be acting a bit sensitive due to the PMDD. Although I feel the way I described most of the time...I do know that it does tend to bother me more at that time and I dwell on it...I'm not very good at communicating my inner emotions so readily out of fear of some sort of negative reaction. This goes back to previous relationships. I try to have a more open mind about things and work on my own issues. But, I still have those feelings of what if? Like what if...I do all I'm doing and trust that things are going to fall into place with our relationship...and it never goes anywhere and it ends like all the rest. Then I am left with more wasted time and losses. It's really hard to get past that fear...but at the same time...it's hard to feel unappreciated too. Like I said, I know I sometimes go overboard for birthdays, Christmas, and Father's Day...and although I don't expect the same in return...I do expect some thought to be put into it to make me feel like I'm worth a little effort. Especially with all that I have to do while he's at work (with his children) I've been feeling like I work harder now with him and his kids in my life...than I did when it was just me and my youngest at home by ourselves.
hi. just reading your response above.
I am not afan when others relay and use a label like the pmdd as a weapon.
you feel how you feel in the relationship and it can be communicated without it being put back on you and stemming from an issue of yours.
I agree with that...the problem is that I do know there's a difference at that time. Does it sound like I may be a bit sensitive when it comes to feeling appreciated?
mutuality in a relationship is a must in order for it to thrive and that is shown in many ways not just through the special events but all the time as your gut is tel
ling you.
I dont hear that...I hear a woman that cares for him and his kids and desires some mutuality around that.
that is what we all want in a relationship.
can we all be sensitive at times, yes, but I am not hearing that.
I think that because communication is difficult for you, that you get left with a lot of these feelings which can be overwhelming which helps to create feeling sensitive.
so the more you can open up and speak in loving ways the better you will feel.
"honey, I love you...you know what I would really love? That we get a babysitter and every two weeks we have a date night, just you and me."
We've discussed that...but, I've just now been able to help my 11 year old get past some of her anxiety...at least enough where I think I can actually be without her for a few hours...but, the times that we've tried...he ends up having to work...I know you can't help with that problem...we just have to keep trying on that end of things. I was going to try and write out my feelings tonight and hopefully be able to convey everything that way...
that sounds like a nice plan. Another alternative is that you go out for a bite after she goes to sleep so that she is calm...and as she moves from this anxious state you can practice going out for an hour while she is still up.
you sound like a very loving woman but please be careful not to give over so much of yourself for someone else...you are important too.
That's true...how can I express my feelings about doing things for me on special occasions? I have a real hard time expressing these feelings because I don't want to sound selfish or spoiled...but, would like more noticeable effort
I think that becomes dicey because in the end he might feel forced to do something. It is not uncommon for men to do less than we do on the special occasions.
men and women give differently nd it is hard to accept that for sure.
I know...that's another reason I hate saying anything. We've talked about marriage and even went to look at rings once...but, he says he wants to wait for the right time to ask...but, then he also says he needs to know from me what I want...I keep telling him that he needs to be the one to initiate something like that...I would never want to make him feel pressure in any way at all...but, that has also caused a delay in him asking...and makes me question if it's something he really wants....
lets work on your communication with him and see how responsive he can be as you express your feelings...make it all about how you feel and not about what he isnt doing well enough...he will feel defensive and unable to hear you.
You're right...he can definitely become defensive easily...as most men can. I will write the letter tonight and see what he has to say...
excellent. Come to me anytime.
Ok...I'll touch base with you tomorrow to get a final opinion on things...if that's ok
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my pleasure.