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Air Your Opinion: The local pioneer of talk show radio
CHRIS PARKER/TIMES NEWS Air Your Opinion host Mark Marek makes a point during his last Air Your Opinion show on April 2.
Air Your Opinion - "The No Bullpucky Zone" - drew WLSH listeners in for decades with lively debates about everything from school board politics to bleenie recipes. But when Mark Marek, its host of seven years, decided to move on, the show's future was, well, up in the air.
Marek has become Director of Marketing with the Weissport-based Educare. His last Air Your Opinion show was April 2; he started his new job on Monday.
He said he had suggested that Air Your Opinion producer John Owens take over until he leaves for college, or that WMGH on-air talent Kerry Dowd-Lasky do the show, or that Owens and Dowd-Lasky work as a team. WLSH and WMGH share studio space at the station on Route 209 between Lansford and Nesquehoning.
On Saturday, Marek didn't know if the show would stay on the air.
On Thursday morning, WLSH Program Director KC Stewart said the wildly popular program is history.
"There's going to be a new program, it's called Saturday Edition, from 10 a.m. to noon," he said. "The program will be hosted by Kerry Dowd. She'll have guests to discuss specific issues."
Listeners will be invited to call in with questions and comments for Dowd and her guests, who range from elected officials to business owners to community leaders.
"We're hoping eventually to have that show go out on the road," Stewart said. "If there's a big event out in the community, she just may take the show out there."
The decision to retire Air Your Opinion wasn't made lightly, but Stewart said it was the right choice.
"Air Your Opinion was an institution. We didn't feel it was appropriate to have somebody just step into the role of Mark Marek. He did it so well for so long it just didn't seem fair to try to continue it without him," he said.
WLSH will also move up the Dutch Trader program one hour, so it will now air from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Saturdays.
Air Your Opinion had a long history
Marek typically opened the show, which ran from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays, with the Twilight Zone theme playing as he intoned "You are about to enter the No Bullpucky Zone." The often contentious show's foundation could be summed up in a quote from the Federal Communications Commission publication The Public and Broadcasting: "If there is to be genuine free speech, people must be free to say things that the majority may abhor, not only things that the majority finds tolerable or congenial."
Air Your Opinion was first aired with Marek as its host in July 2003. He's missed fewer than 10 Saturdays since its inception.
The show was started in the late 1950s or early 1960s by former station owner Bud Angst. "You didn't have talk shows back then," Marek said. "He was a pioneer with that."
Angst was a part of Miners Broadcasting Service that put WLSH on the air Dec. 24, 1952, Marek said. Angst bought out his Miners partners in the mid 1970s under the name Pocono Anthracite Communications.
In 1985, Air Your Opinion went off the air when the station was put up for sale. "Bud took it off the air because he didn't want to saddle a new owner with the unpleasant decision of taking the talk show off the air," Marek said.
The station was eventually purchased by Lehigh Valley businessman Harold Fulmer.
In 1989 /1990, the show returned, with Tom Tkach as its host. Then, in the 1990s, it died again. In the late 1990s or early in 2000, Lansford businessman Bob Silver persuaded Marek, who has sold advertising for the station since the early 1970s, to bring the program back.
In spring of 2003, the new management decided to give Marek a shot at the show. "So, in July of '03, Air Your Opinion was back," Marek said.
Air Your Opinion can be likened to a radio version of the social networking site Facebook. 'You've got a problem or a question the first thing you know, people call in with an answer," Marek said.
"The best part of the show is not so much the political, and the school boards and the Lansford council. It's when somebody calls up and says, 'Mark, I've got a problem, and how do I fix it? Where do I go for help?'," he said. "If I don't have an answer, we have callers calling in - 'well, try this' or 'call this' or 'I had that same problem and here's what I did.'"
"That's what I'll miss the most," Marek said. "Going home knowing that I've helped somebody else today, or put somebody on the right path to something."
Helping his advertising clients falls into the same category.
"I was more than just a sales rep writing up an order," he said. "They'd call me up, 'Mark, what's the weather forecast?'"
One of the biggest issues he's dealt with on Air Your Opinion was the mine fire across from the Panther Valley High School. Also, talk on the show prompted officials to remove several suspicious barrels found on high school grounds.
Among other popular shows were those in which Summit Hill attorney Joe Matika gave advice to senior citizens about wills and other matters, Marek said.
"Talk about bang-up shows," Marek said. "I'll bet you that each time he was here we took over 30-35 calls."
Marek said he'll miss the show, especially the callers. He usually doesn't know their names, which are not given on the air.
"I have favorites in Summit Hill, I have favorites in Hazleton, I have favorites in Lehighton. Sometimes, we disagree, and that's what makes the show," he said.
Marek also hosted the popular Dutch Trader on WLSH, a kind of on-air Craig's List. "That's going to continue, no matter what," he said.
He did the station's weekly editorials, which he started in October 1997. Marek keeps hard copies in his basement of each of the more than 600 editorials he's done, along with the research materials used to write them. He continued to write editorials even while he was housebound for 11 months after a 1998 bus accident.
"I was lying in there and I would dictate it, and on the radio it went. I never missed a beat," he said.
Marek started on local radio while still in high school in the early 1970s, doing the Panther Report. Later, he worked for the TIMES NEWS and TV 13, and then did a 3-year stint in the garment industry, at the former KaiJay Pants Co. in Nesquehoning.
In 1978, he went back to WLSH, this time as an advertising salesman.
"I liked it - I did well," he said.
He also did radio sports shows with Nick Young.
Now, after 33 years at WLSH - a tenure Stewart called 'miraculous" given the fluidity of the radio market - Marek is leaving.
Change is the constant
Change has been the constant in Marek's life lately. His wife, Nan, passed away on Dec. 21 after a lengthy illness. In September, he married Rose, whom he'd met on New Year's Eve.
"Nan's last wish was that I meet somebody and be happy for the rest of my life," he said.
Last Saturday, after Rose, her mother and Marek's co-workers threw a surprise farewell party for him, Marek wrapped up his last show after getting calls from 33 listeners, including Carbon County Commissioner William O'Gurek. Every one of the callers spoke of how much they enjoyed the show, and wished Marek well.
"Mark has certainly been a presence in the region in many capacities, including as a talk-show host, sports announcer and advertising salesperson. I am sure many people will miss him and especially the manner in which he helped to create lively chatter on almost every topic and subject of Air Your Opinion," O'Gurek said. "We all wish him good luck in his new endeavor, and want to thank him for the valuable role he played in broadcasting. Most importantly, I think we will all see that he will continue to have an impact on people in his new marketing role locally. I think you will see he will continue to help people and have an influence on programs that will be beneficial to the residents of the area."
One longtime advertising customer, Lansford businessman Bob Silver, said "I'm going to miss him. The job he did was excellent in promoting the needs of the area. Things that normally would not come out were brought to attention. And I enjoyed the way he addressed the needs of seniors. I'm going to miss Air Your Opinion very much."
Angst didn't call in, but in a telephone interview days later pointed to Marek's work as host of Air Your Opinion.
"He carried it on successfully for many years after I disassociated myself from the station. I would call him a pioneer in that regard," he said.
At 1 p.m., Marek signed off the air, taking off the headphone's he's worn since the 1970s.
"If there's anything I learned from the late Joe Plasko, it's 'take one day at a time'," Marek told listeners. "Remember, every day that goes by is one less day we have left here on Earth, so make it count. Have a good life, folks! Hopefully, next week, there will be something here for you to enjoy."


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Nominees to First Citizens board: Support for Smart choice
Former Attorney General Anthony Smart is a good choice for next chairman of the First Citizens Bank (FCB), Hugh Howard, president of the American Chamber of Commerce of T&T (Am Cham T&T) ,said yesterday.
"Mr Smart is a mature person. He is not someone who does not have experience. I think he has the capability to be able to steady that ship again. I would be very, very surprised if he disappoints," Howard told the T&T Guardian. Finance Minister Larry Howai nominated Smart to be chairman of First Citizens, replacing Nyree Alfonso, who retired from the board at the bank's annual general meeting on May 12.
Other nominees announced by Howai on Friday are Jean-Pierre du Coudray, T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce; Joel Pemberton, a chartered accountant and CEO of Trinity Exploration & Production Plc; Michelle Durham-Kissoon, deputy permanent secretary, Ministry of Finance and the Economy; Courtenay Williams, attorney and senior partner, Pollonais and Blanc; and Hazar Hosein, CEO, Land Settlement Agency, Ministry of Land & Marine Affairs.
Howard said there are three criteria that should be used when selecting someone for a board.
"The person must have the capability and must be qualified to deal with issues that arise. That competence part of it, I do not think anyone has questioned regarding Smart. He is an attorney at law of long standing and I believe he will be comfortable to preside as chairman of the board. Secondly, you must have character. I have no problems when it comes to Smart's character and this is very important in terms of appointing people to boards," he said. Thirdly, said Howard, the individual must have commitment to country.
"There must be commitment to service of T&T rather than to any partisan group. Unless someone can come forward with evidence that says Mr Smart failed on any of the three criteria, I would say that he makes a good candidate and is a good choice," he said.
Minority shareholder rights advocate Peter Permell said as far as he knows Smart is not an active politician and seems to be capable for the job. "I have always found him to be a straight shooter and from all appearances he has conducted himself with the requisite honesty, integrity and probity befitting of a minister of government and a Member of Parliament. In those circumstances, and in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, I would be challenged as a citizen and, moreso as a shareholder, not to accept his nomination as a director and the next chairman of the First Citizens board," he said.
However, Permell said he was "perplexed" at the Government's decision to nominate representatives from the Chamber of Commerce and the T&T Manufacturers Association (TTMA) to represent the interests of the bank's minority shareholders. "The more obvious and appropriate choices in my considered opinion should be the credit union movement and the union representing the interests of the bank's employees," he said. Daphne Bartlett, president of the San Fernando Business, said she welcomed Smart's nomination. "He is an attorney, so he will bring the legal angle of the business transactions," she said. Bartlett said it does not matter whoever becomes the chairman, once the person puts the interest of the citizens first. "We want good governance. Remember, this is not a privately-owned company, but it is owned by the people of T&T," she said.

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Leblanc gets Irish flag flying early in juniors
Talented Dubliner Kevin LeBlanc (15) struck the perfect opening note for Ireland's professionals at the British Open yesterday with a cracking one-stroke victory in the Junior Open at West Lancashire Golf Club.
"I couldn't be any happier," said LeBlanc, another sparkling product of The Island Golf Club's youth programme, after landing Ireland's second victory at this prestigious international championship and first since Cian McNamara at Musselburgh in 2002.
"This means an awful lot. I came straight here from the European Boys in Norway and wanted to win it. I got there in the end. This is my biggest achievement," added LeBlanc, a two-time winner of the Irish Boys U-15 title.
His final-round 74, a splendid effort in difficult conditions, left LeBlanc on five-over, one clear of Teodoro Soldati of Italy and Belgian Diane Baillieux, who tied second after closing 76s in a 54-hole event which drew 126 starters from 77 countries.
"I'd a good save on 11, made a good shot into 12 but missed the putt and was pretty annoyed," the Donabate local explained. "On 13 I hit a really good tee shot but went into the rough and made bogey but birdied 14 to get it back.
"One-over for the back nine was good shooting in these conditions, especially when the rain came on heavy," added LeBlanc. He was accompanied by his dad Hugh, "who has been with me all week and was great support – great ball-spotting."
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Convicted serial killer Charles Manson is to marry a supporter 54 years his junior.
The 79-year-old cult leader will tie the knot with his bride Star despite not being likely to ever go free.
His 25-year-old fiancee moved next to California's Corcoran State Prison when she was just 19 to be closer to him and has recently carved an X into her forehead to match his swastika.
"Yeah, well, people can think I'm crazy," she said. "But they don't know. This is what's right for me. This is what I was born for."
"I'll tell you straight up, Charlie and I are going to get married. "When that will be, we don't know. But I take it very seriously.
"Charlie is my husband. Charlie told me to tell you this."
Star, whose name was given to her by Manson, was born in St Louis, Missouri and claims to be from a deeply religious family.
In an interview with America's Rolling Stone magazine she said she was left locked in her room throughout her school years after refusing to go to church and started taking drugs.
A friend of the artist, who refuses to reveal her real name, told her about Manson and she decided to contact him in prison.
After months of writing, she left her family with her £1,200 savings to move closer to Manson in California.
She now visits him every Saturday and Sunday for up to five hours a day.
Under the State of California penal laws, prisons allow convicted inmates to marry anyone but a fellow con in the same institution.
Star has been likened in looks to Susan Atkins who was famously part of the Manson family.
The convicted killer brainwashed members of his commune into murdering nine people including film director Roman Polanski's pregnant wife Sharon Tate in July and August 1969.
He convinced his followers an apocalyptic racial war, which he called Helter Skelter after the Beatles song, was about to begin between blacks and whites.
He told them to go out and murder saying it would begin the battle.
Although Manson did not carry out the killings he was convicted of murder through America's shared responsibility law.
He was originally given the death sentence but spared execution after the California Supreme Court declared capital punishment unconstitutional.
In 1977, his sentence was commuted to life in prison with the possibility of parole.
Despite numerous appearances before a panel he has always been refused his freedom.
He is next due before the board in 15 years, when he will be 92 years old.
If the marriage goes ahead it will be Manson's third. He has three children.
He first married in 1954 to Rosalie Willis but they divorced three years later as he served a sentence for stealing cars.
In 1958 he wed prostitute Candy Stevens. But again, she divorced him when he was sent back to jail.
When Manson was asked about getting married again he played down his fiancee's claims saying: "We're just playing that for public consumption."


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I want to know how Cocos2d-x Touch Handler and ccTouchEnd operate, because I am having following problem:
Whenever I press the phone screen, "ccTouchesEnded" method is being called automatically while that was not my intention.To identify the problem, I checked the break point."CCTouchDispatcher::touchesEnded" method was called by "CCEGLViewProtocol::handleTouchesEnd" method,"CustomClass :: ccTouchesEnded" method was called by the "CCTouchDispatcher::touchesEnded" method.So as a result, "CCEGLViewProtocol :: handleTouchesEnd" is automatically being called even though my finger was still on the screen.
My questions is, why is "CCEGLViewProtocol :: handleTouchesEnd" method called automatically, and how can I solve this problem?Thanks for reading and thank you for your help everyone!
@Aaron LeeCCEGLViewProtocol :: handleTouchesEnd is invoked only when a finger leaves the screen.Which platform did you test on?How to reproduce it?
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Test Environment and Additional Questions
I'm currently using cocos2d-x 2.1.3ver.Test devices are iPhone 5 and iPod Touch 5th generation.OS version of the device is the iOS6.
When its 'single touch', the problem I mentioned earlier actually doesn't occur(I thought there was a problem but it was my mistake).However when its 'Multi-touch', I have 2 problems written in below.
Case 1If the touch points exceed more than 5, then you lose all the touch points.And there is a Error message in the output window like below.
Cocos2d: The touches is more than MAX_TOUCHES, nUnusedIndex = –1Cocos2d: if the index doesn't exist, it is an errorCocos2d: if the index doesn't exist, it is an errorCocos2d: touchesEnded or touchesCancel: count = 0—————————————————————————————————————case 2When the second Touch Point is made inside the specific area around the the first Touch Point(already existing point), those two point just confuse themselves.(This problem was also identified in cocos2D sample TESTCPP.)It seems there is a similar problem in iOS.
Both cases I mentioned are very difficult to resolve for me.The first case of the above two cases, I don't think the big problem.I think the first case is not a big deal, but the second one..is really frustrating me because it's so vital issue to my project.
Is there any idea that I can solve these problems?
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One of Australia's premier jockeys Damien Oliver will shoot for his fifth Caulfield Cup victory this Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival having secured the ride on international raider Snow Sky.
Oliver is the most successful Caulfield Cup hoop in recent years with 20 rides for four wins, two seconds and a third, a record he gets a chance to add to in 2015 on October 17.
His previous Caulfield Cup winners are: Mannerism (1997), Paris Lane (1994), Doriemus (1995) and most recently Sky Heights (1999) meaning it has been a long time between drinks for the rider in the mile and a half classic.
Last year Oliver rode the Chris Waller-trained Hawkspur who could only manage to finish two and a half lengths away eighth to the Japanese-trained winner Admire Rakti (2014).
Admire Rakti was the second horse in three years to carry 58kg to victory in a Caulfield Cup along with France's Dunaden (2012), and that is the same top weight Oliver's ride this season Snow Sky is allocated.
Along with last year's Melbourne Cup winner Protectionist, Snow Sky has 58kg for the $3 million Group 1 BMW Caulfield Cup (2400m) and the Sir Michael Stoute-trained Nayef stallion currently pays $17 through Ladbrokes.com.au to salute with the big weight.
Attempting to secure successive Caulfield Cup victories for Japan this year is the early $9 favourite Fame Game with 57kg, a weight last carried to victory by the Bart Cummings-trained Viewed (2009).
The Newmarket-based Stoute is yet to saddle-up a Caulfield Cup runner, but looks in with a big chance with his Northern Hemisphere four-year-old Snow Sky.
A winner of five of his 14 starts to date, Snow Sky's latest win was the Group 2 Hardwicke Stakes (2414m) at Ascot on June 20.
He then ran second last when beaten nearly seven lengths crossing sixth behind Postponed after carrying a hefty 60.5kg in the Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2414m) at the same track and distance on July 25.
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MIAMI - Gary Payton distances himself from what he calls "the Shaq-Kobe nonsense," saying he stays neutral because he's friendly with both players.
Choosing sides on the court, well, that's another matter - because Shaquille O'Neal is clearly Payton's favorite there.
Payton tied a season-high with 21 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer off O'Neal's assist with 1:05 left as Miami beat the Los Angeles Lakers 97-92 on Sunday, the Heat's second straight Christmas triumph over Kobe Bryant's team.
"I'm proud that the Miami Heat won. I've been in the league too long for me to be proud of anything right now," Payton said. "I've had great games. I've had marvelous games. So this is really not (anything) to me. We've still got a lot of games. We're still trying to build."
Bryant, who missed a 3-pointer at the end of the Lakers' 104-102 loss to Miami last Christmas, missed a potentially tiebreaking one from behind the arc in the final seconds - sealing the Lakers' fourth consecutive Christmas defeat.
With Payton hounding him for much of the second half, Bryant finished with 37 points on 12 of 30 shooting, including an 0-for-8 effort from 3-point range.
"Gary's been a hell of a defender his entire career," Bryant said. "He taught me how to play defense."
O'Neal had 18 points and 17 rebounds, while Dwyane Wade added 18 points for the Heat.
Brian Cook had 15 points and Lamar Odom had 14 points and 16 rebounds for the Lakers, who lost for the third time in their last 12 games.
Payton spent the 2003-04 season with the Lakers, the year they lost to Detroit in the NBA Finals - and the last year that O'Neal and Bryant were teammates. He went there because he thought O'Neal could help him win an elusive first title, and signed a one-year deal with Miami to continue that pursuit.
"We didn't bring him here on a gurney," Heat coach Pat Riley said. "This is not a quick trip to South Beach. He still has the ability to make some big plays, and at the same time he did a great job defending Kobe."
Most of the sellout crowd wore red shirts, some donned Santa hats and banged candy-cane-striped noisemakers. There was some holiday cheer, of course: Lakers coach Phil Jackson strode to the Heat bench a few minutes before tip-off, shook hands with Riley, his longtime rival, then shared a quick hug with O'Neal - who teamed with Jackson to win three championships with the Lakers.
But the O'Neal-Bryant relationship seemed frostier than ever.
The duo wouldn't acknowledge or look at each other before the game, not shaking hands like last year before the Christmas tip-off in Los Angeles. Their first contact was 23 seconds in, when O'Neal fouled Bryant while setting a pick for Wade and drew big cheers when Bryant tumbled to the floor.
After the game, O'Neal didn't want to talk about Bryant.
"It was just another game to me," O'Neal said. "It'll come back around in about 15 more, because we go back out there in January and it'll be the same old stuff again."
The third Shaq-Kobe matchup was ultra-hyped, with some ticketholders spending more than $1,000 to get in. They saw a good one, not decided until the very end.
Miami led 80-72 on Payton's layup with 9:21 left, but the Lakers answered with a 13-5 run that ended with Bryant hitting a jumper with 3:38 remaining for an 85-83 lead.
The lead changed hands four times in the next 90 seconds - twice on 3-pointers by Devean George, the last putting Los Angeles up 91-89. Until those two makes, the Lakers were 1-for-17 from behind the arc.
"We had the opportunity down the stretch," Bryant said. "That being said, we still played like crap."
O'Neal grabbed an offensive rebound and tied the game at 91 with 1:49 left, before the Lakers took their last lead on a free throw by Odom 20 seconds later. Payton followed with his critical 3-pointer from the corner, and Wade added three free throws in the final 12.1 seconds.
"Gary Payton was instrumental. ... He was the difference in the game," Jackson said.
And that went deeper than just the boxscore. Payton and Odom spent a good portion of the game jawing at one another, with Odom saying afterward that the Heat guard's mouth "is horrible and atrocious." The two exchanged more words shortly after the final buzzer before retreating to their locker rooms.
"That's just the way he is," said Odom, adding that his 5-for-12 night had nothing to do with Payton. "He's always been that way."
It clearly was an event, with Donald Trump and his wife Melania sitting at midcourt, four seats to the left of New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez. The rest of the star list was diverse: celebs from Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino to rapper Trick Daddy dotted the stands.
The Heat led 31-26 after one quarter, aided by a 9-0 run in a 82-second span. Bryant had 16 points in the first quarter, including a three-point play off an alley-oop dunk with 37.8 seconds left. But with him on the bench to open the second, Miami outscored the Lakers 8-2 and eventually led by 14 with 3:39 left in the half.
Yet just as they did Friday in a loss to the Nets, the Heat frittered away their big early lead. Bryant had six of the Lakers' points in a 13-4 run to close the half, drawing them within 53-48 at intermission.
And in the third, with Wade on the bench one minute in after being called for a flagrant foul against Bryant - his fourth personal of the game - Miami's offense sputtered. The Heat managed only two field goals in the first 7:57 of the third, yet never trailed by more than five points during that drought.
Brian Cook's 3-pointer with 1:59 left in the period - the Lakers' first in 14 tries to that point - gave his team a 70-65 lead, but Miami scored the final five points of the quarter and tied it at 70.
"It's great to win against probably the hottest team in the NBA," Wade said. "The game was very competitive and no one was going to back down from anyone."
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Members of both houses of Congress are fleeing the city for the July 4 recess, leaving behind an unfinished job but satisfied with the ideological positions it has allowed them to stake out. Unfortunately, indecision about the $3.5 billion bill to extend unemployment benefits is going to leave 1.3 million out-of-work Americans frustrated and anxious for at least another week. And with the economy losing another 125,000 jobs in June, the ideological goalposting only serves to dampen hopes for recovery. But the GOP lawmakers are happy to take home the news that they have held the line against deficit spending while Democrats say that only proves the Republicans are proWall Street obstructionists.
Senate majority leader Harry Reid has said the Senate will return to the issue when it reconvenes the week of July 12. But no positions are likely to change after Senators hear from their constituents over the break. Even if a replacement is named for the late West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd, Reid would still be down a vote, so a compromise of some sort will have to be worked out.
That requires a proposal to offset spending to win over at least a couple of Republicans an enormously difficult proposition. The GOP was once gun-shy about opposing an extension of unemployment insurance. In February and March, an extension of benefits was blocked by two Republican Senators, Jim Bunning of Kentucky and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma. Their party was a little chagrined at appearing hard-hearted about the unemployed: the holdouts were cowed into submission, and the extension passed.
Since then, however, public opinion seems to have stiffened the party's spine. In a March 2009 Washington PostABC poll, 52% of voters approved of the way President Obama was handling the federal deficit and 43% disapproved. In the latest poll, from April, those numbers have flipped, with 55% disapproving of Obama's handling of deficits and 40% approving the largest swing on any issue. "The deficits are bigger and are of more concern now, and people have a greater sense of urgency about them than in the past," says Senator John Cornyn of Texas, who heads the National Republican Campaign Committee, which works to elect Republicans to the Senate.
And so the GOP is proudly declaring that while they have sympathy for the unemployed and would very much like to pass the benefits, they refuse to do so on the backs of their children and grandchildren. Deficit spending, they say, has gotten completely out of control; a line has to be drawn. In fact, some of the more libertarian ilk say workers have more incentive to settle for lesser-paid jobs when they're not subsidized by the government and that the benefits also hurt business.
On Wednesday night, June 30, after the last failed vote to extend benefits, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell said, "We've offered ways of paying for these programs, and we've been eager to approve them. But we can't support job-killing taxes and adding tens of billions to the already unsustainable national debt." If Democrats were to pay for the bill using unspent stimulus funds or cuts in programs, Republicans say, they'd overwhelmingly vote for it.
Program cuts, however, are anathema to the Democrats. And they argue that taking money out of the $179 billion remaining in the stimulus kitty takes away from stimulating the economy at the exact time the government is trying to avoid a double-dip recession.
Yet the Democrats aren't completely unhappy about being stymied. They are using the impasse to portray Republicans as obstructionists on the side of Wall Street at the expense of the little guy ahead of the midterm elections. "Given the widespread economic angst felt out all over the country, Republicans who ignore it do so at their own peril," says Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey, who heads the Democratic counterpart to Cornyn's group. "Since Day One of this Administration, Republicans have stood in the way of every Democratic attempt to get this economy moving again, and that is not something lost on voters."
Democrats have adopted markedly more militaristic language to make their point. The loss of 8 million jobs since December 2007 is easily as big an emergency as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, they argue, and therefore deserves the same unfunded status. "For those who question whether this is an emergency situation, they should talk to the Nevadans who I hear from every day who rely on this assistance to put food on the table and pay the bills while they look for work," Reid said. "I am hopeful that Republicans will finally understand the urgency of this crisis for millions of American families and join our efforts to extend this assistance that our workers deserve."
Digging in one's heels may help shore up the base, but it has turned the hundreds of thousands of unemployed into a political Frisbee, spun around and then abandoned on a lazy week in July.


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Entertainment technology giant Sony has been showing off its new hardware at the E3 video game convention in Los Angeles.
The company behind PlayStation has announced a new set-top box that will let gamers play their PlayStation games on a second TV by streaming them, without the need for a console to be plugged into the screen.
As well as the new set-top box, which will launch in the United States in the autumn, Sony also had their virtual reality headset Project Morpheus on show at the convention.
Although the device is still in prototype, PlayStation have been showing off the concept, and the games that are currently in development for it.
Simon Benson, director of WWS immersive technology group within Sony Europe and a long-serving member of the Morpheus development team, said: "Virtual reality is so immersive and allows you to to step over the borders of TV for the first time and enter that world.
"We found that everyone gets so excited about this technology the first time they try it. They just think it's so amazing. I'm proud to be able to show this here today. People can come along and try it and get a different experience. It's so different to conventional games."
The headset will do battle with other products like the Oculus Rift, which is also still in the prototype phase, and was purchased by Facebook earlier this year in a multibillion-dollar deal.
The annual E3 convention officially got under way on Tuesday, with the biggest names in the video game industry putting their latest titles on display for the first time. It follows a series of opening press conferences from the likes of Microsoft and Sony on Monday, where their latest developments were announced.
Microsoft unveiled the Halo Master Chief Collection, which will give Xbox owners all four existing games in the Halo series for the first time, ahead of a 5th game next year.
The convention runs until Thursday, with thousands coming through the doors of the Los Angeles Convention Centre to see what's coming up over the next year on their favourite consoles.


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Several top Facebook executives, including Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, are sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of their company's stock, but they have no plans to sell. As 234 million shares of Facebook stock became unlocked and eligible to sell Monday, Business Insider discovered just how much key Facebook executives are sitting on.
How much could the top minds at Facebook stand to make, if they chose to sell their stock?
- Sheryl Sandberg, COO: 34 million shares worth $790 million at conversion. However, 15 million of these shares were withheld. Sandberg converted the rest to class-A stock that can be sold.
- David Ebersman, Chief Financial Officer: 4.2 million shares worth $97 million at conversion. 2.2 million of these have been converted to class-A stock.
- Theodore Ullyot, general counsel: 2.5 million shares worth $58 million. He has 1.4 million class-A shares.
- David Fischer, vice president of marketing: 1.1 million shares worth $26 million. Of his total, 568,282 shares can now be sold.
- Michael Schroepfer, VP of engineering: Roughly 3 million shares worth $70 million. 1.5 million of his shares can be sold.
- David Spillane, chief accounting officer: 700,000 shares worth $16 million. Spillane has 416,479 shares that can now be sold.
The next big date to watch for is Nov. 14, when an additional 777 million shares of Facebook will become available to sell.
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Detroit Cass Tech is loaded with Division I talent, and Toledo was able to pluck one of the program's 2013 prospects Wednesday.
Three-star cornerback DeJuan Rogers committed to the Rockets while at their camp, choosing Toledo over offers from Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Syracuse and Western Michigan.
"They showed me the most interest (and) I really like the fact that their head coach was really involved in my recruitment," Rogers wrote in a text message.
The 6-foot-1, 175-pound Rogers is the 16th-best player in Michigan and 51st among cornerbacks.
Rogers' former Cass Tech teammate Kishon Wilcher, son of Tech coach Thomas Wilcher, will be a sophomore at Toledo this fall.
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One person is dead after a driver ran a red light, leading to a serious crash in West Philadelphia Saturday night.
A gray Camaro and blue Buick were travelling eastbound on Chestnut Street near 58th Street around 6:30 p.m. when the two vehicles struck a silver Nissan Altima that ran a red light, according to reports.
Officials confirm the Nisan's driver, a 53-year-old female, was pronounced dead at 7:30 p.m. at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
The Nissan was also carrying a 9-year-old passenger, who suffered an injury to her right arm. She has been transported to the Children's Hospital and is in stable condition.
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Masters Tournament visitors might be surprised to see so much undeveloped and underdeveloped land along Augusta's riverfront downtown.
Join the club. We're just as surprised.
One of the centerpieces of our riverscape was to be a lush, pastoral Golf and Gardens and Georgia Golf Hall of Fame along Reynolds Street that would've paid tribute to this city's abiding kinship with the revered sport. The roots for it were planted, and it began to grow, but as with many grand plans, economic
caprice stepped in.
But what an incredible opportunity the land still presents. It has to be one of the most prime riverfront plots available east of the Mississippi.
Suddenly, after years of allowing nature to take over the site, destiny has taken a hand.
The Georgia General Assembly, which controls the 16-acre parcel, last week agreed to turn the land over to the University System of Georgia – just as Augusta's Georgia Health Sciences University is set to merge with Augusta State University.
GHSU President Ricardo Azziz, who will head up the combined university, is as visionary a leader as you could ask for, and he has no shortage of ideas for the site. At a recent meeting with local officials and others, Azziz talked of "innovative, creative things: a performing arts center that dovetails with a school of music; an innovation center that dovetails with the sciences; some higher-level student housing that is very attractive ..." A biotech park also has been bandied about.
Mayor Deke Copenhaver also has supported a multi-use
stadium that would be a new home to the Augusta Greenjackets minor league baseball team as well as other events. Thus far, Azziz seems open to the possibility that a stadium could be part of the mix.
This newspaper remains adamantly opposed to that, particularly if high-end student housing is a component. As young and energetic as they are, even students need sleep – particularly medical students, it seems to us.
It's amusing now to recall that Azziz last year created such a controversy with a throw-away remark at a Rotary meeting about how Augusta needs to be "cool" to be attractive to GHSU students and faculty. Of course he was right. And now, with impending sway over the former Golf and Gardens land, Azziz may have the power at his fingertips to make that happen.
Certainly, a greater collegiate presence downtown would go a long way toward that. Having more students live, work, eat, play and liven up downtown could further energize the local economy and climate.
We would simply urge Dr. Azziz and others involved to keep in mind that, with great power – and a pregnant plot of land – comes great responsibility. The most important ingredient in whatever is cooked up on the river may be the most intangible: What is this precious land's highest and best use?
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Both the vibrancy and the vulnerability of the mobile industry have been evident recently.Whether it's skydiving (HTC One X) or seeing things through the eyes of a child (Sony Xperia S), manufacturers have used some extremely imaginative ploys to connect with consumers as they launch their latest high-end devices. These multimillion-pound marketing campaigns underline the confidence and innovation that drives the industry.
However, we shouldn't get too carried away. During the same period there have been some stark reminders of the fragile economic situation and the susceptibility of some of the major players in our industry to shifting market trends.
The harsh reality of job cuts and profit warnings is just around the corner and threatens to burst the creative and confidence bubble that surrounds the industry.
Electronics giant Sony has announced that it will be cutting 10,000 jobs, though so far its UK Mobile arm has been tightlipped about whether it will be affected by the cuts. However, Sony's CEO Kazuo Hirai made a point of saying mobile would be at the heart of the company's fightback, so there's hope yet.
And talking of fightbacks, Nokia has vowed to continue to invest in its smartphone business, despite sounding a profit warning to its shareholders and credit agency Moody's decision to cut its rating to one level above junk.
Everything Everywhere is also cutting roles in its retail stores and head office as it looks to expand its number of own-brand shops. A total of 95 jobs will be affected but the operator will only lose 45 employees. Staff at international MVNO Lebara are also under threat, after a consultation period pointed to deep job cuts. Lebara has so far refused to comment on exactly how many jobs are at risk.
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First off, I'm sure MMAJunkie's lawyers are sighing a big sigh of relief. The chances a drunk but determined Chris Lytle will show up on Dana's orders to serve papers have decreased significantly now. Legal issues aside, I'm also kinda excited to see where this goes, although I do kinda worry that the page will start drowning in 'Big Bob's Fighting Challenge 12' news. Word to the wise: no one cares what washed up UFC fighters are doing! Unless it's Evan Tanner, of course.
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U.S. Housing and Urban Development Southeast Regional Administrator Ed Jennings, Jr., Georgia Department of Community Affairs Commissioner Mike Beatty and City of Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed announce the Section 811 Project Rental Assistance Demonstration Program (PRA Demo) major grant award. This is a joint project for Georgia - involving DCA, DCH and DBHDD.
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More changes have been made to Homesafe Georgia, a program that helps unemployed homeowners pay their mortgages for up to 18 months, and the Three Rivers Regional Commission and Georgia Department of Community Affairs are working to get the word out about the program.
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Beginning on April 1, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs will be assisting Georgia homeowners who are unemployed or underemployed with mortgage payments to lower the number of foreclosures in the state.
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Georgia Department of Community Affairs and Commissioner Mike Beatty announce the first of the stimulus projects to come on line. Last week, Antigua Place Phase II located in Moultrie became the first stimulus project to receive the certificates of occupancy for the 40 unit project reserved for the elderly. By receiving the certificates of occupancy, the project may be occupied for everyday use.
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Hey, is that a MIDI controller in your pocket? Yes, yes it is. Musical ideas can come anytime and anywhere. So why not be ready for them when they arrive? iRig Keys 25 is an ultra-portable, ultra-affordable 25-key USB MIDI controller for Mac/PC. Its 25 velocity sensitive mini-keys provide a generous 2 octave range (plus 1 note), which also happens to make for a compact size that's perfect for stashing in your laptop or gig bag or backpack. And its small size is matched by its equally small price tag - now you can have a keyboard with you at all times without breaking the bank.
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text: I recently did a big drivetrain job which included new pilot bearing, throw-out bearing, clutch fork, clutch (2 pieces), resurfaced factory flywheel, rear main seal, and bearing retainer. When trying to re-install the transmission it simply will just not go in without a fight and the closest I can get it to go in is with about 2 inches away from touching the bell-housing. I feel like the splines are not matching up or something or as if it is not going into the pilot bearing at all. Things I have noticed- 1. The new bearing retainer I bought off of LMR http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/item/M7050B/94-95-Mustang-Ford-Racing-50L-T-5-Bearing-Retainer Is about an inch or so longer on the base than the borg warner one that was on there but is the same size tall and there was no bearing inside of it like there is when I pulled off the borg warner. 2. The clutch fork I bought from LMR http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/item/LRS-7515B/94-04-Mustang-Clutch-Fork-5-6-Speed is too thick where you put the end of the clutch cable in and impossible to fit a wrench for an adjustable clutch cable so I had to use a non-adjustable one from auto zone. What am I doing wrong here?? I have tried to switch back to the old retainer and still the same issue. I am beginning to think that the pilot bearing is different on the cobra than it is on the GT models because that is the last thing the transmission stabs into and will not go in? This was the clutch kit I ordered and came with the pilot bearing. http://www.uprproducts.com/mustang-king-cobra-clutch-kit.html


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MANHATTAN, Kan. — Brittany Chambers closed out her career in the Little Apple with a bang, much to the chagrin of the Lady Raiders.
The second-leading scorer in the Big 12 Conference went off for 31 points and nine rebounds, hitting five 3-pointers and going 12 of 19 from the floor as the Wildcats downed Texas Tech, 68-62, on Saturday afternoon.
"It was just as good of a senior performance that I've ever seen," Tech coach Kristy Curry said. You just credit her and move on to the next one."
The loss keeps Tech (21-8, 11-6 in Big 12 play) from clinching the No. 3 seed in the Big 12 Tournament outright, but the Lady Raiders still control their destiny.
A win in their final game (7 p.m. Monday against Oklahoma in United Spirit Arena) will guarantee them the third spot, keeping Tech on the opposite side of the bracket from No. 1 Baylor.
Chambers entered the game averaging 19.8 points per game, behind only Baylor's Brittney Griner in the Big 12. She put the Wildcats on her back to start the second half. Tech used a first-half run to grab the lead at halftime but couldn't create any separation from the Wildcats with Chambers on the court.
She scored her team's first seven points after the break as the rest of the Wildcats were stuck in a rut. Once they started coming out of it, there was no stopping the K-State attack.
"We were just trying to be more aggressive," Chambers said about the second half. "They turned to that zone, and I think in the first half we were kind of stand-still for a while and not moving. We wanted to continue to attack them and go at them."
Attack the Wildcats did.
Tech led 44-40 before the Wildcats rediscovered their shooting touch.
K-State (14-15, 5-12) went on a 21-5 run to take a 61-50 lead with four minutes remaining, and the Lady Raiders couldn't get closer than four the rest of the way.
The Wildcats were bolstered by solid 3-point shooting, going 12 for 24 from behind the arc. K-State entered Saturday's game with the most 3-point makes and attempts in the league (232 for 793), but with the second-worst percentage.
Other than a short stretch in the first half, when K-State hit a trio of 3s in the opening three minutes, Tech's players were on K-State all night.
"The bottom line is a lot of those were contested," Curry said. "You just have to credit them on a night like tonight."
The Lady Raiders had one of their better shooting days of the season, finishing at nearly 50 percent from the floor (25 for 52).
Chynna Brown led Tech with 22 points. Monique Smalls scored 12, and both Christine Hyde and Kelsi Baker chipped in 11. Hyde also snagged 10 rebounds for the double-double.
Both teams showed their hot hands early on, with K-State hitting six straight shots to open the game.
The Wildcats started the game 9 of 11 from the floor, connecting on five 3-pointers early.
Chambers, who scored both inside and out, took the ball to the rim for a 27-18 K-State lead with 8:35 remaining in the first half before Tech finally started slowing down the Wildcats.
After Chambers' take, Tech tightened its man-to-man defense, and the Wildcats went scoreless for more than six minutes.
Baker, who started but was quickly pulled by Curry after allowing three shots from behind the arc, re-entered the game and scored eight straight points underneath the basket to spark a 13-3 run that gave Tech a 31-30 halftime lead.
However, K-State found its shooting touch again in the second half, and the Lady Raiders couldn't find enough offense to hang despite their best shooting performance of the Big 12 season.
Brown, who scored at least 20 points for the third straight game, credited Chambers' performance.
She hopes to walk off the United Spirit Arena court on her senior night Monday with a similar outing.
"I can't wait. It's the last game at home, playing in front of fans, friends and family — I'm looking forward to that, and that's mainly what we're focused on is the next game," Brown said. "The next game is always the biggest game, so we'll be ready to go come Monday."
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Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Baylor 17 0 1.000 28 1 .966
Iowa State 11 6 .647 20 7 .741
Texas Tech 11 6 .647 21 8 .724
Oklahoma 10 7 .588 20 9 .681
Oklahoma State 9 8 .529 20 8 .714
West Virginia 9 8 .529 17 11 .607
Kansas 7 10 .412 16 12 .571
Kansas State 5 12 .294 14 15 .483
Texas 4 13 .235 11 17 .393
Saturday's Results
Oklahoma 85, Kansas 77
Baylor 80, West Virginia 49
TCU 61, Iowa State 58
Kansas State 68, Texas Tech 62
Oklahoma State 64, Texas 58
Monday's Games
Kansas State at Baylor, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Iowa State, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma at Texas Tech, 7 p.m.
Tuesday's Games
TCU at Kansas, 7 p.m.
West Virginia at Texas, 7:30 p.m.


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No, I'm not talking about some schlocky movie that didn't make it into theatres this summer. I'm talking about Brad Garlinghouse, a former Yahoo Senior Vice President who was hired this week to be a key part of the leadership team charged with spinning AOL out of Time Warner over the next year. For fans of memorable business communication, Garlinghouse is best known as the author, in 2006, of a memo to the top executives at Yahoo that came to be known as "the peanut butter manifesto."
Among other points in the manifesto, Garlinghouse wrote:
"I've heard our strategy described as spreading peanut butter across the myriad opportunities that continue to evolve in the online world. The result: a thin layer of investment spread across everything we do and thus we focus on nothing in particular.
I hate peanut butter. We all should"
His memo, which was eventually featured in a front page article in the Wall Street Journal, was a clarion call for Yahoo to get its act together and recapture its leadership position in the Internet space. That hasn't happened yet (and may never happen), but the memo set off a chain of events which led to a change in top leadership and the implementation of many of the strategies that Garlinghouse wrote about.
So, as Garlinghouse joins AOL to help lead what is a combination of a turnaround and a start-up, I thought it was worth taking a look at the peanut butter manifesto to see what we can learn about how leaders can influence their bosses through highly effective communications. Here are a few takeaways:


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NEW YORK - Paul McCartney says he's "surprisingly OK" despite his difficult divorce from his second wife, Heather Mills.
"It's very tough, you know, going through a separation," McCartney said in an interview that aired Thursday on "Good Morning America." "But I'm just trying to keep my dignity, trying to just move forward and not talk about it in interviews, really."
McCartney and Mills, a 39-year-old former model and activist who recently appeared as a contestant on "Dancing With the Stars," are in divorce proceedings. They have a 3-year-old daughter, Beatrice.
When asked about the split, McCartney responded: "I'm OK, thank you. Surprisingly OK."
McCartney and Mills married in June 2002, four years after his first wife died of breast cancer.
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CONCORD — The public is invited to comment through Feb. 21 on an environmental report related to proposed athletic field improvements at Clayton Valley Charter High School.
Community members also are invited to a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the school library at 1101 Alberta Way, Concord to provide comments on the proposed project, which includes bleacher extensions, a concession stand and restroom building, ticket booth, equipment storage containers, entry paving and drainage, entry gates, safety lighting and signage. Although the official notice for the meeting stated that it would be a public hearing to consider approval of an environmental document related to the project, district staff said Friday no public hearing or approval will take place Tuesday.
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Fiddling With Format While DVD's Burn; The Fight Over the Next Standard May Be Eclipsed by Other Technology
By KEN BELSON
Published: December 26, 2005
The war for control of the next-generation DVD is approaching a critical juncture: next week in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show, companies championing the two competing high-definition DVD standards -- Blu-ray and HD-DVD -- will unveil their lineups of new players and movie titles.
There are growing signs, though, that the battle for supremacy in this multibillion-dollar market may yield a hollow victory. As electronics makers, technology companies and Hollywood studios haggle over the fine points of their formats, consumers are quickly finding alternatives to buying and renting packaged DVD's, high definition or otherwise.
''While they fight, Rome is burning,'' said Robert Heiblim, an independent consultant to electronics companies. ''High-definition video-on-demand and digital video recorders are compelling, and people will say, 'Why do I need it?' '' when considering whether to buy a high-definition player.
The fight between the Blu-ray and HD-DVD groups is based on different views of what consumers want. The HD-DVD camp, led by Toshiba, assumes that consumers will buy high-definition DVD's and players, but only at the right price. So it is improving existing DVD technology, which can be made cheaply and quickly.
The Blu-ray group figures that something brand new is needed to get consumers interested, so it is developing discs with enough capacity to allow for innovative features in the future.
Both sides agree, however, that now is the time to introduce high-definition DVD discs and players. Sales of high-definition televisions, with their sleek design and superior picture and sound quality, are soaring, and the major networks are broadcasting more programs in high definition.
Game console makers like Sony see high-definition video games as a way to increase sales, and Hollywood hopes that high-definition discs will offset slumping sales of current-generation DVD's in the $19 billion prepackaged disc market.
Yet the alternatives to these new players and DVD's are growing by the day. The most promising is the on-demand programming, both standard and high definition, being offered by cable companies. The percentage of cable customers who watch on-demand television has doubled in the past year, to 23 percent, according to the Leichtman Research Group.
With thousands of free movies available at any time, consumers have fewer reasons to rent a DVD at Blockbuster or buy a new one at Best Buy. They are also likely to think twice before spending $1,000 or more for a new high-definition DVD player, or $25 or so to own a disc of a movie they might already have in standard definition.
Of course, these newfangled ways of watching video are still a small piece of the overall video market, and industry executives and analysts say they expect most consumers to continue buying prerecorded DVD's for years to come. They also say they believe that high-definition programs -- and the televisions to watch them on -- are the way of the future. The question is how consumers will get that programming.
Even without these alternatives, high-definition DVD's face an unpredictable start. The inability of the Blu-ray group and HD-DVD camp to agree on a standard means that consumers must consider two sets of machines. Except for avid technophiles, consumers are likely to wait out the standards battle, lest they get stuck with an obsolete player.
Machines will also be expensive -- $1,000 or more -- and consumers will need a television capable of playing high-definition programs, which can easily cost several thousand dollars more. The list of movies available in the formats will be skimpy at first.
Sony, which leads the Blu-ray group, has said that its new video game consoles, due out this spring, will play Blu-ray DVD's. But few industry analysts expect consumers to buy the game machine just to watch movies.
In the meantime, other companies are making it easier to watch and copy high-definition movies. Scientific-Atlanta has a new set-top box with a digital video recorder and DVD recorder built in, so cable subscribers can use a single machine to record programming and burn it onto blank discs.
''Consumers are getting hooked on video-on-demand and the flexibility of moving content around the home,'' said Ted Schadler, an industry analyst at Forrester. ''The battle over the format is silly. For the product to grow, they have to promote the benefits of HD, not battle each other.''
Yet the two sides are digging in their heels, not shaking hands. Sony, Panasonic, Samsung and other backers of the Blu-ray format expect to flood stores next year with high-definition DVD players, and half a dozen studios will make movies for them.
Not to be outdone, the HD-DVD camp led by Toshiba has won endorsements from Microsoft and Intel. Hewlett-Packard, a member of the Blu-ray group, agreed last week to work with the HD-DVD camp as well.
These allies say that the wall between computers and consumer electronics is blurring and that the new formats should let users move movies and other content among various devices seamlessly. Not surprisingly, they see computers as the main conduit, not stand-alone electronic devices.


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BYU football: First-year defensive back Robertson Daniel impresses as a tackler
WA_Alum&Dad Marysville, WAOct. 9, 2013 10:17 p.m.
Just had to comment on how nice it is to read five relevant, thoughtful comments without the juvenile ankle biters that typically can't wait to embarrass themselves by being first with the same tired nonsense they've posted on a dozen prior stories.
Maybe it's actually dawned on them that they have enough to worry about with their own games this week. Whatever the case, it happens so rarely, it deserves notice.
Goooooo Cougars!
Cougsndawgs West Point , UTOct. 9, 2013 3:15 p.m.
I agree, next year the secondary should be very good with Johnson & Trammell back, but then you have Daniel, Lee, & Leavitt all with experience to back them up. Then Badger & Bills at the safety spots will be good also. They could be the best secondary ever at BYU next year if they stay healthy and play to their capabilities.
I'm looking for the offense to continue their growth in this GT game. GT has a good defense so it should be a good test. If BYUs offense can continue to improve, next year with a less difficult schedule could be special for the Cougs.
WisCoug VERONA, WIOct. 9, 2013 10:34 a.m.
Daniel, yes. PoVey, not so much. The key to defending the option well is to be assignment sound to make tackles in space. Daniel has shown to be very good at that. I worry about PoVey in this game, but for the most part feel very comfortable that the defense should be able to keep the Jackets out of the endzone generally.
CougFaninTX Frisco, TXOct. 9, 2013 6:04 a.m.
I'd never know Daniel or PoVey were projected to be back-ups. Both have performed admirably at the corners. No need to worry about the corners next year with Johnson and Tramell back.
Vladhagen Salt Lake City, UTOct. 8, 2013 10:09 p.m.
I know there was a lot of disgruntlement about the theme words on the jerseys, but I like it for this game. It is a good move in my opinion.


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On the same note- how difficult would it be to add recessed lighting?
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Quicksilver's 2nd well at Wolf Mountain gets nod of approval
March 3, 2012
The Routt County Planning Commission voted, 7-2, Thursday night to recommend approval of a permit for Quicksilver Resource's second exploratory oil well on Wolf Mountain about six miles northeast of Hayden.
The permit application next goes to the Routt County Board of Commissioners at 5:30 p.m. March 12 for a possible final decision.
The vote came at the end of a 3 1/2-hour hearing including 90 minutes of comment from the public with roughly equal numbers of people expressing their support or opposition for the proposed well.
In the end, Planning Commissioner John Ayer moved to send the application on to the next level, saying he felt the combination of Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission regulations and the county's conditions of approval were adequate to protect the public interest. He added that he thinks unusually robust conditions in the surface rights agreement that Wolf Mountain Ranch owner Bob Waltrip negotiated with Quicksilver provide county residents with even more assurances.
Ayer said he thought it was premature to place the burden of remedying social issues, such as impacts on public schools and the need for basin-wide air-quality testing, on Quicksilver.
"We don't look at cumulative effects in our planning regulations. The trigger is not there," Ayer said while making the motion to approve. "The full weight should not fall on a single operator for a single well. If we approve this, it will be with the belief we have adequate mitigation for this one well at this one location."
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Planning Commissioners Andy Benjamin and Sandi Gibson cast the dissenting votes.
Benjamin said that he thought Quicksilver would prove to be a good operator but that he could not reconcile himself to the well's location.
"The proximity of the well to the Yampa River makes it not a good location for an oil well," Benjamin said.
The well is about a mile from Quicksilver's first well, which it acquired from another company in 2011. The Yampa flows close to the road just downstream from the U.S. Highway 40 bridge near the base of the hill.
Planning Commissioner Alan Goldich had offered an amendment that would have required Quicksilver to carry out baseline air-quality testing in the vicinity of the well, which also is close to the Hayden Station power plant, but Ayer did not accept it.
Gibson agreed with Goldich and added that she was not in favor of Quicksilver's request to carry out the drilling process in two phases.
Quicksilver originally had planned to seek a permit for the Camilletti well it plans west of Milner; however, it asked to have that permit application tabled and instead sought Routt County Planning Department Director Chad Phillips' approval to advance the second well permit application on Wolf Mountain. The change was made in order for Quicksilver to live up to continuous drilling terms contained in its lease with Waltrip.
The first phase would be drilled to a depth of 1,200 feet using a 60-foot surface rig. Quicksilver expects that phase to begin by March 22, pending issuance of permits. The company plans to complete the first phase by March 31. After that, the operation would shut down for the balance of the sage grouse mating and chick-rearing season.
The first phase of the new well would use water-based fluids and no fracking is involved, according to documents at the planning department. Surface casing also would be set and cemented in the first phase.
Quicksilver Senior Director of Government and Community Affairs Steve Lindsey said the casing is critical to protecting groundwater.
"We have a robust casing and cementing program to ensure the integrity of the well bore over the life of the well," Lindsey said. "We are always required to submit a cement bond log back to the state to assure it was done to their standards."
After the initial drilling, the rig would be removed from the site.
The final drilling operations are proposed to begin in August, beyond the July 30 end of grouse restrictions. A conventional rotary drill about 160 to 165 feet tall would complete the vertical drilling process.
Lindsey said Quicksilver will cooperate with the Oil and Gas Commission's voluntary baseline water-quality testing program at the new well.
Lindsey said his company is leaning toward using a gas fracking process on the second well as it did on the first.
A sampling of public comments includes:
Steamboat resident Steve Lewis said, "I'd like to take advantage of the resources in Routt County, but I'd like to make sure we don't get hurt, as well. I do feel like we should be careful. I'd like to partner with Quicksilver, but I'd like to do it when we know what we're doing. The real issue is well casing failures below grade." The reason is unknown, "but there's a study under way, and we should" wait for the results of the study.
Tom Maneotis, of Oak Creek, said that Quicksilver had been more than fair with him in their business dealings and that he thinks Routt County needs the tax revenue that energy development could generate.
"I'm concerned about the state of the county," Maneotis said. With energy development, "severance taxes to the county could quadruple.
"I was one of the first landowners that probably leased my minerals to them. Subsequently down the road, the (value) of leases went up." Quicksilver's landman "came to visit and said the mineral leasing price went up and you only got half of what everybody else is getting. We're going to make you equal."
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what can i say this song left me speechless. i am a huge fan of ff7 and this music just brought back memories of playing the game. i usually try not to give out tens , but you beat me down and forced me to give you it. good job.
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I was pretty sure I reviewed this one. Ya dirty prick.
Also, love the guy telling the most EPIC soloer ever, that a song needs a solo. haha.
I hope he goes and listens to your other stuff.
Anyways, my 5 didn't change your score at all. Just know I came, I listened and voted teh 5.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - At the secluded Maryland retreat, Middle East peace talks weren't going well. There was an air of mistrust. Threats of a walkout.
After days of arguments and intransigence, the president ordered that a "failure speech" be prepared as a last resort.
But in the end, an American-supervised negotiating, a historic deal was reached.
That was Camp David two decades ago, groundbreaking summit talks that established the formula for high-tension Middle East negotiations like those on Maryland's eastern shore at the Wye River Conference Center.
On Sunday, former President Jimmy Carter will speak at the University of Maryland in College Park to celebrate the 20th anniversary of that momentous moment in peacemaking. The stakes were much higher at Camp David: an unprecedented peace agreement between Israel and Egypt, a turning point in Middle East history. The Wye River talks, by contrast, envision a long-overdue interim deal, leaving the toughest issues yet to be tackled in a final settlement due by May 4.
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Brant Daugherty Chats On His First Night Of Dancing On Dancing With The Stars (New Interview)
Today My Fox LA chatted with Brant Daugherty about Dancing With The Stars. He talks of being sore and how he's torn a heel off of one shoe already when dancing. Acting was one thing, but, doing Dancing With The Stars is a whole other thing. He also chats about what a tough act it was to follow the opening number and be the first to dance the past Monday as well. Lot's more below….