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Top Ten Most Overrated Films
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(19-04-2012 04:41 PM)frankiej Wrote: People hating on The Godfather and Citizen Kane makes my brain cry.Turned the Godfather off less than an hour in. Boring. I actually watched all of Citizen Kane and thought it was okay. But only okay.
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect."
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I have no faith in humanity.
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(24-04-2012 04:08 PM)frankiej Wrote: I have no faith in humanity.I'm sorry to have ruined it for you.
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect."
-Mark Twain
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I didn't have any to begin with anyway.
Frankie de la Cunto
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I don't know that I have 10 but I can't stand Napoleon Dynamite. HOLY SHIT WHAT A TERRIBLE MOVIE!!!
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Most overrated movies?
Oh well that's easy. Anything that originated from a comic or involves some sort of superhero with some shitty powers. They all suck, every single god damn one of them and it baffles my mind as to how so many people like them. Must be an American thing.
The movies always involve 50-60minutes of pointless talking and crappy love scenes. The only good part, the one main fight scene, lasts maybe 10minutes. And you always know the good guy's gonna win. What fun is it in watching a movie that is just so so predictable. This is why my friends never invite me to these types of movies, because I will just say what is about to happen and get it right 8/10 times.
Comic/Superhero movies are the garbage of movies. They offer awful, AWFUL stories with absolutely no substance, only have a small amount of good visual effects (which are all fake and computer done anyway...) and are incredibly predictable. And you don't produce strong emotions either.
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But Iron Man has Gwynnies.
Of course they're silly-stupid. Some people actually watch films for mindless entertainment.
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The new green hornet was a pretty entertaining take on super hero movies =p not much like the old green hornet but it was something I could laugh at.
I'm glad someone mentioned the waste of film known as inglorious bastards. It sounded so good, but it was terrible!!! Yes the opening sequence got me ready for something great, but then they started speaking english and never got back to acting.
I'm in the liked unbreakable camp, although now finding out it was directed by that guy have started changing sides >.> Generally I could care less who directed a movie, but he's really that bad of a director. In fact thinking back to what was good in the film, it just seems less good if you put it up against any of his other films. My suggestion Filox forget it was directed by him or the movie will probably suck.
Who actually says the sixth sense was worth watching? That piece of crap was worse than some of his later films.
As was already stated rocky horror is a terrible movie, it's just got a cult, and the cult is really fun =p
I'm actually someone who was happy to see Avatar though. It's kind of like the Mummy, nothing ground breaking but a really good collection of things people like in action flicks. Anyway I have a thing for humans being killed =p
Obvious is just the worst word a film critic can use, so few films are not obvious. It's such a common tool to rework a story so the viewers can feel more into it by helping it along. Lok at something like Zombieland when trying to suggest the fact it's a ommon plot device ruins the movie. They really geared up being a zombie flick and made it fun.
Making me want to flood erxomai's thread again with movie suggestions =p
I'm not a non believer, I believe in the possibility of anything. I just don't let the actuality of something be determined by a 3rd party.
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(29-04-2012 06:31 AM)houseofcantor Wrote: But Iron Man has Gwynnies.How hard is it to follow a good story? seriously? Takes no thinking at all. Because that is half of superhero movies problem is that the story is just so awful. It is simply rinse and repeat.
Everybody knocks Avatar, "ohh it's the same ol' story about love and shit and whatever", yet all superhero movies are 10X worse and yet people, mainly yanks, dribble over them like pork ribs.
In order of how the movie pans out:
1) Nerd/average Joe/Rich bored guy are sitting around being normal.
2) Dream about most popular girl in school or whatever who never speaks to them or knows they exist. Or something to the outline.
3) Nerd/Person gains powers
4) Uses powers for good
5) Girl loves masked super hero
6) Superhero thinks all is good because girl likes him, even though she is a shallow hoe who would never speak to him if it wasn't for his powers
7) badguy shows up
8) bad guy beats up superhero and steals girl. All looks doomed.
9) A moment where the superhero seems to give up. Someone talks them into going to save the silly girl.
10) Hero saves silly girl and planet and destroy the badguy.
11) Bad guy doesn't die but gets flung into space or something screaming something like I will have my revenge.
12) kiss
13) roll credits.
Lame, every single time.
Maybe sometimes the Director will add a "twist" where there is some thing about how the hero goes after the popular girl but in the end she turns out to be a bit of skank and so ends up with his best friend or something like that.
30-04-2012, 11:56 AM (This post was last modified: 30-04-2012 12:21 PM by Antirepublican.)
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Quote: How hard is it to follow a good story? seriously? Takes no thinking at all. Because that is half of superhero movies problem is that the story is just so awful. It is simply rinse and repeat.
Iron man and the new Bat man series were great movies, and they don't follow that pattern at all.
(06-01-2011 10:25 PM)Buddy Christ Wrote: [I tried to post this last night, but I passed out on Vicodin and Percocet (my tooth is killing me) before I could finish. I'm sure whatever I had written was classic]Juno is a good movie. Idk what shirt your talking about, but your opinion seems biased based on a shirt.
Napolean Dynamite is definitely deserving of a spot on the list. Highly overrated movie to say the least.
The Avatar is clearly a ripoff of dances with wolves, but that's a damn good movie too. So I have to disagree, the sci-fi version of dances with wolves is a great movie.
National treasure was a decent movie.
I actually like the last samurai as well.
Other than those two I have to agree though.
M. Night Shyamalan
The last movie I watched of his was The last airbender, and he absolutely ruined it. The cartoon series was actually pretty good, and there was definetly potentional there, but this guy just shit the bed.
Groundhog's dag is medicore at best imo.The whole plot is ridiculous. God loops the whole universe so this complete douchebag can boink his co-worker, and become slightly less of an asshole.
You forgot the movie that should easily take #1 slot.
TITANIC! Holy shit, I can't watch more than 5 mins of that movie at a time and give up.
Harry Potter. Crap, crap crap, especially the ending.
Pirates of the Caribbean 2+ - The first one was great, but after that it got really old and pretty terrible.
The Matrix 2,3 - The first movie was absolutely amazing, easily top 10, but the sequels could never even come close to doing the original justice.
Star Wars - The whole series is rather mediocre really. Old and New.
Lord of the Rings 3 -The series as a whole was really good, but this third movie wasn't that great. Particularly because the ending was like 30 mins long....Holy hell all the gay hobbit love wouldn't end.
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text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Kosin University: Catholics Not Christian Enough To Teach Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Kosin University: Catholics Not Christian Enough To Teach Goto page 1, 2 Next Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Job-related Discussion Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Are Korean Protestant Christians Bigots? (1) Absolutely 68% [ 17 ] (2) No more than you and I 32% [ 8 ] Total Votes : 25 Author Message ExpatriateJoeJoined: 16 Jan 2003 Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2003 8:12 pm Post subject: Kosin University: Catholics Not Christian Enough To Teach I just got this reply back from Kosin University in response to my application and statement of Christian faith. >I`am sorry but Kosin University more consider christian faith than teaching career. Thanks.< I can't understand Professor Park's decision making process. In a previous E-mail he said that my teaching experise and academic qualifications appear beyond reproach and that it looks like I have a good chance for an interview. Today I receive the above quoted reply to the status of my application. In my statement of faith I stated that I came from a Catholic family and attended Catholic schooling. However, my family is different from other families in that we often attended Pentecostal services and fellowship. I even go on to say that I received Christ as my personal savior in 1985. I volunteered at a salvation Army hospital and a soup kitchen in Toronto for two month back in 1994. From 1994-1995, I lived in an isolated community that only had a Catholic church. For what I lacked from the Catholic mass in the community I made up in with fellowship with a Mennonite missionary couple. When I came to Korea back in 1996, I started attending a catholic church because one of my students introduced me to the church. Since living in Korea, I have volunteered at an orphanage and attended Presbyterian services from time to time. Now, I ask you, how can a person be more Christian than I am? Back to top hellofaniceguyJoined: 10 Jan 2003Location: On your computer screen! Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:30 pm Post subject: Come on! You know koreans! You know the answer to your question! Confusious society? I think not, confusion! Lot's of double talk in korea. Bad? No, it's just the way it is. You are not the first to been told the good news only to have it changed later. Attending church in korea is just like hakwons; it is a business. Back to top DanJoined: 16 Jan 2003Location: Sunny Glendale, CA Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:31 pm Post subject: be careful, korean christians, while good people for the most part, some are among the most close minded and prejudiced people. and then, they are outspoken and STUBBORN about it. ugh Back to top DerrekJoined: 15 Jan 2003 Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2003 10:52 pm Post subject: You're not a good fit for them You're Catholic beliefs are not a good fit for them. It doesn't fit into their curriculm. Plain and simple. Do you pray to Mary? They don't, and there is no substantiation for it in the Protestant Bible (I bet you know the Catholic Bible is different, right?). Do you believe that priests should not marry, and that people should confess their sins to priests? They don't, and it is also wrong according to their beliefs. Do you view the pope as anything more than a man? They see him as a human being, and no more -- not to be worshipped. You may consider yourself a "Christian" for following Christ, and I would agree you are -- Catholic or not -- if you professed your faith in Jesus Christ, and try to follow his teachings, you are a Christian. Your beliefs, however, do not match theirs. What if I went to a Catholic school and asked to teach there -- professing that I know Christ, but am not a Catholic? Or if I went to a Muslim school, and asked to teach there? Would their responses be any different? I was recently asked to interview with a Christian school, but I declined. The owner (a wonderful woman) was very open with me about her school, and that the teachers would only work with someone who is a Christian. Guess what I respectfully told her: NO. Here's why: I have studied the Bible for years, and as I see it, Christ came to this Earth, in part, to free people from the persecutions of the "Pharisees". I view many of the very strict religious types at these schools as bordering on being like "Pharisees" in some ways, and it saddens me. It saddens me because in my opinion, more people are hurt by them than are saved/converted/or whatever you want to call it. If you don't know who the "Pharisees" were -- basically, they were very pious religious fanatics who followed the Jewish law with extreme closeness. The were so crazy, they counted every grain of salt before they put them on their food -- believing if they didn't they were not following the law. They also put scripture verses in little boxes and wore the boxes on their wrists and foreheads to show everyone that the scripture was on their minds at all times. The Pharisees hated Jesus. Do you hear that -- HATED! And Christ disliked their ways, and warned about them. He was VERY outspoken about them, and stood up to them when others wouldn't. Eventually, the Pharisees had Christ killed. My litmus test for determining if I need to be careful of some person or church is the subject of alcohol. Protestant churches who are serious about being "Christian" always key in on this as a "no-no". They teach people it is wrong to drink -- adding it as a man-made rule, rather than a God-given one. If you read the Bible and know what is said instead of letting a church, school, or other organization instill you with man-made beliefs -- then you know that drinking alcohol will NOT make you a bad person. It's not a sin (unless it's excessive or problematic to you) and was enjoyed by Jesus, his disciples, and numerous others in the Bible. Allow me to illustrate the foolishness. First of all, what was Jesus first miracle? Answer: He changed water into wine. If you read the scripture, you learn that Jesus' mother was freaking out because they were throwing a party, and ran out of wine (wouldn't you if you ran out of alchohol at your party?). So what did Jesus do? He said, "Fill these pots up with water", and after they did, they realized it had changed into wine. It was His first miracle. Now, "man-based faith" Christians will argue that there was no alcohol in the wine. HOGWASH! Where is that in scripture? It's not! If you argue that the wine of the day had little or no alcohol, then you are plain wrong. Find some historic document to prove that, and I'll read it -- otherwise, it's all heresay. It is a "man-made" belief. "Man-based faith" Christians ignore/refuse to accept the story "as-is" because it doesn't jive with their man-made belief that alcohol is bad. If you read the rest of that text, you see that one of the guests said, "Wow... you saved the best wine for last, while most people serve the best first... etc!" It was the common culture, at the time, to serve the best alcohol/wine first, then when people got a little toasted/drunk/etc, to serve the cheaper wine as time went on. The reason? Because when people get drunk, they don't notice the difference, or really care. So now we know -- Jesus turned the water into wine -- NOT Welches grape juice. They also drank wine for communion -- NOT grape juice -- although it's the symbolism of the act of communion which counts, no matter what is used. Another portion of the Bible they sight in error is when Jesus is hanging on the cross, and he is given sour wine. He spits it out, as anyone would. They like to point to this and say that Christ would not drink any more, so no one should drink. Bah humbug! Also, certain Pharisee-like types will say they won't drink because they "don't want their alcoholic-prone brother to see it and be caused to stumble". If that's true, then you should also wear burlap bags in public and stop having sex ENTIRELY! Both IN and OUT marriage! Why? Well, we wouldn't want to cause a Christian who is a porn addict to stumble, would we? It just gets worse and worse... pretty soon Christians are so separated from society, they do no Earthly good to anyone but themselves. This was NOT Jesus' plan. NO WAY. As Christians, it is our commission to help others, not to hide in our own tidy "safe and comfortable" little Christian box and sign praise songs all day. So your answer, if you are still reading this, is that you probably don't want to work at that school anyway. It will only complicate your life, and you will have to live under a lot of foolish rules that will hamper your usefulness to God to those who need his message most. Back to top jsmacJoined: 16 Jan 2003Location: Gangwon-do Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 11:48 am Post subject: Prejudice is always awful, of course. But as the last poster points out, at length, there are serious differences between catholics and Protestants and historically both groups consider themselves the REAL Christians, at cost of millions ansd millions of lives. You might feel uncomfortable in an environment like this anyway, so I doubt you're missing out on anything. I don't even apply for jobs that make special note of the "Christian" requirement, and if I were a Christian I still wouldn't because I don't believe the question is relevant for teaching EFL. It is foolish to suggest that Korean Protestants are more prejudiced than anywhere else. There are MANY school in the states that would consider you a Pope-lovin', mackerel-snappin' antichrist. Check out Bob Jones "University", for example. (I hear they even have a ban on interracial dating!) Back to top PootyTangJoined: 16 Jan 2003Location: Valley of the sun Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 12:42 pm Post subject: Derek I think is talking about this passage: Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, "Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread." He answered and said to them, "Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?" "For God commanded, saying, �Honor your father and your mother�; and, �He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.� But you say, �Whoever says to his father or mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God"; then he need not honor his father or mother.� Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition." "Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: �These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.�" When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, "Hear and understand: Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man." Back to top DerrekJoined: 15 Jan 2003 Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 5:07 pm Post subject: That's part of it Good quote... And there are many more. Back to top ExpatriateJoeJoined: 16 Jan 2003 Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 7:44 pm Post subject: I Don't Consider Myself a True Catholic Because I didn't have enough space or time, I couldn't show all the contents of the statement of faith I sent to Kosin University. But, let me say one thing, my upbringing and christian fellowship in high school and university are not common for Catholics. Enough said Back to top meatballJoined: 15 Jan 2003Location: Daegu Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2003 3:11 am Post subject: Don't worry too much, they turned me down too! I made my way down to Koshin Uni in Pusan last summer. I nailed the interview and met all the big wigs...anyways, my boyfriend made the 5 hour train ride with me and was outside smoking.....A big NO NO. Anyways, I was told that my boyfriend's lifestyle was the reason I did not get offered the job. I emailed him back and told him that it was unfortunate that he made the decision to hire me based on my boyfriend's habits. I was really angry but I had decided that I didn't want it anyways. Too low salary and they wanted me to stay every weekend and do church things--which is impossible since most weekends I would be travelling to see my bf. Anyhow, the concept of working with all Christains in a Christain school would have been nice. Back to top The BobsterJoined: 15 Jan 2003 Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2003 5:22 am Post subject: On more than a few occasions when speaking of religion with Koreans, I have asked someone if they were Catholic and gotten the reply, "No, I'm a Christian." I used to think it was a translation problem, but I think it's not only that and it goes to the level of concepts. Many Koreans draw such a dark line between Protestants and Catholics that they don't conside the latter to be Christian at all. By the way, many Koreans are also not aware that many times the type of practice used by their particular branch of Protestantism differs distinctly from what goes on in the same churches back in the west. Nowadays, Presbyterian churches back home (once among the most conservative of Christians) allow women to be ordained as ministers, lead serices, marry people people and officiate at funerals, all that ... it just wouldn't fly over here and a lot of Koreans I've met are not even aware of these differences in doctrine ... Anyway, to you and me it's something along the level of semantics, but I get the impression from Koreans that Catholicism is not considered Christianity any more than judaism is considered so by us, and I get blank looks when I try to tell them otherwise. Probably doesn't help, but there it is. Back to top philipjamesJoined: 03 Feb 2003 Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2003 4:33 pm Post subject: All religion is nonsense! There are FUNDAMENTAL differences between Catholicism and Protestantism. In many ways they are completely different faiths. Fundamentalist Protestants DO NOT accept that Catholicism is a Christian faith. It is a pagan faith"with a Christian face". They believe Catholicism is incompatible with biblical doctrines of justification, etc... And it has to be said, many Catholic beliefs are INCOMPATIBLE with biblical teachings (ie. the veneration of Mary, the infallibility of the pope, the use of images in worship, the role of good works in salvationetc... However, having said that, one must recall that the bible is a historical document that MUST be critiqued as a historical document. Whether viewed from the angle of earth sciences, biology, psychology, or the plain detective perspective of actual "eye witnesses" the bible is an unreliable document. No one should base their life's philosophy on such a collection of writings by individuals 2000 years before Darwin, psychiatry, astronomy etc...By evey criteria the bible is a fraud. An example. It takes five to seven days for an adult male to die from crucifixion. It's a long painful death. How long was Jesus on the cross. Scripture not surprisingly contradicts itself. One says three hours, the other six hours. HELLO!! No wonder people saw him walking around a few days later. He wasn't dead!! Well, what about the spear, you say. If I recall, only one of the four scriptures mentions a spear. If the spear jab happened why did the other gospel writers miss it?> (Oh yes, I forgot, none of the gosple writers actually met Jesus. No eye witnesses. Sorry, I forgot) And even if he was jabbed by a spear, people survive horrific wounds ever day, from car crashes, wars etc...) What's more plausible? That this Jesus guy died after three hours and got up again three days later. Or that he never died at all. Pilate himself claimed to find no guilt in Jesus. Jesus' own uncle, Joseph of Armathea was a rich trader. Isn't it likely that he bribed Pilate to take his nutty nephew down after a few hours? Interesting isn't it that Jesus' legs weren't broken, to begin a suffocating process, like the other thieves. Come oin people. Stop complaining about not getting accepted to eligious universities. STOP APPLYING TO THEM! Read a book and stop giving respect to religious beliefs that are based on ignorance and superstion (Catholic and Protestant alike). REligion is for the uneducated. Read a book. Back to top 4 months leftJoined: 07 Feb 2003 Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2003 5:40 pm Post subject: That's hillarious, just goes to show you what a joke religion is. It is supposed to be for peace and goodness but it is time and time again racist, elitist and the cause of many, many wars. I love the quote from the Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura a few years back "Religion is a crutch for the weak." Now you've got Bush the born again against Saddam the muslim both proclaiming god will lead them to victory. Sorry lads it ain't gonna happen for one of you. Back to top philipjamesJoined: 03 Feb 2003 Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2003 8:18 pm Post subject: Hey Corporal dude. Religion is superstion based on ignorance and mythology. I ended my posting with "Religion is for the uneducated." Some silly dufus called Corporal Writes, "Then that's clearly what you're desperately in need of." Well, given that I have two MAS and have completed my PHD exams and written a book on political culture and religion, I'm curious what exactly Corporal's meaning was about me being uneducated. I'd also like to hear what his academic credentials are. Hmmm. Religion is nonsense. This is not to say that I'm against spirituality. Even athiests lead a spiritual existence. We just don't base it on fictional characters like Zeus, Thor, Jehovah, Allah or what have you. Agnostics, even athiests, will even concede that perhaps there is a supreme entity, a first cause of some sort. But for anyone to claim knowledge of it is a liar. A fraud. A snake oil salesman. If a superior entity exists, it 100% is not the characters in the bible. As Mark Twain once wrote, "Jehovah is the most poorly written character in all fiction". Fiction! The bible was written by several dozen people millenia ago in an attempt to understand life and to establish a basis for social order. There is no empirical fact in it. And just because people find "comfort" in religion says nothing about its authenticity. Jews, Buddhists, Hindues etc.. all find comfort in their religions. They also all base their particular believe system on faith. So saying I have 'faith' means nothing. It's clearly an unreliable measurement of authenticity. Children have faith in Santa Claus. HE DOESN'T EXIST Back to top The BobsterJoined: 15 Jan 2003 Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2003 8:36 pm Post subject: philipjames : Quote: I'm curious what exactly Corporal's meaning was about me being uneducated. Ah, phil, she's looking at your typo in the origninal post - you know, where your finger slipped on the shift key and you typed "religion" with two capital letters at the start? (REligion) There are some people here who prefer to focus in on a typo, then make a jeering comment to indicate the person is stupid, mostly because this is much easier than discussing a topic on the level of the ideas that are there. Kind of juvenile, sure, perhaps even silly and dufus-ish but there you are ... Back to top mokpochicaJoined: 21 Jan 2003Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2003 9:12 pm Post subject: Hmmm... All I know is that most Catholic schools in the US don't require their teachers to be Catholic. Sure, the majority of teachers may be Catholic but I've worked in a Catholic school before and it wasn't a problem for me (as someone brought up protestant) at all. I don't see why it would matter unless you were specifically teaching religion. But then maybe not all the Universities in Korea are the same as the one pinpointed here. 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Hartsville, S.C. – The Lady Cobras softball team snapped their three game losing streak, by holding the St. Augustine College Falcons scoreless over ten innings of play, while scoring 28 total runs in two games, winning game one 19-0 and game two 9-0. The wins improve Coker to 3-3 on the year, while St. Augustine falls to 0-4.
Shelly Catlett (Orangeburg, SC) (2-1) earned the win in game one, while Sydney Greenwalt (Edwardsville, IL) (1-1) brought home the victory in game two. Catlett allowed just two hits in three innings of work, while striking out six and Greenwalt gave up just two hits in four innings with four strikeouts.
Leading the offensive attack in game one were Brittney Owens (Johnsonville, SC) and Julia Nelson-Abbot (Evans, GA), as they both were 2-for-3 with four RBIs. Anna Oswald (Lexington, SC) was 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs and Shannon Mitchell (Virginia Beach, VA) was 3-for-4 with two RBIs. Also collecting multiple hits were with an RBI were Whitney Wallett (Shermans Dale, PA), Becky Dillon (West Palm Beach, FL) and Allie Bragg (Cassett, SC).
In the second game, it was Mitchell going 2-for-2 with an RBI that led the Lady Cobras at the plate, while Ashley Coleman (Charleston, SC) was 1-for-1 with two RBIs and Owens was 1-for-3 with an RBI.
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Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli said today during his conference call to announce the signing of Joe Corvo that Tuukka Rask and Milan Lucic recently underwent successful surgeries.
Rask underwent an arthroscopic procedure on his meniscus while Lucic had a cartilage issue cleared up in his nose.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge is considering whether to dismiss a sweeping lawsuit claiming the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency allowed hundreds of pesticides to be used despite evidence of harmful effects on more than 200 endangered and threatened species.
The Center for Biological Diversity and Pesticide Action Network North America allege the EPA has allowed the pesticide use without required consultations with federal agencies to study the impacts.
The groups want the court to order the EPA to consult with wildlife experts on the use of 384 pesticides to ensure harmful chemicals aren't sprayed in the habitats of species that include Florida panthers, California condors, piping plovers and Alabama sturgeon.
"Those agencies can make suggestions on how to use the pesticides in a way that won't harm endangered species," said Collette Adkins Giese, an attorney for the center.
Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero heard arguments on Friday on motions by the EPA and pesticide industry to dismiss the 2011 lawsuit.
Spero told attorneys he was initially inclined to grant the EPA's dismissal motion. But after hearing arguments from both sides, the judge said his ruling would not be issued anytime soon, Giese said.
Under federal law, all pesticides sold or distributed in the U.S. must be registered with the EPA. The agency approves a pesticide for use if it meets a series of criteria that include not generally causing unreasonable adverse effects on the environment.
The agency said it looks at risks to birds, fish, invertebrates, mammals and plants in determining whether a pesticide may be licensed for use in the U.S.
EPA spokesman David Yogi said the agency doesn't comment on active litigation.
In their dismissal motion, EPA attorneys argued that the plaintiffs failed to show a causal link between EPA actions and harm to endangered species. The federal agency also said it already conducts myriad tests on pesticides to ensure safety.
"EPA reviewed supporting scientific studies, completed human health and ecological risk assessments, and developed risk mitigation measures as needed using current science, through a transparent process," the agency's lawyers wrote.
The plaintiffs countered that studies by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the EPA, as well as peer-reviewed scientific studies, show the pesticides at issue have harmed endangered species.
"We're trying to make sure the EPA does its legal and moral duty to make sure harmful chemicals aren't sprayed in the same places where these vulnerable wild animals are trying to survive," said Jeff Miller, a spokesman for the Center for Biological Diversity.
After the suit was filed, the EPA and two federal wildlife agencies requested that the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council examine the agencies' responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act, according to the center. The report is expected to be released later this month.


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Hi There,
Daft question but ive been programming C for years and recently starting learning java, i have seen the following question
How many tins of paint? Demonstrate use of sequence in the design and development of a Java program.
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I drew up a list of some of the anti-feminist tropes I've been seeing lately. (They're not overtly anti-feminist – they're more "this is how feminism is supposed to be done" – but they're so crude and wrong and clueless that in fact they are anti-feminist. They're anti everything that has been recognizable as feminism for a couple of generations now. The "feminism" they think they're for isn't really feminism.)
- Heroism is better than feminism. Don't talk about systemic problems, don't be a "victim," don't "whine," don't say there are obstacles, don't resist harassment. Just suck it up and be tough and succeed anyway. Anything else is an insult to women, especially to women who did suck it up and succeed anyway.
- The struggle is over. We won. Feminism has fixed all the things already. There are no barriers, no obstacles, no issues, nothing to overcome, nothing to get rid of.
- Women and men are different, so feminism is stupid, because it acts as if they're not. Women are weaker and stupider than men. They like different things. They think in different ways. They shop. They fuss with their hair. They gossip. They don't like sports or computers or gaming or cartoons or computer science or engineering or philosophy or science or logic or atheism or speaking in public or activism.
- The way things are now is exactly how they are supposed to be. The jobs and interests and lives people have are all exactly the ones they want to have under any conditions whatsoever. People's choices are not the least bit shaped by the surrounding culture or expectations or stereotypes or bullying or harassment or sexism or misogyny. There is no reason to ask why there are so few women in philosophy or physics or computer science. The numbers and proportions are what they are because everyone made a free choice, and that's all there is to it.
- There is no reason to make an extra effort to recruit women to fields and activities where they are a minority, because any time women are a minority, it is because they want to be.
- Harassment and sexism and overt, vocal misogyny make no difference to anything. They're all just jokes, just part of life, just haters being haters, just a tiny corner of something, just a little irritation which adults ignore.
- The real feminism, "equality" feminism, is about formal explicit written laws, and nothing else. The laws are now all perfectly fair and egalitarian, so feminism has no work left to do, so any residual feminism is obviously crazy. Critical reflection on culture and stereotypes is "radical" feminism and it's totally crazy and wrong. Dislike of overt, vocal misogyny is radical and crazy and wrong. Real feminists get the joke and laugh along with it.
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Liberia says it will open up a slum in its capital where thousands of people were barricaded to contain the spread of Ebola.
Information Minister Lewis Brown says lifting the quarantine Saturday morning will not mean there is no Ebola in the West Point Slum.
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April 04. 2013 9:31PM
Hassan, in North Country, listens to ideas about best use of tax dollars
By SARA YOUNG-KNOX
Special to the Union Leader
NORTH CONWAY - Gov. Maggie Hassan brought her updated budget plan to the region on Thursday, speaking before an audience of the Mount Washington Valley's movers and shakers.
The occasion was the Mount Washington Valley Economic Council's Egg & Issues at the North Conway Grand Hotel. Though the audience of about 100 did not fill the room, the monthly event is videoed and shown on local TV.
"We cannot walk away from our responsibility to supply the basic services for the overall well-being of our families and our communities," Hassan said.
Investing in priorities to keep New Hampshire residents safe, healthy and productive - including education and innovation - should be a big part of goverment's focus. she said.
The governor noted that the $2.5 billion in federal money for New Hampshire to expand Medicaid would not only provide better access to health care, but it would save money and create jobs.
"Uncompensated care in hospital emergency rooms increases costs for everyone," Hassan said.
She said the need to fix the mental health system is one of the most pressing issues.
Children and adults in mental health crisis, she said, are sometimes stuck for days in emergency rooms because there is nowhere else for them to go. "I get morning reports for this, and it ranges from two dozen to four dozen a day."
Hassand said some patients are restrained and heavily medicated, and "that's not the kind of state we are."
Scott McKinnon, CEO of Memorial Hospital, Andy Davis, co-director of the World Fellowship Center, Janice Crawford, Mount Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce executive director, were among those who asked the governor questions.
McKinnon commented on the challenges of getting patients appropriate mental health care and, while noting the governor's long-term commitment to rebuilding the mental health care system, asked her about care in the short term.
Hassan said that by early May the state should have additional beds - not all that's needed - but that it will take some of the pressure off hospital emergency rooms.
The governor's proposed high-end casino was on the mind of Davis, who called the invitation to expanded gambling a "Faustian bargain," and wondered if a discussion on broadbased taxes would be productive.
Hassan replied that she didn't think prohibition on gambling works any better than prohibition on alcohol.
Local attorney Charles Greenhalgh voiced concern on the cuts over the years to the state's courts, which, he said "are already grinding to a halt."
Hassan said the court system has led the way in innovative as it has dealt with two cycles of budget cuts, saying that her budget adds two Superior Court judges and puts back some money for legal services.
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"We need to find a consensus on how to do that," Hassan said, noting the transportation funding bills in the House and the Senate differ, with the House bill relying on gas tax increases, and the Senate bill looking at revenues from expanded gambling to fund more work on the state's highways. "I'm pushing everybody to keep talking."
After being asked about the possibility of a sales tax to help fund programs, Hassan said, "We have an economy I structured around not having an income or sales tax." The tax system, she said, has worked well for New Hampshire and business would decline if such taxes were implemented.
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Friday, April 11, 2008
Daffy and Speedy Present Heckle and Jeckle... in German!
That, of course, is the impossible-to-get-out-of-your-head theme song to Germany's Speedy Gonzales show (Die Schnellste Maus Von Mexiko). A YouTube user by the name "puttra" has uploaded many German-dubbed cartoons as they appeared on this show, complete with show bumpers. In addition to the many Daffy/Speedy and Rudy Larriva Road Runner cartoons, the German Speedy show apparently also included Heckle & Jeckle cartoons (how did that happen??). Below is a German-dubbed Terrytoon with an intro by German-dubbed Speedy and Daffy introducing the talking magpies.
No, I have no idea what they are saying... is there a translator in the house?
5 comments:
- Harley Green said...
I study german at univerisity...actually I'm not sure about my translation, but here what I understood from the intro in the video below:
Daffy: Good awakening! Did you sleep well?
Speedy Gonzales: I was tired, so I took a time for relax! Is there anything new?
Daffy: you silly mouse: the construction site is coming out very good; Heckle and Jackle are there! shall we go there?
- (here Speedy Gonzales says an exclamation about the "Baustelle", which is the "construction site"...it must be a sort of spanish expression translated into german, and it could sounds like "come on, you and your construction site, that's a silly thing!")
Daffy: Well...as you will! stay at home! It's a pity that you won't come! See you later!
Let me know if I'm right (wenn es hier jemand gibt, der Deutsch spricht!) and if I'll win a prize for this translation :D!
- April 11, 2008 at 7:43 AM
- Martin Juneau said...
I don't study German but you can use this translator from German to English here. http://www.toggle.com/lv/start/translator.htm
- April 13, 2008 at 8:07 AM
From a native German speaker:
Daffy: Hey, night watchman, it looks like you need to catch up some sleep.
Speedy: Me? No, I'm always sleeping at this time, I'm holding siesta.
Daffy: But over at the construction site, there's all the action. Heckle and Jeckle are there, too. Will you join us?
Speedy: I am tired with contruction sites.
Daffy: Okay, as you please. No need to stay with us. Just call me when you want me. Good-bye.
harley green: no prize yet, but my English won't win anything either - I just hope that my translation ain't too confusing; on the other hand, those bumpers, at least their German versions, are suited to confuse any toddler watching.
- April 18, 2008 at 8:01 AM
- Harley Green said...
Hallo wundermild! there's no matter: thank you for correct my mistakes...and don't worry for the english: that's ok too! ;)
I tired to follow some of this bumpers on youtube, must I must tell you it's not always easy to understand some parts...they should be subtitled in german!
- April 19, 2008 at 2:16 AM
:P Poor Harley...but don't worry, you made an attempt, but next time you'll win a Prize... ;)
- April 21, 2008 at 9:12 AM


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Buffalo Bisons (hometown AAA team)
South Bend Silver Hawks
Normal Corn Belters, Really!
South Bend
south bend silver hawks
favorite team: Birmingham Barons
funniest team: Macon Bacon
Bowie Baysox. Go Orioles!
Lansing Lugnuts!
AltruiSisu wrote:Omaha Storm Chasers
Hells yes! GO CHASERS!!!
Jacksonville, FL SUNS
Florence Freedom
Wooter to blame for sellout: SumDuud
Sellout time: 8:11:25 AM Central Time
The Dayton Dragons! - The best team in all of Baseball - coolest mascot, & every game has been sold out since the first game in 2001. Dayton loves their Dragons!
Brooklyn Cyclones!
Next to the old parachute jump. Right off the beach on Coney Island. 2 blocks away from the original Nathan's.
Bowie Baysox!
Bad news bears
Sugar Land Skeeters
Columbus Clippers... I suppose...
Another vote for Albuquerque Isotopes!
Frisco Roughriders!
The Lake Wobegon Whippets.
Or possibly the Avon Bards.
All I know is it's not the Uppsala Uff-das.
Iron Pigs
Toledo Mud Hens for sure, considering I work there and get all of my Woot purchases mailed there.
Louisville Riverbats.
The stadium is beautiful, Ohio Riverfront setting. Just down the block for where NCAA Basketball National Champion Louisville Cardinals play and less than a mile from H&B Louisville Slugger Museum.
That's a miracle mile right there.
Z07 wrote:Albuquerque Isotopes.
There can be only one. The team from Tidewater comes in a distant second.
San Antonio Missions
I guess people don't realize that the teams on the main page are all from TV shows...
Vermont Lake Monsters
Winston-Salem Warthogs
Round Rock Express!
Although I like the name Albuquerque Isotopes
Best sports team name ever!! In the 1970's, there was a minor league hockey team in Macon, Georgia named the "Macon Whoopies".
Salt Lake Bees
Lansing lugnuts
Columbus Clippers!
Gotta vote for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers - name sounds as vicious as the team is.
Reno Aces all the way!
Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs
Bowie Baysox!
Syracuse Chiefs, I am a season ticket holder...
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Skip to comments.R.I. law now says it's not a crime to possess small amounts of marijuana
Posted on 04/01/2013 9:23:49 PM PDT by Ken H
click here to read article
Think this will have unintended consequences?
Just don't store it inside a Spring Loaded Box that holds more than seven Joints and it's all good Man.
I'm not aware of any in the numerous states that have already decriminalized, so my answer is "no". What do you think?
Libertarian ideals can only work in a libertarian state. The hybrid of libertarian drug use with government taxation/regulation is a bastard child that will never do anybody any good.
Sure. Outlaw guns. Legalize dope. Idiots.
9/10 potheads are deadbeats. Of all the people I know that smoke it frequently, only 2 hold a job.
So let's keep arresting them and use your tax dollars for police, public defenders, court time, rehab and/or jail time. You can add pension, salary and health care costs for the public officials involved.
I also am not much in favor of giving the state more tax revenue to dole out and that is inevitable. That horse is out of the barn. From decriminalization to taxation is a certainty. More government intervention in the affairs of it's citizens.
So violent SWAT raids, asset seizure and dog killings are not govt. intervention into the affairs of its citizens?
not just adults?
wwell, there goes the fake libertarian argument that its for adults.
not nearly enough
They're protecting our nation's precious bodily fluids.
Oh, and it's for the children.
not nearly enough
What do you advocate? Should minors do hard time?
Are you retarded? Or are you just playing at it? Put anything you want in your body. I don't care. I just don't want to pay for your diapers, your burgers, your rehab or your progeny. And by your I don't mean you specifically I mean the bigger your.
Good, maybe the pothead morons will move there and away from me.
Good or bad, don't just about all actions have them...I'm guessing there's a number of folk here that wish for the bad consequences.
You pothead-haters can most effectively incentivize them to leave your states if the federal drug laws are repealed.
Pothead haters? I define "pothead" as one who regularly uses, to the point of affecting his ability to function normally. If the shoe doesn't fit, don't try to stretch it on.
I don't hate people who do stupid things; I've done my share. But in today's entitlement climate, when they've smoked themselves into unemployability, their hands end up in my pocket because some liberal do-gooder declares their habit to be a disease.
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This guide is outdated and a newer version if offered. Please visit How to root a T-Mobile G1 and myTouch 3G.
I first wrote this guide several months ago, but decided not to post it. After all the cupcake builds were released and people kept asking for help with upgrading, I decided to touch it up and put it out in the open. If you are interested in rooting your phone and installing one of the latest cupcake builds, please read the entire guide before getting started.
If you are nervous about upgrading or want more information on the pros/cons read our article about the different flavors of Android.
This article serves one purpose: demonstrating the easiest method possible to root your Android device. It is currently intended for the T-Mobile G1 and will be updated when other hardware becomes available. If you do not know what root access is, then you most likely should not attempt to modify your phone. Having a rooted phone is mostly for power users.
Preparing Your Phone For Root – Important Disclaimers
Before we begin to root your phone, let's cover a few basics.
This guide is intended for US phones. If you are in a country other than the United States, please visit the xda-developers forums for more information on rooting your Android device.
If you do not read and follow instructions, you will have trouble. We are trying to make this guide as fool proof as possible, but if you do not follow instructions, you will have problems. I suggest reading the entire guide before you start. This way you can become familiar with the entire process. Thankfully, most upgrade problems can be resolved by flashing the RC29 downgrade and starting over.
Make sure your battery is fully charged. We do not want your phone to die out in the middle of an upgrade flash. Go plug it in now while you read the rest of this guide.
Set aside at least 60 minutes to root your phone. The entire process can be completed in about 30 minutes, but I suggest you plan on it taking longer. We do not want you to get half-way through and then stop. If you start the root process and do not complete it, you might be unable to use your device and make phone calls.
If you install a non T-Mobile build of Android, you will be missing T-Mobile apps like MyFaves. You can still update your MyFaves online, but will be missing the app for now. If this is a problem for you, then do not upgrade. Also absent from the Android Developer Phone builds are several of the messaging clients like MSN, Yahoo, and AIM. If you need these apps, there are many replacements available in the market.
A WiFi connection will greatly reduce the total time required and I highly suggest it. You will be downloading several files with some as large as 40MB. Connect to a WiFi network when possible. You could attempt this over 2G/3G but I do not recommend it.
The first time you root your phone, all data will be wiped. Any data you want to keep must first be backed up before you begin. Most of the important information on your phone is synced with Google, but there are other things you might want to backup. Call logs, SMS history, and phone settings are the most commonly backed up items. Thankfully, there are several applications in the Android Market that can backup most data on your phone. MyBackup Pro from Rerware allows you to backup your data to your SD card or online.
Part of the root process requires you to format your SD card. After you have backed up data to your SD card, be sure to copy it all over to your PC before formatting. If you have an extra microSDHC card, I suggest using the spare for the root process. Also note it takes several minutes to format your micro SD card to the FAT32 file system, so I suggest using the smallest sized card to speed up the process.
After you root your phone, you will not receive system updates from T-Mobile. Part of the root process blocks T-Mobile from applying updates to your phone. This is done on purpose to prevent a future update from removing root access. The good thing is you can manually update your phone to a new custom version of the operating system. T-Mobile tends to roll out new updates over the span of several days, but when you have root you can apply the update as soon as its available. This update process for some root users has been simplified with the application JF Updater. See the end of this article for more information on keeping your phone up to date.
If you run non supported software, T-Mobile will not offer technical support for you. This can be a make or break issue for some people. Instead of turning to T-Mobile when you have problems, you will turn to the community for help. There are many ongoing efforts in the community to help people and most questions can easily be answered via Twitter or several Android forums. You can of course, return to the official T-Mobile version of Android whenever you choose.
Part 1. Downgrade Your Phone to RC29.
Before we begin, let's check the current build of Android you are running. From the home screen, press the Menu button and select "Settings". From the settings menu, scroll to the bottom and click "About Phone". At the bottom of the about screen you will find the "Build Number". Look for the part that says "RC##". The numbers after RC indicate the release canidate you have installed. If you have RC30 and above, you will need to downgrade back to RC29. The purpose of this downgrade is to exploit a security hole that existed before RC30 was released.
In order to apply updates to your phone, we must first format your micro SD card to the FAT32 file system. As noted above, when you format your SD card, it will erase all data. Most micro SDHC cards are already formatted for FAT32, but some are FAT16 and I suggest doing it again if you are not sure. Instructions for Windows users:
- Hook your phone up to your PC using a USB cable.
- Click the notification on your phone that says "USB Connected". Select the "Mount" option.
- Once the device is mounted, you will see a removable disk show up on your computer. Right click the device and select Format.
- Pick FAT32 for the file system and click start. Do not perform a quick format.
- When the format is complete, you can disconnect your phone by clicking "safely remove hardware" like any other USB device.
Now that your SD card is formatted, we can start the root process. For this guide we will be using the root application created by Mike Moussa. His app simplifies the process by including download links to the required files you will need. It also scripts some of the commands to prevent you from making typing errors.
Download the root app here: http://www.androidactivity.com/root/root.apk
You can either download the file on your PC or directly to your phone(I suggest phone). Before we can install the file, we need to tell your phone to allow non-Market applications.
- From the home screen, press "Menu".
- Go to "Settings" first then "Application Settings".
- Check the box that says "Unknown sources".
Now that we can install non-Market applications, we need to find the file on your phone and launch it. If you are in the Android browser, you can go to menu > more > downloads. If you have a file manager like Linda installed it should be located in "/sdcard/download". Click the file called "root.apk" and hit install.
Update: Some users have reported the DREAIMG.nbh file gets corrupted when downloading over 3G/Edge. To avoid this just download the file to your PC and then copy it to the SD card.
When the root application is installed, launch it from your application tray. Click on "Step1: Download NBH file" to start the first download. This file "DREAIMG.nbh" is what will downgrade your phone back to RC29. Wait for the download to finish, then complete the following steps.
- Power off your phone.
- Holding down the camera button, power the phone back on.
- Wait for the bootloader to come up all the way, and press the Power button to begin the update.
- When the first part completes it will prompt you to hit the action key to continue. The trackball is the action key.
- Once the update is finished, you can reboot your phone by pressing TALK+MENU+POWER.
Stop and Verify: When the phone reboots, you should be greeted by a fresh install of Android. Go through the setup process again for signing into your Google account. You can double check that the downgrade was successful by checking your build number as explained earlier. Press "Menu", then "Settings", and click "About Phone". Your version after the downgrade will read RC29.
Part 2. Install New Bootloader.
Now that we are running RC29, we can exploit the known security hole to gain permanent root access. The next step involves replacing the SPL or secondary program loader. This new bootloader is what allows us to load a custom build of Android. Note that the SPL is independent of the Android build that runs on top of it.
Since the downgrade wiped our phones, we will need to reinstall the root application we used earlier to finish up the process.
Download the root app again here: http://www.androidactivity.com/root/root.apk
Follow the previous instructions to install the root app and launch it. We will now perform "Step2: Download IMG and HardSPL files". The security hole we will be exploiting requires you to type a command on the physical keyboard. After you click Step 2, wait for the download to complete and then perform the following steps.
- Go to the home screen and open up your keyboard.
- Hit enter, pause a second, then hit enter again.
- Type "telnetd" in all lower case minus the quotes. Ignore the contact search that comes up.
- Press enter again.
After typing the "telnetd" command return to the root.apk app and press "Step3: Protect your root". This step runs a script that will perform the SPL upgrade. If you see any errors, it means the telnet session is not open. Return to the previous instructions and try launching telnet again. If you are still having problems with Step 3, reboot your phone and try again. After the script runs, we need to reboot the phone to apply the update file.
- Power off your phone.
- Hold down the Home key and power the phone back on.
- When you see the triangle with the ! inside it, then press Alt+L to display the bootloader options.
- Press Alt+S to apply the update.zip file.
- When the update is finished, you can reboot by pressing TALK+MENU+POWER.
Part 3. Upgrade the Radio Image to support Android 1.5
Before we move onto the last part, we must upgrade the Radio Image to the latest version that supports Android 1.5. The new radio image has been posted on HTC's support website for download. In order to apply the Radio update, we must download the file "ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip".
Update: If the HTC download does not work, here is an alternate link to download ota-radio-2_22_19_26l.zip.
Once the file is downloaded, it must be renamed update.zip and placed in the root directory of your SD card. This means to place it in the main directory and not inside any folder. If there is an update.zip file already present from the previous steps, it is ok to overwrite the file or delete it. When the radio image file is renamed as update.zip and placed on your SD card perform the following steps:
- Power off your phone.
- Hold down the Home key and power the phone back on.
- When you see the triangle with the ! inside it, then press Alt+L to display the bootloader options.
- Press Alt+S to apply the update.zip file.
- When prompted, hit Home+Back to write the image file.
- When the update is finished, you can reboot by pressing TALK+MENU+POWER.
Stop and Verify: You can check the version of your radio image to make sure it updated. Go to Settings > About Phone > Baseband version. The version number should end in 188.8.131.52l just like the original name of the update file.
Part 4. Install Custom Android Build.
Now that the hard parts are over, we are ready to install a custom build of Android. There are many to choose from, but I suggest the most recent build from JesusFreke. His version includes multi-touch support in the browser and a host of other features. I have chosen the JF build because it was voted the most popular and has been downloaded the most times. There are also custom builds available from Haykuro and The Dude that we will explore in a future post. For this last part, we will no longer use the root.apk application. It links to an old version of a JesusFreke build that we do not want to install. Instead, we will download the latest build from his blog http://jf.andblogs.net.
The file we want to download is JFv1.50 ADP1.5.
Please note that this cupcake build along with the others is based on the ADP version of Android and is different from the RC builds that T-Mobile offers. The Android Developers Phone version is the build given to developers and lacks the T-Mobile branded apps. The Release Candidate builds are approved and released by T-Mobile. You can swap back and forth between build types, but you will need to wipe your phone each time.
Once you have downloaded the update file JFv1.50 ADP1.5 it must be renamed update.zip and placed on your SD card like before. Make sure the file is named update.zip and copied to the main directory of your SD card. The most common problems I have seen are Windows users who name the file update.zip.zip by mistake and others who place the update.zip in the wrong place. After the file is in place we need to reboot and apply it:
- Power off your phone.
- Hold down the Home key and power the phone back on.
- Wait for the bootloader to display, then press Alt+L to display the bootloader options.
- Press Alt+W to wipe the data and cache folders. You must wipe when going form a RC to ADP build.
- Press Alt+S to apply the update.zip file.
- When the update is finished, you can reboot by pressing TALK+MENU+POWER.
After the phone loads back to the home screen, you are now complete. One of the first apps you should download is JF Updater. This will make getting updates in the future much easier and you will not have to repete all these steps.
Stop and Verify: Look at the list of programs you have installed. You should now see Terminal Emulator. This means you are now running a custom build. Launch Terminal Emulator and type the following command to display what version you have: "getprop ro.modversion". It should read JFv1.50.
More To Follow:
- Creating an ext2 Linux partition on your SD card
- Moving your apps and cache to your SD card
- Installing and using a WiFi Tether app
I could keep typing forever, but I will stop and let people check for errors. Will update in the morning.


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Pete Seeger: "You Stick Together 'Til It's Won"
by Kim RuehlDec 04, 2012
- Book Review: Gleaned from letters, essays, and articles, "Pete Seeger: In His Own Words" reveals how the celebrated folk singer has considered, at every turn, what it means to sing out in a world where the din of injustice is deafening.
We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists
by Valerie SchloredtDec 04, 2012
- Film Review: Whether you think the cyberactivists of Anonymous are hooligans or heroes, "We Are Legion" is required viewing.
Book Review: "A is for Activist" by Innosanto Nagara
by Corey HillNov 14, 2012
- From Activist to Zapatista, this "children's book for the 99 percent" infuses the alphabet with the energy and consciousness of Occupy Wall Street.
Book Review: Joy Harjo's Crazy Brave
by Rebecca LeisherNov 12, 2012
- Native American poet Joy Harjo declares, "I was not brave." But her memoir is a gift that urges us to enlist our own crazy bravery to step through the doorways in our lives.
Music Picks: Winter 2013
Nov 01, 2012
- Anna Ternheim, Jerry Jeff Walker, and other inspiration while putting together the Winter 2013 issue.
Book Review: "99 to 1" by Chuck Collins
by Scott GastOct 09, 2012
- Inside the wealth gap that's wrecking the world—and what we can do about it.
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Aug 01, 2012
- Musical inspiration while putting out the Fall 2012 issue.
Bidder 70: The Tim DeChristopher Story
by Samantha HerndonAug 01, 2012
- Last year, climate activist Tim DeChristopher went to jail for bidding $1.7 million (that he didn't have) to save 22,000 acres of public land from corporate extraction.
Inside America's Worst Toxic Waste Cover-Up
by Valerie SchloredtJul 18, 2012
- Film Review: The Big Fix exposes BP's efforts to minimize awareness of North America's biggest oil spill.
A Pastor, a Rabbi, and an Imam Walk Into a Book ...
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- In "Religion Gone Astray," three leaders—and friends—from different religions take on violence, exclusivity, gender inequality, and homophobia in some of their scriptures' most controversial verses. What they discovered surprised them.
Radical Religion, an American Tradition
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- Book Review: "Prophetic Encounters" reminds us that we are part of a long and rich tradition that is more than simply a series of isolated movements for social change.
The Achilles' Heel of the American Dream
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- Book Review: "Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power" profiles the radical, working-class movements of the '60s and '70s—a guide for transformation today.
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I do not misread Buddhadasa nor the suttas. I have listened to Buddhadasa speak in person over 50 times.mikenz66 wrote:I now think you are misreading Ajahn Buddhadasa:
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SHERIDAN — The Wyoming Office of Tourism will host the next event in a series of events called "Wyoming Wednesdays." Informative and interpretive programs about Sheridan are being offered at 10 a.m. most Wednesdays throughout July at the Wyoming Welcome Center. At this week's event, Cheri Jones of the United States Forest Service will talk about forest service policies and will focus on the Big Horn National Forest. The events are free and open to everyone. Attendees are encouraged to bring picnic lunches and stay and enjoy the visitor's center before or after each program. The center is located off of Interstate 90 on the Fifth Street exit. For more information call 673-7120.
BILLINGS— The Big Sky Dowser will meet at its 37th annual convention from Aug. 23-24 at the Moose Lodge in Billings, Mont.
Dowsing is a type of divination employed in attempts to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, oil and many other objects and materials without the use of scientific apparatus.
Come to the convention and learn about dowsing and see it demonstrated and learn the technique. The special presenter will be Big Sky Dowser Charter Member Vern Bandy who will demonstrate dowsing rods he personally designed.
For further information call Edris at 406-255-0928, Lois at 406-252-4215, or Gary at 406-670-0821.
BIG HORN— Professional polo announcer and young horse trainer Gus Whitelaw will be at the Brinton Barn in Big Horn Wednesday.
At 10 a.m. Whitelaw will give a horse demonstration and talk about training a young horse, getting a polo horse used to "traffic," the polo ball, field work and other horse-related topics.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information call 672-3173. The barn is located at #241, to the west of the Brinton Museum Entrance, 239 Brinton Road in Big Horn.
SHERIDAN—Sheridan College will celebrate Constitution Day, Wednesday, the 227th anniversary of the creation of the U.S. Constitution. Led by English faculty member David Golden, Sheridan College will present a complete reading of the Constitution, Bill of Rights and the remaining Amendments. The reading will begin at 1 p.m. inside the Thorne-Rider Campus Center on Wednesday. The event is open to the public. For more information call Wendy Smith (307) 674-6446 ext. 2801.
UCROSS—The public is invited to "Wyoming Voices: Reflections on the Natural World and Our Place In It" 3 p.m. Saturday at the Big Red Barn in Ucross. Wyoming Voices features readings, stories, presentations, and reflections from Wyoming writers, artists, students, and scientists. This year, the presenters will explore ideas of "wilderness" and "wildness" from a range of perspectives. Attendees will hear from Sheridan-based poet Jane Wohl, WyoFile reporter and Big Horn native Greg Nickerson, past Ucross resident and Wyoming Outdoor Council staff member, Stefani Farris, and American Indian Studies professor Caskey Russell. Susie Cannon of Big Horn will be the emcee. The public is invited and the event is free and open to the public. Both presentations will be followed by a reception with hors d'oeuvres and refreshments. For more information, call Emilene Ostlind at 307-766-2604.
SHERIDAN—Sheridan College is having a presentation called "Memories of Heart Mountain: The Imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II" by Sam Mihara, a former prisoner at the Heart Mountain, Wyoming, and Pomona, California internment camps during World War II. During World War II, the U.S. government forced 9-year-old Sam Mihara and his entire family to move from their home in San Francisco to an internment camp in Wyoming. Seventy years have passed since the incarceration and Sam is one of the few survivors willing to speak about this experience. In his moving presentation, he talks about his years in the Heart Mountain and Pomona internment camps, providing a first-hand account of this great civil rights injustice that was experienced by more than 120,000 Japanese Americans. Sam Mihara is a rocket scientist who worked for Boeing and later started his own high-tech consulting firm. He was incarcerated at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center during World War II, and he now travels around the country speaking about that experience. The presentation will be on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Whitney Presentation Hall. For more information, contact Misty Bateman at email@example.com
SHERIDAN—Few people today know much about the largest child migration in history. Between 1854 and 1929 more than 250,000 orphans and unwanted children were taken out of New York City and given away at train stations across America. Organized by Rev. Charles Brace to rid New York City of homeless street children and provide them with a chance to find new homes, this nearly 80 year experiment in child migration is filled with horror stories and happy endings. Sheridan Fulmer Library will host "Riders on the Orphan Trains", the official outreach program of the National Orphan Train Complex, at 11 a.m. on Saturday in the Inner Circle. There will be a one hour presentation including music and photos. The library is located at 335 W. Alger St. For more information, contact Christina Schmidt at 674-8585 ext. 29.
SHERIDAN—The Kendrick Mansion at Trail End State Historic Site will open its doors free of charge for ticket holders on Saturday, as part of Smithsonian Magazine's tenth annual Museum Day Live! nationwide event. Museum Day Live! offers free admission to visitors presenting a Museum Day Live! ticket at a participating museum or cultural institution. The Museum Day Live! tickets are now available to download at Smithsonian.com/museumdaylive. Visitors who present the Museum Day Live! ticket will gain free entrance for two at a participating venue for one day only. One ticket is permitted per household, per email address. For more information about Museum Day Live! 2014 and a list of participating museums and cultural institutions, go to Smithsonian.com/museumday/venues. Trail End State Historic Site is located at 400 Clarendon Ave. Call curator Sharie Prout with any questions at 674-4589. The museum will be open from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, and visitors must present a Museum Day Live! ticket to gain free entrance.
SHERIDAN—There will be a free Caregiver Conference at the Holiday Inn Oct. 3 and 4. All caregivers all welcome and the conference will feature general information and focused sessions on Alzheimer's Disease. Register by Sept. 30 by calling 1-877-926-8300 and ask for the Sheridan Caregiver Conference. Or go online at www.uwyo.edu/wycoa. Events will kick off Friday with an appreciation dinner and will wrap-up Saturday around 5 p.m. The Holiday Inn is located at 1809 Sugarland Dr.
SHERIDAN—For the next series of Brown Bag and After Hours lectures by Lynn Gordon, she will focus on fear.
The After Hours lecture is on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.
There will be a repeat of the seminar on Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. Both lectures will be held at the Downtown Sheridan Association.
For more information call 307-674-6446 ext. 2200. The lectures are offered by Family and Personal Counseling Center and Sheridan College Community Education.


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Morning Five: 06.26.13 EditionPosted by rtmsf on June 26th, 2013
- A Bronx cheer rose up throughout the land on Tuesday as the NCAA approved changes with two of the most confounding rules in college basketball. Perhaps the one that caused the most consternation among pundits and fans on social media last year was the "elbow above the shoulders" rule. Originally intended to cut down on dirty play, the rule mandated that a flagrant foul had to be called in any such instance; this predictably led to numerous situations where not-dirty but standard basketball plays were ruled flagrant fouls simply because a defender stuck his nose too close to the body of his man. The new rule, revealed Tuesday, will allow officials considerably more discretion in making the call, giving them an opportunity to review the video monitor to determine both the blow's severity and inadvertence, presumably resulting in a much more equitable interpretation of the rule. The rules committee also changed the block/charge rule yet again, now mandating that a defensive player must already be in good position before the offensive player starts his upward motion with the ball. Like the Euro step and jump stop before them, expect an entirely new offensive move to become predicated on starting the ball on its upward trajectory as soon as possible in an effort to catch the defender off balance and earn that elusive whistle.
- Will he or won't he? On Monday Kentucky's Kyle Wiltjer and John Calipari both announced in separate UK media posts that the rising junior forward is planning to transfer for the remainder of his collegiate career. It seemed as if he was already out the door, but somewhat peculiarly, neither explicitly said that he was leaving. On Tuesday, his head coach said that he does in fact plan to leave Lexington, but he'd be welcomed back if he ultimately decided to change his mind. ESPN.com is now reporting that the top suitors for the sharp-shooting stretch four are Gonzaga, Portland, Texas, Stanford, Oregon and Oregon State — the heavily-Pacific Northwestern flavor derives, of course, from proximity to Wiltjer's hometown of Portland, Oregon. With an abundance of high-level talent coming into Lexington next season — not to mention two significant frontcourt returnees in Alex Poythress and Willie Cauley-Stein — it makes a lot of sense for Wiltjer to consider a transfer for more playing time. Still, 6'10" players who shoot a legitimate 39 percent from distance are tough to find, so even with all that superstar talent Calipari has at his disposal next season, it wouldn't hurt to offer Wiltjer a redshirt season to get stronger in 2013-14 and a much bigger role on the following year's squad.
- This news was hinted at in last week's announcement about Kansas' expansion of its third-tier media rights, and yesterday the second part of the deal was unveiled. Depending on whom you ask among Jayhawks faithful in the comments of this Lawrence Journal-World article, this is either a "as bad as I expected" or a complete "travesty." Although KU officials are lauding its deal to provide 70 live events on ESPN3 as only the second of its kind between a Big 12 school and ESPN (the Longhorn Network being the other), the reality is that only six men's basketball games will be shown as part of the agreement, and many fans of a nationally-relevant program like Kansas do not belong to a cable network that offers ESPN3 as part of its package. For a decent metric of the temperature of the fan base, take a look at that comment thread (189 and going strong at the time of this writing) — this isn't a group that suffers fools lightly.
- Despite the mood of Jayhawks fans about this newfangled streaming deal with ESPN3, SI.com's Andy Staples makes some excellent points in his feature analysis suggesting that such deals may in fact be the tip of the next iceberg that changes how college sports is packaged and sold. Admittedly, we're still a number of years away from an Internet-dominant model becoming completely mainstream, but as Netflix, Google and Apple continue to redefine how we consume media, and as the non-sports fan public pushed back against astronomical bundled rights fees for cable sports (see: Time Warner's lawsuit about the Lakers/Dodgers), it's worth consideration. And as we remarked frequently when the 'number of local eyeballs' metric worked to justify nonsensical conclusions such as Rutgers joining the Big Ten, it will eventually come to pass that the a la carte penetration of a market (i.e., the number of people who actually care and watch the games) will matter far more than the overall size of it. Then much of this latest round of conference realignment will look somewhat silly; that is, to everyone who didn't line their much deeper pockets in the color of green.
- How's that for a prelude? While on the subject of the conference realignment, the new Big East is set to open its doors for business five days from now. Except that there are no doors to actually open. Nor is there an address, a commissioner or even a fancy new logo. As Dana O'Neil writes, the new league is getting directed by its nine university priests and one president, and nobody can seemingly come to an easy decision on anything. Or any decision. Paralysis by analysis, she terms it, and quite unsurprisingly, the athletic departments at Providence, Georgetown, Butler, Creighton and the rest are wondering what exactly they've all signed on to here. Hopefully once a commissioner is named — Val Ackerman has been suggested, via Andy Katz and other media reports — but until then, this new basketball-centric league is floating rudderless with a captain. Our email address, in case they need it: email@example.com.


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Carlo Arena captured this image from Mulholland Drive of the San Fernando Valley at sunset. He was visiting California from Australia.
Arena made the image using a Nikon D7100 with an 18-140mm f/3.5 - 5.6 lens.
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On a Sunday afternoon in the Westside, Russ Dyrli was planning to walk to the Santa Monica Pier to watch the sunset through the pylons, but the sight of a blooming century plant over the Pacific Coast Highway stopped him in his tracks.
He waited there for 20 minutes for the sun to drop to the top of his frame before making his image with a Canon 7D Mark II.Read more
Liz Fisher captured this image at LAX, after rushing off a plane to beat the crowds. As she sped toward the staircase, she spotted a "Welcome to Los Angeles" sign, something she had never noticed before. She snapped a photo with her iPhone 6s.
It was the perfect way to mark her three-year anniversary of living in Los Angeles.
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Luis Moreno captured this image while having lunch with his family in Pico Rivera.
After spotting a few people riding horses nearby, he took out his camera. He knew he had his shot when a lone rider was all that remained in his frame.
"This photo represents everything we love about California: its beautiful weather, awesome landscapes and the ability to go from mountains to oceans," he said.Read more
Zach Urbina captured this image of the 2 Freeway while attending a business meeting inside a helicopter Dec. 10.
He used an iPhone 6 to make this image.
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While photographing a young girl at a cafe in Venice, Rinzi Ruiz was left with a simple, yet powerful message: Stay curious. Ruiz was enjoying an afternoon with his friends on the boardwalk when he noticed the girl pressed against the window at the Sidewalk Cafe.Read more


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Saturday, June 30, 2012
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Joe, I am a lifelong Mets fan and discovered your journal while recovering on the couch from a medical procedure. Your unique way of capturing each Mets (font for team name is great!) game outcome is a real treat. Thanks for sharing your talent in this way. Do you typically do the drawings while watching/listening to the game or from highlights or after the fact?ReplyDeleteReplies
Dan, Hope you're feeling better after your procedure. Glad you discovered and are enjoying the journal. To answer your question... 95% of these are done after watching the game. there are times that I travel or have meetings where it impossible for me to watch at gametime. But I do watch online or on DVR before drawing.Delete
Get well and thanks
it is great to see the Mets playing decent ball for a change. Ok, so they scored only 3 in this one, at least the defense did their part and the pitching staff seems to have picked up the pace. Thank You Joe for another great recap and the right on ArtWork!!ReplyDelete