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The social space online changes rapidly. Feedback stays on top of emerging media news so you don't have to. Here are the must-read social media articles of the week of August 14, 2011. Read More
The New Facebook Profile: Updated Look & Some New Friends
Tonight Facebook will debut an entirely new Facebook Profile during an interview on 60 Minutes (which explains why Facebook was weirdly encouraging all Facebook users to watch the show late in the week).
The update itself is a welcome overhaul of the look of the basic profile, drawing the viewer into a more image-related experience (such as your favorite authors rendered as their Page icons rather than words – thankfully you can edit the priority of the images shown now, not just a random sample of "Liked" elements as before).
It also brings a few new tricks – or at least tricks new to Facebook that might remind you of a few other social sites. One such feature: "Highlighting" your top connections. As they say themselves:
Relationships with close friends can be just as important as family. Now you can highlight family members and the other key people in your life, like your best friends or coworkers — all right on your profile.
Sounds an awful lot like MySpace's Top 8, eh? I can imagine the arguments already as we shuffle our best friends, kids, spouses and drinking buddies in a furious drive to avoid conflicts…
This "highlighting" comes from a tweak to the Friends List feature, allowing you to share your Friend Lists more like Twitter Lists. This makes your curated personal lists to potentially become a way for you to find similar interests, people, etc. (The new Facebook List features are well profiled at the blog Stayi N' Alive.) Of course, you can never share your Lists and there's a bevy of privacy controls to go with the new options.
There are lost of other smaller changes. My particular favorite is the "Projects" you can add under your employers – drawing attention to what you've worked on and who with, giving an interesting kind of due and credit to a particular idea or execution.
To see the new features and immediately update your own profile, visit: http://www.facebook.com/about/profile/
See the Facebook video on the changes here:
And to see the 60 Minutes Interview, see the two parts embedded here at Business Insider with some comentary on how Zuck came across.
Thoughts on OneTrueFan.com
A couple weeks ago, just prior to hopping on a bus for a cross-country tour, I fell in love with OneTrueFan.com. Now that some of the initial hype has died down, I thought I'd share how my first week with it went.
You should first know that this thing kind of blew my mind at first.
The canned description is that this is Foursquare for the Internets. In other words, a way to "check in" at just any ol' website as you surf, thereby communicating where you go and tagging you as a "fan" of frequently visited sites and therefore the, "one true fan" of sites you've visited more than anyone else (like Foursquare's, "mayor"). It also has patches/badges for browsing accomplishments and a point system that builds by visiting and sharing pages through Twitter, Facebook and more. It's easy to lazily make this the web's analog to Foursquare. It can be a lot more than that.
Step back from the mechanics, which require a downloaded plug-in for your browser, and you can see that in some ways this turns web analytics a bit on its head – in fact it reverses the magnifying glass, showing you the interesting detail beyond your simple history. It really forces you to take a different look at your browsing culture and personal identification.
As Co-Founder Eric Marcoullier (@bpm140) reflected openly in a Twitter conversation with me:
I pretty much always look at who visited the page before I read the article now. The context is fascinating.
During my first week I really stayed open with my browsing. I installed the One True Fan plug-in on my main browser and allowed auto-check-ins on basically every site I visited (in full disclosure I did hide check-ins on exactly three sites, for client sensitivity reasons). Doing this while on the AGLA Hiring Heroes tour was particularly interesting since my check-ins ricocheted between scheduling which tiny town we'd be in from Dallas to Los Angeles and keeping up with news and work from the world outside the bus.
There's a stat dashboard I don't visit very often, but does contain some sample activity:
And here's the bar that subtly appears at the bottom of websites – it's small at first but when moused-over shows:
I too found myself checking who else had been there, both from a crowd-sense and a breadcrumb sense. It doesn't just include anyone with a OneTrueFan.com plug-in, but also anyone sharing these sites on Twitter, Facebook and more (lots more, coming soon, they promise). Yes, there are privacy concerns (that can be easily assuaged with just NOT sharing site visits or un-checking "auto check-in") but it still makes for an interesting personal if not public experiment.
Consider how this lens, of our internet life, combines with other lenses. How our patterns and likes, our real-world favorites and virtual world favorites begin to make up our personal identity. Consider the generational differences and how OneTrueFan.com data could illuminate our perceptions of demographics… The mind blows.
Business, healthcare & higher education institutions… what if you could actually identify who your biggest fans were?
For more on One True Fan, here's video of Eric from their Disrupt 2010 presentation:
OneTrueFan.com is in private alpha right now…
Anna & Heather's Higher Education Social Media Picks of the Week (09/10/10)
Harrisburg University blocks students and faculty from using all forms of social media for one week (on computers):
Inside Higher Ed reports on Harrisburg University's plan to shut down all forms of social media on campus for one week. Provost, Eric Darr has decided to block student and faculty access to social media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and AOL instant messenger. He is also disabling wiki and chat features which will make it impossible for students and teachers to communicate and collaborate using the campus' intranet system, even from off-campus computers.
Darr says, "It's not that, as an institution, we hate Facebook," Darr told Inside Higher Ed. Instead, he wanted to see what would happen if colleagues and classmates were forced to talk instead of IM, to walk to offices and dorm rooms instead of emailing. He wondered if people had forgotten how to communicate face-to-face rather than online.
Mr. Darr, how are you going to block access to social media through cell phone usage? Are the cell towers clipped for the week? Dean Browell with Feedack comments on the article,
"There's a disturbing angle to all of this that smacks of assumptions. Two of the four channels they propose to shut down are in drastic decline among their demographic (AOL, MySpace) and as other commenters have pointed out, the other two channels don't require the campus system at all to operate. They sell $100 iPhones at Wal-Mart people, they haven't needed your computer labs to get on Facebook for years. Twitter is utilized by a diverse demographic even through an inexpensive, non-smart-phone via text messaging."
We look forward to the results of this experiment.
iPads in the Classroom:
Notre Dame's assistant professor Corey Angst is taking his class paperless, and in a pretty fun way. His class is first and only class taught with Apple iPads. All 40 students get to use iPads in place of textbooks and other learning materials during the course. This is part of a year long study of e-readers by the University. Angst explained,
"We want to know whether students feel the iPads are useful and how they plan to use them. I want them to tell me, 'I found this great app that does such and such. I want this to be organic…We have an online Wiki discussion group where students can share their ideas."
They are hoping the iPad's will help students manage real world projects, and will help the university enhance the educational experience.
Survey says social media is less expensive and yields significant result in higher education:
Lipman Hearne and CASE partnered together to survey 212 CASE member institutions to research how marketing dollars are being spent in higher education and the return on that investment. Institutions that have integrated strategic social media campaigns with traditional marketing/advertising efforts have seen a wide margin of positive results. Key findings are significant and provide powerful real time success stories. Moderate-to-heavy users of social media were actually spending less overall per student on marketing activities. The moderate-to-heavies spent $83 per student, and the light-to-non-users spent $121 per student. Visit the blog and survey report for more data and key findings.
Higher Education Checks Into Foursquare:
Several Universities are leading the way with geolocation checkins. The University of Oregon, for example, incorporated Foursquare into their Welcome Week student tours. Friending the Oregon Duck and checking into 10 locations on the tour earned students a badge and 20% off at Oregon Ducks Sportsware. Another example is The University of Nebraska at Omaha. They have a microsite in conjunction with Foursquare that provides deals and encourages students to visit alcohol free businesses in the area. Harvard is another great example. They were one of the first colleges to embrace Foursquare with custom badges. Perry Hewitt, director of digital communications and communications services at Harvard, explained
"Harvard is more than classrooms and buildings. It is an interconnected community of people, ideas, and experiences, and we are actively pursuing ways to enhance those connections."
Higher Ed Cartoon:
A snarky cartoon (sadly, mostly accurate) ridiculing the tone-deaf design of many college home pages, published on July 30 on the website xkcd and circulated widely in social media circles and on campuses:
About a week before xkcd published its cartoon, the higher ed consulting firm Noel-Levitz released a study of how prospective students are using colleges' websites, based on more than 1,000 responses from college-bound high-schoolers.
Key findings include:
- 1 in 4 students reported removing a school from their prospective list because of a bad experience on that school's Web site.
- 92 percent said that they would be disappointed with a school or remove it entirely from their lists if they didn't find the information they needed on the school's Web site.
- 76 percent of students supported schools creating their own private social networks for prospective students.
-Anna (@alucas9) and Heather (@Hmillar13)
Feedback Announces New Client Wins, Year One, And More Team Members
Team embarking on new client work in Europe, Caribbean and a cross-country tour
RICHMOND, VA – When the clock strikes midnight on September 8, Feedback, a social media research and consulting group, will have completed a whirlwind first year that included two dozen new clients in 16 states, tripling the team size at the Richmond offices, acceptance into Worldwide Partners Inc. (the world's largest owner-operated global agency network), and some of the biggest speaking engagements of the founders' careers in a variety of industries.
Immediately after the 8th, Feedback embarks on a new year that includes clients in Europe, the Caribbean and South America, their second cross-country tour for a new national client, new office space and new employees.
Feedback is proud to announce a tremendously successful first year as well as the hiring of Jeff Kelley as Senior Experience Strategist, Brad Carr as Technology Specialist, and Brittney Trimmer as Experience Specialist. Kelley comes to Feedback from the public relations world, and previously served four years as a business and technology reporter with the Richmond Times-Dispatch. He is also the force behind the Richmond satire web magazine Tobacco Avenue.
"Our first year was not only full of crucial initial milestones, it completed many goals we had set for future years as well," said Feedback CEO Jeff Thompson. "To take this from a glimmer to operating internationally in twelve months has been a fantastic journey, and we look forward to breaking more records in year two."
Executive Vice President Dean Browell, who helped found Feedback with a PhD emphasizing generational differences online, added: "Hitting our philosophical goals were as important as hitting our financial ones. We have an incredible team of intelligent, creative people that work hard and play hard with the support of great partners and friends that do the same. Clients love that we love what we do, and that's what you get when you combine results, expertise and passion."
Feedback, Inc has proudly differentiated itself with social media strategy formed from a research context, applying ethnographic research in the social space beyond simply Facebook and Twitter. A combination of high-level, research-informed strategies leading into expert implementation to complement and enhance marketing and PR efforts is why clients and agencies from around the world have contacted Feedback since it was formed in September 2009 by Jeff Thompson, Dean Browell and Experience Manager Anna Lucas. Because Feedback often operates behind the scenes, contact Feedback directly for client names we can share.
For more information, visit Feedback on the web at http://www.feedbackagency.com, on Twitter as @feedbackagency, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/feedbackfband by phone at (804) 893-3437.
Everything In Its Right Place? Facebook Places
Some things are simply inevitable.
The sun will come up.
Charles Barkley will say something unintentionally hilarious.
Facebook will emulate what it doesn't buy.
On the latter point, Wednesday evening Facebook debuted Places. The premise and execution of Facebook Places is remarkably similar to the first two sentences anyone may use to describe any number of check-in applications: It's a way to share your actual location with others online; it also allows you to observe where others have checked in. Where many other applications seek to go from that starter definition, be it MyTown with games, Foursquare with tips, Gowalla with stickers, or ShopKick with deals, Facebook has simply stopped limply (but maybe effectively) at the first point of entry.
There's a few other tricks to Facebook Places, and the following video, dripping with a sincerity that suggests they have suddenly figured out something others haven't, demonstrates them:
Also inevitable is that Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal will be given a test run before most other humans. Unlike his usually predictably estatic review of Apple products (generally done in time for Steve Jobs to use an actual Mossberg quote as a part of his Keynote presentations), Walt was actually a bit matter-of-fact about Facebook Places. Not cold or harsh, just… well, "Meh" would probably be the most effusive meta-adjective I'd use.
This is because what may become the most short-term-advantageous thing about Places is what it does for others, including those other check-in services. The APIs that could come streaming out could hook into and help fuel the growth of any number of companies Facebook as threatened or tried to buy recently, several of whom (Gowalla, Foursquare and Yelp) actually appeared in some form on stage with Facebook for Places' debut. And yes, businesses can claim their "Place" via a Page as we and others mused months ago.
And what about long-term? Well you can better believe Facebook didn't debut this to merely dip a toe in. Cross-platform geo-location ads, sacks of data on visitations and total domination of the "place" space is clearly a mid-term goal. Actual quote from Zuckerberg: "…certainly you can imagine these things in the future."
We have been recently musing on the concept of "place" (including, "How Location Could Change The Future of Pages" last March) insofar as the web toys with tying itself to real-world geographies and the inherent opportunity and fear laden in those watching this wrestling match happen. But one thing we've always said about Facebook — their nearest, truest competitor in a spiritual sense was never MySpace, but Windows. They want to be the start, constant and end of the web for many people — the entry point in. And for many, they are. So now marry location ontop of that and you can begin to see how powerful they could become for the general public. For and to the general public, I should say. Being in Facebook, as a valid location that people actually visit in real life as well as "Like" could become the equivalent of having your name and address in the phone book in the 80′s and being a store that's in the Mall. You want to be "seen" there- and now you can, by friends who aren't even nearby to see you.
This, of course, begs the privacy question. But if we rest for a moment and assume that this is about who you allow to see your location, we can hopefully still talk about "place" and Facebook's role in it in a rational fashion. I could choose to not tell a single friend where I was on Facebook and still find it incredibly valuable to know that a restaurant I hear about in Richmond, VA called "Strange Matter" has been visited by several of my friends, I could reference it in a Status Update and get real recommendations of what to eat there and tips such as bringing your own quarters for the vintage arcade games. 3/4 of that scenario already happened pre-Places, but now I could potentially verify that it's a cool place that several of my less chatty friends have also patronized recently. It becomes an early indicator for me in a single search, allowing me then to pursue more info through other means (Yelp reviews, call-outs for other recommendations on Twitter, etc.).
Facebook Places doesn't change the game as much as it does solidify it, make it whole and, likely, make it ubiquitous. What it does more than really innovate is fire a cannon in a battle previously fought by slingshots as it brings its half-a-billion active audience into the check-in game. But don't be distracted by the battle to see whose or what type of check-in system wins. Instead, start to look ahead, with us, at what this will mean for the intersection of real and web location in the years ahead.
UPDATED August 19, 2010: Not that Facebook Places is available in #RVA just yet. #Fail #FacebookPlaces, #Fail.
One last note: Notice that Places logo? As TechCrunch points out: "It's a 4. In a Square. Yeah."
Survey says social media is less expensive and yields better results in higher ed
Smart marketing doesn't cost money, it makes money.
Is there a direct correlation between integrating social media campaigns in higher education and increased quality enrollment and dollars raised? According to real time success stories and the survey report, "Wondering what works? The changing marketing mix in higher education" from Lipman Hearne and CASE, the answer is a resounding YES. Institutions that have integrated strategic social media campaigns with traditional marketing/advertising efforts have seen a wide margin of positive results.
Lipman Hearne and CASE partnered together to survey 212 CASE member institutions including liberal arts colleges, master's level universities, research institutions, community colleges and a number of independent primary and secondary schools. The research reveals significant data centered around marketing dollars spent and positive ROI when campaigns include social media strategies.
Key findings:
- Investors in research and planning were more likely to deploy more – and more varied – marketing efforts.
The extra effort seems to be paying off: Of those moderate to heavy investors, 71 percent reported that marketing efforts had a positive impact on the quality of their applicants.
- Print publications aren't dead
Data reveals that an increase in spending on interactive media (such as web microsites, online tours, student blogs, etc.) does not appear to be coming at the expense of print publications.
- Between FY '08 and FY '09, 55 percent of institutions surveyed allocated more to interactive; and 52 percent allocated more to social media
Moderate-to-heavy investors in interactive were more likely than average to report a positive impact on website hits, enrollment yield, quality of applicants, total philanthropic giving and the percentage of alumni who give.
- Those who were putting social media eggs in their basket were not only keeping that basket diversified – they were also bolstering their interactive marketing spending.
The moderate-to-heavy users of social media were actually spending less overall per student on marketing activities. The moderate-to-heavies spent $83 per student, and the light-to-non-users spent $121 per student.
- When comparing institutions that worked with outside firms on specific activities with institutions that went solo, data revealed that having outside partners made a difference.
Institutions that partnered with outside firms for digital advertising saw more positive results on enrollment yield (88 percent compared to 67 percent) … and positive total giving results (76 percent compared to 49 percent).
For the full report, please click here.
It's important to note that implementing a "strategic social media campaign" does not equal, "Let's create a Facebook page and Twitter account and recycle our press releases online." First, ask yourself some key questions: Are your target audiences even on Facebook and Twitter? How are your target audiences using social medial channels? What are the institution's goals in utilizing social media channels? Is it to improve your image, increase number of enrollments, increase the caliber of applications, increase the number of dollars raised for the annual fund, raise money for a capital campaign? What about other social media channels, like YouTube and LinkedIn?
A strategic social media campaign should include extensive research to determine appropriate strategies to achieve desired outcomes.
-Heather (@hmillar13)
Higher Education, Meet Social Media
"… the longstanding notion that colleges can carefully shape and control their public image is antiquated." – President Brian Rosenberg, Macalaster College
Like it or not, with the influx of new media and viral marketing, higher education can no longer control its message or perception. In essence, hardly anyone can control public perception anymore. What organizations can do, however, is try to influence that message and communicate/market in the most strategic/effective way.
After working in higher education myself for over ten years, I think it's safe to say the means of communication and marketing has changed … an obvious understatement. From marketing the institution to prospective students, to communicating with current students/faculty/staff to engaging with younger and older alumni alike, higher education institutions have had a difficult time embracing new media to attract and sustain communication with their constituents.
Higher education marketing and communication strategies must adapt to stay afloat and compete in today's economy. How many print brochures do you think the average junior/senior in high school receives from prospective colleges and universities? If you stripped away the college logo and tagline, could you decipher major differences between the marketing materials and what they are trying to "sell?" How many juniors/seniors in high school read the newspaper … in print? Remember your audiences and respect how they are communicating in today's world.
Luanne Lawrence, Vice President of University Advancement at Oregon State University said in response to their new media campaign, "Powered by Orange,"
"It's scary to relinquish control of your message. But when you build a loyal community, it does your work for you."
Right now, my two favorite social media campaigns for higher ed are yielding amazing results. Oregon State University's social media campaign caters more towards prospective students and influencing the reputation of the university by including all constituents. The campaign launched last spring. School enrollment has soared, first-time donations by alumni were up and visits to the OSU website grew exponentially.
Macalaster College happened into a social media frenzy. A seemingly innocent self-parodying video on YouTube, "President's Day at Macalester College" initially designed to attract and engage alumni, ended up reaching over 55,000 viewers. Annual fund donations spiked. The self-proclaimed non-technology savvy college president had a change of heart. President Brian Rosenberg of Macalester College had never blogged, tweeted, and he wasn't on Facebook. He learned first-hand how new forms of social media "have more potential to connect audiences across both generational and geographic boundaries than do virtually all previous forms of communication."
This isn't a sales pitch. It's reality. Pay attention to your audiences. Embrace new media … and accept the fact that the old adage of "controlling your message" is obsolete.
- Heather (@hmillar13)
Facebook & The Search For Meaning / Meaning for Search
A must-read article, "Facebook Unleashes Open Graph Search Engine, Declares War On Google" from AllFacebook.com shows how the search worm is turning inside of Facebook, with the importance of "Like" rising as a key variable in search — at least inside of Facebook. This is dreadfully important as a concept.
This very change, as small and undramatic as it has been incorporated, provides a fantastic look into the future of search and the contextual web. Consider how the open display of credibility and validation will change how we find information. We already see the results of that, in theory, in how search already plays out. We assume that the relevance determined by the wizard behind the Google curtain with every click of a "search" button.
Is there an assumed trust that all of those people who find this useful or like something are being sincere and are for real? Certainly, just as we assume when we search now that what appears first is truly relevant (paid ads aside – not that the first unpaid ad hasn't ostensibly paid to be listed high via optimizing, etc.). AllFacebook.com wonders aloud about "like baiting" as well, but in some ways that still feels less nefarious than engineering a page that has no business showing up so high in a ranking to appear first, even if it actually has no relevance– a practice that happens every day in our typical search.
But then imagine how the actual display of the relevance, such as number of likes, incorporates the, "Is This Review Useful"-ization of the web. In some ways it's fundementally taking the algorithm away from tinkerers and into the hands of motivated consumers — for good or ill. (And I'm not saying this is a good or bad thing, just fascinated that and how it's happening.) Facebook wants to create a "social semantic search engine" that essentially runs off of the interactions of people as relevance fuel, not meta data tricks. This very urge and their platform and critical mass of interactions in which to try it means we will have a lot to chew on in the near future as the underpinnings of information display in search give way to new supports.
Google's caching Tweets and displaying in some first searches. Facebook is listing by Like. Where will we be next year as sentiment creeps not just into our results, but into the algorithm itself?
Fear & Social Media: The Problem With Place
First off: No unicorns.
The analogy of a unicorn is one I've been using for awhile. Even though my company specializes in social media, one of the very first things we try to impress on anyone we work with is to stop treating it like it's so special. So unique. So weirdly fantastic. Because the more we romanticize it, the more unattainable and unusual it feels. The more we trick ourselves into essentially not understanding it. It becomes this amazing unicorn, and while we stare at it up on the hill, we barely notice all of the unicorns standing at the bottom of the hill around us.
So many professionals have spent so much time fearing or idolizing social media that they've failed to notice how ubiquitous and "baked in" it has become. With all of the navel-gazing, they failed to realize that everyone else had incorporated social media into their daily lives, into every interaction. Perhaps it was never that separate for the average consumer to begin with. Suddenly surveys are splitting hairs about whether people "use" social media to make X or Y decisions without noticing that everyone's using a form of social media for every decision—they just aren't bothering to CALL it "social media." Anymore than I say, "I am about to write my friend an electronic mail which I will thrust through the internets in order to communicate thoughts from afar!" The idea of social media is NOT new. Anymore than AOL messageboards or phone party lines are new.
Which brings us to place.
Currently there's quite a lot of buzz over "check-in" applications such as Foursquare, PlacePop, SCVNGR, Gowalla and Hot Potato. People stumble a bit in sometimes claiming that this wave of geolocation is somehow the start of the trend, but it's myopic to claim geolocation is in its infancy. It's certainly not when you consider how long Google Maps, Google Reviews, Brightkite and Mapquest has been around. We have to be careful to not ignore the emphasis that GPS and place has had on search in the last ten years and only focus on the Foursquare vs Gowalla.
By treating geolocation as so special we bundle its effects into something to lift up or be scared of. We watch as institutions wonder aloud whether they should partake in it… as though the only way to partake was to dive completely in. I think there's some low-hanging fruit that worth pointing out to both the managers struggling with what Foursquare is and the C-suite who may be unusually enamored or scared of it. It's simply worth just taking the time to ensure that your college buildings, hospital, wellness centers, retail locations, etc. are just listed in these apps. With Foursquare in particular, someone has to add a location- they aren't automatically there like in SCVNGR (which is pre-populated with Google Places data) or MyTown (which uses CityPages). Nevermind if you have the money or inclination to engage, do sponsored badges, etc. – but are you even listed so that someone could check in? Or perhaps listed incorrectly? Are you there and people are already talking about you? A good analogy is really the old use of the phone book. There's buying into a Yellow Pages ad program, but there's also just making sure you appear in it and appear correctly.
But if we treat geolocation as a unicorn, we miss the opportunity to simply be found. And when did we treat our address as so special?
The apps themselves are often more in tune with the shortcomings of locations than the locations themselves are. In our recent research on event tourism with the a music festival we found some interesting benefits and problems with Bonnaroo's official use of Foursquare (we'll be elaborating a bit on the blog and in a full-throated report soon, free to our clients) while other check-in apps didn't even have a single central location to check-in at.
PlacePop worked diligently to try and add one when we spoke to them, and kudos for them for taking the effort and responding to Feedback's open worry, but what would have simply helped was for the institution of a massive music festival that becomes Tennessee's fourth-largest city in a weekend to have taken the initiative to simply have their address in the phone-book that is the top 5-10 apps.
There's much more, from ensuring our photos and videos are properly associated with place and more… The concept of place is so much bigger than just check-ins. It's someone needing something and asking a search engine of any sort, be it the augmented reality view of a camera phone held aloft to simply a Google Maps search from an iPhone. We've recently seen maternity wards being reviewed on apps like Yelp, traditionally the app of restaurants, for goodness sakes! How long before we realize the consumer isn't waiting for the institution to get on board or not?
The overall issue of place is as old as the phone book. It's as old as maps. It's as old as grave markers of any sort. The check-in-app of old was simply the letter sent back home to tell family that we made it to the new land. Now I let select friends know I've landed with a click, or I can flip through the virtual catalog of places, opinions, ideas and opportunities, without having to write or interact myself, just to find a great place to eat, or raise a family, or hear some music.
So. Beware of unicorns. :)


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Davey Johnson expected to be named Nationals' manager
CHICAGO — Less than 48 hours after Jim Riggleman abruptly resigned his post as the Washington Nationals manager Thursday afternoon, the team has likely found his replacement, at least for the remainder of the 2011 season, in Davey Johnson.
No formal announcement was made but, according to a source, the deal was close as the two sides hammered out the final details. According to multiple reports, Johnson, 68, is expected to sign a contract that runs through the 2013 season, seemingly giving him the type of security that Riggleman was never afforded and ultimately led to his decision to resign.
Johnson, who previously managed the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers, was the 1997 American League Manager of the Year with the Orioles and led the New York Mets to the 1986 World Series. He has served as a senior advisor to Nationals GM Mike Rizzo since 2009 and has worked in uniform with the team on occasion, mostly during spring training.
"It's great," said Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman. "I think Davey's a great baseball guy. A lot of us were around him in spring training quite a bit. We've got a good team here, a great group of guys. And whoever is the manager, if it's Davey, whoever it is, I think he's going to be real happy with what they have here."
Riggleman's sudden resignation forced the Nationals to name former bench coach John McLaren as the team's interim manager, but it was made clear from the outset that would be a temporary designation. Johnson was immediately the man atop the team's list of candidates to manage the team for at least the remainder of the 2011 season, sources said.
Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo confirmed as much Friday afternoon noting that Johnson's name was one that had been discussed and hinting that a decision was imminent.
"Davey Johnson is one of the names that we've discussed, and we've talked to him," Rizzo said before the Nationals 9-5, 14-inning victory. "We haven't really nailed down exactly who yet, we haven't closed any deals so I'm reluctant to say at this point. We should get more clarification in the next couple hours.
"Right now we're focusing on the remainder of 2011, but we're going to keep all of our options open depending on the person we get. We'll keep our options open, and we'll see where we're at at the end of 2011."
Johnson, who is one of only seven living men to have won a World Series title as a player and manager, hasn't managed a major league team since 1999-2000 with Los Angeles. He last managed in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, leading the U.S. team to the semi-finals.
Calls to Johnson were not immediately returned but former New York Met Mookie Wilson, who played under Johnson from 1984 through his trade in 1989, offered his endorsement of the Nationals choice to ESPNNewYork.com late Friday night.
"All I can say is they got a good man," Wilson told ESPN New York. "That much I can say. We'll see how they respond to him. I spoke to him in the spring, and he was very energetic, like his old self. It will be interesting to see how it turns out.
"I think he's up for it. I know he'll do a good job. I played under him, so I know it. To be successful as a manager or a coach, you have to adjust from year to year and to your personnel. The key to managing or coaching is not actually managing the game, but managing personalities. Davey is a good judge of that. He's known as being a players' manager. So let's just see how that all works out."
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I will switch a subject a little, Ilia. I noticed , that often time in various polemics and articles you do mention Satan. It would be o.k., and I do not say, its unhealthy, yet I feel, that you want to mock religion or undermine traditional values. maybe you believe in hell, lucifer and stuff or not. But these are serious things. The line between sincere spirituality and sinister, dark ideas is very, very thin. I believe that there is a Hell. One that we humans create and also spiritual one {much worse}. Naturally people want to go to heaven, but not all of them. Most people who are sinners {99 percent of people} are before they die afraid of the divine punishment. You can trust me, Ilia. therefore these things are no laughing matter. thats my point.
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What's new in Firefox 4.0: App Tabs and Syncing and Panoramas, Oh My!
March 21, 2011 79 Email article | Print articleFirefox 4. It's finally here. If you've been wanting to see more from your browser, you've got no more time to waste, because Mozilla has been working non-stop for the last year for today. What's new in Firefox 4? Where to start? From new locations for the user interface to the little things, Firefox 4 is a completely new step in the right direction.
An all-new User Interface
The Firefox interface in 4.0 has been completely redesigned. The traditional menu that takes up an entire row has been collapsed down to a single, small button that takes up barely any space at all. When "restored" (not maximized), the button is on a row by itself, but when maximized, it slides in with the tabs, which have been placed on top of the navigation bar:
When you open the Firefox menu, it presents you with two cleanly organized lists of all the actions you can do. Want to open a new tab? Done. Want to enter Private Browsing? Done. Want to copy, cut, or paste? Done. With the new menu, it's just that simple:
Firefox Panorama: smarter tab management
Press Ctrl+Shift+E or the little four-paned button in the top-right corner. What do you see? For me, it's something like this:
As you can tell, there are lots of different sites I'm visiting right now. How can I better organize these tabs? It's surprisingly simple: just drag and drop them into groups:
You can even name these groups. When you open one of these groups, all of your other, unrelated tabs are hidden from view. This is a great way to ease yourself from distractions and focus on whatever you're supposed to be doing.
Firefox Sync: your data, everywhere
Firefox Sync, first offered as an experimental addon for Firefox 3.x, has spread to all devices and platforms Firefox runs on. It allows you to view your history, your passwords, your bookmarks, and even your open tabs on your iOS, Android, Windows, OS X, or Linux Firefox installation.
To set up Sync, just go to Firefox>Options>Sync.
JägerMonkey: making your Fox fast as a Monkey
Nothing says fast like a… monkey? Building on the original javascript engine SpiderMonkey, JägerMonkey is much faster and even more fun than Firefox 3.x's TraceMonkey. In Mozilla's tests, Firefox 4.x out-performed previous releases by almost 300-500%!
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The little things: adding up
However, there are many more things to a good user experience than just a new user interface and a couple unique features. There are little things too.
Switch to Tab: One such little thing is Switch to Tab. With this, you can quickly switch between tabs by typing their name into the navigation bar:
App tabs: If you've been using any other modern browser like Chrome or Opera, you'll be used to these. These let you make your tabs favicon sized:
As you can see, one of these tabs was lighter than the others. This means that there is a new notification on that page. These notifications include, but are not limited to, Facebook chats/messages/notifications, Gmail chats/notifications, and new Google Reader items.
A new Addons Manager: If you go to Firefox>Add-ons, you'll be greeted with a new, full-page addons manager:
Better HTML5 video support: Although Firefox 3.x technically supported HTML5 videos, it only supported one of the major three codecs. These are h264, WebM, and Ogg Theora. Of those three, h264 is the most widely implemented, WebM is expected to catch on any day now, and Ogg is seldom used outside of Mozilla.com and Wikipedia.org. However, now Firefox supports both WebM and Ogg Theora, enabling it to watch YouTube videos with nary a plugin installed.
Hardware Acceleration: Firefox 4 now supports hardware acceleration for even faster graphics processing and javascript rendering.
Although Firefox 4 still isn't the fastest of browsers (hello Chrome), it's another great upgrade to what has been the world's second-most-used browser for quite some time, and is looking better than ever.
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I installed FF4.0 RC (release candidate). At first, a lot of my add-ons were disabled, but in the week or so since, most of them have updated and are now working. (If the makers of FireBug are reading this, pull your finger out will ya!)
My only question is about the menu of which you speak. On my system running WinXP SP3, I don't see the Opera style menu in the top-left. I still see the normal old FF menus. Am I being discriminated against because I'm still running XP or what?
34Please disregard my last comment. I've just figured out that the new Firefox menu only becomes available in XP after you hide the main menu (because hiding something to make it visible is not the least bit confusing!). Why this isn't automatic is beyond me.
35Does anyone know:
Does FF now have the ability to open up a new session in one instance of the program (not just a new tab or window), as does IE? So that, for example, one can open up different Gmail mailboxes in the same instance of FF. I've been using different FF instances and profiles to do this up til now, but it adds extra complexity (keeping bookmarks synced, etc.).
41What the heck? The new firefox start page uses Bing as its search engine — google haters? How do I change this?
44Having tested ff4 the past weeks, I guess I am used to it, but it does irritate me that Chrome is still faster, or is it ? does Chrome have the advantage just because it is google and can access web-pages faster, if someone knows the answer to this I would love to know why, I will stay with firefox as far as I am concerned a small loss in speed compared to Chrome I can live with.
46NoScript ?
I feel safest browsing with FF and NoScript.
Does it work with FF4 ?
Is it needed with FF 4 ?
I suppose I am asking, does FF 4 have similar protection built in (thus NoScript is not required) ?47@mikeart: Great article over at Lifehacker where they've just tested all the latest browsers for speed. Check it out.


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Anyone that is a fan of the game, like I am, had a great expectation about this movie. The story is about a young girl that has this kind of attacks and keeps saying the words Silent Hill. The mother goes to that town in order to find answers. Very bad move ! ! ! Well as it turns out the girl is adopted and she is the good part of the evil that lives in Silent Hill... Confused? Well Ill try to explain.. The people that live is Silent Hill are a bunch of weirdos and they start picking on a young girl saying she is a Witch... Well, anyone that knows a little bit of Salem Witches, knows exacly what they do to them... Burn Them... ! The Girl´s good part ends up on an orphanage and the bad part starts making " Silent Hillers´ " life a living hell ! ! ! So be prepare see monsters, weird things walking around.... just like the good Silent Hill style...
As for me, the scene where the radio starts making that caracteristical noise and that thing appeared was great... its so Silent Hill style... ! Actually the all movie remains faithful to the specific genter and caracteristics that make Silent Hill so unique. The sounds are perfectly used, giving that scary feature. I hope that they can use Silent Hill 2, 3 and 4 background to make more movies like this. Specially the Silent hill 2 story, that in my opinion is the best one.
The visual effects are really good, the monsters (or as I like to call them, Some Kind Of Monsters) look really good.. I know that they are really strange but welcome to the world of Silent Hill... ! ! :D I recomend watching this movie.... ! It didnt dissapoint me and I cant wait to get it on DVD.... So peeps, if u can see it, and enjoy it ! ! !


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Wow guys it has been too long between my updates, I apologize for that, I will try and do better. Hopefully life will settle down and I will be able to regularly update. We shall see.
Jo Dee and I are being civil towards each other, I guess that is the correct term for that. After one of her performances a few days ago I waited backstage for her and we talked a few moments before she invited me to go to a party/meet and greet with the fans. Went along, got bored quickly, wished the night wouldn't go by so slow, got paranoid that rabid fans would attack (last year at a fan party *coughs*). so yes, interesting party it was. Jo Dee and I managed to slip out and drive back to her place to talk. I'm not really sure if we got far in our conversation at all. There was so much I wanted to say but couldn't find the words to say it and I'm not sure if she felt the same way. We haven't seen much of each other because of rehearsals and other commitments but hopefully that will change very soon.
Faith called me the other night after Tim's phone call. I often wonder how she puts up with him. I mean he is my best friend but some of the things he does will never make sense to me. But then again, a lot of things dont' make sense to me so yeah.
I think I'm going to head to bed and attempt to sleep. Sleep seems so foreign lately, maybe I can get used to it again... Night all!
Everyone (Faith, Bryce, Gracie, Maggie, and Audrey) are all asleep right now so I snuck online to update very quickly. Bryce is doing very well. Thanks to everyone for their congrats and everything when he arrived. It was very much appreciated. Faith seems to be doing a little better, well atleast I hope she is. I'm not exactly sure what is wrong with her but whatever it is, I hope it passes soon.
Meredith sent me on a mission to get Nick, one of my band members, to get a journal. I think I will start on that mission now and see how far it gets me.
Later guys and gals!
This is my day for short and useless journal updates, oh wait that is every time I update, my bad. So what has been happening in the life of Kenny Chesney, you may ask? Truthfully, nothing too awful much. Been spending a lot of time with my two children and it has been great *smiles* Faith is forever saying how bad they are but they are little angels with me *chuckles* Yesterday was Mother's Day so I helped Faith's Dad make dinner for all the ladies *laughs*. I think Faith enjoyed it and needed the time away from thinking too much about everything, even if it was only for a few hours. So yes, it all turned out good. JoDee and I are such dorks *laughs*
And I think on that note, I'm going to end this entry. Darn...
I didn't make it last night. I feel like a horrible father, aren't fathers supposed to be there when their child is brought into this world to greet them and hold them? Bryce was boring early this morning at 2:35 about 40 minutes before I even got to Utah. He's perfect in my opinion, what little hair he does have is blond and the doctor says it looks like there is a good chance his eyes are going to be blue and the main thing is the doctor said he appears healthy. Thank goodness. I can't wait for the venture into fatherhood, I just hope Faith will let me spend a lot of time with Bryce and Audrey. Speaking of Audrey, I'm not sure if she really knows what is going on. She was allowed to see Bryce for a few minutes this afternoon when my parents and grandmother flew in and she looked down at Bryce and pointed at him saying "Baby go back, back, back, bye bye" Hmm...
Well I better get going now. Faith is yelling, Bryce is crying, Audrey is babbling, Gracie and Tim are both sleeping through this, and Maggie is giggling loudly at the TV. I feel a headache coming on
I have been getting a lot of strange calls lately. First one from Faith the other night telling me she is sick of being pregnant and wants Bryce (the name she has picked for the baby out NOW) and is trying to bribe him out *laughs* Oh boy. I'm going to go visit Faith, Tim, and the girls very soon, just not saying when *grins* It seems Audrey is driving Faith crazy and keeps calling for me *smiles* so I'm going on a trip to see her.
Then I got a call from Jo Dee the other night and right in the middle of our conversation, her phone died so she called me back last night and we finished the previous conversation. I don't know if Jo Dee wants anybody to know what it is about, but I will say, it was something I didn't expect. Surprise there, hmm?
Well I guess I had better get going. Got a day full of plans ahead that I have to get started on. Should be fun, oh yes.
I got extremely bored today so I was reading the message boards on CMT.com for several hours and the following is a list of what some people on there have said *snickers*:
-Tim and I are a couple in real life. Sorry to burst your bubble people, but that just isn't happening. We are just very close friends who act crazy. But most of you here already knew that
-Jessica Andrews and I are currently dating and are engaged. Yes, it is true Jessica has a promise ring from a guy named Marcel, I probably spelled his name wrong but you get the point. That ring isn't from me. She is a very lovely lady but that relationship just isn't happening.
-Ok, I get a kick out of this one. Kenny is really Tim and Faith's adopted son. *grins* I guess that has some truth to it. Tim, Faith, where is my new car and college education? I'm your kid now *snickers* (Notice how I change point of views? Talented aren't I?)
-Kenny and Faith had an affair and Audrey is the result from that *. That has some truth to it. Yes, Audrey is my daughter but that is as far as I'm going with that one.
-Faith is pregnant and the baby is Kenny's not Tim's! * That one is also true. I'm going to be a daddy again and most people didn't know that I was one in the first place, but hey, I can't wait *smiles* It is going to be awesome
-The Flameworthy Awards were set up, Kenny should have won the awards Tim and Faith did! *coughs* Not true, although I appreciate the support, if that is what you call it. Everyone who won deserved their award. I think it is just an honor to even be nominated. I'm just not the the type of guy that is in the business to win awards. Although, yes, awards are nice, the world doesn't revolve around them.
-Kenny smacked Tim in the ass after the awards. Can you believe it? Yeah I did, what's it to you? *laughs* And of course the camera was turned away when Tim did it to me so pfft on you all. Tim set that shit up man, I swear!
-Okay this entry is finished for now. You may now continue with whatever you were doing beforehand :) I think I have my three sets of parents (Mom, Dad, step-parents, and Tim and Faith) to make calls to. Have to check up on my people :)
(Author's note: Comments marked by a * are obviously made up for sake of storylines, others were comments really found on various message boards. Just thought I would try and clear up confusion if there was any. Thanks)
I must be a popular man *laughs* Both the lovely Sara and the lovely Faith called me and left voicemails.
Sara and Faith: You both wanted to know what business Avery had with me *chuckles* He basically talked about his sister. How she was smelly, cried too much, wanted too much attention, etc. I think I finally got it through his head that she will grow out of that and he will enjoy having a little sister. Not sure how well I did with that though *shrugs* but I tried my best. Oh and we have another prank in the works *winks* be on the lookout for that and don't say I didn't warn ya guys
Sara: Avery wanted me to ask you if he could come visit me or I come visit him sometime. As he said "we have business to take care of face to face and Mommy can't listen in!" So yeah *laughs*
Faith: I'm glad Audrey enjoyed the gift. I saw that and immediately thought of her. And no, before you say it, I wasn't in Toys R Us shopping for myself, I swear! Yeah, I would really like to see all of you when Tim has a break in tour. Just keep me updated on it.
JoDee: You claim my ass! I'm so proud and honored *grins cheesily*
Tim: Call me after your concert tonight?
Now if you all will please excuse me, I have a certain fiddle player to beat the shit out of.
The Flameworthy Awards are tomorrow night. I'm not really all that nervous. I guess after years of being in the business, you just get used to it and the nervous feelings go away after awhile. Good thing because feeling sick before performing is not a good thing to deal with.
I received a voice mail from Faith this morning asking me to call her after Tim's concert tonight to discuss the plans for us all meeting up before the awards. For some reason I'm getting the feeling that the meeting just isn't going to happen. In a few hours, let's just see how right I am.
Well Martina and I are going to get some food before the concert so I had better shut down and meet her at our designated place. Talk to y'all later!
P.S. Jo Dee is a crazy red head. Proceed with caution when you come within contact of her *grins*
Tour starts soon, like very soon. Tomorrow soon.
I miss a lot of people right now:
- I miss Faith because despite what has happened between us, she still has a piece of my heart. I'm happy that she again seems happy :)
- I miss my daughter because yeah, that is just self explanatory
- I miss Maggie and Gracie because those two seem to brighten up a day, no matter how dreary it was beforehand
- I miss Tim because he is my best friend and like a brother to me, even if he is the biggest dork on the face of this earth :-P
- I miss making entries that actually make sense. Heh! I'm going to blame this on the upcoming tour because we can admit, touring isn't always the best thing for increasing brainpower.
- For everyone else I missed on the "missed" list, sorry! You know I love ya!
- Jo *grins and waves* Hey you!
- Okay, seriously, I'm ending this entry now. A few days down the road I'm going to read this and realize how dorky I do sound... hmm...
I have ate out too many times today. This morning with my mom and my sisters, along with their families. This afternoon had lunch with Martina and the girls and tonight had dinner with Dad. Boy oh boy am I stuffed. Good thing my birthday is only once a year or my waist line would suffer *laughs*
Thank you to everyone who wished me happy birthday: Keri, Nat, Tim, Faith, Ste, Meredith, Sara, Shania, Gracie, Cher, and Leigh. It was very much appreciated.
TIMMAY! Damn, bro, I love you. Well yeah you already knew that *laughs* Thanks for the gift. I'm disappointed it wasn't you, but I think the football will make up for it. And it is signed none the less *grins* Thank you again. Come visit sometime
Meredith, thank you for the CD player, sweetheart. *grins* I will definitely use that on tour and at home.
Gracie, I will visit you soon. I miss you and your sisters and of course your mommy.
Faith, call me, please.
Keri, hope your birthday was wonderful!
Nat, expect a call soon
Sara, *sticks tongue out and laughs*
Okay, I think it is time to now end this entry, it is getting to the point where I'm positive I'm boring you all. Have a great night, everyone!
I got through Saturday pretty well, I'm proud of myself. Nat, call me, it sounds like you need a friend to talk to. Faith, Tim, a phone call would be great also at your convenience, everytime I call it seems nobody is there to pick up the phone. Hmm, I think since it is such a nice day outside I will go swimming, or horseback riding, or, or, or... the possibilites are endless *smiles* Until next time! *waves*
So, tomorrow would have been the big day. This time tomorrow I would have been a married man on my way to my honeymoon destination or already there but naturally life got in the way and we decided to go our seperate ways. I can say that was one of the toughest decisions in my life but life does go on no matter what. *shakes head* Enough of me talking so smart like, it just isn't me *laughs softly*
Wednesday is my birthday, send me some love people! :)
Tim, call me and tell me how your father is. Of course you and your family have been in my prayers.
This is Kenny, signing off....
- The tour is definitly a go, why am I so nervous about it? It isn't my first tour or anything. I guess I'm just an idiot about it
- My wedding would have been in 11 days. Is weddings being basically called off an average 2 weeks before the date a trend for the rest of my life? God let's hope not.
- My birthday is in 15 days *crings* Geeze. Getting old sneaks up on you a little too fast sometimes
- Happy birthday to those GC twins. Have a great one, guys.
- I wonder if Faith will let me keep Audrey for a few days? If she would answer her phone, I guess we will see *shrugs*
- How come headaches have to suck so bad?
- How come Spring isn't hurrying up and getting here? *taps foot* I'm impatient!
- *waves to Martina* Hey you!
- *waves to Tim* It's hard to get a hold of you on the phone. Call me sometime...
- I guess this is the point where I run out of things to say. I'm sure you all hate that fact...
Well it looks like the tour is a go *smiles* Management was uncharacteristically enthusiastic about the idea of Martina and I touring together for awhile, so it's all good. We have another meeting at 3 to discuss the finer details of the tour and then it's on the road we go. I'm really looking forward to it.
I'm trying to get in contact with Faith to see how things are going with her and to see if it is possible if I can keep Audrey for a few days. I really do miss them, all of them. You stay with people for a few months and when you are away from them for awhile, it's hard to get into the old routine, the one before them.
I better get going, Martina and I have to leave soon. Until next time...
*sits down on chair and sips at a bottle of Mountain Dew* What to write, what to write. *thinks* I guess the Faith situation would be a good start. In case you all haven't heard, we broke up. We agreed it would be best to take a break from each other and it seems she is replacing me pretty quickly with Tim but truthfully if it comes to that I will be happy for them, I'm not going to waste the rest of my life being bitter about it. I know I should be more upset about it than I am, but I'm not. Can't really explain it. It's not like I didn't love her, because I did, I just don't know why it is like this. I was upset at first and yeah, I still am, but it is getting better quicker than I expected. Strange...
Nat came for a visit and before she left last night, she came over and brought food because in her words my fridge and pantry are bare and it is scary *laughs* I let her stay in one of the guestrooms to get some sleep while I went to Martina's. Had ice cream, Rocky Road with fudge topping to be exact *grins* chocolate overload!, then we talked for a while before I had to go back and wake Nat up for her flight. Got her up and off to the airport and went back to Martina's. Watched Signs and had to laugh as Martina screamed during several parts of the movie. I'm sure I would have too if I hadn't of known what was going to happen *chuckles* After the movie, I mentioned to Martina that I might like to do a small tour and she suggested we tour together and share the stage time. We have a dinner meeting tonight with our management to discuss this but it sounds very promising. I guess I had better get ready, I'm picking Martina up at 5 and haven't even begun to get ready yet. Damn procrastinator I am *laughs* Until next time...
Well it is official *chuckles* To Audrey, I'm Daddy and Tim is Dada. But there is no one else I would rather have her call "Dada" than Tim. Things are good between us now and I'm forever grateful. Last week when Faith, Martina, and I took the girls with us out to dinner and Tim was there, things were tense between us. By the end of the night, we had talked and settled things. So it is all good now.
Faith bought an apartment here in New York and although I'm not too awful excited about the idea of having a home here, I admit it is a nice place so maybe in the end I will learn to like the idea. Hmm, I better get going now, Faith is forever asking my opinion on how she looks for tonight. How many times do I have to tell he she looks beautiful before she believes me? *shakes head* Best of luck to all nominees tonight, you guys all kick ass. Talk to you all later...
Home is turning out to be just as stressful as touring. Gracie constantly wants me to play Barbie and dress up with her *shudders at the thought*, Maggie ignores me, Audrey is being fussy, Faith is cranky. Just no fun at all
I have had it with touring. When something you once loved makes you now cringe at the thought of it, I think it is time to move on. Faith disagrees so I'm going to hang on for awhile, to make her happy. Tim is around and I have come to the decision that I'm going to try and work on getting our friendship back to the way it was before everything happened. I hope that is the right decision.
*thinks* If Faith don't stop getting sick every where, I may just go to my band's bus. Just kidding, I can't do that to her I just hate it that she isn't feeling well because of the baby and she worries me, everything is worrying me lately. *yawns* I think this is a sign I need sleep. Goodnight, all
*sneaks on Faith's laptop* I can't write much but I would like to say: Why are hospitals so damn boring? You would think they would be more comfortable and less boring *shakes head* but no. Oh well
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In People v. Gray (Apr. 28, 2011, C062668), __ Cal. App. 4th __ [2011 DJDAR 5973] the Third District Court of Appeal held that a party who uses confidential attorney-client communications to refresh his recollection while testifying waives the attorney-client privilege.
Defendant was charged with spousal rape of an unconscious or sleeping victim, rape by foreign object, four counts of burglary, sexual battery, stalking and "a host of misdemeanors." When defendant was called to testify in his defense he brought 18 pages of notes with him and referred to the notes during his testimony. The prosecutor asked to see what he took to the stand and the court ordered disclosure of the notes.
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I recently (about 2 days ago) experienced sudden onset problems swallowing. I was eating a snack at 5pm and was fine and then in the middle of my dinner felt I just could not swallow. The feeling is hard to describe - it's as if my throat freezes and won't contract normally.
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Hello everyone. I would like to have a list scroll automatically similar to the credits of a movie. I have a way of doing this, but I am wondering if there is a better way. Right now I am using a delayed task and scrollTo:
Code:this.scrollAnimation = new Ext.util.DelayedTask(function() { var yStart = -this.list.scroller.offset.y; var newY = yStart + this.scrollDistance; this.list.scroller.scrollTo({x:0, y:newY}); this.scrollAnimation.delay(this.scrollSpeed); }, this); Ext.apply(this, { items: [this.list], listeners: { activate: function(){ this.scrollAnimation.delay(this.scrollSpeed); } } });
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The scroller's scrollTo method takes a 2nd argument that is for animate. The 2nd param can be boolean or a number. true to animate, a number for number of milliseconds to animate.
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Posted by Max Cannon in $10,000+, Colorado, Unsolved Crimes, tags: Colorado, CrimePAY$, Michael Hulburt, murder, reward, RewardsTV, SafeCITY Publishing, Unsolved CrimesIt was about 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 1, 2010 when Ritchie and his friend, 22-year-old Mike Hulbert, were on their way home after a night country dancing downtown with a group of friends. They were on Interstate 225 near 6th Avenue when Ritchie says he noticed a car behind him put his headlights on bright on and got very close to his bumper.
"I tapped my breaks a few times to let the driver know to back off a little bit," he said.
Ritchie says there was another car right beside him so he could not change lanes to get away from the aggressive vehicle.
"Then the car behind me sped up and it looked like he was going to pass, but he didn't pass," he said.
Ritchie remembers hearing gunshots. He does not remember how many.
"Mike looked at me and said, 'Ritchie I've been hit,'" he remembered. "I said, 'You are going to be OK.' Then I saw him look up and his eyes rolled into his head, his mouth opened, it was like he was looking up to God. It all happened so quick."
Whoever pulled the trigger there on the highway is still out there. It is a terrifying thought to Ritchie's mother, father and older brother.
Aurora Police Det. Tom Wilson says tips are coming in, but they are waiting for the right tip that will lead them to the shooter.
Hulbert's dad, Scott, is hopeful it will come. Ritchie's family is hopeful too.
"I miss Mike so much. I love him like my own son. I feel so torn. I am so relieved that my son is alive, that he made, but then this other son is gone. I don't know what to do with all these emotions," Ritchie's mother said.
Ritchie says he never imagined that what seems to be road rage would go to this extreme in a Denver suburb.
"So many people drive that area. It could happen to anyone. I was at the wrong place at the wrong time. There are so many 'What ifs?' Every day I think about what could have been different if I stopped to get something to eat. What if we had stopped for gas? We just can't change what happened," he said.
Hulbert was buried on Thursday. His dad says more than 700 people who love him came to the service. Not one of them can begin to understand how it came to that.
While talking about it, Ritchie put his head in his hands and cried.
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Police say the gunman was in a dark SUV with dark tinted windows. The headlights were stacked. The top one is white, the bottom one is amber. Ritchie also remembers two fog lights across the bumper when the driver put the brights on.
Detectives want to hear from any homeowner or business owner along the 225 corridor from Colfax to Parker Road who may have video surveillance equipment that shows the highway. They are hoping a camera captured video of the SUV before it exited the highway.
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Album: Miscellaneous
Genre: Rock
The one good thing in my life
Has gone away, I don't want to know why
She's gone away I don't know where
Somewhere I can't follow her
The one good thing didn't stay too long
My back was turned and she was gone
Good thing where have you gone?
My good thing you've been gone too long
People say I should forget
There's plenty more don't get upset
People say she's doin' fine
Mutual friends I see sometime
That's not what I want to hear
I want to hear she wants me near
Good thing where have you gone?
My good thing you've been gone too long?
Then one day she came back
I was so happy that I didn't ask
Morning came into my room
Caught me dreaming like a fool
Good thing, good thing
My, my, my, my good thing where have you gone?
My good thing, my good thing, girl where have you gone?
It's been so long
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