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Mendenhall is an elementary school with 600 students K - 5. 539 of those students are economically disadvantaged. The principal, Karen Noble, is a wonderful woman. She knows every child by name and makes a point to speak to them individually and give hugs when so many schools say don't touch. Her teachers are a direct product of her leadership. They all volunteer to tutor children every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the school year. About 40% of the students do not speak fluent English and come from homes where no English is spoken. The school has a high number of students with special needs, both cognitive and emotional. It is not unusual for the teachers to supply their students with supplies and snacks. The attitude of the staff is positive and happy. This school is a good example of how it takes a village to teach a child. Mendenhall has an active PTA that works very hard to raise money for the children to experience those activities and field trips that the more financially stable schools get to experience. This diverse population is not always easy to work with or accommodate. Many long hours are spent with staff and PTA to make this school successful.
This school was the best elementary school I went to. First I started in bilingual classes but up to third grade they switched me to an al English class and entered the PACE program. They didn't let me be in a class where I wasn't supposed to be at. They prepared me for middle school, they prepared me to enter all honors classes. The teachers are very nice. They make sure that you understand everything and make sure you do your best. They kept my parents informed about everything that went on in the school.
This school has been a blessing for my child. She did not do well at her last school, but has blossomed and excelled at Mendenhall. The teachers are amazing and truly care about every student, and they offer plenty of extra activities. Furthermore, they focus on teaching students how to learn, rather than just teaching to a test or giving students facts to remember. The principal is very concerned and involved, and they do a great job of including everyone. More schools should follow their example.
This is not a good school. They focus on the lower students to the detriment of the smarter kids. Smart children deserve to be served just as much as ESL and lower level kids. This is also a very rough school with many discipline issues and problems with the kids after school. We are moving to get away from this school.
I do not recommend this school because they focus more on bilingual education rather than academics because most of the students are Hispanic. There is too much focus on discipline rather than encouraging the children. Test scores have gone done in average in the recent years. Many of my neighbors have sent their children to other schools, and so will I in the upcoming year.
I love this school. We have had 3 of our 4 children go thru Mendenhall, and they have all excelled in honor, pre-AP, and AP classes. The teachers are very loving, kind and interested in your children's education. No school is perfect....but Mendenhall is pretty close.
My own kids went to Mendenhall. The teachers invest themselves in the kids by building relationships and helping students succeed. Teachers tutor after school and Saturdays to see that kids soar academically. There would be more parent involvement, but many of our parents are employed.
This is the worst school that my children have ever attended. The parents are not kept informed as to what is going on w/the children, you find out everything last minute. My children will not be returning to this school in the fall.
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Like so many of the towns and cities of Egypt, Hurghada as well as Luxor and Marsa Alam are living history museums. These three cities are positioned as three corners of a triangle in the Eastern Desert with plenty to offer both together and separately.
Mummification Museum
The Mummification Museum in Luxor is claimed to be the best place to learn about the most powerful secrets of the pharaohs. Here you should take your time to reflect and dwell about the old Egyptian history, culture and traditions surrounding the funerary process, the very key element in the ancient Egyptian belief system.
Luxor Museum
This museum features a large display of statues and artefacts dating back centuries. Most of the exhibits were found in local temples, while some originate from Tutankhamum's tomb.
El Gouna
El Gouna is a purpose-designed resort features an award-winning architecture. Here you can find gourmet restaurants, nightclubs, sports and leisure activities including the Red Sea's first marina and a fine golf course, beaches, spas and special attractions for children.
Blue Paradise Diving Centre
Blue Paradise Diving Centre is a diving centre that offers the chance to dive and snorkel in the Red Sea and see coral reefs, dolphins and turtles. They say there is even the possibility of seeing sharks.
Red Sea Desert Adventures
Red Sea Desert Adventure offers excursions from Marsa Alam. One option is to ride camels or horses into the heart of the desert by day and have a BBQ dinner in a traditional Bedouin village, another is to see the desert and stars by night.

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Coroner's report on Kal Lake drownings
Many months have passed since the bodies of two men were pulled from Kal Lake, now the BC Coroner is painting a better picture on what went wrong.
We did learn of the men's identity last spring, but little had come forward on the exact cause of death.
BC Coroner Margaret Janzen has determined that ill-fitting life jackets and moderate intoxication were the major factors in the deaths of the two men who drowned in Kal Lake after their boat capsized.
In her report she says the two friends, Albert James Castanelli 47, and Frederick Basil Marshall 50, both died from asphyxia due to drowning.
On May 22, 2013 in the early morning a concerned citizen discovered a dead dog washed up on the shore of Cosens Bay on Kalamalka Lake.
The citizen told emergency personnel that there had been a short, but severe storm the night before and he was fearful a boat with people and the dog in it may have capsized.
RCMP and Vernon Search and Rescue launched a search and eventually discovered both men and their overturned 12-foot aluminum McCulloch fishing boat in the lake.
The two men were camping in an area of the lake only accessible by boat and were supposed to return for pick-up by the boat owner on May 21, 2013.
During the afternoon of May 21, as planned, the men texted their friend on the other side of the lake to arrange pick up.
They planned a pickup time, but the men eventually stopped texting and never made it to the other side.
The coroner says both men were wearing life jackets, but they were too large and improperly fitted to be effective.
It was also determined that their boat was too small and overloaded, leaving it low in the water and easier to capsize.
"The toxicology examination revealed a blood alcohol concentration of 0.10 % consistent with a moderate level of intoxication," said Janzen.
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Her campaign on behalf of Aids victims and the prejudice the face in the 1980s was very brave given the connection that Aids and Homosexuality at the time. Diana was future Queen of the UK and Head of the Church of England who to this day condemn Homosexuals and actively campaign to ensure they do not have the same rights as everyone else. So Diana was putting herself in a very tricky situation in terms of what the Church of England and Social Issues.
Also her Campaign against Landmines put her in even more dangerous political waters, MPS called her a loose canon and her publicity of the victims put their interest in producing land mines and making money from it in jeopardy. As Diana once said. "You can't comfort the afflicted without afflicting the comfortable"
Lastly, Diana was brave enough to recognise the demons she had in her own self and turn that into some thing positives, I'm of course talking about her Bulimia. She really spoke out against the popular belief that eating disorders were all about women being vain rather than a serious illness that we now know them to be today.
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Aarhus, Denmark (by どこでもいっしょ)
Most liveable city: Copenhagen
Livability is apparent in every corner of this wonderful city. Missing the excellent urban planning and integrated human scale every day. Well done, Copenhagen. You're doing it right.
Rosenborg Slot, Denmark (by Benjamins Lichtwerk)
Tell me all about it!!!!
Well… It's officially been almost three weeks since that fateful tragic travel day when I left my beautiful Copenhagen and arrived in my beloved Carolinas. It's been a whirlwind of adjustments and I lot of "firsts"..
First time driving a car again. First time going to Walmart. First time sleeping in my own bed. First time seeing friends and family again. First time eating terribly over processed bad for you junk food. The list goes on and goes.
Every time I see someone again whether it be a friend, family member, family friend, etc., a variation of the same question/statement comes from there mouths: "HOW WAS IT?!?" " I want to hear ALL about it!!"
My response is always the same: I can't possibly begin to tell you how incredible this experience was.
Their response: somewhere along the lines of: "I'm so glad you had a great time but I'm even happier you're home!"
I then usually smile and laugh and that's that. My entire experience has been "discussed" and we've moved on to another topic.
Granted I don't want to be that annoying girl who is constantly boring everyone with stories of abroad adventures past but still, the whole semester should not and cannot be dismissed as a fun little trip.
Don't get me wrong, there are several people who are genuinely interested in tales of my trip and will sit and listen to me babble on. But then when that happens I start to get flustered… HOW can I sum it up?! The most amazing experience I've ever had is worthy of more than just a few pictures and a few funny stories.
This has forced me to think about some of the "top things" I've learned or want to remember so that I can easily spurt out stories or… Basically I've come up with what I miss most.
1. Walking/Biking. I miss not having to drive everywhere. Walking to the grocery store. Biking to a friends house. Biking to dinner. Etc. Etc. I used to love driving but now I get an overwhelming sense of anxiety every time I get in the car.
2. The food. I without a doubt had the most delicious good I've ever had whilst being abroad. Especially in Copenhagen. Nothing was over processed, very few things were genetically modified, and eating meats was a treat not an every day thing.
3. Hygge and café life. I miss the relaxed lifestyle of European cities. No one is in a rush. There's time to stroll the streets and sit in a café drinking a cappuccino and nibbling on a pastry. Danes really nailed the idea of hygge (roughly translated to coziness) and I'm trying my best to get bring it back here.
4. The people. I miss my roomie. My housemates. My friends. It's so bizarre going from seeing and living with people all the time to not seeing them anymore… It's almost like experiencing a death. Is that too dramatic? Probably so but I miss them a whole lot.
Ugh I could go on for days and days about how wonderful the people are, how amazing the food was, how beautiful the city and the people are, and how much I loved it and how much I miss it but in spare you all… Just be careful asking about my experience because I may not be able to shut up.
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As if leaving Copenhagen were not enough of a reason to be emotional, add on the worst travel experience possible and you end up with a sweaty, tear stained, lunatic- aka me circa Sunday between the times of 3:00-5:15.
Let me lay out the scene for you:
The trip to the Copenhagen airport took much longer than expected as the cobblestones and my hefty baggage proved difficult to maneuver to the metro. Finally- we arrived and checked it. $120 later my bags were tagged and sent off to the beautiful US of A. Little did I know going through customs to get onto the plane would take so long and I made it, thankfully, onto the plane with 10 minutes to spare. Now all that was left to do was to sit and try to relax because PRAISE THE LORD I WAS COMING HOME!!
The whole plane ride I couldn't shake the nauseated feeling that something was wrong.. My boarding pass I printed in CPH only said Washington, DC. No mention of Charlotte… "they'll give me my boarding pass at the transfer desk" I reassured myself as I attempted to enjoy The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
The time crept slowly by… 7 hours until destination. 6 hours until destination. 4.5 hours until destination. I couldn't sleep. I felt sick. And there was not a thing I could do about it until I landed and had phone service. "Everything will be okay. You'll be in the States and it'll all be good." … HA!
After reading an entire book, watching the first half of Saving Mr. Banks, and pretending to enjoy the repulsive airplane food… We finally landed.
As soon as I could, I flipped on my phone and attempted to text my mom. Not working. "Hmm must just be bad service. I'll try again later."
I was already cutting it close and hoped that I would be escorted through a fast track line so that I could make my connecting flight to Charlotte and be on the way home. NOPE. I was sent through local customs and was told that I had to RECHECK MY BAGS at the United Desk.
(My CPH flight landed at 3:00… My CLT flight took off at 5:19)
It's 4:00 and I JUST made it through customs.
PANICK stricken I stumble my way with my enormous bags to the United desk where GUESS WHAT? No one assists me. My reference number is not recognized and I cannot print my boarding pass. After being yelled at, and helping an idiot woman print her own boarding pass after three failed attempts, I am finally assisted. $100 later I am paying for my extra bag because no, that payment I made in CPH did not transfer to DC. I think that's it but NO! "I'm sorry ma'am you're going to need to remove 5 pounds from this bag otherwise you will have to pay $100 extra dollars…" Impossible. Absolutely impossible. Everything is stuffed to the brim there is absolutely no way this is happening. Tears streaming down my face, I fling my belongings around the room and finally readjust and am headed through security.
I am a mess. I am sweaty as hell. I am crying. I am on the verge of passing out. It's 4:20 and I am positive I am going to miss my flight.
Looking back on it, I know I looked like a schizophrenic fool muttering to myself under my breath "DEAR LORD" "ARE YOU KIDDING ME" "DAMNIT" etc. And frantically searching through my bags for my passport which I either threw away or left at the United counter. I'm sure I made several people uneasy….
One security guard asks me what's wrong and I tell him, without taking a breath between my words, that I am late for my flight and I am going to miss it and I CANNOT miss it, I have to get home.
I am escorted into the express lane and think that things are FINALLY okay and I start to relax… I walk through the Xray machine and the woman guard says "ma'am just step aside, someone will be here to assist you."
I thought "HOW NICE! They're going to get one of those cart things to speedily take me to my gate. They saw how upset I was and they're going to help this poor little crying girl get home."
Boy was I mistaken….
"Ma'am you have been randomly selected for an extensive search please follow me."
WHAT. I immediately burst into sobs. I just knew I was never getting home. Convulsing with tears, I am groped by this wormy little androgynous person in front of everyone in security. Bawling my eyes out as I just know that I am never going to make it home, they wipe down every inch of my belongings- even my innocent little Life is Good monkey, Maurice. My phone still has NO service so I won't be able to contact my parents and I just know I am going straight to airport jail for acting like a crazy person. FANTASTIC.
It's 4:50 when I am finally released (boarding started at 4:55) and I SPRINT to the train to take me to my gate. I run like I have never run before, tearing my boarding pass in half, and frantically making it to the gate at 5:10.. "You sure are cutting it close miss." Astute observation, gate man. I run, heavy breathing, onto the plane and sit down- completely exasperated.
"Oh darlin, did you have to run here?" The sweetest southern voice sitting next to me says. "Yes ma'am, you have no idea the time I just had…."
Several deep breaths and a round of lunatic chuckles to myself later, I was up in the air listening to James Taylor serenade me about my beloved Carolina…. I was going home.
I get off the plane in Charlotte and head towards baggage. At this point I smell so bad and I am so exhausted that I am walking like a zombie towards the exit. I turn the corner to head down some stairs and I see my perfect little family at the bottom with the biggest grins and a sign that read "welcome home sister!!" I've never run so fast down a flight of stairs in my life. I collapsed into their arms, sobbed (this time happy tears), and all was right with the world.
No Words
If you would have told me on Sunday that I was going to be this torn up about leaving I would have laughed in your face. I was ready. I missed my family. My friends. My people. I was burnt out from an academic semester from hell and just ready to be back home. Oh how the tables have turned…
HOW do you sum up an experience such as study abroad into a bunch of words? There's no way to accurately portray the range of emotions you go through, the relationships you create, the places you see, the food you eat, the laughs you have, etc. etc. It's simply indescribable.
These 4+ months have been the most challenging of my life. I came to Copenhagen completely out of my comfort zone, separated from all of the people I love the most and who knew me best, and was then thrown into an entirely different universe and culture with people who did not know me from Adam's house cat. I was terrified.
Yet, somehow, by the grace of God, I was okay. I was more than okay. How lucky was I? I had a chance to rediscover things about myself, challenge myself, and to be a version of myself untainted from any past events or relationships. I discovered my humor, what makes me angry, what I like about people, what I dislike about people, a new sense of fashion, a passion for traveling, the list goes on and on. I've learned so much about myself in this process and to be honest I am amazed that I was able to do it. I would be lying if I said it was a breeze- that is absolutely not the case. I had my fair share of doubtful moments and moments where I questioned whether studying abroad was the right thing for me to do, but in the end it was entirely worth it and I will be forever a better version of myself because of this experience.
There's absolutely no way that I would have had half of the amazing experience that I did if it weren't for the beautiful souls I was so fortunate to live with, travel with, and study with. You all know who you are, and all I can say is THANK YOU. Thank you for laughing with me (and at me), for tolerating my silliness, my singing, and my infatuation with Shrek, for caring for me and most of all for showing me that there are people in this world who are genuinely good with kind hearts. Thank you to each and every one of you for making my experience what it was and for allowing me to take part in yours. My heart is so full for knowing you and it aches at the thought of goodbye. You people have touched my heart in the best way possible and I am all the more better of a person because of it. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.


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Here is what I see.
Women do love the bad boy and the lost souls and that we are saviours and that we can save them, only Judges make them "make time" longer than we want... It's not his fault, he was abused, used, lost, a good soul and you know what probably that's true.
But, your ex, was abusive and as such, you only "our brain only" remembers the better person and that was Nate and as such, you reminise and fall in love all over again with that person.
Nate, has nothing. But, time..... He will give you all the words a woman can ever desire, it's his fantasy world, he has someone, thank goodness, he is not alone and so you are needed, wanted, loved, cherished, all the things woman want.
Baby girl, you are someone I admire, someone I have answered alot to, someone I want to take to the next level,.
He is not an inmate you fell in love with, he is "now an inmate" that you previously feel in love with, had a rotten relationship in between and therefore, fell again, because he is all you know as the "love goes"...
I know what I want to say to you but not yet
Remember though the above, you are his saviour now just like you thought, but friends can save each other, be there.
You can't change the 10 years.
But, more importantly, you off course like every other woman will reminise on the one that treated you right and if he lets you back in? Then you are happy., and dream.
What I want you to take from this post, is that, you JUST picked THE WRONG man, that's all.
Nate is out there, don't close your eyes, he has a different name, ......
Your feeling lost and then you were found and it feels beautiful...
If I am wrong, then I will accept that. But, what I want you to do, is try, meet lots of guys, go on dates, Oklahoma is small but it can happen and just see, if it was the makeup of Nate, you loved...... The makeup.
You have the bestest heart one that's true and shining... Don't stop that, but don't stop living either. You have to "see" if it is Nate, or the nature of him and therefore, in someone else....
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Comparative molecular sequence analyses also reveal aspects of the evolutionary process that would otherwise be opaque. For example, the recombinational processes that acted to convert Ψrpl23 to the functional gene are only resolvable at the sequence level. Similarly, the identification of labile sites for indel mutation, and more importantly, the identification of local sequence features that may promote indel mutation, depend on a substantial comparative sequence base. When viewed broadly, comparative sequence analyses reveal the rich variety of mutational mechanisms that subsume the processes of molecular evolution.
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PC World pulls Toshiba Folio tablet
By Barry Collins
Posted on 15 Nov 2010 at 10:58
PC World has pulled the Toshiba Folio 100 tablet from its shelves because of high return rates.
The Android-based tablet is Toshiba's answer to the Apple iPad, but it doesn't appear to have gone down well with the electronics retailer's customers.
"We can confirm that we have taken the Toshiba Folio off sale temporarily as we have had a high level of returns and we do not want to give our customers a bad experience of what is actually a very good product," said PC World's head of consumer PR, Anina Castle. "We are working with Toshiba to identify what the issue is and hope to have a resolution very soon."
In a statement issued to PC Pro, Toshiba added that it was "aware of reports regarding customer returns of the Folio 100, and is currently working with Dixons Retail to provide a solution."
Opinion - Editor, Tim Danton
Remember when Linux-based netbooks first went on sale? Soon afterwards, reports appeared saying customers were returning them because they didn't work as expected – that is, they didn't run Windows software.
I suspect we're seeing exactly the same pattern here: people are buying the Folio expecting the same smooth user experience as with an iPad, with the same link to a richly populated software store. It's months away from offering that experience, and when you mix in the bugs and niggles we reported in our Folio review it's no surprise that people are disappointed.
PC Pro's testers noticed no major problems with our Folio 100 review unit, although the media player did struggle to connect to DNLA servers and apps had an occasional tendency to crash.
Perhaps the biggest flaw, however, is that users are barred from accessing the Android app store, with users directed to Toshiba's cut-down store instead.
The decision will raise further doubts over the use of current Android builds on tablet devices. Last week, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang dismissed Samsung's Android-based Galaxy Tab as "large phone" and said several manufacturers were holding back releases of Android tablets to make sure they had a product that could compete with the iPad.
Version 3 of the Android software - which is expected to be released later this year - has been designed with tablet PCs in mind, unlike current versions, which were intended exclusively for smartphones.
"...a bad experience of what is actually a very good product"
If it's a good product, how are they having a bad experience?
Or am I being too logical here?
By greemble on 15 Nov 2010
Could this be a PC World staff IQ issue? Having heard some of the drivel advice they give to customers it would not surprise me if they couldn't properly show customers how the device works.
However if every tablet manufacturer has its own App store, Android is going to look very poor compared to the iPad experience.
By milliganp on 15 Nov 2010
The price wasn't right.
PC World, bless 'em, have been selling the Folio for £999. Not just a pricing error in one store - this was across the chain. And when it was queried with a sales droid he confirmed the one grand price.
I wonder whether this contributed to the return rate. People got home, could out they could buy it for a 1/3 of the price elsewhere, and so returned the unit to DSG.
I know I would!
By PaulOckenden on 15 Nov 2010
Ah - just read in another place that the £999 price was an attempt by DSG to stop people buying the thing. Wonder why the didn't just yank it from the shelves?
By PaulOckenden on 15 Nov 2010
Its done so it guarantees that they wont be sold...
By TomC89 on 15 Nov 2010
No guarantee
The inflated price may well be to guarantee it does not get sold, but it doesn't.
I have sold those items (not the Folio) while working for PCW as a student. Simply to amuse myself.
Also an item has to be on sale at a higher price before it can legally go on 'sale'.
They will probably have a 'sale' on when they return at a saving of %65
By synaptic_fire on 15 Nov 2010
What does synaptic_fire do for a recreation - drown kittens, rant at strangers on the tube?
DSG use 999.99 as a placeholder for products not available for sale.
By Jack_Mills on 18 Nov 2010
Unmanaged Expectations?
Could it be that people were expecting Ferrari performance for Skoda prices?
By stephenbooth_uk on 18 Nov 2010
I was in Currys (I believe they're the same shop as PC World) the other day browsing their slightly out of date stock that can be bought newer and cheaper on the Internet.
Nearby, a gullible fool looking at iPad type devices with his wife was foolish enough to ask a staff member whether they should buy an Android or an iPad.
Obviously they got what they deserved - unsound advice, based on poorly formed personal opinions.
By revsorg on 18 Nov 2010
The screen wasn't right!
On the one I tried the screen response was awful - hard to believe it was capacitive and not resistive. It also convinced me that the 10" form factor was not for me. With the Samsung Tab too expensive, and as a Skoda driver, I have taken the value for money route and bought a Commtiva N700.
By Carolyn_L on 18 Nov 2010
So Toshiba denies access to Android App-store.
Wow, how shortsighted can you get.
The iTunes/App-store is what has knitted together all the Apple products so far.
By Wilbert3 on 18 Nov 2010
Perhaps it is me but there always seems to be some sort of magical correlation between commenting about PC World and having sudenly visited one recently.
By Embattled on 18 Nov 2010
That Commtiva N700 is an even worse value than the Tab and Tosh. 600 MHz processor is not gonna get you past December my dear. That Skoda will.
By ameriswede on 21 Nov 2010
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The guilty verdict by the judges of the Special Court for Sierra Leone against Liberia's former president Charles Taylor is important for both Africa and the international community. The unanimous finding by the Special Court for Sierra Leone that Liberia's former President Charles Taylor is guilty of aiding and abetting and planning war crimes and crimes against humanity during the civil war in Sierra Leone, constitutes the first conviction of a former head of state before an international tribunal since the conviction of Karl Doenitz (the 23-day day President following Hitler's suicide) at the Nuremberg Tribunal in 1946. This is a significant achievement for international criminal justice.
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Authors: Clark, Wahida
Title: Payback ain't enough
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Publisher: [Ashland, OR] : Blackstone Audio, p2012.
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Duration: ca. 7:00:00.
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Summary: In a game of power and intrigue where the stakes are high and the rewards are dazzling, the losers are going to discover there's always a price to pay.
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Subject Headings: African Americans Fiction. Drug dealers Fiction.
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– WWE invades Boston tonight at the TD Garden for Smackdown TV Tapings. Here is what's on tap:
* SD Main Event: The Big Show Vs. Bray Wyatt.
* Big E. vs. Christian for the Intercontinental Title on Main Event.
* Two rare appearances from John Cena and Batista.
* With Cena appearing, will he get his hands on the Wyatt Family?
* With his injury Storyline and not showing up at last night's Raw, Daniel Bryan is still advertised for tonight's show. Will he find Triple H?
* Randy Orton is not advertised.
The rest of the talent advertised is: The Shield, The Wyatts, Sheamus, Alberto Del Rio and more.
* The dark match for the live crowd is The Shield vs. The Wyatts in a six-man tag match.
– Hulk Hogan spoke with Huffington Post Live yesterday to promote WrestleMania XXX and when asked if he will do a leg drop ever again? He said he will never do a leg drop again.
When asked if he would ever work another match? The Hulkster said "never say never"
Also, he said he does not talk to The Ultimate Warrior much, but is excited to see Warrior be inducted this year.
Andrews Take: Not a big surprise, he will not do another leg drop since he has had so many back surgeries. However, I do not want to see him in another match. It's done brother! Also no surprise he and Warrior do not talk anymore. Google Ultimate Warrior blasts Hulk Hogan and see what you find.
– The Miz will be on Chris Jericho's "Talk Is Jericho" podcast this Wednesday. On Friday it will be comedian and TV host Howie Mandel.
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DA's been down pretty much most of the day. This is a little sad, and there hasn't been any word of what's going on. :c
DA will work for me for about 30 seconds and then it stops again. It's also been doing this for the past few hours, and it's getting really irritating. :|
deviantart.com hasn't worked for more than an hour now. I thought it was just my computer, but it doesn't work on my smartphone either. I tried using internet explorer and it didn't work their either.
I have 2 dA accounts and I'm always simultaneously logged in on both. Right now the one I'm running on Google Chrome is working just fine, but on Mozilla Firefox I get an error message saying "Ooops. The server encountered an internal error. Please consult our help library if you need any assistance." and all the links displayed on that error page redirect to the same page, so I can't access the assistance or anything else.
It's the only site that seems to be loading really slow for me, to the point that it doesn't even load at all
For some reason I can't view any of my watchers new works nor can I reply to notes or see new messanges... though it works on my phone for some reason? ^^" help me?
once again... down.... we know many people like the art... but we would love to be able to SEE and POST IT.... come on already!
For the last 2 hours I have no been able to get on Deviantart. Ive tried Chrome and Firefox. I even emailed their support. Ughhh!
It's down for me again. It's only DA that won't load for me, so I know it's not my PC. It is the same as it was a few weeks back... the main site page won't even load for me. I get the standard " problem loading page " error message. I'm using the same browser ( Firefox ) that I always have and I haven't changed or added anything recently so I can only figure it's something on DA's end.
Deviantart is being totally weird. I am not able to check my notes or deviations. I see the notifications but when I click on them - it just says messages on top and nothing loads. When I try submitting something the screen is all f#!ked up and everything's just all over the place and there's no submit button and no place to choose a category. All the other sites are running just fine on my laptop. Please help. :(
Still the same, since last time 5 days ago i can't see any images or site background on deviantart only letters, and is the only site that i can't see all others are fine.
I take my pc to to assistance and theres nothing wrong with him, i did everything this sites tell to do and still nothing. I can't get to deviantart to ask for help there if someone read this and can access the site plz report my case T_T
Still the same the page wont load just show letters and i cant see any images
if a press Ctrl+shift+j show the errors "Failed to load resource: net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED" for all images
No messages. Can't access my submissions or comments or anything, the inbox just... Doesn't load anything. Really frustrating, as this seems to happen every couple of days or so .-.;
Aaaaand dA's down again. Delightful. Hopefully it won't last too long.
Edit: And now, up again. Rather undecisive, aren't you, deviantArt?
Same problems others were having 5 hours ago. Messages aren't being relieved, and pages aren't loading properly/take forever to load. Probably update time in my neck of the woods.
DeviantArt is down on my end- new messages, deviations, notes and journals are not being received and is sometimes a precursor to a crash.
Down for right now... not working anywhere in my area, (tried 3 different computers and apple products and internet explorer, Firefox, and google chrome and nothing fixed the site)
When using deviantART while trying to click on another's page it sends me a 'we can not display this page' message. After checking it on other browsers I confirmed its just Google Chrome. Is it just me? I cleared my cookies 3 times; still no change. I even uninstalled it/ re installed it.
I can't access anyone's gallery including mine, it gives me an internal server error, lol.
And now I can access everything again Guess that's a temporary issue.. BTW, interesting, why isitdown says I'm from the UK when I'm not? WTF.
DA is up for my but I can't check my feedback messages it gives me a 500 internal server error when I try to check.
If I want to go on my profile http://okami-haru.deviantart.com/ it says '500 internal server error' and if a friend goes to my page it says 'page not found'
It happened just this morning when I woke up at 9:10. I got "Failed to Open Page" or something similar. I am using a Mac laptop. I don't know how or when the site will come back online for me.
It worked just fine a couple of hours ago. Now, no matter which browser I use, when I open DA the window loads as if to connect, sometimes it shows DA's background colour, but it doesn't go any further than that, and just keeps on loading forever ._.
Hello sorry again but I cannot get on to Deviantart at all now the page won't load. It just seems like it will load and stay at the google page. I hate to rush you but could you please get this fixed for everyone post haste. And keep it fixed, this has been happening a lot the past few weeks and frankly a lot of us are sick of it. I'm sorry if I'm coming off as rude but I really am starting to get pissed off at the site.
It worked fine all of yesterday, I go to check it this morning and it won't connect! It's been like this since I work up 2 hours ago! This is getting irritating really fast
I haven't been able to reach the site for a few hours now. No browsers, nor other computers in my household work but it works on mobile. I've followed the steps recommended but nothing :(
I can't get Chrome, Firefox, or Safari to load DA and I cleared my browsing history like I did a few times this issue happened but this time it didn't change a thing.
OKAY! This is getting pretty ridiculous! This has been going on every Sunday now! Is Sunday like Shut Down, Start Up day for DA? WHY won't the DDOS leave DA alone or whatever is going on!
Man I still can't upload anything yet I can browse everything just fine now and it looks like everyone else can upload except me. Wtf. When it starts uploading the bar gets to about 90% then just stops and after about 20-30 seconds gives me that same stupid error. Doesn't matter which image I try. Very annoying.
Deviantart is literally the only site I can't access right now. At first I got the upload error, but now the page suddenly doesn't exist (According to my Browser). Seesh, the first time I decide to draw something in a month and it's at the same time the site is down. This is really going to discourage me from drawing anything if this shit keeps up.
If the site's being hacked, I wouldn't be surprised if it is some anti-MLP group (But I'm not saying it totally is or anything). Deviantart is the easiest place to find the... Most controversial fan art of nearly any fandom. I hear it get made fun of a LOT with the Brony, Furry, and crappy OC content (Among other stuff. Especially R34). None of my friends think it's a serious art site because of that. It's more known for "bad artists" and art thieves than any other kind of art community user.
The reason why I assume it's anti-brony is because some Anon in that hacking group Anonymous tried to make a move called "Operation MLP" awhile back; to delete everything MLP related off of the internet, and f#!k with the accounts of any and all MLP fans. Their community voted against it (Since I guess Bronies helped a lot to stop SOPA, so they were cool with them), but IDK. Maybe someone for the movement decided to try at it by themselves or something? I've NO idea how Anon works, so I should keep my mouth shut. :x
Who knows? Who cares? Making these interesting but stupid scenarios are a good way to pass the time before I can get on DA again. I mean, it took my like, 5 minutes to write this shit (And you zero seconds to care, I know). Who knows how much longer I've got. Thank god for Netflix and Youtube.
Still having Deviation submission trouble. If you clear cache on your browser, it will let you re-access it.
I suspect DA is updating their submission servers, and may or may not have realized that it is causing disruption. I'll bet they will be posting an apology sometime later today, or tomorrow.
I was trying to submit something and then i got an error and the page wont work ah im so proud of this piece too
Ugh! DeviantART keeps screwing up!
I try to submit art and it simply just says error. I've tried different browsers and I've even tried submitting to the Stash. NOTHING. FIX THIS!
Oh look. Down again. dA, why have you had so many problems lately? I guess I'll try again later. Again.
It's every single time I try to submit art, DeviantART suddenly doesn't respond to ANYTHING AT ALL
Like I have two tabs open and both aren't responding
I can randomly get on right now but sometimes it takes a few refreshes and I certainly can't post any photos right now. Just comes back with an error.
I made a deviantART account and used the CORRECT email +,
There was no verification email, lease help! *please
sta.sh is being stupid. im pretty sure it's down for me still.
Edit: it's down... it's taking too damn long... and it's like 2-3 weeks in a f#!king row. im getting sick of da's shit.
i can at least see deviations now but it's still veryyy laggy
and everything is taking forever to load
what the heck DA?
works fine
doesn't work
works fine
Doesn't Work
Works fine
Doesn't work
You think it works fine *troll face* but it doesn't work
like seriously this is going on a lot lately, whoever is attacking the site and servers really needs to get a life
Deviantart is up, but it wont let us actually enter the site
Well, if the site isn't letting us enter the web page, the status should be down, not up .-. There is going to be a lot of complaints on deviantart when its up and working again, i know I will, since I have art to submit and reply to comments that need attending to right now :'I I think its a DDOS attack
Still down..
"[Kanar] The socket connection to www.deviantart.com failed. ErrorCode: 10060.
A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond 126.96.36.199:80"
Hope its up before midnight...I have a deadline lmao xD
.-. guy Calm down, if we react like this everytime it goes down then we do need the break. To the ones saying you leave and going to ff then I'ma tell you everyy site has downltime. Some just as bad as this. Leaving isn't going to help. Itll probally be back up soon anyway. Thank you if you read this.
Why the heck will they waste time in hacking deviantArt, there's nothing good worth to do it
dA, a page that gets money everyday from us can't maintain it, and it doesn't get as much traffic as other pages so there's no excuse
I got on D.A. for about 5 minutes to see what messages I have, then it went back down, hopefully they fix it soon... I really wanna keep working on the work I've been doing and hopefully I don't have to restart on the poems
You know what I think? It is a DDOS attack and perhaps the hacker or hackers have a grudge against certain members of dA staff. Not naming any staff people would hold a grudge against, but I think there are a few that know whom I may be speaking of.
Anyway, its not funny as I'm expecting some messages at the moment and with it being like this I cannot get anything done whatsoever.
DeviantART is currently experiencing intermittent downtime. We're working to resolve things quickly and apologize for the inconvenience. ~post from d.a via facebook
I'm starting to wonder if its 'spam bots' overflowing the server or some kind of DDOS attack thing :c idk tho
For the people who are doing the server attacks, you not cute, your not funny people have shit to do stop being assholes!
I might as well upload my stuff to flickr. This is f#!king joke. First my PSVita broke and now this. Not my type of weekend. :(
it's happened again goddamnit DA i was ready to post some new images and say goodbye to all my DA friends before i left for my holiday
@ Shelby Kabler could you give us a link?
I knew something like this was going on
Every year people will attack servers that i usually go on leaving the sites down for months
According to somebody on Facebook, they said that one of their friends found the chatroom on DA where the hackers were planning this. Apparently according to the source they have lots of bots and they just overload the servers.
its funny how when dA is up for everyone its down for me and when its up for me its down for everyone else
Rumor has said the DDOS attacks are coming from the /b/ board on 4chan,
The rumor makes little sense, why would 4chan even do that?
Heartbleed isn't a "hacker", and it was patched a long time ago. It's just probably a whole bunch of skiddies who think they're doing the world a service by DDOSing the website.
It's been happening a lot lately, we're sadly just gonna have to get used to it... (Even though I was having a fun convo with my best friend)! o///o No need to check your internet connection if dA isn't loading, I guess? x3 *derp*
Why does deviantART keep crashing?? Like, they've been crashing so often for weeks now, I'm starting to worry about the site.. ;-;
So DA is down again...unsurprising. I really hoped this was solved. Looks like I've got time to do some cleaning of my room until this damn site is fixed.
Its not just the site, there have been numerous reports of DoS attacks, so chill it. As soon as whoever it is stops, dA will try and solve it.
And here we go again... *sighs* I wonder when they'll resolve this mess, it's been going on for quite a while... Well, I'm glad I at least got something in right before it went down, haha
(OOC: You people need to calm down. When it happens, it happens. They could be updating the website and fixing bugs. I can understand how annoying it can be, but for now, just put up with it. I'm sure it will be fine at least in a few hours or by tomorrow. )
If YouTube can handle MILLIONS OF USERS and MILLIONS OF VIDEOS with mostly being 10 HOURS LONG with no site issues or 500 internal errors. I seriously cannot say why DeviantART keeps having issues every 2 days. I'm going to submit a site report once it's back up.
They don't even care about their glitches with the site. F#!king stupid if you ask me and I'll got over 2000 images uploaded on there. Worse than the annoying 500 error combined. >:(
It is down for me again. This is becoming really disturbing. Of course, I understand, things happen, but not every damn couple of days! I'm curious what's happening. Other websites and social networks manage millions of users every day and stay up, and deviantart is constantly somewhere in the astral dimension...
Is DeviantART going to crash every Sunday? This is what happened last Sunday too... Seriously, this is quite annoying. I have things to do on DA!!!
And all of a sudden. dA's s**t servers is down for the 3rd time. Really starting to get sick of this crap. Their maintenance team ARE A JOKE. DX
Is there a bug in the place? I can't get my messages to load on my desktop and mobile won't even load period. WTF is going on?
Now here's this. if YouTube can manage MILLIONS of users and content providers and their videos without any barely disruptions or issues without a problem. I can't see why DeviantART always get hit by server problems. Thank god I do not get that infamous 500 internal server error now like what I did most of the time back then. I think it's up now for now.
So much for updating my OC themes -_-;;;
*Pokemon Stadium announcer voice* AAAND DOWN GOES DEVIANTART!!!
I am having trouble with trying to go to the next page because when I click next all it does is give me a blue circle like it's trying to load the next page and it just sits there but I have no problems on my phone or my Kindle so why is Deviantart being so slow on the computers?
Well, its nice that my portfolio isn't working and it was just sent to a potential work employer. Isn't that reason enough to be a bit disappointed? Have to consider making another portfolio because this is so not cool :
The deviantArt Support Team have acknowledged this problem. Here's what they have to say:
"Hey everybody,
DeviantART is currently experiencing bouts of intermittent downtime, and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.
We're actively working to resolve the issue and aim to restore full service as quickly as possible.
We appreciate your patience and understanding in this undesirable situation and thank your for your reports to our help desk."
See support.deviantart.com/entries/61837988-Intermittent-Site...
I literally want to slap everyone saying it is dA's fault.
Something is attacking over 200, 000 us servers, causing several sites to crash without warning or explanation.
I repeat: This is NOT dA's fault!
Can Deviantart stop with the bullshit already? If the site is having trouble, shut it down and fix the damn problem you idiot admins!
Keeps saying "connection was reset" whenever i try ta load any page on deviantart including deviantart itself
DeviantART is currently not loading for me, giving me a message saying the server is not sending me data, so, I can't even log into the site.
I seem to be getting the main page to load (mostly after clearing up my cookies), but just having it hang when I try to sign in.
deviantART just isn't loading up no matter how long I wait, and earlier any attempt I made to get onto it was just answered with 'this server is taking to long to respond.' Any solutions?
Like, for some reason it is perfectly fine for me from around 6 AM until around 6 PM. Around from 6PM until about 3 or 4 AM it jacks up and crashes for me.. For the whole hour of 5AM I kinda just watch Youtube videos, cause it starts working around 6AM for me.. That's just me, though, I'm not saying that's how it was for everyone. That's how it's been for the past 2 or 3 days for me..
I haven't been able to log in for like 3 or 4 days now. And I hate having to use my cell phone, because everything is so small... I hope it gets fixed soon >
Well... I can access it via mobile browser. I can even access it from Mozilla on a Windows machine on my LAN. I can't, however, access it from Mozilla or Lynx on my Linux system.
HTTP and HTTP0 requests sent, "Unexpected network read error; connection aborted"
Not sure what's going on. I've cleared my DNS and browser cache, reset my router and my system to no avail.
I have noticed, however, that a traceroute to DA gets an "!X" (administratively prohibited) at hop ae-2.r04.lsanca03.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (126.96.36.199). What I don't know, is if that's always been the case or not, as I get the same thing running tracert on Windows as well (even though I can access the site on that system). Also strange, a port scan of DA's IP (which I'm assuming is really a firewall or external router), shows about a thousand open ports.
Can't access it from Wales. Using FF 29.0.1 on a windows laptop. It works fine on my mobile and Vita.
"Down" in Arizona for the past six hours. Can access through my iPad via Safari but not on my laptop via Firefox.
Still down, same thing, it works on mobile but just won't make the connection here on Google Chrome on my laptop, here in Canada so. c:
Still down right now in Massachusetts since like 10 PM last night :'c Haven't tried the mobile website though.
Damn it, I can't even get on the site. Won't even load, just keeps saying "problem loading page"! This is very maddening
So let me get this strait, it works on my mobile but not my PC? Wow. I seriously need this to be resolved asap, seeing I was filling out replies to commissions and other art trades.. Ugh its annoying this is happening so much, i'm not going to lie. I thought it was my internet before I check other sites and realized DeviantART had went out 'again'.
Oi oi oi... This is getting very annoying!! This is what, the 2nd or 3rd time this week? It shows here that it's working but I tried to load DA on 3 different devices / browsers, and it sometimes does and doesn't load. So inconsistent!
I'm trying to have a conversation with a good friend of mine from a far away country. The fact that I can't reply to her is pissing me off.
If the DA staff want to do whatever they are doing like repairs or whatnot, at least leave a warning in advance!
Deviantart isn't working for me at all. I whenever it does load once in a blue moon it won't let me log in.
@Wolf Mackenzie "It is known enough to be attacked, but it should have enough security to ward against this better."
When sites like Netflix and eBay are going down as a result of the attacks, I think you need to reconsider just how much security you expect, especially for a website that most members use for free. This clearly isn't a simple issue to tackle otherwise it wouldn't still be ongoing.
This is definitely not only annoying, but also very inconvenient. I check dA two times per. day (apart from off days, like today) and those two times a day I am reliant on being able to take commissions, confirm adoptable sales, etc. and guess what? Yeah, I get the site for about 5-10 minutes before it fails.
It's down for me right now, luckily I managed to send out the orders before it crashed. I would ask the dA staff to please publicly address this issue if nothing else.
It doesn't work on my computer but works perfectly on mobile. If you're having trouble try using the mobile site and check the browser every so often
Deviantart has being on and off intermittently for the last 8 hours for me. It was cutting out almost constantly 8 hours ago, happening a little less now but still happening.
Maybe a certain group got tired of DDoS'ing the Steam server and switched to DA. It's behaving like a DDoS attack. It would explain why some are able to log in intermittently, and not others.
Weird that DeviantART is down, while https://support.deviantart.com/home is working fine here..
http://help.deviantart.com/contact/ - you can get to deviantart and use the site as normal from here ;) so the web domain is under some kind of attack?
Edit: Okay, not working anymore.. so there is a attack against them.. hope its not for loooong! :O
Question, is anyone having the SAME ISSUE as me? I'm trying to Log in, (This was before it crashed again, obviously.) But they literally would not let me at all. I was 100% sure that I got the Password right, so I'm not sure what was going wrong. This has happened to me before and I simply had to Clear my Cache, Cookies and everything was alright again... But unfortunately, not this time. Anyone know what is going on? Or how to fix this issue? :/ It's getting rather annoying and I'm pretty sure, it has happened to other people before as well...
And it worked for 2 minutes. And now it's down again. That one server they bought in 1992 is chugging along.
Well, at least you guys can log in. I've been trying like Hell to get my account back for three months now. I check four or five times a day to see if my request has been answered. Guess I better not take it for granted, it's just that I wish the staff had A LITTLE empathy. People get depressed, they lash out sometimes. I'm not sure where all this *comfort* nonsense is coming from, a lot of users on Deviantart can get pretty nasty, and some don't even KNOW you or care to get to know you. It's a crapshoot.
Well, at least you guys can log in. I've been trying like Hell to get my account back for three months now. I check four or five times a day to see if my request has been answered. Guess I better not take it for granted, it's just that I wish the staff had A LITTLE empathy. People get depressed, they lash out sometimes. I'm not sure where all this *comfort* nonsense is coming from, a lot of users on Deviantart can get pretty nasty, and some don't even KNOW you or care to get to know you. It's a crapshoot.
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