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Gift Idea: Upgrade your iOS device and give your old device to a child. My 7 year old son doesn't have a Nintendo DS, he has an old iPhone3GS that was a hand-me-down from my father. For the cost of 1 New DS game, I brought it to a shop that put a new battery in it for $20, put a new screen protector on it and wrapped in in a thick, colorful silicon case for another $30 and, Poof - Best Dad, Ever! With so many free or $0.99 games, fun apps and educational tools, along with being able to carry his favorite movies, music and a camera wherever he goes, all with no cartridges to keep track of or lose, he has everything he needs to keep occupied in the car or whenever 'waiting' is a challenge. Plus, I'm saving a hundreds in games alone.
Don't have an old iPhone? Find someone who wants to upgrade to an iPhone4s and offer $50 for their current model. What's a better way to eCycle than to keep using the device. And, the Apple Disciple will appreciate nurturing future Disciple larva.
iMore gift guides: iPhone, iPod, iPad, and Apple TV
The biggest gift of the year, as far as iMore is concerned, is a brand new iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, or Apple TV. But with so many iOS devices on the wish list this year, how do you know which one to get and for whom? Well sit back, relax, and let us do the heavy gift lifting for you this year -- with our 2011 holiday guides!
And hey -- if you already have all the iOS devices you need, no worries! We have a full slate of holiday gift guides coming your way!
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The iPhone was the first and in many ways remains Apple's flagship iOS device. It's highly portable, always connected, has the best design, fit and finish in the business, and the largest app and game catalog on the planet. It manages to be both easy to use and accessible to first time smartphone users and powerful and productive for power users alike.
The iPhone 4S has a dual-core processor, making it the fastest iPhone ever, along with a startlingly good looking 960x640 Retina display that looks more like paper than pixels. It's 8mp camera and 1080p video camera are good enough to be on a point-and-shoot, and it includes Siri, the world's first intelligent assistant that keeps track of your appointments, reminds you of your tasks, sends you mail and messages, and does a host of other tasks with charm and wit straight out of a Pixar cartoon.
It does require a carrier contract with a voice and data plan, however, which isn't insignificant, and if you're not buying with a subsidy, the initial price can be quite high. Apple also only makes one kind of iPhone, so anyone looking for a bigger screen, a keyboard, or anything other than an iPhone needs to look elsewhere.
iPhone 4S comes in black or white, 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB, and is available on AT&T and GSM carriers, as well as Verizon and Sprint in the US. While the iPhone itself is the same, they're typically locked to a specific carrier and can't be switched between them. Apple has also kept last year's iPhone 4, and the 2009 iPhone 3GS around at reduced prices. If saving money up front is important, check them out as well.
- Full iPhone 4S review
- iPhone 4S buyers guide
- Get an iPhone 4S from Apple, local carriers, and electronics stores
iPod touch
The iPod touch might seem like an iPhone without the phone, and there's a lot of truth to that. You can get 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB storage options, just like the iPhone, and now you can get it in black or white, just like the iPhone as well. It can run the same apps and games as the iPhone, including the built in ones like Mail and Safari, read the same eBooks, show the same TV, movies, and videos, and play the same music.
But that "without the phone" part is important. It's significantly cheaper -- don't look at the iPhones subsidizes carrier price, count in the 2 years of voice and data plan and it can be a couple thousand dollars cheaper. It does use slightly lower end parts to keep the price tag low, like a screen that's still a 960x480 Retina display, but doesn't have the same fancy inter-plane switching (IPS) technology built in. But it's also thinner. Almost impossibly thinner.
The iPod touch is perfect for people who want access to the App Store and iTunes Store, and all the great content that comes with it, as well as apps for everything from Netflix to Kindle, but don't want or need a phone and phone contract. That includes kids (Nintendo and Sony are hurting for a reason), people who already have a phone but want an iOS device, and people who want a light, highly portable, multifunction device for the living room, travel, etc.
Alternatives: Amazon Kindle
When Apple introduced the iPad, some people knocked it saying it was "just a big iPhone" -- turns out that's exactly what it was and why it's been so successful. While it does pretty much everything an iPod touch can do -- or an iPhone except for the phone part -- and runs all iPhone apps, it also runs tens of thousands of iPad specific apps, custom built for the bigger, more expansive 9.7-inch screen.
For email, web browsing, eBook reading, and gaming it can be a much easier, more immersive experience, though the size makes it better suited to feet-up, at rest use rather than feet-down, on the go use. The size also makes it heavier than an iPod touch, and you can't just throw it in a pocket and be on your way.
But oh, when you're sitting down. Everything from curling up with a great movie to controlling your server over remote desktop from poolside to playing a first person shooter on the plane to building a presentation at the coffee shop, it's a fully mainstream computer appliance in your lap.
Just like the iPhone and iPod touch, it comes in black and white, in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB versions. Unlike the iPod touch, in addition to the Wi-Fi version, there's also a 3G/4G/LTE-enabled model that works on either AT&T and international GSM carriers, and a CDMA version on Verizon.
For people new to computers, for kids or seniors more comfortable with the bigger screen, for those who need more than a small mobile screen but nothing as complex as a laptop, the iPad is an excellent choice.
And for the first time, Apple has kept the previous year's iPad
iPod nano
Although the iPod nano looks like an iOS device -- especially with the 2011 software update -- it doesn't really run iOS and can't run App Store apps and games. It can play iTunes music, however, as well as FM radio and several other handy, ultra-portable things like a pedometer.
It's not as expensive as a full iOS device, however, and clips easily to your clothes to take with you on everything from a walk to a workout at the gym. It can also be worn as a watch, thanks to a variety of accessory makers, and Apple has recently added a bunch of great new clock faces for just that, including Micky Mouse!
Apple TV
Apple TV is perfect for anyone who has a large iTunes library, and/or an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad and wants an easy way to get all their TV, movies, music, and even apps and games onto their big screen HDTV. You can easily stream anything from iTunes and most everything from your iOS devices to an Apple TV over Wi-Fi. Start watching a show or playing a game on your iPhone, come home, hit the AirPlay button and keep watching or playing right on your television. It really is just that easy.
Even if you don't have iTunes or an iOS device, Apple TV is an incredibly simple way to watch YouTube, Vimeo, Netflix, and iTunes rentals on your television.
Alternatives: Roku Player, Boxee Box
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iMore gift guides: iPhone, iPod, iPad, and Apple TV
Gift Idea: Upgrade your iOS device and give your old device to a child. My 7 year old son doesn't have a Nintendo DS, he has an old iPhone3GS that was a hand-me-down from my father. For the cost of 1 New DS game, I brought it to a shop that put a new battery in it for $20, put a new screen protector on it and wrapped in in a thick, colorful silicon case for another $30 and, Poof - Best Dad, Ever! With so many free or $0.99 games, fun apps and educational tools, along with being able to carry his favorite movies, music and a camera wherever he goes, all with no cartridges to keep track of or lose, he has everything he needs to keep occupied in the car or whenever 'waiting' is a challenge. Plus, I'm saving a hundreds in games alone.
I did exactly that with my husbands old iPhone 3gs. My daughter was in heaven.
I agree with you. It's smart to wait for the s models to upgrade. I skipped the 3gs because I wasn't eligible. My husband got it though. So I was able to see the differences close up. I saved my upgrade for the the iPhone 4. Fortunately, the 4s took long enough that I was eligible again! I doubt this will be the case for iPhone 5 so I won't have a choice but to wait.
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About 150 were on deck to support Sandestin's Serve2Cure last week at Proffitt PR's Girls Night Out aboard the Solaris.
The three deck levels were filled with local women who came out to spend time with girlfriends and raise funds, to the tune of $4,682.38, for Serve2Cure's local breast health efforts.
This is the fourth Proffitt PR-hosted Girls Night Out, an event which started about a year ago.
"It all started back during the holidays," said Jessica Proffitt, who said she was fielding many questions of "Jess, what are we doing for the holidays?"
Within five days, the hostess extraordinaire and 100 girlfriends were celebrating the holiday season with food and wine at Tuscany Bistro.
A few months later, the next Girls Night Out was held around Valentine's Day at Marlin Grill in Baytowne. The second event was an even bigger success with a turnout of hundreds.
With so much support for the event, Proffitt realized she could use Girls Night Out as a catalyst for raising money for charity.
And she did — by the thousands.
At the next Girls Night Out at Harbor Docks, Proffitt PR, its sponsors, and 300 attendees raised about $4,000 for Planting Peace, a Destin-based nonprofit that deworms children around the globe.
With that success, planning for the next event began. All was falling into place for the event scheduled for late September, but Proffitt found herself looking for the next beneficiary.
"I knew we were coming on to October, and I really wanted to benefit breast cancer," she said.
That's when she was approached by Julie Liebetreu, coordinator of Serve2Cure at Sandestin, a charity tennis event which raises funds to provide breast health services for underserved women at Sacred Heart on the Emerald Coast.
"I thought, 'Perfect,' " said Proffitt. "I wanted to do it on the local level."
Last year, Serve2Cure raised $15,000 to benefit local women afflicted with breast cancer, and they are now well on their way to reach their $20,000 goal for this year.
"Sandestin Serve2Cure second annual breast cancer fundraiser partnership with Proffitt PR proved to show how local businesses can join forces to achieve even greater success," said Liebetreu.
Proffitt said the work was staggering to pull off the two-hour event for 150 women, which was complete with raffles, silent auctions, entertainment, food and beverage, but that it was all worth it.
"It's a lot, but I love it. I'm blessed for all of the donations," she said.
The event offered Ta-ta Tinis, a FaceTime photobooth, a Kilwin's chocolate fountain, and a Solaris sunset cruise. Sponsors came out in droves to provide raffle and silent auction items, from jewelry to monogrammed items to event tickets. In the spirit of better breast health, five complimentary mammogram appointments were donated by Bethany Cazenave, MD, at Coastal Radiology Associates in Fort Walton Beach.
But as much as there was to enjoy, the effect was greater than the entertainment.
"It really opened people's eyes about the cause," said Proffitt. "And the impact will stay local."
The next Girls Night Out will be a Holiday Soiree Nov. 29 at Marlin Grill in Baytowne. Proffitt says she has yet to choose a charity, but aims to "spread the love" to a new organization.
There is still an opportunity to aid in the mission of Serve2Cure at the event today, Oct. 6, at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Contact Sandestin Tennis at 267-7060 to sign up. Cost is $100 for the event, which will include the tennis tournament, breakfast, a fastest serve contest, silent auction, raffles, prizes and lunch at Graffitti's in Baytowne Warf.

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Thursday, June 19, 2014
According the the 2013 Regional Scorecard compiled by Charleston's Regional Development Alliance, Charleston, South Carolina has the potential to become a leading economic region, such as Austin, Texas or Raleigh, North Carolina, but first it must find a way to increase degree programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Junior Girls Day Out (JGDO) Community Project is helping work towards a solution by getting kids interested in STEM at an early age.
The program held it first STEM Expo on Thursday. Yes, boys were allowed.
Hosted at James Island Charter High School, it focused on enriching students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, fields where women are underrepresented. Among those in attendance were ITT Technology Institute, First Citizens Bank, James Island Community Schools and Daniel Island Tech Savvy Club.
Google was there as well.
"All the things kids love are made by computer scientists," said Kamar Galloway, a "teaching fellow" from Google's Computer Science First afterschool enrichment program.
"You might as well teach them how it works."
The C.S. First program, hosted by the Google Data Center based in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, aims to show kids the fun in computer science.
JGDO's Kathy Jackson agreed, stating the purpose of the expo was to "introduce those areas in a fun, cool and enriching way."
Lego building competitions, robot car races, computer games and demonstrations of chemical reactions were used to hone the children's technological and scientific understanding.
Sean Murphy, age 6, said the expo helped him fulfill his goal to "learn how to make electronic Legos."
Murphy is also a student at one of JGDO supporters, Daniel Island Tech Savvy Kids Club. Like JGDO, the club focuses on creative approaches to get children excited about science-related subjects.
"Programs like these help females find their future jobs," said Nya-Mona Edmondson of the STEM Expo.
For more information on the Daniel Island Tech Savvy Kids Club, visit www.danielislandtechsavvykidsclub.com.
Information on the Junior Girls Day Out Community Project and STEM Expo is available at www.juniorgirlsdayout.wordpress.com.
With STEM-related jobs being the key to economic growth, these kids will be well-equipped. If you don't believe it, just wait a few years. Then try "googling" them.
To see a video clip of what the kids saw during one of the science experiment demonstrations, visit Moultrie News' YouTube channel, http://youtu.be/N8CEZEcH3xk
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014
A warrant was signed Tuesday against a man who is on the state's Sex Offender Registry for failing to notify authorities he was doing volunteer work at Waccamaw High School, according to the Georgetown County Sheriff's Office.
As reported in the Georgetown Times in January, the man in question — 49-year-old Thomas Edward Filchak — was arrested in 2000 for showing his private parts to a 15-year-old boy.
He also attempted to get the boy into his van, according to a police report.
A Georgetown Police Department report from Sept. 26, 2000 states he was initially charged with Lewd Act Upon a Child Under 16, Indecent Exposure, and Failure to Stop When Signaled. He was subsequently convicted — in December 2000 — of Indecent Exposure, according to the Sex Offender Registry.
The incident report filed Friday, Feb. 7, says the Sheriff's Office was told on Jan. 9 about Filchak doing work at Waccamaw High.
The officer investigating says she spoke with Waccamaw High Principal David Hammel by phone on Jan. 9 and Hammel said Filchak "only once at half time of a football game helped other parents set up the marching band props," the report states.
Waccamaw High's school resource officer was contacted to get Hammel to fill out a written statement indicating what he had said on the phone. Hammel was instructed by the district's attorney, Andrea White of Columbia, not to give a written statement.
During the investigation by the Sheriff's Office, pictures were found on the Waccamaw High marching band's Facebook page — dating as far back as March 2012 — showing Filchak with other parent volunteers at the school and other unknown locations with the band, the report states. The deputy also found a "Bands of Waccamaw" newsletter dated Oct. 1, 2013 "thanking Filchak by calling his name and other parent/volunteers for their help with the band," the deputy wrote.
According to Georgetown County School District policy (IICC-R) all volunteers "may expect a background check which may include a criminal records check."
Another District policy (GBEBDA) states: "The district will perform a National Sex Offender Registry check on all ... volunteers who work in a school on an interim or regular basis as mentors, coaches, chaperones or any other capacity resulting in direct interaction or contact with students."
The policy continues: "The district will not permit individuals whose names appear in the National Sex Offender Registry or individuals who have been required to register as sex offenders pursuant to state law to work or serve in the district in any capacity."
Attorney White told the Georgetown Times Hammel found out in December about Filchak being on the Sex Offender Registry after he discovered that the criminal background portion of the parent's volunteer form was not filled out.
She said Hammel had been told by the parent that the offense was public urination.
She said school district officials knew nothing about the parent being a sex offender.
The investigating deputy states she made contact with Jon Tester, the district's executive director of human resources, to get a copy of the volunteer form Hammel said was not filled out completely by Filchak.
"I was later informed that the volunteer form could not be located at the school district," the deputy wrote.
In an earlier e-mail to the Georgetown Times, attorney White stated "when Mr. Hammel learned of the charge and discussed it with Filchak, both agreed that (he) would cease any further involvement with the Marching Band."
In another e-mail, dated Jan. 9, White says the subject was not a volunteer at the school.
"He is the parent of a child who attends Waccamaw High School and, in that capacity, he attended after-hours school events, including several football games. As a parent of a band member, he assisted other band parents with moving sets onto and off of the football field during half-time. He has not attended any events on school grounds since October 2013. Filchak never served as a chaperone, never volunteered with students during the school day, and did not act as a volunteer in any other capacity."
The Sheriff's Office considers the man's activities as being volunteer work and says he was supposed to notify authorities if he was going to be doing any work around children or teenagers.
"Due to the subject failing to notify (the Sheriff's Office) as required by law within three business days of his volunteer status, this report will be presented to a magistrate for a warrant ... for failure to register or provide notifications," the deputy wrote.
Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Carrie Cuthbertson said the warrant was signed Tuesday morning by Georgetown County Chief Magistrate Isaac Pyatt.
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The course will consist of two one-semester parts. The first, taken in the Fall semester, will have the format of a seminar under the supervision of one Spanish Department faculty member. The purpose of this seminar will be to prepare students for the research and writing their Senior Theses by 1) enhancing and refining the reading tools and critical approaches to texts in Spanish acquired in previous courses; 2) elucidating and contextualizing relevant aspects of literary history, theory, and culture 3) determining the thesis topic, key secondary sources and approach to be deployed in writing the thesis, and 4) polishing the skills and methods for successful research and proper use of available resources. Problems in literary and cultural analysis-selected with a view to their pertinence in relation to the group's interests-will be presented through close readings of works from various periods and genres and through selected works of criticism or theory. The second semester will involve the process of writing the thesis. Seminar meetings will continue-albeit in a more sporadic schedule-for progress reports while students work under the supervision of individual professors.
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Thursday, October 10, 2013
Pieceful Hearts Quilters, a local quilting group, will be celebrating its 25th anniversary this weekend with its biyearly quilt show.
The event, Quilting on the River: Silver Thread, will be held at the North Augusta Activities Center located at 100 Riverview Park Dr. It will run on Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and again on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
"We have been doing this for several years, and for the last number of years we've had it at the activities center," said group member Betty Hospetler. "This is our 25th anniversary, so we're really excited about it."
Judges will be looking at more than 250 quilts that will be on display. Judging began Tuesday, and the quilts were hung up over the last two days to prepare for Friday's showing.
The event will also include demonstrations and quilt appraisals. Admission is $6, and children younger than 12 can attend for free.
In addition to the quilts on display, the event will feature several other items and activities. There will be approximately 18 vendors present who will be selling various items related to quilting. Vendors include Branums' Sewing & Vacuum; Busy Bee Designs by Billie; The Cotton Quilt; Garage Art; Handmade North Carolina Baskets; and Heritage Quilt Shop.
Group members will also be participating in their own way. Several members have made things for sale and will be selling those items in a silent auction.
North Augusta Mayor Lark Jones will also be present to pick his favorite quilt, as well as members from the North Augusta Cultural Arts Council. Pieceful Hearts Quilters is inviting everyone in the community to celebrate the anniversary.
Derrek Asberry is a beat reporter with the Aiken Standard news team and joined the paper in June. He is originally from Vidalia, Ga., and graduated from Georgia Southern University with a journalism degree in May 2012.
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Editor's Note: In response to the following letter from Governor Peter Shumlin to local school board members, Warren School Board member and state Representative Adam Greshin responded. Greshin's letter appears below.
November 26, 2012
Dear local education leader,
Thank you for devoting your time and energy to providing quality educational opportunities for Vermont students. Overall, our schools perform very well. We have a lot to be proud of. At the same time, we must redouble efforts to constrain, if not reduce, education spending. By all accounts, our spending levels are among the highest in the nation. Along with changes in the statewide grand list, local spending is the driving factor in whether and how much education property tax rates rise or fall.
Recognizing that you and your colleagues are in the process of developing a budget for the next school year, I have asked the Department of Education to provide you with a printout displaying a number of spending indicators by school district that may be helpful in that process. The printout allows you to compare your school to others in your region and around the state. I realize the data provided may not be perfect, but it is my hope that the information will stimulate questions and answers, helping you to develop the most cost-conscious budget possible.
Right now, it appears that statutory requirements, and an early estimate that school spending on a statewide basis will increase by 4.8% next year, dictate that the statewide property tax rate will rise 3 to 5 cents next year. If you all can hold school spending to the rate of inflation, the increase will be less. I understand that situations vary by district and support local decision making by school boards and voters but acknowledge that we are looking at the 15th consecutive year of declining enrollments. The number of equalized pupils is projected to decline by over 650 next year. We must ensure our children have access to first-class educational opportunities in a manner that is affordable for our citizens.
The indicators included in the printout were compiled using existing reports found on the Department of Education's website. If you have questions about the data or suggestions for other indicators that should be included in the future, please feel free to share them with your contacts at VT DOE.
Keep up the great work.
Peter Shumlin
Dear Governor Shumlin:
I just received your second annual plea to "local education leaders" to put the brakes on school spending. I wait with foreboding for the Department of Taxes' first pass at 2013-14 education tax rates due next week. (The Department of Taxes report, released over the weekend, called for a 5 cent hike in the base education tax rate.)
Most school districts are locked into contracts that raise teachers' salaries between 3 to 4 percent annually. That doesn't include step increases. Staff and administrative salaries typically follow the lead of the teachers. With almost 60 percent of the average school budget going to salaries, most budgets will rise at least 2 percent annually all else being equal. I would suggest you call your friends at the Vermont NEA, all of whom heartily endorsed and supported your candidacy, and ask them for the same temperance that you have requested from school boards.
Another 20 percent of the average school budget pays for employee benefits. You are no doubt aware VEHI, the health insurance association covering most school employees, has asked for a 12.8 percent rate hike for next year. That request will have to pass through your Department of Financial Regulation but, assuming they get a 10 percent increase, that's another 10 percent on 20 percent of the school budget. You can see the math is pretty severe. And before you use this to justify health care reform, I would remind you VEHI has pointed to both state and federal health care reform to help justify their rate increase. Is the idea to coax school boards to scrap VEHI, pocket the overhead savings and ask school employees to join the rest of us in the exchange? Think of all the federal dollars that would pull down!
The Department of Education data you circulated was helpful for budgeting, but it was also interesting for other reasons. Did I count 63 supervisory unions and districts for 85,500 pupils? Some of these administrative units have only a few hundred kids! Even the larger unions have fewer kids than an average suburban high school. Unfortunately, the budgets for the supervisory unions and districts weren't included in the data. We have no way of knowing the trend in spending for these administrative units although I'm quite sure the trend is not our friend. Last legislative biennium you signed two education consolidation bills that offered tax incentives to unions and districts to consolidate. I think one union took the bait. At least we're making progress …. How about asking your new education secretary to come up with a plan to reduce administrative expenses in statewide education?
Perhaps most concerning, though, is the certain hike in education taxes regardless of what my district decides. Your letter says "local spending is the driving factor in whether and how much education property tax rates rise or fall." I would say local spending is one factor, not the driving factor. Courtesy of Act 60, there's also statewide spending which in this case appears to be doing most of the driving. Then there's the base education rate which you and the Legislature are free to move around. And let's not forget the General Fund transfer. Why bother carrying out staff and program reductions if education taxes will rise anyway? Telling voters their taxes are going up, but they would have gone up more if tough decisions weren't made, doesn't cut it with most school boards. If you're going to take a pounding, you might as well get it all out of the way at once. It helps if we can blame it on the system which in this case is entirely justified.
The rising Grand List tidal wave masked the structural deficiencies of our education finance system and facilitated an orgy of statewide school spending. Now that the wave has crashed, we're left with a bloated education bureaucracy fighting over a dwindling pool of students, all the while assuming life can go on as before if only school boards would toughen up and make the right decisions. School boards are, in fact, making logical decisions. They are taking what they can get from one large pool of (other people's) money. Economists call that the "tragedy of the commons," and it never ends well.
You have demonstrated during your tenure an admirable desire to take on big issues. You took on health care reform because you knew our current health care system was structurally deficient and financially unsustainable. You deserve credit for forcing me and many other decision makers to face up to this fact. I think you could do the same thing for our education system. Growth in education spending in Vermont has, in fact, outpaced growth in health care spending over the past decade. This too is unsustainable and it can't be fixed by admonishing school boards to toe the line. Board members are volunteers with lives to lead and children to educate. They work within the system they are given. The fix requires leadership and risk, both of which you've been happy to take on during your first term. Please give it a shot.
Adam Greshin
State Representative
Member, Warren School Board


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HEY GUYS, not sure who is moderating this site but.....I just wanted to say that I think the M3 concert was Great! You guys are Solid and I think you found a jewel in Terry! I had the pleasure of performing with him twice at the 2011 NAMM SHOW ICON JAM and at an after party the same night Jan 14th 2011. He's a true showman with an incredible voice and presence on stage. He's also a really nice guy. I'm lookin forward to the new album and I see that you are coming to Oregon Nov. 2nd,3rd and Washington State Nov.4th. I live in SEATTLE so I'll most likely see ya there. There is a bunch of us from SEATTLE that play the NAMM show every year. Is there a way to get an all access pass or back stage pass so I can meet all of you? Would like to see Terry again! Good luck with the tour and I am verry happy for you all! JOHN R.
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That's true ... the storyline was one of unbeliever turned believer. However, it seems everything he "denied", in his life, came back at him in a twisted manner. Guess there's more than one way to look at the story. So, just a thought.
I think the movie's ending demands we understand that he survived. And it's safe to assume that the room itself caused all of the guy's, er, symptoms. But I say please read sK's short story. I liked the movie 1408 a lot, but the short story is far superior, imho. I'd tell you why, but that would spoil it. I believe Constant Reading is better than Constant Watching.
The room is evil .The number itself holds special memories for me. I won the audiobook and book through simon and schuster
i think he was hallucinating but the room was causing it...and i'm pretty sure he didnt die in the surf accident but he was just remembering it from before...hope this helps!
It's a pretty classic case of haunting. This room has had so much tragedy happen within in that it can't help but be haunted. if you believe in ghosts or not, this movie/story invites you to make your own conclusions. I've always been a big fan of doing your own thinking. Don't rely on others, make your own choice. Ghosts or no, the choice is yours.....are you ready?
I read the short story before I watched the film. I got bored of the film about a half hour. I think if you read the short story, the film would make a lot more sense. I know that if I hadn't read the short story the same questions would be running through my head. It's SK, so the room is more than likely evil and playing mind games with the reader, as well as characters in the story/film.
The movie was boring to me. It felt waaaaay too long. The short story on the other hand was great writing by Stephen King. With a story like 1408, it's better off short than some nonsensical rambling of a movie.
It is an evil room. If you have ever seen Rose Red they explain that some houses are just evil, that could be the same is true. It could also be a way to another dimensional door much like the house in DT3. This isn't even too far a guess considering that King tied so many books together with DT.


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Thats the great thing about heavyweight MMA. With those mini-gloves on, everyone has knockout power.
It will be hilarious to read the boards if he does manage to win. He's like the Tim Silvia of the two-thousand-teens, people can't get their heads around him actually winning, and the excuses/dismissals will be running thicker than the skulls they sprout from.
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By the end of the year it's expected that iPhone shipment to enterprise will outstrip those of traditional leader, BlackBerry. While BlackBerry still has the largest install base in the enterprise, more often than not, companies are now ordering iPhones for their employees. As this happens, iPhone marketshare in enterprise will continue to grow. A primary driver of this change is that businesses are increasingly embracing the practice of BYOD, or "Bring Your Own Device". Because of this, employees are bringing the devices that they buy on their own, and that's an iPhone (or Android). John Paczkowski reports for All Things D:
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That's good new for Apple, who keeps touting not only growing Fortune and Global 500 adoption for the iPhone, but unprecedented adoption rates for the iPad as well. BYOD is definitely a part of this. Employees are regular users for the most part, and iPhones and Android devices are going to appeal to them just as much as they do to the rest of the phone-buying public.
However, we've also seen entire companies swing towards iOS (and Android), most recently Yahoo!, so iOS could well see gains from the top down as well as bottom up.
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You say with gaining popularity with iphone and android no offense to anyone but since the Steve Jobs passing I've seen iphone losing serious popularity, like really? Your os is the same on the ipod as it is the phone, the phones the same os as the ipad, the ipads the same os as the ipad mini.... Boring if you ask me it's time to update Apple or your fans will update for you. Good idea following in BlackBerry old foot steps. IOS is poop compared QnX and Microsoft, android is Linux its okay but very much monolithic and unstable. BlackBerry 10 is the take over Rimpire Strikes Back! Accept it.
Losing in popularity? You can't be that much of a tool.
The 4S was a close second to the SG3 as the best selling phone in America, and the iPhone 5 will be the best selling phone this quarter. What kind of crack are you smoking?
Take your douche pill and troll elsewhere. Blackberry 10 will do what the Playbook did.......sell by the tens of tens.
Blackberry 10 looks very impressive (especially their updated web browser) -- I hope it does not come too late to staunch the bleeding. The more competitive makers in the market, the better.
As a longtime BlackBerry user and now an owner of the iPad mini, I don't understand using an iOS device in the corporate invironment. Yes they work well and the apps are there, but just try attaching a document to an email on iOS. Simple and intuitive, I think not. BB10 if it takes off it will likely bridge the gap between what the old BBOS was lacking and what iOS currently lacks for the enterprise environment.
This is one great example of those Enterprise companies who switch to iProducts ... They haven't actually vetted out what the goal of switching to iProducts actually accomplish. Must be some great checks and balances in place for this Enterprise companies IT department and audit department regarding purchasing products they don't really have a actual use for. Very wasteful and iSheep mentality I say.
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As a guy who was switched from a BB to an iphone at work (not BYOD but forced to switch) - I can see some of the advantages of the iphone in terms of app utility. Being able to facetime with my workers is priceless in terms of streamlining operations. Evernote works nicely. Camera is very good too IMO.
With that being said I find typing on the iphone to just about make me want to sharpen a number 2 pencil and jam it into my temple. The autocorrect makes me want to go find another pencil. Email attachment are joke.
If BB is able to grow their app eco system they will no doubt begin to re-claim people. Especially with BB10 since iOS 6 has proven to be another iOS 5 which is exactly like iOS 4 repeat ad nauseum. QNX > iOS
Long time iPhone user, have purchased every model except a 4 and 5, have a 4S right now. I've had a BlackBerry in many jobs - I remember how cool the BlackBerry 7510 on Nextel was when my organization first got them in 2005 (the "Blueberry"), but that was forever ago. Now we have the 9900s, and while ok, they just don't cut it these days. Can't wait to get a organization-supported iOS device, or at least let me connect to work Exchange with my iPhone. I'd be much more productive.
Just the inability for a user to attach a file directly from Mail - as my old Palm TX and BB were able to - makes the iOS a 'fail' as a business device for many.
Cut and paste to a 3rd Party program is amateurish at best.
Apple has shown that it is possible to access one of its own apps to attach Photos directly from Mail (albeit in an incredibly unintuitive way), so one wonders why they couldn't link Mail to Pages or their iCloud account - and do it with an obvious attachment icon while they were at it.
They seem so preoccupied with embedding useless / Beta apps into the iOS (few of which make it a better Enterprise device), that they forget to improve the core apps already there.


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He doesn't actually accuse Chomsky of these outright for the sensible reason that Chomsky is neither a Truther nor an apologist for 9/11. The problem is that he does not then do the responsible thing and refrain from intimating that Chomsky is one but rather undertakes one of the more cowardly and evasive performances of writing in recent memory. Hitchens is guilty of a whole panoply of sins, none more tragic than the utter absence of a self-critical process and none more glaring than being wrong about just about everything, but rarely before have I known him to be so guilty of cowardice. Say what you mean.
The public record, in which Chomsky has recorded his opinions on every political question imaginable-- because he is asked-- would quickly yield the perspectives Hitchens is looking for. Here is Chomsky refuting 9/11 conspiracy theories in about the least vague terms imaginable. You might consider the entire book that Chomsky published about 9/11 for repeated and consistent denials of the morality of killing innocent civilians on 9/11. This stuff isn't hard to find. Hitchens writes, "It's no criticism of Chomsky to say that his analysis is inconsistent with that of other individuals and factions who essentially think that 9/11 was a hoax." If this is his admission that Chomsky is not a Truther, it's as weird and awkwardly constructed as I can imagine, which I guess is the point. He then says "However, it is remarkable that he should write as if the mass of evidence against Bin Laden has never been presented or could not have been brought before a court." It's remarkable? I find it demonstrably unremarkable, considering that, well, the mass of evidence against bin Laden has never been formally presented in a legal setting-- the way we answer questions of crime and legality, or we did, when we were the society of our ideals.
Hitch continues, "This form of 9/11 denial doesn't trouble to conceal an unstated but self-evident premise, which is that the United States richly deserved the assault on its citizens and its civil society." Again, Noam Chomsky has repeatedly and adamantly denied that the United States or any victim of terrorism deserved the assault. If he felt the opposite way, Hitchens would provide a quote. Instead, he presents this weird non-sequitur:
After all, as Chomsky phrases it so tellingly, our habit of "naming our murder weapons after victims of our crimes: Apache, Tomahawk … [is] as if the Luftwaffe were to call its fighter planes 'Jew' and 'Gypsy.' " Perhaps this is not so true in the case of Tomahawk, which actually is the name of a weapon, but the point is at least as good as any other he makes.If you can explain how this sentence has anything whatsoever to do with the ones that preceded it, or how it proves anything at all about Chomsky's views on 9/11, you're a better man than I. If Hitchens doubts that the United States engineered the slaughter of the Apaches or the Algonquins who used the tomahawk, he should consult a history book. In any event, it's got nothing whatsoever to do with the argument he's presenting. This is elementarily ineffective political writing, which wouldn't survive a fisking in any high-profile blog. But Hitchens being Hitchens, I'm sure he'll largely get a pass.
Of course, bullshit serves its purpose-- it creates space for other people to parrot it without public accountability. So if you took to Twitter or Facebook or low-profile blogs you'd be sure to find people sharing the link and praising it, which creates another layer of unaccountability for what is a post that actively shirks standing for anything.
Hitchens is, to me, a tragic figure; his talents as a rhetorician are real and considerable, but he has lived on the razors edge of self-obsession and myopia for so long that he seems to lack any meaningful ability to interrogate his own opinions at all. This has been confounded always by the personal feelings of other influential writers, and now especially by the fact that he is ill. Now, it is perfectly common to encounter glowing hagiography written about Hitchens that is almost totally uninterested in the question of whether he is actually correct in his opinions or not. Martin Amis's recent love note (and if you ever thought writing was not a game of insiderism and influence trading, let that essay put the thought to bed), which appears to have disappeared from the Guardian's website, is a glowing example. Nobody seems much to care that Hitchens was profoundly, wildly, incredibly, disqualifyingly wrong about Iraq, or about pretty much everything post-9/11. They just care that he's funny and gives good quotes and is an "iconoclast" and labors endlessly to craft his image. That's what counts, not unspeakably wrong opinions.
Hitchens is beyond the ken of mere mortals such as myself, but to those who think that, with his time apparently short, the way to honor Hitchens is to write nice things about him that conveniently ignore his disastrously wrong recent opinions: don't. That's not honoring. In fact, it's one of the worst insults to a critical intellect I can imagine.


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The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's tennis team scored a 4-3 win over Samford on Senior Day at the UTC Tennis Courts this afternoon. The Lady Mocs closed out the regular season with a 17-4 overall record and a 6-4 mark in Southern Conference action.
Chattanooga's 17 wins are the most for the program since going 17-6 in 1999. The Lady Mocs grabbed the No. 6 seed in next week's SoCon Tournament in Elon, N.C. They open with a first round match against No. 11 Western Carolina on Thursday, April 18, at 1:00 p.m. (E.D.T.) at the Burlington Tennis Center.
UTC came out hot in today's match, sweeping the doubles point. Freshmen Kayla Jones (Memphis, Tenn.) and Katie Polk (Woodstock, Ga.) opened with an 8-1 win over Carita Moolman and Adri Lochner at No. 3. It was their fifth-straight win in doubles action as they improved to 5-0 as a tandem.
Junior Alexa Flynn (Memphis, Tenn.) and Kelsey Coots (Huntsville, Ala.) clinched the point with an 8-5 win over Kristin Lewis and Emily Mallory at No. 1. Coots and Flynn trailed 4-0 before storming back for the win. They improved to 8-0 as a pair, including a 6-0 record in SoCon action.
Senior Jenna Nurik (Roswell, Ga.), playing in her last home match, teamed with sophomore Kaylene Chadwell (Franklin, Tenn.) to close out doubles action with an 8-5 win over Stephanie N'tcha and Jessica Northcutt at No. 2.
Nurik kept the momentum going in UTC's favor with a quick (6-2, 6-1) win over Lewis at No. 1. She is 16-4 in spring action, 6-4 in SoCon play and 21-10 in singles overall.
Jones put UTC up 3-0 with her (6-2, 6-2) win over Northcutt at No. 2. She has a team-high 29-5 overall record, 18-3 in the spring and 7-3 in SoCon action. Samford closed the gap to 3-2 with wins at No. 2 and No. 4. At the same time, Coots was in a tight battle with Mallory at No. 5. Coots won the first set 6-3, but lost the second in a tiebreaker.
Sophomore Claire Mulyadi (Semarang, Indonesia) took the pressure off, but clinching the team win at No. 6. She dropped her first set 6-4, but won 12 of the next 14 games to score a (4-6, 6-2, 6-0) three-set win over AnnMarie Lyon.
Coots and Mallory's second set ended just as Mulaydi clinched the team win for UTC. Mallory went on to take the third-set super-breaker 10-5 to win at No. 5.
Chattanooga 4, Samford 3
Apr 13, 2013 at Chattanooga, Tenn. (UTC Courts)
Doubles competition
1. Alexa Flynn/Kelsey Coots (UTC) def. Kristin Lewis/Emily Mallory (SAM) 8-5
2. Jenna Nurik/Kaylene Chadwell (UTC) def. Stephanie N'tcha/Jessica Northcutt (SAM) 8-5
3. Kayla Jones/Katie Polk (UTC) def. Carita Moolman/Adri Lochner (SAM) 8-1
Singles competition
1. Jenna Nurik (UTC) def. Kristin Lewis (SAM) 6-2, 6-1
2. Stephanie N'tcha (SAM) def. Kaylene Chadwell (UTC) 6-4, 6-0
3. Kayla Jones (UTC) def. Jessica Northcutt (SAM) 6-2, 6-2
4. Carita Moolman (SAM) def. Alexa Flynn (UTC) 6-4, 0-6, 6-0
5. Emily Mallory (SAM) def. Kelsey Coots (UTC) 3-6, 7-6 (10-8), 1-0 (10-5)
6. Claire Mulyadi (UTC) def. AnnMarie Lyon (SAM) 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
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Jean Robinson Avery, 85, passed away on July 11, 2013 in Charlotte, NC. She is remembered as a smart, charming, and elegant southern Lady and her bright smile and deep love and care for others will be profoundly missed.
She was born in Chapin, SC and, after her family and faith, always treasured her warm memories of friends in Chapin, Columbia, and Summerville more than anything. She also never lost her love of the legal field, in which she was sole breadwinner for her family for many years, and in her heart she remained a legal secretary and executive assistant, even in her final days.
Jean was the widow of Jim Avery of Summerville. She is survived by her daughters, Barbara Taylor of Charlotte, Joan Rittenbach, Janis Flodin, and Jennie Watson of Summerville; her sister Anne Kunath of San Antonio; and her brother, Richard Robinson of Carson City, NV. She is also survived by four grandchildren, James Taylor, Marvin Benford, III, Zachary Benford, and Abigail Benford. There are also four stepchildren, Lois Raabe, Neil Avery, Marlee Calcote, and Robin Doerner.
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On Friday, April 20, 2012, a jury comprised of six man and six woman deliberated for less than two hours before convicting Jimmy Stone, Antlers, with three counts of Lewd Molestation and recommending that he serve twenty four years in prison. Stone was originally charged with four counts of First Degree Rape and one count of Lewd Molestation in May of 2011.
At the trial, which began Wednesday morning, April 18th, the State of Oklahoma was represented by First Assistant District Attorney Johnny S. Loard and Assistant District Attorney assigned to Pushmataha County, Mark Uptegrove. The defense was represented by Brecken Wagner, McAlester, and Blake Lynch, Wilburton.
During the three day trial, the State called a total of six witnesses. Among those witnesses were the three victims, a Sexual Assault Nurse, an agent with the OSBI who conducted the forensic interview of the children and the mother of two of the victims. The defense called one witness. Based on a pretrial motion from the State, the courtroom was closed to spectators while the child victims testified.
First Assistant District Attorney, Johnny S. Loard, commended the agents with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, for the thorough investigation. "These types of cases are always difficult. Without their efforts convictions in this case would not have been possible."
District Attorney Mark Matloff stated he was extremely happy with the Jury's decision. "This type of verdict continues to show that this Office and the public will not tolerate those who will prey upon our children to satisfy their deviant desires."
Prior to these charges, Stone has also been previously charged with Assault and Battery, Disturbing the Peace, Unlawful delivery of CDS, Public Drunk, Resisting Arrest and Malicious Injury/ Mischief.
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Ian gets in John's face, Lucas takes the letter to Rafe, and sexual tension runs high between Sami and EJ.
Carrie greets Rafe at the station and tells him she and Austin are moving to Switzerland. Rafe's stunned. Carrie says she and Austin need a fresh start without distractions. Rafe says he'll miss her. Carrie says she'll miss him too. They're both choked up. Roman enters. Carrie tells him her news. Roman questions her leaving her family. Carrie wants him to be happy for her. Rafe riffles through papers as she says for a lot of reasons, they'll be leaving tomorrow. Roman goes and Carrie tells Rafe she's sorry. He tells her he wants what's best for her. They embrace. Roman finds her crying after, and asks if her move is about getting distance from Rafe. She assures him moving is what she wants. They hug.
At home, Lucas gives John 'the key to the entire DiMera empire' as Marlena looks on. John sees it's a letter from Alice Horton to Stefano saying EJ is not his son. Lucas says Will had it. They speculate about whether EJ knew about the letter or not. Lucas says he had to - it's what pushed him over the edge; Stefano was going to disinherit him. Marlena worries that Will withheld the letter because it could implicate him as well.
EJ shakes his head in the DiMera parlor as Will rushes out the door. Sami enters and tells EJ she's come to save his life. He muses, "Let the salvation begin." Sami tells him she found out Salem has safety cameras everywhere - he can prove he threw the gloves away and was set-up. EJ hugs and kisses her. Awkwardness ensues. EJ calls someone to get the footage from the security cameras. She tells him she hopes this will be the evidence that causes reasonable doubt in his case. EJ moves in close. She tells him she's with Lucas. He murmurs, "Yet you're here." Rattled, Sami tries to leave but EJ gets in her way. He's amused by how agitated she is around him, and goes in for a kiss, but Sami pulls back - she won't screw things up with Lucas! EJ says they have a connection that can't be denied. Sami says they are not good together - people get hurt; they run over anyone in their way. EJ says no one's in their way now. As she's finally about to kiss him, he pulls back. "Don't deny it, Samantha. There's something between us, whether you like it or not."
In the office, Ian tells Kate he was looking after her interests by keeping tabs on the DiMera front. She asks what's in it for him. He insists he did it for her. She's skeptical. Ian says being with Stefano affected her ability to trust. Kate thinks he wants to help her get a piece of the DiMera pie and then share the windfall. She tells him to get it, and they'll talk.
Will storms past Sonny into the pub searching for a small, white envelope. He tells Sonny if he doesn't find it he's dead - and so is EJ. He says the letter could cause EJ to go to jail - he'll kill him! They search the trash. Will recalls Lucas being there earlier and worries he'd go to the police.
In the square, Marlena tells Lucas and John they should speak to Will about the letter before doing anything with it. Ian and Kate appear. John confronts Ian about what he did to Brady. Ian says he should have focused on his son instead of DiMera Enterprises. John says what he does is none of his business. Ian says DiMera Enterprises is his business because of Kate. Lucas snipes at him. Ian says he'll rectify what was taken from Kate. John mentions Brady and Madison and warns Ian not to mess with his family. Marlena calls him a misogynist bully. Ian wishes John luck with his family - he's going to need it. Kate tells Lucas to call her. After, John tells Lucas on with the letter - he and Marlena need to look into this Ian stuff.
Lucas arrives at the station and asks to see Rafe. When he appears, Lucas gives him the letter. Will enters as Rafe finishes reading it.
At the outdoor cafe, Kate takes Ian to task for goading John. He says he knows John is a former paramour of hers, and reminds her he'll get Countess Wilhelmina back. Ian talks about getting insider knowledge and toasts to getting what they deserve.
At home, Marlena assures an angry John that Brady will beat his addictions again. They both wish they'd been there for him. Marlena says Will is keeping secrets from her too. Marlena says Ian reminded her of Stefano today - she urges John to be careful.
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