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text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Summertime is here, and while some folks are enjoying lazy days by the pool and beach vacations, others are working -- sometimes more than one job. Although the idea of two salaries may sound great, keep in mind you'll have two bosses to please, two schedules to coordinate, and finding any solitude -- or vacation time -- may be next to impossible. If you're juggling more than one job this summer, time management is the key to your success. We checked in with experts for tips on how to survive the months ahead. Plan ahead With two part-time jobs, it can be difficult to strike the right balance between work and play, especially during the summer months, says Amanda Augustine, job search expert for TheLadders. If there's a particular event or mini-getaway you want to fit into your calendar before fall, don't wait -- put it on your calendar now, Augustine says. "Depending on the roles you hold, it may be difficult to take time off if someone else is out at the same time. Request a couple days off towards the second half of the summer. While it may seem slow now, I can guarantee you'll enjoy a random day off here and there to catch up on your to-do list or just relax without any set agenda," she says. Put in your requests as soon as possible so you'll get the time off when you want it, because everyone needs downtime to refresh and focus on personal wellness and family, says Ted Karkus, CEO of Prophase Labs and founder of management consulting firm Forrester Financial. "I am 100% committed to my work at all times, but family time is essential," Karkus says. "You've heard the mantra 'work hard, play hard,' and I think it rings true." Make a list of priorities and get a calendar "Prioritize, prioritize, prioritize!" says Uva Coles, vice president of student services at Peirce College in Philadelphia. "You cannot do it all, but you can do the most important things well. It's critical that you review your responsibilities in order of importance and move accordingly." When you're juggling multiple priorities, your calendar becomes your new best friend, Augustine says. "Find one calendar to use -- I recommend one that is synchronized with your smartphone or tablet -- and carry it with you wherever you go. Find a way to distinguish different activities on your calendar so you can keep it all straight. This could include color-coding your different work schedules, family obligations and down time, or assigning different sounds when appoint reminders pop up on your smart device," Augustine says. By prioritizing goals, it should be easier balancing your personal with your business life, Kirkus says. "If I know one of my kids has an event and need to leave early, I stay a little later in the office other days to compensate," he says. "Plan ahead, and try your best to always be prepared for any last minute curveballs that are thrown your way."

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ST Helens Striders Anthony Jones completed Southport's Sandgrounder 5K in 29:27.
On Thursday Chris Falls took part in the Bowden 5K finishing in a time of 20:21.
On a sunny Saturday nine Striders took to the hills and took part in the Lakeland Trails Kentmere 17k Challenge.
First Strider home and 2nd overall in the race was Gary Carney in a time of 1:25:35, followed by Gary Spriggs in 1:38:23, Simon Poole in 1:41:32, Paddy Lee in 1:44:35, John Murphy in 1:52:40, David Baxter in 2:00:41, Ruth Besford in 2:27:44, Anita Hall in 2:27:47 and Debbie Hill rounding it up in 2:43:52.
Striders also took part in a couple of free parkruns in the local area. At Pennington Flash parkrun Rachael Fishwick was first Strider home in a time of 20:38, followed by Joanne Keogh in 27:01, Andrea Hill Jones in 31:42 and Jennifer Lawrence in 31:50. At Delamere parkrun Rich Worsley came in at 22:29 followed by Lisa Worsley at 33:20 Sunday saw 14 Striders hitting the trails at Wigan Trail 10k. Results from this race were not available.
In Penwortham, Preston the Crazy Cow Trail 10k took place with Tony Padmore finishing in 46:45, followed by Louise Padmore in 59:40.


text: There are colossally bad movies, and then there is Birdemic: Shock and Terror. Written, directed, and produced (all badly) by James Nguyen, this movie is one of the more delightful disasters you'll come across in your lifetime. It follows the sweeping, environmental romance between two people who are barely trying to act at all, and then eventually, there are some exploding birds. So, what could possibly make someone volunteer to watch this? Answer: Hilarious live commentary straight from the minds of RiffTrax -- Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy, and Michael J. Nelson! RiffTrax Live: Birdemic will come to a theater near you on October 25, and the whole crew was kind enough to answer some questions, including why they have decided to impose this thing upon us all. Read the rest


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The defending Super Bowl champion Seahawks know all about division winners with a losing record advancing to this round of the playoffs. They did it in 2010, and now they host the Panthers, who have won five in a row, including last week's wild-card victory over Arizona.
Defense has been the calling card for both sides, especially Seattle in the second portion of the schedule.
Looking to become the first defending champion to win a playoff game since New England in January 2006, the Seahawks led the NFL in total defense and points allowed for the second straight season. They also led in scoring defense for a third straight season and Seattle did not allow any fourth-quarter points in the past six games.
The Panthers have been strong defensively, too, ranking second to Seattle in points allowed (11.8) and yards yielded (238.2) since Dec. 1.


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Hello,I have found many ways to do the timing with setInterval and some ways of refreshing the DIV with refreshDiv
What I am trying to do is have a Div refresh every 5 min. If changes are made to the Div, the page will show it. I can not do a full page reload because i have a media player on the page and if the payer is active, I do not want it to be effected.
Here is my code. Where the ? is, is where I am lost.

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Hi there.
Here is some amended code with notes:
function refreshDiv() { //make sure braces are on the same line as the block statement, it's a good convention in JS
document.getElementById("streamTitle").innerHTML = "Some HTML string" ;
window.setInterval(refreshDiv, 300000); //place reference to refreshDiv (not a string)

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Of course if you were increasing a counter you could put the value of that in the innerHTML string as well.
PS. "language" on your script tag is misspelled, it's fine though, most browsers will ignore it anyway
Thanks Aussie John.
I am thinking I may not be clear on what I want to do. There may be a different way.
I have a page that has a Livestream player on it. I put a caption above it stating what is being streamed. many times we stream events one right after another.
I want to do the following, when an event is over I change the caption. I want it to be replaced without reloading the page.
Your code works, but it does not pull the changed text in the Div.
I can't say I've used LiveStream before but I did a quick google and they do have an API that you might be able to hook into to figure out when the next event starts playing. That might make switching the caption at the right time easier.
If the code I posted doesn't work, there might be some other JavaScript errors on the page. It would be worth checking out the JavaScript console to check for errors (CTRL+SHIFT+J in Chrome on Windows).
Also where are you expecting to get the updated text from? (Is there some variable that's being set somewhere?)
I will have to look at what my options are with the API, but I am thinking we would have to stop the stream to change the text.
My hope is that the Div would reload from the web server. Any new text with in that Div would be displayed in place of the original code.
By the way, your code worked just as you had it written. After a time period, it changed the text.
Ah right, I think I understand what you mean now
This isn't something that would be possible in the way that you described, simply "doing something" to a div won't be able to get the updated version from the server.
However, we can use AJAX to make a request to the server to do this. In this case it would be best if your back-end developer (or yourself of course) would add a little script that would return the title/caption of the current stream.
If this is not an option then we can still make this work, we'll just have a slightly higher overhead.
Firstly, I'll recommend that we use the jQuery library for this as it will save a lot of hassle in the long run.
To include it, if it isn't already, place this before you reference/use it:

First use case: We have a separate script that can give us the title and caption:
function updateContent() {
$.get("someScript.php", function(data) {
$("#streamTitle").html( data ); // assuming the only string returned is the title
setInterval(updateContent, 300000);
If this is not an option for you, but you know the current page when retrieved from the server will have the correct title in side the #streamTitle div, we can do it the following way:
we need to use an element inside streamTitle as the entire element is returned (otherwise you'd end up nesting #streamTitle)
Let's imagine we had the following HTML:

Hello

function updateContent() {
$("#streamTitle").load("currentpageName.php #streamTitleCaption");
setInterval(updateContent, 300000);
Thanks Assie John,I will work with your recomendation


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Fillmore Central opts to go to eight-period day
By Anton Adamek
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:50 AM
High school students at Fillmore Central will start attending more classes per day during the next school year. The school board approved a switch from the current four-period day to an eight-period day during its regular meeting last Tuesday evening. The switch would cause many semester-long classes to be lengthened to year-long courses and quarter classes to be lengthened to semester courses.
Principal Heath Olstad presented additional information about how the schedule would work, logistically. Teachers would teach six courses a day and Olstad spoke of possibly creating double periods for lab-based classes. Double periods would also allow students to take a pre-requisite course one semester and a follow up course the next, while still maintaining year-long instruction.
Olstad said he had surveyed the faculty in seeing what would work the best for the teachers and the students. "Their number one choice was to keep what they have," shared Olstad. "The four period day has truly been excellent, so I think we can tie in more extended periods with the eight period day."
The decision to switch up the high school schedule had been a topic of debate since last year. Multiple schedules were presented including an every-other day schedule.
"Talking to staff, that didn't seem optimal," stated Olstad. Currently, the seventh and eighth grades use the every-other day schedule for English and math classes.
Chairman Ross Kiehne said, "I think you looked at every single aspect. We've been going after this for a while."
Olstad said several things haven't been determined, but that the school would be ready for the schedule beginning next year. He also said they would be able to allow students to participate in both band and choir under the new schedule.
It was also reported, at the meeting, that Fillmore Central will also be beginning its one-to-one computer plan, which will provide a laptop to every high school student and an iPad to every middle school student.
The board approved sending out information regarding policy, procedures, and frequently asked questions to students and parents about the program.
Students will have three options with their laptop or iPad. They can use it only at school for no-cost, pay a $45 damage waiver fee and be able to take it home, or make installment payments in order to eventually purchase the laptop.
Superintendent Richard Keith said the school will be holding a parent meeting in May to address questions, if need be. The school purchased 175 laptops and 50 iPads and has insurance coverage on them.
Principal and dean's reports
Olstad shared with the board that the senior class trip from April 5 through April 14 had been very successful. He said many students had positive comments about many aspects of the trip.
He noted three students left the trip early to make it back for the state Knowledge Bowl meet. He congratulated the team of Kirby O'Connor, Alex Johnson, Nathaniel Harrison, Zach Case and advisor Brad Holten for their representation of the school at the April 11 and 12 competition in Brainerd.
Olstad updated the board on upcoming events, including prom on April 27, the spring band concert on April 29 and the Big Band Bash on May 4 with a special guest artist performance on May 3.
It was announced that the seventh and eighth grade band was chosen to perform at the Wisconsin Dells Music Festival during the next school year. Olstad congratulated Director Lane Powell and the students that made it possible to be able to perform at the event. He also mentioned the high school is expecting 97 students to participate next year. This, he said, would mean the school would have to purchase new uniforms for marching and concert band.
Dean of Students Chris Mensink shared information about upcoming field trips for the elementary grades. The fifth and sixth grades will be heading to the capitol on May 1. In celebration of Arbor Day, the fourth through sixth grades planted trees at POET Biorefining on April 29.
Speaking as the athletic director, Mensink noted that spring sports were in session although baseball, softball and golf seasons were shortened by several games.
Sign up for fall sports is underway, and Mensink said they are gauging interest again to combine with Lanesboro for a cross-country team.
Community education report
Community Education Coordinator Holly Kanengieter presented a review of 2012-2013 in Fillmore Central Community Education to the board. She said the Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) program is continuing to grow. Their Friday morning sessions averaged 12 families and their Monday evenings, 10.
ECFE put on events like the Father/Daughter Dance, Mom/Son Sports Camp, Love and Logic Parent Session, two Easter egg hunts, Breakfast with Santa and the Jack Pearson concert. Kanengieter said around 20 high school students had been involved with these various activities to help out.
She said ECFE will hold two early childhood screenings for ages three through five in August and February.
Kanengieter also shared there were 73 kids registered from 47 families in the School-Age Child Care program (SAC). The program provides a supervised environment for children in grades K-6. She said a registration open house for summer SAC will take place from April 29 through May 3.
Kanengieter spoke about the AMERI-Corps program which helps students one-on-one. The staff person helps with 12 preschoolers with emotional and social skills.
The School Readiness program had five sections of 3-5 year olds with a total of 69 students. The Day Care program has 82 registered while being licensed for 80 students. Kanengieter said they will be expecting a licensure visit this summer.
The summer recreation program will be going into its second year as the combined Harmony and Preston program.
Youth and adult enrichment programs include art classes, baked goods classes, Lego League, homework help, fifth and sixth grade boys and girls basketball, chess club and youth wrestling.
She pointed out that soccer, football, basketball camps would take place this summer as well. A basic computer class was offered, but cancelled due to low enrollment. A 55 Alive refresher and beginner class was held.
In concluding, Kanengieter shared that Fillmore Central had received a Book Start Grant and 200 books for summer literacy programs during the summer. They also received a READ Grant from the Southeast Minnesota Initiative Foundation and 75 books for next year's early childhood screenings.
Other news
In other business, the school board handled the following issues.
The board accepted the letter of resignation of head boys basketball and B squad football coach Aaron Janssen and assistant football coach Tom Siebenaler. The board also approved the resignation of senior call adviser Joe Stevens, who had served since 2003. Olstad complimented Stevens and the years of service he had given to the school.
The board approved a new summer school program for students K-5, which would run for two weeks at three hours per day and be run by Title I staff.
Tickets for this year's high school spring musical will be increased for adults to $5. The student rate will remain at $3. The board approved the increase in order to help defray the cost of this year's production, "Grease." The play will be performed May 10 and 11 at 8 p.m. in the stage gym in Harmony.
The board approved the addition of three days to the end of the year to make up for snow days. The students' last day will be May 21.
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Published: Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 3:42 p.m.
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The University of Florida Police Department is reminding faculty, staff and students that "If you see something, say something."
UPD has begun training UF Document and Mailing Services staff to improve their awareness of suspicious packages, but police want everyone to be more aware of anything that seems amiss.
"Though there has not been any direct threat to the University of Florida, one should never be complacent," UPD Chief Linda Stump said in a memo sent Thursday to all deans, directors and department chairs.
Stump urged all to be more vigilant of suspicious activities, packages and envelopes in light of Monday's bombing at the Boston Marathon, and other events, including the letters mailed to President Obama and a U.S. senator containing Ricin.
The Boston explosions killed at least three people and sent more than 100 to hospitals with serious injuries. Authorities said suspicious packages were placed in the area where the explosions occurred.
Because of the many different ways mail can be delivered throughout campus, Stump asked all faculty and staff to watch out for the following:
-- Lumps, bulges or protrusions on packages or envelopes. (Do not apply pressure to those areas.)
-- Handwritten addresses or labels from companies, and whether the company is fictitious.
-- Packages wrapped in string. Modern packaging has eliminated this.
-- Excessive postage on small packages or letters, an indication they were not weighed by the post office.
-- Leaks, stains or any protruding wire, string or other material.
-- No return address or one that appears to be fictitious.
Stump advised that if anyone comes across a suspicious package, don't try to open it, but isolate the package, avoid further handling of it and call UPD immediately at 392-1111 or call 911.
"The safety of everyone in the area of the package is our primary concern," Stump said. "If you think the package is suspicious, it is."
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Lance will get about 11 mil. and we'll pay it. He'll sign a slightly club-friendly contract, after his agent gets to sniff around a minute.
Ian and or Cope will be gone - unless Scola retires after we pick up the bling.
Wouldn't surprise me to see us drop some fodder and have DG come back for a stack less, just to finish out here with his buds.
Like all of our thirty-somethings our chances of losing him go up after we win and will go up dramatically again every year thereafter.
All those who want to save our depth at the cost of a young all-star need to calculate that into their plan.
Those guys have one to three years (diminishing) left.
Lance has a decade more than likely and is getting better and better as we speak.


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Google is trying to clean up the Web, one comment at a time. Earlier this week it introduced a new feature designed to drain the online cesspool better known as YouTube comments.
YouTube has long been the repository of anonymous, illiterate, hateful, and just plain brain-dead comments since its inception. Now Google is trying to gently urge people to post videos and comments using their real names -- more specifically, their Google+ identities -- in the quaint notion that if people are held accountable by name, they might possibly act a little less like jerks. Maybe.
It is, however, purely voluntary. You can still post things to YouTube under a pseudonym like deadpuppies666 or singledigitIQ, but now you need to tell them why first -- like you're posting as a fictional character for a show, a music artist, a business, or you need to remain anonymous for some other reason. It's less of a stop sign and more of a speed bump on the road to rudeness.
Is this a good thing? I think so. This has been a growing problem on the Web for a long time, and Google is hardly alone in trying to combat the problem of nasty online behavior. Last year blogger Anil Dash wrote an essay titled "If your Website's full of a******s, it's your fault." His point: It's up to individual sites to police their own backyards and clean up the mess, regardless of what it may cost.
Here in Cringeville, nearly all my regular commenters are fairly collegial and congenial. It wasn't always that way, though. I'm not sure what happened -- I think I may have scared off the wackier ones by suggesting that Glenn Beck is a bit nutso, or they just got bored trying to pick a fight. Maybe the shadowy entities who moderate comments for InfoWorld shunted them off to the virtual equivalent of Gitmo. That thought alone is deeply satisfying.
In any event, I'm happier this way, though not all bloggers agree. For example, PR impresario turned angel investor Peter Shankman claims to "love his haters" and thinks I should love mine too. His rationale:
If you have haters, you're shaking stuff up. If you don't have haters, you're not doing enough to change the status quo, and you're not living up to your potential. Without haters every once in a while, you're just coasting. And you can never, ever afford to coast.
Yeah, maybe. Or perhaps they're a bunch of cranks who need to go out and get a life. If they don't hate you, they'll just move onto the next blog and hate them.
I'm fine with that. What isn't fine are anonymous attacks, either on the author of a post or other commenters. You want to fight about something, OK, sure, it's a free country, go crazy. But please fight fair.
Though I can see circumstances where anonymity is required for personal safety or, possibly, continued employment, by and large I think I believe people should own up to what they posted online and be willing to defend it. That doesn't necessarily mean using the name on one's birth certificate for everything you do online, but a consistent, responsible online identity would be a good start.
Will using real names help clean up the Web's cesspools? Post your comments below (using any name you like) or email me: email@example.com.
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This article was published 6/10/2010 (2513 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Women made up about 48 per cent of school trustees the past four years, by far the highest proportional representation of women at any political level, so I'll be keeping my eye on the Oct. 27 results.
There's pretty much an even gender split among acclaimed candidates across Manitoba, one or two either way, depending on several first names which could be either men or women.
Overall, women make up 45.6 per cent of the candidates who have not been acclaimed, and most of that difference is covered by Winnipeg and Brandon — outside of the two biggest cities, the field is pretty much split between men and women. Here and Brandon, significantly more men are running than women.
The same thing happened in 2006, but even though women were the definite minority among Winnipeg candidates in the six large city divisions, women's success rate was better than the proportion of candidates --- they won 24 seats to 28 for men.
Nowhere is the candidate gender disparity so striking as in Louis Riel School Division, where two men have been acclaimed, and two women are running against 12 men for the remaining seven seats.
Any scholars out there want to take a more-intensive look at gender issues? Education, polisci, gender studies, anyone?
And switching topics......
Yet another annoying, irritating reminder to school board candidates that the deadline for taking part in our on-line coverage is Thursday at 5 p.m.
Visit our story Pay Attention, Class, to find our list of questions. Then send your answers to firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you choose not to take part, you don't get to whine and attack us for allegedly ignoring your campaign.
Meanwhile, following up on that and speaking as a voter, I have six candidates running for three seats in my ward. I know the incumbents, one newcomer has a website but hasn't been to my door yet and I haven't seen any signs, the other two newcomers are a complete mystery — no signs, no literature, no websites, Google turned up zilch, and they haven't responded to our online questions.
As my attention span wavers......
OK, so what I take out of the complaint about me that Premier Greg Selinger's office made to my boss, I won't get sitdown or phone interviews with Education Minister Nancy Allan or Advanced Education Minister Diane McGifford, when I want them to give detailed, reasoned, thoughtful responses on lengthier in-depth stories. The kind of time that TV would get by bringing a camera to the minister's office.
I'm to go to a public appearance and/or press conference by a minister, then try to get one or two sentences on the fly while she's there to talk about something completely different — which, incidentally, would entail giving away to all the other hovering media that I was working on a major systemic education piece.
Oh, also, for Greg's staff, does this mean that the admonition not to bring up other subjects at press conferences, your long-standing rule that if I want to ask about something else that I have to make an appointment to see the minister or book a phone interview through the premier's press office, does this mean that all of those rules and procedures are now inoperative?
Speaking of people who don't return my calls, I can't recall having had any calls to the U of W Students Association executive that was installed last spring returned, and now UMSU didn't call back last week. Are you both simply deferring on all matters to the Canadian Federation of Students, or did I do something specific to offend you?
Whir, buzz, click.
I was on the Manitoba Teachers' Society tour of Seven Oaks schools on Tuesday, riding the yellow school bus, at one point pulling up at the four-way stop next to Garden City Collegiate. I'm normally no fan of defacing public property, but under the STOP sign, someone had added the word 'homophobia'.
And in another seamless segue, I had to take Waterloo on my way to Reh-Fit because Ash was chopped up, and passed one of the notorious so-called roundabouts. It's certainly not a roundabout as I've encountered on Waterfront Drive, barely had to twitch the car to get around it, it's more of a big bump in the middle of the road.
All this talk about cyclists throughout the paper, so time to update you that child the elder is back in Peterborough, having played in the alumni volleyball game last weekend during Head of the Trent festivities, will soon head for the border to re-enter the U.S. for the major portion of his bike trip.
I've been amazed at the generosity and trust he's encountered from strangers. In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, one couple from Couch Surfers emailed that they'd be away when he reached their town, but here's where we hide the spare key, help yourself to the house. Or the family in Wisconsin who met him in a restaurant, chatted him up about his cycling trip as he used the Wi-Fi and nursed a snack, and treated him to a Big Mac full meal. Or the dairy farm he and his overnight hosts visited in Ashland, Wisconsin, which features a 'store' with cooler and freezer, where you help yourself to cheese and milk and eggs and ice cream and yogurt, write down what you're taking, and leave the money in a drop box — honour system, no staff, no cameras.
So, soon to enter the 13 Colonies on his bike, two home stays lined up with my PEI first cousins in Massachusetts, and then south....sigh.......
I'm amazed at how many hits he's getting on his journal. You can check it out, daily entries and a zillion photos.
And after three weeks, the only motorist we've heard about who's given him a hard time remains the guy in the red Calibre just the other side of Steinbach on the day he left home.
Moving right along.......
Not that anyone cares, but I gave up on The Event after two episodes. I don't care why the aliens are here, or how many U.S. government conspiracies are involved. It was a mess, certainly no Lost, or X-Files, or Fringe.
Those are shows I watched by myself, or watch by myself in the case of Fringe, as I watch Boardwalk Empire on my own and will watch V when it returns. Together we watch The Tudors — as a history major, I know when something really gross is about to happen and can give a heads-up, and no, I won't give away how things turn out for Culpepper — and we watch Masterpiece Mystery with the superb Wallander and wonderful Inspector Lewis, and we're just thrilled beyond belief to learn that The Murdoch Mysteries will be back for a fourth season of 1890s Toronto police work. When last seen, Dr. Ogden was taking the train to run the new children's hospital in Buffalo, and Murdoch couldn't bicycle to the station in time to give her the ring before her train pulled out of Toronto......yes, I know, get a life, but it's a great series and so engagingly Canadian.


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KALIDA — When several members of St. Michael's Catholic Church,
Kalida, traveled to Tanzania in June 2013, they saw many needs including
those of girls attending the Aani Girls Secondary School in Manyoni.
Now volunteers at the church meet monthly to sew and help meet those needs.
women are doing sewing for "Days for Girls" making feminine hygiene
kits that help the girls meet their sanitary requirements.
"In the
past girls had to miss school and work monthly because they had nothing
for this time of month," said Susan White who was overseeing the
volunteer work last Saturday. She said the women have been meeting since
November to sew the kits.
"We've had a really good response to
this work," White said. "We've had a lot of material donated for the
kits and have many women who bring their own sewing machines each month
to do the sewing."
The women have completed 315 kits so far. The
feminine hygiene kits made by the women are washable and usable for up
to three years. White said they have a goal of making at least 400 kits.
are hoping other churches may take an interest and start making kits,"
White said. She said many of the women work on the kits at home also.
women also have made many dresses for Africa. This is part of the
Dresses for Africa organization, which makes simple dresses and
distributes them to orphanages, churches and schools in Africa.
said Janice Gasser from Fort Jennings, started the women with the
Dresses for Africa program. She had made several dresses before the
mission group of St. Michael's went to Tanzania last year. The
volunteers on the mission trip were able to personally deliver these
dresses to girls in Africa during their mission trip.
Last year
Gasser, from St. Isidore's parish in Ottoville, spoke to the Kalida
about the Dresses for Africa program. Women at the Ottoville parish were
already making dresses.
Connie Cleemput from the Kalida parish also spoke at that same meeting about the Days for Girls program.
had 40 women at that meeting and the women in our church have embraced
both programs," said Cleemput who oversees the monthly sewing meetings.
usually suggest using pillow cases to make the dresses," said White,
"But the women here like to sew the dresses with the donated material."
She said the women take pride in adding personal touches to each dress,
so no two dresses are alike.
A young visitor to Kalida, Eva Dulle, from Columbus, was taking part in the sewing last Saturday.
sew a lot at home," she said as she carefully guided the material
through her sewing machine. Dulle said it felt good to be doing
something for the girls in Africa. She said she was about to turn
nine-years-old. Eva and her mother, were visiting Eva's aunt in Kalida.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Bud Selig said Tuesday that his proudest achievement as Commissioner of Baseball was reforming baseball's economic structure and thus bringing increased competitive balance to the game.
Selig made these remarks before a meeting of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. This was his 12th annual "State of the Game" appearance before the group.
Selig, who has been Commissioner for nearly 22 years, the second longest tenure of any Commissioner, has said that he will retire in late January 2015.
The Commissioner was asked which part of his legacy gave him the greatest pride.
"I've thought a lot about it," Selig said. "But I guess when all is said and done, the economic reformation of the sport. Because there have been so many manifestations of that -- competitive balance."
Selig has spoken for years about the need for baseball to provide its fans with "hope and faith." He believes that fans are owed a belief that their favorite team can compete.
"You know I really belong in the theory of hope and faith," the Commissioner said. "You've heard me talk about that a lot. There is hope and faith in many places, and as I looked at the standings this morning, we have the best competitive balance we've ever had. And it's led to so many other things.
"[The process of getting revenue sharing] was painful. It was really, really painful. The meetings of the '90s and even into 2001, 2002, 2003. It was really difficult for me.
"When I said in 1992 and 1993 that we were back in the Ebbets Field, Polo Grounds days, the leagues were operating with the same economic formula that they did in the 1940s. Here it was, 50-some years later and nothing had been changed. Stunning.
"And yet, baseball is a social institution. It is very resistant to change. People are really resistant to change even in the local situation, as well as the national. And so to go from no revenue sharing, where disparity is growing just stunningly, to a point where we are today, guess what? Instead of hurting the sport as many in the '90s wrote and said, 'This will kill us, this will destroy the game,' revenues have gone to all-time highs. Asset values of franchises have gone to all-time highs.
"So it didn't work out too badly. But boy, it was a tough process. If there is one thing I focus on, that's it."
On a related topic, Selig said he was pleased with the work of the ownership committee that is searching for the next Commissioner. Selig said he was confident that the committee would finish its work in time for his scheduled retirement to take place.
"This group is doing fine; quiet and thoughtful," Selig said. "I'm very optimistic. It's working just the way I thought it would."
Selig also appeared to open the door for Pete Rose to participate on a limited basis in the 2015 All-Star Game festivities in Cincinnati. Asked about Rose's potential role in the Cincinnati celebration, Selig responded:
"That'll be up to the Cincinnati club, and they know what they can do and they can't do. They've been very good about that. We haven't had that [specific] discussion."
Mike Bauman is a national columnist for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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ONE of Malvern's newest and largest estates has finally won its battle to secure superfast broadband.
Malvern Vale, off Leigh Sinton Road, was not included in BT's initial rollout of its superfast service to more than 15,000 homes and businesses in the town.
The Malvern Gazette and MP Harriett Baldwin campaigned for the estate to to be connected, and residents also lobbied BT with a petition.
And people power has paid off, with the superfast fibreoptic broadband service now being supplied to Malvern Vale.
Mrs Baldwin was joined by BT's regional director Ian Binks to officially switch on the fibre broadband cabinet at Swinyard Road, in Malvern Vale, today (Friday).
The switch-on at Malvern Vale, which has more than 350 homes, means that 99 per cent of homes and businesses in Malvern can now get superfast broadband.
Mrs Baldwin, MP for West Worcestershire, said: "Malvern Vale was one of the more challenging cabinets in the town and I raised the concerns of residents with BT's management on a number of occasions.
"I am pleased that the Superfast Worcestershire project team has been able to bring about this success story and I welcome their efforts to get faster connections to the hundreds of homes served by this cabinet.
"The good news is that Malvern is very nearly completely upgraded and I hope those people who are not yet connected in the town will get in touch with the county council.
"Meanwhile, I will be turning my attention to the many rural areas which are still having to cope with poor broadband service and I look forward to seeing many more cabinet upgrades in my constituency over the coming months."
Mr Binks said: "This achievement is a real bonus for Malvern people and businesses. The engineers at BT's local network business, Openreach, have worked hard to bring this fibre broadband network to as many as possible and we already know from expanding the coverage in the rest of the county that it can bring positive changes to people's lives and work."
The arrival of superfast broadband at Malvern Vale has been welcomed by resident Jackie Degville, who works for Natural England and lives with her daughter Sammie in Midsummer Close, just around the corner from the new cabinet.
"It means I can work from home, I can work more flexibly and it makes work more enjoyable," she said. "And it means my daughter gets to use all her devices – phones, tablets and the rest. What would teenagers do without broadband?"
The Superfast Worcestershire partnership is aiming to bring superfast speeds to at least 90 per cent of properties across Worcestershire.
It is being funded by up to £8.5 million from Worcestershire County Council, £8.9 million from BT and a further £3.35 million from the Government's Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) programme.
Simon Geraghty, deputy leader and cabinet member for economy, skills, and infrastructure at Worcestershire County Council, said: "High-speed fibre broadband is important for everyone to be able to make the most of the growing range of online services.
"Ensuring people and businesses can have the best possible experiences interacting via the internet is a vital part of the our strategy to support Worcestershire's future economy and keep the county open for business."


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Harlequins legend Jason Leonard reckons beating the French inspired England's World Cup win and is hoping for a repeat performance this weekend.
The 44-year-old packs down for the British & Irish Legends when they take on France Legends at the Stoop tonight, 24 hours before Quins skipper Chris Robshaw leads his country out at Twickenham.
Leonard was part of Sir Clive Woodward's squad that lifted the Webb Ellis Trophy 10 years ago thanks to a heart stopping 20-17 extra-time win over Australia in Sydney.
The Barking-born prop, capped 114 times for England before retiring from the game soon after that historic win, believes the greatest moment in English rugby was built on a semi-final win over France.
And while Robshaw et al get ready to face Les Bleus tomorrow, Leonard cannot wait to test himself against a familiar foe once more – but he would like better weather this time.
"The game against France was the game of the tournament for me," he said.
"We played really well, Jonny Wilkinson's kicking was fantastic and Frederic Michalak had an absolute nightmare.
"People talk about the rain affecting the game, but whenever I've been to France with England it always seemed to be raining.
"There is only a narrow bit of water separating the two countries, so when it rains here it is likely the French will get it too.
"It was a relief to get to the final really, but once you get there you do not want to waste the opportunity.
"We talked about that after the game and once we'd performed so well against France it was a case of making sure we performed in the final."
Serge Betsen, who scored in that 24-7 semi-final defeat, captains France tonight, while Michalak will be on duty for his country tomorrow.
And Leonard is only too aware of what is in store come kick-off.
"We've all played at the highest level and knocked 10 bells out of each other," he added.
"We might all be friends and can enjoy a beer or two after the game, but no one plays the game to come second.
"Supporters want to see some of the great players play again and it is all for a good cause.
"As we are all getting older, you always know you could get injured but that won't stop us going full on."
With the 10th anniversary of England's win, Richmond-based Leonard is beginning to feel his age, but one crumb of comfort is the development of his old club as a domestic and European force in the eight years since his retirement.
"The club has come on leaps and bounds since I retired," he said.
"Not just in terms of the facilities, but in terms of the players too. The young players that have come through are pushing the club forward, which is great to see.
"It was a special year last year, but it could be even more special this year."
* The match raises money for Wooden Spoon – the children's charity of rugby – and the Serge Betsen Academy and Provale. Tickets (priced £10 and £5 for children) are available at quins.co.uk or on the gate.


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HAYGROVE School's year nine girls' Badminton team are ready to take on the competition now that they can stride out onto court in brand new kit sponsored by local retailer, Hooks of Bridgwater.
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Food blog, Moonshine and Piffle experimented with David's Nutella and Mascarpone Calzone.
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For the last few years, our Grade 2 classes have been doing a project called "Great Inventions" which looks at the history of various common items, such as toys, bicycles, toilets and Christmas lights, to name a few. Each child picks a topic, then puts together a slideshow about it. These kids are only in Grade 2 (about 7 years old) so there are quite a good collection of research, technology and presentation skills involved in this project.
Last year, I helped the Grade 2 teachers rethink this task a little, making three main changes.
Firstly, we scaffolded the task a little more than it had been, getting the students to have only three slides (plus a title slide) – one that informed about the past history of the invention, one that informed about the present state of the invention, and the third which tried to make a prediction about the possible future of the invention. This allowed for a nice balance of factual research with some imaginative dreaming.
Secondly, we created a wiki that had a sort of "sanitised" collection of the relevant information that we wanted to students to focus on. Being only 7 years old, we felt it would be better if we pre-selected the information that they would find most useful. This meant we could then ensure the language was at an appropriate level, and it gave the kids a bit more focus on the information we knew they'd be needing.
Thirdly, I suggested to the teachers that the whole point of creating a PowerPoint instead of a poster or a printed document was that they should be presenting the final product to a real audience. In the past, the PowerPoint file was the end result on its own, but I really felt that if you go to the trouble of making a set of PowerPoint slides then you ought to be standing in front of an audience and actually presenting them.
To this end, I pushed for the idea of live streaming the student presentations out onto the open web so that parents, friends, grandparents, etc, could log on and watch their child present to the rest of the class. After carefully addressing the obvious concerns, letters went home to parents and the student presentations were live streamed using the free UStream service. Feedback from parents was very positive.
A full explanation of the project from last year can be found here http://chrisbetcher.com/2010/07/redesigning-learning-tasks-part-2/
Following on from the success of last year, the teachers were very keen to do it again this year. When they approached me about setting up the live stream again I started to set up the same UStream channel, but I was dismayed to realise just how much advertising is now being inflicted on UStream users. Ads were being injected into the streams, and the UStream website has so much advertising on it that it's basically unusable for schools. I looked at other alternatives, such as Livestream, but without much success.
Then it dawned on me… why not use Adobe Connect? I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner, but Connect is a perfect tool for this kind of thing. Not only is it clean of advertising, it's as private as you want to make it. We decided to still make the room completely open to guest access for anyone who knew the URL, but it's good to know that higher levels of access security are possible.
We arranged a layout using the modules we wanted, with a backchannel chat, a live video window and also the shared screen of the student PowerPoint. This meant we were able to not only watch the student actually present their work, but we also got to broadcast a high quality version of their PowerPoint output screen as well. Because we had the Connect-enabled computer connected to the classroom Interactive Whiteboard, the student could simply stand at the board and present as usual, but the video and shared screen would both be broadcast synchronously with each other. We also used an external Logitech High Def eyeball-style webcam with a built in microphone, so the quality of the audio and video was quite good. It all worked really well.
As intended, the chat room soon became populated with parents and grandparents logging in to watch their little darlings. The positive comments from the chat room, and the fact that it was an authentic audience they were presenting to, were hugely motivating factors for the students. Every child that got up to present their work knew that it was not just their classmates and the teacher watching them, but a whole audience "out there" on the Internet. That sort of authenticity makes a big difference.
Adobe Connect was exactly the right tool for this sort of thing. As well as the fact that it was relatively protected and ad-free, it also allowed us much better control over the virtual presentation space, the layout, the participants, the backchannel, etc. The presentations were all recorded and archived so that parents – and teachers – could revise the presentations and watch them again if necessary.
The parent feedback was extremely positive. Within the hour after the first set of presentations, the Grade 2 teachers had received several emails from parents who were over the moon about being able to watch their child from their home or office, such as this one…
Thank-you for the opportunity to watch the presentations this morning through a live stream.
I was very happy as I managed to log on just as Ashley was about to begin! It was so impressive to be able to watch the wonderful presentations and comment at the same time. I did have to turn the volume up high on my speakers but it was good to see Ashley get up and she was looking forward to doing her presentation.
I think it's a wonderful tool for the students.
And this one…
I just wanted to share with you & the girls that both my husband & I really enjoyed the webcast of the Invention Presentations this morning very much!
It was really wonderful to see the great work & preparation that the girls have put into researching their topics, & their Powerpoint skills are just fabulous! They could teach some of my team here at work a couple of things about clip art & animations!
We would love another opportunity to dial into the classroom one day.
For all the hoo-ha about students accessing the Internet and the supposed dangers of students being online, I think the results of this session with Adobe Connect, and the positive feedback from the parents, speak for themselves.


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CENTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- So who has the best doughnuts in Ohio?
If you believe a popular gourmet food magazine, the tastiest are at a place called Bill's Donut Shop in the Dayton area.
Bill's was the only doughnut shop in Ohio named in a Saveur magazine article running down the "The 50 Finest Donut Shops in America." It's in the magazine's March issue being distributed now.
At Bill's, the magazine raved about "a twisted and glazed pretzel donut that packs maximum cake satisfaction."
The Dayton Daily News (http://bit.ly/ZAcCwr ) says Bill's Donut Shop was founded in 1960 in downtown Dayton, and moved to nearby Centerville in 1967.
Let the debate begin.
Information from: Dayton Daily News, http://www.daytondailynews.com


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Legend of Gattis grows with pinch-hit homer in eighth
Rookie goes back-to-back with Simmons, taking strong Medlen off hook
ATLANTA -- Evan Gattis has become known as the powerful rookie catcher who once served as a ski lift operator, janitor, cook and valet during a four-year absence from baseball. From now on, it might be best to simply describe him as a jack of all trades and a master of all.
Staring at the possibility of Kris Medlen being doomed by the one unearned run he surrendered during a masterful effort at Turner Field on Saturday night, Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez inserted Gattis as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning, then watched him add to his legend by belting the decisive two-run home run in a 3-1 win against the Dodgers.
"It was awesome," said Braves shortstop Andrelton Simmons, who followed Gattis' at-bat with another homer. "He's amazing. That's all you can say. Pretty much, we saw it coming. But seeing it was awesome."
Awesome seemed to be the best way to describe the three-run eighth inning that backed Medlen, who surrendered a career-low two hits over seven innings, and more importantly, provided the Braves a second consecutive win for just the second time this month.
"It was definitely a good moment," Gattis said. "It was a good feeling."
Five outs away from their seventh shutout loss of the year, the Braves chased a dominant Chris Capuano with an eighth-inning single from B.J. Upton, who was hitless in his previous 16 at-bats. This set the stage for Gattis and Simmons to drill back-to-back home runs on consecutive pitches thrown by Dodgers right-handed reliever Kenley Jansen.
"I've got to thank [Gattis] for wearing him out a little bit," Simmons said.
Gattis fouled off three consecutive two-strike pitches before ending his eight-pitch at-bat against Jensen by drilling a 94-mph fastball over the left-field wall. It was the second career pinch-hit home run for the rookie, who also came off the bench to deliver a decisive eighth-inning home run in an April 18 win in Pittsburgh.
"He had a hell of an at-bat," Gonzalez said. "He wasn't going to give in. It's still too early to say, 'This guy likes those type of moments,' but boy, we have some history with him where he comes up big."
Through the first 34 games and 116 at-bats of his career, Gattis has belted eight home runs and collected six game-winning RBIs. Though his playing time has been limited with the recent returns of Brian McCann and Jason Heyward, he has seemingly earned a lasting spot at the Major League level.
"He doesn't really have to hit the ball square to hit the ball out of the ballpark, and obviously, that's what we were looking for tonight there, and he gave it to us," Gonzalez said. "And then Simmons, to be able to add on an extra run there was even better."
Simmons' home run provided Craig Kimbrel a two-run cushion as he worked a perfect ninth to notch his 13th save. It also gave the Braves' shortstop bragging rights against his good friend Jansen. Simmons was only 4 years old when he played with Jansen on his first team in their native Curacao.
"They said he likes to throw that backdoor cutter," Simmons said. "I was kind of looking for that, and he threw it first pitch."
Less than 24 hours after hitting the decisive grand slam in Friday's series-opening win, Justin Upton fumbled Skip Schumaker's double after it rattled out of the left-field corner with two out in the fourth inning. This allowed Adrian Gonzalez to lumber all the way from first base and cross the plate for an unearned run.
Looking at the possibility of his error being the difference in a one-run game, Upton managed to play a key role for the second straight night. Having seen plenty of Jansen while playing for the D-backs over the past few years, he told Gattis how to attack the powerful right-hander's backdoor cutter.
Gattis went to Upton for advice after realizing the Dodgers brought Jansen out of the 'pen. He initially thought it was right-handed reliever Ronald Belisario.
"He said anything middle with the backdoor cutter is going to break off the plate," Gattis said. "So if you back off the plate a little bit and you get one that looks like it is starting at you, that's going to be the one you want."
Before taking the mound, Medlen saw a discouraged Eric O'Flaherty walking around the clubhouse after learning he will likely need to undergo Tommy John surgery. Understanding the absence of O'Flaherty had further depleted an already short-handed bullpen, Medlen navigated his way through seven innings with a little extra determination.
Still, as good as Medlen was, it looked like he was going to be dealt a hard-luck loss on a night when he didn't have the mechanical issues that have plagued him through the early part of this season.
But with the latest display of his tremendous power, Gattis further endeared himself to a team that already has the utmost confidence in his ability to deliver in the clutch.
"I think you have that confidence in your teammates all the time, but he kind of already has the track record with two months in the big leagues," Medlen said. "Obviously, he puts some good at-bats together, and every time he swings the bat, he's got a chance to do what he did tonight."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Samsung's Galaxy Tab S 10.5 & 8.4: Hands On with Samsung's 6.6mm Thin Tabletsby Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/12/2014 8:00 PM EST
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bengildenstein - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - linkVery, very nice. A beautiful screen, an OS that can have more than one app on screen at a time, and accessories that are quite elegant, set this apart from much of the competition. If I were to buy a tablet, this is what I would likely get.
Battery-life is my number one curiosity. Reply
zepi - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkAmoled displays seem to be suffering from quite a severe burn-in effects. However, it's quite difficult to actually find any discussions about this in reviews of the phones.
Here is a simple picture from a local carrier store and it's quite obvious.
Battery life will for sure be interesting, especially with high brightness in daylight conditions and 300+nits display brightness. Few generations ago samsung phones (Galaxy S3 for example) skimped on max brightness... Reply
nerd1 - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkI have a few older-generation AMOLED devices (GS1, GT7.7 and GN1) and none shows noticeable burn-in effects in normal conditions. On the other hand, most LCDs have their own issues (rMBP and N7 had burn-in issue, many devices has backlight leaking and so on) and I just cannot tolerate their bad blacks. Reply
zepi - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkFor phones "normal usage" probably doesn't show static images that much on the screen. But in tablet use this could be different. Especially if OS happens to support multitasking with a instant messaging software statically in one place... Reply
theduckofdeath - Saturday, June 14, 2014 - linkThe icons in the task bar are extremely static on any phone. I've never seen any of those icons leaving a mark on my phone.
Burn-in is a non-issue on modern OLED. Reply
xenol - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkIt's most definitely not an AMOLED screen, but I have a Zune HD since late 2009 and I'd expect it to have the quick-media controls to have some slight burn in since it has the longest time on screen. As far as I can tell, there is no burn in. Then again I set the thing to the lowest brightness. Reply
theduckofdeath - Saturday, June 14, 2014 - linkI've owned 4 or 5 phones with OLED displays, and the only one ever showing signs of burn-in for me was the absolute first generation Samsung Jet. I have more issues with burn-in on my LCD telly and my IPS monitor. Reply
cyntrax - Sunday, June 15, 2014 - linkKeep in mind that those devices you see in the carrier store run a demo loop 24 hours - for months at a time and that is what causes the burn in effects Reply
Kensingtron - Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - linkThis is not an issue for consumer use, store demo models are required to be on 24-7/ 100% brightness/ looping a 15-20 second video. Unless you plan on doing this I wouldn't worry. My AMOLED phone is 2 years old with zero burn & I consider myself a heavy user Reply
guidryp - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - linkDang. I just bought a Pro 8.4". If I thought this one was going to be the same price, I would have waited. Reply
UltraWide - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - link$499 for the 10.5"
$399 for the 8.4" Reply
AP27 - Monday, June 16, 2014 - linkIt feels like anyone who bought a Tab PRO got burned here (the 10.1 and 8.4 models). They were just announced 8lin January and they've already been replaced with a thinner model with a (arguably) better display. I understand that the tech world moves fast, but 5 months is pushing it.
That 8.4 Tab S is looking really nice! Looking forward to battery life reports. Reply
gamer1000k - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - linkYet another promising tablet crippled by only 16GB of internal storage.
Are there even any sub-10" android tablets with 32gb+ internal memory and microsd for sale in the US? If anyone knows of any I'm shopping for a new android tablet and have been disgusted so far with the pitiful amounts of internal storage everyone seems to be using for their tablets and not even providing an option to buy the higher capacities (I know the nexus 7 comes in 32gb, but it doesn't have microsd and wouldn't work for me). Reply
ddriver - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - linkArticle says there is 32gb option + SD card slot = 96 GB total storage. Just get a "global" version if you are not happy with what local carries are pushing to local chumps. Reply
gamer1000k - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - linkMany of the other recent samsung android tablets have been listed as having 32gb options as well, however these models seem to be destined for other markets and there hasn't been any mention at all of 32gb availability in the states even though tablets like the galaxy tab pro 8.4 have been on sale for several months now. That's why I'm skeptical about being able to actually get a "global" version without having to import it. Reply
hrrmph - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkI've had no problems getting Blackberry, GoPro, and Samsung devices to take 128GB Micro-SD storage chips.
So I'm guessing these tablets should work fine with 16GB + 128GB = 144GB.
If you need more storage, then the Microsoft Surface Pro 2 will do that, but you will then lose any hope of buying a tablet with any built-in 4G or 3G telephony voice or data capabilities. Reply
skrewler2 - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkI've got a 2014 Note 10.1. 16GB with 64GB SD, but unfortunately you can't install apps onto the SD card.. just stuff like movies/music/photos. I thought 16GB would be enough but I'm constantly out of space.
Same problem on my Galaxy S4.
Have tried some apps that are supposed to workaround this issue, foldermount and such, but haven't had any luck with them. Reply
theduckofdeath - Saturday, June 14, 2014 - linkFind app alternatives that do support SD. I think I've always something like 5-8GB free space on my GS4. All apps that need large amounts of storage for me support SD. If they don't I just find a better alternative. Reply
gearheadvr4 - Sunday, June 15, 2014 - linkI have lots of available space on my 16gb Note 10.1. I installed a 64gb card and loaded nearly every app to the SD card. The way to go is to root. Without root some of the large game files and programs cannot move the entire app to SD. What most of the "move to sd" apps do is only move the executable part not the game files where the bulk of the data is. So root, then use the correct apps... like GL to SD(root).
The only things you shouldn't move are
Widgets – no matter how menial in usefulness or design.
System tools – many might not operate as intended without being on the phone's storage.
Important apps – you don't want to risk an important app becoming inaccessible when you need it. Reply
Ev1lAsh - Monday, June 16, 2014 - linkHad a similar problem with my Galaxy S2. In my case, because I had it so long, and I guessed used so intensively, the internal logs got quite big.
I used sysDump (dialler *#9900#) to delete and freed up a gig (I believe 200-300mb is more common), and now I don't get storage memory warnings. It seems smoother, but that could be just my perception, or some of the app updates.
This mightn't help you at all, but thought I mention it in case it does.
The logs are hidden system files, so apparently if you can't open sysDump you have to root the phone and install certain apps to see them and truncate them.
Obviously back everything up, before doing this or sysDump.
If you can use sysDump to delete, the device will restart when done, and for my phone was unresponsive for a few minutes when it was deleting/truncating the logs. Reply
hpglow - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkI got a nook hd+ last year with 32 internal and added another 32 GB. The tablet cost me $130. I wouldn't reccomed it however unless you are going to put CM on it day one and even then think twice. The touch screen is sluggish and inaccurate and the glass cracks way too easy. Mine has never left the couch and has three sizable cracks. Whereas, my 3yo totes a gen 1 ipad that has hit the concrete and other than bends in the aluminum sill has no cracks. Other than that the nook hd+ has two other issues one being the speaker faces away from you, and two it has a big stupid charge connector. Bigger than the original iPod dock connector. Reply
andrewaggb - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkmeh, my 2 yr old had dropped our ipad 2 lots of times, including down the stairs once, barely a scratch. Then one week he dropped it two times and pretty much destroyed the thing. I think it's all about the angles when it hits the ground. Reply
R. Hunt - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkThe Nook HD+ is sluggish, no question about that, it's designed primarily as a reader and it shows. I've had mine for over a year and it's as new, build quality is quite good for the price I think. As for the connector, well, in exchange it charges quite more quickly than the standard USB 2 could manage. Reply
hpglow - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkIt still takes way too long. Plus there are plenty of devices that violate the usb spec and deliver 1.5 to 2A over a standard usb 2.0 port. My MB has several 1.5A ports on it marked in red. Reply
cjs150 - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkThe Nook HD+ is not perfect, but at $130 why complain. I have never had any problems with build quality, although battery runs down a bit quicker than I would like, and the comments about the touch screen are very true. It does however stream HD movies very well, play my media fine, is good as an ereader.
That is all I need it for
But I did upgrade with CM - the B&N software is a total waste of effort. It is also probably 2 generations behind the Samsung Reply
hpglow - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkI really wish I had done CM day one now I'm wondering if reloading content is worth the time. Reply
gamer1000k - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkThanks for the suggestion, but a big part of the reason I want the extra space is for games (humble bundles FTW) and the large games that I need the extra space for also tend to be more demanding.
There's a big hole in the 7" - 8" android tablet market right now for someone to swoop in with a gaming tablet that actually has enough space to store more than a handful of games and also includes microsd for music and movies. Right now the most promising tablet in that space is the Xiomi Mipad, although I'm not sure if it will ever be available stateside.
I might have to end up importing to get the tablet I want which is just sad since there are several smartphones with the specs I want (Galaxy S4 and Note III both have variants in the states with 32gb + microsd) but nobody has put those same specs into a 7" - 8" tablet. They always cheap out on the storage for some reason which makes no sense to me since a tablet is an ideal entertainment device while traveling where you actually need the storage and can't rely on the cloud. Reply
cyntrax - Sunday, June 15, 2014 - linkYou can always use an sd card the tab s is expandable up to 128gb Reply
ddriver - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - linkGot to love "progress" - progressively thinner devices for progressively "thicker" consumers :D Reply
Slide83 - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - linkNo 4:3 aspect ratio, no buy. Reply
LandLockedPH - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - linkHa Ha Ha Ha... LMFAO Reply
R. Hunt - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkSamsung stubbornly designs their tablets to watch video, so I see little chance that they're going to move away from 16:10 anytime soon. I agree that it sucks though. Reply
theduckofdeath - Monday, June 16, 2014 - linkThey explained quite reasonably why 16:10 is the optimal ratio on a tablet. They see usage stats for everybody, and people use tablets a media consumption devices. Reply
CBone - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkGawd. If Samsung had Apple problems before with tablets that actually didn't even look like the iPad, I can't imagine the crap a 4:3 tablet would stir up. Reply
R. Hunt - Saturday, June 14, 2014 - linkThe physical dimensions of the Tab Pro 10.1 are strikingly similar to that of the iPad Air. And anyway, they could go for 3:2 like the Surface Pro 3. Reply
theduckofdeath - Monday, June 16, 2014 - linkAnd HP were the first to sell 4:3 tablets. Hell, even Archos had 9.7" 4:3 tablets long before Apple.
I just don't get the thought process of Apple apologists. "Apple used a 4:3 ratio, and therefore from that point on, Apple are the rightfully owners of that implementation, no matter how late to the game they actually were..." Reply
boozed - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - linkSo the 10" Tab S has an RGB stripe screen while the 10" Tab Pro is pentile, and the 8.4" Tab S has a pentile screen while the 8.4" Tab Pro is RGB stripe.
Samsung does a good job at being confusing. Reply
kascollet - Saturday, June 14, 2014 - linkTab Pros are RGBG Pentile. I guess Samsung is still playing with words about this new Tab S 10.4 (certainly another Pentile variant). Reply
slacker711 - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - linkThe battery for the S 10.5 is 60% larger than for the S 8.4. Perhaps that is to support RGB stripe? Reply
theduckofdeath - Saturday, June 14, 2014 - linkAnd the fact that the display is a few inches larger... :) Reply
Morawka - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - linkWhy does the US version not have phone call capability? that's freaking retarded. Is this the work of the Big 3 Lobbying? Reply
nerd1 - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkUS tech bloggers always mocked "freakingly big phone" while others enjoying true convergence. Reply
name99 - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkOh, great. Now it's not enough to evangelize about "convergence", we have to strive for "true convergence".
Here's a hint --- when you start throwing in adjectives like "true" it's pretty obvious you've reached the theological stage of ranting. Reply
nerd1 - Saturday, June 14, 2014 - linkI've been using 7" OG GT and now 7.7" GT7.7 for my PHONE. Oh and my phone case doubles as my wallet too (It houses bills and credit cards). So I only have to carry a single device.
While others carry tiny phone, smallish tablet and wallet all separately. Reply
theduckofdeath - Saturday, June 14, 2014 - linkWhy so upset about people wanting to do more than one thing with each device, name99? If you pay $500 for a tablet, you'd expect it to do a little bit more than just play Angry Birds and brows mobile web pages...:) Reply
gsalkin - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - linkWhat is this? The 8th 10.1" tablet they've released in 4 years? Reply
theduckofdeath - Saturday, June 14, 2014 - linkOH MY GOD! SO CONFUSING! Reply
Laxaa - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkSamsung has been flooding the market with tablets this year and I see that as a bad thing. Diversity is fine, sure, but this is stretching it too far. The same applies to their phones as well. Samsung needs to trim down most of the lineup. Reply
bsim500 - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkIsn't it getting to the stage where below a certain thickness, most people are actually more interested in longer battery life than anything else? Reply
GC2:CS - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkYe Reply
GC2:CS - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkYep... But thin and long lasting is better than just thin or long lasting Reply
name99 - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkThat's what she said. Reply
name99 - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkYes and no.
It is easy to mock devices that are simply a little thinner. I was guilty of this a few years ago when Seagate released some very thin 2.5" external drives, and did not expect the thinness of the iPhone5 to make much of a difference compared to my iPhone4. But I was wrong in both cases. You certainly can't tell the extra pleasure the thinness gives you from a photo, and you may not even consider it an issue the first few times you use it. It's only on repeated use, when you go back to a fatter device, that you really appreciate the contrast.
Having said that, battery life is also highly desirable. Design is about tradeoffs, and my honest opinion (based on plenty of recent history) is that Samsung can't be trusted to make the best tradeoffs for most customer scenarios. I would not be at all surprised if they reduced battery life to levels that are lower than would be desirable purely to be able to win the marketing bullet point of "thinest tablet available" for three months. Reply
nerd1 - Saturday, June 14, 2014 - linkThey put much larger battery than sony tablet (which is actually slightly thinner) Reply
semo - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkStill no word on the S5 mini? Reply
damianrobertjones - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkWill it actually work? By that I mean that if an issue is found will Samsung actually fix it or ignore until the next version hits the market. Yeah I've been bitten by the 7 Slate and the 9 model of their expensive laptop (I buy for work). Good luck to them. Reply
nerd1 - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkKudos to samsung for actually advancing the technology. 10.5" AMOLED panel has been a dream for so many years.... in a few years we'll see AMOLED laptops. Reply
Zingam - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkFinally a tablet with a correct aspect ratio!!!! 10:9 is even worse on tablets than on a monitor!!! Reply
Zingam - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkA book page should be optimally readable/viewable on a tablet without any wasted space. Reply
Death666Angel - Saturday, June 14, 2014 - linkA book page, as in a bunch of words, should be dynamically adjusted to fit any screen it is on. Reply
R. Hunt - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkI don't know where you got that idea from, most Android tablets have been 16:10 for many years. Reply
Impulses - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkPretty much, MY OG ASUS TF was 16:10 and even the Nexus 7 has a 1920x1200 display even though they advertise it as "1080p" capable in places (which is just kinda amusing). One of the things that really jumped out at me about early Windows 8 tablets was how skinny the seemed in profile use cause of the 16:9 aspect ratio. Reply
agent2099 - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkLike the Nexus 7, the LTE models should be universal no? Is there a single SKU for the LTE models. One tablet should be compatible with Verizon, ATT and T-Mobile (not sure about sprint). Reply
emn13 - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkIf I'm not mistaken, a perhaps more useful competitor to compare it to in the tables (given the ultathin+light focus) would be Sony's 10-inch tablet; that's also an android tablet of similar size and therefore a pretty direct alternative. Reply
emn13 - Friday, June 13, 2014 - link(more useful than the phones, anyhow) Reply
iresh - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkHey Anand, this is very interesting and all. But FFS can you post your Surface Pro 3 review! Its been more than 3 weeks.
Sorry about the swearing! Reply
frostyfiredude - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkI imagine it'll be out around the time it launches, that's how the bigger products tend to be timed from what I remember. Wait a little longer and you'll be rewarded with a better quality and more in-depth review anyway. Reply
Sunburn74 - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkStill waiting on update to galaxy note 8.0 tab with the s pen. come on samsung! Reply
johnny_boy - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkViewing this from my lg g pad 8.3: more affordable and from a less sh*tty company. If I were to buy a top end 10 incher I would give my money to sony instead and get the xperia tablet z2. Simply cannot stand Samsung. (Galaxy s3 owner.) Reply
BMNify - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkwith only ac 2x2 (every new router worth buying will have 4x4 MiMO) and no USB3 never mind USB3.1 for whats left of 2014/15 , giving these Soc a miss Reply
Roland00Address - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkNo larger screen model such as a 12 inch?
I thought 12 inch tablets were all the rage according to samsung. Do 4 apps at once and just remote desktop in, or use hans office.
(I am not being serious here, but this was samsung's marketing.) Reply
az06093 - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkYou'd expect them to put the snapdragon 801 instead of the 800 for the efficiency boost, especially with the lighter body and power sucking high-res amoled screens. Reply
dwade123 - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkToo bad they only sell specs and skim out on the actual thing that matters the most: user experience. Reply
Mastadon - Saturday, June 14, 2014 - link128GB or no sale. I don't want to carry around or store separate microSD cards Reply
nerd1 - Saturday, June 14, 2014 - linkSo you are too lazy to just put an 128GB card and forget it afterwards? Reply
tromp - Saturday, June 14, 2014 - linkScreen area ratio = (10.5/8.4)^2 = 1.56250
Battery capacity ratio = 7900/4900 = 1.61224
So the bigger model has a relative advantage of only 3%. Reply
rkhighlight - Monday, June 16, 2014 - linkIf these devices were display-only. Reply
Etern205 - Monday, June 16, 2014 - linkFor anyone interested, the background used on the very first pic. It's called Dome of Light, located at the Formosa Boulevard Station in Taiwan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formosa_Boulevard_Sta... Reply
hockeyfan81 - Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - linkSmaller battery compared to the pro 10.1 8200. Reply
bigboxes - Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - linkPre-ordered it from Sears last night. This is the perfect tablet for me. I would like 32gb, but I use 11gb in my phone and don't expect to load all those apps on to the tablet as I will always have my phone with me. I just ordered a 64gb Samsung EVO SD card that I will install into the tablet as soon as I get it. That should provide me with enough space for video and music when I am out of town on business. At home I have my file server so I don't need that much on my consumption device.
Now, if I can just be patient in the coming three weeks until my new tablet ships! Reply
Rashid Iqbal - Tuesday, July 01, 2014 - linkVery, very nice. A beautiful screen, an OS that can have more than one app on screen at a time, and accessories that are quite elegant, set this apart from much of the competition. If I were to buy a tablet, this is what I would likely get. Reply
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