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Brian, have been meaning to write you. I had a couple of things to mention. No more visual sightings to report but something strange to share. I forgot to mention to you that my car battery was dead after one of these sightings. I remember running outside cause I thought I was going to drive out in the country and see this thing without the glare of the city lights. Then I remembered I had not charged my battery and that the car didn't start that morning. It was a brand new battery. I don't know if it is significant or not. Although car problems seem to occur when these events do.
Stranger though is a mark on the back of my arm. It was really hard to get a picture of. Now, I don't recall missing time. This mark hurt which is how I found it, and it was in an odd place, on the back of my forearm. I am including pictures here for you. It was very hard to photograph and it has the shape of a perfect isosceles triangle. It looked initially like a burn, yet it was almost a dry burn. It affected the entire area around it, only the corners seemed to be raised somewhat initially. The shadow of this image remains on my arm today. It is creepy. While wandering through your site last night, I saw the article you had from the Israeli UFO investigator who shows a nearly identical mark only on the left arm. This is almost identical to mine, different arm. In such a weird place. I wouldn't have noticed it at all in that location, although I had some pain there so I looked. I also had a severe headache for days after this. It was awful.
I don't know if it is related at all. But I will include it and see if others who read this may have experienced this.
As far as my other experiences I have had several odd ones that stand out as those events that shaped me to become the person I am. And for whatever reason they seem connected to this phenomenon so many have experienced. So here it goes:
When I was little I was terrified of my windows, I wasn't sure why then. Several times I woke up and had dots of blood on my pillow and my nose hurt. I also remember a time when I was outside, and I looked down at my hand, It was bleeding and the skin looked like it was cut. I remember that some " little people around me" put a kind of rock in my hand and closed it up. I was upset and went in to my mom and said "you have to get it out". She saw very little blood and I have a scar on that wrist. I am 47 now. My mom has no idea what could have made such a scar and doesn't recall any accident I had then. But for the scar to remain, when many have come and gone over the years that have been significantly worse makes me realize it had to have been fairly significant at the time. Now, on to the other experiences.
My brother and I were avid star gazers. He had a telescope and I spent many nights outside stargazing and studying astronomy. I used to laugh though about UFO's. He said they were real, and I said he was nuts.
My grandfather taught me dowsing when I was little. I was a natural. At seven I had a major spiritual experience. Yes, seven! I became aware of psychic abilities and began having premonitions many of which have come to pass. I heard a voice inside, and that voice told me that life would be difficult for me at some points. But it also told me that I had chosen exactly that road, that path and that lifetime. I was told that I would not have any natural children. I told my mother that I was going to be a nun. I was going to adopt children from other countries. I just had a strong sense that somehow my life would involve a lot of spiritual challenges. My mother has the same psychic abilities although it scares her to talk of them. And now, I am noticing that my niece is next in line. I just think that all of this, the encounters, everything has a profound spiritual effect on people. And it seems that they have at times inherited "gifts" such as the gift of sight. At the same time though as a little girl I was very logical. Must be the Virgo traits I have. When I was 19 I came home from MPLS. (I was at a Christian college and I was going to be a missionary) for a visit. That night I awoke to a bright light streaming into my room. It flooded the wall in front of my bed and the backyard. At that time my parents had just built a new home and the backyard had been a pasture and part of a farm. There were no neighbors at that time in the backyard area. I awoke to this sound of a mighty wind as it rushed over my body. I lay paralyzed and unable to move.
I tried to scream. I couldn't. I felt someone was trying to steal my soul. I was besieged by this feeling three times, what I remember most of that night is someone over me, with some kind of knife or some kind of instrument and the being had eyes, eyes that I will never forget and that I have since seen again in similar type of night sieges. These eyes were like deep pools of water, dark and disturbing and all knowing. These beings were able to communicate through psychic means. But I didn't think that this was related to extraterrestrials. I thought this was simply another one of my paranormal experiences. I thought maybe it was a demonic attempt to get at me. I had no framework to review this experience by other than the Christian one I grew up with.
It was not a good experience. It was very dark. I have been so traumatized by this and have feared talking about it for years. Years passed with no recurrence of this, until this last year at the time I had my sightings. At 19, after this experience I started to question my traditional Lutheran beliefs. I lost several close people in my life at the same time. One of my girlfriends and spiritual mentors was brutally murdered. My questions about God and where he was in all of this really overwhelmed me. At the same time, I noticed that my premonitions and psychic abilities were increasing. I started to explore explanations for this.
At the same time I had never learned how to control the steady streams of visions and sensations I grew up with because my mom has always been afraid to talk about her own experiences. I converted to Catholicism. I studied all kinds of religion and spirituality, native traditions, Wicca, on and on. I discovered that I was able to read tarot as if I had read it before. I paid close attention to my dreams and visions. I wrote them down. Many of them have come to pass. My grandfather died when I was twenty. Prior to his death I was at school. I remember standing on the staircase and I saw him in a hospital bed. One of my friends asked me what was wrong and I said I have to leave. I got my stuff, got a taxi and took a bus to the hospital two hours away. I walked through that hospital door and my mom almost fainted. How did you know to come here? I told her and she nodded at me with that look of understanding and hugged me. She said she didn't want to burden me away at college. My grandfather died a day later. I have had so many events like this happen since then and really was lead into the helping professions as a result.
A few years later, I moved to Los Angeles. I worked with abused alot of time. One day, an unusual visitor, a man showed up on my doorstep. He said that he had seen my card at a local store for readings, but he didn't want a reading. He simply wanted to tell me something he thought I needed to know at that time. He said, "you are on the right track and more will be shared with you when you need to know it."
I know he talked to me for over an hour, but I only remember the first two minutes, and try as I wanted I could not remember his name. He said he was from Sedona, AZ, weird, very weird. Kind of like your government guy only this guy wasn't in a suit. In some ways he didn't even seem human to me. He didn't seem to have any kind of personality and was very robotic. It was at this time that Whitley Strieber published Communion with that eerie picture of a gray alien on the cover. I could not even pick the book up. I would walk to a different check out. Finally, I forced myself to confront the fear I felt over this picture and I bought the book. I thought I was a ghost story! Well the topic, was extraterrestrials and as he described his paralysis I noted the similarities to mine, but still, I thought he was a little eccentric. It seemed to weird to me, but at the same time it hit a nerve.
A few years later, I returned to Wisconsin. I met up with an old friend from school. He was on a spiritual quest as well. He was a scientologist. We were watching a show on TV or a video, I am not sure. I think it was called UFO's are real. I now know that it was done by Stan Friedman. Across the screen flash the name and date Colfax, WI 1979 I think. It seemed to correspond to the date and time of my night siege of terror. That shook me up. Another coincidence? How many can there be? Following that I had another experience.
I was working as a counselor at a local halfway house when I first moved back here from CA.. I had this dream and in it was a young woman I had been counseling. We were taken in my dream into a craft and they did surgery of some kind on us. The craft landed in the front yard of the facility. I thought, how odd nobody else sees this thing. I remember this being in white, her eyes, pools of what seemed to be tears, and she was telepathically sending me messages. Many of them had to do with catastrophic earth changes and the same theme, you will know more when you need to know it.
I dismissed it as another weird experience. I went to work the next day. It was lunch. Staff ate lunch with the residents of the facility. As conversation passed this young girl who was a resident and one of my patients at the time said out loud "I had the strangest "dream" last night, a UFO landed in our front yard and took us in it, and operated on us. I almost fainted. Coincidence, mm, you decide. At the same time I developed a terrible fear of owls, yes owls that has remained with me today.
Brian, the list goes on and on, and now this mark. I don't understand any of it. But I really would like to understand it more.
I haven't decided if this is a good or bad presence we deal with yet, and/or why? I do feel that there is an agenda of some sort kind behind this though. And it has to do with our earth, our future as the human race and our spiritual struggle. I expect that if I paid attention I would see, and probably paid attention I might see a lot of things I ignore. Frankly I am kind of afraid to look outside and stargaze after this last episode and this mark. But I am but I am submitting this because I think we all need to talk about it and perhaps amongst all of us some ideas and truths will emerge.
I wish the pictures were better. I tried to put a tape measure to it, but alone I could not do it and I wasn't going to run over and ask my neighbor as you can imagine why. But this mark measured about 1 inch. Take care and God bless.
Thank you to the person for sharing this experience with us all.
Brian Vike, Director
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Monday, February 04, 2013
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(AP) -- So, Ray Lewis, now that you've won a Super Bowl, what's next?
No, he's not going to that amusement park. The Baltimore Ravens linebacker is heading into retirement
-- and he can't wait.
"Now I get to see a different side of life," Lewis said Sunday night after helping the Ravens beat the San Francisco 49ers 34-31. "My family, and my sons, my kids, they've sacrificed for me. Now I have the opportunity to sacrifice for them."
Lewis ended his 17-year NFL career in perfect fashion, directing a successful goal-line stand that provided him a world championship to take into retirement. After the 49ers failed to score on three straight plays from the Baltimore 5-yard line in the closing minutes, the Ravens could begin celebrating their first Super Bowl title in 12 years.
"How else can you finish that off but with a goal-line stand?" Lewis said. "That is championship football."
The 13-time Pro Bowl star began his final night on the football field with a motivational speech to his teammates. He ended it looking upward into a waterfall of silver streamers and purple confetti. And minutes later, he put his hands on the Lombardi Trophy.
"What we did as a team today was the ultimate," Lewis said.
As an individual, Lewis made seven tackles. Nothing special, really. He had 44 in Baltimore's previous three playoff games. But the Ravens played like champions behind Lewis, and as usual, they drew inspiration from him.
"There will never be another leader like him and we sent him out like his brothers," Baltimore linebacker Terrell Suggs. "His legacy will go untainted."
The last time Lewis played in a Super Bowl, he was voted MVP of Baltimore's 34-7 rout of the New York Giants. This time, Joe Flacco was the MVP because the Ravens' offense outplayed the team's usually reliable defense.
Ever since Lewis announced on Jan. 2 that this would be his "last ride," the Ravens have talked about providing him a title to take into retirement. And so they did.
"It's pretty cool," Flacco said. "Ray's a great person and everyone knows he's an unbelievable player, but he's the best teammate. It's unbelievable to send him out like this."
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What a journey it was.
After defeating Indianapolis at home to open the playoffs, the Ravens beat top-seeded Denver on the road and knocked off second-seeded New England. Then, underdogs again in the Super Bowl, Baltimore blew most of a 22-point lead in the second half before mounting one final defensive stop.
"To me, that was one of the most amazing goal-line stands I've ever been a part of in my career," Lewis said. "What better way to do it than on the Super Bowl stage?"
Lewis' old buddy, 34-year-old Ed Reed, contributed a first-half interception. Jacoby Jones scored two touchdowns, and after the second
-- a 108-yard kickoff return to open the third quarter -- he saluted his retiring teammate with a rendition of the "squirrel" dance Lewis made famous.
Days earlier, Lewis was confronted about his use of deer antler spray in his effort to return from the triceps injury. He vehemently denied trying the banned substance, and that sideshow fizzled out quickly enough so that it was not a distraction Sunday.
The Ravens will have another middle linebacker next season, but they will never have another Ray Lewis. Coach John Harbaugh was asked why the team responded so passionately to him and his effort to go out on top.
"If you're going to talk about the Ray thing, you want to ask about it, then the answer's got to be faith," Harbaugh said. "I mean Ray is driven by spirituality and faith and that's what he draws on and that's where his strength comes from. So if you really want to know, I mean that's what he's tapping into and that's what makes it so beautiful and so perfect."
Lewis was the second draft pick in Ravens' history, following Jonathan Ogden in 1996. Ogden, who was elected into the NFL Hall of Fame on Saturday, waved to his former teammate during the pregame coin flip Sunday.
Perhaps one day, Ogden will extend the same greeting to Lewis in Canton, Ohio.
For now, however, Lewis is looking to joining his family for some quiet time.
"No other way to go out and end a career. This is how you do it," Lewis said. "Everything around me is my kids. Daddy gets to come home now. They aren't going to like me being at home all the time."
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Monday, 9 February 2009
Cook Yourself Thin Quick and Easy~ Sweet Potato and Apple Soup and Banana Loaf
Sweet Potato and Apple Soup
Serves 4
143 calories per serving
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
420g peeled sweet potatoes, diced into 1 ½ cm pieces
1 cm piece of ginger, peeled or ½ tsp ground ginger
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp ground coriander
140g Bramley apples, peeled, cored and diced into 1.5cm pieces
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Heat the oil in a pan, and gently fry the onion for 5 minutes until soft, but not browned. Add the sweet potato, ginger, cumin, coriander and apple. Cover with about 750ml boiling water. Bring to the boil, then turn down the heat and simmer with the lid on for 20 minutes until the sweet potato is tender. Whiz with a hand blender or in the food processor until the soup is smooth. Season to taste and serve.
Banana Loaf
Makes 14 slices
201 calories per slice
50g butter
175g light brown soft sugar
2 medium eggs, lightly beaten
350g peeled ripe bananas, mashed
200g self-raising flour sifted
½ tsp salt
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
75g walnuts, roughly chopped (I used pecans, I was out of walnuts)
6 walnuts halves
Preheat the oven to 180oC/fan 160oC. Line and grease a 1kg loaf tin. Cream the butter with the sugar in a large mixing bowl until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the beaten eggs, and gradually whisk them into the butter and sugar. Add the mashed bananas and beat the mixture well. Carefully fold in the flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda. Stir in the walnuts. Put the cake mixture into the prepared loaf tin and decorate with the walnut halves, pressing them gently into the mixture. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes, until the cake has risen and us golden. Allow to cool.
9 comments:
- Beth Sachs (Jam & Clotted Cream) said...
I have seen these books mentioned a lot. Might have to give them a try. I've been eating far too well recently
- 9 February 2009 at 20:08
- The Blonde Duck said...
What a lovely meal! I wouldn't feel deprived at all!
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- 9 February 2009 at 21:42
- Reeni said...
They both look delicious! I really like apples in savory dishes. And the banana loaf looks really yummy, and healthy too!
- 10 February 2009 at 01:36
- Maria said...
That soup sounds heavenly!!
- 10 February 2009 at 16:05
- Anne said...
The soup looks great, have a sweet potato that needs using up and my hips certainly could benefit from some lower fat foods at the moment! Really like the idea of adding apple to, though have never tried combo before!
The banana bread also looks very good, I knew I should of picked up those pecans now but tried to be good and put them back on the shelf!
- 11 February 2009 at 10:45
- Maria♥ said...
Thanks everyone for dropping by and as aways leaving lovely feedback!
- 11 February 2009 at 20:06
- Nickki said...
The soup and banana bread look delicious! I could definitely benefit from these healthier recipes atm...my skinny jeans have been very lonely in my wardrobe for a long time! I might just
have to get this book :)
- 12 February 2009 at 10:25
- Rosie said...
I have seen this book and have it in my wish list... lol... my partner in crime with Amazon *wink*wink* It really sounds a great book and by viewing your delish soup and banana loaf it must be my next buy!
Rosie x
- 13 February 2009 at 14:57
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I'd have no reservations about taking the Pit-Bull VX armored SWAT truck to a gunfight, but the local McDonald's drive-thru presented a unique challenge. Have we found this mighty machine's Achilles' heel?
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I can imagine a situation where this arises. There's a hostage standoff. The kidnappers are demanding 300 McNuggets and forty packets of sweet-and-sour sauce. STAT.
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UAlbany Graduate Driven to Find Solutions to the World's Challenges
UAlbany senior Luis "Gabe" Sanchez, who graduated May 19. (Photo by Mark Schmidt)
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 19, 2013) — UAlbany senior Luis "Gabe" Sanchez has been drawn to daunting tasks his entire life. At age 9, he wanted to find the lost continent of Atlantis. At 13, he hoped to be the first to contact alien life forms. And now, at age 20, Sanchez conducts research to develop alternative ways of tackling the world's biggest problems, including poverty and environmental disasters.
"We're living in an age of crisis," said Sanchez, who is majoring in Latin American Studies and Globalization studies. "We need to recognize a problem, search for alternatives, and then combine old and new ideas to form new tools to combat these crises."
Sanchez recently received the Presidential Undergraduate Research Award, just like his father, a two-time UAlbany alumnus did nearly 20 years ago. Sanchez studied what he calls the philosophy of good living, or being in harmony with nature. In his research, he focuses on the need to legitimize alternatives and to create new theoretical tools to combat crisis.
Sanchez, of New Rochelle, was among the more than 2,200 graduates at UAlbany's May 19 Spring Commencement.
It wasn't the first UAlbany commencement ceremony for the family. Sanchez's father, Martin, received a bachelor's degree in Latin American studies from the University in 1985 and a master's in anthropology in 1987.
And while he feels connected to his father's legacy here, Sanchez is walking his own path.
"When he came to UAlbany, he wanted to be a doctor. When I came here, I wanted to be an academic. So, even though we've studied the same thing – Latin American studies - we're definitely not on the same career path," teased the younger Sanchez. "But we certainly started in the same spot."
It's a philosophy Sanchez saw a glimpse of while on a recent trip to Haiti, which was devastated by an earthquake in 2010. Sanchez visited hospitals, schools and farms, as well as areas called "tent cities" which had no running water or electricity. He also spent time in the countryside, where he said Haitians are living off the earth as best they can.
"Every moment of the trip was a universe in and of itself, and in dissecting each one I've learned so much about world history and humanity," said Sanchez, who will pursue a Ph.D. at UAlbany next fall. "It fuels the fire to keep working."
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Syria to Come Clean on Chemical Arsenal, But Kerry Says It's Not Enough
Russia close on 'clear and concrete plan' to secure Syria's chemical weapons.
Sept. 10, 2013 -- Syria abruptly said today that it would come clean and reveal the extent of its chemical arsenal, but stopped short of saying that it would turn them over to be destroyed -- the key element in a plan to avert a U.S. led military strike.
Secretary of State John Kerry quickly replied that he hoped Syria would "go further" and "live up to what they said just said they would do... help us in the next days working with Russia to work out the formula by which those weapons can be transferred to international control and destroyed."
"They need to show us an entirely verifiable, completely accountable and ongoing verifiable process," Kerry said.
The past two days have seen the usual plodding pace of diplomacy accelerated to the point that world leaders appear to have trouble keeping pace.
President Obama, who was originally scheduled to lobby Congress today for a military strike authorization, instead asked Congress for "more room" to see if diplomacy can avert a military strike, but not to undercut his authority to use force.
The diplomatic effort to avoid a military strike appeared to gain momentum when the Syrian foreign minister announced today that the country is willing to "declare" its chemical arsenal and join the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Earlier today, the Obama administration said that it has begun discussing "elements of a potential U.N. Security Council resolution" on Syria's chemical weapons with other members of the international body, including China and Russia.
Kerry said today that he expects Russia to send some formal details of the chemical weapons plans to the U.S. today.
"We'll have an opportunity to review them, and as the president has said, if we can, in fact, secure all of the chemical weapons in Syria through this method, clearly, that's by far the most preferable, and it'd be a very significant achievement."
Kerry will travel on Thursday to Geneva to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in person to discuss the plan.
The day began with a series of morning phone calls between President Obama and two close allies, French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron, on how to secure a "viable" solution to neutralize Syria's chemical weapon stockpiles.
Russia on Monday floated a plan to disarm the Bashar al-Assad regime of its chemical agents. It was met with cautious optimism by the U.S. and other allies as a way to avert an imminent American military strike.
An early French proposal tabled at the Security Council this morning was dismissed by Russia as "unacceptable."
Instead, Russia plans to introduce its own draft resolution on the transfer of Syria's chemical weapons to international control and safeguard for their eventual destruction.
Putin said today that he believes the deal can successfully strip Syria of its chemical weapons, but only if the U.S. drops its threat of a military strike.
"Certainly, all this makes sense and can work only if we hear that the U.S. side and everyone who supports the U.S. in this sense drops the idea of using force," he said
"It is hard to make any country, be it Syria or any other country in the world, disarm unilaterally if some forcible action is being prepared against it," Putin said, according to Interfax.
The Russian president said Syria's chemical weapon stocks were a proliferation threat. Putin also suggested this may take a bit more time, saying: "We also believe that this is a serious matter that requires an additional and serious consideration."
"We will work together with the Syrians and with our American partners," he said.
Obama and Putin discussed the proposal when they met on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit Friday, according to the Kremlin.
Strike 'Absolutely' on Hold If Syria Abandons Chemical Weapons
Obama told ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer Monday that if Syria were to turn over its chemical weapons, it would "absolutely" halt his plans to strike inside Syria.
Obama is scheduled to address the nation tonight to make his case to a skeptical nation about his plans to strike Syria in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack outside Damascus Aug. 21. The United States says it has evidence that Syrian was behind the attack.
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Swift Approval Sought for Midwest Oil Pipeline
MARSHALL, Mo. (AP) - A Canadian company's plan to build an oil pipeline that will stretch for hundreds of miles through the Midwest is quietly on the fast-track to approval - just not the one you're thinking of.
As the Keystone XL pipeline remains mired in the national debate over environmental safety and climate change, another company, Enbridge Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, is hoping to begin construction early next month on a 600-mile-long pipeline.
The pipeline would carry tar sands from Flanagan, Ill., to Enbridge's terminal in Cushing, Okla., from where it could be moved through existing lines to Gulf Coast refineries.
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text: Apple unleashed a flurry of software news related to its Mac and iOS operating systems during its annual developers conference Monday. Most significant was the unveiling of iCloud, Apple's solution for synchronizing content such as photos, music and documents across multiple Apple devices. iCloud is Apple's big push into online storage and data synchronization, after its previously failed attempt with MobileMe. CEO Steve Jobs said the company is killing MobileMe, which cost $100 per year, and replacing it with iCloud, a free service for all Apple customers. It will debut with the release of the iOS 5 operating system, due this fall. Apple also previewed new features in its upcoming Mac operating system, OS X Lion, which is looking more and more like iOS. Click through the photos above to see highlights from Monday's keynote.iOS 5 Due for release this fall, Apple's iOS 5 includes 200 new features and 1,500 new APIs. iOS app programmers can grab a beta version of iOS 5 today, according to Jobs.Cutting the Cord Good news: That annoying "Connect to iTunes" screen is dead, beginning with iOS 5. Now when you get a brand-new iPad or iPhone, you can set it up and register it without plugging it into a computer.Wireless Updates Beginning with iOS 5, customers can wirelessly download and install operating system upgrades right on the device itself, as opposed to plugging into a computer and installing it through iTunes.Token Search The upcoming iOS 5 has an improved search tool for digging through e-mails. You can break searches into "tokens." For example: You can combine search tokens "John Doe," "restaurant" and "Last Month" to find an e-mail you sent to John Doe about a restaurant last month.Twitter Integration Coming up in iOS 5 is built-in Twitter integration. You can tweet photos and web articles from the Photos and Safari apps, respectively. Also, you can use Twitter to automatically update the photos in your Contacts list with their avatars.iMessage A new messaging app called iMessage debuts in iOS 5. Send a message, photo or video with iMessage on your iPhone, and your conversation is synchronized with the iMessage app on your iPad. iMessage will work over both 3G and Wi-Fi connections.Notifications Center Another new feature: iOS 5 introduces a Notifications Center that displays all your new notifications, such as an e-mail or text you recently received, or an alert to tell you it's your turn to make a move in Scrabble. Also, notifications will appear as a less intrusive pop-up on top of the screen, instead of a blue box interrupting you in the middle of the screen.Photo Stream The iCloud service has a feature called Photo Stream, which automatically uploads every photo you take to the web. The Photo Stream camera roll immediately synchronizes across your iOS devices, as well as your Mac or Windows PC.Camera App In iOS 5, you can press the volume button to snap a photo in the Camera app. The Camera app also contains some basic editing tools, such as redeye removal and automatic image enhancement.iTunes iCloud Integration is also coming for iCloud and iTunes music. When you purchase a song through iTunes on one device, you can send it to iCloud and download it on as many as 10 other iOS devices. As for songs you didn't download through the iTunes Store, you can opt to use a service called iTunes Match, which matches your iTunes library with iTunes, and sends the matched songs to iCloud. The iTunes Match service will cost $25 per year.Thumb Keyboard The optional thumb-based keyboard on iOS 5 can work across all typing apps. You can drag up the virtual keyboard, and it splits it into two small keyboards for thumb typing.LaunchPad Mac OS X Lion has a new feature called LaunchPad, which enables you to view all your apps in a springboard, similar to the iPad's home screen. To access the LaunchPad, you make a pinch gesture on the multitouch trackpad.AirDrop Lion's new AirDrop feature allows you to share documents over a Wi-Fi connection. When you load AirDrop, you can see other customers using AirDrop and simply drop a document on top of his or her avatar to share it.Pages In Lion, the Pages document editor will auto-save every edit made. You can click on a "Version" viewer, which displays older versions of the document in cascaded windows. From here, you can pick the version you're happy with.'Conversation' Mail The upgraded Mail app in OS Lion has a "conversation" view. If you have a conversation going, the threads have often gotten difficult to follow. In Lion the conversation view shows messages stacked on top of each other so you don't have to click on each individual thread. You just scroll down to see the back-and-forths.All photos: Jim Merithew/Wired.com


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One of the biggest problems faced when businesses try to use social media as a marketing tool is that there are simply too many social media sites. A day doesn't go by when I'm not asked about this new site or that old site and whether or not they can be used is marketing. Most can. However, most simply do not have the reach to make them worthwhile. For the majority of businesses, if they stay focused on four current social sites, they'll have the vast majority of their marketing covered.
Some big sites were excluded. It's not that Tumblr doesn't have its place or that Foursquare is useless. It's that the time and energy necessary to make them stronger is not worth the return on investment. Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and Pinterest are the big dogs right now. They don't take a ton of time to master and the results are strong compared to the effort put into them.
There's a common theme here. Effort versus reward. If you measure your returns relative to the amount of effort put into the maintenance, you'll find that these are the sites that generate the highest level. Used properly, just about any business can benefit from a strong presence on these four social media sites.
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Great post and I think it's worth mentioning that whom really knows what new networks will pop up in the future...? I suppose this is the nature of technology (web) supporting demands.
I couldn't agree more with the Google+ mention and it's probably worth a post on its own: "Even if you don't believe that Google+ will emerge as a true social media force (it will, but I won't argue that here)..." It's Google's differentiation from the others, not only a social network, but it brings in all of their other web apps (extremely important for Local / Places) maintenance and acts as a publishing tool for any type of media known, which probably has a better likelihood of being indexed properly in the long run. I look at Google+ as being in Beta, to be honest with you. Look for bigger and brighter things to come. I think it might outlast FB as well, obviously Google controls more.
Ralph, Good points. I have not seen a dealer effectively use Slideshare.net to generate leads. What's their strategy? - Richard
Great Article! Pinterest seems to drive a lot of traffic to our site and does great things for our SEO and time on site.
JD, in a completely different direction from my previous response, thank you for identifying Pinterest as one of your recommended channels...
I went to dinner last Saturday night with 5 other people and one of them was a so-called "Social media guru". I was shocked when she loudly declared that Pinterest was "worthless" to companies seeking an effective social media marketing strategy...
After I wiped off the soup that spilled on my shirt when I shuddered in response to her statement about Pinterest; I asked her if she had ever used the tools readily available online to query what consumers in any given product vertical were responding to in the form of social media engagement. She asked me a few questions which demonstrated she had not (she was a very nice person BTW). I went on to explain that I had used one of those tools a few days prior only to learn that during the month of December over 90% of all social media engagement by automotive consumers with companies posting content online was in response to photographs and illustrations...
Then i asked her what the fastest growing social media site is, that emphasizes the sharing of images... Pinterest of course... Then i asked her what was the largest social media platform to launch business accounts or profiles in the last 6 months... Pinterest, of course.
Dinner was great, but she probably hates me at this point... I do want to apologize to those who were with me at this dinner party, but I just could not help myself!
JD, I know your intentions are great, but I disagree with issuing this type of guidance, and apparently so do many other people who are involved with digital marketing in general:
In my opinion, it is a strategic error to focus on these "Top 4" social media sites if that focus is to preclude applying appropriate effort to other sites and channels. In every market where a car dealer operates there are inevitably UGC sites and channels that are popular among locals, and for example... I have dealers who have received more leads in 2012 from Slideshare.net than they have from Facebook. In many ways, I see WHAT a dealer does with a social network's capabilities as being more of an impact on results than simply throwing content at the top 4 sites. With as many posts as Facebook receives on any given day it is not difficult to imagine a car dealer's content getting swamped and overwhelmed with everything else to the point of oblivion.
Now, let me be VERY clear... I am NOT saying dealers should not pay attention to the big 4 JD has identified, I am simply saying that different dealers, brands and locations can benefit immensely from many of the other sites, networks and online social media publishing tools out there.
Lastly, there is one big major difference to JD's advice I would like to point out. The dealers I have worked with get a tremendous response from consumers, traffic and lead generation from publishing their own blog sites as a variation on dealer microsites. Most of them use the Wordpress CMS software hosted on any number of servers for hire, such as 1and1.com and Rackspace. Before you do anything with any of the social media sites that JD recommends, my opinion is that creating a blog site first to use as the hub, the point of origination for content that is then syndicated and republished to your social media accounts, profiles, channels, etc. on the big volume sites, is a top priority.
To me, creating social media accounts on the major sites without having a hub for your hub and spoke strategy is like launching a dealer website without your inventory online... What's the point?
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Ricciardi: "I don't see us getting involved with anybody"
For now, that appears to be the Blue Jays' take on the free-agent market. Sure, they plan on making a run at re-signing A.J. Burnett. But beyond that? Toronto might not be much of a player on the open market.
If the Jays don't retain Burnett, Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi told MLB.com that he doesn't think "there's anybody else out there that, for what you'd probably have to get involved with from a money standpoint, that we would feel comfortable getting involved with. I think we'd probably stay in-house."
As for Toronto's search for more offense, Ricciardi denied that the Jays are targeting free-agent slugger Jason Giambi, or that free-agent Milton Bradley is a top priority. If anything, Ricciardi said that the Blue Jays hope to find what they're seeking through the trade market and not through free agency.
"We're still going to keep listening and seeing what's available to us," Ricciardi said. "But right now, I don't see us getting involved with anybody. Something is going to have to really make sense for us and the best way would be via trade."
That includes a possible search for a shortstop, too. Ricciardi said the Jays don't plan on getting involved with any shortstops through free agency, nixing the rumors that have pegged Toronto as a suitor for Rafael Furcal.
The Jays don't have an excess of spending money this winter, though Ricciardi didn't rule out using trades to possibly free up some more payroll.
"We'll be open to anything," Ricciardi said. "We're not in a slash payroll mode, but we're in a situation where if we can make ourselves better via trade we'll look that way. But, if we can't, this is the team we have and we'll just be creative with what we've got here and try to plug in our holes internally."
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After reading this entry my optimism for '09 dies a little more. I can't see how J.P. can pull off deals to fill certain holes while not creating others. I hope he proves me wrong though.
That said Riccardi does have a history of downplaying what he plans on doing and then he goes and does something big. We'll see I guess.
On another note anyone here anything new on whom Paul is looking at for being team pres. ?
Out of all the off seasons to not get involved in, It happens to be this one when just about every good player is available and needed on this team. J.P makes me sick.
In my opinion, Scott Boras has ruined baseball. I don't think I have to explain myself because we all know it's because of him we have all of these extememly overpaid players signing these ridiculously outragous contracts, which makes every player now greedy and wanting more than what the other player gets.
I'm sure it's a disappointment to fans in most mlb cities to understand the Yanks have the budget to sign the 3 top pitchers available (Sabathia, Burnett & Lowe) and the two top hitters (Manny & Tiexera) and still have cash left over.
It's also disappointing to see Petrolia win the mvp with mediocre numbers and anyone not thinking his playing for the Sox didn't help him has their head in the sand. I, as others know, when we're playing the Yanks or Sox, any close umpire call goes to the Yanks or Sox.
It's becoming very obvious baseball goes out of it's way to help get either the Sox or Yanks in the playoffs to capture the highest tv audience. That's who baseball want in the series, they certainly don't want Toronto, Kansas City or Milwaukee.
All the playoff and series games started at 8.00Pm, we have lost the afternoon games because of tv ratings and revenue. As a young kid, one of the greatest enjoyments I got was watching the world series games on the weekend with my baseball pals and dad.
Today, if I was still the same age, I wouldn't be able to watch a single game because my bed time as a kid was 8.00PM. As a result, young kids are watching other sports and baseball will live to regret this decision sooner than they think when fans leave them for other sports.
These decisions are all made to maximuize revenue, in order to pay higher salaries to players. Really, is any athlete playing a team game worth 140 million over 6 years or $23.333,333.33 per year? Sabathia has averaged 32 starts per season and if we assume he averages 110 pitches per start, he will be paid $6,628.79 per pitch for each pitch he throws for the next 6 years. That, ladies and gentlemen, brings a new meaning to greed and obsenity. I wonder how Sabathia thinks about that, knowing 25% of the homes on the market in the county he was born in are foreclosures of families who lost their homes.
And yet, Hank Jr., so ancious to prove he can outspend his dad, is about to offer Burnett $80-100 million and who knows how much they'll offer Lowe, Tiexera and Manny.
I certainly don't know what the answer is, whether it's a salary cap as suggested by michaelgorman or length of contract or what it is. What I do know is this over exuburance reminds me of CEO's salaries and bonuses on Wall Street and we all know what's happening there. Surely baseball can not be far behind.
… the usually wordy Byrne from Baseball and Relativity prefers this evening to simply contemplate the 2009 season, one in which surely his fantasy baseball team will provide more excitement than his home town Jays – when will the Riccardi era end?
Why even write down Riccardi's comments? Really? Most of what he says is BS and lies. Whatever he says is meaningless. He'll do what he wants, when he wants, regardsless of how bad it makes him look. His words are meaningless and anyone who belives anything that he says needs to get their head checked. We need to run this guy out of town…. Maybe he should be in politics?
It really is sad that the Yankees can spend and spend while other teams like the Blue Jays for instance have trouble signing a decent free agent. Something really needs to be done with the salary cap idea. Good luck Jays fans.
every time I hear the time i hear riccardi quoted, all that i hear in my head is a reference to george costanza – cantstandya, cantstandya, cantstandya.


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AYFORD MOUNTAIN, W. Va - Larry Gibson's tiny house sits in a green oasis on top of the Appalachian peak his family has called home for 230 years. The setting would be peaceful if not for the roar of machinery scraping away the surrounding mountain in search of coal "It's a noisy, dusty place. They dynamite constantly," said Gibson, 61. "It's the genocide of Appalachia, the destruction of a people who have lived in these mountains forever. Gibson has emblazoned the wooden cabin he calls home with a banner calling for an end to mountaintop mining, along with the words "We are the keepers of the mountains ... don't destroy them" -- his defiant stand against coal companies who have offered to buy his land.
"It's a noisy, dusty place. They dynamite constantly," said Gibson, 61. "It's the genocide of Appalachia, the destruction of a people who have lived in these mountains forever."
Gibson has emblazoned the wooden cabin he calls home with a banner calling for an end to mountaintop mining, along with the words "We are the keepers of the mountains ... don't destroy them" -- his defiant stand against coal companies who have offered to buy his land.
"How can I tell people to stand up if I don't do it myself?" Gibson asked. "The land I stand on is worth more than the almighty dollar."
Coal mining has sustained generations of Americans in Appalachia, an isolated and often impoverished region stretching across America's eastern interior. Mine shafts and coal conveyors dot the hamlets and hollows where miners live amid the splendor of smoky mountains and hardwood forests.
But while the U.S. appetite for coal has long bumped against the environmental impact of mining, the growth of mountaintop removal has divided residents as never before.
Church groups urge congregants to write to Congress to stop mountaintop mining. University students converge on West Virginia in the summer to demand "mountain justice." Protesters lead prayer vigils to save the mountains.
But while environmentalists say mountaintop mining destroys forests, pollutes streams and floods communities, industry experts say the decade-old practice provides much-needed jobs and the steady supply of coal that America relies on for more than half of its electricity needs.
"Coal keeps the lights on," West Virginia Coal Association vice-president Chris Hamilton said simply, adding that mountaintop mining is not only safer than underground mining, but produces coal that is lower in sulfur -- and hence more climate-friendly -- than the coal removed from deeper in the earth.
West Virginia's 271 surface coal mines employ some 7,000 workers, while another 13,500 work in the state's 330 underground mines, all earning a salary more than double the state average, according to the association.
Hamilton said the flattening of West Virginia's mountains also gives the area a head-start on non-mining development long hampered by the state's hilly terrain, providing flat land for airports, prisons and golf courses. Environmentalists say that argument is ridiculous, given the remote location of most of the mountaintop mines.
The devastation of mountaintop mining, which began in earnest in the 1990s, is impossible to miss from the air.
Local pilot Tom White has seen the transformation of the mountains in the 12 years he's been flying overhead.
"It's changed dramatically," said White, a lawyer and author who flies for SouthWings, a nonprofit environmental aviation group trying to educate the public about the devastation that is often hard to fathom from the ground.
From above, the mountaintop mines loom up one after another like massive brown islands in a forested green sea as White flies south of Charleston into coal country. Miles of strip mines have flattened mountaintops, and patches of reclaimed land appears as treeless green tundra beside the thick hardwood forests.
"You look at this stuff and you think, at least I do, that this just can't be right," White said.
Will Fisher, environmental coordinator for Nicholas Energy, a unit of Massey Energy Co, said mountaintop mines are being reclaimed even as the mining continues. But while grasses grow quickly, trees take many more years -- leaving mining companies open to criticism from people who want instant results.
"It's frustrating to come up against so much opposition," said Fisher, who is experimenting with new ways of packing topsoil to make trees grow more quickly on mined lands.
"People see the ongoing process and assume that's what it looks like 20 years down the road. They want to see immediate results and that's just not the way nature works."
Fisher said mining companies now have a 70 percent survival rate for trees they plant, a big improvement from just a decade ago. But he said it still takes 15 to 50 years to grow trees to a point where they can be harvested for forestry -- and up to 100 years to return the lands to their original state.
"It's a slow process, but it is implemented," he said. "It's just that people who want to see forest now aren't going to be around to see it when there is a forest again."
Retired miner Chuck Nelson, 57, is skeptical. He leads visitors to the edge of the massive mountaintop removal operation where Catenary Coal Co has carved off the top of Kayford Mountain in search of new coal deposits.
"They're destroying everything that lies in their path," he said, pointing to the rubble that Catenary has pushed off the mountain into adjacent valleys.
But Nelson, who started underground when he was 19 and whose father and brother also made a living off of coal, is quick to acknowledge the emotions that divide communities when the subject of mountaintop mining comes up.
"Once you're in the mines it's hard to walk away because there's not a lot else," he said. "It's only after getting out that you see how devastating coal mining really is."


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MOST Incredible Concert Experience EverI have followed the music of U2 my whole life. 1980's - Mid-teens through now my 40's - 2000's. I have never been able to get to a concert until the one in Raleigh, NC; NC has been my home for over 20 years. I spent over 23 years in the military and just didn't have the money or the timing never worked out life, deployments...etc. So My wife (also a former US military vet) and I and two close friends attended for me (and my wife) what was the Concert of a lifetime. To be there with my wife, share the music, the life energy that flowed with the music and the fans was overwhelming; try to describe the experieince in words, all the feelings and emotions too much, you just have to go where the moment took you.... My most memorable parts of the concert were the break out of "Stand-by-me" and "Amazing Grace". The music of U2 has spoken not just to life, but to my soul. As a fellow Christian and someone that has struggled through life and my faith at many times, the music that U2 has created has meant so much to me through the years - THANK YOU to the band for sticking togehter and being a part of something greater than just playing and making music. The title for Raleigh was spot-on MAGNIFICENT. I don't really care about the traffic and parking...that's par-for-the-course of any major event...deal-with-it and get-over-it...people. You got to SEE and experience U2 live, playing their hearts out. Love the fact that Bono brought the young man up on stage and gave him his glasses... and allowing the man to sing his heart out that's greatness, thankfulness and being humble. U2 - Terrific, Incredible, Heartfelt. I really hope I get to go see U2 again in my lifetime, if I don't, these memories of Raleigh and the Magnificent night will not Fade. AND, a great shout out to MUSE they rocked!! and are the up coming Headliner Band. My wife and I discoverd them from the Twilight Movie soundtrack, great Pick for the opening act as they are a headliner themsleves; people didn't know or fully appreciate what wonderful band they were getting to experieince. U2 FAN4LIFE Most Sincerely, S. Hopkins
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03 November, 2009
best concert everalthough i went to 7 concerts in the states from aussie land, this was by far the best concert i've ever seen and heard in my life so far....thanks lads for giving us a great life........been a fan since i was 16 back in 1983 and U2 will be in my life forever
22 October, 2009
Great show by the band ... poor show byI went to Raleigh after having gone to the Charlottesville show on Thursday. In fact, I bought my ticket for behind the stage at 1PM on Saturday afternoon so it was really spur of the moment kind of thing. I didn't experience the headache of traffic that some did as I know the area fairly well and was mentally prepared for it to be an absolute nightmare. But I will say, Raleigh was horrendous in comparison to Charlottesville parking wise. Charlottesville had their act together; Raleigh was awful. But beyond that, I thought the band was better in Raleigh than they were in Charlottesville. I felt like they really just hit it hard from start to finish and they connected with the audience more so than they did in Charlottesville. So glad I went! Adding "Stand By Me" was phenomenal as I was one of the few people in Carter-Finley who had a full view of the moon over the claw for almost the entire show (I was behind the stage). The band sounded phenomenal and getting a shout out for the @U2 conference was pretty awesome!
17 October, 2009
U2 and Muse ForeverSon, Wife and I traveled from California to see this combination of bands, and we were not disappointed. We arrived at the stadium during daylight, had no problems by cab and no problems getting back to our hotel in downtown Raleigh. It was the perfect day and evening with Muse, U2 and the full moon. My son enjoys the music from Muse and we enjoy U2. This will be unforgettable.
10 October, 2009
setlistIm disappointed that the set list did not include unknown caller, by far one of the best songs on their new album. as far as the traffic issue goes. I live an hour and a half from raleigh and i allowed myself ample amount of time to get to the concert. I think the main issue was people who lived close by decided they would just show up and walk right in...didnt happen. a concert of this magnitude required better planning by not only concert goers but the parking staff as well.
09 October, 2009
Magnificent!My third time seeing U2 over the years, and it just keeps getting better and better! The stage, the show, the emotions ... always leave me feeling like I've had a divine experience. PLEASE come back to Pittsburgh on your next tour! Heinz Field isn't just for the Steelers! If you do return, I have a special song request of Pride/ITNOL with some word changes for an event that took place here in the past year.
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08 October, 2009
great show, great place!There are a lot of comments on this site about troubles with parking and traffic (I personally didn't see it as we got there early, parked easily, and only sat in traffic for about 20 minutes when leaving). But I'd really like to encourage u2 to continue to play in smaller-scale stadiums like Raleigh and like Charlottesville. These are great venues, allowing enough space for all u2's effects and sound, but still providing EXCELLENT visibility for the fans. Especially at Raleigh. Perhaps the solution is to encourage the locals to provide some form of public transport? I certainly would have made use of a bus service had it existed. Excellent show!!! absolutely loved it, and hope to see them at Carter Finley again!
07 October, 2009
Fantastic showThis was my 12th U2 show over 6 tours. I have to say each tour is unique and has its own signature (Joshua Tree, Zoo Tv, Popmart, Elevation, Vertigo and 360). As for 360 the fans are incredible when you stand in the GA line. I was able to exchange stories with other fans. After the show all fans were saying. WOW. These guys just bring it on. It was a great warm up for U2010.
07 October, 2009
UnforgettableUnbelieveable show. This was only my second opportunity to see U2 though I've been a fan since the early 80's. "Unforgettable Fire" and "New Years Day" are two of my all-time favorites, so I was particularly excited to hear those. "Ultraviolet" with the laser jacket and drop mike were very cool, and it brought back memories of the only other show I got to see - the Zoo TV tour back in '92. I loved the moment when Bono handed his mike to the random guy in the audience to let him sing a few bars of "People Get Ready" - an unexpected, stand-out moment that made the show unique. These guys clearly appreciate their fans and the fact that they spend a lot of money and sometimes travel a long way to see their shows, so they put everything they have into them to make them memorable. Absolutely brilliant.
07 October, 2009
First Timer....My first U2 concert and I cannot describe how much I enjoyed the show. I tear up every time I tell someone about it! Every moment, every song was incredible and Bono's infections enthusiasm will stay with me forever! The weather, the sexy band members, the full moon, the song choices - PERFECTION!! I will do everything I can to attend another show. A truly moving experience! To those who complained about traffic -plan ahead next time and instead of jumping into your car and immediately trying to nudge your way in - take some time, talk to your friends and discuss how awesome the show was. I went from the parking lot to 440 in less than ten minutes! Learn to take your time and enjoy the moment!! U2 please do not let the traffic complainers deter you from playing this venue again!! Love you! One question, why no videos from our show?
06 October, 2009
a great anniversaryOn Oct 3 1987, I saw U2 for the first time at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto (Joshua Tree Tour). What better way to mark that anniversary than with another U2 show at Carter Finley stadium (my sixth U2 concert to be precise!) One thing hasn't changed in the last 22 years is the energy, enthusiasm and passion that U2 brings to every show. I've seen some comments that the crowd was too subdued - I guess we lucked out because everyone around us screamed, sang, jumped, and danced for the entire show. Oct 3 09 also marked another milestone - my husband and I met eight years ago during the Elevation tour, but I was unable to take him. I promised him that I would take him the concert. Eight years later, I was finally able to make good on my promise and take him to his first U2 concert, which he ranked as the best-sounding live show he has ever seen. He had such a great time that we are getting tickets for the Frankfurt show in 2010! Overall, it was a "Magnificent" night! One final comment for those who have been whining incessantly about the parking and traffic in Raleigh Our friends and we hired a driver well in advance and split the cost (which worked out to be approx the same cost as parking if we'd driven separately), had the driver drop us off just outside of the venue, WELL AHEAD OF TIME, arranged an off-site meeting place and had no problems with traffic at all. Knowing that there's no public transportation and a shortage of taxis to the biggest show in recent Raleigh history - you should have simply PLANNED AHEAD.
06 October, 2009
Thanks for the show U2!As much as I've listened to them through the years, this is the only time I've seen them in concert. It was better than I'd hoped for. There were really great fans I was with at the General admission gate for the field access, and they gave me some inside tips. Muse was an excellent opening act. But when Larry comes out, walks out and sits down at the drums and starts whaling, and joined by The Edge, Adam, and Bono....WOW!! In my 48 years I've never seen a group that could be together as long as they have, with all the tours they've done, and yet play with such joy, passion, and enthusiasm. I felt like they were just playing for me, with every song I wanted them to play. I really do appreciate them and all the folks who helped them put on such a great show.
06 October, 2009
UnbelievableI've seen the band several times now, with the first being in Atlanta in 1986 for Amnesty International... completely changed my life as a 16-year-old... I was so happy that for the first time I'd see them in my "home" town of Raleigh. I'm sorry the traffic sucked, but I'm also glad I got there 3 hours ahead of time. It was truly an amazing, wonderful show. Saw them with good friends who were first-timers--what a great experience for them! LOVED seeing the Unforgettable Fire, In A Little While, and the Crazy re-mix. The full moon was an added bonus, wasn't it? Every show over the past 23 years has just gotten better and better. Trying to go to Seville in 2010!
06 October, 2009
Red Zone/ConferenceBoth show AND conference were great!!! (Avoided the traffic mess by staying where I could walk to venue.) Had Red Zone for the first time and had a great spot on the rail. This was my 10th show (I know -not so many by some standards, but I started late) and it ranks #2 (Hawaii-Vertigo is #1.) The conference was amazing. A chance to meet great people (including U2 Mount Temple classmate and respected music critic, Neil McCormick) and, for two days, be with people who didn't yawn or laugh while you went on (and on and on) about U2, not to mention some amazing insights in theology, literature, sociology, ect. Hope they do it again.
06 October, 2009
Amazing concertMy sister and I flew to Raleigh to see U2 since they didn't come to Pittsburgh this time around. The parking was crazy, but we only missed Muse's first song. The concert was awesome and I really liked the mix of songs. The 360 screen was also really amazing and made us feel like we were up close. Can't wait to see them in concert again!
06 October, 2009
BEST ever. Period.This was my 7th U2 show, 2nd on this tour......I have been a fan for over 20 years but only recently in my "older" years had the ability to go to shows.......by far this is the BEST U2 show and BEST concert I have been to. I saw then in DC and it was great but not as magical as Raleigh. I feel bad so many had issues with traffic and parking but you cannot blame the tour for that, they rely on the venue and local authorities to handle that and they apparently did not plan well...... That being said.....I had the privilege of being front rail center right in front of Bono...this in itself made the show amazing but even if that was out of the equation this was the best, hands down. The crowd was just electric and you could tell the band was feeding off of it. When the crowd started singing ISHFWILF...the energy was amazing. And a special thank you to Bono for actually seeing my "Bono Smile 4 Me" sign and actually smiling and then coming over to sing a bit of a song right in front of me.......a dream come true for this girl. Thank you Bono for being the person you are and for inspiring so many people to do so many good things in the world. I cannot wait to see the guys again in 2010
06 October, 2009
THE VERY BESTMy sisters and I drove from Savannah,Georgia to see this show. It was a 5 hr drive for us, but I would drive 10 if I had to. We tried to get good seats at the GA Dome, but they were all sold out.It was well worth the drive and the traffic was crazy. I am 49 and I have loved this band 4-ever seems like it anyway. They are the BEST and will always be in my book. My dream would be to meet them one time, along with a million other fans. I thought is was very nice for Bono to let the little boy Ryan walk around the stage with him. I just wish it could have been me. A lot of bands would not have give Ryan the time of the day. I love U2, there music and the messages that he gives to his fan. Your faithful fan 4-ever
05 October, 2009
Never Seen A Moon Like This!!!What can I say? Gorgeous autumn evening beneath a full moon sky and the world's best band live and in person to entertain us...life rarely gets much better than this. From the time U2 took the stage we were on our feet -- dancing, singing, shouting! I'm a huge fan & have been for many, many years, but this was my first opportunity to see a live show. Those few hours were WELL worth every penny of money and every moment spent in traffic. Loved the "People Get Ready" moment...C, A minor, F...and the young boy (Brian) that Bono pulled up on stage. He'll never forget the evening, and neither will I!!! I was thrilled to hear new AND old favorites, and the verse of Amazing Grace during the encore drove home one of the many reasons I love this band so much. U2's music awakens the mind, body & soul.
05 October, 2009
Jaw DroppingIncredible show. This is the first time I've ever seen them. I own every dvd and thought that I might not come away impressed. I thought I might just see more of the same. Boy was I wrong!! The setlist was great. I loved it. I also wish everyone would quit complaining about the traffic. It's U2. Most of the people who complained are most likely Charlotte snobs. I would sit in 3 hours of traffic and walk 10 miles if I had to - to see that concert again.
Mike McFadden
05 October, 2009
How will they top this?That was easily the best U2 show I have seen!!!! From Breathe to Moment of Surrender it was far beyond what we dreamed of. When I saw Zoo TV in 1992 I was sure I would never see anything better than that. I was wrong! I left there saying that there is NO way they can top this! What a great way to celebrate mine and my friend Gil's 40th birthday!!! Full moon, clear skies and 75 degrees in October in the Great North State with the boys from the north side of Dublin. Truly a Beautiful Day!
05 October, 2009
First Time... And it was Magificent!Wow, I'm only fourteen years old and I got into U2 at about eleven but even in that short period of time i have turned into a U2 fanatic. This was my first concert and I went with my best buds. This concert experince exceeded my expectations times 100. It was awesome. I saw U2 at Carter Finley Stadium in Raleigh, and I loved it. The light show was beyond anything I'd ever seen. We had no trouble getting in and the parking-even though it was quite a walk- couldn't be any smoother. We practically walked the entire place trying to find our car after the concert, so it was truly a 360 tour, but that added to the fun and hype of the night. Muse was great too. Comming from a younger fan: You guys were amazing, brillant, Magnificent
05 October, 2009
Mind BlowingI have been a U2 fan for 25 years so Saturday's concert was much anticipated. The band's impact on my life at age 17 in 1993 when my mom died of cancer can not be stressed enough. Their lyrics resonated with me and still speak to my soul. The show was incredible and the joy it brought t o me ranks in the top 4 next to the birth of my three children. I am so thankful that I was able to experience U2 live - it was a show of a lifetime for me and it blew my mind to comprehend that it was real. Thank you U2 <3
05 October, 2009
TNBUCOThis was my fifth show and it was easily the best. My wife and I drove 6 hours to see U2 and didn't once question wether or not it was worth it. I only wish that I could go to Atlanta tomorrow but it is my daughter's 11th b-day and I don't want to be away from her. Super night by U2


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Upon hearing that World Club Cricket will be no longer running after the closure of the current season, I felt a huge hole in my cricketweb forum experience would form if there wasn't any WCC or at least something very similar.
I've decided to run a very simple league called 'Australian Cricket League'. I'll explain some basic details of how it will run here and if there is enough interest I'll continue, and if not - no harm done.
A lot of the time consuming things on WCC were the stats updates at the end of every season and forming the new squads after trading and drafts and the like. A lot of that will be taken away to ensure that interest is not lost and as little time possible is taken up with actually running the league.
The league will use real players and their real life statistics. I've compiled a database of all current Austrlian players (and their stats) and it will be easy for me to transfer the data to vc4 to make the squads.
This is how the league will be structured.
For the first season there will be six franchises:
Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide and Perth. Each team will play each other home and away in three competitions - First Class, One Day & Twenty20.
I have compiled stats for players for all three competitions, players will have separate OD and 20/20 stats.
I'm starting off with only 6 franchises to make sure this thing gets up and running, if there is enough interest, perhaps more franchises could be entered into the competition the following season.
Squads will be of 18 players, and will be completed after the inaugural draft. The draft will be run like this:
The 25 Contracted Australian players will be the first to be drafted for the first 4 rounds until 24 players are selected between the 6 teams. The remaining player will be released into the domestic pool where 11 rounds will take place.
A recently retired player draft will then be conducted for 2 rounds, and the last round of the draft will see the 6 franchises selecting from 9 international players who have expressed their interest in nominating for the Australian Cricket League.
These are just basic details to start with and should give you a good idea on how things will work.
I don't want to take away from the remaining weeks of WCC, but also want to strike while there is still a simulation league running so people don't lose interest.
I will be one of the managers so I will be looking for 5 more managers.
If you are interested, please post your interest in here.


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Westminster Baseball Places Second in SLIAC
HIGHLAND, IL - The Westminster Baseball team clinched the number two seed in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC). The Blue Jays will now head to the SLIAC Tournament on May 9-11. The Tournament is being held at Glik Park in Highland, Illinois.
This will be Westminster's 13th SLIAC Tournament appearance. The Blue Jays have won three tournaments and are currently 21-16 in tournament play.
The Blue Jays will begin play on Thursday, May 9, as they take on the number three seed, Spalding University at 5:00 p.m.
Westminster vs. Fontbonne: Westminster leads the all-time series with Fontbonne 29-23. The Blue Jays went 2-1 with Fontbonne earlier this season, winning the doubleheader games. Westminster is currently 2-1 with Fontbonne in tournament play.
Westminster vs. Spalding: Spalding leads the all-time series with Westminster 8-4. The Blue Jays went 1-2 with Spalding earlier this season. This is Spalding's first appearance at the SLIAC Tournament.
Westminster vs. Webster: Westminster and Webster are tied in the all-time series, 30-30. They are also tied 3-3 in tournament play. Webster is currently ranked 23rd in the nation and is 20-1 in conference play.


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Malin Akerman gets the minimal makeup look just right while promoting her new movie!
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Chevron Ceramic Mug
via TargetHow I Would DIY:
Buy a ceramic mug and go to town with a fun design using ceramic pens
Mismatched Dining Chairs
via Decor DemonHow I Would DIY:
Yard sales always have lone chairs waiting to be snatched up. Grab enough to surround your table, paint them all the same base color and use the same fabric for coordinating cushions.
Silhouette Charm Necklace
Lucky for us, Dwellings by DeVore already posted a tutorial for this one! Yay!
I love her version of the necklace, but I think I would prefer for it to have different sized charms to give it more depth.


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25 February, 2011
Ready for Liftoff 5..4..3..2..1.LaunchThis show was incredible and from start to finish it was full of a youthful energy and spirit. Out of Control/Into the heart was played and just so crisp and tightly performed. A encore of Vertigo that Bono intriduced as "This one's for us" and Edge just ripped the dome off the roof while larry and Adam filled out some awesome backbeats and I still cannot get enough of City of Blinding ligts and how it brings you to another dimension. After decades Streets has that same spine tingiling feel it gave me back in 1987 graduating from high school. Keep playing it boys , Its a highlight not to be missed and such a meaningful song. Thanks for sticking around, making amazing music and deeply caring and being passionate about music and your fans worldwide.


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Wow. So incredibly thrilled to be joining this talented group of designers to showcase the AMAZING new Simon Says Stamp release, Cold Hands, Warm Heart. These products are all seriously adorable, so be sure to check out all the products in this release as soon as you are done with this inspiring hop!
I have 4 cards for you today. I couldn't stop playing! I hope you enjoy.
Gold with a bright accent color is totally my thing. I decided to hand cut some of the tiny gold trees as part of the shaker card filler to tie it all in. This new tree background is nothing short of amazing and would be equally cool watercolored, too!
Next up, I have a super fun and bright card using the Four Trees Stencils. These are so cute and fun to play with.
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For a chance to win an amazing Simon Says Stamp Goodie Bag full of fun Simon treats, be sure to leave comments at each stop on the hop. The giveaways for the prize pack will close at 1:00pm EST on Friday, October 10, 2014.
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