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Me giving financial planning is like Typhoid Mary selling pies on a street corner.
What ever happened to accepting NO for an answer?
I don't think you need to be pulled off a cliff. A sister giving your phone number to an MLM firm unprompted should be informed that you do not appreciate the gesture. I guess there is no need to go ballistic, but you should definitely let her know not to do that.
Well. This is just LOVELY. I just got off the phone with some woman from said MLM who called me, attempting to pressure me into buying this stuff and then signing up to be my sister's downline. I guess this woman is my sister's mentor or boss in this thing. From what I read online about this company, they "force" new recruits to give them a list of everyone they know and their contact information or they have to pay extra fees or something like that.Just for the record, I DID NOT give sis permission to give out my phone number to anyone, EVER. It looks like I'm going to have to expedite speaking to her about this. First, I need to calm down because now I'm angry. (I have issues about privacy. Years ago, a relative by marriage stole my identity online and arranged for someone to break into my house to attack me...hence that's why DH and I moved clear across the country and now I'm REAL choosy about who gets my contact info. Sis is well aware of this, hence my consternation).Anyone care to pull me off the cliff before I go ballistic over the phone?!
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On Tuesday August 20, 2013 Officers with the Waterloo Police Department's Violent Crime Apprehension Team were conducting a weapons investigation in the 800 block of Logan Ave. At approximately 1900hrs, VCAT Officers made contact with a group of subjects in that area. Officers approached twenty-two year old Shevin Darnell Caston of Waterloo. Officers observed a large bulge in Caston's shorts pocket. A search of Caston resulted in officers finding a loaded 9mm semi-auto handgun. Caston was taken to the Black Hawk County Jail for possession of a firearm as a felon and carrying weapons. He is being held on $7,000 bond.
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Celtic Thunder Returns to Duluth this Fall
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Celtic Thunder's latest musical special encores on WDSE WRPT this August, just months before the group's return to Duluth this October.
Celtic Thunder's latest special, Voyage, continues to pay homage to the musical culture of Ireland, from old and traditional standards such as Lagan Love to more contemporary Irish songs, Past the Point of Rescue, and All Day Long, while exploring the musical journey each soloist has undertaken since the beginning of Celtic Thunder four years ago. Lively ensembles include Galway Girl and the Clancy Brother Medley. Voyage also offers soulful ballads and love songs such as Black is the Color and the Maid of Culmore.
Celtic Thunder: Voyage
- 8.11 at 4pm on 2nd Chance
- 8.12 at 8:30pm on PBS North
- 8.13 at 7pm on 2nd Chance
- 8.19 at 2:30pm on 2nd Chance & 5pm on PBS North
Celtic Thunder returns to Duluth's Symphony Hall this fall with Voyage. Get ready for all the fun, excitement and entertainment during Celtic Thunder's 2012 North American Tour. Be sure to clear your schedule for October 23, 2012; secure your tickets with WDSE•WRPT. Pledge your support for public TV and get your seat today by calling 877-307-8762!
You can also get program DVDs and CDs by pledging online.
The musical phenomenon, Celtic Thunder have just been hailed as Billboard's Top World Music Artist, along with Top World Music Imprint and Top World Album of 2011. Former members Damian McGinty and Paul Byrom have moved on - McGinty's star continues to rise after securing a reoccurring role on FOX's hit show GLEE (a result of winning last year's "The GLEE Project"), while Paul Byrom launches his own solo career as well. Keith Harkin is also working on a solo project while maintaining his integral role in Celtic Thunder. He is the first artist signed to the newly helmed David Foster Verve Music Group, and is readying his forthcoming solo debut wildly anticipated by "Thunder Heads" everywhere. The rest of the ensemble including Keith Harkin, Ryan Kelly, Neil Byrne, George Donaldson and Emmet Cahill welcome 13-year-old Daniel Furlong to the fold as a guest artist on this recording.


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Pink&Black wrote:Thanks Johnny, put it on my wish-list
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drjohncarpenter wrote:People have not praised this release because the standard of performance is low. But it chronicles what the show was like at this time, which is the point and purpose of FTD releasing it. "Danny Boy" is a very good one-off, and certainly miles better than what was requested. Thanks for doing the review.
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In honor of St. Patrick's Day, here is Elvis' stunningly moving performance of "Danny Boy" from that concert.
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Fifth-graders at the Fairview Elementary School scratch each other's hands while playing a painful game that has to stop, their principal and guidance counselor say in a letter to parents.
Principal Margaret Foster and guidance counselor Laura Berti cosigned Tuesday's letter that said fifth-graders knew of or played the ABC scratching game.
In the game, one child tries to name words starting with each letter of the alphabet while his opponent scratches his hand.
The scratching can continue until the hand bleeds.
"Any game whose sole purpose is to hurt another person is unacceptable and must be addressed immediately," the letter said.
Foster didn't return calls Thursday, but the letter said students were told during a meeting that the game has to stop.
Officials cited the risk of infection as a concern about the game.
"Germs under the nails of the next guy - that's where you get significant infection," said Dr. Robert Childs, a Hazleton pediatrician.
Childs said impetigo, a combination of streptococcus and staphylococcus bacteria, is one condition that players could develop. More serious conditions can also result.
An article on the American Camp Association website warning about games that children play said one girl developed flesh-eating bacteria from the game in 2007.
"I would hope there would be enough common sense for kids not to be doing that to each other," Childs said.
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Now, I've been a young adult to motherhood to a single mom, worked, and raised four children all by myself. I had the help of my mom, but mostly my children, and especially my oldest daughter. We worked together, and now they're grown, married, and have given me nine beautiful grandchildren and I have remarried my soul-mate since then, and am very happy with my entire family.
Okay, I'm a blogger now and above is a very short synopsis of my experience with family. I go to fill out a form, and the first thing are you married - yes. Do you have children? Yes. How many children under the age of 18 live at home? 0. Thank you and have a nice day! How ridiculous and actually unfair is that? All you ladies out there over 40 and have children that are grown and out on their own possibly or even still at home did you forget how to put a diaper on a baby or how to wash their clothes or take care of them when their sick? Did you forget what they like to play with or watch on TV or what they should, and should not have or do or maybe forget how to clean house when children are around or fix things or maybe being past 40 we're too OLD to know these things. Isn't this discrimination?
Okay, I've said my piece. I feel better now. Thanks for listening/reading.
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- Natalie said...
I am a young. I do not do any reviews myself but this sounds totally wrong. Next time, you make sure to answer the question about children in your home under 18 equal to the grandchildren you have!
- February 16, 2012 at 6:55 PM
- Jackie said...
I agree. Maybe the question after "# of children under 18 at home" should be "# of grandchildren"
- February 16, 2012 at 7:22 PM
- Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell said...
I think about that kind of thing because my kids are over 18, but my readership is largely comprised of those who have younger children, so I don't seem to have that issue.
I'm sorry that you are. :(
- February 16, 2012 at 8:14 PM
- kailani said...
They shouldn't make the questions so black and white. They should give you a chance to explain why you'd make a great blogger to review their product.
- February 16, 2012 at 10:26 PM
- Dominique@Dominique's Desk said...
I hear you..they should not discriminate you due to age or status. I too when I say I'm in Singapore they don't get back to me as many giveaways/reviews are not for international bloggers- real bummer!!.
- February 16, 2012 at 11:16 PM
- Kayla @ TheEclecticElement said...
I can see both sides of the argument because companies don't want to send out products to people who don't "qualify," but at the same time, I think they're thinking of people like me who have no experience OR kids.
You on the other hand, you HAVE the experience, and technically, you DO have the kids-they're just grandkids.
I think you are justified in this argument Mrs. Dolly!
- February 17, 2012 at 1:41 AM
- Kari said...
I can see where you're coming from. My four kids are teens/tweens but I'm constantly pitched for baby/toddler products. I feel like so many blogging opportunities are centered around young moms with young kids and babies. I think some of the PR reps don't look beyond that.
- February 17, 2012 at 4:42 AM
- Tracy Wilson said...
Hi Marie- It's Tracy..(started a new blog and didnt want you to think i was stalking, lol)
I believe this is ageism. We studied it in sociology...not a good thing. Join the growing ranks. It's ridiculous. Over 40 is the BEST time...older and wiser:)
Don't let them get you down.
- February 17, 2012 at 5:27 AM
- Stacy Uncorked said...
I think there really should be a consideration for 'experience' and for grandchildren too - especially since grandparents tend to buy more/spend more money spoiling their grandkids. ;)
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- February 17, 2012 at 5:33 AM
- CMash said...
I definitely agree.
- February 17, 2012 at 7:29 AM
- JamericanSpice said...
I can see where you are coming from Doll. I honestly think they should include grand children.
And I also agree that they should give fresh bloggers a chance, not just stick to one set with the same views. Mix it up!
Happy weekend!
- February 17, 2012 at 7:56 AM
- Introducing Mr. Cool said...
I totally see your point, and you would think companies would want both sides of the fence. Just starting out and the ones with experience.
- February 17, 2012 at 12:21 PM
- ~ Noelle said...
i agree completely... and yes, i say you should tell them about the grandkids...
hope you are well
- February 19, 2012 at 9:25 PM
- Lorie Shewbridge said...
I 100% wholeheartedly agree!
I'm in the same boat as you. I haven't forgotten everything I've known about raising kids just because my boys are 21 & 24. I've got grandkids that I learn all kinds of info for and buy TONS of gifts for.
Power to the Grandparents!! =)
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Somebody please help me!
I am trying to create a dynamic website. Everything has been working just perfect, but I just realized that some of the files.swf are not showing in IE. This is an example of one of the pages: http://costaricadw.com/hotels.php?id=3 If you look in chrome or firefox, it will display the mini gallery (swf file), but it will not in IE (keeps thinking but does nothing). The file is programed to work in a way that the swf script pulls the path to the file from a database.
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Wow. I just saw what Dustin Mustangs posted on MTBR regarding his home-brew carbon fenders for his sweet 2012 Salsa Mukluk. They look amazing. (And they fit a medium Salsa Mukluk 2….hmmmmm….).
Great attention to detail–and amazing carbon fabrication work. They look incredible. Great job Dustin!
I'd be a little concerned about the length of the rubber mud flaps, and the strength of the carbon bits themselves (not that carbon isn't strong…but those will not last against real mud…heck, real mud would tear the braze-ons right off the Muk, or break the allen screws)…but these look pretty trick nonetheless. Perhaps perfect for fatbike commuting.


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An international resort developer who plans to build a resort featuring a casino on Matsu said he looks forward to seeing Taiwan pass gaming laws soon to facilitate the launch of his project.
Weidner Resorts chairman and CEO William Weidner made the remarks while attending the opening of Solaire Resort and Casino in Manila Bay in the Philippines on Saturday as one of the US$1 billion casino resort's investors.
Weidner said he has a deep affinity with Matsu, which lies closer to China than to Taiwan proper.
In an interview, Weidner said he had visited all of the five islets that form the Matsu island chain to meet with their residents.
Weidner said he understands Matsu residents' urgent need for a well-devised airport, bridges connecting the islands and a university.
If his company wins the bid to build a casino resort in Matsu, Weidner said the firm would keep its promise to allocate US$2.5 billion to develop infrastructure in the area.
Weidner said he hopes that anti-gambling activists will not reject dialogue and will listen to the opinions of Matsu residents.
Weidner said that Taiwanese made 3.6 million visits to overseas casinos last year, of which 1.2 million trips were to Macau and 500,000 to South Korea.
If the Matsu casino resort project is realized, Weidner said it would create 70,000 jobs and make Matsu as prosperous as Macau.
He urged the government to send draft gaming bills to the Legislative Yuan to be reviewed and approved as soon as possible to pave the way for the project.
Earlier this year, Vice Premier Mao Chi-kuo (毛治國), who was then minister of transportation and communications, said the ministry had drafted a package of statutes to regulate casinos and govern their operations.
If enacted, the draft bills would pave the way for casinos to operate in tourist resorts under strict regulations that would require casinos to offer benefits to the community and not negatively affect public order or the environment, Mao said.
The package comprises two bills: one to regulate the management and operations of casinos and the other to lay the foundation for the establishment of an agency to regulate and administer casinos, the former minister said.
Once the two bills clear the legislature, an affiliated bill drafted by the Tourism Bureau on qualifications for setting up international casino resorts would then be referred to the Legislative Yuan for approval, Mao said.


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Sunday, May 18, 2008
OMG...the weirdest dream EVER.
I was going to a new doctor for some reason. A physical, maybe? I mentioned the weird back/hip pain that I've been having for like the past four years or so.
The doctor looked at my right knee and found...screws behind my right knee. (why did I never see these before!?) He unscrewed the two screws behind my each side of right knee (and two more he found by my right ankle) and took off the outside of my right leg. There was room for storage in there. What was there? Well, electronics. Obviously, I'm bionic. LOL. But on top of the bionic stuff was....a tray of Mrs. Fields cookies. WTF?
Of course, they were stale, but the doctor ate one anyway.
Like I said, this was one weird dream.
Then, of course, he found the same screws on my left leg, and removed a similar panel from this side, revealing a similar storage area. What was there? Well, to start with, a "Who Sunk My Battleship?" game, already in progress, with all the accompanying pieces, and about a dozen small ball-peen hammers (???).
I can't remember all the stuff that was stored in my legs, but I remember thinking, "This stuff is all from the late 80's. I can't remember putting it there, but I must have. I've been walking around with all this baggage from way back THEN???!!!"
I remember thinking, "Wow! I've been walking around with all this BAGGAGE all this time. It will be so nice to get rid of all this stuff and be lighter". Significance? I dunno. Am I ditching some emotional baggage now that I've been carrying for some time? Dream interpreters, please let me know!
On a related note: I realized when I woke up from this bizarro dream that the right side of my head was facing upwards. (I was laying with my left side on the pillow) Usually, when I dream really creative/bizarre dreams, the right side of my head is upwards, like this. When I have more practical, day-to-day dreams, the left side of my head (brain?) is facing upwards.
Does anyone ever have this same thing occur? Pay attention next time you have a weird (or not weird) dream and let me know. Maybe I'm just imagining this...
p.s. I should mention that right before I went to bed, I watched "Battlestar Galactica", you know...the show where Cylons (robots) look just like humans? And also that I'm reading Stephanie Meyer's newest book "The Host", which is about alien life-forms inhabiting human bodies, while the souls within them are still present. Might explain some of the weirdness.
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Like the LOLcatz daily digest emails, this was a great laugh in the morning. thank you. keep them coming. I never noticed which direction my head is when waking up from dreams, I just dont have many dreams so I never get into the habit of noticing.....I built a go-cart with my old landlord once. That dream was nearly 10 years ago, and I remember it. But then cant remember close friend's birthdays.....or the mothers' day holiday until its upon me.
Baggage. Hmm. You seem, of all people, the least likely to have baggage.
- Sully Sullivan said...
Some things your dream could mean...
-You excel at doing the robot and didn't even know it
-You have secret aspirations of helping your challenged friend on his shrimping boat
-You shouldn't watch Battlestar Gallactica before bed....or EVER for that matter
-your doctor has been screwing around (how cheesy was that?)
-You have a distorted self perception of yourself in which your thighs and calves are enormously big and spacious
In case you haven't figured it out, I know as much about dream interpretation as I do about the inside of a deer's asshole: virtually none.
Check out my blog if you need a laugh. URL: http://yeahtotallyright.blogspot.com
lol-omg-im dying laughing....like outloud.....i have insomnia and cant wake the hubby but i cant stop reading....WOW..


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WKU's Department of Political Science, University College, the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, the International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS), and English as a Second Language International (ESLI) sponsored a cultural excursion to Alabama over fall break to give students a deeper understanding of the American civil rights movement.
The International Reach model of the University Experience consists of both domestic and international students and is designed to add a cultural component by having the students engage in activities together and reflect upon each other's cultures in class.
Dr. Saundra Ardrey, head of the Department of Political Science, organized and led this excursion. "Dr. Ardrey deliberately assigned students from different backgrounds to room together and partner on the trip. Bringing these students together promotes cross-cultural growth and understanding while building friendships. When you see students from China, America and Saudi Arabia talking about civil rights and teaching their culture's songs to each other on the bus, you are witnessing meaningful international reach," said Beth Murphy, a University Experience International Reach instructor and Assistant Director of ISSS.
The group of 45 WKU students began its excursion in Birmingham at the Civil Rights Institute. "The museum was interactive with many displays," said WKU sophomore Kimberly Adkins of Lawrenceburg. "One display that stands out in my mind is of the segregated classrooms in the '50s. In the whites-only classroom, there was a picture of George Washington and in the blacks-only classroom the pictures were of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. The displays of the KKK made my skin crawl."
Kelly Ingram Park made an impression on WKU freshman Zainab Nasif of Qatif, Saudi Arabia. "I liked this park very much. The professors divided us into groups and as we walked around and read the signs we had open discussions about the individuals and how they contributed to the civil rights movement," Nasif said.
From the park, the group walked to the 16th Street Baptist Church, which served as an organizational headquarters for the civil rights movement in the 1960s. In September 1963, a hate group planted 19 sticks of dynamite outside the church and the blast killed four young girls. The tragic loss of these lives got the undivided attention of citizens outside of Birmingham and the South. Outrage at the bombing and the grief that followed helped ensure the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. "I was amazed to hear the church was sent more than $300,000 from people all over the world," said Adkins. "The blast blew out four stained-glass windows. A man from Wales donated a beautiful stained-glass window to the church, this just shows how far the news of this tragedy spread."
In Montgomery, the Rosa Parks Library and Museum was an important stop for Nasif. "The guide was really good and made everything easy and clear," she said. " He explained the significance of the location of the museum, it was on the street that Mrs. Parks' boarded the bus and refused to give up her seat. This helped me understand it much better than just listening to a lecture."
At the Civil Rights Memorial Center, the group congregated around the circular, granite fountain with the names of 40 people who died in the 1950s and 60s. Inside the Center, each person on the fountain is remembered with pictures and further descriptions of their contribution to the movement. Each student signed their name on the Wall of Tolerance which signifies that the signee takes a pledge to stand against hate and injustice everywhere. Their names now scroll continuously on the Wall with all the others who have already committed to doing the same.
Lastly, the group traveled to Selma to learn about the Selma To Montgomery Voting Rights Trail. They visited the Tent City between Montgomery and Selma where many protestors set up camp during the time of the marches. To re-enact the march the group walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. "It was incredible to walk over the bridge thinking that I am walking in the footsteps of activists that risked their lives for the right to vote," Adkins said.
In addition to learning about the history of America, a goal of the trip is to foster interaction and meaningful dialogue between students of different cultures and backgrounds. Nasif and Adkins agreed that the trip to Alabama helped them understand the civil rights movement at a deeper level than listening to lectures and reading books.
"It is a lot different than reading about it or watching documentaries," Adkins said. "When you are physically there, you can feel that the atmosphere is full of history."
Contact: Diana Howard, International Outreach Coordinator, (270) 745-4587.


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The evening the Duchess of Cambridge, Patron, 100 Women in Hedge Funds Philanthropic Initiatives, attended a reception and gala dinner to benefit Action on Addiction at the State Apartments in Kensington Palace.
A day after her son's christening, Duchess Kate returned to her charity work today, attending a reception and gala in aid of Action on Addiction in the Kensington Palace State Apartments. The Duchess of Cambridge is a patron of 100 Women in Hedge Funds Philanthropic Initiatives, which raises money for good causes. One of Kate's causes is fighting substance addiction. She appeared at a reception and dinner, and was to present an award, the 100 Women in Hedge Funds' 2013 European Industry Leadership Award. She was slim in a floor-length off-the-shoulder ink-blue silk tulle gown with a V-neckline and a black velvet belt by Jenny Packham, one of her favorite British designers.
The gala followed the christening of 3-month-old Prince George, baptized in the Chapel Royal of St. James's Palace in an intimate family ceremony that received worldwide coverage despite taking place away from the cameras. Sky News and the BBC royals correspondents reported that she commented on George's good behavior during the christening. "Kate on George at christening: He was such a good boy actually, we're very lucky - he's not always like that ... but â?¦ the people there, lots of action going on, it's slightly distracting," tweeted BBC's Peter Hunt. The pictures taken of the baby when the family arrived at the chapel showed him looking happy, or at least not crying, in father Prince William's arms. When they greeted Queen Elizabeth II, William jiggled the baby's arm a bit to make it seem as if he were waving at his great-grandmother.
This evening, at 10 p.m. London time, the palace released the historic picture, taken after the service Wednesday, of the queen with the three generations of her heirs, the first such picture since 1894. The Kensington Palace State Apartments are the formal Georgian-era state rooms in the palace where Kate and Prince William have recently moved into their newly renovated residence, the 21-room Apartment 1A. The state rooms, including the Presence Chamber, the King's Drawing Room and the Cupola Room, are run by the charity Historic Royal Palaces and are expected to be used for other charity receptions hosted by the royal couple in coming years.
Next month, they are expected to host a winter wonderland-themed party inspired by the ice palace in the film Dr. Zhivago, to raise money for Centrepoint, the charity for the homeless that William has taken on since the death of his mother, Princess Diana, who was its patron.
The Duchess of Cambridge, Patron, 100 Women in Hedge Funds Philanthropic Initiatives, attended a reception and gala dinner to beneift Action on Addiction at the State Apartments in Kensington Palace.


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Average Sale Prices Of Windows 8.1 Devices Is Going To Drop
The proliferation of Windows 8.1 devices set to hit the market this holiday season, including new 8-inch tablets and a 6-inch "phablet," comes with a bunch of new price points as well.
During the Q&A, Hood was asked about average sale prices for the new tablets and which way they'll be trending.
Hood, acknowledging that the question was "a bit awkward" to answer, said Microsoft expects ASPs to decline as a result of the cheaper Windows 8.1 tablets. However, Microsoft will gain Windows market share as a result of the expected increase in overall device sales.
Hood said Microsoft has factored this into its guidance for the holiday quarter, adding that it won't have a "material impact" on ASPs.


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Universe 217
October 2013
Released: 2013, CTS Records
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviewer: Metal-Rules.com UK Team
There are some albums you listen too where within the first few seconds of the opening track the impact hits you, makes you stop what you are doing and soak up every ounce of its sheer magnificence. Such is the case with Greek Doom Metallers Universe 217 and their latest output Never. Combining the best elements of Cathedral and Saint Vitus this is an essential purchase for any Doom Metal fan out there looking for something that is both dark and vibrant.
Going back to the opening of the record itself, what makes it an instant favourite for the albums I've reviewed this year, is Tanya's cathartic and shuddering vocal abilities. Right from the outset of 'Mouth' you are thrown into a style of music and singing that instantly compliment each other in a way that doesn't seem possible and yet it most definitely is. The soaring vocals and downbeat tempo of the guitars and weighty drums collide at full force with each other to create a colossal sounding powerhouse of an opener.
Next up, 'Enter' keeps the momentum going with bleak sounding guitar work and sludge driven drums. Vocally, everything remains on top form as they weave in gradually showcasing the band's ability to heighten tension and deliver a sense of anticipation. The opening verse comes in with a raw sounding kick that cutting through the instrumentation with a piercing clarity. The guitar distortion used here, also flexes some impressive skills from the guitarist.
'Stay' ups the ante with an opaque imagery and raw sounding lung bellowing vocals that so powerful you wonder if things could get any more intense than this. The drums speed up carrying pace forward as the riffs remain as angst ridden as ever.
Meanwhile, the dense sounding bass lines of 'Harm' fortify the mournful soundscapes that the band carve with an ever impressive vocal range that scaling and plunging the track into a wayward descent. Personal highlight, 'She' remains the longest in duration but also the most captivating track that the record has to offer. The vocals sound softer in tone with a sense of fragility from the lyrics themselves. As the drums wade in everything is cranked up with the vocals sounding bolder than ever, amidst the gritty riffs and consistent drumming. However, it is the final few minutes that will leave its mark upon your ears and get you hitting the replay button.
Closing off with, 'Never' the monstrous sounding guitar led intro comes swinging down at high velocity before the vocals and tribal sounding drums to build up to an all sounding crescendo that keeps you hooked though out.
Overall, this was astounding piece of music, intelligently crafted and vast in scope it is nothing short of overwhelming and climactic in the standard that it sets. The production was well refined and certainly complimented this talented quartet of musicians in their song writing abilities. There really wasn't anything to criticise whilst engaging with this record, so be prepared to put this forward as a serious contender for one of the best albums of 2013, I for one certainly have.
Review by Ben Spencer
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1. Mouth
Vocals: Τanya
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Road Crew win four dual meets
The Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus Road Crew wrestling team defeated Royalton 52-23 and Crosby-Ironton 69-3 in dual meets on Tuesday, Dec. 17, in Pine River.
The Road Crew then improved to 6-0 in dual meets after defeating Deer River 51-16 and Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 57-9 also in Pine River on Thursday, Dec. 19.
The Road Crew is scheduled to compete at Park Rapids on Friday, Jan. 3.
Against Royalton, Darion Anderson opened the match by taking a 7-2 lead going into the third period when he scored a pin. Anthony Philipson followed with a quick takedown and pin at 1:54, and Spencer Richards was taken down in the second period in a 5-2 loss.
After Brandon Mager won by forfeit at 126 pounds, Evan Gravdahl earned a pin at 3:31, and Triston Rubner showed why he is state rated with a quick takedown and pin for a 30-3 Road Crew win. The Road Crew's Devyn Richards was pinned at 145, but Nick Gravdahl had a close match before winning by fall. Joe Harrison lost 11-1 at 160, but Ozzy Miller had a quick takedown and pin at 1:44.
The Road Crew's Justin Mackenthun wrestled Mitch Lange, who is second at 182, and was pinned at 5:24. Chris Foster lost, but Cadel Roeder came back and got a pin at 220, and Jared Adkins dominated his match and won 14-2.
Against C-I, Anderson won by default, and Philipson had the match of the night against the Rangers' Caleb Krietter, who is currently rated fifth in Class A. The first period was tied, but Krietter grabbed an 11-6 lead going into the third period. Philipson rallied with a reversal and five near-fall points for the win.
Spencer Richards went into a quick takedown and a pin at 20 seconds. Mager won by default, and Gravdahl won a close match against senior Brett Nelson, who was ahead 4-0 going into the third period. Gravdahl trailed 4-3, but turned Nelson with six seconds left to win 5-4.
Rubner had a reversal in both the second and third periods to win 7-3. Devyn Richards trailed senior Joe Sura 6-2 going into the third period. With 20 seconds left, Sura earned two reversal points and won 8-5.
The Road Crew won the next two matches by forfeit, and Miller needed just 51 seconds to win by fall. Newmann, Foster, Roeder and Adkins all won with quick pins.
Road Crew wins twice on Dec. 19
The Road Crew defeated Deer River 51-16 and Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 57-9 in a makeup triangular on Thursday, Dec. 19, in Pine River.
Eighth-grader Peter Koering moved up to varsity and wrestled tough at 106 before losing 12-4. Philipson won by forfeit, and Richards was all business going right from a takedown to a cradle and three points. He eventually won by fall in 1:06.
Mager was ahead 7-1 after the first period before winning by fall in the second period. Sonenstahl earned a pin after a quick first-period takedown, and Haman also moved up from junior varsity, but lost in the first period. Devyn Richards earned a first-period pin.
Nichols led early before winning by fall in the second period. Jonah Lelwica got his first win on varsity at 160 with a pin at 1:00. Joe Harrison lost his match at 170. Roeder won by forfeit and Adkins won his match 4-1.
Road Crew 57, Walker-H-A 9
Anderson won with a pin in the first minute. Philipson won by forfeit and both teams double forfeited at 120. Mager dominated and won 12-6, and Sonenstahl pinned his opponent at the end of the first period. Triston Rubner won by fall with 34 seconds remaining in the first period, and the Road Crew won the next two matches for a 39-0 lead.
In a high-scoring contest Lelwica lost 13-11 at 160. Harrison won by default, and then Foster lost but Roeder won by default. Adkins ended the match with a third-period pin.
"We wrestled a few junior varsity wrestlers tonight, and two of them won and two others wrestled respectable matches," said Road Crew coach Travis Hoffarth. "We have to look at the future, so it was good to see the junior varsity wrestlers not backing down and going right at their opponents.


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DALLAS - Refunds totaling over $86 million may be waiting for an estimated 86,000 Texas taxpayers who did not file a federal income tax return for 2009, according to the Internal Revenue Service. However, to collect the money, a return for 2009 must be filed with the IRS no later than Monday, April 15, 2013.
The IRS estimates that half the potential refunds for 2009 are more than $500.
"Some people earn income and may have taxes withheld from their wages but are not required to file a tax return because they have too little income," said Clay Sanford, an IRS spokesman in Dallas. "An example might be a college student with a summer job."
Other workers may not have had any tax withheld but would be eligible for the refundable Earned Income Tax Credit, though they must file a return to claim it. In cases where a return was not filed, the law provides most taxpayers with a three-year window of opportunity for claiming a refund.
For 2009, the Earned Income Tax Credit is worth as much as $5,657. The EITC helps individuals and families whose incomes are below certain thresholds. The thresholds for 2009 were:
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Top 100 2014: Play the Central Penn Business Journey game
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You will need:
• One die (Or use www.random.org/dice)
• One copy of the Central Penn Business Journal's Top 100 Private Companies 2014 edition OR download this file to print your game pieces on your own letter-size paper. (You'll probably want to savor your Business Journal for several months yet.) If you can print on 11-by-17 paper, download this file.
• One pair of scissors
All cards, game pieces and the playing board are included in the print edition or in the PDF. If you're not printing the PDF, gently remove the board from pages 42-43. You'll find CPBJ Bucks, trivia cards and the player pieces on the chapter pages and in other spots throughout the publication (pages 7, 15, 27, 45, 62 and 63). Cut out all pieces. Grab some co-workers. Get ready to play!
Players begin the game with $100. (Need more money? Just print it! Click here to download a PDF of just CPBJ Bucks.) Once each player receives his or her initial $100 in CPBJ Bucks, place additional bills in the treasury area. Money generated by landing on squares comes from the treasury unless otherwise specified. Payments are deposited in this area as well. Players may choose a CFO to count, distribute and collect payments.
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The player who rolls the highest number goes first, and turns continue counterclockwise. To move forward, players roll one die and proceed ahead by the number of spaces rolled. Players generally proceed straight forward, but there is one opportunity on the board (Pick your path) where players may opt to take a shortcut. A player passing "Pick your path" may choose to take the shortcut or proceed forward. Players who land directly on "Pick your path" remain on the space without penalty, and he or she may choose what direction to take on the next turn. The shortcut reconnects with the main path in a "Tax time" square. Arrows on this square indicate the direction all players should proceed.
Industry squares
Each player's gamepiece features an icon representing one of nine industries from this year's Top 100 Private Companies list: auto and equipment dealers; banking and finance; construction; health care; manufacturing; printing and publishing; real estate; retail; and transportation, distribution and warehousing
If a player lands on his or her own industry square, he or she is paid $100 from the treasury. Players who land on industry spots other than their own must pay the holder of that industry $40. If no one holds the rights to that industry, no money is exchanged.
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After each player has rolled at least once, a player may opt to swap his or her industry piece for an unused one. This swap costs $100, payable to the treasury. Players may change industries no more than twice. The new industry piece begins play in the same space its player occupied before the switch.
Lack of funds
Players who have run out of money may continue to roll unless the roll would move them to a space that requires a payment. In such cases, the player forfeits the turn and must remain in the same space. Player must wait until his or her next turn to roll again. He or she may not move forward until it is to a space that does not require payment.
If a player lands on a bankruptcy space, that player must return to the start square and deposit all but $100 (If player has less than $100, keep all money) in the treasury.
When a player lands on a trivia space, another player picks up the top card on the trivia stack and asks the trivia question. Players who land on a trivia space and correctly answer the question receive $20 from the treasury. Incorrect answers have no monetary compensation or cost. The player remains on that square until his or her next turn. Return the asked trivia card to the bottom of the stack.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Love is back in Minnesota, trying to galvanize his struggling Timberwolves teammates and assure a nervous fan base that he is committed to winning with the team that drafted him.
Love joined his teammates at practice Thursday for the first time since having surgery on his broken right hand on Jan. 15. He has not been cleared for contact work, but says he hopes to be back on the court sometime in the middle of March.
A once-adoring fan base has worried that Love wants out of Minnesota. But he says "they need to realize I love being here."
It's been a trying season for Love, who has twice broken his shooting hand this season. His absence has contributed significantly to the team's 18-28 record.
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The chart-topping soul singer has recorded a version of Whitney Houston's hit ahead of taking over the role of Rachel Marron in the WhatsOnStage Award-winning show
New Bodyguard star Beverley Knight, who starts performances at the Adelphi Theatre on 9 September, has recorded a 'sneak peek' version of Whitney Houston hit "Queen of the Night".
Knight will be making her West End debut as Rachel Marron, the role created on stage by Heather Headley in the WhatsOnStage Award-winning musical.
Headley made her last performance on Saturday (10 August). Her understudy Gloria Onitiri is now playing the role until Knight takes over.
Lloyd Owen continues in the role of Frank Farmer (created on screen by Kevin Costner), with Casualty actor Tristan Gemmill taking over at the same time as Knight.
Directed by Thea Sharrock, The Bodyguard is adapted from the hit 1992 film starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner and features classic Whitney songs including "One Moment in Time", "Saving All My Love", "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" and "I Will Always Love You".
The Bodyguard won Best Musical at this year's WhatsOnStage Awards.
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Truest statement I've read on Slashdot in a long time. I am sure I am counted as one of the 160,000 since I downloaded the SDK once (to get the emulator). I have written ZERO PalmOS apps and don't plan to ever start.
I'm sure I'm couted at least twice. I was assigned to create some demo app on Palm around 1998, which I did. Then, around 2002 I created another demo application for Palm for a different company. Both companies decided against creating apps for Palm, but did do apps for Windows CE.
The original palm was made possible by the Motorola Dragonball processor which IIRC was a 16mhz 68k variant with and LCD driver and memory controller, it was one of the first SOC's (System on a Chip) that I can recall. Programming these things was hideous. It was all C/C++ and the API sucked hardcore.
Flash forward 10 years, Palms now have 300 - 400 mhz ARM processors, WHICH THEY USE TO EMULATE THAT ORIGINAL DRAGONBALL PROCESSOR! If you want access to the ARM processor you can write an "applet" which runs directly on the real hardware. These are *VERY* difficult to get right and stable. This programming model is simply wrong.
Compare this to WinCE 5 which gives you a stripped down CLR, or CE6 which gives you almost a full CLR. You can write code that works on both a PC and CE with a few #defines here and there. The CE OS is that modern.
Compare that to BlackBerry which has J2ME (Java 2 Micro Edition) which is also a very decent programming model.
So long story short -- Palm sucks because their dev tools suck. They have been talking about this Palm OS 6 for a few years now that is supposed to correct all this stuff, but it never seems to come out, and frankly I don't think Palm has the engineers to pull it off. They've shown only the ability to produce sub-standard buggy software. My Treo is definitely the last palm I care to own.
When I think "PalmOS", I don't think "programming model", I think GUI. Just because another OS is easier to program for doesn't make it "better" in any sense of the word that is meaningful to me
Have you tried the T-Mobile Sidekick (Danger)? It has the disadvantage of no third party development at all, but that does bring stability and immunity from tiresome virus problems.
I am not an idiot, and therefore do not have virus problems on my Treo.
Sidekicks are bigger and are a completely closed platform. They fail it in 2 ways. A Treo is already too big, but I put up with it because it's still pocketable. A device that requires a man-purse or holster to tote around ultra-fails.
If by seamless you mean every app is based on the same horrible GUI, is equally likely to crash and experience strange pauses, then yes it is seamless. My treo crashes several times a week no matter what I'm doing, and I'm a fairly light user. When I was living on it and traveling a lot, it crashed twice a day.
In the early years, the PalmOS was a joy to work with compared to MS WinCE which was bloated, unstable and seemed to change every 6 months.
In order to deal this both PalmOS and WinCE (and it's newer versions), I've been using CASL (caslsoft.com) which is a VB type language that compiles on both PalmOS and Windows handhelds. The nice thing is that I can develop one application for both platforms (and all of their variations)... plus it runs on a Windows desktop. CASL uses a high level editor which makes it easy to program plus it has the ability to incorporate C code if you need to do something that is not part of the standard feature set or get close to the hardware. The language has a built-in database as well and communications functions (serial, bluetooth, TCP/IP, HTTP, etc.).
The people I know who "hate" Palm OS coding are either trying to do wonky things that the device was not completely designed to do or they are use to working in another environment and are trying to force their (wrong) model of an OS onto the Palm APIs.
I think you're wrong.
Palm's API has some good points, but it does, by and large, suck hairy goat nad. Want a scrollable table? You are writing the entire scrolling/selecting code by hand, because the standard table just can't hack it right. Memory ma
Palm OS is a great environment to work in specifically because it is not "feature rich". There is one way to create a button, one way to create a form, one way to talk to various OS services, etc...
The people I know who "hate" Palm OS coding are either trying to do wonky things that the device was not completely designed to do or they are use to working in another environment and are trying to force their (wrong) model of an OS onto the Palm APIs.
I disagree.
Palm's design emphasis on elegance was a great asset back in the 1990s - I still think it's a good thing, but it needs to be modernized. Handhelds are capable of a lot more than they were in 1998, and PalmOS 5 isn't adapting well to the new capabilities. The original PalmOS was basically designed for simple record view/edit tasks - which it does well, but the GUI of the OS doesn't provide much support for more complex views. It can be fairly limiting even for rather humble projects.
Look at it
When I bought my Treo I seriously considered the Windows versions. (I generally don't like Windows - it as a platform just doesn't suit my tastes) The deal-breaker was the screen resolution, and so I got my 650. I think it was the right choice for me but it's agonizing that they haven't modernized the OS. I want international text support. I want decent multitasking support. (I want my device to be able to fetch my e-mail without crashing the whole device in the middle of whatever I'm doing.)
Me too, that's why I purchased Chatter [chatteremail.com] mail on my treo. Best $40 I've spent on software, ever.
That said though, I definitely agree about the aging OS in Palm. I've been looking forward to whatever linux-based OS they were going to come out with for many, many years now. I've had a Palm Personal, (with and without the upgrade chip), Palm III, Palm V, Palm Vx, Tungsten T2, Treo 650, and now a Treo 680. I've got too much software I know I'd miss if I hopped to any other platform, and the depth of well-
This is just plain wrong as I discovered when I decided to upgrade a couple of games I originally wrote for 160x160 Palms for modern Palms. My attention span eventually ran out before I could get to the bottom of what exactly I had to do to make my trivial little apps work on a Tungsten T|3 (other than in 160x160 emulation mode). (Just so you know, I have experience writing code for a wide variety of devices from pure functional languages on high end graphics workstations down to assembler on embedded systems with a few bytes of RAM, so I don't need no lecture on not being able to adapt to a new environment.) PalmOS is just plain crap though it was tolerably decent when Palm devices first appeared.There is one way to create a button...
I also take issue with the whole "feature rich" thing. A modern Palm device, in terms of pure computing power, could blow the socks off the desktop machines I used a decade ago, and yet the desktop machine had a real OS and Palms come only with a toy OS that struggles to manage with a modern features like phone networking, bluetooth and so on. Those real OSes that were created decades ago could deal with these kinds of hardware issues in their stride. The whole "Zen of application design" philosophy is nothing but a cover for the PalmOS developers not bothering to get off their lazy asses and write a quality operating system.
History has played out exactly as I expected. Years ago people complained that Windows CE was a bloated overcomplicated OS that was a stripped down desktop OS, inappropriate for a handheld. I think the people who said this were the same people who thought that nobody would ever need more than 640k. Palm had a good solution for a window of opportunity of a few years while handheld CPUs were in their infancy. But that's no way to plan a long term business.
I still love my Palm Z22. But that's because it's prettier than any other PDA, cheap, and I don't write code for Palms any more.
Great! It can join *BSD!
Reality confirms it, PalmOS is dead.
It's probably pining for the fjords.
Hang on. He is lying because you don't know how he came up with that figure? And you back this up by just guessing that it is wrong and calling it reality.
He is just a blogger, so it is possible that he just made it all up, but that would only make him equally uninformed as yourself.
Every application or shared library has to have a unique, registered CreatorID. It would be easy to track which developers were still active (writing new programs) based on who was still submitting new CreatorIDs. I do not k
Neither Netcraft nor Kreskin need be sought out. Reality confirms it, PalmOS is dead.
I'm not sure what netcraft would say about a mobile device operating system, but whatever... Palm OS is not dead. It has a cult-like following of die hard PalmOS users, much like Apple has a cult-like following of OSX users. Would you say OSX is dead just because it commands ~5% of the market? No, because that is still a very large number.
I use a Windows mobile device now, and have used it every day of my like for the last
PalmOS developers tend to be amongst the most loyal out there -- not quite fanatical about the platform, but very pragmatically into it. I guess something has to come out of the fact that applications written for Palm IIIx devices are still running, even on the latest devices, without any rework.
It has a lot to do with the fact that "the latest devices" are almost identical to the originals. The programming model hasn't changed appreciably in 10 years (excepting Cobalt [palmsource.com], which nobody bought).
If Dell wer
The OS was just something they wrote because there was no other good OS for a PDA.
They made the EXACT same mistake that IBM did - thinking that their hardware was the important thing, not the software.
The original 'innovation' for Palm was the fact that it had a modular bay allowing accessories to be added to it.
Wasn't it Handspring that developed the accessory port? Sure they've since merged back together and split a different way in the meantime, but I believe it was the Visor that first sported add-on bay.
Why would a company be so dumb as to spin off the most important part of its product (lets face it, hardware is commodity these days) and THEN sell it off to a competitor and THEN pay royalties??!
That's not exactly what happened — the story has its history wrong. Palm did not sell PalmOS to Access. Palm split itself into PalmSource (software) and PalmOne (hardware), with joint ownership of the Palm brand. Later, PalmOne bought back the right to call itself "Palm", and PalmSource got bought out by Access.
Am I picking nits? I don't think so. All the investors in the old Palm ended up with stakes in the two new companies. And a software-only company was better positioned to be bought out by a company like Access, a buyout that must have been very profitable for PalmSource stockholders. Meanwhile, PalmOne/Palm is free to develop hardware that is not based on an OS that is quickly losing ground to Windows.
Also, you're wrong when you say all hardware is a commodity. PC hardware (or more precisely, PC motherboards) are a commodity, because they're produced on a huge scale by lots of different manufacturers who fight each other to sell them cheaply to big PC companies. But PalmOS-based PDAs have a tiny market with very little competition. Palm does not face the problems of commodity manufacturers (fierce competition to sell virtually identical products), it faces the problems of a specialized manufacturer that has gotten a little too specialized. If Palm survives at all, it will be as yet another manufacturer of smartphones, where competition is based as much on features as on price.
Users haven't the slightest interest in talk of an application's elegance or bloat---and they have even less desire to crack open the hood to take a look inside. If details can be buried, then, by god, by all means, bury them deep.
This is what draws users to Microsoft and not what drives them away.
Well, about this "slimmed-down OS" thing. Back in the day (1996), that was all you could do on a 16 MHz processor with 512kB or less memory. But enter Moore's Law type advances, and your cool, hip, "think small" OS is now a POS. So, what does Palm do? Bump the revision number, keep the same shitty old API's, turn their noses up at multitasking, and implement backwards-compatibility in a backwards way.
I'm speaking from experience. I've developed Palm applications. Three times. Once on a Pilot, and twice o
do you REALLY need it to be a full blown computer when most of the time your going to be using it to take contacts and stuff.
Not only do you not need to, you don't want to. One reason the Palm succeeded where the Newton failed is it's sense of focus: the Palm is designed to be an adjunct to a PC, not a replacement for it.
PalmOS developers can work with:
1) Codewarrior for PalmOS (latest version: 9, $199.99)
2) prc-tools (gcc toolchain, $0)
3) PalmOS Developer Suite (prc-tools based, Eclipse IDE, $0)
4) For Java: IBM's WebSphere Everywhere Micro Environment (sold through IBM reps)
There are also a lot of other compilers and/or tools that can be used to develop PalmOS applications, most of them royalty-free.
What do Windows Mobile/Pocket PC/Smartphone/CE developers have?
1) eMbedded Visual Tools (no longer
I once used an iPAQ (w/ a brick-sized battery pack/PCMCIA slot accessory on it) almost religiously several years back. At that time, the iPAQ was great for keeping appointments, a few games stashed onboard, and to top it off, I could shove a PC Card adapter and a CF card full of mp3's in it, or a PC Card-based 802.11b card. It was fun to mess with and was even halfway practical.
Nowadays I can do pretty much all of that (and more) with an iPod and a decent cell phone - or just a really decent cell phone, methinks (except mine doesn't do mp3's, so...) So where does a stand-alone PDA fit in these days? Crackberries, yeah, I can see that - but it appears (IMHO) to be nothing more than a glorified cell phone with a really big screen, and definitely not something you'd want to tinker with under-the-hood too awful much, like you could with a PDA.
I guess I'm just curious, now with the increased power of mobile phone devices glommed together w/ PDA functions, if Palm's core business model even has a future, or if someday they'll just be sucked up by, say, Nokia or Motorola...
Does anyone actually use straight-up PDA's anymore?
Of course that only proves what we all knew all along
Does anyone actually use straight-up PDA's anymore?
still do here. i'd love to give up carrying it, but it's too versatile to give up. it's the input systems that break the deal for me on cell phones. i do not want to use 12 buttons as a full input system; i need the flexibility and speed of input offered by a stylus. so, i continue to use a palmos device for the input and the huge software library. one of these days there will be a viable alternative and i'll look seriously at it. cell phones and mp
All this spinning off, reabsorbing, licensing shit has done the company no good. Meantime we're stuck with an OS that has all the drawbacks of old Palm OS 3.5 (no multitasking) and less flexibility (e.g. no more hacks to add system-level functionality). Syncing sucks, etc.
Actually, PalmOS supports multitasking. Of course, multitasking ia very generic name. The multitasking I believe you mean is actually called multiprocessing where you can run multiple processes simultaneously. The flip side of the coin is
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Japan's Nihon Keizai Shimbun recently reported that Japan and the US were going to consult one another on drawing up joint operation plans to prevent China from using military force to seize the disputed Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台), known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan.
If the report is true, this development not only upsets the "balance of terror" that has existed between China and Japan since last year, but also dismantles the "dual deterrence" strategy that forms part of the US policy of rebalancing toward Asia.
Following the dispute between China and Japan over the Diaoyutais, the two countries got stuck in a deadlock in the form of a "balance of terror." For its part, the US has adopted a dual deterrence strategy over the dispute. The US does not want Japan to do anything that could escalate military conflict, but it is also strengthening the US-Japan alliance so as to deter China from taking further military action. Evidently, dual deterrence has become an important element in the US policy of rebalancing toward Asia.
Although Japan would like to break out of its confrontation and deadlock with China by getting the US involved in the Diaoyutai dispute, the US has stuck to its dual deterrence strategy by neither intervening or taking sides.
However, recently cracks have been appearing in the "balance of terror" deadlock between China and Japan, and this is causing the US' dual deterrence strategy to disintegrate.
In January, a Chinese navy ship allegedly locked its fire-control radar onto a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force corvette. This action signaled a departure from what was originally a non-military confrontation between China and Japan, and it gives the impression that seizing the Diaoyutai Islands by force has become part of the Chinese People's Liberation Army's rules of engagement.
This development has made the US anxious and left it no option but to strengthen the US-Japan alliance by switching from the preventive deterrence to targeted deterrence.
The decision by Japan and the US to formulate joint operation plans with regard to the Diaoyutai Islands has two military implications.
First is that the defensive scope of the US-Japan alliance has been elevated from covering incidents arising in Japan's periphery to including those that could occur in Japan itself.
Whereas previous operational plans were mostly concerned with peripheral areas such as the Taiwan Strait, this would be the first operational plan to be directly concerned with an attack on a specific area of Japanese territory.
If military conflict breaks out between China and Japan in the vicinity of the Diaoyutai islands, the US would be obliged to engage in joint operations with Japan.
The second implication is that the role of the Japan Self-Defense Forces is changing from logistical support to the use of armed force. Under the framework of the US-Japan alliance, the Japan Self-Defense Forces have in the past generally played a logistical support role, but this time they could engage in joint military operations with US armed forces.
When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office, he made a call to amend Article 9 of Japan's constitution to allow Japan to engage in collective defense. The reason he gave for this was that Japan does not have a first-strike counterstrike ability, so if it suffers an external attack on its territory, the US armed forces would have to intervene militarily. However, the joint operations plan currently under consideration shows that the US has long since had its hands tied by Japan.
Tsai Zheng-jia is division head of the Second Research Division at the Institute of International Relations at National Chengchi University.
Translated by Julian Clegg