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On Friday, Valve showed the culmination of its living room initiative with its own controller. It replaces regular button- and analog-based inputs with mappable trackpads, but the throngs of the Internet (including our own) seem unconvinced. Fortunately, some developers actually have gotten hands-on, and they seem much more positive.
Ichiro Lambe of Dejobaan Games explained how it felt to Kotaku. "This sounds weird, but it's almost like rolling two weighted trackballs that are too large to actually fit into the controller," Lambe said. "For camera controls, slide one thumb to the right, and you'll feel this ticking, like you're turning a physical control. Flick your thumb quickly, and this imaginary physical thing reacts like something with weight to it--the 'trackball' continues to roll for a bit, eventually coming to a rest. And since it's all controlled through the software, the same trackpad then becomes more like a mouse or a laptop trackpad when you're navigating through menus."
Dan Tabar of Cortex Command developer Data Realms told Gamasutra that it's particularly flexible, since trackpad zones can be mapped to have multiple button inputs. For example, he said, the top could be mapped to Shift+W, making it the run function like holding an analog stick at the top. Or, one of the pads could be split into quarters or even eight sections to emulate a multiple button interface. He noted that the devs invited played Borderlands using the controller, which hadn't been optimized for the controller yet. Other than strange behavior from the haptic feedback thanks to the lack of optimization, though, it seemed to work.
Chris Remo of Double Fine added that they were allowed to play two of their own games: The Cave and the upcoming Broken Age. "We just plugged it in, and it worked," he said. "We didn't have special support for it or anything. It worked really, really well. I was really impressed with the mouse imitation. It doesn't feel like a trackpad."
Tommy Refenes of Team Meat gave his own impressions on his blog, saying that it worked well enough in Spelunky and his own Super Meat Boy, but still had a few reservations about a controller without physical buttons. He noted that he sometimes lost track of where his fingers were on the trackpad, and floated the idea of small nubs to signify placement. "If you were to ask me if I would play games with the Steam Controller... I would say yes. If you were to ask me to choose between Steam Controller and a 360 controller, I would choose 360," he concluded, as it's more familiar. "Great Start, needs some improvements, but I could play any game I wanted with it just fine."


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Members of the Church of Scientology protest outside a French courthouse in November 2011.France's highest appeals court on Wednesday upheld a 2009 "organized fraud" conviction against the Church of Scientology's French branch, its bookstore, and five of its leaders. The Cour de Cassation rejected the church's appeal, which argued that the conviction violated religious freedoms. Although Scientology is recognized as a religion in the United States, Spain, and Sweden, it is considered a business and not a church under French law.The Church of Scientology claims to have more than 10 million members worldwide, including 45,0000 in France. In 2009, five plaintiffs accused the church of manipulating them into spending tens of thousands of euros on Scientology books and merchandise. Convictions and fines of €400,000 and €200,000 (approximately $812,000) were handed down to the Church's Celebrity Centre and a Scientology bookshop in Paris. In addition, five top French Scientology officials received suspended prison sentences. Alain Rosenberg, the leader of the French Church of Scientology, was also sentenced to pay a €30,000 ($41,000) fine. The case was brought to the Cour de Cassation a year after a lower court of appeals declined to overturn the original verdict.Scientology International released a statement Wednesday condemning the court's actions. "The decision by the French Cassation Court is an affront to justice and religious liberty," the church said. "Scientology is a worldwide religious movement practiced in 184 nations. Its bona fides and the rights of its members to practice their faith unimpeded by government interference have been acknowledged by the high courts of many nations, including unanimous decisions by the European Court of Human Rights." The statement indicated that the French Church of Scientology would "seek justice to vindicate its right to religious freedom at the international level" by bringing the case to the European Court of Human Rights.
I cannot wait for when the bible is considered a fraud, if it ever will be. xD
Wait no more--the Bible is a fictional tale told by power-seeking miscreants.-Nam
Quote from: Nam on October 18, 2013, 11:26:04 PMWait no more--the Bible is a fictional tale told by power-seeking miscreants.-NamIf only theists thought the same...

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Roy Hodgson has only been in the job for 48 hours, yet he has already faced some awkward questioning since being installed as the Football Association's new England manager.
The most difficult issues are yet to be addressed, however, and if the past few days at FA headquarters are perceived as a whirlwind of developments, the 64-year-old will need to prepare himself for what's to follow, as he looks to tackle a number of key topics.
The outcome of Hodgson's decisions around who to pick, who not to pick, whether John Terry should be included, and who will be appointed captain, will ultimately define his tenure as Three Lions boss.
His appointment was heralded by David Bernstein and Sir Trevor Brooking as a move with a long-term vision at the forefront of everyone's minds. Their words backed up by the four-year contract that was laid out on Hodgson's table.
Despite his term being very much in its infancy, the West Brom boss - who will not leave his post at The Hawthorns officially until the end of the season - has already been forced to deal with the surprise public and media reaction to actually getting the job ahead of overwhelming favourite Harry Redknapp.
Hodgson has also already experienced what it's like to be on the receiving end of negative press - or at least a distasteful front page headline by the country's leading red top. And, that's all before a football has even been kicked.
If one thing's certain, it's that Hodgson will not be afforded the benefit of a honeymoon period. The fact he will be plunged straight into Euro 2012 means he will not have the settling-in time that previous England managers have enjoyed.
His decision to pass up the chance to watch a number of summer hopefuls in the FA Cup final on Saturday, because he is committed to preparing West Brom for his penultimate game in charge, shows Hodgson is not afraid to make decisions that go against the grain.
He will be on the Baggies' training pitch on Saturday instead of at Wembley to watch Chelsea play Liverpool.
Unlike his predecessors, Fabio Capello and Sven-Goran Eriksson, ahead of their first games in charge of the national team, Hodgson already has detailed knowledge of all the English players in the Premier League.
"The players are pretty well known to me, even if I haven't worked with many of them," he said in Tuesday's press conference, after also revealing his decision to postpone the naming of his England squad until after the last game of the season.
Hodgson has already confirmed that he will take Wayne Rooney to Poland and Ukraine, despite the Manchester United striker being suspended for the first two games of the European Championships. But, there remains question marks over the future of a number of players - old and new - when it comes to the selection process of who deserves a place on the plane.
With that in mind, GMF considers five players whose fortunes may have changed, for better or worse, now that Hodgson has been placed in charge of leading the Three Lions into battle at Euro 2012 this summer.
Steven Gerrard
The Liverpool midfielder who played under Hodgson during his brief time in charge at Anfield, has given the new England manager his full backing. After enduring a difficult 191-day reign on Merseyside - at a time when the club was in the midst of a takeover - the coach's reputation was left undeservedly tarnished after a succession of poor results.
But, speaking in reaction to his international appointment, Gerrard explained that he has nothing but respect for Hodgson: "Roy is a good manager. I've worked with him before but I think he took the Liverpool job at the wrong time.
"My opinion of him has not changed before he got the (Liverpool) job, while he had the job or after it. He was very good technically, very thorough, a great guy and very loyal among the players."
If the feeling is mutual from Hodgson's perspective, we could be looking at our new England captain.
Ben Foster
The 29-year-old West Brom goalkeeper could follow in his manager's footsteps from The Hawthorns to an international return. Hodgson has already revealed that Foster will be under consideration this summer, having been impressed with his performances under his command.
"I'm not really in a position to talk about individual players or the selection of the squad at the moment," he said yesterday. "That's something I need to give consideration to. But Ben Foster will be one of the players under consideration.
"He's always been a good goalkeeper and since we've worked with him at West Brom, we've definitely seen a spiralling of his performances."
Foster opted not to make himself available for England 12 months ago, but following Hodgson's appointment could be tempted out of retirement.
Bobby Zamora
He may have had a torrid time at QPR since his transfer in January, but Bobby Zamora was one of the crown jewels in Hodgson's Fulham team.
An injury ruled him out of a deserved place at the 2010 World Cup after an excellent season, but with his former manager at the England helm for Euro 2012, his chances of inclusion this summer will have improved dramatically.
With Wayne Rooney banned for the first two group games and Darren Bent out with injury, the Three Lions' lingering problems up front remain.
Chris Smalling
The Manchester United defender has enjoyed a rapid rise to Premier League stardom, but remember it was Hodgson who first gave the 22-year-old his chance for a crack at the big time, when he brought him to Fulham.
Less than a year after arriving at Craven Cottage, Smalling was snapped up by Sir Alex Ferguson in an £8million deal. His ability to play at both right-back and centre-half means he is well placed for inclusion in this summer's England squad, and Hodgson's arrival can only further strengthen his position when the 23-man list is announced later in May.
Joe Cole
After being released from Chelsea two summers ago, Cole was signed by Hodgson during his short time at Liverpool. The 30-year-old midfielder failed to find his footing at Anfield, and has spent the 2011-12 campaign on loan at Ligue 1 Lille in France.
His chances of involvement at Euro 2012 remain slim, but having formerly been a central figure in the England midfield, and featured in each of the last four major tournaments for the Three Lions, don't be surprised if Hodgson calls on the left winger's experience this summer.
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Sam Stosur has finally flicked the switch, steaming into her first semi-final on home soil since 2005 and declaring her run the perfect confidence-booster for the Australian Open.
The top seeded Australian put together her most complete performance in six matches this season for a 6-3 6-2 quarter-final thumping of Serbian world No 34 Bojana Jovanovski at the Hobart International.
In doing so, the former world No 4 reached the second-last round in Australia for the first time since she made semis on the Gold Coast and in Sydney nine years ago.
"There's no better confidence boost for someone than winning matches," Stosur said.
"You can be practising and hitting the ball great but when it comes down to these matches, that's where it counts.
"That's something I haven't been able to do in recent previous years here.
"Now to come here and know I've won at least three matches this week, that's a great feeling going into a grand slam."
The 2011 US Open champion has been desperate to better her second-round exit at her home major last year, and her best effort in Melbourne of the fourth rounds in 2006 and 2010.
She said her game could still get better ahead of the Open starting next week.
"I still think I can play better than I am, so I guess that's also an exciting prospect," she said.
Now the world No 17, Stosur had barely scraped into the quarters, needing third-set tiebreakers to down her early opponents after losing all three matches at the Hopman Cup.
But she rediscovered her rhythm on serve, winning 72 per cent of points from her first serve, and largely eliminated the unforced errors that had threatened her Open preparations.
A superb serve down the 'T' completed an emphatic victory over Jovanovski, who made the Open's fourth round last year, in an hour and 12 minutes.
The 29-year-old said the ruthless nature of her disposal of Jovanovski had been pleasing.
"It's just nice to know that you've been able to finish a match off and play well from start to finish rather than playing well, having a bit of a dip and going a bit up and down," she said.
Stosur declared a shake-up of her early season a success, provisionally at least, after ditching Brisbane and Sydney to play for Australia in Perth and at the low-key Hobart event.
"I don't see any reason to doubt what I've done," she said. "I'm really pleased with the decision.
"I guess you only see the proof from it all by the end of the Aussie Open but I think I'm doing everything I can to try to give myself a good opportunity down there."


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Ba strike enough for Chelsea
Chelsea claimed a routine 1-0 win over West Brom as Rafael Benitez made a victorious Stamford Bridge return following his midweek criticism of Blues supporters.
Demba Ba's 28th-minute goal saw Chelsea return above Tottenham to third place in the Barclays Premier League for 24 hours at least, ahead of Sunday's north London derby.
West Brom had not won a league match at Chelsea in almost 35 years and although owner Roman Abramovich may be content with Benitez in charge until the end of the season and a fifth win in seven games, that may not be enough to appease Blues fans.
There is recent precedent for a change of Chelsea manager following losses to West Brom, with the Baggies the final Premier League opponents for Andre Villas-Boas and Roberto Di Matteo.
Many wondered if this would be Benitez's last stand following his rant against the title of `interim manager' and the fans' incessant barracking of him.
Much of the focus was on the Spaniard after his midweek deviation from measured politician to rabble-rouser.
Due to his prior association with Liverpool, Benitez's temporary appointment was never a popular one but he hoped the crowd would use their energies to back the team.
They came with handmade banners - "The Interim One" and "Rafa Benitez we're just not that inter im" among them - and would have been unhappy to see captain John Terry named among the substitutes, alongside Fernando Torres, as one of seven changes to the side which progressed in the FA Cup at Middlesbrough.
Benitez says he will decide whether Terry, with his fitness travails, can play twice a week and the defender's armband was passed to Frank Lampard, who moved equal with John Hollins as the club's third-highest appearance maker on 592.
Benitez quietly took his seat - it took a few moments for his arrival to be greeted with the usual expletive-laden chants - and Chelsea almost went ahead in the fourth minute.
Ba crossed from the right for Oscar but Ben Foster, who has made himself available again for England, saved instinctively in front of the watching national manager Roy Hodgson.
Juan Mata, on his 100th Chelsea appearance, volleyed wide across goal before Steven Reid's long-range effort was tipped over by Petr Cech.
Oscar should have had a rare headed goal when he met Mata's clipped cross to the back post after 16 minutes but could not convert.
Following the move, the Stamford Bridge patrons observed their homage to Di Matteo, but there was also plenty of encouragement for the players on the pitch, so perhaps Benitez's midweek comments that the fans should put their effort into supporting the team had been heeded to some extent.
Ba shot straight at Foster after latching on to a loose ball and Oscar screwed another effort over.
Eden Hazard almost took advantage of indecision in the Baggies defence before Claudio Yacob's foul on Oscar presented Chelsea with a free-kick opportunity.
David Luiz's effort ricocheted off the wall and Foster scrambled it out for a corner, from which Chelsea went in front.
The left-sided set-piece was played short to Oscar, whose inswinging cross towards the back post found Luiz and occupied the attentions of Foster.
Luiz headed the ball back across goal for Ba to sweep it in.
Mata shot wide soon after before Oscar, twice, and Cesar Azpilicueta had efforts blocked.
Lampard, seeking his 200th Chelsea goal, had an effort ruled out early in the second half, with Mata flagged offside in the build-up.
After 60 minutes, Benitez and the Blues fans reacted in unison in appeal for a penalty.
Oscar's lofted ball forward was brought down by Hazard, who went down under pressure from Jonas Olsson, but referee Kevin Friend was unmoved.
There were more boos at the Bridge when Peter Odemwingie finally got his wish to play in west London - albeit not at QPR - and came on as a substitute.
The single-goal advantage was not a comfortable one for Chelsea and Benitez was animated in his technical area, even rising to his feet as the fans chanted "Stand up if you hate Rafa".
Chelsea again threatened and again Foster saved from Oscar.
Azpilicueta's cross was headed down by Ba for the Brazilian, who scuffed his shot straight at the goalkeeper.
Oscar again saw an effort saved by Foster before Cech had to tip over a dipping Odemwingie free-kick.
Cech was called upon from the resulting corner as the ball was directed goalwards off the head of his team-mate Azpilicueta.
A Victor Moses cross was just behind his fellow substitute Torres and Odemwingie had an effort saved by Cech.
Foster came up for a stoppage-time corner but the hosts held on for three points to the relief of Benitez.
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Then there's the simple fact we've seen Akasha's regeneration ability is WAY above even normal vampiric levels. When she knitted her arm and shoulder back together in seconds, from ribbons, Akuha was pretty shocked. Given Akuha's assassination experience and probable experience fighting other vampires and monsters previously, this should give some idea that this was not normal, and is likely one of Akasha's shinso talents; going down the route/idea that different individuals possess different skillsets, with Shinso vampires probably gaining access to even more extensive skillsets/further developed bloodline abilities.
Essentially Akasha was holding back as was lampshaded in the previous chapter, she's shown extremely potent regenerative abilities, was capable of taking on Alucard with some help, and Akuha never got a chance to finish her off because Moka interrupted the fight.
Pretty solid 50/50 that she could still be going. Even if she can't reattach her bottom half, she may still be able to heal her top half, and essentially end up wheelchair bound (cliche!), either way she may not be dead yet.
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Magin's gonna whack me with 'Kou-chan' for this, but I suffered through select episodes of the anime again just to refresh my memory of certain things. Looking back, I have to say that the art suffered a downward slide throughout the entire series. I mean, compare episode two of the first season, the one where Kurumu is introduced and look how well it is animated. Heck, even the worst looking episode of the first season just kills nearly any episode of the 2nd season (except maybe the last one) in terms of art quality.
Season 1 - Ep 2
My fav image - why couldn't they keep this level of quality!?
Even Kurumu looks great here!
Season 2 Randoms
... Even though it's Ura-chan...
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it would be nice to have a good studio do a revamp version of rosario+vampire that stays real close to the source material. i wouldnt even mind if they cut out some chapters to get to the chapters that move the story and give charater development. hell most of the second season and ghual arcs would make for a great anime . id say the same studio thats doing high school of the dead would be a good for revamp
edit- i just noticed ive been more active lately oh btw ive been keeping an active eye on share for the ch33
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... MADHOUSE is doing Highschool of the dead. As I've stated before, there's one huge problem with them- they always manage to completely change the ending of a series
And Tempest... you asked for it *whacks him with Kou-chan*
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Imo, I think Season 2 was better in art...
And guys: A remake/continuation of the anime (PLEASE BE REMAKE!) may depend on R+V success in the U.S... Around 2011 it will be started/out. And maybe when the company sells it's rights to another or gets back on track financially.
And wasn't the whole anime just for fanservice...?
From comment on YouTube that got this info from wiki: (Not sure if it's official)
laura bailey is kurumu
yuri lowenthal is tsukune (Sasuke from Naruto)
stephanie sheh is moka (inner and outter)
colleen o'shaughnessey is yukari
kate higgins is mizore (Sakura from Naruto and Talho from Eureka 7)
crispin freeman is ginei
bridget hoffman is ruby
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...I swear, Crispen Freeman always get's the 'Burning Finger' seiyuu's roles...XDD
And I'm rather curious as to how MadHouse would change the ending - I mean honestly, can it be as bad as it already is?
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Well, I'm not saying that Madhouse would make it a bad ending, per say... in fact, in terms of endings, Madhouse generally does pretty good ones. It's just that they throw away the source material and make up their own ending... and it usually happens about 3~4 episodes before the end
And Sasuke as Tsukune... somebody kill me now *if you can't tell, I abhor Sasuke with a passion)
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That noose just randomly hanging over there is looking very useful right about now...
so, they take an anime that was horrible in the first place, and are going to make it worse? Will the nightmare never end?
heh... if only there was a page to see how well Funi does with their sales of series (but, I suspect that's something only the corporate workers would get to see)
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Btw, the anime was supposed to be for fanservice.
Haha, and I wonder what their expressions will be towards the very pervy moments.
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Sept. 4, 2012
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Two Bluffton University football players were recently named Heartland Conference Players of the Week for their work on the gridiron Saturday. Senior linebacker Joe Maldonado (Dade City, Fla./Zephyrhills) and kicker Austin Sweeney (Adrian, Mich./Whitmer) were recognized by the conference following Bluffton's season-opening 20-0 shutout of Kenyon College.
Senior linebacker Joe Maldonado paced the Bluffton defense with six tackles, including three solos and two TFL's as Bluffton posted its first shutout since routing rival Defiance College 30-0 in 2004. He spearheaded a defense that limited the Lords to just 145 yards of total offense, including a paltry 20 through the air.
Junior kicker Austin Sweeney converted both of his field goal attempts and two extra points for eight total points. His FG's were 25 and 27 yards. Sweeney, a two-time Special Teams Player of the Week a year ago, is on the 2012 Fred Mitchell Watch List after scoring 52 points on 9-of-13 field goals in 2011.
The Beavers will be back in action on Saturday, Sept. 8 (3 p.m.) at Baldwin-Wallace. The next home game for Bluffton is slated for Saturday, Sept. 22, against Mount St. Joseph. Game time at Salzman Stadium will be 1:30 p.m.


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Cruz Delgado studied at the School of Fine Arts in Madrid, the city where he was born. He then worked as an illustrator of juvenile stories for many years, before he focused on animation. For four years, he worked at the animation department of Estudios Moro. In 1961, he went to work at the Belvision studios in Brussels. He returned to Spain in 1963, and began his own studios. He produced his first short animation film 'El Gato con Botas', and made advertising films and short cartoons. For the Spanish television, he made several episodes of 'Molécula' in 1968. In 1972, he made his first long animated feature film, 'Mágica Aventura', with a script by Gustavo Alcalde. The story was also made into a comic, that was published among others in Gente Menuda, the comics supplement of Los Domingos de ABC.
Shortly afterwards, Delgado made his second feature film, 'El Desván de la Fantasia'. In 1978, he co-produced a series of 39 episodes for television, called 'Don Quijote de La Mancha'. He continued to make animated films in the 1980s, including 'Los Viajes de Gulliver' and 'Los Cuatro Músicos de Bremen'. Cruz Delgado has also been working as a teacher.


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ACLU to sue Utah for not recognizing gay marriages
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Michael Jackson's ex-wife is expected to testify next week as a witness for AEG Live at the late singer's wrongful death trial in Los Angeles, TMZ said.
Jackson's family is suing AEG Live for allegedly failing to properly supervise Dr. Conrad Murray, the personal physician hired to care for Jackson as he prepared for a string of comeback shows in London.
Murray is serving a four-year prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter for administering lethal amounts of sedatives and anesthesia to Jackson in an effort to help Jackson sleep. The pop star was 50 when he died in 2009.
TMZ said Rowe is expected to testify Tuesday or Wednesday that Jackson secretly abused prescription drugs for decades leading up to his death.
She also will likely tell the court she believes her former boss, dermatologist Dr. Arnie Klein, frequently gave Jackson drugs via injection up until days before he died.
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Submission + - Intellectual Ventures Makes its Case For Patent Trolling (wired.com)
speedplane writes: "How many stories have we read hating on the biggest patent troll of them all? Finally we see Intellectual Ventures making their case in a Wired op-ed, filled with everything you would would expect from a company suing the tech world on thousands of dubious patents: "the system needs intermediaries within the market – companies like Intellectual Ventures – to help sift through and navigate the published landscape. By developing focused expertise, these patent licensing entities and intermediaries can function as patent aggregators, assembling portfolios of relevant inventions and providing access through licensing." And my favorite gem: "Ultimately, the users of those products – you – are the ones who benefit.""


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The Allen Tate Asheboro office is conveniently located at the corner of N.C. Highways 64 and 42, across from the Randolph Mall. It is home to 20 Realtors®. The office features a workroom and kitchenette and the latest in technology.
Asheboro sits at the center of North Carolina, located in the gently rolling Piedmont to the east of the Appalachian Mountains.
Residents have easy access to the state's major urban centers, with U.S. Route 220 and Interstate 73/74 connecting to Greensboro, U.S. Route 64 connecting to Raleigh, and N.C. 49 connecting residents to Charlotte. Asheboro is roughly 70 miles from either Raleigh or Charlotte and is served by three airports, each about an hour's drive away. Many home styles are available, as are restaurants, hotels, golf courses and other amenities.
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This is one of our favorite songs/verses, especially during the more quiet time of Winter. Say or sing it to your loved ones before bed or while giving a massage.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Deep Peace....
4 comments:
- the_Tmac said...
this is beautiful. do you have sheet music or solfegge for the melody? i'd love to see it!
- January 25, 2011 at 11:22 AM
- Tan Family said...
Thanks! I don't have the sheet music, but someone on Facebook mentioned finding it online. It's a beautiful melody. :)
- January 25, 2011 at 11:26 AM
- Bending Birches said...
thank you for this!
- January 26, 2011 at 5:54 PM
- anna said...
I love this too. I often find myself humming it and feeling peaceful :)
- January 27, 2011 at 5:25 PM
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They certainly made me forget about Hollywood Video and Blockbuster back in 1995.
While their price rose to $19.99/mo this year, I'll always remember them for sending me an e-mail a few years back, saying their rates were going to be lowered from $17.99 to $16.99. There is also the way they like to send an extra "+" movie if something in my queue comes from another part of the country because of the delay.
Superior value indeed!
(I killed my cable back in 1999, but that was because most of my entertainment came from reading and writing on the net, as well as the previously mentioned video stores.)
Netflix isn't sucking about $2K/year out of me like Comcast.
True, but Netflix is going to eventually force Comcast to lower their prices significantly.
As Netflix offers more TV programming, there may come a tipping point where you don't need Cable TV at all, you could just get all your programming from Netflix. THEN all you need is the broadband service + Netflix. Even though the broadband service might come from Comcast, you don't have to pay the exorbitant rates for the TV channels!
My tipping point was about 7 years ago
True, but Netflix is going to eventually force Comcast to lower their prices significantly.
No, that is not true at all. Netflix reaching critical mass is what prompted Comcast to introduce the bandwidth cap. The way Comcast will compete is not by continuing to improve their network, or improving product or cutting prices, but by lowering bandwidth caps further. Comcast is old media which is dabbling in interweb technology. Comcast is not an ISP - at least not in mindset.
If they lower their caps one iota further I will leave.
The way Comcast will compete is not by continuing to improve their network, or improving product or cutting prices, but by lowering bandwidth caps further.
See? The free market works! USA! USA!
As Netflix offers more TV programming, there may come a tipping point where you don't need Cable TV at all, you could just get all your programming from Netflix. THEN all you need is the broadband service + Netflix. Even though the broadband service might come from Comcast, you don't have to pay the exorbitant rates for the TV channels!
Yeah, they'll just raise internet prices or institute usage caps and overage charges until the cost is about the same whether you have Comcast Cable Television or use Netflix + with a level of Comcast HSI with enough speed and usage allowance to comfortably operate it.
Between Netflix & Hulu Plus, I've got all the TV and movies I can stand to watch. I dropped my cable plan down to local broadcast only and if I don't find a reason to watch any of those channels soon I'll drop the whole shebang.
And this scares the shit out of the major ISP/cable providers. This is also the reason for the big push for metered broadband. Comcast (or any other cable provider for that matter) will not drop their prices on cable without being able to make it up in their broadband income. And you bet your ass they're in the process of buying the representatives to make it happen.
it was about 3 yrs ago I cut the cord to the sat tv system.
I get some OTA tv (with mythtv and hdhomerun); but mostly its netflix for me.
much cheaper, better quality, no commercials and I can watch in any format after a simple 'conversion'.
zero need for pay tv on a cable anymore. I love the fact that I have not had a cable-tv account for over a decade and no sat-tv account for a good 3 years now. plus, any commercials that come thru get zapped at myth-level and anything good gets saved on my HD in cleartex
True, but Netflix is going to eventually force Comcast to lower their prices significantly.
Not true... More than likely, broadcasters and networks will continue to increase the carry fee that they charge Comcast to carry their channel(s). This will force Comcast to continue to increase fees for cable. While Comcast can decrease their profit margin, I think most people realize that Comcast will only do this as a desperate last resort.
While I am one of the minority of people to cut the cable connection, It will be a very long time before most people do the same. Some people will wrongly assume tha
. More than likely, broadcasters and networks will continue to increase the carry fee that they charge Comcast to carry their channel(s).
Comcast is ginormous. So ginormous they can buy up entire networks on a whim. Dish Network had a showdown with Viacom over carry fees, and won. Comcast can do the same, and even better...
Frankly, it's the cable companies that MAKE the cable networks. If the fees for X are too high, go out and FIND a competior in the same space, throw money and eyeballs at them, and onc
There are millions, millions of people who literally only have cable for ESPN. I used to be one of them. Eventually I just accepted that ESPN isn't worth $60 (and more, since Comcast rates are ever-increasing).
But I agree, it will be a long time before consumers make their own choice, instead of being told "you can't live without ESPN"
*need* cable TV?
i did not need a TV since 1998. I took no severe mental damage and no severe withdrawal symptoms.
It's a different format, but I'm liking the Redbox thing. It's handy and inexpensive, and importantly - commitment free. If you're going to do a rental and it's in your area, give it a try. The website will tell you what movies are available in your area, and which box to get it from. You can return the movie to any box. DVD's are $1, Blu-Ray is $1.50 (per day). If you don't bring the movie back they just ding your card a reasonable retail price and you're done. I hear they're considering video games
Games have been in RedBox locations in some areas for a few months now. $2.00/night.
And yeah, Netflix and Redbox are both awesome. Between them and GameFly, the three of 'em pretty much ate Blockbuster alive.
No one provides the pipe end to end. Comcast provides the last mile to the end users and makes money providing Internet access to home users.
Perhaps Comcast should pay for Netflix's pipes? Just as ridiculous as the other way around.
Or, how about this - each entity pays for their own pipes. Comcast is an ISP and should provide its customers transit to whatever content they want to. End of story.
Do what I did, decide you can live without the 2 or 3 cable channels you actually do watch in a month, and save yourself $60 or so
Why would they raise it? If anything they'd lower it, and not just to protect their profits.
Unicasting content is insanely wasteful. Even with CDNs with good placement (Akamai, etc) that's 1 unicast stream per TV. If you follow this to its logical conclusion and Netflix or some other IPTV provider usurps cable/satellite for subscription channels, what happens the next time Monday Night Football is on ESPN? They're going to stream it to unicast it to 11 million households [zap2it.com], many of whom are going to want to do DVR things like skipping and pausing?
Multicasting is going to be around for a long, long time still. So long as it does, the cable/fiber/satellite networks are still the gatekeepers; they're not going to embrace IP multicasting when they have a perfectly good system that does the same thing.
Multicasting is going to be around for a long, long time still. So long as it does, the cable/fiber/satellite networks are still the gatekeepers; they're not going to embrace IP multicasting when they have a perfectly good system that does the same thing.
No, they won't.
But Netflix might.
They're going to stream it to unicast it to 11 million households, many of whom are going to want to do DVR things like skipping and pausing?
Exactly. Which is why IP multicast is and forever will be dead in the water. With unicast I watch exactly what I want, when I want and it doesn't matter if we're watching 11 million different YouTube videos or one sports broadcast. That will just be a special use case compared to all the videos, tv series and other things we watch more or less as it suits ourselves.
With fiber to the home spreading there is no more "last mile" problem. Here in Norway 12% have their Internet delivered by fiber already (Q2 201
The US can be as retarded as they will on cable/dsl monopolies, but the rest of the world isn't going to stop.
How easily can the rest of the world absorb 300 million refugees from U.S. retardation?
Unicasting content is insanely wasteful.
You give the example of ESPN, and I agree that some form of multicasting is better for live streams where everybody is watching the same scene at the same time. But unicasting is the only way I can see to stream a recorded program on demand and make it seekable (skip/pause) without the half-hour start delays inherent in the sort of pseudo-on-demand seen on satellite TV.
Or AT&T's new 150gb/mo. cap for DSL customers (and AT&T's UVerse matching Comcast's 256gb/mo. cap). Both want to kill innovation and stop you from getting your media elsewhere.
How utterly stupid of them. All the while Google is launching 1gb service in KSK in 2012 to any ISP that dares to use their pipes.
they will raise the caps at the same time introducing a new pricing structure that just happens to be the equivalent to buying internet and cable TV from them.
Just a note about how screwed up Comcast is
When I wanted basic cable (local channels and some chaff) it was a royal pain to get this from Comcast at the price shown on their internet site. I called the number on my bill and was told it was $23.95 for basic cable though their website showed $12.95. After trying two levels of phone support I initiated a
Although I'm a mostly happy Comcast customer at home, my company is also a large customer of a local WISP, giving them 40x what Comcast makes on my home connection.
I only use Comcast for Internet so that I can get to Hulu/Netflix. If/when Comcast becomes a problem, I'll switch to the WISP which is growing like gangbusters and offers speeds comparable to my Comcast.
I agree with you, but one of your facts is incorrect.
It is not available in every market, but AT&T offers digital tv (over IP) that competes with cable. It is owned by AT&T and not a branded satellite product. (AT&T offers this in parts of Georgia and I am sure they offer it elsewhere.)
In addition I know that Verizon offers a similiar IP-based tv service in parts of New Jersey.
Of course not, they've got you buy the nuts.
Leggo! I can't afford new ones!
Netflix is a great STEP in the right direction...
I'm far from alone in saying -- until we can access content, on AND offline, from any device, and for a reasonable price -- entertainment industry is far from where it needs be!
I have no cable service and watch Netflix almost exclusively (plus some over the air channels), but Comcast still gets 4 times more money from me than Netflix because they provide my high speed internet.
I wouldn't be surprised to find that Comcast earns more profit from me as a internet-only subscriber than they would if I were a cable subscriber.
I, like many others dropped Comcast Cable like the flaming turd it was a couple years ago and went with Digital Antenna + Tivo for HD local network broadcast. I still use Comcast for my internet connection via Comcast Business, but hey.. that's a tax write-off. They give me decent enough upstream (10Mbps) that I can host servers, and higher than advertised downstream (I usually get about 24Mbps) with no bandwidth throttling.
HBO is run by shitheads who pretend that P2P lawsuits are an effective deterrent and somehow think their offering is enough to keep people bound to Comcast Cable. Well HBO: FUCK YOU AND FUCK YOUR GO SERVICE.
I pirate HBO's shows because HBO wont let me get their shows with an iTunes purchase, they wont put them on Netflix and they seem to think I'll happily bend over and let them and Comcast have their way with my anal sphincter. But I wont -- the shitfest that is Cable TV is not worth $100.00 a month. So fuck you HBO and fuck your GO service. I hope you and Comcast and Viacom die the painful and agonizing death you deserve
Just throwing this out there. You know you can watch [hbogo.com] HBO online now, right? While it doesn't have the accessibility of Netflix, it's some step in the right direction. Just let this sink in for a bit.
No, you pirate HBO's shows because you want something for nothing. They produce expensive content and you expect it to be on your Netflix which costs only $8 a month. You're just an unprincipled person who wants the fine entertainment HBO produces (obviously you like it or you wouldn't go to the trouble to obtain it illegally) yet you don't want to pay for it. Actually you like HBO, all while you are ranting FUCK YOU HBO. Well, I'm sure HBO has some choice words for you too.
I have no respect for sniveling p
A few weeks back, I finally got around to sending back the DVD that I had been holding for about the last six months, having never once been hassled, harassed, or charged extra by Netflix for holding onto it for so long. Two days later, Netflix let me know that they had sent me film X from my DVD Queue.
"Hmm," I said to myself. "Wasn't X #2 on my queue? Well, no matter, I must be confused since I was rearranging it the other day."
Before film X had even arrived, Netflix notified me that X had been my #2, but that they had tracked down a copy of film Y, which was the actual #1 on my queue, and as a result, they would go ahead and send me a copy of that as well, despite the fact that I only had the plan that allows for one DVD at a time. They sent it out at no extra charge to me, and the two arrived on back-to-back days. It was great. It may have been a simple thing, but I hadn't had a company treat me so well in quite awhile. Despite that, it was the sort of thing that seemed natural with Netflix, since everything they do is so oriented around the customer.
It was with great sadness that I temporarily suspended my account the day after sending the videos back, since I needed to spend less time viewing films in my Instant Queue and more time on my graduate research. Even in that however, Netflix was great and continues to be great. They let me suspend it for up to three months, charge me nothing during that time, allow me to manage my queues and rate movies while my account is suspended, don't harass me to come back, and give me immediate access to a button for if I do want to close my account entirely. Compare that to Facebook, which makes deactivating your account a chore, places access to the feature in an out of the way location in your settings, only offers to deactivate but not delete your account, and swindles you into reactivating it if you simply log in.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to being done with my research and back in the embracing arms of Netflix in a few months. Chalk me up as a fanboy.
As for a story of great customer service from Comcast...
Yeah, I got nothing. My latest experience with them involved 2-5 minute Internet outages that happened a few times every hour while I was visiting with my parents for the Easter holiday. I'm glad Comcast doesn't have a stranglehold over my area yet.
Wtf is going on with the mindless cheer leading. Am I the only slash dot reader with a basic grasp of fundamentals research into companies. The main reason they have been so successful is that they managed to snare most ofof their content licenses at low low rates because the studios thought they were cute and harmless. most of their agreements expire this or next year. I hate big content as much as you all but let's be realistic the war has just begun and big content has a fuckload of cards left
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Space Oddities explores the Earth, the Sun, surrounding planets, stars, constellations and more. Through inquiry and experiments, children learn about what life may be like on other planets, what stars are made of, and how astronauts are able to travel all the way to the moon. Presented by the Children's Museum of Manhattan. For children ages 5 and older. Limited to 25 participants.


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TYNGSBORO -- Tyngsboro High senior Taylor Vigneault is among the 20 Massachusetts top scholar-athletes who were announced as state finalists for the Wendy's High School Heisman.
These finalists are in the running to become state winners. The next phase of the program will be to select national winners.
Of the 45,000 seniors who applied nationwide, 388 applicants came from Massachusetts and have been narrowed down to the state's 20 finalists.
These finalists embody the Heisman spirit of hard work and dedication through their outstanding achievements in athletics, academics and community/school leadership.
The Wendy's High School Heisman, now in its 19h year, is one of the most esteemed awards at the high school level.
On Monday, one male and one female finalist from each state will be named state winners. Of those state winners, 12 will be chosen as national finalists and will go on to compete for the national title in New York City on Dec. 7.
National finalists will be featured during a televised ceremony on ESPN and will receive gold medals and $2,000 awards for their high schools. One male and one female national winner will receive a crystal Wendy's High School Heisman trophy, a $500 gift certificate to Wendy's, and Wendy's will donate $10,000 to each winner's respective high school.


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Volusia County Council members did the budgetary equivalent of sending the county's advertising authorities to bed without its supper. And who could blame them?
At a surprisingly contentious meeting Thursday, the council rejected the budgets of all three advertising authority and told the groups to get with the program.
Volusia County's ad authorities are funded by the local bed tax, which is the charge visitors see toward the bottom of their hotel bill. It's the most popular kind of tax, mostly paid by people from somewhere else. The ad authorities use the proceeds to promote the area.
Or rather, promote the areas – emphasis on the plural.
The three advertising authorities represent West Volusia, Southeast Volusia and the central coastal part of the county. Each has a full-time executive director and a governing board. Which means we have 25 board members, three directors and a seven-member County Council all overseeing promotional spending in Volusia. All those people involved and yet we're always shocked that area promotional efforts seem unfocused, fragmented and directionless.
In the heavily competitive world of tourism promotion, Volusia County's strategy is to divide its money into three piles and pretend the three parts of the county have nothing to do with each other.
Unsurprisingly, the County Council, which oversees these boards, has asked them to try to come up with a few things on which they might cooperate. And maybe even do a little market research so promotional efforts might be based on actual data about how visitors behave instead of a mix of outdated studies, gut feelings and how-we've-always-done-it rules of thumb.
Did the ad authorities do these things? Not noticeably.
So the council was within its rights to refuse to sign off on the budgets and tell the ad authorities' reps not to bother with their PowerPoint presentations. Better go back and try again.
And doing that on a unanimous vote would have sent a strong message from a united council.
Would have except that immediately after the vote, District 2 Council Member Josh Wagner got snarky with District 4 Member Doug Daniels over relations between the Ocean Center and the Halifax Ad Authority.
"Wow, you guys are the laughingstock of the state. What a waste!" said Wagner with a bitter laugh.
Which, of course, is untrue. This is Florida. A government has to do something pretty flamboyant and possibly illegal to achieve anything close to laughingstock status here.
Daniels objected and Wagner responded by asking, "You want to go toe to toe on the record? I'll go toe to toe with you in public."
Wagner, however, stopped short of challenging him to a fight in the playground behind the cafeteria.
With this level of debate, it makes it difficult to see how it's ever going to resolve.
Ad authorities told to try again in raucous council meeting
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The abortion debate reignited Wednesday in a divided Florida House committee that approved a bill seeking to ban sex- and race-selective abortions.
TALLAHASSEE | The abortion debate reignited Wednesday in a divided Florida House committee that approved a bill seeking to ban sex- and race-selective abortions.
Both sides in the impassioned debate called it abhorrent to base an abortion on gender or race, but they bickered over specifics of the bill. The proposal would punish abortion providers for knowingly terminating pregnancies because of the unborn child's race or because the parents wanted a boy but were going to have a girl, or vice versa.
"The purpose of this legislation is to protect unborn children from prenatal discrimination through abortions based on the child's sex or race," said Rep. Charles Van Zant, R-Keystone Heights, the bill's lead sponsor.
Opponents called it an unwarranted intrusion into a woman's reproductive decision and into the doctor-patient relationship.
"This bill is taking us down that road of inserting government back into the lives of women at a time when they need privacy the most," said Rep. Dave Kerner, D-Lake Worth.
The measure (HB 845) cleared the House Judiciary Committee by a slim margin after a lengthy debate.
It would require abortion providers to sign an affidavit stating they had no knowledge the procedure was being done based on the unborn child's sex or race. Providers would be slapped with a $10,000 fine for failing to report such abortions.
Rep. Elaine Schwartz, D-Hollywood, warned the bill would criminalize actions in doctor's offices. Another opponent, Rep. Dwight Dudley, D-St. Petersburg, said it would create an "antagonistic relationship" between doctors and patients.
"Are we going to have doctors listening to patients surreptitiously?" he asked.
Van Zant claimed sex- and race-selective abortions are becoming more prevalent, but didn't provide any numbers on how many such abortions are done. He has said the U.S. has turned into a "safe haven" for people around the world wanting to terminate pregnancies for those reasons but are prevented from doing so in their own countries.
Much of the debate revolved around the role of government in people's lives.
"I just don't understand how members can talk about how government is too big, government is too much in our lives ... and then all of a sudden vote for this piece of legislation," said Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Coral Springs. "This is a dramatic expansion of government in people's lives."
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, responded that even limited government has a responsibility to protect the vulnerable.
"What is more vulnerable than an unborn child that is at risk of being destroyed for no other reason than because of their race or gender?" he said. "This is an insidious practice and it ought to be criminal."
Gaetz said he thought the issue should be one that bridges opposing sides in the abortion debate.
"Can we at least say that we're not going to abort a little child because they are a boy and you want a girl, or because it's a girl and you want a boy, or because of the race of the child," he said.
Abortion and other social issues have largely taken a back seat during Florida's 60-day legislative session that reached its halfway point this week.
Another bill that cleared the committee on Wednesday would make the death of an unborn child a separate crime from any offense committed against the mother, even if the perpetrator was unaware the woman was pregnant.
The measure (HB 759) would apply to fetuses at any point in gestational development. It would not apply to people conducting legal abortions.
Abortion-rights supporters said the bill is another attempt by abortion foes to elevate the status of fetuses to that of adult humans.
A bill that cleared the committee with support from both sides of the abortion debate would allow women to go to court to terminate the parental rights of men who impregnated them during rapes.


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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- A search warrant affidavit says a St. Paul woman who police believe was killed by her husband told her mother she was thinking about leaving her spouse.
Affidavits filed in the second-degree murder case against Jeffery Trevino says his mother-in-law, Marcie Steger, told police her daughter's husband was "very controlling" and was trying to monitor her activities by attempting to access her bank and personal accounts.
Ramsey County prosecutors have charged Trevino in the death of Kira Trevino even though her body has not been found. The affidavits also say police confiscated a black hooded sweatshirt and white tennis shoes from the couple's home. Police say a person driving the victim's car just before she was reported missing was wearing similar clothing.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press says Trevino remains in jail on $1 million bail.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WEAU) - Police have expanded the search for former UW-Eau Claire student Kira Trevino to a 100-mile radius. That includes the city of Eau Claire.
Officers are urging anyone who knows anything about the case to call a new tipline. They've dedicated it solely to this case. The number is (651) 560-3277.
On Friday afternoon, officers released a picture of Trevino's white car for the first time. They deferred comment on whatever Jeffery Trevino was driving, saying it's part of their investigation. Police say the Trevinos' roommate is cooperating with investigators. They're hoping to talk to anyone who saw Kira or Jeffery, or knows where they were between Thursday night and Friday morning.
"We know somebody out there has seen her, might have seen something, something suspicious, something that may be very minute, but we really need those answers to the questions that we have," said Sgt. Paul Paulos from the St. Paul, MN Police Department.
Jeffery Trevino faces two charges of Murder in the Second Degree in Ramsey County, Minnesota. Investigators say they found evidence of a crime in the couple's home and in Kira Trevino's car. Her body hasn't been found, and police do not believe she's still alive.
Investigators are hoping tipsters leave contact information with people answering calls on the tipline, but say they're also willing to take anonymous tips and texts.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- St. Paul police have set up a tip line to help find a missing woman and to track her husband's movements.
Thirty-year-old Kira Trevino didn't stop in at her job at the Mall of America last Friday or work her scheduled Saturday shift. Her car was found in the back corner of a parking lot at the Bloomington mall.
Prosecutors Thursday charged her husband, 39-year-old Jeffery Dale Trevino, with second-degree murder in his wife's death -- even though her body has not been found. Investigators found blood in the couple's St. Paul home and believe Kira Trevino is dead.
The tip line is 651-560-3277.
Anyone with information about Jeffery Trevino's whereabouts between 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, and 9:45 a.m. Friday, Feb. 22, is asked to call.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WEAU) - The husband of a missing woman who once attended UW-Eau Claire now faces murder charges.
A judge set a bail amount for Jeffery Trevino at $1,000,000 in a Minnesota courtroom on Thursday on two charges of Murder in the Second Degree. Prosecutors say one charge will ultimately stick.
Trevino reported his wife Kira missing on Sunday. The Ramsey County Attorney in Minnesota says he believes Jeffery Trevino murdered his wife because of blood found in the couple's home, and in Kira's car. He also says it's because she's been missing for nearly a week, and hasn't contacted friends or family.
Prosecutors filed the criminal complaint Thursday morning. It says investigators found blood evidence in several rooms in the house after serving a search warrant Monday. The complaint says there were "copious amounts" in the master bedroom, the kitchen, and in a hallway outside the bedroom. They also determined that the home had been cleaned extensively, and furniture had been moved to hide evidence.
Investigators believe the blood spatter is likely from "more than one forceful blow to the victim." Kira Trevino's body hasn't been found.
"That certainly is a challenge for the prosecution, however it is possible to obtain a conviction," Ramsey County Attorney John Choi said on Thursday. "We wouldn't be moving forward today unless we believed we could prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt."
Prosecutors say the two charges are to cover their bases. They believe they can prove both that he did or didn't intend to kill his wife, but they're pursuing a conviction on the charge for intentionally killing her.
Investigators say Jeffery Trevino claims that he went on a date with his wife Thursday, and last saw her Friday morning. He went on to say that she had been staying with friends for days at a time, but that she lied about that. He is expected to enter a plea in court March 14.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- A St. Paul man has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the disappearance of his wife, whose car was found abandoned at the Mall of America.
The complaint against 39-year-old Jeffrey Dale Trevino says his wife is still missing. But it says there's probable cause to conclude she's dead, based on the amount of blood police found in her home and car, and the fact that it's uncharacteristic of her to go missing for nearly a week without contacting anyone.
Thirty-year-old Kira Trevino failed to show up for work at the Mall of America last Friday. Her abandoned car was found Saturday in a mall parking ramp. Police say her cellphone and purse were inside. Investigators searched their home Monday and arrested Jeffrey Trevino on Tuesday.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WEAU) - A charging decision in the case against the husband of a missing woman who used to attend UW-Eau Claire is expected Thursday morning.
Police were calling Kira Trevino, 30, a missing person at last report. Although there was enough evidence to arrest her husband, Jeffrey Trevino, for homicide, officers say his wife's body hasn't been found. Jeffrey Trevino remains in the Ramsey County Jail in Minnesota. He can be held there until 10 a.m. Thursday for the arrest, and the Office of the Ramsey County Attorney says there are no plans to extend that.
St. Paul police say they found enough evidence in the couple's home to arrest Jeffrey Trevino. What that evidence was remains unclear. Investigators also found evidence of a crime in the woman's car.
They found her car Saturday at the Mall of America.
Prosecutors are reviewing the case, now that the police department has turned it over to them. Earlier Thursday, the Saint Paul Police Department tweeted "SPPD continues to invest. the disappearance of Kira Trevino.Plse follow Twitter for updated info. No further infomation. avail.@this time." Thursday afternoon, the department tweeted "SPPD investigators presented case in disappearance of Kira Trevino to prosecutors. Charging decision expected Thursday morning. #sppdmissing"
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WEAU) - Police have arrested the husband of a missing 30-year-old Wisconsin native on suspicion of murder.
Jeffery Trevino, 37, husband of Kira Trevino, has been arrested after investigators say they found evidence at the couple's home in St. Paul that shows a crime had been committed.
Kira Trevino, 30, was last seen by family and friends Thursday night. Her car was found at a parking ramp at the Mall of America, where she works.
The St. Paul Police Department says it is not elaborating on what the evidence was.
Kira is a former UW-Eau Claire student.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) -- "I don't think she ever stopped smiling, she has a beautiful smile," said Sara Gibbs, a friend of Kira Trevino.
Gibbs says throughout her life she has seen several calls for help to find someone that is missing.
But late last week, what is a far-fetched thought for most of us, suddenly became a new reality for Sara.
"I got a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach that I don't wanna have anyone ever feel," she said.
This morning police say Kira's car was found in the West ramp at the Mall of America. The car was towed to the St. Paul Police Department to be looked at after a Bloomington Police officer says it warranted further investigation.
We tried calling the department Monday night for an update but did not hear back.
The news has been especially upsetting for Kira's family, who on Monday said they are baffled by her disappearance.
"She communicates very well with all of us with what she's doing or her plans, or shares it on Facebook," said Keri Steger, Kira Trevino. "We've had no activity at all from her since late Thursday evening."
A "Find Kira Trevino" Facebook page that already has gotten more than 2,600 likes is online now with pictures, posts, and comments. A communication center set up for anyone with information.
And when it is for somebody so close, Sara says any bit of information makes all the difference.
"It's hard because you always see that happen with other people and you never think it's gonna be someone you know or your family knows, but when it is, it is ten times harder," he said.
To see the "Find Kira Trevino" Facebook page, click here.


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Mr. Howard M. "Spud" Johnson, 89, of Morris, passed away early Wednesday morning, Oct. 31, 2012, at Provena St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Ill.
Born Sept. 10, 1923, in Morris, Howard was a son of Arthur and Mildred (Tesdal) Johnson. He received his education in the schools of Morris and attended Morris High School.
Howard married Betty J. Enger on Dec. 21, 1945, at the Grace Lutheran Church in Morris. They lived all of their married life in Morris.
He farmed for several years in Saratoga Township, was self employed as a building contractor, owned several businesses in Morris, including Johnson's Shoe Store, and was a partner with Benny Sklut in the Bedford Discount Store and High Park Builders.
He was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church, Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 1024 and Loyal Order of Moose Lodge No. 967. He was an avid card player and enjoyed spending time with his family.
Survivors include his son, Tod (Sheila) Johnson of Morris; one daughter, Susan (Jim) Lebo of Bonita Springs, Fla.; three grandchildren, Amy (Mark) Mosher of Ft. Myers, Fla., Msgt. Jared (Yvonne) Johnson of Mt. Home, Idaho, and Kalin Johnson of Morris; one great-grandson, Lucas Mosher; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Betty, on Jan. 9, 2009; and one sister, Beth Severson.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at the Fruland Funeral Home, 121 W. Jefferson St., in Morris. Pastor Steven Heilman will officiate.
Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, until the time of service at the funeral home.
Private inurnment will take place at a later date in Saratoga Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Grundy Community Volunteer Hospice or Grace Lutheran Church.
For more information, call the funeral home at (815) 942-0700 or sign the private online guestbook at www.frulandfuneralhome.com.


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The Sherman Creek Masterplan meets the challenge of an inaccessible, ecologically differentiated and contested urban space at this infrastructurally dense section of waterfront along Harlem River in northern Manhattan, by weaving together a continuous publicly‐accessible esplanade with recreational uses, marine habitat and opportunities to engage directly with water.
Throughout the 19th century, the Sherman Creek Waterfront was characterised by tidal wetlands until the advent of Harlem River Ship Canal in 1895 and expansion of elevated rail service - which led to industrial growth and increased demands for electricity. The site became home to facilities such as a coal‐fired power generator, railroad maintenance yard, boat building and lumber yards. With associated population growth, the area saw housing developments and became a locus for water‐based recreational activities, playing host to a number of collegiate and social boat clubs. As it stands today, the immediate area houses electric substations, wholesale distribution centres and parking lots that create a barrier between upland residential uses and the waterfront.
The masterplan, prepared for the New York City Economic Development Corporation ("NYCEDC"), grew out of demands of local community. Over two years of community engagement identified desires regarding their waterfront, some of which have been implemented over the past few years through joint efforts of NYCEDC and Department of Parks and Recreation; development of five waterfront parks at the ends of West 202nd to West 206th Streets and clean‐up of the upland area on the south shore.
Faced with an array of challenges posed by limited land availability, decaying shore edge, legacy of toxic waste and strict environmental regulations, the Masterplan sets forth a framework for a waterfront amenity that knits existing public realm investments, provides continuous waterfront access, restores the site's natural habitat and revitalises with new recreational uses the Sherman Creek waterfront that has been inaccessible and derelict for decades.
Through the demonstration of model design solutions the framework finalises a waterfront amenity that can coexist with existing urban conditions while creating situations for the continued growth and development of community resources, potential housing sites and wider access of contested urban spaces along New York City's waterfront.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
One last look back at Notre Dame...
And finally, I couldn't resist adding a caption to the following...
7 comments:
- Doug said...
"Yakety Sax" is like bacon -- adding it makes just about anything better.
- September 18, 2007 11:12 AM
- beast in 'bama said...
I've always liked the I Beat Anorexia guy - makes me smile every time I see him.
The turmoil at ND is just beginning. Can you imagine a coach saying "We're going back to training camp" after the third week of the season? Wouldn't you be pissed beyond belief?
Just postulating, but won't ND's abysmal performance this season have an impact on their next NBC contract? If I'm NBC, don't I expect a WINNING Notre Dame program for all the money I'm paying?
Now, if NBC were to drop ND, where would ND turn to get the national exposure they need to maintain a top level football program? Could this year be the genesis of Notre Dame making overtures to get in the Big 10/11 or Big East?
- September 18, 2007 11:56 AM
- Andrew said...
You guys are great. Best blog I've read, I'm a Terp fan and "The M Zone" still manages to drastically reduce my productivity! Keep up the good work and good luck with the Big Ten!
Fear the Turtle!
- September 18, 2007 3:51 PM
- zen wizard said...
It's funny: I noted in a very recent post that "Yakety Sax" was a great example of a good song that was ruined by the saxophone.
Oh, well.
Another one is "Tequila," by The Champs--the sax gets in the way of the lyrics. Er--the lyric.
- September 18, 2007 5:17 PM
- John said...
stopping the clock....NOW....its been officially three weeks since you've been able to make fun of another college football program...congrats!
- September 18, 2007 7:21 PM
- Harris said...
Wideout Deon Butler, who played in the 2005 loss at Ann Arbor as a freshman, said he's not too concerned about Saturday's game as far as his receivers are concerned.
"I don't think we have a lot of pressure on our shoulders. We've been out there when it's been its rowdiest," Butler said. "It's not a super overwhelming place to play at so, I think ... when the ball is in the air, we'll be ready to make plays."
- September 18, 2007 9:14 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
BiB... I truly think ND will still get a NBC deal. ND has the second largest active alumni assoc in the world and loyal fans with TVs all over North America.
As far as conferences go, ND already is affiliated with the Big East for many of their sports programs.
And like Bo once said, ND needs the Big 10 more than the Big 10 needs ND.
The current Big 10 commish is also on record as saying he's not in favor of adding a 12th team solely to round out the conference and have a championship game.
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An apparent chlorine leak sent nine children to area hospitals after the evacuation of an indoor swimming facility in Spring.
Emergency crews were called to FINS – also known as Fun In Swimming – in the 7800 block of Spring Cypress around 6:17 p.m. Tuesday after patrons began experiencing irritations consistent with chemical exposure.
"Occupants of the building started immediately noticing symptoms of respiratory distress, nausea and watery eyes," said Klein Volunteer Fire Department Chief David Bessolo. "At this point, we don't know the cause, but it's most likely a malfunction of the chlorine system."
Youngsters ages 2 to 16 were transported to Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital and St. Luke's Hospital at The Vintage with injuries that Bessolo described as non-life-threatening.
"All were conscious and stable," he said.
Hazmat crews from the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office "suited up and entered the building to check the source of the leak," Bessolo said.
Officials determined that the mishap occurred "in or near" the largest of the facility's two pools.
It is unclear how many people were in the building at the time of the incident. FINS officials could not be reached immediately for comment.
Authorities plan to report the incident to Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services, the agency responsible for pool inspections in the Spring area, "as a precaution," Bessolo said.
The facility closed for the rest of Tuesday evening, the fire chief added.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chemicals such as chlorine are added to pool water to kill disease-causing germs, control pH, improve water quality, prevent corrosion of equipment and protect against algae growth. However, those same agents "can also lead to injury."
The agency's web site states that exposure to chlorine gas "can occur following an accident, such as a leak or spill from a chlorine tank or the improper use of swimming pool chemicals" causing nose, throat and eye irritation.


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Mirele writes "The owner of www.xenu.net, the most comprehensive anti-Scientology website on the Net, reported on alt.religion.scientology that the site was shut down after the ISP received a letter from Scientology's Religious Technology Center alleging trademark infringement. The heart of RTC's complaint is that xenu.net uses their trademarks, the words 'Scientology,' 'Dianetics,' and 'Hubbard,' in the metatags." A look at the legal history shows that all the cases that were won involved trademarked terms in meta tags that did not appear on the webpage; that does not appear to be the case here. When Playboy unsuccessfully sued a Playmate for metatagging the term "Playmate," she countersued; does anyone know what the result was? Update: 11/19 03:00: The site's back up.