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The Eagles' offense managed just 10 points on Sunday against the Cardinals, and 3 of those came off a turnover, which gave them the ball at the Arizona 26 yard line.
Here's the player-by-player breakdown of what went wrong:
Michael Vick - He suffered a pair of broken ribs on the second offensive play of the game. I know half of you will say that's no excuse for his play, while the other half will say it's a valid reason, so I'll let everyone form their own opinions. I'll have the full breakdown in Mike Check Wednesday, but this was easily Vick's worst performance as an Eagle. He completed just 16 of 34 passes for 128 yards, averaging 3.8 yards per attempt and turning it over twice. It's tough to tell what happened on the play where he broke his ribs. The Cardinals showed seven men in the box, but only rushed four. It looked like they overloaded the right side as linebacker Daryl Washington came unblocked. Given the Eagles' protection, the only player who had a chance to block him was LeSean McCoy, but he went straight into his route. Vick actually did a good job of getting rid of the ball quickly to Brent Celek for 13 yards, but he obviously paid for it. For the record, this was another injury that occurred while Vick was IN the pocket. Overall, he was inaccurate and careless with the football. The receivers didn't make plays, but Vick missed his share of throws, including one to Celek in the first that could have easily been a 66-yard touchdown.
Vince Young - He came in for one play and handed the ball off to McCoy. Young could make his first start as an Eagle Sunday against the Giants if Vick can't go.
LeSean McCoy - Later Tuesday, I'll try to take a deeper look into why he only got 14 carries, including only six in the entire second half. McCoy was effective, carrying 14 times for 81 yards (5.8 YPC). He had runs of 13 and 14 yards in the first. He picked up 7 on 3rd-and-1 in the third. And he gave a great individual effort on a 29-yard run in the third. As a blocker, this was as bad as McCoy's looked in awhile. He did a terrible job in blitz pickup, letting Washington go right around him as Vick was forced out of the pocket in the first. Washington got past him again in the third as Vick was forced to scramble for 6 yards. On the final drive, McCoy did a poor job of picking up Adrian Wilson on a Vick incompletion. He then had a holding penalty on the very next play, trying to block Michael Adams. McCoy needs to be better as a blocker than he was on Sunday.
Ronnie Brown - He played four snaps and had a 4-yard carry.
Dion Lewis - He played two snaps and had a 2-yard carry.
Owen Schmitt - He had an 8-yard catch on the first play and played four snaps overall.
Jason Peters - I'll admit I have not studied every offensive tackle in the league, but my guess is Peters ranks at the top as a run blocker. Once again, he was the Eagles' best lineman. Peters shoved Stewart Bradley out of the way and then got to Washington, clearing the way for McCoy's 14-yard run in the first. He had a good block on Calais Campbell on McCoy's TD run. And Peters did an excellent job blocking Campbell on McCoy's 7-yard run. In the third, McCoy ran right behind him for 4 yards. In protection, on third down in the first, the Cardinals only rushed four, but Peters and King Dunlap blocked the same guy, allowing Washington to come untouched and hit Vick. It's tough to know who was at fault without knowing the protection call, but whatever it was, it didn't work. And later, Peters was called for illegal hands to the face on the deep ball to Jeremy Maclin in the fourth that was incomplete. Overall, another very good game.
King Dunlap - I barely noticed him, which is a good thing, considering Dunlap was making his first start at guard and suffered a concussion at some point in the game. He did a decent job on Vonnie Holliday on McCoy's 14-yard run. On McCoy's touchdown, Dunlap moved in between Danny Watkins and Todd Herremans on the right side. Overall, he was fine in protection, until the final drive when Dunlap was slow to pick up a linebacker, who got pressure on Vick and forced him to take off and run. Dunlap, who is in the final year of his contract, has added value if he can serve as a backup at both tackle and guard in Howard Mudd's system.
Jason Kelce - He's put together a couple of good games against the Bears and Cardinals. Early on, Kelce completely whiffed on his block of Washington, as the Cardinals linebacker brought McCoy down for no gain in the first. And he was also called for a false start. But other than that, he played well. Kelce got his hands on Washington on McCoy's 14-yard run in the first. He got to Washington on McCoy's 13-yard run in the first also. Kelce took out a defensive back on the screen to Celek that picked up 20 yards. And he had a good block on the 9-yard screen to McCoy.
Danny Watkins - One of the key storylines the rest of the way is the development of Watkins. Can he get to a level where he's an above-average starter by the end of the season? That would mean a lot for this offensive line going forward in 2012. In this one, Watkins had more issues in protection than any other lineman. Darnell Dockett beat him and got pressure on Vick on the first offensive play. Dockett beat him again, forcing Vick out of the pocket on third down in the first. He had trouble with Dockett on the play where Vick scrambled and picked up 14 in the second. And Sam Acho got by him in the fourth as Vick scrambled and threw incomplete to Maclin. Watkins' best moments every week come in the run game. He did a good job on Dockett on McCoy's 13-yard run. He had a key block on McCoy's touchdown run. And he blocked Dockett to the ground on McCoy's 4-yard run. Needs to get better in protection though.
Todd Herremans - If you're looking for a bright spot going forward, it's that the Eagles have themselves two very good tackles. Herremans got his hands on three different defenders, helping to clear the way for McCoy's 13-yard run in the first. He blocked Washington, clearing space for Celek to pick up 20 yards on the tight end screen in the second. He had a good block on Washington on McCoy's 9-yard run. And Herremans did just enough on Acho on McCoy's 29-yard run to the right side. There were a couple issues in protection. Clark Haggans got around him in the second, although he was way upfield; Vick took off and ran for 14 yards on the play. Acho got around him in the fourth, but Vick held on to the ball for awhile before scrambling.
Julian Vandervelde - He was active for the first time and played left guard on McCoy's touchdown run.
Jeremy Maclin - He dealt with a shoulder injury early and a hamstring injury late, finishing with just two catches for 6 yards on five targets. Maclin got crushed over the middle, suffering the shoulder injury, on the Eagles' ninth offensive play. He dropped a screen in the second, but it didn't look like he had much room anyway. And he did a good job blocking Patrick Peterson downfield on McCoy's 29-yard run in the third. Maclin couldn't hold on to a deep ball late, but Peters was called for a penalty on the play anyway.
Steve Smith - We have to start with the play everyone remembers. On 3rd-and-20, Smith caught a ball from Vick but dove to the ground short of the first-down marker, showing no awareness of where he was. Plays like that get a team to 3-6. Earlier, he dropped a ball near the sidelines for what would have been over a 25-yard gain in the first. And Smith couldn't come down with a high throw from Vick near the sidelines in the fourth. Overall, five catches for 47 yards on 10 targets, and an unimpressive performance.
Jason Avant - Very quiet game. Avant had just one catch for 2 yards, getting tackled short of the end zone. He also drew an 8-yard pass interference call in the third.
Riley Cooper - The NFL is about capitalizing when given the opportunity, and Cooper did not do that. He dropped what would have been an 8-yard gain on first down in the first and was only targeted one other time. Cooper was called for a false start on the final drive. It says something about the coaches' confidence (or lack thereof) in him that Cooper played only 20 snaps, and Smith played 55.
Brent Celek - He was the Eagles' leading receiver with 53 yards on four catches. Celek had a nice catch and run for 13 yards in the first. He was wide open on what could have been a 66-yard touchdown in the first, but Vick overthrew him. He picked up 20 yards on a tight end screen in the second, the Eagles' longest pass play of the day. And he did a good job as a blocker on McCoy's TD run. Celek was one of the few Eagles who played well, and even he had a drop on the final drive, which would have picked up at least 15 yards.
Clay Harbor - I have him down for 18 snaps. Harbor delivered a good block on McCoy's 7-yard run on 3rd-and-1 in the third. But he was also called for an under-the-radar penalty. Harbor's false start on 3rd-and-1 gave the Eagles a 3rd-and-6 before the Vick interception in the red zone. To be fair, it looked like several Eagles jumped, but the refs announced Harbor's number. He was targeted once and didn't have a catch.
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Lavern S. Rindler, 86
Lavern S. Rindler, 86, of St. Henry, died at 10:40 a.m. Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, at the Gardens at St. Henry.
He was born on Jan. 1, 1925, in Cranberry Prairie, to Ferd and Mary (Bohman) Rindler, and they preceded him in death.
On Oct. 5, 1948, in North Star, he married Dolores H. (Huber), and she preceded him in death on Sept. 30, 2001.
Lavern is survived by seven children, Madonna and Frank Woeste of St. Henry, Ralph and Janet Rindler of St. Henry, Roger Rindler of St. Henry, Karen and Don Schoenherr of Coldwater, Joyce and Ken Hemmelgarn of North Star, Randy and Barb Rindler of St. Henry and Robert and Sandi Rindler of St. Henry; 25 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; a special friend; 10 in-laws.
He was preceded in death by two sons, Joseph and Paul; two grandchildren; two brothers; a sister.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Louis Catholic Church in North Star, with David Zink officiating.
Burial will follow in St. Louis Cemetery in North Star.
Friends may call from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home in Coldwater and from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Louis Church in North Star.
Condolences may be left at Hogenkampfh.com.

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There are a number of good reasons to elect Mitzi Yates to the District 3 seat on the County Commission. Here's a short list:
• Given the county's pace of new development, she wants the commission to foster better growth planning in District 3, more respect for quality of life, more public engagement and more open discussion at commission meetings before acting on new development and building projects in her district, and more broadly around the county.
• She wants to promote transparency and open discussion of the commission's business, including timely public access and open comment periods at County Commission and committee meetings before the commissioners vote on agenda items.
• She advocates holding open public interviews and discussions by commissioners when they are required to appoint new members to various public bodies when vacancies arise, for example, on the school board, Sessions Court and the commission itself.
• She advocates more balance for human and social services in the commission's budget, especially for the county health department.
• And she seeks more balance on the commission - which hasn't had a woman as a member for some time.
All of these goals should resonate with District 3 residents, who have often been frustrated by the commissions closed and arrogant back-room politics, and backward views on the need for growth planning.
Yates, a lifelong resident of the Hixson area and an employee of Blue Cross-Blue Shield, speaks respectfully about the commission, but she is raising the right issues.
Our view is that the commission (a) isn't responsibly engaged in growth planning, and (b) that it doesn't care a whit about public transparency in the way it handles public business.
Commissioners regularly abuse their public authority by wrongly conducting most vital business in secrecy and in blatant violation of the Sunshine law. Most of the appointments its members have made, for example, have been determined by private interviews, and then rubber-stamped with no discussion and without a proper public comment period or hearing.
When commissioners walk into their meetings with minds and votes already determined on new appointees to the school board or Sessions Court, for example, it's undeniably clear that they have wrongly, illegally, communicated behind the scenes to avoid public participation and more focused accountability. They should be held accountable for such actions.
Yates, the mother of an 11-year-old son, could bring sorely needed focus to the commission's arrogant misconduct by simply asking for, and advocating, more transparency. Other proposals she suggests include posting more information on the commission's website regarding schedules, proposals and public hearings on a range of vital issues, from proposed commercial developments to quality of life issues.
Yates' opponent for the District 3 commission seat is Marty Haynes, a Republican and industrial sales representatives. He agrees that quality of life in District 3 is necessary to attract more jobs, but he proposes nothing specific to improve quality of life or jobs except maintaining small government and low taxes. Without more specific and meaningful goals, he likely would blend into the same-old, same-old of nine men on the commission without any impetus to change the status-quo of backroom politics and laissez-faire sprawl.
Hamilton County government needs new energy and responsible concern about public transparency. Yates would bring some of that, at last, to the job. We strongly endorse her election.


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Gentle reader, as we write this column, the election looms, but has not yet occurred, so that virtually anything we might say in regard to that topic would, by the time of publication, be outdated. So, instead we will address a small collection of random thoughts and ideas that have occurred to us, or been brought to mind, over the past few days.
After a lively visit with some relatives on their way home from the Smokies Sunday, I grabbed a book and sat down out on my covered porch for some much-needed quiet time.
Storm alerts were being launched everywhere – severe thunderstorm warnings, flood warnings, tornado watches and warnings. The breeze felt nice while I read, and so I remained outdoors.
Bruised skies to the north made it clear the threats were real. The thunder was faint, but visceral, like the rumbling of a hungry stomach.
NOTE: In a note to last week's column, we reviewed the list of candidates in the upcoming election and pointed out that at least five of the candidates are cousins of the late senator Howard Henry Baker, Jr., namely Criminal Court Judge E. Eugene Eblen; County Executive candidate Mike Farmer; County Commissioner Bobby Collier; County Commissioner Carolyn Collier Granger; and County Trustee Wilma Eblen. We then stated that "there may be one other," but we are sure of these five.
(NOTE: Last week's column concerning Sen. Howard H. Baker, Jr. 's, Roane County roots and kinsmen was reinforced as we reviewed the list of candidates in the upcoming election. At least five of the candidates are cousins of the late senator. First is Criminal Court Judge E. Eugene Eblen; then County Executive candidate Mike Farmer; County Commissioner Bobby Collier; County Commissioner Carolyn Collier Granger; and County Trustee Wilma Eblen. There may be one other, but we are sure of these five. As we said in the caption, his Roane roots ran very deep.)
As the unofficial keeper of the family genealogy, since the death of Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr., we have been contacted by more than one mutual cousin seeking information clarifying the exact nature of Howard's relationship to the caller, which we have been glad to provide.
On reflection, it struck us that since there are literally hundreds of relatives of the late senator in the readership of this paper,
it might be a good thing to give a brief history of this relationship to them and so many other Roane Countians.
We have recently been reading some books in a relatively new series by authoress Rita Mae Brown, who has several novels to her credit, including another series featuring "Sneaky Pie" Brown.
Knowledgeable reader, we are sure that you are familiar with the old expression about wolves masquerading in sheep's clothing — well, that is a very apt description of many of the so-called conservatives who think that the majority of present day voters are conservatives, and in some areas and in some aspects they are doubtless right.
Gentle reader, if you are like us, you have never before heard of "Tennesseans for Preservation of Personal Privacy, Inc.," but we stand in awe of their "maiden" advertising effort against Proposed Amendment 1, to be voted upon in the November general election.
In case you missed it, the ad we refer to ran on page 15A of the Knoxville News Sentinel dated Sunday, 25 May, 2014, in which it takes up three-quarters of the page.
I'm happy to report I got all of my tomatoes — 14 plants' worth — in the ground before Memorial Day this year.
I can't remember all of their names, but I made acquaintance with Mr. Stripey, Yellow Pear and Cherokee Purple among the heirloom varieties, and Yellow, Big and Better Boys among the hybrids.
With all of these plants, I hope to show something for my effort come harvest time.
Gentle reader, according to Damon Lawrence's usual comprehensive report of the recent County Commission meeting and their action on the "In God We Trust" matter, it seems that the resolution has become embroiled in acrimonious controversy such that either approval or rejection will be the source of ill will and dissension, so that the wiser and better course of action would be to lay the resolution on the table for the time being.
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Integrating MAPP with Other National Initiatives: Questions and Answers
If you have additional questions, contact MAPP staff members at firstname.lastname@example.com and they will either answer your questions or connect you with a MAPP Mentor.
Can other assessments be integrated into the MAPP process?
For example, one MAPP user integrated a United Way assessment into the MAPP process and found it beneficial as it brought more partners to the table, resulting in a broader health report that was given to the community, which increased the visibility of public health issues.
What is the link between MAPP and the National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP)?
After completing the NPHPSP, MAPP is a means to address systems performance improvement against a backdrop of the system''s public health priorities. MAPP is one approach to interpreting performance standards data within the broader context of their communities'' public health needs and strengths. Using NPHPSP within MAPP ensures broad-based involvement in the performance assessment process. To learn more about the relationship between NPHPSP and MAPP, click here.
How do I shift from the completing the local instrument of the National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP) to MAPP?
What is the Voluntary National Accreditation for state and local public health departments, and how does it relate to MAPP and the NPHPSP?
Local health departments (LHDs) across the country have applied several complementary tools to measure and improve performance:
These tools can be used alone or together for performance measurement and quality improvement purposes. To learn more about the relationship between MAPP, NPHPSP, and accreditation and how to leverage MAPP and NPHPSP toward accreditation preparation, click here.
What is the Operational Definition, and how does it relate to MAPP and the NPHPSP?
MAPP can complement the application of the Operational Definition.
The NPHPSP, also called the local public health system assessment within MAPP, assesses the capacity of the local public health system to conduct the 10 essential public health services. As complementary tools, the Operational Definition articulates the LHD''s role, and the NPHPSP assists the LHD in its role as the backbone of the local public health system. In addition, the NPHPSP assists the LHDs in the "assurance" functions described in the Operational Definition, such that the NPHPSP helps the LHD and system partners identify who is doing what, where there are gaps, and where there are overlaps and inefficiencies in services. MAPP can augment these efforts as a quality improvement tool to engage the community in determining how best to strengthen areas of weakness that are identified.
What is APEXPHand how does it compare with MAPP?
For more information about MAPP and APEXPH, click here for a fact sheet about the connection between MAPP and APEXPH.
What is the difference, similarity, or connection between MAPP and PACE EH?
What is PATCH, and how does MAPP compare?
PATCH, Planned Approach to Community Health, is a process that enables members of a community to plan, implement, and evaluate programs designed to reduce disease in their community. The overall goal of PATCH is to reduce the prevalence of modifiable risk factors for the leading causes of preventable illness, death, disability, and injury. The tool may be used to identify and address whatever health priorities a community selects or to address a pre-selected health priority, such as cardiovascular disease, or health priorities of a particular population, such as those associated with older adults.
Both MAPP and PATCH are:
PATCH is a community health assessment and MAPP is a community health improvement process with a broad definition of health.


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Steven Hakizimana was 8 when his parents and siblings were murdered before his eyes during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. For the next nine years Hakizimana struggled both to simply survive and to understand the atrocities wreaked on himself and his country.
Hakizimana came to feel that in order for healing to occur, reconciliation between his Tutsi group and the Hutus – both being responsible for widespread killings at different points – must be pursued. He wanted to deepen his understanding of justice and peace and to improve his skills for transforming conflict.
Hakizimana is the 2013 recipient of the Winston Fellowship – the most generous scholarship that the Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) is able to offer. He found SPI at Eastern Mennonite University through an Internet search of peacebuilding programs, but was encouraged by a friend who knew EMU to apply.
I was interested in SPI "because of where I come from," he says, referring to his home country, whose 1994 genocide formed the basis of the 2004 blockbuster movie Hotel Rwanda. "The second reason is that I needed to come and exchange with those who have lived the same tragedies."
Life as a homeless orphan
Hakizimana – who will be entering his last year of law school in the fall – had, with a couple of his friends, been making some effort to help the community heal through a program they called "healing through the arts and drama," but they soon realized that they were not equipped to deal with the depth of people's pain and anger. When the friends all left for school, the program ceased.
Hakizimana explained that ultimately the group didn't have enough skills to know what they were doing. Now, at SPI, he is gaining an understanding of what people went through and how they react, not to mention why he reacted to the conflict the way that he did (through burying his feelings).
After Hakizimana's family was murdered, he and a friend fled to the swamps where they hid. Soon, however, someone found them and attacked, hitting him on the head. Hakizimana woke up some time later in a hospital bed with his head in bandages.
Eventually, he was adopted by a family who viewed him as little better than a slave and forced him – from the ages of 8 to 10 – to do hard labor for them. When he couldn't take it any more, Hakizimana left and went to a neighboring family looking for work. There the husband was kind to him and treated him like a son, but the older of the two wives was an "evil sort," recalls Hakizimana, mistreating him while the husband was away.
Discovering grandmother and sister
He endured conditions with this family for about 18 months until one day the husband came home and told him that there was reason to believe that one of his grandmothers and one sister may be alive.
On Feb. 12, 1998, this kind man took Hakizimana to meet his sister and his grandmother. They barely recognized each other, but felt overjoyed at being reunited. At the time, they were in a very desperate and vulnerable situation and the husband offered to keep Hakizimana until they were able to get on their feet. So Hakizimana found himself back with the good husband and the hurtful wife. A week later, though, Hakizimana left to live with his sister and grandmother, preferring their love despite their poverty.
Beginning school at age 14
At the age of 14 Hakizimana started school for the very first time. "High school was a very lonely time," he said. "It was very painful to see visiting days with parents bringing things for their children."
The children without visitors – most of whom had lost family members through the genocide – formed their own "families" in school by separating themselves into groups of ten or so with a nominated "father" and "mother," usually the oldest male and female in the respective groups. "That is how we tried to cover ourselves as family," he said. "You're not living life if there is not someone to praise you." They became so close that during the holidays most of the children decided to stay at school, partly because they had nowhere to go that felt like home and partly because they had found family with one another.
Facing unresolved fear and anger
Hakizimana explained that after the Rwandan genocide the main question that people asked themselves was, "Will I be able to survive after I have survived this?" It is still a very tense and politically unstable region where victims and perpetrators must learn to coexist amidst pain, fear and anger.
His own turning point came in 2005 when the Rwandan government began a mass release of tens of thousands of prisoners, most of whom had confessed involvement in the 1994 genocide. Among them was a man who confessed to having killed Hakizimana's uncle.
This man knocked on the door as Hakizimana, his grandmother, and his sister were eating lunch and asked to come in. Upon hearing his confession, Hakizimana's grandmother and sister ran from the room because they did not want to hear any more. Hakizimana said that as an African man he had to sit down with him and hear the man's apology. Although Hakizimana was upset and shaken, he told the man to go and come again in one week.
"There are some truths that are very regrettable," Hakizimana says today. "There are some truths that are hard to handle." When the man came back, Hakizimana extended his forgiveness, but he said it was many years before he actually believed his own words. For him, forgiveness was a choice. He decided he would forgive the man and over time, he actually began to be able to do it.
"Why did you do it?"
A year after this encounter, Hakizimana was finally able to sit down with the man and have a beer and to make peace with his crime. It was at this point that he was able to ask him, "Why did you do it?" and listen as the man told him his own story.
Prejudices between the Hutus and the Tutsis are deeply held and from a very young age the man – who was also raised by his grandmother – had been told that his family had been killed by Tutsis, which he later learned was not true. However by the time the 1994 genocide occurred, the man had developed so much hatred for the Tutsis that it was nothing to him to simply join in with the massacre. Now, however, the man must live with both the guilt of what he did and the shame that his wife and family feel for his participation.
At first Hakizimana,'s family called him naive for his efforts to forgive both the man and other perpetrators. In 2007, though, Hakizimana had the opportunity to attend a World Vision training. He decided to take his sister with him to the training and hoped the experience might spark a spirit of forgiveness in her. There they embraced several sayings to help them move past the atrocities committed against them such as, "when you dwell on the past, you lose the future" and "when you're going to build a new order, you have to destroy the old, because you cannot develop both."
Hakizimana and his younger sister ended up moving away from the community in which their grandmother still lives in order to get away from some of the lingering pain and bad memories. From that point on, he says his sister began changing for the better. She finished high school in 2010 and is now a university student who works as a bank manager.
Forgiveness is a choice, not a feeling
"Forgiveness is personal," Hakizimana mused. "It's not a feeling. You can't close your eyes and wait until you feel like forgiving. Forgiveness is not logical. It's not even knowing the truth. You may even be distracted by the truth. It is a decision. You sit there and say, 'I solemnly swear that I will forgive' and then you work at it until it comes slowly, slowly."
After SPI, Hakizimana plans to return to Rwanda to finish his last year of school. (Consider the educational gap he has closed between entering school for the first time at age 14 in order to be a multilingual university student today at age 27.) Hakizimana also will complete a four-week internship with the Strongest Oak Foundation in Rwanda, the organization that sponsored his SPI application. This internship is required by his Winston Fellowship, which covered all expenses associated with traveling to EMU and attending three SPI sessions. He hopes to one day resume his work of healing and reconciliation through drama and arts and believes that the skills learned the past three weeks at SPI will help him to do this with more understanding and effectiveness.
For a related story from the neighboring country of Burundi, read about Jean Claude Nkundwa, who is earning a master's degree in conflict transformation from EMU's Center for Justice and Peacebuilding.


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Nice deer not familiar with SD was this one on public or private ground? Congrats!
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Nice deer not familiar with SD was this one on public or private ground? Congrats!
Congrats, Nice buck
Real nice buck! Congrats!
man thats a good 1 congrats
Next fall we will probably head back out to wyoming mule deer hunting. I am in the process of a career change, and I dont think november will work well next fall to take a trip. But the year after we may if I dont draw an elk tag in WY. I have been planning this hunt forever it seems.......the season dates just never seem to work out for my schedule.
But once we do go, I will keep in touch. 35-L encompasses most of the Custer NF, short pines, Slim Buttes, and Cave Hills areas. Its 100% public land. Before 35-L was created, we were going to apply for 35-C.
Once again, Great Buck!
Good job , great buck !
great looking animal. look really warm??
Congrats! That's a great buck! Looks like he had pretty good spread too!


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Jose Lacerda Coming the COFAC Recital Hall
September 4, 2013
MACOMB, IL - -The Visiting Lectures Committee will sponsor a guest recital of Jose Lacerda in the COFAC Recital Hall Thursday, Sept. 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Jose Lacerda will be performing "At the Whim of the Current," a vibraphone piece featuring a series of chordal figures that include gives the performer a sense of freedom in terms of gestural pacing, dynamic levels, and use of the bow. The piece also includes electronics, which adds a degree of randomness in terms of how it processes the vibraphone.
Lacedra is pursuing a doctoral degree in contemporary music at Bowling Green State University. While there, he is a teaching assistant for the percussion studio under Roger Schupp. Lacedra has worked along side many professional composers such as Steve Reich, John L. Adams, Jeff Herriott and many others and has premiered works by them as well.
He has also performed with some of the Brazil's premier orchestras including the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra. As a native of Santa Catarina, Brazil, Lacedra has earned a bachelor's degree in music performance from Universidade Deferal de Santa Maria and has earned a master's degree from the University of Miami.
The performance is open free the public.
For more information, contact Joanie Herbert at (309) 298-1843 or email email@example.com.
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Surging to one of his trademark late-breaking finishes,Michael Phelpswon his final event — the 100-meter butterfly — at the Olympic qualifying trials Sunday night, and heads to London likely to swim the same eight races that produced his record-breaking gold-medal haul.
"It shows I can do an event program like this at a high level again," said Phelps, who qualified for five events in London and is expected to be named to three relay teams as he was in Beijing. "I think we were struggling over the last couple of years doing one event at this level."
It was not a pretty swim — Phelps called the first 50 meters "pretty crappy" and the finish "pretty terrible" — but it accomplished what he needed to exit the competitive stage in ambitious style in what will be his fourth and final Summer Games.
With Ryan Lochte swimming far from his usual center lane next to him and coming in third, Phelps also won the much hyped rivalry that was the buzz of the trials. He won three of the four head-to-head matchups against the Florida swimmer, who remains determined to emerge from Phelps' Olympic shadow.
"I have no regrets," Lochte said of the ambitious trial schedule that had him swimming three races, two against Phelps, on Saturday night. "This was a training meet. Last night it was everything I had."
While the race became the final installment of the on-going Phelps-Lochte showdown, second place and a ticket to the Games in the event went to Tyler McGill, 24, who trains at the New York Athletic Club.
"I had to make the decision this morning that I was going to London and commit to that," said McGill, who said it didn't matter that he was going up against Lochte and Phelps, the world record holder.
While all eyes were on the rivals, also swimming in the 100-fly final, over in lane 8, was Giles Smith, a 2009 McDonogh grad and rising junior at Arizona. He placed eighth, but Scott Ward, his McDonogh coach, said it was a good experience for him, five other alums and a current member of his Eagle Swim Team, Katelyn Sowinski, to swim in trials.
"The facility is absolutely beautiful, the crowds are very big," Ward said. "We remind them, it's still a 50-meter pool, you're not swimming any more than that" each lap.
Going into Sunday night's event, Phelps and Lochte had faced off in three finals. Lochte and Phelps went 1 and 2 in the 400 IM, but switched places in the 200-free and the 200 IM. They both earned spots on the London-bound team in those events, as well as one each in other races — Phelps in the 200-fly and Lochte in the 200-back, giving them a total of four individual events each.
Enter the 100-fly, which Phelps handily won, giving him his fifth qualifying event for the Games.
Lochte was a surprise competitor. The 100-meter butterfly is not his stroke, and he already had two tough races Saturday night without adding the 100 fly semifinal. It made for some epic racing, but it may have taken its toll.
Phelps, ever on alert for competitive advantage, said he used Lochte's jam-packed schedule, forcing a fast starting pace in the 200 IM. Swimming in adjacent lanes, the two tend to react to each other's moves — the cat-and-mouse game, Phelps calls it — and indeed, the two seemed to be swimming as one, although Lochte would end up touching the wall .09 second after him.
Phelps, who swam a triple in 2004, said he "would never sign up" for what Lochte did. "He's tough, you saw that" Saturday, he said. "He did a very good job of getting up and racing three hard races ... and did them well."
Now, with the trials concluded for them — on Monday, only the women's 50-meter freestyle and the men's 1500-meter freestyle remain — both are looking ahead and across the ocean.
"There's so much left," Lochte said of his energy reserves. "I'm not fully rested yet. Come London I'll have that full taper, and I'll be fully rested."
Phelps, who came straight to Omaha after altitude training in Colorado, will get a brief trip home to Baltimore before heading back out, first to training camps in Tennessee and then France, and, finally, to London.
"Being able to get a couple under the belt this week and hopefully build off of this, and we head home on Tuesday," Phelps said. "We have a workout here with the team, and then we head home, so it'll be good to get home and starting building toward London."


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The City's Son (The Skyscraper Throne) by Tom Pollock (Sep 8, 2012)
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Silver (A Bandia Novel) by Talia Vance (Sep 8, 2012)
Skyship Academy: Crimson Rising by Nick James (Sep 8, 2012)
Frozen by Mary Casanova (Sep 7, 2012)
34 Pieces of You by Carmen Rodrigues (Sep 4, 2012)
Be My Enemy (Book Two of the Everness Series) by Ian McDonald (Sep 4, 2012)
A Beautiful Friendship (Star Kingdom) by David Weber (Sep 4, 2012)
Betrayal (Empty Coffin) by Gregg Olsen (Sep 4, 2012)
Blackwood (Strange Chemistry) by Gwenda Bond (Sep 4, 2012)
Blink Once by Cylin Busby (Sep 4, 2012)
The Book of the Night (Libyrinth) by Pearl North (Sep 4, 2012)
The Broken Lands by Kate Milford and Andrea Offermann (Sep 4, 2012)
Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr (Sep 4, 2012)
Dead is a Killer Tune by Marlene Perez (Sep 4, 2012)
The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George (Sep 4, 2012)
Entice (Embrace) by Jessica Shirvington (Sep 4, 2012)
Envy (Fury) by Elizabeth Miles (Sep 4, 2012)
Fathomless by Jackson Pearce (Sep 4, 2012)
Freaks Like Us by Susan Vaught (Sep 4, 2012)
I Swear by Lane Davis (Sep 4, 2012)
Immortal Lycanthropes by Hal Johnson and Teagan White (Sep 4, 2012)
Island of Silence (Unwanteds) by Lisa McMann (Sep 4, 2012)
Janitors, Book 2: Secrets of New Forest Academy by Tyler Whitesides (Sep 4, 2012)
Kieli, Vol. 7 (novel): As the Deep Ravine's Wind Howls (Kieli (novel)) by Yukako Kabei (Sep 4, 2012)
Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama (Sep 4, 2012)
Origin by Jessica Khoury (Sep 4, 2012)
Rage Within (Dark Inside) by Jeyn Roberts (Sep 4, 2012)
Shift (Strange Chemistry) by Kim Curran (Sep 4, 2012)
Sweet Shadows (Sweet Venom) by Tera Lynn Childs (Sep 4, 2012)
Tiger's Destiny (Book 4 in the Tiger's Curse Series) by Colleen Houck (Sep 4, 2012)
Viva Jacquelina!: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Over the Hills and Far Away (Bloody Jack Adventures) by Louis A. Meyer (Sep 4, 2012)
What Came from the Stars by Gary D. Schmidt (Sep 4, 2012)
Claws by Mike Grinti and Rachel Grinti (Sep 1, 2012)
The Dark Unwinding by Sharon Cameron (Sep 1, 2012)
The Encyclopedia of Me by Karen Rivers (Sep 1, 2012)
Undead by Kirsty McKay (Sep 1, 2012)
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A crowd gathered on the Grundy County Courthouse lawn Wednesday to take time to remember those lost in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and to pray for the future during the Cry Out America event.
Eight local churches participated in the Grundy County Cry Out America event coordinated by the Rev. Rich Giovannetti of Standing in the Word Ministries.
Cry Out America is a grassroots prayer and renewal movement seeking to unite citizens of every state, county and church in prayer for a Christ awakening in the nation on Sept. 11, according to awakeningamerica.us. The prayer gatherings are located at state capitols, courthouses, city parks and other locations.
The goal is to raise awareness of the country's spiritual needs, seeking forgiveness and God's intervention and promoting a unity of local believers.
"Twelve years ago today there were 19 people who didn't like our freedom, who didn't like our faith, who didn't like our government or our way of life," said Giovannetti of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York City, the Pentagon and a failed attempt on Washington, D.C.
"They are cowards and what they did is unacceptable, but it reminds us as a nation that our democracy is frail," he said.
Freedom cannot be taken for granted, Giovannetti said.
He and about eight other religious officials prayed with the crowd for America's government, armed forces and civil servants, the economy, children, family, education and for church.
A presentation of the flags was done by the Marine Corps recruiting office in Morris. The Immaculate Conception Children's Choir sang several patriotic songs.
"We all have to remember the past and what happened, and have to pray for what is going on now and in our future," said Nancy Bennett of Morris, a participant in the event Wednesday.
During the ceremony, Giovannetti also shared the timeline of devastating events on 9/11 from when the first plane took off from the airport to United 93's pilot Todd Beamer's famous last words, "Let's roll," before he and other passengers took the plane back from the hijackers and crashed it before it reached Washington, D.C.
Beamer was on the phone with an operator through some of his last moments while he and the other passengers decided to fight back, and during that time he and the operator recited the Lord's Prayer, Giovannetti said.
He was praying, Giovannetti said, when he decided to save what could have been the White House or other significant building in Washington, D.C.
The ceremony closed with the choir, and much of the crowd, singing "God Bless America."
"We're in a dark time right now and the more people who stand up and bombard heaven with prayers the better off we are," Jackie Coyne of Coal City said.


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Middle 50s will be the highs Sunday through Tuesday with occasional showers. The showers may even stick around through Thursday or Friday.


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I am new to Purplemath, and am experiencing some difficulty with the above subject. Here is the problem:
(Square root y + Square root y+7=7), I raised the entire equation to the power of 2, to elimnate the square root.
This is what I have so far:
Subtracted 7 from both sides
Gave me 2y=42
Divided 2 from both sides
Gave me y=21
But when plugged 21 in for y, didn't equal 7.


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SOAP ROLES: Dr. Weston, AS THE WORLD TURNS (2002); Travis Montgomery, ALL MY CHILDREN (1987-1992, 1997, 1998, 2001); Clay Alden, LOVING (1992); Kyle Sampson, GUIDING LIGHT (1984-1987); SEARCH FOR TOMORROW (appeared in final episode); Schuyler Whitney/Jefferson Brown, THE EDGE OF NIGHT (1980-1984)
1989 Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Favorite Super Couple: Daytime
1986 Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role on a Daytime Serial
1986 Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Favorite Daytime Super Couple on a Daytime Serial
1984 Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
Nelson Aspen: Any soap character compared to James Bond owes a debt of gratitude to Larkin's portrayal of Sky Whitney on EON: Cool, sophisticated, romantic action star! And even with his less showy roles after leaving Monticello, Larkin demonstrated serious acting skills and leading man sex appeal. His "mad scientist" gig on ATWT revealed the happy surprise of his humor side as well.
Alan Carter: He could play 100 roles, but for me...Sky was the limit. Powerful, cunning, suave and bad all in the same package. They dont write them like that much any more...nor do they act them that way either.
Roger Newcomb: He starred opposite three of the biggest female soap stars of the 1980s (and of all time) in Sharon Gabet, Kim Zimmer and Susan Lucci. Sky Whitney on EDGE was such an incredbile role that it was hard to top but he managed to find continued success at GUIDING LIGHT and ALL MY CHILDREN. It's a shame he's not leading a soap cast today.
Carmen Thomas: (worked with Malloy on ALL MY CHILDREN) He was always so charming, a really nice guy, sharp wit.


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Mr. Steinberg was a director of the early-80's sitcom "Newhart." And, he recalled, one of the highlights of working on that set was the chance to eat lunch with Mr. Newhart and other funny people - including Mr. Newhart's friend and fellow comedian Don Rickles, who would often drop by - and to sit back and listen to them talk, joke and reminisce about life in the comedy business.Nice idea. I'll set the TiVo.
"That was almost my childhood ideal of what show business would be, those lunches," Mr. Steinberg said in a telephone interview from his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. "That kind of experience is so memorable, and so rare."
"Casual" is the watchword for the series itself. In contrast to "Inside the Actors Studio" and its scholarly, well-prepared host, "Sit Down Comedy With David Steinberg" is concerned less with serious analysis than with giving Mr. Steinberg and fellow comedians - some, like Mr. Newhart and Martin Short, old friends; others, like George Lopez and Jon Lovitz, performers he admired but did not know personally - the chance to riff off of each other.Mike Myers is the first guest, tonight. Larry David is the second guest, next week. What more do you need to know? This is perfect!
"I'm not interested in the craft of comedy," Mr. Steinberg said. "I don't think that's interesting to an audience. I just wanted to show the audience how funny these people can be."


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Budweiser loses trademark battle in Britain
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PRAGUE - A British court has rejected for good brewery Anheuser-Busch's request to block rival Budvar from selling its beer under the Budweiser trademark in the country, the latest ruling in a long legal battle over the brand name.
Britain's Supreme Court confirmed Tuesday that it rejected on Jan. 8 a request by Anheuser-Busch to overturn a ruling by the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal had said Budejovicky Budvar NP should keep the right to the name.
The ruling means that unlike other markets, Anheuser-Busch and Budvar can both continue to use the Budweiser trademark in Britain. Both brewers were granted the right to use it in 2000.
Budvar, a state-owned Czech company, said Tuesday that Anheuser-Busch, which is owned by Belgium's AB Inbev, cannot appeal the latest verdict.
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Truman's Military Desegregation Order Reflects American Values, Gates Says
by Gerry J. Gilmore, American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2008 - President Harry S. Truman's 1948 executive order that desegregated the U.S. military was a definitive statement of equality that declared all servicemembers must be judged by individual merit instead of their racial background, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today. "No aspect of black Americans' quest for justice and equality under the law has been nobler than what has been called, "the fight for the right to fight," Gates said at the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the integration of the armed forces held in the Capitol Rotunda. "Our commemoration today of the racial integration of the armed forces makes us reflect on how far we have come toward living up to our founding ideals and yet how much remains to be done," Gates said.
The Defense Department began breaking down the barriers of race at the conclusion of World War II in 1945, Gates said. As in past wars, African-American troops had served in World War II with honor and distinction, he noted. However, African-American troops had to fight and live separately from all-white units. America's sons and daughters fought in World War II to preserve freedom and human dignity for the world's people, Gates said. Yet, African-Americans who'd served with distinction in that war, he noted, "returned to face segregation and harassment at home," as so-called Jim Crow segregation laws in place across the South relegated African-Americans to second-class-citizen status.
Truman's Executive Order 9981, signed July 26, 1948, was an important statement and an important step, Gates said. However, he said, Truman's directive "had to overcome stiff institutional resistance, as deeply entrenched attitudes were hard to change." For example, "segregated units remained the norm and integrated units the exception," Gates noted, for several years after the integration order was issued.
The start of the Korean War in June 1950 prompted the need to put hundreds of thousands of Americans into uniform after the U.S. military had demobilized following the end of World War II. "With the sudden outbreak of war in Korea, the urgent demands of the battlefield trumped the old habit of Jim Crow," Gates said. Before the start of the Korean War, he said, 50 percent of African-Americans in the Marine Corps -- about 750 men -- served as stewards. At the end of the Korean War in 1953, Gates said, there were 17,000 African-American Marines, and only 3 percent served as stewards. "By 1954, the Korean War was over, the last of the segregated units were dissolved, and the momentum for equality and civil rights was carrying over into American society as a whole," Gates said.
In the ensuing decades after Truman's directive took effect, "black and white Americans trained, served, and fought together with honor and distinction," Gates said. Today's integrated U.S. military continues to "put merit and integrity above all," Gates said, noting there's still more to achieve. "My hope and expectation is that, in the years ahead, more African-Americans will staff the armed forces at the highest levels," Gates said. "We must make sure the American military continues to be a great engine of progress and equality -- all the better to defend our people and our values against adversaries around the globe."
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CBS Orlando apologized for having to show a Jags game
CBS Orlando apologized for having to show a Jags game
These guys might not win a game.
Go Gators!
Anyone going to the 3 hour, 16 minute rally to sign Tebow that starts at 3:16 today?
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Well.... they were bad again. On the other hand, there was some improvement. They weren't as horrendously bad as the week before, although they were pretty well dominated.
It may be harder to demonstrate improvement next week at Seattle.
Well they went from playing Kansas City to playing Oakland, there darn well better be some signs of improvement going from a decent (at worst) team to playing another bottom dwellar. If things had stayed stagnant, that would have been regression when taking into account the level of competition.
They play at Oakland, then at Seattle? Who the heck allowed that schedule? I hope the team is staying out west this week practicing, if they're travelling back home I can't think how bad the jet lag would be come sunday, not to mention the lack of game planning playing on the west coast, flying home, flying back out west and playing in one of the loudest stadiums against one of the league best teams.
no, its not going to matter in this case, but its something that should come up as a red flag for any team that has back to back road trips all the way across the country. Now perhaps Jacksonville welcomed the idea to let it serve as a "team building" get away week for the squad early in the season, perhaps they are camping out in northern Cali all week, but as a general rule, it shouldn't be allowed. NFL road games are tough enough.
Those guys are traveling by private jet. It's just not that tough on them. The coaches aren't losing any time, either. They can work on the plane.
They are staying on West Coast for the week. They did not have a choice on the schedule. They'll also do a week in London.
I believe its at the request of the owner.
I don't care how you travel, flying out west, going thru the physical game of football, flying back home, turning around and flying back west is tough.
Sure the coaches have a lot they can do on the plane, but the flight time, loading, unloading, etc.. still takes time. Plus they lose the creature comforts of doing some of those things from the comfort of their own office.
Why don't they just sign Tebow? If the consensus is that Tebow is bad, why not start him in hopes of landing the 1st pick? At least Tebow will put some people in the seats.
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Andrea Pirlo claims Juventus are ready for whatever Celtic throw at them
Andrea Pirlo claims Juventus are readying themselves to go into UEFA Champions League 'battle' against Celtic.
Last Updated: 06/02/13 10:50am
The Hoops are the surprise package in the last 16 of Europe's premier competition, but thoroughly deserve to be mixing it with the best sides on the continent after stunning Barcelona during the group stage.
A two-legged tie with Italian giants Juve awaits Neil Lennon's side, with the Celtic camp determined to keep their fairytale run going.
Pirlo, though, has warned that the Italian outfit will be no pushovers, with Juve capable of outplaying opponents or overpowering them.
The veteran midfielder said: "We are prepared for whatever Celtic have to offer.
"We saw that they beat Barcelona in Glasgow, but we are prepared to adapt maybe more than Barcelona did.
"We know Barcelona play fantastic football, but Celtic frustrated them. Whatever way Celtic want to play, we are ready for them.
"If they want to play football, we'll play football. But if they want to battle, we are ready to go to battle."
Italy international Pirlo added: "I know that Celtic Park will be like a gladiator arena, but we're ready.
"We have players who have won the World Cup and Champions League, so we are used to intimidating games.
"I'm sure the noise from the Celtic fans will be crazy, but that will only make us more determined to go into battle."


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"The Wall" is a remarkably involving film, especially given its brave, self-imposed limitations. Writer-director Julian Roman Pölser, working with the superb Martina Gedeck ("The Lives of Others") — in effect, the movie's sole actor — has crafted a gripping tale of survival, loss, fate and other big themes, all wrapped up in a deceptively basic story.
Gedeck's unnamed character, let's call her "the woman," finds herself alone in the scenic Austrian mountains after Hugo and Luise, the older couple she's traveled there with, set off for a walk into the village and never return. The woman is left with her friends' sturdy hound, Lynx, and their well-stocked hunting lodge, where Gedeck's heroine will spend what we learn — via her ongoing voice-overs (based on poetic journal entries) — will be the next several years.
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The reason: There's an invisible wall the woman discovers her second day in the mountains that prevents her from leaving. That is, unless someone should come along to rescue her. Until then, it's just her and the loyal Lynx, along with a cow and, at one point, two cats. (The "rules" of the pesky wall go unexplored, giving the film a distinctly allegorical vibe.)
How our protagonist subsists and changes, grows closer to Lynx, and battles several key obstacles, make up most of the action. It's all far more transfixing than it may sound — and definitely worth the trip.
— Gary Goldstein
'The Wall.'
MPAA rating: None.
Running time: 1 hour, 48 minutes. In English and German with English subtitles.
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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of Nokia (NOK) are down 41 cents, or almost 12%, at $3.17, after the company this morning reported Q1 revenue of €5.82 billion, down 20%, year over year, and a 7-cent net loss per share, missing the consensus for €6.5 billion, but better than the expected 11-cent-per-share loss.
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop remarked,
We have areas where we are making progress, and areas where we are further increasing the focus. For example, people are responding positively to the Lumia portfolio, and our volumes are increasing quarter over quarter. Nokia Siemens Networks delivered another strong quarter and contributed to an overall improvement in Nokia Group's cash position. On the other hand, our Mobile Phones business faces a difficult competitive environment, and we are taking tactical actions and bringing new innovation to market to address our challenges.
Within Nokia's "Devices & Services" division, which saw a 32% year over year decline in revenue, at €2.89 billion, "smart device" unit volume of sales fell 49%, while mobile phone volume fell 21%. Devices & Services saw a 0.1% adjusted operating margin, down 3% from the prior-year period. The company sold 5.6 million of its "Lumia" line of smartphones running Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows Phone.
For the current quarter, Nokia expects Devices margin to be back in the red, at negative 2%, it said.
In Nokia's Nokia-Siemens Networks equipment joint venture, sales fell 5%, year over year, and fell 30% from the prior quarter, to €2.8 billion, but turned in a 7% adjusted operating profit margin, down 5% from the prior-year margin.
NSN operating margin is expected to be about 5% this quarter, plus or minus four percentage points, Nokia said.
Nomura Equity Research's Stuart Jeffrey reiterates a Neutral rating this morning, and a €3.20 target price on Nokia's ordinary shares traded in Helsinki.
He is encouraged by the 31.4% group gross margin, but notes that while sales of the Lumia were in line with expectations, sales of feature phones missed volume expectations by 10%, something that should be of concern, he writes:
The gross margin improvement is a clear positive, but the decline in feature phone units is a material concern given the importance of this unit to driving scale and cash flow. The inability of Lumia to beat expectations is also disappointing, in our view. While the results call may add further detail, we see little scope for consensus numbers to remain at current levels given the likelihood that Nokia addresses the low feature phone sales with price cuts that are likely to dilute gross margins – thus undermining one of the few positives in the results.
William Power of R.W. Baird, who has an Underperform rating on the shares, and a $3 price target, writes that a sequential rise in Lumia sales was a "solid" performance, handily beating his 4 million estimate. He notes, too, that Nokia expects an acceleration in Lumia sales this quarter.
However, sales of 55.8 million mobile phones was below his 68.7 million estimate, and what he thinks was consensus of 70.9 million.
As for NSN, the revenue of €2.8 billion missed his €3 billion estimate, but gross margin of 34% was stronger than the 30% he had been expecting.


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The Moon Landing isn't listed?
"I prefer books and movies where the conflict isn't of the extreme cannibal apocalypse variety I guess." Redsfaithful
Not sure if I shared this here or not- I had an astronomy professor once at USF, who worked on the moon landing. Had a Phd in physics, or something like that, from Yale- brilliant lady. She claimed to be one of only a handful of people who could work with an equation to literally put the lander on the moon.The Moon Landing isn't listed?
So one day this kid in class thinks it would be a great idea to ask her if the moon landing was fake.
I mean- I'm not sure if he realized he was questioning this lady's crowning achievement in her life or not, but she proceeded to tell him off in what was one of the most entertaining rants I've ever heard.
She rattled off the proof in her favor- main point being, IIRC, she challenged anyone to recreate the moon rocks returned to earth. The textrue of the rock is like nothing here on this planet.
I don't think a requirement of employment should be that you can never offend people. It's high time folks deal with being offended. It's another example of how we're becoming a bunch of wimps. - Person offended by NFL players not standing for national anthem.
Hugs, smiling, and interactive Twitter accounts, don't mean winning baseball. Until this community understands that we are cursed to relive the madness.
On either the History or Discover Channel they had an moon landing conspiracy debate taking in account of both sides. But at the end of the program, Aldrin had a pretty good proof that the moon landing was real and it concerned the Soviets. IIRC, other independent sources were tracking the Apollo lunar landing, mostly radio signals. IF they could do that then the Soviets could as well. There was still the cold war and if the landing was a hoax, the USSR would have been all over it but they didn't say a word.She rattled off the proof in her favor- main point being, IIRC, she challenged anyone to recreate the moon rocks returned to earth. The textrue of the rock is like nothing here on this planet.
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"We want to be the band to dance to when the bomb drops." - Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran
No mention of Piltdown Man?
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^ I was thinking about that too, ORH. That was a pretty well known fraud, especially considering scientists were genuinely fooled by it and it was actually in science books and such as FACT for like 40-something years.
Piltdown Man and Ernst Haeckel's fraudulent embyonic drawings are the first ones that come to mind mainly due to the length of time before the hoaxes were discovered.
What are you, people? On dope? - Mr Hand
I was thinking the fake Howard Hughes biography would be one of them, but it doesn't hold a candle to some of these. That was a pretty cool read. Thank you, Chip R.
Actually it seemed like a pretty weak list. Was there anything in it that happened within the past 100 years?
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Taylor took the first game, but in the end it was Bristol Liberty County that came away with a 25-27, 25-19, 25-17, 25-20 win Thursday in the Class 1A state volleyball semifinals at Silver Spurs Arena.
KISSIMMEE -- Two volleyball teams came to Silver Spurs Arena on Thursday, each looking for its first berth in a state championship game.
It won't be the Pierson Taylor Wildcats.
After winning the opening game 27-25, the Wildcats dropped the next three to Bristol Liberty County, which advanced to Friday's Class 1A volleyball title game against Mayo Lafayette, a 25-17, 29-27, 25-21 winner over Baker County.
"This team is my family. I've grown up there for a really long time, so it means a lot to me that I could keep my season going as long as possible to stay with my team,'' said Wildcats senior Taylor Coombs who had 12 kills. "It's just really great to come here and experience this.''
Playing in its second state semifinal in the last seven years, Liberty County (23-2) recovered from its opening-game loss to win the next three by scores of 25-19, 25-17 and 25-20. It was just the second loss of the season for the Wildcats (25-2).
In Game 1, the teams swapped the lead five times and there was never a margin of greater than two points all the way to a 13-13 tie. Liberty took a 17-15 lead and ran off five straight for a 20-15 margin, before the Wildcats chiseled away at the lead.
"I'm proud of my girls. This is a journey that we wanted to get to,'' Taylor coach Tanya Ramos said. "When we got here it maybe wasn't the complete outcome that we were hoping for, but we've had a fantastic season and they've done something that hadn't been done at Taylor High School in a very, very long time.''
Coombs almost single-handedly fueled the rally, logging three kills and a block in pulling the game back to 23-23.
The Bulldogs went up 24-23 and were facing game point, but Coombs responded with another kill. Cameron Neely, who finished with 12 kills, logged a block to put Taylor up 26-25, and a Liberty hitting miscue sealed the Game 1 win for the Wildcats.
The Bulldogs came back with a vengeance in Game 2, running out to a 10-1 lead before Taylor rallied as close as 13-12. Liberty then rode the hitting ability of senior Shelby White to a 24-16 lead. White finished with a match-high 28 kills on the day.
"The (Bulldogs) got going in the second game, definitely,'' Ramos said. "They have a very talented hitter (White). We got a couple of touches on her but she has some very good ups and just outjumped my blockers.''
Taylor fended off three game points before Liberty senior Ashley Smith put away the last shot, giving the Bulldogs a 25-19 win and tying the match at 1-1.
Liberty maintained its momentum in Game 3 and took an 8-1 lead. Again, Taylor rallied and closed to within 17-14, but the Bulldogs scored seven of the next eight points. Taylor held off three game points, but Liberty captured the game, 25-17, giving the Bulldogs a 2-1 edge in the match.
"I tried to (White's) shoulder as much as possible,'' Taylor's Shelby York said. "That way it gives you a little bit of reaction time, but she was really powerful.''
In the final game, Taylor led 7-5 early before Liberty rallied back to take a 15-12 lead. Taylor drew back to within 18-17 before eventually losing 25-20.
Taylor (22-2), whose only regular-season loss was to Class 7A state quarterfinalist University, was making its 16th trip to the playoffs and second to the state semis. The Wildcats graduate three starters while returning three next season.
The Wildcats' only other venture to the state semis was in 1978 when they lost in the 2A semis, 15-6, 15-4, to Academy of Holy Names.
Coached by Jennifer Sewell, Liberty County's only regular-season losses were to John Paul Catholic and Blountstown. Liberty County was making its 21st trip to the state playoffs and only its second to the state semis – the last one being in 2005.


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|6 years ago :: Jun 28, 2012 - 11:04AM #1
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|6 years ago :: Jun 28, 2012 - 11:09AM #2
Well, what do you know... maybe Obama isn't a radical socialist/communist/secret Muslim/America-hating/hippy/Marxist after all.
(And in other breaking news, Rush Limbaugh just shit his pants...)
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|6 years ago :: Jun 28, 2012 - 11:12AM #3
I would so love to be a fly on Rush's wall right now. I hear Glenn Beck had to double his dosage of Xanax.
He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God. ~ Proverbs 14:31
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|6 years ago :: Jun 28, 2012 - 11:17AM #4
As I said on the Pol board, Wingoism, ever since going wingy over Iraq, is in continual meltdown stage, at this juncture. If "Death panels for Grandma." as a Wingomeme weren't persuasive, then it will have to be "God strike the Court dead. And soon."
I mean, who wants a nation with healthcare, anyway.
"Wesley told the early Methodists to gain all they could and save all they could so that they could give all they could. It means that I consider my money to belong to God and I see myself as one of the hungry people who needs to get fed with God's money. If I really have put all my trust in Jesus Christ as savior and Lord, then nothing I have is really my own anymore."
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|6 years ago :: Jun 28, 2012 - 11:23AM #5
Well Obama said it wasn't a tax at least until he needed it to be a tax to win. The insurance companies are happy, they'll be making a lot more money now.
What could hurt is the ruling they made on the medicaid expansion--that the federal gov't cannot withhold funds from states that refuse to comply.
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|6 years ago :: Jun 28, 2012 - 11:32AM #6
Personally, I think the Chief Justice is out of his f'ing mind to pretend that the Commerce Clause doesn't apply but never mind.
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|6 years ago :: Jun 28, 2012 - 11:49AM #7
Not buying medical insurance is not engaging in commerce among the states, so I don't see how the commerce cause would apply. But then, I do not want to give the federal government unlimited power over our lives, which is what wouldhave happened.
Even the conservative members of SCOTUS have held that activity that is not commerce among the states can be regulated by the commerce clause (Gonzales v. Raich ), so if they had ruled that inactivity could also be regulated by the commerce clause, then the power of the legislative branch would have been absolute.
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|6 years ago :: Jun 28, 2012 - 11:49AM #8
The Medicaid provision could easily be fixed, as I understand it, but that will not happen as the Republicans have no interest in making the law work. Obviously they are not interested in Medicaid one bit, either.
But this is only the first step in overhauling the health care system. It fixes the huge gaps in insurance coverage and corrects some of the most egregious practices of the health insurers.
But the outrageous costs associated with health care in the US still need to be addressed.
It would be nice to see both sides now move on to try to address this. But they won't. The Democrats might be motivated, but the Republicans have no interest in doing anything but trying to roll back the law. Which, since it will not happen, is an exercise in futility. But it will make for good politicking on the right.
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|6 years ago :: Jun 28, 2012 - 11:55AM #9
But the ACA commands everyone buy health insurance (albeit, with some subsidies). That means that everyone doing so is engaging in commerce, probably across state lines and thus, the Commerce Clause.
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|6 years ago :: Jun 28, 2012 - 12:19PM #10
But then again- in health care, as a practical matter, for all but the very rich or the very healthy, the status quo is that the health insurance companies have unlimited power over this aspect of our lives anyway. What's the difference?
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Publishers Weekly Deft yet direct, often funny and yet alert to existential quandaries, this third outing from regular New Yorker contributor Seshadri (The Long Meadow) could be the most versatile, as well as one of the most successful, volumes this year. The fluid, disarming short poems take in modern consumer culture and age-old angst, Seshadri's South Asian heritage, his contemporary New York ("the more punishing blocks of Park Avenue"), and our surveillance society, in which nobody really knows anyone, yet anybody can find out where you are: "Why I wanted to escape experience is nobody's business but my own,/ but I always believed I could." Long chatty lines sit beside tight rhymed stanzas, bleakness beside wit ("Purgatory, the Sequel"), and all of it introduces the two long works that comprise the other two sections of this three-part work. One contains Seshadri's expansive prose essay about an Alaskan fishing boat, at "the great intersection of sea and sky. in the gloom at the edge of the world." Even more remarkable is the lengthy "Personal Essay" in verse, a meditation on what it could mean to be personal, to be one person and not another, in this crowded age: Seshadri imagines himself as "the image of/ nothing, a face astonished by itself in the mirror/ (that couldn't be me, could it?)." Some readers will praise him for his light touch; others, for the depth, and the literary history, that he brings to his present-day task-but praise him they should. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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A Philadelphia man has been arrested and charged with threatening to kill the Republican party whip in the U.S. House of Representatives, officials announced today.
The FBI says Norman Leboon, 38, told investigators he was the "son of the god of Enoch" and that he had posted a video on the Internet threatening the lives of Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia and his family.
An FBI affidavit makes no mention of an incident last Tuesday when a bullet smashed through a window at Cantor's campaign office in Richmond about 1 a.m. Police have said their investigation indicated the bullet was a stray from a randomly fired handgun.
According to the affidavit, Leboon allegedly said in the video: "Remember Eric . . . our judgment time, the final Yom Kippur has been given. You are a liar, you're a Lucifer, you're a pig, a greedy [expletive] pig. You're an abomination. You receive my bullets in your office. Remember they will be placed in your heads. You and your children are Lucifer's abominations."
Cantor's office had this to say: "Over the weekend, Congressman Cantor was notified by law enforcement that a threat was made against his life. Law enforcement officials informed Congressman Cantor that the threat was determined as credible and they were responding accordingly. The Congressman was later notified that an arrest was made and a suspect was in custody."


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Chapter 2"Do you think we should wake her up? She's been asleep for more than two days, Doctor."
"No, not yet. We'll wait for her to wake up by herself."
The soft murmurs grow louder. My eyelids flutter open and I blink a couple times to take in my surroundings. White. That's all I see. White walls, white coats, white lights. Even white people. Surrounding me. Why? Because I tried to kill myself. Well that worked out nicely didn't it? I can't even swallow pills right! What is wrong with me?
"Oh, good you're up," says some guy in a white coat. "I'm Doctor Henderson," he says with a cheery smile. He tells me to sit up and I push my body up slowly, feeling extremely uncomfortable. All I can feel is hurt. Pain runs through my whole body like the blood in my veins. I stare at the needle in my arm connected to the IV and look back at the man in front of me. He's been waiting patiently, waiting for me to finish taking in my surroundings.
"Now I know that you must be a bit confused so let's get you up to date. Four days ago you overdosed on pills and were admitted into the hospital by your mother. Fortunately she brought you in right away and we were able to save you." He looks me over once with a sad smile before saying, "You are a very lucky girl Miss Turner. If you were admitted even an hour later, we probably couldn't have gotten the pills out of your system." He pauses briefly and asks, "Do you have any questions?"
I shake my head no, but inside my brain is going crazy, asking a million questions that have no answers unless I speak up and ask. All the questions bounce back and forth in my brain, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth until I want to scream because I can't hear myself think. Who found me? Was it my mom? Or was it Ben? How long exactly have I been asleep? What day is it? Does everyone know that I tried to kill myself?
No. I refuse to torture myself with all these useless thoughts. I take a deep breath and as I let it out, my mind lets go of all the unanswered questions. The only thought that stays is the one that will haunt me forever. If they had found me just an hour later, I wouldn't be here. I wouldn't be in this world that I don't trust. This world that I can't bear to take another breath in.
The doctor clears his throat and this time when I look up, a woman stands beside him.
"This is Mrs. Zimmer. She's going to ask you a couple of questions, okay?"
I look at Doctor Henderson more closely and realize that he was the snooty man in my hospital room who wouldn't let me sit up, as he points out a woman wearing a frumpy mess of a dress. It's a green that looks grosser than spinach and made of wool my grandma would wear. She's probably in her late thirties but dresses as though she's fifty. Her bright red hair makes her more noticeable than anyone in the room. As if she needs to be more noticeable. She is quite plump and has black glasses that cover half of her face.
She smiles like she can see right through me. I don't want to talk. I don't want to listen. I just want to sleep until forever. So I don't smile back. Instead I give a blank face as if I've never learned anything my whole life. It works. Her smile quivers just a bit, but she's a professional. She goes back to smiling, but now it is a cold smile. One that doesn't reach her eyes. She knows that I'm not going to cooperate. But that won't stop her. So she tells Doctor Henderson and the nurses that they can leave now, and she crosses her arms. She comes over to my bed and sits on a chair to the right of me with a notebook in her hand.
"Leia. What a pretty name! I wish my name was that pretty. My name is Norma," says Mrs. Zimmer excitedly, no doubt trying with connect to her new teen patient.
I snort. Norma. What an awful name! God, if I were her I wouldn't just change my last name when I got married. She drops her fake smile the second she hears my outburst. She figures out she's never going to smile in a conversation with me, and gives up.
"Okay, I'm just going to ask you a couple questions and I need you to answer them honestly. Can you do that for me?"
"Sure." That's all I say. One word because I know if I say more, I'll end up swearing. I don't want anger issues being added to my list of things wrong with me.
"First of all I want to let you know that this is not confidential. But I need you to tell me everything, okay?"
In reply, I simply nod like the bobble head I got from my grandpa for Christmas. It was Snoopy dressed up like a sailor. God knows why he gave that to me.
"Okay Honey, is this the first time you've ever overdosed on pills?"
"Yes." I'm just going to reply yes, no, or maybe so. Maybe if I just stick to that, this will be over soon.
"Why did you overdose?"
"A lot of different reasons." So much for my game plan.
"Okay, were you depressed or angry about something?"
"Yes." I'm back on track. Woohoo.
"Honey, you're going to need to explain more. What were you depressed about?"
"Well, I wouldn't say depressed. I guess I just couldn't take it anymore. Sometimes life is just too much for a person." I surprise myself with this sentence. I never knew how to put what I felt into words until now.
"And why were you feeling like that?"
I grit my teeth, not wanting to admit anything to this nosy lady. "Problems," I respond, glaring at her. If she thinks I'm going to just run and tell a stranger all my secrets, then she's crazy.
She glares right back before flipping to a new page in her notebook, smoothing it out with her right palm.
"Was there anything in your family life that could have prompted you?" she says in an icy tone.
Her coldness doesn't bother me, but only fuels my rage. I don't need to tell this stupid woman anything.
"No." I'm lying straight through my teeth, but I don't care. Because she already knows that I am.
"Your dad has been arrested quite a few times for alcohol abuse. Was he a part of why you attempted suicide, Leia?" she asks in her knowing voice.
I can't look at her anymore. I know that she'll have that I-knew-it-all-along look to match her I-know-I'm-right voice. I don't want to face that. So instead I say, "You know, I'm really tired. Um, do you think you could come back tomorrow?" all the while looking at my ever so interesting IV bag.
She is silent, but my eyes remain trained on everything but her, and I don't notice her eyes softening and her hands tightening their hold on her notebook. She finally ends the quiet with a, "Sure, honey." Her unexpectedly soft spoken voice makes me look at her. She's sorry for me, and I can tell by the pity in her eyes. She gets up and slowly walks to the door, where she quickly waves goodbye. She opens my room's door and leaves, with me staring at the space where she just sat.
I make an attempt to get comfortable in my lumpy hospital bed and close my eyes, dreading the next day. Maybe it will be better. Maybe I won't want to throw something at the frumpy lady. Maybe I won't want to cry. Maybe I won't want to die.
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Elizabeth2001 said...
Nov. 27, 2017 at 2:31 pm
Nov. 27, 2017 at 2:31 pm
I really loved this story. I feel like i can relate to her in so many ways. Very good job!!
Forever wishing said...
Apr. 2, 2012 at 7:23 pm
Apr. 2, 2012 at 7:23 pm
I really enjoyed your story! It is something a lot of people can relate to, the feelings thoughts and actions. Will it continue? Anyway, it is amazing!:)
NeverShoutNeverFan replied...
Oct. 14, 2012 at 10:04 pm
Oct. 14, 2012 at 10:04 pm
Posting new chapters and new edits of the story righttt now :)
NeverShoutNeverFan replied...
Oct. 14, 2012 at 10:04 pm
Oct. 14, 2012 at 10:04 pm
Thanks :)
DannehBoi said...
Jan. 7, 2012 at 11:32 pm
Jan. 7, 2012 at 11:32 pm
Okay.... I LOVED this! But I was actually thinking it could have been a lot better if it was longer.. You just kinda left me hanging at the end.. I want to know what happens with her and Hunter, with her and her brother, with her and her classmates.. But it was really good, and I enjoyed it. There should be a second one! (:
NeverShoutNeverFan replied...
Jan. 8, 2012 at 6:09 pm
Jan. 8, 2012 at 6:09 pm
haha wow thanks!(: haha its not over yet, ive just been super busy with school! chapter 9 should be up in a couple weeks(:
DannehBoi replied...
Jan. 8, 2012 at 7:59 pm
Jan. 8, 2012 at 7:59 pm
You're welcome (: And oh really? Haha I'm sorry I totally thought it was :P But now I'm all pumped up and ready for the next chapter! This story is so good and I love it, I'm glad it's not over. (:
NeverShoutNeverFan replied...
Jan. 8, 2012 at 10:47 pm
Jan. 8, 2012 at 10:47 pm
haha thanks(:
DannehBoi replied...
Jan. 9, 2012 at 1:46 pm
Jan. 9, 2012 at 1:46 pm
You're welcome. (:
DayDreaamer replied...
Jan. 9, 2012 at 8:52 pm
Jan. 9, 2012 at 8:52 pm
Ahh I can't waaaiit (:
NeverShoutNeverFan replied...
Oct. 19, 2012 at 11:12 am
Oct. 19, 2012 at 11:12 am
hey its been FOREVER but ive re written some of it with edits here and there, and 3 or 4 new chapters! check it out if you have time!
cjnthinkguitar said...
Oct. 10, 2011 at 7:26 pm
Oct. 10, 2011 at 7:26 pm
This is amazing! I am instantly drawn in...
I just have one question.
Do you use yahoo answers?
About a year ago, a question was submitted asking about what would happen to a teenage girl after a failed suicide attempt... Would she go to theropy, rehab or just back to school? Are you the person who asked this question?
NeverShoutNeverFan replied...
Oct. 11, 2011 at 12:25 pm
Oct. 11, 2011 at 12:25 pm
thanks! ummm no i dont use yahoo answers sorry!
Steph0804 said...
Aug. 26, 2011 at 11:42 am
Aug. 26, 2011 at 11:42 am
This is a very creative plotline. You know all those stories where the main character commits suicide in the end? This is the opposite. And it's about the consequences of a failed attempt- which no one has ever written about before. The part where I can relate the most to is Mrs. Grisholm, and how there's always someone who doesn't actually want to help for the other person's good; usually, they think of themselves as the knight in shining armor and imagine the other in their arms, crying out of... (more »)
NeverShoutNeverFan replied...
Aug. 26, 2011 at 4:18 pm
Aug. 26, 2011 at 4:18 pm
thanks so much! you totally got what i was going for! i mean there are so many books about people trying to commit suicide but i really wanted to write about what would happen if it actually happened, adn then it didnt work. thanks :)
Cielo4ever said...
Aug. 4, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Aug. 4, 2011 at 2:00 pm
I LOVE this story...the first line got me...the one where she can't open her eyes? AWESOME!!! :)
NeverShoutNeverFan replied...
Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:37 am
Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:37 am
thanks so much! :)
Cielo4ever replied...
Sept. 22, 2011 at 12:21 pm
Sept. 22, 2011 at 12:21 pm
seriously though, i can't believe i wrote that comment. It was a lie.
Cielo4ever replied...
Sept. 22, 2011 at 12:22 pm
Sept. 22, 2011 at 12:22 pm
Because i don't LOVE it im IN LOVE with it! You HAVE to finish it!!! <3 love it sooo so so so much. Seriously, if you get this thing in book stores I'll pay so much for it...keep writitng!! <3
NeverShoutNeverFan replied...
Sept. 22, 2011 at 7:09 pm
Sept. 22, 2011 at 7:09 pm
haha i totally freaked out for a second i was like a lie?? haha and wow thanks! that means so much for someone to say theyd go and buy it!!! :) thanks! i will definitly finish it! ive been a little busy with school


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Microsoft's policies on game ownership on Xbox One have not been taken very well. However, while trading and sharing retail games may be more difficult on Microsoft's next-gen console, they argue that their new digital policies "look forward" to what consumers really want.
Microsoft Studios corporate vice president Phil Spencer said that the new policies are in place because gamers are going to "end up with consoles in multiple rooms in their home over time. Not everybody, but you see that happening today." Taking a page from Netflix, the company wants you to be able to access the same library across multiple devices, no matter how many systems you have in your home.
Spencer argues that physical media has inherent flaws, pointing out that it has "some kind of shelf life" and that discs "can be scratched."
It doesn't appear that Mirosoft will turn around on their controversial policy any time soon, telling Eurogamer that "we're going through a transition; you've seen this in other mediums... As you go through a transition it's definitely true that you're not going to be able to support every single thing. But as you look forward and you think about the benefits, we asked, what are the systems we have to put in place to support these benefits, and what are the features of the existing scenario that we want to make sure we want to support?"
While Xbox One may have restrictions on physical media, it does appear their digital strategy is more generous than Sony's. Microsoft says that you can have your library work on up to 10 systems. Sony, on the other hand, allows your digital library to work on two activated systems.
"Basically what we've said is you can install the bits to the hard-drive and then you have a license for that content in the cloud for you wherever you go, regardless of what happens to the disc. That content is yours, it will roam wherever you go, it will work, and we think there are distinct advantages of you having the content that you own associated with you and your identity," Spencer argued.


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PHPTAL is a fast, safe, XML-based template engine for XHTML and HTML5. It implements Zope's Template Attribute Language, which has clean, concise syntax that is compatible with XML tools (no custom ugly tags), and template source files can even be previewed in Web browsers or opened in WYSIWYG editors. Templates are compiled to PHP and cached, giving great performance and taking advantage of PHP accelerators. PHPTAL by default ensures well-formed output and escapes XML-unsafe characters everywhere, which means that your pages can be completely safe against HTML-injection (XSS) without great effort. It features fine-grained caching of output, pre- and post- filters, internationalization via gettext or custom backend, creation of custom template attributes and expressions, and templates loaded from non-standard sources (e.g. databases). It supports UTF-8 well, is easy to integrate and redistribute with PHP frameworks and applications, and has an object-oriented design and a comprehensive unit test suite.
PHP Array to Object converter is a PHP class that can be used to turn any array into an object. It takes an array and assigns the variables of the class with the values of the array entries with the same name. Array entries with array values are also converted to objects recursively.
fp.board is a bulletin board software solution designed to both implement features of proprietary non-free solutions and provide exceptional security. It supports features such as a built in Markdown Engine along with BBCode, an advanced Ban Control Panel (modeled after IRC, with Account Exceptions and CIDR based IP bans), DNS Blacklist checks, checks against the StopForumSpam databases, and more. It has no issues with the Suhosin Patches, and is developed on a server that supports Suhosin.