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Apple iPhone 6: 4.7-inch 1334 x 750 Retina HD display, A8 processor, NFC for $199 on September 19
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During it's We Wish We Could Say More event, Apple unveiled the iPhone 6. The updated smartphone sports a new 4.7-inch Retina HD display with a resolution of 1334 x 750, resulting in a pixel density of 326 pixels per inch. Apple is calling this a Retina HD display, and aside from the increased size and ppi, it also has the full sRGB wide color gamut. On front is ion-stengthened cover glass that is curved at the edges--so, no sapphire crystal display after all. Apple has developed the new A8 processor to power the device, bringing with it a 25% speed bost. A new M8 coprocessor can now measure distance and steps climbed thanks, in part, to a barometer. It can also decipher between running and cycling to better track your movements. The iPhone 6 measure in as just 6.9mm thin, which makes it the thinnest device Apple has ever made.
LTE is updated to 150 Mbps, and it supports 20 LTE bands, which is the most in any smartphone. VoLTE is also built-in, which will allow voice call data over an LTE network. 802.11ac Wi-Fi finally comes to the iPhone 6, giving it a 3x faster wireless connection. Wi-Fi calling, allowing you to place calls when connected to a Wi-Fi network. The first networks to support VoLTE will be T-Mobile in the US and EE in the UK.
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Apple releases iOS 8 Golden Master to developers prior to September 17 public release
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After all of the We Wish We Could Say More announcements from Apple today that saw the unveiling of the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, Apple Watch, and Apple Pay, the company released the Golden Master seed of iOS 8 to developers. Build 12A365 should be the same version that is pushed to the world when iOS 8 is released on September 17th via an over-the-air update. Registered iOS developers can grab the download in the iOS Developer Center now.
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The iPhone 5c is now free with two-year contract
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Apple announced two new iPhones today--the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus--but that wasn't all the iPhone news coming out of the We Wish We Could Say More event. Aside from cutting the price of the iPhone 5s in half, Apple has also dropped the price of the iPhone 5c. You'll now be able to pick up the unapologetically plastic smartphone absolutely free with a two-year contract.
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Apple cuts iPhone 5s price to $99 with contract
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Ater announcing the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus during its We Wish We Could Say More event, Apple announced that it was cutting the price of the iPhone 5s in half. You'll now be able to pick up the 16GB iPhone 5s for $99 with a two-year contract.
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iOS 8 will be released on September 17
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During today's We Wish We Could Say More event, Apple announced that iOS 8 would be released to consumers as a free update on September 17th. If you're curious if your device supports the next Apple mobile operating system, check out the image above which details all of the iOS device it will run on. iOS 8 brings with it a host of new features, including:
- Photos: The new Photos app will allow you to access your entire photo collection with the iCloud Photo Library. New editing tools also make it easy to make your shots look even better, with all edits syncing back to the cloud and available on all your other devices.
- Messages: In iOS 8, Messages will allow you to easily send voice messages, quick selfies, and videos to your contacts. Easily share your location and see the location of friends you've chosen to share that info with as well.
- Keyboard: There are a few notable improvements to the keyboard in iOS 8. First, Apple now has a predictive typing system that learns the way you talk, offering up a quicker typing experience. Even more exciting, though, is that you will be able to download third-party keyboards from the App Store that will take the place of Apple's keyboard entirely. If you've been waiting for Swype on iPhone, it's almost here.
- Interactive Notifications: Notifications are interactive in iOS 8. For example, you can reply to a message right from the notification without having to switch over to the Messages app, or accept/decline a calendar invite right from the dropdown. Notifications are also interactive on the Lock screen as well.
- Family Sharing: Family Sharing makes it easy for up to six people in your family to share each other's iTunes, iBooks, and App Store purchases. Whenever one person buys a new song, movie, or app, everybody gets access to that content. Accounts must all share the same credit card number to be added to a family account. Members of a Family Sharing account also get access to a family Photo Stream, calendar, Reminders list, and can share location.
- iCloud Drive: Apple is finally allowing access to data stored on iCloud with the iCloud Drive feature. You can use iCloud as a storage folder for anything you'd like to put there, and can add storage space by upgrading to a higher tier.
- Health: Fitness tracking is one of the pillar features in iOS 8
- Continuity: Continuity will allow your Apple devices to talk to each other over Bluetooth. Start an email on your Mac, and continue it on your iPhone. Start messaging someone on your Apple Watch, and continue on your iPhone 6 Plus.
Apple also released the iOS 8 GM seed today.
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Purported iPhone 6 review video leaks ahead of Apple event
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Apple is set to begin it's major We Wish We Could Say More event in just over 20 minutes, where the company will announce the new 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus. However, it looks like someone may have beaten the company to the punch on the unveiling of the device. The PhoneEvaluation YouTube channel, based in China, has a 7-minute look at what appears to be a 4.7-inch iPhone 6 unit. No telling how accurate it is until Apple shows us the real thing, but if we had to guess, you'te looking at a genuine iPhone 6 in the video. We've embedded it below for your viewing pleasure. It'll kill time before the Apple event kicks off.
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How to watch today's Apple iPhone & iWatch event live
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Today, Apple will be holding its We Wish We Could Say More event where it's expected to reveal the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iWatch, and a new mobile payment processing system. Some are also expecting an update to the iPad Air, and the Apple TV set-top box. This is shaping up to be one of the biggest Apple keynote events in company history—certainly the biggest yet for Steve Jobs successor, Tim Cook—and the company wants you to see it all go down, live as it happens. Here's how you can watch today's Apple Event:
- If you have an Apple TV, Apple has added a dedicated Apple Events channel. Fire it up at 10:00am PDT (1:00pm EDT), and you'll be able to tune in. You need to have a second- or third-generation Apple TV running software version 6.2 or later.
- If you want to live stream the event from your desktop, you'll need to be running OS X 10.6.8 or later and Safari 5.1.10. From there, just head to the Apple Live page.
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Once things are wrapped up, Apple will make the video of today's presentation available for on-demand viewing and downloading later today.
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Where you can watch Apple's iPhone 6, iWatch reveal event live
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Apple is expected to reveal the iPhone 6, iPhone 6L, and iWatch wearable among other announcements about iOS 8, Yosemite, and more at its Wish We Could Say More event on September 9th. Anticipation is obviously at a fever pitch, but not everyone can be there in person for the news. Fortunately, Apple just announced that it will be live streaming the event in its entirety, so anyone can watch everything go down as it unfolds. We'll still be here to bring you all the news as it happens, along with detailed analysis, but if you wanna see it for yourself, hit the link below for Apple's new Live Event page.
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Isis rebrands mobile wallet as Softcard
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The folks behind the Isis Wallet recently announced that the company would rebrand and change its name due to the rise of the ISIS Middle Eastern terrorist group in the public eye. A great decision to be sure, the company announced today that the Isis Wallet will shortly be known as Softcard. An app update will be pushed to the various app stores where Isis Wallet is available within a few weeks, and Softcard will take its place. No word on any new features at this time, as the company is looking to swiftly get the name change in place to distance itself from the militant group of a similar moniker.
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Embattled country star Mindy McCready dead at 37 of apparent suicide
Lagrimas -- They seemed so triumphant at the time: the lyrics to country music star Mindy McCready's hope-filled title track to h...
Lagrimas -- They seemed so triumphant at the time: the lyrics to country music star Mindy McCready's hope-filled title track to her most-recent album "I'm Still Here."
Now, those words sound like a cry for help.
"On a cold dark cloud, with nowhere to fall but down, like a single, naked, unrelenting tear ... I'm still here."
On Sunday, McCready, whose turbulent personal life overshadowed her music, was found dead on the front porch of her Arkansas home -- the victim, authorities said, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
She was 37.
McCready leaves behind two boys -- a 6-year-old and a 10-month-old.
Just a month earlier, police had paid another visit to the house in Heber Springs.
On that day, they found the infant's father -- record producer David Wilson -- dead on the porch.
He too had apparently taken his own life. He too had used a gun.
Spiraling downward
McCready burst onto the music scene in 1996 with her debut album "Ten Thousand Angels."
It sold more than 2 million copies. Her chart-topping hit "Guys Do It All The Time" followed that same year.
In all, she put 14 songs and six of her albums on the Billboard Country charts.
But through it all, she was spiraling downward. And the fall was painful and precipitous.
She struggled with addiction and mental illness, often publicly.
In 2004, McCready was placed on three years' probation after she pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining the painkiller OxyContin at a pharmacy.
The next year, she was arrested for drunk driving in Nashville, and was beaten and choked by ex-boyfriend Billy McKnight, who was charged with attempted murder.
"Yes, things have been going bad," she said in a CNN interview in 2005. "I think it's God's way of getting my attention saying, 'You better wake up, girl. I have important stuff for you to do in life,' and I've definitely been preoccupied or sidetracked doing the wrong things."
Before 2005 ended, McCready had suffered two drug overdoses, was arrested on drug charges, was pregnant with McKnight's child and, authorities say, attempted suicide.
She attempted suicide again in 2008, authorities say, and had another drug overdose in 2010 before joining the cast of VH1's "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew." The reality show chronicles the life of celebrities as they're treated for alcohol and drug addiction.
Celebrity rehab
Dr. Drew Pinsky said he contacted McCready last month after her boyfriend's death.
"When I heard she was struggling, I did reach out to her and urged her to go to take care of herself, get in a facility if she felt she needed," said Pinsky, who hosts his own program on CNN's sister network HLN.
"Her biggest fear was the stigma of doing so and what people would think if she, God forbid, took care of herself. And this to me is the most distressing part of this story. She is a lovely woman, we have lost her, and it didn't have to go down like this."
On one episode of the show, McCready performed "I'm Still Here," dedicating it to the other cast members, which included Dennis Rodman, Heidi Fleiss and Mackenzie Phillips.
"When I was writing this song, I was in jail," the singer said tearfully. "I never knew it, but I was writing for all of you."
Custody battle
In the past few years, McCready waged a public battle for custody of her elder son, Zander.
In 2011, she took the boy from her mother, who had legal custody, and fled with him to her home in Arkansas, saying she had concerns over his safety.
A judge ordered authorities to pick up the boy and days later authorities found McCready hiding with Zander in a closet at her home.
In addition to her relationship with McKnight, McCready had romances with musician David Malloy and actor Dean Cain -- as well as admitting to an affair with baseball player Roger Clemens, which he didn't confirm or deny.
In 2010, Vivid Entertainment released a porn video called "Mindy McCready, Baseball Mistress" that featured McCready having sex with a boyfriend referred to as "Peter" and talking about her exploits with Clemens.
Country outpouring
Sunday night, country music stars offered their condolences as they learned of McCready's death.
"My heart goes out to Mindy McCready's family. I knew her well," LeAnn Rimes said on Twitter. "It's a horrible tragedy. May peace be with her sons."
Carrie Underwood said she grew up listening to McCready. And country artist Terri Clark said she had some fun times with her "back in the day."
"I hope our society shows compassion and realizes the severity and reality of mental illness, and addiction," she tweeted.
Singer Wynonna Judd posted a series of tweets also calling attention to addiction and mental illness.
"It breaks my heart what addiction continues to take from this life," she said. "Addiction is a disEASE & not a character flaw. When the pain becomes too much, it causes people to want that pain to stop. This is just so unbelieveable & so sad."
In her words
A year ago, McCready posted excerpts of a book she said was upcoming about her life. She acknowledged a difficult upbringing, personal problems and the challenges she faced turning her life around.
"I haven't had a hit in almost a decade," she wrote in January 2012 on her official fan website. "I've spent my fortune, tarnished my public view and made myself the brunt of punch line after punch line.
"I've been beaten, sued, robbed, arrested, jailed, and evicted.
"But I'm still here. With a handful of people that I know and trust, a revived determination, and both middle fingers up in the air, I'm ready. I've been here before. I'm a fighter. I'm down, but I'll never be out."
But Sunday, on the porch of her home, she may have changed her mind.
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Lent will come to an end on Holy Thursday, March 28, as the Church enters into the "Three Days" or the Easter Triduum, which is the center of the Christian church year.
The Holy Thursday celebration, the Mass of the Lord's Supper, will begin at 7 p.m at Immaculate Conception Church in Morris.
Following Mass, there will be a procession to the school, followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 11 p.m. Everyone is encouraged to come and spend some quiet time with the Lord.
There will be several opportunities for worship on Good Friday, March 29. The English celebration of the Passion and Death of the Lord will take place at 3 p.m., traditionally believed to be the time Jesus died on the cross. At 5 p.m., the Passion and Death of the Lord will be celebrated in Spanish.
On Holy Saturday, March 30, there will be Blessing of Food for Easter at 1 p.m. in the church. Parishioners are invited to bring their baskets of Easter foods that they wish to have blessed.
This is an old custom of the Eastern European countries. The preparation and blessing of Easter foods was a fitting culmination to the long period of Lenten fasting and abstinence.
On Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m., the Easter Vigil will begin in the yard of the church, weather permitting, with the Service of Light. The Vigil will continue in the church, where the Sacraments of Initiation, Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist, will be celebrated with new members who have been preparing to enter the Catholic faith at Immaculate Conception Parish.
On Easter Sunday, Masses will be at the regular Sunday times, 7, 9 and 11 a.m. At 2:00 p.m., there will be Mass in Spanish.
All are welcome at any or all of these special services as we celebrate the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.
West Lisbon Church plans observances
West Lisbon Church has released its worship schedule for Holy Week.
It will begin with a Maundy Thursday service at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 28, and continued with a 7 p.m. Good Friday service on Friday, March 29.
On Easter Sunday, Pastor Steven Lombardo II's message will focus on the theme "Christians — Authentic or Pathetic?"
Worship will be at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 31, followed by Easter breakfast at 9:30 a.m. and an Easter egg hunt for the children.
The morning's second worship service is at 10:30 a.m.
West Lisbon Church is 2 1/2 miles west of Lisbon, at 14381 Joliet Road. For additional information, call the church office at (815) 736-6331, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com, or log onto www.westlisbon.com
Church incorporates Seder into worship
Holy Week Church Services at Channahon United Methodist Church will begin with a Seder Meal observance on Holy Thursday, March 28. The service will be at 7 p.m.
On Good Friday, March 29, a Meditation Service will be held at 7 p.m.
An Overnight Vigil will take place on Saturday, March 30, leading up to the Sunrise Service at the Cross at 6 a.m. on Easter Sunday, March 31.
The Traditional Worship Service will be at 9 a.m., followed by a Contemporary Worship Service at 10:30 a.m.
Channahon UMC is at 24751 W. Eames St., Channahon. For additional information, call (815) 467-5275 or visit www.channahonumc.org.
Enjoy breakfast, worship on Easter Sunday morning
Grace Lutheran Church will again host an Easter breakfast on Sunday, March 31.
Pancakes, bacon, sausage, pastries, coffee, juice and milk will be served for free, beginning at 8 a.m. The worship service will begin at 9:30 a.m.
All are invited as the congregation celebrates the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For additional information on Grace Lutheran Church, refer to the church's listing in the Church Directory.
Peace Lutheran marks Holy Week this week
"All are Welcome" to join in the celebration of Holy Week at Peace Lutheran Church.
Maundy Thursday worship is at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 28. It is a somber service, which includes symbolic washing of the feet, stripping of the altar, and quiet reflection, along with Holy Communion.
Good Friday worship is at 7 p.m.; candles will be lit at the foot of the cross.
A joyous Easter Sunday worship begins at 9 a.m. — join in the celebration of the Risen Lord. Peace Lutheran Church offers open communion to all.
Peace Lutheran is at the corner of Lisbon Road and Candlelight Lane in Morris. For information, call (815) 942-1010 or visit the website at www.plcmorris.org.
Stavanger Lutheran Holy Week worship
Stavanger Lutheran Church, 2904 N. 32nd Road, five miles north of Seneca, invites the community to join them for special Holy Week services.
On Maundy Thursday, March 28, at 7 p.m., we will remember Jesus' gathering with his disciples in the upper room in Jerusalem to celebrate the Last Supper.
On Good Friday, March 29, at 7 p.m., we will remember Jesus' sufferings and death on the cross.
On Easter Sunday, March 31, at 7 and 10:30 a.m., Stavanger Lutheran will remember his glorious resurrection.
After the early worship, there will be an Easter breakfast.
All are welcome to remember these special events in Jesus' life. For further information, call (815) 357-6514.
Coal City UMC marks Holy Week milestones
Holy Week Events are planned at Coal City United Methodist Church, 6805 E. McArdle Road, Coal City.
On Maundy Thursday, March 28, the church will take part at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Maundy Thursday Communion Ser-vice at Coal City United Methodist Church.
At 6:30 p.m. on Good Friday, March 29, a Community Good Friday Service will take place at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 80 N. Garfield St., Coal City.
Several services are planned Easter Sunday, March 31. They include a Sunrise Service at 6:30 a.m., as well as worship services at 8 and 10:30 a.m.
From 7:15 to 10:15 a.m., Easter Breakfast will be served in the fellowship hall. The cost is a freewill donation.
Sunday School for all ages is at 9 a.m.
For additional information, call Coal City UMC at (815) 634-8670 or log onto www.coalcityum.org.
Churches join together for Maundy Thursday
New Hope Presbyterian Church, Coal City United Methodist Church & First Baptist Church of Coal City invite the community to join them for a combined Maundy Thursday Service at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 28.
The service will be held at Coal City United Methodist Church, 6805 E. McArdle Road, Coal City. Holy Communion will be served.
Rev. Nate Manzo, of New Hope Presbyterian Church, will deliver the message. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Good Friday service set at First Presbyterian
On Friday, March 29, there will be a Good Friday Service of Meditation at First Presbyterian Church of Morris.
This will be a time from 6 to 7 p.m. in which all folks are welcome to come into the Sanctuary for silent prayer, reflection and meditation.
This will be followed by a time of Worship of Guided Meditation, which will be from 7 to 8 p.m.
During the Worship service, the Seven Last Words will be read and reflected upon. A few hymns will also be included in the service.
The Rev. Dr. Roy Backus is the pastor of First Pres-byterian Church. Everyone is invited to attend these Good Friday services.
'The Risen Christ' will be performed March 29
On Good Friday evening, at 7 p.m. March 29, the Fox River Lutheran Choir will present "The Risen Christ," featuring the songs of Keith and Kristyn Getty and Stuart Townend.
This is a multimedia presentation that includes many familiar Getty songs, including "The Risen Christ," "The Power of the Cross," "Speak, O Lord," and "O Church, Arise with In Christ Alone." The presentation also incorporates 23 minutes of movie footage from the film, MATTHEW, starring Bruce Marchiano .
The story of Christ's life, crucifixion and resurrection is also told through the characters of John the disciple, Peter, and Mary Magdalene, using narrations that are literally adapted from Scripture. Set in the format of a reader's theater, these three characters retell their encounters with Christ, whose words are delivered by a fourth actor, as if you were sitting in their living room.
The congregation will relive their days together visually through the MATTHEW film footage that runs through portions of the presentation. The music is scored to complement the movie footage.
The public is invited to attend. There is no charge for the performance.
Fox River Lutheran Church is located ¼ mile east of the intersection of Illinois 71 and U.S. 52.
Please feel free to invite others and we hope that you will plan to join us to celebrate and worship together the Risen Christ. Communion will also be celebrated as part of the Good Friday Service.


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OAKLAND — The murder case against One Goh, a Korean national accused of killing seven people during a rampage at a private Oakland university earlier this year, was suspended Monday as a defense attorney asked for a mental evaluation of his client.
Assistant public defender David Klaus told a superior court judge that his client is refusing to speak to him and that a mental evaluation is necessary to determine if Goh, 43, is fit to stand trial.
Under California law, Klaus' request immediately placed the case on hold as the court directs two psychologists to evaluate Goh to determine if he understands the charges filed against him and if he can properly assist Klaus in his defense.
Klaus' request, however, appeared to agitate Goh, who yelled something to the judge after Klaus said he wanted to determine if Goh was mentally fit to stand trial. Goh's statement to the court could not be heard but afterward he looked at his attorney and shook his head left to right.
Goh is accused of killing six students and a receptionist at the struggling Oikos University that was located in a building near Oakland International Airport. Goh, who was once enrolled at the school but dropped out, was supposedly upset that the school refused to refund his tuition after he decided not to take classes.
The killing spree began on the morning of April 2 inside the small university on Edgewater Drive in Oakland when, police say, Goh walked into a classroom and started shooting students.
Goh allegedly used a .45-caliber handgun and brought four additional magazines with him to the school.
After the shootings, Goh stole a student's car and drove to a Safeway in Alameda, where he called a family member and said that he killed students, police say.
Oakland police Chief Howard Jordan had said Goh walked into the Safeway store and asked a clerk if he could use a telephone. The clerk stood by as Goh called a relative, Jordan said, and overheard the suspect talking about the shooting. The clerk notified store security, who detained Goh and called Alameda police, Jordan said.
In interviews with Oakland police, Goh admitted that he went to the college with a .45-caliber handgun and four loaded magazines, that he kidnapped a woman in an office and took her to a classroom, that he shot several people and that he took the car keys of one of his victims and left in the victim's vehicle, according to the affidavit.
After his arrest, Goh went on a hunger strike at Santa Rita Jail, telling authorities that he was refusing to eat because he was ashamed of what he did, the sheriff's department has said.
Since that hunger strike, Goh looked thinner than he was in his booking photo taken the day of the shooting, and on Monday he looked thinner still.
Goh has pleaded not guilty to the crimes.


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Championship: Middlesbrough boss Tony Mowbray unlikely to make loan signings
Middlesbrough boss Tony Mowbray insists he will only enter the loan market if an "exceptional player" becomes available.
Last Updated: 11/02/13 11:59am
Boro have lost their last four Championship games and have slipped six points adrift of Leicester, who occupy the final automatic promotion place.
Mowbray, though, will only make a loan signing if it significantly added to the strength of his squad.
He told the club's official website: "If there was a player we thought would make a difference and we could afford, we would be in the market.
"We have got enough footballers - if anything, we have got too many.
"It's no good adding another one unless he's an exceptional player who can make a difference, and generally teams are not in the business of giving exceptional players away."
The Teessiders host Barnsley on Saturday desperate to halt their recent slide.
Mowbray said: "Sometimes defeats concentrate the mind and training has been very focused and professional.
"We have been trying to get back to basics and some real hard work. I spend a lot of time looking at what we are doing and how we are training, and we have changed a few things.
"We are always looking for reasons, but it's difficult to put your finger on it.
"We have to get back to winning ways. There's not a lot wrong apart from that confidence is not where it would be if we had won the last four games."


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Doug posted this on his great website today and I thought it was very interesting. Great stuff Doug. As you can see in the chart, Yorman isn't afraid to use the whole field. I think it's very, very impressive that a then 16-year old kid showed that much power to the opposite field. It's one of the reasons why the sky is the limit with Yorman.
Go check out Doug's website if you haven't already.


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Tuesday, December 18, 2007
8 comments:
- divakitty said...
Awww, it does sound like Princess needs a friend.
- December 18, 2007 at 11:36 PM
- Lisa said...
Thanks for the help. :) Although quite frankly, the puppy loves Marbles. It's the little boy that's trying to come to terms with the dog smell. Haha. Such disapproval.
- December 19, 2007 at 12:25 AM
- pissed off patricia said...
Perhaps Princess would like a bunny buddy, a Prince, if you will. :)
- December 19, 2007 at 5:27 AM
Aww poor Princess. If I was there I would give her smoochies and snuggles.
Andrewbun's Mum
- December 19, 2007 at 6:28 AM
- dguzman said...
Poor lonely Princess. I hope she finds a new mate.
- December 19, 2007 at 6:41 AM
- d. moll, l.ac. said...
How about sticking a few oats in those neglected willow balls, might perk interest. A lovely bun like Princess will have many suitors, there is an official palace announcement.
- December 19, 2007 at 7:57 AM
- LauraHinNJ said...
Go for a friend! Bunnies are so much happier in pairs, you know, even if they don't act that way to begin with.
- December 19, 2007 at 7:25 PM
- archi's mum said...
my riena is still mopey after luther died a couple months ago ... but the bonding with zinger is slow. right now their enclosures are just side by side so they can get used to each other. they still fight when put together though, even on neutral territory! i know she wants a friend but she sure is having a hard time about it!
- December 20, 2007 at 8:46 PM


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Beats are a form of amplitude modulation. As two frequencies are brought closer together, the beats will gradually slow down and disappear when they become identical. If two tones are about 15 Hertz or less apart, interference will result from their similar though not exactly identical frequencies. Gradually they will move out of phase until at 180° destructive interference results, producing diminished loudness. When they move back into phase, constructive interference will produce increased loudness. Beats arising from the mistuned unison are called first-order beats, and are both an acoustic and psychoacoustic phenomenon. Beats also may be heard between pure tones that are nearly an octave, fifth or fourth apart. These are called secondary or second-order beats. (Source: Barry Truax - Handbook for Acoustic Ecology CD-ROM Edition. Cambridge Street Publishing, 1999 - CSR-CDR 9901)
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QuickPlay Media, the leading provider of managed service solutions for the distribution of premium media to IP-connected devices, today announced continued global expansion with the addition of a new office in Singapore. The office will be managed by Tash Stamatelos, QuickPlay's newly appointed Vice President of Sales for the Asia Pacific region.
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"There is a massive opportunity for QuickPlay's cloud-based multiscreen services in Asia and we are excited to establish a home base for the region in Singapore," said Wayne Purboo, President and CEO of QuickPlay Media. "With more than 50 percent* of global multiscreen TV service subscribers, Asia is becoming an increasingly important market for our services. With a proven and seasoned leader like Tash driving our efforts in the region, we look forward to reaching new global milestones for QuickPlay in the coming months and years."
Stamatelos has more than 27 years of experience managing international sales and operations and has spent the past 22 years working throughout Asia for both multi-national and start-up organizations. His experience includes business development, building and overseeing partner channel programs, performance consulting, organizational change management and sales strategy and execution. He joins QuickPlay from VMWare, where he was most recently the Cloud Senior Sales Director for Asia Pacific and Japan. Previously, Stamatelos served as Sales Director at Amdocs in South East Asia where he was also responsible for establishing and managing Amdocs' Vietnam operations.
"The proliferation of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices, coupled with the end-user experience and expectation of content on any device, anywhere, anytime, is propelling a change in how people consume products from their service provider," said Stamatelos. "A huge shift is upon us and the way telecommunication companies, cable operators and broadcasters address these new challenges will ultimately define them and their bottom line. QuickPlay is poised to take advantage of these market dynamics and I look forward to playing a key role in the continued success of the company as the adoption of multiscreen services continues to skyrocket."
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—As preseason training camp draws to a close, Birmingham-Southern Head Coach Judy Green and staff sat down and talked about prospects of the 2013 season and what Panther Volleyball fans can expect of the BSC Panthers this fall.
BSC opens the season this Friday, August 30, at the Huntingdon College Jubilee, facing Agnes Scott and Mississippi College, then LaGrange College and the host Hawks as well on Saturday, August 31. The Panthers are at home for the first time in 2013 on Friday, September 6 and 7, for the McAttack Volleyball Bash in Bill Battle Coliseum.
Outside Hitters - Senior Alex Bothe, Juniors Meredith Lee and Kelly Foster, First-Year players Lynsie Byrd and Yorisha Bryant
"This is probably our most experienced position, and we will rely on them to be able to not only terminate rallies but we will need them to manage their game consistently. Throughout the spring season we talked about being more patient on our 1st ball contact before we tried to go and attack. We feel Alex, Kelly, and Meredith have made significant progress in how they process the game in this area. These players are going to shoulder a heavy load for us as they will be primary passers in most situations and then be asked to attack effectively. Transfer Yorisha Bryant is perhaps the biggest surprise. She brings a different look to the outside position. She is an extremely physical volleyball player who is young in her development. She is a very good athlete who hits a heavy ball. Freshman Lynsie Byrd has impressed us in pre-season with her ability to play either outside or right side. She is a smart well-rounded volleyball player with solid fundamentals. Having this depth is a good situation to be in, since last year we were thin on the outside. We believe this group will be fun to watch develop and that we can become even more dynamic offensively as the season progresses."
Opposites/Right Sides – Redshirt Sophomore Kathleen Pfitzer, Sophomore Mollie Peavy, Freshman Lynsie Byrd
"If we commit to running a 6-2 this season these three players will be battling it out for the two positions. Kathleen is finally healthy and has worked so hard to get back to being a better player since her injury. She is mentally and physically ready to compete again. Mollie has steadily made progress from last season. She spent the summer working with her club coach developing a better arm swing and has been hitting with more speed. Both Kathleen and Mollie will need to continue to expand their attacking in order for us to be highly successful. We need to be able to attack second and first tempo with them as long as our ball control can support it. We believe Lynsie Byrd is a hybrid type of right side hitter. She can easily move around and attack in different zones consistently. She sees the court well and is a low error type of player. We are counting on this group to create balance in our team offense as well as be able to affect the opponents best outside hitters from a blocking perspective."
Libero/Defensive Specialists - Senior Sarassa Burrus, Sophomores Lauren Bedford and Olivia Schmitz
"Our team will go as our libero and defensive specialists go. We will depend so much on this position for our sideout tempo and our ability to dig and transition. With the exception of the setters, this position ultimately affects almost every rally outcome. Senior Sarassa Burrus is a composed and steady player at this position. She has done the work in the spring and over the summer to improve her game. She is now able to play the game pain free and that alone will allow her to be her true competitive self on the court. Sophomore Lauren Bedford continues to improve at a consistent rate. Her passing skills have improved and she is learning how to dictate what she wants the ball to do. She has great energy on the floor and can make things happen. Sophomore Olivia Schmitz is in a new role this season. Primarily she will play middle back defense this season and she is starting to buy into that role. Her platform is more stable and her control on defense is consistently improving. For these players they will need to affect the game by serving tough, serving with purpose, passing above a 2.2, digging as many balls as they can touch, and creating energy at every turn."
Setters – Sophomores Emily Dang, Caitlin Lee, and Katie McCormack
"Strength is in our numbers. Replacing a First-Team All-SAA setter is never easy, but instead of relying on one new setter to do that we are going to rely upon three. I could not be more pleased with the development of our young setters this pre-season. They have improved by leaps and bounds, but this improvement was prefaced by how hard they trained this summer. It is evident that each one has improved her game. Our goal is to set consistent balls to consistent zones every time we touch the ball. Emily, Caitlin and Katie all know how important they are in building the confidence of their hitters. They know they will get instant feedback on their performance based upon our team's hitting efficiency during practice drills and matches. It is our job as coaches to keep their confidence high as they develop their games. As a coaching staff it has been fun to see how much improvement they continue to make. The sky is the limit."
Middle Blockers – Juniors Katie O'Bar and Sara Kate Bracewell, First-Year players Caroline Hyde, Peyton van Ekris and Laura Van Peursem
"Finally we have depth at the middle blocking position. We added athleticism, speed, and experience with our three new players to go along with our experienced returners. This season our middles will be a big part of our offense both in transition and in sideout. We expect them to be available to attack the ball in a variety of zones from the 10 foot line to the net. We have expanded our offense and we should pose more problems for our opponents this fall. Middle blockers have to play with a little bit of reckless abandon. We need them to be aggressive calling the blocking schemes and then make something positive happen at the net. All of these players are tireless workers and understand that in order for us to be better than we were a year ago, they have to be better. The most impressive thing about all of them is they are multi-dimensional players; they can play the whole game."
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"In the off season we sat down as a team and talked in-depth about the program we desired to be. Through these conversations emerged five new program Core Covenants. We worked diligently to apply those core covenants to our daily routines on the volleyball court but also in the classroom and in our personal lives. Last season we battled so much adversity and there never seemed to be a time when we were grounded together moving in one direction for more than one week at a time. Our goal this season is to become a more consistent volleyball program and team. This starts with our approach to practice daily. It is very important for the coaching staff and the players to be in tune with one another and have our minds right as we try to improve. Distractions came at a premium last season and this season we will be better prepared for the unexpected.
"Our non-conference schedule will prepare us for SAA play. We open at the Huntingdon College Jubilee again where we are the defending tournament champions. Then we come back home to host the BSC Drury Inn & Suites McAttack Invitational which is very dear to our hearts. This tournament is in honor of the late David McKannan, father of BSC Volleyball alum Jennifer McKannan who lost his battle with ALS last fall. David inspired all of us to be better people and to fight a good fight. The field this year is quality and there will be some exciting matches for our fans to come watch.
"The SAA looks to have more parity this season but Berry is the clear cut favorite to win the conference. We are all chasing Berry and we know the level we will have to play in order to knock off a team with that much experience. The plan is to focus on the moment and improve a little bit every day throughout the season. The x-factor of course will be how strong can we be together, because we know there is strength in numbers. To say we are excited to start the season is an understatement."


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Cubs avoid arbitration with Garza
By Carrie Muskat /01/17/13 11:20 PM ET
CHICAGO -- Cubs right-hander Matt Garza avoided arbitration and agreed to a new $10.25 million contract on Thursday.
Garza's representatives at CAA announced the new deal on Twitter: "#Cubs Matt Garza (@Gdeuceswild) agrees to a $10.25M contract to avoid salary arbitration." Garza himself revealed the contract on his Twitter account: "Business side over! Hooray! Time to focus on what really matters ... 2013 #GoCubsGo"
The Cubs were expected to make a formal announcement on Friday.
Garza avoided arbitration last year, signing a one-year, $9.5 million contract with the Cubs. There had been some discussion regarding a long-term deal for the right-hander, but that was tabled when he was limited to 18 starts because of a right elbow injury, which forced him to shut down after July 21.
Fellow Cubs pitchers Jeff Samardzija and James Russell were among the 133 Major League players who filed for salary arbitration on Tuesday.
This is the first year Samardzija and Russell are arbitration eligible, while Garza is in his final year of arbitration eligibility and will be a free agent after this season.
The two pitchers and the Cubs will exchange salary figures on Friday. If an agreement can't be reached, there will be a hearing sometime from Feb. 1-21 in front of an independent arbitrator.
Samardzija, who was 9-13 with a 3.81 ERA in his first full season as a starter, made $2.64 million last season, while Russell, who appeared in a career-high 77 games, made $512,500.


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#1 Pastors question sports on Sundays06-10-2008, 01:19 PM
Pastors question sports on Sundays
It is a weekly ordeal at the Rev. Donald Mossa's church in Hanover.
The moment the youth choir sings its last note, a swarm of parents descends to rush their kids to soccer games. Or they call to say they're skipping Sunday services because of a tournament.
"The anxiety of 'Do I go to church or do I take my kid to the soccer game?' is a weekly ordeal," said Mossa, a pastor at the Presbyterian Church of Whippany. "It's letting the team down versus letting God down."
Mossa is part of a group of pastors from eight Hanover churches that is asking township officials to ban sports games on Sunday mornings.
The group, called the Hanover Township Interreligious Council, approached the township committee last month for help in "restoring sacredness to the Sabbath." The holy day, the group contends, is crucial during a time when divorce rates and substance abuse appear to be on the rise.
The group represents all the churches in town and spans five denominations, serving more than 5,000 parishioners. This week, the pastors also planned to e-mail 63 churches in Morris, Sussex, Hunterdon and Warren counties to ask for their support.
Sounds like blue laws for the new millennium. What an absolute joke they want to get the Gov't involved in hopes of increasing their attendance.2009 CU Pro Football Pick'em Champ
BSRGuest06-10-2008, 02:00 PM
Eh, I see it a little differently. I dont think they are trying to "increase their attendance" I think he's trying to get the butts that are already there in the chairs, and these parents are stuck in between a rock and a hard place. I dont think they should bring it to the governement, but go to the sports leagues instead to work out an arraingment. Maybe late afternoon games, or Saturday games.
06-10-2008, 03:18 PMI feel that once a black fella has referred to white foks as "honky paleface devil white-trash cracker redneck Caspers," he's abdicated the right to get upset about the "N" word. But that's just me. -- Jim Goad
Ain't nothing new. 40 years ago my brother and I got dirty looks from the choir director when we showed up 2 minutes late for choir practice. He knew we were at the ball game and therefore had sinned.
The dirty looks were bad enough but our home team really sucked back then. So they'd get their asses kicked and we'd get dirty looks. That's to much for a couple teenagers to handle.Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
noonwitchGuest06-11-2008, 10:07 AM
I grew up in a religiously conservative community, and we never had baseball games on Sundays. We didn't on Saturdays, either, out of respect to the two jewish kids in the league, unless it was a rain-day makeup game. We played early evenings, for the most part.
Grand Rapids has changed a lot since I was a kid, though, so I don't know if they still don't have games on Sundays. My sister lives in St. Joe, and her kids have games on Sundays. But St. Joe isn't part of the dutch triangle.
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That tip comes to us from one of Los Angeles' best-known food bloggers, JoAnn "Jo" Stougaard, who writes "My Last Bite." She told us that she has adopted a new rule: The weekend cocktail hour cannot start until she's logged at least 10,000 steps for the day. She then posts a picture of her pedometer count and shares it via Instagram using the hashtag #LATFit.
Stougaard is one of the "foot" soldiers in the Los Angeles Times' efforts to make 2013 the year we stick to our health and fitness goals. We're doing it by taking small, simple steps toward ditching empty calories and keeping exercise fun. (We kicked off the year with a list of 52 "paths to fitness." You can find it at latimes.com/52paths.)
Please join us by sharing your suggestions via email or by using the hashtag #LATFit on Twitter and Instagram. Tell us about your workout for the day, how you fended off the candy jar at the office, or how many steps you've logged. You get brownie points for reaching the magic 10,000 steps, but don't worry if you don't hit that mark. The point is to just keep moving and create friendly accountability. Don't be surprised, however, if you find yourself looking for ways to get in more steps!
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Oh Totoro, how I just want to pounce on your big, furry belly! The titular character from My Neighbor Totoro is one of anime's most adorable creations. But take away the fur and the fat, and you get something quite unsettling.
Via Albotas, this is the work of artist J★RYU. Check out more of his work on his official site and over at the art collective to which he belongs.
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Japanese conceptual photographer Ken Kitano's first solo exhibition in Hong Kong showcases his photographic project our face. Kitano has been working on our face since 1999, when he started taking photos of various social groups, divided into 6 categories: on the road, religion, children, war, race and occupation. The images ranged from Chinese laborers, to Muslim women, to world peace protesters. The project started in his motherland but continued on to other parts of the world, making it his life's work.
Kitano's techniques are of the old school. His work is painstakingly produced and time consuming, using darkroom layering process which combines dozens of negatives, images are projected on top of one another with precise exposures to create an icon of a particular community. Kitano sees darkroom skills as a handcraft, artistry of a bygone age. Each of the life size print is unique and printed in Three Shadows Photography Art Centre (Beijing), one of the very few facilities in the world where this work can be produced on such a scale.
Born in 1968 in Tokyo, Kitano graduated from the College of Mathematical Engineering at Nihon University in Chiba. He won the 'Society of Photography Award' in 2004 and the 'Newcomer's Award' of the Photographic Society of Japan in 2007. His work has been exhibited extensively and collected by major museums in Japan and around the world. Kitano currently lives and works in Tokyo.


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They will continue to dominate the AFCE for the next 5 years, just like they have done for well over the last decade.
Shouldn't you be more concerned what the Bills and the Phins are doing so the Jets can stay out of the AFCE basement?
Your team won't see the north side of .500 for the next 3 or 4 years.
Have fun with you upcoming 5-11 seasons.
This is the reason NE wins, the players are not concerned with themselves, they are concerned with the big picture, winning games and championships, and us Jets fans are no better.
We are so concerned with wishing for Brady's retirement so we can be on top, before Brady it was Marino. Let me remind you all, we were not on top before Brady, or Marino for that fact, and when Brady is finally gone, unless we as a team and management wake up, we still wont be on top.
Div Titles for the 4 teams still in the Div
Miami, 14
Buf, 10
Embarrassing, we look like Jerk offs always wishing for the other teams demise.
Just my opinion.
right. his arm is shot and he's always been quite a statue. the pats will be paying him high guaranteed money til he's in a wheelchair. and i suspect that as long as he's there they won't be able to bring in a young guy to take over.
imo the patsies have handcuffed themselves.
I'd also like to see some of that Brady cap gift used to sign Vollmer, another solid, loyal and productive player.
My last choice would be to bring back Talib. He was injured much too often for me to want to gamble much on him. I'd use his money for a deep threat at WR.
Anyone who thinks Brady is slowing down by the time he hits 40 is kidding themselves.
The guy could probably go till 45 if he wanted to. He's that good.
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With the November election less than a month away, the first gubernatorial debate was an important opportunity for candidates to sell themselves and their ideas to voters.
"Surprising, low key." That's how one Rockford college political science professor described the gubernatorial debate between republican Jim Ryan and democrat Rod Blagejovich.
"I expected the Attorney General would have to be more on the attack because he's so far behind because he has to close the gap," says political science professor Bob Evans of Rockford College.
While both candidates did charge each other with corruption, Evans says Blagejovich made more inroads, because his accusations against Ryan are ones voters can understand.
"What Ryan tried to accuse Blagojevich of is a kind of corruption but he used names and incidents people don't know about. So it seems Blagojevich has the easier time making his charges stick," says Evans.
With Ryan behind in the polls, Evans says the attorney general cannot lose debates and expect to win the election.
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Explanation: Competitive swimmers (even men) shave their bodies before a big meet. My team's mascot is a Viking. Someone took the horns off a helmet and added them to give Nate a strange vibe, huh?
Monday, September 28, 2009
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- Hilda said...
LOL! At first I thought it was the vegetable we call "upo" (winter melon?). Fun odd shot!
- September 28, 2009 at 6:36 AM
- Melissa B. said...
Yes, I'd say that's an Odd Shot, all right!
- September 28, 2009 at 9:58 PM
- Miss Jo said...
Also, a superior snap. An other-world look. Fab !
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We celebrated a strong summer of reading with a concert in Bronson Park on Saturday featuring Milkshake, a high energy, rock and roll band for kids. We tossed around a big globe, shared baseballs, and spread some sunshine. I hope you were there; no matter what your age, it was fun.
Kids have attended many fun events over the summer but most importantly, they've been reading. The reading game was based on reading 20 minutes per day with prizes at 20, 40, and 60 days. So many kids read so many days that we ran out of prizes. What a good problem to have—we were happy to order more.
We had a 25% increase in registrations and a special emphasis on KPS first graders, all of whom visited the library three times during the school year and were preregistered for summer reading. It is especially important to maintain newly acquired reading skills over the summer for that age.
Thanks once again to our very good Friends for sponsoring our summer reading games!
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"I keep hearing about target-date funds. What exactly are they, how do they work and are they right for me?" —Alisa, Seattle, WA
Ask many bright, accomplished woman about "diversification" and "rebalancing" and chances are you'll still get blank stares. That's why I am a big fan of target-date funds. While they're by no means guaranteed to give you the best returns (and every fund is different), they eliminate the confusion of fund-picking, diversification and annual rebalancing. They are common in employer-sponsored retirement plans like 401(k)s and in 529 college savings plans because they offer simplicity. Target-date funds can seem like a lazy person's solution to investing. We say they're great, if you're looking for a low-maintenance way to save for retirement.
So, what are they? Target-date funds, also known as "retirement-date funds" or "lifecycle funds," are individual investments composed of several mutual funds—typically index funds—representing different asset classes. As their name suggests, they have a target date, such as 2020 or 2040, for retirement (or in the case of 529 plans, when it's time for college).
The investment companies that manage these funds make the asset allocation decisions on behalf of investors based on the target date. The risk and return potential of target-date funds can vary from company to company. Generally speaking, though, funds with a closer target date will have more exposure to bonds versus stocks and therefore be less risky and offer lower returns than funds with a later target date.
Two of the best features of these types of funds are that they are well-diversified and are automatically rebalanced by the investment company to become more conservative as the target date gets closer. They are designed to essentially be a set-it-and-forget-it investment strategy.
Critics of target-date funds argue that they can be expensive (which can be attributed to the fact that they are actively managed) and misleading, since investors don't always realize that even if a fund has the target date they want, it still might be too risky or not risky enough based on their particular needs. Some also feel that they are not rebalanced often enough. Ask questions upfront to make sure you're comfortable with the fund manager's rebalancing and allocation strategies.
When shopping for target-date funds, make sure to seek out ones that have no upfront sales charge (a.k.a. "load") and have an annual expense ratio of under 1%. You should also stick with funds that have been around since 2007, or before, so that you can get a sense of how they perform during their best and worst years. Pay attention to the investment minimum, which can range from $100 to $2,500. Lastly, know what the asset allocation plan is for the fund post-target date.
If you want to see how some major funds have performed, check out these no-load 2040 target-date funds, which all have histories of at least five years: Fidelity Freedom 2040 Fund, T. Rowe Price Retirement 2040 Fund, Schwab Target 2040 Fund, and Vanguard Target Retirement 2040 Fund.
If you are a committed DIY-er, you can potentially save money and boost your overall return by modeling an existing target-date fund and creating a similar portfolio yourself using a blend of low-cost index funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Keep in mind, though, that you will need to do your own rebalancing on a regular basis.
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EEEDAR analyst Doug Creutz believes the Xbox 360 was the bestselling console in the US for the month of November. He says the console sold 1.35 million units during the month, which means a 20 percent drop year-on-year.
Creutz has also given his sales figures for the other video game platforms. Nintendo's new console, the Wii U, is expected to have sold about 450,000, however sales could have been higher if Nintendo was able to ship more units. He also predicted $50 million in Wii U software sold. He also predicted the 3DS to be flat year-on-year with sales of 800,000. The Wii is expected to sell 170,000 units for the month and the DS 260,000 units.
Ok, so this is a very confusing assessment of sales. Sony only sold 800,000 during November? It sold 525,000 on Black Friday alone. So it only sold 275,000 for the remaining 3 weeks? Get outa here. 1.2 to 1.4 million sales is closer to the truth with the 360 outselling it by 150,000 to 200,000. Even VGchartz, who undertracked the Black Friday figures has the PS3 selling 752,337 last week.
The fact that Xbox was number one for November isn't a surprise. The fact that it was down also isn't a surprise, last year it sold over a million on Black Friday. We also have to keep in mind that the Xbox 360 had its best year ever last year, would have been a hard year to top.
Xbox 360 is long in the tooth and the fact that its still leading anywhere is pretty impressive, it speaks to the quality and fanbase that Microsoft has achieved this generation.


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Jenny, I got your number
I'm gonna make you mine
Jenny, I got your number
Jenny, I got your number
I'm gonna make you mine
Jenny, I got your number
Jenny, I got your number
I'm gonna make you mine
Jenny, I got your number
You, too? Last visible hop 10.226.70-86.rev.gaoland.net gaoland.net seems to be slashdotted already.
One ring to find them all, one ring to bind them. I wish had the graphics talent to rework that scene where the Nazgûl rider is sniffing the tree roots for sneaky hobbits, and his phone goes off with some super goofy ring tone. We could redo Orthanc as a wifi repeater and that eyeball as a Pringles can.
I'd rather have ca
Impress your friends with geek AND music knowledge. In addition to being the phone number in the Tommy Tutone song, 867-5309 is also a prime number. It's also a prime twin, so (I think) 867-5311 is also a prime number
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if jenny is worth writing a song about her phone number, you just know she is a prime cut of female finery
as for the issue of prime twins, oh man, are her twins prime!
867-5309 is also a prime number
Really? Seems to me that it factors into 5, 887, and -1
i've thought about this before - i think what one needs is a single PRIVATE number - that never gets given out to anyone - and you have a bunch of private ALIAS/Reference numbers which you yourself point to your private number - then you only give out the aliases - and if one of the aliases gets overloaded, you pull the plug on the alias, create a new alias, and then direct that new alias towards your private number.
i've thought about this before - i think what one needs is a single PRIVATE number - that never gets given out to anyone - and you have a bunch of private ALIAS/Reference numbers which you yourself point to your private number - then you only give out the aliases - and if one of the aliases gets overloaded, you pull the plug on the alias, create a new alias, and then direct that new alias towards your private number.
I do that in Gmail with plus-addressing. For instance, if I get spam from firstname.lastname@example.com, I can just block all mail from that address. Haven't had it happen yet, though.
All I can think of is SPAM. I understand the idea and sometimes I think it'd be a great tool (especially if you move ISP's etc, everything would move with you kind of like redirecting your real mail when you move house but with less hassle) but I consider my privacy (what little we have left in this world) way more important than having a single identifier.
A public key specification can prevent this.
The public key is your address. Nobody knows your public key directly however, just your alias. So your alias can be an email address, your nickname, whatever.
The private key is your decrypter and the only way to access them.
(in before that spam form).
How does what you've described prevent spam in any way?
C'mon, if we can't convince the normals to use decent-strength passwords in their hotmail, and to stop saying "yes" to everything on Facebook, you want them to use public key crypto??
A single IP6 address could be enough for all those things.
Do you really want to have to dial +DEAD:BEEF:CAFE:123:4567:890A:BCDE:F?
This uses a well understood system (DNS, and in the future, DNSSEC) to use the same numbers you already have to link to other online identifiers, including IP addresses. So we get all the benefits of IPv6 without having to switch everyone to potentially 39 digit addresses in their phone.
What you propose would be the death of picking up girls in bars, that's for sure. How do you propose to convince them to spend that much time writing do
What you propose would be the death of picking up girls in bars, that's for sure. How do you propose to convince them to spend that much time writing down their number?
You've ferretted out our evil plan to make everyone else as unable to pick up girls in bars as slashdotters are. Bwa ha ha ha... (twirls miserable imitation of bad-guy mustache)
Isn't Google Voice already doing this? It seems to be for me.
The ENUM proposal is essentially asking for DNS lookup as a public service run by government or other regulatory bodies. First of all, as you said, why don't we just use names? And second, I'm not sure we want public DNS run by government or regulatory bodies. We already have community-run free DNS service such as http://freedns.afraid.org/ [afraid.org] or commercial free service like http://www.dyndns.com/ [dyndns.com] or http://www.zoneedit.com/ [zoneedit.com]. If you're worried that free services would go away, a lot of domain name registries a
I didn't RTFA, but it's not a new idea, and both you and the submitter seem to be missing the point. You can store arbitrary contact addresses in NAPTR records in DNS, so you can store email, SIP, POTS addresses, or anything else that can be represented by a URI. The other part of this is allowing reverse mappings, from telephone numbers to something less archaic.
Telephone numbers, like IP addresses, are globally unique network endpoint identifiers. They are assigned by the UN (specifically the ITU-T, which assigns prefixes to countries) and allow you to call any telephone from any other telephone in the world. The problem comes when you have an endpoint that is really a SIP account, for example. Currently, that mapping has to be done in quite a static way.
The idea of the proposal is that the e164.arpa. domain will be reserved for resolving telephone numbers to domains, just as in-addr.arpa is used for resolving IP addresses to names. This doesn't need to be government run, but it does need to be authoritative. That means that e164.arpa will be controlled by the ITU, 1.e164.arpa will be controlled by the USA, 4.4.e164.arpa by the UK and so on. You will then get a subdomain of this. Telephone companies that have large assignments of phone numbers get large ones, individuals may get a single 15-digit number. This can then map to any other resource.
It's not intended as a long-term solution. Eventually, the POTS network is going away (large chunks of it are IP internally already) and you will just use DNS to map directly to SIP, but while interoperability with the POTS network is desirable - say, for the next couple of decades - this lets people with POTS phones initiate calls to SIP phones without having to define a specific bridge or static routing. You'll dial a number on your phone, your telco will look up the SIP address and then route the call there via their bridge.
I currently have a phone number connected to a SIP address, but it only works from POTS lines because my SIP provider operates a SIP to POTS bridge. With this proposal, anyone can operate one trivially. You will just need to get an e164 number assigned to you and configure the DNS entries to point to your Asterisk (or whatever) server.
I didn't RTFA, but it's not a new idea
It certainly is not, 1996 just called and wants their Universal Internet Numbers back (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICQ#UIN)
I didn't RTFA.....
You must be old here!
I currently have a phone number connected to a SIP address, but it only works from POTS lines because my SIP provider operates a SIP to POTS bridge. With this proposal, anyone can operate one trivially. You will just need to get an e164 number assigned to you and configure the DNS entries to point to your Asterisk (or whatever) server.
VoIP providers are in the business of running the bridge, which duplicates the functionality of telephone number to IP address mapping like ENUM. You configure the bridge to r
Like a social security number or tax id?
I was just providing an example of a numbering system for a large location that everyone in said location uses.
However, this would be silly to do IMO (like the SSN). You get owned on one account and you are owned everywhere. There are advantages to having different systems for different resources.
Tattooed on our foreheads
Why would you want to keep the telephone number?
The telephone number is a good example of a situation where the technical factor prevailed over the human factor. Numbers are abstract and difficult to remember for most people. And since its invention we have needed to use lists to associate these numbers to things we actually can remember, such as names.
I think it will go completely the other way, and that in 50 years people will never have heard of phone numbers. The identifier will be the email address, and if I want to call someone I select that address and press "call", and a VOIP connection will be made. If I want to IM or mail, I press other buttons.
The email address is easy to remember, it has build-in identification of the purpose you want to use it for (private, business,
And you'r not able to search the list using the 10 digit keypad on your phone?
I'm able to call noob only by pressing 666
I prefer to google a phone number and just click "call."
A number is very easy to give over the phone. Easier than an e-mail address. This as so many letters sound very similar and so.
In practice I have been giving my fax number over the phone so they could fax me their e-mail address. Works great! Particularly considering I am often working with Chinese and other Asians with sometimes very poor spoken command of English. Numbers then go remarkably easy.
Why would you want to keep the telephone number?
Long term? You don't. But as the world moves to SIP or some other telephony solution that runs on the internet, some people in the world will be stuck for some time on a POTS exchange with a simple phone that can only dial numbers. So what if that exchange didn't have to use the normal international phone network but could use DNS to find a SIP server to route the call to directly over the internet?
in 50 years people will never have heard of phone numbers
Considering that today, we still know of the phonograph, telegraph poles, and telegrams.... human nature and socities memory doesn't change as quickly as you think, even when it comes to outmoded technology.
This is making many of the mistakes X.400 did, albeit on a smaller scale.
People want tokens that are easy to remember. Email addresses like "email@example.com" are much more memorable than "C=US/OU=Example/FN=My/LN=Name" or "+1 234 456 6789". If someone's using this service, they're using an internet-capable device, so they can enter an alphanumeric address and don't need to remain compatible with Strowger's switch.
You mean like the
would you use the phone number as a universally unique id?
One user might have several phone numbers, while the one phone number might have several users.
Additionally, the phone number is not portable across national borders. You can not bring your Norwegian phone number and use it with an american registrar.
Additionally users might be forced at regular basis to change their phone numbers. Me for one, had to change my phone number when I changed employer.
Database designers have known this for ages. Always assign a new unique id to any row in a table. Ids that seem unique and stable might change. Even social security numbers might change.
Oh.. Who would want all their contact info to be collected in one global system available for all?
I do not want a single number, because I do not have a single identity.
I do not want my work to call me on my personal phone, so they don't have that number. But my job naturally requires some amount of phone work, so they all have *that* number. Makes sense, right?
I agree with you completely on this notion of a person having multiple identities. I often run into other people who I wish would get the message.
At best, we need two identities. Basically, a work identity and a personal identity. (Of course in reality its quite common to have multiple work identities depending on your specific situation, but they're rarely all actually necessary.)
One thing that makes no sense to me, however, is all the people out there who use their work identity *as* their personal identity. Often these people may be the same types who "don't use a computer at home" and thus do all their computing at work. Or maybe they simply don't understand that its actually a good idea to keep them separate. Probably the only thing that'll knock them in-line is a surprise hostile layoff. (which may not be likely everywhere, but you always have to expect it as a possibility)
As time goes on and our culture evolves, there will be fewer people using their work identity as their personal identity for the simple reason that they've changed jobs a few times and understand what a bad idea it is. (Especially when one of those "surprise hostile layoffs" is termination for personal use of a company computer.) Becoming an employee @example.com and remaining there for the rest of your life is a quaint 20th century notion, and I'd be really surprised to see anyone under 30 (or even 40) t
I do not want a single number, because I do not have a single identity.
I wonder why more techno-savvy people don't get this point. A computer doesn't have to have only one network address/interface, why should people?
Perhaps a Grand Central/Google Voice setup would be in order then. With Google Voice (previously Grand Central), I can give everyone a phone number and it will ring all of my phones. However, I can also specify some rules. For example, if someone from my work calls me on my Google Voice number, I can have it only ring my work phone and cell phone and not my wife's cell phone or my home phone. If I call the Google Voice number, it will call my wife's cell and our home phone, not my cell or work phone. S
I do not want a single number, because I do not have a single identity.
Exactly. At home, I am a cop. In an internet chat room, I am a 15 year old girl who's parents have gone away for the weekend.
am a 15 year old girl who's parents have gone away for the weekend.
OHAI! How do you feel about robes...and wizard hats?
that corporations, governments, and scammers, can use to track us.
Easy to remember numbers or email addresses or anything else are obsolete. Everyone uses an address book built into the phone or other device and never has to remember anything other than your name or what ever they filed it under. People almost never exchange email addresses or phone numbers. You send someone as email so they have your address. They add your phone number from caller id to their address book.
One ring to rule them all!
Who will be the Sauron of this tale? Google? MS? USDoJ?
With Saruman played by Apple? Napster? TSA?
Just guessing, but maybe because that was the better part of half a century ago?
Who could forget the PITA it was to transcribe someones compuserve number, so that they can send a email later?
Hell I forgot my Compuserve number...
It almost reminds me of the old telegraph days (My office used telegraph to send message to ships). I had a telegraph number and an answer back.
Who could forget the PITA it was to transcribe someones compuserve number, so that they can send a email later?
Or, the nightmare that was EasyLink.
We should rather use DNS for phone numbers, and then allow something like:
Similar to "mailto:".
Or one of
By the way: Why are URLs (URIs) so inconsistent?
I guess the voip and @ version is the cleanest one. But I'm not sure about the point of the "//".
I'm the author of the piece. Most comments in my opinion make the mistake of saying: I want this or that to be my identifier. Or I don't want a universal identifier.
The reality is: there are two identifiers that are on most business cards. Phone numbers and e-mail adresses. Both could be used in a much more advanced way. No matter which way you look at it the telephone number won't go away. ENUM would enable you to use it in multiple ways.
No matter which way you look at it the telephone number won't go away.
No matter which way you look at it, the horse and buggy won't go away.
Also, my email has an automated spam filter. My phone doesn't.
But why would you want ENUM when
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Why, in this day and age, are we talking about NUMBERS? Do we address websites via IP address? No, we have DNS.
Why isn't there a DNS for phones? I pick a name, perhaps even something as simple and unique as MY EMAIL ADDRESS, and then anyone who knows my email address can contact me. Or, just like DNS, I can set up any number of unique names for various things (my-recruiters@gmail;) that point to some sort of numeric based phone.
You could even call it Phone Name System.
I can't believe nobody's figured out that ENUM is simply the Mark of the Beast and is going to be burned into chips that will implanted in our brainstems.
ENUM spelled backwards is MUNE and it's on the MUNE that they have the secret military bases where they're going to send those of us that won't use our ENUMs.
The only thing that can save us now is when the prophesied "Woman of the North" comes down from Alaska to use her secret mental powers to organize the Wolverines(!) so we can defeat the forces of ZOG and usher in the return of Jesus and Ronald Wilson Reagan where they will reign together for 1000 years.
Don't you guys read your bibles and World Net Daily? megamerican, where are you when we really need you?
Seriously, I do see the advantage...of which your universal number could also become your ssn, and tie into your phone number and drivers license, even your passport, then again why stop there, you could have it easily accessible through a chip or a barcode tattoo...
wait a minute, i think i heard of this story before...link here [wikipedia.org]
A single number to identify people would be just as powerful as a SSN or driver's license number. It would make fraud so much easier. Eventually people would compile databases tying these IDs to SSNs and would distribute those online. Then we would start seeing advisories to keep your single contact number a secret!
On the positive side, perhaps this would help to convince financial institutions that simply knowing someone's SSN and mother's maiden name doesn't prove anything about identity.
A single number to identify people would be just as powerful as a SSN or driver's license number. It would make fraud so much easier.
While you are right in practice, it doesn't need to be so in theory.
No, you have a password which you use to prove that you are the person identified by the name CopaceticOpus.
The problem with SSNs is that they don't have a password.
Using a single identifier isn't a danger in itself; it just magnifies the underlying problem of not having a secure way to establish which people the identifiers identify (and which they don't).
"Using numbers made it easier to train people to operate the exchanges. (Women were chosen because their voices worked better in exchanges.)"
No Women were used because the messenger boys they replaced were proto-hackers and kept doing nasty tricks to the customers.
This is already done. It's called an email address.
Import your gmail contacts to find new friends on facebook. this concept is applied many ways.
I already have this. Its my email address. Everything I do on the Internet is keyed to an email address.
Email is email, obviously.
XMPP for IM, uses my email address.
Facebook I don't use, I actually have a live so I don't have time to sit around and convince others that I have one or to collect friends for the popularity contest.
Phones - If I email you, you'll get my phone number. This won't be an issue for too much longer I don't think, its just going to take everyone finally going to VoIP (cringe)
So uhm, this is a solution searching for a problem I take it?
The problem with ENUM is that the data is stored in DNS. Which means it is harvestable and intended to be cached. I don't _want_ to share my email addresses, Facebook ID, work, cell and home phone numbers and IM addresses with anyone and everyone. That's just stupid.
ENUM is a Bell-Head protocol invented before spam. It was meant to be easily mirrored between carriers, with the standard behaviour of "caller pays".
What we really need is a protocol that will ask _my software_ where the call should be sent. The software is then able to decide based on the originating details if I want to receive the call, and what endpoint/protocol it should be sent to.
That's what I want. Invidividualised call control at the point of address resolution.
In the really, really, REALLY old days of telephony, there were no numbers. You rang up the operator and asked to be connected to the Smith house, and the operator connected your plug to their socket.
Once that stopped scaling, numbers were used because it made looking them up on a plug board a lot faster. When automatic dialing came, that scaled similarly because you could cascade stepper relays to do the dialing.
But nowadays telephone switches have more in common with Cisco routers than they do the old gear. There's no reason that you have to number stuff anymore. The instant messaging folks - particularly jabber - are closer to what we need than the old tired PSTN numbering scheme.
Air is water with holes in it.


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Published: 2012/04/29
by Randy Ray
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Salmon with Drew Emmitt
Aquatic Hitchhiker is Leftover Salmon's first studio album in eight years, and it follows on the heels of several reunion gigs which have welcomed old and new fans alike. The album is a refreshingly potent yet relaxed work, which features all original compositions, a Salmon first in their career. The album also includes some of founding members Vince Herman and Drew Emmitt's most engaging work in quite some time, while capturing a very unified band without a hint of the fractured quality that often haunts a veteran outfit who have seen too many battles in a musical war long since abandoned. Such is not the case with Salmon as they continue to write vital new material, while playing some of their best gigs in recent memory.
Jambands.com spoke with Drew Emmitt at the tail (and tale, for that matter) end of their latest tour leg before the festival season kicks into high gear. The musician is direct, humble, and astute, without being overly detailed and exaggerated—a sublime trait that has also suited his music for years. To be sure, Emmitt has some fiery moments on the new record, as well as some sweet and soulful vocals. We are catching Emmitt at a good point in his career, and he is observant enough to realize that crucial fact as he also juggles his own solo band and the work with the always fascinating Emmitt-Nershi Band.
RR: How is the tour going?
DE: Oh, yes, it's been quite a tour so far. It's been really great. All the shows have been great, really great crowds, it's been really fun playing music, and the band is really sounding great and better than ever. We're having a great time, and it's going really well.
RR: I am sure the Salmon tours are a dream come true for a lot of longtime fans, and the band members, too. Are you seeing some new faces out there, too?
DE: Absolutely. I was just thinking about how I've been meeting a lot of people who have never seen us before. They've heard our music for years, or they've heard about us, and they are seeing us for the first time, so there is definitely a lot of that happening, which is really cool.
RR: Before we continue with our conversation about your work, I wanted to ask you about your personal impressions after the recent passing of Levon Helm.
DE: I really only got to meet him one time, and that was in Washington D.C. Little Feat had a gig celebrating the anniversary of the Waiting for Columbus record. I got to meet him, and play with him there. He was such a great person, a sweet guy. He borrowed my mandolin, and we did "Rag Mama Rag." He didn't have a mandolin, and he said, "Can I borrow your mandolin?" And, I said, "Of course," it was such an honor to have him play my mandolin, and we played that together. Sam Bush and I played fiddle on that with him. He and Richie Hayward both played drums, which was really, really cool. He was really a great guy, and we definitely got to hang with him, and he was very, very cool.
RR: "Bayou Town" off the new Leftover Salmon record, Aquatic Hitchhiker made me think of Levon Helm's music, as well. Let's talk about that work. When were the thoughts put into play about getting new Salmon material together? Was it around the time that the band was slowly venturing out onto the road?
DE: We didn't think we were going to make a new record. After we had gotten back together and done these reunions, we were taking it a step at a time. We finally started talking about it, I guess, last spring and summer. We finally made the plans, and we booked the studio and time. We really didn't have any of these songs; it wasn't anything we'd been playing, so we got together last fall. We had little bits and pieces here and there, and we got together as a band and collaborated and with the help of Steve Berlin, he came out and, actually, really helped the songwriting process.
RR: How did you get Steve Berlin to produce the new record?
DE: We got him through our booking agent, who also books Los Lobos—Josh from Monterey. He ran it by Steve Berlin, and Steve was definitely way into the idea. He was very excited about it. We had heard he was a great producer. He produced one of String Cheese's records, and Billy [Nershi] told me he was great to work with. He was very, very involved from the beginning. He came out early, and was really into the songwriting process with us, he was in on the whole session and putting the songs together, and he was really helpful with all of that. He was just a joy to work with, and he was a great mediator for the band, as far as really bringing everyone together, and he had great ideas.
RR: Speaking of great ideas, Andy Thorn is the newest member since 2010. What does that do to the dynamics within Salmon to have Andy as a member?
DE: It really brought back a lot of excitement and a lot of cohesion that we were missing after Mark [Vann]'s passing. We had other banjo players that were great, but they never really quite fit what we were doing. Andy just really fits our sound, and he fits our whole vibe. He's got great stage presence. He's just been a breath of fresh air for all of us. It really kind of feels like the old days in a lot of ways. It really feels like a band again. He's a big reason why we are out here on the road doing this again and making it happen.
RR: Why do you think that is? Do you think he instilled some spirit or something that had perhaps been missing? Did he bring something new to the table? Or, is it because when you all play together, it feels so right?
DE: I think it's all those things. He's got really great energy. He brings new ideas and he really fits in well, and he's really excited about it. He saw this band when he was 14 in North Carolina. It was definitely a dream of his to play in this band.
RR: One of my favorite albums in recent years, which I reviewed for the site, was your solo band's 2010 Long Road. I am curious that with that band going on, and your incredible work with Billy Nershi happening, as well, how do you choose material for Salmon, and what is the writing process like for that entity?
DE: It's kind of like putting on a different hat in that, I think, when we make a Salmon record, we try to write in different styles, and try to bring those different elements into the whole process. I really wanted to write a Cajun-y song, so I came up with "Bayou Town." I really wanted to bring in a little bit of rock 'n' roll and bluegrass, and, so, everyone brought in something different. That's really how this band operates. That's what is fun about it, too. There are no boundaries. It is whatever you feel. (laughs) That is really what has made Salmon great over the years—we don't pigeonhole our sound; it's pretty much wide open. There's definitely styles we like to focus on like Calypso, Cajun, bluegrass, especially, and a little bit of rock 'n' roll. I think, once again, we're really able to bring those elements together for this record.
RR: You are talking of different elements that also contain similar attributes, and it makes me think of "Light Behind the Rain," which was written by Andy and Benny Galloway—great hook, great atmosphere, and a tremendous guitar solo, too.
DE: That's me. (laughs) Thank you. I appreciate that. That's our rock epic on the record. It was kind of interesting that the banjo player was the one that brought that tune. (laughs) It's pretty cool how that worked out.
RR: And I think that perfectly underlines what you just said about the various sounds being brought into Salmon. "Gulf of Mexico" is the opening track on the album, which you wrote. Tell me about its origins.
DE: I came up with that idea first about a year ago. I was on tour with Billy, and we were down in the gulf, way down in, I guess, Biloxi, Mississippi. We had a couple of days off, and we just hung on the beach. It just kind of came to me. It was a basic idea. I wanted to have a swamp-y feel to it. That developed from there. [Salmon] recorded that really late at night, so it has that nice, laidback feel.