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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Bishop St. Turibius of Mongrovejo (1538-1606) - Memorial Mass for Archbishop Lawrence Burke
Born in Spain and educated for the law, he became so brilliant a scholar that he was made professor of law at the University of Salamanca and eventually became chief judge of the Inquisition at Granada. He succeeded too well. But he was not sharp enough a lawyer to prevent a surprising sequence of events.
When the archdiocese of Lima in Peru required a new leader, Turibius was chosen to fill the post: He was the one person with the strength of character and holiness of spirit to heal the scandals that had infected that area.
He cited all the canons that forbade giving laymen ecclesiastical dignities, but he was overruled. He was ordained priest and bishop and sent to Peru, where he found colonialism at its worst. The Spanish conquerors were guilty of every sort of oppression of the native population. Abuses among the clergy were flagrant, and he devoted his energies (and suffering) to this area first.
He began the long and arduous visitation of an immense archdiocese, studying the language, staying two or three days in each place, often with neither bed nor food. He confessed every morning to his chaplain, and celebrated Mass with intense fervor. Among those to whom he gave the Sacrament of Confirmation was St. Rose of Lima and possibly St. Martin de Porres.
[Occasionally I have proposed to my Confirmation candidates their example, arguing that, if a couple of them became saints as Rose and Martin did, perhaps I, like Toribio, might get considered for having conferred on them the Holy Spirit to guide their lives in the way of Jesus!]
His people, though very poor, were sensitive, dreading to accept public charity from others. Turibius solved the problem by helping them anonymously.
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Remembering Archbishop Larry Burke before the Lord
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Tomorrow evening, I will preside at a Commemorative Mass that will be offered for the repose of the soul of the late Archbishop Lawrence Burke, S.J., fourth Archbishop of Kingston (in Jamaica).
Venue and time: the Chapel of St. Joseph at Regis College, 100 Wellesley Street West, Toronto (corner of Queen's Park Crescent East) at 7:30 PM; reception to follow.
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It is with great sadness I learn of Abp. Burke's passing and rejoice for his soul, now freed from the anguish and distress of daily life and the sufferings he had to bear in his later years.
It was about this time last year I had (as a Catechist) the great blessing of presenting to Abp. Burke my class of Confirmandi for the Sacrament of Confirmation. I believe he was here in Miami from Kingston to further his treatment for cancer. Already he knew it would be the cancer that would usher him to eternal life, and he accepted this with grace and peace.
His homily was an amazing witness and his personal kindness to all the confirmandi will be indelibly etched in my memory. He took time out, tired and weary and infirm as he was, to speak with each confirmandi (over 90+) and give each of them a brief, individualized catechesis.
I remember him beaming when one boy told him he had chosen as his patron St. Ignatius because his great-uncle had been a Jesuit martyred in Spain.
His witness will sorely be missed.
Requiem æternam dona ei, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescant in pace. Amen.


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Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual 9 p.m., WEtv
I've always liked Cyndi Lauper's thing. But the celebrity reality format, built on self-importance run amok and pampered stars surrounded by their "people," can ruin even the strongest of affections. Apparently, while she may want to have fun, Lauper's life is totes stressful as she undergoes the "struggle of the juggle" and tries to balance work and home. Here's her chronicle of hard times, including having a cold when she has to sing on "The Voice." Pictured: Lauper with son Declyn.
The Good Wife Sunday at 9 p.m., Channel 4
The Kalinda-Nick story line seems to have disappeared, thanks to a universally negative response by fans. The writers don't seem quite able to put together a decent plot for Kalinda — remember the failed arc with Scott Porter? Still, the show remains a lot of fun, as the firm fights to survive against a looming debt deadline with Nathan Lane as the taskmaster. I must admit, the plot strained to bring back Wendy Scott-Carr last week, but it's always great to see Anika Noni Rose (pictured).
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Off-Season Boredom
The off-season is really starting to drag for me. The more bored I become, the stranger the things are that pop into my mind. I spend hours contemplating life's mysteries. See for yourself; Here is Jenn's 25 Things To Ponder:
1. Why are brown Labrador retrievers called "Chocolate Labs"? Is this like Easter bunnies? Are you going to eat them?
2. Why do commercials and other advertising media portray penguins and polar bears in the same setting? They live on totally opposite poles of the earth and in real life, would NEVER come in contact.
3. Also in real life, if penguins did encounter polar bears, the polar bears would eat them, not pass them a Coke.
4. When the Phillies signed Cole Hamels, why was there no, "Thou Shall Not Speak In Public" clause in his contract?
5. Why is every public restroom out of toilet paper? Have we not cut down thousands of acres of rainforest each year? Perhaps I should wipe with a chinchilla; they are endangered also. And soft as well…
6. Why does the phone only ring when I am in the bathroom?
7. If the plural of goose is geese, then why isn't the plural of moose, meese?
8. If I walk and chew gum at the same time, am I some kind of genius?
9. Since Josh Hamilton found God, I often wonder if he decided to add rainbows, kitties and puppies to his tattoo collection?
10. Why are farts funny?
11. If the "Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you" thing is correct, then why, after numerous relationships, am I still flat broke?
– PS: In case you were wondering, the bank is closed.
12. If you are playing charades and you have a real heart attack, how long will it take for someone to dial 911?
13. The odds of catching a baseball at a Major League Baseball game are 776 to 1. The odds that your child will be a genius are 265 to 1. Odds that you will marry a millionaire are 200 to 1. I have caught many baseballs; this is good news for my kids, but where is my millionaire???
14. Why does it only rain when you have forgotten an umbrella?
15. And snow, when you do not have a shovel?
16. Am I the only person on the planet who wants to smack Miley Cyrus?
17. Why does this photo make me laugh until I cry?
18. Why does alcohol make everything happy? Or is it just me?
19. What exactly are the "Natural Flavors" in my Snapple Peach Iced Tea? If they didn't just call it "peach," it has to make you wonder…
20. Why is there a warning on a can of Lysol that says "Don not spray in eyes"?? Duh.
21. Why do packages of peanuts say "Warning: May contain nuts"? Well, if it doesn't contain nuts, I'd like my money back.
22. How is it possible that I have 600 channels on TV and can't find anything to watch?
23. Why does my cat think that my feet, while moving, would be a suitable place for a nap? And why is it, after hundreds of times nearly killing myself, that I never see this coming? Is my cat a criminal master-mind?
24. Why do celebrities spend thousands of dollars on a single suit or dress and then talk about starving kids in Africa, while wearing the expensive outfit? Guess how many kids you could feed with 1 dress? Hmmm….
25. If you scream in the forest and there is no one around to hear it, perhaps you should have stopped to ask for directions?
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Denver businesswoman Amy Dannemiller created her alter egoĀJane WestĀfor her cannabis enterprises in October 2013. Her hope: Amy would work her 9-to-5 as an event planner for an unnamed national corporation, Jane would anonymously host herĀmonthly bring-your-own-marijuana dinner parties,Āand never the twain should meet.
Except the camera-friendly, 37-year-old Jane became a popular face of legal marijuana Ś and it was a face AmyÆs East Coast bosses recognized as they saw her vaporize marijuana on NBC Nightly News andĀthe CNBC documentary ōMarijuana in America: Colorado Pot RushöĀon Feb. 26.
ōIt was curt but polite,ö said Dannemiller, who has a masterÆs in social work from the University of Denver and still asks that her new friends and colleagues call her Jane. ōI violated the drug policy on national television, and thatÆs completely reasonable.ö
Colorado employers still have the right to fire employees if they test positive for marijuanaĀŚ regardless of pot being legal to buy, grow and ingest.
ōIf trace amounts of marijuana in your test Ś something you consumed three weeks before on the weekend outside of work Ś show up, you can be fired for that,ö said Mike Elliott, executive director ofĀthe Marijuana Industry Group. ōThe next question is: æIs that fair?Æ ö
Elliott mentioned ColoradoÆs Lawful Off-Duty Activities Statute, which says employers canÆt fire employees for doing legal things such as drinking alcohol or smoking cigarettes off the clock. Because marijuana is still federally illegal, itÆs not covered by the statute Ś thoughĀthe Colorado Supreme Court said in late January it will soon review a precedent-setting decision on Brandon Coats, who lost his Dish Network job in 2010 for using medical marijuana off the clock.
ōItÆs an example of an unfortunate double standard that some businesses are continuing to follow,ö said Taylor West, deputy director forĀthe National Cannabis Industry Association. ōWhat Jane was doing in the CNBC piece is legal in Colorado. It had no impact on her work performance. And the ability to take part in a perfectly legal activity on her own personal time is something we generally accept when it comes to any other situation.
ōI know very few employers who would so much as ask about an employee having a few beers on the weekend or after work, and thereÆs no reason cannabis should be treated differently.ö
In the CNBC interview, Dannemiller was seen trying out a vaporizer at a work meeting as she told the networkÆs Harry Smith: ōIÆm just trying to change the mind-set and definition of what cannabis consumption looks like. IÆm actually shocked that so many people think the fact that I consume marijuana is so shocking. So I think it is important to say, æI use marijuana, and thatÆs OK.Æ ö
Looking back, itÆs easy to see that pot use isnÆt OK with everybody, even thoughĀfour major polls the past year have documented AmericaÆs first-ever shift toward favoring legal marijuana.
ōIÆm glad it took this long for (my former employer) to see it,ö said Dannemiller, ōbecause if they found out a couple of months ago whenĀthe first Denver Post piece ran, I wouldnÆt have been able to visualize the future I now see regarding what I can do with the incredible women in this industry.
ōAfter eight years with the company, itÆll take a while to transition out. I have a short contract to close out all outstanding projects. And then IÆm done. I would hope to work with them in a logistics arena in the future, but I donÆt think that thatÆs a possibility.ö
WhatÆs a pot-smoking professional event planner like Dannemiller to do?
ōIÆm all in now,ö said Dannemiller, who is looking forward to herĀ$95-a-plate Edible Events dinnerĀon March 28. ōThree months ago, I didnÆt know a soul in the cannabis industry, but now I know people like Kayvan Khalatbari, who co-ownsĀDenver ReliefĀand is so passionate about what he does and has been so pivotal to my success.ö
DannemillerÆs monthly dinners are planned through the end of 2014. SheÆs working with interested folks in incorporating marijuana into their Denver tourist itineraries Ś and their weddings, even. And sheÆs also working with the National Cannabis Industry Association to help organize women in the marijuana business.
ōI want to help people organize on the national level, especially women,ö Dannemiller said. ōIÆm volunteering for the WomenÆs Cannabis Business Network, a part of NCIA, and IÆm focusing my endeavors on expanding its reach. We are talking about planning the first conference dedicated to women in the cannabis industry. And next week IÆm going to D.C. to lobby with NCIA on Capitol Hill.ö
Does Dannemiller regret her decision to vaporize on camera?
ōItÆs just something I knew I had to do,ö she said. ōThere are so many images in all of this media Ś people taking bong rips and pipe hits and passing joints Ś and if IÆm trying to say that this should be normalized but didnÆt want myself on camera, I would be hypocritical.ö


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Kathy Schiffer wrote a post yesterday that moved Samuel Adams beer from a purveyor of too-politically correct advertising to dedicated Christian basher and misogynist.
I wrote a couple of days ago about the Samuel Adams beer commercial in which the company aired an ad that conflated their beer with the Declaration of Independence and then paraphrased it to take the words "endowed by their Creator" out of this quote?
Once the not-so-surprising backlash began, Samuel Adams issued the meaningless comment (I wouldn't call it an apology) that they were just following the guidelines of the beer manufacturer's association. I assume that Samuel Adams beer is a member of this association and voted on these "guidelines" which hardly makes them binding. The comment is, as I said, meaningless.
However Kathy moved the discussion to a whole new level by informing her readers of Samuel Adams' past behavior. She is speaking of Samuel Adams' company chairman, Jim Koch, when she says (emphasis mine):
It appears that Mr Koch made the usual lame comment when the public got angry. "We are not in control of the program," he claimed, "and it was never our intent to part of a radio station promotion that cross the line." In 2002, Boston Beer Company Chairman Jim Koch (pronounced "Cook") was the so-called Grand Marshall of the "Sex for Sam" stunt, a radio contest on WNEW-FM in Manhattan. Syndicated radio shock jocks Opie and Anthony staged a contest, challenging couples to engage in sexual activity in risky public places: in taxis, in ATM vestibules, in the Disney Store and—wait for it!—in St. Patrick's Cathedral. Couples earned points (5, 10 or more) for each tryst in a public place. The couple who succeeded in engaging in sexual intercourse in St. Patrick's Cathedral were awarded 25 points for their effort. The only way to earn more points was to engage in coitus at Koch's feet—for which enterprising exhibitionist couples earned 30 points.
There are a few holes in the denial I put in italics.
First, as Kathy points out:
Of course, this was the third time Koch's company sponsored the "Sex for Sam" contest. And while acknowledging that his "presence on the show was a lapse in judgment, a serious mistake," Koch has avoided describing just what he was doing in Opie and Anthony's studio.
Along with handing out bottles of Sam Adams to contestants who stopped by the studio to take a break from having sex in cabs, ATM vestibules, and the Disney Store, Koch also served as the contest's official "celebrity" voyeur. That meant if couples had sex in front of Koch, they were awarded 30 points (by comparison, sex in St. Patrick's Cathedral was worth 25 points).
According to the audio clips you'll find below, Koch watched as five couples attempted to obtain those 30 points (only two, um, succeeded). While Koch said he felt embarrassed for the three couples who failed to complete the act before him, he told Opie and Anthony that the competitors were, "awesome, all of 'em, better teams. The quality gets better every year. (To read the rest go here.)
Second, he was advertising on and participating in the Opie and Anthony Show. Does anybody remember Opie and Anthony? They're the sorry excuses for men who "interviewed" a "homeless" man and laughed approvingly and joked with him as he described in graphic terms how he wanted to rape and beat then Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and also how he wanted to rape First Lady Laura Bush to death. I've heard a recording of this routine. I am not going to say more about it, because it makes me too angry.
One ad might mean that the advertiser approved the campaign and was not aware of exactly what each specific ad had in it. Lame comments about following their own manufacturer's association guidelines are admission that they knew, approved the ad, are not sorry and think we're all stupid enough to buy their little comment as a reason.
But four times is a pattern, especially when three of those times involved active participation by the company's founder and chairman. It moves the question from political correctness carried to the point that we are now editing the Declaration of Independence (which is bad enough) to deliberate Christian and Catholic bashing. The kind of thing the company sponsored on Opie and Anthony puts them outside the line, or at least it does with me. The fact that they supported Opie and Anthony …. no words.
I believe that the "comedy" routine about the First Lady and Secretary of State came after Samuel Adams' beer sponsored the Sex for Sam promotion. But it is in keeping with what the continuous message of the show. Opie and Anthony had one "joke:" degradation of women and overt misogyny. In my opinion, misogyny, including incitment to violence against, and in some cases such as the one concerning the First Lady, murder of women, for laughs was the Opie and Anthony show.
Frankly, I don't see how any decent human being would ever advertise on Opie and Anthony, based on their misogyny and support of violence and degradation of women.
My advice to those who want a clean conscience: Lay your money down for a product that does not support Catholic bashing, Christian bashing, dehumanizing and degrading exhibitionist sex and does not buy advertising on shows that promote the rape, battering and murder of women.


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Barcelona dismissed reports that Lionel Messi was substituted due to injury concerns on Thursday.
The Argentinian striker scored the fourth goal after 82 minutes, as the Catalans defeated Malaga in the 4-2 Copa del Rey quarter final second leg victory.
Two minutes after he netted, Messi was substituted, suggesting he was carrying an injury, but the Camp Nou outfit insist they brought the Ballon d'Or winner off just as a precaution
Assistant manager Jordi Roura told the club's official website: "We brought Messi off the as a preventative measure.
"The adductor in his right elf was giving him problems. It's nothing serious."
Roura, who has taken charge of the first team for four games so far this season, while manager Tito Vilanova has been ill, believes that the team showed Malaga how to win in style.
The former La Masia graduate added: "Once again, these players proved what they are made of.
"They gave a footballing lesson, an they've given quite a few! Frankly, the whole team played well."
Roura, who has been assistant manager at Barcelona since 2009, said that these victories were "helpful for Vilanova and [Eric] Abidal" who have both suffered from different forms of cancer in the past year.
The win at the La Rosaleda means that Barcelona go through to the semi finals, 6-4 on aggregate, where they will face arch-rivals Real Madrid.
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A Walk with Osborne Can Take a Long Time
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Harvey Perlman had an interesting observation Wednesday about a Hall-of-Fame coach who also served three Congressional terms and five years as NU's athletic director. Perlman said Tom Osborne has "the kind of national respect and awe" and "reputation and position" that fascinates Nebraska's chancellor, who has walked from one place to another in more than one "foreign stadium" with Osborne. "A walk that would usually take five minutes would take 20 because people want to stop for an autograph or just say hello," Perlman said. "I think we probably don't recognize in Nebraska the tremendous amount of respect nationally, not just in intercollegiate athletics, but in other venues as well."
Perlman was right on. I will never forget the longest walk I've seen Osborne take – from the Nebraska locker room to the team bus after the Huskers lost a 28-25 decision at Texas in 2007. There was a Longhorn fan complimenting Osborne about every five or 10 yards in what seemed like a 20-minute walk. At the time, Osborne had been Nebraska's interim athletic director for all of 11 days when he made that walk. I must say that every remark made that day showed nothing but respect and in some cases, even a measure of awe that Perlman described.
"Tom Osborne is one of those rarities in college sports where a school's identity is strongly tied to a singular figure," Kansas City Star columnist Blair Kerkoff wrote following Osborne's announcement to retire. "When you think of Alabama, Bear Bryant comes to mind. Florida State? Bobby Bowden. In today's game, it's Kansas State and Bill Snyder, Virginia Tech and Frank Beamer. But Osborne's association with Nebraska runs deeper than any. He not only served as an assistant and head football coach but also athletic director for his university. And congressman for his state."
ESPN.com Columnist Ivan Maisel said: "Tom Osborne had a tough standard to live up to as Nebraska athletic director – the one he set as the Huskers football coach for 25 years. Not only did Osborne stabilize a football program that had gone shaky under his predecessor, but he shepherded the university from the internecine battles of the Big 12 to the safe and financially secure harbor of the Big Ten. You'd have to say that when Osborne retires in January, he will have met that tough standard."
Because he has measured up to Hall-of-Fame-like expectations as an athletic director as well, Osborne can expect more long walks in his retirement … in Nebraska and even across a country that has a deep and an abiding respect for all that he's accomplished and everything he stands for.
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There has been a resurrection of classic RPGs lately, with Baldur's Gate, Wasteland and Shadowrun all in the news. If this nostalgia is making you hungry for more, GOG has a great deal for you this weekend.
The 1997 classic Fallout is available for free from GOG's online store until 11:59 p.m. GMT on April 8. It usually sells for $5.99.
Although GOG recently changed its name to reflect a new retail model of offering newer games, it's nice to see they still cater to us good old gamers.


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Seven Deaths Confirmed in Arkansas
Authorities have now confirmed seven deaths in Arkansas after a severe storm
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Microsoft Wants Gag Order...Gagged
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft is calling on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to personally review a gag order preventing the company from further discussing secret national security requests for customer emails, Skype calls and documents on its servers. The written request, sent yesterday, follows Microsoft's motion in a secret court last month. The motion requested permission to break out which requests were from law enforcement officials and which were from the National Security Agency.


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"U.S. economic momentum screeched to a halt in the final months of 2012, as businesses pared back inventories and government spending fell sharply, while lawmakers struggled to reach a deal on tax increases and budget cuts.
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The nation's gross domestic product shrank for the first time in three and a half years during the fourth quarter, declining at an annual rate of 0.1% between October and December, the Commerce Department said Wednesday."
You can't really spin this to make it look like it's a good thing. Apologists will say that the year's growth rate of 2.2% is better than the 2011 rate of 1.8% and also blame Congress for not passing new laws. However, the wealth and health of the USA is in the doldrums. We are failing. We are becoming Europe.
No talk in DC about jobs -- only talk about social issues.


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It would mean bridging the phone and the tablet. I hope it's available before mid October, since my wife's birthday. Yes, it'll come out in September, I read that, but availability is a different thing.
Phones and tablets currently cost roughly the same $200 - $700 depending on features. Cellular carriers hide this cost behind a subsidized contract when a 3g modem is included in either the tablet or the phone, but we are all still paying it. How much more can the price of the phone and the tablet be bridged?
Nexus 7 got the price right Kindle Fire is irrelevant due to being US-only for so long.
I'm in Mexico and can't buy a nexus 7 either
The more credible rumors have the second ipad coming out in October at a separate event from the new phone. But probably with immediate availability, so maybe in time for your wife's birthday anyway.
Make sure you have a 'Plan B' before the day in case things don't work out though.
You can't steal Apple's thunder. They could release the iTurd, a literal green three-coiled turd, with a USB port squished into it, and people would buy it. People aren't interested in the hardware when they buy Apple -- they're interested in the brand, the experience, the ability to tell all your friends you have the latest iThing. Look at the iPod for example; Even when the very first version was released, there were plenty of alternatives that beat it on cost, service, feature set, and form factor. Peopl
Correction: user perception is king.
However, most users are not qualified to speak about nuances of user experiences nor technical specifications. Most Slashdotters aren't qualified, honestly. Brand image plays a huge part of what a consumer perceives to be a good product.
However, most users are not qualified to speak about nuances of user experiences nor technical specifications.
They are perfectly qualified to speak about their own, personal, user experience. No one better.
User experience really is one of the few things where "I don't know much about art, but I know what I like" really applies. Randomuser may not be able to articulate why they prefer a particular user interface, but that doesn't make them any less qualified to decide which one they find the easiest or most comfortable to use.
rather than nuances of user experience.
By which you mean a corporate logo.
Let's not play pretend that Apple has somehow mastered the mythical "user experience". Even the iPod didn't have a UI that was in any way superior to alternatives on the market.
The iPod was running on Apples reputation for design, oddly enough, from the gum-drop-like iMac. Their well-executed "silhouette" ad campaign did the rest. All Apple did for digital music was make it "okay" -- bringing it out of the shadows in the wake of Napster. At the time, digital music was synonymous with Apple because cons
Does the iTurd have rounded corners? If so, I probably owe Apple $1.05 billion.
As for shipping iturds, apple could get away with that shit exactly once. Never seems to occur to some people that a brand becomes respected because it's repeatedly associated with good products. Out of all the willful blind spots nurtured here on slashdot I find this one frankly
Damn it, man, the Cola Wars are over. It's time to put the past behind us, pound our swords in to plow-shares, and rebuild.
The battles still seem just like yesterday, and we've still got a long road ahead. But you've got to leave the fight on the battle field. It has no place in this new world.
People who turn their swords into plow-shares will plow for those who didn't.
It's Goliath... and unlike the biblical parable, a few rocks will not down this beast.
Fortunately it's likely to collapse under its own weight sooner or later anyway. Nothing grows at that rate indefinitely.
Are they looking at the success of ebook readers and trying to jump on board? Pearl e-ink technology is why those took off, not the form factor. I could go for a slightly larger reader to be honest.
I'm not so sure about that, between my Samsung Tab 10.1 and my Nexus X -- I find myself using my Nexus X much more frequently. There is something to be said for that smaller form factor.
And no, except for reading mangas, I don't read much with it, I mostly play games, I use it as a remote control, or I watch Viki or CrunchyRoll with it. And I do switch to my Tab 10.1 for reading comic books/mangas occasionally, but that size of a tablet is a bear to hold in bed (even if it's supposedly lighter and thinner t
What's the difference?
The iPhone is just an iPod Touch that can make calls.
The iPad is just an iPod Touch that's bigger.
The branding matters. It is intended as an upgrade for iPod Touch users, so that it does not eat into the sales of iPad. I believe Apple would expect people to own both an iPad and an iPod (7" one, not old generation one).
Perhaps it allows Apple to skirt round the otherwise embarassing comments they made previously about how no one would ever want a 7" tablet so they can hence claim "It's not a 7" tablet, it's a 7" media player with tablet features!" ?
I was going to buy an iPad mini/Air/whatever when it came out - because there are a few apps that I know will never come to android and which I would really really like, but after the monstrous patent bullshit that Apple have pulled I can't in good conscience get one.
I've held out against Apple for a long time, and they make some great hardware - the Macbook Air is, IMO, a perfectly targeted piece of tech. And the new iPad would have been perfect for my needs. Even after I bought a Nexus 7.
But I can't do it
I'm a big fan of Brian Eno and his music, and the apps I was referring to were Bloom, Air and Trope.
I'd love to see them on Android, but I don't ever see it happening.
Apple are guilty of this too of course, but do you want to know the difference? They have the confidence to enter fledgling markets where it's in no way obvious to anybody th
Well I've got nothing better to do, sorry for feeding...
However I also think that Samsung are the bigger assholes who basically get a free ride by copying competitor products.
Damn Samsung and their lack of innovation. It's so easy for them to just wait for Apple to release something and then make the exact same thing, taking customers that rightfully belonged to Apple.
The software is kind of a moot point cause it's really just Android which is obviously nothing like iOS. Their hardware performs better than Apple's and it's way cheaper. It also looks good in a way that's different than the iPhone's brick-with-a-screen desig
Sorry, but I don't buy the argument not to buy from ANY company because of legal actions they take, at least not when legal actions re not the core business model.
Google is I think even more guilty than Apple of bad patent lawsuits, by having Motorola violate the RAND patents they were supposed to offer to all companies on equitable terms but they tried to shake down Apple for way more money on.
Even if you disagree with Apple being able to sue for design patents the fact is they had a strong case and it was
2. Apple's case against Samsung was pretty awful: that they won had more to do with bad management of the case by the judge (and a failure to anticipate that by Samsung's lawyers) rather than anything about the merits of the case. The fact is, and this is not even open for debate, the look of Samsung's products has not changed significantly since before the iPhone - that is, Samsung already had products out or
What do you mean by the iPad terribly? Are you trying to run iPhone apps on the iPad or something? Try running actually tablet optimised apps.
I wonder how Apple is going to spin the fact that every man and their dog was releasing a 7" tablet at the time that Jobs was vitriolic in his total contempt for that size. How times change.
Welcome to the party, Apple. You'll discover that it's an excellent form factor for tablets, very mobile for use on the go instead of merely transportable like larger ones, and it doesn't force you to squint like a smartphone display. Best all-rounder size, I reckon.
I love mine, it's proven repeatedly to have been the
I wonder how Apple is going to spin the fact that every man and their dog was releasing a 7" tablet at the time that Jobs was vitriolic in his total contempt for that size.
Steve Jobs said, at one time, Apple wasn't interested in developing a phone - that didn't stop them from developing the iPhone.
Steve Jobs also said, at one time, people don't read anymore - that didn't stop them from developing iBooks.
Jobs consistently said whatever made sense for the company at the time he said it. But he obviously had no qualms about reversing himself once it made business to do so.
I wonder how Apple is going to spin the fact that every man and their dog was releasing a 7" tablet at the time that Jobs was vitriolic in his total contempt for that size.
Easy, it will be 6.9". Who would want a 7" tablet?
What about Samsung suing Apple for stealing it's design of a tablet with a size smaller than 10" but bigger than a phone ? After all, we DO KNOW (it was publicly said) that Apple came to that idea after using a Samsung 7" tablet !!! Blatant copy...
I'd say that samsung should ask for... 1B$ damages
Exactly. At the resolution available at that time, the 7" would have sucked. He made the right call, and is still right about releasing the 7" now.
Ummm... No.
It was not a limitation of the technology of the time. They could have had the same resolution with a smaller display.
...sue them for making somthing that looks and feels like Gene Roddenberry invented it....
Everyone from Archos to Yarvik who already make 7" tablets should sue Apple for blatantly ripping off their IP.
You got that right
Surface needs to be very cheap if Microsoft wants to make a splash. Microsoft cannot afford another failed product but I'm not sure if they understand how much money a successful product is going to cost them.
but I'm not sure if they understand how much money a successful product is going to cost them.
It's a toss-up, really. They succeeded with XBox despite entering a new market crowded with leviathans, and they are failing with Windows Phone despite having a real first-mover advantage. They have succeeded in building very good first-party peripherals - keyboards (esp. ergonomic ones) and mice, and they did terribly with Zune. Microsoft Router (for those who can remember their 802.11b offering) was one of the best in the market, but they stopped building more when other companies started flooding the mar
They succeeded with XBox despite entering a new market crowded with leviathans
True, in marketshare if not in profit, because it focused on an area neglected by Sony and Nintendo: online play. If they could find a similar (large) niche to exploit, maybe they could make inroads into the tablet market.
But: netbooks already provided keyboards in lightweight form factors. Maybe a sub-netbook would make a difference, but then the Asus Transformer line has been around for a while without setting the world on fir
Surface needs to be very cheap if Microsoft wants to make a splash.
Very true.
But can they afford the resulting backlash from other hardware makers? A number of them have already fired shots across Microsofts bow warning them they will be very displeased if Surface is undercutting the hardware they make.
Yes they can afford it. The OEM's can't really go anywhere.
That being said I'm nor sure if Surface exists as a reference implementation or as a product or as a serious push. I know Microsoft is getting frustrated with their OEM's selling crap and they are pushing for a better experience ( example: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.MicrosoftSignature [microsoftstore.com] ). But... there is a huge difference between Microsoft bitching about OEMs and be willing to lose the bottom 3rd of the market.
I think
pricing and a great execution on the flap-keyboard
I've typed on my netbook plenty of times which theoretically should have a better keyboard than the Surface flaps and I still hate it. So does practically everybody else I've ever heard discuss it. I just don't see how they think relying so much on the keyboard gimmick for their tablet is going to shift units. As for the price, yes, if Android tablet OEMs think they can keep pushing their 10 inch stuff for 499 then it could be a rout but I think Google is showing the way with the Nexus 7. Cut the featur
When it comes to web-browsing, office applications and familiarity of interface, Windows has an edge (now along with Mac OS X) - at least in the consumer demographic that's waiting to spend money on a new device.
Except Microsoft is releasing this with a completely unfamiliar user interface.
When it comes to web-browsing, office applications
Office applications, maybe, but web browsing? Both iOS and Android have excellent browsers.
I think a second, smaller iPad will actually fragment the iPad market and send the message to the world that there are choices in the tablet market.
If it uses the same resolution as the iPad 1/2, the fragmentation should be pretty minimal in terms of apps and the like.
It would appear that you've completely missed the parents point. As did a few mods.
that's what prophet Jobs called the smaller Samsung tablets when they were announced.
I would rather buy something made by Microsoft then something made by Apple.
Who cares what's expected. I expect a lot of things, but this world isn't full of sane or rational individuals, and my hopes are uncorrectably too high.
Events, or it didn't happen.
Their fanboi's whould buy an apple product even if it was made from the dry shit of Steve Jobs. I hope they get a big fat lawsuit when they dare copy Amazon or Google small form layout.
Seriously though, do you know where I could get some dried Steve Jobs shit?
You'll find it crusted around the mouths of the average hipster.
It had better not be rectangular with rounded corners.
Do you always cry when companies release products that aren't designed specifically for you?
The party adjourned to a hot tub, yes. Fully clothed, I might add. -- IBM employee, testifying in California State Supreme Court


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- BaggyPantsDevil said...
I just noticed the exclamation points, that ought to be the equivalent of an Auburn/Alabama post for increasing traffic here.
- March 02, 2006 3:47 PM
- Yost said...
Yeah, Benny added that for today. Nice catch, BPD. I hadn't noticed it until he emailed me.
- March 02, 2006 3:49 PM
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2011 Cross Country
Bluffton competes at HCAC Championships
Bluffton women take fifth at Heartland Conference championships
October 29, 2011
By: Jordan Hill, sports information assistant
Women's results I Men's results
Women's All-HCAC I Men's All-HCAC
ANDERSON, Ind. - The sunny and crisp fall temperatures made for a perfect day for cross country as Bluffton's women's and men's cross country teams competed in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships hosted by Anderson University on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. Manchester College won the HCAC titles for both men and women, but the Bluffton women placed 5th out of the 10 conference teams, which marks the best conference finish the Beavers have had since they took 5th in 2005. The women were just five points shy of fourth place. The Bluffton men finished in 9th place and it was the first team finish for the men in four years.
Sophomore Brandi Dominique (Wauseon) led the Bluffton women in the 6,000 meter race as she ran a lifetime personal best of 24:33 to finish in 7th place. Not only was this the best individual finish for the Bluffton women since the Beavers joined the Heartland Conference in 1999, but it also earned her All-HCAC honors for placing in the top 12. Senior Heather Smith (Elkhart, Ind./Concord) also ran a lifetime personal best of 25:20 and finished 20th, giving her HCAC Honorable Mention for placing in the top 20.
To complete the women's score, junior Alison Janzen (Whitewater, Kan./Remington) finished 38th with a lifetime personal best of 26:35, sophomore Lyndsey Darrow (Pioneer/North Central) finished 51st with a time of 27:15, and junior Katy Heffner (Troy/Troy) placed 62nd with a time of 27:44. Sophomore Ashley Hiller (New Philadelphia/Tuscarawas Valley) also competed and finished with a time of 36:32.
Leading the Bluffton men's top five in the 8,000-meter race was senior Andy Chaffee (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston) with a season best time of 28:40. The men's team score was completed by freshman Ryan Schadewald (Lima/Bath) with a time of 29:59, junior Chris Arnold (Fort Wayne, IN/Canterbury) with a time of 32:45, freshman Mike Gray (Ulysses, Penn./Northern Potter) with a time of 34:48, and junior Jeremy Kidder (New Carlisle/New Carlisle) with a season-best time of 35:20.
Head Coach Karen Brandt commented, "There is so much pride that comes with today. These athletes wanted something. They knew it wasn't going to be easy and they knew no one else could run their races for them. They had to execute and they had to believe. That's what they did and look at what they accomplished this season. They have so much to be proud of for themselves."
The Beavers hard work isn't over yet as they enter another training cycle to prepare for the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships, host by Oberlin College on November 12, 2011.


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So former state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata – who entered Oakland's mayoral race with big-time name recognition and fundraising prowess, and who outspent all his rivals enormously – lost the race to City Councilmember Jean Quan. He conceded this morning.
This was Oakland's first foray into ranked-choice voting, and there were 10 candidates in the field. Perata held the lead in every elimination round until the last, when City Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan was cut and her supporters' second and third choices broke almost three-to-one in Quan's favor, catapulting her past Perata to win.
In the end, Perata's somewhat polarizing personality and past may have proved to be his undoing, as many had predicted could happen. People tend to either love him or hate him, with not many in between; those who love him were quick to name him their top choice, and the rest were much less likely to write him in somewhere below.
John Whitehurst, a longtime Perata consultant who was one of three paid by the mayoral campaign, was still shaking his head later Thursday, and basically said his only mistake was not attacking Quan and Kaplan more.
"It's still hard for me to swallow the fact that we won by 11,000 votes, 10 percent of the vote, and the person that won the election lost in 80 percent of the precincts," he said.
But Perata didn't "win" by 11,000 votes – he finished that far ahead in the first round, putting him nowhere close to the 50 percent mark he'd have had to exceed to win outright.
"The purpose of the ranked-choice voting was to make the campaigns shorter, less expensive and less negative and all three turned out to be completely false," Whitehurst complained, saying that all the new method accomplished was to turn the election into an episode of the reality television show "Survivor," in which candidates had to build alliances to outlast their rivals.
"Hindsight is always 20-20, and if I were to run the election again, I would've gone negative on Jean and negative on Rebecca the way that they went negative on Don," he continued, noting none of Perata's campaign literature attacked his rivals.
He acknowledged there were direct mail pieces sent out by independent expenditure committees that attacked Quan, but he said that of a dozen mailings that Quan sent out, 10 attacked Perata in some way.
"We invested a ton of money in field operations," Whitehurst said. "Jean pretty hypocritically today said hers was a grassroots campaign, but she didn't have a grassroots campaign, she put out 12 pieces of mail of which 10 were negative."
Some might find it hard to see how Perata – who outspent Quan by far – was more "grassroots" than Quan, who had a smaller bankroll but still had a substantial number of volunteers pounding the pavement for her. Asked why Perata was paying three different consultants for the same campaign, Whitehurst replied he was only paid about $1,000 per month.
"I was cheaper for that campaign than a basic field organizer was, so don't go there," he said. "A campaign that does not have organizers is not a serious grassroots campaign."
Whitehurst said he believes this outcome will sour Oakland's electorate on ranked-choice voting. "This is the first time that instant-runoff voting has produced this result. It happened in San Francisco too, and I think you might see people taking another look at the system now that, in three elections, the first place winner didn't win the race."
"I think less than 5 percent of the people understand ranked-choice voting; walk outside the office and ask somebody how it works, I don't think they'll know," he charged. "Choosing a leader is not about a game of 'Survivor' on TV, y'know? It's just not."


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I have a few here that you might've already heard, but I'm posting them anyway.
A pirate walks into a bar. Strangely enough, he's got a steering wheel sticking out of his pants zipper. The bartender says, "Do you know you've got a steering wheel on your willy?" The pirate responds,
"Arr, it's driving me nuts."
A dumb blond is going ice fishing. She brings her supplies to the ice, and starts to drill a hole. All of a sudden, a booming voice says, "THERE IS NO FISH UNDER THAT ICE." Nervous, the blond quickly moves to another spot and starts to drill a hole. "THERE IS NO FISH UNDER THAT ICE." Scared now, the blond heats up her thermos and takes a drink. A little calmer now, she moves to yet another spot and starts to drill. Once again, "THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THAT ICE." Extremely scared now, the blond says,
"Is... th..that y-y-y-you, Lord?"
A girl in school comes home from school one day and says to her mom, "Mommy, I was the best at the ABC's today. I knew them from A to Z!" The mom responds,
"Well honey, that's because your blond."
The girl comes home the next day and says,
"Mommy, I was the best in math today! I knew all of my multiplication tables!" The mom says,
"Honey, that's because you're blond." The next day she comes home from gym class, and while the class was showering the other girls were looking at her because she had a more... generous bosom... you get the idea. Well, she says,
"Mommy, why is my body more shapely and better than everyone elses?"
"Honey, that's because you're 26."


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Integrated Medical Foundation Honors Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh, with the Physician Blue Ribbon Award
Dr. Tewari Recognized For His Commitment To Early Detection of Prostate Cancer
Article ID: 615428
Released: 21-Mar-2014 9:30 AM EDT
Source Newsroom: Mount Sinai Health System
Available for logged-in reporters only
Newswise — (New York – March 21, 2014) Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh, Kyung Hyun Kim, MD Chair in Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Chairman, Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology at the Mount Sinai Hospital, was the recipient of the Physician Blue Ribbon Award at the Blue Ribbon Awards Gala hosted by the Integrated Medical Foundation held on March 20th, 2014 at the Village Club in Lake Success, New York. Dr. Tewari was recognized for his commitment to the early detection of prostate cancer.
"I am honored and thankful to be the 2014 Blue Ribbon Award recipient for my efforts and those of my team to advance diagnostic and nerve sparing techniques for men with prostate cancer," said Dr. Tewari. "Precision urology, novel imaging, real time microscopy and genomic analysis will help us in identifying aggressive cancers and thus avoid the problems of over diagnosis and overtreatment which are so relevant in the current prostate cancer landscape."
Dr. Tewari pioneered robotic prostatectomy and he has performed more than 5,000 robotic prostatectomies, and other minimally invasive procedures for various urological cancers. Dr. Tewari joined the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai after serving as founding Director of the Lefrak Center for Robotic Surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Tewari has trained more than 30 fellows and residents in robotics and has made presentations on innovation in robotics at major medical meetings in the United States and around the globe.
"As an internationally acclaimed board-certified oncology urologist, researcher and innovator in the field of prostate cancer, Integrated Medical Foundation is proud to honor Dr. Tewari," said Eric Mitchnick MD, FACS, and president of IMF.
In 2012, the American Urological Association awarded him the prestigious Gold Cystoscope Award for his outstanding contributions to the field of urology and urologic oncology. Dr. Tewari has a solid commitment to research and has published in many peer reviewed journals. He is actively pursuing studies of the radiological phenotype of aggressive prostate cancer using novel imaging and genomics.
Dr. Tewari was awarded his medical degree from the GSVM Medical College in Kanpur, India, where he received 18 gold medals and honors. He obtained specialized urologic training at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute in Lucknow, India; residency training at the Vattikuti Institute of Urology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit; as well as fellowships in urologic oncology at the University of California San Francisco and the University of Florida at Gainesville.
About Integrated Medical Foundation (IMF)Integrated Medical Foundation, (IMF) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization whose mission is prostate cancer early detection, education and support. With prostate cancer being the second most prevalent form of cancer in men after skin cancer, the goal of IMF is to provide the community with critical information about the disease; offering free prostate cancer screenings, free support groups, and public education about the importance of early detection of prostate cancer.
For more information about Integrated Medical Foundation, or the Blue Ribbon Awards Gala visit www.imfcares.org or call 631 247-0100.
About the Mount Sinai Health System The Mount Sinai Health System is an integrated health system committed to providing distinguished care, conducting transformative research, and advancing biomedical education. Structured around seven member hospital campuses and a single medical school, the Health System has an extensive ambulatory network and a range of inpatient and outpatient services—from community-based facilities to tertiary and quaternary care.
The System includes approximately 6,600 primary and specialty care physicians, 12-minority-owned free-standing ambulatory surgery centers, over 45 ambulatory practices throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, and Long Island, as well as 31 affiliated community health centers. Physicians are affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, which is ranked among the top 20 medical schools both in National Institutes of Health funding and by U.S. News & World Report.
For more information, visit http://www.mountsinai.org, or find Mount Sinai on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.


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WARSAW (Reuters) - France Telecom's Polish unit TPSA expects its home telecoms market, which it dominates, to shrink by over seven percent next year because of economic woes and further regulatory cuts in mobile charges, its top executive said.
TPSA, the former state monopolist, already slashed its 2012 outlook and future dividend payout last month due to economic factors and aggressive competitors, dragging its shares to levels unseen in nine years.
In his first interview since the profit warning, Chief Executive Maciej Witucki told Reuters the cuts in intercharge fees among mobile operators - the so-called mobile termination rates (MTRs) - would weigh most on the market in 2013.
"The value of the market will fall also next year," Witucki said. "The MTR cut alone will lower the value of the 30-billion zloty ($9.4 billion) market by 2 billion. Second, further price cuts are possible, especially in the voice segment."
(Reporting by Adrian Krajewski and Pawel Bernat)


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by Mark Jagord, sports information assistant
COLUMBUS, Ga. – The Georgia College women's basketball team (13-5, 6-5 PBC) lost back-to-back road games for the first time this season with a 79-55 decision to Columbus State University (13-4, 8-3 PBC) Saturday afternoon at the Lumpkin Center.
Senior Brandi McKinney (Cincinnati) led the Bobcats with 17 points from the bench. Freshman LaRice Walker (Franklin, Ga.) added 10 points and four assists, while junior Enisha Donley (Loganville, Ga.) had a team-high in rebounds with six.
A pair of Donley free-throws tied the game at 13 almost nine minutes in, but about six minutes later the Cougars opened up a double-digit lead that they never relinquished to finish out the contest.
Senior Abby Slocumb (Suwanee, Ga.) had her third three-block game this season and in the process moved into second place on the Georgia College blocks list with 95. Slocumb passed Alicia Wilson (94-97), Dalana Watson (99-03), and Ashley Williams (04-08).
Junior Shanteona Keys' (Roswell, Ga.) one three-pointer and seven points moved her into 10th on two Bobcats' all-time list. She now is tied at No. 10 in threes with 125 with Karen Nunn (89-93), and holds sole possession of 10th in career points with 1,129. She passed Watson and Williams, who were tied at 1,126.
The Cougars were led by Tae Smith's 22 points. Chatil Bradford and Asha Alexander each added 18 points, while Carrie Washington had a game-high 13 boards.
The loss gives Columbus State another point in the "Battle for the Pickle Barrel" rivalry challenge, sponsored by the Pickle Barrel Café and Sports Pub with a 6-1 advantage.
Georgia College falls to 6-5 in conference play, sitting in fifth in the PBC West Division. The top four in the division advance to the PBC Tournament in March.
The Bobcats' next matchup will be against the University of Montevallo (6-12, 3-8 PBC) Wednesday, Feb. 5 for a PBC tilt starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Centennial Center.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home athletic contests.


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Building custom bikes or thinking about it, I have a NEW-IN-ORIGINAL-BOX, from payr.com, one of thier Harley mock-up engines. This is brand new in original box-I GUARANTEE IT, they cost $475 plus shipping, I will sell it to a member of this discussion forum for $275 which INCLUDES shipping and insurance to a Miller guy or gal in the lower 48 states.The box is BIG and fairly heavy, so the engine is basically costing you around $250. Sorry no picture, but you can ask Dave, dabar39 about me, I shoot LASER STRAIGHT with what I say, NO B.S., I am a GOOD GOD LOVING MAN, believe you me. Anyway, if you want it, P.M. me, you will have to send a money order from the U.S. Post Office, and I will send out the box with a tracking number and my home phone number and address, Dave has been to my home, he's one of the best guy's I have met in many years and he don't B.S. either, thanks everyone for considering, Ralph
No announcement yet.
Harley MOCK-UP engine N.I.B. CCHHEEAAPP!!!
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Hope this helps
Jake, it is a plastic mock-up engine used by bike builders, much easier on the ol back than lifting a 167 pound Harley or S&S engine around. I used them extensively in my shop, as they are perfect dimensionally, and are light enough to lift with two fingers. I was not sure if I could put a link on this thread, but here goes and you can check it out for yourself, www.payr.com, my back was taken out by a drunk driver, so these are a cool builders tool. They are just plain cool for the guy who has everything, just to put on a engine stand and put in the den or garage, and if you own a shop its great advertisement in the front window that you do Harley repairs, and which would you rather have someone steel from your window, a plastic mock-up engine or a $7000 or more real engine? Thanks for looking.
I ride harleys and I was thinking about building a chopper, have the plans.
Plastic one would make it easier on my back as well for fit up.
Don't know if I will ever get the time, slow process. Have been picking up bits and pieces here and there though, just in case.
Would build 2 frames, rigid and a softail.
Which model engine?
Can you find out ship costs to australia?
Sold today
Very, very sorry Jake, I sold the replica today. I want to thank you and anyone else who read the thread and had considered purchasing the item. I wish you the very best in your future ventures. Any questions about the bike building industry, or bike building in general, if I can help, please feel free to ask. Ride-safe my friend, Ralph


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The lights are on
You love moving and shaking. After all, playing with a normal controller just sounds boring. Come on in and meet up with other gamers who like throwing remotes around.
Twilight Princess
I have to agree with Angel on this one. Twilight Princess is the greatest games on the Wii. I hate the burning stagecoach level though. I also liked The Force Unleashed due to it's precison controls
Well I would say Twilight Princess but I don't feel like its a "true" wii game but at the same time SSBB is also the third in a series... Garrgh. I love them both so much. :(
Oh well. They tie for me, but the New Super Mario bros is getting up there.
Mario Power Tennis!!!!!!
just kidding. Twilight princess, ssbb, and mario kart wii, and mario galaxy, and soon to be new super mario brothers.
Heck, anything nintendo's involved in is pure gold
I'm going to go with Mario Kart Wii. It has so many new things to do, such as flips and tricks. Awesome new courses, character, and it always links with the original ones. The only thing that me and my brothers despise... no everyman for himself in battle mode! But overall it's a great game.
Well concidering that the Wii is not done it's gaming run yet (i estimate it will keep on going strong for another 4 - 5 years until Nintendo bring's something else out. But for right now my favourite wii game right at this moment has to be either "Punch out" or "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" (I have already beaten twice since it's debut on the 15th of this month....yeah I know holy ***!)
Agreed with Angel. It was good on Game Cube, and it's greately improved on the Wii. Although, the game I can play with everyone would be Sports Resort. SSBB is great too
I have to go with Super Mario Galaxy. Out of all of the games from 2007, this is the only game I have kept (All others wore off after awhile and Wii Play doesn't count). This is perfection here. Amazing gameplay, wonderful visuals, beatiful musics, great story, etc. A must buy for everyone.
My top 3 are Brawl, New super mario bros. wii, and mariokart
I really enjoyed Super Mario Galaxy. I can't wait for SMG2 to come out!
all Zelda game's and mario game's but I love Fire Emblem Radiant dawn. I wish thay wud make a new game
Despite having played many of the newer releases for the Wii, I still think my vote goes to Little King's Story. Not for lack of love for Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon, or New Super Mario Bros, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, or even Okami and Phantom Brave, I just can't stop playing Little King's Story. So. Much. Love.
Super smash brothers brawl and Mario kart Wii
Hmm. This is a hard one, but I am doing to have to say Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Unfortunately, my copy of SSBB has become missing. This is unusual for me, considering I am very neat.
My next would be Mart Kart Wii, just because it is simple to play but can be mastered to beat.
I have a bunch of games I love for Wii, but my favorites are the Mario Galaxies, MadWorld, Metroid Prime Trilogy CE, Donkey Kong Country Returns, and Kirby's Epic Yarn.


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Westminster John Knox Press releases books by two Austin Seminary faculty members this month. Trust in God: The Christian Life and the Book of Confessions, written by David W. Johnson, assistant professor of church history and Christian spirituality, was released on March 5. God, Desire, and a Theology of Human Sexuality, written by David H. Jensen, professor in the Clarence N. and Betty Frierson Distinguished Chair of Reformed Theology, released March 19.
Trust in God examines the Christian spiritual life using the Book of Confessions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) as a guide. Johnson demonstrates how the Book of Confessions can help us understand what it means to be Christian and how one goes about living a Christian life. He uses the rubrics of faith, love, and hope to ground understanding of spirituality and helps develop disciplines for our spiritual lives. Disciplines include listening and speaking, worship and Sabbath, giving and stewardship, patience and planning, and reconciling. This book also offers guidelines for engaging in Bible reading and prayer.
Johnson is the author of a number of articles, including "Making Theology Come Alive in the Parish," in the fall 1995 issue of Pro Ecclesia. He contributed entries on "Cassiodorus" and "Pelagius" in The Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation. He has also written book reviews, stories, essays, and poems. He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
God, Desire, and a Theology of Human Sexuality examines human sexuality in light of Christian faith and doctrine. Jensen moves beyond the hot-button social debate about sexual orientation and sexual practices to look for healing. This book considers Scripture and sex; the connections between the triune, covenantal God and human sexuality; Christ's incarnation and resurrection as affirming the beauty of flesh; eschatology and sexual identity; the ramifications of the Lord's Supper for human sexuality, vocation, and Christian callings to marriage, celibacy, and singleness; and sexual ethics.
Jensen has written numerous books, including Parenting (Fortress Press, 2011), Living Hope: The Future and Christian Faith (Westminster John Knox Press, 2010), Responsive Labor: A Theology of Work (Westminster John Knox Press, 2006), and Graced Vulnerability: A Theology of Childhood (Pilgrim Press, 2005). Another book, forthcoming, is a theological commentary on First and Second Samuel (Westminster John Knox Press).
Allan Cole, academic dean at Austin Seminary, praised the work of both faculty members, saying, "Professors Jensen and Johnson have written books that will help us think more deeply, constructively, and faithfully about how a Christian life may be led today. They challenge us to greater authenticity, compassion, hope, and trust in God."


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The 2013-14 prep sports season is now underway, with three local golf teams hitting the links Monday – all of five days after practice was allowed to begin.
There are a number of dates worth circling in the coming weeks, but these are a few of the contests I'll be most looking forward to during the fall season.
Plano soccer at
Newark, Monday
For the first time, Seneca students will play in a high school soccer game. Seneca is co-oping with Newark this year, and the bolstered Norsemen will make their debut at home against Plano.
Plano is about as close to a Morris Daily Herald area opponent as the Norse will play this year. Of Seneca's Interstate Eight Conference rivals, only Lisle (Sept. 23) appears on the Newark soccer schedule.
Morris Early Bird
Invitational, Aug. 28
Two days prior to the much-anticipated start of the football season, three of the four local cross country teams — Gardner-South Wilmington, Seneca and the host Redskins — will compete against one another.
In 2012, Marquette was the dominant team, winning the girls race, finishing second in the boys event and boasting individual champions in both. Morris led the locals in both races, with its boys finishing third and its girls fifth.
The three teams will get another chance to gauge themselves against one another Sept. 6 at Seneca's Twilight in the Woods Invitational.
Minooka football at
Morris, Aug. 30
This might be the most obvious "big game" on the entire local prep fall schedule. It marks the third straight season that the rivals are opening the season against one another. Morris is 2-0, but the Redskins have yet to win by more than a single score.
Going back to the days when the teams shared conferences (the Suburban Prairie Red, the Suburban Prairie White and then the Southwest Prairie), Morris has won nine straight in the series. If the Indians can break through, it would be huge in their quest to return to the playoffs after missing out in 2012.
Peotone football at
Seneca, Sept. 7
The defining moment of Seneca's 2012 season came in its Week 2 crossover game with Peotone. The Irish led by 13 points in the fourth quarter but lost 27-20. The close-but-not-quite-enough theme extended through the end of their season when they finished 5-4 but did not have enough playoff points to make the postseason.
This game could be just as pivotal in 2013 if the Irish are to excise their playoff demons. Beat the usually-competitive Blue Devils, and Seneca will be, at worst, .500 entering its Interstate Eight Conference Small Division schedule. Lose, and it will be an uphill climb again for Seneca.
Conference golf
tournaments, Oct. 2
Two days after the Interstate Eight Conference has its big events, the Southwest Prairie will stage its boys and girls tournaments (hosted by Romeoville and Plainfield East, respectively) and Morris will compete in the Northern Illinois Big 12's tournament at La Salle-Peru.
Minooka is the five-time defending girls golf champion in the SPC. On the boys side, the Indians led the conference standings entering the 2012 SPC Tournament, but their third-place finish allowed Plainfield North to take the conference title. Morris finished in fourth place in the NIB12 East in 2012.
Coal City girls volleyball at Seneca, Oct. 17
There aren't a whole lot of volleyball matches pitting local schools against one another this season. Minooka and Morris won't play one another, and neither will play anyone else from the area. Gardner-South Wilmington is at Newark on Sept. 17. Otherwise the two conference matches between Coal City and Seneca are about it for area battles.
But this meeting is relevant for reasons beyond the fact that two rivals will be facing off. I-8 divisional play will be winding down, and the conference championship could very well be decided by this match.


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He is an artist best known for wrapping the Reichstag in Berlin and for siting thousands of coloured umbrellas across valleys in Japan and America.
Now Christo is creating for Abu Dhabi a colossal structure that he claims will be the world's biggest permanent sculpture. Estimated construction costs of US$340 million ($413 million) would also make it the world's most expensive.
A 150m-high, flat-topped pyramid would be taller than St Paul's Cathedral or St Peter's Basilica and would overshadow the Great Pyramid of Giza - creating Abu Dhabi's answer to Egypt's pyramids or Mecca's Kaaba.
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Links mentioned:
David Icke's theory of the lizard people
Skeptoid on Reptoids
David Icke's theory of the lizard people
Skeptoid on Reptoids
Who is that imposter in Megan's spot?
She's even stolen Megan's voice!
"Suppose you're a voter, and you've got candidate X and candidate Y. Candidate X agrees with you on everything, but you don't think that candidate can deliver on anything at all. Candidate Y you agree with on about half the issues, but he can deliver. Which candidate are you going to vote for?"
"This has nothing to do with what's going on now."
It is almost as if Bill Clinton is trying to be counter-productive for the Democrats.
I object. Republicans are clearly the reptilians.
They're cold-blooded, animated only by selfish desires. They fly into rage and exhibit massive xenophobia.
Their policy prescriptions are primitive; rewarding the strong and punishing the weak. They prefer war to diplomacy and are eager for conflict (might be unfair to reptiles there).
Sure, Bill leans right in his DLC ways, but not that far!
Sigh. I don't know if anyone else updated to Firefox 3.0.1 last night, but I did so expecting the Firefox/Java/Youtube bug to have been fixed.
Nothing. Still doesn't play on the front page, but it does when you click on the comments. It also plays when it redirects you to the Youtube page itself, of course.
Also note for those considering updating to the new Firefox -- if you installed "themes", those haven't been updated yet. You get stuck with the default theme, so far.
Now, let's see what Megan and Ann have to say.
Err, okay. Not much meat on that clip bone.
Lizard people. Got it. I think my fellow lizards over at LGF might take great exception to welcoming Clinton into the fold, but hey.
And hey, did Megan lose a lot of weight or what? She looks different...
I also suffer from the Firefox/Java/Youtube bug and note that a restart of Firefox helps.
How so very Microsoft!
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Do it more often.
Victoria et al. After extensive research on the YouTube problems, it seems that this is a problem related to Adobe's Flash Player for Firefox. You might find that if you play video from within a post, but not from the main page things will work fine. If things get stuck, close the browser completely, reopen Althouse, click through to the comments and then try playing the video again.
Hey, thanks, Triangle Man. :)
It's not a big thing, but being a committed Firefoxer, it pains me when it gets all IE on my ass.
"Firefox 3.0.1 last night, but I did so expecting the Firefox/Java/Youtube bug to have been fixed."
It isn't a Firefox bug.
It is a bug in the Flash plug-in for Firefox.
It won't be until Flash patches, or until you uninstall Flash and then find an older version of it (I think version 8 is the one that works), that you will get rid of the bug.
I knew it couldn't be the open source code.
Hey, Victoria, look at us agreeing on something!
After last night, I'll take it!
Megan has had the flu.
If you want serious substance, this clip isn't what you're looking for. Click on the whole diavlog, and the most substantive part is the religion segment.
I'm in minute 31:22 of the whole diavlog. I'm commenting on it real time elsewhere.
Lizard people is much kinder than the words, phrases and expressions that I would have used.
On the way to lunch I heard an idea that I really dig-move Michelle Obama to New York and run her against Hillary in 2012.
Bill and Hill-payback for what you have done here is going to be such a royal c_nt, you have no idea. Not even the serpent(Carville) and his criminal serpent wife(Matalin) will be able to help you. Keep it up losers.
"I'm in minute 31:22 of the whole diavlog. I'm commenting on it real time elsewhere."
Well aren't you just the Crawlin' Kingsnark!
Strange as it might seem, there is actual photographic proof that lizard people from outer space have mated with humans.
Phase One: A fine physique denotes reproductive fitness. Link.
Phase Two: Throughout the galaxy, a kiss on the lips says this will be something special. Link.
Phase Three: When it comes to inter-species humping, some like it rougher than others. Link.
Phase Four: Exhausted by his orgasm, a lizard person is vulnerable to his treacherous human lover, now fully impregnated with lizard jizz. Link.
I object. Republicans are clearly the reptilians.
No, we're clearly INBETWEEN Reptile and Repugnant. Get it straight.
"I object. Republicans are clearly the reptilians."
Uhhhh...ya ever seen James Carville? That boy is baaad reptilian.
I downloaded some sort of Flash patch for Firefox 3.0.1, and things play, but I frequently have to click first on a Flash logo-buttony thing and then click again to play the video.
OTOH, it may be a feature and not a bug. It keeps all sort of ads and crud from loading at all unless I click on them. I can usually tells the stuff I don't want by its placement.
BTW, the bloggingheads video plays just fine on a single click for me.
I don't really remember where I got the fix, but it was probably on Flash and not Firefox.
Calling the Clintons lizard people is an insult to all lizards and reptiles.
AlphaLiberal said...
I object. Republicans are clearly the reptilians.
They're cold-blooded, animated only by selfish desires. They fly into rage and exhibit massive xenophobia.
Hillary Clinton Cold Blooded. Check.
Bill Clinton animated by selfish desires. Check
Robert Byrd xenophobic. Check.
Yep they are all Democrats.
Harry Truman- Korean war over diplomacy. Check.
JFK- Viet Nam war over diplomacy. Check
LBJ- Continued Viet Nam war over diplomacy. Check.
Bill Clinton- Balkan war over diplomacy. Check.
Bill Clinton- bombing Iraq over diplomacy. Check.
Not a Republican in the bunch.
Trust me - I was not looking for serious substance. Had enough of that last night when I over-indulged in blog.
What I wanted was entertainment and I found it.
Good job both. Nice dynamic. The flu becomes Megan. Or at least recovering from the flu does.
WoW Megan McCardle's "marian the librarian" look is hawt....
"I downloaded some sort of Flash patch for Firefox 3.0.1, and things play, but I frequently have to click first on a Flash logo-buttony thing and then click again to play the video."
That wasn't a Flash patch. That was Flash Block. It is a great extension.
"OTOH, it may be a feature and not a bug. It keeps all sort of ads and crud from loading at all unless I click on them. I can usually tells the stuff I don't want by its placement."
That is it's feature. That is all that extension does. And it is great for doing just that.
They prefer war to diplomacy
Just anther instance of the left not getting it.
War is diplomacy by other means - Clauzwitz.
See it works like this - if you have a carrot and a stick you can accomplish more than if you have a carrot alone.
And if all you have is a carrot and the other guy has a stick you are at a disadvantage. Such a situation is referred to as appeasement.
M. Simon said...
And if all you have is a carrot and the other guy has a stick you are at a disadvantage. Such a situation is referred to as appeasement.
Sort of like you can get more with a kind word and a gun.
Years ago my husband and I bought a David Icke book just to read a bit of it out loud each day. Hysterical stuff; full of howlers.
His books are full of outrageous offhand comments like, "George Bush, a pedophile and rapist, ..." or "[so and so] who, along with her mother, was raped repeatedly by Ronald Reagan..." Truly bizarre. In fact, I think Icke must have a thing about rape. According to him, everyone he doesn't like is a serial rapist.
Oh, and I'm surprised that Icke now says the Clintons are reptiles. He used to sort of like Bill Clinton, and so his theory was that Bill wasn't a reptile but was being controlled by a reptile from another dimension.
"George Bush, a pedophile and rapist, ..."
Seriously? LOL. Awesome, Freeman Hunt. I must track his books down now.
I thougth Michael Savage was bad enough -- any book which in all seriousness uses the word Hildabeast is worthy of parrot droppings receptacle -- but that sounds insane.
BTW, could never happen in the UK. Our libel laws are very strict.
Party poopers.
Re: Megan being hawt.
She has this Lily Tomlin playing the Operator thing going on with the mic too. Okay, you may not think phone exchange operators hawt, but I do.
I take it back. Megan McCardle can go Fuck herself! On her blog she devotes a whole post(!!111) to saying, "don't feed the trolls."
WTF? Who wants to read a blog without trolls sitting under the threads ready to pounce people who tread thereon?
for serious, she can go ride a seat-less bike down a bumpy path.
feed me...
The book to get is "The Biggest Secret: The Book That Will Change the World (Updated Second Edition)." Or at least that's the one we have, so I know that stuff is in that one. I should dig it out and post some quotes here...
Actually, I found it, and we have the first edition, not the second. They may be the same.
And I didn't get the George Bush quote exactly right. The one in the book is better!
"It was [George] Bush, a paedophile and serial killer, who regularly abused and raped Cathy's daughter, Kelly O'Brien, as a toddler before her mother's courageous exposure of these staggering events forced the authorities to remove Kelly from the mind control programme known as Project Monarch."
!!! Ha!
Can you believe that someone actually wrote that AND someone else actually published it?
The whole book is like that. Priceless.
That was from page 29. Here on page 32 is Icke's description of Bill Clinton's lizard-ness:
"Another comment the psychic lady made was that in her altered state of consciousness, Hillary Clinton appeared as a reptile while her husband, Bill Clinton the US President, was only overshadowed and controlled by one. This is interesting because my own research, and that of others has revealed Hillary Clinton to be much higher in the hierarchy than Bill, who while of a crossbreed bloodline, is a pawn in the game, to be used and discarded as necessary."
I wonder how one conducts that sort of "research"...
I can't resist. Every page is a goldmine. From page 331:
"Two former Satanists from different groups have said that [Al] Gore is addicted to drinking blood.. This makes sense because Arizona Wilder, the Brotherhood Mother Goddess who escaped from their clutches, told me how she has seen Gore at sacrifice rituals when he shape-shifted into a reptilian."
See, it makes sense because the escaped Brotherhood Mother Goddess told him so. :D
Ha! Page 325:
"She claims that [Robert] Byrd controls a network of mind controlled slaves and loves nothing more than to whip them mercilessly until they are close to death."
Just think if you actually believed all of these things. Government would suddenly seem so interesting and sinister. Of course, it's kind of run of the mill sinister now, but this would be sinister in a magical-mind-control-lizards sort of way.
There have been a ton of great quotes I haven't posted because they're just too raunchy.
Re: myself and my arch-nemesis Megan McCardle.
I think she has gone a bit into trollness herself with her fantasy of trolls being grown men in their underpants furiously rolling their faces on their keyboards in an attempt to make a sad bon mot against her.
From someone who has done a fair amount of trolling around the internets, I must say she's wrong. A troll doesn't spend his on line life fuming at her, he's a perfectly normal person for 23 hours out of the day, and as a time waster/lark/hobby he will post vitriol toward his chosen subject.
Her fantasy picture of a pathetic poster is a shield for herself, but it is a false shield. It doesn't take that much energy to be an asshole on the internets and she should get over herself...
or did she just cut me to the quick
To clarify, her premise on the bloggingheads episode was, "I don't let trolls get to me anymore because I know that they are sad little men who still wear spiderman underwear and obsess constantly about me even while offline.(I quote from memory) is something that I'm sure makes her feel better about reading her troll posts, but is as irrational a position as the trolls themselves IMO.
Megan has trolls that post constantly throughout the day. Some even start blogs devoted to hatred of her and update them regularly.
Obviously she's exaggerating about the Spiderman underpants, or at least I hope so. But they're still sad and pathetic individuals.
Also, re: having more leftist trolls than righties. Again, as a troll myself, one example.
I started reading andrew sullivan just before the Iraq invasion (I was in asia at the time and he was really my only source). When he switch to attacking bush as opposed to cheerleading him when he switched because I was drawn to his blog because of his support of Bush and the War (which I supported) I felt betrayed. I sent him so many nasty emails around that time you wouldn't believe!
Betrayed I think because I had invested in his blog under a premise, that premise being we shared similar ideals.
My guess about you being attacked by more lefties than righties (and Kaus, and maybe McCardle--though I rarely ever read her blog, not because she's not interesting, but because it's all a bit too wonkish for me) is that you all had developed a reputation and fan base initially premised on your liberal traits and then when you pulled the mask off and revealed a lizard, then those readers felt betrayed and then wrote you nasty email trying to (in their mind) bring you back from the brink to where you were in danger of falling.
so...the TL;DR version, you're wrong about why you have lefty trolls, her #3 reason however was spot-on.
Revnant said, Megan has trolls that post constantly throughout the day. Some even start blogs devoted to hatred of her and update them regularly.
ah...well, she's cute I suppose and they're tugging on her pig tails to get her attention. At least were I in 2nd grade that's what I'd do to get her attention, things don't really change that much later in life I think.
Isn't it far too convenient for you to think that people who believe in government subsidized healthcare are more about "attacking heretics" and folks who favor a flat tax are some how magically inclined to "welcome converts"?
I mean, "They hate me 'cause I'm beautiful" might make a blogger feel better, but that line of thinking is a bit too pat.
Much of the blogginghead was a bit like that I think.
No offense, but Ann Althouse is miles above Megan McCardle. I know there are regular readers of Althouse who will assume I am claiming Ann is hotter than Megan, but that isn't my point. My point is that Althouse's commenters rarely attack her; they revere her. She's smart and she's funny. And she purposely makes provocative points. McCardle seems to stumble along, making incorrect missteps, making dumb insights that lead to nowhere, pushing the libertarian line even when it makes no sense, when it's illogical, when it is silly, and when it is wrong. I don't mean to offend, but Ann is far smarter than McCardle. The reason McCardle has far more negative commentators is that they are criticizing her logic. Ann doesn't get that. She gets reactions to her arguments. Reactions are different than corrections.
Lizard man no longer wants to play by society's rules.
Ann should do an anonymous blog in the persona of a male blogger to see what the response is. It would be highly entertaining to see Althouse pretending to be male. I don't think she could pull it off for long. The arty, close-up photos of Chevy small-block V8s; the carefully-casually composed photos of empty beer can pyramids; getting misty-eyed over Cubs pitching; etc.
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