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It would be great if the country could see WV as a 'education leader'.
By Anonymous on 05.21.2013
From the entry: 'Governor Sees WV as Leader in Natural Gas Industry'.
Many will concur with "I Agree". Was it Einstein who gave us his definition of insanity? 'Repeating the same thing over and over and expecting different results.'
That was long before we had a Dee-Cee Department of Education.
He would likely apply his definition now to the American education system pretty much in the same fashion.
We have had that Department of Education how long now? and they still can't get it right?
By They're hopeless on 05.21.2013
From the entry: 'Common Core: Not Ready, Somewhat Able, But at Least Willing'.
Lee,Cindy,Gary and Family so sorry to hear of Ray's passing…as time goes by I hope you find comfort and healing your hearts all need,Bless each of you…
Brad, Kristie,Olivia
Mark & Makahla
By KristieCollins on 05.21.2013
From the entry: 'Ray Earl Everts'.
Price for rides please? per ride or bands?
By KC on 05.21.2013
From the entry: 'Glenville: Lions Club Carnival May 22 - 25, 2013 - Famous Hot Dogs, Starting Today'.
Skip looking for the coin. Charleston gang all ready bought them all.
By no surprise on 05.20.2013
From the entry: 'WV Unveils Silver Coin to Mark 150th Anniversary of Statehood; Online Sales Begin Today'.
Hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars spent on boards and task forces, studies and reports (not to mention a Governor's Audit). Given massive and repeated failure the money would have been better spent on text books and Teachers.
Consolidation was NOT the answer. It's been going on longer than most can remember with no real savings or educational improvement to show for it.
A moratorium on any consequences related to new and unproven programs is the right thing to do. It's not as though there's a history of getting much right when it comes to education.
By I Agree on 05.20.2013
From the entry: 'Common Core: Not Ready, Somewhat Able, But at Least Willing'.
Congratulations to Hunter Ashley for getting a 2nd place in the Discus throw. He may be a Freshman, but he can definately out throw a lot of sophmores, Juniors and seniors. Way to go Hunter. Practice always pays off. Proud of you.
Aunt Carol
By Carol Beam on 05.20.2013
From the entry: 'WV HIGH SCHOOL STATE TRACK MEET - Boys - Class A - 05.17.2013 - 05.18.2013'.
West Virginia "is a full-fledged participant in the Common Core Standards program" according to >WVDOE Watcher<.
West Virginia is also a nearly, full-fledged failure incomparison to most other states. We have the reports that prove it too.
By nothing changes in WV on 05.20.2013
From the entry: 'G-Comm™: Hoppy's Commentary - Musical Chairs Among House Democrats'.
This is so simple. Even the writers of articles are blind or don't wish to see it.
The State Board of Ed…..IF…...they were doing their job, the Governor would NOT need to be writing executive orders.
Clean out the BOE and employ people who have the knowledge to do the job.
We have how many years now of political appointees that are incompetent, poor or no result in progress?
By watching on 05.20.2013
From the entry: 'Tomblin's Three-Pronged Approach to Education'.
There is no "one size fits all" educational model that will ever work because all people are unique individuals who learn a variety of ways. For the US to be a leader in education, the students need to be motivated to learn - not pigeon holed into groups and treated like a herd of cattle!
By Karen Pennebaker on 05.20.2013
From the entry: 'G-Comm™: Rotten to the Common Core'.
Ideas like Common Core have been percolating in the country for many years. It wasn't until 2009 when the National Governors Association's Center on Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers convinced their members to support an initiative to develop what they deemed to be voluntary, state-led standards, that it took root. The idea, however, that Common Core bubbled up from the states has shifted. A nonprofit group called "Achieve, Inc." stocked with federal standards advocates who've been around since many years, has been pointed to as designing the materials and the program's progress has been spurred on by funding from, among others, the Gates Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education. For an undertaking that claims to be state-generated and largely free of federal involvement Common Core twisted, becoming a foot in the door for federal Race to the Top dollars.
Here is the header of a neat little report by the WV BOE you might want to google. The Machiavellian quote is so true. As long as this State BOE retains control and keeps remodeling more of the same we will see the same results. When will the Legislature do the research necessary to make something new happen? Global 21, 21st Century, Next Gen, Common Core,at least eight years documented as more of the same.
A Chronicle of West Virginia's Global21 Initiative
"Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results." Machiavelli
By Common S on 05.19.2013
From the entry: 'G-Comm™: Rotten to the Common Core'.
The boil advisory was lifted on Friday. Today, Sunday in Stouts Mills Area the water is brown and muddy! Is it safe to drink it? Should the advisory have been lifted so soon?
By Concerned Resident on 05.19.2013
From the entry: 'GCPSD: Boil Water Advisory for Sand Fork, Dusk Camp Area Has Been Lifted'.
The writer's "Internal Evidence" is one of the lamest pieces of sophistry I have ever seen.
To us the bible as proof of its own inspiration is, in logic, a classic example of circular reasoning. It is like saying "I'm right because I say I am".
The writer confuses evidence with proof.
In the case of the blood, the blood is only the evidence; it is the scientific knowledge of blood that is the proof. The white granular substance is only the evidence; the lab test is the proof.
With regard to the bible, we have been testing the "thing itself' through higher criticism for a century and a half and the "thing itself" does not pass the tests.
Bringing you the truth in love.
By Anonymous on 05.19.2013
From the entry: 'TRUTH OR TRADITION? – #222'.
WV is a full-fledged participant in the new national Common Core Standards program. The confusion is caused by the State's reference to the Next Generation program that is actually the Common Core Standards program for K-12 English learning arts and math. One advantage of joining the national program is that there will be on-line testing to determine how individual schools, and county school systems in WV compare with education outcomes, and the State's overall performance can be compared to other states. The objective for Common Core is to strive to establish the USA as a world leader in education, something we lag badly with now.
By WVDOE Watcher on 05.19.2013
From the entry: 'G-Comm™: Rotten to the Common Core'.
Wonder if the poll numbers would be that good in GC?
By doubt it on 05.18.2013
From the entry: 'G-Comm™: Hoppy's Commentary - Tomblin's Window of Opportunity'.
Where are all you War Protesters that were so vocal when Bush was President?
Barry got your tongue? You give your politics away with your silence.
By Obama's War on 05.18.2013
From the entry: 'Where are the Nonviolent Alternatives to the Nine Proposed Military Bases in Afghanistan?'.
Your government 'sells' this sort of stuff to make you feel good, when in actuality, its just more invasion into your life, causes bigger government, and in the end you have less input and they have more control?
By anonymous on 05.18.2013
From the entry: 'HHS Announces Actions to Improve Safety and Quality of Child Care'.
Some store already have them on premises. All they have to do it to capitalize.
By LOL LOL on 05.18.2013
From the entry: 'OddlyEnough™: Eating Insects Could Help Fight Obesity'.
I can just picture pans of them in the showcase at the local grocery store.
Not sure the effect it would have on this community. Doubt the store would have to reorder often.
By lol on 05.18.2013
From the entry: 'OddlyEnough™: Eating Insects Could Help Fight Obesity'.
"Insanity: Doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results." — Albert Einstein
By We're Livin' It on 05.17.2013
From the entry: 'G-Comm™: Rotten to the Common Core'.
It is the job of the Principal to make sure the drinking fountains are covered, water to the sinks turned off while providing hand-sanitizer and drinking water plus make sure any water used for meals or dishes has been boiled. Did they do it? Last time someone was too busy looking down their nose with a do what I want attitude. Last time they had no water at all.
By Reason for Concern on 05.17.2013
From the entry: 'GCPSD: Boil Water Advisory for Sand Fork, Dusk Camp Area Has Been Lifted'.
Imagine the EPA getting this 'wrong' ?
By lol on 05.17.2013
From the entry: 'University of Delaware-Led Study: EPA Standards Overestimate Poultry Pollution'.
Can we be certain that the children at Sand Fork are NOT drinking and washing their hands in the bad water?
By the way—-
What is the status/outcome of Superintendent Blankenship standing in defiance of the Health Department Order to close the Sand Fork School in April when there was not water, and the unsanitary conditions that resulted?
Has there been any testing of students and staff to determine if any hepatitis or other disease issues have resulted in the defiance of Health Department Order?
By GC citizen on 05.17.2013
From the entry: 'GCPSD: Boil Water Advisory for Sand Fork, Dusk Camp Area Has Been Lifted'.
Next Generation CSO Crosswalk to 21st Century CSOs.
You can find this link on the WVDE web site.
"The Crosswalks Documents were created by the work groups in English Language Arts and Mathematics who studied the Common Core State Standards and then placed these standards into the West Virginia Framework for Next Generation Standards."
WV does not plan to comply with Common Core.That was revealed from RESA at the last Gilmer County BOE meeting. They will institute Next Generation standards. RESA now has their own consortium. We are aware WV has joined multiple consortia that were funded by federal grant monies.
When all is said and done, the WV BOE must be the ones held accountable for passing or failing to meet national standards. Right now deferral from meeting NCLB requirements another year is pending. Nothing shows it will ever happen.
Does any of this improve the educational future of WV children? Westest results in Gilmer County declined during the past two years ofintervention.
You can spend a lifetime following the political money trail,never be bored and often upset.That can only be changed at the ballot box. One of the most fundamentally important questions on the table right now should be, are the children getting true value for tax dollars spent on education today?
By Coalition Facilitator on 05.17.2013
From the entry: 'G-Comm™: Rotten to the Common Core'.
I thought Robert E. Carpenter was working for GSC?
By Mary Lee K on 05.17.2013
From the entry: 'Gilmer and Lewis County Men Sought by WV State Police'.
Anyone know if there is a relationship in these cases to the rise in meth usage?
By anonymous on 05.17.2013
From the entry: 'Child Abuse Cases Rising in WV after Brief Decline'.
It appears after doing some web searches, that some states have all ready bailed out of the common core education. Must be finding out problems?
By anonymous on 05.16.2013
From the entry: 'G-Comm™: Rotten to the Common Core'.
For a better understanding of this thing called Common Core, go to: stopcommoncorenow.com
By GC Resident on 05.16.2013
From the entry: 'G-Comm™: Rotten to the Common Core'.
Norma, are Blankenship and Matterin double dipping to receive their regular State retirement benefits plus full compensation for their school system work too This is information WV taxpayers should know. Thank you.
By O. B. Rankin on 05.16.2013
From the entry: 'Community Concerns™: Delegates Walker and Boggs, Why Tolerate Withholding of Information ....'.
Earl B. So sorry to be late responding, had some down time. Last year's BOE financial statement showed Mr. Blankenship receiving $123,000 and a little over $4,000 in travel. As to Mr. Mattern, I will try to find who issues his contract and if we would be provided that info or will a Freedom of Information request necessary.
I know that Gilmer County BOE did not hire W&S. There was no bid.The state issued that contract. It is my understanding the state has a list of "approved vendors". I believed those were vendors that meet state criteria such as insurance, bonding, product specs. etc. I have found no evidence that being included on that list exempts a company or an entity from the laws regarding public improvements and bidding whether education or no.
By N Hurley on 05.15.2013
From the entry: 'Community Concerns™: Delegates Walker and Boggs, Why Tolerate Withholding of Information ....'.
Dear Burnt. I can't wait until our IRS gets their hands on your med records to go with the financial records. We will be able to have more scandal with all that good stuff. thanks, 'J'
By anonymous for a reason on 05.15.2013
From the entry: 'Funding from Health Reform Law to Help Uninsured West Virginians Get Affordable Health Coverage'.
Shipley is correct. As Karen P. has pointed out on here many times, smaller is better.
Home schools do better.
Amish schools do better.
Catholic schools do better.
Voucher systems do better.
Local control and local responsibility work. Thousands of tiny systems are custom built for the students they serve. Thousands of small experiments discover what works in education, and what doesn't. These schools can spend more time chasing excellent teachers and less time chasing grants and they don't have layer on layer of administrators looking out for administrators.
The U.S. Dept. of Education is a failure and the State Dept of Education is not much better, but don't worry, they will take care of themselves!
By Burnt Weiney on 05.15.2013
From the entry: 'G-Comm™: Rotten to the Common Core'.
I would like to try and summarize this article.
I am Jay Rockefeller and I just helped spend another 2.4 million of your tax dollars on more government that you didn't even need or want.
He neglected to mention that you will also be getting thousands of new IRS agents to enforce the law.
By Burnt Weiney on 05.15.2013
From the entry: 'Funding from Health Reform Law to Help Uninsured West Virginians Get Affordable Health Coverage'.
Good point Earl Batson. Remember, the 'education budget' portion of state expenses, is over 50% of the entire state budget. Mark Manchin is son of A.J., former treasurer. Remember that deal? If our new AG ever starts investigating corruption, he will need to at least double his staff.
By Anonymous For a Reason on 05.14.2013
From the entry: 'Community Concerns™: Delegates Walker and Boggs, Why Tolerate Withholding of Information ....'.
Great that the Feds FINALLY prosecuted somebody who actually violated this law. One out of HOW MANY? They don't need new laws until the really start enforcing the ones they already have,
By Skip Beyer on 05.14.2013
From the entry: 'G-otcha™: Lewis County Resident Entered Guilty Plea to Providing a False Statement'.


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More Windows Phone 8 dev features revealed - background location, video codecs and more
Although the day is winding down, we're still going through the leaked Windows Phone 8 SDK from early this morning. We're finding some smaller nuggets which aren't 'wow' worthy in of themselves but they are certainly worth a mention, especially since they do add some significant new features to the Windows Phone experience.
We must stress—these are still not the new 'consumer' features for Windows Phone 8 which Microsoft has yet to reveal. These are simply more tools for developers to give them more options and features for their apps. These APIs take a long time to write and document which is why SDKs take time to build before going public.
So what are some of these new options for devs?
- Background location-tracking for apps
- More refined search for apps in the Marketplace
- Custom contact store with cloud sync
- Media library access for devs
- Networking enhancements
- Right to Left (RTL) language support
- Media codec support and stats
Head past the break for some more details including snippets from the SDK itself…
Background location-tracking is fairly self-explanatory. Devs will finally be able to have their app ping for location updates while running in the background which is good for apps that use turn-by-turn directions. This means you can throw an app in the background and still have it read out the directions while you're driving (or launching another app). That is certainly a welcome feature and it should make location-based apps much more useful.
Custom contact store for apps is a little less exciting but still interesting as it allows devs to maintain their own contact list within the app that can hook into the People Hub. In addition, devs can sync their custom contact store with that on the device. How such a feature will be used is still not clear to us but hopefully some devs can chime in with some examples.
Search extensibility improvements – Although Windows Phone 7 allows you to search for apps based on nouns, Windows Phone 8 will improve this by the additional use of verbs. An example used in the SDK is the word "reserve" for reserving a table. If an app uses the verb and it hits during the search, it will get a boost in its relevance, ranking it higher. If by chance you already have the app, the user can tap the icon and it will launch with the search-query. That should greatly enhance the user search experience and save them from re-typing search items.
Windows Phone 8 now supports RTL languages
Networking enhancements – We'll just post this verbatim from the SDK as it gets a little technical:
"Windows Phone 8 Developer Preview inherits new functionality from the Windows 8 and Microsoft® .NET Framework networking stacks, adding support for IPv6, listener sockets, and more granular information about connected endpoints. Among other things, these API enhancements, which include the Bind, Listen, and AcceptAsync methods, support scenarios that involve peer-to-peer connections between phones."
Media library API – This is short and sweet but with Windows Phone 8, developers can add and delete media, including music, pictures, and audio.
Right to Left (RTL) language support - Kind of self explanatory as well but languages like Persian, Hebrew and Arabic don't get a lot of support in Windows Phone 7. Luckily in Windows Phone 8, the OS can finally handle these types of languages and the SDK details how to code for these so-called bidirectional apps.
Finally we'll leave you with this graphic which lays out video codec support with the Qualcomm 8x50 and 8x55 processors. These will be used on the more high-end mid-range Windows Phone 8 devices. The numbers should impress but that's also a relative judgment so we'll leave it to you to hash out.
[Note: this SDK is not final, so more chipsets may be supported in the finalized SDK due out in a few weeks].
Windows Phone 8 Video Codec support detailed in the SDK
Make sure you read up on the rest of our coverage of the leaked Windows Phone 8 SDK:
- Windows Phone 8 to feature developer access to Voice Command features
- Windows Phone 8 to feature expanded Bluetooth functionality, access to stack and transfer
- Windows Phone 8 SDK Preview: Application platform overview and Windows 8 APIs
- Windows Phone 8 - Photo Apps now able to auto upload in background
- Windows Phone 8 allows Lock-screen notifications and wallpaper for 3rd party apps
- Windows Phone 8 bringing Lenses feature to expand camera functionality
- Auto Launching Apps now possible using file associations for Windows Phone 8
- New Map Features in Windows Phone 8
There are 25 comments. Sign in to commentvenetasoft says:
Listening sockets, media library access, complete media codecs. WOW for me :) !!!
For a developer these are killer features that open up completely new scenarios.
Finally we can develop apps that can compete and be superior with ios/android top level apps.
imowlawns4cheap says:
Really? That sound awesome, I can't wait to get a WP8 device!!
btgusto says:
examples please
Fludlyt says:
The media library access is very interesting. Do the new APIs make it possible for say a last.fm scrobbler app to access 'now playing' music info whilst running in the background?
With current scrobbler apps in WP7 needing to run in the foreground this would be great news to hear :) .
dtboos says:
WP8 is going to be massive. We are just scratching the surface now.
Jeff Kibuule says:
The Qualcomm MSM8x50 and 8x55 are Snapdragon S2 chips, not S4. The expected profile level support for H.264 is far lower than I would have expected (I would have expected 4 or higher to actually fit what a modern high end phone can do today). I don't think that chart was many to be included in the final SDK since that SoC isn't likely to be supported.
Also, no 1080p video capture would be bonkers in this day and age but the spec only goes to 720p.
Jeff Kibuule says:
What I really meant to point out is the model numbers for those chips are not going to be supported by Windows Phone 8 (it's the same SoCs as in the Lumia 900).
expectafight says:
Windows Phone 7.8 then?
irlju#WP says:
Perhaps something along the lines of the custom contacts store will be useful for apps like Tango to integrate with the People hub?
Mystictrust says:
Yea,I was thinking along the lines of that, too. Google Voice apps, VoIP apps, etc.
hvakrg says:
I believe that will be possible with their new VOIP-system. Any VOIP-system, be it Skype, Tango or something else uses can be closely integrated. They showed it off at the Windows Phone Dev Summit.
diplomat696 says:
Scary looking at those codec's h264 support but only 720p? Not that on a screen that size it would be notably different but if u were projecting...also simple marketing. I hope this information is not the final version
Naram says:
smi support!! Please!
venetasoft says:
Cannot see PlayTo ai and WiFi direct mention, but of course they will be added ;)
Hope we can create email with any kind of attachments too...
Jazmac says:
I think I could continue with the platform in WP8. I almost have to get it because once it drops, my Lumia 900 is going to feel soooo FIRST GEN! lol.
Seasword says:
Still no MKV and AVI support ? Oh God,.... Where is the flexibility ? With other platform, we can have player that plays many kinds of video with different containers. This is really bad. I have just gone to a prestigious mall here in Jakarta and looked at Nokia's outlet which was located opposite a RIM's outlet. There is 0, yes zero, visitor compared to the dying Blackberry. They still have 5-6 visitors. Not that many, but in a small outlet inside mall.. That looks damning.
Now with this kind of trick pulled by Microsoft... Nokia has improved considerably with its strategy, design, and marketing Microsoft. Why won't you change and provide out of the box exciting experience ? Epic sadness.
Seasword says:
Its just one time observation at night and not at weekend. So, people who can and will buy it are usually too tired and don't go there to purchase phone. What I meant is that at least fix what should be fixed and not give the features that are important but not often used. It's not just distinction, but a working function for every day need.
Don't get me explaining more that there is no tutorial how to use office... Inability to see sms comes from which number so to reply properly, etc etc etc... I am really sad. New features here and that that I and millions others don't use...
Nataku4ca says:
um.... u two need to calm down... not only is this not the final SDK and we haven't even get any feature listing for consumers
remember the part that MS said that RT is very scalable and the rumor about HTC pushing 3 phones out? ya, there is no way the current leak is telling the full story, otherwise HTC would not be able to have the specs in the rumor... please do remember that SDKs (especially non-official releases) does not need to include all the chipset supported, because it's not that relevent for devs
Shuurie Mead says:
I totally agree with your comment. I was thinking of the same thing as I go along with the reading. What good does it make if phone features are complicated and not really used buy the customers after purchasing the item ? What we need is a user-friendly apps for our daily needs. - TexasLending.com
rex.withers says:
Has anyone heard about video (with audio) via Bluetooth? Do we think this is coming?

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On came the sprinklers. The water flowed like a stream onto the Old Trafford field; the grass disappeared beneath a rapidly growing quagmire.
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This was one way Manchester United manager Matt Busby welcomed the great and good of Real Madrid.
Having watched his side suffer a 3-1 defeat in the first leg of their 1957 European Cup semifinal, Busby was taking no chances.
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Well that is a good question...I think we are probably discussing 2 or more types of End Times...if it were a comet smashing into the earth, or some other extinction event, all the canned beans in the world wouldn't help...I think I was thinking more along the lines of economic collapse and civil unrest....something I think is more likely...in which case we would have to depend on our own wits, as well as the network of relationships we have built (our friends and neighbours) to survive...one thing Katrina taught is that government is entirely incapable of stepping in to save the day during a major disaster....although things like riots and natural disasters are short term...eventually, it will end, or you can make your way to safety. I think the violence and looting associated with those phenomena are a result of panic and a symptom of a broken society to begin with.....in a long term situation, that spasm of hauling away flat screen TVs and using the power vacuum to settle scores would wain and then everybody would come out of hiding and start working together....they would have to.
But like Atrius said, it depends on your locale...I look around where I live, and I see a city with good will, good integration of various ethnic groups and no history of harsh injustice or tradition of solving problems with gun violence...I think my people could pull it together...but it might be a different story if there are already sharp divisions of race and class and astonishing levels of gun violence even during normal times.
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Powerful forces, including our so called impartial Supreme Court.
The problem ultimately, is that until the Supreme Court changes tack, nothing will change. This past Court year a Montana bill limiting campaign contributions was overruled based on the Citizens Bank ruling of 2010.
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I give Franchot a lot of credit for having the guts to introduce such a thing, especially in Maryland, which is a tremendously overpopulated "crookdom."
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Penelope, I'm sure you want to say nice things about your boss. How come he doesn't put his money where his mouth is and voluntarily disclose on line his contributions now? Or is he just the grandstander that we all know he is?
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He's no boss of mine...don't choose to feed at the local state or federal trough.
He's also not immune from the need to be transparent.
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Campaign finance reform is hopelessly unConstitutional, and nearly always merely a tool of the establishment to further entrench their power. How is it that if you think a candidate is finally the savior to our problems, you are only allowed to give about $2500 to his campaign? And yet, you hear of forty-thousand-a-plate celebrity fundraisers?
The answer is that the corrupt major parties have seen to it that THEY are the ones who get real power. Giving to the parties is not limited nearly like it is to individual candidates. And thus the citizen's power to support someone worthy is clipped. Only the party machine can do that, and thus it can make it nearly impossible for a good candidate to challenge the establishment.
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""I'm calling on the governor and the General Assembly to marshal forces to establish a real-time campaign finance system because I believe we need to make it clear to citizens where and how money is flowing in our political system," said Franchot, "
This is what I posted last week. Open free contributions all on line with donor name, company name and amount.
Mr Franchot, ADD to your bill TAXING all contributions to the recipient at the highest going personal tax rate as income to the recipient JUST AS WE are all taxed on every dime we receive form any source. That would be hundreds of millions of dollars nationally.
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It shows strength in character to fight the system. This man could be our next Governor. A lot of big names are being bantered about and at least he's got the guts to take on he issue.
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I'd rather see him as next Governor than some of the people that have been making some noise, like David Craig. What a joke.
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May 17, 2012 5:26 AM
some questions and i found new glitches...
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Hey, i just wanted to make this all in one thread, so i dont spam the board just kidding i of course will spam it.
Questions :
1 : what happens if you ragequit?
2 : riotshield can you shoot through it at the bottom?
3 : Anyone interested in playing drop zone with me ? i want to try it again, since i dont hack.
4 : The unstoppable title, can you legit get it now?
Glitches :
1 : i found this out witha scar l red dot nubetube and a ak47 silencer... okay, you use the nubetube but dont shoot, then run and switch weapons fast after each other and you will hold your ak silencer like a nubetube! you can shoot it and zoom in, when you reload its back to normal.
2 : Can i make the rate of fire of the cm901 with a underbarrel higher ? or is that patched ?
3 : rate of fire on the pm-9 does this work with rapid fire? or is it broken to, this is a question and glitch so yea lol.
4 : Sometimes when i open the menu in a game, it freezes and i need to wait long for it to open or close, same for the ally list.
And by the way teacher, sorry for still not adding you i will do it asap
Ty for reading and i hope you all know this,
[ A i ] SilenT
Every time you rage quit a puppy dies. That's why I'm basically known as puppy Hitler.
CM901 glitch was patched, however it still exists on the survival.
As for the PM-9, I believe that it does work, with rapid fire it seems to be more effective killer.
The PM-9's RoF is high enough without rapid fire. I'd use extended mags with silencer for it.
And every time you ragequit, you lose a month of your lifespan o.0
Whenever I see a riot conTROLL, I go prone and take them out at the legs. I think it works because they are not crouched down. But it see to be effective. I am not so sure that the bottom of the shields are weaker, though.
When you ragequit, you piss people off and get what they call an "XF" at the University of Maryland. Failure due to cheating. Which results in you having to take an ethics class to get it removed from your record.
When you ragequit, you get 3 kicks in the balls for your birthday <33
(inside joke w/ silent)
When you rageqiut, a new hacker is born.
Yeah, I think I encountered a glitch last night where the scar that I picked up had no recoil. Can anybody explain that?
skmace14 wrote:
Yeah, I think I encountered a glitch last night where the scar that I picked up had no recoil. Can anybody explain that?
I think it doesnt work anymore when you pick it up, i will try it in a private match...
and about rage quitting, i mean do you get a loss?
Yep, it counts as a loss in your stats.
it's called a "Kick Proficiency"
vadering wrote:
it's called a "Kick Proficiency"
nice necro bro!
Be proud vadering! A compliment from the great Necro King should be held in the highest regard!
what if you leave the match by accepting an invite or joining an ally?
It still counts as loss, I guess IW thought they would be clever and decrease ragequitting so the statwhores wouldn't rage, but the thing is, no one gives a flying f*** about WLR, it's all about KDR
Silent, why are you not on my ally list anymore???
`Then whats the thing with tryhards ragequitting?
Like Convict7 said, tryhards care more about k/d than w/l.
There should be a rage quitter title that you get after leaving mid match 25 times xD
You'll get boosters doing that. XD
Mother of all Ragequitters
new tryhard clan
i died lets leave
it counts as loss
I`ve had people say I raged quit before. I dont like to say I rage quit. I quit a lot of times when I get killed and shouldnt have. I dont like quick scoping and when people have extreme hit detection with a gun that doesnt shoot that good.I quit when Im the host and my screen is moving in slow motion. Sometimes I play til I get killed and quit. Thats just a little something I do to see how long I can stay alive. I quit when I have no hit detection.I quit when my phone rings. So, I dont like to think that I rage quit, I just quit.


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My ride today [so far] was JP/Cox. Now I will take a nap and do a recovery ride to Wildrose. Gotta replace those fluids...
Hi folks! Tell us all about your ride! Don't be shy, we want to know all about it...
My ride today [so far] was JP/Cox. Now I will take a nap and do a recovery ride to Wildrose. Gotta replace those fluids...
Submitted by gyrospanner on
Have one on Mel!!
Submitted by xcrider on
We take it for granted but friends from Edmonton are so jealous that this ride is so close to home. That reminds me, I better send them an email letting them know I was out there on such a fine day.
Submitted by Smokey Crow on
My ride in was good up until I was almost run over by a car that decided it was time for him to cross 26 Avenue through a stop sign and I had to swerve to avoid being hit. I don't know if it was because they didn't see me or thought they had enough time to cross but it defenantly got my adreneline going. I did have a few choice words and was happy to see that their window was open.
After that I was happy I made it into work right before the rain started to fall.
Happy riding!
Submitted by gyrospanner on
Still buzzin' on adrenaline?
I find that after close calls I usually have those haunting "I wonder what woulda' happened if.." post stress kinda' thoughts, that mixes really well with the adrenaline.
(I hate when that happens!)
Submitted by Smokey Crow on
I was surely thinking about the damage that would have been done if I were hit, that is foresure. I was also extra aware on my ride home yesterday and my ride in today but no more buzz today!
Submitted by Julie Gregg on
This morning I took my usual route, east on 8th ave, south on 5th street, lane change to make a left turn on 9th ave. As I rode east on 9th I saw ahead of me a fellow walking across 9th in the middle of the block, head down, not paying attention to anything. I could see we were on a collison course if one of us didn't move. When we were very close to each other, he still wasn't looking at me and he clearly wasn't giving way so I hit the brakes (and intentinally skidded my tires to make a point). He stopped abruptly and gave me the look of death - as if he wanted to rip my head off - I nodded and said Go Ahead. He continued to stare at me and I back at him, I then said one word "Jaywalking" . He then said to me "You have the whole road you Jackass!". OK, maybe I could have slowed and rode around him or whatever but in what universe am I the Jackass when he was the jaywalker!!
Submitted by 2wheeler on
I had a similar situation where a jaywalker lunged at me and pretended to punch me as I rode on the street. He was crossing the road to his parked car. He thought that I should have stopped for him even though he was jaywalking.
Submitted by pinkrobe on
Jaywalkers have some sort of special aura in Calgary which causes drivers to slow down and even stop for them. I see jaywalkers use this power on 9 Ave. everyday - it's really quite impressive. However, cross at a crosswalk or at a corner and the aura vanishes.
Submitted by gyrospanner on
I would have considered 2 courses of action
1) Report him to CPS. You had a look at him and coulda' got his licence ###. He could have caused you to swerve & fall, or swerve into another vehicle (moving or not!). How old was this guy anyways? It seems like another case of ignorance towards cyclists.
2) Squirt him with your water bottle. Then he would have chased you with his car and you would have a chance to practice your alley kat skills!
I think I would choose door #2.....
Submitted by birchy on
Pssfft! How dare you ride down the street.. legally. The nerve!
This is a pet peeve of mine too.. Same when I'm driving. Was with my wife one day.. she was driving, and this lady blows right through a stop sign.. wife locks up the brakes and narrowly avoids the lady.. wife hits the horn and the lady looks at us and gives us the one finger salute! Yeah.. we were totally out of line there. *sigh*
Submitted by gyrospanner on
I need to run an errand at lunch today that reminded me of this -
I often go north on 9A Street from Memorial and up through SAIT. To refreh your memory, 9a Street is that one way street that goes between the LRT track and the Sunnyside Safeway AND IT HAS A BIKE PATH ON IT. It is really useful, as you cross Memorial on the pedestrian overpass and then it's clear sailing from there to get to your close-to-downtown NW locations...
If you go there at lunch, you will undoubtedly encounter joggers on that road. And you will get "the look" from them (You know that look I mean, the "R U F'd" look!).
Rant Off!
Submitted by bike-run on
Strangely, the bike-lane signs are only visible from the south, not north, so south-bound cars (and possibly joggers) may not be aware it's a legit bike lane (unless it changed recently)
Submitted by gyrospanner on
But there are pictures of bikes on the pavement and arrows to show it's a northbound lane.
I still chalk it up to some kind of perceived "entitlement" issue.
Submitted by rustabout1981 on
People are crossing the road without even looking for cars let alone bikes. Sometimes with headphones on I can't beleive they don't even bother to look they just stare in the direction they're walking. It's funny that your Jaywalker mentioned that 'you have the whole road'. I can avoid people if they walk the same speed by aiming my bike where they WONT be when I reach that point. But unfortanately when they finally notice me they always stop in the worst possible place or pull a 'deer in headlights' type move on me. In other words they essentially impede the entire lane.
Bylaw and CPS have been ticketing people for Jaywalking across 7th ave. due to so many pedestrain collisions with C-trains. Unfortunately whenever I see someone ticketed they are usually Jay-walking but 'safely'.
I'm all for Jaywalking so long as it's done diligently and you aren't impeding anyone. I'm just amazed what I'm seeing downtown. I hope these people never have to cross roads in other countries like China or Mexico where you need common sense and alertness.
Submitted by pinkrobe on
I had a dry and warm ride on the way in, and the ride home was pretty decent too, albeit a bit windy. Went out to do a little trail work on Special K in Kananaskis, and it was windy as hell out there! They got rained on pretty good, but it seemed to miss Calgary.
Submitted by birchy on
Good week so far! Besides the crazy headwind riding home yesterday, it's been pretty nice. New spokes in the rear wheel are working nicely so far.
Submitted by gyrospanner on
Coming in this morning was FAST!
I hope the wind dies down sometime today....
Submitted by RyanC on
Felt like the wind was coming in from the NW this morning. The wind gave me a nice boost going down 10th St NW where I glanced down at the Cateye and noticed I was going 65 km/hr. At that speed I would have been eligible for a velocity award from the CPS.
Submitted by Richard Z on
Be on the lookout for stretches of bike lanes without "no stopping" signs ... and then report them here:
Submitted by pinkrobe on
Stampede, where any whiff of common sense on the street vanishes. I rode my usual side street route to my bike parking (corporate function downtown), and had 4 close calls (one with a cyclist). I think it was 1 jacked truck, 2 5-series and a tweaker on a BMX riding the wrong way on 12 Ave. Should have stayed home...
Submitted by gyrospanner on
I just about got smoked by 2 guys who ran a red light in the same intersection.
When the light turned green for me, I started pedalling and then looked to my left to check for cars and I saw the first guy coming, so I hit my brakes and he went by about 3 feet in front of me. I started pedalling again and watched him go by and as I got close to the other side of the intersection, clown #2 came around the corner on 2 wheels and swung out into the right lane in front of me (maybe about 5 feet away).
I shoulda' stayed home too!
Submitted by Julie Gregg on
My company Stampede party tonight means a taxi ride home:), also means I took the bus this morning all duded up in my cowgirl stuff!! Yeehaw!! Was jealous of the bikes passing the bus I was in. Gorgeous morning for a ride.
Submitted by DragonBeanie on
Headed downtown for a meeting this morning and was a bit nervous to see the bylaw officers by the 10th St. bridge point their speed guns at me! I was wearing dress clothes and riding my heavy mountain bike: did it really look like I would be speeding??? I was tempted to stop and ask them how fast I was going, out of curiosity, since I only have a bike computer on my road bike!
Submitted by Tyrone on
I went to pull out of the c-train station this morning to start my commute. There was a line of cars turning in, so I slowed down to look for a break so I could head out of the parking lot. When I realized I was there for the duration, I went to unclip my right foot. Well my cleats had come loose, and were not turning with my shoe. Uh oh!! This is gunna hurt!!! Then BLAMO, down I go. I actually had to remove my foot from my shoe. It was awesome.
Submitted by mercator on
That exact thing happened to me right in front of my house a couple of years ago. All my neighbors now know I'm a total klutz.
Lesson learned: cleats are part of regular maintainence.
Submitted by pinkrobe on
The 10th Ave. bike lane was packed with cars on the way home at 4:00 p.m. today. I had to take the lane all the way...
Submitted by Tisin on
I think someone remarked on Twitter that it's unofficially "ride your bike to work day." Although the Bow River paths were pretty quiet (downtown to 37 ST NW).
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm glad I don't have to be on the CTrain with all the extra strollers, lost tourists and afternoon drunks this year because I'll be riding to work.
Submitted by snowandscience on
Was harassed on the road today by a driver DBD 7377 with a "Student Driver" sign in the rear window. NB on 29 St NW in front of Foothills Hospital approaching 16 Ave NW. Cycling in the right lane, doing 30 km/h or thereabouts (don't use a spedometer) driver behind me wanted to go right onto 16 Ave in the merge lane. Laid on his horn a few times, I looked back to see what was going on, he gave me a "what the hell look" so I flipped him the bird (lost patience with angry drivers since returning from Montreal, my bad, I know) he then proceeded to pass me closely in my lane, slow down in front of me, and flip me the bird. Obviously losing any time he just gained by passing me, as I got to the stop line before he had turned right. Reported to CPS, they were helpful and took the complaint seriously. Otherwise was a beautiful day for a ride. Happy stampeding everyone! Bikes are the new horses in Calgary!
Submitted by gyrospanner on
I did for about 10 or 15 minutes in Bowmont Park. One weird thing was that I could actually hear the storm coming - at first I thought it was just wind, then I started to wonder if Bearspaw dam had failed (now that woulda' ended badly for me down on the flood plain!), then I started to hear the first few hailstones hitting the trees and bushes and then the sky really opened up! Wow!
The biggest stones were about the size of a dime. When the cracked on my helmet, my ears rang. I had welts all over my arms despite wearing a raincoat. At one point I seriously considered crawling under a park bench to get out of it.
Speaking of riding in bad weather - does anybody want to share any weather related stories about the recent MS ride or the RTCC?
Submitted by DarrenB on
That must have been some storm. When I rode home at 10:00 pm, there were still drifts of hail down in the valley.


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Published: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 2:03 PM CST
For many people living paycheck to paycheck, Christmas is anything but a joyful season.
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Instead, $750 is practically a house payment. Most people living in near hand-to-mouth scenarios don't have an extra house payment folded up under their mattress.
Take heart. There is help – especially for those who have to count every single dollar of their monthly income to try and make ends meet.
Allen-based Sandy Vaughn is a financial-planning expert with Merrill Edge. She counsels to make a budget this Christmas season. In doing so, you can get what you want for Christmas this year – being able to enjoy the season!
Vaughn says that too often people who struggle to make enough to pay all of their monthly financial obligations think they can't budget because they're already enduring an economic shortage to begin with. What's the use of budgeting if you know you don't make enough money to pay all your bills, anyway, people often ask? All the more reason, Vaughn says.
"That's when you need to make a really good budget. For instance, if after you chart your expenses for a month and you find that you are spending $800 a month eating out, you can quickly see where that's an area where you can reapportion your spending to saving more for your long-term goals, such as retirement, paying off your credit cards and college planning."
Vaughn says there are four main criteria for establishing a holiday budget in order to take control of your holiday spending. They are:
1) Pay off credit card debt
2) Set savings goals
3) Stash holiday cash
4) Create a holiday checklist
Many people tend not to make a credit card payment before the holiday season begins. Then they begin to use it. That's a double-whammy. Next thing they know, their long-term financial goals are interrupted, even sabotaged. They often lose two or three months of savings they would normally put toward retirement or college planning because they are trying to get their credit card balances back in the black.
Vaughn said to set a spending goal for the holiday season. Make a list of who you want to buy presents for with a specific amount for each person. If you see you are going to go over the amount set for any particular person, buy them a gift card instead.
When it comes to setting savings goals, Vaughn said there is a specific number to generally follow.
"It varies depending on what kind of job they have. For most people I would say it should be at least six months of their income to make sure they can cover their bills for a six-month period," Vaughn said. "However, if they are in a position that is more cyclical like construction, positions tied to the economy like retail, also hairdressers or other jobs that tend to not do well when the economy is doing bad, then they may want to consider 12 months of income saved."
As for stashing holiday cash, shoot for what you intend to spend. If the average is nearly $750 and you fall into the "average" category, then save $750 to use for the holidays and pay for your purchases with that cash.
When it comes to creating a holiday checklist, look at ways to invest in other areas by taking your previous gains from the market and re-investing during the cyclical ups and downs of the market. If you are one of those living from each paycheck to another, begin to pay yourself first by putting back 10 percent of each paycheck into savings to build up to realizing your personal savings goal.
Christmas doesn't have to be so glum because of a financial lack. Instead, the season can be reason for celebrating like it is intended. All it takes is a little determination to get started – and then set that budget.
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