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Oct 05 2012
Love Anthony: Book Review & Giveaway (Winners Announced!)
The three winners of the "Love Anthony: Book Review & Giveaway" are:
#1258 Sarah Vande Voort: "I am always amazed at the way that God loves us unconditionally. Sometimes I wonder how he does it."
#134 Ang: "Having kids and all of the ups and downs that brings, but realized I need to tell them and my husband everyday how much I love them after the sudden death of my mom. Our relationship had always been up and down and wished I had told her more how much I loved her. Just a text, or a quick call (we are all hours apart)."
#670 nic: "my husband"
Congratulations, winners!
"Most people love conditionally. Most people are never asked to love with a whole and open heart. They only love partway. They get by."
As a homeschooling mother I look for ways to unwind. I recognize I have a personal need to have a time in each day that isn't about the daily schedule, teaching or curriculum. So, nearly every evening I tuck myself into bed with whatever new novel I'm reading. I read a chapter, maybe two, and then switch off my bedside light and fall asleep.
Recently, I received a copy of Lisa Genova's novel, "Love Anthony", and it threw my whole routine into a spiral. I simply could not put it down. The first night I forced myself to turn out my light around 4:00 am. Fortunately, the next morning was a Saturday and I literally woke up and began reading again; I read through the late morning when, with tears in my eyes, I read the last line.
I cannot remember the last time I was so emotionally invested in a book that, on the surface, was so unrelated to the reality of my life – and yet, the story remained with me for days.
In Genova's "Love Anthony" Beth is left alone to raise her three children after discovering her husband is having an affair. Barely treading water, Beth is inspired to begin writing again by the voice of a brown-haired, brown-eyed boy "who sees and hears the world in a unique and almost unimaginable way."
On the same island of Nantucket, Olivia is in the midst of a self-induced solitude, processing the early death of her eight year old autistic son and the collapse of her own marriage. Watching a family in the midst of a photo shoot on one of her evening beach walks, the gray around Olivia lifts as she rediscovers a passion for capturing the magic of joy, intimacy, family and love through photography.
In this novel both women are strong, intelligent and creative, but they share an even more significant commonality – they have both sacrificed a large part of their life and personal identify to meet the ongoing demands of their family.
Not completely alone, Beth draws support from her children and close girlfriends. As if the polar opposite, Olivia goes out of her way to remain isolated, estranging herself from her extended family, turning her back on her faith, and outside of her photography work, keeping to herself on the island.
Throughout the telling of her story Genova eventually weaves Beth and Olivia's lives together – in fact, the two women become a significant part of the other's healing process. What is truly beautiful and powerful about this book is the way Genova manages to join both women – and inadvertently, her readers – through the life and voice of a boy with autism.
Like Beth, I do not have a daily, personal understanding of the impact of having a child with autism, but I was overwhelmed with the simple clarity of Anthony's words that flowed through Beth's pen. I found myself laughing, frustrated and even crying on behalf of a voice that could not be expressed, and at the same time, could not be heard.
While on the surface the book may appear to be strictly about a child with autism, it really is about the extent of an individual's ability to love – how we perceive love, how we receive love, how we give love, and how we accept love.
Not having read Genova's previous two novels, "Still Alice" and "Left Neglected", I now have them on my Kindle reading list. I cannot imagine she can do any better than "Love Anthony", but with great anticipation, I'm hoping Genova proves me wrong.
Three (3) winners will win one (1) copy each of "Love Anthony" by author Lisa Genova.
To enter the giveaway, just answer the following question in the Comments section below:
Has any person or situation in your life taught you the true meaning of how to love, or be loved by, someone unconditionally?
» One entry per person, please.
» No entries after 6:00 PM (CST) on Monday, October 8th.
» Winners will be selected at random and announced late Monday evening.
About the Author: Heather Sanders is a work at home mom who homeschools her three children. If you'd like to learn if it's possible for you to pursue your passions and earn an income while staying home with your kids, subscribe today.
1760 Comments and 27 Replies
Christe On Saturday, October 6 at 2:50 pm
Our two youngest babies! Both started their lives as orphans and we were lukcy enough to be their parents. They have brought so much joy and love into our lives!
Shelley On Saturday, October 6 at 2:52 pm
Jesus for sure!
Carol Q On Saturday, October 6 at 2:52 pm
My four grand kids! There is nothing like being a grandma!!!!!
Stacey On Saturday, October 6 at 2:57 pm
My children, no question about it
Linda Turner On Saturday, October 6 at 2:59 pm
My children have taught me how to love unconditionally, especially my oldest son. When he was 2 weeks old, he was diagnosed with viral encephalitis. It done severe damage to his brain. From the time I brought him home, at 4 months, he was total around the clock care. He never walked or talked. And, he had many severe health issues, diabetes, feeding tube, trach, curved spine, seizures, etc. But, he knew when we were talking to him, and he responded and he had a beautiful laugh and smile! I learned how much you could love someone, no matter what. He taught us all so much. He taught us love, and hope and compassion. And, when our other two boys came along, he taught them tolerance and love, and such compassion for people who are different, or have disabilities. He was the brightest star I've ever seen in my life! My boys were homeschooled, and they learned to read by sitting at the foot of his bed, and reading to him. And, he loved that. Sadly, we lost him in May 2006, at the age of 17. But, I know that our family and all of those around us, were touched by his life. And, I know that he made all of us better people and we learned the greatest lesson about love that could ever be learned:)
Kathy Denson On Saturday, October 6 at 3:02 pm
Jesus, our true role model for unconditional love.
Linda On Saturday, October 6 at 3:05 pm
My brother who had Downs Syndrone.
Kay On Saturday, October 6 at 3:09 pm
I agree, God's love is unconditional, but by my own nature, I often feel He should love me conditionally, because that is the way I might respond.
Cathie On Saturday, October 6 at 3:10 pm
That would be my Aunt Geraldine Macks.
sarah On Saturday, October 6 at 3:19 pm
My kids!!!!
Jill M On Saturday, October 6 at 3:20 pm
My mother. I was sick a lot when I was young. My father travelled and I would be in and out of the hospital before he returned for the weekend. This was during the 60's and 70's-before cellphones and long distance calls were very expensive then. I also have an older sister my mom had to take care of during the week while my dad was gone. And, my mother worked! Having a child of my own now, I don't know how she did it. I don't recall ever hearing her complain.
Carolyn Kramer On Saturday, October 6 at 3:25 pm
My sister, my mother and my daughter. Each one has had so many challenges but always come through with the Lord's help.
Mary Gee On Saturday, October 6 at 3:26 pm
My husband and each and every one of my children They love me happy or sad, mad or elated, and all the places in beween
Lea K On Saturday, October 6 at 3:38 pm
My mom and dad every day…and my husband. My whole family really…I am truly lucky!
Tammy D On Saturday, October 6 at 3:57 pm
My husband loves me despite all my imperfections!
Joanne J. On Saturday, October 6 at 4:02 pm
God, for sure. He's awesome. And I have to say that having kids changed things as well.
Andrea On Saturday, October 6 at 4:06 pm
My parents, my husband and my daughter have all taught me about the depth and beauty of complete and unconditional love.
lucinda On Saturday, October 6 at 4:11 pm
my doggies– shu and scoob
Julie On Saturday, October 6 at 4:14 pm
I've been lucky enough to have more than one person love me unconditionally throughout my life, but at the moment, that would be the wonderful men in my life, my husband and our son. Oh, and the dog, Buster Brown! He too is wonderful.
CyndiO On Saturday, October 6 at 4:14 pm
My grandfather was the only person in my life who ever loved me unconditionally. He is still the most wonderful person I have ever met in my life. I miss him every day and smile every time I think of him!
christy On Saturday, October 6 at 4:24 pm
Yes. My husband, family and dear friends.
Kristen L On Saturday, October 6 at 4:41 pm
My 3rd child, born late in my life, has aspergers syndrome – a form of autism. I have always had my life very organized, predictable and relatively sane. She has been a struggle. Testing me from the beginning. Life isn't always perfect and planned- that was really hard to accept. She has taught me the depths of human love. A mother for a child. A father for a child. And two older siblings, who needed to find the virtue of feeling compassion, patience and understanding.
Carol On Saturday, October 6 at 4:41 pm
My daughter.
deb On Saturday, October 6 at 4:44 pm
Definitely my husband, who has wholly accepted me and all my flaws. And my dear children, who melt my heart when they hug me and exclaim their love for me, even on my crabbiest days.
Dory Carlson On Saturday, October 6 at 4:46 pm
God is the author and perfecter of love!
Lezlie On Saturday, October 6 at 4:52 pm
Vicki E. On Saturday, October 6 at 4:53 pm
My daughter, Olivia has changed the way that I love. She has made me a better person and I couldn't image my life about her.
Miss. Lucinda Fountain On Saturday, October 6 at 5:00 pm
Gosh, what a lot of responses! I would love to be entered for this fantastic book giveaway, that sounds amazing. It would be a real privalige to read this book. x
Simply I would have to say that when i have been in hospital undergoing serious surgery, putting my life in the sugeons and Gods hand, there has always been one person who is there. My mother gives unconditional love since i was born, both through the hard times and the good. without her i would not be here, and she is my rock; being strong for me when things are tough.
Email: lfountain1(at)hotmail(dot)co(dot)uk
PAULA J. On Saturday, October 6 at 5:05 pm
Yes. My husband of 43 years.
SHANNON M. On Saturday, October 6 at 5:07 pm
Yes. My pets.
Erin On Saturday, October 6 at 5:10 pm
Family- you love them just because they are yours.
Laura M. On Saturday, October 6 at 5:34 pm
God, Hubby and my wonderful sons! No better example or reason to learn how to love unconditionally. I am forever in their debt.
Jennifer A On Saturday, October 6 at 5:37 pm
My mother has always loved me and has expressed it in numerous ways.
terri in iowa On Saturday, October 6 at 5:37 pm
My husband. He loves me so much. He shows it every single minute of my life.
NanP On Saturday, October 6 at 5:42 pm
My oldest brother (first of eight kids) is mentally handicapped….he's taught us all what love is….he's a true blessing.
p.s. I LOVE Lisa's books! Her first two were amazing!
Elizabeth On Saturday, October 6 at 5:48 pm
In my life, my great-grandmom and my grandson. Life is good.
Tracy M. On Saturday, October 6 at 5:55 pm
I have been a special education teacher for 10 years. Although my own husband and two kids have loved me (as I have loved them) unconditionally, nothing has shown me as much grace and love as the kids I teach. They show no judgement, no critique. They only show grace and love and appreciation. I love my job.
Susan Sw On Saturday, October 6 at 5:55 pm
My best friend Linda. We used to kid that we were each others soul mates. This February will be eight years since she passed away and not a day goes by that I don't think of her.
Jen B. On Saturday, October 6 at 5:57 pm
My sweet, old dog, Bodhi. Of course, my family and friends, but for some reason Bo-dog's commitment to our family and his unfettered joy come to mind in spades right now.
Debbie On Saturday, October 6 at 6:01 pm
Jesus Christ for sacrificing His life for me. My Mom, and her never-ending example of loving without expecting ANYTHING in return. For that reason and many more, I love her immensely!
Mama Maria On Saturday, October 6 at 6:02 pm
Being a mom has made me realize that I love my children unconditionally. They could do anything and I would still love them. They may do things that disappoint me but my love for them never diminishes.
Tiffany M. On Saturday, October 6 at 6:05 pm
My kids have taught me about unconditional love….
Kristina K. On Saturday, October 6 at 6:11 pm
My daughter. It was just the two of us for nearly 17 years and she is the only person who has ever truly loved me unconditionally. I am extremely blessed and am eternally grateful that God let me be her mother here on earth.
wendy greenspan On Saturday, October 6 at 6:11 pm
I was in my early twenties, and had just gotten my first kitten – and it was that sweet ball of fur that made me realize what love was all about.
Patti M. On Saturday, October 6 at 6:23 pm
My mother – of course!
Veronica K On Saturday, October 6 at 6:24 pm
My three children have taught me unconditional love. They love me regardless of the mistakes I make, how much I mess up, they are all almost grown now…21, 18 and 16 but they each love me in their own way and always love me unconditionally. The same love that God has for me…that unconditional love that you can find no where else!
Pammy On Saturday, October 6 at 6:25 pm
Without a doubt having children. It's like wearing your heart on the outside of your body where anyone can hurt you.
Kristy M On Saturday, October 6 at 6:39 pm
My mama beyond a doubt.
Brett On Saturday, October 6 at 6:43 pm
Yes, my husband. He's been teaching me for going on 27 years now!
laurie di pietra On Saturday, October 6 at 6:46 pm
my mother, always
Terri F On Saturday, October 6 at 6:48 pm
My husband has taught me about unconditional love. He loved me before my cancer, during my cancer (without hair and in constant need of care) and after cancer (without my breasts and other parts).
Colleen On Saturday, October 6 at 6:49 pm
Jesus has given me unconditional love, as well as taught me to love.
Dianne S. On Saturday, October 6 at 7:01 pm
Obviously, Jesus. Nothing can beat his incredible gift of grace and love. But, at a close second, is my amazing husband, Cody. I wish I could tell you all the ways he shows his unconditional love for me, but there is one story that stands out. A couple years back, we were blessed by getting pregnant with our first (and only) little girl. During the pregnancy, I had many health issues and complications.(blood clot, severe hyperemesis, 45+ pound weight loss, dehydration which led to a number of ER visits/hospitalizations. My body was beginning to fail but thankfully they figured out what was wrong. So out went my gall bladder! I slowly got better and stronger. Then came our precious little girl. Halfway through the pregnancy, we were told she would be born with spina bifida, and that some parents would choose to abort at this point. We told him, "we will not be doing that!" Long story short, she was born and no signs of spina bifida. However, she was in the NICU for 10 weeks, and is now 2. She still deals with many health issues but continuously impresses her doctors with how far she has/and continues to progress. Most recent accomplishment, walking all by herself with her walker! (check out our blog to see this wonderful sight!)
So, back to my husband. He has been my rock. When I was incredibly sick and pregnant, he was superman. He worked 2 jobs and still was there for me every second I needed him. I became too weak to walk. I'd crawl to the bathroom, but eventually got too weak for that, so he'd carry me. He bathed me. He did his absolute best…all the time. He was falling apart on the inside. He was certain he was going to lose his wife and baby. But he found his strength in God. He is an incredible man. I am blessed beyond measure by him. Now as we continually deal with struggles with our little girl, he continues to be our rock. SO thankful for his unconditional love for my daughter and I.
Kris B On Saturday, October 6 at 7:05 pm
My husband and best friend has loved me through thick and thin for 34 years!
Jen M. On Saturday, October 6 at 7:05 pm
God. His love is unconditional and I've seen and experienced it many times in my life.
Wanda M. On Saturday, October 6 at 7:07 pm
Without a doubt, my dear, beloved mother-in-law, Sophie, taught me truly what unconditional love means. She raised 7 children, with the youngest 3 alone (widowed at a young age), including my darling husband and always saw the good in all of them and everyone else around her. She was no fool, although she knew her loved ones had faults, she loved them unconditionally and perhaps gave special love to those who were more troubled. We lost her a few years ago and I miss her terribly!
Beth On Saturday, October 6 at 7:08 pm
I have appreciated reading all of the comments–some of them even sound like they could be the basis for a very interesting book! I often think that by reading either a fictionalized account or a true story of survival, much can be learned about a person's inner strength.
To answer the question, I would have to say my husband, my daughters, and my grandchildren.
Cheryl On Saturday, October 6 at 7:12 pm
My bi-racial grandchild that I didn't think I wanted when my unwed daughter told me she was pregnant. I didn't know it was possible to love someone as much as I do this child. I Thank God for him continueously.
Susan Dunn On Saturday, October 6 at 7:14 pm
We had guardianship of our great niece for 4 years from ages 1 to 5. She went back to her mom about 3 months before school started. The family support, our love for our niece and our great niece and their love of each other are all a testament to unconditional love. I am almost 50 years old and still have a lot to learn.
Lindy On Saturday, October 6 at 7:30 pm
My parents taught me unconditional love. Being the middle child of 5 I was a little on the rebellious side.
Judy Brimm On Saturday, October 6 at 7:32 pm
I watched my mother in law tirelessly take care of my father in law as ne suffered the ravages of Alzheimers. She kept him at home in familiar surrounding until he passed away – in his own bed. I now see the same unconditional love my dad gives my mom, as he cares for her. She too, has Alzheimers… they are both 91 and have been married 66 1/2 yrs. A beautiful example of love.
Leah Mae On Saturday, October 6 at 7:33 pm
Loving and taking care of my children every day.
chrisi On Saturday, October 6 at 7:41 pm
My two daughters…they fill me up with love and light every day of my life.
Megan Napier On Saturday, October 6 at 7:47 pm
My Mom. She raised me as a single parent and was the most amazing person I ever knew.
Jane On Saturday, October 6 at 7:55 pm
My son.
LisaB On Saturday, October 6 at 8:01 pm
My son who doesnt accept or show love or affection has changed my life. He showed me in a big way how much he loves me and his 2 sisters after we had a wreck and were all injured severely. He came to hospital after finding out the next day (he was away) and came through the curtain where me and his older sister where after emergency treatment and surgeries and he passed out cold. You d have to know him to understand how telling that was, he took care of all 3 of us for weeks and months as we recovered. He was gruff and surly but he was there voluntarily when others were not. He showed me and sisters he does love us.
Ciara On Saturday, October 6 at 8:04 pm
The Lord first, followed by my children.
Brenda Pickle On Saturday, October 6 at 8:04 pm
My newest little grandaughter, she has taught me calm and peaceful love.
JoAnn L On Saturday, October 6 at 8:16 pm
I would have to say my grandmother who took my in when I was a child and raised my after raising ten kids already. She didn't have to be there for me but she was and I will never forget her or the lessons she taught me.
kathryntwoshoes On Saturday, October 6 at 8:16 pm
I thought I knew what unconditional love was but I was wrong. It took a great loss for me to have my eyes opened to the true definition. I will never make that mistake again
Betti On Saturday, October 6 at 8:18 pm
My daughter truly loves her children unconditionally. I can see in her and in my grandchildren the light that glows between them.
Mary Ann L. On Saturday, October 6 at 8:26 pm
My father. He was the finest example I've ever seen of unconditional love. He was my adored father, and I certainly worshipped him, but I honestly believe that he was an angel on this earth, sent here to be an example of humility, kindness and love. I've never known another person with all of the qualities he possessed.
Mary Chris On Saturday, October 6 at 8:27 pm
When we adopted our son, at four years old from India, I felt I learned so much about unconditional love. It was pretty much a crash course!
Lauren On Saturday, October 6 at 8:29 pm
I know that while I often do not make the choices that will bring me the most happiness now and for eternity, my Heavenly Father and His son, Jesus Christ, still love me, and always will. I try and show that love to my husband and children.
Wendy Hutcheson On Saturday, October 6 at 8:34 pm
It may sound cliche, but my dog has taught me an awful lot about unconditional love!
Reva On Saturday, October 6 at 8:34 pm
My Aunt, who raised me and my two brothers. A GOOD WOMAN.
Carolyn On Saturday, October 6 at 8:35 pm
Yes, God, my parents, my husband and my kids.
Pen On Saturday, October 6 at 8:39 pm
Having children changed my world- in such a wonderful way
Beth On Saturday, October 6 at 8:40 pm
RE: Has any person or situation in your life taught you the true meaning of how to love, or be loved by, someone unconditionally?
I grew up in a love-less household. During my entire childhood, I literally remember two times that my mother hugged me. Worse than this, I experienced sexual abuse that began as early as I can remember – maybe 3 years old. My childhood memories are so incredibly unhappy: My mother and my oldest brother would gang up on me and emotionally abuse me in the cruelest of ways. When one is treated so badly for so long, they begin to believe that they are worthless. I surely did as I would hurt myself as a way to release the pain I felt on the inside but wasn't allowed to express in healthy ways. I was determined at age 14 to end it all. In the midst of the act, a voice in my head told me that I needed to wait out this painful time because an entire life was ahead of me – away from the abuse. I listened. I carried on. I have faced with and dealt with the pain from that time and have gone on to have a loving husband – who has said it is his "mission to make up for all of those withheld hugs" – and my wonderful children who are cherished everyday in a way I never was. I know how important unconditional love is and I'm determined to show them daily that they are precious and cherished. I am thankful for that voice in my head – which had to have been from a higher power. I have no other explanation. If I hadn't listened – all would've been lost.
Puppydogs On Saturday, October 6 at 8:45 pm
Oh that would be a couple of people….Yes, I have been blessed.
My husband
My Children
My closest friend
Pmel On Saturday, October 6 at 8:48 pm
Say the words " unconditional love" and for me, it stands for my Mother. Mama to 9 children, she raised us with home made birthday cakes, taking us to church on Sundays, Easter outfits and Christmas outfits complete with patent leather shoes, and many wonderful Christmas memories. She was so efficient and organized and sweet, caring and giving. Now she is 84 and has had Alzheimers for 12 yrs. and although she doesn't know us anymore, I still feel very privileged when her face lights up with a smile and her eyes sparkle. She still makes me feel loved.
Vicki M. On Saturday, October 6 at 8:55 pm
I believe, because God is love, all unconditional love comes from Him. I watched a Godly man live his unconditional love as he cared for his wife who suffered from Alzheimer's. He took care of her at home until it was impossible for him to continue. Every day she was in the nursing home he went to see her, helped her eat at least one meal and brought her a sweet treat. He never missed a day unless he was ill or 3 days when he was out of town. It was beautiful to watch. He was my father-in-law.
Sudee in Florida On Saturday, October 6 at 8:56 pm
My husband loves me unconditionally.
Mary On Saturday, October 6 at 9:00 pm
My son.
Stefanie H On Saturday, October 6 at 9:10 pm
I would have to say my Grandpa Everhart. I was with my parents at a young age when we picked him up from the airport after a trip to Africa. He came off the plane only wearing pants, shoes and a shirt. He said we didn't need to go to the baggage claim as he had left everything he owned to some needy people back in the Africa. To me that spoke volumes. And as I continued to watch him in my growing up years, I realized that those actions were a daily practice for him. He gave and gave. I always though he was the richest man around. Now looking back, I realize he was rich in what was important. He was wholly unselfish.
Anamari On Saturday, October 6 at 9:11 pm
I'd have to say my parents who sent my siblings and I to this country by ourselves to escape Communism, not knowing when we would all be together again. When I became a mother, I realized the tremendous sacrifice they made and how much they loved us. Luckily we were were reunited. A parent's love is unconditional as is the love of a young chils.
jeanne On Saturday, October 6 at 9:16 pm
Yes! My precious parents and my husbands parents. They have both been married for over 60 years and they are living a life of total sacrifice for each other right now. They are modeling true commitment and devotion that has been tested and found to be true.
Andrea On Saturday, October 6 at 9:17 pm
I don't think I've learned that lesson yet. Certainly having 5 kids (with one on the way) forces a type of selflessness, but true unconditional love is a hard thing to learn. I'm working on it. The Savior, of course, is the example.
Janet T On Saturday, October 6 at 9:25 pm
My hubby !! He's my Rockstar.
Sandra Parnell On Saturday, October 6 at 9:26 pm
Growing up in the church I always understood how God loves us and is always by our side. Throughout my life I have felt unconditional love from those around me. My children have taught me this time and time again. When my Mom was so sick and then died I could definitely feel the love of God. Probably the biggest example of unconditional love was when my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and he stayed with me a few weeks, it broke my heart to see him so lost and unable to function but I still loved him and he still loved me.
Monica A. On Saturday, October 6 at 9:32 pm
I'd have to say my kids! They love me no matter what!! I've been taught by them and by the love of Jesus, who gave me my precious gifts.
Sue On Saturday, October 6 at 9:37 pm
God's love extended to me. Hard to comprehend and yet so thankfully received!
Allison D On Saturday, October 6 at 9:39 pm
Hands down the birth of my son. He is autistic, so our days can sometimes be challenging. But I have never known love this deep, this profound, this patient, until he was born.
TiffanyF On Saturday, October 6 at 9:41 pm
Knowing that I am loved by Jesus Christ everyday even when I make mistakes!
Carmel On Saturday, October 6 at 9:55 pm
We have three great children and our twins are deaf. When you live with children that work so hard to fit into a hearing world it breaks your heart and gives such pride at the sametime and you realize you would do anything for them.
Bearsmama On Saturday, October 6 at 10:02 pm
My older son has taught me so much about unconditional love. Before I became a mother, I always thought that it would be ME that would show and give my children the gift of unconditional love. And while I DO love my children unconditionally, it is my children who love ME unconditionally. My older son has some special needs. He marches to the beat of his own drummer and encourages me to hear my inner beat. I adore both of my children, but it is my first born that has schooled me in the art of unconditional love and self acceptance.
betty Robertson On Saturday, October 6 at 10:02 pm
God has given me a husband and 2 children that do love me unconditionally. They love me as God loves all of us, no questions asked.
cari On Saturday, October 6 at 10:05 pm
without a doubt, my 3 wonderful and crazy children
Megan B On Saturday, October 6 at 10:15 pm
My son, without a doubt. I loved my parents, my friends, my husband…but when my son came along, oh man. . . I realized what unconditional really meant. He can disappoint me, but he will never never make me stop loving him. He helped me understand, also, just how amazing God's love for us is.
BARBARA FROM MINESOTA On Saturday, October 6 at 10:16 pm
My faith has gotten me through some really tuff times – I can't imagine what it would be like without it. I thank God everyday for being in my life.


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CLG Streams Schedule
Community Featured by Katanamordecai 2 years, 9 months ago
As many people have recently been looking for a set schedule when CLG Prime will be streaming, we have outlined our targeted windows for each player.
With the teams recent return from Korea for the OGN tournament, they are now preparing diligently for the Season 2 Championships in October. After getting settled into the gaming house, they are planning more ways to give back to the community. As they will be streaming more often, now is a great time to try out the CLG Premium monthly pass that gives subscriber access to the entire team for one flat rate. In addition to streams, fans can also look forward to the CLG Documentary later this year, and check out the newly-released trailer as well. Please note that these times are not set in stone and are subject to change based on tournaments, scrims, or other conflicts. All live streams can be found on the Counter Logic Gaming stream page or on own3D.tv.
|Time (PST)
|Scheduled Stream
|06:00 am - 11:00 am
|HotshotGG, Voyboy
|11:00 am - 02:00 pm
|Streamed Scrimmages
|05:00 pm - 01:00 am
|Doublelift, Chauster
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Shadowska 2 years, 9 months ago
So when do they have their offline scrims? I'm a bit worried that they're not being secretive enough. So many people tell them to stream even when they have their serious scrims.
Petjos 2 years, 9 months ago
How about the CLG.EU streaming schedule? As a huge fanboy of Wickd and Krepo I would really enjoy knowing the stream schedule for their streams.
If it's anything like yesterday (where they scrimmed oRb) they will have their offline scrims before Doublelift/Chauster are scheduled to start streaming. Either that or they will have those scrims whenever they find them and just stop streaming for an hour or two.
I can see Voyboy making it on time for most of these but Hotshot will probably be late most of the time lol
khoala 2 years, 9 months ago
Are there more VODs available for CLG premium users than non subscribers? Just wondering because I live in Europe and I wont be able to watch the scrims which I am most interested in.


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Prime Minister Hailemariam said today that Kenya and Ethiopia have huge potential with their youthful populations and it was time to engage them especially in the focus of intensive industrial development to compete in the global market.
The Prime Minister made the remark while addressing members of the Kenyan Business community at a Nairobi hotel for a breakfast meeting. The Prime Minister noted that the major focus for development should cover textiles, agricultural products and food production as well as adding value by establishing industries within their two countries instead of relying on others to produce what was needed. "We should invest in value addition so that instead of importing edible oil from Malaysia, for example, we should grow palm oil. We have the land to do so", Hailemariam said.
The Prime Minister said priority should be given to areas of input production especially in seeds and fertilizers for farmers and for horticulture and floriculture growers since these create jobs. It is time, he said, for East African Governments to invest in building equipment for themselves instead of importing. Ethiopia, he noted, was now in the process of building equipment and has started to assemble machinery. It will soon start to produce such equipment and set up assembly plants.
The Prime Minister also referred to the hospitality industry as a priority area, stressing the need for a number of five star hotels. At the same time, he added, there must be proper incentive packages for investors. "We have a lot of land so we encourage investors to bring in infrastructure, build complexes and invest but not", he said, "purchase our land". He said that not everything should be privatized.
The Prime Minister also noted the importance of the challenge of the energy sector in Africa. Governments, he said, should invest in it and take risks. Governments needed to support manufacturers, help with energy costs and encourage investors to invest in manufacturing industries.


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In Nigeria and many other developing nations, sustained Internet access is often accomplished via the so-called CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) modems. The plans usually require you to select a data or bandwidth size in megabytes (MB) or gigabytes (GB), which zeroes out after a specified time period - say a month. The amount you pay depends on your plan. For example, on Etisalat network in Abuja, Nigeria, you purchase the modem for a one-time fee of N6,500, while the plan may consist of a payment of N4,000 for 1.5 GB of data that zeroes out after 30 calendar days. Other vendors such as MTN, Globacom, Multilinks, and Starcomm have similar data plans.
Things usually work out okay on the average, at least with Etisalat network, which seems to offer one of the best services in Nigeria in this category. This is the case for yesterday PC or laptop. That is, the ones running Windows 7 or earlier. Alas, the static shortcuts of yesterday, on the screen of PC Windows and laptops, have been supplanted in Windows 8 by live tiles that "bristle with activity." One "PC How-To" guide enthusiastically describes Windows 8 Start screen as "full of animated shortcuts known as Live Tiles, which display rotating information on the fly."
The Windows 8 live tiles are quite pleasing to the eye and they are also endowed with impressive on-the-fly functionalities. The user interface (UI) is quite pretty, and some believe that the operating system is probably the "freshest, cleanest, and most imaginative" one around. The figure below shows the Start screen of Windows 8, replete with live tiles at an instant.
In Windows 8, instead of going to the web to look up the weather, you could view the current conditions and forecast live on a small rectangular partition of your full screen. Live news feed constantly scroll by, so you can click on an interesting news item for details. Changing stock prices from Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P 500, are displayed by the minute and you can watch Norton Antivirus "do its thing" by the second. The list goes on.
These rather impressive live displays in Windows 8 come at a great price as far as your Internet connectivity is concerned, especially if you accept the default settings from the factory. You see, the tiles are made live via web access, which takes place at the expense of your data plan. Depending on the type or number of live tiles that are turned on, as well as other automatically updated applications, data of significant sizes are pulled from and pushed to the web using your bandwidth. Some of the "offending" objects are those that have been "pinned" to the Windows 8 Start screen either by you or from the factory. From the default factory setting, the applications that stealthily sap your data include S&P Stocks, Bing Weather, Bing Daily (News), ESPN News, Bing Trending, Microsoft Mahjong (a card game), Norton Monitoring and all sorts of updates.
The table below is an outcome of a small experiment carried out by Dr. Ken Alabi at TTC Technologies, Inc., New York, to investigate the extent of modem data gobbling in Windows 8 compared to Windows XP, using an Etisalat modem. The data shows significant differences between the two versions of Windows. Moreover, the amount of data usurped does not scale linearly with the duration of the test. In fact, in one instance, approximately 1.4 GB of modem data was lost to live events and other auto updates in Windows 8 in less than one day, from a 1.5 GB, 30-day plan!
Table: Data usage by Windows XP and Windows 8. "KB" stands for kilobytes, or one thousand bytes.
Turning off live tiles
The good news is that turning off Windows 8 live tiles is trivially easy. Besides sapping your modem data, you might have other reasons to turn off the live tiles on your Start screen. For example, it could be the case that a nonstop feed of certain items simply annoys you, or you find it "uncool," or you would rather not be bothered by an email app announcing the arrival of a new message. To disable a live tile, simply right click on the tile, and select "Turn live tile off."
You can also delete live tiles when you decide you have had enough of them. Just right click on the tile and choose "unpin from Start." Remember that, as in classic Windows shortcuts, unpinning a tile from the screen does not mean that you are deleting or uninstalling the program app. You are only removing the reference to the app on the Start screen. To truly delete an app, you need to go to the Control panel and follow the usual "uninstall procedure."
Adding back your live tiles
You can bring back a live tile to the Start screen. To see the master list from which to select, just right click and choose "all apps." This procedure will allow you to see all the apps that have been installed on your system, as well as shortcuts to familiar features like Control Panel and File Explorer. To add a tile to the Start screen, click on it and select "pin to Start." Note that contacts, websites, apps, etc. can be pinned to the Start screen the same way.
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THE rising crime rate in the country must be fought from all angles using legal means to protect human life and the much needed investment.
However, it is illegal for residents to mete out 'instant' justice or corporal punishment on any suspect as was the case in Matero on Saturday where a suspect was brutally bludgeoned and burnt until he died.
This sad incident will backlash: The complainant in the theft has already been questioned while his neighbours and other people in Matero are being pursued in connection with the murder of 35-year-old Lucky Mwiinga.
Instant justice has no place in the Zambian statutes and remains illegal.
Certainly, residents are fed up and frustrated with the slow pace at which criminal cases are being handled, but they must not circumvent the legal process by killing the suspects.
This is absolute murder!
It is clear that the use of plastic material to torch a human being after a thorough bludgeoning can lead to death.
Therefore, malice aforethought and intention to end life is there.
If indeed they wanted justice to prevail, they should have apprehended the suspect and handed him to Matero police station or any nearest police post for the law to take its course.
We are not at all supporting theft or any criminal activity, but merely emphasising the need for residents to cast aside their emotions in fighting crime.
You cannot fight crime by committing a more serious and capital offence such as murder.
In this column, we have on a number of occasions advised members of the public to get involved in the fight against crime. We have equally urged police officers to exploit community policing in fighting crime.
Community policing does not entail meting out instant and illegal punishment on offenders. No!
We would like to echo police spokesperson Elizabeth Kanjela's call on residents not to resort to violence against suspects.
Ms Kanjela has rightly put it that members of the public should not take the law in their hands but should instead hand over suspects to the nearest police station.
They must at all times control their emotions whenever they come across criminals, unless they are in danger. The case in Matero does not suggest that the mob was in danger.
Yes, the crime rate is high and hence the urgent need for residents to assist police clamp down on prowlers and other dangerous criminals who have gone to an extent of dismembering bodies of innocent people.
Zambia is a peaceful country which is in need of both local and Foreign Direct Investment to buoy the economy.
Foreign and local entrepreneurs will only invest their money once they are convinced that the environment is crime-free.
Therefore, law enforcement officers and communities should work together to root out criminal elements. They must only do so using legal means.
Instant justice is not justice!


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Peggy E. (Peg) Gustafson was sworn in as the Inspector General of the U.S. Small Business Administration on October 2, 2009. Ms. Gustafson previously served as General Counsel to Senator Claire...
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Audit Report 8-7-019-014: Audit of Atlanta District Office 7(a) Loans
On May 13, 1998, the OIG issued Audit Report 8-7-019-014, Audit of Atlanta District Office 7(a) Loans. The audit was part of a nationwide review to determine whether 7(a) loans were processed, disbursed, and used in accordance with Small Business Administration (SBA) requirements. The Atlanta District Office was assigned 927 loans valued at $402 million from March 1, 1996, to June 30, 1997. The loans, made to small business concerns within the state of Georgia, were processed by the District Office and the Preferred Lender Program Processing Center. The OIG selected a random sample of 30 loans valued at $12.5 million for review.
The SBA has established procedures for lenders and SBA loan officers to follow to reduce risk associated with loan making and to assure that only eligible loans are guaranteed. Failure to follow these procedures increases the chance that ineligible or risky loans will be approved. The OIG reviewed lenders' compliance with 22 such procedures. In the period audited, the OIG determined that for 15 of the 30 loans, lenders did not follow at least one of the procedures reviewed. For the 15 loans, the non-compliance with procedures consisted of the following:
- A conflict of interest was not reported to the SBA (1 loan). The lender allowed the borrower to use $218,306 of a $378,000 loan to repay debt owed to the lender. The lender's refinancing of its own debt increased the risk that the loan was not· objectively made.
- A portion of loan proceeds was not used for eligible purposes (2 loans). Proceeds totaling $29,479 were used to pay personal debt and to fund an equity injection on a SBA 504 program loan. These are prohibited uses of loan proceeds.
- Cash injections were not verified prior to disbursement (4 loans). Without the required cash injections, borrowers may have insufficient working capital and commitment to the business. For the four loans, borrowers did not inject $239,188 as required by the loan agreement
- Business financial information was not verified with the IRS prior to disbursement of loan proceeds (7 loans). Without verified business financial data, loan decisions could be based on financial data that is not credible. For one loan totaling $340,000, the lender did not verify business financial information with the IRS. The required verifications for the other six loans were made after disbursement.
- Business and personal credit reports were not obtained (4 loans). Credit reports are necessary to determine the borrowers' credit history and whether the borrowers have shown past willingness to pay debts. Our subsequent review disclosed satisfactory credit.
- A size determination was not made properly (1 loan). Loans issued by the SBA can only be made to businesses that meet small business size standards. The affiliates ofthe borrower were not included in the size determination.
- Joint payee checks or other controls were not used in disbursing $10,000 of loan proceeds for other than working capital (1 loan). Without the use of joint payee checks or other controls, the loan proceeds are at risk for improper use. A review of the use ofthe loan proceeds disclosed no problems.
- The OIG also identified four loans either lacking timely disbursements or with misrepresentations. Two loans with guarantees totaling $1.4 million were not disbursed within the time specified in the loan authorization. For a third loan, the lender made a false representation to the SBA regarding receipt of the IRS verification, and for the fourth loan a borrower made a false statement concerning his criminal history.
As of December 31, 1997, there were 21loans, of the 30 sampled, that were curren;, 1 was past due, 1 was paid in full, 4 were canceled, and 3 were undisbursed. Lender responses regarding the loans indicated the deficiencies were due to both intentional and unintentional loan officer errors, as well as loan officer lack of knowledge of SBA requirements.
The OIG recommended that the Atlanta District Office Director take the following actions to protect SBA's interests:
- Reduce the guarantee percentage to reflect the borrower's ineligible use of proceeds.
- Obtain a verification of the equity injection from the lender or reduce the guarantee percentage to reflect the lack of injections.
- Obtain a guarantee release or an indemnification agreement.
- Re-emphasize lender responsibilities for verification of equity injections and IRS fmancial data.
- Cancel guarantees for each loan not disbursed by the time specified in the loan authorization.
- Require lenders to request either an extension of the disbursement period or cancellation of the loan guarantee when disbursement is not made within the specified time limit.
The OIG recommended that the Director of the PLP Loan Processing Center take the following actions to protect SBA's interests:
- Obtain a guarantee release from the lender, or, in the event the lender fails to releasethe SBA from the guarantee, recommend revocation of the guarantee to the Administrator.
- Obtain a verification of the equity injection from the lender or reduce the guarantee percentage to reflect the lack of injection.
In response to a draft report, the Atlanta District Director and the Director of the PLP Center disagreed with the recommendations relative to finding 1. The District Director agreed with the recommendations in finding 2.


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The tritium recovery technique in steam generators for fast breeder reactors using the double pipe concept was proposed. The experimental system for developing an effective tritium recovery technique was developed and tritium recovery experiments using Ar gas or Ar gas with 10-10000 ppm oxygen gas were performed using D2 gas instead of tritium gas. It was found that deuterium permeation through two membranes decreased by installing the double pipe concept with Ar gas. By introducing Ar gas with 10000 ppm oxygen gas, the concentration of deuterium permeation through two membranes decreased by more than 1/200, compared with the one pipe concept, indicating that most of the deuterium was scavenged by Ar gas or reacted with oxygen to form a hydroxide. However, most of the hydroxide was trapped at the surface of the membranes because of the short duration of the experiment.
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Wealth concentration report blasts hole in right-wing policies
We are headed to a world where just one percent of the population own and control more than all the rest of us combined.
The 2014 midterm elections: Fear and promise
Progressive measures would improve our country for future generations while bringing well paying jobs to our communities.
Nightmare begins as GOP takes over Senate
A GOP takeover would transform the Senate to reflect the concerns of people who have nothing but scorn and contempt for working people, democracy or any type of good government.
Video: Barber calls for "Moral Fusion" movement to defeat far right
All labor activists and progressive people should watch and circulate this remarkable speech by the Rev. William Barber, president of the North Carolina NAACP.
Harris v. Quinn raises stakes for 2016 presidential election
The Supreme Court's latest assault on the Labor Movement - Harris vs. Quinn - shows how essential it is for Democrats to win the White House in 2016.
Attack on Kansas Jewish centers: Should you care?
Racism and anti-Semitism are two parts of the same "divide and conquer" strategy that the American right wing is using in an attempt to maintain political and economic control.
Ukraine, U.S., and big bad Putin: Who's the bully?
U.S.-Russia relations took a dangerous turn over Ukraine and Crimea. This is a very troubling development. If it continues in the present direction, the result will be damaging on a range of issue,
We are not going back!
From slavery to today's struggles against structural racism and for democracy for all, the African-American people continue to play a strategic role.
Saber rattling over Ukraine needs to stop
Columnists and U.S. senators alike have called upon the Obama administration to come up with billions of dollars to bolster an unelected government in Kiev that is led by various stripes of ultra rightists, including fascists.
African-American struggles are key in the fight for progress
Remarks by Jarvis Tyner, national vice chairman of the CPUSA, in a recent teleconference call that was part of the preparations for the coming 30th convention of the party this June in Chicago.


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Kerry Wood is eligible to come off the disabled list with his blister injury, but he doesn't appear close to returning action.
Wood, whose DL stint was backdated to June 9, missed nearly a month in the summer of 2008 with the same injury. He has thrown with and without padding on the right index finger, but the skin has not healed enough for Cubs trainers to clear Wood for a rehab assignment.


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Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add onion and caraway seeds and sauté until onion begins to soften, about 8 minutes. Add beef and paprika; sauté until meat is brown on all sides, about 15 minutes. Add broth. Bring to boil, scraping up browned bits at bottom of pot. Reduce heat to low; simmer until meat is just tender, about 40 minutes.
Stir potato, parsnip, carrot, and garlic into soup. Simmer until vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, celery, and bell pepper. Simmer until vegetables and meat are very tender, about 15 minutes longer. Cool slightly.
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The mobile world is continuing its rapid growth while we are becoming more and more reliant on our mobile devices in everyday life.
By 2016, it's expected that there will be more than 10 billion mobile Internet devices in use, so the mobile application industry will grow tremendously to match the demand and keep up with ever evolving technologies.
Let's have a look at obvious technologies trends continuing to influence the mobile world nowadays.
Three main platforms and architectures
In a short period of time a majority of big companies will need a special set of development tools to support three key platforms – iOS, Android, Windows and three application architectures – native, hybrid and mobile Web. Tool selection won't be that easy, rising up technical issues and nontechnical ones such as productivity versus vendor stability. Undoubtedly most big organizations will need several tools to deliver to the architectures and platforms they require.
Being fragmented, immature and thus possessing many implementation and security risks, HTML5 won't be a simple solution for mobile application portability. However as it matures, the mobile Web and hybrid applications will become more and more popular. So despite many challenges HTML5 faces, we could expect that it will be rather essential for organizations delivering applications across multiple platforms.
Advanced mobile user experience design
A vast majority of new techniques and methodologies such as motivational design, "quiet" design and "playful" interfaces contribute to exceptional user experiences most leading mobile apps have. Designers are also creating apps that can accommodate mobile challenges, such as partial user attention and interruption, or that can exploit technologies with novel features or "wow" factors, such as augmented reality. Leading consumer apps are setting high standards for user interface design, and all organizations must master new skills and work with new partners to meet growing user expectations.
High-precision location sensing
Knowing the location of a person to within a few meters is a key factor in the delivery of highly relevant contextual information and services. Applications that use the precise indoor location currently exploit such technologies Wi-Fi, imaging, ultrasonic beacons and geomagnetics. Such technologies as smart lighting will also become important. Precise indoor location sensing in combination with mobile applications will create a new generation of highly personalized services and information.
Mobile phone as a universal remote
Some time ago we had to stay in front of TV in order to turn channels. Later remote controls were sold with every TV and stereo on the market. Nowadays, our homes have become smarter and many people manage their homes with the help of a smart phone. In 2015, mobile applications are expected to move to the next level, becoming a universal remote control for your life. Air conditioner controls and alarm systems are heading the list with cars and door locks to go behind soon. With all the different data including financial, electronic, home and automotive deeply embedded in your phone, the general remote seems to be a usual extension.
Apps will start thinking for you
Artificial intelligence is going to influence mobile applications in 2015, initially with smarter apps that think for you. The ability of apps to forecast behavior and lessen manual work is amazing. In the year 2015, apps will begin to foresee where you are going, what thoughts you are having and the types of information you might require. Imagine future applications less of a tool and more of an associate.
Wearable Devices
The smartphone will become the center of personal-computer network consisting of wearable devices such as on-body healthcare sensors, smart jewelry, smart watches, display devices such as Google Glass and different sensors embedded in clothing and shoes. These gadgets will communicate with mobile applications to deliver information in new ways and include a wide range of products and services in such areas as sports, fitness, fashion, hobbies and health.
What are your predictions on mobile technologies trends for the upcoming time? Eager to hear your thoughts :)
Yuliya Tolkach
The Web as we know it have been born and matured on computers, but as it turns out now, computers no longer have dominance in it. According to a recent report by analyst Mary Meeker, mobile devices running iOS and Android now account for 45 percent of browsing, compared to just 35 percent for Windows machines. Moreover, Android and iOS have essentially achieved their share in just five years and their share is getting tremendously larger.
According to some forecasts their worldwide number of mobile devices users should overtake the worldwide number of PC users next year. If forecasts come true, this shift will not only continue, but accelerate. Based on data from Morgan Stanley, Meeker estimates roughly 2.9 billion people around the world will be using smartphones and tablets by 2015.
What does it mean now that more people are accessing the Web through tablets and smartphones rather than laptops and desktops? And is it really a big deal? Anyway, Internet is intended to be accessed from anywhere and thus from any device. Well, it is quite a change at least in terms most people consider the Web and how it gradually adapts to be used on mobile devices.
Apps-like sites
As mobile devices take over, the use of today's desktop browsers like Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari will decline. Mobile browsers are already very capable and will increasingly adopt HTML5 and leading-edge Web technologies. As mobile devices naturally have less screen area, the sites need to function more like mobile apps and less like collections of links. So the sites are likely to look like apps.
Apps may rule
Native apps for smartphones and tablets almost always surpass websites designed for mobile devices because they can tap into devices' native capabilities for a more responsive and seamless experience. This is most likely to change in the nearest future – most experts agree HTML5 is eventually the way of the future. This is already the status quo in social gaming: for example Angry Birds and Words with Friends. Some services won't be available at all to traditional PCs — they won't be worth developers' time.
Less information at once
Web sites and publishers will no longer be able to display everything new for users and hoping something will catch the user's eye. Smaller screens and lower information density means sites will need to adjust to user preferences and profiles to customize the information they present. Increasingly, the Internet will become unusable unless sites believe they know who you are. Some services will handle these tasks themselves, but the most likely contenders for supplying digital identity credentials are Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, Twitter, and mobile carriers.
Sharing by default
In a mobile-focused Internet, anonymity becomes rare. Virtually every mobile device can be definitively associated with a single person (or small group of people). Defaults to share information and experiences with social circles and followers will be increasingly common, along with increasing reliance on disclosure of personal information (like location, status, and activities, and social connections) to drive key functionality. As the Internet re-orients around mobile, opting out of sharing will increasingly mean opting out of the Internet.
Emphasis on destination
Internet-based sites and services will increasingly function as a combination of content and functionality reluctant to link out to other sites or drive traffic (and potential advertising revenue) elsewhere. These have long been factors in many sites' designs but mobile devices amplify these considerations by making traditional Web navigation awkward and difficult. Still URLs are not going to die – people will still send links to their friends and Web search will remain most users primary means of finding information online.
Going light weight
As people rely on mobile, cloud, and broadband services, the necessity to do things like commute, store large volumes of records or media, or patronize physical businesses will decline. Businesses won't need to save years of invoices, statements, and paperwork in file boxes and storage facilities – cloud storage comes as their rescue. Banks will become purely virtual institutions consumers deal with online via their phones. Distance learning and collaborative tools will let students take their coursework with them anywhere — and eliminate the need to worry about reselling enormous textbooks.
Going mobile is an obvious trend today. Experts envisage that nearly every service, business, and person who wants to use the Internet will be thinking mobile first and PC second, if they think about PCs at all. Do you agree? And what other related changes can you imagine?
Many thanks for sharing your thoughts :)
Aliona Kavalevich
Lots of companies think about developing mobile clients for their services for Widows Phone and Windows 8. In most cases mobile clients for iOS/Android have already been created and company's objective is to port them to Windows mobile platforms. In this article I'd like to talk about questions/problems/peculiarities companies and developers can face porting their apps to WP and Win8.
What's important to know about Modern UI interface?
Windows Phone and Windows 8, unlike iOS for instance, are authentically digital platforms. What it means can be easily explained on the example of a bookshelf for iOS, where human's behavior while reading a magazine or a book is imitated from the real life – we go to the bookshelf, take a magazine, open it and flip it through. The same process for Windows Phone looks absolutely separated from the real life and is initially oriented to the digital world, where the concept of "bookshelf" is missing at all.
A second distinction from iOS/Android is an emphasis on content and action orientation. In Windows Phone and Windows 8 phone numbers and e-mail addresses are written in small fonts, while actions like "call" or" "send e-mail" in the big ones. Large fonts and shifts is another Metro feature. It should be definitely taken into account while designing interfaces.
Other peculiarities of the platforms
1) Mostly, Android is tied to Google eco-system, iOS – to Apple, Windows Phone and Windows 8 – to Microsoft eco-system accordingly. This can be both an advantage and a drawback. For example, it will be easier to work with office documents, but instead of tight integration with Dropbox you will be proposed to use SkyDrive.
2) Platform limitations. Windows Phone is a rather strict platform. There are clear limits for application start time, sizes of downloaded files depending on the kind of Internet connection, quantity of background operations etc. Due to such limitations even "native" for Windows Phone Skype doesn't always work as it is expected from a proper messenger.
3) Specific requirements for Windows 8 scenarios. There are so called contracts in Windows 8 – Search, Share etc., with the help of which such scenarios as "search in application", "repost smth in social networks" or "open the file in another application" are performed. It should be separately said about Settings and Share – in Windows 8 they should be only in the sidebar. Duplication of functionality inside the application is highly undesirable.
Navigation bar in Windows Phone and Windows 8 differ. Windows Phone has mostly linear navigation (non-linear navigation is allowed only in exceptional cases and thoroughly tested), while Windows 8 is more loyal to the navigation model. Moreover, you will have to think over the possibility of a quick access to the application main screens from any screen.
4) Windows Phone 7.5 vs. Widows Phone 8. You should remember that at the moment there are several main Windows Phone versions:
• Mango — Windows Phone 7.5 (512 MB of memory);
• Mango — Windows Phone 7.8 (512 MB of memory) — the update has not been released yet;
• Tango — Windows Phone 7.5 (256 MB of memory);
• Apollo — Windows Phone 8.
If you've decided to support 7.x platform, you need to think whether the application will support Tango devices (budget ones) that are more sensitive to the memory used by the applications. In case you need NFC or in-app purchases (IAP), you should straightway focus on Windows Phone 8.0 or support two versions of the application (7.x and 8.x).
Thanks for consideration. In case you have some thoughts to add on the topic or even have already ported some app from iOS/Android to WP or Win8, I'd be glad to see your comments here.
Thank you,
Nadya Klim
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Blackberry, iOS, Android, Windows Phone… the number of existing mobile platforms exceeds all reasonable limits while the developers can hardly choke down their moaning hearing cheery management appeals about supporting another platform…
I think when another mental eclipse caused by progressing deadline occurs, every person who is connected with software development has this banal thought – why is it not possible to make one project that would magically deploy on all the platforms in the native predictable view basing on one source code? There are a few frameworks that make this dream real.
In fact they use 3 approaches: interfaces generation based on
– javascript/HTML5
– C-like languages
– mixing these two approaches above
In some cases device-dependent things are boxed up into one package (in this respect AppCelerator upsets greatly, although the developers swear that do their best to optimize the resultant applications), or at the compilation moment there is a painful choice of the specific platform and device the package should fit (MoSync impressed with endless checkbox list sorted by brands and phones models). Commitment to flexibility constrains available functionality and productivity just because every platform has its own standard set of controls and its own view on optimum UX. In short, everything is not as rosy as we would like it to be, but these projects develop, lofty Partners sections on their sites pepper with sounding names, so we will not throw back this idea determinately – in the end everything depends on project aims and frames.
Below are the results of the experiments, when for the project realization a tool needed to be chosen. The criteria were simple: single code base, cross-platform (iOS, Android was enough), a possibility of creating own GUI elements, connection with web-services.
http://www.appcelerator.com – initially it was planned as development environment in javascript based on its own framework in the specially prepared Eclipse build for mobile development. At the moment HTML5, CSS3 support has been added, critical code parts can be written in 'native' languages for the target platform – Java or Objective-C. Nice IDE. To write for iOS you will need MacOS. Basic version is free, although the distributors assure that all this platform capacity consists in usage of additional commercial extensions (50 USD per month).
http://www.madewithmarmalade.com/ – the main language is C++ (code is written in Visual Studio or Xcode). It was mentioned about a possibility of using insertions written in native languages for the target platform. You can write for iOS with Windows. It has its own devices simulator. There were heard some complaints for resources voracity and the size of binaries in the output. The licence costs 500 USD.
http://xamarin.com/monotouch and http://xamarin.com/monoforandroid – The creators of the free Sharp version have been leading a very interesting project – Mono. They suggest commercial versions of the libraries for development in C# for Windows Phone, Android and iOs. If needed, it is possible to resort to C++, objective-C and work with the ready libraries that are specific for both platforms. A module for each platform costs 400 USD. The development processes in MonoDevelop IDE.
Embarcadero RAD Studio (a modern reincarnation of Delphi and C++ builder). Although their specialization is not mobile development, they provide very promising tools for developing applications for iOS based devices basing on Fire Monkey. They also say about forthcoming support of Android and Blackberry devices. For a single developer the price is a way too expensive (more than 3500 USD). There is no version for mobile development only, and it's not worth considering until there is no support of additional mobile OS. At the same time it makes sense to keep a look out which side it develops.
If you know some similar tools, it would be interesting to read about them and your experience of using them-both successful and not.
Kind regards,
Nadya Klim
Microsoft may gain a powerful set of partners to help Windows 8 become a success – AT&T and Verizon Wireless, who need leverage against Apple's onerous demands for subsidies for every iPhone the carriers sell.
AT&T and Verizon are both eying Windows Phone as the Smartphone platform they can promote to push back against Apple demands for high subsidies and royalties. Mobile operators are sick of taking orders from Apple…iPhones are occupying an increasingly dangerous share of mobile operators' Smartphone sales. In 2011, iPhones represented half of AT&T's Smartphone sales, and now that Verizon has recently voiced a similar shift in sales, the companies' fears of an Apple takeover are growing stronger.
There clearly is a danger now that iPhone is going to get a stranglehold of the U.S. Smartphone market, and I don't think operators are crazy about that. The larger the share of the market that Apple owns, the higher the subsidies it can demand from carriers. Those subsidies eat into carrier profits and fatten Apple's bottom line.
Apple's demands for subsidies in order for a carrier to sell an iPhone are legendary. U.S. carriers heavily subsidize all Smartphone hardware, primarily to entice new customers to buy a two-year service contract that costs more than $1,700 over that period. The iPhone 4S with 16GB sells unlocked from Apple for $649 (useful on many GSM carriers with a separate contract), but Verizon, AT&T and Sprint sell it for $199.99 with a two-year contract.
Beyond that, Apple also gets a portion of the monthly revenue that carriers get from each customer who buys an iPhone, and it's a hefty cut, as much as $600. And that number is on top of the subsidies for the phone itself.
Given all that, it's no surprise that AT&T and Verizon would see Windows Phone as a possible savior. Microsoft badly needs Windows Phone to succeed, and it also doesn't have the same leverage to demand high subsidies and monthly royalties. Verizon is particularly interested in pushing Windows 8 phones when they hit. Verizon CFO Fran Shammo hopes to use Windows 8 phones as leverage against Apple:
"We're really looking at the Windows Phone 8.0 platform because that's a differentiator. We're working with Microsoft on it."
If Verizon and AT&T do make a concerted effort to push Windows Phone, it may finally breathe life into the struggling operating system. As the release of the Lumia 900 shows, Windows Phone devices are just as good as iPhones and Android phones – but by itself, that's not enough.
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Lina Deveikyte
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As shipments of Android phones reached 206 million in 2011, Google's mobile OS captured 46 percent of the global market, easily making it the largest Smartphone platform, according to Taiwan'sMarket Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC).
Such growth paves the way for Android to carve out a 50 percent slice of the market in 2012, says MIC. Though Android will retain its firm lead, the market will also be dominated this year by Apple's iOS with a 19 percent share and Microsoft's Windows Phone with a 13 percent share.
Looking at the major Smartphone makers, MIC sees Samsung in the lead with a 21.7 percent share, followed by Apple with 18.7 percent. HTC share will rise to 10.9 percent. But Nokia and RIM will face a rough climate with their shares dropping to 15.6 percent and 8.6 percent, respectively.
Overall, Smartphone shipments could hit 614 million this year, a 36 percent jump from the 452 million shipped last year, estimates MIC. For now, Smartphone owners account for only around 14 percent of all mobile subscribers around the globe. But as lower-priced smartphones reach consumers, especially in emerging markets, that percentage will grow to 17 percent this year and 40 percent in 2016.
Looking to eke out more global business, the major Smartphone vendors focused on emerging markets last year. With a varied lineup of smartphones, Samsung has gained strong traction among emerging nations. Apple expanded its sales channels in more emerging countries, capturing healthy sales in China but also targeting South American markets such as Brazil.
Though HTC's core consumer is in North America and Europe, the company had also grabbed more business in China. RIM has been doing well in areas such as Indonesia, which rely heavily on text messaging. And Nokia is hoping for success with Windows Phone launches in India and China during the first quarter of the year. Still, North America remains the most lucrative market. North America may only represent 15 percent of feature and Smartphone units shipped globally, but due to the high proportion of high-end Smartphone sales, it constitutes 40 percent of total smartphones sold by value.
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Lina Deveikyte
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2011 was an explosive one for the mobile industry. The industry was rife with action, growth, progress, conflict, winners, and losers. We saw the birth of the Android tablet; the rebirth of the Android, iOS, and Windows Phone platforms; the death of webOS-based phones and tablets; the failed AT&T-T-Mobile merger; and all sorts of industry records for apps, downloads, sales, and much, much more.
Here are the five biggest stories of the year.
1. Android domination. Android's success is unparalleled. It had zero market presence three years ago, and has since ousted every major platform to become the number-one Smartphone system sold. Google revealed its best work yet in Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the newest version of Android. Right now, Android 4.0 is available only in the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, but that is sure to change in 2012. Android has seeped into all sorts of devices beyond phones, including media players, tablets, watches, and more. The year 2011 belonged to Android and 2012 probably will, too.
2. AT&T/T-Mobile merger. Whether you were for it or against it, AT&T failed to acquire T-Mobile USA. The acquisition plan was first revealed in March and played out all year long, step-by-step as the process unfolded. The deal was an attempt to consolidate the second- and fourth-largest U.S. wireless carriers into a single behemoth that would have wielded enormous market power. The Department of Justice and Federal Communications Commissions, after reviewing the deal for months, decided it was a bad idea.
3. Good tablets, bad tablets, ugly tablets. During this year electronics companies introduced 50 new tablets. Few of them were successful. The tablet field started the year crowded with hopefuls, but in the end, only a few struggled to remain. The stand-outs are the Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Apple iPad 2, Research In Motion PlayBook, and the HP TouchPad. The Apple iPad 2 is by far the dominant tablet player in the tablet space, selling in the tens of millions. Samsung's Galaxy Tab is a distant second. The bad news is that RIM has nearly sunk its own ship attempting to sell the bombed PlayBook. Worse, HP killed off its TouchPad tablet after it had been in the market for barely a month. Steve Jobs was right about 2011: It's the year of the iPad 2–at least as far as tablets are concerned.
4. Four-G fight. Mobile and wireless technologies have come a long way. Right now, the wireless network operators are racing to build out their fourth-generation mobile broadband networks. This strength of their respective 4G networks will play a major role in how each of the carriers moves through 2012. Beyond the networks themselves, some of the year's most exciting and advanced devices included 4G in one form or another.
5. iPhone 5. I know there is no iPhone 5. As Google noted in this year's Zeitgeist, the iPhone 5–something that doesn't exist–was the sixth-most searched item on Google this year. "Consumers and analysts alike anticipated the release of Apple's newest Smartphone many months prior to its arrival," said Google. "Rumored features included a larger screen, edge-to-edge glass, an 8-megapixel camera, and extensive voice controls. Many believed the phone would be called the iPhone 5." And yet it didn't happen. Instead, we got the iPhone 4S, an iPhone 4 with a spec bump and a talking assistant.
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Kristina Kozlova
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Continuing on with our debate from our discussion sections on IQ, this article talks about the great importance of Emotional Intelligence over standard intelligence which is measured by regular IQ tests. I says that in certain professions EQ testing was a better indicator than IQ testing because plenty of jobs have to do more with a person's emotional health, rather than simply there overall intelligence.
I find this to be very interesting because most companies take more stock in a person's standard intelligence than they do on their emotional intelligence. This is because in most jobs you must be able to deal with stressful situations and constructively deal with people on a daily basis. Therefore, if you have a strong emotional intelligence, then you should be better equipped to handle these types of situations.
Overall, I feel that is important to consider people on more than just an IQ basis for a job. This is because not only does there emotional intelligence matter, but there are many other factors that matter correlate to good performance on the job, like motivation. Many businesses however take into account only one or two small factors when considering an applicant's likely performance on a job. This is unfortunate, because they are not giving everyone a fair chance to obtain a job, because while some people have a very high general intelligence and a very low emotional intelligence (or vice versa), they are not able to show a potential employer their greatest strengths this way.
Therefore, in order to way applicants for a job fairly, and accurately, it is important to look at more than just one factor, like their IQ.


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By BRIAN HAWKINS
A suspect in last weekŌĆÖs holdup at a west Starkville McDonaldŌĆÖs was arrested in Tupelo and is now in local custody.
James White, 34, of 179 County Road 30, Houston, remains jailed on a $110,000 bond on charges of armed robbery and conspiracy to distribute narcotics following his arrest in Tupelo within the last few days. White was arrested with the assistance of the Tupelo Police DepartmentŌĆÖs Special Operations Group, Starkville Police Department detectives said.
WhiteŌĆÖs bond was set by Municipal Court Judge Rodney Faver in an initial court appearance Monday night.
The holdup in which White is charged occurred just after 4 a.m. last Wednesday at the McDonaldŌĆÖs located at the Spirit convenience store on Highway 12 West directly across from the main entrance into the Starkville Crossing Shopping Center.
Police were called at 4:09 a.m., with officers arriving on the scene in less than a minute, said SPD Detective Scotty Carrithers, who is investigating the case, last week.
The suspect had already fled the immediate area by the time officers arrived, said Carrithers.
The suspect ŌĆö a light-skinned male whose ethnicity has not been verified ŌĆö entered the restaurant from its east door wearing what SPD detectives believe was some sort of hooded jacket and a bandanna on his face. The suspect was described as being over 6 feet tall with an athletic to muscular build, Carrithers said.
Pulling a handgun of unspecified style and caliber, the man confronted the manager, who was working with a male employee to open the McDonaldŌĆÖs for business for the day, Carrithers said. After forcing the manager to the floor and taking the cash, the suspect fled on foot and was seen heading north toward Highway 12.
Police have not yet determined whether he might have had a car parked nearby to escape the area, said Lt. Mark Ballard.
The McDonaldŌĆÖs manager and employee, ŌĆ£while visibly shaken and upset,ŌĆØ were not injured in the incident, Ballard said.
Some physical evidence was recovered at the restaurant, but neither Carrithers nor Ballard would comment on what was recovered, including whether officers had recovered security video footage of the incident or any fingerprints the suspect may have left behind.
On Monday, neither Ballard nor Carrithers would comment on the evidence developed in the investigation that led them to identify White as a suspect. Ballard did say the investigation into the robbery is continuing and that more arrests are expected.
Anyone who may have seen anyone suspicious or who has information about the incident is encouraged to contact the SPD at 323-4131 or Golden Triangle Crime Stoppers at 1-800-530-7151. All Crime Stoppers tips are confidential and could result in a reward of up to $1,000 for the caller if the tip results in an arrest in this case or any felony crime.


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Hi everyone!
I'm not gonna bore you with the typical "fall is upon us" bloggertalk today, the title speaks for itself really.
I've been living in this sweater ever since I got it, it looks so cool on! I think it's because pattern of the geometric strips kinda reminds me of my old scuba suit. Is that weird? And is ist just me, or does ik look a tiny bit Neil Barrett inspired?
I chopped some more off my hair, by the way! It hasn't been this short since I was about 9, and I LOVE it. It looks great when blow-dried, straightened and curled. Ok, I haven't tried all of those things yet (still sporting the blowout from the salon atm), but I just FEEL it's gonna be pretty!
I'm not my chatty self today (so so tired), so I'm just gonna leave it at that. BUT expect a post véry soon. As in, tomorrow-ish. I'm gonna make some pretty big changes to this blog, and you'll be getting an update as soon as possible.
As for now, what do you think of my new 'do? And, please enlighten me, am I really the only one who thinks scuba suits look cool?
Talk to you tomorrow guys!
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sweater: Pull&Bear // skinnies: Cheap Monday // faux leather backpack: Asos // faux croc slip-ons: River Island // watch: Fossil // triangle necklace: Forever 21 // polish: Essie


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