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VOLUME 15, NUMBER 4 - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1964 Band Shell Held Up Till Spring The Saline Reporter 10c PER COPY — $3 PER YEAR Construction of the proposed new band sheU on Henne Field has now been definitely staUed until next spring - and an additional financing problem has popped up. The problem 'arose when it was discovered that the roof would require steel beam construction for safety, and this brought the cost estimate to §8,212. The band sheU fund now has $4,200, with a total of $5,200 subscribed. The $5,200 would have been enough under earlier cost estimates. Howard Kuhl, who designed the sheU with the help of regis- tered architects, and Milton Finkbeiner, contractor who has agreed to supervise construction, met in late September with the Board of Education on the unexpected difficulty. Said School Board President Bess Tefft: "The board felt that - since we are faced with the necessity for a new school -- we could not undertake any additional expanse. Money for a band shell wiU have to be raised in some way." School Superintendent Harold Hintz and RusseU Hollenback, president of the Band Parents Club, have also conferred on the matter. Said Hintz: "We felt that it wouldn't be used until next year in any case, and if it were built in the spring, it would be finished by the time it would be needed." "We hope to appeal to the public to get enough to complete the project," Kintz • said. New Voter Registration Hits Peak City voter registration is at an all-time high, City Clerk E. J. Muir announced today, -— — with a record 216 new registra- KNIGHT /APPOINTED tions since the primary election T0 PLANNING GROUP in September. Approximately 1,485 Salini- City CouncU Monday night ans were registered to vote appointed James Knight, Jr., as when registration for the No- a member of the city planning ^novation y Co Architect Hired to Make Structural Study of Building An upcoming structural stu- Although several alternatives vember 3 election closed Mon- commission, to fUl the unex- dy of the City HaU will deter- have been studied, the Michi- day. pired term vacated by the res- mine whether it is suitable for gan Employee Retirement plan "We've never had anywhere Ration of Phyllis Douthat. . renovation, or whether a new is the most seriously considered near that many new ones " Muir Council accepted "with deep City Hall is to be constructed. . , . although, under the new observed. "That's way way up" regret" the resignation of Mrs. City Council Monday night State Constitution, it can be Many of the'-new registrations Doutnatc wno has enroUed as a unanimously approved a motion put into effect by a three-fifths -. , _ 6 " _".,_, are those of hew residents in full-time student at the Univer- to employ Architect Tivadar vote of Council but cannot be in faet, that Dan Lirones, of the University of Michigan the Crestwood KnoUs subdivi- sity of Michigan. -She expects Balogh to make the study in abolished even by referendum. audio-visual department, took a picture of it to use in in- sion, Muir said, and many came t0 receive her deeree tWs year- *f+ ^Tl^L^t^J^,' £"fJ? ' PlSn iS P61> structing teachers in Saginaw schools next semester. * + ""* ™" The map was prepared by 4th grade youngsters in Jane Fick's class, to help acquaint them with map mechanics, directions, and their own home town. What are audio-visual aids? Well, the map of Saline on the blackboardjabove) is a sample ... so good an example, CF Fund from residents of the Hollywood Drive area who have lived in the city for more than a year but had not voted here before. Others come from residents of T^JLaI D_cA_* longer standing who vote only ■ OC9I l>IS6S in presidential years and hence « ft* r% |^v^^ had to re-register under the | Q $7 lO^S two-year registration law. . ^ / mit his report at an early meet- manent. ing. He had previously told EEC0NSIDER SIDEWALK Councilmen that such a study Council also reconsidered ae would require only about five problem of t^ broken sidewaik hours' work. on lots 30 and 31 adjacent tQ Balogh is one of three archi- Crestwood Knolls subdivision; tects with whom Council has the lots are owned by H. I. conferred on possible designs Johnson, of 494 S. Ann Arbor and costs for a new fire hall - St. but there has been no decision The sidewalk had been bro- Contributions to the Cystic CHv CrtfioiaU Fibrosis fund drive are "climb- as to whether the fire haU shaU ken once and replaced by F. J. V^Iiy M*llUdlS j ,.? according t0 Mrs. Robert be constructed alone, or■ in com- Winton, developer of the sub- Conler With FHA Starling Sr county chairman binatl0n ^th a new City Hall, division. Then the sidewalk on On Subdivision and the'total now stands at ap^ ^^ landA at the corner of E. lot 31 was broken again, when City Councilman George G. proximately $2,100. Mic^an Ave" ?f H?r,s St. a contractor drove a trucMoad T t. ^ -,-. .,.,. .V -*. ..--_. . , would accommodate a fire haU, of dirt over it Thp dirt that Johnson and City Attorney A^- The sum includes §520 raised but saM M Jack Bennett £ JfthHidewalk was not de- lan Grossman visited the Fed--by door-to-door soUcitation in «T+>_ _-.,«,, ",«/.""+. ma """,.+ ,. " " ^loewcUK was not ae eral Housing Authority office the city of Saline; $25 contribu- ^^"^f S^on ^ S^iS ^PIT^-(lt T* , in Detroit Friday in behalf of ted from the welfare fund of w-Voth ^L a^ LnPv ^p tV P ? &t ^^der, , s -c=- tc- *.. *• _, t. . ,.. . , ", ,. , ""_ ._ tot. isotn land ana money are Johnson said" hence he fplt nn .,! lb dissatisfied home owners m Universal Plastics; and $35 40 available for construction of a obligatL to replace thfside- Crestwood KnoUs subdivision, from a benefit all-day coffee fl>_ t._ii h_ _,_;t, "uT xejjidce me siae Thp ripvplnnPTV V T WircW, -hmr* T^ld .= + Wl-Parl'* rivi"Q Tn " \..' ™ VV , , __. WalK- But if the study shows the Council agreed; DPW Super- present City HaU not suitable intendent Mike Strait was in- The developer, F. J. was also present. Winton, hour held at El-Rad's Drive In. Contributions have also been Women's; Club Federation to Meet Monday Lucy Gregory, women's director of Radio Station WOIA, will headline the program of the Washtenaw County Federation of Women's Clubs when it meets at Whitmore Lake Methodist Church on Monday. She will speak on "The Changing Sound of Radio". Mrs. Roy Berry of Ann Arbor, president of the Federation, wUl preside at the "business meeting and hostesses are members of Whitmore Lake Women's Club. Registration wUl hegin at 1 p.m., and all members of affiliated clubs ■ are invited to attend. Saline is represented in the County Federation by the Saline Child Study Club, the Junior Child Study Club, Saline Business and Professional Women's Club, Wffling Workers Club, and Saline Woman's Club. Need for a new elementary school is vividly illustrated in the examples of overcrowding in the present school shown here. Above, a 4th grade class taught by Mrs. Ron Attinger and Mfs. Howard Kuhl meets in the too-small ..teachers' room . . . leaving the teachers literally no place to pause and catch their bresath. Below; the lobby bf the school becomes a combined storage department and cloak-room, adding to the congestion. ARCHITECT ADDRESSES ADVISORY COUNCIL STUDY CLUB TO ORGANIZE DIMES DRIVE Local Farmer To Visit Egypt On Exchange Trip Andrew Camobell Pittsfield ea Schools Advisory CouncU; length of time, he should no- Anarew campDeu, .rittsneia V _!...,.__ __ tifv ttra whir.li win court nut Chief among the home own- received from the Junior ChUd fnT. 1.™™,.,+,-™ .ivrai.j >,"," +n "+","+ 7, + • j, . ., ers'_ complaints, and those with Study Club and the Saline Com- S^TT^ty^^nJS ^ILll^.To^te which he is most concerned, munity Hospital AuxiUary. Oth- combinationj J least for the sent to the developer since he Johnson said, were those deal^ er contributions from organiza- ^ " s^_& Councilman order£ ™ S to S 3? ing with sanitary sewer con- tions are known to be forthcom- George Johnson. uiueieu me girt 10 ior as. struction, masonry and grading, ing. The two and a half hour mee- The letter drive, mail re- RAISES OBJECTION MFHA Tnriliriprl ting was "fruitful", Grossman quests sent throughout rural An objection was raised by t VTp Yn nT said. The FHA wiU send two areas of the county, city of Councilman L. Z. StUl: "You In IVlJCiA Lontab field r&en to Siiliua to re-cheek Ann Arbor, and Dexter and-take the City Hall out of this. ;,,_& section nleeting on MEHA the subdivision, -and FHA rep- Chelsea, has so far returned block and it will finish the js scheduled at the MEA re- resentatives were "highly coop- $1,273, Mrs. Starting said. block." (The only other occu- gjon ni teachers' conference hi erative, to the full extent of A car-wash for the benefit Pied business site in the block An nArbor, at 1:30 p.m. Fri- their authority," he added. . of the OF fund has been sched- at the present time is a den- aaV) October 16, in the' east However, FHA has no direct uled by Saline Jaycees at the tist's office.) . cafeteria of Ann Arbor High sanction against the builder, Community Ford garage, from" Still also suggested that the School." Johnson pointed out. Their on- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oc- city design and build the fire i^e two-day MEA conclave ly recourse under regulations tober 18, for donations of $1.50 haU, rather than hiring an ar- wni be held Thursday and Fri- in effect when Crestwood KnoUs a car. chitect. "With an architect, it's day. October 15 and 16. was built is to refuse financing A meeting of the CF group going to cost you around jy[iss ^da Inglis. MEHA board to future building by any firm is scheduled at 8 p.m. Wednes- $36,000," he said. "We can build member, is chairman o f the with which an offending build- day, October 28, at the Saline one suitable for the fire depart- MEHA section, and Dr. Dwight er is associated. Savings Bank community room, ment for somewhere around Rich, executive secretary of the Many o f the buyers' com- The public is invited. $20,000 . . . I've gotten some organization, wiU give a report plaints on Crestwood Knolls estimates on materials." Fire- 0n progress of the retirement homes have been corrected by JUVENILES APPREHENDED men have suggested that a rec- viiiage here. the builder. Although there are Police this week reported ap- tangular building 60 by 80 feet The section is open to the more than 90 occupied homes prehension of two juvenUes would house the department's public. there, FHA fUes contained on- who, they said, were responsi- trucks and equipment and pro- ly seven complaints that were ble for entering a residence at vide room for a smaU office SOCIAL SERVICES still "open", i.e., not yet cor- 107 E. Bennett St., last week and meeting room. MEETING SCHEDULED rected. While the family was away, and ORDER ACTUARIAL STUDY The annual meeting of Sa- Johnson wUl write to aU 15 taking eight packages of cigar- In other action Monday Coun- line Area Social Services, Inc., of the complainants with fuU elites, $1.50 in pennies, and. a cU ordered a new actuarial stu- will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday details of the meeting, he said, piece of cake. dy (the last was in 1962) in at the home of Grace Stierle, He emphasized the required The case has been referred preparation for setting up an 2914 Saline-Ann Arbor Rd. All procedure for bringing a com- to juvenUe authorities. employee retirement system, interested persons are invited, plaint to FHA attention: the : : • Architect Guido Binda was owner must first notify the buU- ■the speaker at the Tuesday ev- der of the problem, in writing, ening meeting of the SaUne Ar- Then, after a "reasonable" ™ "? -Lr-tVi V a m ^lut. Y"1"^"' ™^-" b h d h- k tch t tify FHA, which wUl send out The Saline Junior ChUd Stu- Township farmer who lives at X1£ a"uwcu ** 1U s" =""=•-<-" "■>• forms tQ be filled Qut r____ese saiine cioseu out i^inuxiin ^u-u -lui uie nunieu. aiso missing irom tne squaa. dy Club will organize the 1965 3930 Piatt Rd., wiU leave Sun- m* proposed new elementary contain the FHA case in the Hornets' first conference Jerry Feeman, who didn't An undiagnosed illnes has put Hornets Close Out Lincoln 20-0 by Hal Ceronsky and could be a stumbling block ther two weeks. Steve MiUer is Saline closed out Lincoln 20-0 for the Hornets. also missing from the squad. March of Dimes campaign for day, October 18, oh an exchange ^'"i01 dI1Q Ult»-U&&t;" t-us>LS'- number (winch can be obtained ^ame, played here Friday. play in Friday's game because him into the hospital for ob- the Saline area, the group de- trip to Egypt. ~ AdvtaorTcounS is! fcheduled from the lending institution) Saline took the lead iT\ th,e °f a broken toe, wUl be out ano- servation. CampbeU .-wUl travel under SL™ is scheduled ^ ^^ ^^ Failure first quarter as quarterback to include the number may Neil stm threw a Pass to left cause delay in the procedure, haU Jim Griffin for a 59-yard cided at their Monday evening meeting at the Saline Savings the auspices'- of "Farmers in Bank community room. World Affairs", similar to the November 4. They made the decision after "People to People" program, WGPO PlanS a request to undertake the drive with the sponsorship of the was received from Mrs. Lewis U.S. State Department and De- Sm(Yi*P*ashorrl Baker, HI, Washtenaw County partment of Agriculture, and ^ . "• l ci l campaign director for the 1965 organized by the National _\\_ High oCuOOl March of Dimes. Grange and Farm Union. After the business meeting, He is one of nine American Johnson said. TD. Later in the same period. Griffin threw a pass to StUl for a 37-yard touchdown. The Hornets played weU on offense as Dave Feldkamp Clothina Exchange Planned at School An exchange of used clothing fought his way- for a 40-yard The WSCS of the Saline Me- will be held at Jensen Elemen- taUy, but the play was caUed group discussion and study was farmers who- wUl make the trip, thodist Church wiU hold their tary School on Thursday, Octo- back on an off-side penalty. Sa- led by Mrs. WiUiam Law on the They wiU return December 9. annual smorgasbord supper at ber 15. line's defense held up strong subject "Mothers Must Grow, They may visit other coun- the SaUne-High School on Sat- Sizes for infants through 4th against Lincoln. Near the end Too". Hostesses were Mrs. Ow- tries of their choice on the way urday, October 17, from 5 to 7 grade wiU be exchanged. Par- of the first half, Lincoln punt- en Armbruster and Mrs. Ralph home, but the exchange pro- p.m. ents are asked to bring clothing ed to Saline's 30-yard line; ^ Gross. gram is only with Egypt, which The kitchen committee wiU for exchange to the aU-purpose Griffin took the kick and dash- . * The next meeting is sched- will send farmers to this coun- be Mrs. James Beal, Mrs. Erwin room, but not before Wednes- ed 70 yards for Saline's third , uled November 2. try next summer. . Frederick, Mrs. Gerald Coe, day. October 14. touchdown. ' . , Campbell was selected to Mrs. Harold Smith, Mrs. Ray Tickets wiU be issued for each StUl and Feldkamp made Sa- > CITY EMPLOYEES make the trip by William J. Davis and Mrs. Davis Toth. item brought in, and those who line's two extra points. 10 ATTEND SCHOOL Brake, master of the Michigah The dining room wiU be in do not wish to take an exchange Russ Michalke stood out in City DPW Superintendent Grange, lecturer of the nation- charge of Mrs. Oscar Ferguson may leave their tickets for con- the second half as he played for Mike Strait and ah employee, al Grange, and a vice president and " Mrs. Harold Gage,- with tribution. Leftover clothing wiU Griffin, who was injured in the Harry Bishop, have been auth- of "Farmers in World Affairs". Mrs. Harry Holmes and Mrs. be distributed at the discretion closing minutes of the second orized by City CouncU to at- He was notified only a week Walfred Larson assisting. of schopl authorities and SaUne period. Al Hartman played his tend a school for sewage dis- ago and has since had "so many Tickets may be purchased for Area Social Services, Inc. usual good game, both on de- Posal operators in Flint, on Oc- shots I've lost count". adults at $1.75 and children un- Times for the exchange are 1 fense and offense. The team as tober 27 and 28. ' ' . , der 12 at $1, from the ticket to 3 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. a whole played weU and more : - DRAINAGE APPROVED committee, Mrs. Frank Carter, consistently than in the pre- HAY Ride PLANNED City CouncU -Monday night Mr. and Mrs. Walter Towler, FB GROUP TO MEET vious two games. The Luther ,League of St. approved grading and drainage Mrs. Ted Stimpson and Mrs. The Union Farm Bureau Two of. the three first place »-*. John's Church have invited the plans for 37 lots in RoUing Mea- Bruce Parsons. group wffl meet Thursday, Oc- teams wUl meet as Saline goes youth1 group of Bethel Church dows No. 1 subdivision, thus' Mrs. Richard Cole and Mrs. tober 9, at 9:30 p.m. at the to Dexter Friday. The third, to a hay ride on Saturday Oc- clearing the way for buUding Vern Osterhout are in charge of home of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel first place team is Dundee. Dex- tober 10, at 8 p.m. ' permits on the lots in question, publicity. Klein. ter has won 12 straight games, ~ Photo by Paul Emerson A Lincoln tackle stops Russ Michalke's determined rush, but only temporarily, in the second half of the shut-out game Friday. Although aU Hornet scores came in the first part of the game, Michalke gave Lincoln plenty of trouble after he went in for Griffin, who was injured in the closing minutes of the first half. The final taUy: Saline 20, Lincoln 0.
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Title | 1964-10-07; Saline Reporter |
Date | 1964-10-07 |
Publisher | Paul Tull |
Description | An issue of a Saline, Michigan newspaper. Published weekly. Focused on Saline and the surrounding Washtenaw County area. Previously published in Ann Arbor with the title Reporter. In May 1958, the newspaper offices moved to Saline and the title of the publication changed to Saline Reporter. No longer published. |
Subject/Keywords | Saline (Mich.) � Newspapers; Washtenaw County (Mich.) � Newspapers; |
Copyright Permission | This material is in the public domain. |
Type | Newspaper |
Format | JPG/JPEG |
Language | English |

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Inauguration Fashion: Highlights
by Fashion and Entertainment Editor Joseph Lamour
Just a quick note ("quick" is a bold faced lie and I know it) to show you that we Racialicious denizens leave the roost sometimes and branch out!
Yesterday, we celebrated the swearing in of our first African American president, for the second time (woo!) We also celebrated the confirmation of four more years of Michelle Obama looking ferosh all the time in the public eye, so I was asked to participate in a Huffington Post Live hangout where a few people would talk about the highlights of the inauguration ceremony from various angles. The guests were:
- Reverend Deborah L. Johnson, Founder of Inner Light Ministries, Santa Cruz, CA
- Molly Darden, Managing Editor of Azizah Magazine, Atlanta, GA
- Dr. Christopher House, Dir., African American Worship Service at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- Tim Byrnes, Professor of Political Science at Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
- J.J. Colagrande, Professor at Miami-Dade Wolfson and HuffPost Blogger, Miami, FL
- Joseph Lamour, Fashion & Entertainment Editor at Racialicious.com, Washington, DC
Let me just tell you: I did not expect to be seated amongst tenured professors and ministers. I was taken aback (and feel honored to be even thought of for the same discussion as the above people). I was so taken aback that I forgot my opening line! I had dubbed yesterday African American Awesomeness Day, and it really was. I promise I'm not talking about myself, either. I'm being humble (for once). To have Martin Luther King's birthday fall on the same day as the re-inauguration of an African American President with his African American First Lady at his side was truly, truly, awesome.
I had mentioned in the hangout that her coat was by Thom Browne–and that Thom Browne is prohibitively expensive–because everyone has been talking about whether she would tone it down today because, like, no one in America has a job. Well, as the fashion expert, I decided to confirm that she did not in fact tone it down, J. Crew belt and pumps or not. That didn't mean I didn't like the outfit–I thought she looked fabulous as well. I especially like how the fabric Browne chose was meant to reflect a man's tie and, thus, Barack's tie. It's a pretty genius way of saying, "We're a unit and don't you forget it." Then we started talking about something else, and as a new television personality (I'm kidding again) I didn't see a chance to shout, "But, who cares how much that coat was anyway? I certainly don't!" I digress.
Can I just say, as a fashionisto, I am beyond happy that the Romneys were not on that podium yesterday–for many reasons (obvi), but also or the fact that Ann Romney would have signaled a change back to the fashion status quo of the DC politician's wife. Something rooted in traditional housewife aesthetics–Ann Taylor Loft, sweater sets, and pearl necklaces. Just google "Ann Romney" or "Calista Gingrich" and you'll see what I mean. The reason Michelle Obama is such a fashion icon is she doesn't dress that way in this place, and that in itself is a defiance to the stolid convention of this town.
Getting back to HuffPo Live, I ended up talking about gay rights for most of the segment, which is fine, because I am an expert in fashion, entertainment, and being a big smoothie, but I wanted to point out a couple stunning outfits from gorgeous American ladies (and one fella) that I didn't get to yesterday, namely coats and extravagance:
Sasha Obama (who looks so much like my cousin Fabya I am forcing her to be Sasha for Halloween) is in a purple Kate Spade design–click here for something similar. Malia Obama was in a plum J. Crew coat. Since Malia's coat was they only affordable fashion (for most) on display, it's obviously sold out. Sorry!
Jay-Z's suit and scarf made me want to run out of my home and down Connecticut Avenue into downtown to ask him if I could have it when he was done. Later I found out it was by Tom Ford, and it all made sense to me. Beyonce wore a Pucci dress. A little too evening for the venue (and not an American designer), but I mean…it's Beyonce; of course, she looks beautiful. I'm pretty sure she considers every moment in life a nighttime performance at Radio City, so I bet this glittery black dress for 11:30 in the morning made sense to her. I'm glad she is upholding the recent inauguration tradition of fabulous black ladies in fur coats–it was Dior, by the way. PETA would likely disagree with me on this opinion. Jay even had a matching Dior fur coat. Twinsies!
Later Michelle took off the Thom Browne coat to reveal an almost identical dress underneath, which she layered with boots and a cardigan by Reed Krakoff–who is also the designer of Coach, which I know some of you have. Now you can say you and Michelle wear the same things…like a matryoshka doll, this outfit. I like how it still calls back to Barack's tie.
At the Inaugural Ball, Michelle Obama later wore Jason Wu for the second time. You may be wondering why fashion people are freaking out about this. First, I need to share a quote from my blog boo, Michael K of DListed, about what my Twitter looked like into this morning:
Anderson Cooper, Piers Morgan and a bunch of fashion-loving queens of CNN lost their minds, found their minds and lost their minds again when Michelle Obama sashayed out tonight wearing a dress by designer Jason Wu! Michelle Obama chose a Jason Wu dress for her last Inaugural gown, so how could she wear a Jason Wu dress again?…This has never happened! This is history in the making! This changes everything! The world stopped, Mel Gibson hugged a Jew, Lindsay Lohan put down the vodka bottle for a second, John Travolta slipped Kelly Preston the tongue without getting the heaves, and it's all because Michelle Obama wore Jason Wu again!
Basically here's an analogy: Jackie Kennedy is to Oleg Cassini as Michelle Obama is to Jason Wu (now). This has basically cemented a 30 year old in fashion history and set him for life. It's like when Oprah would say she liked something and the sales would skyrocket so much the company that made the product couldn't handle it. Fashion people are all in the midst of their own permanent Cinderella complex (I'm no different–where's my Prince Charming?) so the fact that she gave Jason Wu one glass slipper four years ago and the other glass slipper today is so great for him we don't know what to do.
I know I talk about fashion and entertainment (and being a big smoothie), but let me leave you with one thing:
How undeniably lovely is their love? It's awesome.
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The $99 Nexus tablet has been a dream for many of us, and now it finally seems we are close to getting it…
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9. pahel posted on 21 Dec 2012, 03:53 7 0
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8. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 21 Dec 2012, 03:43 1 0
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14. deuel18 posted on 30 Dec 2012, 17:48 0 0
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2. PhenomFaz posted on 21 Dec 2012, 03:31 4 0
and asus will take the cake in budget tabs once again!
3. Captain_Doug posted on 21 Dec 2012, 03:35 0 0
I just wish it was a dual core processor. The RK3066 seems pretty affordable yet powerful. Same with the Novathor 9540 and up. Much more powerful and usable.
edit: Would love to throw this in a car dash like that one guy with the N7. However at $130-$150, I wouldn't ever feel the need to take it out.
6. neutralguy posted on 21 Dec 2012, 03:42 0 0
I hope it will be equipped with dual core processor, KAI processors from nvidia.
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11. ocilfa posted on 21 Dec 2012, 04:21 0 0
Question is, does it have micro-sd? I cant tell from the pics.
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mm, not bad. it'll probably have ASUS's custom UI which isn't a bad thing but it's another differentiator from the N7.


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For the past few months, I've been drawing attention to the senseless experimentation/torture of captive chimpanzees in the name of research. This is a cause that is very close to my heart. Chimpanzees are thinking, feeling beings. Many are still senselessly tortured in the name of science on a daily basis, in this country and around the world. Progress is being made, however, and there are many ways you can help protect these vulnerable creatures.
In December, The National Institutes of Health suspended all new grants for biomedical and behavioral research on chimpanzees following the recommendation of an expert committee of the Institute of Medicine, which revealed that most chimpanzee research and experimentation was unnecessary. Dr Francis S. Collins, who is the director of the N.I.H. told reporters that as our closest living relatives, chimps deserve special consideration and respect.
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I hate to keep harping about advertisers' exploitation of chimpanzees... but I hate that they keep doing it! The latest to join the use-a-baby-chimp-to-sell-product club is Tropicana. And even worse, when hundreds of people IMMEDIATELY went to the Trop50 Facebook page to tell them to drop the ad, they issued some fantasy drivel about how this former pet chimp was "rescued" by the animal trainers who supply him to production companies. The moral of the story: don't buy Tropicana products if you want to see chimps able to live like chimps! http://chimptrainersdaughter.blogspot.com/2012/04/hey-tropicana-stop-exploiting-little.html
Stan...point taken. Chimps are MUCH nicer than humans and we shouldn't degrade them by callling them human. Look at the way we kill chickens in most slaughterhouses. So inhumane (and filthy) that some countries, last I checked, won't import our chicken meat. NO other species on the planet has inflicted the mass suffering on other species or even our own species, not to mention the planet as a whole, as humans have.
I think one of the most important things we can do is to speak out against all the charities that conduct laboratory testing, not just on chimps, but on other animals as well. It is not a popular fight, but when Komen, St. Judes, and March of Dimes for instance are pounding the pavement for donations, we need to put our money into charities that do not conduct animal research. wwwhumaneseal.org is a great place to start, and so is telling your friends when they ask you to support them in their charities. It's not that giving is bad, is that giving to charities who 'do bad things to animals...'
While I do agree on the abuse of the closest branch of evolution to humans...the chimpanzee, there are two misconceptions that have been presented here. One, that chimps are people and the other concerning how chimps don't know how to be " real " chimpanzees " ( from the previous post ). In their natural environment, chimpanzees are known to steal young babies from other species ( close to their own )....tear them apart alive and eat them. This was shown in a documentary dealing with our closest relative on the evolutionary tree.
As much as I appreciate what is said on this site from time to time, it is also extremely important not to diffuse information that is inaccurate and or misleading.
As to chimps are people....the chimpanzee differs from humans by one genetic marker. Close but not Hu ( human ). Some other creatures differ by only a couple of markers.....these creature are very different from humans.
We also need to speak out when we see chimpanzees being used in advertisements and entertainment. These are always young chimps who have been torn away from their mothers and raised in social isolation so they will "bond" with their human trainers. They cavort in human clothes, and don't know how to be real chimpanzees. By the time they are juveniles, they start rebelling against performing, and so they are dumped into roadside zoos or kept in unacceptable conditions.
As people become more aware, the use of chimps in entertainment and ads is declining - but some fossilized companies still hold out. Don't buy from companies that use chimps for product promotion. And please sign our petition, asking CareerBuilder to stop using chimps in their stupid ads! http://chimptrainersdaughter.blogspot.com/2012/01/add-your-name-to-record-of-people.html
Also, at the very least I think we should revoke the testing licenses of the worst chimp abusers. Harvard-affiliated laboratories had 9 animals die from maltreatment while subjects of research. Lets do something to get Harvard's animal testing license revoked. I'm thinking we should follow the lead of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and send letters to the USDA requesting animal research at Harvard Medical School's be stopped. It couldn't hurt to also send letters to the President of Harvard Drew Faust.
I found a petition here:
and the USDA's addresss is here:
Mr. Ed Schafer, Secretary
U.S. Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, DC 20250
Let's do something!
Story about the chimps from the Harvard Crimson:
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/1/23/Animals-Testing-Lab/ -
"my Bear is a little monkey...they are the same"
I don't have children yet and I avoid making comparisons between animals and infants because it's not well received by those around me (animal eaters). However, I always understood my connection to animals by remembering how little I understood of the world around me in my very early childhood memories. When I see a pig or a chimp that's the state I find myself imagining that they are in. I am really fascinated by Alicia's observation who continues to care for animals (something I have been told that apparently I will get over when I have real kids!) and sees similarities with her precious one. How inspiring!
I now plan to write to my local represenative and also print this out to put on the notice board at work. Thanks for all you do!
Thank you for posting this! The Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries is in the process of Accrediting the best chimp sancturies in North America. The unbelievalbe work the sanctuaries do is just amazing and they deserve your support!
Patty Finch
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It amazes me that science is still abusing these sensitive animals for senseless research. How sad that they live their lives in a cage indoors in a lab, not how they were designed to live. I know so many of us get busy in our own daily lives but it is our responsiblity to care for the animals on this planet. I think it is so wonderful that Alicia makes time for these little creatures in her busy schedule as a mom, actress and author so I think we can take a little time to do something too. Remember they are helpless, innocent beings that have no way of saying "please stop hurting me, let me be free to live my life too."
Thank you Alicia for what you are doing and for being the example that we can learn from.


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If the individual bankers were held financially responsible for the loan repayment then they would be less likely to issue "toxic loans" or "high risk loans." This could be done by using positive reinforcement to make the responsible issueing of loans, competitive. Positive reinforcement via prestigous awards, and year end bonuses. this would be for the goal of generative the largest quantity of quality loans possible wieghted against the quantity of bad loans issued.
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You'll Never Know, Book Two: Collateral Damage
written by C. Tyler
Scrapbooks usually present a carefully edited version of reality. Even if the snapshots are candid, a few are left out and a few are never taken.
Carol Tyler has chosen a scrapbook format for her memoir series You'll Never Know, but the editing is the reverse of the usual—instead of airbrushing over her family's troubles, she focuses on them. She applies the same sort of creativity that other scrapbook makers use, using different styles and formats for different parts of her story, but the overall effect is more acid than cheerful.
The first book in the trilogy, A Good and Decent Man, introduced Tyler's father, Chuck, as one of those repressed, can-do Greatest Generation types, more interested in fixing things than discussing his feelings. His daughter is the opposite, sensitive to his moods and his lack of affection and curious about his experiences during the war. She is also on an emotional roller-coaster of her own, as her husband has left her for another woman.
The story is told in bits and pieces—Tyler focuses on her own life, shows vignettes of her family when she was growing up, and tells her father's story in a carefully constrained format, presented as photos carefully lined up in a scrapbook. This careful narrative is the spine of the story, and it is told in her father's measured voice. When emotion intrudes, the boundaries dissolve and Tyler uses a freer style.
The second volume picks up the story from the first, filling in more background about the family and the effects of Chuck's wartime experiences without revealing much more of the deepest trauma, the one that affected him the most. The first volume ends with a mysterious image of a Nazi soldier saying, in German, "That your children suffer because I've damaged you fills me with pride," followed by Chuck having a flashback to the war and exploding in anger. The second book begins with those words and picks up the family crisis right in the middle, with Tyler hundreds of miles away, trying to figure out what has made her father so angry. In this volume, as in the first, she must deal not only with her parents' illnesses and her father's anger but also her teenage daughter's problems, which are more serious than they first appear, and the dissolution of her marriage.
This could be depressing, but it's not. Tyler's family has some terrible moments—her father drinks too much, her mother has a stroke, and an unspeakable tragedy occurs, but the family also has lighter moments of joking and goofiness, the sort of thing that knit all families together. Tyler has a good ear; her conversations, whether it's the grownups kidding around when she was a child or the grown daughters trying to figure out how to negotiate their parents' illnesses, always ring true. Her art is sketchy and expressive, changing to fit the story, often deliberately breaking borders as she transitions from one setting to another.
At the end of this volume, Tyler has brought us only slightly closer to her father's defining moment, the event that caused his wartime trauma, but she has shown us, in depth and in detail, the effect the war has had on Chuck and his family. Far from being a single event buried in the past, the war continues to shape their lives even 40 years later, and the words of the Nazi officer are borne out: Chuck's children continue to suffer because of the damage from the war.


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Celestial Dragon
Binds when picked up
Use: Teaches you how to summon this companion.
Jumps up and shakes its head in a roaring fashion. Will occasionally quickly zip around in a star-formation.
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Vocalizations (on-click)
This pet is rewarded via the mail when your character completes the "Littlest Pet Shop" achievement. To complete this achievement, your character must possess at least 150 unique vanity pets. Upon learning your 150th vanity pet spell, you'll immediately receive this pet in your mailbox, sent by Dalaran's vendor, Breanni.
Note that the Celestial Dragon only has an idle animation while on the ground. When it is flying alongside players on flying mounts, it will not use its special animation.
Pet does not come in mail, it just shows up in ur pet journal. Look for Celestial dragon and you should have...shocked crap out of me, saw the achievement, didn't realize I got the pet till someone told me. It was there in my journal...
I just got the "Littlest Pet Shop" acheivement, but even after a full logout and login, still not ingame mail. I even went so far as to restart my computer. Still no in-game mail.
I use Flamethrower, Ancient Blessing, and Starfall. (Though I would like to state that having the other weather option in place of the heal is decent for certain snare fights.)
Starfall Ability makes this pet pair well with Feline Familiar to take down just about anything, happily and viciously.
One of the prettiest pets, the only one with an aoe hit AND heal, and an obvious sign of a serious pet tamer, making it a triple threat if I ever saw one.
It's not clear yet whether it will be an overall nerf, but his breath attack has been replaced with an elemental attack. This means his only dragon-type attack is the one on a long cooldown.
Since Breath has been replaced with Flamethrower my rating for this pet has gone down. While still tanky, I have to go elsewhere for a Dragonkin damage spell which has ruined my trainer setup.
I recently got the achievement littlest pet shop and have yet to receive the celestial dragon has anyone heard anything about a glitch.
This was my first level 25 pet. Started with her because, well she is just pretty. Works well to catch other pets since she can keep healing herself through the misses. She will always be my fav, and better be since one of my guildies named theirs after me. ;)
In my opinion, this is one of the best battle pets available. As many others have said, it's great for leveling lower pets. It's also able to solo most of the NPC tamers that can be challenged daily - including some of the Pandarian ones, such as the Whispering spirit. Personally, it's a core member of my group of battle pets, rarely exchanged for anything else because of its usefulness.
I'd already collected this beauty just prior to MoP, so she was the first I started leveling. Sparkles was my first 25 and she is a beast. Love using her to level other pets and tackle the tough Tamers.
Love my Sparkles!
Hey guys, i recently got the littlest pet shop achievement, but i haven't recieved this little beauty yet, any help in why this is happening?
Relog, fixed everything
I use this pet to help level other pets, and now that it has Starfall it does the bulk of the battling to capture pets as well (Moonfire would occationally oneshot a pet while Starfall does pinprick damage).
Fear not Starfall: if you capture a pet and then accidentally kill it with Starfall, you will still get the pet. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to release the poor beetle I made the test on...
Don't know if it's the best of the pets nut it's definitely one of the best. I've been taking down trios of 25s in Pandaria with her solo at level 21. An excellent battler.
I cycle Moonfire, Breath, Ancient Blessing, Breath - repeat until they crumble. She makes it too simple.
Probably one of the best balanced and consistent battle pets out there. On the uper end for HP and Dmg also has a nice combo heal w/moonfire buff. Some argue that the heal isnt as good as others, well for a 3 round cd that heals for up to 600+ with a crit w/buff compared to some of the 2/3 round heals w/5 round cd that heal fer a total of 1k + i beg ta differ. He works great on legendary tamers, for lvling pets and is good for pvp if u know how to cycle ur cd's like u should.
Don't switch abilities. Ever. First three are the best. Moonfire, Dragonbreath, Ancient Blessing.
For PvE Battles, this will leave most enemies at half health while you're nearly full.
For PvP, your milage may vary. A smart opponent will open with Mechanical or Humanoid if they have it, or weather changer of their own to counter the Moonfire/Blessing combo.
I also duo it with lvl 4-20 leveling pets. I can easily start with low pet rotate out, then finish all 3 level 24-25 pets with it and just keep going. Not uber elite in PVP battles, nothing special, but VERY dependable in wild pet battles.
I still have no idea why this pet is so popular. This is one of the least impressive dragons available. The Ancient Blessing heal available in the second slot is not as good as Cauterize, Tranquility or Emerald Dream. If you don't want to take the heal, you are then left with conflicting weather options with Arcane Storm to Moonfire/Starfall. The slot 1 basic attacks aren't even buffed by the weather. If there is a worse dragon in game, please show me.
Combing the WoW web pages on battling I see the Celestial Dragon's name alot and for good reason. I duo this guy with all my lvl 3-20 climbers for fast leveling with minimum down-time. Being my 151st pet I named him Bacardl (that's with a lower-case L on the end since Blizz has Bacardi on it's banned list) Tah!
I really love this pet. I'm very partial to dragons as it is, but this is one of my most favorites. It was the reason I got into collecting vanity pets. :) I do use mine for my core battle group and love using her. I named mine Celeste. :D
Useful while leveling, especially when just firing up moonlight for the other pets.
Otherwise i found this guy rather unimpressive. The breed type is less than optimal and the moveset is sub-par compared with spawn of onyxia or infinite whelpling.
Looks nice though, albeit a bit hyperactive when following flying mounts :).
This one i use to my core grp, stats its good, and her heal ability help her and my another 2 pets, with buff and always save the day when fight tamers, even opposite pet have strong abilits against dragonskins, i dare use her my pretty Starlight and roflpwn them
If anyone knows any remedies for a hyperactive baby flying serpent, please stop by my shop and we'll talk turkey... er, dragon. I admit I had stars in my eyes when I first came across this sparkling beauty, but now I just want it to sit still for more than two seconds...


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Romney on Obama's 'promise' to bring down unemployment:
Romney's claim that Obama promised to bring unemployment down to 5.4 percent by the fall of 2012 stretches the truth. "The president said by now we would be at 5.4 percent unemployment," Romney said. Romney gets the number from a 2009 report from the White House Council of Economic Advisers, which forecast that unemployment would drop to 5.4 percent by the third quarter of 2012 if the stimulus package were passed, Factcheck.org has reported. The president himself never made this claim. And the report itself "was highly speculative," Factcheck reports. It was a forecast, not a promise, and it underestimated the size of the hole in the economy.
Obama on Romney's record on job creation:
The Obama campaign has frequently rolled out the statistic that Massachusetts ranked 47th out of 50 states in job creation under Romney's watch. Obama mangled the talking point slightly in the debate, saying, "In Massachusetts, small-business development ranked about 48th out of 50 states" under Romney. Obama's debate-night claim appeared to confuse employment statistics with small-business development. Under Romney, Massachusetts did indeed rank 47th out of 50 states in job growth, according to Politifact. But Romney inherited a poor jobs picture, and job growth occurred under his tenure. And in any case, there's not a whole lot that state governors can do to change the overall economic picture, Politifact has noted, which means it's hard to pin all the blame for Massachusetts' jobs numbers on Romney.
Obama on military spending:
Obama accurately said that the United States spends more on defense than any other nation. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Yearbook 2012, U.S. defense spending dwarfs that of the rest of the world, including four of the top five largest military spenders: China, Russia, the United Kingdom, and France. Obama also added accurately that spending has gone up every year since he has been in office. But U.S. defense spending has surged in all the years since 9/11, and spending itself isn't necessarily an indicator of effectiveness.
Romney on Obama's 'apology tour':
Romney's well-worn accusation that Obama began his presidency with an "apology tour" won a "Pants-on-fire" rating from Politifact. The definition of apology is somewhat subjective. For example, in a 2009 speech in France, Obama said, "There have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive." But Politifact asserts that while Obama criticized some U.S. actions, he "did not offer one apology." That verdict was echoed by FactCheck.org and The Washington Post's Fact Checker.
Romney on Obama saying he would meet with 'world's worst actors':
Romney revived a 2008 criticism of Obama when he accused Obama of saying "he would meet with all the world's worst actors in his first year," including Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. During the summer of 2007, then-Sen. Obama was asked at a CNN/YouTube debate if he would be willing to meet "without precondition" the leaders of "Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba, and North Korea." Obama responded: "I would. And the reason is this, that the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them--which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration--is ridiculous." The 2008 Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain, slammed Obama over the remark later in the campaign.
Obama on Romney's statements on auto industry:
Obama accused Romney of wanting to "liquidate" the auto industry. Obama has repeatedly said Romney would have "let Detroit go bankrupt" when the auto companies were in crisis in 2009. Politifact has rated this claim as half-true. It's a matter of nuance: In a 2008 New York Times op-ed, "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt" (a headline he did not write), Romney suggested a "managed bankruptcy" for the auto industry. He emphasized in TV interviews that he was not advocating liquidation and that he was opposing government bailouts with no strings attached. He did not define "managed bankruptcy" in the op-ed, but he listed a string of desired outcomes, including new labor agreements, new management, and an end to such executive perks as corporate jets. Most of Romney's desired outcomes did eventually occur, which may have led him to suggest in the last debate that Obama essentially did what he would have done.
Obama on Romney helping to outsource jobs:
The Obama campaign's perennial claim that Romney helped other companies outsource jobs has been questioned by independent fact checkers. While the private-equity company Romney founded, Bain Capital, did invest in companies that helped other companies outsource jobs, many examples of outsourcing that the Obama campaign has linked to Romney took place while Romney was on leave and running the Salt Lake City Olympics, according to FactCheck.org Director Brooks Jackson. Romney may have remained the titular head of Bain during that period, but there's little evidence that he was actively involved in management decisions, Jackson said.
Obama on doubling of U.S. exports to China:
Obama was slightly off when he said that exports to China have doubled since he came into office. U.S. exports to China last year rose above $100 billion for the first time, according to a report by the U.S. China Business Council. The report also shows that total U.S. exports to China rose to $103.9 billion in 2011 from $16.2 billion in 2000, making China the third-largest U.S. export market. Ten states have at least doubled their exports to China since 2009. Three of those states--South Carolina, South Dakota, and Vermont--have more than tripled their exports to China in the past two years. But the U.S. as a whole has not yet doubled its exports to the country. In 2009, U.S. exports to China were at $69.5 billion. In 2011, U.S. exports to China were at $103.9 billion.
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Hi everybody. I have been thinking about this a while and could not come up with anything. I was wondering if there any chemical energy storage method that would have these properties:
1) it would be easy to produce 2) it would be easy to extract energy from 3) it would not have any carbon or hydrogen atom in it 4) it would be non-toxic and easy to handle in general Do you have any ideas for such kind of a chemical energy storage option ? I can give you example so that you know what i mean but my example will include hydrogen in it. For example, biodiesel meets requirements 1,2 and 4. we can obtain it from plants and easily use in internal combustion engines. and it is easy to handle. Or other example hydrogen. We can put some solar panels to obtain electricity which would decompose water to get hydrogen and compress it in order to use later easily in internal combustion engine something. Or one more example ammonia, NH3, again easy to produce, handle, use in engines, but a little bit toxic. still has hydrogen in it. So i want something that would meet all requiremetns, 1,2,3 and 4. |
Feb28-12, 07:28 AM | #2 |
Note: i gave examples which all require oxygen to work but it is not necessary, also i want that the energy could be extracted as heat, spontaneous heat release not like in battery.
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Something where the reaction is with oxygen (or even nitrogen?) has the big advantage that you can combust it with the local atmosphere, otherwise you have to transport the oxidizer along with your fuel.
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