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Eyewitness Accounts
The following is a collection of eyewitness accounts describing phenomena indicative of controlled demolition. These quotes and accompanying description are drawn from the article, "Explosive Testimony: Revelations about the Twin Towers in the 9/11 Oral Histories," by Dr. David Ray Griffin.
Testimony Suggestive of Explosions in the Twin Towers Available Prior to the Release of the FDNY Oral Histories on August 12, 2005
The day after 9/11, a story in the Los Angeles Times, referring to the south tower, said: "There were reports of an explosion right before the tower fell, then a strange sucking sound, and finally the sound of floors collapsing."1
A story in the Guardian said that "police and fire officials were carrying out the first wave of evacuations when the first of the World Trade Centre towers collapsed. Some eyewitnesses reported hearing another explosion just before the structure crumbled. Police said that it looked almost like a 'planned implosion.'"2
There were many reports about an explosion in the basement of the north tower. For example, janitor William Rodriguez reported that he and others felt an explosion below the first sub-level office at 9 AM, after which co-worker Felipe David, who had been in front of a nearby freight elevator, came into the office with severe burns on his face and arms yelling "explosion! explosion! explosion!"3
Rodriguez's account has been corroborated by Jose Sanchez, who was in the workshop on the fourth sub-level. Sanchez said that he and a co-worker heard a big blast that "sounded like a bomb," after which "a huge ball of fire went through the freight elevator."4
Engineer Mike Pecoraro, who was working in the sixth sub-basement of the north tower, said that after an explosion he and a co-worker went up to the C level, where there was a small machine shop. "There was nothing there but rubble," said Pecoraro. "We're talking about a 50 ton hydraulic press–gone!" They then went to the parking garage, but found that it was also gone. Then on the B level, they found that a steel-and-concrete fire door, which weighed about 300 pounds, was wrinkled up "like a piece of aluminum foil." Having seen similar things after the terrorist attack in 1993, Pecoraro was convinced that a bomb had gone off.5
Multiple Explosions
Some of the testimonies suggested that more than one explosion occurred in one tower or the other. FDNY Captain Dennis Tardio, speaking of the south tower, said: "I hear an explosion and I look up. It is as if the building is being imploded, from the top floor down, one after another, boom, boom, boom."6
In June of 2002, NBC television played segments from tapes recorded on 9/11. One segment contained the following exchange, which involved firefighters in the south tower:
Official: Battalion 3 to dispatch, we've just had another explosion.
Official: Battalion 3 to dispatch, we've had additional explosion.
Dispatcher: Received battalion command. Additional explosion.7
Firefighter Louie Cacchioli, after entering the north tower lobby and seeing elevator doors completely blown out and people being hit with debris, asked himself, "how could this be happening so quickly if a plane hit way above"? After he reached the 24th floor, he and another fireman "heard this huge explosion that sounded like a bomb [and] knocked off the lights and stalled the elevator." After they pried themselves out of the elevator, "another huge explosion like the first one hits. This one hits about two minutes later . . . [and] I'm thinking, "Oh. My God, these bastards put bombs in here like they did in 1993!"8
Multiple explosions were also reported by Teresa Veliz, who worked for a software development company in the north tower. She was on the 47th floor, she reported, when suddenly "the whole building shook. . . . [Shortly thereafter] the building shook again, this time even more violently." Then, while Veliz was making her way downstairs and outside: "There were explosions going off everywhere. I was convinced that there were bombs planted all over the place and someone was sitting at a control panel pushing detonator buttons. . . . There was another explosion. And another. I didn't know where to run."9
Steve Evans, a New York-based correspondent for the BBC, said: "I was at the base of the second tower . . . that was hit. . . . There was an explosion. . . . The base of the building shook. . . . [T]hen there was a series of explosions."10
Sue Keane, an officer in the New Jersey Fire Police Department who was previously a sergeant in the U.S. Army, said in her account of the onset of the collapse of the south tower: "[I]t sounded like bombs going off. That's when the explosions happened. . . . I knew something was going to happen. . . . It started to get dark, then all of a sudden there was this massive explosion." Then, discussing her experiences during the collapse of the north tower, she said: "[There was] another explosion. That sent me and the two firefighters down the stairs. . . . I can't tell you how many times I got banged around. Each one of those explosions picked me up and threw me. . . . There was another explosion, and I got thrown with two firefighters out onto the street."11
Wall Street Journal reporter John Bussey, describing his observation of the collapse of the south tower from the ninth floor of the WSJ office building, said: "I . . . looked up out of the office window to see what seemed like perfectly synchronized explosions coming from each floor. . . . One after the other, from top to bottom, with a fraction of a second between, the floors blew to pieces."12
Another Wall Street Journal reporter said that after seeing what appeared to be "individual floors, one after the other exploding outward," he thought: "'My God, they're going to bring the building down.' And they, whoever they are, HAD SET CHARGES. . . . I saw the explosions."13
A similar perception was reported by Beth Fertig of WNYC Radio, who said: "It just descended like a timed explosion–like when they are deliberately bringing a building down. . . . It was coming down so perfectly that in one part of my brain I was thinking, 'They got everyone out, and they're bringing the building down because they have to.'"14
A more graphic testimony to this perception was provided on the film made by the Naudet brothers. In a clip from that film, one can watch two firemen describing their experiences to other firemen.
Fireman 1: "We made it outside, we made it about a block . . . ."
Fireman 2: "We made it at least two blocks and we started running." He makes explosive sounds and then uses a chopping hand motion to emphasize his next point: "Floor by floor it started popping out . . . ."
Fireman 1: "It was as if they had detonated–as if they were planning to take down a building, boom boom boom boom boom . . . ."
Fireman 2: "All the way down. I was watching it and running. And then you just saw this cloud of shit chasing you down."15
Testimonies in the FDNY Oral Histories Released on August 12, 2005 Suggestive of Controlled Demolition16
Several FDNY members reported that they heard an explosion just before the south tower collapsed. For example, Battalion Chief John Sudnik said that while he and others were working at the command post, "we heard a loud explosion or what sounded like a loud explosion and looked up and I saw tower two start coming down."17
Firefighter Timothy Julian said: "First I thought it was an explosion. I thought maybe there was a bomb on the plane, but delayed type of thing, you know secondary device. . . . I just heard like an explosion and then a cracking type of noise, and then it sounded like a freight train, rumbling and picking up speed, and I remember I looked up, and I saw it coming down."18
Emergency medical technician Michael Ober said: "[W]e heard a rumble, some twisting metal, we looked up in the air, and . . . it looked to me just like an explosion. It didn't look like the building was coming down, it looked like just one floor had blown completely outside of it. . . . I didn't think they were coming down. I just froze and stood there looking at it."19 Ober's testimony suggests that he heard and saw the explosion before he saw any sign that the building was coming down.
This point is made even more clearly by Chief Frank Cruthers, who said: "There was what appeared to be at first an explosion. It appeared at the very top, simultaneously from all four sides, materials shot out horizontally. And then there seemed to be a momentary delay before you could see the beginning of the collapse."20
These statements by Ober and Cruthers, indicating that there was a delay between the explosion and the beginning of the collapse, suggest that the sounds and the horizontal ejection of materials could not be attributed simply to the onset of the collapse.
Shaking Ground before the Collapse
As we saw earlier, some people in the towers reported that there were powerful explosions in the basements. Such explosions would likely have caused the ground to shake.
Such shaking was reported by medical technician Lonnie Penn, who said that just before the collapse of the south tower: "I felt the ground shake, I turned around and ran for my life. I made it as far as the Financial Center when the collapse happened."21
According to the official account, the vibrations that people felt were produced by material from the collapsing towers hitting the ground. Penn's account, however, indicates that the shaking must have occurred several seconds before the collapse.
Shaking prior to the collapse of the north tower was described by fire patrolman Paul Curran. He was standing near it, he said, when "all of a sudden the ground just started shaking. It felt like a train was running under my feet. . . . The next thing we know, we look up and the tower is collapsing."22
Lieutenant Bradley Mann of the fire department, one of the people to witness both collapses, described shaking prior to each of them. "Shortly before the first tower came down," he said, "I remember feeling the ground shaking. I heard a terrible noise, and then debris just started flying everywhere. People started running." Then, after they had returned to the area, he said, "we basically had the same thing: The ground shook again, and we heard another terrible noise and the next thing we knew the second tower was coming down."23
Multiple Explosions
The oral histories contain numerous testimonies with reports of more than one explosion. Paramedic Kevin Darnowski, for example, said: "I started walking back up towards Vesey Street. I heard three explosions, and then we heard like groaning and grinding, and tower two started to come down."24
Gregg Brady, an emergency medical technician, reported the same thing about the north tower, saying: "I heard 3 loud explosions. I look up and the north tower is coming down now."25
Somewhat more explosions were reported by firefighter Thomas Turilli, who said, referring to the south tower, that "it almost sounded like bombs going off, like boom, boom, boom, like seven or eight."26
Even more explosions were reported by Craig Carlsen, who said that while he and other firefighters were looking up at the towers, they "heard explosions coming from building two, the south tower. It seemed like it took forever, but there were about ten explosions. . . . We then realized the building started to come down."27
As before, "pops" were reported by some witnesses. "As we are looking up at the [south tower]," said firefighter Joseph Meola, "it looked like the building was blowing out on all four sides. We actually heard the pops. Didn't realize it was the falling–you know, you heard the pops of the building. You thought it was just blowing out."28
"Pops" were also reported by paramedic Daniel Rivera in the following exchange:
Q. How did you know that it [the south tower] was coming down"
A. That noise. It was noise.
Q. What did you hear? What did you see?
A. It was a frigging noise. At first I thought it was—do you ever see professional demolition where they set the charges on certain floors and then you hear 'Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop'? That's exactly what–because I thought it was that. When I heard that frigging noise, that's when I saw the building coming down.29
Collapse Beginning below the Strike Zone and Fire
According to the official account, the "pancaking" of the floors began when the floors above the strike zone, where the supports were weakened by the impact of the airplanes and the resulting fires, fell on the floors below. Some witnesses reported, however, that the collapse of the south tower began lower than the floors that were struck by the airliner and hence lower than the fires.
Timothy Burke reported that while he was watching flames coming out of the south tower, "the building popped, lower than the fire." He later heard a rumor that "the aviation fuel fell into the pit, and whatever floor it fell on heated up really bad, and that's why it popped at that floor." At the time, however, he said, "I was going oh, my god, there is a secondary device because the way the building popped. I thought it was an explosion."30
This same twofold observation was made by firefighter Edward Cachia, who said: "As my officer and I were looking at the south tower, it just gave. It actually gave at a lower floor, not the floor where the plane hit. . . . [W]e originally had thought there was like an internal detonation, explosives, because it went in succession, boom, boom, boom, boom, and then the tower came down."31
Other Indications of Controlled Demolition
Some witnesses reported other phenomena, beyond explosions, suggestive of controlled demolition.
Flashes: Another common feature of controlled demolitions is that people who are properly situated may see flashes when the explosives go off. Assistant Commissioner Stephen Gregory said: "I thought . . . before . . . No. 2 came down, that I saw low-level flashes. . . . Lieutenant Evangelista . . . asked me if I saw low-level flashes in front of the building, and I agreed with him because I . . . saw a flash flash flash . . . [at] the lower level of the building. You know like when they demolish a building, how when they blow up a building, when it falls down? That's what I thought I saw."32
Flashes were reported in the north tower by Captain Karin Deshore, who said: "Somewhere around the middle of the World Trade Center, there was this orange and red flash coming out. Initially it was just one flash."33
Demolition Rings: At this point, Deshore's account moved to another standard phenomenon seen by those who watch controlled demolitions: explosion rings, in which a series of explosions runs rapidly around a building. Deshore's next words were: "Then this flash just kept popping all the way around the building and that building had started to explode. The popping sound, and with each popping sound it was initially an orange and then a red flash came out of the building and then it would just go all around the building on both sides as far as I could see. These popping sounds and the explosions were getting bigger, going both up and down and then all around the building."34
An explosion ring (or belt) was also described by firefighter Richard Banaciski. Speaking of the south tower, he said: "[T]here was just an explosion. It seemed like on television [when] they blow up these buildings. It seemed like it was going all the way around like a belt, all these explosions."35
A description of what appeared to be a ring of explosions was also given by Deputy Commissioner Thomas Fitzpatrick, who said: "We looked up at the [south tower] . . . . All we saw was a puff of smoke coming from about 2 thirds of the way up . . . . It looked like sparkling around one specific layer of the building. . . . My initial reaction was that this was exactly the way it looks when they show you those implosions on TV."36
Horizontal Ejections: Another feature of controlled demolition, at least when quite powerful explosives are used, is that things are ejected horizontally from the floors on which the explosions occur. Such ejections were mentioned in the testimony of Chief Frank Cruthers above. Similarly, Captain Jay Swithers said: "I took a quick glance at the building and while I didn't see it falling, I saw a large section of it blasting out, which led me to believe it was just an explosion."37
Firefighter James Curran said: "When I got underneath the north bridge I looked back and . . . I heard like every floor went chu-chu-chu. Looked back and from the pressure everything was getting blown out of the floors before it actually collapsed."38
Battalion Chief Brian Dixon said: "I was . . . hearing a noise and looking up. . . . [T]he lowest floor of fire in the south tower actually looked like someone had planted explosives around it because . . . everything blew out on the one floor. I thought, geez, this looks like an explosion up there, it blew out."39
These reports by Curran and Dixon conform to what can be seen by looking at photographs and videos of the collapses, which show that various materials, including sections of steel and aluminum, were blown out hundreds of feet. Such powerful ejections of materials are exactly what would be expected from explosions powerful enough to cause such huge buildings to collapse.
Timed or Synchronized Explosions: Some people said that the collapses had the appearance of timed, synchronized demolitions. Battalion Chief Dominick DeRubbio, speaking of the collapse of the south tower, said: "It was weird how it started to come down. It looked like it was a timed explosion."40
Firefighter Kenneth Rogers said: "[T]here was an explosion in the south tower. . . . I kept watching. Floor after floor after floor. One floor under another after another and when it hit about the fifth floor, I figured it was a bomb, because it looked like a synchronized deliberate kind of thing. I was there in '93."41
[1] Los Angeles Times, September 12, 2001
[2] "Special Report: Terrorism in the US," Guardian, Sept. 12, 2001
[3] Greg Szymanski, "WTC Basement Blast and Injured Burn Victim Blows 'Official 9/11 Story' Sky High," Arctic Beacon.com, June 24, 2005
[4] Greg Szymanski, "Second WTC Janitor Comes Forward With Eye-Witness Testimony Of 'Bomb-Like' Explosion in North Tower Basement," Arctic Beacon.com, July 12, 2005
[5] "We Will Not Forget: A Day of Terror," The Chief Engineer, July, 2002
[6] Quoted in Dennis Smith, Report from Ground Zero: The Story of the Rescue Efforts at the World Trade Center (New York: Penguin, 2002), 18
[7] "911 Tapes Tell Horror Of 9/11," Part 2, "Tapes Released For First Time," NBC TV, June 17, 2002 (www.wnbc.com/news/1315651/detail.html)
[8] Greg Szymanski, "NY Fireman Lou Cacchioli Upset that 9/11 Commission 'Tried to Twist My Words,'" Arctic Beacon.com, July 19, 2005. Although the oral histories that were released on August 12 did not include one from Cacchioli, the fact that he was on duty is confirmed in the oral history of Thomas Turilli, page 4
[9] Dean E. Murphy, September 11: An Oral History (New York: Doubleday, 2002), 9-15
[10] BBC, Sept. 11, 2001
[11] Quoted in Susan Hagen and Mary Carouba, Women at Ground Zero: Stories of Courage and Compassion (Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002), 65-66, 68
[12] John Bussey, "Eye of the Storm: One Journey Through Desperation and Chaos," Wall Street Journal, September 12, 2001 (http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/040802pulitzer5.htm)
[13] Alicia Shepard, Cathy Trost, and Newseum, Running Toward Danger: Stories Behind the Breaking News of 9/11, Foreword by Tom Brokaw (Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002), 87
[14] Quoted in Judith Sylvester and Suzanne Huffman, Women Journalists at Ground Zero (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002), 19
[15] For the video of this conversation, see "Evidence of Demolition Charges in WTC 2," What Really Happened (http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/wtc2_cutter.html)
[16] All of the FDNY Oral Histories can be read at: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/20050812_WTC_GRAPHIC/met_WTC_histories_full_01.html
[17] Oral History of John Sudnik, 4
[18] Oral History of Timothy Julian, 10
[19] Oral History of Michael Ober, 4
[20] Oral History of Frank Cruthers, 4
[21] Oral History of Lonnie Penn, 5
[22] Oral History of Paul Curran, 11
[23] Oral History of Bradley Mann, 5-7
[24] Oral History of Kevin Darnowski, 8
[25] Oral History of Gregg Brady, 7
[26] Oral History of Thomas Turilli, 4
[27] Oral History of Craig Carlsen, 5-6
[28] Oral History of Joseph Meola, 5
[29] Oral History of Daniel Rivera, 9
[30] Oral History of Timothy Burke, 8-9
[31] Oral History of Edward Cachia, 5
[32] Oral History of Stephen Gregory, 14-16
[33] Oral History of Karin Deshore, 15
[34] Ibid
[35] Oral History of Richard Banaciski, 3-4
[36] Oral History of Thomas Fitzpatrick, 13-14
[37] Oral history of Jay Swithers, 5
[38] Oral History of James Curran, 10-11
[39] Oral History of Brian Dixon, 15
[40] Oral History of Dominick DeRubbio, 5
[41] Oral History of Kenneth Rogers, 3-4


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Microsoft's Xbox One E3 Event is almost underway and I'll be taking you through it, blow-by-blow. This will be Microsoft's first chance to show the world that they have the ability to take Xbox One and the Xbox brand as a whole into the next year and how they approach consumers this time round will be very crucial to their public profile. Lets see how Phil Spencer handles this one.
8:01 And that's it! Next up is EA.
8:00 And Dance Central. Which I didn't note down because it's kind of obvious by now that there is a new DC every year.
7:59 Holy damn, I just realised that they've been punting the Xbox One WITHOUT Kinect this whole time. Only the indie games and Disney Fantasia had Kinect integration anywhere.
7:59 Spencer – Today we showed you 90 minutes of just games.
7:58 Aaaaaand it is a new Crackdown. Awesome.
7:55 Now there's a new game on screen. Matt's trying to guess the name.
7:54 Its called Scalebound and there was no gameplay, just trailer. Too quick for my fingers.
7:53 Hideki Kamaya of Platinum Games – "Prepare to see action on a whole other scale."
7:52 Absolutely no-one will finish this game because they'll be far too busy looking at the scenery.
7:50 Predictably, when playing in a MP game and trying to work out a plan with your teammates, it all fails miserably.
7:50 The only HUD is the one that floats next to your character. Pretty cool.
7:47 Now there's some "gameplay" of The Division.
7:46 A new Phantom Dust, apparently. Will someone Google that?
7:45 Lobb's new game is on-screen now.
7:44 Don't try to beat this guy at any fighting game ever. You won't win.
7:44 Ken Lobb of Killer Instinct takes to the stage.
7:43 Yes, that silver sword reveal wasn't phallic at all.
7:43 Matt – Its like Assassin's Creed Dragon's Dogma Skyrim.
7:42 Don't lie. If you've played The Witcher, you were definitely thinking about it.
7:41 Wanna go to the mill, baby?
7:40 CD Projekt Red is easily my most respected developer. All the things they said this year made them better than Valve for me.
7:39 And now it's straight into a gameplay of Witcher 3.
7:38 Matt – No, you guys don't get to see anything really about Tomb Raider, we're just going to show you a minute of CGI and hype it up in the smallest way possible. Yeah!
7:37 Yes, it's a new Tomb Raider!
7:37 Another world premiere.
7:36 Two Silicon Valley actors talk about their first games as well.
7:35 Microsoft is finally punting that indie connection properly. Only took you guys a year, really.
7:35 Too many indie games to name. Wow. Good work, guys.
7:33 "All the games we have lined up will ship first for console for Xbox One." Dat exclusivity clause.
7:33 Now some guy whose name I didn't catch is talking about the ID@Xbox program.
7:32 The game is called Inside.
7:32 My SSD makes saving and uploading these photos so much faster. Aaaaaaah.
7:31 PlayDead's game is up first. Very Limbo-like.
7:30 Spencer is now talking about games coming in 2015. Okay.
7:30 See? I wasn't lying.
7:30 Spencer up again, wearing a Limbo shirt.
7:28 Buyers of the Master Chief collection will also get into the Halo 5 beta.
7:28 4000 gamerscore, 1080p 60fps, dedicated servers and 100 multiplayer maps on day one. Interesting.
7:27 Matt – Sightlines? That just means you can camp.
7:26 A live demo of the Halo 2 MP still working. "Its got some great sight-lines."
7:25 You can even turn back time and play Halo 2 exactly the way it was shipped on day one. Sans bugs and crashes.
7:24 Everything is unlocked on day one, so you can play through the series however you want.
7:24 All the Halo games on the Xbox One, remastered in HD.
7:23 Bonnie Ross – Its all about Master Chief's past, present and future.
7:22 Its Halo, but what kind of Halo is still up in the air.
7:20 Halo 2 in HD, pretty much.
7:20 And now it's Halo.
7:19 Ori and the Blind Forest. Coming soon. I got vibes from Secret of Nimh and Okami.
7:18 And now we're on an indie title.
7:17 Matt – All the games in the past few minutes have a wackiness overload.
7:16 I will link to Matt's review of Spark later, but it should definitely pique your interest if you're at all interested in game development. Its like a high-def, 3D version of RPG maker.
7:16 Project effing Spark. This will be a game-changer. Literally.
7:15 Matt – Yay, nerd filler.
7:14 What game will they bombard us with next? None of the other people on stage were playing that "live" demo.
7:13 Matt – Almost like Dungeon Keeper.
7:12 You can be the villian in some of the mini-games. Sort of like that Nintendo Wii U game that nobody plays where you are the ghost.
7:11 Matt – Its like what Fable Legends without Molyneux would be – a MMO. On a console.
7:10 Another live demo of a Xbox One game with multi-player storylines.
7:09 Now there's Fable Legends!
7:08 Disney Fantasia will come to the console in Fall. Also, Dance Central. Now with Spotlights!
7:07 Capcom will have a special set of content for Dead Rising 3 for the company's 31st birthday.
7:06 28 October 2014.
7:05 Its like Ratchet and Clank made with real people.
7:05 A hurker, one of the "boss-like" enemies.
7:03 Going through a playthrough of the first mission now. Apologies for the blurry Twitch captures, I only have a 2MB line shared with six people.
7:01 It tries so hard to be wacky. And colourful.
7:01 Sunset Overdrive!
7:00 And now it's …
6:58 My favourite words: Premiere content first on Xbox.
6:58 Moving very swiftly into Dragon Age: Inquisition.
6:57 Now its a collection of devs talking about their first games they played.
6:56 Someone lost a head. Not like BF4.
6:56 Co-op in an Asscreed game, guys. Gawddamn!
6:55 The protagonist has a hidden crossbow. More agile and younger. Wall-climbing is a lot more natural too.
6:53 Matt – A nice crowd of people… with English accents.
6:52 Four-player co-op.
6:52 Asscreed Unity? Damn, there's too many games in this segment now.
6:52 Really short trailer, didn't get much in.
6:51 First beta and DLC will be available on Xbox One before PS4 players.
6:50 Evolve is next.
6:49 Rally races as well.
6:49 Getting some hype with the mountain drifts. Players are limited to 1000 per club.
6:48 Coming 30 September 2014. Awesome music.
6:48 Its socially connected and allows people to form clubs and race against friends online. Okaaaaay…
6:47 1080p 30fps, full weather and day-night cycles. Hey, Driveclub.
6:46 So this is all about Forza Horizon 2.
6:46 Oh, it's free. Nevermind.
6:45 The Nurburgring will make an appearance soon, but definitely not for free.
6:45 Greenawalt talking about how Turn 10 has been supporting Forza 5.
6:44 Turn 10 is up next.
6:44 11.11.14 is the launch date.
6:43 Oh, someone lost an arm. So just like BF4 then.
6:42 Those early pictures with the high-def faces? Prolly not real, but it looks very nice in this trailer.
6:41 Very, VERY un-COD-like. Colour me interested.
6:40 There seems to be some swarm of drone-like machines being used by the enemy. Like metal killer bees.
6:39 Matt – Hey, no HUD! That's a first for a COD game.
6:38 A lot of mechanised infantry and war going on. There are some Killzone vibes as well.
6:37 This time it's a live demo done by a man in a grey t-shirt on stage.
6:36 So COD: AW opens up in the exact same way as BF4. Hello?!
6:35 Xbox owners will be the first to play all of the add-on content for COD: Advanced Warfare.
6:34 Sledgehammer Games will be up first.
6:33 "We've been humbled by the messages and feedback from our fans. And today we're dedicating our entire briefing to games." So, like E3 2013 then?
6:33 So far, no sports or TV. All about gaming, Spencer promises.
6:32 Welcome to the fans, says Phil Spencer.
6:31 IGN's Youtube Livestream definitely works.
6:30 Damnit Twitch, not again!
6:26 See? MOAR ALIENWARE!
6:24 We're almost there and it looks like Alienware is trying to cement their presence into the streams. There's a M14X in brilliant maroon red on the table. Sweet!
5:58 Testing… WordPress has an "Update" button in the full-screen view now, which will make life a lot easier with less things to click on that might crap out my workflow.
5:57 I'm going to grab something to eat before the start! This is going to be interesting.
05:49 This time last year, Microsoft was weathering a tremendous storm of backlashes and public disdain for the Xbox brand after the company very clearly announced the real intentions behind the Xbox One – it was a Trojan horse into the living room, no longer something catered to the core gamers. Even the features that were included in Kinect were in favour of this – the voice navigation and IR blaster that would consume all your entertainment center's man functions as well as stream your TV and do Skype calls showed that it was clearly a product that Microsoft's executives cobbled together using the visions for the markets that Microsoft wanted to get in.
The reality was very different once it was patently clear what gamers wanted. NeoGAF forumites launched Twitter offensives against the company and sided with Sony. The gaming media lambasted the idea of always-online connectivity for a home console and Microsoft's own executives weren't innocent in the game either – comments made by Don Mattrick and others who didn't know the whole story only served to break down the brand loyalty bit by bit.
From the outside, it looked like Sony had caught Microsoft with their pants down and all they could do was scramble their plan together as quickly as possible.
It got so bad that at E3 2013 it was Phil Spencer helping the proceedings along, not Marc Whitten or Don Mattrick. The message that the Microsoft heads wanted to convey got lost in the sea of misinformation and bad timing. It took Microsoft until Gamescom 2013 to right many of the wrongs they had made and work to build up excitement in the brand again. With Phil Spencer taking the helm of all things Xbox just last month, things are rapidly changing within Microsoft and it remains to be seen if this is going to work out for them or not.
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64 FLRA No. 114
March 31, 2010
Before the Authority: Carol Waller Pope, Chairman, and
Thomas M. Beck and Ernest DuBester, Members
I. Statement of the Case
This case is before the Authority on a negotiability appeal filed by the Union under § 7105(a)(2)(E) of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (the Statute) and concerns the negotiability of proposals relating to the Agency's proposed policy regarding tuberculosis. The Agency filed a statement of position (SOP), to which the Union filed a response. The Agency filed an untimely reply to the Union's response. The Agency also filed a supplemental submission.
As is explained below, we dismiss the Union's petition because the Authority lacks jurisdiction to review it.
II. Background
The Agency drafted a proposed policy that would require all Agency employees to undergo annual testing for tuberculosis. See SOP at 4. The Union objected to the proposed policy. Its primary objection was that the policy required mandatory testing for all employees. See id. Although the Agency subsequently modified the proposed policy to address some of the Union's concerns, it retained the mandatory testing requirement. See id. at 5-6. The Union filed an unfair labor practice charge over the proposed policy. See Petition at 2. The Union withdrew the charge after the Agency agreed to bargain over the Union's proposals. See id. The Union consists entirely of nurses and nurse practitioners. See SOP at 3 n.1.
III. Preliminary Issues
Before addressing the Union's petition, we must first address whether we may consider: (1) the Agency's untimely reply and (2) its supplemental submission.
The Union filed its response to the Agency's SOP on June 19; the Agency filed its reply to the response on July 8. Under § 2424.26(b) of the Authority's Regulations, the Agency was required to file its reply within fifteen days of receiving the Union's response; accordingly, the Agency was required to file its reply by July 7.
In response to an Authority order directing the Agency to show cause why its reply should not be dismissed as untimely, the Agency stated that it believed that it had until July 8 to file its reply. See Agency Response to Show Cause Order at 1. The Agency, however, provides no evidence to support this assertion; indeed, the Agency concedes that it did not retain the dated envelope containing the Union's response. See id. The reply, therefore, is untimely. Accordingly, we will not consider the Agency's reply. See, e.g., AFGE, Local 520, 60 FLRA 615, 616 (2005) (Chairman Cabaniss concurring as to other matters) (then-Member Pope dissenting as to other matters) (Authority did not consider untimely reply).
The Agency submitted an additional document: a letter from the Agency Under Secretary of Health (Under Secretary) addressing whether bargaining over the Union's petition is permissible under 38 U.S.C. § 7422.[1] In its SOP, the Agency stated that it planned to submit a request to the Under Secretary to consider this issue. It also asked the Authority to place this matter in abeyance until the Secretary issued his determination, at which point the Agency would provide the Authority with a copy of that determination. See SOP at 6-7. The Union did not object.
Under § 2429.26 of the Authority's Regulations, the Authority may, in its discretion, grant a party leave to file other documents as it deems appropriate. Because the Agency made an unopposed request in its SOP to submit the Under Secretary's determination, we will consider the Agency's supplemental submission. See, e.g., 5 C.F.R. § 2429.26; AFGE, Local 2145, 64 FLRA 231, 231 n.3 (2009) (Authority granted party leave under § 2429.26 to submit an additional document in a negotiability matter).
IV. Proposals
Proposal 1
The Agency will educate current employees about tuberculosis (TB) exposure on
an annual basis, and also when there is a documented exposure. The Agency will maintain voluntary TB testing arrangement for current employees.
Proposal 2
The Agency shall pay for all mandated TB examinations whether conducted by the Agency's physicians, or the employee's private physician.
Record of Post-Petition Conference at 2.
A. Positions of the Parties
1. Agency
The Agency contends that the Authority lacks jurisdiction to review the Union's petition. According to the Agency, the Under Secretary, acting pursuant to authority delegated by the Agency Secretary,[2] determined that the Union's petition involves matters or questions that concern or arise out of the professional conduct or competence of employees listed in 38 U.S.C. § 7421(b), namely, nurses and nurse practitioners. See Supplemental Submission at 1 (citing § 7422). The Agency contends that this determination removes the Union's proposals from the scope of collective bargaining under the Statute. See id. Moreover, the Agency asserts that the Under Secretary's determination is neither negotiable nor reviewable by the Authority. See id. (citing AFGE, Local 446 v. Nicholson, 475 F.3d 341 (D.C. Cir. 2007) (Nicholson)). The Agency, accordingly, contends that the Authority should dismiss the Union's petition.
The Agency also asserts that the Union's petition is untimely. See SOP at 7-10. In addition, the Agency argues that the proposals are contrary to management's right to determine internal security practices and to assign work. See id. at 11-14. Moreover, the Agency contends that Proposal 2 is inconsistent with a government-wide regulation. See id. at 10-11.
2. Union
The Union disputes the Under Secretary's determination that the Union's petition concerns questions or matters of professional conduct or competence under
§ 7422. See Response at 5. Moreover, the Union argues that the Authority has jurisdiction to review the Union's petition because the parties previously have negotiated over tuberculosis testing. See id.
The Union also disagrees with the Agency's assertion that the petition is untimely. See id. at 5-8. Moreover, the Union rejects the Agency's arguments that the proposals interfere with management's right to determine its internal security or its right to assign work. See id. at 9-13. Finally, the Union disagrees that Proposal 2 is contrary to a government-wide regulation. See id. at 8-9.
V. Analysis and Conclusions
The authority of the Secretary to prescribe, by regulation, the hours and conditions of employment of Agency employees referenced under § 7421(b) is subject to their right to engage in collective bargaining in accordance with the Statute.
See 38 U.S.C. § 7422(a). Such collective bargaining, however, "may not cover or have any applicability to, any matter or question concerning or arising out of . . . professional conduct or competence." 38 U.S.C. § 7422(b). Whether a matter or question concerns or arises out of professional conduct or competence "shall be decided by the Secretary and is not itself subject to collective bargaining and may not be reviewed by any other agency." 38 U.S.C. § 7422(d). Accordingly, once the Secretary or his or her designee has made a determination under § 7422(d) that a matter or question concerns or arises out of professional conduct or competence, and, thus, is not subject to collective bargaining under the Statute, the Authority is deprived of jurisdiction over the matter or question at issue. See, e.g., Nicholson, 475 F.3d at 347; U.S. Dep't of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs Med. Ctr., Asheville, N.C., 57 FLRA 681, 683 (2002) (Authority dismissed unfair labor practice complaint after Under Secretary determined that § 7422(d) removed matter from scope of collective bargaining) (VAMC); Wis. Fed'n of Nurses & Health Professionals Veterans Admin., Staff Nurses Council, Local, 5032, 47 FLRA 910, 914 (1993) (Authority dismissed negotiability petition after Secretary determined that
§ 7422(d) removed matter from scope of collective bargaining) (SNCL).
As stated above, the Under Secretary determined that the Union's petition involves matters or questions concerning or arising out of professional conduct or competence of employees listed under § 7421(b). The Under Secretary's determination, which is unreviewable, removes the Union's proposals from the scope of collective bargaining under the Statute. See 38 U.S.C. § 7422(b) and (d); see also, e.g., Nicholson, 475 F.3d at 347; VAMC, 57 FLRA at 683. The Authority, accordingly, lacks jurisdiction to review the Union's petition. See, e.g., SNCL, 47 FLRA at 914. We, therefore, dismiss the petition.[3] See id.
VI. Order
The Union's petition is dismissed.
38 U.S.C. § 7421 provides, in relevant part:
(a) Notwithstanding any law, Executive order, or regulation, the Secretary shall prescribe by regulation the hours and conditions of employment and leaves of absence of employees appointed under any provision of this chapter in positions in the Veterans Health Administration listed in subsection (b).
(b) Subsection (a) refers to the following positions:
. . . .
(5) Registered nurses.
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38 U.S.C. § 7422 provides, in relevant part:
(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this title, the authority of the Secretary to prescribe regulations under [38 U.S.C. §] 7421 is subject to the right of Federal employees to engage in collective bargaining with respect to conditions of employment through representatives chosen by them in accordance with [the Statute].
(b) Such collective bargaining (and any grievance procedures provided under a collective bargaining agreement) in the case of employees described in [§] 7421(b) of this title may not cover, or have any applicability to, any matter or question concerning or arising out of (1) professional conduct or competence,
(2) peer review, or (3) the establishment, determination, or adjustment of employee compensation under this title.
. . . .
(d) An issue of whether a matter or question concerns or arises out of (1) professional conduct or competence . . . shall be decided by the Secretary and is not itself subject to collective bargaining and may not be reviewed by any other agency.
[1] The relevant statutes are set forth in the attached Appendix.
[2] The Under Secretary states that the Secretary has delegated final authority to him to decide whether a matter concerns or arises out of professional conduct or competence under § 7422(b). See Supplemental Submission, Attach. at 8. The Union does not dispute this assertion.
[3] Based on this conclusion, we do not address the Agency's remaining arguments.


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No. 4 Florida improved its home record against Southeastern Conference teams to 180-1 all-time after Friday's hard-fought 4-1 victory against No. 12 Georgia at Linder Stadium at the Ring Tennis Complex.
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"This was a tremendous win. We showed a lot of character playing the Florida way of getting things done," UF head coach Roland Thornqvist said. "I thought we were resilient in singles. We had high ball tolerance, we were fit and we moved well.
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Junior Olivia Janowicz provided the Gators with a 2-1 lead in the dual match after she downed Makenzie Craft 6-4, 6-3 on court five and improved to 23-6 on the singles court this year. Janowicz found herself receiving down 4-2 in the first set before digging deep and winning four consecutive games to earn the first set. The second set was on serve through six games before Janowciz got the first break of the frame for the 4-3 lead. She then held for a 5-3 advantage and fought off three game-points to capitalize on her first match-point, one hour and 28 minutes into singles play.
"Caroline getting off the court quick really helped to tie the score at 1-all and then not long afterwards having Olivia get off the court with a win," Thornqvist said. "Getting those early wins was huge for our players involved in the other singles matches."
Sofie Oyen was the next off the court. She won an intense battle against Silvia Garcia 7-5, 7-5 on court two in two hours and two minutes. After winning the first set thanks to a break in the eighth game, Oyen was on the receiving end, down 4-3 and then 5-4 in the second, but broke both times, even staving off a pair of set points in the 10th game, before holding to take a 6-5 lead. Oyen then jumped on Garcia's serve and held double-match point, winning on her second to give Florida a 3-1 lead.
"The remaining matches were three-setters and we've shown, time and time again that we're pretty tough in three-setters," Thornqvist said. "When we get to that point I feel pretty good."
All-American and No. 1-ranked Lauren Embree clinched the dual match, as she won the featured match on court one against No. 7 Lauren Herring 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in two hours and 36 minutes. After dropping a tough 10th and final game of the second set that forced a third, Embree came out determined and held at love and then broke Herring for the 2-0 lead. She earned her second break of the set in the sixth game and lost one point on her next serve for the 5-2 lead en route to her 28th consecutive dual match singles win, as well as her 10th consecutive overall.
Georgia seemed to be close to taking a 2-0 lead, as No. 17 Maho Kowase was dominating Florida's No. 55 Alexandra Cercone on court three where Kowase won the first set 6-1 and held a 4-1 lead with the serve in the second set. Somehow, Cercone battled her way back in the match, as she earned a break and held for 4-3 down. She then held double-break point in the eighth game and eventually won on a 20-plus rally on her second try and evened the set at four. On her next serve, she fought off two break points and held for the 5-4 lead, before Kowase held and the set was even at five as the frame made its way into a tiebreak that Cercone claimed 7-4. She then broke to begin the third set, taking her first lead of the entire match.
"Alex's fight was incredible, I don't know how she did it," Thornqvist said. "While she didn't get a chance to finish her match, it was almost like a win because she was able to keep battling and made Georgia work for a win. That was huge for us. What seemed like they might go up 2-0, never happened and that took pressure off everyone else."
Florida freshman Brianna Morgan continued her impressive rookie season, as she was leading her match on court four against Kate Fuller, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 4-0, when play was abandoned.
Florida lost the doubles point for the fifth time this season, as Georgia's third-ranked pair of Garcia and Fuller jumped out early against Cercone and Oyen on court one, where the Bulldogs took an early break for a 3-1 lead. The Gators got the break back in the seventh game, but Cercone couldn't hold and Florida trailed 6-3 after Garcia held. The teams each held in the respective next games, but Georgia got one final break for the 8-4 win.
One minute later the Bulldogs clinched the important doubles point when Lilly Kimbell and Makenzie Craft also got the final break against Caroline Hitimana and Olivia Janowicz to win the match 8-5. Georgia dominated the match early, losing just four combined points in the first four games for a 4-0 lead. Janowicz finally held and got the Gators on the board before then the Gators capitalized on their third break point. Then Hitimana held, as Florida trailed just 4-3, down one break. The Gator tandem, however, couldn't overcome its early hole, as Kimbell held and the final five games were breaks.
Florida's Lauren Embree and Brianna Morgan were leading their match on court two 7-3 when play was abandoned.


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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Robin and Terry Tying the Knot ?
If you want the details of Robin and Terry's nuptials, you'll have to go to my new blog on Forbes. I still haven't gotten the call from Ellen, but it can't be long now. I will keep posting on this site, but at a reduced frequency as I focus on the Forbes platform. Please check it out.
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A lot of you are probably wondering why I'm making a thread just to say I'm leaving and probably asking why doesn't it even matter.. And while I started to write long drawn out list of reasons why I'm leaving.. I will be positive in noting that all though my rankings may tell a different story.. I am a veteran member of the AAM community.. Active for two years and coming here for a while longer before I joined.. The intriguing part about this site wasn't the amount of news posts being pumped out.. But because we were our own.. A small community loyal to AAM… No massive amounts of down votes because of a contest… And we were much louder in terms of comments and activity on this site before hand.. I will admit.. The last tetra giveaway was crazy.. I waited two months before receiving my nexus 7 and the Wimberley's were no where to be found during that time.. Everything stood still after that.. And then we got acquired by a great team and became apart of something bigger.. But even with all of what's going on now.. It's not AAM it's phonedog.. And I love there sites.. I think they are awesome.. They have some big shoes to fill in before they can fully say they did justice to what we claim as our own.. But still I give them credit for taking on such a beast of a site.. A premium site and community.. I just feel like what was before is gone.. What I mentioned before.. And don't get me wrong.. I'm not trying to offend anyone.. It's just my feelings.. I had to express them.. But the that awesomeness just isn't there like it used to be mm the awesomeness in feeling like I was a part of a small community of loyal AAM members who were active like crazy and making this site a site that other sites dreamed of being.. Maybe I'm off my rocker.. And I'll accept criticism.. Harsh or not.. Maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way.. And like I said.. I still think phonedog media is doing an awesome job.. I'll still be floating in and put from time to time..
i totally agree with you. I'm not leaving totally but I definitely don't feel the same way as I did before the takeover. I voiced my opinion in the comments before, specifically about the amount of news articles being pumped out. AndMe was not about writing a post about every single piece of Android news that comes out. Now, that's what it is. This audience is different. Before you used to see a lot of engagement by the readers to the tune of 100, 200 or even 300 comments. Those days are over. Besides the giveaway, there hasn't been many comments on articles. That is why when people say, "We are not gonna change," I say to myself, "really?" I still come here everyday by force of habit. Not sure how long that will last.
I know.. I have seen a lot of Change.. I'm not knocking the giveaway.. But that could've been done the old fashion AAM way.. But like I said I'm sure she wanted to try something new.. And then why ads.. Especially AAM.. Even the mobile site which is what I use and am using all the time.. Idk.. And the like you said.. And I've said.. It wasn't about the amount of articles being posted.. And the giveaway is where I've seen the most amount of comments since the take over…
http://www.technogasms.com Sean Riley
If it's any consolation the giveaway has been a subject of discussion and we will avoid the voting issue in the future. It just seemed problematic to change the rules in mid contest. Jess was hoping to switch things up from the sometimes boring any comment will do variety, but live and learn.
As the now longest running staffer at AAM I've seen things go up and down here several times. I understand things are moving faster than they have in years with the number of writers now on staff, but as others said you can pick and choose what you read. Hopefully we manage to still produce a lot of the content that you enjoyed and maybe some of the new stuff will prove interesting to you as well. We are definitely open to feedback so I hope you stick around and let us know where you think we need to improve.
I can understand how I seem as someone complaining about the number of posts being pumped out.. Maybe I out too much emphasis on that.. And I shouldn't have.. And I probably seemed like I implied how terrible it is when it shouldn't be that way.. I love AAM as I said before.. I just think that while editors are doing a great job at bringing more news to the table.. The AAM community as quieted down in terms of activity… Your right… This site has had its good and bad.. But the spark that was there for me is gone as of now.. Like never before.. And it's not on the site itself.. Or the posts. Because they are awesome.. The edited rest great. But the members aren't pulling their weight. MI guess that's where I'm getting at… Ultimately..
If you dont like android reading news, please dont come here. You are free to visit any site you like.
It is not like AAM was having award winning articles. Except for Taylor's articles, none of the other writers had articles which were even close to "average"
No one said anything about not liking reading the news.. For one.. For two.. I'm not here to judge the editors..
It seems to me like the Wimberleys moved on a long time ago from AAM. It was kind of a slow painful process, and there towards the end there was not much content comming out of this place. I can't believe that after going through all that, there is someone complaining about TOO MANY articles.
Are all the articles interesting to me? No. I skip the uninteresting ones. But they're all interesting to SOMEBODY or else they wouldn't have gotten written and published to the site.
I'm not trying to put it out there that too many articles being posted.. Like I said before over all it was about it just not being the same.. But your right and I cannot argue there… If you don't like something skip it and onto the next
Things change. It's life. You should learn do deal with it or you'll never be happy.
Haha…Android Central and Android Police are probably my other favourite Android news outlets…
Sad to hear that, but I completely see what you mean regarding this contest. It's pathetic how mindlessly the dislike button is being distributed, but since last year's giveaway, the death of AAM from the activity by the staff and community was hardly a surprise :/
Well.. Like I said before.. It's just st a rapid downward swirl from the members in general.. Lack of activity.. It's like.. Wtf… Lol. And I thought I was the only one who that last year's giveaway was what did it in terms of activity..
Like I said, the Wimberleys checked out a long time ago. It happened to coincide with the Tegra giveaway last year, but I think that's just coincidence.
I agree. It just isn't the same. When I saw how everyone rampantly down voted each other for the contest it made me realize things aren't the same. I enjoy coming to the site mainly because of the ranking system and how I usually don't have to wade through a ton of BS articles. Then again when contests come around you always get the people who come just for that.
And that has always been true.. People will show up here by the masses just for the contest and then leave right after..
Hopefully if they do the 25 days of tegra they will not base it on up votes and rather random like how it was done last year. And also make certain requirements for certain days(time of being a member) so that all these clowns won't be able to just sign up that day trying to enter.
Yeah.. Hopefully.. Tight the ways people can have access through the doors of AAM contests.. "You Shall Not Pass!!" in my Gandalf voice..
http://technicquill.com Jess Blanchard
You can rest assured we will not base contest on upvotes ever again, as long as I'm around, anyway. I've been beating myself up about it. I should have known better than to let people vote; this isn't my first day on the Internet.
Don't do that to yourself. You are not to blame. You were trying something new. Last time I checked, that wasn't a crime. So there you go. Stand by what by what you did.
Well, so far it does not seem as though they have changed things to be like Phonedog. As long as they keep AAM as close to the way it was before the transfer then that should be fine. I came here because it was different and had it's own style and personality and I enjoyed what everyone had to say. Like a small community not a big city. I say give them some time and see where it goes before we jump ship.
You do have a point.. And im not jumping ship per say.. This ship turned into a ship that made port because I needed to be worked on along one of its stops.. And while a new captain has been announced and I know he is a good captain.. I'm getting off at this stop and going sight seeing… For a bit.. Which I think a lot of the veterans have done simply because we have seen what has happened since a little before six months ago.. We did stuck out.. And we saw the outcome.. Gave it some time.. And are just merely waiting to see how it turns out.. Like I said in my post this isn't a goodbye goodbye.. I'll still be popping out.. I just needed to express myself to my community and veteran community of AAM members and users.. And staff alike both of and new..
I loved the style of writing on here and that it was filled with a crazy amount of posts that didn't really matter. It's one of the few android sites I frequently visited and read articles in their entirety. I hope it doesn't change too much.
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While I haven't been around AAM for all that long, or a super involved member, especially around the forums, I will say I do enjoy the steady stream of articles from many different individuals. There are so many *types* of articles that AAM puts out now, from top apps, to opinions, I really enjoy seeing so many perspectives and going somewhere where people openly share their love towards Android.
But, as was mentioned above, with things such as giveaways, you get swarms of people coming in that do not know the community, do not respect the site, do not respect others, and quite frankly I imagine many of these individuals are young in age and just inexperienced and immature.
Overall though, I find AAM to be my #1 Android news source. I go to others regularly as well because they put out more information daily and I like to catch all the little details as well, but AAM is still a nice clean community with a good sense of humor among the writers that I enjoy. Humor that isn't going to make the average Joe laugh, but if you've rooted a phone more than once, you're probably going to enjoy the subtle humor in many of the articles.
And striving to keep a community, not just amass comments and visitors for ad clicks – that's nice. Sure there's ads, but they gotta eat too. A few bucks to keep the servers running, I don't mind.
Just my 10 cents. Or maybe 20, I talk a lot. :P
The dynamics have changed, and the community feel that was once here had gone.
This is not only down to phone dog,it started 6 months (or more) earlier, the Xmas giveaway seemed a disaster in the long term. Plus Content output slowed, peaking at a two week drought, add all this to the dilution of phone dog users, with their flood of content, we have ended up, that should be phone dog have ended up, with a totally different site than they actually bought.
I never would have thought that you would share some of the same sentiments..
Why is that Mr bomb? I'm a nice, deep chap underneath :o)
Lol.. You DID seem that way… Lol
Err.. Thanks.. I think!
I think that WE the site regulars should stay the course. We will get what we give. Let's continue to be informed, positive, savvy, personable group we've always been. If this site degenerates into something we dislike, it's partly on us. We'll only get what we give. It's in our collective hands, so my question is what are we going to do next? I can only speak for myself. I'll always only be positive. It's all I know. I'll contribute what I can, when I can.
Damn dude.. That was deep man.. And your right as well it is partly on us regulars and vets to ensure that this site doesn't go downward… That's what I was kinda trying to say.. We are so or were so quiet until right before or right after I made this thread (no correlation what so ever)…. Things are getting louder… Exactly what I was voicing. To come out of the quietness that we have been in since the last huge giveaway… So yes.. Thumbs up to you man..
http://htcsource.com Nick Gray
I think a few of you have hit the issue square on the nose. The shift on the site began early in the year. Taylor was distracted with other things, we lost Anthony in late 2012 and my daily post to the site often didn't materialize since I was caught up in all the HTC One news on htcsource.com.
The lack of content led to a slow degeneration of the community. With the site under new management, the only major change that there's really been is an influx of new writers which are contributing more posts to the site. Since I started writing here, we're usually averaged 8-10 posts per day (excluding weekends). If you looks back at the past month, you'll see that we're sitting pretty flush with that number.
On the back end, we are operating pretty much the same way we were before the site was sold. The new writers are learning what types of stories work well for AAM readers and us veterans are helping to make sure things don't drift off course.
Now that we have the man power to push out the stories that we want, we're hoping community engagement will be revived. I still remember by first AAM post that received more than 50 comments. It's a bit harder to get that type of engagement these days on a regular basis, but we all strive to give you guys only the important stories.
Just out of curiosity, does anyone know how much the site sold for? :P
That's exactly what it is for me.. Community engagement… And I remember you waiting almost all of the stories.. Almost as if you were trying to keep this site from going under.. And you did an awesome job..
I've gotten a lot if closure since making this thread.. I guess I was more frustrated as a member to see a site he the path it was going.. It has been my daily fix for three-year.. And more so since I've been a member… I have recommended this site to all of my techy friends and fellow Co hackers, devs, ex iPhone users,.. You get my drift.. I'm still not as active as I was once.. And save for this thread and a couple posts.. It will stay that way for a while as I watch where this site goes for the next few months… But I think that you guys have the right Idea in the direction you wanna take this site.. Your an Awesome contributor here at AAM.. one of the best here..
http://htcsource.com Nick Gray
Thanks for the nice words. For a bit, I did feel like I was the only one contributing, but I knew that there were changes coming. All major tech sites have gone through their ups and downs. Over time, things change, but the goal of this site has never been to pump out news for the sake of pumping out news. We honestly only write stories that we would be interested in reading.
Give it time, and the community around here should pick back up.
I'll take YOUR word for it.. And keep a weather eye out..
Jedediah Sweetser
I will come back from time to time, but i must say, i enjoyed the articles even if there were few. It felt like the writer was trying to GIVE us something – a passion. Now there are so many, and when i read them they seem cold. I've been around long enough to see two big Christmas give aways, and though that was what got me hooked, the open discussion, and care that the Wimberleys had really kept me coming back. All those articles on getting away from contract felt more like a vison and passion than a simple info review. I felt like i was in the room with them and they were talking to me.
Further, i've just reviewed the top downloaded apps that was recently posted, and 7 of them are repeats of apps shown in the past. I think the Wimberley's really wanted to give us fresh content and so instead of pulling data and posting, they carefully weeded through to make sure we got fresh stuff.
It feels like the 'feel' has left. I leave it up to the new editors to bring it back, write with passion and investigate with fervor. That will keep us die hards around, i think.


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My cousin just sent me an E- Mail. His wife is from Russia and she E-Mails a women from a town where she had lived in Russia. The women sent an E-Mail with a copy of a post I put on the forum called (The Best Christmas present.) when she got it she sent a copy of the E-Mail to me. The post is in English but the letter was in Russian. I don't know how they got it in Russia I didn't realize the forum was read in Russia. I hope some of you cleaners from Russia will write about some of your experiences and share with us. We are all cleaners just because our governments get in to it once in a while has nothing to do with us cleaners. Governments don't always see eye to eye with each other. But I can guarantee this forum will be more then glad to welcome you. That is why were here to talk and share with each other. I would like to read about how you deal with clogs in Russia or any other country that wants to post. And cleaners love to get and give advise. There are translators on the Internet like Prompt that will translate to English. We have one poster from Australia that we love to read his posts. So go ahead and post, I would like to know what equipment you use and what kind of problems you have over there cleaning. You have read our posts seen pictures of some of our messed up plumbing. So You know were not going to look down on how you do it. And we might just be able to learn from each other.
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when you first log in there is a home page that ask what language and country.
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