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Samsung Knack Review
0. phoneArena posted on 25 Sep 2008, 09:06
The Samsung Knack, offered by Verizon Wireless, is designed for the senior demographic or anyone who wants a basic and easy-to-use cell phone without a lot of unnecessary features. It is similar in function to the Coupe, which is manufactured by UTStarcom, but comes in a more stylish appearance. Its primary competition comes from the Samsung Gleam and U550 since both are in the same price range, yet offer more features...
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now i understand why there is a phone coming out called the knick
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Its just a sad attempt by the cell phone companies to expand their markets. Sell to old people. They started targeting kids and now the first words most little babies speak now is "cell phone". We might as well start implanting them while the babies are still in the womb. We could offer "unlimited parent to fetus talk" so that the baby can hear the parents' voices and its only an extra $9.99 a month! (9 month contract required). Who are they kidding? Nobody wants this crap! Why spend $40 on a phone that does nothing when you can get one that's better (with a camera) for FREE. Its because old people are retards when it comes to cell phones and the corporate pigs know it. They don't care about anyone. They only care about money.
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My god you are an idiot...to many of us "old folks" dont have a clue how to operate these things. A simple plain vanilla phone is all I want and need. Maybe you need to grow up a little and get a clue. The 60+ croud is a thriving target market with plenty of disposable income who want to embrace technology....what's wrong with developing a product that will aloow us to do that. I wish more companies would think along these same lines. See you at the AARP meetings...I'll be dead by the time you join. Help!!! I've fallen and I can't get up!! You idiot....respect your elders
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What a moronic statement. "Targeting" old people? Are you serious. Of course they are. Did it ever occur to you that old people might like a cell phone themselves? Did you ever consider emergency situations? That's what cell phones are ... a CONVENIENCE. The industry is doing what all smart business people do ... sell to the masses. If you didn't do that, you wouldn't be in business long my friend. So tell me, what is your solution? Release a product and don't advertise it? Is that it. God I would hate to "brainwash" people. I bet if we left it up to people like you, we'd still be communicating via Pony Express. I'm glad Samsung released another simple phone.
6. tutututu (unregistered)
I have been a cellphone user for a decade and am nowhere close to being a senior citizen. The Knack is ideal for me because I do not want a camera on my phone (I think of a camera as a negative not a positive on the phone), I do not want to listen to music and I do not wish to send text messages. I have no desire for a GPS function. And I don't want to spend time playing games on it. My phone is not a toy. I use my cellphone extensively to make and receive calls. There is value in the absence of clutter. Simplicity has its virtues. In other words, I would rather pay $40 for simplicity than get some multi-faceted widget for free. I hope you learnt something from this instead of making bad assumptions about what the Knack is meant to do (serve people with my type of needs).
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#3 is my new hero
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I think its great that verizon offers a plan for seniors and know they are getting more and more phone options for them too. its a great phone with a loud speaker.....i luv it.
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I am so glad that Verizon came out with the Knack. I've been looking for a very basic replacement cell phone for my 80+ year mother. I was planning on purchasing the Coupe, but the Knack is much better and the reviews have been positive. Sometimes simplicity is key.
9. brenz (Posts: 1; Member since: 17 Mar 2009)
The reviewer must have gotten a defective phone, because I haven't had any reception problems with my Knack. The reception is very good. In fact, I have gotten reception in unexpected places, like an underground parking garage, and a rural area far out of the city. This phone does everything a phone is supposed to do quite well. The sound quality is excellent, battery life is very good, and it has proven durable so far. It survived one drop onto concrete (not by me). The only thing I don't like is the over emphasis on emergency numbers. And to the previous comment about this phone doing "nothing." Wrong. It sends and receives phone calls very well. That is what a phone is supposed to do. The fact that it doesn't have an inferior camera attached to it is a plus in my book. The poster was doubly wrong in saying this phone is for "old retards." I am 40 years old, and I use very advanced video equipment and computer software on a daily basis, so I have no problem with understanding and using technology. I simply have no need to impress people with my phone. Bottom line, if you want a reliable, no-frills cell phone, look into the Knack.
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I went thru 3 of these in less than 1 year because off software issues. All under warranty. The text messaging would go haywire and lose incoming messages but icons would indicate you had one. It would soon quit booting up when you turned it on. Verizon was not much help with it and could not retrieve any calender or contact info so everything you stored in it was gone. Verizon quit honoring the warranty after the third phone. Each time the phone was replaced, I was told the software problem had been fixed.
11. Carla67 (Posts: 1; Member since: 13 Jul 2012)
I felt that this particular phone was awful. It can barely take in data. The maximum text messages that it can hold is merely 80. It hardly ever has full signal. The phone "freezes" frequently, and the reason why I got rid of it months ago is because it "froze" while sending a text message and would not respond to anything but taking out the battery; when I put the battery back in, it would not turn on past the opening picture. I do not recommend this phone to anyone who wishes to have a reliable source of communication for their loved ones. In short, I dispise this phone.


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Didn't you love the part in the movie where Harry got his Firebolt from Sirius and won the Quidditch Cup for Gryffindor?... oh wait... IT WASN'T IN THE MOVIE! Someone needs to tell Alfonzo to read the book before he attempts to direct what couldn've been the best movie in the whole series!!!!! i have to say...i'm dissapointed. now, if Chris Columbus was directing it (like he should've done) it would've been as perfect as the first 2 movies! right down to the dialouge! but anyway...
my least favorite characters...oh...before i begin let me state to the whole entire universe that Severus Snape IS NOT A DEATH EATER!! oh. yeah...he WAS (key word being WAS) a Death Eater but now he is a loyal member of The Order! and anyone who thinks different...well...you'll see...you'll all see!
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You have 16 numbers that make a square, each one is a different number 1-16. All numbers in row, column, and diagonal have to add up to 34, and the 4 squares have to add up to 34. Example:
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Discussion in 'Tennis Tips/Instruction' started by gindyo, Feb 28, 2012.
Right now it is 4 / 0 (machine / human)
Is this in response to the video in my first post or the last one?
I'm pretty sure it's in re: your first post.
That is what i think, but you never know...
You certainly look smoother in your last vid.
But I think just hitting with a real person instead of the ball machine will give your eyes and then your body a recognition element you now seem to lack.
i had to make this!
i'm sure you'd all concur
here is an update on my quest for improvement:
I have been hitting with my ball machine almost every day for the last three weeks and today I got to hit with one of my regular summer partners. We are pretty even with him (our two setters usually last three hours ) so he is a pretty good yard stick to measure my progress. We played 8 tiebreakers I won 7-1 (in the one tiebreaker I lost I made 4 double faults ).
With the way I played, I am pretty exited about the new season. Will keep working hard and helpfully will become the best player I can be this summer.
I have also been working on my serve and it has improved dramatically. Here is before and after
Sounds like you have really raised your game this year and
the serve is looking pretty sharp overall there!
Good timing, racket on edge and turning to the ball.
Good use of legs.
Good shoulder turn and rock, with hips getting close to parallel to BL.
Nice extension, but seem to finish strongly a little too low.
Could you be working too much power over the top and down, opposed to
giving it all up and into the ball?
but I don't really understand what you mean here
Most strong pro servers have expended most of the power on the stroke up and
tend to mostly glide and decel on from contact on down.
Just from a quick look, it seems you are still carrying a lot of power over the top
and further down, which can lead to hitting the shins sometimes.
Do you ever to that?
I'm no expert on these terms, but I think good internal shldr rotation will expend that energy before it comes back down.
Does this help?
it is too funny... I actually did hit my shin, but it wasn't on this video, was it?
I will give your advice a try. Thanks
It's maybe not a big thing but look at how Andy's hand has really slowed at about (1:01)
rib level on the way back down. From then on it more or less floats down with his body by
gravity with all energy expended from the stroke.
Your hand is still powering down pretty quick passing the right side waist and over
to the left side (vs finishing on the right side).
Does that help?
IMO that is a sign the power stroke is off a bit.
Your serve looks real good overall and I'm being picky, but
getting the power stroke tuned in will add more of your
effective power to the serve.
I think 5263 is alluding to the high hand, high elbow AFTER the ball is struck, the racket is pointing straight down at the ground, but both hitting elbow and hitting hand is still ABOVE the server's head.
That's what I call the decellerating of the hand to allow the rackethead to whip thru and past the hand, adding to whipping speed.
Just like a whip, the hand only powers until the ball is struck, or just BEFORE, then the head or whip is allowed to fly thru/past the hand.
An example is...if you hand can fling itself at 700 mph, the head of the whip will NEVER exceed the speed of sound. However, if the hand goes say 70 mph, then slows down, allowing the head/whip to fly past, the snap is supersonic!
Expend more power up to the strikepoint, and exert no further energy after the ball is struck.
Oh sorry.
You have all the makings of an extremely strong serve. Just the final tuning and understanding is needed.
You're getting better shoulder turn in the second video and your ball is hitting the back fence a little higher as a result. That's a good measure of power, depth and kick. You could still take a wider swing path in your windup. It's a bit cramped.
I wouldn't count on the balls hitting the back fence as a measure, since most of those balls are one some even two years old and have lost much of their bounce.
Of course! But, assuming they're the same balls you were hitting in the first video, then, the second video is evidence of improved power and spin.
I've watched the OP's awesome movie clip on his 1st post. I like his forehand, but when I copied it, the ball keeps dropping to the ground!
hehehe ... just trollin'
A slight bump on the road. I think I might have achilles tendon tear . I am not sure but I think it was caused by changing shoes. I had been playing with Baracades for the last 3 years and never had a problem with my feet. The other day I bought a new pair of Nike 2k11 breathe, and after the first practice I started feeling this sharp pain in my right achilles, then the next day the pain subsided but it was still there. Now when I just run I can feel slight pain, but what really turns it on is serving. I read a few articles like this http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/achilles-tendon-problems-topic-overview and as much as I hate the thought of doing it I might need to take a break from tennis
:shock:Hey sorry to hear that. Take it easy and hopefully it's nothing serious. Was gonna comment on a couple things on your serve... for when you come back soon.
When you toss try to gently lay back the wrist (extension and slight radial deviation) on the tossing hand. This gave me better control of toss and better hitting timing as well.
Lifting the heels seems to be a little awkward. As if you are telling yourself it must be that way after watching pros. For a high heel lift to be natural, the knee bend should be deep and lean back of the torso should be strong as well. Without those two forcing the heel lift can cause instability and problems.
**improved version seems better about the heels.
Anyways, best luck on your healing process.
I finally got someone good to hit with. This kid is fresh reqruit in a div1 college and is kicking my butt pretty well , but... so far I have taken 3 or 4 sets off of him wihch is pretty good for my standards.
here are a couple of clips from today:
on my serve:
on his serve:
pretty good.
that guy has good form and good rhs.
i like the rally @ 17s. He hit 3 good heavy balls to you. not much u can do there.
Nice stuff. You hung with him well. It looks like your slice backhand deserted you a few times because of his pace. When I play guys who hit that heavy, I end up having to use a much more extreme grip to slice it back.
But that was great stuff.
yeah he is pretty good and my only chance is when he is in self-destruct mode and my serve works well, that is how I was able to take a few sets.
Hey Gindyo, that was good. You played some good points and put him on defense on serve a few times. But, you need to UP the intensity of your shot preparation to handle his power. Many times you were caught not quite set up and ready to hit when you needed to be.
You are correct. This is a big problem I see every time I watch myself on video. My intensity and movement are horific. The problem is that I am so used to this tempo that it feels normal and in order for it to be anywhere close to right I really have to push myself and get out of my comfort zone. The other problem is the level of the players I usually hit with. Most of them are in the 3.5-4.0 range with not alot of pace and consistency and they dont require a whole lot of intensity. It is only when I meet players who can hit hard with consitansy that I realize how slow I really am. Hopefully this guy will stick arround this summer so I can use him a measuring stick for my progress
It would help a lot if your stance in your ready position, AND your loaded up position, was wider and lower. Standing too upright, with your feet too close together, makes it harder to move to the ball quickly, and makes it harder to handle hard penetrating balls when you are set up to hit. That, with a bit more focused effort to prepare for each shot would do a lot.
This is wide enough? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=qzNHddwaOVI#t=25s
hard to believe it's the same guy...
Looks like we have a tennis player.
hahaha, it looks like i got over the 3.5 hump on Lee's scale. Or may be not? Makes my day .
It is the same guy, just a different camera angle
Looks nice. your wide base and footwork makes a big difference.
next up on your to-do list... cross court fh!
Don't be picking on the old man.
I never said you were "3.5". I said you hit good, with your own style. Good, coming from a 4.0, means NOT A 3.5.
You always had a wide base, but linear, not modern open.
In not the camera angle, but your conscious switch to hitting off your back foot with an open stance that is the difference. Much better. Last step, right foot, plant it, and hit.
Starting at about :43 seconds you did a much more consistent job of staying wide, low and open. At about 1:10 you became a little inconsistent. Watch what world class shot preparation looks like from court level:
Love that video. You really feel like you're on court.
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She has posted a summary of her experience commenting here — entirely from her perspective of course, but worth a look.
My position:
I think she was completely wrong on the Adria Richards issue. She was looking at it entirely from the position of a conference organizer, who prioritizes not rocking the boat and keeping everything running smoothly, and not at all from the perspective of a feminist who definitely would want to do some boat-rocking and disrupt a bad process.
However, man, some of you commenters were brutal. I'm all in favor of letting your views hang out there and letting you express yourselves freely, but this is a case where some of you were so angry that it interfered with your ability to communicate rationally. And then I'm torn, because that anger is actually valid, too.
Anyway, read it and think. I did, and I still think the disagreement was appropriate, but that she might be right that the derision was disproportionate…while at the same time I think outrageous derision is useful.


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Rays Short Hops: Game 2
Perseverance, rediscovered stroke even ALCS in extras
By Mark Remme / MLB.com
A sacrifice fly by B.J. Upton in the 11th inning spoiled a strong performance from the Red Sox's bullpen and knotted the series at 1. Frozen moment
After Mike Timlin walked the bases loaded (one intentional) in the 11th inning, Upton battled with a two-strike count and lofted a fly ball down the right-field line. Despite a shallow fly and a strong throw by J.D. Drew, Fernando Perez slid safely across the plate for the game-winning run. Big number
3 -- Homers allowed by Josh Beckett on Saturday, matching the most he'd allowed in an entire postseason (2003) prior to the 2008 campaign. Game balls
Evan Longoria
After going 0-for-4 in Game 1, Longoria unloaded in Game 2. The rookie went 3-for-5 with a homer, two doubles, three runs and three RBIs -- including a two-run shot in the first inning that gave Tampa Bay its first runs of the series.
B.J. Upton
The center fielder scored twice, including a game-tying blast in the third inning, and hit the game-winning sacrifice fly in the 11th.
Carlos Pena
Pena scored twice in the ballgame, going 2-for-5 with an RBI and set the table for Longoria's big night in both the first and fifth innings.
Sense of October
Being down 1-0 in the series, there was a sense of urgency from the Rays all game long. Knowing Jon Lester is waiting to pitch at Fenway Park in Game 3, tying up the series at home was imperative for this young Tampa Bay club. It battled again and again, finally earning the win in a classic postseason tilt at the Trop.
Evan Longoria
Comment: The rookie third baseman bounced back from a hitless performance in Game 1 to produce three extra-base hits on Saturday.
Scott Kazmir
4 1/3 IP, 5 R, 6 H, 3 BB, 2 Ks, 3 HR
Comment: Kazmir allowed five extra-base hits and certainly didn't have the start he would've liked, but he did keep the Rays in the ballgame by matching Beckett's performance.
Next step
Both teams saw their starting pitchers struggle on Saturday night, but both can bank on both Lester and Matt Garza giving strong pitching performances in Game 3. There's a good chance the Game 3 box score will look more like the final five innings on Saturday, not the first six.
Mark Remme is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I participated in another Freethought Blogs hangout tonight with Kylie Sturgess, Dan Fincke, Ophelia Benson, and PZ Myers.
Kylie hosted the conversation. Thanks, Kylie!
I participated in another Freethought Blogs hangout tonight with Kylie Sturgess, Dan Fincke, Ophelia Benson, and PZ Myers.
Kylie hosted the conversation. Thanks, Kylie!
thelaymanatheist says
I think I really like hangout being used like this… Great job everyone!
1415dr says
This was so great. I can't thank you enough. There was a lot of very useful information here. Russel, you should consider writing a book on raising kids. Considering all the money that people waste on James Dobson books I think there's a market for raising kids to be critical thinkers.
beammeupscotty says
I feel very lucky to be a single atheist parent living in California. Though not entirely immune to the influences of Xtian dogma, my son and I are able to live largely free of any repercussions to being an atheist. On the other hand, I have always warned my son, from a very early age, against speaking openly about his lack of religious faith.
One of high points in terms of atheism and parenting was when at my son was about eight, and we were having a conversation about something largely unrelated, he asked me,"Dad, what's the name of that book the Xtians read all the time"?
Another high point was when my son came home from school one day in 4th grade at around Xmas time. He told me his music teacher had made them sing religious Xmas songs and afterword talked for a time about what the children knew about Jesus, and did they know that he was the son of god? I went down the his school first thing the next day explained what had happened and insisted that my son no longer be required to attend the music class. From that time on, through the rest of 4th grade and all of 5th grade my son was allowed to spend that period, which occurred once a week, in the library. Considering how much my son hated the music class anyway, he was very grateful to be able to get out of it. There was no real argument from the Principle and although the teacher was not fired, he got in a LOT of trouble and months later, apologized to me, likely at the Principle's insistence, and tried to get me to relent and let my son attend music class again. I made it clear that was not going to happen.
There has never been belief in ANY supernatural/superstitious entities in my home, no Santa Claus, no Easter Bunny, no Tooth Fairy, nothing at all. My son seems not to have suffered from it at all and now at the age of 14 is developing into a really incredible person, though he has really been such all along. He appears, like his father, to have no "spiritual" inclinations whatsoever.
golondrinka says
I used similar tactics as PZ in relation to Santa Claus: I always insisted (and continue to insist 🙂 ) that I believe in him. My boys, now 18 and 19, believed in Santa, and even tried to persuade their friends that Santa is real: "Mom would not be able to buy such expensive presents!" Little later, they were laughing at me that I still believe in Santa, and then they were laughing with me, that I say that I believe in Santa. At about 13-15 years old they decided to ask me about my religion, and when I said that I am an atheist, both got happy, declaring "Me too, me too! I believe in Science!"
I immigrated to Canada from Ukraine when boys were 4 and 5 years old, and in school they were always in mixed company of muslims, hindus, christians and non-believers. No pressure from any side.
Kimberly Hosey | Arizona Writer says
This is so great. I'm an atheist in a mixed relationship with a sort-of-lapsed very conservative Christian, so I feel this.
Parenting is why I became a skeptic. There is so much wonder in the world, and all of a sudden it was up to me to introduce another human to all of it. Why would I ever want to make it up to be something other than what it was? Something less than what it was? That, and I just couldn't conceive of things like hell, sin, or acceptable child sacrifice about a nanosecond after having a child of my own. I'm ashamed it took that for me to make the realization, really.
We did have Santa, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy, but always in the nudge-nudge, wink-wink way. As soon as my son was old enough to explicit ask if it was real, we were honest. And he still loved playing along, so there was no missing out. I think he was under the impression that everyone was just playing along, which, incidentally, might be how he sees religion sometimes. Luckily, my son hasn't really experienced much ostracizing so far (he's 10), which I attribute to his insatiable appetite for all things that interest him, both solitary and group activities — nature, photography, band, chorus, etc. He has noticed a few times that he doesn't really speak the same "language" as some of his peers — praying before meals, responses to death, things like that. I'm worried it will become more of an issue because 1) I'm the only open skeptic in the family and 2) our community is heavily conservative Christian/Mormon. I would certainly be crushed if religion ruined music for him, like beammeupscotty's example.
Daniel's point about "apatheism" and a haphazard education is a really good one. I worry about that a lot, because I remember my own stint with religion being very meaningful simply because it was the social circle that most readily accepted me (it wasn't just me; it was any follower, but kids don't see that), and I didn't have any intellectual tools to evaluate what they taught, or indeed to even know I should evaluate it. Love bombing, as PZ puts it. It worked. I was ripe for the picking.But I know now how to respond to these specific things now because I went through them and now I see the flaws. It's really sneaky and insidious otherwise.
It seems like the old trope in horror movies: "Monsters don't exist; I know that. But wait. That's what people always say, right before the monster gets 'em!" We know better, but it still kind of pulls at us as we turn out the lights and go to bed after the movie (more so as kids). Or at youth camps: "Well, sure, people tell you God doesn't exist, and they seem to have great arguments. Just like Satan planned. Do you really want to risk going to hell, and dragging everyone along?" To my shame, I found this convincing as a kid. Without putting him through indoctrination, will my son ever know the pull of it and its downfalls in the same way? Probably not. And to what extent does that leave him vulnerable to future religious poaching? I don't know. I do like the idea of it being a gift, though. Or, as Russell said, a vaccination. (But that could get me off on another tangent altogether.)
I can't imagine reading the Bible to my son for the most part, honestly. It's either horrendous or really, really boring. I'd certainly allow him to read it, though. He has a book of Bible stories.
And I am so freaking jealous that I don't get to go on the bat cruise. But I'll shut up now. Thank you all for this.
rrpostal says
Nothing like tucking in the kids reading an hour or so from Chronicles.
Yasu says
I agree. It is awesome that there is books for all ages to view. http://www.amazon.com/Secular-Books-for-Children/lm/R136LSKFQHNSUP
all I can say is I love the internet for being able to find things like this. 🙂
Yasu says
I agree. It is awesome that there is books for all ages to view. http://www.amazon.com/Secular-Books-for-Children/lm/R136LSKFQHNSUP


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Alicia Keys is organizing the Black Ball to benefit Keep a Child Alive, a benefit concert that will take place on October 19.
Related: Alicia Keys' New Song 'Back to Life' Featured in Disney's 'Queen of Katwe'
This is the 13th annual Black Ball and will feature an all-star lineup from various corners of the music universe: Keys, Chance the Rapper, A$AP Rocky, Salt-n-Pepa, and Patti Smith. The evening should guarantee a mixture of contemporary hip-hop, RnB, and throwback classics when those acts take the stage at the Manhattan Center/Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC.
All proceeds from the event will benefit Keep A Child Alive, which uses funds to combat the AIDS crisis abroad by supplying HIV medication to children and families.


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text: When the news broke that Stephon Marbury has plans of creating his own talk show I laughed uncontrolably. We are talking about a guy who cannot talk English properly, come on. He needs to take elementary school english first, then maybe ill reconsider. I know he is trying to fix his image with his new sneakers and all but I think this is a horrible idea. I think he should stick to basketball. We won 23 games last year-he should be focusing on improving the team, then his own career. He has got to get his priorities straight. Like it or not, he is the leader on this team, and we are gonna rely on him heavily to orchestrate the offense. First thing hes got to do is drop his self proclaimed nickname- STARBURY- and show that this team has nothing to do with last years team.


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The tension is building around MLS, with the postseason in sight for teams from coast to coast heading into a full weekend of matches.
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McCracken County Drug Court program awarded $1.2 million grant to help participants who are the hardest to treat, have fewest resources
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The McCracken County Adult Drug Court program has been awarded a $1.2 million federal grant to help participants who are the most difficult to treat and have the fewest resources to successfully complete the Drug Court program and obtain education and work. The program received the grant in October and will begin using the funds in early 2013.The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the program a joint grant to expand treatment services, including job coaching and counseling, and assist participants with education expenses, housing, transportation, child care and other needs. The funds are to assist participants who struggle with employment issues, suffer with mental health problems and/or lack basic education."When a person has less than a rudimentary education or has a mental health issue or can't attend work or school because there's no ride or child care available, that is a major roadblock for them on their road to recovering and rejoining society," said McCracken County Circuit Court Judge Tim Kaltenbach, who volunteers his time to conduct Drug Court proceedings. "Participants with these circumstances need help in addition to what Drug Court provides and, thanks to the grant, they'll be able to get it. With this type of assistance, participants have an improved chance of staying sober, being successful in Drug Court, feeling better about themselves and becoming productive members of our community." Under the grant, the Drug Court program will use the Assertive Community Treatment Model, which is designed to enhance the chances of success for participants who need assistance beyond traditional treatment. The model calls for increased case management and a multidisciplinary team approach. The McCracken County grant funds will pay to have a substance abuse counselor, peer recovery coach and case manager work with participants. The counselor's duties include providing counseling and enhanced treatment for individuals and groups of participants. Treatment is in the form of educational programs. The peer recovery coach and the case manager conduct home and jail visits, lead mentoring groups and offer job coaching and transportation for participants. The peer recovery coach also offers extra emotional support for participants and the case manager oversees each participant's case. SAMHSA's portion of the joint grant is for enhanced treatment and is $325,000 a year for three years for a total of $975,000. BJA provided $300,000 for wrap-around services such as assistance with education expenses, housing, transportation, child care and other needs."We're grateful for this funding," said Randa Simpson, regional supervisor for the McCracken County Drug Court program. "Drug Court provides an array of substance abuse education and treatment services but now we'll be able to help specific participants in ways that we couldn't before and, I hope, get them on the path to reclaiming their lives for good."Kentucky Drug Court programs are funded with state money approved by the Kentucky General Assembly. State funds are for treatment, drug testing, home visits and other services but do not cover wrap-around services like housing and clothing."The Drug Court team in McCracken County has worked hard to get the program where it is today and meet the criteria for federal grant money," said Connie Neal, who oversees specialty courts for the state court system. "I'm looking forward to seeing the funding put to use to help participants succeed long term."In addition to Judge Kaltenbach, Simpson and other Drug Court staff, the McCracken County Drug Court team members are the commonwealth's attorney, a public defender, law enforcement officers, treatment providers, a pretrial officer and a probation officer.There are 46 participants in the McCracken County Drug Court program. Eighty-one participants have graduated from the program since it began in March 2005. Twelve drug-free babies have been born to McCracken County participants.About Kentucky Drug CourtKentucky Drug Court is administered through the Administrative Office of the Courts in Frankfort, which oversees 55 adult programs that serve 115 counties. Drug Court's mission is to provide court-supervised treatment as an alternative to incarceration. The program's success can be measured in the number of lives changed and the cost savings to Kentucky taxpayers. For every $1 spent on Drug Court graduates, the state saves $2.72 on what it would have spent on incarcerating these individuals.
The program has helped reduce illicit drug use and related criminal activity and lowered rearrest, reconviction and reincarceration rates. It has increased payments of delinquent child support and improved employment rates. As of June 30, 2012, 5,370 individuals had graduated from Drug Court programs statewide and participants had paid $3.5 million in child support and $3.9 million in court obligations, including restitution and fines.
Drug Court coordinates the efforts of the judiciary, prosecution, defense bar, probation, law enforcement, mental health, social services and treatment communities to actively intervene and break the cycle of substance abuse, addiction and crime. The program consists of three phases that last at least one year and are followed by aftercare. Drug Court staff and participants work together to develop individual program plans with specific responsibilities and goals with timetables. Plans include group, family and individual counseling; frequent and random urine testing; education and vocational training; scheduled payments of restitution, child support and court fees; and health and community activities. Participants report directly to their Drug Court judge, who rewards progress and sanctions noncompliance.
When participants successfully complete the program, charges may be dismissed through diversion, or conditional discharge may be granted through probation. Judges who participate in Drug Court volunteer their time to the program.
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Call it contemporary film noir with an edge, Sin City is one helluva ride. Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller give us a trio of stories tied together by the very dark nature of the city itself, Basin City, and the fact that almost all of these characters have known or met each other at one time or another. Each story depicts the key moments in these comic noir character's lives, and often their last dying breath.
Our stories follow the exploits of three central characters: Marv, Hartigan, and Dwight. Marv - Mickey Rourke under heavy make-up - is a big man whose size is matched only by his ugliness and strength. He's a goon on a solo mission he keeps forgetting, because without his medicine he hears voices, imagines things. He's a roughhouse who does the odd job on the dirty, but it's not like he's completely without morals. Marv, when cornered by the crème de la crème of Sin City's working girls, including Rosario Dawson and Jamie King, says it succinctly: "I don't hurt girls." He's pretty simple and straight-forward about life, which seems to get him into trouble. But the real trouble begins when a beautiful hooker named Goldie walks into his life. Goldie, as Marv puts it, "smells the way angels ought to smell." After a night of love-making Marv wakes up to find Goldie dead, and knows that he was there when it happened. He also knows that, in spite of his own problems imagining things, he didn't kill her. So he sets out to find out who did. Goldie was looking for protection and took one look at Marv and figured he was it. Only the whole thing smells of 'set up' to Marv, and the cops are in on it. As far as Marv's concerned, Goldie was the nicest thing ever happened to him, and somebody's going to pay. Other characters in Marv's story include the absolutely beautiful Carla Gugino as his lesbian parole officer, Elijah Wood in a silent role as an equally silent and horrifying killer, and Rutger Hauer as Cardinal Roarke.
Bruce Willis is John Hartigan, a detective in his last hour on the job before retirement. He has some unfinished business to tend to, and by God he's going to see it done in that last hour. Seems there's a sicko out there who has taken three little girls and done something awful to them. He's seen their bodies, their faces frozen in that last scream of pure terror. And now someone has taken poor little eleven-year-old Nancy Callahan. And he knows who it is and he's not going to let them get away with it. He tracks the sicko - whom he hears on the hush is the son of the local Senator - to his lair - a warehouse by the docks. On a wharfside dock Hartigan takes away this sicko's weapons - "both of them," as he says. Even with his partner on the take and shooting him full of lead, Hartigan manages to hang on long enough until backup arrives so poor, skinny little Nancy Callahan can survive. Lying there, thinking he's dying, Hartigan falls into a deep pit of unconsciousness thinking, "Helluva way to end a partnership. Helluva way to end a career. But at least poor little, skinny Nancy Calahan is safe." Then he wakes up and the hard part is just beginning. He's in jail and they want a confession, but he's a tough, by-the-book cop who refuses to give them what they want. Meanwhile, Nancy sends him letters every Thursday every year he's in jail, under the penname "Cordelia." After eight years, they're all he lives for. When they stop coming, he believes something has happened to Nancy and has to get out to find her. That's when the story really gets good. Hartigan's story features Jessica Alba as the all-grown-up-and-filled-out Nancy, Michael Madsen as his partner, Nick Stahl as the senator's son, and Powers Boothe as the senator.
Dwight is a hitman with a new face and a new girl, Shellie - waiflike Brittany Murphy as you've never seen her before. She's a waitress at Kadie's, the bar where all our characters eventually end up and where Nancy works as an exotic dancer. Only Shellie's last boyfriend, Jacky-boy, refuses to accept that she's moved on. Jacky-boy and his four sidekicks pretty much have the run of the city. Or, they do until they meet up with Dwight. Dwight's former girlfriend is Gail (Rosario Dawson from the other two stories), and she's something of a leader among the Sin City babes. When Jacky-boy tries to pick up one of the girls, it's obvious his intentions are less than honorable, and the girls retaliate. This sets off a gang war in Sin City, and everyone's in for a world of hurt. Dwight's story features the aforementioned Murphy and Dawson, plus Benicio Del Toro as Jacky-boy, Devon Aoki as one of Dawson's samurai sword-wielding girls, and Michael Clarke Duncan as Manute, a leader on the police force.
Of the three stories, I found Dwight's to be the weakest. And this is true of Miller's books, as well. Marv's and Hartigan's stories stand out as the truest character stories, and as such the most intriguing and inviting, while Dwight's seems much more contrived. Clive Owen is Dwight, and he does a great job here, showing much of the ability hinted at in his bits in the BMW short films and in minor roles in The Bourne Identity and Gosford Park. Bruce Willis as detective John Hartigan channels Humphrey Bogart on his toughest, darkest day. Willis retains his charm and style no matter how many scars you give him, no matter how much you beat him, no matter how much make-up they put on him to make him look older than his 50 years. He's a class act all the way. Mickey Rourke's Marv is the stand-out amongst our anti-heroes. Even under the heavy make-up, Rourke exudes a darkness that smolders. He embodies his character and gives Marv the kind of lifelike qualities that make us want to know what he will do next, what will he get himself into, and how will he get out of it? Rourke shows the kind of acting talent hinted at early in his career in films like Rumblefish and Year of the Dragon, then later in character roles in films like The Rainmaker and Get Carter. He makes us believe that a big guy like Marv can be monsterously cruel and gentle as a lamb all at the same time. He sells us on the unlikely scene of a big lug carrying an unconscious woman over his shoulder to another woman's house, and their smiling exchange of, "Hi, Nancy, got any beers?" only to be met with, "Sure, Marv! Who's the dame?" Dwight can't quite sell that kind of act, but Rourke makes Marv the real deal. And he's stand-out fantastic.
I watched this screening with co-Film Monthly writer Gary Schultz, who made the comment, "Sin City is like black and white masturbation with a broken mayonnaise jar - so good, so painful." Uh, yeah.
Sin City isn't for the kiddies. It's got blood by the bucketful and some pretty damn hot, if brief, nudity. Still, it isn't every day you get to see lithe Jamie King or the pneumatic curves of Carla Gugino in all their fleshy glory. Oh, and the profanity. God love the profanity.
Sin City is a dark place of Frank Miller's imagination, whose characters are pulp in nature and often desperate by the pure fact of existence. Miller penned and drew the six Sin City comics. He first gained notice drawing Peter Parker for the Spider-man comics, and went on to draw and write for Daredevil and Batman. He is credited with reviving the dying comic career of this icon by focusing on the grimmest side of The Dark Knight's nature. And it is in large part thanks to him that we will see a new, reborn Batman Begins this year; for, without his version, Goyer and Nolan's film would be a lot more cartoonish and a lot less dark. Miller's first screenplays were for the equally dark Robocop and Robocop 2, which are quite similar to Batman's story of a ruined anti-hero seeking vengeance agains evil.
For sheer cinematic exuberance, I have to give Sin City high ranking among the films I've seen thus far this year. Its biggest flaw, for me, was the soundtrack; if any film screams for a dark, 50's style backdrop, this is it. But that aside, Sin City is a mesmerizing example of contemporary film noir, and one helluva ride. And, as Marv says, "Walk down the right back alley in Sin City, and you can find anything…"
The Blu-Ray release is packed with a ton of wonderful featurettes and behind-the-scene shorts:
Disc One (Theatrical Cut) Features:
• Four Chapters:
• Special Guest Director: Quentin Tarantino
Video: 1080p High Definition (1.85:1)
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Gray has lessons to learn after bumpy outing
By Thomas Harding / MLB.com
PHOENIX -- Not that anyone cheers for a prodigious talent to struggle, but it's inevitable and teams use it for teaching. Call Thursday a teachable moment for Rockies 2013 top Draft pick Jon Gray, a right-hander from Oklahoma.
Gray entered in the fifth inning of the 10-5 loss to the Athletics and excited the TV audience by hitting 99 mph during a solid inning. But he gave up a run the following inning and two more the next before being removed. Pitches that resulted in Coco Crisp's double and Josh Donaldson's RBI single in the sixth, and several hits the following inning, were left in sweet locations for the swinging bats.
In all, Gray, the team's No. 1 prospect, gave up five hits and three runs, with a walk and a strikeout in 2 2/3 innings.
"That's not the worst thing in the world," manager Walt Weiss said. "The ball looked like it was coming out of [his] hand real good, like it usually does. Typically it's balls you get in the middle of the plate. Whether it be off-speed pitches or fastballs in the middle of the plate, they get hit up here."
Gray has a 5.40 ERA in 6 2/3 innings of Cactus League play. The Rockies think highly of Gray, who made nine Minor League starts at Rookie-level Grand Junction and Class A Modesto, and was 4-0 with a 1.93 ERA with 51 strikeouts in 37 1/3 innings.
Friedrich, Parker among nine sent to Minors camp
PHOENIX -- The Rockies sent nine players down to Minor League camp on Thursday, most of them young prospects who could figure in the team's future plans.
The biggest name was lefty Christian Friedrich, who was limited to four Triple-A appearances last year because of a back injury after getting big league time in 2012. The move with Friedrich, the team's top Draft choice in 2008, leaves lefty Franklin Morales and righty Jordan Lyles as the competitors for the small handful of starts that will be available while righty Jhoulys Chacin recovers from a strain and inflammation in his throwing shoulder.
The other close-to-the-Majors players sent out were righty-hitting outfielder-first baseman Kyle Parker, who displayed power (.261, three doubles, one home run, eight RBIs) but could use some polish, and Kent Matthes, who hit .297 at Triple-A Colorado Springs last season.
Parker, ranked as the club's ninth-best prospect by MLB.com, has exceeded 20 home runs in each of his three seasons since being the club's first-round pick in 2010.
Other pitchers sent down were right-hander Raul Fernandez and left-handers Jayson Aquino, Tyler Matzek and Kraig Sitton. Matzek, the top pick in 2009, converted to the bullpen in the Arizona Fall League and was solid in camp.
The Rockies also sent down shortstops Cristhian Adames and Rosell Herrera, both of whom have speed and are physical enough to move to other positions if necessary.
Adames thrilled by opportunity to back up Tulo
PHOENIX -- Although he'd love to eventually become another Troy Tulowitzki, being Cristhian Adames hasn't been so bad this spring.
Adames, 22, a Rockies middle infield prospect, entered his start at shortstop against the Athletics on Thursday night having played 36 innings at shortstop -- and with six innings Thursday he surpassed Paul Janish as the team leader at the position -- along with 15 at second base. If the day ended in "y," Adames has played.
The Rockies announced Thursday night that Adames was among the nine players optioned to the Minors.
Being a young player behind a star is part of the Spring Training life. The team doesn't want to overplay its key guy, so you'll play until the immediate roster candidates need the action. And with Tulowitzki out with a left calf bruise, there always is the possibility the Rockies will call Adames -- or prospect Rosell Herrera, also sent down -- for more action.
But the Rockies have wanted to see Adames, who hit .267 with a .331 on-base percentage, 19 doubles, two triples, three home runs and 36 RBIs at Double-A Tulsa last year. He followed that by hitting .293 with three doubles, two triples, a home run and 16 RBIs in 16 Arizona Fall League games.
"They told me that I was going to play and they were going to give me the opportunity, but I'm surprised because I've played every day," Adames said before Thursday's game and the announcement that he was being sent down. "And I'm not tired.
"My friends and my family, they are happy because I play all the time. I do what I do, and they're happy with me."
Adames entered Thursday with a .250 batting average in 12 games, with several opportunities against established Major Leaguers. The best description of Adames' game is as a bigger version of Jonathan Herrera, the utility infielder the Rockies traded in December to the Red Sox for lefty pitcher Franklin Morales and righty pitcher Chris Martin. Adames said he'd like to be able to play third in addition to short and second, and he loves to handle the bat. Adames had 17 sacrifice bunts last season.
"I have to keep doing the things I do well, situational hitting," Adames said. "Last year, I was everywhere in the batting order -- first, third, ninth. That's the kind of hitter I am, I get on base or bunt or move runners. That's what I need to do."
He also had a chance to learn from one of the best, who was generous with his time.
"I've learned a lot from Tulo," Adames said. "He talked to me about some situations. He is a great leader. I've liked playing with him."
Sharpening location next on Chatwood's agenda
PHOENIX -- The next step for Rockies right-hander Tyler Chatwood is sharpness. Thursday night's performance against the Athletics illustrated the point.
Chatwood had a lively fastball but not always where he wanted it. The result was three mixed innings -- three runs (two earned) on three hits, with three walks and two strikeouts.
"I wasn't in the zone as consistent as I wanted to be, but my misses were right there, so it was close," Chatwood said. "I've just got to tighten it up a little bit."
The next turn will be Chatwood's first on normal four days' rest, so he expects to be more at game consistency.
"I threw some good curveballs, but they must have seen it out of my hand," Chatwood said. "I threw some good sliders and two changeups that were good. There are still things I've got to sharpen up a little but I felt good overall."
Chatwood has a 2.35 ERA through three Cactus League starts.
Belisle's spring struggles don't worry Weiss
PHOENIX -- Rockies manager Walt Weiss was not alarmed by an outing for Matt Belisle that started unlucky and got worse Thursday night in a 10-5 loss to the Athletics.
Belisle gave up a soft single to Alberto Callaspo, a one-out bunt single to Nick Punto and an RBI single by Coco Crisp that went off the glove of second baseman DJ LeMahieu. But Jed Lowrie doubled to left, and by the time Belisle was done with his inning, the Athletics had four runs and four hits, and Belisle's spring ERA was up to 10.80.
Weiss said Belisle's continued work on his changeup and his years of service to the club give him confidence, even though Belisle's ERA last season spiked to 4.32 -- his highest since he became a regular bullpen member in 2010.
"I don't get too caught up in spring for guys that are established," Weiss said. "I think if it were a regular-season game he probably would have attacked it a little bit different."
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Teton Range > South Teton > Climber's Log
South Teton Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|Another Big Boy
Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2004
|All the Teton Cathedral Peaks are just massive and there is no "lessor" peak...even if this one is not as high as the others...it is still quite the peak.
|Posted Mar 13, 2010 10:30 pm
|My favorite way that I summited the South was from Avalanche Canyon. Up from Snowdrift Lake and then back out Garnet Canyon. It was a long day and I had lots of miles in the dark. The ridge up from Avalanche is a long way, 3,000 feet after the long hike to the lake, lots of fun.
|Posted Nov 28, 2009 4:30 pm
|Amazing view
Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2009
|Climbed the South Teton right after the Middle Teton. I thought the South was much easier than the Middle. The views to the south and west were simply astounding--the highlight of my trip.
|Posted Aug 6, 2009 11:24 am
|David Mortensen
|Northwest Coulier
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2001
|My wife got spooked about 500 yds. from the summit and so she stopped climbing. I continued on solo. I then climbed the Middle Teton right after.
|Posted Aug 6, 2009 1:14 am
Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2009
|Very fun! and now I have climbed all the major peaks in the tetons!
|Posted Jul 26, 2009 4:30 pm
|South Teton
|I've had two great days climbing the South Teton - NW Couloir and the Cloudveil-S.T. Traverse. Both climbs were great fun!
|Posted Sep 7, 2008 4:54 pm
|NW Couloir
Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2008
|From camp at Meadows, climbed as aclimatization hike day before Grand summit. Great views, straight forward route.
|Posted Aug 27, 2008 1:39 pm
|NW Couloir
Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2008
|Solo climb from Garnet Canyon/Lupine Meadows. Great peak for a day hike; avoided snow the entire way. Had a VERY close encounter with a black bear munching on huckleberries 10 min into the hike. He couldn't have cared less about my presence; those huckleberries are damn good!
|Posted Aug 18, 2008 7:20 pm
|Middle and South Tetons
Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2008
|Great climb up the Middle and South Tetons and back in time for dinner.
|Posted Aug 14, 2008 12:29 am
|South & Middle
|12 hours car to car. Exquisite views the whole way!
|Posted Aug 10, 2008 6:47 pm
|Route Climbed: Northwest Couloir
Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2008
|Day hike from the meadows. Ran into a grizzly 10 minutes into the hike at dawn. Wanted the middle but settled for the south without an ax.
|Posted Aug 9, 2008 5:41 pm
|South and Middle Tetons
Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2008
|Set up camp in the South Fork, then climbed the Middle and South Tetons together the next day (standard routes on both). Early morning thunder and lightning both days, but it cleared up quickly. Great mountains and views of the rest of the range.
|Posted Jul 27, 2008 11:36 pm
|NW couloir
Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2008
|Fun snow climb from the saddle. An easy climb and well worth it for the views. Highly recommended!
|Posted Jun 28, 2008 5:16 pm
|Northwest Couloir
Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2006
|Solo, tagged the South and the Middle on the same day. Might as well huh? Once you're back in that far, you may as well get both.
|Posted Mar 7, 2008 6:06 pm
|chugach mtn boy
|South Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 8, 1979
|From Snowdrift Lake, a traverse up the south side, over to Middle T, and descent via the rotten W side of South Teton.
|Posted Dec 2, 2007 5:46 pm
|I traversed from Middle to South. There were definite ashes in the cracks on top of South. Any news about someone's ashes being spread up there? It's not exactly a place there would've been a fire.
|Posted Dec 1, 2007 8:04 pm
|Long climb but fun
|In a place with so many established routes, I doubt I made a new one. But it wasn't in the book. Awesome views of the range!
|Posted Aug 20, 2007 12:39 pm
|NW Couloir
Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2007
|I climbed this peak from the Meadows in Garnet Canyon after climbing Middle Teton on the way. It was a beautiful warm sunny day with great views. Round trip over the two peaks from the Meadows took 7 1/4 hours.
|Posted Aug 8, 2007 10:56 pm
|Northwest Couloir
Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2000
|Snow climb above the saddle between the Middle and South.
|Posted Feb 18, 2007 5:23 am
|Northwest Couloir
Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2004
|The day started with me smashing the alarm clock against the wall. The damn thing did not ring! At the end of the day, returning to the trailhead, I felt like I was the happiest person on the entire planet.
|Posted Jan 23, 2007 1:06 am


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Stylish black and red fabrics adorn the CR-Z EX's interior.
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