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Nokia to bring a range of tablets, "hybrid devices" as investors are running out of patience
0. phoneArena posted on 03 May 2012, 02:14
Nokia promised it will bring a range of tablets and "hybrid" smart mobile gadgets to the market, in the words of Nokia's former chief executive and outgoing chairman Jorma Ollila…
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1. sonisoe (Posts: 440; Member since: 06 May 2009)
shouldve stuck with meego but get the bbm license from rim...if that makes sense...
25. ChiX017 (Posts: 308; Member since: 09 Nov 2011)
no it dosn't
2. darktranquillity (Posts: 284; Member since: 28 Feb 2012)
Right now the only platform that gives profit for smartphone makers is android and nokia decided to.......
6. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
How about iOS, given the fact that Apple only produces 1 model a year and having millions of it? If profit is what you're talking about, then iphone with iOS makes a lot of it since it is sold in very high price.
11. aneelamdani (Posts: 20; Member since: 16 Apr 2012)
iphone is a luxury brand, and luxury when gets subsidised will sell millions in any given economic situation.
21. TrainFromUkraine (Posts: 95; Member since: 26 Mar 2012)
iPhone hasn't been the luxuxry product since 2007. Its full retail as well as subsidized prices are on par with Androids.
24. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
I wouldn't disagree with that, actually. Even though the iphone is average, it's still branded and seen as a semi-luxury product (apple) because of overpricing. Since there's so many of them it's not an exclusive product as apple likes folks to think it is, either
19. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
iOS is a singular manufacturer on a 100% locked down and extreme profit driven OS. It was never a choice for nokia, so why even bring it up?
3. HugeTroller (banned) (Posts: 80; Member since: 27 Apr 2012)
Windows Phone is the right path. Elop ftw
5. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
I agree with you, it's a right track but what keeps them dragging down is killing symbian and meego. They should have not make a note of giving up symbian because it's their cash cow even if there's android and iOS. I hope nokia will get into their senses and revive meego as an alternate OS as what other companies are doing right now. You can't compete with WP alone for it's not that popular yet. And also, it's still on the process of development.
7. jlscott777 (Posts: 45; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
I agree, they should not have made a big deal about dropping Symbian and Meego to go with WP but I have an idea that was done to placate Microsoft and get their support and money to help the transition. After all its just like pol
14. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
i strongly agree with you! MeeGo has a Potential, but since it is linux based, MS blocked it for their own OS. Symbian on the other hand shouldn't be abandoned! they should at least use it for there mid range device! Nokia is being blind! they said that they will give what the costumer wanted! they should not abandon MeeGo/Maemo just for MS! same with Symbian! MS has a lot of restriction and its really a BullSh!T! you cant send music via bluetooth, etc.!but i like MS because its really beautiful! but i hope that "Meltemi OS" is real and will be out on Nokia World this September! and also the "SmarterPhone OS" for there low-end device! :)
18. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
give the customer what they wanted? They didnt kill meego/ symbian needlessly, it was a dying brand. The only reason it had the market share it did is because symbian was on all their feature phones as well. They were losing profit per device and selling less devices every year.
had they stuck with those 2, they would have been dead in the water anyways, it would have just taken longer.
Nokia isnt dead... and they are not in that much trouble. calm your horses. They had to burn the old city to make way for the new one.. and it takes time to rebuild. People are so impatient. MS is paying them hundreds of millions a year for their WP7 love on top of the higher profit per device that they get per WP7 smartphone. This wasnt some rash decision that they didnt think out. They knew they were going to crash before they became healthy again.
31. Whodaboss (Posts: 176; Member since: 18 Nov 2011)
Agree with your assesment 100%! What more I can't wait until they release a tablet! And hopefully it has the L900 form factor! That will be totally awesome!
20. Dr_fajardo (Posts: 32; Member since: 29 Apr 2012)
they r talking about windows 8, not windows phone 8. will be awesome if a tablet has the same windows that my computer (with a few change) and will be a killer tab
22. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
windows 8 will be on tablets. They will have a desktop mode on them. Thats the big draw.. a tablet with true PC functionality. W8 will look the same on phones, tablets, PC's, Xboxes, Fords, and whatever else they install on to. And the higher end devices will be desktop compatible.
26. Pdubb (Posts: 248; Member since: 08 Aug 2011)
THIS! Imagine docking your tablet with a keyboard and doing all the things a laptop could do. That is the future true mobility.
4. aneelamdani (Posts: 20; Member since: 16 Apr 2012)
a few things that can be done by elop is that they should try investing some time in meego, meego design brought lumia range in spotlight in actual. plus. getting some stake in RIM or any sort of security protocols would also help stem them in corporate arena. Andriod isnt Nokia's way of playing, what if every one makes the same diapers, how can you compete on margins then. WP is fine, its that peple are so connected to Andriod and IOS they dont want to move on, win 8 should break it if only compelling devices are there. Shareholders should be pateint Nokia is already on a make or break situation by year end anyhow.
15. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
totally agree with you! android is a s**tty and laggy OS in my experience(I've tried Samsung Galaxy 2) but android doesn't have restrictions and its free! iOS on the other hand is really wonderful is really smooth like WP and i adore them with that! but they both have restrictions! you cant send music which is i consider the most important! i hope on WP8 they will remove those restrictions and few limitations! and they shouldn't kill MeeGo/Maemo and Symbian! they should be there back up OS like samsung did with Bada and WP and soon tizen! nokia should go beyond the limits! but they wouldn't play the android game! because the only android manufacturers who gain benefit with android is samsung, google, asus and huawei! huawei on the lower market, Chinese market to be exact! and most of the android player like sony, HTC, LG and many more do not have many buyer than those like of samsung!
27. Pdubb (Posts: 248; Member since: 08 Aug 2011)
Android is not free! The OEM's still have to develop skins to fit on the OS and tweak it or whatever. Someone has to work on that in the back. When an update comes out they still have to work on it. Equals not free. Meanwhile Nokia went with an OS they could partner with. Not just use the OS. They got MS in their corner to help in every aspect from marketing to R&D. Sometimes you get what you pay for.
8. andro. (Posts: 1999; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
Unfortunately for Nokia they did indeed overlook the explosion of the smartphone. Maybe perhaps they were so far ahead with 'feature' phones that they took their eye off the ball and lost out on the smartphone race due to being complacent. As bad as that may have been they then made their second big mistake by deciding to run with windows mobile,an os far behind its competitors and one nobody actually wants. The first mistake overlooking smartphone is formidable if they made the right moves to rectify it,however their decision to run with the windows platform which is a sales flop is unforgettable they have been the agents of their own unfortunate demise .
9. aneelamdani (Posts: 20; Member since: 16 Apr 2012)
i dont think so that windows phone is a mistake. for the fact that when IOS and Andriod were released they id took time to take care of the markets. Just imagine how the donuts and Froyos were before Gingerbread came. Things take time, and Windows Phone has performed well enough in the terms of market response. Mango has been fine and acclaimed well, what is lacking is the fact there there is no expandable memory, no Bluetooth transfers and lack of so called apps that i dont know hwy is so important. hope all this would get addressed in win 8
16. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
AGREE! WP isn't really a mistake! it has a different environment which is refreshing because iOS and Android really look the same! and ope WP8 will change what WP7/7.5 dont have! they should give expandable memories, and bluetooth transfer which is really important to a user like me! apps are growing so i got no problem with it!
the only mistake they made is killing MeeGo/Maemo and symbian! atleast they made meego/maemo as there back up OS on High-end phones and symbian on mid-range to low-end phones! and i hope that Meltemi is real and will appear on nokia world this september and so is "SmarterPhone OS" for entry level smartphones! i just cant wait! hope they will really satisfy what a nokia fan wants!
10. darktranquillity (Posts: 284; Member since: 28 Feb 2012)
@neutralguy am not forgetting ios. I said smartphone makers not maker if you read it again. Only apple makes profit from ios but its different in android.
12. smartphone (Posts: 160; Member since: 21 Oct 2011)
Its all upon the Nokia world this year.
I will Nokia being in the competition again all they needs to combine their assets like pureview, swipe UI and Symbian features to windows phone 8.
Right now all the good things are scattered.
One more thing, how hard you may criticize windows phone os.
Windows 8 tablets will blow out any iPad or android tablet out there.
13. MrOmkar (Posts: 13; Member since: 08 Mar 2012)
I think , range of Windows 8 tablets with perfect pricing is only way in front of Nokia to recover quickly!
17. mercorp (Posts: 1045; Member since: 28 Jan 2012)
Give me a Lumia that can dock into a tablet,and in turn become a laptop,then...
29. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
I concur. I think every manufacturer should have something like the Asus PadFone, but with more universal connectors and peripherals
23. jimjam (unregistered)
Should have kept symbian/Meego for Europe and started WP8 for USA. Their mistake was sacrificing symbian worldwide to try to break into the US market which they lusted after. Symbian was never popular in the States but wildly so in Europe.
Nokia should ensure their phones come with their legendary penta band radio. I am tired of phones not working on one band or another. Would have bought a Lumia 800/900 if it had a decent radio in it.
Also you can't launch your phones without internet sharing/wifi hotspot. Now you lost my sale of a nokia 710 for that (since i'm on tmobile and it was either the nokia or the radar).
Finally make sure your phones have the legendary battery life of your old symbian phones. At least better than android and ios.
Really nokia has some great things going for them ... nokia drive free sat nav with downloadable maps, great design, pentaband radios, great battery life. Just being too slow getting it all together into a decent phone.
28. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
I think your points are right on the mark. I am anticipating the crop of WIndows Phone 8s to show Nokia's capabilities. PureView with better cameras (the 900's, despite being Carl Zeiss, is disappointing. Not bad, just not as good as expected. Speaking from experience as an owner), good screens, better resolution, great design, good battery life, and of course, the best signal reception in the business


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AL arms rise to occasion, smother NL in crunch time
After giving up early three-run lead, Farrell's staff locks down All-Star Game victory
By Phil Rogers / MLB.com
MINNEAPOLIS -- One after another, the big arms hanging around in the American League bullpen came into the game and did what they do.
Some starters, some relievers, all pounders of the strike zone and shatterers of bats, the eight guys at the end of John Farrell's pitching staff turned a hitter's night into just the latest example of how pitchers are dominating the game.
From Chris Sale and Max Scherzer to Koji Uehara, Fernando Rodney and hometown hero Glen Perkins, the AL pitchers won one big matchup after another against the National League's best hitters. In the end, it was enough to allow the AL to hang onto its 5-3 victory, not that most of the hitters in the winning clubhouse were celebrating their own accomplishments.
Outside of the early work by Derek Jeter, Mike Trout, Miguel Cabrera and Jonathan Lucroy, the All-Star Game at Target Field was a pitchers' night.
"No words for it, it's incredible," Cuban slugger Jose Abreu said of the level of pitching in the game. "I've always said this is the best baseball in the world. Being the best baseball in the world, it's going to be the best pitchers. It's incredible to look out there and see those pitchers, what they're throwing."
NL hitters collected five doubles among their eight hits, but they were 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position. Those at-bats, as much as anything, allowed the AL to survive after spoiling an early 3-0 lead.
There were only two big hits by NL hitters, and both of them were doubles from Milwaukee's Lucroy. Once he was out of the game, replaced by Devin Mesoraco in the bottom of the fourth inning, every big situation was won by AL pitching.
That was the tone that was set early, when Andrew McCutchen was stranded on third base after outrunning Jeter's throw for one of the most exciting infield singles you'll ever see. Felix Hernandez allowed McCutchen to advance to third on a wild pitch and then an easy steal, but he was only doing his Bob Gibson/Ferguson Jenkins imitation.
Those guys didn't get preoccupied by baserunners; they sometimes let them steal bases because they were confident they'd get the hitters out. Hernandez did just that, striking out Yasiel Puig and Troy Tulowitzki and then retiring Paul Goldschmidt on a grounder to third baseman Josh Donaldson.
The NL's next chance to take the lead came after Lucroy's double off the right-field wall tied the score at 3 with two outs in the fourth. Sale wasn't about to let his team fall into a hole. He buried Carlos Gomez the way he has so many hitters this season en route to holding opposing batters to a .190 average.
Sale started Gomez off with an 81-mph slider, which was taken for a strike. He dialed up a 96-mph fastball, which Gomez fouled off. Then Sale threw an 83-mph slider past him, ending the threat in three pitches.
"You obviously don't want anything to get out of hand," Sale said. "I'd already blown the game for us right there. You just try to limit the damage, not let anyone else get across."
Tulowitzki doubled off Scherzer with two outs in the fifth. But like Gomez in the fourth, Goldschmidt went down swinging on three pitches. He fouled off a 95-mph fastball, then swung through one measured at 95 and another at 96.
"It's making pitches against really good hitters," Scherzer said. "You have to believe that you're better than them. I have the utmost respect for all the players in the NL, but at the end of the day, when you're on the mound, you have to believe that your stuff's better and attack them."
Aramis Ramirez pulled a double over third base off Oakland's Scott Kazmir in the sixth inning. Kazmir quickly got ahead of Dee Gordon with a slider, then got him to hit a grounder to second base on another slider. Farrell then made his best move of the game.
Farrell turned to Uehara, the Red Sox's closer, to face the dangerous Mesoraco, who has hit seven of his 16 home runs in the last month. Uehara showed him his fastball to start the sequence, and he swung through it. Then he fed him his trademark splitter three times, the last of which left Mesoraco swinging at air.
Rodney did the last of the heavy lifting, striking out the Mets' Daniel Murphy with two on to end the eighth inning. Then it was time for the Twins' Perkins to come in for a 1-2-3 ninth, ending a run that saw eight AL pitchers retire 16 of 20 hitters, five of them with runners on second or third.
"You got guys coming in with ridiculous numbers out of the bullpen," said the Royals' Greg Holland, who worked a perfect seventh inning. "The game has kind of evolved into a situation where if your starter can just give you six innings, you've got three closers down there for the seventh, eighth and ninth. Now put 'em all together on one team."
Holland and the other pitchers almost sounded sorry for the hitters.
Phil Rogers is a columnist to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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A dark year for green and golds but at least Wallabies avoided defeat in final Bledisloe
The All Blacks defeated all before them this season ... until last night's draw.
With the last domestic international of the year behind us it would seem only fit to give some thought to the best of the best this year. The categories I have chosen are the following: the team of the year, player of the year, best play of the year, best pass of the year, the heart-crushing moment of the year and the most bizarre moment on the field. I am sure there are many more and it's going to be up for debate, but here are mine.
Everything NZ. From the Chiefs winning to the All Blacks continuing where they left off from RWC 2011. Thanks again for the Bledisloe and a nice new shiny Rugby Championships trophy. It's like the pied piper, all the trophies are following the men in black. For the Aussies, even though the Reds made the finals there was a secret part of me gunning for the Brumbies in those last weeks of the regular season. Surely a season not to be forgotten for Ben Mowen and his boys, and I am sure they would be looking to go one better next year.
There have been plenty to choose from. Australia's Will Genia topped the poll in the Aussie conference, South African Player of the Year, Bismarck du Plessis, Aaron Cruden from NZ but the player that I think has had the biggest influence on the game this year has come from NZ. No longer in the super rugby net, Sonny Bill Williams in my mind has had the biggest effect in domestic rugby and the internationals albeit limited by the move to Japan. SBW's ability to distribute the ball before the line, at the line and past the line has been one of the keys to the success of the Chiefs and the All Blacks. He has transformed the role of the inside-centre by sheer intimidation at times.
The first try in the Sydney Bledisloe. Off a set piece, the All Blacks went left. All the talk was of SBW and the influence he would have with ball in hand, but on this occasion he was a decoy runner. The ball found its way to Israel Dagg with limited space. He was able to manoeuvre his way past Kurtley Beale with sleight of feet to score an amazing try. The precision of the passing and the running lines to baffle the defence was brilliant. Go and watch it again.
It comes down to two plays. Israel Dagg's pass to Cory Jane for the second try in Bledisloe 1 and Beale's sleight of hand for Digby Ioane v Argentina and I can't separate them. The first. The play started with an 8, 9 off the back of the scrum. Throw in some decoy runners and Dan Carter ends up giving an early ball to Dagg. At pace he identified that Ioane was coming at him from an inside line and Beale rushing to try to close the space. This left Jane with enough room to get on the outside of Beale. The pass was seamless. This is why was the pass was so extraordinarily good. Receiving the ball at speed and the ability to transfer the ball in the one movement allowed the space for the man on the outside. The second contender is the Beale pass to Ioane. This was a little different to the first as Beale had time with the ball. The key to the delivery was that Beale took the ball to the line at pace and the Wallabies had players in motion. Ben Tapuai, Berrick Barnes and Ioane all running great angles. The delivery of the pass was left so late the Argentinian defence had to stay put and mark up. The fake pump to Tapuai then the release to a flying Ioane resulted in a training move being executed perfectly in the game. The speed of everything happening at once was why this play worked so well.
Well, this happened in the first week of the competition, in the 80th minute of the Waratahs v Reds match with a solo effort from Reds winger Dom Shipperley to steal the win. So much hype surrounded this game and with 30 seconds to go the Waratahs were crowing. A poor decision by the Tahs was the one sniff the Reds needed to capitalise, albeit a very small sniff. The rest is history. The Reds went on to the finals and the Waratahs, well they didn't.
Perhaps reserved for two incidents this season. The prize goes to Dean Mumm and Tendai ''Beast'' Mtawarira. Mumm on a counter-attack for the Waratahs in Sydney fended off the Sharks' Marcell Coetzee. There is nothing like shoving your opponent out of the way, but this was quite extraordinary. It was all legs and arms from Coetzee and the first thing that touched the ground was his face. That's why they do the one-arm bench push in the gym, just in case. It could have been the first yellow card given to an attacking player for a dangerous throw! The Beast doing a full extension lift and hold, then to top it off with an overhead tricep pull down on his team mate Anton Bresler in order to save him from serious injury. He has done this before in a game, to Keegan Daniel. Jumpers, time to change the lifter, I think!
That's all folks. Great to see the Wallabies fight hard for a draw last night. Thanks for the year and the comments. Looking forward to doing it all again in 2013!
Twitter -@burkey710
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
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Explore exhibitions through "felt vase" and "examine still life" hands on activities. Free and open to all ages. Have fun at Make and Take from June 18 through August 22, (Tuesdays: 10 AM-12 PM and Thursdays: 5-7 PM).
Groups of 10 or more must schedule a museum visit. Please contact Liz Peters at email@example.com.
All summer, enjoy Summer Days Nasher Nights featuring "Live and Local" music, guest chefs in the café, book discussions, movie nights and more, every Thursday evening and occasional Sunday afternoons. General admission is always free on Thursdays, 5-9 PM. View all Summer Day Nasher Nights events.
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Note: This commentary was delivered by PFM President Mark Earley.
In his new book, Just Courage, Gary Haugen, president of International Justice Mission, recounts a childhood trip to Mt. Rainier with his father and two brothers. When his dad suggested that they try to reach base camp, 10-year-old Haugen wasn't sure he could make it. His father reassured him he'd be there to help. But Haugen opted to stay in the cushy comfort of the visitor's center. As he writes, "I went on the trip, but missed the adventure."
Haugen uses this to illustrate a widespread malady in the Church today. Christians often choose safety and comfort over courage. We don't believe that risk and suffering may be part of God's plan for our lives. But in cutting ourselves off from the risk, explains Haugen, we also miss the adventure, the joy, and the experience of seeing God meet us at our point of need.
Haugen-the 2007 recipient of BreakPoint's William Wilberforce Award-speaks from experience. He and his colleagues at International Justice Mission take risks for God every day. In some of the world's darkest regions they liberate women and young girls from sexual slavery, families from forced labor, and communities from widespread injustice.
Haugen tells the story of one young man, Sean Litton, a brilliant lawyer, who was at the top of his game professionally when he decided to join IJM's staff. According to Sean, he wasn't afraid of joining the on-the-ground work in the Philippines. But he was afraid of losing that competitive career edge when he came back. But Sean came to decide, "If I can rescue one child from the unspeakable horrors of prostitution, it would outweigh any sacrifice."
Sean got his wish and a lot more. Through his efforts, he and his staff rescued hundreds of women and girls from sexual exploitation.
He knew it was all worth it when, as he says, "I looked into the eyes of a fifteen-year-old girl who had been brutally raped two years previously and no one had done anything to help her: I was able to tell her, 'God loves you. I know he loves you because he sent me here to help you."
As a result, the man who raped this young girl is now serving a 20-year prison term, while she is now studying social work at a local university. She hopes to help other abused women one day.
Stories like this should thrill you, and I recommend you get yourself a copy of Haugen's book. But, like Haugen, I want to encourage you not just to listen to the stories and be moved, but to join the adventure.
Maybe you'll volunteer your expertise with International Justice Mission. Maybe you'll help to break the chains of men and women enslaved overseas. Maybe you'll move out of your comfort zone to share the Gospel with millions of incarcerated men and women right here in America, helping them loose their chains of addiction and spiritual bondage, helping them reintegrate into society once they leave prison behind.
Perhaps there is some other way that God is asking you to take a risk for Him. But either way, I hope you won't be content to stay put. It's time we all left the visitor's center.
Just Courage: God's Great Expedition for the Restless Christian by Gary Haugen.


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Reliable Gossip Cop reports:
The couple, who met on the set of the movie "Valentine's Day," began dating a little more than three months ago, but "it just wasn't happening," a Swift source tells Gossip Cop.
The insider added, "They met, they liked each other, went out a few times, but the media made a bigger deal of it than it was because they're young and attractive."
And while the two Taylors each jokingly acknowledged their budding relationship when hosting "Saturday Night Live," it was never a whirlwind romance. The source described it as two young people going on a few (well-documented) dates, but it never materializing into anything more serious.
The break-up, says the insider, was "not big or dramatic," nor was the romance "contrived," as an Us Weekly source termed it.
"It just wasn't happening," reiterated the source, who said the two stars are still "going to be friends."
The first confirmation of their actual relationship is the announcement that they've split...if I was a vampire, this would be on of those times where I wouldn't be able to cry.
- Lorabell *sad panda*
P.s. Please vote :D --->


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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
" You can be a master of every thing you do. Every thing you do may not be a masterpiece, understand that, then do the best you can with what you've got".Maya Angelou
Yes, my friends are wonderful. I now have new friends I never knew I would have and they are the most enormous blessing.
Feel the fear and do it anyway!
Di, so sorry to hear about your mom.
K, glad to hear you're a bit closer to getting back on your feet. I know a machine and some supplies will help you to a closer normal.
Hugs to you both,
K, you are a special person and these quilting friends did for you what one good friend will do for another. Not many states North of you. Now, let's get the whip cracking and start sewing up a storm!! LOL Did you put church together yet? Would love to see a picture of it when it's done.
Live today as if it may be your last, for who knows...
Di, sorry to hear of your loss, prayers for you and your family.
Glad you have some good new Krystyna. Furniture sounds like a big comfort, and what a nice gift of machine and supplies. Sounds like a perfect machine for you too.
K so happy for you.
I have really missed you.
Never look down on anyone, unless you are helping them up.
Gosh it's been a long time since anyone posted here. Are people still sending out RAK squishies? I sent a couple out in the past few days, although not to people on the old list. oldpiglady lost everything in a fire so I sent her a little squishy, and just sent out a surprise to someone I had as a swap partner before. Found some fabric at GW I thought she would like.
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries A. A. Milne
I was wondering the same thing Lauriejo. Haven't had anyone post in a long while. I haven't sent any RAKs though in about a month, so guess I should go through the list and pick someone to ge tsomething special. Anyone up for a package?
Live today as if it may be your last, for who knows...
I was just thinking about RAKs, too! Great minds ... blah, blah, blah ...
Feel the fear and do it anyway!
I have a few things sitting there for RAK's Just have been really sick for the past 3 weeks..off and one...just no energy... May try to get a few oth next week...
Hearing happens when the ears and the brain team up, but listening happens with the ears of the heart.
I collect Angels and homemade ornaments
Awwww, Rosemary. I think you need a RAK of Geritol Or maybe some moonshine.
Feel the fear and do it anyway!
I need a RAK of no more winter! Either that or way better drugs.
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries A. A. Milne
I still have my old list and I add any swap partners along the way. Maybe just maybe I will RAK someone.
Never look down on anyone, unless you are helping them up.
I've sent several but no response back. Guess I'll try again!!!
You know if your a quilter when you cleanup your sewing room and your family thinks your moving out!! Author U/K Sue
Got a lovely thank you note from one RAK and a PM thank you for another. Jill also started a thread with a picture of the tote she made (and designed) from the fabric I sent her, she did a great job! http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...n-t214797.html
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries A. A. Milne
Rosemary (the yoyo queen) and Gail sent me bags and bags of yoyos and circles to make more! Thank you girls!
Feel the fear and do it anyway!
Howe nice to hear Michelle Obama speak up for the arts in our lives. Art in public school has suffered terribly, cut to make room for more math, literacy, science. The music parents support their bands. Artists are a more personal lot. I am making RAK boxes for the local public schools.
Dotty in NYC


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The two daughters learned about the Honor Flight program that transports veterans free of charge to the nation's capital to visit memorials, with top priority given to World War II survivors, along with other veterans with terminal illness.
"We knew how much it would mean to him, so we both decided to pay our way and get approved as guardians," Keys said. "After we were approved, we printed off the application form for daddy and gave it to him as a Christmas gift."
Wesley said he was indeed surprised by the gift and excited about attending a Flight.
Wesley said he had been to several of the memorials before, but his tour with the Honor Flight was the first time to visit the World War II Memorial.
He said visiting the WWII Memorial was special because it was something he could relate to. Wesley added that the trip was made even more special because he shared the experience with his two daughters.
"I don't know how to describe how awesome it was," Wesley said of the Honor Flight. "It was an amazing feeling to witness the patriotism displayed everywhere we went. I would encourage anyone who is eligible to go. It was the highlight of my life."
"Mine too," daughter Keys said. "We loved it too."
Keys said the entire trip was emotional, but she managed to hold back her tears until after they returned home.
To learn more about the Honor Flight go online to www.honorflight.org or contact Bill McKenzie at (479) 290-5039.


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i have called a dialog box up and now i want to move a control (pushbutton) to the bottom left hand corner of the dialog. so what i figured i would do is just like what i would do with a window, handle the wm_size message and take the LPARAM of it to get the sizes and then move the control according.
so i put the wm_size message into the dialog proc but then when i ran it, it didnt do what was expected. so then i eventually tested it (with a mesage box call) and it seems that the wm_size message wasn't even handled.
aren't there wm_size messages in dialog boxes? if not, then how do i get the dialog sizes during runtime to move controls accordingly?


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Do you think Voldemort remembers living off Quirrell and how Snape tried to prevent him from getting the stone?
I would say he probably remembers it, but that doesn't explain why he doesn't get all ticked off at Snape when he comes back. He was aware of everything at the time of SS, since he could tell Quirrell what to do, but if he remembered Snape trying to stop him, don't you think he would have killed him on the spot as soon as he returned and saw Snape again?
And, if he does, do you think he gave Snape a hard time when he came back in Goblet of Fire?
Well, Snape isn't killed, so my guess would be no.
Did Voldemort question Snape's loyalty because of his actions toward Quirrell in Sorcerers Stone?
I would if I were him, but again, he doesn't immediately kill Snape, so he might not remember that part of SS.


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A jury convicted Cody, 27, earlier this month of second-degree murder and sentenced him to 20 years in prison for the May 2012 shooting death of Lee Britton, 65.
Cody claimed Britton sexually assaulted his daughter, 5, while Cody's family stayed with Britton.
The online petition was started by Cassie Jones of Dover, who said she is a longtime family friend of Cody.
"We know he did something wrong, and he has to do the time for that, but we feel also that his sentence was a little harsh considering the circumstance," Jones said. "So it's important to us to get maybe a reduced sentence so he can be home to take care of his kids."
The petition is titled "Governor (Mike) Beebe of Arkansas: Reduce sentence or pardon Andrew James {AJ} Cody" and can be found online by going to www.change.org and searching "A.J. Cody."
As of noon Friday, the petition had garnered more than 1,370 signatures. Jones said she hopes to reach 5,000.
In addition, Jones said there is a paper petition circulating that has several hundred signatures. She said the paper petition was started to show local support, since the online petition contains both local and out-of-area supporters. Local support will help to show area residents do not view Cody as a threat to the community, she said.
Jones said Cody himself hasn't been involved in creating or promoting the petition, which has been an effort instead by his family and friends.
"He has no idea what's going on. He has no idea about the petition," she said, adding the family was just recently able to send a letter to Cody.
The description of Jones' online petition claims crucial evidence was not allowed in the case. Jones said the Department of Human Services (DHS) report showing a true finding that Britton had sexually assaulted Cody's daughter was not allowed in court.
Prosecuting Attorney David Gibbons filed a motion prior to Cody's trial to exclude the report because it was not filed until after Britton's death. The judge ruled in his favor.


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Mine Action Strategy 2005-2007
The EC Mine Action Strategy has as its strategic objective a drastic reduction in the lingering threat and impact of anti-personnel landmines in the context of increased local security and regional confidence. It sets out three thematic objectives, one horizontal objective and six geographic priorities.
The European Roadmap towards a Zero Victim Target - The EC Mine Action Strategy and Multi-annual Indicative Programming 2005-2007, Brussels, 18 October 2004 [Not published in the Official Journal].
This strategy and programming establish guidelines for building on the support that Europe has provided to mine action and provides a strategic framework in which the appropriate Community measures are to be conducted.
Landmines and the role of Europe
Five years after the entry into force of the Mine Ban Treaty (MBT of 1999) (FR) enormous progress has been made: the number of victims has dropped from 26 000 per year to between 15 000 and 20 000; the number of States where landmines are used has fallen from 19 (in 1997) to 5; more than 31 million stockpiled landmines have been destroyed by States party to the Treaty.
"The European Community envisions a world free from the threat of anti-personnel landmines (APL) and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in which all affected countries themselves are able to take full control of their APL and UXO problems and to provide victims with prompt care and ongoing assistance."
The document indicates several key objectives of the international community. These objectives relate to the mine clearance of areas of highest impact on local populations and increased assistance to the victims of anti-personnel landmines. They also aim to encourage non-signatories to adhere to the principles of the MBT Treaty and to assist States which are struggling to eliminate their stockpiles.
Within the international community, Europe's role is multifaceted: political, financial (the EU is the world's leading donor), coordinating and catalysing.
Specific needs and lessons learned
On the basis of the lessons learned from experience, the European Community (EC) will adopt a multi-pronged approach aimed at achieving more efficient and prioritised mine clearance of the high-impact areas. The marking and fencing of high-and medium-impact areas and raising the awareness of the population of the dangers of mines will also be dealt with as a priority. These actions will be accompanied by the destruction of stockpiles and, if necessary, initiatives in favour of universalisation of the MBT.
The document mentions the need to assist victims of anti-personnel landmines not only through local medical capacity building, but also through socio-economic rehabilitation and re-integration of landmine victims.
Several means are identified to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of mine action, notably local capacity building, fielding innovative technologies and equipment, enhancing the coordination of donor assistance and mainstreaming mine action into wider programmes of assistance.
Europe's strategy
Europe (EC/EU) has set itself the following strategic objective for the period 2005-2007: "to drastically reduce the lingering threat and impact of landmines in the context of increased local security and regional confidence".
The European Roadmap towards a Zero Victim Target comprises three thematic objectives:
- to reduce the anti-personnel landmine threat;
- to alleviate mine victim suffering and aid socio-economic reintegration;
- to enhance local and regional impacts of effective mine action capacity.
This strategy sets one horizontal objective cutting across all objectives: it is necessary to ensure that all mine action activities are conducted coherently, efficiently and effectively.
When establishing the geographic priorities of the European interventions, the following criteria must be taken into account:
- commitment to the Mine Ban Treaty. Assistance for mine clearance and stockpile destruction will be provided only to States which are party to the Treaty, with a certain degree of flexibility to react to serious humanitarian crises.
- high humanitarian and developmental need. The funds available will focus on the urgent needs of the affected populations.
- strategic importance for the EU. Geographically, a significant proportion of European initiatives will target affected countries in close proximity to the EU and regions of strategic importance.
- sustainability and coherence with wider assistance. The priorities should be established in coherence with the wider assistance programmes.
- proven commitment of States which are not parties to the Treaty to mine action and the principles of the MBT.
- efficiency and effectiveness of local/national mine action planning and programmes.
The success of the actions of this strategy will be measured by indicators, such as the immediate reduction in the threat of mines and the impact of the development programmes for the socio-economic reintegration of the victims.
Multi-annual indicative programming
Multi-annual indicative programming has been designed to ensure optimum use of funds available. It provides that the total Community assistance for mine action during the period 2005-2007 should amount to at least EUR 120 million.
The multi-annual programming sets out:
- the priority objectives for each region;
- specific actions to be undertaken for the priority objectives within each country;
- annual and multi-annual indicative budgets (calculated on the basis of the global budget).
The European Union welcomed the adoption in 1997 of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (" Mine Ban Treaty " - "MBT"). In 2001 the EU adopted two Regulations (No 1724/2001 and No 1725/2001) defining a coherent strategy concerning action against anti-personnel landmines in developing countries and third countries other than developing countries. The first indicative multi-annual programming 2002-2004 was adopted with a view to ensuring coherence of the Community efforts in achieving the objectives set by the international community.
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In Skelly's ideal scenario, Terman would expand to the adjacent 1.67-acre property currently occupied by the private Bowman International School on Arastradero Road, and Stanford would provide an alternative site in the Stanford Research Park that Bowman could move to.
Stanford so far has rejected the idea. It wants to support the district but does not want to provide land as part of that support.
But with Palo Alto's middle school enrollment expected to bump in the next three to four years and then dampen, expanding Terman — now considerably smaller than Jordan or JLS — is a "vastly superior solution" to other options, including building a whole new middle school at the 35-acre Cubberley Community Center site, Skelly said.
Skelly and the K-8 Bowman International School — which wants to expand to a 4.5-acre site — have been discussing a possible deal for the past year. But Bowman so far has come up short on finding a suitable expansion venue.
In a school board study session on enrollment growth and facilities planning Monday, board members told Skelly to continue to pursue "mutually beneficial options" with Bowman but also to consider other middle school options "with a sense of urgency."
Several said that despite murky growth projections, a fourth middle school, somewhere on the Stanford campus or elsewhere, may be needed soon. Currently enrollment at Terman is 717, compared to 1,025 at Jordan and 1,015 at JLS.
The district considers 1,100 to be the maximum desirable headcount for a middle school. This year's district-wide middle school enrollment is higher by 48 students than last year's.
In pitching for Stanford's help, Skelly cited the university's plans to develop 180 faculty-staff housing units off upper California Avenue in the former Facebook location. Stanford also is developing 70 "affordable" apartment units on El Camino Real between California Avenue and Page Mill Road, but those units will not be restricted to Stanford-affiliated tenants.
Stanford currently generates 681 K-12 students in the Palo Alto school district, up from 603 in 2009-10.
The university and the school district have a long history of cooperation, with five local public schools on land once owned by Stanford. They are Palo Alto High School, Gunn High School, Escondido and Nixon elementary schools as well as Oak Knoll School in Menlo Park.
In other business Monday, board members reviewed demographers' data that project little or no elementary enrollment growth in the near term, even as the district is making plans to open a new elementary school.
But members said the demographers' projections failed to take into account new housing that — while not yet in the development pipeline — is likely to occur.
Vice President Barb Mitchell (who was elected president of the board on Tuesday) noted that the City of Palo Alto, under heavy pressure from state and regional planning officials to add housing to address the city's jobs-housing imbalance, is conservatively projecting 3,000 additional housing units being built in the city between now and 2030.
District demographers are only projecting 500 new housing units, albeit for a shorter time horizon, she said.
"I don't think we should ignore (the city projections), especially when the demographers admit they don't look at data unless it's in our pipeline," she said.
Board members agreed to look more closely at new-school possibilities in another study session in January, at which Skelly said he would provide a range of options. The board has said it plans to make a final decision by June on location and programming — traditional or specialized, such as Spanish immersion — for a 13th elementary school.
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Intel lays the base for 14nm chips in 2014, "to light a fire under" Apple and Samsung
25 Comments
1. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
I must be a total geek. I'm pumped for 14nm.
2. Penny (Posts: 1684; Member since: 04 Feb 2011)
As somebody who likes to build PCs, I definitely appreciate Intel's ambitions in reducing the size of the die. While I don't expect desktop chips to keep pace with mobile chips in this regard, I look forward to smaller chips that offer more performance while reducing cost and power consumption.
Also, man I hope AMD plans to compete in some way. Not good for the industry if Intel goes from one major competitor to no major competitors (PC space, not mobile).
5. jove39 (Posts: 2052; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
Totally...intel need to shrink their power hungry (desktop...well...I dont care about desktop) notebook cpu. My i7 (its total power hog) notebook runs out of steam in an hour!
7. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
my i3 runs for a solid 4hrs heavy use. 6 hrs airplane mode, power-saving mode and low brightness.
still cant wait to upgrade to an i7 pro though.
10. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
Im sure AMD has a plan. Intel and AMD seem to go back n forth on who is going to leap ahead of the other. AMD did it with the Athalon X2, and Intel did it with the core2duo (and is still doing it). I have faith that AMD has a rabbit in their hat.
Its amazing just how small they are getting. When I was young, my 8086 chip was like the size of my fist and now they are going to be not even as big as a finger nail, and of course they are like 50 million times stronger.
13. Victor.H (Posts: 902; Member since: 27 May 2011)
AMD officially quit the nm race, it's transitioning to 28nm as Intel goes further down to 22nm. So Intel wins there without a doubt. But it sure has got a lot going on otherwise - APUs and servers mostly.
23. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
AMD doesnt have nearly the money Intel does. AMD loses money more quarters than not.. they havent been doing well. So I guess they are just trying to squeeze every drop of juice they can out of the designs they come up with to stay competitive. They will reduce size sooner or later.. they will have to.. or they will be pretty much belly up.
Its kind of sad.. they were pulling slightly ahead of Intel for a while there but not only had intel caught up, they figured out how to do rings around AMD.
Thats one of the main reasons I think the first Intel mobile chip will be a failed mess, then in the 2nd and 3rd generations they come back with a vengance. They are arrogant and make mistakes, but they tend to only make them once.
I will keep rooting for AMD, but my money is going to the best bang for the buck. I'm a horsepower geek.. cant help it. :) Talk to me in dirty PFlops. :)
3. doubler86 (Posts: 320; Member since: 26 Jan 2011)
I think Intel should drop the name Atom. Every time I have talk to other people about it we always say when we here Atom Processor we think of that slow netbook.
16. beachguy757 (Posts: 7; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
i bet you dont know that atom processors can run 64 bit and also netbooks equipped with an atom cpu only come with 1 GB 800 MHz ram, so upgrading windows to 64 bit and adding ram the atom cpu actually runs quite well
22. doubler86 (Posts: 320; Member since: 26 Jan 2011)
Actually i've only ever seen netbooks run with 2GB of RAM. Still slow. Windows is too big of an OS for the original Atoms to handle from what I've seen. However these new Atom processors should be more than enough for an Android OS. We'll have to see. Don't get me wrong I love my intel i7 in the computer I built but when it comes to mobile world I hope they can make a big impact.
4. jove39 (Posts: 2052; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
Well...Its good that Intel is joining party with a bang...more competition...more benefit to user :)
6. pbui.818 (Posts: 78; Member since: 06 Feb 2012)
This article is total BS hype unfortunately. Intel is having problems with their "22nm" process and production of Ivy Bridge is behind schedule. The whole naming scheme for the process nodes is no longer legit. Even their "22nm with 3D trigates" isn't truly that scale. So, when they say they're moving faster than Moore predicted with 14nm and 8nm, it just isn't credible.
I hate to poopoo on this because, personally, I would love to see technology to keep moving quickly.
12. doubleD (Posts: 78; Member since: 13 Dec 2010)
Also, Moore's law says the transistors double every 18 months, not a year as the article states
19. beachguy757 (Posts: 7; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
every 2 years
17. beachguy757 (Posts: 7; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
i remember reading a long time ago that the current manufacturing techniques or processes run into problems when smaller than 16nm where the transistors gate is 5 nm. when shrunk further down electrons start leaking out of the transistors. But to be fair if in fact Intel claims they can do it keep in mind the transistors for chips being manufactured now were developed over a decade ago and have been tested and research since
21. beachguy757 (Posts: 7; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
I have also seen that Intel is buidling a new facility in arizona for its 14nm process and that article led me to this article
8. andro. (Posts: 1999; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
This will no doubt fuel companies to improve their chip architecture but when intel introduces these chips their rivals will no doubt have something quite similar to release by then. They won't exactly be lighting a fire under the companies more so fighting fire with fire
9. ph00ny (Posts: 1764; Member since: 26 May 2011)
i really hope that they push samsung. We all saw what happened when apple pushed samsung.
11. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
All i have to say is that CHIP IS DAMN SMALL
20. beachguy757 (Posts: 7; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
chip is the same size
14. Bluesky02 (Posts: 1439; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
With this move we'll see cheaper Ultrabooks on the way
15. pbui.818 (Posts: 78; Member since: 06 Feb 2012)
Think of Intel's 22nm as something akin to T-Mobile's 4G
18. beachguy757 (Posts: 7; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
not really, 4g isnt all that practical. 22nm chip will have slightly more power but a lot less energy consumption whereas 4g provides slightly more speed consuming more energy from your phone
24. pbui.818 (Posts: 78; Member since: 06 Feb 2012)
I meant that T-Mobile's 4G wouldn't be considered 4G by others.
25. beachguy757 (Posts: 7; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
@doubler86 The net books can run more than 2 GB ram and I don't think you understand that the OS runs from the hard drive through the ram. Running the netbook x64 windows 7 runs great keeping in mind it's not made to handle heavy multitasking but for the most part it'll keep up with core2duos 45nm.


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Re: Too much poop?
Posted by Mickie on 1/22/06
On 1/21/06, KarenH wrote:
> If the poo looks normal, then it most likely is normal. Lots
> of times when this happens the bird is a hen. A hen will hold
> her poo for long periods of time and then release a massive
> amount especially when she's in the nest. She doesn't want to
> soil the nest so she holds it and then when she comes out she
> drops a large load. I've noticed that some of my pet hens will
> have a large load in the morning. Completely normal unless the
> poo looks to be an unhealthy color.
> karen
> Thank you Karen.
> On 1/19/06, Mickie wrote:
>> Hi,
>> When I uncovered my Lovies this morning, I noticed a huge
>> amount of poop under the perch. It almost looked the size of
>> what my CAG would do. Way too much for a Lovebird. Could one
>> of my lovies be sick? There's only two on this particular
>> perch, but it didn't look like the poop of two birds but one
>> huge drop. Can someone tell if this sounds normal? Thanks.
>> Mickie


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Has it been mentioned anywhere, that anyone knows of, who Salazar's parents were? Also is it safe to assume that he lived in the medival time period, if so do you think it was during Merlin's time?
Would it be too far of a stretch to say that Salazar's mother was a descendant of Morgan La Fey? If I get to make up his parents I want his mother to be from a line of dark witches and wizards.
Thanks for your help.


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TANGO DOWN http://www.brasil.gov.br/ & http://www.presidencia.gov.br/ LulzSecBrazil
Our Brazilian unit is making progress. Well done @LulzSecBrazil, brothers!
Splendid old chap, yes, yes, quite. In other news, we're loading leak bay #1 with stolen goods. #AntiSec
This is Marshal Webb, also known as "[redacted]" in the "#pure-elite" IRC logs you no doubt have enjoyed. He was involved in the hacking of the game "Dues Ex" (sic) and was/is involved in countless other cybercrimes.
Also, he tried to snitch on us. Therefore we just did your job for you with great ease.
This moron is trying to flee the country in order to avoid serious punishment. Hunt him down...
Due to the sensitivity of information, we are directly sending the information to FBI now but still will publish some info on the BLOG
Neuron - Engineering Student, US
Redacted - Engineering Student, US
Sabu aka God aka Brazil
Age 34, Leader of the group. Webmaster and Coder
Tflow aka Bottle of Rum aka Tmesis aka Sejus Christ
Possible location - UK, Suspected name - Solomon
Topiary aka T aka WhirlPool
Identified as Daniel Ackerman Sandberg, Old Anon from Sweden. Podcast pro at zelda
Kayla aka LOL aka Parr0t
Kayla was referred as 16 old girl in HBGary hack. Great social engineering skills and troll master. A guy from Canada.
Joepie91 aka Joepie92
Dutch guy, old anon member - owns anonnews.org. But active member of Lulzsec.
Possible Location - Spain
Confirmed Location - Florida, US
Pwnsauce aka Pwnage
Confirmed Location - Ireland
Confirmed Location - US
Redacted aka Recursion
Confirmed Location - US
Ryan Cleary is not part of LulzSec; we house one of our many legitimate chatrooms on his IRC server, but that's it.
We use Ryan's server, we also use Efnet, 2600, Rizon and AnonOps IRC servers. That doesn't mean they're all part of our group.
Clearly the UK police are so desperate to catch us that they've gone and arrested someone who is, at best, mildly associated with us. Lame.
As media groups think that Ryan is a leader of LulzSec, Sorry guys its not him. Its our Sabu. Ryan was just an IRC operator for them. Well bad news for LulzSec, count your days as we count your heads, How about this for LULZ?
Anyways as Ryan is arrested, your IRC irc.lulzco.org logs are with FBI, SOCA and Interpol. Now we understood why did you DDOS SOCA yesterday. And when Sabu will be arrested no one will be there to DDOS any :p
Sabu, we know you are safe until FBI and their friends reaches your home, you know it takes time to FLY :)


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The 1896 election proved to be one of the most emotional on record. It was, as has been said before, a battle between rural and urban America and, in a sense, a struggle over the future of the United States. Democrat William Jennings Bryan did well in the West, but lost in the East to William McKinley.
Along with the Spanish American War (1898), this election ushered in 20th-century America. Durangoans had a few years before the future arrived.
Durango Herald, Aug. 23, 1896
McKinley Talks at His Home
A crowd of admirers stand in the rain for an hour and are rewarded by a speech. Two thousand farmers, mechanics and others listen. Then they had marched to McKinleys home. 6,000 people crowded over the bare lawn and surged into neighboring streets. Then it rained.
The wing of the Democratic Party which controlled the Chicago (nominating) convention is just as much in favor of free trade as the wing (conservative) in control of the national administration. The people of this country have condemned the polices of this party in these particulars in every election since 1892. (Democrats enjoyed fighting among themselves even back then.)
Paper for Bryan and Sewall. (Bryan won the county, 2,729 to 88)
Judge M. B. Gerry returned yesterday from attendance at the Democratic convection at Pueblo.
Knights of Pythias annual convention to be held in Durango.
Republican Primaries owing to the shortness of the notice the Republican Primaries were not largely attended yesterday.
Populist Primaries were held last evening. No special interest was manifested.
Bryan cheered by thousands. He makes a journey to big Indian Valley and finds great crowds awaiting him at every stop in New York.
(Meanwhile Banker A. P. Camp believed the hard times were easing.) Business has increased materially over the last year. Money matters grow easier all the time. There is greater activity in business circles.
Drs. L. A. and L. S. Barnes electronic treatment given under scientific principles (Claimed to cure most everything).
It is pay day for Porter and Hesperus coal mines. Probably very few people have an adequate idea of the money paid for labor and the beneficial effect Durango receives.
Duane Smith is a Fort Lewis College history professor. Reach him at 247-2589.


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9 Classic Children's Christmas Stories
A fan of Russian art and design, Scherer found graphic appeal in a stack of '60s Ukrainian newspapers, just $20 at a Pennsylvania flea market. Then he placed the pages where he could really admire them — along two walls and the ceiling of a downstairs bathroom — using wallpaper paste and a flat craft sealant (such as Liquitex Matte Medium). Also in the room: an antique medical stand that acts as a caddy for hand towels.
To establish enough storage and display space for his growing collections, Scherer installed custom cabinets and shelves throughout his house. In each case, he combined salvaged furniture — from wood-paneled doors to full sets of lockers — with standard Home Depot materials, plus his own sweat equity.
The catalyst for this wide bookshelf in Scherer's living room? Three cabinet doors that cost a total of $75 at a local salvage yard. Scherer built the unit's frame, attached the doors in a playfully mismatched arrangement, and unified it all with a coat of white paint.
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New Diversity Council formed
I am pleased to announce the formation of the University of Northern Iowa Diversity Council. The Diversity Council will report to me and is responsible for providing the leadership and coordination necessary to achieve the diversity-related goals of the university. Terry Hogan, Vice President for Student Affairs, has agreed to serve as chair of this council for fiscal year 2009.
Council members will be Interim Executive Vice President and Provost James Lubker; Vice President for Administration and Finance Tom Schellhardt; Vice President for Student Affairs Terry Hogan; Vice President for University Advancement Bill Calhoun; NISG Vice President Clarence Lobdell III; Director of Student Support Services Inez Murtha; and Assistant to the President for Compliance and Equity Management Leah Gutknecht.
Responsibility for chairing the Council will rest initially with Terry Hogan, but will rotate in the future among the vice presidents. The council will meet monthly and will provide quarterly updates to my office. It will report annually to myself and the university community.
To ensure broad participation and support for planned initiatives, the council will form and charge a Diversity Advisory Committee, and will appoint a chair who will also serve on the council.
I'd like to thank the council members for their willingness to serve in this capacity. It is important that this council provide leadership to coordinate campus diversity efforts.
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The Scoop: Hayden Protests Dolphin Hunting in Japan
Hayden Panettiere attempted some real-life heroism on Tuesday when she, and other animal activists, paddled out into the open sea on surfboards to try to rescue dolphins from an annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan. The mission was unsuccessful, however, as she and the others were threatened and forced to turn back... and the fishermen continued.
"This baby stuck its head out and kind of looked as us, and the thought that the baby is no longer with us is very difficult," Panettiere, who stars in the NBC show Heroes, said after coming ashore in tears.
Hayden is a known animal-lover, seen here with her two dogs, Penny Lane and Madison. About 14,000 dolphins are killed for food in Japan each year in these coastal hunts, which involve herding groups of dolphins into a cove where they are netted and killed by divers.


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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced a buyout program for up to 33 properties in Ulster County that were "substantially damaged" by Tropical Storms Irene and Lee in August and September 2011.
The Ulster County Department of Emergency Communications/Emergency Management said the FEMA program -- which will use a yet-to-be-announced amount of federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance funding -- will target properties in the 100-year floodplain of the Esopus, Birch, Stony Clove and Rondout Creeks, the Saw Kill and unnamed tributaries.
Most of the properties are in Shandaken. The others are in the towns of Kingston, Olive, Ulster and Wawarsing.
FEMA, in a "public notice of intent," said properties will be bought "from willing sellers only."
"Properties will be acquired, structures demolished, and the sites graded and seeded," the agency's statement read. "Deed restrictions will prohibit future development, and sites will be maintained in perpetuity as open space under municipal ownership."
Arthur Snyder, Ulster County's emergency management director, said the county applied for $6.7 million to cover up to 38 properties but that federal officials did not say how much money is being designated for the 33 chosen properties.
"We put in a budget for it, but they haven't said what has been granted," Snyder said. "They also haven't said which properties they have accepted at this time. All they've done is release the public notice so that if anyone wanted to comment about the program, they would have an opportunity to do so."
Comments can be submitted by Dec. 27 to FEMA Region II, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, Leo O'Brien Federal Building, Room 742, 11A Clinton Square, Albany, N.Y. 12206-5421 or email@example.com.
"This began last December and is a very, very lengthy process," Snyder said. "The individual (property owner) had to provide a letter of intent by February, and since that time, we've been compiling all the different things that FEMA wants as part of the application package."
Among documentation needed was evidence that damage amounted to at least 50 percent of the value of a property.
"I had told all the folks participating in this program that this is easily a two-year process," Snyder said.
"We have to do appraisals, we have to do (demolition) contracts, we have to do environmental reviews," he said. "Just as an example, (FEMA) wanted pictures from the home looking up and down the street, pictures from up and down the street looking at the home, pictures of all four sides of the home. They were very, very specific in everything they wanted."


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Reviewing the past year in-depth is an exercise in company ownership and management.
By Marty McGhie
March is a busy time of the year for corporate business. Taxes
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Growth assets a risk to super: Mercer
THE $1.4 trillion superannuation sector is facing fresh criticism for its heavy exposure to risky assets such as shares and property, with a new report calling for an overhaul of the investment strategies used by most funds.
Australian super funds have the highest share of their holdings invested in growth assets in the world, new rankings published by Mercer showed yesterday.
With the typical super fund holding more than 70 per cent of its assets in growth assets, the report marked down Australia's super system for ''high level of exposure to volatile assets'', which it said left investors bearing too much risk.
The dangers for members were heightened in Australia's compulsory super system because it was a defined contribution scheme, the report said.
Instead, it said a larger weighting towards safer assets such as corporate bonds and fixed interest was likely to provide ''a better long-term outcome for members''.
Despite the criticism, the nation's super system was ranked the third best in the world in the latest Mercer index of global pension funds, up from fourth place last year. This rise was mainly due to improving conditions on sharemarkets.
After former Treasury secretary Ken Henry this year ignited a debate in the industry, the report sparked fresh calls for members to make sure their fund's allocation suited their needs.
The managing director of SuperRatings, Jeff Bresnahan, defended the heavy investment in growth assets, and said it was up to members to change the weighting of their plan if they wished.
''Yes [they're] volatile, but they also provide long-term benefits, which are going to provide higher retiree benefit for those in the system,'' he said.
''For 20 years, Australians have had the opportunity to become involved in their super, yet the majority choose not to,'' he said.
But the report's author, David Knox, said the finding was a reminder for fund trustees to take a broader view to ensure their asset allocation strategies suited all members - especially those approaching retirement.
''We think that some countries that are only invested in fixed interest or bonds probably aren't giving their members the best deal. But we think Australia probably needs to ease off a little bit,'' Dr Knox said.
''Because Australia has more investment in growth assets like equities, property and infrastructure than other countries, then the system is a little bit more volatile,'' Dr Knox said.
The report gave the best scores to countries with 40 to 60 per cent of their pension savings in growth assets. Dr Knox predicted Australia's allocation to growth assets would dwindle as more baby boomers retired.
In response to Dr Henry earlier this year, fund managers argued that equities tended to perform better over several decades. But critics say this is little consolation for people approaching retirement who have been hit by several years of sharemarket volatility.
The typical balanced super fund has made rolling returns of just 0.3 per cent in the past five years, SuperRatings figures show.
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