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Exclusive photos: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart shooting scenes for New Moon together today along with the high school crew and a glimpse of Tayor Lautner too. Looks like they're doing a much, much better job with the makeup this time around especially Pattinson's Edward. Very pretty. He is a beautiful, beautiful boy. The hair. The hair is working.See buttload of pics here.
Anyway, about this scene – supposedly in the parking lot of the school and there's an intimate moment between Bella and Edward. Or something.
April 10, 2009
OH MY EDWARD!!! Parking Lot Filming Pics
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Holy crap I love him... 'nuff said.ReplyDelete
OMG! I almost fell out of my chair when I refreshed! I'll almost forgive Lainley for all the rumors just for these pics. He's sooooo lush.ReplyDelete
Have I told you lately how much I love you!!! I've been away from the computer most of the day and working on a post that took all day just to finish, because I got to work on it for 2 minutes at a time. I finally finish, and I click over here to see what you've been up to...Wow! Thanks!
forgot. to. breathe.ReplyDelete
ps...does Mike Newton not look totally dreamy in that last pic!?ReplyDelete
I think I just died a little LOLReplyDelete
I know....right? Oh what a treat. My dreams will be so sweet!ReplyDelete
OME, Rob looks great with his make-up, and it certainly looks better then in Twilight, cuz you could actually see his make-up ending around his neck.ReplyDelete
And this time his make-up looks flawless *_* and is it me, or does it look like they also covered his arms with make-up? o_0!
Okay, after looking at the photos four or five times, all the while thinking incredibly naughty thoughts that I should be ashamed of, I have to ask what now seems like an incredibly obvious question: What the hell is up with that weird tale thing on the base of his neck? I'd be happy to fly up to Vancouver myself and fill it in with an eyebrow pencil.....ReplyDelete
Whoops, I meant tail.ReplyDelete
I *love* the make-up...yeah, I see the tail now too. :-)ReplyDelete
I'm so bad...my husband is doing the dishes b/c he thinks i'm working...but i'm looking at Robward.
If my husband only knew how much time I spent looking at all things Twilight....well....I suppose I'd be back on the market again.ReplyDelete
Ahhh!!! Rob is SOO gorgeous, I'm glad they gave him more natural pale make-up! Why is Rob not bundled up in a coat like everyone else? And Kristen and Christian look amazing. I also love the improvement on Justin Chon's hair. Taylor, I'm not really digging the pulled-back look.ReplyDelete
i'm swooning alright...over rob!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the really good fix! Holy Crap!ReplyDelete
DEFINATE Swoon!ReplyDelete
wow! SWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON ~o~ReplyDelete
you just saved my day!!! omgReplyDelete
Oh finally!!! Thank you than you, we were in need of some of theseReplyDelete
Helllllo gorgeous!ReplyDelete
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY!!!ReplyDelete
anyone notice Rob's hair tail? cute eh?ReplyDelete
*sigh* Jacob *smile*ReplyDelete
Great pics! Squeeled like a little fan girl when I saw these and went to LaineyGossip for more. Way too old for that, haha. Anyone else think Christian Serratos/Angela looks great? Love her character. Can't wait.ReplyDelete
Jenny, me too. What's up with us wives sneaking Rob on the side?? All I can say is yes, I am. He is amazing looking. They all are, really. KStew looks beautiful - as do Christian and Mike - and Taylor, of course...... sigh....ReplyDelete
Rob first thing in the morning, a beautiful way to wakeup. Although my husband would be sligtly disturbed if he knew.ReplyDelete
Did any of the fans watching from the side get any picts of the set and not just zoom ins on the stars (not that I dont comepletely and utterly love the Rob close up's, I really really do)? If you did could you send them my way?ReplyDelete
All those pictures of Rob behind the camera with the crew and the very intelligent comments he made about filming in the Twilight commentary (I thought he came off as more knowledgeable of the film industry than Catherine did), maybe he has aspirations to direct or produce?!?!ReplyDelete
ummm. . .giggle giggle!!!!! i dontkn ow why everyone paniced about RPattz hair. . .it looks AWESOME!!!!!!!!! :)ReplyDelete
Erics hair is looking great!ReplyDelete


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MLBloggers Fantasy League
Earlier this season I got a chance to try something I had been meaning to check out and participate in for about 5 seasons. You always hear your friends and other people around you discussing the activities of their Fantasy Leagues, and how in-depth and how competitive they can get over the course of a season. I have had some previous experience with a ESPN Fantasy team in regards to College Football and NASCAR picks, but had never joined a competitve league.
What was even more exciting to me was the fact that this league would be formualted with 13 of my fellow MLB bloggers pitting their wits and their strategies against each other from the Opening Day first pitch to the last two weeks of the 2009 season. The final two weeks of the 2009 season would consist of two rounds of playoffs, which became some of the most intense weeks based on all of our competitve natures, and some of us (me included) were still refining our rosters within an inch of their lives.
And all of this started from a question asked by "Confessions of Baseball" ( Chris Powers) even before the 2009 Spring Training season. Chris was seeking interested people in participating in a season long head-to-head competition fantasy league with a foundation from the MLB bloggers as members.
The "League" membership was quickly formed and consisted of a great cross-section of bloggers like " Julia's Rants", "Braves World","The Future Sox Blog", "Team Clemson", "Indianapolis Reds", "Team Diatribe","Austin James Dreamer", "Mets Main Man", "The Mets Blog","How About Them Orangebirds" "Bay Area King of Cali", "Bob's Boston Green Sox", "Rambling Ramblers" and of course, "Rays Renegade."
MLBlogger Fantasy League Best Draft 2009
So our first order of business after selecting our team names was the "Live Draft held on Valentine's Day. Perfect day to pick players for the game we all love so much. I have to say, from my first pick of the "Live" draft ( Ryan Braun) to the last game played during the Championship Playoff series on October 4,2009 , this league was always fun-filled and extremely exciting.
And it was truly wild time sitting there on February 14th anxious and sweating during the "live" draft since I had never been in a situation like that drafting players round by round. From the first pick by "The FutureSoxBlog" of Hanley Ramirez to her last selection of J C Romero, the draft seemd to have come off perfectly.
I have to admit I did have few moments of getting a bit upset when someone selected my guy one spot before me, or if I missed someone and saw him go within two spots of my missed selection. But it was an extremely awesome time, and one I really want to try again next season. I got a new respect for the MLB scouts and the MLB's front offices by sometimes taking soem critical time trying to select the best players with in the two minute time lines.
But I thought I selected a pretty competitve roster, and even got a few sleeper picks mixed into the bunch. I did get a pure gem when I selected Tampa Bay Rays uber-superman Ben Zobrist in the 34th round and he rewarded me constantly during the entire season. But I also made a few amateur mistakes that came back to haunt me throughout the season. After the Draft, the league membership was polled and I was rewarded with the first Draft Championship virtual trophy.
I mean I made some pretty critical mistakes throughout the season and for some odd reason I accidently dropped Rockies First Baseman Todd Helton early on in the season. He was not the first blunder, but was one of the one that made me kick myself a few times. I also at one point in the season had three very important cogs in the Rockies outfield platoon consisting of Carlos Gonzalez, Seth Smith and Dexter Fowler, but I tried to be smart and let them slip through my fingers back onto the Waiver wire and onto other teams. But the one that really irked me was the one I did by total mistake, and it cost me dearly.
I was trying to gain another frontline starter and accidently dropped Tigers pitcher Edwin Jackson for someone I ended up dropping within a few weeks. That really hurt me, more for the fact that I am a huge pro-Jackson supporter and I dropped the ball totally on that move. I wish I could say I was trying to get him through the waiver system without anyone seeing him, but I messed up big time, and I regretted the move from the moment I hit the Enter buttom on the computer.
But I get a few guys I felt might make a huge impact in the 2009 season, but they either got injured or were not effective throughout the season. I selected Josh Hamilton in the 2nd Round, and kept him through the season hoping for a healthy return. But after his first injury during the season, he did not possess the same power and monster numbers I was hoping for this year.
But I had a few players who went down with unexpected injuries after they began the season on a truly positive note. Players like the Brewers Ricky Weeks and the Rays Jason Isringhausen, who both went down and would be sidelined for the rest of the season. But also bad season starts from guys like Rays new DH Pat Burrell and the Marlins starter Ricky Nolasco had me sweating at time during the season before I gave up on them and dropped them from my roster.
But besides the pick of Zobrist, I did feel I picked up a few other good sleeper picks. I selected Oakland/Colorado basher Jason Giambi in the 30th Round, and also ended up getting Seattle slugger Russell Branyan, who had the best season of his career before going down with an injury in September. I got a small dose of what it felt like to be a General Manager to try and adjust and seek a few select players that would make a difference in my team. But fortunately, I did not have to juggle payrolls or decide MLB service time in this league like the actual MLB GM's have to do every day in their jobs.
During the season I have to admit, some teams creeped up on me and scared me to death during the weekly match-ups. I selected 7 members of the Tampa Bay Rays for my roster, and if they did not play up to snuff, my team took a dive fast. But I was happy with my Rays offensive selections of Zobrost and Carl Crawford and added and released pieces like Burrell, Willy Aybar and Akinori Iwamura during the season. Gregg Zaun even made an end of the season appearance after he was picked up by the Rays after a trade with the Orioles.
But my other two main pieces for my Rays offensive foundation might not happened if not for some great trade partners. I ended up trading with the "Mets Main Man" and sending the Brewers Ryan Braun to his team for Rays shortstop Jason Bartlett and eventual Nationals closer Mike MacDougal. That gave me a consistent bat at shortstop, and also someone who could steal some bases for me.
My sec
ond trade might have a few people scratching their heads a bit, but it is my faith I have in this player that made this trade a sure thing for me. On June 1, 2009, I traded Angels closer Brian Fuentes for B J Upton straight up with "The Mets Blog". I still think this was a great trade, because Upton ended up becoming the July Paler of the Month for the American League, and ended up the season on a bit of an offensive tear.
MLBloggers Fantasy League Best Record 2009
I bounced around in my divisions standings until the final three weeks of the season when I balanced out and found myself on top of the hill. I ended up the season with the MLBlogger's Fantasy Leagues best record at 128-79-13 and was awarded my second virtual trophy. But then it was time for the Playoffs, and I was selected as the number 1 seed and ended up fighting my major competition in my division who got seeded 4th for the playoff rounds.
For two weeks "Braves World (Gregg Henglein)" and my roster fought back and forth before I finally started to take a slight advantage and ended up winning the first round of the Playoffs with a 6-4 record. Then came the finals against a team that I had fought me hard during the season, but I expected more extreme action this time. So during the last two weeks of the season it was 'Rays Renegade" against "Austin James Dreamers (Darion Morgan)" for the League title.
And I have to admit, I was selecting starting pitching and still tweaking my roster up until the last day of the season. It was so close of a battle that the series really did not turn until the last few days of the regular season. "Austin James Dreamer" took an early lead and made me sweat more than a few times during the two week period. That also corresponded perfectly during the time that the Rays got flattened by the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees in two straight series and did not rebound until they got back home.
But finally my guys began to win some starts, and began to drive in some RBIs and It went back and forth from a 4-5-1 record to a 5-5 record to finally getting settled at a 6-4 record. And I was really sweating a bit when on the last day my roster advised me I had used up my alottement of pitching and I would not getting any more statistics from my starters on that day. I was at the mercy of "Austin James" pitching staff to secure the League title. So finally on October 5th, I was declared the MLBBloggers Fantasy League's first Champion and got my third virtual trophy of the season.
MLBloggers Fantasy League Champion 2009
In the end, I glanced at the final totals for my teams a found some interesting facts. My pitching staff had accumulated 2,369 strikeouts, over 490 more than my closest competitor. Also amazing to me is that fact those same starters got me a total of 178 wins, which was 35 wins more than anyone else. I had built my original team based on offensive power, and my pitching staff ended up being the strong part of my league team. I did lead the league in stolen bases and RBI, but fell a bit short in runs and HRs.
I admit, it was a great fun every week being pitted against other people and using my head for more than a baseball cap rack. I am really looking forward to the January announcement of the reformulation of the MLBloggers Fantasy League for the 2010 season. For now I have a league title to defend, and I am really excited to again include this great event into my yearly baseball plans..
I want to thank all 14 members of MLBlogs who particiapted in the league and look forward to going from the "Live" Draft to the Playoffs again in 2010. It was an amazing experience, and it even got me to join a Fantasy Football and Hockey League on ESPN this year to get some added experience.
I had never gotten so much fun out of a computer based gaming activity as I did in this season's fantasy league. I know it is not an activity for everyone, but I highly recommend doing it because of the great competition and the great amount of experience and fun you can have taking the role of a team owner and adjusting your roster by adding or subtracting to your team throughout the season.
So I ended up on October 6th opening a small bottle of Mumm's champagne and spilling it all over the grass outside my apartment building. The neightbors might have thought I was nuts, but I wanted to experience the last part of being a team owner. I wanted to have that celebration and that extreme moment of knowing all the work was worth it. As I picked up a towel from the ground and wiped the stinging chamapgne out of my eyes I remembered the same thing I experienced with the Rays in 2008. I felt pride, honor and an inner feeling of accomplishment………..And yes, I yearned for more.
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R/R we all love fantasy baseball. And Josh Hamilton – probably the worst choice of the year. The man came off blistering numbers only to be stunned by an injury.
*Fantasy owners sigh*
Thank god I didn't pick em'
Great job! This year, I played for the first time too, and won my league!
Sweet. Now you're ready to join the big boyz! Hehe. I've been playing for a long time now and I'm proud to say I've won my fair share of dough. That's the perks of being a complete baseball nerd. Now if I could just accomplish the same in football…
I actually got good number from him before his first injury, but I support everything he has gone through, so Josh was going to stay on my roster no matter what.
I expected more smacks for trading Ryan Braun for Jason Bartlett, but everfyone has been pretty mellow so far.
Rays Renegade
Keep you eyes out.
Maybe this January when Confessions Of Baseball announces a new crop of players, you might be able to also come into our little fun and gun league.
I am looking forward to it now that I got a better grip on what to do to get to the playoffs.
At one point, I got Dexter Fowler and Andrew McCutchen in the same trade…………….wild, wild times.
Rays Renegade
I will never play for money, but I understand the draw to do so totally.
I guess if I keep my wallet out of it I can not get upset if I fail. If I did bad, I would gripe that I should of just gone to the Hard Rock Casino in Tampa and lost my money like every other time (lol).
Rays Renegade
Sounds like congrats are in order! Though I must say that fantasy baseball sounds rather time-consuming; I spend enough time on the computer already!
Rants, Raves, and Random Thoughts
I have to totally agree with you.
I usually found time at 3 am or before the start of the Rays home games to pop online at the stadium with their free WIFI and adjust my roster.
But it also gave me a sense of knowing other teams and other players and not just concentrate 24/7 on just the Rays.
Rays Renegade
Cliff- what a great job you did! Congrats! It was my first time that I had participated in Fantasy sports and it was a LOT harder then I thought! I think I have a lot of work to do before the next draft.
I went with my gut on my roster, and did okay.
I got a little too smart at times trying to tweak it, but that is what you get for maybe thinking too fast and have happy fingers on the keyboard.
I hope you do it again…………it was fun.
I left a message about it on the MLBlogs page for Mark, but I know he has better things to do this time of the year.
Rays Renegade

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text: peacetime not Dominion war timeframe. In TNG many main characters spoke of "in my class" acquaintences, which would seem to me to indicate a fairly small size for Starfleet academy. Was Gary Mitchel and Kirk both ending up on the same ship a simple coincidence made possible by a small 23rd century fleet size? I went to a division III university and I can't say I felt great class loyalty in a vein similar to one expereinces with a high school graduating class. Also what is the rate of retirement from Starfleet? Both Kirk and McCoy apparently retired for a brief time despite being more or less "lifers". You can't create more officiers than there are positions for obviously. How long do people remain in Starfleet? Mr. Adventure seemed in awe of Uhura's twenty year space veteran status. Yet as a counterpoint most of the Reliant's bridge crew seemed to be well seasoned vets with rank lower than that of Commander Checkov's. Finally the battle of Wolf 359 was both a massive loss of life and one that could be made good in a year? What does that indicate as a picture of mid 2360's fleet strength? The Federation is huge, but how large is Starfleet? How big does it really need to be during peacetime?


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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina legislators say they're willing to spend whatever it takes to prevent another massive security breach in state government, once they have a handle on what's necessary.
House and Senate leaders of both parties say cyber security will be a top priority for the 2013 legislative session, as they delve into the computer theft last September of millions of residents' and businesses' tax filings with the Department of Revenue.
Legislators acknowledged Thursday having no idea what needs to happen or what it will cost, but they pledged to find the money to better protect taxpayers' personal information. They want consultants to evaluate agencies' systems and make recommendations.
"Whatever the cost is, that's what we're going to pay," Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler, R-Gaffney, said at an annual legislative workshop co-sponsored by The Associated Press, South Carolina Press Association and South Carolina Broadcasters Association. "If government requires us to give our information, it's government's responsibility to protect it."
Legislators noted several key preventive steps — such as training employees not to click on random emails and developing protocol for what to do when malicious emails are detected — will cost little to nothing.
Legislators also promised to debate what's been spent so far.
In her 2013-14 executive budget, Gov. Nikki Haley recommends spending more than $40 million on agencies' computer systems and security. That includes $20.2 million to repay a loan the revenue agency received to cover contracts she and former Revenue Director Jim Etter signed after learning of the breach in October. The Budget and Control Board, which Haley chairs, approved the loan last month from insurance reserves, days before a $6 million payment to credit bureau Experian was due.
The remainder of that $12 million contract must be paid in full by month's end.
Sens. Vincent Sheheen, D-Camden, and Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, contend the Legislature should have been called back to debate those contracts and how to pay for them, since appropriating money is a legislative function. Massey notes the Senate was actually in Columbia for an organizational session the day the five-member financial board approved the loan.
Other legislators question the worthiness of the Experian contract, which covers a year of credit monitoring for any South Carolina taxpayer who signs up, plus over-the-phone help for identity theft victims.
Some legislators say taxpayers deserve extended, state-paid monitoring.
"This is going to be a lifetime issue for everyone," said Sen. Kevin Bryant, R-Anderson, who leads the Senate panel looking into the hacking. "The infant on a parent's tax return may live to be 90 years old."
But he scoffs at Experian's offer for a second year of monitoring for $10 million, saying the state's providing Experian hundreds of thousands of new customers buying additional services. For example, the contract covers only a single free Experian credit report. Any credit score or additional reports cost extra.
Rep. Mandy Powers Norell said the service is being incorrectly portrayed as protecting taxpayers' credit. The service alerts customers to accounts newly opened in their name. It doesn't prevent or stop it, nor does it detect all forms of identity theft.
"We call it security. But it's not security; it's credit monitoring," said Powers Norell, a bankruptcy attorney. "That monitoring is after-the-fact."
She believes the money would be better spent elsewhere, and that the state is paying for services largely available for free. Federal law allows residents to place fraud alerts on their credit and receive free credit reports, while state law allows people to freeze their credit at no cost.
"There's nothing we can do now about the fact their Social Security numbers are out there, their bank account routing numbers are out there. ... We need to let them know about the rights they have under federal law," said Powers Norell, D-Lancaster.
Legislators appear to agree with Haley's request to hire computer security consultants. Haley designated $3 million to that in her budget proposal.
"This consulting money is probably going to be the most important money we spend this year, because we're not experts in forensics or data breaches," Haley said in releasing her budget proposal.
Haley's budget also recommends spending $12.4 million to finish upgrading the Revenue Department's computer system and $1.2 million on cybersecurity at the Department of Motor Vehicles, which includes money for data encryption and software updates.


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LG Chocolate 3 User Reviews
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Reception5/10Display10/10Build quality5/10Text input10/10Everyday usage9/10UI speed9/10Camera8/10Multimedia10/10Internet2/10Call quality8/10Battery8/10
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posted on 11 May 2011, 06:19
Fixed shutdown problem
Ginmark has owned it for more than one year before publishing this review
My Chocolate 3 started shutting off randomly like many others here have noted. I figured it was probably because the battery wasn't getting good contact either from dirty contacts, or just being loose. So, I cleaned the contacts, and that seemed to work for a while, then it would start shutting down again. So I folded up a little piece of paper so that it was about 1/2" x 1/2" square, and maybe an 1/8" thick and put it on the battery approximately where the contacts are, and slid the back of the phone over the paper. The idea is to push the battery into the contacts harder than the cover alone can. Viola..... it never shut off again. I used that phone for a year after doing that, and never had another problem with it. My niece also has this phone, and was having the same problem with it shutting down randomly. I did the paper fix on it, and hers has been working flawlessly since then as well.Build quality 5/10Reception 5/10Call quality 8/10Internet 2/10Multimedia 10/10Camera 8/10UI speed 9/10Everyday usage 9/10Text input 10/10Display 10/10Battery 8/10
- Nice looking phone
sara fabiano
posted on 08 Jun 2010, 09:49
LG Chocolate 3 = TERRIBLE
terrible phone. camera did not work after three days. battery life/bars are different every time i open or close it. recharge cable does not work properly and of course Verizon does not want to hear any of it ;) big companies = big money, why worry about the consumer. will never recommend this phone.Design 2/10Features 2/10Performance 1/10
- none
- terrible phone. camera did not work after three days. battery life/bars are different every time i open or close it. recharge cable does not work properly and of course Verizon does not want to hear any of it ;) big companies = big money, why worry about the consumer. will never recommend this phone.
posted on 17 Jan 2010, 23:11
I've had the chocolate 3 for about 6 months now, for a replacement phone. First off, the battery is pretty decent. I dont have to charge my phone for about a day and a half. But, even if the battery is good .. the phone isnt. The chocolate three is great at first, nice front screen, cool graphics, bluetooth, all that good stuff .. but there are many "suckish" things about this phone. The phone constantly turns off, the battery bar will tell you you have one bar left, when you really still have four. The front screen scroll circle broke within the first week i had it, and i hadnt ever dropped my phone. The text messages in "sent" come up as page and say somethings wrong with your phone, when there really isnt, When setting a picture as your backround, it doesnt take the right square that you want as your backround. This phone overall has far to many problems. I do not suggest getting this phone. Thank god my upgrades tomorrow.Design 4/10Features 9/10Performance 1/10
- Front screens big, cool graphics, bluetooth sending to computer.
- The phone constantly turns off, the battery bar will tell you you have one bar left, when you really still have four. The front screen scroll circle broke within the first week i had it, and i hadnt ever dropped my phone. The text messages in "sent" come up as page and say somethings wrong with your phone, when there really isnt, When setting a picture as your backround, it doesnt take the right square that you want as your backround.
gabby Germain
posted on 17 Jan 2010, 10:38
CHOCOLATE 3 SUcks.
it got the sticker and the battery wet from sitting in my bathroom while i was in the shower and now my entire phone (screens) are either red, a blinking white screen, or the snow like from a bad tv reception. My battery lasts one day if i'm lucky, it is extremely slow, and overall, it is a terrible phone and should never be sold...Design 6/10Features 4/10Performance 1/10
- it got the sticker and the battery wet from sitting in my bathroom while i was in the shower and now my entire phone (screens) are either red, a blinking white screen, or the snow like from a bad tv reception.
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posted on 07 Jan 2010, 23:29
this phone look very nice and fancy and everything else is okay too but when i come to reception its really bad people would be calling me five to 10 times a day and i wouldn't hear a thing. especial around walls of my home or in a corner. if you let this phone sit for few hours it acts like it doesn't even exist. if some one calls you don't get anything on this thing...there is an old saying the fancier the dosing the wors the signal straightDesign 8/10Features 6/10Performance 1/10
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posted on 01 Nov 2009, 08:13
I HATE This Friggin PHONE!!!!!
First of all i cant get service in my own house!!!! Thats retarded because every one else in my house has verizon and gets service. Second of all when did it become ok for calls to drop . Third, one day the circle button on the front just randomly fell off. WHAT THE HECK!!! Fourth, it snapped in half.....and i haven't done anything to it. My screen is now disconnected from the keypad. And now i cant text because my phone broke. The weird part: the kepad still works ( the battery is still is shape) Fifth, It shuts off by itself when im talking to my friends. And it doesnt charge. one minute ill look at it and it will say four bars....i turn around for two seconds look back and the battery is low.
I HATE THIS PHONE and i am patiently waiting for my time of upgrade.....November NinthDesign 10/10Features 10/10Performance 1/10
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this phone is great :)
posted on 03 Oct 2009, 17:04
I don't know what half of you are talking about this phone is great! I have had my phone for almost 7 months and it hasnt freezed on me. Sure the front screen is a little scratched but thats because I'm a clumsy person and i drop it, so people if you don't drop it you won't have any problems with scratches! The keypad is excellent! it's very sleek and you can move you fingers across it for faster texting, sure there might be a little finger print problem but it doesnt bother me too much.I love this phone and I think you should be patient if theres one little glitch and not go running to Verizon saying this phone sucks like a lot of other people have.Design 10/10Features 8/10Performance 10/10
- great keypad
- easy to handle
- you can view pictures,texts,music,calendar, and take pics from the front
- good calling quality
- a little scratching problem
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posted on 07 Aug 2009, 12:28
dont buy lg chocolate 3
I have had this phone for not even 6 months. It was good in the beginning but now it is to the point I have no reception in my house at all. My boyfriend and sister do, and we are all Verizon customers. When I close the phone it makes this annoying high pitch buzzing noise. It drops calls, incomming calls go straight to voicemail. the phone randomly shuts off sometimes in the middle of a text or call! the reception is horrible I have to go outside to send a message or to talk on the phone, thats even getting worse. The newest thing is my battery it will be fully charged, I'll send a message and it will say low battery. then I'll look again and it will be fully charged. I can have my phone on silence all, and it will still ring, and it won't viberate, or it will have one very looooong vibration. my mom was having similar problems with the same phone. (we got them on the same day) they replaced hers and not mine....needless to stay it still has issues. this phone is not a good investment, they are on sale again and i would not reccomend it at all!!!Design 8/10Features 6/10Performance 1/10
- cute and sleek
- everything else
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posted on 23 Jun 2009, 07:52
Chocolate 3
I have had this phone oever one year. I have had to swap it out 4 times for the same problem. I like the phone in general, the color, the size, and the userbility. However, when I first got the hone the calculator worked fine. Now it doesn't work at all. The phone shuts off whenever it feels like it. It becomes very annoying after a while. I'm going to move up to a blackberry. Good luck everyone, I hope all you owners of the chocolate 3 don't have the problems I have had.Design 2/10Features 6/10Performance 2/10
- sleek, nice color (blue) easy to navigate around keys and other features, size is right.
- shuts off whenever it feels like. (I never turn my phone off) The calculator doesn't work and I need it very often.
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posted on 31 May 2009, 02:03
This phone is CRAP!!!
Alright so i used to have the Chocolate 2 but it started acting retarded so i called Verizon and they sent me out a Chocolate 3 to replace it. I loved the phone at first, it is a great phone. It fits well in your hand and is a good all around phone... for a while. After about a month it started shutting down and turning back on randomly throughout the day. It would do it maybe once a day and slowly got worse to 10 maybe 15 times a day!! Now it is sitting on my bedside table... turned off... it won't turn on at all!!! It goes to the Verizon screen then freezes or it turns on, goes to my home screen, then shuts immediately upon me pushing a button. This phone is totally not worth its hype. I loved it but now it won't turn on. Now i have to call Verizon and get a different phone... Yay customer service =/Design 7/10Features 7/10Performance 4/10
- Sleek
- Nice size
- Comfortable
- Camera (2.0 MP)
- Music Playback
- Spin Wheel
- Turns off randomly
- Breaks easily
- Buttons are slick and hard to find
- Hinge gets squeaky
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posted on 19 May 2009, 21:12 (Posts: 0; Member since: 19 May 2009)
I got the LG Chocolate 3 for Christmas this year, and I can tell you I wouldn't be any happier with any other phone. Here are some of the things I enjoy about this phone.
It is a very slick phone. Fits into my pocket nicely, and looks really nice
It never fails: I have seen reviews that people say it always messes up while texting. I can say I have never had this problem. I have only seen it freeze up once and that's when I was taking pictures and I was receiving a picture message.
The Keypad: The key pad is a really good size. Almost impossible to hit the wrong key.
Dual Screen: There are two screens on the LG C3. The main screen you see when the phone is flipped open and the front screen that you see when the phone is closed. I like that you can view your text from the front screen instead of having to open you phone like a lot of phones. You can also view your photos, music, calender, and your camera from the front screen.
The Spinner: I didn't know exactly what to call it but if the Chocolate 2 had the same thing. It is located on the front of the phone and it spins around kinda like a Ipod and you use it to scroll through your front menu screen. It comes in handy for viewing your images on the front screen and viewing text.
MP3: The MP3 player on the LG C3 is great. Has great sound quality through the speaker and you can also hook up your ear phones to it. It has 1GB of space just for the music player and if you have a SD card you can store even more. You...Design 10/10Features 10/10Performance 10/10
- Camera
- Dual Screen
- Slick Design
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posted on 31 Mar 2009, 22:45
I've had this phone since October and so far it's been nothing but great. the sound quality is really good. I've taken it many places and have never had any issues with signal. My only grip is that the front display can scratch pretty easily...Design 10/10Features 10/10Performance 10/10
- great speaker
- good battery life
- front display functions
- slim
- Finger print magnet
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posted on 17 Mar 2009, 21:58
LG Chocolate 3
I first bought the chocolater 3 in October of 2008 and as of today march 17,2009 im on my 4th (3blue and 1 black) LG chocolate 3 and about ready to go get another. I keep taking back for the reason of restarting while in the middle of a phone call or recieving a text message or just checking the time. In addition the phone would make a loud beep nosie when closing the flip after a phone call. When i went back the last time Verizon offered to give me a different model, but i told the guy the chocolate 3 was the only model i like thats out right now. Well today the phone decided to reset itselfs and not read the micro card so none of my pictures were coming up. So when i turned it off and back on it froze at the verizon screen and i let it sit about 2 hours and no change. So i took the battery out and it did the same thing again and after about and hour of leaving the battery out it finally came back up. I think now it is time to change my mind and break down and get a new model. I dont recommend the phone the only real good think going for it is the FM transmitter and i think thats why i cant get away from it.Design 7/10Features 7/10Performance 3/10
- FM transmitter
- Big outside screen
- Easy to use
- Size
- qaulity of speaker
- Restarts
- Beep nosie after hanging up
- Flip squeeks when opening and closing
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posted on 14 Mar 2009, 20:22
I changed my mind- AVOID THIS PHONE.
I loved my phone for the most part, except the whole "scratches easily" should be taken with extreme caution. this morning, after NO drops but a few scratches from my keys and purse belongings, half of my screen went black (the front screen). Now i'm seeing green and red lines on the side, & the color is changing. it's getting worse by the minute. I'm going to verizon and DEMANDING a new phone- they PROMISED this phone was excellent- little did I know. The flip part is actually starting to feel a little loose, and the turnwheel on the front scratches SO easily and doesn't respond half of the time. When I transfer songs, sometimes it will only transfer HALF! I love the fact that it's a music player, but this is OUTRAGEOUS. The phone SIMPLY will not last. Wait for a later version, folks.Design 3/10Features 8/10Performance 6/10
- music player, camera, T9 Word, color, front screen display
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posted on 05 Mar 2009, 15:26
this phone is absolutely ridiculous! it seems as if after every text message i get my phone turns off. the ringer is too loud and the quality of the camera sucks. ughh....but other than those MAJOR problems, the phone is okay. i do like how slim it is. but the bad always seems to out rule the good. =/Design 10/10Features 10/10Performance 10/10
- cute.
- slim.
- sends messages quick.
- the spinny wheel in the front.
- shuts off all of the time.
- too loud.
- the camera is awful.
- flip phone =/
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posted on 27 Jan 2009, 22:23
ok. So before I got my LG Chocolate 3, I had a very old and very crappy phone. It did nothing but call, text, and take pictures. The only good feature about it was the camera had a flash, unlike any of the other phones I've seen lately. As you can imagine I was really excited to get a new one. The Chocolate 3 in my opinion is great. It's not the very best, but I like it. It's got a nice look and an excellent screen based on bright and clearness. The music feature is great. The music button on the side is really handy too. I've almost completely ditched my old iPod for it. The speaker is great and I love that it takes 3.5mm headphones. I also love using the touch wheel in the front. It looks pretty sweet! The charging cord is real practical too. I like it because I can charge it from my computer and the adapter for it to the outlet is good for iPod cables too.It does have a few down sides though too. Texting is do-able but the keyboard is really slick and flat so it's hard to navigate my fingers. Also the dictionary for the t9 sometimes doesn't remember words and it's a pain to re-type them. It's also sometimes very slow. When I open it up it takes a split second to react, which isn't the end of the world, however it sometimes bugs me. Another thing that is a little annoying is that the direction keys on the inside in a circle often leave a mark on the screen. It probably won't irk you that much, but I just really want to preserve its condition. The volume is fantastic if I'm in...Design 6/10Features 10/10Performance 7/10
- Look
- Music button/music
- Touch wheel
- Headphone Jack
- Charging cord
- Speaker
- Memory Micro sd slot
- Bright screen
- Fast message sending
- No Camera Flash
- Slick Keys
- Texting Dictionary
- Speed
- Keys leave prints on screen
- Battery life
- Too loud volume
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Lea Diggs
posted on 24 Jan 2009, 03:29
this phone is a "No-Go"
I was trying to choose between this phone and the Decoy. I decided on the Decoy but it was out of stock, so i agreed to "test drive" the Chocolate 3 until the store gets the Decoy in stock. I have had this phone for a week and already the operating system is slow like a Motorola brand phone. When texting, I finish typing far before the phone displays the words I just typed. I have to wait literally 5 seconds for the front display light to come on after i close the phone. The ringer is EXTREMELY loud when it is on the lowest possible setting. The phone only has one feature going for it-- the multi-tasking music player. Other than that, its worthless and very poorly made; a major let-down by LG, they usually deliver better products! I hope the Decoy doesn't disappoint like the Chocolate 3 did.Design 9/10Features 9/10Performance 3/10
- looks nice
- multi-tasking music player (listen while you text, etc.)
- very slow operating system
- ring volume is WAY too loud even on low setting
- bad camera performance
- lots of fingerprints on the number keys
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posted on 23 Jan 2009, 23:18
this phone is crap!
okay so after i had 2 voyagers verizon told me that i could switch to any phone i liked. so i asked em what the best phone they had was besides the voyager and they told me the chocolate 3. so i was like okay and i loved it at first but the next day i dropped it off my bed and both the inside and outside screens broke! so i took it down to verizon and they gave me another and about a week later it started freezing up and restarting like every 30 minutes. i brought it back down and asked if they could give me a different model and they said that they had to give me another chocolate and if something happened to it then they would give me an enV2 or dare so they replaced it with another chocolate and later that week it did the same thing. i took it down there and the guy wouldnt do anything for me even though there was a notation on the account that said i was to get something else. the guy tried to give me another one but i refused because i didnt want to go through the same problems over and over again for another year...then a week later the keys on the inside started to fall off!!! my friend got the same phone in blue the same day as me and on hers the click wheel and faceplate fell offDesign 4/10Features 6/10Performance 1/10
- nice ui
- great speaker
- fm transmitter is cool
- easy to type on
- feels good in the hand
- horrible build
- keys fall off
- cheaply made
- camera sucks
- charge lasts half the day with little use
- vibrates too softly
- longer than a razr when opened
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posted on 06 Jan 2009, 19:17
okay, so after my env2 EXPLODED, i upgraded to the chocolate three. as of today, january 6, i have been through three. all with the same problem. the whole problem starts with the phone randomly shutting off occassionally and suddenly turns into a frequent occurance. the end result is a phone that shuts off and freezes on the verizon wireless screen. otherwise its a great phone, but im tired of swapping it.Design 8/10Features 9/10Performance 9/10
- read messages on front screen
- loud speakers
- access the main menu on front screen
- lots of finger prints
- shuts off ALL the time
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posted on 06 Jan 2009, 15:51
Not the greatest phone...
My brother and I both got Chocolate 3 phones for christmas. At first my phone seemed great and I had no problems with it (for the first couple days). But now after a couple weeks my phone has many scratches -and I was very careful with it- and it freezes up a lot. Sometimes the phone will just automatically turn off, and also in my home it will sometimes it will have full service then freeze up and say there is no service available. This is a problem I have not had with previous phones (especially in my house where there is full verizon service). Another problem is that the battery lasts no longer then a day, even if it was charged the night before. At first this phone was able to go days without needing to be charged, and now I charge it every night and it barely makes it through the next day-- even if I don't use it! However, my brother has had no problems with his phone, and absolutely loves it. Tonight i am going to get a new one and hopefully these same problems don't occur.Design 9/10Features 7/10Performance 3/10
- Music
- fm transmitter
- looks cool :)
- Battery life
- Freezes up
- Unreliable (unable to find service in places where I should have full bars!)
- Scratches easily
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posted on 01 Jan 2009, 23:49
Overall a good phone
So I have had my fair share of broken phones. I have had this phone for about 2 months now. I love it. It is my favorite phone I've owned so far (ive had plenty). It does scratch and get fingerprints on the front pretty easily. The vibrate is a lot weaker than my previous phones. Other than those neglegent flaws this phone has been a trooper. It is pretty durable (its been dropped multiple times) and has an awesome battery life compared to all of my old phones. I like the idea of the fm transmitter and use it as a music player when my ipod dies on me. I also like the fact I can access some of my menu options without having to flip open the phoe. I have not had any problems with dropped calls or poor sound quality. The speaker on the phone is actually super loud. I had to turn down the volume a bit, which i normally do not have to do for my other phones. No phone is going to be 100% perfect. Each has its flaw, but overall, there are not too many on this sucker, and its pretty cool looking too.Design 8/10Features 9/10Performance 9/10
- Decent size and weight, FM transmitter, music player, loud speaker, durability, awesome battery life
- vibrate is weak, front scratches easily, fingerprints show easily (atleast on the black one)
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posted on 30 Dec 2008, 20:55
i jus got this phone today and i SOOOOOOOOOOOOO love it!!!!!!!!!! its great! the only thing wrong with it is that its not a slider but i can get used to tha flip :-)Design 8/10Features 10/10Performance 10/10
- fm transmitter, the way you can do everything on the front
- not a slider :-(
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bobert to the max
posted on 28 Dec 2008, 23:41
Post your Review for LG Chocolate 3
ok u guy are retarted ifu think that the phone has bad sound quality because it does not. u can fucking choose to put it on vibrate or not fucking dumbass saying it chooses its own thing. u must of damged itDesign 9/10Features 8/10Performance 8/10
- good phone yes indeed
- should of made it a slider
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posted on 23 Dec 2008, 16:33
The worst phone ever on VZW
I had owned several phones while being VZW customer but that one is the worst. Phone is randomly shutting down (completly, not just restarting). Phone drop rate reminds me of Cingular in mid-90's. Phone decides by itself either to ring or vibrate. Tons of calls are not getting through. VZW replaced that phone 3 times in 4 months, then flashed software on the phone and it "fried" it, they replaced it again. After all that, their tech support rep who I was transfered to to resolve my problem, confirmed that it is known hardware issue and I can choose to replace this phone with another make/model of my choice by purchasing any one under a new 2 year plan. Oh...thank you for being so genereous. What about $199 that paid 4 months ago, who will refund that. VZW tell me that they will give me $70 if I will ship that phone back to them. If VZW knew about the problem, why not to recall this damp thing. Why is still being sold? How many more people need to suffer while VZW rips you off? I though that Cingular and Sprint were bad. VZW is not a bit better. The only difference is that they provide excellent customer service by pushing another sale pitch.Design 1/10Features 1/10Performance 1/10
- None
- All mentioned above.
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posted on 15 Dec 2008, 20:36
Long Term Review
Ok I've had this phone for about 2 months. I know I struggled finding reviews of people who have owned the phone for a long period of time. I heard rumors that the keypad heats up and the phone heats up a bit after texting alot, which is true. it's not bothersome really. Sometimes, the spinning thing on the front doesn't work, and I use it frequently. The keypad lock is anything but annoying. It scratches very easily. I'm loving the camera, it's excellent, has night mode, however still no flash. I've had my phone freeze a few times, which worries me. I love the fact that when erasing text messages it takes no more than a second. The T9 word is amazing, it's actually somewhat easier to text on it. The call quality is pretty good. Its a great music phone, I use it as my iPod, because it actually holds more music. Vcast and rhapsody is a rip. Just put your own music on it. For mac users! You can connect to this phone via bluetooth. That's how I transfer files. In fact, I think it's easier. I love the fact you can get to my verizon quickly and easily. I love love love the fact you can change the color themes. Overall, it's a great phone. It feels sturdy, but the scratching is not that great. Its great for a teenager, you can put standard headphones into it, great sound quality speakerphone too. It's great with texting and music, not as much calling though.Design 8/10Features 10/10Performance 9/10
- Color, Camera, Music Playing, Front Display
- Scratching, Freezing up (rare)
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Whenever I need a "mission moment," I loiter in the lobby at the Boys & Girls Club of Henderson County, watching the action at the front desk.
The front desk, innocuous in many businesses, is mission control for our very busy club. When your mission boils down to inspiring young people to grow into productive, caring, responsible citizens, this is no small feat.
The women who run it, Diana and Melanie, do so expertly. While managing a crowd of 30 rambunctious second-graders while answering the phone in two different languages, sharpening a metric ton of #2 pencils for Power Hour (homework time), and doling out stickers for kids who made the honor roll, they are cheerful, enterprising, scrupulous and virtually unflappable.
Recently, I performed an inventory of the front desk. Here is an ad hoc list of the top tools of their trade:
1. Ziploc bags — These are handy for all sorts of reasons; loose teeth being chief among them. With 204 of our registered members being snaggletoothed, you can imagine the dental confetti. Diana and Melanie don't bat an eyelash. They simply pop a bicuspid into a Ziploc, admire the new smile, remark on the milestone and alert the "tooth fairy" at pick-up time.
2. Sense of humor – See No. 1.
3. Calculators – We count and measure everything. How many kids pass through our doors each day? How many minutes of physical exercise? How many teens on track to graduate? How many healthy snacks to distribute?
We set ambitious goals, and we regularly exceed them because we know that what gets measured is what gets done.
4. Patience — Ever successfully complete a grant report while grilling someone on their spelling words, sorting through lost & found, paging Kevin's little brother in the gym repeatedly, and hunting for an extra box of Kleenex for the art room? Then you've never worked at our front desk.
5. Band Aids — Being a kid is boisterous business. The front desk doubles as triage for all manner of minor boo-boos that are par for the course when you are 8 years old. (Applying Band-aids with the perfect ratio of concern to blas� is key to this task.)
6. 20/20 vision — Sharp eyes go a long way at the front desk. It is here that we first identify those children without coats or a cough that won't go away; those children who are hungry or wearing the same clothes for the third day in a row. Sharp eyes catch all sorts of things that might otherwise stay below the radar. Sharp eyes keep kids safe.
7. Transparent contact paper — This fastens our daily schedule to the top of the front desk. Every afternoon, hundreds of kids study this grid to determine the course of their club experience. The schedule ensures members benefit from every amenity the club has to offer, from academics to athletics, volunteering and, of course, plain old fun.
8. Sharpies — These are for filling out membership cards. An all-inclusive annual club membership costs $5.
9. Children's artwork — These lovely little masterpieces are routinely delivered to our front desk as gestures of affection from our members: scribble art, homemade Valentines, dioramas with glitter, macaroni sculptures — you name it. Melanie and Diana proudly display them, an affirmation that delights each artist.
10. Photographic memory — I'm stunned by the staff's ability to know each child by name when I struggle to remember my own phone number. Our club serves over 1,500 kids each year, and the brains of our front desk staff must have extra data storage capacity.
There you have it: mission control. Productive, caring, responsible citizens. That's what it's all about.
Mission control
Whenever I need a "mission moment," I loiter in the lobby at the Boys & Girls Club of Henderson County, watching the action at the front desk.


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Source: Yahoo SportsThe Sacramento Kings have reached an agreement in principle to make Denver VP Pete D'Alessandro its general manager, league sources tell Y!
Source: Yahoo SportsThe Sacramento Kings have reached an agreement in principle to make Denver VP Pete D'Alessandro its general manager, league sources tell Y!
Let's wait for the crazy trades from Nuggets side. Who doesn't want Wiggins?
All I'm picturing right now is Protia de Rossi saying...
Denver's having a fire sale!?!?!?!?
"They're going to have to rename the whole conference after us: Toronto Raptors 2014-2015 Northern Conference Champions" ~ ezzbee Dec. 2014
"I guess I got a little carried away there" ~ ezzbee Apr. 2015
"We only have one rule on this team. What is that rule? E.L.E. That's right's, E.L.E, and what does E.L.E. stand for? EVERYBODY LOVE EVERYBODY. Right there up on the wall, because this isn't just a basketball team, this is a lifestyle. ~ Jackie Moon
They are where they are because of the guys they\re letting walk. We as Raptors fans should be able to appreciate the importance of a strong front office.
There is nothing simple about what they now must overcome.
Overcome? I still don't get it. Stan Kroenke will hire suits to fill the office void. He nailed it on the cheap before, he'll do it again.
Right, because it's easy to do that?
Did you see them play in the 90's? Had they not drafted Melo and instead drafted Darko(as in, had the Piston not completely dropped the ball by passing on Melo) one could argue that they would have been a pathetic team most of the last decade.
Good management is hard to find and that's why you see the usual suspects again and again in the lottery; "building" and then "re-building".
The Nuggets' are at the light at the end of the tunnel right now. No need to build or rebuild. Tweek , perhaps. I understand Kroenke's philosophy. Why pay 3 million per for a perceived reputation when the next Ujiri is waiting in the wings.
They actually do need to keep building. That was a good team last year but it is isn't good enough.
Whoever they bring in next, they could be horrible for all you know, that's the point. If it was easy finding guys like Ujiri then you would have 30 shrewd, well run teams.
Iguodala also opted out - arguably their best player. Man, Nuggets fans are having a hard off-season. Not sure how this team bounces back.
I've heard the Nuggets are in talks for Lionel Hollins, otherwise, this team is nothing but a treadmill team in the playoffs. Not bad enough to miss the playoffs, or good enough to win a championship - maybe not good enough to get past the 1st round.
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
Source: Denver PostNuggets director of player personnel, Mike Bratz, and scouting director, Dan Tolzman, are both leaving the organization. Tolzman will join former Nuggets executive vice president of basketball operations, Masai Ujiri, in Toronto.
They're seeing the front office changes of a rebuild. It doesn't get much worse for a team coming off a great season and looking to build on that. The new guys will have a huge amount of pressure to deliver immediately.
Source: ESPN.comWas it really just three months ago the Nuggets were the Western Conference's hottest team? Starting with a first-round upset at the hands of the Golden State Warriors, it has all been downhill in the Mile High City since the end of the regular season.
Denver lost Executive of the Year Masai Ujiri to Toronto then fired Coach of the Year George Karl. Ace defender Andre Iguodala followed them out the door, signing with Golden State in what became a sign-and-trade deal.
So far, the Nuggets have replaced Iguodala, Corey Brewer and Kosta Koufos with Randy Foye, J.J. Hickson and Darrell Arthur. That's the biggest downgrade of any team that isn't rebuilding.
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Regular price: $38.50
Yet Father Tim, the bachelor rector, wants something more. Enter a dog the size of a sofa who moves in and won't go away. Add an attractive neighbor who begins wearing a path through the hedge. Now, stir in a lovable but unloved boy, a mystifying jewel theft, and a secret that's 60 years old.
Suddenly, Father Tim gets more than he bargained for. And readers get a rich, provincial comedy in which mysteries and miracles abound.
Move over, Eudora Welty. I love the slow pace and the gentle narrative. It's a great change of pace from my usual fare of fantasy and science fiction. It's warm and funny and eminently enjoyable. I actually appreciate the reader's pauses and find it adds to the experience. One caveat, these novels are not-at-all-disguised proselytizations for the Christian faith, complete with altar calls, so if you're not into that sort of thing you may want to shy off. I just accept those evangelical sales pitches as part of the story (being so in character for Father Tim) that I don't let it bother me. I still enjoy the story so much that I couldn't wait to get subsequent books.
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Funny, quirky, and positive. This was my first Mitford book and I really enjoyed the narrator and the light hearted story of a North Carolina town and its aging Episcopal priest. Upbeat and filled with southern charm.
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The Mitford Series books are those I want to read over and over. I'd give each in the series 10 stars if possible. I love them because it's like reading about old friends and 'going home', even if you never had a home like that, you'd want one. The stories are funny, some suspense, mystery and everything else a good book has. You can get lost in them and feel like you are right there in Mitford. And, for some reason, while reading these books, they give you a comforting and peaceful feeling...I just feel good when reading them and after reading them. These people are ones you want to know and hope really exist someplace, somewhere. I'd recommend them to anyone who loves reading about small town life, feeling you know the people you're reading about, and like the comfort you can get when reading a good book. I just LOVE the series.
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It took a little while for me to get sucked into this story. And like the story itself, it took a little getting used to the narrator before I could appreciate him. Maybe it was about half way through, maybe a little less than that when I realized that I love the characters and the setting of this homey, uncomplicated story that tends to resonate with the soul. I also realized what an incredible narrator John McDonough really is. I needed a "feel-good" kind of story, down to earth and easy to follow, just now, and that is what I got. What a surprise that a story about an older man, and a man of the cloth, could be so sweet and, well, inspiring. I don't think this book is for everyone. Some people would find it boring, or would have a hard time engaging in it, but it just hit the spot for me. I am pretty sure I will be reading/listening to more in this series
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I thought At Home in Mitford was entertaining. It is a little slow in parts but that is to be expected in a story about small town life. The characters are lovable and the story line is interesting. The author manages to tell a story with a little mystery and romance all the while keeping things very innocent. I would recommend this book if you are tired of (or offended by) blood and sex and are looking for some innocent story telling.
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The Mitford books are some of my all time favorite books so I thought I'd introduce my husband to them on one of our many rides from Maryland to Georgia to see his parents. The narrator read so slowly it almost put me to sleep at points. Other than that, the story in the first book is a bit slow too but by the end, you are totally involved in the lives of the characters.
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I really enjoyed this book. It's always nice when a book makes you smile almost the entire way thru.
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I absolutely love this entire series of books. I have read them all at least three times and now that I have them all on audiobook, I have listened to them twice. I got involved in every one's lives and truly liked almost every character in the book. After a couple of books, you know them all like you know your next door neightbor. I cried when characters died, and still laugh like crazy at Uncle Billy's jokes. The stories that take Father Tim and Cynthia to new places are great, because you get to meet new people and new experiences thru the Kavanaughs. I find it a great read and will continue to listen to the books. The narrator adds to the story and can bring a different take on each character, especially Dooley. I start every year so that I get to the Christmas series at Christmas Time. Can we talk Jan Karon on another one???
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I am a long time fan of Jan Karon's Mitford series and the audio books are just as delightful as the written books! John McDonough is the perfect "voice" for these books!
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Great to listen to if you feel overwhelmed and need purging! It helps to know about the Episcopal Church litany.
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June 13, 2007
NASA Joins Japanese Tether Mission
A Japanese tether of novel construction could unfold new opportunities in space.
NASA is joining a Japanese team in a space experiment that uses reverse origami to show the way to help keep satellites in their proper orbits, or to return spent rocket stages quickly to Earth.Les Johnson of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is working with Prof. Hironori A. Fujii of the Tokyo Metropolitan University on the Foldaway Flat Tether Deployment System--or Fortissimo, as it is sometimes called. "It's a new method for rolling out tethers in space," says Johnson. The mission is sponsored by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS/JAXA).
Fortissimo -- ff in music -- means strong in Italian. This tether will have to be strong considering its gossamer construction. While the tether is 1 km (3280 feet) long, it's only 0.05 mm thick and 50 mm (almost 2 inches) wide. "It looks like a strip of aluminum foil, almost like a tape measure," says Johnson. This is a departure from most previous tethers, "which have been braided wires of some sort."
Johnson says that many details have to be worked out before the planned 2009 launch atop an S-520 sounding rocket.
"The Japanese team has designed a deployer that looks like the way firemen store their hoses. It's very different from anything we've used before," Johnson continues. This is the reverse origami part: The product starts folded, and is then pulled up from the top to produce a nearly straight line. In this fashion, researchers believe, the tether can be deployed 1 km in only a few minutes.
The first space tethers were webbed lines that connected the Gemini 11 and 12 spacecraft to their Agena docking targets on separate missions in 1966. These demonstrated that tethers could be used to connect spacecraft for artificial gravity or to stabilize a spacecraft.
The next major effort was the 20km NASA-Italy Tethered Satellite System flown in 1992 and again in 1996. This used a complex reel system that resembled a deck winch. (TSS-1 experienced a mechanical jam early in its deployment. TSS-1R collected a large volume of data before a different mishap cut the tether.)
NASA moved on to ProSEDS, the Propulsive Small Expendable Deployer System, which built on the simpler and highly successful SEDS-1 and -2 tests. ProSEDS involved a 20 km (12 mi) tether deployed on a bobbin from a Delta II second stage. It was to fly in 2003, but after the Columbia tragedy NASA re-evaluated several missions and decided that ProSEDS posed too great a risk to the International Space Station.
Still, as Robert Goddard wrote when his space travel concepts were ridiculed, "The dream would not [go] down." Other nations have experimented with tethers in more than 20 missions overall, including Japanese participation in the Charge 1 and 2 rocket experiments in 1983 and 1984.
Recently, Fujii asked Johnson and fellow NASA researcher George Khazanov to join the project as co-investigators. They will help the Japanese team figure out how to use the tether as a means of propulsion and, in particular, assist in the modeling of the tether's reaction to Earth's magnetic field.
The principle is similar to what happens in an electrical dynamo on Earth: A wire moving through a magnetic field will produce an electrical current in the wire. In low Earth orbit, the Fortissimo tether will move through Earth's magnetic field as well as Earth's ionosphere, a conducting layer of ionized gas in the upper atmosphere. The resulting current will decelerate the spacecraft. (Deceleration by tethers is a trick that would come in handy for de-orbiting space junk. Acceleration is also possible by pumping current in the opposite direction through the tether, but testing tether acceleration is not a goal of this particular mission, notes Johnson.)
"We expect a low average current--about 1 to 3 amps," he continues. That will vary, depending on the time of day the mission launches. The ionosphere contracts at night and the tether would pass through 10 times more electrons during the day than it would in a night launch.
There also is uncertainty about friction, electrostatic charging, and other forces involved in deploying the tether. A model has been tested on the ground, but an experiment in the vacuum and free-fall of space is needed to verify predictions before possible orbital experiments.
Also different from past tethers will be the manner of the experiment: It will last just five minutes, from about 100 km (62 mi) altitude, just above most of Earth's atmosphere, to an apex of 300 km (186 mi), and until it is destroyed during re-entry.
Once in space, the probe will deploy a satellite that rises then falls at the same velocity as the probe, but moves outward, gently pulling the aluminum tape with it, and hopefully unfolding new opportunities in space.
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Last week, the Fire played a team with a newish coach and it's the same with week when the Men in Red travel to Philadelphia to face a Union team headed by interim coach John Hackworth. Philly have had some ups and downs but are a very difficult team to beat on their day. Here are a few tactical things to look out for in Sunday night's game:
Freddy Adu: Jekyll and Hyde
COACH'S TAKE: Matko on Philly
Freddy Adu has a long history of inconsistency. When he is on, he can be one of the best attacking players in MLS but far too often fans haven't seen the best of him. This season has also been a mixed one for Freddy but the past two games in particular, he has failed to show up. He did score a penalty in a 2-1 win over New England but in Montreal last week he was very isolated on the right wing.
Fullback Sheanon Williams failed to get forward to support Adu on the outside and this forced him to constantly play the ball into the middle when he would get it in a wide position. He even switched wings for a time but this didn't help. Under Hackworth, Philadelphia have become an attacking force but last week the wing play of Davy Arnaud and Justin Mapp prevented their outside backs from getting forward.
The Fire should look to mimic that tactic, especially because it limits the support for young Fredua.
New Forward Taking On New Defender?
Last week, Fire Designated Player Sherjill MacDonald replaced Dominic Oduro at halftime and helped the team overturn a 1-0 deficit. MacDonald is getting back to match fitness and Sunday's game could be a good opportunity for him to get his first start.
Oduro has struggled to find the net of late and his speed could be a game changer off the bench. If Philly are in need of a goal, Oduro is the perfect person to bring in because his "freaky fast" pace enhances the Fire's counter attacking ability ten-fold.
Whoever starts up top for the Fire Sunday could be facing a new center back paring for the Union, who may give a first start to former Fire player Bakary Soumare. The Mali international has been rehabbing a knee injury since returning to MLS from Germany side Karlsruher in June but he did play 90 minutes in a reserve game last week and could replace second-year defender Amobi Okugo at the heart of the Union defense.
New partnerships have the potential to be shaky and if Soumare does indeed start, I would look for the Fire to test out the new look back line as early and often as possible.
This, of course can also be achieved through set pieces. Philly have had a major problem this year in that department, giving up the most headed goals in the league. As we saw last week, the Fire and especially rookie-of-the-year candidate Austin Berry are a threat from corners and free kicks and this could be key to unlocking the Union.
Depth: If we need it, it's there
With any team, having strong options off the bench is a massive bonus. It can help the coach to change his tactics but it also increases competition for the first team. After last month's acquisitions, the Fire now have a bench that is not only stronger but has plenty of MLS experience.
Take last Saturday's game for example: the Fire lineup card had names like Dan Gargan, Patrick Nyarko, Daniel Paladini, Alex and Sherjill MacDonald on the sub's list. Soon enough we could be adding Cory Gibbs there.
The team's depth is going to be very important in the push to move as high up in the Conference standings as possible. If things aren't going well on Sunday, coach Klopas has tried and tested players that he can call on, something that could be the difference between one point and three.
Prediction: Chicago Fire 2, Philadelphia Union 0 behind goals from Marco Pappa and Sherjill MacDonald.
Stephen Piggott is a contributor to Chicago-Fire.com. Follow him on Twitter @Irish_Steve.


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'This is what I want to do' – Suicide drowning driver's message to rescuers
A father-of-two beginning a new life with his young family killed himself by driving his car into a river, an inquest heard.
Lester Robbins ignored his rescuers' pleas to get out of the car as it sank into the Yare at Surlingham, telling them calmly: "This is what I want to do."
The 50-year-old had moved to back to Norfolk just weeks before with his wife and 16-month-old twins, and yesterday his family said his death remained "an absolute mystery" to them.
Norfolk coroner William Armstrong recorded a verdict of suicide at an inquest in Norwich yesterday, citing the cause of death as drowning with alcohol ingestion a contributory factor.
Ryan Marsh, 17, described how he had watched from near the Ferry House pub on July 8 as Mr Robbins drove back and forth to the water's edge, revving the engine, before plunging his Nissan Micra into the river.
As the teenager called for help, people rushed from the pub and shouted at Mr Robbins to save himself from the sinking car.
"But he was cool, sitting back in his seat with his hands on the steering wheel," said Mr Marsh. "The landlord kept saying to him to get out of the car, and he just said 'This is what I want to do'.
"I can still hear those words. I hear them when I go to sleep at night," he said.
Mr Robbins' wife of five years, Angela Nifton-Robbins, told the inquest that the couple and their children had moved back from Polegate, East Sussex, to Rockland St Mary temporarily to stay with her parents, and were happy in their relationship.
"Things were going very well," she said. "We were looking forward to the future. Things were positive."
She said her husband was a regular drinker and often drank more than was good for him, but said he had never spoken of taking his own life.
On the day of his death, Mr Robbins had visited his mother, who had been ill with bowel cancer, to take her a get-well card. He spent around 15 minutes with her, during which she said "he was his usual, happy self", before leaving at 11.45am.
He was next seen by Mr Marsh at the Ferry House shortly before he drove into the river.
When his body was recovered his blood alcohol level was twice the legal drink-drive limit.
Mr Armstrong said the alcohol would have affected Mr Robbins' judgement "but not his intention", adding: "He knew what he was doing."
Speaking afterwards through a spokesman, Mrs Nifton-Robbins said she was devastated by her husband's death and that he would be greatly missed by all his family.
She added: "He will be remembered as a loving family man who was the life and soul of the party."


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The man responsible for orchestrating the move of more than 12,000 British soldiers and their families out of Germany has spoken of the huge scale of the task.
Major General John Henderson, commander of British Forces Germany, said if the military does not get the gradual movement of some 31,000 people right, it would take 1,000 furniture vans seven weeks to complete.
Maj Gen Henderson is in charge of the huge rebasing programme that sees more than 12,000 military personnel leave Germany after nearly 70 years in the country, as part of reforms to the armed forces under Army 2020.
Coupled with their families and civilian employees, some 30,000 people are set to return to the UK as part of the move, taking place over the next few years.
Maj Gen Henderson said British Forces Germany operates as "part military HQ, part diplomatic mission and part local authority", providing everything its community needs, from education and welfare to transport, housing, and hospitals.
A main task for him now is the rebasing of British troops - acting as the "grim reaper" telling people what is going to close and when.
"It is a little bit sad because I came to Germany first in June 1983 as a 19-year-old and so I now have to go round a lot of people and so, 'I'm really sorry...'
"We're now down to just under 12,200 soldiers and if you include their families and other key civilians who support us, we're probably about 31,000 people as a community in total.
"It's an enormous task - next summer when we most out of Hohne and Fallingbostel, if we don't get it right we're going to need 1,000 furniture vans for seven weeks just to move the families out of Germany and back to the UK.
"The UK's removal industry can't do that - not on top of everything else, that gives you a feel for the size of it."
Maj Gen Henderson's comments come after the UK's armoured division was renamed 1st (United Kingdom) Division, losing its armoured title, as part of restructuring under the Army 2020 reforms, with its headquarters set to move to York.
Asked about concerns over the withdrawal of British forces from Germany, Maj Gen Henderson said: "It's all part of a pattern of change through the centuries, the army's not the same army it was 20 years ago and it's certainly not the same army it was 100 years ago. This is just a part of a pattern of change.
"Was it the American chief of the army who said, 'if you don't like change you'll find irrelevance even harder?' "
For many soldiers based in Germany the move is a sad one as they leave behind somewhere that has left them with fond memories.
Captain Ben Collishaw, from the Royal Logistics Corps, has been based in Germany for just over four years.
The 33-year-old, from York, said: "People who have been in Germany understand the value that there is here and certainly the community in Germany since me and my wife have been here has been spectacular.
"There's a very good social life, a really good sense of bond and so much you can do whether it be locally or going out and exploring the rest of Europe; it's really just been a fantastic opportunity for us to do something different.
"Germany certainly will be missed by many, I think."
Sergeant Ben Moody, from 5th Regiment Royal Artillery, was in Germany from 2007 to 2009 and asked to return because he and his family liked it so much.
Sgt Moody, 35, from Beverley, Yorkshire, said: "I've been here for the last year and we're going back to Yorkshire in a couple of weeks.
"We've been lucky I've been able to serve in Germany and also our children as well. Not every child gets to go to Germany. We've done holidays in Holland, down in France - being in Germany has its perks.
"We'll look back with fond memories."


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Well unfortunately, as predicted, the no Black homicides in June were just a precursor to a deadly month of July for the Black community. With eight Black homicides in July and a total of 37 Black homicides this year in Allegheny County, the question remains, "What will it take to end the senseless killings?"
It wasn't enough that a toddler was killed in broad daylight while at a community picnic or that a well-known community activist was killed while being robbed, for the message of no more senseless deaths to be spread; what other deaths do we need to hear or read about before we, as a community, get serious?
Over the last couple weeks we have marched and rallied for justice for 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, who was killed by a wanna-be cop, Florida neighborhood watchman, who thought Martin looked suspicious. And while many can admit that the not guilty verdict was disheartening, what about taking that same energy to rally in our communities against the Black on Black violence that our teenage children face daily?
The idea of no Black homicides in Allegheny County is possible; we have seen it, now we need to continue to keep that momentum going.
The New Pittsburgh Courier for a while now, has been issuing challenges to the community to address this growing epidemic, well here is another; we challenge you to keep the numbers at zero. We cannot afford to lose another life.
As part of an ongoing effort to heighten awareness about the effects of murder in Black communities, the New Pittsburgh Courier will compile a list of homicides in the County each month. It is our hope that as the list of victims grows, so will a true understanding of how these lost lives effect the mental health, economic well-being and self-images of the region's Black neighborhoods.
Out of the 53 murders, thus far, in 2013—37 were Black and 31 were Black men.
JULY 4—Jamil Lloyd-El, a 20-year-old Black male from Pittsburgh, was found with a gunshot wound to the chest when he rang the doorbell of a residence in the 300 block of Winston Street in Hazelwood. When the owner opened the door, Lloyd-El was found on the porch. He was taken to UPMC Mercy Hospital; where he later died. No one has been charged; the investigation is ongoing.
JULY 6—Jill Clark, a 50-year-old White female from East Deer Township, was found dead in a wooded area of Plum Borough after being reported missing days earlier by co-workers. Clark had reportedly been beaten to death with a floor jack. Tom Clark, her husband, has been charged with her homicide, along with abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence. He allegedly fought with her, then beat her to death and then disposed of her body. He was allegedly found trying to commit suicide. He is awaiting trial.
JULY 7—Lamar Pondexter, a 36-year-old Black male from Carrick, was found shot to death at Nobles Lane and Denise Street in Carrick. He was pronounced dead at the scene. No one has been charged; the investigation is ongoing.
JULY 7—James Lapford, a 34-year-old Black male from Homewood, was found with gunshot wounds on Pearl Road in Penn Hills. He was taken to UPMC Mercy Hospital; where he later died. No one has been charged; the investigation is ongoing.
JULY 9—Robert Brooks, a 27-year-old White male from Lebanon County, was fatally shot by police in the torso and extremities after a struggle that began when Brooks allegedly broke into the home of his ex-lover and cousin's former wife on Thorn Street in Sewickley. Police found him in the home hiding, when he wouldn't follow their commands; they shot him with a taser. He allegedly pulled it out and grabbed for an officer's gun when they shot him. He had reportedly had an altercation with the woman of the home earlier in the day. Involved officers have been placed on administrative leave while the incident is being investigated, which is protocol.
JULY 13—Jewell Shelby Jr., a 23-year-old Black male from the North Side, was found lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds at a playground in the 600 block of Wandless Street in the Hill District. He was pronounced dead at the scene. No one has been charged; the investigation is ongoing.
JULY 16—James Fleming, a 39-year-old Black male from Homewood, was shot while working on a vehicle along Kedron Street in Homewood. He was taken to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital; where he died minutes later. No one has been charged; the investigation is ongoing.
JULY 16—Samantha Powe, a 30-year-old Black female from East Liberty, was found lying face down in a puddle with gunshot wounds to her body in a wooded alley on Hallam Street in Homewood. No one has been charged; the investigation is ongoing.
JULY 26—William Menni, a 58-year-old White male from McKees Rocks, was fatally shot near the William Welsh Funeral Home in the 300 block of East Park Way in Homestead after a heated confrontation broke out between him and the owner, reported a former friend and business associate. Menni was allegedly shot after he shoved the man. He was taken to UPMC Mercy Hospital; where he later died. William Welsh has been charged with criminal homicide. He is awaiting his trial.
JULY 31—Kevin Kirkland, a 45-year-old Black male from East Carnegie, was fatally shot in the chest in the 700 block of Idlewood Avenue in East Carnegie after an argument erupted over a television set. After the argument escalated to a fight, Kirkland was shot. Aaron Israel has been charged with criminal homicide. He is awaiting trial.
JULY 31—Derrick Lyman, a 24-year-old Black male from East Hills, was found fatally shot on the first floor of his apartment building at 2103 Park Hill Dr., in East Hills. He was taken to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital; where he later died. Rayshawn Williams has been charged with involvement in the incident. He is currently awaiting arraignment.


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I am looking for assistance once again in identifying this duck. I took this photo at Llanelli Wetland Centre, but my identifying skills (such as they are) have let me down in finding exactly the breed.
I think (BIG think on my part) it may be in eclipse, but am very unsure.
Many thanks in advance for you help or suggestion.
This duck species is really interesting, but I don't know what it is. Try using search image on google and search using that image.
So sorry I can't help you identify this mystery duck,
P.S. There will be people out there who know what this duck is, so ask them, not me!
P.P.S. i will bookmark this so if I do find out I can tell you super quick!
Probably a female goldeneye. They're not very common but you get a scattering of them across the country during the winter and a wetland centre is the sort of place they're likely to turn up.


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Season of Sharing helps mother pay her bills until she recovers from surgery
Anna McKenzie, 53, remembers how gratifying life was before heart problems left her unable to work. The Sarasota mother of two and grandmother of four was a cook, housekeeper and laundress at various nursing homes until 2007. Season of Sharing funds helped pay her water and electric bills. She talked about her recent struggles with Herald-Tribune correspondent Abby Weingarten.
I have heart problems and artery clogs, so they're going to put me in the hospital and work on me this month. I've been going back and forth to the doctor and I'm not able to work. I'm behind in my rent because I'm not able to work. It's terrible. I liked working. I liked being able to pay my bills and know I was getting a check. But when you don't have anything, and you get turned down for no reason for things, it's really bad.
I understand that I'm not able to work, but once I go through my surgery, I'm going to ask the doctor how many days I have to rest, and then I'm going right back to work. I just need a little help now so I can do better for myself. It's not like I try to get assistance every month.
Some people really don't know how bad it is until they get there. I don't really talk to anybody about my problems. I just go and read my Bible and talk to Jesus. He keeps me going. He helps me not worry. But I do worry sometimes, because my landlord is now talking about giving me an eviction notice. I call her and I say, 'You know the situation I'm in. I'm trying to do the best I can.' If I get a little money, I give it to her because I appreciate what she's doing for me by letting me stay here.
And I try to tell young girls, do not take advantage of the programs that are out there. If you need it, get it. If you don't need it, let somebody else have it. Let somebody else enjoy their life, too. See, I've worked all my life. But a lot of people, they don't think like that, and when they really need it, they'll see how it feels.


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Dark Souls has become a monumental frustrating hit and will always exist in a very special (yet dark) place in my heart. It became such a hit that a powerful online petition even brought a port to PC. Even before there was Dark Souls, though, there was Demon's Souls — a game which started the rage which lead to broken controllers around the world. That same game can now be digitally downloaded straight to your PlayStation 3.
As of January 8th, you'll be able to purchase Demon's Souls from the PlayStation Network for $20. Along with this sale, PSN is having a "Pure White World Tendency" event lasting from January 8th to January 14th. For those unfamiliar with Demon's Souls, what this means is that the game's difficulty will be easier during this time. White days are easier and Black days more difficult. So as soon as this bad boy comes out, get it, and put a dent in it before the Black days come!
You have less than a week to prepare so buy a few extra controllers beforehand and prepare for those soul runs after you die…over, and over, and over again.


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Soliai, Jackson bring 'girth' to defensive line
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) The new wide bodies on the Atlanta Falcons' defensive line are difficult to overlook.
After Atlanta finished next to last in the NFL in run defense last season, some substantial bulk was added to the defensive line. Among the newcomers are two veterans expected to start – defensive tackle Paul Soliai (6-foot-4, 345) and defensive end Tyson Jackson (6-4, 296).
The big additions were on display at Friday Night Lights before a crowd of 12,316 at Archer High School.
Secondary coach Tim Lewis said Friday he can't help but notice the added size on the defensive front.
"What stands out to me is how big we are up front," Lewis said. "Our defensive line is a lot bigger. When I'm standing 40 yards back and watching I'm going, `Whew!"'
Lewis believes the big guys will cut down on his defensive backs having to make stops on running plays up the middle.
"The girth of the defensive line is a lot different, to see how wide they are," Lewis said. "Runs don't typically come screaming right at the safety. So that's a nice thing."
More size came in the draft with second-round pick Ra'Shede Hageman (6-6, 318), a defensive end from Minnesota.
The newcomers gained added importance when former starting defensive tackle Peria Jerry retired Thursday.
Defensive line coach Brian Cox laughed when told his linemen were hot topics among other assistants. He said general manager Thomas Dimitroff and coach Mike Smith made good on their commitment to add size to the line.
"It's a true testament to Thomas and coach Smith just trying to go out and get some talent, to upgrade some talent at some positions," Cox said. "And now it makes us a much deeper team. It makes us a much bigger team. It makes us a much stronger team."
Soliai is expected to start in the middle of the line when the Falcons use a 3-4 scheme. Jonathan Babineaux, a returning starter, and Jackson could be the first-team ends on a three-man front.
More help will come when Corey Peters (6-3, 305) completes his recovery from Achilles surgery. He had a career-high five sacks before the injury late last year and hopes to be ready for the start of the season.
The second half of the Friday Night Lights schedule was a scrimmage with full tackling. The offense won 15-5. The scrimmage ended with Tramaine Thompson's touchdown catch.
Smith said the annual Friday Night Lights, held at different high schools, is "one of my favorite events." He said the scrimmage before fans was a warm-up for the team's preseason opener against Miami in one week.
"I really wanted to expose our young players to what it's going to be like in terms of the intensity," Smith said. "They're going to see a little more intensity than they faced tonight, but I think they got a little taste of what it's going to be like in the Georgia Dome."
NOTES: The team signed DT Theo Agnew (6-4, 280) of Georgia State. Agnew participated in Atlanta's rookie minicamp as a tryout player following the draft. He began his college career at Massachusetts before transferring to Georgia State. … S Dwight Lowery left with a head injury that is not believed to be serious. … WR Julio Jones was on the field but not in pads as he continues to have his practice time monitored in training camp during his recovery from foot surgery. … RB Steven Jackson continues to be held out with a right hamstring injury.
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OMAHA, Neb. -- Norfolk State athletics director Marty Miller told Sporting News on Saturday he has a "gut feeling" that Anthony Evans will get multiple calls this spring from bigger programs with head coaching vacancies to fill.
Evans, who led them to the greatest win in program history Friday, has been head coach at NSU since '07. He is under contract for two more seasons at a salary believed to be well under $200,000. Sporting News was unable to pin down the exact figure Saturday, but suffice it to say a step up in conference affiliation for Evans, 40, almost surely would come with a significant rise in compensation.
"I already feel it. I expect it. I expect he'll get some calls," Miller said outside a CenturyLink Center interview room in which Evans was speaking to media who witnessed 15th-seeded NSU's momentous 86-84 upset of No. 2 seed Missouri. "I expect he'll get some calls.
"I look every day in the paper, and coaches are getting fired. Somebody has to replace them. You know individuals are out there looking at successful coaches and now at Anthony, especially with him being at Norfolk State and what he had to work with, and just beating one of the top programs in the country. He's a great coach."
Miller also said he expects he and Evans will discuss the coach's contract when the Spartans' NCAA Tournament run is over. But if bigger schools come calling, Miller won't necessarily try to compete with them for Evans' services.
"As I say about our student-athletes, we want people who want to be at Norfolk State," said Miller, a NSU alumnus who has been at the school for four decades and won more than 700 games as its baseball coach.
"Besides, if you work hard and the opportunity to move up comes along and if you want it, then I think it's a great thing for you. I don't believe in holding individuals back."


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