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New York, October 1, 2013--Amid violent protests in Sudan last week, authorities asked journalists to refrain from publishing news that they said would "disturb the public," according to news reports. Several journalists were subsequently detained and multiple outlets shut down, news reports said.
The nationwide protests in Sudan began last week in response to a government decision to cut fuel subsidies. At least 33 have been killed and more than 700 arrested, according to news reports.
"Through censorship and intimidation, the Sudanese government is trying to get journalists to stick to the official narrative or pay the price with their own freedom," said CPJ's Middle East and North Africa Coordinator Sherif Mansour. "The media must be allowed to cover issues of public interest, including popular protest."
The Sudanese government last week ordered editors to publish news in line with official statements, according to news reports. Abdelgadir Mohammed Abdelgadir, a freelance journalist who spoke to several editors, told CPJ that the government told them to portray protesters as "vandals" and to justify the need for lifting fuel subsidies as part of "much-needed economic reforms."
On Monday, Sudanese officials confirmed the order on state television, saying that editors had agreed to self-censor in an attempt to not cover news that "disturbed the public" or "caused sedition."
Authorities on Friday shut down the offices of the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya news channel and the British broadcaster Sky News in Khartoum and confiscated their licenses, according to news reports. A Sudanese official blamed the networks' news coverage for the shutdown, saying the outlets were "trying to manufacture an Arab Spring in Sudan," reports said. The outlets have been closed indefinitely.
On Sunday, Al-Intibaha, Sudan's most popular newspaper, which is run by President Omar al-Bashir's uncle, was also shut down indefinitely, according to news reports.
Authorities on Thursday suspended the publication of at least three independent dailies that reported critically on the protests. Al-Sudany was suspended for three days and Almeghar Alseyasi for five days, news reports said. Al-Watan was also suspended.
Police arrested Amal Habani, a reporter for the online website Al-Taghyeer (Change), on Saturday and have continued to detain her without charge in an unknown location, according to her employer. Al-Taghyeer has reported critically about the government handling of the protests. The site said Habani was arrested at a funeral. Last May, the journalist had been banned, without explanation, from traveling outside the country, according to Al-Taghyeer.
"Authorities should release Amal Habani immediately or disclose the charges against her," said CPJ's Mansour.
Sudanese authorities did not immediately respond to CPJ's requests for comment.
At least two journalists were also briefly detained by Sudanese authorities. Sami al-Shinawy, correspondent of Dubai TV, was detained by police for four hours on Monday while covering a protest, according to news reports. Okail Ahmed Naem, reporter for Ahram Today, was detained on Friday while covering protests in Khartoum, news reports said. He was released on Saturday.
The Sudanese Journalists' Network said on Saturday that its members were halting their work in protest of the official censorship. The strike ended on Sunday. Several journalists have also resigned from news outlets, and several newspapers refused to publish in protest of the official censorship, according to news reports.
The Sudanese government briefly shut down the Internet last week. Authorities detained and harassed journalists in previous months for reporting on military topics.


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FULTON - SERVE Inc., a non-profit social agency, hopes to serve more than 400 families for its family-sponsored Christmas program, but it's falling short of its goal. Right now, the group sponsored about 650 children.
Director Julie Roark said the organization needs more sponsors to donate Christmas gifts for families. Of those who have signed up, about 70 senior citizens need assistance. In the SERVE program, hundreds of children still need to be sponsored.
"The children are our big focus. The need is for toys, clothing items. We always want to focus on the needs and wants because that's what Christmas is all about," Roark said.
That's when Haley Hawkins,11, decided she wanted to make a difference after reading a news article on the Fulton Sun website.
"I wanted them to have a Christmas too," Hawkins said.
She told her grandmother, Maggie Hawkins, and the next week, Haley, her eight-year-old sister Mylee, and grandparents visited SERVE. They chose a family of 15-year-old twins with special needs.
"That's the spirit of Christmas. It was her idea to help. Every year she's always the one in the family to make sure other people are helped," Maggie Hawkins said.
The Hawkins family bought several jackets, movies, and toys for the twins -- and the sisters used a portion of their money to pay for the them.
"They would receive some payment for the number of chores they did around the house. They ended using some of their money," Maggie Hawkins said.
Roark said the organization still needs an additional $5,000.
"We have a wonderful community. They are one of the most generous communities," Roark said.
Roark said it wants to have full-sponorship by December 14 and plans to distribute the gifts December 19.
For more information on how to help, visit SERVE's website.

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Another dinner option (served from 4 -10 p.m.) is called "Mom's Night Out" which is a TV-style meal served in a tin tray that celebrates the American comfort food classics.
For dessert make sure to try the famous Tie-dyed Cheesecake or indulge in some of sweet & scrumptious options; hand-dipped ice cream, chocolate cake, milkshakes, and freshly baked cookies.
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Validity research focuses on the claims associated with a test's scores. It is important to conduct validity research in order to determine whether it is appropriate to use scores as evidence of what test takers know and can do.
In the case of the TOEFL® test, researchers conduct studies of these validity-related topics:
- Factor structure — the relationship among the test's target skills
- Construct representation — how well the test tasks measure the important English-language skills required for academic success
- Criterion-related and predictive validity — whether test takers' scores reliably predict how well they will be able to use English in higher education classrooms where it is the language of instruction
- Consequential validity — the effect that the test has on language learning and instruction
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These are some recent or significant publications related to the validity of using TOEFL iBT® scores as a measure of students' readiness to study in higher education institutions where English is the language of instruction:
Syntheses of Validity Evidence
Building a Validity Argument for the Test of English as a Foreign Language™
C. A. Chapelle, M. K. Enright, & J. M. Jamieson, (Eds.) (2008)
Publisher: Routledge
Validity Evidence Supporting the Interpretation and Use of TOEFL iBT™ Scores
TOEFL Research Insight Series Vol. 4
Relationship Among Test Measures
Factor Structure of the TOEFL Internet-Based Test
Y. Sawaki, L. J. Stricker, & A. H. Oranje (2009)
Language Testing, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 5–30
Factor Structure of the TOEFL® Internet-Based Test Across Subgroups
L. J. Stricker & D. A. Rock (2008)
TOEFL iBT Report No. iBT-07
Factor Structure of the TOEFL® Internet-Based Test (iBT): Exploration in a Field Trial Sample
Y. Sawaki, L. J. Stricker, & A. Oranje (2008)
TOEFL iBT Report No. iBT-04
Factor Structure of the LanguEdge™ Test Across Language Groups
L. J. Stricker, D. A. Rock, & Y.-W. Lee (2005)
TOEFL Monograph No. MS-32
Construct Representation
Discourse Characteristics of Writing and Speaking Task Types on the TOEFL iBT® Test: A Lexico-Grammatical Analysis
D. Biber & B. Gray (2013)
TOEFL iBT Report No. iBT-19
The Speaking Section of the TOEFL iBT™ (SSTiBT): Test-takers' Reported Strategic Behaviors
M. Swain, L. Huang, K. Barkaoui, L. Brooks, & S. Lapkin (2009)
TOEFL iBT Report No. iBT-10
Strategies in Responding to New TOEFL® Reading Tasks
D. Cohen & T. A. Upton (2006)
TOEFL Monograph No. MS-33
Analysis of Discourse Features and Verification of Scoring Levels for Independent and Integrated Prototype Written Tasks for the New TOEFL® Test
A. Cumming, R. Kantor, K. Baba, K. Eouanzoui, U. Erdosy, & M. James (2006)
TOEFL Monograph No. MS-30
An Examination of Rater Orientations and Test Taker Performance on English-for-Academic-Purposes Speaking Tasks
A. Brown, N. Iwashita, & T. McNamara (2005)
TOEFL Monograph No. MS-29
Criterion-Related and Predictive Validity
Validation of Automated Scores of TOEFL iBT® Tasks Against Nontest Indicators of Writing Ability
S. C. Weigle (2011)
TOEFL iBT Report No. iBT-15
Criterion-Related Validity of the TOEFL® iBT Listening Section
Y. Sawaki & S. Nissan (2009)
TOEFL iBT Report No. iBT-08
Investigating the Criterion-Related Validity of the TOEFL® Speaking Scores for ITA Screening and Setting Standards for ITAs
X. Xi (2008)
TOEFL iBT Report No. iBT-03
Effects of Language of Administration on Self-Assessment of Language Skills
C. Roever & D. E. Powers (2005)
TOEFL Monograph No. MS-27
Validating LanguEdge™ Courseware Against Faculty Ratings and Student Self-Assessments
D. E. Powers, C. Roever, K. L. Huff, & C. S. Trapani (2003)
ETS Research Rep. No. RR-03-11
Authenticity and Content Validity
Test Takers' Attitudes About the TOEFL iBT
L. Stricker & Y. Attali (2010)
TOEFL iBT Report No. iBT-13
A Teacher-Verification Study of Speaking and Writing Prototype Tasks for a New TOEFL® test
A. Cumming, L. Grant, P. Mulcahy-Ernt, & D. E. Powers (2005)
TOEFL Monograph No. MS-26
Representing Language Use in the University: Analysis of the TOEFL® 2000 Spoken and Written Academic Language Corpus
D. Biber, S. M. Conrad, R. Reppen, P. Byrd, M. Helt, V. Clark, et al. (2004)
TOEFL Monograph No. MS-25
The Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Tasks Important for Academic Success at the Undergraduate and Graduate Levels
M. Rosenfeld, S. Leung, & P. K. Oltman (2001)
TOEFL Monograph No. MS-21
Consequential Validity
The Impact of Changes in the TOEFL® Exam on Teaching in a Sample of Countries in Europe: Phase 3, The Role of the Coursebook. Phase 4, Describing Change
D. Wall & T. Horák (2011)
TOEFL Report iBT-17
The Impact of Changes in the TOEFL® Examination on Teaching and Learning in Central and Eastern Europe: Phase 2, Coping with Change
D. Wall & T. Horák (2008)
TOEFL iBT Report No. iBT-05
The Impact of Changes in the TOEFL® Examination on Teaching and Learning in Central and Eastern Europe: Phase 1, The Baseline Study
D. Wall & T. Horák (2006)
TOEFL Monograph No. MS-34
Washback in Language Testing
K. M. Bailey (1999)
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That we are living in a world increasingly connected by the digital revolution is a given. But are the Internet, social media, and the expanding array of technologies that can detect signs of a famine as easily as they can help an authoritarian state track dissidents, a boon or an Orwellian bane?
The answer is, of course, somewhere in the middle. But the positive side of the ledger has generally gotten a lot more attention in the press than the negative. Now, that's starting to change.
The end of 'cyber-utopia'
Jamie Kirchik has a long essay in The American Interest just out on Evgeny Morozov's 2011 book "The Net Delusion" (highly recommended by me), and summarizes his central argument this way: "Morozov argues that the Internet is not the unmitigated boon that … assorted "cyber-utopians" make it out to be. It's a tool that, in addition to serving as a resource for democracy activists and their well-intentioned supporters in the West, is no less useful, and at times more so, for the authoritarians attempting to repress them."
Take Syria, where Youtube, Twitter, and Facebook have been successfully used by activists to get information and video about the war there to the world, but have also increasingly been penetrated by Syrian intelligence agents, who can find a treasure trove of personal links, movements, and information from data mining.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, David Blair argues that "the 13 months of Syria's revolt have starkly illustrated the limits of social media as an engine of revolution, and of the claims made for the Internet's transformative power."
He writes that linking up on Twitter makes activists today more vulnerable to the regime they're fighting, than, say the Algerian insurgency was against the French in the late 1950s. The Algerian fighters had tight, person-to-person cells that were difficult to penetrate. "The whole point of these platforms is ease of access and use … they are inherently easy to penetrate. As such, social media is the exact opposite of a useful tool for a revolution. Had Twitter existed in the 1950s, perhaps Algeria would have stayed French for another decade or two."
And it's not just regimes like Syria that are interested in using Twitter as an intelligence tool.
Contest: can you find these faces in the crowd?
Oliver Belcher, a PHD candidate in geography at the University of British Columbia, writes at his Darpa Dreaming blog of recent innovations in using crowd-sourcing and social media as a form of intelligence gathering and surveillance. It's of interest because as much as Twitter and Facebook have gained reputations as leveling tools for revolutionaries, they also can and are being used for spying and tracking the movements of people, at ever greater levels of sophistication.
The "Tag Challenge" sponsored by the US State Department had five people who agreed to serve as "suspects" and to be in public during the day of March 31 in Washington DC, New York, London, Bratislava, and Stockholm. Their pictures were posted on the Internet, with no other identifying information. The challenge? To find them and take a picture of them that day. The individual or team with the most pictures would win a $5,000 prize.
A team from MIT called "Crowdscanner" won the prize with three of the suspects snapped. They did it by recruiting agents for cash on Twitter and other social media sites. They offered $1 for recruiting a new member of the team (up to 2,000 members), $500 for sending in a picture of one of the suspects, and $100 to anyone who recruited someone who captured a picture (leaving them on the hook, in the worst case, for $5,000 – the same amount as the offered prize). They won by tracking down three of the suspects in 12 hours.
Mr. Bechler points out that these efforts are being driven to develop new intelligence and military tools, and that social and computer scientists are increasingly getting in on the act. "I'm writing an article on how this kind of research is integral to contemporary US military operations. And, it should come as no surprise that the computer scientists who are winning these prizes are consultants either for the US military, or are members of scientific advisory boards which contract through the military. "
Finally, new forms of technology are making life difficult for some agents of the state.
At Wired magazine's Danger Room, Jeff Stein writes on how the expanding use of eye scanners and biometric passports are cramping spies' style – a boomerang for surveillance advocates.
"The increasing deployment of iris scanners and biometric passports at worldwide airports, hotels and business headquarters, designed to catch terrorists and criminals, are playing havoc with operations that require CIA spies to travel under false identities," he writes, and goes on quote a former field operative. "'If you go to one of those countries under an alias, you can't go again under another name,'" explains a career spook, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he remains an agency consultant. "So it's a one-time thing — one and done. The biometric data on your passport, and maybe your iris, too, has been linked forever to whatever name was on your passport the first time."


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My maternal 4th-great grandparents, Austin DAVIS and Fanny REYNOLDS/RUNNELS, were married on this date in 1850 in Monroe County, Indiana. Austin was born circa 1824 in Indiana, the son of John and Susannah (________) DAVIS. Fanny was born circa 1830 in Indiana, the daughter of Jesse and Mary (PUTMAN) REYNOLDS/RUNNELS. They had 2 children. Austin died between November 1850 and August 1851 in Monroe County, Indiana. Fanny died February 2, 1883 in Spencer, Owen County, Indiana.
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The organization that oversees nearly 200 high-school hockey teams in Pennsylvania is advising that they stop playing the National Anthem at games, citing the high cost of ice time at ice arenas and the time it takes to get a game in the books. According to CBS News, Ed Sam, commissioner of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League (PIHL), sent an e-mail to 183 state high-school teams saying that "the National Anthem should not be played only because of time constrain[t]s."
Sam insisted that the suggestion had nothing to with a lack of patriotism on the part of the organization. Instead, it's all about economics. "Ice is very, very hard to get and it's not cheap," he explained. "We're talking $300 an hour sometimes or even higher than that."
Hockey moms and die-hard traditionalists see it another way, however. "I go back to the 1960s with high school hockey, and it's [the National Anthem] always been a part of it," Bob Mock, the skating director at a Pennsylvania rink, told CBS News. "It's a part of our history, and it should be a part of the game."
"I don't agree with it," agreed Beth Spena. "There should be some other time that can be cut."
Because of the expense of ice time, if a match runs over it may be called, with the score recorded at that point. For that reason, many teams have already yanked the Anthem, seeing the extra three or so minutes the song would take as valuable time that can be tacked on the end of a tight match. Nonetheless, Sam said dropping the patriotic tune is only a suggestion, not a demand.
Noting the importance of the National Anthem to the high school sports culture, some traditionalists are suggesting the compromise of offering a minute and a half pre-recorded version of the song that would be played at all games.
Sam said that the backlash his group has gotten over his recommendation has prompted more meetings on the issue to see if any workable solutions — such as the canned Anthem — can be agreed upon.


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People who love tough dogs may be as misunderstood as the animals themselves, if a new academic study is any indication.
Reporting in the journal Anthrozoos, researchers from Canada and the U.K. find an affinity for breeds perceived as aggressive — think Staffordshire bull terriers and boxers — isn't linked to delinquent behaviour, despite stereotypes painting such people as gangbangers, criminals and garden-variety dirtbags.
Furthermore, individuals drawn to such dogs often scored high in conscientiousness (being careful, reliable and mindful of one's actions), belying the notion that aggressive breeds exclusively attract irresponsible people.
In fact, the only cliche that held true was one of anti-social tendencies: folks who were suspicious, unfriendly or competitive were likelier to desire an intimidating dog than their more affable counterparts.
"Individuals with dogs you might call 'weapon dogs' — Rottweilers, pit bulls and other aggressive dogs — may be low on agreeableness but they're not necessarily delinquent, and can actually be quite rule-oriented," says lead author Vincent Egan, a senior lecturer at the University of Leicester.
The study draws on surveys of 235 people, aged 15 to 64, primarily from the U.K., U.S. and Canada.
Overall, low levels of agreeableness, youth, and high conscientiousness all positively predicted preference for a dog perceived as aggressive. But no significant link was uncovered between delinquent behaviour and finding aggressive breeds desirable.
There was also no evidence that such dogs were seen as status markers (macho posturing or a show of dominance), though Egan notes that that possibility shouldn't be discounted. For instance, while a pedigree Labrador would accrue social currency in upscale Britain, a tougher breed would likelier have that effect for owners in the ghetto — people unlikely to have participated in his online study.
"Having a tough dog might only up your credit in places where those breeds are respected," says Egan. "In other places, people will just think you're a lout."
His co-author, B.C.-based psychiatric clinician Jason MacKenzie, says it would be an oversimplification to conclude that "jerks like aggressive dogs," as some media have reported. It's more likely that jerks enable aggression in dogs — though that wasn't tested in this study.
Taylor Hack, a pit bull advocate from Sherwood Park, Alta., says the majority of fellow enthusiasts he encounters match up with the new research: conscientious, law-abiding and responsible. Few fit the dubious stereotype he gently describes as "douchebags who start bar fights."
"I know that demographic is out there," says Hack, a volunteer with Pit Bulls for Life and owner of four dogs, including an American pit bull terrier. "But most of the people I see through the rescue society are the right people."
The link between personality and breed preference has been the subject of many investigations, scientific and otherwise. A University of California study found that when people buy a dog, they "seek one that, on some level, resembles them."
A West Virginia University researcher concluded that dog breeds reveal their owners' outlook on the world and perceived place in society.
As well, Klooff, a new iPhone app for pet lovers, just released a survey of 1,000 people in which women were 10 times likelier to see a man who owns a pit bull as "slimy" or "sketchy" than one who owns a Siberian husky.
But Leicester's Egan says this latest study shows "assumptions are not the whole picture."


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Sophia Bush was in Charleston, SC last Saturday. She and James Lafferty, also of One Tree Hill, hit up a local tapas bar called Chai's. It's a popular local hang, $6 for high balls, $4 for a beer, menu items range from $10-$20. In other words, very affordable, pretty casual.
It was a Saturday night. They were sitting at the bar. On a Saturday night.
As you would expect, they were recognised. A few fans approached for a photograph, an autograph. She rolled her eyes at them. She silenced them out super rudely. She did not want anyone sitting immediately around them – at the bar, on a Saturday night – so that she could be afforded the appropriate amount of space deserving of a television star … on The CW!
I can hear One Tree Hill fans foaming at the mouth, readying for an attack.
Celebrities deserve privacy! Who can blame her for wanting to be left alone! For wanting to live a normal life?
Really? Because all the normal people I know actually talk to other normal people. Especially when they go to busy bars on a Saturday night.
When normal people want a cocktail and a quiet conversation, they usually don't hit up a busy bar on a Saturday night. Just saying.
Here's a gorgeous Sophia at the airport a couple of days ago not minding at all that the paps are taking her picture. Funny that.
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Congratulations are in order for Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk. The two have welcomed their first child, according to reports.
A source told People magazine Sunday Shayk gave birth two weeks ago. No other details were made available.
E! News had confirmed Shayk's pregnancy in November, after she showcased a baby bump while walking the runway at the 2016 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. The 31-year-old model and the 42-year-old actor were first romantically linked back in May of 2015 when they were spotted kissing in New York City.
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Last month, Shayk had a "beautiful baby shower" in Los Angeles, a source had told E! News.
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Shayk received "adorable" baby gifts, including "many designer outfits and toys, all with an expensive price point, the insider continued.
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Following Apple's (AAPL) report this afternoon of iPhone shipments in its fiscal Q1 ended in December of 51 million, several million fewer than the Street expected, a couple of research shops were out with their estimates for the quarter's market share for Apple and other vendors.
Strategy Analytics esitmates the entire market rose by 33.7% in Q4 to 290 million units shipped, with full-year shipments reaching a record 990 million units. Full-year growth was 41%, down from 43% a year earlier.
Apple's global share in Q4 was 17.6%, down from 22%, and giving the company second place behind Samsung Electronics (005930KS), Strategy Analytics estimates. Samsung had 29.6% market share in the quarter, up slightly from 29% in the same quarter a year earlier, on shipments of perhaps 86 million units.
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In third place, China's Huawei, which is employee-owned, shipped what Strategy Analytics estimates at 16.6 million units, for 5.7% market share, up slightly from 5% a year earlier. Lenovo (0992HK) came in at 4th place, with 4.7% share on sales of 13.6 million units in the quarter, up from 3.4% a year earlier, while LG Electronics (066570KS) had perhaps 4.5% share on sales of 13.2 million units, up from 4% a year earlier.
Analysts with Strategy Analytics opined that Apple continued to suffer from competition in lower-priced phones, but that both Apple and Samsung are seeing heightened competition from Huawei and others:
Samsung shipped a record 319.8 million smartphones worldwide and captured 32 percent marketshare in 2013. This was the largest number of units ever shipped by a smartphone vendor in a single year. Despite tough competition from a long tail of Chinese and American brands, Samsung continued to deliver numerous hit models, such as the Galaxy S4 and Note 3. Apple grew a sluggish 13 percent annually and shipped 153.4 million smartphones worldwide for 15 percent marketshare in 2013, dipping from the 19 percent level recorded in 2012. Apple remains strong in the high-end smartphone segment, but a lack of presence in the low-end category is costing it lost volumes in fast-growing emerging markets such as India [...] Samsung and Apple together accounted for almost half of all smartphones shipped worldwide in 2013. Large marketing budgets, extensive distribution channels and attractive product portfolios have enabled Samsung and Apple to maintain their grip on the smartphone industry. However, there is clearly now more competition coming from the second-tier smartphone brands. Huawei, LG and Lenovo each grew their smartphone shipments around two times faster than the global industry average and captured a combined 14 percent marketshare. Huawei is expanding swiftly in Europe, while LG's Optimus range is proving popular in Latin America, and Lenovo's Android models are selling at competitive price-points across China. Samsung and Apple will need to fight hard to hold off these and other hungry challengers during 2014.
Research firm IDC also offered its outlook this evening. The firm counted slightly fewer units than Strategy Analytics, at 284.4 million, during the quarter, for only 24% growth, year over year.
The company assigns Samsung 28.8% share in Q4, down from 29.1% share a year earlier, based on shipments of perhaps 82 million units. Apple had 17.9% share, the firm says, down from 20.9% a year earlier. Huawei was also in third place in IDC's numbers, with 16.4 million units, and 5.8% market share, up from 4.6% share a year earlier. Lenovo was again in fourth place here, with 13.9 million units and 4.9% share, up from 4.1% a year earlier, while LG sold perhaps 13.2 million smartphones, for 4.6% share, up from 3.8% a year earlier.
IDC, unlike Strategy Analytics, highlights the fact that Samsung saw a quarter-on-quarter decline in market share:
Samsung ended the quarter the same way it began the year: as the clear leader in worldwide smartphone shipments. But even with sustained demand for its Galaxy S III, S4, and Note models, as well as its deep selection of mid-range and entry-level models, the company realized a decline compared to the previous quarter. Nevertheless, the company maintained a sizable double-digit lead over the next vendor.
Apple had "the lowest year-on-year increase of all the leading vendors," notes IDC. "Now that Apple has finally arrived at China Mobile, it remains to be seen how much Apple will close the gap against Samsung in 2014."
Huawei, by contrast, had the "highest year-on-year increase among the leading vendors."
As for LG, it "finished just behind Lenovo and edged out ZTE (0763HK) for the number five position, with just five million units separating the two companies," says IDC. LG's "year-on-year improvement put the company on par with Huawei and Lenovo with market beating growth. LG's success can be directly attributed to its revived portfolio from a year ago, which featured more large-screen and high-end models, including the Nexus 5 and its Optimus G series."


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My friend Aspen Suicide of the Suicide Girls (that's her in the photo) put a conversation we had up on the SuicideGirls website. You don't need to be a member to view this article and you will not be able to see any naked pictures on this page. So don't worry!
I like this article a lot because it's not really a normal interview. Aspen and I have become pals over the course of the time I've been writing for Suicide Girls. She's very interested in Yoga and spent several months one year in India on an extended retreat. She's not so interested in Zen, although she has made it to the Hill Street Center a couple times sometimes with her fellow Suicide Girl James (there's some extra incentive for you to show up!). As she says in the piece, our usual routine is to eat burritos and complain, which is always a lot of fun (seriously). Sometimes we watch LOST together and I point out all the really ridiculous faux Buddhist nonsense. I love the show, the same way I loved Kung Fu, which was also full of faux Buddhist nonsense.
Aspen wrote this piece by typing out what we were saying as we talked. So it's not really a transcript of exactly what was said. Like when she asked what I was suffering about and I said "cookies," it was more to get a laugh out of her as she typed up the answer. Although I do suffer an awful lot about cookies, I have to admit. And the comment about "going back to Knoxville" refers to visiting my sister there. In the context of the piece it sounds like I once lived there, but I never did. Anyhow, it's a fun article.
As a quick aside here, someone recently asked me if I felt any qualms about writing for a website with the word "suicide" in its name. The writer felt it might offend people whose lives have been touched by suicides.
As a person whose life has been touched, perhaps irrevocably altered, by the suicide of an acquaintance who I deeply admired, I don't find the name of the website particularly bothersome. You can't possibly avoid offending everyone, so I don't even bother anymore. I know some folks think it's vital that no Buddhist should ever do anything that anyone anywhere in the world could possibly take offense to. But I disagree with that completely. I'm sorry if it might turn people away from what I write. But, then again, if something like that turns you away, you're probably not the type of person who would enjoy what I write anyway.
I do know that the name of the website derives from the old term "suicide blond." A suicide blond is someone who bleaches her hair. It's a joke that "she dyed by her own hand." I've also heard Missy, the co-founder of the site, came to regret its name. But by then it was too late to change it.
Also, Phil Fox Rose quoted me in his Busted Halo column.
If you want to read this blog in Greek go here. I'd say "It's all Greek to me," but that'd be too obvious, so I won't.
Also Gustav Ericcson just started a really wonderful blog about Gudo Nishijima. Go take a look!
My next live gig is at Dawson College in Montreal tomorrow (Mon. April 27, 2009) at Noon. Then I'm at Casa del Popolo, also in Montreal, Tuesday at 7 PM. All details are on the link over to your left, as well as info about upcoming stuff in Detroit and Saskatoon.
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Over my past few years of teaching, there have been multiple occasions where I have been stumped on how to present a particular concept to my students. I've always been able to turn to ReadWriteThink.org for hands-on, engaging lessons. For example, I knew I wanted my students to develop their skills when it came to interacting with text, particularly with poetry. While searching through the myriad options on ReadWriteThink, I came upon "Building Reading Comprehension Through Think-Alouds."
At first, I planned to use the lesson exactly as written: Read Langston Hughes's poem "Dream Variation" and model a think-aloud with students; then have the students try their hand at some think-alouds using other poetry. After working out all of the details, I realized I could develop some additional skills, which would fit perfectly into the scope and sequence of my class. After completing the think-aloud to "Dream Variation," I broke students into selected groups. Each group was given a different Langston Hughes poem and asked to complete a think-aloud. The next day, the students were put into a new jigsaw group where they were solely responsible for sharing what their Langston Hughes poem conveyed. Based on the meanings behind their group mates' poems, along with using the knowledge of both their poem and "Dream Variation," students were asked to figure out who Langston Hughes was as a man. What did he stand for? What were his beliefs? What did he want out of life? Students used clues from the various poems to fill in a head-shaped graphic organizer to depict their understanding of who Hughes could be. This simple lesson of working with poems and think-alouds turned into a few days of group communication, text deciphering, inferences, and even an author study!
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By this point, I'm sure Bills fans have heard all the football analysis they can stand. Run and stop the run. Avoid turnovers. Win the special teams battle. Kiss up to the officials and congratulate them on keeping their pension plan. But do you know the real key to beating the Patriots here today?
The team hotel.
You do recall Tom Brady's nasty critique of the Buffalo hotels earlier this year at the Super Bowl, don't you? Recalling his father's trips to watch him play in his early NFL days, Brady took a gratuitous swipe at our hotels, calling them "not the nicest places in the world."
Well, sources tell me our hotel industry has finally struck back at the Pats' star quarterback.
They've put Brady in a room with a broken TV remote, bed bugs, no room service, a bad heating system and a view overlooking a dark alley. Oh, and a family with six screaming kids in the next room.
But just in case the Pats switch him to a better room, I've got a better way to rattle Brady: A good pass rush.
Forget the water pressure. How about some pressure off the edges? Better yet, how about one of the Buffalo defenders showing Brady the view from flat on his back?
How about Mario Williams doing something to disrupt Brady's annual trip to our community? That's the real key. Maybe the highest-paid defensive player in NFL history could toss aside blockers like extra pillows and spend the day harassing Brady into hurried throws and interceptions.
In other words, it's time for the $100 million man to do what he was brought here to do: Make a difference against the Patriots, who have dominated the Bills and the AFC East for more than a decade.
Make Brady, for my money the best quarterback of all time, look ordinary and in decline.
They didn't sign Williams (and Mark Anderson) to shut down Mark Sanchez and Matt Cassel. I don't think Buddy Nix and Chan Gailey sat in a room last March and said, "We need a stud pass rusher to slow down that dynamic passing game in Miami."
No, it was to stop Brady, who is 18-2 against the Bills since entering the NFL in 2000. Brady has completed 65.5 percent of his passes for 4,830 yards against them. He has 46 touchdown passes and 18 interceptions. The average score of the 20 games is 29-14, New England.
"If you want to win the division, it has been proven that you have to beat them," Gailey said. "So yeah, everything you do is to win the division first and the way you do it is by beating them."
Gailey said that wasn't the only reason they brought in Williams. But it was right at the top of the list. The Bills spent a decade trying to get pressure on Brady, but they couldn't do it with their front four. That meant trying to contain him in coverage, which is a very risky proposition.
Brady has a career winning percentage of 125-37 in the regular season, the best record since the merger. That's an average of better than 12 wins a season. But he hasn't won a Super Bowl since 2005.
The Pats' last four playoff exits have come against teams with formidable pass rushes - the Giants in the two Super Bowls, the Ravens in 2010 and the Jets in 2011.
There's talk of the Bills becoming like the Giants, who won it all with a deep and aggressive line that could disrupt the top quarterbacks. Presumably, Mario Williams would make everyone around him better. He's been very good on occasion through three games, bad at others. They're paying him for great.
"It's the biggest game of our season so far," said Williams, "and it's the game at hand. That's the most important thing. In order for us to get to where we want to get, we've to get pressure on (Brady). All of the games that he's played in that you see them not come out on top, it's been because he's been disrupted and uncomfortable. It's up to us to get after him and keep him moving."
Williams downplayed his role. He said he hadn't been looking toward this day since he signed with the Bills in March. Of course, his Twitter avatar depicts an animated Super Mario character tossing a fireball at a Patriots player with a No. 12 jersey.
"It's been a long time since I've been on Twitter," Mario said, "but it's one of the things, like I said, in order for us to get the W facing this team, it is up to us to apply pressure and keep him rattled."
So tweeting has gone the way of TV-watching with Mario. He doesn't need social media to tell him how big today's game is, and how much Bills fans are counting on him to unsettle Brady and tilt the balance of power away from the Pats after more than a decade.
"Oh, yeah, obviously it's big here," he said. "Seeing him twice a year is something that everybody emphasizes. But at the end of the day, this is new faces up front. It's a new team, and we've just got to take care of what we've got in front of us and go out and do it."
Some faces are new, but how good are the Bills? They've been trying to close the gap since Tom Donahoe was a new hire. Are the Bills ready to challenge the Pats for the division crown? And have New England and Brady slipped as much as people want to believe?
The Pats are 1-2. It's the first time they've been below .500 since losing the opener here nine years ago. They've had little crises and come back even stronger. Last year, they seemed to be reeling after losing two in a row. They blew out the Jets on the road and didn't lose again until the Super Bowl.
Two years ago, the Pats lost by 20 at Cleveland. Was this evidence of incipient decline? No, they won by 13 at Pittsburgh the next week. Brady threw for 350 yards. That was the Sunday night he was seen on national TV ripping into his teammates on the bench. They didn't lose again in the regular season.
So you learn not to overreact to the Patriots' woes. Brady and Bill Belichick generally find a way to turn things around. The Bills picked off Brady four times here last year and snapped a 15-game losing streak to the Pats. They finished seven games behind them in the division.
That doesn't mean Brady isn't concerned. After Sunday's loss to the Ravens, he said the Pats lacked a killer instinct. The Pats have injuries, but they tend to play their best game when their competitive spirit is questioned. We'll find out today. We'll also see if this new Bills team has a killer instinct.
I got the sense that it was losing to the Bills here, not the hotels, that was under Brady's skin at the Super Bowl. Imagine what his mood will like if he checks out of here on a three-game losing streak.
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Long time, no see. How are you doing?
It was a little too refined for me - you couldnt wear red tights to a ballet class ever - I felt more at home in a jazz dance program when I got older. Of course I no longer had a ballerina's body either as I had hips!
Yes I was but later from age 9-12. I was always dancing though, I was likely in a modern dance class at the time of that pic. You a ballet fan?
Haha I'm a total mutant! Gotta love those recessive genes! But I think it's worse for me cuz I've got the blionde hair too. Dr. Xavier would love me...I'm even in chair like him
Hi There. Heres to a good week
the term 'slobjob' is a new fave. thanks for that, boss.
Do u know what happened to DA?
Better late than never. I hoped u enjoyed your holidays & best wishes for the new year. Sexy Man
um...thanks for "perking" me up!
It did get better. And the hair's still cooperating! Thanks for the note.
Hey there back atcha! (and it's Anna)
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It be Navy blue 'Sir', lol. Ma'am???. Now I'm 'Ma'am'??, lol, why so formal Bobbo, HA. Thanks for the compliment
Thanks Amanda, I hadn't even heard of it! haha, I checked out his website, looks like an interesting novel. I'm glad you're enjoying it, I bet I will too. I'm doing well, thanks, hope the same for you
Hey you I have spent the past few days reading Stephen King's 11.22.63. A very strange departure from his other work, but I am enjoying it quite a bit. Just thought I would mention it as I think you might find it an interesting read. Hope you are doing well.
Hi rdf. Been very busy. My husband died in June 08. Moved to Rockaway Beach Missouri and bought a bar. Oh my tigers lions and bears. Hope all of good with you. Come read once in awhile but..not miuch spare time. Thanks for the thought. Always love your posts. Rita
thanks again darlin' you're sweet.
Duane is my son, silly, lol
thank you btw, cutie
what in the good lord's name are you talking about bobbo?, lol
He is wonderful – taught me how to appreciate men. My mom's great too. I definitely lucked out in the parent department, and I'm loving seeing them in grandparent mode (courtesy of my sister, of course). Thanks for thinking about me Bobby. I'm short on chips, but I moved all the bins out of projectile position and am well stocked in ice cream, so I expect to be fine.
How exquisite! The ocean just stirs it all…
Bobby, I feel compelled to share with you that my first reaction to your first page post was that I would have loved hanging out with you at a bar on the beach. What seaside locale was lucky enough to sport your company for 25 years?
rdf I know your an expert on computers.I'm just a novice ( should have got a PC long ago ),I have to take computer classes at college.Its a good thing the PC isn't vital in Psychology.I just ordered a new PC ( already have Ipad2 )I want to ask ( if no trouble ) it has a phenom processor not intel,what do you think about that.I ordered from best buy.What book or app is best for novices trying to learn about PC.I have a lot to learn.Thanks Gunnslinger8 P.S. I still don't know how to transfer photos from IPad to sites or forums etc.( I'm so far behind I know ) toddlers know more than me about PC.
funny guy, funny guy.
Thanks for the note, am resting, the hard part.Thx again
Thanks Bobby, you're too kind. I'm doing okay, getting ready for the next step down. I hope you are doing well. Thanks for helping try to keep the karma good around here, kind of tough sometimes.
you are a patient and kind man.
thanks for the computer help.
Do you use a Handcycle, if so could you tell me a good company to buy one from that might also help with Insurance. I already have a Dr. Note perscribing a Handcycle for Exercise and Rebilitation
Goin' good Amanda, thanks for asking How's life for you? It's freezing ass cold and too much snow where I live, but spring will be here before I know it. Hope you're doing well, OJ, I miss seeing your posts. But then again, I don't come here much anymore. Too much BS.
How's it going?
Best Wishes for 2011, Wishing you all the best! keep writing cause i love reading your post I think thats what keeps me around now
Merry merry Christmas
Just hibernating, Amanda. I despise winter, ha! I miss ya, hope you're doing well. Thanks for the hugs
What's up with you these days? Hope you are doing well
Hey RDF,
You asked me back in June if I had any prototypes of my toilet seat design.The answer now is yes. I had one digitally printed and will have production seats by early Feburary next year. I know have the difficulting of getting building codes modified to allow for a closed front toilet seat so that it can be used in public restrooms. Currently leading standards dictate that the toilet seat must be open front. This looks to me like a dangerous rule, especially with diagonal transfers so I am petitioning for an allowance for closed front designs. However, I need evidence of a safety risk to do so.
you are most welcome.
There are a lot of people on CC that admire, whose posts my eyes always gravitate to, and you're definitely in the first rank. So there, deal with it!!
I'm a heathen.......Nah I've been reading your posts..I am glad to have a new "cute" friend......
You're right of course, thanks. I'd sure give anything to be over there helping keep our boys safe. Such is life. Nice Memorial Day, thanks, hope you had a good one also.
Thanks Bobby, don't know if I'll ever get used to holidays dedicated to "me", living in regret for having never made it to the front lines... but I guess that's what determent is about.
Another thing is, I regret how that other thread went. Praying she comes back...
Tough bringing up that thread, had to burn one in her memory. Have a nice Memorial Day.
Everything is cool and the gang. Just trying to get outside more ya know?
Hows everything?
I would like to be stoned, please send some my way Summer might be just around the corner but we got hit with a giant snow storm the other day. Oh well. So it goes, I suppose.
Wordscraper and Lexulous are Scrabble variants. I play Wordscraper with christopher and lynnifer, usually.
My Redskins-loving father will appreciate that football link.
I saw you wrote pum pum in yet another post. I think you are obsessed with that word And I am obsessed with your obsession
Just kidding. Just wanted to say hi and that I hope you are doing well.
Thanks for helping bring this to an end. I really appreciate your public statement about your conversation with "Annie".
BoB - I was kidding I know you're a gimp unfortunately like most of us. This is a wild story.
hey bob! how are you? i haven't been here since writing you last. i've been consumed by THIS PROBLEM and had little patience for anything. i am feeling happy today as #1 my hair has stopped falling out!!! i was getting pretty nervous there and cut it all off because there's nothing worse for a woman than being a bald woman. yikes. i like to cook and all i envision is me looking like Lydia on the cooking channel. that lady is brave. i'm finally weaned off both meds. that could have caused this allergic rash - real pretty too- just imagine measels from your neck down and it lasting 7 weeks, but it's finally clearing up too. so life is good - the snow is melting, the sun is out for the third straight day. so where do you live? i'm curious. i've never heard of between someplace and goodbye - is it Pandora?
thanks for fixing my attempt at posting a youtube clip AGAIN, rdf...
i'm determined to learn how to do it properly from now on.
well, cool bob. i feel like a the new kid in first grade whose made her first friend! great smile by the way.
The day of my accident the last thing I did at work was to slid down a down spout 250 feet in the air and put a duct tape patch on a hole so we could take in the fall crop until it rained so it could be fixed properly. On the way home to this day I am not sure what happened but I missed a corner in a correction cure. I landed in the hospital with 35 broken ribs, 2 broken scapula, a collapsed lung, and a burst T8 with a severed spinal cord at that approximate level.
After physical therapy, I made a decision to go back to school and got degrees in Ag Business and Economics from Iowa State. Hoping to land a job in grain sales and ag-input products, I bought a house in Britt. Brit, IA what the hell why Britt? Well it is on the corner of four of the largest Co-op's in the state and if there is anywhere in the world to find an opportunity would be here, or so I thought.
Must ask did you meet my dad in Algona a few months back?
I am sure we could set up a cage match between you and Daisy to duke it out. Or you between you and me
Hope you are having a good weekend. Sunday has been better than Saturday for me. Maybe means Monday has some hope for it
haha nice! ur a cows fan o man :P idk bout that lol........ i no ul b talkin crap but im a 9ers fan all the way babi lol
thanx 4 the welcome
Thanks for your support in the thread about my dad. It means a lotI hope you are doing well.
hey stranger Things are up and down but essentially okay. Earlier this month I took possession of a condo which has turned out to be a total lemon. So its been one headache after another. Although if that is the worst I have to complain about, I guess life can't be that bad lol. How are you doing?
I sure is a good person! jusssssst kidding. lol thanks for the kind words (*nshit)
Hey how are ya doing these days?
Im not sure this got through to you, so I'm posting again. Im technologically challenged.
Hi Bob! thanks for writing! u were a copperhead? lol I was a Maroon, but a little later. Was Cheek ur coach? He just passed away this year I think. So where do u live now? I hope someplace warm. This last winter damn near killed me.
I think things have cooled a little with the kids, but I think there will always be a war between the 2 cities. I love anaconda. did u ever eat at the Copper Club? my cousin owned it. Kathy & dennis. They have both died and the place burned down. GREAT STEAKS! did u go 2 college? ever get back to mt?
Funny, i remember my dad telling bout Butte kids trying to turn over Anacondas bus at the Civic Center. almost forgot that. I think the parents are worse than the kids now. lol
Sure appreciate you writing. Do you ever go to the chat room? Maybe we can connect there sometime. Hope you are doing ok, and look forward to talking again. C ya Neighbor. Take care, k?
new at this....hope 2 make friends
Hey rdf, how's the elevator search going? I'm in the same boat, can't see paying all the extras for medical reasons. Here's a video I found, it might help you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hom61NxuaE Also watch ebay. You can sometimes pick up porch lifts cheap and then modify it to your needs.
im not sure how to get you my post ,,, are you in the medical field??
hey can you please hekp me with my post in a newbie and im not sure if i posted it right!
Hey rdf...thank you so much for the kind note you left me! I enjoy your contributions, too, and have added you as a friend and kindred spirit (not to mention Baclofen pump buddy). :-)
**wave and smile**
Hey Buddy. ZERO apologies needed! My best friends are the ones I disagree with. That means they actually give a flip. Granted i've lived with my situation for a long tiem and as i age it does get worse, but that allowed me to adpat in my own way.
Overall, you seem really cool. I'm proud to know you!
Thank you so much for your wonderful comments. It makes me feel much better. I hope that you are doing well!!
Your collections made me smile, so I thought I'd visit and say hi.
I feel bad that I didn't reply sooner and caused you to worry. I am terrible at following through on responding to things like emails and the like. My new years resolution is to be better about it. And I have already broken that! lol To be serious, as I said, the message made me smile. Never worry. If I am mad at you about something, I'll let ya know loud and clear (just kidding...I can't think of a situation where you would say something to upset me. It's all good )
Hey you I meant to get back to you about that last message you left--and can't remember if I did or not. In case you were worried....it made me smile. And that is a good thing. I hope you are doing well.
Did I Cowboys stink it up this year or what? What a disappointing season. GEEZ!
Have a Happy New Year! Mona
You should know me by now, arrogance brings out my tenacity! But I didn't know he was in that bad of place I'll attempt to reign it in.
Love you too Bob but you've been corrupted by kate who was corrupted by my friend melissa. Nikki makes me think of a 16 or cheerleader or somethin'.
Happy new year to you too,
Thank you. Merry Christmas to you and yours as well.
Mr. BoB, have a Merry Christmas
Take your time. She'll be there a while.
Yes, I've told her to listen to the veterans and to never let her guard down.
You and me both, buddy. I'd go in a heartbeat if I could. My brother went into the Marines when I was 16. I most likely would have joined him if not for both of our car wrecks. His took his life a year before I had mine.
Well, take care. TTYL....
Yes. She's in Tallil, Iraq and somewhat settled in if that is what you call it. She said they were currently staying in 11 man tents. I hate that for her. She said it looks like it will be that way for a while. She was going on her first convoy last night. I haven't heard back from her yet so it will be interesting to hear how that went.
She has already received something from Todd. She thought that was cool. BTW, it's "APO", not "ATO". However, apparently it doesn't matter since Todd's package made it.
Gee, thanks! You're pretty cool too.
HI there...
glad yr ok.
jody, I'm waiting to hear back from the doc on whether he left the catheter that broke off in my spinal canal. He said he was not going to try to remove any catheters already there, as it was too risky and might damage my cord. I hope you can get a pump if you have problems with spasticity, it really is a life-changer. good luck
theirs a vet college, Ame's university. I was there several times. once for my horse and once to do this cool summer program for pre vet students, and to accompany sick horses for people I worked for. what a place. I'M glad your feeling better. a bac pump was just recommended for me. I think its a long ways off though. did they take out the two old catheters?
knowthill, thanks for the comment. It all worked out well, that's all that counts. Thanks for the friend add. Is Britt near Ames?
jody, I'm new to Iowa...only been here a couple of months. hi
Is the vet school you and knowthill are talking about the USDA Vet Clinic you see from the freeway on E 13th?
I know what you are going through with the Baclofen pump situation. Hey I went to Iowa State and would think you would have better luck at the veterinarian school. At least there they are used to working with people who cannot tell them where it hurts.
your from Iowa. I wanted to go to vet school at ames. I live in winterset all through highschool and did pre vet at creston. it must be so f ng cold right about now. oh yeah, hi.
Merry Christmas Brian, no worries my friend. I know your heart is in the right place :-)
Wow, I was taken to town! Thank I may just give the forum a break for awhile. I do respect you and hope you believe me. I know it looks pretty bad but I wouldn't lie just to look good. Talk to you at a later date. Have a good Christmas!
It's all good Brian ;-) I'm half teasing da most of the time.
You made some good points about President to leave Bush. I don't like him and never did like him. He has made many mistakes that will challenge president elect Obama. I just think it takes two to fight and in this political poison environment. Bush did pass some spending bills trying to reach out that he wasn't given enough credit by republicans or democrats. Don't get me wrong, I am a liberal all the way through my body. Talk to you later friend!
Thanks! Happy Thanksgiving to you as well friend!
Thanks for the friend add. Hope you are doing ok. Where are you located at these days?
Hi Bobby
I enjoy reading your post especially the ones about DA. I'm not sure what world he lives in? Maybe he should give up one of his jobs so he has more of a chance to think before he replies. Happy Thanksgiving!
Sorry to hear about your brother, it must be hard only happening a year ago. My little sister was killed in the late 1980s, and I still get emotional thinking about her. But we go on, and time kind of makes things a little easier year by year.
As to the Cowboys, I want a Super Bowl damnit! ;-)
LoL, it took me awhile to figure out how this thing worked. I've been a fan about the same amount of time, my brother was the big fan I just became one because he was one, he died last nov right when the cowboys were doing so good too, he used to call me after the game or when a game changing play would happen so I kinda miss that, I know he'd be stoked about this season as I am (hopefully). I didn't you were that old, I am too well not quite lol but almost. Jerri
I'll try again.....Us Cowboys fans have to stick together, heh. No, I haven't been to one of their games, although I've been a fan since I was 5 or 6 - 40 years ago. I've never lived near Dallas. Thanks for being a friend
Let's hope we make the post-season, then take it from there.
Hi, thanks for accepting, its good to have a cowboy fan here as a friend. Have you ever been to a cowboy game, I never have and now that my sister lives there, you would think I have but I haven't.....do you think one could get accessable seats this late, I want to go......lol.
Just wanted to say hi
Thanks rdf, Nice to have a friend like you! Mona
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BRISTOL, Tenn. – What once began as a simple reading program nearly three years ago is beginning to blossom into one of King College's fastest-growing philanthropic efforts among its student-athletes. This spring marks the second year members of multiple Tornado athletic teams will participate in the Storm Chaser Mentor Program, a mentoring program designed to service several Bristol, Tenn., elementary schools.
Designed to be form of mentoring program for local elementary school students, Head Softball Coach Jenn Testa is primed to help cultivate the Storm Chaser Mentor Program into a widespread community service project for Tornado Athletics. Participating King students are guided to specific elementary schools in Bristol, Tenn., and introduced to a child in need of support and assist them with their unique needs.
"Whether it is studying with them, reading to them or just being a buddy to the child, our [King] students main goal is to be there for whatever their needs are at that time," said Testa. "I encourage them to have an open mind and an open heart to what that child's needs are at that particular moment so that we can be there to provide for them."
The program, though in its infancy, has already gained the support from 14 of King's 24 varsity athletic teams with aspirations of increasing that number in the coming years. Teams involved include softball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's golf, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's track and field, women's volleyball, cheerleading, men's and women's wrestling, and baseball.
Each sport names one Team Leader to help coordinate the participants' schedules from their respective team to match them with schools and students that have children in need. Senior Morgan Shelton (Chattanooga, Tenn.) is the team spokesperson for Lady Tornado Soccer and in her second year with the program.
"Last year, we [King student-athletes] and the kids weren't sure what to expect," said Shelton. "But over time the more we saw one another the more we warmed up to each other."
Though time is limited between each set of students Shelton, her teammates, and her classmates realize that it is not the amount of time that is given to a child that counts but instead all that matters is that time is taken.
"The teacher's help us choose a student and we spend about an hour of their most 'free time' with them during their schools hours," said Shelton. "For the most part we sit and talk with them, hang out and just spent time being their friend."
On occasion King students will put their classroom skills to the test helping children with their studies when needed. However, the biggest reward is not necessarily in their grades but just having someone else in their corner.
"I think it was nice to be a role model that a child can look up to," said Shelton. "It's really nice to know that there are more eyes on you and there are those that are trying to build a friendship with you."
King students filter in an out of five different elementary schools in Bristol through the Storm Chaser Mentor Program including Anderson, Avoca, Fairmount, Haynesfield, and Holston View elementary schools.
The mentoring portion of the project is a newer enhancement to what originated as a simple reading program established three years ago. What was originally known as the Storm Chaser Reading Program sent student-athletes into area schools to read to children and encourage reading outside of the classroom. Under Testa's supervision the program has matured to involve more than half of King's athletic teams and root student-athletes more deeply into the local school and the lives of those that walk their halls.
"There is no doubt that having positive, older role models is important to a child," said Testa. "That is why I think there is a need for this program to continue and grow even more than it already has."


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Are you a qualified nail technician or about to graduate from college? Have you considered being your own boss instead of working for a salon or a spa? Establishing your own mobile manicure business gives you a lot more freedom. As your own boss, you can decide when you want to work and how much you want to work each week.
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Social media is another excellent channel through which to get the word out. What helps great for new businesses is that it comes free! Some of the easiest platforms to master are also the most popular – Facebook and Twitter – so create your business profile and start engaging customers.
Ensure you have a logo and some photos to post on the profiles. Upload some pictures of yourself and the work you've done in the past too. And stay active online! These days, the most successful businesses are the ones that find time to engage with their existing and potential customers.
Think about deals and competitions you could offer in the first few months of working. For example, you could offer free treatments to the first 5 people who book.
At a later stage, you can give feedback to your friends.
The most investment is likely going to go into stocking up on professional tools and nail varnish. Check and double check that you may need to carry out the range of services you offer.
Find a specialist retailer with wholesale nail supplies for sale.
Try to have a big range of nail polishes on hand for your clients to choose from. If these are too heavy to carry around, leave a selection in your car and get them.
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