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Minor points: you can't change controls and there is indeed a very small hickup when using the outside view. But that's hardly noticable.
Now Milestone hurry up with the free DLC!
Since its launch earlier this year, the PlayStation Vita has been largely devoid of decent driving games. Sure, there’s the obligatory Ridge Racer to provide that thin slice of nourishing, easy to digest arcade action, but aside from a shoddy 3DS port of F1 2011 there’s been little in the way of serious, deep pan driving games.
Enter WRC3, which, as the title suggests, aims to fully replicate Milestone’s rally simulation on Sony’s struggling handheld system..
But don’t just take our word for it. During our visit to Milestone, we were able to record some video to bring you the first ever footage of WRC3 on Vita in action:
From my first hands-on, I was genuinely surprised by how closely WRC3 on Vita resembled its big brothers. Visually, WRC3 looks superb on the Vita’s crystal clear screen - all the bells and whistles of Spike Engine have remained largely intact, sporting a similar level of track detail and lavish lighting techniques. It all ran at a steady 30 frames per second, too, perfectly capturing WRC3's enthralling sense of speed. I did encounter a few instances of slowdown during some of the intermissions before and after the rally however, but it remained solid throughout my playthrough.
It’s not quite identical, though. But minor quibbles such as less prominent reflections and small sacrifices to the track texture details aside, WRC3 looks every bit as good as it does on PS3, which is a testament to the capabilities of the preposterously powerful PS Vita.
Milestone’s Head of Development and Technologies and Lead Physics Programmer Stefano Lecchi explains exactly how the graphics were altered: “The rendering required some reduction in texture and material quality since the Vita has a little less power than the consoles, so we needed to remove some objects from the tracks and also remove some layers for materials, but nothing too drastic. We reduced the grass around the track for example, but we tried to keep the experience as similar as possible.”
“The Spike Engine was extended to support the Vita platform so it’s the same graphical engine but the actual assets had to be tweaked. So the code is exactly the same, it was just a case of adding a new platform to our engine”, Stefano adds.
Controlling the car felt satisfyingly fluid as I navigated the treacherous obstacle course that is Monte Carlo. While the physics again seemed very similar to the console iteration, the handling felt more forgiving overall, but this is most likely due to the Vita’s limited control inputs.
Steering with the Vita’s smaller analogue nub simply doesn’t offer the same precision as a
standard controller, as Head Designer Irvin Zonca confirms: “The changes that you feel are probably due to the different way that the processor processes the physics because the code is really the same. It’s like when you play across PS3, 360 and PC – the code and the tuning is the same but the input changes a bit between the platforms.”
“For example, the 360 controller is very different from the PS3 controller because of the placement of the sticks and the response time for the console. We were expecting to have problems to be honest – we thought that we would have to tweak down the physics and were quite worried. But everything turned out fine.”
Sadly, although perhaps predictably, compromises had to be made in order to prevent the Vita version from becoming a stuttering wreck. The most significant omission is WRC3’s Road to Glory, which of course means that WRC3 on Vita doesn’t have a main career mode. You can still play through Championships so there is still some sense of progression, but it’s a risky move considering that Gran Turismo on PSP received significant backlash for not including a career mode.
Irvin believes that this was necessary in order to adapt WRC3 for the portable market, however: “Contents are different to suit the portable platform so we focused on single races and WRC championship,” he explains.
“For our first WRC title on Vita we wanted to focus on technology to have a solid experience while you are racing the tracks. We also decided it would be better to create really good visuals and physics – since it is on a portable console people are more likely to play it on the underground or in the car etc, so they are looking for a quicker gaming experience. We think that giving a very good quick experience is better than adding too much content without a solid base for the engine, graphics and physics because it’s always a trade-off of ‘what should I implement first?’"
Unfortunately, Milestone’s ambition to keep the graphics and performance on a par with the console games has meant that WRC3 on Vita will have significantly less stages, too. Only six locations will be available from launch compared to 13 elsewhere, comprising Rallye Monte-Carlo, Rallye de France - Alsace, RallyRACC-Rally de Espana, Acropolis Rally, ADAC Rallye Deutschland and Wales Rally GB. Each stage remained faithful with the exception of the Germany stage, which looked as though it could do with some touching up on the build I played. Fortunately, Rally Guanajuato Mexico, Philips Rally Argentina and Vodafone Rally de Portugal will be added post release as free DLC to soften the blow.
The car count has also been decreased. Only 11 out of WRC3’s 37 cars are bundled with Vita version, but this comes as a result of Road to Glory being dropped. All of the official WRC, Class 2 and Class 3 cars are in, but you won’t be able to drive the retro Group B cars that featured in Road to Glory for example. As with the tracks, hopefully Milestone can release some of the missing cars as DLC at a later date.
As for multiplayer, WRC3 on Vita will only support 6 players as opposed to 16 and the photo mode also won’t be included.
Speaking with Setefano reveals that the Vita could have quite easily stored all of WRC3’s data in reality, but this would have prevented WRC3 from running at that all-important 30 FPS: “We didn’t have any big memory issues on Vita, it was much more to do with performance issues”, he confirms. It’s for these reasons that Crossplay sadly won’t be available for WRC3 due to the differing content across the platforms.
It’s a shame that WRC3 on Vita has been so severely stripped of content, especially when you consider that it will retail for almost the same price as full console versions and the fact that Criterion have managed to virtually cram in Need for Speed Most Wanted on the same platform in its entirety.
It’s understandable, however, when you consider that this was Milestone’s first dabble with the PS Vita, which gave them their own objectives. “The Vita version is not a direct port of the main console version. The main console versions gave us the chance to include more content, but this is the first year we have been developing for the Vita hardware”, says Irvin. “I think we have achieved a very good result with the graphics and handling – the handling remains the same as the PS3 and 360 version so all the simulation aspects are there.”
Considering that developing for the Vita was uncharted territory for Milestone, you would expect them to face a host of technical challenges. This apparently wasn’t the case according to Stefano: “I think it’s been easier than we expected to program for the Vita, “It was more or less like the other platforms”, he says. “The PS3 tends to be a bit trickier to work with because its architecture is quite different to other platforms and PC, but the Vita fits in-between the Xbox 360 and PS3 in terms of difficulty. At the beginning we had some issues but we were able to work with Sony to quickly resolve them.”
“Vita is a powerful platform, so it’s not so far from the PS3 and Xbox 360 even though it’s a portable console. Porting over WRC3 was therefore not so difficult. We also thought it was a good trial for our supporters to publish a game on Vita so they could experience the game outside of their homes.”
From what I played, Milestone have done a commendable job with porting WRC3 onto the Vita that trounces WRC's last outing on PSP by remaining faithful to the source material. For avid racing game fans who want a rally game on the move, Sony could potentially have a system seller on their hands - WRC3 is by far and away the most realistic driving game currently available for Vita, which puts it in a class of its own.
Join us next time where we'll be taking a behind the scenes look at WRC3's unique artwork as we come to the end of the road with our interview with Milestone.
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Tea Party/Rally at Merrick TRain Station, august 3rd 2009, monday at 5 pm. Local officials and radio personalities will be speaking at the event. Come join the citizens to make a difference, let your voice be heard. local officials will be speaking about the issues that face us today.
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Entertainment Industry Gets Another Usenet Provider To Shut Down: Is Usenet Illegal?
from the the-state-of-the-internet dept
I first got online in the days before the web existed, and spent much of my time on Usenet, that group of message boards that was useful for discussions of all types. While obviously much of those conversations moved to the web or email over the years, it's still pretty ridiculous to see the entertainment industry continue to attack Usenet and basically act as if all of Usenet is illegal. As we noted a little over a month ago, a court in the Netherlands sided with anti-piracy group BREIN, and ordered Usenet provider News-Service (NSE) to wave a magic wand and somehow figure out which Usenet posts were infringing and which weren't. Not surprisingly, that's impossible, and NSE has announced that it's just shutting down entirely instead. NSE was the largest Usenet provider in Europe. And now it's dead. Because the entertainment industry refuses to adapt, and thus blames the technology for how the technology is used, a useful (legal) service is gone. For what it's worth, NSE will continue to appeal the court's ruling... but only on principle. As an operating effort, it appears NSE is dead. Another one killed by the entertainment industry.
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Pandora restricts free mobile listening to 40 hours per month, citing royalty woes
Streaming music service Pandora is reintroducing a cap on free mobile listening due to another hike in royalty rates this year. Desktop users will still benefit from unlimited ad-supported free listening, but mobile users will only get 40 hours of free music each month starting March 1.
To continue listening for more than 40 hours per month on mobile devices, Pandora users have to either plunk down $0.99 in an in-app purchase or subscribe to the premium Pandora One plan ($36 per year), which does not include ads. Pandora said in a blog post announcing the changes that the limit will affect under four percent of its monthly active listeners, as the average listener spends 20 hours per month using the service.
Pandora used to have a firm 40-hour listening cap for free listeners from 2009 up until 2011, when the company abandoned the limit. The company said it was forced to reintroduce a mobile cap due to significant increases in royalty rates in the past few years.
Pandora founder Tim Westergren explained: “Pandora's per-track royalty rates have increased more than 25 percent over the last 3 years, including 9 percent in 2013 alone and are scheduled to increase an additional 16 percent over the next two years. After a close look at our overall listening, a 40-hour-per-month mobile listening limit allows us to manage these escalating costs with minimal listener disruption.”
The music streaming service pays more than half of its revenue in royalties, so rates have always been an issue for Pandora, which argues that Web radio services are paying too much for streaming rights. Last year, Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy backed legislation intending to change how royalties are levied on music streaming companies compared to traditional radio—which doesn’t pay royalties at all. Naturally, the bill was met with opposition by groups representing artists and copyright owners. Congress never got around to examining the Internet Radio Fairness Act, leading to its apparent demise, but it could be reintroduced under a different name soon, Billboard reports.
Meanwhile, Pandora competitor Slacker Radio continues to offer free unlimited mobile listening, while Spotify and Rdio charge $9.99 per month subscription for streaming from mobile devices. Apple and Google are also rumored to be working on streaming music services of their own.
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A big, HD TV is at the top of many people’s new year wish list and if you’re looking for a decent TV on a budget, then now is a great time to act. We’ll be reviewing TVs at £300 and under, so if you’re looking for a TV at this price then you may have to make some sacrifices – you won’t be able to get an ultra-thin, smart, 3D, 60 inch, LED, Full HD for that price, but you may be able to get one or two of those features. By making small compromises and concentrating on the things you do want (do you really need 3D?) you will be happy to know that there are many cheap televisions out there.
1# LG 42CS460 42-inch LCD TV
For the first TV we’re going for girth and 42 inches is about as large as you could hope for at just under £300. This full HD TV has built in freeview, which means you won’t have to shell out for a new box, as well as a couple of HDMI ports. It also has a USB port with DIVX playback which will come in very handy. This TV has decent sound and even better picture quality, so it’s a very good solution for your living room.
2# Samsung UE26EH4500 26-inch LED TV
If you are less concerned with sheer size and more concerned with having a fully featured TV that looks ultra-sleek, then this model from Samsung is a great one to go for. You can expect about £20 change from your £300 and for a Smart TV, that is very good value – you’ll be surfing the net from the comfort of your sofa in no time. The downside is the size, unless you’re using it for the bedroom or kitchen and it is HD ready rather than full HD, but a good option nonetheless
3# Finlux 32F702 32-inch 3D
Available at a bargain £240, this full HD 3D TV is a great option if you want 3D on a budget. A decent size with a good spec and good reviews, this is an excellent option for those on a budget. Some people are put off by the less well-known brand, but if you can see past this, you’ll have made a very good choice.
4# Samsung PS43E450 43-inch
If size is all that matters for you, then this Samsung will suit you well – it is the biggest we could find for under £300. While it isn’t full HD, many people prefer plasma for the colour and darkness levels, making it great value for money.
5# Samsung UE32EH5000 32-inch
Samsung feature a lot on the list for the simple fact they make some great TVs. This 32-inch is a thin and sleek LED TV that comes with built in freeview HD. After all, what’s the point in having an HD TV if you can’t watch any HD TV? This is an excellent TV with a great picture and an excellent choice for those on a budget.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch: Google Brings Back The Growth In The Third Quarter. (Live Notes)
Miguel Helft / New York Times: Brisk Ad Sales Spur Google in Third Quarter
Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent: Google's Schmidt: Company Will Once Again ‘Invest Heavily’
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider: LIVE ANALYSIS: Google Q3 Strong, Just Ahead Of Estimates (GOOG)
Greg Sterling / Screenwerk: Local Listing Ads and Google's Q3
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily: Google Plans To Invest “Heavily;” …
Richard Waters / blogs.ft.com: Crowdsourcing Wall Street, Seeking Alpha, Pocket-lint.com and AndroidGuys, Thanks:atul
Discussion:
Erick Schonfeld / Seeking Alpha: Google's Schmidt: ‘Android Adoption Is About To Explode’
Duncan Geere / Pocket-lint.com: Google's Schmidt predicts Android explosion
Schmidt: Worst of recession is over; Google is hiring
Discussion: internetnews.com, Digital Daily and paidContent
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John Paczkowski / Digital Daily: New From Google Labs: Google Plutocrat: Softpedia News, The Web Life, AppScout, Twittercism, Download Squad, Gizmodo and Gizmodo Australia
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Andrew Mager / The Web Life: Twitter launches Lists: categorize the people you follow
Chloe Albanesius / AppScout: Twitter Rolls Out Beta ‘Lists’ to Select Users
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo: Twitter Lists Are Live, Meaning Soon You'll Be Able to Create Groups in Twitter Apps
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo Australia: Soon You'll Be Able to Create Groups in Twitter Apps:
Brian X. Chen / Gadget Lab: Apple Allows In-App Purchases in Free iPhone Apps
Rob Griffiths / Computerworld: Apple allows in-app purchasing for free App Store apps
Cleve Nettles / 9 to 5 Mac: In App purchases now available to developers of free apps!_8<<
In-App Purchase now available for free apps
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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider: Walmart Launches Price War Against Amazon!
Eric Engleman / TechFlash: Wal-Mart tries to grab some book business from Amazon.com
Brad Dorfman / Shop Talk: Check Out Line: New chapters in book battle
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Eric Engleman / TechFlash: Amazon launches same-day delivery in seven cities
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Microsoft Proposes a Browser Ballot for European Windows Users, it is Not Awesome — (Note: This is my personal opinion and sure as hell doesn't reflect Mozilla's official position or any formal statement from Mozilla) — Background on the European Commission/Internet Explorer case
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The Churchill Club: A Conversation With Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg — I'm here at the Palo Alto Research Center, where the Churchill Club is hosting an interview with Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's Chief Operating Officer. Altimeter Group Founder Charlene Li is moderating the discussion.
Discussion: The Social
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Tiveragh Fairy Hill (Cushendall). Many believe that the wee folk live in this hill that is accessed by a nearby cave. As the warning goes, if ye are mortal, regardless of how appeasing the faerie music may sound, if you wander within, you’ll never be seen again on this plane of existence. Time holds a whole different rhythm in Faerieworlds.
We however, of fae persuasion, did venture up the hill at the turn of twilight just as the sun was going down. We spied the hill with visions of faerie impressions while across the valley atop Ossian’s Grave – the Megalithic tomb believed to be the burial spot of the fabled poet and bard Oisin. Now Oisin was lured into fae, into Tir na nOg where he lived until he requested to return to the land of mortals to visit his family. Of course due to faerie time, he came back several hundred years later to find them all gone and deceased. He fell off his faerie steed and became a blind old man wandering these fields eventually dying. If the faerie tale is true, this would be the hill he would have rode out of and across the valley would have been his grave overlooking it … curiouser and curiouser. Midway along the way up the base of the hill is one of the most magnificent Faerie Thorn Trees I’ve ever encountered. As usual with these faerie hills, I always find a wee hole just big enough for the Victorian sized fae to enter within, usually lined with heavy rocks, making it look peculiarly like its a miniature mine rather than a animal hole. We climbed atop as the sun was going down, empowered by the feelings of the ancient ones. Archaeologically though, this may be a massive hillfort. I’m looking for those records and will post my findings here.
I heard a commotion behind a wall,
I stopped and looked over, and boys-o-boys!
Now what do you think was making the noise?
Twas a Hurley match – and may I choke -–
It was two wee teams of the Fairy folk
That was rippling’ and tearing’ and weltin’ away
In the light of the moon was bright as day.
And their playing pitch was hardly as big
As my Uncle Barney’s potato rig;
And me there watchin’ them puck and clout –
At the back o’ the wall with my eyes stuck out.
When all at once, like the squeal of a hare,
A wee voice shouted, “Who’s that up there?””
And a bit off a thing about nine – inch tall
Came climbing up to the top of the wall.
And he stood there; he stood about pot -size
With his two wee fingers up at my eyes,
And its God’s own truth that I’m speakin’ mind ye,
“”Get out o’ that,” says he, “or I’ll blind ye!””
Aye that’s what he said, “I’ll blind ye,” says he,
And by Jing what he said was enough for me,
Did I run? Aye surely; I didn’t miss -–
And I haven’t seen Tiveragh from that to this.
~ H.Browne
And nobody goes there at night, no nobody at all.
The hill is small, the sides are steep.
And I have heard it said That flickering lights go in and out While everyone’s in bed.
And on the top two hawthorns grow, A white one and a red.
~ John Irvine Desmond
~ Yours truly, Leaf McGowan
Bibliography/References:
- Antrim History: Forum. Website reference July 2012.
- Altananam: 9 Glens. Website referenced July 2012..
- Altanamam: Leprechauns and Faeries. Website referenced July 2012..
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App Battles Driver Distraction but Spares Passengers
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Chen says the technology could be used by existing distraction-prevention apps to make them smarter. But the researchers are also working on a new suite of apps to leverage the driver sensing. One, in development at Rutgers’ Winlab, would notify people on your contact list that you are driving—and may even add prompts asking potential callers whether the call is a true emergency, says Janne Lindqvist, a Winlab researcher developing the app.
Another app in development integrates driver detection with calendars—making it easy to notify participants in an imminent meeting whether you’re running late. “If you are driving, this could become a one-button text message,” says Marco Gruteser, an associate professor at Rutgers. “It’s an interface question on the phone, so you don’t have to go through finding contact information and making the call.”
The Rutgers and Stevens group first demonstrated the driver-detection technology in the lab last year, but have since implemented it on phones and integrated it into apps. They are also working on simplifying the algorithm so that driver detection only takes half of the current seven to eight seconds.
The group plans to conduct studies this spring to determine whether the apps actually change people’s behavior, says Lindqvist. The technology will find its way into commercial offerings within a year, likely through licensing agreements, he predicted.
As well as calling for a ban on mobile device use, the NTSB also called for these sorts of technology solutions. “We have a problem here and it’s growing worse,” says Deborah Hersman, chairwoman of NTSB. “Technology has brought many of these challenges, but technology holds the key to the solution, too. Detecting the driver is a very critical piece.”
The key downside of the Rutgers and Stevens technology is that it relies on Bluetooth, which is absent in most older cars—and not universally available on new models, either. Even in cars with Bluetooth, it is good but not perfect; because of varying cabin sizes and speaker configurations, it accurately detects the driver in 90 percent of cars, and produces false positives in the single percentage range, Gruteser says.
It’s clear that technology solutions are badly needed, says Marcel Just, a psychology professor at Carnegie Mellon University. In a study published in 2008, Just used functional magnetic resonance imaging to show that merely listening to someone speak reduces brain activity associated with driving by 37 percent.
“It seems to me that disallowing cell phone use while driving through some technology fix is a good thing,” he says. “You can imagine it being legislated, and you can imagine insurance companies instituting an undistracted driver discount.” But to be effective, any technology fix would have to be widely implemented, and difficult for the driver to circumvent, he says.
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aNewDomain.net — We live in an on-demand world, but if you plan on eating — without dropping some serious cash or gaining serious pounds — you need to plan.
From recipe selection to shopping to meal prep, the basic steps for cooking at home remain much as they did before smartphones and Google. I found an app, it’s called Ziplist, that’s worth a look.
Among all the shopping list apps out there, Ziplist stands out. It is a complete meal planning system, helping you find and save recipes, plan out a week’s worth of meals, and then get your shopping done.
A Recipe for Success
To get you started, Ziplist’s web app has tons of recipes to choose from. There is a robust Ziplist community of recipe sharers. But where Ziplist really shines is its capability for pulling recipes off the best of the Web. Not only does the site aggregate recipes from popular sites (such as epicurious.com), but it offers a nifty bookmarklet that will import recipes you find on any site.
Of course you can enter your own recipes, and you can tag all the meals you store in your Recipe Box. Best of all, you can add your own tags to them. This is immensely helpful when planning your busy day, and you want to choose from all the “crockpot” meals.
Once you’ve selected your meals from the list, your next step is to assign them easily to each day, creating a meal plan. If you are the OCD type, Ziplist offers the ability to import that meal plan as a feed into your calendar app.
Mise en place
With your meal plan in place, it’s time to migrate your ingredients list to your shopping list. Ziplist makes this easy: with a click of the Add to list button, Ziplist will make suggestions for your grocery run. Remove the items you already have, and you’re ready to go.
That shopping list is synced with your iPhone or Android app, which means you can jump right in the car and head to the store. Or better yet, since Ziplist has robust list sharing, call up your significant other and have him or her do the shopping on the way home (you just did all the hard work of meal planning, after all).
Too much salt
After trying and discarding nearly a dozen shopping apps, Ziplist is the one we use and love at my house. That’s not to say it can’t use some additional seasoning, however. Here are my complaints:
- Adding items via the phone app takes far too many steps, especially if you change the quantity.
- Adjusting the quantity via the phone app (by editing a quantity field) and the web app (by prefixing a number to the item name) is inconsistent and confusing.
- Marking items in the shopping list is dreadfully sensitive, and I often “check” items I haven’t actually picked up. A swipe gesture would be helpful.
Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Carey Head is a senior contributor at aNewDomain.net covering the biztech beat. Email him at [email protected].
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Muzzled:
December 5th, 2007 at 7:40 am
heya, great article =]
have you got a link to the form we need to fill out for download?
cant seem to fins it anywhere
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December 5th, 2007 at 7:45 am
The link is there in this post itself.
Check second page of the PDF for the application form.
Muzzled:
January 3rd, 2008 at 3:50 pm
sorry, i must not of read it correctly.
i took advantage of this offer before the closing date and i havent heard anything else of it since!
have you received you 10 free games?
thanks
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January 21st, 2011 at 6:39 am
This is awesome article! thanks for sharing it to us! I really love xbox and it’s my life! Damn great!
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8.5/10 All wear from normal use. Small scratch on the front regulator. Owner before me cut the stock grips in half so there are two separate panels
Black and Silver
GST for sure, not really sure if its got the GR2 but more than likely will post as many pics as needed to provide proof
Absolutely no known problems
I really want a trade, but would except 525
Shipping negotiable
Macdev Drone DX, Macdev Clone V1/V2/VX+I add, Macdev Droid, Macdev Cyborg RX, Clone GT+I add
Clamshell case, lube, allen key set, small spare parts kit, and manual
If you offer something other than those listed, I prefer spools and maybe something in a silver or champagne.
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RSS enables you to choose what news you're interested in and have it delivered directly to your Mac as it happens. No need to trawl through countless sites looking for interesting stuff; it will come to you.
To get started, find a source of news you want to read, add its RSS feed in your app of choice (a process known as subscribing), and hey presto, the news rolls in.
Nearly all news sites have RSS feeds (also called newsfeeds), as do the major blogging services and Twitter, so you can effectively manage your entire news intake through an RSS reader, given the right subscriptions.
Safari and Mail enable you to subscribe to RSS feeds, but their handling of them is very basic - we wouldn't recommend using either for RSS, since there are so many great bespoke apps that do a better job.
What we're looking for in these apps is ease of adding and managing lots of feeds and an elegant, easy-to-use layout that makes reading the news a pleasure. One other important factor to consider is Google Reader integration.
There are two types of app here: the first type displays newsfeeds in columns and lists (NetNewsWire, Reeder, Socialite and NewsRack), whereas Pulp and Mixtab are more visual. Which you choose will depend on the kind of experience you want: if you subscribe to loads of different feeds, go for list-based, because it's the best way to work through lots of information nice and quickly. If you're after a more visually appealing look, go for one of the others.
RSS readers on test
Mixtab - Free
NetNewsWire - £14.95
NewsRack - £4.99
Pulp - £5.99
Reeder - £5.99
Socialite - £5.99
Test one: Adding RSS feeds
How simple is it to add your favourite RSS feeds?
The four that sync to your Google Reader account - NetNewsWire, NewsRack, Socialite and Reeder - are a snip to set up. But only Reeder and NewsRack keep the feeds and folders in the same order they are on the Google account, and rearranging them is particularly irksome in Socialite, since it can hang as you move things.
Pulp will link to Google Reader, but only to pull in individual feeds - it won't bring in your whole list, nor will it keep read/unread items in sync. But to add feeds manually, you can often just type in the site's URL, rather than the specific feed one, and it'll soon find the feed.
NetNewsWire, Socialite and NewsRack also allow this; Reeder goes one better by enabling you to search by keyword and finding the feed for you. Irritatingly, Reeder and Socialite don't let you rename feeds. You have to add them manually to Mixtab, but the process is a bit long-winded and it struggles with some URLs that other apps handle fine.
Test results
Test two: Design and feel
It's all about the looks bettering the reading experience
Of the list-based apps, NetNewsWire, NewsRack and Socialite look and feel like old-school Mac software: buttons, folder icons and so on are similar to native Snow Leopard apps including Mail.
Reeder takes a refreshing, iOS-inspired approach. With bigger icons, buttons and toolbars, we love how it works so smoothly, new content and feeds fading in and out of view. It makes the other three feel rather antiquated.
Pulp is like a print newspaper with headlines on the front pages, which fold away like paper to read a story. We thoroughly enjoyed adding selected feeds to it and spending time reading over breakfast; it feels less like you're reading on a computer. But the interface isn't great for adding lots of feeds you want to skim through quickly.
Mixtab displays each feed on a tile with a customisable logo or an image from the top article. But because of the odd behaviour of the images, making it look good can present a challenge.
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One of the most exciting new features in HTML5 is the <video> tag, because it addresses a very common use case that currently is a headache (and potentially expensive) to deal with unless you are willing to put your content up on a site like YouTube. In addition to being free to use, the video tag is increasingly supported in browsers. For better or for worse, no video codec is specified by the HTML5 specification, which is the major drawback to using it, but it looks as though MPEG will be fairly well supported.
The first question you may have is, “What do I do about browsers that do now support <video>?” That is easily answered: the <video> tag may contain additional content, but browsers supporting <video> should not display it. This means that you can use the contents of <video> to have a reasonable default (a “can’t display content” message, a Flash video player, an embedded YouTube object, etc.) that won’t be displayed if the browser supports it.
Using <video> is not difficult at all, and in fact is a lot like using <img>. The basic attributes you should know about are src, width, and height, which all work as they do with <img>. You can use the poster attribute to specify the URL of an image to be used to display while the video content is loading. If you want the video to start playing when ready, add the autoplay attribute (you can either just use “autoplay” by itself, or “autoplay=autoplay”). To not use autoplay, either omit it entirely, or set it to false with “autoplay=”"”. You can use the same syntax with the “loop” attribute (to have the video automatically start over again when done) or the “muted” attribute (to have the sound shut off). Another useful attribute is “controls”; if this is true (again, just “controls” or “controls=controls” will set it to true, and leaving it out or “controls=”"” will set it to false) then the browser will be responsible for displaying various controls; otherwise, you will need to make an interface in HTML and use JavaScript to manipulate the DOM to control the video playback.
The “preload” attribute is used to tell the browser if it should start to load the video before it starts to play. A value of “none” means that the browser should not preload at all, “metadata” tells it to load only the video’s metadata, and “auto” allows the browser to get as much of the video as it wants ahead of time. If you set the value to “” then it will act as if you specified “auto.” The HTML5 spec suggests (but does not require) that browsers use “metadata” if the value is not specified. You will want to definitely use a value here to ensure that the behavior is what you expect.
An interesting piece of the puzzle is the “mediagroup” attribute. By specifying a value for “mediagroup” you can have multiple <video> or <audio> elements tied to the same set of browser controls; when one plays, they all play, when one stops, they all stop. This is especially useful for providing alternative videos for accessibility. For example, you could have a secondary video that plays a series of text describing the main video for deaf users, and another with an audio track narrating the main video for blind users. An alternative to usability for the hearing disabled is the <track> element. You can use it to provide the browser with information on time track text files, which will provide captions, subtitles, etc. to be overlaid by the browser onto the video automatically.
As you can see, the <video> element makes it very easy to get your video content onto the Web, so long as your server can handle the load (use the “preload” attribute wisely). The big question mark in all of this is the codec situation, and it may require you to perform some user agent sniffing and manipulation of the src attribute (either on the server side or the client side via JavaScript) to determine which file to be used, based on the current codec support from each browser.
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Brad, nice post but i think monitoring is obvious and common sense, when you write about automated tools, you can spend all the time in the world monitoring your systems, but if you are not able to quickly identify, analyze and resolve the problems, youre really no better off than you were at the start of the process. Simply put, monitoring just isn't enough to keep IT operations running efficiently (i believe this is the big challenge). Think about what happens in the event of a system outage. Whether its. This is where automated tools get's in!
I would suggest taking sometime and writing about the benefits of automation tools and also to list some of them, i can also think of at least 100 ways sysadmins can use automation tools, i can work with you on listing those...
BR, Gabby Nizri
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Fiscal Multipliers And Policy Coordination
Source: Central Bank of Chile
This paper analyzes the effectiveness of fiscal policy at zero nominal interest rates. The author solves a stochastic general equilibrium model with sticky prices assuming that the government cannot commit to future policy. Real government spending increases demand by boosting public consumption. Deficit spending increases demand by generating inflation expectations. The author computes multipliers of government spending that calculate by how much each dollar of spending increases output. Both the deficit and the real spending multipliers can be large, but the multiplier of deficit spending depends critically on monetary and fiscal cooperation: it can be large with cooperation and zero without it.
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Lifecycle Quality Management; Infusing and Automating Quality at Every Phase
Source: Borland
When one leave quality to the end, or as someone else's responsibility, it can result in applications that fail to meet the original goals, require costly rework or miss critical release dates. To prevent these problems, one need an advanced approach to managing overall quality throughout the software development lifecycle. The presenters will discuss Lifecycle Quality Management and the importance of infusing quality throughout the application development process helping to achieve better requirements management practices for software that meets business needs.
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Towards Maximizing Wireless Testbed Utilization Using Spectrum Slicing
Source: Rutgers University
As experimentation becomes one of the de-facto approaches for benchmarking, researchers are turning to testbeds to test, review and verify their work. As a result, several research laboratories build wireless testbeds, in order to offer their researchers a real environment to test their algorithms. As testbeds become more and more popular, the need for a managerial tool that will not only provide a unified way for defining and executing an experiment and collecting experimental results, but that will also serve as many users as possible maximizing the utilization of its resources, is growing. In this paper, the authors propose a scheme that exploits wireless testbeds functionality by introducing spectrum slicing of the testbed resources.
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Wireless Sensor Network in Niger Delta Oil and Gas Field Monitoring: The Security Challenges and Countermeasures
Source: Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center
The IEEE 802.15.4 specification has enabled low-power, low-cost and smart Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) capable of robust and reliable multi-hop communications. An International Oil and gas Company (IOC), Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), became the first multinational Oil and Gas Company operating in the Nigeria Niger Delta region to switch from wired to wireless sensor technology eliminating the need for cables thereby allowing data collection in remote, swampy areas and enabling new applications.
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I was wondering if there was some way I could throttle or divide up my 56k bandwidth between various program I run using the internet. Currently I find that if I have MSN Messenger open at the same time as I am downloading using AudioGalaxy (and yes I know it has spyware in it ) that Messenger will frequently sign out as it is not getting enough bandwidth. Audiogalaxy seems to have it's own bandwidth throttle (which helps a little), but I'd much rather another program to divide up my bandwidth between all the programs I use over the internet. That way I could maximise programs and games which need lot's of bandwidth and reduce the amount given to other programs. The most important one however, is to increase bandwidth to Messenger, so that it can stay signed in for more than 2 minutes at a time. Thanks for your help
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Hi For a while now i have been getting the following error message after starting up my laptop ( Failed to connect to a windows service: Windows could not connect to the System Event Notification Service service. This problem prevents limited users from logging on to the system. As an administrator user, you can review the System Event Log for details about why the service didn't respond.') The laptop is very slow to startup, and i get a black screen for about 4-5 mins before windows opens, i then get the above message and my areo functions stop working. I have done scans (i use kaspersky) and defragged and cleaned the registry, but nothing unusual comes up. I would be grateful for any help in resolving this matter. Im using a Toshiba Laptop, and running Windows 7 professional. AMD sempron (tm) 51-42 2.10 GHZ RAM 1.00GB (766mb usable)
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The move is part of a larger effort at DHS to ensure that IT projects are delivered quickly, on time, and on budget. "Our reputation for delivering on time and on budget--let's just say we haven't historically gotten an A grade for that," DHS CIO Richard Spires said at the event.
DHS doesn't stand alone in its shift to agile. There are a number of agile efforts underway in government, including at the FBI and the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau. Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel has also trumpeted agile development's virtues.
The move to agile development won't happen overnight at DHS, according to officials, as legacy processes are still entrenched. "There's still a lot of work to be done because this is different than the way things have been done in the past," said Transportation Security Agency CIO Emma Garrison-Alexander.
[ The Feds are developing a national mobile strategy as part of its efforts to improve IT efficiency. Read more at Federal Agencies Prepare For National Mobile Strategy. ]
However, it's clear that DHS CIOs believe that agile is definitely the development modality of the future for many scenarios. "Historically, we have had a contract that has some huge chunk of functionality included, and then five years later we don't understand why we're not there yet," said Charlie Armstrong, CIO of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. "We really think this is going to be our future, to help our programs be more successful."
DHS is looking to tailor its enterprise software development policy specifically for agile development to account for how significantly agile development differs from traditional development. For example, DHS deputy CIO Margie Graves said, the agency will need to build testing into the short, few-week "sprint" development cycles for which agile development is known. These sprint cycles are designed to deliver functionality quickly, so testing must be a part of each sprint, according to Graves.
DHS is also looking at rethinking how it contracts for IT services to support more agile development, according to Spires. That thought process is playing out at an agency level as well as a component organization level.
For example, U.S. Citizens and Immigration Services (CIS) will soon be awarding contracts on CRM and customer service initiatives and is working through how to integrate agile development into those contracts. One thought, according to CIS CIO Keith Jones, might be to award separate awards for different sprint cycles.
Agile development isn't the only thing DHS is doing to ensure that more of its projects come in on time and budget. For example, numerous CIOs at the event Tuesday also pointed to improved IT governance at DHS and touted their increasing use of cloud computing and service-oriented architectures as a way to help accomplish this task..
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However, recent efforts by America Online and the Mozilla Foundation, an open-source company that develops Web browser and E-mail software,."
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Now that nearly everyone on earth has a cell phone, they have become ingrained in our everyday lives. We carry them with us all the time, use them all the time, and run into people using their cell phones all the time. While there are no hard and fast rules for using cell phones in public, we sure know what we don't like, according to Nokia.
The cell phone maker conducted a poll several weeks ago to discover what behaviors we abhor the most. While family and friends are generally forgiving of our faults, colleagues and business partners may be less so. Keep the following in mind next time you're tempted to pull your smartphone out of your pocket during a lunch meeting with a client.
What ticks us off the absolute most? People who play games, movies, or music in public without using headphones. Instead, they blast their activities through the phone's speaker at full volume so every one within a half mile can hear it. This was picked as the most offensive behavior by 21.48% of respondents. I've seen it a million times on the subway in New York. Somebody has the volume cranked while playing Angry Birds and you can hear it throughout the entire car. What that person ends up with is a subway car full of Angry Commuters.
The second-most annoying habit also is volume related: Loud talkers get the thumbs down from 20.89% of respondents. This is something I encounter almost daily. Some random stranger is walking down the street, through the mall, into Starbucks while carrying on a conversation at full volume. Sorry, I don't need to hear it. Shut up! (Especially if you're talking about sensitive secret corporate stuff!)
Coming in third place, 17.49% of respondents said people who use their cell phones to send text messages--or, worse, make phones calls--in movie theaters deserve severe retribution. Movie theaters are dark. Phone screens are bright. When a cell phone lights up in a movie theater, it is really distracting. Given the cost of movie tickets these days, I'd be mad too if the person in front of me was checking their phone throughout the entire movie. As far as corporate life goes, the equivalent would be sending BBMs during a PowerPoint or other presentation in a darkened room. Turning on your cell phone when you're supposed to be paying attention to work-related stuff isn't going to win you any friends at work.
Personally, I think this one is pretty bad. Say you're standing at the water cooler or in the lunchroom talking to some colleagues. Right while you're in the middle of a story about what your crazy friend named Fred did over the weekend, one of your coworkers pulls out his/her phone and starts sending text messages. Just under 12% of people say that is really, really rude, and they wish you'd listen to them talk.
The fifth place winner surprised me a bit: 6.51% say the bad behavior that annoys them the most is when people take pictures and upload them without permission. One has to wonder what this 6.51% of people got themselves caught doing on camera that they don't want their social circles to know about.
Anyone who's attended a business meal will agree that it is rude when your dining companion breaks out his or her phone at the table during the meal. This bugs the heck out of 5.54% of people enough to make them enraged. Eating is a social activity, but not the time for posting updates to your social networks--especially if you're trying to close a sale.
If you are constantly looking at your phone's screen to see if you missed a call or a text message, chances are you're really annoying 4.66% of the people around you.
Are you always scrolling through your messages? That bugs 2.04% of people a lot.
Other bugaboos include using phones in restaurants, using your phone in bed, and over-doing it with the Foursquare check-ins.
Last, but not least, if you use your cell phone to cheat on a quiz down at your local pub, you're really ticking off 1.55% of.
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Red Hat To Buy Cloud Management Expert ManageIQ
The Linux titan is on a shopping spree
Open source specialists Red Hat have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the US cloud and virtualisation management company ManageIQ, for approximately $104 million (£64m) in cash.
The deal will enable Red Had to offer new cloud management tools as part of its open source product portfolio.
Red Hat’s shopping cart
Headquartered in Mahwah, New Jersey, ManageIQ provides scalable enterprise-grade cloud management solutions, with unified monitoring and automation capabilities. These solutions, built on the company’s Adaptive Management Platform, are designed specifically to be used with virtualised infrastructure.
As an existing member of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation Certified Partner programme, ManageIQ has worked closely with its new owner. Its Hybrid Cloud Operations Management technologies complement Red Hat’s existing cloud and virtualisation tools – Red Hat CloudForms and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation.
In the near future, Red Hat will start offering ManageIQ’s Hybrid Cloud Operations Management Tools, to provide mechanisms for monitoring, chargeback, governance and orchestration across virtual and cloud infrastructure, to be used with services from Amazon, Microsoft and VMware.
“Industry and customer response to Red Hat’s vision for the open hybrid cloud has been overwhelmingly positive because it offers the best of both worlds: the ability to tap into the public cloud when and where it makes sense, while leveraging existing investments for cloud infrastructure,” explained.”
The acquisition is expected to have no material impact to Red Hat’s revenue for its fiscal year ending in February 2013. The company has just published its financial results for the quarter ending in November, that show an 18 percent increase in revenue year-on-year.
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LibreOffice 4.0 speaks content management
With the release of LibreOffice 4.0, the Document Foundation continues to makes strides in preparing the open source office suite for enterprise use, adding the ability to work with many ECM (enterprise content management) systems and updated compatibility with many Microsoft file formats.
"LibreOffice continues to be the chief free alternative to Microsoft Office, and the improvements [in version 4.0] make it more attractive," said Forrester analyst Phil Karcher.
LibreOffice 4.0 provides a way for organizations to link LibreOffice with their content management systems, including Microsoft SharePoint, Alfresco, IBM FileNet P8, Nuxeo, OpenText, SAP NetWeaver Cloud Service and others. The software uses the CMIS (Content Management Interoperability Services) standard to communicate with these systems.
With CMIS, you can check documents in and out of ECM systems directly from LibreOffice. "Previously you could do this, but you had to use a horrible Web interface," said Michael Meeks, who is a Free Software Engineer for SUSE, and one of the key managers of LibreOffice development.
LibreOffice 4.0 comes with a number of other enterprise-friendly features as well. The suite can now also import documents from the latest versions of Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Publisher. It can also better render text documents written in the Microsoft .DOCX and the RTF (Rich Text Format) formats.
LibreOffice also provides some help for executives making presentations with LibreOffice's Impress. Someone running a slide presentation in a group meeting can use an Android smartphone as a remote control. Impress can now show both the notes and the presentation on the presenter's phone while displaying the actual presentation page on the display for the audience, and keep the two in synch. The remote only works with Linux computers, though a version is being ported to Windows as well, Meeks said.
The Calc spreadsheet is being refined to match the capabilities of Microsoft's Excel. Charts can now be exported as images. New functions have been added, and performance overall has been improved. "The spreadsheet is still not at [Microsoft] Excel's level, but we're trying to improve scalability, storage size and performance in lots of ways, and making good performance there," Meeks said.
The newly released LibreOffice 4.0 comes with an expanded set of APIs (application programming interfaces) that will allow developers and organizations to build better plug-ins for the software. The user interface has been refined as well.
Since its fork from OpenOffice 30 months ago, LibreOffice seems to have no shortage of volunteers to help contribute to the code. The project has thus far attracted more than 500 developers, who have submitted over 50,000 changes and updates.
The LibreOffice developers have added or replaced several million lines of code, in many cases taking advantage of new speedy C++ constructs. Deprecated methods and obsolete libraries have been removed, and many of the comments in the source code have been translated from German to English (the code base for LibreOffice originally came from a German company, StarDivision, and was known as StarOffice).
Leading the development of LibreOffice, the Document Foundation has been keeping enterprise use in mind, Meeks said. And some organizations are using the office suite as an alternative to Microsoft Office. The city of Munich, for instance, is deploying LibreOffice. Vendors are taking note of the software as well: Novel bundles LibreOffice with its GroupWare collaboration software for a combined package.
Although LibreOffice 4.0 can be thought of as an iterative release, it makes up for a lot of lost momentum that occurred when LibreOffice split from OpenOffice two years back, Karcher said. The performance improvements and updated compatibility with Microsoft file formats help in this regard, though improvements still need to be made in collaboration and mobile use, he said.
LibreOffice 4.0 can be downloaded at no cost.
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Provisions: Part 3 Substance
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Mark Newell
One of the few things a wildlife manager can have some control of is FOOD. With food plots, habitat manipulations, and other techniques managers can supply their critters with the adequate food requirements they need. However, it is still up to the wildlife, both young and old, to consume what is provided for them. In this devotion you will see how turkeys provide food for their young and compare that with the way God provides us with food spiritually.
The Provision of Substance
I. The Mamma Hen’s Provision
* Serving up Insects and other Invertebrates
With most animals it is up to the mother to provide their young with high quality nutritious food. The whitetail fawn gets its nourishment from its mother’s milk, but the wild turkey poult gets its nourishment from mostly insects. Also, unlike other bird species the young poult must catch its own meal. So, to successfully raise her young, the mamma hen takes them to places where they can feed on these highly nutritious delicacies. They are called bugging areas.
A. The County Side
I have seen hens and their poults many times out in fields covered up with different species of short flowering plants. Any short stemmed flower is perfect for the little guys because with one bite of a small flower yields the poult a mouth full of tiny insects. As a manager I like to plant clovers in all of my food plots. Once the clover plant flowers it attracts many small insects and it is short enough for poults to feed on them.
B. The River Bottom
The hen will also take her young to the edge of creeks, streams, and other low-lying areas where water in present. All sorts of bugs and other invertebrates can be found in these areas. Around 90% of a healthy poult’s food intake is of insects and other inverts. The foliage also around these areas is highly digestible and very nutritious.
II. The Master’s Healthy Provision
* Serving up the Infallible Word of God.
For the young and old Christian it is essential that they feed on God’s Word. If any wildlife species does not get the proper nutrition that it needs it will not grow properly and even may die (especially with the young.) The same is true for the Christian. However, like the little poult you must do it yourselves. Mamma may take you to the church house and even give you a Bible, but you must feed from it yourself. You need to feed from God’s Word daily in order to grow in the faith and grow closer to Him. In order to have a healthy Christian life God’s Word must be a constant. About 90% of a Christian’s growth comes from the intake of the Infallible Word of God. I will delight myself in thy statues: I will not forget thy word. Psalm 119:16. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Psalm 119:97.
A. The Church House
During the average Sunday service at my church there are four different lessons from the Bible that is taught. They are one Sunday school lesson, two sermons, and one discipleship training/Bible study lesson. That is a lot of God’s Word feed to those who go to church. A Bible buffet of spiritual nutrition that all of us need to be actively a part.
B. Read your Bible
Attending church and other church activities are important, however, it is only a supplement to daily Bible readings and daily Bible devotions. Somewhat like food plots and supplemental feeding is to a sound management plan on any given property. A believer’s Bible should be their most prized possession because the Lord took it upon Himself to inspire and speak these Words to those who love Him. There is a little saying out there that goes something like this: A person who goes to church just for the preaching hour loves himself; a person who goes to all of the church services loves his pastor and church; however, a person who goes to all of his church’s services and reads his Bible daily, loves his Lord. The Bible is a blessed book. Read It! You will find out that God’s Infallible Word is all the Substance needed. Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Matt. 4:4.
God Bless and Happy Hunting.
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How can we create a new relationship with death?
Our culture has a predominantly negative attitude towards death. We talk about "saving" lives (as if lives can be saved, rather than merely extended briefly). We talk about unnecessary loss of life. We talk about surviving illnesses as the only positive outcome and how we can avoid aging. And yet our planet can barely tolerate the population it has. We don't have enough food, fuel, or collective common decency to make eternal life a viable outcome. We need to change the conversation to one in which death is respected and appreciated -- but how do we do that without being DISrespectful to the living?
Closing Statement from Kaila Colbin
Hi everyone,
Firstly, thank you so much for your comments and concern following the recent earthquake in Christchurch. We have been very lucky; my family and loved ones are all safe, though we mourn for the more than 200 lives lost.
And thank you also for your willingness to explore this difficult topic, for which I certainly don't have the answers. At TED this week, we heard from many people doing fantastic things in medicine: exoskeletons that allow paralyzed people to walk, 3D printers that can print a kidney in 7 hours, even intentional gene manipulation for controlled evolution. My hope in starting this debate was to question the fundamental assumption underlying these marvelous inventions: namely, that death should always be avoided where possible and that any extension of life is always a good thing.
Many of us have found beauty in death. When my father passed away four years ago, I was heartbroken; I still grieve for him. But he was 83, he had had a stroke 6 years earlier, and it was time for him to go. There was nothing unfair in it. Death is not always a tragedy.
The theme of the upcoming TEDGlobal is The Stuff of Life, and apparently that will include discussions on our relationship to death. I hope we can continue to explore this topic: the one topic that is common to us all.
Warmest regards,
Kaila
Mohannad Dolati
some may believe death is a transit way to other life, while some may not . personally and as my religion (Islam) taught me and as logic and life process suggests, I believe that we are not created randomly and for nothing. there must be punishments and awards, which are in the other life of course, cuz we see that it's impossible to apply the perfect fair judgement here in this life, and many people live without offering the world anything good, but at the contrary, they only cause of crimes and wars. and those people may die with no punishment. So there MUST be sometime they get punished in for what they have done; in which what is called "the judgment day".
therefore, if someone does good deeds, offers good opportunities for a better life, helps other human kinds. I don't think this person may fear of death cuz he knows he will be awarded for what he has done.
however, and as I said, some people may not believe in other life or judgment day . so I think there must be some fear here, at least from the unknown waiting for them after death.
thanks for bringing this topic up.
Colleen Steen 500+
Sabin Muntean 30+
Marcin Kasiak 200+
E G 10+
Colleen Steen 500+
I also agree with your insightful statement below regarding how short life is and we shouldn't waste it:>)
E G 10+
Marcin Kasiak 200+
Colleen Steen 500+
I think comfort is a big part of creating a good relationship with anyone or anything, I am a spirit being having a human experience, and as such, I am comfortable on this earth school, and also comfortable knowing I will be going back home. Actually though, I was more comfortable in the spirit state of being, rather than in human form. I had a chance to leave the earth school after a near fatal head injury 21 years ago. I didn't want to come back here, but I did, and I am content:>)
Kevin Noble 50+
Generally, it is the nature of things (human as well as other species) to want to survive. Certain instincts are core that bias us to survival and to keeping those around us alive. It is hard not to talk about unnecessary loss of life when a young life that has not reached its full potential to contribute is taken suddenly. This likely comes from a healthy respect and appreciation for the finality of death.
While I do not believe we are always capable and skilled in determining when progress toward the end has surpassed the benefits associated with trying to prevent it. I don't think that giving up on efforts to improve our skills here and adjusting our perspective on death to accomodate the resource concerns is the right choice as a means to address those problems. I would turn to solutions for those problems separately and with the assumption that the pursuit of extended quality life years is desired.
E G 10+
another and that's more importnat : having the assurence that we'll be very very good after death.
another: waiting to die .
Colleen Steen 500+
I agree that living with the fear of death every day is comparable to living with any kind of danger every day. As individuals, what is our relationship to living with death or any kind of danger every day? How does that impact our lives? I believe that living with any fear (anxiety, frustration, anger,etc.) on a daily bases could actually shorten our lives because of the stress on the body, heart and mind. It's understandable why people in a war zone, for example, have fear of death. For those of us living in relatively "normal" circumstances, and afraid of death, it seems that it is a good idea to talk about our fears, and maybe come to terms with death so the fear does not adversly impact our life and heath.
I also agree with you that being clear about our beliefs, and what happens to us after death is good to explore.
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Colleen Steen 500+
Another good reference is Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, who has done some extensive research and writing on death and the dying process.
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Colleen Steen 500+
I believe it is beneficial to begin understanding death when we are healthy, rather than waiting until we are diagnosed with a terminal illness. My insight is that any and all information is valuable whenever we are ready to explore. I am healthy now, and I had a near death experience after a brain injury 21 years ago, and at the same time diagnosed with cancer. I am still exploring death, whether or not I am healthy at the moment.
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Sabin Muntean 30+
Now concerning your question, I don't see any reason to change anything in our relationship to death, if at all, we should increase our efforts in prevention of aging and rejuvenation.
In my opinion death has only gained a special spiritual status due to the fact that over milennia we were not capable of fully understanding why we eventually die. But now we can see it for what it is - the outcome of decades of constant cell and tissue degradation caused by our body functioning. Just like any machine suffers wear and tear over time and needs new spare parts so do we constantly need new cells, unfortunately small mistakes occur and grow over time to a critical size... but that's about it. I don't see a plan of some great "watchmaker" intended to only give us limited time, I see the outcome of life having evolved.
And as we constantly try to improve ourselves - Mr. Juan Enriquez talk on homo evolutis is very good on this subject - why should we not attempt to stop death with research like that of Mr. Aubrey deGrey? What is there to lose by not dying?
Well, you don't get to find out if anything comes after death, but considering the prospect of non-existence I don't think I want to know that answer.
And regarding our limited resources I wouldn't be too afraid. By the time we'll be able to "cheat" death we will have probably already started colonizing the Solar System and perhaps already venture beyond it. We have billions of places to go and explore, space is not the problem, time is.
To conclude my point, I feel that death is something we can outgrow as a species as we eventually reach a new level of development. Unless we manage to blow ourselves up our descendants will one day be barely able to understand what limited life means.
To end on another note, true eternity may not even be achievable. I particularly like Asimov's "The Last Question", by far my favourite short story. Can we reverse entropy?
Marcin Kasiak 200+
Our humanity, I guess? The averseness of mortality and limited time makes us who we are. Our culture and life choices grow upon that realization. I'm not saying that the immortality is something bad - I don't know. But that would make us something completely different then who we are now.
Colleen Steen 500+
Sabin, you say, "I don't see any reason to change anything in our relationship to death, if at all, we should increase our efforts in prevention of aging and rejuvenation". Aren't they related? Do you think that our efforts to prevent aging, may at times, be an effort to avoid death?
Sabin Muntean 30+
Colleen, indeed, I see preventing aging as a first step, you basicall try to make the clock go a little slower. Then once you manage that, you can try to make it go backwards. I believe Aubrey deGrey also mentions this point at the beginning of his talk.
Colleen Steen 500+
You may be right with your statement above, that "death is something we can outgrow as a species as we eventually reach a new level of development", and perhaps part of that process is turning back the clock. Maybe that is happening now, evidenced by the fact that we are living longer healthier lives. The reality at the moment, however, is that death is still part of our lives. I meet a lot of people who are genuinely afraid of death, and it seems to adversly impact their everyday life. I think it is beneficial to deal with any fears we experience. I personally am not afraid of death, in fact, I'm looking forward to going home again. It appears that you are not afraid of death, and that's a good thing:>)
Marcin Kasiak 200+
But, said that, I do agree that the death is an inseparable part of life. Unfortunately in the last years it became a taboo. We don't want to accept that at some point we all have to die. That leads to imho sad consequence that people die in the hospitals surrounded by doctors and machines, not at their homes surrounded by the loving families. We tend to think that if someone dies it is because of negligence, that someone should have done something to prevent it. Especially with modern technologies it is easy to refuse the fact of our mortality and fight for ones lives even when there is no hope and when it causes more harm then good.
Colleen Steen 500+
I think you bring up an important part of why we, in western culture particularly, are sometimes afraid of death. Have modern technologies seperated us from the dying process? As you mention, people die in hospitals surrounded by doctors and machines rather than at their homes surrounded by the loving families.
In some cultures, it is normal for those who are passing to be with their families, and that was true for western culture in the "old days". Since the advent of modern technologies, the belief is that it is sometimes not practical to have people dying at home. The more technologies and the importance of "saving" people no matter what, the further and further we got from the family participating in the process, and the more we become afraid of the dying process because we're no longer familier or comfortable with it.
With the hospice care I've participated in, it's interesting to observe the dynamics of the patient and family, as I'm sure you see, Marcin as a Doctor. There are many factors which drive the dynamics, but I think the seperation from death that we have experienced because of modern technology has definetely intensified our fear of the process.
loop johnny 30+
I don't think you can achieve that without invalidating basic human rights. Death is the end of ones live. Are you saying that those who are not useful to the planet should not get their life 'extended'?
Colleen Steen 500+
How about starting with a basic idea? How do you feel about death?
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Colleen Steen 500+
You offer a very tantalizing topic for me, but maybe not for everyone! There seems to be a fear of death in some cultures, while other cultures accept death as part of the life/death cycle. I think there are many factors behind each person's belief, like religious teachings, cultural practices, etc. The first step to understanding anything is to be able to speak about it openly and honestly, and you have provided the forum to do that.
I had a near death experience years ago when I sustained a head injury, and for me, death was not frightening. I've also provided care for people as they were passing over, and it can be a beautiful experience if one is not afraid of the process. How about providing the link to Jill Bolte Taylor's talk - Stroke of insight, as a reference for people who want to pursue this topic further?
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After the controversy surrounding the exposure of the Trump boys' safari photos of African game, CEO of Camping World, Marcus Lemonis, was contacted and educated by your fearless SpiritWild leader, Uncle Ted, and he upgraded his awareness to the reality of the pureness of hunting as the ultimate and only honest conservation tool to keep wildlife flourishing.
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It is not surprising that these unknown mixtures can cause dangerous side effects, such as seizures, memory loss, coma and even death.
This comment gives the unfortunate impression that it is only the "unknown mixtures" that cause dangerous side effects. In point of fact many of these drugs are entirely capable of leading to dangerous outcomes all by themselves. MDMA, or Ecstasy, itself, uncontaminated by anything else, is perfectly capable of resulting in seizure, hyperthermia and hyponatremia. In fact, the reported cases of medical emergency that involve other substances being ingested frequently have a symptom cluster that is identical to where MDMA is the only drug which was consumed. This suggests quite strongly that those other drugs may not even be strong contributors to the medical emergency.
i think this story is great and helps you learn more about drugs
why anybody would put their bodies and life at risk doesnt make sense to me.
If it deadly to make them at home, who would want to make it. it gross and not fun.
drugs are drugs and you should not use them unless prescribe by a doctor. designer durgs the name does not matter they are still drugs and you should not use them
I can't believe that these unknown compunds can lead to death. NOT SUPRISED!!! Thats why I don't do drugs. I don't want to be addicted.
teens are asking about this and i'm glad their questions are being anwsered. Because if they don't want to take bad drugs they know which ones to stay away from you.
Teens are trying these drugs and are ruining their lives for the future and the present.
I dont like the term "designer drugs" makes them seem more "cool".
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Thanks for sharing such idea. I hope, it will help teenagers.
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pretty interesting and cool
Really why do durgs they make your horrible
Alright most of what you guys are saying is not true. Just because you do these party drugs dosent mean your going to to get addicted and ruin your life, if your already going to be a loser in life working a [expletive deleted, per guidelines] job and committing crimes i don't think drugs made you like that unless your on meth but I think anything in moderation is ok I [deleted per guidelines] have never been addicted or come close to dying. I'm almost don't with college and have maintained a 3.5 gpa. Once I'm done I'm gonna be making 50,000 a year staring out do you consider that ruining my future? I'm not saying anyone should do these drugs but what you guys are saying is completely biased, but if you are research it and know what your doing.
@Collegestudent First, you are absolutely correct – taking drugs does not make you a loser. If a person chooses to take drugs and does become addicted, that does not make them a loser either. People respond differently to different drugs, and sometimes a person can get caught up in the drug and become addicted when they certainly didn’t intend to. Even the same drug in the same person can cause different reactions at different times in that person’s life. And in some cases, a substance may not even contain any of what you thought you were taking! So, it’s generally a risky business….Good luck with college and your new job.
Drugs are bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
pot = not oooohhh
be cool!!! stay in school!
if you do drugs then im not you r friend
@ everyone that thinks they know...you don't. These new designer drugs, like the salts, destroy lives, and it seems to be an equal opportunity destroyer from what I have watched in my own hometown. Destroying marriages, parents, careers, honor roll students; both high school and college...I watched two of my dearest friends and my boyfriend get caught up in the bath salt craze..I lost all 3 of them to the drug. We had all been in recovery for 8+ years, and in 1 month you wouldn't know unless you knew them prior. It's heartbreaking to watch someone you love attempt to end their life repeatedly..to lie, steal, and hurt those they loved. The people I loved are gone to me forever because I didn't listen when someone talked about how bad these drugs were..I'm not saying I could have stopped them, but I will always wonder.
Anyone that says drugs are bad is ignorant. Drugs, inherently, are neither good nor bad. Nothing in the world is good or bad. People put labels on everything in order to simplify the world but create half truths and ignorance in the process
DRUGS ARE BAD....THANKS FOR THE INFO
I loved this
extacy wont hurn ya :)
Ecstasy, or MDMA, actually can hurt you – it can cause confusion, depression, sleep problems, drug craving, and severe anxiety. In high doses, MDMA can interfere with your body’s ability to regulate temperature, sometimes leading to hyperthermia, which can result in organ failure or death. Ecstasy tablets may also contain some ‘mysterious’ substances – so you never know what you may be taking or what the effects may be.
just a little though
"drugs are drugs and you should not use them unless prescribe by a doctor. designer durgs the name does not matter they are still drugs and you should not use them"
oh yes, if they're from a doctor and FDA approved, they MUST be safe because you know whats in them.
in my opinion, ignorance is the worst drug
@Wilson No drug is 100% safe – prescription or otherwise. People react differently to different drugs. That is why it is very important for your doctor to monitor your medications to ensure you are receiving the proper dosage and to watch for side effects.
Its very informative article.i don't like"designer drugs".thans
College student, to start off with for someone so educated your grammar is terrible. Secondly i think your counting your chickens before they hatch. Your not finished with school yet. [deleted, per guidelines]. I have many more years of lifes experiences than you and from what i can tell you are an [deleted, per guidelines] fool. Children and teenagers that still have a choice and a future, Saying drugs will ruin your life is an understatement. I have seen smart people with good futures die from drugs. People that could have been doctors, chemist, astronauts ended up throwing their life away while they were looking for a way to get high. So if you want to listen to college student, (someone who probably has not finished their first semester) then go ahead a throw your life away. And when you are sitting in jail because you got busted by the cops, i hope you remember reading this because you wont even be able to get a job at mcdonald's.
These drugs aren't particularly dangerous by themselves, and in general taking drugs is no more dangerous than many activities we readily engage in on a daily or weekly basis. The greatest threat of all posed by designer drugs is that buyer may not get exactly what they signed up for, and consuming something unknowingly is inherently dangerous. If someone is really intent on taking something, whether or not they should, I think it's in everyone's best interest that that something is somehow regulated.
What They Look like aspen or tunes is the big drugs you buy no the street can kill you too no drug is100/safe even if is so
Many teens come the police do not know about some of Theses drugs and how power they Are . Hope the if there is a thatEmt Can
Overdonce will teens a in danger is a Growing ps. Hope some of the dotcotr read up on thesis now Dugrs so they save a
Boys or GIrls life . I for one do not want to try any of theses now Dengner Dugrs if they are that powerful why try something
You can kill you. Want to live watch a good sun raise ever day . And brith the air . Don,t want my GirlFirend or my family see me die . I love life .
haha pot = not; wow
wohaaaaa drugs are bad
Well,.
You make some very good points. An important one is that designer drugs are frequently much more dangerous than other drugs. This is primarily because there is no way of knowing how the designer drug was made, and new versions are constantly popping up, making medical emergencies especially hard to treat. As far as the definition goes, agreed. NIDA will revisit that definition for inconsistencies. Thank you for your well thought out comments.
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Is your family income affecting your frindships? Teen Vogue reports on class envy.
Samantha*,. "People didn't know my financial situation," she says. "My sister shopped a lot, so I borrowed her clothes. It seemed like we had excess, but in the end it was my mom taking on a lot of burdens." Samantha says blending in with her wealthy neighbors helped to increase her social status. "I think the pressure for students to fit in is a common thing. I had to act the part to keep people from thinking there was something about me that was different and so I was able to sit with the popular girls."
At a time when the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that more than 9 percent of Americans are unemployed, class divisions are widening, creating tough social situations for many teens. Though it's not commonly talked about, how much cash your parents have can often have a huge effect on your allowance, popularity, and, more importantly, who your BFFs are.
Eighteen-year-old Tiara, from Chicago, who considers herself middle-class, agrees with Samantha. "In my high school, clothes made you more popular. If you didn't have the right clothes or the latest brands, people would tear you down.".
But it's. "When you have a friend who's constantly wanting to go out for dinner every day, it puts more pressure on you," she says. "Sometimes I'll look at my credit card bill, and all those Frappuccinos and taxicab rides add up—and I'm like, I can't do this again."
Being in a different income bracket from your friends can be tough. Lisa*, nineteen, from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, grew up lower-class. She remembers feeling envious when her best friend got $600 from her uncle to spend just for fun. "I was like, Whoa, can you break me off? I wasn't as fortunate as some of my friends. I've never spent more than $20 on a pair of jeans. I wore Payless until I was fourteen. And my first bike came from a garage sale."
In contrast, Ada*, 23, from York, Pennsylvania, hit it big when a company she started in high school was purchased by a larger organization. But her net worth doesn't make her worry-free. "Just because you have something doesn't mean you don't think about it," she says. "After you get money, you have to maintain it."
Ada admits she's even embarrassed by her financial status at times. "I just don't talk about it. It is something that I wish a lot of people didn't know about, because they see me as different. I eat McDonald's. I drive a Toyota Camry. I usually stay home and cook. When people get to know me, they're like, 'You're just a normal girl.'"
Paladino says."
"Transparency is really important in friendships and relationships," adds Jessie H. O'Neill, author of The Golden Ghetto: The Psychology of Affluence (The Affluenza Project). "People respect honesty." After Samantha told one of her superwealthy roommates that flaunting money made her uncomfortable, she says their friendship improved. "From then on she would split meals with me, and her parents flew me up to their house for Thanksgiving. It didn't feel like charity."
O'Neill says that maintaining harmony with your pals doesn't necessarily mean that a person with more money should always foot the bill—rather that BFFs should find common interests that don't require money, like going to the beach, bicycling, or taking walks.
Most importantly, the experts stress being sensitive toward—and not judgmental of—others in different financial situations. Listening can be an integral way to understand what a friend is going through. "It is important to not assume that their experience of life is the same as yours," says L.A.-based teen therapist Sandra Dupont. "To learn more about their situation, listen carefully to what they share and follow their lead. Try asking questions about what's important to them."
Many girls say that after they became more honest about their financial situation—with both themselves and their friends—life improved. "I would want to be richer," Lisa admits. "If you don't have any money, you're not secure. But I still appreciate what I have."
Ada says since her money was earned through doing something she loves, she doesn't dwell on it. "I don't hang out with people based on what they have. It's not an issue. I'm focused on my business."
Though Samantha still worries about her cash flow now that she's at an Ivy League university, she's less concerned about whether or not people think she's rich or poor. "Now I'm surrounded by a new level of wealth: kids with trust funds and allowances every week. It was— and still is—very tough for me." But, she says, she's less wrapped up in pretending to be something she isn't. "I've shared my true financial situation with a core set of friends. They're extraordinary people that I value, not just monetarily but for the trust and investment we have in our friendship."
*Name has been changed.
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Can you help me please..............
to compose a list of those countries where TEFL teachers aged over 60/65 will have less problems getting work, considering local cultural attitudes to age and immigration regulations.
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> Would a recent modern languages degree along with a TEFL qualification widen my choices?
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> (I have a UK Cert. Ed. which in theory is still a valid teaching qualification, but in practise it no longer fits me to compete for work in the UK state sector. The teaching profession has been an all graduate entry for over 25 years now and I'm sure the same is true even of developing countries. I am therefore considering self financing* a modern languages degree. I feel it would be a good background for any TEFL teacher. I hope to be able to work overseas for 5+ years, when my husband retires in a few years. We are 2 of this rapidly expanding demographic sector who have lost pensions and are going to work for as long after 60/65 as possible, to delay eaking out a living on little more than the state pension.)
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> * I found out only last year that although I don't have a 1st degree, I'm not eligible for Student Finance Co fees/maintainance loans! A degree is going to cost me dear in my time** & money and I'm anxious to assess how likely Im to get work overseas in /4 years time.
**A <60 mile drive to/from nearest*** Uni. Or should I go down the OU route?
***Once I'm on their BA course I might be able to get vacation work on their future summer schools; set up to get overseas students up to speed with English for Academic Purposes, prior to embarking on their own degree programmes.
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Telkomsel is announcing a partnership with Skype, a leading provider of Internet communications software. This partnership will bring Skype software beyond computers to a range of mobile handsets starting with a series of Symbian, Android and Blackberry smartphones, so consumers can take their Skype conversations with them on the go.
Under this strategic partnership, the two companies have created a whole new communications experience for Indonesian users, offering them an innovative way to connect with friends and family around the world.
Skype will enhance Telkomsel’s data packages consumers by offering a new way to call around the globe, while also giving hundreds of millions of Skype users around the world the opportunity to communicate with friends, family and business colleagues in Indonesia using Telkomsel’s high quality, large network coverage.
“We are proud to bring the benefits of Skype to Telkomsel’s consumers. This partnership is a breakthrough in giving 105 million Telkomsel's customers unlimited, global communication options, while expanding their calling community to hundreds million of Skype users around the globe. This also confirms Telkomsel as a pioneer and as the best leading provider of mobile data services in Indonesia,” said Herfini Haryono, director of planning and development, Telkomsel.
At launch, Skype will be made available initially on a range of 24 Telkomsel smartphones including Samsung, Blackberry, Nokia and LG handsets, with plans to extend support to a broader base of phones (including J2ME-enabled ones) in
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Indian equipment vendor and telecoms operator Himachal Futuristic Communications Ltd (HFCL) has signed a technology licence agreement with Qualcomm to manufacture and sell CDMA-based mobile and fixed-wireless phones and data cards worldwide. HFCL plans to sell four million CDMA handsets worth between INR6 billion and INR8 billion (USD130 milllion-USD174 million) in domestic and international markets in the next financial year, Managing Director Mahendra Nahata told Reuters. The fast growing Indian market is the site of intense competition between CDMA and GSM-based operators, and Qualcomm hopes the agreement with HFCL will tip the balance in CDMA’s favour. ‘There are currently more than 36 million CDMA subscribers in India and the wireless market has grown ten-fold in less than five years,’ the statement quoted Nahata as.
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While outsourcing specific skills and services makes sense for smaller organisations new research from HR Access suggests it does carry a risk and therefore demands you take your time, do your due-diligence, appoint the ‘right’ supplier and ensure you undertake regular performance reviews.
The report, Payroll outsourcing: could do better! confirms that while many organisations are generally satisfied with the impact and value of outsourcing on their business, there is still a feeling of discontent among many businesses. Those surveyed highlight key areas employers should get right when they embark on outsourcing.
These include the need properly to scope service requirements, implement robust account management practices, establish strong, two-way communications and push for continuous service and supplier improvements.
Roger Fullilove, senior global product manager at HR Access Solutions, outlines three key steps from the study that will get outsourcing on track from the start and ensure it delivers lasting value for your business.
(1) Thoroughly scope your requirements
Allow plenty of time to scope the services you wish to outsource. Investing time at the start of the project will significantly reduce the likelihood of needing to adjust and review your requirements during contracting and the early stages of the project, which also means you’re less likely to incur additional costs.
Remember that a supplier can only work with the information you give them so it’s important to keep them up-to-date about the specific needs, priorities and issues your business is facing or anticipates. Regular update meetings will enable you to do this and ensure they are a partner to your business, not simply a supplier.
(2) Communication is central to success
Defined communication channels and service standards for the entire length of your outsourcing contract should be established and clearly communicated. This should be done no later than the contracting stage and is designed to ensure everyone involved is aware of and understands the aims and impacts of outsourcing for the business, and the formal communication channels that support these.
(3) Measure the impact of outsourcing
If you have invested time to scope the services thoroughly you are outsourcing, and have negotiated a high quality of service standard, you will be in a strong position to assess the value and impact of it on your business. As at every stage of the process remember to work in partnership with your vendor to create and regularly review a set of relevant service indicators – both quantitative and qualitative – to measure, monitor and benchmark performance.
Such KPIs are of high value not only at regular operational service reviews, where they enable you to identify any emerging issues and quickly nip them in the bud, but also at the less frequent strategic business reviews, which are designed to check outsourcing is having the expected impacts and delivering the promised benefits to the business.
Nick Holley from Henley Business School agrees that outsourcing can deliver real business impact and benefit but acknowledges that, like so many business solutions, although the concept is great it can often fall down when it comes to implementation. To make outsourcing implementation a success he recommends three additional key areas to focus on to ensure outsourcing can work for your business.
“The first is to consider the impact of outsourcing on the end user. While it might save central costs it’s important to ask whether it’s adding hidden local costs such as line managers spending more time on administration and are hence diverted from serving customers and motivating people.
"The second area to look at is the quality of the data you can provide your outsourcing partner. Really think whether you have robust, up to date data and clear processes and accountabilities to make outsourcing effective. Finally, ask whether the outsourcer can demonstrate the value they are offering you.”
- Go to to download a copy of the outsourcing research.
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“The primary purpose of any joint stock enterprise from healthcare to banking is to make its owners money. The optimal structure is a monopoly. Next best is to collude with competitors to control prices. This is inherently more efficient in private because it prevents competition. As collusion is always unpopular, participants must be over-rewarded for their silence.”
Any traveller who fails to understand this cynical but unfortunately self-evident truth is guaranteed to end up in the wrong place.
The hysterical reaction to the widening Libor price-fixing scandal demonstrates a lack of knowledge of how businesses have worked since the first caveman made an axe (doubtlessly then killing his neighbour who was designing a better model).
The number of participant banks and employees worldwide make it inconceivable that these arrangements were not generally known. Globally, “bbalibor” covers 10 currencies, each with 15 maturities - ie interbank interest rates over various periods - making 150 rate fixings every business day.
And it was known - there were many good articles on the topic from 2007. This leaves bank directors, regulators and politicians with unpleasant choices. Either they were unaware, and so incompetent; or they knew but carried on, so were reckless and skirting with criminality. Most probably they chose not to look, so were negligent.
Another serious implosion in the financial system will increase the already high and often justifiable mistrust of all investment managers, whether sinner or saint.
At Bedlam we at least tried to start in the right place, and so hold no financial companies for clients. This was also the case for three years from 2006, not because we foresaw the specifics or timing of the crash, but because the balance sheets of banks and insurance companies were so opaque as to defy analysis.
Where analysis was possible, the valuations, over-borrowing, lack of adequate provisioning and hubris ensured a future implosion. Such prudence was of little benefit - between January and August 2009 bank shares soared, for example RBS rose from £1.03 to £5.76 before collapsing back to £2.15.
Yet financial shares remain unattractive because the Libor fiasco should be a game changer. Since 2007 there has been a woeful lack of reform. Hopefully, the pressure is now sufficient that the Bank, the Treasury and politicians will develop rudimentary spines and do what they have long promised: reduce the absolute sizes of the leading banks, separate their businesses and penalise the use of often pointless synthetic products.
Small is safer because it reduces systemic and national risk. Such changes will be slow and will effect bank profitability. This will be exacerbated by their need to continue shrinking their balance sheets and because they continue to under-provide for bad debts.
Sadly, other necessary and larger reforms will be ducked. At the root of all financial crises is a similar fault - a lack of transparency. All derivative trades, pricing agreements and submissions (such as those to set Libor rates) should be visible at the time and across a public exchange.
If all trades can be seen and tracked, the scope for fraud diminishes. Yet regulators maintain a hostile twitch to real transparency. Not only does transparency reduce their power and purpose, it casts an unwelcome light on how they operate, from the arcane and opaquely appointed Court of Directors of the Bank of England through to the multiple failures of both the Bank and Financial Services Authority.
Jonathan Compton is managing director of Bedlam Asset Management
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London's blue-chips started the week on a downbeat note and retreated from four-and-a-half year highs, with falls in Vodafone and Meggitt shares helping to drag the FTSE 100 lower.
Analyst downgrades hit both companies and the benchmark index lost 0.3pc in early deals, while the mid-cap FTSE 250 was little changed at 13,277 points. Mike van Dulken, head of research at Accendo Markets, argued the FTSE 100 could see further resistance ahead.
"Even if this is a pause before another up move, could 6,400 prove a significant hurdle?" he said, adding that the potential obstacle was "being largely ignored amid all the bullishness".
Vodafone, which is due to update the market on its latest trading on Thursday, was one of the heaviest fallers and lost 1.8pc after Citigroup analysts advised investors to take profits after the stock's recent strong run. The experts at the broker noted that Vodafone shares have returned 11pc so far in 2013, and cut the mobile giant to "neutral" from "buy".
Meanwhile, engineer Meggitt also shed 1.7pc on a downgrade to "neutral from "buy" at UBS.
"We recently reduced our full-year earnings before interest, tax, and amortization forecasts from £401m to £391m, now in line with consensus, because of lower commercial aftermarket expectations," said analysts at the bank. "We expect Meggitt will achieve £391m, but we are not convinced they will beat it convincingly and do not expect material upgrades to 2013."
The UBS scribblers further disappointed investors by arguing a takeover of the company was now unlikely.
At the other end of the table, strong full-year results saw investors chase gold miner Randgold Resources to the top of the FTSE 100. The company said 2012 profit climbed 16pc and boosted its dividend by 25pc, sending the shares up 3.9pc.
Broadcaster ITV was also bolstered by an upgrade at Credit Suisse, which lifted its target price to 125p from 110p. The shares advanced 2pc in early trade.
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The Treasury is set to freeze the amount that people can inherit free of tax instead of increasing it in line with inflation.
The allowance will be frozen at £325,000 despite George Osborne, the Chancellor, just eight weeks ago saying that he would increase the amount in two years.
The rate will now not go up until at least 2019, according to The Sunday Times, meaning that thousands of families will be £95,000 worse off than if the allowance had risen.
The measures would see 5,000 more people paying inheritance tax and are expected to contribute about £1 billion over the next five years towards the cost of care home bills for the elderly.
Under those plans pensioners with savings of up to £123,000 are to receive state support with their care costs under Government plans.
In a long-awaited coalition announcement, Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, will say that the assets threshold will rise from £23,250 to £123,000, with a sliding scale of support.
The means-tested threshold is higher than the £100,000 assets limit recommended by the independent Dilnot Commission appointed by Mr Osborne.
Up to 40,000 people a year currently face having to sell their homes to afford care bills, such as help with washing, dressing and feeding themselves – a situation repeatedly condemned by the Prime Minister when he was in opposition.
Ministers will claim that the new social care funding system will offer “unprecedented” financial support for elderly people and that it is being set at the right level given the continuing pressures on the public finances.
The £75,000 cap will apply to every pensioner. If both husband and wife end up moving into residential care, it could mean they will have to pay up to £150,000 before the state steps in.
Based on an average care home stay of two years, this means a couple could still spend £200,000 on fees for a basic care home.
Under the new system, once a care home resident has spent £75,000 on fees, the state will step in and pay the basic rate for any more care required.
Before that point, it will also protect some assets and savings.
When a pensioner’s assets are drained down to £123,000, the state will meet some of the costs of care. Just the last £14,000 of savings are expected to be fully protected, as in the current system.
Once the state steps in, it will only pay for basic care, which will not necessarily meet the standards that the resident was previously paying for.
If pensioners are paying bills for care homes which are higher than the rates that councils will pay, they could be forced to move to cheaper institutions or to seek family help to pay “top-up” fees.
Ministers will also claim nobody will be forced to sell their home in their lifetime – with everyone given the right to defer paying until after their death.
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The antipathy between supporters of these clubs cuts so deep that Burnley town centre resembled a security state on a Sunday morning.
Around Turf Moor, policemen positioned themselves on roof tops, helicopters hovered in the sky, streets were cordoned off and several pubs were shut.
Despite being just 11 miles down the M65, there was something Orwellian about the fact that 3,347 visiting fans were ordered to arrive at Ewood Park two and a half hours before kick-off and travel in a cavalcade of official coaches escorted by the regional establishment.
The tension permeated onto the pitch with two mid-table sides indicating why neither is likely to finish much higher this season.
Having arrived as a substitute three minutes earlier, Burnley’s Sam Vokes scored a deserved equaliser via the same route that had given Blackburn the lead; a cross into the box and a header, this one dispatched by Jordan Rhodes.
Burnley, indeed, should have capitalised on a first half performance where domination was absolute.
The host’s, however, had not beaten Blackburn in 33 years and the weight of such unflattering history appeared to prey on the mind at crucial times; like when Charlie Austin – the most prolific scorer in the country – did not convert a header, despite being unmarked.
Blackburn, meanwhile, under new manager Henning Berg had regressed in terms of results since the departure of Steve Kean and confidence was initially brittle.
They dared not lose this one and safety was the first resort. By the end of the first half, Rhodes and Colin Kazim-Richards had given up on chasing the long-balls from a defence entrenched deep in its own half.
Burnley had an extra man in midfield and that allowed them to take control. Ross Wallace, left footed but playing on the right, was reliably the source of creativity.
First he supplied Kieran Trippier whose cross caught everyone out, Austin swung at it and Scott Dann blocked.
From another Wallace ball, Austin brought the very best out of Paul Robinson; the former England goalkeeper scooping the header off the goalline with his left hand. Moments later, Robinson used his right hand to tip around the post from Dean Marney.
Blackburn’s sole response was a shot from Rhodes that sailed high into the upper tier of the Jimmy McIlory Stand.
In the second half, though, and with supply arriving regularly from the impressive Mauro Formica, Blackburn improved and took the lead when Rhodes prodded in the Argentine’s delivery.
The moment shocked Burnley whose boss Sean Dyche responded by sending on three attackers. Two of them, Junior Stanislas and Vokes, conspired to rescue a point.
Match details
Burnley (4-1-4-1): Grant; Trippier, Duff, Shackell, Mee; Stock (Ings
75); Wallace, Marney, McCann (Vokes, 86), Paterson (Stanislas 75); Austin.
Subs not used: Jensen, Edgar, Lafferty, Bartley.
Blackburn Rovers (4-4-2): Robinson; Henley, Dann, Hanley, Olsson; Formica
(Vukcevic 79), Murphy, Lowe, Pedersen (King 55); Rhodes, Kazim-Richards.
Subs not used: Kean, Givet, Dunn, Olsson, Rochina.
Referee: Lee Mason (Bolton)
Attendance: 21, 341
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Visakhapatnam: There must surely have been pressure within, but Yuvraj Singh looked rather relaxed early on Saturday, which was supposed to be the “second-biggest day” of his career.
The first, in Yuvraj’s book, is April 2, 2011, when India regained the World Cup after 28 years and he was adjudged the Player of the Tournament.
But as it was to be the start of a fresh innings, here, The Telegraph asked Yuvraj if he remembered his thoughts on the morning of his debut, against Kenya, in the October 2000 ICC KnockOut.
Laughing, Yuvraj recalled: “Actually, I had to take sleeping pills as Sourav (Ganguly, the captain) had, the previous evening, asked ‘open karega kya’?... I’d replied I would, but that was more out of bravado...
“I just couldn’t sleep, out of nervousness and took sleeping pills... At breakfast, though, Sourav clarified he’d only been joking... ‘Mazaak kar raha tha main’... That relaxed me.”
Four years later, Yuvraj ‘repaid’ Sourav.
“I’d promised Sourav that I’d also play a prank... Bhajji (Harbhajan Singh) and I did exactly that, on April Fool’s Day, when we were in Pakistan on the Revival tour...
“We arranged a printout of an imaginary interview of Sourav, where he’d been critical of his players... When that was shown to him, he pleaded he hadn’t given any such interview...
“Sourav went from player to player, claiming innocence... Later, of course, he was furious when Rahul Dravid told him that Bhajji and I had pulled a fast one. He then chased us in the dressing room!”
For his part, Sourav remembered the prank played on him, but didn’t recall having (jokingly) asked Yuvraj to open on his debut.
Regulars Sourav and Sachin Tendulkar opened, with India chasing down 209 for the loss of two wickets in under 43 overs. Yuvraj wasn’t required to bat, but he’d bowled four overs.
Yuvraj’s first India captain, however, is delighted that he’s back on the big stage.
Speaking exclusively, Sourav said: “Yuvi’s gone through a lot... I’m very happy for him now... Initially, I was concerned whether he’d recovered physically, but obviously he has.”
Asked if he had a message for Yuvraj, Sourav was quick to reply: “Indeed, yes... Keep hitting them in the stands!”
Rain prevented Yuvraj from having a go at the Dr YSR Stadium, so one has to wait till the Chepauk (on Tuesday), at least.
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What: Excel, a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Institute of Management (EIM), in association with The Telegraph.
When: September 29.
Where: Vidya Mandir.
Music, dance, mime and masti — it was an affair to remember on Saturday as students and staff of EIM got together to celebrate their 10th anniversary, and shared their special day with students of a few other business schools. At the inauguration, EIM director Amit Sengupta spoke about the institute’s decade-long journey and how each member of the EIM family had contributed to its success.
After the opening ceremony, students of the host institute took the stage to depict the many moods experienced by students on campus, dancing to popular numbers like Disco deewane and Ekla cholo re, sung by Amitabh Bachchan in Kahaani.
Next up were the students of the Army Institute of Management, who staged a skit parodying current events in the country. Their humorous take on the necessity of real-life heroes and the near-perfect imitation of celebrities and politicians left everyone in splits. The fun act was followed by a fashion show by the students of EIM, Army Institute of Management and the International School of Business.
Pushpak Dance Group’s impressive kathak recital portrayed the four seasons. The final and the most-awaited gig of the evening was by the band Krosswindz, who caused the young audience to go wild as they belted out numbers like Summer of ’69, We Will Rock You, Bhebey dekhechho ki and Doriyay ailo toofan.
“It was incredible! Each college performed to its best. The event was a moment of pride for both the students and teachers of EIM,” said Moumita Das, an EIM student of the 2013 batch.
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It’s been awhile since we last heard a quasi-believable next-gen iPad story, but it shouldn’t be long now until we get something conclusive. That’s because several sources claim a new full-sized iPad is closing in on its release, with the official unveiling rumored to happen by the end of this month.
But is that possible? We’d be inclined to say no, because, again, there have been far too few iPad 5 rumors lately and Apple is usually very skilled at building hype months before an actual release.
Then again, with the third-gen iPad released in March 2012 and the fourth-generation back in...
(Time-Limited) Deal Alert: Refurbished Apple iPad 4 With Verizon LTE Available for $500
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There is no doubt in our minds that Apple’s fourth-generation 9.7-inch iPad is the most spectacular to date, and almost certainly the best-ever conceived tablet. The only catch is that it doesn’t exactly come cheap. At best, you can find one at $500 with 16 GB of on-board storage and Wi-Fi.
If you also want 4G LTE speeds, you have to be ready to fork out roughly $120-$130 more. Then again, if you don’t need a new iPad, you can save a few bucks by choosing a refurbished model instead.
Apple put a few of those up for grabs via its U.S. Store last week,......
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Some town. Bells ring, and singing comes from a loudspeaker throughout the city. People walk in slo-mo. The RV is parked. The kids get a message on their crazy cell phone. It's their recovery mission. Missy Elliott plays as they read that they have to drive to a place called Fes, and their GPS will lead them to their crest. As they read the instructions, they read out the name of the GPS maker, continuing the wonderful tradition of B/M commercial spot bullshit. I would call them sellouts, but from what would they be selling out? Adam voice-overs that he'll do whatever it takes to make sure no one has to get the boot. Jisela then voice-overs that she's already preparing herself to get the boot. Good. The kids have parked in an empty-looking area while Jisela babbles on the possibility of someone else failing and whether that means she would still get the boot. Yeah, probably. The kids walk.
The Six of Suck arrive in some ruins. They don't know what they're looking for, so they just wander around. Ellen is wearing short shorts. The girl does not learn. Finally, in a very staged shot, Adam and Ellen sit by a hole and yell, "C'mere. We've found something." We get a shot from a camera down the hole, I guess (though they then don't even use the camera to get a shot during the actual mission), of a snake guarding the crest. Adam floats that he hates snakes, but that he'll go do it anyway. He gets scared and jumps back out and a rock becomes dislodged and hits him in the head. Hee. Of course, knowing stupid-ass B/M, we don't get a shot of any of this, and rather we just get Adam emerging, a tiny trickle of blood on his nose. Oh whatever, he's fine. Burn your hands off, and then come talk to me. I do still hope someone dies on one of these shows and B/M gets sued and they have to go live in a box. With Steve. Anyway, Steve goes down, and screams, but throws the piece of the crest up. They complete their mission, and Steve emerges, happy. Music plays, but no one cares. We get a montage, because this episode was just that goddamn exciting, as Sophia tells us again what we saw this week and how great they are, and superimposed we get a shot of the word "Determination" from the "ancient" crest piece. She says, "Now that's determination." Oh, fuck off. Really. Bring back the Semester at Sea, even. Jisela then voice-overs again about the Quest for the Crest being about their collecting virtues it takes to make a person and then they'll become whole, or some shit. I don't know. Jisela talks to the camera, saying that she came in thinking she was going to rule, but now she learned her weaknesses and "Road Rules is going to help [her] deal with that." God. This show. Killing me already. Why not at least give me a few weeks before you take me down?
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Commercials. The WB presents What I Like About You. Come on, Amanda Bynes. It's time to move on, already.
Smallville High School at night. Only it looks like a drawing of the school, not an actual filmed shot. Maybe that's just my imagination. Clarkionel is inside in the Torch newsroom, trying to log in to the LuthorCorp corporate network. He's still wearing Clark's nice blue shirt. The website won't accept his password. Clarkionel slams his hand on the desk, taking out a huge chunk of wood with his fist. "Lex," he whispers angrily. "He changed the password." Did you think he wouldn't?
Chloe, wearing a navel-baring olive top and chunky jewelry, comes in carrying a few binders. She notices Clark's fashion statement. "Was flannel too five-minutes-ago?" she asks. She notices the desk fisting and asks, "Who pulled a Paul Bunyan on the desk?" "It was that way when I got here," Clarkionel says playfully. "Weird," says Chloe. Why doesn't Chloe come to the conclusion that Kryptonite-infected termites are to blame? Clarkionel starts playing his little mind games, telling Chloe that he's concerned about her well-being, and asking what she'd do if Papa Luthor got out of prison. She asks if the "Lionel Luthor alert has suddenly been elevated to orange." Clarkionel smiles smugly. She asks if he knows something she doesn't. Clarkionel rolls toward Chloe in the office chair. "Nooo," he drawls out, "but it always pays to be cautious." Chloe dismisses his concerns; she says Papa Luthor won't be eligible for parole until he's about 112. Clarkionel starts to move toward Chloe as he says that Papa Luthor may get out sooner than she thinks. Chloe backs away, laughing and telling Clark that he's been sacked one too many times. Football, people, football. Don't get naughty on me, here. Clarkionel says that may be true. He says he feels like he's looking at Chloe through a different pair of eyes. He licks his lips. Total Raising Victor Vargas move, that. He says he sees her in a whole new light. Chloe asks what that means. Clarkionel leans in for the kill: "I have to confess that I...I find you absolutely fascinating." Chloe looks at him, falling for the treacherous hook. He says it's the twinkle in her eye...that sexy smile...wait, it's Papa Luthor! Ew! He touches her face with his finger and starts talking about her skin. "Clark, what are you doing?" Chloe asks. Don't you find me...pleasing? Clarkionel closes his eyes a little and says it's what he's wanted to do for a very, very long time. He leans in for a kiss. Chloe closes her eyes and moves to kiss him back. Clarkionel exhales at her. "Don't you wish," he whispers. Daaaaaaamn! Cold-blooded! Chloe is shocked. "Miss Sullivan," Clarkionel says, off to the side, and walks off. Chloe is left with tears brimming in her eyes. Wow. Magnificent Bastardom in a male-model package! Who knew it was possible?
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Ten years after the formation of an exceptional group, Telluride Medical Center unveils a plaque
Ten years ago, a group of local citizens recognized a need for capital equipment at the Telluride Medical Center and decided to take action. The Telluride Medical Capital Fund was formed and over $1 million was raised.
To commemorate the 10-year anniversary of that effort, the Telluride Medical Capital Fund was recently recognized by the Telluride Medical Center.
“The efforts of the Capital Fund committee were a remarkable demonstration of initiative and community support,” said Bill Grun, Telluride Hospital District board president.
The Telluride Medical Captial Fund operated under the auspices of the Telluride Foundation, providing the Telluride Medical Center with the ability to purchase state-of-the-art equipment including an ultrasound, digital x-ray, and CT scanner. Along with a complete list of capital fund equipment purchases, the plaque recognizes the efforts made by Capital Fund committee members: Ron Allred; C. Michael Armstrong; Harmon Brown; Davis Fansler; Dr. Richard Houck; Harvey Roisman; Norman Sacker; Tom Schwartz; Terry Stephens; and Steven Wald.
From conception the Telluride Medical Capital Fund was slated to expire as soon as the funding was completed and the Telluride Medical Center was operating profitably.
“Through the hard work and generosity of the community, the Med Center’s Board of Directors and management, and the Fund Committee, we were able to accomplish our goal in only five years,” said Mike Armstrong, a Capital Fund committee member.
The committee hosted an annual gala event called F.E.A.S.T., an acronym for “Funds for Expanding And Supporting Telluride’s Medical Center.”
“We felt the community would respond by invitation to a nice dinner party that raised funds with ticket sales and auction items,” said Armstrong.
The committee was correct: in only five years over $1 million in capital funds was raised through the annual event. The last F.E.A.S.T. was held in 2007, only five years after the fund was created. Grun said: “
The Capital Fund has had a positive and enduring impact on the Telluride Medical Center, we just wouldn’t be where we are today without the special efforts of the Telluride Medical Capital Fund.”
The plaque is on display at the Telluride Foundation.
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While rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic slug it out for the Dubai championship this week, world No. 1 Rafael Nadal is home in Mallorca where Spaniard has been recovering from a thigh injury and more recently honing his acting skills by shooting a commercial.
In the video below, Nadal was on location at Manacor’s Plaza de sa Bassa yesterday to film an ad for the Spanish bank Banesto. It looks like Nadal’s girlfriend Xisca Perello in also on the scene to make sure her man Rafa is up to snuff.
Nadal is scheduled to return to tennis next weekend when Spain travels to Belgium for a Davis Cup first round match.
Filed under: Videos Tags: Commercials, Rafael Nadal
Omg, I just got on here to ask where’s Rafa and when he’ ll be playing again. Questions answered!
February 25th, 2011 at 6:19 pm
I am glad Rafa will be back playing tennis soon!
February 25th, 2011 at 10:33 pm
Love u Rafa…
February 26th, 2011 at 3:32 am
Where did you see or hear mention of the girlfriend? She is NOT in this video.
It’s grandfather Nadal who is making sure young Rafel is ‘up to snuff’ from the window of his home overlooking the plaza where the commercial (for Banesto) was being shot.
February 26th, 2011 at 5:41 am
The lady fixing Rafa’s collar is NOT Xisca, though she has a similar look. Xisca is younger and prettier! Good to see Rafa, can’t wait for his return to tennis!
February 26th, 2011 at 1:35 pm
definitely not xisca. but he looks great! whatever they did to his hair? never seen it look better.
yeah. have to say i do miss rafa when he’s not playing.
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Experienced Chilean and former World No. 5 Fernando Gonzalez has been given medical clearance to come back to the professional tour, announcing on his Twitter account Monday, "Today I finish my 6 months post-op rehab. I was discharged and ready to go back to game."
Gonzalez is currently ranked at No. 395 2011 ATP Rankings, went through a surgery on his right hip on 4 October after coming to an abrupt halt within just two matches following Roland Garros. He will make his first tournament appearance since the retirement at the US Open as a wild card entry later this month at the Serbia Open 2011.
New coach Horacio Matta has been training the winner of 11 ATP Titles, Gonzalez for a few weeks in the United States.
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September 8, 2010 -- Players baked under intense sun, heat and humidity the first week of The U. S. Open. Hurricane Earl then skirted by with promises of relief. But what it deposited in its wake was wind. And it just hasn't stopped.
Stanislaus Wawrinka and Sam Querrey showed fans what wind does to your tennis game. Both were affected from the shifting gusts. From one end of the giant arena wind came from behind, pushing balls like a tailwind on jets. From the other end, they rallied against the wind.
Their games, which they'd polished for the last major of the year, were on hold. They shifted gears and survived, Wawrinka (#25 seed) playing the odds and the wind better than the American.
Vera Zvonareva and Kaia Kanepi rocked and rolled with the wind today, too, during their quarterfinal match on Arthur Ashe Stadium. Neither woman really hit her stride. They tried their best, one point at a time.
But the more seasoned player -- Zvonareva -- maintained a better average game than Kanepi, winning 63 75.
For that she was rewarded a berth in the semifinals at the 2010 U. S. Open -- her first.
"I had to find the right balance between patience and watching the ball," Zvonareva said to Brad Gilbert on court moments after her win.
Gael Monfils and Novak Djokovic were also treated to the swirling energy on Ashe, in their quarterfinal match. Djokovic (#3 seed) might have been thrown by conditions early on, but he adapted.
Monfils (#17 seed), on the other hand, floundered. He didn't have a strategy; he didn't seem to think about what he did, after initially breaking Novak early in the first set. However, he couldn't put enough on the ball to pressure Djokovic, and when he did, the balls flew. Monfils fed balls back to the center of the court where Djokovic stood contentedly controlling everything.
Djokovic won the last sixteen out of twenty-one games, securing his third consecutive spot in the semifinals of the U. S. Open.
Experience had won out in both of these matches.
Zvonareva (#7 seed) and Kanepi (#31 seed) were playing in their first-ever quarterfinal match at the U. S. Open. There were nerves, of course, as they worked toward the common goal.
The match was riddled with breaks of serve and unforced errors. Kanepi wracked up 60 unforced errors to 18 winners. She double faulted 9 times and threw them in at ill-timed moments -- when she was about to break back, again, or close a game.
"I couldn't find my rhythm or control the ball," Kanepi said in her press conference. "And, Vera played very well."
Kanepi rushed from point to point, and acted annoyed and impatient. However, when her first serve hit its mark the Estonia woman hammered flat, deep groundstrokes at Zvonareva, successfully running her from one side of the court to the other.
Zvonareva quickly smartened up to Kanepi's one-dimensional strategy. The Russian kept the ball in play. She didn't have to do anything else, really, especially in the first set.
The match entertained fans with extended points and escalating squeals, though. One such point had 27 rallies.
Zvonareva showed tenacity under extremely adverse conditions. She also showed maturity, which in the past has been under examination. Last year in her quarterfinal match against Flavia Pennetta, Zvonareva had the biggest meltdown of the tournament.
Up comfortably in the last set, Zvonareva opened the door to Pennetta. The Italian upped her level of competition to the thrill of fans in Louis Armstrong Stadium while the air leaked from Zvonareva sails. She skidded and fell at one point and proceeded to rip off the strapping on her legs. She whaled on it, hitting herself repeatedly in the thigh as she sat there. She cried from frustration. She lost the match.
The Zvonareva who won today certainly had matured. She easily could have had similar tantrums given the conditions and occasion. But she had moved on and was rightfully rewarded.
Gael Monfils was excited for his moment on the big stage of Arthur Ashe Stadium, he told the press yesterday. He was honored.
The gifted man with explosive energy and breath-taking athleticism looked as if he'd dropped his shenanigans, from the look of earlier rounds. He shelved the histrionics, chest thumping, and rally cries. He concentrated, controlling his tendencies to distract himself from the match at hand.
He lasted five difficult sets against qualifier Robbie Kendrick, in the first round. Took care of Igor Andreev in the second. Put an end to Janko Tipsarevic's high from defeating Andy Roddick, in the third. Then, defeated his friend Richard Gasquet next, in straight sets.
On paper no one gave Monfils the edge in this match. Only if he contained himself and played lights-out tennis would he have pushed Djokovic aside. But the windy conditions, plus the inability to produce an alternative strategy, killed off any possibility of mounting a comeback after losing the first set tiebreak.
"I tried to stay focused," Djokovic said after his victory. "These were the worse conditions of the tournament, so far."
Djokovic's masterful ground game was spot on, even in the wind. Later in the match, he successfully approached the net and volleyed winners, as Monfils stood ten feet behind the baseline.
Both players produced more unforced errors, than winners. However, Djokovic won 69% of points on his first serve and a robust 50% of points off his second serve. Enough to win 76 (2) 61 62.
No one has talked much about Novak Djokovic, so far. His win today, though, will shift the attention. His consistent three-peat performance into the semifinals is a record he should be proud of. The person who has stopped his pursuit of the title is Roger Federer.
Federer defeated Djokovic in his first U. S. Open final in 2007, and in the two semifinals in 2008 and 2009. Djokovic will have to play him again this year, too, as the #2 seed beat a hot Robin Soderling later Wednesday night on a windy Ashe
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A Tentipi® Nordic tipi is nothing like an ordinary tent. We are very happy to erect and show you the model which best meets your needs. We believe you will be truly amazed when you step inside the tent and experience for yourself the space and atmosphere. You can test how easy it is to regulate the ventilation from inside. You can examine all the ingenious features and feel the quality of the sewing and the material — and if you lie down on your back for a moment, you may experience the interesting effect that the pattern created by the converging seams of the canvas can have on your mind.
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Integral to the formation of the Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership was Jeanine Lackey’s 1990 – 1991 study, “Planning Strategies and Recommendations for the Protection of Least Terns and Piping Plovers at Sand and Gravel Mines Along the Lower Platte and Loup Rivers, Nebraska.” Jeanine worked with sand and gravel mine operators to identify situations that would interfere with nesting birds and developed management procedures that minimized disruption to both mining operations and nesting birds. Jeanine found that placing wire mesh exclosures around Piping Plover nests and electric fences around entire colonies of terns and plovers increased the number of chicks produced and the survival of the nesting adults.
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Between 1994 and 1998, Least Tern and Piping Plover protection in Nebraska was sporadic at best simply because there were not enough people available to monitor the birds effectively. Out of concern for the birds, John Dinan (Nebraska Game and Parks Commission) and Jeanine Lackey (Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and University of Nebraska-Lincoln) submitted funding proposals to the Nebraska Environmental Trust and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in 1998 to remedy the situation. John and Jeanine believed that a special group of people dedicated to protecting terns and plovers in Nebraska was needed given the potential for unpleasant bird-people conflicts. In 1999, John and Jeanine were joined by Ron Johnson (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) and founded the Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership. A Program Coordinator was hired in 1999 to oversee the program and in 2002 an Outreach Coordinator was hired to recruit volunteers and to develop an education program.
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Bald Eagle Hike
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The bald eagle, symbol of our nation, is perhaps one of the most majestic birds in the world. Some of us have been lucky enough to see them soaring high above. But, few ever get to see them close or, better yet, hunting prey. This is a must do adventure!
The bald eagle was considered endangered until June 28, 2007, with the side effects of DDT having decimated populations in the 1950's. But, its return is one of our greatest conservation success story. Rebounging from a low of 417 nesting pairs in 1963, in 2006 it was estimated that there are now more than 9,700 nesting pairs in North America.
This adventure begins with a hike along the Susquehanna Riverto get our blood pumping and enjoy the crisp winter air. As we hike, keep your eyes to the trees because at any moment you could encounter a bald eagle. But, at the turnaround point, prepare to be amazed because we are hiking to an amazing spot where an annual migration of bald eagles congregates around the dam.
It is reported that more than one hundred species of birds are drawn here by the giant turbines that suck water, and fish, through the dam to produce electricity. As the fish are sucked through the dam, many are temporarily stunned and float vulnerably near the surface as they exit.
Its a bad story for the fish, but a great story for us because, as they are stunned, they are easy prey for migrating bald eagles and other birds.
Do not miss this adventure! The bald eagles are only here for a few weeks as they migrate for the winter. You will kick yourself if you miss this one.Make sure to bring a camera and/or binoculars.
This event is limited to 15 people. The first 15 to pay go.
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what me laught too? was a email from Batty. she send me pictures of her in all of her hats and twin sister they look like the same. and they were waving at us from U.K it was Funny
i made a purple bear mum helped because we cant go outside there is a big storm
i have a pen pal from german it is broccil's daughter. we love to send things.
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At the DWCon, at the Terry and Rob bedtime stories last night, Rob read from a new book which is currently work in progress called "Snuff".
It's about goblins and starts off with Sam Vimes going away on holiday for two weeks with Sybil to their country house.
Don't know what happened to Raising Taxes.
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broken 1st and 5th metacarpi. see a specialist??
took a bad fall today. broke my hand in two spots. doc at the urgent care place said i needed a specialist, which i cannot afford (plus tomorrow's gonna be a powder day). will duct tape work instead?
and something felt wrong about the splint, so i took it off and damned if it doesn't match my right hand perfectly. another reason i don't really trust doc at the urgent care center.
Maybe it's just the climber in me, but don't mess around with your hand or fingers. Get that shit taken care of.
No idea what's wrong with your splint. Maybe he's an idiot, which is even more reason to get it checked by someone who knows what he/she's doing."Alpine rock and steep, deep powder are what I seek, and I will always find solace there." - Bean Bowers
shroom put it best: "Man, you're one biased motherfucker."
I'm no expert, but I did stay at a holiday inn suites last night.
That looks like something that's going to require hardware.
I'd at least start with an ortho. The ortho group I went to for my knee has specialists in several areas including hands. Of course my insurance company required me to go to my primary care physician (waste of time and money) first to get a script for the ortho.
If you're going to be paying for all of this out of pocket (no insurance) then I'd cut out the middle-man and look for either a hand specialist, or an ortho group that includes a hand specialist.
Sorry man, heal up quick!Wag more, bark less
I've broken metacarples before and some didn't set right even with a cast. Had to have them rebroken and plated. Get them plated if you can. They seem to be in decent placement but by now you're realizing how much you miss using your hands. By the time they heal I would bet they won't be in such decent placement cause it's hard not to use your hands. If you're more worried about a powder day than what's gonna happen when you crash and your bones get more displaced (possibly damaging more stuff) I don't see this working out for you. I would be talking to a hand surgeon. If you can't afford it is there any way you can get medical assistance?
Even with a great hand surgeon, my finger isn't quite straight and causes problems. It's been about 10 years and it still bugs me a bit.
Mrs. C. is an occupational therapist, former hand specialist. Sending PM now with recommendations for hand surgeons.
Even with a great hand surgeon, my finger isn't quite straight and causes problems. It's been about 10 years and it still bugs me a bit.) Find one near you after the bone heals (surgery or no surgery)."Alpine rock and steep, deep powder are what I seek, and I will always find solace there." - Bean Bowers
shroom put it best: "Man, you're one biased motherfucker."
For accuracy's sake it's a 2nd metacarpal fracture not a 1st. We would fix that even in Canada.
Do you still have full range of motion in your hand?
When I was 15 I did a number on my hand (the old self-inflicted thing). Doc had to consult over the phone, but I was fine. Never had a full cast, just a splint. Can't even see the bump anymore.
YMMVNo longer stuck.
Don't be stupid, those fractures look to be spiral, those will not heal easily and would probably need fixation.
- ... jfost is really ignorant, he often just needs simple facts laid out for him...
I broke one of those bones once (the pinky side). The alignment was worse so the ER Dr. snapped it back into place -not fun- and he advised me to see a specialist. Since you've got two...
Spiral MC fractures generally get surgery, don't screw around with it this. Your 2nd MC looks angulated as well. Spiral + angulated = no heal so good.
On a related note, one of the first doctors I saw (we had kick ass insurance) was a plastic surgeon. Apparently, since hands and the like are so complicated, hands and whatnot fall within their realm of specialization. Yes, I asked for boobs. I mean, shit, I was 15 and I'd still do that at 27!No longer stuck.
The candor and honesty of the TGR forums is truly something to behold!
Sent from my DROID X2 using TGR ForumsWag more, bark less
If you don't get it fixed properly it will continue to break. Did the same thing last year before Christmas and had to have screws put in my 5th metacarpal. 25k. See if you can get CPMS if you don't have insurance.
ok so here's the update after 17 days. both bones seem to be healing. but prolly not well. i have been through extensive skihab, but no treatment. been wearing a soft cast that i change whenever i change clothes. i have slomobility in all fingers but can't make a fist with them. this seems to be due at least partially to the center knuckle joints on the fingers (especially the 2 that didn't break (ligament damage?)). The hand is obviously not completely healed and spends most of the time wrapped up. Anyway, i guess the main point is things are going as well as can be expected given the complete lack of treatment.
I tied a shoestring today. It took 5 tries, i couldn't do it in public, and it wasn't tight but each day gets better.
Note: if they have to be rebroke, they will heal worse and they will likely have to take bone grafts from other parts of your body and try to fuse the two parts of your metacarple together. Really wish you would try to find financial help. This worked out bad for me and your situation is worse. Just trying to be helpful and not negative. What you are going through now has to suck. Once things are plated life is way less painful. You won't be able to ski unless you want to risk more surgery but your hands will work better for the rest of your life. Your life is a long time. I like to learn from other peoples mistakes and this is your chance to learn from mine..
Last edited by Crass3000; 03-16-2012 at 04:19 PM.
rereading my last post i can see why i was misunderstood. it prolly won't change what you said but my main point was i think things are going well. every day gets better. when i said things weren't healing well i meant not everything seems to be straight, but they seem to be healing well and quickly.
there are some irregularities.
1. my index knuckle doesn't appear to be as far out the hand as before and as compared to the other hand.
2. there is an obvious bump/mound where the bone is out of place on top of the 2nd metacarpal. it's noticeable when you point it out, but otherwise not
3. there is a v shaped gap between the third and fourth fingers starting at the knuckle and getting slightly wider toward the fingertips. not sure if this is ligament related or just the new shape of my hand
4. the pinky rotates/curl under the fourth finger more than is normal when making a fist. it doesn't appear to affect anything at this point.
i used it a lot today without the brace. lightly scratching a girls back for 30 minutes (good p-t), held a fork (sort of), tied shoe, held a pipe and manipulated the carb and more, but nothing with any force or weight. even so, these were things i couldn't do yesterday. i came closer to making a fist today than yesterday. and i've skied 14 of the 19 days since the injury, so overall i'm very happy with where things are at this point.
my main concern at this point is letting it heal strong enough that it doesn't rebreak, which is where the maple milk comes in.
Bone healing doesn't tend to be the problem in metacarpal fractures - it's the position in which the bones heal. One of the biggest issues in metacarpal fractures isn't just the angulation (i.e., the "bump" your noticing), it's also the rotation of the bone, which is why your pinky is now curling under your fourth finger when you make a fist. This rotation tends to be the bigger functional problem in the long run. As others have suggested, my recommendation is that you see a hand surgeon immediately (meaning, tomorrow), but you likely have started healing to an extent that makes corrective surgery more difficult.Originally Posted by jm2e:
To be a JONG is no curse in these unfortunate times. 'Tis better that than to be alone.
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April, 2011The 100-4-100 art for scholarships auction will be held Saturday, April 16 in the Joann Cole Mitte Building at Texas State University-San Marcos.
The events, held in Gallery I and II, begin with a preview and pre-registration at 6:30 p.m., with the bid sheets opening at 7 p.m.
“This event provides a great opportunity for those who appreciate and are interested in owning some amazing original works of art for only a portion of the value, while at the same time adding to the much needed scholarship funding for Texas State students,” said Mary Mikel Stump, gallery director for the School of Art & Design. “It is most gratifying to see an effort like this--faculty, alumni, students and friends joining hands to support what is truly the best thing we do here: educate our student artists.”
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Salvete Omnes,
Well at the ripe old age of 37 I've decided to undertake a long-held ambition of learning Latin and I've decided to use the Wheelock text to guide me in my efforts.
I've just written a program to generate flashcards to assist me in my vocabulary aquisition but I'm a little uncertain whether some of the text should be placed on the front or back of the card. Take the following vocabulary entries from Wheelock:
nomen, nominis, n., name
Should the gender identification "n." be with the Latin or with the English translation on the reverse side?
in, prep. + acc., into, toward, against
Which side should the "prep. + acc." phrase be, with the Latin or English?
enim, postpositive conj., for, in fact, truly
Same question again but this time for the "postpositive conj."
Any other hints for flashcard usage?
Many thanks,
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![ Michael Wimmer works on a piece titled “Birds of a Letter” in his Rossville studio in preparation for this year’s 4 Bridges Art Festival.
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Wooden floors creak, the sound filling the air in a warehouse packed with discarded antiques. The hundreds of items stacked atop one another seem to be organized in a way that only one man could understand.
Working at a table in the middle of this arranged chaos is R. Michael Wimmer, a contemporary artist who has been creating with “cultural fragments” for the past 18 years.
Wimmer, a 52-year-old resident of Rossville, coined the term “cultural fragments” to describe the weathered antiques that he marries together to form his collage sculptures.
“I like it old. If it’s metal, I like it rusty … that gives character to my work, [using] things that have a past to it,” Wimmer said.
Originally an antiques dealer in Florida, Wimmer began his art career in the 1990s when he felt like the antiques market was drying up.
“I always wanted to be an artist and was ready for a change,” Wimmer said.
Wimmer has shown his work up and down the East Coast, and eight years ago he made his first appearance at the local 4 Bridges Art Festival. After that initial visit, he was hooked on Chattanooga and quickly relocated.
Since his debut at 4 Bridges, he has not missed a year and, in 2007, he was given the honor of being the poster artist for the festival.
Wimmer’s sculptures are unique, and they range from wall pieces to public art, including a 14-foot-tall commissioned sculpture at Jefferson Heights Park.
Although he creates diverse artwork, he is best known for his clocks. With some art, he explained, the owner may tire of looking at it after its newness wears off. But people always want to know what time it is, thus guaranteeing that his clock sculptures will be looked at often.
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Are kale salads good? What do they taste like? I only ever bake kale in the oven for "chips."
When I saw this recipe in Southern Living, I thought it was the perfect one to try out.
I used green apples instead of pink lady. I also got this amazing block of Gouda from Trader Joes that had hints of butterscotch and caramel in it.
While kale certainly is tougher than a regular lettuce, the lemon juice it marinates in overnight softens it up, and well of course the cheese helps.
Overall, this is a good salad, but I don't know if I could do it everyday. ;)
Marinated Kale Salad with Apples and Gouda (recipe from Southern Living)
1 Granny Smith Apple
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 1/2 tablespoons honey
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 bag or 2 bunches Lacinato kale, stemmed and chopped (about 8 oz.)
1/4 cup shaved aged Gouda cheese of choice
1. Chop apple into medium, bite sized pieces.
2. Whisk together lemon juice and next 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Add kale and apples; toss to coat. Cover and chill 2 to 24 hours. Add Gouda cheese, and toss just before serving.
This looks amazing michelle!!
I've never even tried kale but it seems to be very popular in recipes lately! Is it just a tough lettuce or does it have any sort of special flavoring? I think to try it soon...
Love your picture, michelle!
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Jenn it has been so popular lately. I've definitely noticed a Kale trend. It has little bit of a stronger flavor than lettuce but not as prominent as lets say spinach. Def try the chips to start! SO GOOD
Kale is also much more nutritionally dense than most lettuce. It is packed with good-for-you nutrients.
Great looking salad! I've never thought to include apple and gouda before!
I adore kale these days! I buy the ready to eat bags from Trader Joe's and have been caught, more than once, with my hand in the bag & eating it plain. Yum! Plus, my thinking is that no one gets fat from eating too many leafy greens. :) Thanks for this yummy recipe
What a lovely combo- you can't go wrong with some Gouda on top!
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The market struggled for direction Friday, signaling what could be a mundane end to an electrifying week.
The Dow Jones industrial average and the broader Standard & Poor's 500 rose in the first half-hour of trading, then wavered between small gains and losses. Around mid-day, the Dow was basically flat at 13,253 and the S&P 500 was up 2 at 1,404. The Nasdaq composite index was down for most of the morning, then inched up 2 points to 3,058.
Bank of America led the Dow higher with a gain of almost 4 percent, helped by a report that its proportion of delinquent loans fell in February.
Energy companies were the biggest gainers in the S&P 500 index. Transocean, an offshore drilling company, rose 4.5 percent. Analysts from at least three firms raised their price targets on the company, encouraged by its reports of new contracts. Appliance maker Whirlpool fell almost 3 percent, the most in the S&P.
Investors were weighing competing data about the U.S. economy, which likely contributed to the market's vacillations.
The University of Michigan's closely watched consumer sentiment index came in lower than the previous month and below analysts' expectations, driven by worries about gas prices.
The Labor Department also noted that gas prices soared 6 percent in February.
Gas is currently selling for an average of $3.83 per gallon in the U.S., 31 cents more than a month ago. It has spiked as Iran's continued nuclear program sows tension in the Middle East. Some analysts also blame the Federal Reserve, which has pumped cheap money into the economy in an attempt to help it recover. But that has also put pressure on the U.S. dollar. When the dollar falls in value, it takes more of them to buy the same amount of oil.
However, the yield on the 10-year Treasury continued to rise. That's a sign that investors are more comfortable with the economy, because it indicates they're more willing to take money out of the government bonds and into riskier investments like the stock market.
Excluding gas prices, data from the Labor Department's consumer price index provided some hopeful signs. Food prices, which have been rising and crimping household budgets, were unchanged for the first time in 19 months.
Earlier this week, the market took off, with both the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 crossing milestones they hadn't reached for years. On Tuesday, the Dow, the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 all recorded their biggest percentage gains of the year. As of Thursday, the Dow had climbed for seven straight days, its longest streak so far this year.
The euphoria was fueled by what investors saw as encouraging news about the unemployment rate and retail sales. But others cautioned that the improvements were incremental and unconvincing, driving short-term market surges but little else.
"It's becoming so much of a sound bite economy," said Ziad Abdelnour, CEO of private equity firm Blackhawk Partners. on Friday, fell 1 percent in early trading and then rose a fraction around mid-day. It's up nearly 45 percent for the year.
Markets in Europe gained. Spain.
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- David Villa scored twice to raise his season total to 10 goals and Alexis Sanchez got his second and third goals of the season to lead defending champion Barcelona over Cordoba 5-0 Thursday night.
Thiago Alcantara put Barcelona ahead in the 17th minutes and Villa, who missed the second half of last season after breaking a leg, added goals in the 21st and 26th.
Sanchez scored in the 56th and 86th minutes. Villa came off late because of a cramp in his right leg.
Atletico Madrid tied Getafe 0-0 and advanced 3-0 to a quarterfinal against Betis, which beat Las Palmas 1-0 on Ruben Castro's 85th-minute goal for a 2-1 aggregate win. The other quarterfinals are Real Madrid-Valencia and Zaragoza-Sevilla.
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(Updated)"Good Morning America" to Preview "Beedle the Bard"J.K. Rowling
The “Good Morning America” news program will feature a special preview and discussion of “The Tales of Beedle the Bard” on Monday morning, November 26. As we first told you earlier this week, the handwritten book by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling will be on display here in New York at Sotheby’s auction house starting Monday November 26 as well. The manuscript will later be on display in London, England starting December 7 before it goes up for the charity auction on December 13. The GMA talk show that will preview this book is broadcast on the ABC television network, starting at 7am on Monday. If anyone can capture video, please send it in! UPDATE: As promised, the morning show did preview the book, with the news anchor reading a short excerpt from the “Tales of Beedle the Bard.” These few sentences involved a bit where three brothers create a bridge, and it ended as they meet a mysterious hooded figure. We hope to have video of this, and will update with more when we can.
On a related note, earlier it was reported that estimates on the final sale price of the “Beedle the Bard” book will reach a “record 50,000 pounds ($103,000).” Now, naturally the bookies in the UK have weighed in, claiming this amount is too low for this rare handwritten manuscript. The Economist reports today that one bookmaker “quotes a sale price of £26,000 to £50,000 at 50-1 against—long odds indeed. They indicate the way they are thinking the sale will go by quoting 10-1 against a price of £226,000 to £250,000. Favourite at the moment, priced at 7-2, is a selling price of more than £500,000.”
A reminder that all proceeds from the sale of a preview catalog (available via this link) and the auction of this special “Tales of Beedle the Bard” book will benefit The Children’s Voice charity. You can also read a detailed report from Sotheby’s and JKR, here as well as Melissa’s exclusive preview of the book, here.
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Vacation BlegMonday, February 28th, 2011
I’ve been meaning to take a real vacation for a couple years, and just haven’t gotten around to planning one. But I’m set now on taking one the first couple weeks in May. I’m also set on the general area — Central/Eastern Europe. I know I want to spend some time in Prague and Budapest, and then I’m thinking I may wind down the Dalmatian Coast, then possibly fly to Bucharest for a few days before flying back home.
Prague and Budapest are the only definite destinations in all of that. Not sure yet how doable the rest is. But if any Agitatortots familiar with that part of the world have advice, recommendations, ideas, suggestions, please feel free to send them my way. I don’t speak the language in any of those countries, so I can’t get too far off the beaten path. But in the past, many of your not-in-the-guidebooks reader suggestions have been pretty great.
Slovenia might be good for a libertarian: small country that broke away from Yugoslavia and has prospered as an independent country within Europe. My room-mate used to go regularly.
I have always heard great things about Dubrovnik, which was remarkably preserved until the Serbs decided to shell it in 1991. I keep meaning to go, but….
If you’re going to Eastern Europe, you have to get to Tallinn. Estonia has alot of great history and cultural artifacts, of course, but the women there are amazing. You’re a single man, Radley. Go for the gold.
Prague is a beautiful city for walking around. Lots of old buildings to see. (Prague is one of the few cities that was not fought over in the 20th century.)
The best restaurants are in cellars, for some reason, but don’t go into the ones on Wenceslas Square – walking a block away will save you a bundle.
Czech is very difficult. Other than, ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ and ‘how much is it?’, don’t try to learn the language.
On the weekends, Prague is overrun with German weekend trippers. Visit during the week if you can.
Slovenia is my favorite foreign country. Linoge, at just went there. I will recommend that wherever you go, get the latest copy of Lonely Planet for that country. They get run down a lot for catering to hipsters, but they are the only people who assume that you are traveling self-guided, and have enough sense to figure things out by yourself.
Dubrovnik is the coolest place you’ve never been to. If you get close and don’t go, you’re a fool. I was there after the Serbs shelled the place and you’d never know it happened.
Don’t worry about the language. enough people speak english that you’ll do fine. Smile a lot and remember that to say hello, it’s “dober dan”. The pronounciation is different with each language, but no one will care that you’re not exactly correct. They’ll just be happy you tried.
Bucharest is nice, but given the choice I would just spend more time in Dalmatia. It’s a beautiful, interesting and (relatively) cheap place. And going at the beginning of May is all to the better, as the weather will be relatively nice, but you will still encounter relatively few tourists.
Tip: If you’re coming from Budapest, make your way down to Split (an entire city built into a Diocletian palace), and from there go island hopping all the way down to Dubrovnik (stopping at islands like Hvar and Korcula, among others). If you have time, dip down into Montenegro take a day trip to Cetenje and Kotor.
I’m originally from Bratislava, Slovakia, so I’m always disappointed that people always plan to visit the big guys, Prague and Budapest, but skip Bratislava. My city is not a place where you need a full day, but still…
Anyway, I always recommend people to take the train from Prague to Vienna and board a ship down the Danube, at least to Budapest. At least you pass Bratislava along the way, and it’s a nice, relaxing trip. May should be perfect for something like that, weather-wise.
Budapest is delightful. You won’t be able to make heads or tails of the language. It’s pretty cheap to visit there.
I gather you’re more of a fan of bourbon, but Hungary has terrific wine that seldom gets exported to the states; I went to a wine festival back in ’06 and had a great time. Try and find a bottle of Tokaji (excellent desert wine) while you’re there; 5 Puttonyos should cost you fifteen or twenty bucks or less; in the states it’s upwards of fifty. And delicious.
No location advice, but get the Google translate app. It’s free and does pretty much every European language. Almost like having the Star Trek universal translator on your phone.
Dalmatian coast is a good idea. Hvar is not as nice as Korcula (more expensive, too many parties.) Dubrovnik is full of tourists, but still well worth it. If you really want to chill out, try a smaller village – for example Supetar on the island of Brac, a short boat ride out of Split – where there is nothing to do but eat, sleep, and swim in the adriatic. Sveti Stefan should also make the list.
Take a side trip up to Mostar in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Go further to Sarajevo if you’re feeling adventurous. [My wife is actually from ex-YU so I always have a local guide. She, however, recommends Rick Steve's book for the those without a native guide.] Whatever you do, when in BiH be sure to have some Cevapi.
Note that you can fly in to Split and easily get on ferries, or you can fly/train to Zagreb, which is a nice city for 2/3 of a day: arrive in the morning, tour around, and they exit on the night train to Split and get on the ferries from there. Don’t spend the night in Zagreb – too expensive. Better to spend the night on the train. (Get a bunk.)
Finally, if you’re going to be in Prague you should know that the region between Prague and Dresden is very interesting (as are both cities). There’s a lot of casual “hiking” to be done along the Czech-German border just outside Dresden where the Elbe river flows through some interesting sandstone formations. For example, there are nice walks out of the villages of Hohnstein and Stadt Wehlen.
*pictures a beach packed with cute spotted puppies*
I highly recommend Istria in Croatia – very Italian in feel because it’s a stone’s throw from Trieste – but also very economical. I had a great time in Rovinj.
As an expat who’s been living in Prague for 15 years, I’d have to say it all depends on what you are looking for. The architecture in the center is really something to see, and still amazes me to this day, but can also be quite touristy. Ideally you’d probably want to maximize seeing the cool stuff with staying off the beaten path.
When we go on vacation I’m more of the mind to spend the time in one place, get to know it, than to try and maximize places visited.
I highly recommend Bratislava on the grounds that I once got a pork filet stuffed with bacon there. The name of the restaurant, sadly, eludes me, but it was a dish worth hunting for.
Also a great meal there costs the equivalent of about 90 cents.
Budapest is my favorite city to visit. I thought Prague was overrun with Western European tourists and was just ok. Former Yugoslavia is wonderful and I agree with everything Paul #9 said. I’ve heard that Bucharest is a bit too much “former Communist country” and not enough “charming former Communist country”. Sofia is supposed to be wonderful.
Have a great time and know that, where ever you end up, you can do no wrong!
This is about 1.5 hours outside of Prague and probably worth seeing:
Spent the mid-80′s in the US Army in then-West Germany. The best beer, by far, was the Czech Budweiser Budvar. The brewery is in the Czech town of Budweis (get it?), and they offer a guided tour every day at 2.
If you like bacon/heavy food + best beer in the world then Slovakia/Czech republic is hard to beat, especially if you veer just slightly off the track, just walking distance of it is enough. Bulgaria by train is also quite cool in the sense in that the countryside still looks quite Warsaw pact era, had a blast doing that.
And I wouldn’t worry too much about getting off the beaten track, most people are kind and only happy to help. Plus much more fun, and not like you are likely to get raped or killed, just scammed which isn’t too bad*.
As for Budapest do try the lovely proper salamis, goulash and a nice Tokay to finish it off.
Also, just a thought but aren’t there some libertarian student associations there who’d be willing to trade an inspiring lecture for food/beer/sightseeing/night on the town with the locals?
* Dodgy taxis around the airport being the most hard to avoid. Also helps being a man/shaved/not too small/aware of your basic scams and dodgy people.
Budapest is nice. Driving is a little crazy. Tokaji wine is awesome. Lots of good looking women but it might be a little cold this time of year to really notice. They like to dance. Be careful with Palinka (fruit brandy), its like their version of Tequila. Their language is nuts, beyond a few basics, you just don’t have enough time to learn.
Croatia is amazing. They have better Italian food than the Italians. Very friendly. I recommend taking a couple days to explore Dubrovnik. If you want to do some incredible diving check out dcpongo.com. The dive center is run by some really great guys.
I agree with the staying in one place for a while (like a week) as opposed to cramming as many sights into a trip as possible. What I’ve noticed about Eastern Europeans in general (Poles, Hungarians, Czechs, etc.) is that they are almost always really friendly and love to party (and really love alcohol, like they really really really love the stuff). And the girls are usually much friendlier and less inhibited than most American girls.
Cesky Krumlov. It’s a small, excruciatingly beautiful town a few hours south of Prague. Decent tourist infrastructure. So pretty you won’t believe it. Budvar is on the way. Don’t bother learning Czech – its basically impossible. You can hire a local guide for not too much. The Sedlec ossuary mentioned above is really cool, though the town’s not that great itself, as I recall. If you can, go to the opera in Prague. It’s cheap and super historic (I saw Don Giovanni in the theater where it premiered, the gorgeous Estates Theater!)
Vienna – brats and beer, but different from the German version. There is an area called The Bermuda Triangle that is full of bars and cafes.
Budapest – awesome city. If you want pictures, go up Gellert Hill for the sunset. Great views of the river and bridges. There is a fort up there with an outside bar. They have these hidden bars called kerts that are in the courtyards of old abandoned Soviet-era apartment buildings. Ask the locals where they are. We were told to look for the building behind the yellow church. And we found it.
Prague – like others mentioned, good if you get away from the tourists
Bratislava – very small. When I went it (2006) was full of British stag parties.
Croatia (from advice I got from an acquaintance before going – this is him speaking) -I have spent most of my time in Croatia on the islands. they are a bit more rugged, untamed, relaxed, less crowded, and better swimming. Almost all the beaches are rocky but there are loads of secluded coves and uninhabited islands that are very tranquil. However if you are looking for nightlife the mainland would probably be the place to go. The obvious exception is Hvar, which is relatively busy at nghts in Hvar city, but it is a bit touristy, expensive, and the beaches on Hvar are not great. My time in Hvar was excellent, was with a good group of people and had loads of wine and fresh fish and out until two in the morning every day. However it was also at the time I was working in Kosovo making a lot of money and was willing to pay anything to finally relax and enjoy a bit of nightlife. It is not the best place to maintain a budget.
On Brac there is the only sandy beach called Bol. I have not been there but hear it is very nice with a nice old town. A lot of people from Split go there which is a good sign, if the locals bother to travel there then there must be something worth visiting.
Korcula is my island and is probably the best balance of being a backwater and yet having an infrastructure. However it is pretty sleepy, I have been out in Korcula city and Vela Luka many times and never really had a great night out. It is more of a place to turn the volume down and chill on a beach and walk through the vineyards. If you are looking for a party, it will be tough to find. However the landscape is very beautiful and there are plenty of old villages and scenic swimming coves. If you are looking to relax, Korcula might be the best choice.
Vis is a very scenic island with a nice little main town on it that I enjoy maybe more than Hvar. It is much less crowded so it depends on luck a bit as to who is on the island at the time. I think it has the highest potential for fun but if it is empty. . . it will be a bit sleepy. However it has good swimming, good food, and is a bit cheaper than Hvar.
I have not been to the other islands so I do not have any comment different than what the guidebooks would say.
The Mainland
The mainland is CROWDED, beaches are packed from end to end with people, you have trouble finding a place to put your towel (particuarly Makarska). It depends what you are looking for, crowds mean a lively night scene, Makarska is noisy and full of parties. Anywhere in the “Makarska Riveria” will be geared toward tourists and be much more lively, and probably relatively expensive. I have not spent much time there so I cannot comment more, only that my friends that go to Makarska are younger and looking to pick up German tourists. I am too old for that so I head for the islands.
Split is worth a night however. The bars around the Palace have a pretty good atmosphere and there is a good amount of people and nightlife. It is not too touristy, not euro nightclubs, just bars where the crowd spills outside. It is a cool old town and not too expensive.
Dubrovnik is beautiful as advertised. The nightlife there is pretty good because there are so many tourists but the food is no good, it is VERY expensive, and there are no beaches (though you can go to islands nearby for the day, Locrum I believe). When I have visitors I plan to go to Dubrovnik, wake up early, walk around the walls before it gets too hot, spend the afternoon in the city and have a decent dinner at a restaurant underneath the fort, just outside of the walled city (unfortunately I cannot remember its name). One day is usually enough for me.
If you have the opportunity, check out Montenegro. It is not that far from Dubrovnik and their coast is beautiful as well, in a different way. Go through the bay of Kotor and stay a night or two in Budva, both places are at most three hours from Dubrovnik. Kotor is stunningly beautiful and Budva has sandy beaches and a very lively nightlife and prices in Montenegro are lower than Croatia. I like Croatia better, it is more varried and there is more to explore, but Montenegro really offers a lot for a small place.
If you’re driving at all, the Plitvice Lakes are on the way from Zagreb to the coast. Brilliant!
I went to Hungary and the Czech Republic a few years ago. Some points:
–Amazing hiking in the Sumava. It was part of the Iron Curtain and is now national parks, so it never featured modern development.
–Beautiful towns in southern Bohemia.
–Beer is cheaper than water. Soda, on the other hand, is very expensive (2.5 euros for what would cost you 1.5 dollars). However, it’s made with sugar instead of corn syrup, which really makes a huge difference.
–Budapest was largely destroyed in WWII, Prague was not. Prague’s castle has some really amazing historical sites.
–Both cities, as well as Bratislava, have great public transit systems. However, ticket systems work like commuter rail/amtrak–you don’t have to show a ticket to get on, but if you’re caught without one by a roving inspector you will be hit with a very expensive fine.
In Budapest, you must go here: After the fall of communism, the Hungarians took all the huge ugly soviet-era statues and put them in this old industrial park as sort of a memorial/f*ck you to the communist government. It’s hard to get to, but totally worth it, and one of the best/subtlest statements of human freedom I have ever seen. Best to go on a grey cloudy day.
Also, if you like wine, Egri Bikaver (hungarian wine from Eger) can be amazing or awful.
Also, the intercity train system is great. You can buy a ticket between two cities, get off at an intermediate point, then get back on with the same ticket a week later.
There are ex-pats living in Central Europe. Anarchist Mike Gogulski is one, in Slovakia. You might look him up, he’s pretty well established there now.
FYI Gene Healy used to live in Prague.
If you’re staying more than 2 nights in a row in Budapest or Prague, get an apartment rather than a hotel. There are lots of good apartment search websites, and you can get a comfortable place right in the middle of things for much less than an equally comfortable hotel room in the same neighborhood.
In Prague stay in Stare Mesto or the Jewish quarter, and do not miss the synagogue/cemetery tour in the latter. Also don’t miss the Obecni dum, an extraordinary example of Art Nouveau architecture. Once you’re done with the central stuff, Vysehrad is lovely and less touristed than some of the other big-draw sites. It’s worth budgeting quite a bit of time to just walk the streets with no particular destination in mind: the streetscape is a large part of the draw and the city is compact. Do go to the opera and/or a classical concert but don’t expect the quality of the music to be that great; the pleasure is in hearing music in a hallowed space.
In Budapest stay on the Pest side near the river, in or on the “Kis Korut”. I second the Szoborpark recommendation. Another out-of-the-way freedom memorial place worth visiting is the cemetery where Imre Nagy is buried.
At Czech restaurants order the game: the wild boar or the rabbit or the venison. They do game really well, wild boar in particular. Beer is fantastic there, as you know. The local red wine is crap but they do a very nice white called Veltlinske zelene (the Czech equivalent of the Austrian varietal Gruner Veltliner). Also, be sure to have some medovnik for dessert where it’s available: it is the best honey cake you’ll ever taste.
In Hungary go to the pastry cafes and eat lots of strudel. They do strudel better than anybody else, including the Austrians who invented it. Try the poppyseed (“makos retes”) in particular. For real, cheap, down-to-earth Hungarian food go to Szent Jupat on the Buda side. When you are tired of heavy Central Euro cuisine go to Govinda on Vigyazo Ferenc utca for their quirky vegetarian buffet.
Tokaji aszu is a lovely dessert wine but very sweet; for the full effect get the 6 puttonyos or, if you want to splurge, the Eszencia. Tokaji szamorodni is a nice reliable drier white. Hungarian reds can be good but are hit-or-miss– the best ones, and a lot of good whites too, are from a town called Etyek and will usually say “Etyek” or “Etyeki” in their names. I have never had a really good Egri bikaver.
jb: I’ve consumed my fair share of cheap, cheap Egri Bikavér. One of my favorite memories of Budapest involves buying two bottles for 500 Forint (2.50 USD) and sitting with a girlfriend in the foundations of a long-destroyed church. Also, an important life lesson from that evening: if you don’t have a corkscrew, you can push the cork into the bottle.
Echo all the comments about Slovenia. Do the capital, Ljubljana. Then go to Bled, which is absolutely picturesque. There’s a chapel in the middle of Lake Bled. Short boat ride and you’re there. Magical.
Budapest is fantastic. One must-do: Gerbeaud. My favorite dessert place in the world, great view of the river to boot:
Have fun!
I was in Kotor and Dubrovnik in 2008. Both are beautiful and well worth the visit. In Dubrovnik be sure to check out the two “Buza” bars, which are at the top of the cliff overlooking the sea through a hole along the top of the wall. We were having beers in one enjoying the atmosphere and the amazing view when two of the Playmates from “Girls Next Door” came in with a film crew to shoot footage for the show. Marginally ok eye candy but girls who would wear impossible high heels in that rocky place don’t rate too high on the IQ scale! I thought the guys diving off the cliffs ala Acapulco were more interesting.
In Kotor make the trip up the 1400 steps to the old fort, then walk the Roman-era switchbacks on the way down. Amazingly beautiful area in a rustic Yugoslavian way with cheap food, drinks and friendly people. Most everyone speaks English – I learned a little Croatian and almost never used it.
I was in Prague and Budapest in 2000 and both were cheap back then. Prague was beautiful and well-preserved as the Czechs just rolled over in WWII. Budapest had a very cool Communist chic meets western capitalism vibe in 2K that’s probably gone by now, but try the smaller cities like Gyor that are off the beaten track. Beautiful and friendly country but forget Hungarian unless you can speak Finnish. A little German may help here.
Dream trip now would be Turkey through the Dardanelles and Bosphorus Straits to the Black Sea. I’m dying to check out Romania and Bulgaria. It sounds like a great plan for a trip – enjoy!
In Prague itself during May:, the high point of which is the performance of the Symphony of a Thousand on the 100th anniversary of Mahler’s death (May 18), and for which it sounds like they are actually going to have a thousand performers onstage, what with two orchestras, three adult choruses and two boy’s choirs involved; although I suspect what’s left of the tickets will be long gone if you wait until you get to Prague to buy them. The other concerts, less so.
One of my MDs is from Romania. He once told me there is nothing worth seeing there. And just including Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary and the various states of ex-Yugoslavia, you probably have more than enough for a trip of two or three weeks.
I was born and raised in Budapest so I’m biased. :) Budapest, Eger and Pecs are beautiful. Gyor and Bratislava are good for that Detroit 1972 vibe. Miskolc, Salgotarjan and Ozd are excellent places to get stabbed by roving drunks at 2 AM while staring at ruined post-industrial, countryside hell. Further north, Trencin Slovakia makes for a pretty daytrip.
I love me some Budapest, and Eger is fun. Prague is beautiful, but I’ve always had a more lively time in Budapest for some reason.
The Dalmatian coast is lovely, and Slovenian wine is excellent. Do not miss Dubrovnik–photographer’s wet dream. I’ve not yet been to Romania or Bulgaria, but Bulgaria has good food (there used to be a Bulgarian/European restaurant on 23rd street in Crystal City when you were here, dunno if you ever went).
Lonely Planet guides are musts. Let’s Go is awful, and full of lies (near as I can tell, many authors don’t visit the places but crib stuff from a local tour guide in a rush before the deadline).
Sadly, most of my contacts are in Poland, and my Budapest contacts have left. Then again, you know Matt Welsh, so he can probably hook you up in that area.
Ping me if you want some specifics, but sadly it’s been 10 years since I’ve been there.
Prague: Bukowski’s Bar. Pretty cool little spot. Eat at Radost, right off the IP Pavlova tram/metro stop. Being a libertarian, you may want to check out the Museum of Communism, a great place to spend a few hours. Finally, not sure when you’re planning on going, but try to check out a Sparta Praha soccer or hockey game. Schedules online, cheap tickets at the gate, they basically give away delicious beer, and also I believe they play sports during the entire thing.
Shoot me an email with questions.
Lots of good tips have me wanting to go! When I left the Army (stationed in Germany) in 1989, the Wall was still a couple of months from coming down. I always wanted to go to Prague and Budapest, but couldn’t.
East Berlin wasn’t nearly the same. :/
My best advice? Catch some episodes of “Three Sheets”, starring Zane Lamprey.
s2e1: Croata
s2e3: Czech Republic
s4e13: Lesbos (Yeah, it’s a bit far off your track, but wouldn’t you love to write up a travelogue about your wild night with a bunch of Lesbians?)
I’m looking forward to lots of your great photos, video interviews with local liberty movement folks, and future columns. You know — all that stuff that makes the trip tax deductible!
Here’s Rhys’ blog about his trip to Prague:
Innsbruck, Austria…there’s a free hiking club for local hotel guests that will take you on (not too strenuous) hikes with some fantastic Tyrolean views. Stay in Muhlau at the Hotel Koreth, a 20 minute walk from downtown. Say hi to Frau Kuhn, the owner, for me!
Croatia is beautiful but very touristy. There are tons of Western European tourists to annoy you. I recommend Bosnia which is not only a small piece of the orient but incredibly beautiful, overlooked and cheap. Same goes for Macedonia. Kosovo is also fun and as an American you’ll be very very welcome.
If you do decide to go to Croatia, head to Split for the day to see Diocletian’s palace and then take a ferry out to one of the island (the furtehr out the better) for beautiful coast, good food and better wine.
Prague is also too touristy. It’s good for 2 days tops.
Most commenters have focused on the transition countries. Let me put in a pitch for Germany and Denmark. In particular, in Germany, you might check out Bonn, which has a lot of uncrowded, high quality museums due to its status as the former capitol of West Germany, and Copenhagen, which is lots of fun. Plus (approximately) everyone in Denmark speaks English well. If you like rough scenery, go up to Skagen at the northern tip of Denmark, and stop by Aarhus on the way.
As a beergeek I’ll suggest you check out U Fleku in Prague
It’s the Czech version of a German beerhall, a bit touristy, but the black lager they make is unlike anything you have had. It’s rich like dark bread and I still try to perfect my homebrew version of this style beer. A great place to spend a Spring afternoon.
Responding to Jeff’s suggestion, if you go to Copenhagen, visit Freetown Christiania, an anarchist enclave in the middle of the city. (Hash was openly sold on the streets there until 2004. Take that, drug warriors!)
I second the U Fleku recommendation. Also, Hungarian food is awesome.
If you go to Vienna, do not miss the Military History Museum (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum). It has, among a vast array of interesting things (a medieval manual of arms, the car in which Archduke Ferdinand was killed), the most chilling exhibit I’ve ever seen on the street fighting leading up to the Anschluss.
Prague is a beautiful city. As a tourist, I didn’t mind the other tourists. Be sure to plan lots of time wandering the streets at night. There are really good groups of musicians all over the place. As music lover, you’ll love it (a reason to consider Vienna as well – a short train trip away).
Budapest is a wonderful city to visit. 1) The other guys are right about the local wines. They’re great. 2) Visit the touristy stuff at least once. There are great photo ops all around, and a neat cave system under the city that you can explore. 3) Visit the Baths. 4) I can’t remember the actual name of it (someone may have mentioned it already) but there is a ‘theme park” outside of the city where they put all the old soviet era statues and such. They actually charge money for you to go in and see the old commie propaganda. It’s beautiful. So is the “south park” shirt I got with the kids all done up as Mau, Lenin, Marx, and someone else I can’t remember.
Yup. Just read through some more of the comments….JB already mentioned the statue park thing.
I spent a week in Belgrade at the start of the year for a recent job. I couldn’t tell you much about the city, as the majority of my time was spent in a studio working with some animators. But I can say that the people were super nice, the food was excellent, and what little I did see (pretty much just the walk between my hotel and the studio) seemed really nice. I wouldn’t hesitate to go again and check it out.
As Sean mentioned, I thoroughly loved the week I spent in Slovenia… Being able to drive across the country in about three hours, spanning geography from port towns to alpine mountains to vinery hills to farmland and everything inbetween was amazing, the people were awesome, and the costs were not really all that bad (as long as you did not pay too close attention at the gas pump). And the gorges and waterfalls in that country are not to be believed…
+1 on Bratislava, but the deal with it is they (random thieves) may want your car unless it’s a Lada. Food is all strangely gray like the Soviet-inspired architecture, yet surprisingly delicious (unlike the Soviet anything). People (ok, the women, yeah, I was single when i was there) are beautiful and friendly. It’s considered the red-headed stepchild of the more prosperous Czech Republic, but overall a neat experience. When I first went (by car, with Austrians, in the 90′s), the border guards obviously hadn’t seen many USA passports and one by one came and looked in the window to get a peek at me. Interesting.
Go to Vienna. I know it’s a “been there done that” kind of city for lots, but it’s just got lots of character. Good beer a SiebenSternBrau. Plus there’s the Wiener Riesenrad (big ferris wheel in a Six-Flags-esque park where they play weird french hip-hop and serve beer).
In Prague, have a beer in a place serving beer since the 1400s (well 1500), but still pretty old. And old clock in the town square is cool too.
U Fleku.
I’m going to make an argument for Bucharest. In my opinion it is the second best city in Europe (after Berlin). It could possibly be because of my personal background and interests, but Bucharest is simply fascinating. It isn’t the most beautiful city by conventional standards (though it has some stunning buildings like the Creţulescu Palace and Romanian Athenaeum), but the interplay between pre-war and Ceaușescu eras make for some very, very interesting walks. Likewise the sheer scale of the communist planning is something to behold (see, for example the Piața Victoriei or, most famousy, the Palace of the Parliament).
In general, though I’m a huge fan of Eastern Europe and you can’t really go wrong there.
The Dalmation coast is simply stunning and Dubrovnik is not to be missed. But it must be noted that the central, walled city, while beautiful, is one of the worst tourist ghettos around. Totally worth seeing, but incredibly busy. I found the old walled city in Kotor, Montenegro almost as nice and not as busy. As others have said a trip to Mostar, in BiH, is recommended as is Sarajevo which has a great nightlife if you’re into that kind of thing.
I will also agree with the people recommending Bratislava. It’s a great little city that you should visit, especially if you’re going to be in Budapest, which I found only moderately interesting.
Personally, I would leave Prague for a different trip, or connect it with other places in Central Europe (Germany, Poland) and focus on the Balkans/Eastern Europe exclusively.
And ignore those recommending Scandinavia. While there are a number of good things about places like Copenhagen, they are dreadfully bland and remarkably boring for the tourist.
If you can’t get laid in Prague, you should kill yourself.
I have kicked around quite a bit of Eastern Europe.
Budapest was amazing. I agree with staying on the Pest side of the river. Make sure you visit the Cave Monastery, pretty amazing place.
Bucharest was nice, but I must admit that I had a much better time in Budapest. If you make to Bucharest, there is an amazing tourist area that is original village houses and buildings brought from all over Romania and placed together to make replica villages.
Sofia was the same as Bucharest. Great place, but still not as beautiful as Budapest.
If you get a chance, L’vov in Ukraine has some beautiful building and is a great place to relax. Kiev is another place I highly recommend. I lived there for a while between contracts in Iraq. If you make it to Kiev, make sure to try the borsht and visit the WWII museum. Also, the most beautiful women in the world can be found walking down Kreshatik Street in Kiev.
I’ve spent a lot of time as a solo traveler in many of the places you mentioned.
First, skip Bucharest. Truly a depressing city — your heart will be smashed to smithereens by the packs of stray dogs roaming the city. The only nice thing I have to say about Bucharest is that it made me truly understand the horrors of totalitarianism; the city is like a crumbling museum about the old regime, with huge blocs of identical apartment buildings and pathetic monuments to greatness. (The mock arc d’triumph is so depressing…)
However, your other ideas are great and I second all the positive comments about Budapest, Prague, and Croatia. If you go to Budapest, make sure to visit the baths — I can’t think of the name of the big one, but it’s worth a visit as you can’t find anything remotely analogous in the US. The islands off the Dalmation coast are phenomenal, Dubrovnik is ridiculously beautiful (though it gets a little dull after a day or two), and Istria is springtime is amazing.
Vienna’s boring, though the architecture is remarkable. And there are the most remarkable statues of war heroes, which makes sense. I actually think of Vienna, Budapest, and Bucharest as a spectrum — I found Vienna too western-ized and well put together, Bucharest too Soviet-bloc and depressing, and I thought Budapest was the perfect balance.
Finally, I’ve never made it to Kosovo or Bosnia, but I’ve heard from a number of friends that they’re phenomenal places to visit. You can day-trip to Bosnia (Mostar?) from Dubrovnik. I think there must be something about cities and small countries that are recently recovering from war and calamity that translates to an insistence on enjoying life.
Hope this helps.
I’m coming late to your post, but I wanted to let you know that I went to Budapest last March with my girlfriend (as part of a two-week Budapest-Vienna-Salzburg-Munich-Berlin-Warsaw odyssey), and it was literally the best time of my life. Budapest was such an incredible city to explore, and in the spring parts of it can seem almost deserted (but I mean this in a good way).
I don’t know if you already have a hotel booked, but if not, I highly recommend Le Meridien. It’s right on one of the main squares, and if you book it through the right source (read: Kayak), you can get a really incredible deal on what is truly a five-star hotel.
Make sure to visit the Karpatia restaurant. We found it only by accident, though it turned out later that it is in fact in some of the guidebooks. It was definitely one of the best meals of our lives. Make sure to sit at the cafe in the square by St. Isztvan’s Cathedral and order the Dreher on tap. Dreher’s available everywhere there, and it’s the only beer you’ll ever need to order. And Budapest in general is pretty cheap. A pack of real Camel cigarettes was 250 Forints – roughly $1.26.
Eastern Europe may very well be one of the last real gems of European travel. I would also recommend Berlin, if you get a chance. The only way I can describe it is that they have their shit together – both in the political and cultural sense – and to me it felt like kind of the perfect city.
Also, Warsaw was pretty cool. The Old Town, destroyed during World War II, was completely rebuilt to the original medieval specifications, and it feels hundreds of years old. Communists were shitty designers, but they could certainly build.
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It is very disturbing to see so much misinformation in the news regarding the upcoming enhancement millage. Both Alpena Public Schools and the AMA ESD have gone to great lengths to educate the public on facts related to the millage. They've held numerous meeting throughout the community with very little attendance by voters. Only one other person was present at the meeting I attended. This obvious lack of interest by voters is astounding. Rather than get accurate information from the professionals who know the facts, people are content to speculate, second-guess and sabotage. Perhaps that's because the facts won't support their own preconceived opinions.
The reality is that if voters pass the millage, educational opportunities for the children in our community will be better. On the other hand, if the millage proposal is defeated, educational opportunities will continue to decline. My own children all graduated from APS well-prepared for college and the workforce that awaited them. They were fortunate. They had excellent teachers who provided them with a top-notch education. I am grateful that the members of our community supported our schools while my children were attending them. Now it's time to consider the futures of the youngest in our community - those children just starting their educational journey.
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What I Heard About the World
WHAT I HEARD ABOUT THE WORLD. Photo courtesy of EdFringe.
BOTTOM LINE: This finely crafted think-piece, as charming as it is sharp, subtlety (and sometimes not so subtlety) wields a worthy, important message.
Facts, facts. What’s in a fact? That which we call a fact by any other name would smell as sweet? Or hold as much water? What I Heard About The World confronts our contemporary fact-flooded condition with humor, grace, and heavy guitar-solos, and plays at St. Stephen’s Church now through August 19th.
Three men, sitting, lying, standing, hold their places on the set prior to the audience arrival, amid enough odds and ends to evoke a cross between a tidy but distinctly man-only dwelling and a bizarre science-y talk-show. Eventually, a cabinet in the back reveals itself to hold fastidiously ordered supplies: canisters of salt, bottles of water, pint glasses, paintball guns; all to have their very specific purpose disclosed through the course of the next hour or so. A fishless fish tank humbly sits furthest downstage, expectantly.
What follows is a highly curated barrage of information, factoids, anecdotes, and true tales, some of which have already become Internet highlights with their own fifteen minutes. Twined together with some acting-out, electric guitar, and clever bits to underscore the absurdity so many of the stories present, the three men quickly assert themselves as likable and trustworthy. And clever, to boot.
Devised and written over the past five years by the three performers, Jorge Andrade, Alexander Kelly, and Chris Thorpe, What I Heard About The World intelligently proclaims a familiar though nonetheless necessary notion: when facts became Google-able and Internet-easy, they also became cheap, flooded, and frivolous. No longer the stuff of importance, facts have become a network of cyber-reality and supposed authenticity, operating all too often as stand-ins for actual experiences. These three men, armed with information aplenty, measuredly manage their strung together little pearls to transforms them to clever provocation.
Culminating in a bloody massacre and subsequently a reminder that access and information can also be powerfully positive, the three men reach far and wide to then gift their message to the audience: these stories, these moments, these facts are nebulous, changeable, and only crushingly definitive of the world when they are allowed to be. What I Heard About The World is a beautifully different piece that has much to offer.
(What I Heard About The Worldplays at St. Stephen's Church, St. Stephen's Street, through August 19, 2012. Performances are daily at 4:35pm (not the 13th). Tickets are £14 (concessions available) and are available at edfringe.com. To contribute your own stories go to whatiheardabouttheworld.co.uk.)
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![Jessica Green and Khris Lewin in Fetes de la Nuit
(© Jill Usdan) Jessica Green and Khris Lewin in Fetes de la Nuit
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The action of this play takes place in Paris, which is the perfect metaphorical place to set a play about love. To get the flavor of the piece, consider one scene in which a young American in Paris meets a beautiful woman and immediately asks her to marry him or, at least have a cup of coffee with him that might lead to marriage. Being French, she is not immediately impressed by his ardor, but his charm wins over both the girl and the audience. Later in the show, another young woman is waiting at a cafe for the love of her life to appear. Her waiter, a young man we've come to know as a man trapped in a pattern of loneliness, asks her when her lover is expected. She answers, "Either fifteen minutes or five years." Finally understanding that there is no specific man on his way, he takes his chance and breaks his pattern to declare himself as the lover she's been waiting for. Happily, they embrace and kiss. It's a sweet and deeply felt victory for love.
More often, however, Mee's contemplation of romantic love takes us down unexpected alleys, such as when we witness a professor leading a group of students on a comic tour of his love life, showing them where he received his first kiss, the place where he was dumped for the first time, where he had sex with his future wife, and finally where he had his first encounter with a man. There is also an art class where we see a naked man and woman in a series of sensual poses, and a scene where we meet two lesbians in a quarrel about how their love life failed. There is even a mock Project Runway moment where the costumes become more and more outrageous as we see the variety of people strutting their need to be seen, desired, and loved.
Director Kim Weild, the true star of this production, has taken a page out of Baz Luhrman's book of directing to give us a visual hurricane of images. Set designer Brian H. Scott uses the expansive size of the Ohio's Theatre's playing space to create a fluid stage that simply pours forth with a variety of perfectly realized planes in which the action transpires. Those spaces are exceptionally well-lit with color and shadow by lighting designer Charles Foster. And rarely does a cast get so many exotic, amusing, and sexy costumes to wear as those designed by Lisa Renee Jordan.
The large, fully committed cast -- who act, dance, kiss, and pet heterosexually and homosexually -- should be commended for their work; but special mention for their exceptional performances should go to Kyle Knauf, Khris Lewin, and Jessica Green.
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Fortunately, its flaws are partially redeemed by its four-person cast: Thomas Sadoski, who has deepened his already probing performance as factory worker Greg, the intensely gifted Marin Ireland, who deserves to be kissed by the producers on the hem of her late-in-play asymmetrical skirt for immersing herself in the role of Greg's aggrieved girlfriend Steph, and Piper Perabo (the show's other holdover) and Steven Pasquale as married co-workers Carly and Kent, who also warrant kudos for their committed performances under Terry Kinney's acidly biting direction.
The reason Steph is loudly warring with boyfriend Greg at the play's outset is because she's had word from Carly that Greg described her as ugly to Kent. As the shouting crescendos on David Gallo's blue-collar-environs set, Greg insists he was expressing his love for Steph, even if she has a "regular" face. Yet, despite his sometimes obscenity-riddled protestations, Steph wants none of it and abruptly quits the four-year relationship.
As time passes, Greg -- who reads Poe and Hawthorne during his breaks from packing frozen food -- has to learn not only to live with Steph's decision, but to tolerate the increasingly boorish behavior of the muscular Kent, another of LaBute's arrested-development boys in a man's buff body. Among other things, Greg is obliged to keep mum to newly-pregnant Carly about Kent's affair with (unseen) co-worker Crystal. The boys come to bloody blows when Greg finally declares he'll no longer provide alibis for Kent, and the damage doesn't stop there.
Ultimately, Greg is forced to examine his own immature behavior and even rectify it -- an act which heretofore has been atypical of LaBute's testosterone-overloaded male characters. But the surprising turn of events may come too late to mollify patrons sated by the playwright's all-too- familiar verbal and physical attacks. (It's to his credit, however, that in the move to Broadway, he's excised the awkward monologues that stopped the earlier version in its careering tracks.)
Moreover, while he tells the audience as much as they need know about Steph, Carly and Kent, he hasn't supplied enough information on Greg. Who is this guy working for years at an assembly-line job while reading what sounds like the syllabus for an Early-American Lit course? Nonetheless, the superb Sadoski, who makes Greg's self-examination painfully palpable right up to his fade-out look, is one of the main reasons that reasons is still worth watching.
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Truman -- at whom the brickbat "flip-flop" was never thrown -- made any number of blunt and well-publicized pronouncements during his life, many of them repeated by Barnaba, who bears a passable enough physical and vocal resemblance to the oval office occupant from 1945 to 1952. One of the no-holds-barred comments many ticket-buying citizens may find uncomfortably pertinent goes: "There is nothing worse than a liar in public office, because the people might believe him, and if they catch a fellow like that, they should give him about as much compassion as he gave the Constitution of the United States."
Gallu sets most of Truman's fast-paced reminiscences in the Oval Office, as Barnaba circles his desk or frequently sits at it while welcoming, among unseen others, Herbert Hoover and a bevy of union officials. He carries on phone conversations with generals and secretaries, writes letters (one to a critic who lambasted concertizing daughter Margaret) and tells mildly ribald jokes for every occasion.
Sometimes wandering into the past to recall speeches he made when still a senator or jump-cutting to Independence, Missouri to mow his front lawn, Truman gabs, most often briefly, about his presidency, acknowledging it was "accidental" -- not something he ever sought as a former haberdasher. Most of the time, though, Gallu presents a Truman whom historians corroborate as possessing iron-clad convictions that included immovable belief in decency, plain-speaking, the law, and the Constitution.
Barnaba is a quick-to-laugh Truman, particularly in the first half of this two-act backward glance. Only twice does he get exercised. The first sequence that has Barnaba circling the stage stormily involves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, who becomes the occasion for a midnight stroll across the front of the stage -- as if the controversial old soldier were present. MacArthur's dismissal after clashing publicly and privately with Truman over Korean War policy was eventual big-type headline news and lends itself to fiery dramatics here. The second extended segment has Barnaba scorching the air as Truman rants against Senator Joseph McCarthy and his assault on the Bill of Rights.
By the time Truman takes a late-show constitutional with cane in hand in deference to one of the Prexy's most famous traditions, Barnaba has offered the man's thoughts about Franklin Roosevelt, Ike Eisenhower, George Marshall, John F. Kennedy and dad Joe, Adlai Stevenson, Richard Nixon (not favorable), the then Lady Astor and inserted a few mentions of first lady Bess, whom more than once he call "the boss."
In what seems Gallu's most conspicuous lapse, Truman deals with the decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in a couple of sentences. Aware of the possibilities that a million civilian lives can be lost, he mentions he has "no options," and that's that for an episode that lends itself to a meaty full-throttle drama.
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Most low-income families cook at home at least five times per week and consider healthy meals to be both important and realistic, but a struggle.
I was invited to a press event to announce the results of a survey conducted by Share Our Strength's Cooking Matters program. The program and the survey, "It's Dinnertime: A Report on Low-Income Families' Efforts to Plan, Shop for and Cook Healthy Meals," are sponsored by the ConAgra Foods Foundation.
I went because I was interested in the survey and also because I admire the work of chef Sara Moulton who, among many other things, works with Share Our Strength on this program.
Cooking Matters is part of Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry Campaign. Its goal is to help low-income families increase access to public food resources (food assistance benefits, farmers' market coupons) and produce healthy meals at low cost. It does this through a six-week course that teaches shopping strategies, meal planning, and cooking.
The research produced some important findings, perhaps obvious:
- Eight out of 10 low-income families cook at home at least five times per week, more if they are poorer.
- Eight-five percent of low-income families consider eating healthy meals to be important and realistic.
- Low-income families struggle to put healthy meals on the table: food costs and preparation time are big barriers.
- Low-income families are eager for cooking and budgeting tips and tools.
Where does ConAgra fit in?
ConAgra owns countless food product brands that pack the center aisles of supermarkets. ConAgra Foods Foundation is funded solely by ConAgra Foods. One of the study's conclusions is very much in ConAgra's interest:.
The program works to improve the image of frozen and canned fruits and vegetables among low-income families.
Ordinarily, food industry-sponsored programs make me squirm. This one makes me squirm less than most even though Sara Moulton was cooking with at least one ConAgra product: Wesson Oil.
But the program worked with 18,000 families last year and its goals make sense.
Canned and frozen fruits and vegetables really do retain much of the nutritional value of fresh produce unless they are loaded with salt and sugars. Sara was cooking with low-salt products and the dishes she made were easy, inexpensive, nutritious, and quite delicious.
I'm impressed with how this program teaches families to fend for themselves in today's tough environment.
Now, if ConAgra would just get busy promoting policies to improve access to healthy foods for everyone....
Image: Zurijeta/Shutterstock.
This post also appears on Food Politics, an Atlantic partner site.
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A look at how the city has become a center for tech, design, and innovation
Miami is on a mission to become an international tech hub and a host of entrepreneurs -- from rookie startup founders to established CEOs -- will tell you it has a shot. Last month Atlantic LIVE and The Atlantic Cities, in partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, brought a host of experts in business, tech, and urban planning together for a conference, Start-Up City: Miami, to discuss exactly that.
In the video above, we hear perspectives from conference speakers and travel to the colorful Wynwood arts district to visit the LAB Miami, a new coworking space in a 10,000-square foot warehouse. The city's creative class is thriving, Emily Badger writes, thanks in part to the symbiotic evolution of its art and tech scenes. "The idea is that artists from Miami’s deep-rooted cultural scene might rub elbows here with tech entrepreneurs, " Badger explains. "The LAB has been trying to achieve just the right mix of designers and developers, hackers and painters, architects and graphic artists."
Everyone we spoke with oozed enthusiasm for the seaside city and the opportunities there. Basking in breezy, 85-degree weather and endless sunshine, we were sorely tempted to cancel our return flights -- maybe even create an Atlantic satellite office in Wynwood.
The video above features music by the hyper-talented Alan Wilkis and satellite imagery from Google Earth. It was produced by Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg, with thanks to Emma Green, Emily Badger, and the LAB Miami.
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Wesleyan Students Had Way Too Much Fun at This Museum's Dinosaur Exhibit
A bunch of Wesleyan seniors were kicked out of a Connecticut museum this past weekend after some of them were caught having sex and consuming drugs in a bathroom, vomiting over a stairwell railing, and mounting a (possibly animatronic) dinosaur.
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Ford Plans Market Test For Escape Electric Hybrid
NEW YORK April 17, 2003; Sharon Silke Carty writing for Dow Jones reported that Ford Motor Co. said it won't bring its hybrid electric version of the Ford Escape to mass market until it is satisfied the vehicle is bug-free.
Plans are still under way to introduce the sport utility vehicle to the consumer market in 2004. The hybrids will first be sold to fleet customers - like government entities, rental car companies like Ford's own Hertz, and corporate customers. Ford will use feedback gathered from those drivers to further tweak the SUVs.
"We won't release it until it's ready," said Jim O'Connor, Ford's vice president of North America marketing sales and service.
Prabhakar B. Patil, Ford's chief engineer of hybrid technologies, said the company has run extensive quality-control tests on the vehicle. The battery to run the engine is considerably larger than regular cars - it takes up the entire floor of the Escape's trunk. And since batteries can be temperamental in extreme weather, particularly hot temperatures, Ford had to make sure the battery was well ventilated.
"This type of battery has never been out in the field before," Patil said, noting that batteries operate best at around room temperature.
The rear windows of the Escape have a small vent built into them. Air is funneled through the vent and past the battery in an attempt to keep the unit cool. Computers continually monitor the battery temperature.
The company introduced its Escape hybrid at the New York Auto show. Patil said it should appeal to customers who enjoy the size of an SUV, but who feel guilty about driving less fuel-efficient vehicles.
Although hybrid electric engines are gaining in popularity, automakers are still unsure how large the market will be. Patil pointed out that they show their best fuel economy in urban settings, making them ideal for city drivers.
But the engines - which are fueled by gasoline but supplemented with electric energy - cost extra. Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius is priced about $4,000 higher than its Corolla, which is a similar non-hybrid sedan. And Honda Motor Co.'s hybrid Civic costs $2,500 more.
Honda and Toyota hybrid sales amounted to 36,000 in 2002, leaving the automakers wondering whether consumers will pay the extra costs associated with the vehicles. A $3,000 tax incentive, in effect until 2006, may be cut down to $ 1,000, said O'Connor.
A recent survey by Internet auto site Autobytel, which pairs buyers with dealers, showed purchase requests for the Prius were up 58% in the first quarter.
"The survey, coupled with significant online interest in hybrids, suggests that a significant rise in U.S. hybrid sales may be just around the corner, as major automakers prepare to roll out hybrid-powered versions of several of their established, popular models," a press release issued by the company said.
Ford officials hope the Escape, already one of its more popular SUVs, will be a hit. One of the complaints consumers have voiced about the other hybrid vehicles on the market is that they are small.
After five years on the market, Toyota introduced its redesigned version of the Prius, which is about six inches longer and an inch higher. The trunk is more than four square feet larger as well.
Ford is also entering the hybrid sedan market. The Ford Futura, also introduced at the New York Auto Show, which is aimed at the mid-size car market, will be the company's second full-hybrid vehicle.
"Futura will offer a world-class powertrain for the economy-minded consumer, the enthusiast and the environmentally committed driver," said David Szczupak, vice president of Powertrain Operations.
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Music and…: Five Ways to Think About the Crackdown on SF Venues
March 8, 2010
Written by Ben Van Houten venue under attack by the ABC. If you’re under 21, the places being targeted account for most of your concert-going options in the City. And therein lies much of the problem.
As many local media outlets have covered, for well over a year the ABC has been pursuing enforcement actions against local clubs that offer all ages shows. In several of these cases, the ABC alleges that the clubs have failed to meet conditions that are part of their liquor licenses, conditions that were either forced upon the clubs (that no one could have expected them to meet) or that the clubs never agreed to at all. Unbelievably, at the heart of a number of these enforcement actions is the claim that venues should be making as much money from food sales as they do from alcohol sales if they want to hold all ages shows.
January’s Flux Summit, titled What’s Shaking Down SF Music Venues?, was a welcome sign of increased action by local venues to distribute information about the attack they are facing (video from the summit here). With the stakes so high for some of the City’s best clubs, though, it’s a little disheartening that more people aren’t already aware of what’s going on. And yet, it’s not difficult to understand why many aren’t engaged in issues of regulatory enforcement, entertainment business licensing, and disputes over food-to-alcohol sales ratios. On the surface, these problems aren’t particularly accessible, compelling or sexy. The reality, however, is that the crackdown on SF venues isn’t just about local indie music. Instead, it touches on a number of concerns that should matter to a broad swath of San Franciscans.
In that vein, I offer:
Five Ways to Think About the Crackdown on SF Venues.
1. This isn’t just an indie music issue. It’s a performing arts issue.
Few things depress me more than the disconnect between indie music and the rest of the performing arts world, a topic worthy of a separate inquiry altogether. In any event, while I don’t expect fans of opera or classical music to see the venue crackdown as the first step toward an ABC attack on the War Memorial or Davies Hall, supporters of a vibrant performing arts community in San Francisco should be concerned about a coordinated assault on a segment of this community. Even if it’s not one’s particular cup of tea, live pop music is an important piece of our cultural fabric, and a vital art form. For some, it’s the only art form worth experiencing.
Moreover, it would be wrong to call the ABC-targeted venues just pop music spaces, as many of them also regularly host performances well beyond contemporary pop, like the Bluegrass Festival shows at Cafe Du Nord and Slim’s and Allen Toussaint’s concert last week at Great American. This is to say nothing of the many benefits and personally-important private events these venues have held. I went to a wedding at the Great American a month or so ago, a venue picked by the groom because of the many important musical experiences he’d had there.
2. This isn’t just an indie music issue. It’s a youth activities issue.
In the number of news stories written about the ABC’s crackdown, I haven’t seen the ABC offer any semblance of a justification for its attack on local clubs. Where is the statistical evidence that this crackdown is a reasonably targeted solution to a serious public safety issue? One suspects that if there really were even anecdotal examples of underage drinking or alcohol-related deaths connected to local clubs, or any other explanation for this bizarre assault, the ABC would have trotted them out by now, if only to justify their efforts to the state’s taxpayers. Instead, the silence is deafening.
On the flip side, I can identify with the young people who would suffer if the City’s all ages venues were forced to shut down. I was one of them, seeking refuge in all ages matinees at Bottom of the Hill and a perhaps embarrassing number of ska and punk shows at Slim’s. Young people have far too few options for entertainment in this City as it is (note for separate investigation — how do kids survive without Japantown Bowl?). Taking away some of their few options for safe, affordable, artistically-enriching fun is a big, big mistake.
3. This isn’t just an indie music issue. It’s a state interference issue.
The thoroughly arbitrary way that the ABC has pursued action against local music venues is further disconcerting because it’s difficult to see why the ABC would be limited to venue micro-management. Indeed, recent reports have exposed the ABC’s crackdown on the Bay Area’s celebrated mixologists, threatening local bars and restaurants that create their own infusion liquors. The infusion debacle contains all of the hallmarks of the ABC’s pursuit of venues: a heavy-handed approach that serves no clear public interest and that threatens to silence an area of local innovation and creativity.
There’s also no reason why the state agency should be expected to limit its assault to the Bay Area. As far as I can tell, there’s nothing particularly unique about San Francisco’s venues, such that folks in Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento and elsewhere shouldn’t be worried about their local clubs. Indeed, rumblings emerged at the recent Flux Summit that the ABC is beginning to pursue actions against venues in other areas. If this effort isn’t stopped here, club owners around the state could find themselves defending their livelihoods in expensive litigation.
4. This isn’t just an indie music issue. It’s a business issue.
Live music may be hurting like every other industry, but the City ought to be concerned about the potential loss of tax dollars from the decimation of a bunch of long running live music establishments — to say nothing of the many people who would be out of jobs, or the risk that large numbers of musicians might be forced to bypass the Bay Area on their tours. How can the Mayor’s Office continue to ignore this problem, even if only from a dollars-and-cents perspective? Where is the Convention & Visitors Bureau on this?
5. This isn’t just an indie music issue. It’s a Future of San Francisco issue.
At its core, the question of whether we, as a local community, are willing to stand up for local music venues is really a question of what kind of city we want to have in the future. To allow the ABC to continue its quest unimpeded is to issue a death sentence to some of the City’s legendary venues, and with it, to declare that, unlike other world-class cities, San Francisco does not want to be known as a live music-friendly community. It’s also a middle finger to the City’s history of pioneering rock music.
I’d characterize the ABC’s position as a victory for NIMBY interests, but that wouldn’t give enough credit to the many venues that have worked hard to make sure that they are well-integrated into their communities, and respectful of their neighborhoods’ needs. There’s a reason that places like Bottom of the Hill and Du Nord haven’t engendered neighborhood backlash, and it’s not because they don’t have residents near them.
Final Thoughts
To the extent that the ABC’s enforcement actions are based on conditions that clubs agreed to abide by (even if everyone involved knew full well that they couldn’t be met), I am sympathetic to the idea that the agency is just trying to enforce agreed-upon rules. It would be foolish, though, to divorce these enforcement actions from their obvious consequences. If the clubs can’t survive with the rules enforced, then the rules shouldn’t be enforced and the system should be scrapped.
To that end, since these issues first came to light, and following an administrative court ruling favorable to the Great American Music Hall, there has been increased talk of revamping the liquor licensing system. Revamping the system seems like a sensible idea — the City’s rock clubs shouldn’t be forced to abide by rules intended for restaurants — but, despite expressing an interest in systemic reform, the ABC has appeared unwilling to stop its ongoing enforcement actions in the interim, forcing venue owners to continue to pay legal fees to fight their individual cases.
Additionally, simply promising change doesn’t tell anyone exactly what kind of change will be made. Given the ABC’s current position, seeking to impose and enforce bizarre and arbitrary rules, it’s tough to have confidence that the agency will seek to create a system that’s any more workable or reasonable for venue owners. Change in the right direction will require an informed public holding the state accountable for its actions. It’s not the most exciting stuff, but it’s a battle local music fans can’t afford to lose.
For more information about these issues, I’d encourage you to join the California Music and Culture Association and Stop the War on Fun! on Facebook, and follow the DNA Lounge’s blog as well. We’ll continue to track developments in these issues as well.
“Music and…” is a new monthly column from The Bay Bridged Programming Director Ben Van Houten exploring significant issues impacting music, culture and digital media.
Good job and well-written, Ben. It’s good to you doing some longer form writing like this. Keep it up.
Great article, more community reaction to these issues is vital to save our local music scene. Let’s all get involved!
San Francisco is not a world class city.
The ABC is currently operating as outlaws. They answer to nobody. This power was given to them because they issue the license. Of late they are allowed to violate the rights of those without a license. They are under no obligation to listen to a judge or judicial board. They make their ow rules, and their own laws.
They have become a rogue agency in California.
Plubbius: My guess (though I might be wrong) is that they do answer to the California legislature and their decisions can be overridden by that body. Just like the Board of Supervisors can get involved in SF permitting decisions. But the odds of protesting this decision to a level that anyone in Sacramento even notices (aside from SF’s supportive Ammiano) seems pretty tiny.
PLease keep me inform.
Julieta Zuniga
Music is highly over rated and sucks anyway. These cultural aspirations must be, at the very least, beaten out of today’s youth and quickly, before they grow up and try to change the laws. With all the free time on their hands, they can stay at home and clean up their rooms. About time cities are jumping on the church’s bandwagons. Ban music and dancing from all pubic places. PS, G_d told me to write this.
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Auto Insurance Facts
When you decide to purchase a vehicle, one of the most important things you must do in the process is find auto insurance coverage. Finding the best insurance coverage at the best price can often times require a lot of research. Auto insurance varies by company as well as state so it is important to know what kind of coverage you need. The following facts on insurance are both interesting and may help you to find the best coverage.
Most Expensive States for Auto Coverage
- Washington D.C.
- New Jersey
- Louisiana
- New York
- Florida
- Massachusetts
- Rhode Island
- Delaware
- Nevada Connecticut
Least Expensive States for Auto Coverage
- North Dakota
- Iowa
- South Dakota
- Idaho
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Wisconsin
- North Carolina
- Indiana
- Maine
Most Expensive Cities for Auto Insurance
- Detroit, Michigan
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Newark, New Jersey
- Los Angeles, California
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Least Expensive Cities for Auto Insurance
- Eau Claire, Wisconsin
- Norfolk, Virginia
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Burlington, Vermont
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Factors That Affect Your Insurance Rates
- Motor Vehicle Records
- Insurance History (including past claims)
- Accidents and Violations
- Credit History (most companies will not look at your credit report but will use your credit history to determine which group the applicant is placed in)
Other Interesting Insurance Facts
- The type of car you drive affects your insurance rates, small sporty cars are going to be much more expensive than mid sized cars with many safety features.
- Comprehensive coverage is not the same as complete coverage, comprehensive coverage only means that your auto is covered in scenarios other than collisions such as vandalism, fire damage, theft, etc.
- It is possible to ask your insurance company for discounts, most companies offer various discounts such as safe driver, and student discounts among others.
- Never let your insurance policy lapse, driving without insurance will wind up being very costly and will affect you getting insurance with another company in the future.
Considering we are one of the most populated states in the country North Carolina still comes in as one of the lease expensive states to have auto insurance. Just another reason to come and see what North Carolina is all about. If you have coverage and would like a second opinion don’t hesitate to call my office anytime.
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Press Release
Bubba Time Now Available for the BlackBerry PlayBook
April, 13th of 2012 – Buenos Aires, Rock and Roll Game Studio is happy to announce the release of Bubba Time on Playbook. Before getting its touch controls, Bubba Time was first released on flash games platform.
Bubba is a small and squishy creature that needs help to escape from a labyrinth. Player will help it to get rid of the trap.
Bubba Time on Playbook is a great mix of action and puzzle that propose a unique experience. For the gamers, Bubba Time will have a slight taste of Solomon’s Key and Braid.
To solve each board, player will have to push each lever to open the exit doors.
Sometimes player will need an extra help to complete a board. So he will slow motion the time to avoid enemies. Use the ability to create blocks and to teleport to reach inaccessible places. A real challenge due to the complexity of certain levels!
Better jump on it!
Features
- 3 power ups to discover
- 40 levels
- Touch controls
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Created in 2011, Rock And Roll Game Studio is a fast growing international digital entertainment provider based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Rock And Roll Game Studio develops and publishes high quality & innovative games for a wide range of Smartphone and tablet platforms (BlackBerry, iOS, Android…).
Rock And Roll Game Studio focus on developing its own and unique IPs such as Dummy Jake. Or new IPs based on strong worldwide licences such as superstar soccer player Lionel Messi.
We have focused our development on the most widespread and growing platforms of the market, from smartphone OS to BlackBerry (that gather more than 40% of the total market share in the Latino America region).
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Welcome to PP Palm Tree Resort in Koh Phi Phi Thailand. The resort is ideally located at the heart of the Island, just behind Banyan Villa in Ao Tonsai Bay. Our Resort offer visitors over 40 rooms, made up of 3 major room types i.e. Deluxe Room, Pool Access Room and Suites.
Deluxe rooms are on the 2nd and the 3rd floor while Pool Access Rooms are on the ground floor. Since some corner rooms cannot be accessed to the pool, we'd rather classify them as deluxe as well. Hot and cold showers, satellite/cable TV and in-room safe are standard features.
The resort features a large sparkling pool with its very own pool bar to laze away the day, cocktail in hand. The restaurant, room service, tour desk, laundry service and shuttle service are some of the facilities at our island holiday retreat, designed with your comfort in mind.
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