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7-inch tablet showdown: Kindle Fire HDX vs. Nexus 7
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Sure, sure. The tablet market is teeming with options, but are you seriously going to buy Sony's Xperia Tablet Z? Or Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1, the 2014 edition? No, you're not. That's because the tablet market has conveniently divided itself into two distinct product categories, with marquee devices on one side and "budget tablets" (see also: low performing) on the other. Thankfully, the truly great tablets don't cost much more than the wannabes, so you don't have to pay a high price for high-end hardware.
If you're interested is something smaller, you might be looking straight at Google's updated Nexus 7 or Amazon's new Kindle Fire HDX 7-inch model. These tablets lead the 7-inch pack, and they trump Apple's iPad mini (for now). Aside from having a black chassis, the Nexus 7 and the Kindle Fire HDX are nothing alike—and choosing between them is a challenge because their features and software ecosystems are worlds apart. Do you care about open-source software or one-touch customer service? Do you want to purchase all of your media from Google Play or from Amazon? Let's dig in, and figure out which tablet is a better match for your needs.
The 7-inch Kindle Fire HDX is smaller than last year's Fire HD, and more compact than the Nexus 7. Its smaller size leaves a bit of extra room in your purse or bag, and it's easy to hold and use one-handed—both important elements to consider in this consume-while-you-commute world. The HDX is noticeably heavier than the Nexus 7, however, and the volume and power buttons are awkwardly placed on the back of the device. The Nexus 7's recessed buttons are no better, though, and both devices seem to have sacrificed comfortable buttons to achieve thinner bodies.
Winner: Tie. Both the Nexus 7 and the Fire HDX are stylish-looking devices with their own little quirks.
Both the Fire HDX and the Nexus 7 have 7-inch, 1080p displays with the same pixel density. Their high-resolution displays and pristine viewing angles make watching videos, perusing the Web, reading ebooks, and playing games on either one a pleasant experience. But the Kindle HDX shows ivory whites and slightly saturated colors, while the Nexus 7 exhibits a bold color palette against a whiter background. Though neither tablet's screen displays a true black, the Kindle makes a much better reading device because of its softer—albeit dimmer—color palette.
Winner: Google Nexus 7. Its colors are more true-to-form than the Kindle HDX, though the Kindle's screen makes ebooks easier to read.
Quad-core processors are already the norm for most top-tier Android tablets, and both the Nexus 7 and HDX have 'em. The Nexus 7 uses a 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro with 2GB of RAM—a beefed-up version of the processor in the now-antiquated Nexus 4 phone—while the Fire HDX is fueled by a 2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 with 2GB of RAM. Both devices are speedier than most of their similar-size rivals; they launch apps and games without any lag, and the Fire HDX's new processor seems to have taken care of the responsiveness problems that plagued its predecessor.
Winner: Tie. Though the Fire HDX technically has a more powerful processor, both tablets are speedy and responsive.
The Kindle Fire HDX comes with a 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera—sufficient for video chatting—but no rear-facing camera. The Google Nexus 7, meanwhile, comes with both a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.
My review of the Nexus 7 noted that the photo quality, while far from pristine, was passable for sharing photos online and snapping quick shots of the mammals in your life doing silly things. Amazon may have considered it an unnecessary feature, but that rear-facing camera can be a real bonus if you're livecasting the family to grandparents far away.
Winner: Nexus 7. It's nice to have rear-camera functionality when you need it.
Battery life
After three days of reading, checking things on the Internet, downloading content, and watching a movie on the train ride home, I finally got a request from the HDX to plug it in. It took a little more than 8 hours of constant video playback to completely exhaust the Kindle HDX's battery—but even when I left it in my backpack for a few days at a time the HDX didn't burn through much of its battery life.
The Nexus 7 is just as long-lasting, and it can handle almost 9 hours of constant video streaming before it peters out entirely. It managed several days on standby without needing a charge, too. Overall, both devices performed similarly; and if you keep the screen brightness at dim, they'll get through a day of constant usage.
Winner: Tie. The Nexus 7 may last a little longer, but both tablets will hold up for several days of moderate use or a full day of heavy use on a single charge.
Both the Fire HDX and the Nexus 7 use Android, but the former runs a "forked" version of Android, meaning that Amazon has essentially built its own mobile operating system (called Amazon Fire OS 3.0) on Android's original framework. The Nexus 7, on the other hand, runs the latest version Android Jelly Bean, so it will receive updates for the latest base version of Android as long as Google supports it.
Amazon places its own content front and center on the Fire HDX, hoping to constantly tempt you to invest in more stuff. As you scroll through the media carousel, you'll see additional suggestions associated with every book, movie, or music title you've downloaded. The avalanche of buying opportunities can be a little overwhelming at first, but the carousel is also why you might gravitate toward the Kindle for reading and watching. Rather than having to sift through myriad disjointed apps, you can find everything you could possibly want to use a tablet for in one place.
Amazon kept some key Android interface elements, such as the Notifications shade and the Quick settings, for its Kindle tablet UI. If you're currently an Android user, you'll notice plenty of similarities in the menus, too.
The Nexus 7 begins its gadget life as a blank slate. Not until you install apps does it have a purpose. After you link your Google account, you don't have direct access to content, as you do with the Fire HDX's interface. Apps are merely icons on the screen, rather part of the instinctual flow of the interface.
Winner: Kindle Fire HDX. It quickly gets you right to the content you use the most.
Apps and content
Though Amazon has a massive content library, its severe lack of apps put it at a disadvantage. The number of Amazon apps has grown exponentially since its app store opened in 2011, but it's still missing major hits like Instagram. It also lacks Google's core applications—including YouTube—and though it carries Evernote and Dropbox, among other productivity applications, you won't find Microsoft's One Note or (especially) Google Docs.
You can view content that you buy or add to your Amazon Watchlist on any Kindle tablet device, on your computer, or on your television. And though its content is tied down with DRM, you can stream it to any device that supports the Amazon Video app. A neat second-screen app called X-Ray brings up extra information about the video you're currently watching, without your having to scour IMDB. And for the technologically inept, Amazon offers it Mayday service to connect you via video to live support for any Amazon- or Kindle-related issue you might run into.
The Nexus 7 is a bit like traversing the Wild West with a few prospecting tools and a mule: There's a lot of gold out there, but getting to it is an adventure. The Google Play store has grown significantly over the past two years, and it's now neck-in-neck with Apple's iTunes Store for iOS in total app count. Out of the box you'll get Gmail, Google Chrome, and a family of separate apps for each of the different Play services, including Google Books and Google Music (which offers an All Access monthly subscription service). Though your media is tied to the Android platform, you can use Chromecast (sold separately) to stream video to your television from the Nexus 7, or Miracast to physically tether it.
Winner: Kindle Fire HDX. Though it lacks the Nexus 7's core applications, you can watch your content virtually anywhere and call on Amazon's attentive customer service if you find yourself in dire straits.
And the winner is...
The Kindle Fire HDX. It wins on the strength of its superior interface and software/content, though it excels in other matters, too.
I found myself using the Fire HDX more often than the Nexus 7 to watch movies and to read on the train ride home. Its smaller size and convenient content carousel help guide you to exactly what you're most likely to use a tablet for, without having to sift through a library of apps or spend hours setting it up. The HDX is also a keen choice for technologically challenged family members, as it offers better out-of-the-box functionality.
Multitaskers looking for a huge app library and maximum flexibility might prefer the Google Nexus 7. It provides access to a vast application library, and it's a good option for families looking to share a tablet, since it lets you switch between user accounts. You don't have to worry about missing out on Amazon's features, either, because Amazon's services are available as individual apps in the Google Play store.
The cost of entry is the same on both tablets, with each model starting at $229. The Kindle gives you a better processor, while the Nexus 7 has a back-facing camera. This matchup isn't about bang-for-the-buck, it's about which tablet offers a better experience.
This story, "7-inch tablet showdown: Kindle Fire HDX vs. Nexus 7" was originally published by TechHive.
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Fast forward to 2003. Spearmint have just released their third, arguably most consistent and best album to date, entitled 'My Missing Days'. It's got talky bits ('Left Alone Among the Living; Giving It Away'), straightforward pop songs ('Don't Get Me Started'), an instrumental ('My Missing Days') male/female duets ('Time Is Now') a backwards running narrative, a hidden track and ingenious lyrics. From the first listen, you are presented with an album that appears to be almost perfect. The Northern Soul energy of the forthcoming single 'Left Alone Among the Living' merges the best bits of Belle & Sebastian with a touch of Dobie Gray and manages to become one of the most life-affirmingly brilliant pop records of recent years with repeat listening.
Spearmint, to my eternal gratitude, keep releasing records. They constantly re-affirm my passion for great music, by demonstrating their own through their records and live performances - yet they still go largely un-noticed. Go on, I dare you - discover yourself a new band. Discover 'My Missing Days' – up there in contention for my album of the year.
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Do you ever have one of those blah days where something just feels off?
That's how my day was. The blahs were definitely out in full force and I could feel that something was off in the pit of my stomach. There was a good 30-40 minutes where I just starred at a post I was working on, but nothing was coming out. The creative juices did not want to flow, and when that happens, the best thing to do is just walk away and let it come back to you.
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Topped with two scrambled eggs and baked at 400 for 5 minutes.
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A vegetable mix made up of roasted zucchini, roasted corn fresh off the cob, tomato, green onion, chili powder, and cumin completed my plate as a side dish. It was good too. 🙂
I also had my friend Courtney over for a beer.
We had a nice long chat about the blahs and both decided that I need to get out of the house more. I've turned into such a homebody lately. Derek is a big homebody (he's content to sit on the couch all day in the dark and not budge an inch) and his yearning to stay at home has definitely rubbed off on me. I like staying home, but I miss exploring and trying new things on a more regular basis.
I'm going to try and join Courtney's swim group next week and need to look in to becoming more involved with the Tampa Tri Team. Honestly, I really just need an excuse to get away from my computer/work – there's only so much one person can take of staring at a screen. A little more contact with real life people should help.
That's the plan for now. And I think it's a good one. 🙂
While we chatted, I made Erica's 10 Grain Chocolate Chips Cookies.
Only they weren't 10 grain – they were more like 5 since I couldn't find the right 10 grain cereal. 😉
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Fat Mum Coffee Shop is practically an institution in Sibu. It caters primarily to people from the clubbing scene wanting to get some grub in their stomach before they head home for the night. They close relatively early compared to the other establishments like the one below Today Hotel (5-6 am) but it's a great place to eat what you would dub dai chow in KL in the wee hours of the night.
This place is strictly for those who observe the closing hours of nightspots. Fat Mum's kitchen closes at 1:30 am while the others stay open till 5 am. I think their rationale is to attract the ethanol brothers instead of the chemical brothers – the latter being more apt to party late and be rowdy.
It has a simple kitchen setup and while the food isn't anything to write home about, it does the job. You head to Fat Mum coz you want to soak up the alcohol you've consumed with rice and dishes, not coz you're up for some fine dining at 1 am in the morning.
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Fat Mum was still very packed at 2 am, perhaps they made an exception for CNY since I don't remember them opening this late last time.
The best thing about Fat Mum is that like all other dai chow places, you can STILL drink while eating supper. It also features Sibu prices, dinner for four inclusive of beer is only RM 62. Heh!


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Last week, AIM (The Association of Independent Music) announced the nominees for this year's Independent Music Awards, and DiS thought it might be an idea to make a playlist to help guide you through nearly all of this year's nominees.
As a judge for this year's award I can't tell you too much about who's going to win, but what I can tell you is that the list of nominees not only reflects the diversity of modern music, but demonstrates how important inventive independent music remains. From Hospital and Hyperdub's influence on the mainstream mutations of Dubstep and EDM to Mute (as previously announced, label founder Daniel Miller will be honoured at this year's event) and 4AD's pioneering endeavours that have ploughed the way for so much modern electronic and alternative music. This playlist takes a few scoops of the past, present and the future, and hopefully the diverse mix will go some way to showing how healthy the independent music scene is right now.
This year's Independent Music Awards take place on October 29th, and will be hosted by Huw Stephens and Steve Lamacq. More info here: http://www.musicindie.com/awards.


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"I'm like RationalWiki's Oscar Wilde."
"I'm like Uncyclopedia's John Lennon."
"Bible Spoiler! It all blows up in the end!"
"It's my second stop on the 'ol tubes every morning, after vandalizing Conservapedia."
Executive Summary, for FBI Investigators[edit]
RationalWiki is a wiki full of
evil(redundant) conniving trolling atheists who want to destroy Amerikan values. Most of the people on RationalWiki are a member of the Illuminati or the ClayPigeonSite organisation. On RationalWiki, these sub-humans contemplate Conservapedia, their own intelligence, and delicious pie recipes. Goats and Ducks feature prominently within the site, due evidently to their use in satanic rituals[1]. Also, the goats provide blood which, when mixed with Christian baby skulls and stem cells, summons a great Vandal Demon to attack the great and holy Conservapedia. At various times, the daemon/vandal chimera has been identified as Jesus, Super Jesus, or Mike Gravel.
RationalWiki is our enemy.
Early editions of RationalWiki (which now sell for nearly 3,141 Turkish lira on eBay)[2] were composed largely of editors from Conservapedia. At the time, all RationalWiki members were monkeys. Legend has it that, when Conservapedia started sinking in May of 2007 under the weight of reason, Conservapedia's management was forced to purge all of its monkeys. The monkeys have since evolved into apparently intelligent creatures. Note that, however, this story is likely liberal deceit, since evolution isn't real.
Although a (hard)core of the original group remains - the jelly to the donut that is RationalWiki, if you will - the site has expanded its ranks, mostly by taking on hordes of vandals and conspiracy theorists. Although it's not known where the conspiracy theorists come from, they may be the product of Hitler's secret cloning base on the Moon. The site's membership is renowned for treating jerks poorly.
Like all wikis, TrashionalWiki is run by a series of ever smaller cabals, members of which do not know about the secret, smaller, cabal that exists to control the one they are in. At the center of this whirlpool of power resides the mysterious "Colin", who no one has ever seen, but who controls every keystroke of contributors through his awesome wikicabalpsychic abilities.
The origin of can be traced back to 244 C.E. when trentus toulouses registered the domain name Rationalwiki.com. This first site suffered from chronic bandwidth shortages which eventually caused its removal from the series of tubes. Modern estimates made using Moore's Law predict that the original RationalWiki would have had only 9.3864290*10-835 bytes per second of bandwidth at their disposal.[3]
The site was resurrected in 2007 to combat the menace posed to the sanctity of goats by the ruthless Conservapedians. In June of that year the site was endorsed by Jesus himself, although this is largely hearsay. After all, if you believe that, you're 95% likely to hate prayer in schools, and think dudes are hot.
Evolutionary scientists characterize pre-resurrection RationalWiki as a transitional form. However, creationary and intelligent designinary scientists reject these uniformitarian assumptions, and assert instead that these transitional forms are not real, and that RationalWiki sprung fully formed from God in the Garden of Eden.[4] [5] [6] These authorities also suggest that believing in RationalWiki caused the Holocaust.[7] For more information, please see:
- RationalWiki as a contributing factor to Obesity
- RationalWiki and Domestic Violence
- RationalWiki and Intestinal Parasites
- Overcoming RationalWiki
Potent Notables[edit]
If one can muck through the piles of lies and lie-beralism surrounding the Wiki, a user can eventually find something interesting on RationalWiki. The site has written things about Sam Brownback, intelligent design, and
cretinism creationism, and is actively trying to destroy America by continuing to write said things. Other portions function as a veritable tabloid covering Conservapedia, which has since become America's single greatest source of trusworthy news humor. However, almost all of these articles are in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which prohibits any American citizen from disagreeing with Conservapedia.[8]
Main Article: HowTo:Play RationalTroll
Wandalism: the RationalWiki term for
liberal trolling cyberterrorism vandalism.[9] RationalWiki does not seem to grasp the idea of Revert, Block, Ignore or denying recognition of trolls. Something that sets RationalWiki apart from nearly all other wikis is that they won't block, for any length of time, even the most dedicated vandals and trolls. In addition, anyone they perceive as being harmless is promoted demoted to sysop. In other words, anyone and everyone is free to have FUN with them, deleting pages, blocking users, uploading pornographic images, and vandalizing the main page, after pretending to contribute to a few discussions or articles, and even once they remove your tools, you can continue to produce vandalisic mayhem and carnage! They will likely hit you with what they call "vandal binning," which means you can only edit once every 30 minutes (big whoop). But most fun is how they go into what they call HCM (headless chicken mode) over nearly every vandal; admins will fight over whether to vandal bin you or block you, and whether they're being "just as bad as Conservapedia" when someone there makes efforts to end your mayhem, like rangeblocking.[10] Unlike Wikipedia and Conservapedia, RatWiki does not have any policy for blocking open proxies, meaning you can have hours of lulz trolling the wiki using different open proxies.
Notable wandals[edit]
The following are long-term trolls that have been the subject of many HCMs.
- MarcusCicero / Neveruse - Commonly referred to as "MC", this troll complains that the site and its users are corrupt. Frequently bitches about and harasses individual users. Apparently has retired from trolling. Currently a sysop.[11]
- SRQ girl / Brianna / Ex-Troll Cheerleader - Commonly referred to as "the cheerleader troll", SRQ girl engages in random vandalism, adding obscenities and pictures of her friends into articles and the RW saloon bar. Like MC, she's apparently retired from trolling (currently uses the handle "Ex-Troll Cheerleader"). Claims to be a team of vandals rather than just one troll. It's been speculated that she is this person on Wikipedia.[12]
- TK - A Conservapedian who is said to have been the most controversial user on RatWiki. He frequently made threats against users at RW and argued with RatWikians in defense of his mother ship. TK is now deceased.[13]
- Tmtoulouse - Commonly known as Trent or Trent Toulouse, this
trolluser is the creator ofbig bang that caused RationalWiki to come into existence. Although not technically a troll, he's been the subject of many HCMs, and like the big three trolls, is often mentioned in HCMs that he is not the subject of. Until the formation of the RatWiki Foundation, this guy was the owner of RatWiki and had the final say in arguements. The ultimate bully of RW.[14]
Criticisms of RationalWiki[edit]
RationalWiki is known to censor the truth about Global Warming and white pride. They are evil and hate the Bible. ANTI RATIONALWIKI COMMENT REMOVED BY TEH CABAL. (There is no cabal)
RationalWiki was formed in response to Conservapedia. There, RationalWikians first learned despair. However, Conservapedians, apparently, learned much of hate. Contrary to the image of fundamentalist Christians as fluffy loving bunnies, the following are actual real stories of Conservapedia's reaction to RationalWiki:
- RationalWiki has been threatened with a lawsuit, twice, over copyright abuse, stemming from the appropriation of Conservapedia textual material for the purpose of satire, lulz, and good fun. Although obviously baseless, the claims are even funnier because they come from a real lawyer, who should know better. It is thought, though, that creationism - like a brain slug - overrides the free will of the individual, and deletes any knowledge that would work against the creationist brain slug's will. Frankly, this is the only explanation for most of Conservapedia, so it should apply here.
- Conservapedia members have described, in very graphic terms, a desire to "keelhaul" RationalWiki members, concluding the sentence with, "lucky for him, I'm a Christian."
- The management of Conservapedia is convinced that the FBI will shut down RationalWiki any day now, for cyberterrorism.
RationalWiki receives little criticism aside from that of Conservapedians, mostly because it is not worthy of anyone else's attention.
Praises of RationalWiki[edit]
Since RationalWiki is quintessentially rational, a-righteous, instead of actually wikid, it is based on the most rational of rationalities. Unfortunately, when brains were being rationed out, and the official brain truck was passing down the street, with a Rag Bone man type barker yelling, the cry was "Brains! Brains!" All the children who heard right came out & got their brains. But the Wikis thought he was saying, "Rain," and stayed home. This accounts for lack of brain in the main for this strain.
Since all logical rationality starts with axioms (self-evident truths) from which logic may proceed, the RationalWikis were not slothful to adopt axioms. Here they are: 1) All opponents are trolls, 2) insulting the trolls defeats their arguments, 3) a thing can be so and not so at the same time, 4) there is no epistemological source for truth, but 5) we know so very much. 6) if the Bible says it, it is wrong or at least mythical, and 7) We are the people, and wisdom will die with us.
See also[edit]
- ↑ For example, the deceitful practice of playing Conservatroll
- ↑ The only attested copy of a first-edition RationalWiki is now in the hands of the FBI.
- ↑ Moore's Law states that computer power tends to double every two years, we can use this information to fill in the equation for exponential growth;
original badwidth * ( 1 + rate )years = current bandwidth
with these values;
rate = 2
years = 1763
current bandwidth = 10 gigabytes
which gives a a value of 9.3864290*10-835.
- ↑ Answers in Genesis.
- ↑ Creationary Museum Exhibit.
- ↑ Bible, Book of Armaments 3:9-3:27.
- ↑ Sam Brownback.
- ↑ Disagreeing with Conservapedia, like eating the Moon, is not speech that is protected by the Constitution. See Earth v. Giant Space Iguana, 514 F.Trm. 3141.
- ↑ http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wandalism
- ↑ RationalWiki's HCM haven
- ↑ http://www.rationalwikiwiki.org/wiki/MarcusCicero
- ↑ http://www.rationalwikiwiki.org/wiki/Cheerleaders
- ↑ http://www.rationalwikiwiki.org/wiki/TK
- ↑ http://www.rationalwikiwiki.org/wiki/Tmtoulouse


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Qwertyuiopasd wrote:do you mean Jor-El? because Kal-El is Clark Kent/Superman... although theres some sources which say Kal-El was actually named Jor-El... but yeah, Kal-El is clark, Jor-El is his father.
HUGE OOPS! I blame my brain fry on physics.
Yes, I meant Jor-El, I just went retarded for a minute. I'm better now, promise.


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I don't think there have been any damaged cords in 5 years since we installed our first EVSE. The failed Eatons all had internal failures of one sort or another; swapping out the EVSE (replacing it with a Schneider) was the solution. Some of these are in use 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Also, all these units are going on their own circuits (I don't know the details, but the cost of the installation is several times the cost of the EVSEs themselves).
WattZilla doesn't seem to sell anything less than 40A. They were considering the possibility of some 40A units in this new section, but they primarily wanted 30A units. But I'll forward on the link and highlight the Wall Wattz (which is what I think we would want).
Similarly, eMotorWerks only has the JuiceBox in 40A. (we don't want the pedestal mount, though; our first two EVSEs were pedestal mounts, and the installation costs are far higher). Will these just work without WiFi, as we have no need for authorized users or monitoring/billing?


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Windy, hot and dry weather is causing a massive wildfire southeast of Tumbler Ridge to rapidly spread, as an evacuation order remains in effect for about 200 workers in two oil-and-gas camps.
By Wednesday afternoon, wildfire officials said the Red Deer Creek fire had grown to more than 3,000 hectares from 650 hectares on Tuesday afternoon, and they expected it to spread.
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The evacuation order was given early Tuesday afternoon by the Peace River Regional District and applies to the oil-and-gas field areas of Ojay, Grizzly South and Red Deer Creek.
She said one of their top priorities right now is making sure that the fire doesn't cross over to the Alberta side.
The fire was first reported Sunday and is being blamed on a lightening strike. The regional district's evacuation order was issued because of what it called an "immediate danger to life safety," and it directs people to leave the area with their personal belongings immediately and to close and latch gates.
Kelsh said 70 firefighters, five helicopters and the four skimmers are battling the blaze.
A separate news release issued by the District of Tumbler Ridge said some of the workers are from a camp on Ojay Road. It said the wildfire is growing fast and could cover 4,000 hectares by the end of Wednesday.
The Wildfire Management Branch is also working with the local school district to set up a command post at a high school.
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Turn Your Medicine Chest into a First-Aid Cabinet
|Chiropractic Care and Your Personal Lifestyle
Regular chiropractic care is an important component of any lifestyle change you're planning to put into place. Whether you're improving your diet by eating at least five servings of fresh fruits and vegetables each day, engaging in regular vigorous exercise for at least 30 minutes five times per week, or both, the benefits you obtain will be enhanced by regular chiropractic care.
To derive the most benefit from the healthful food you're eating and the exercise you're doing, your metabolism must be working properly. Your metabolic systems require your nerve system to be functioning at peak capacity. Nerve signals must arrive on time and must be processed properly. Spinal nerve irritation interferes with these activities. Regular chiropractic care helps make sure your nerve system is free of interference and, as a result, helps make sure you're getting the most out of your valuable time and effort spent in implementing your new lifestyle upgrade.
Many people have medicine chests in their bathroom, small shelving units filled with bottles of pills, capsules, and tablets. Others, instead, have first-aid and personal grooming cabinets in their bathrooms, containing rows of bandages, tubes of antiseptic, rubbing alcohol, and adhesive tape, as well as dental care supplies, shaving supplies, and sample-size bottles of shampoo. Of course, we can't always draw accurate conclusions about a person's lifestyle and level of health from the contents of his or her bathroom cabinet. But most of us, if we could choose, would likely want to focus on personal grooming and first aid rather than prescription medications. The key question is how we can actually make such a choice.
From the medicine chest perspective, many people have various disorders that require them to take prescription medications on a short-term or long-term basis. Persons with type 2 diabetes need to take regular doses of drugs such as metformin or glyburide. Persons who have rheumatoid arthritis may be taking Imuran, Remicade, or glucocorticoids. If you have persistent high blood pressure, you may be taking a beta-blocker or an ACE inhibitor. If you've just undergone a root canal procedure, your dentist may have prescribed a two-day supply of Vicodin.
But others have medicine chests filled with sleeping pills such as Ambien and Lunesta, cold and flu medications such as decongestants and antihistamines, and mood elevators such as Wellbutrin and Prozac.1 Again, many people have medical conditions that require prescription medications, but many others have come to rely on such drugs even though a sound medical reason for taking medication may no longer exist. In such circumstances, changes in lifestyle may provide more and longer-lasting benefit than that being obtained via use of no-longer-needed medication.
For example, numerous studies have shown that regular vigorous exercise results in profound adaptations of one's personal physiology and biochemistry. Such changes consistently improve a person's mood and allow for a full night of restful sleep.2 Healthful alterations in diet also result in mood stabilization and facilitate deeper, more beneficial sleep.3 Lifestyle changes incorporating both regular vigorous exercise and healthful diets provide enhanced benefit.
Of course, one should never discontinue prescription medications without consulting the doctor who has prescribed them. Implementing your long-term lifestyle enhancements is one of two necessary steps. The second step is letting your doctor know what you're doing and discussing with him or her the possibility of reducing the dose or even going off one or more of the "lifestyle" drugs you've been taking. By taking these steps you've begun the journey of converting your "medicine chest" into something else entirely.
1Tragni E, et al: Prevalence of the prescription of potentially interacting drugs. PLoS One 2013 Oct 11;8(10):e78827. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078827
2Matta Mello PE, et al: Neuroscience of exercise: from neurobiology mechanisms to mental health.Neuropsychobiology 68(1):1-14, 2013
3Hryhorczuk C, et al: Metabolic disturbances connecting obesity and depression. Front Neurosci 7:177, 2013


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Bicycles and smartphones pair well together. With your phone, you can listen to music, track your distance or pull up a GPS map while you bike; the only problem, though, is finding a decent way to do so. You can always try to awkwardly hold your phone with your free hand while you pedal, but really, that's just asking for an accident — or a dropped phone.
GoRide is a bike mount specifically designed for the iPhone. The small, two-ounce case clips directly to the handlebars of your bike. It can be mounted either vertically or horizontally, giving you front row access to your phone while you ride.
At the moment, it only supports the iPhone 3G/3GS.
The GoRide costs $29.99, but, at the time of writing, was currently sold out on the company's website.


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Turkey hunting also ranks with the best, with gobblers calling from nearly every ridge during spring. Experts rate our turkeys as the most challenging anywhere.
You will enjoy a real mixed bag of small game. For outstanding squirrel hunting, with an interesting mix of gray, black and fox squirrels, check the oak and hickory stands close to the Allegheny Reservoir. Flush grouse from recently timbered areas, woodcocks from quaking aspen and thornapple stands, or wood ducks from hidden beaver ponds. Search for the elusive snowshoe hare in mountain laurel thickets.
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First Neurally Controlled, Powered Prosthetic Limb Is 2,109 Steps Closer To Realization
Nov 07, 2012, 08:11 ET
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Freedom Innovations, LLC, a leading developer of high technology prosthetic medical devices, announced today that research participant Zac Vawter utilized the world's first neurally controlled, powered prosthetic limb to climb 103 floors (2,109 steps) of Chicago's Willis Tower at the SkyRise Chicago fundraiser. In this most grueling test of the technology to date, Vawter demonstrated that this advanced research is quickly on its way to becoming available to lower-limb amputees worldwide.
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Originally developed at Vanderbilt University, the Powered Knee & Ankle System's neural controls are the result of research from the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC). Prosthetic developer Freedom Innovations is on track to commercialize the first phase of the technology, the Powered Knee & Ankle System in early 2015. Further development of the neural-controlled system is underway, as it represents the next step required to fully restore lower-limb amputees' complete biological function.
The computerized prosthetic limb Vawter used in the climb incorporates two significant advancements in prosthetic technology. First, as the only system to feature fully-powered knee and ankle prosthetic joints, the prosthetic limb is no longer passive. Motors in the system replace muscle function lost from an amputation. This facilitates power-driven ambulation that also allows an amputee to actively climb stairs and slopes. Second, Vawter benefited from neural control of this powered system where his thoughts helped to direct the software and action of the prosthetic limb via targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR).
TMR is a surgical procedure pioneered at RIC. Brain signals from nerves severed during amputation are rerouted to intact muscles, allowing patients to control their robotic prosthetic devices by merely thinking about the action that they want to perform.
Vawter, 31, who lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident three years ago, put the technology on public display for the first time during the annual stair-climbing charity event hosted by RIC. He completed the 103-story climb in just over 52 minutes.
"One of the biggest differences for me is being able to take stairs step-over-step like everyone else," said Vawter. "With my standard prosthesis, I have to take every step with my good foot first and sort of lift or drag the prosthetic leg up. With the bionic leg, it's simple, I take stairs like I used to, and can even take two at a time."
As has been illustrated by this historical climb, it is a convergence of technologies and research collaboration between multiple organizations that is driving this groundbreaking technology forward. Freedom Innovations is working aggressively towards commercialization, so amputees worldwide can benefit from increased prosthetic functionality including improved agility, balance, and fall prevention. This improved level of safety will not only reduce the potential for injury and costly hospital admissions, it is expected to greatly improve the quality of life for those living with limb loss.
About Freedom Innovations
Freedom Innovations, LLC designs, manufactures, and markets advanced technology lower extremity prosthetic devices that provide people with physical challenges the ability to reach their full potential. Based in Irvine, CA, Freedom's lower extremity prosthetics are distributed around the world. For more information, visit www.freedom-innovations.com
About The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Founded in 1954, RIC has been designated the "#1 Rehabilitation Hospital in America" by U.S. News & World Report every year since 1991. RIC sets the standard of care in the post-acute market through its innovative applied research and discovery programs, particularly in the areas of neuroscience, bionic medicine, musculoskeletal medicine and technology transfer. For more information, go to www.ric.org
About the Center for Intelligent Mechatronics, Vanderbilt University
The Center focuses on the design and control of electromechanical devices, with particular emphasis on the intersection of design and control. Much of its work is human-centered, including current research in anthropomorphic robotic upper and lower extremity prostheses; dynamic approaches to the control of robot biped locomotion; and the use of biologically derived coordination for the control of legged locomotion in multi-legged robots. Founded in 1873, Vanderbilt University comprises 10 schools, a distinguished medical center and The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center. Ranked as one of the nation's top universities, Vanderbilt offers undergraduate programs in the liberal arts and sciences, engineering, music, education and human development, and a full range of graduate and professional degrees.
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The annual child fatality report released Friday by the Department of Child Services says seven of the deaths involved children or perpetrators who had prior contact with the agency.
DCS officials reviewed the circumstances of 295 children's deaths between July 1, 2011, and June 30, 2012, that were deemed sudden, unexpected or unexplained, or involving allegations of abuse or neglect.
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New York, NY — New Leaders, the non-profit organization whose mission is to develop school leaders and promote system-wide conditions for student success, is partnering with the education services and technology company Pearson to accelerate access to best-in-class, research-based training opportunities for the nation's principals and school leaders.
New Leaders CEO Jean Desravines said, "Research shows that effective school leaders have a tremendous impact on student achievement by attracting, retaining, and developing our greatest teachers and ensuring strong instruction and learning for all of their students. Unfortunately, world-class products and services are not readily available to help school systems identify and develop excellent school leaders."
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New Leaders and Pearson are coming together to meet this need by creating tools and professional learning opportunities designed to support school and district leadership development efforts and build leaders' strengths in instructional leadership, managing teacher effectiveness, and continuous improvement practices. The tools and learning opportunities will include a framework for principal excellence, evaluation rubrics to assess principals' performance, training for principal evaluators, and web-based professional development modules.
Will Ethridge, Pearson's CEO of North American Education, said, "This partnership is a unique opportunity for us to combine programs and technologies from Pearson's School Achievement Services, which is dedicated to providing high quality professional learning to educators, with the ground-breaking work that New Leaders has been doing for the past 12 years. One of the key components to our partnership with New Leaders is their substantial research in high-poverty schools and work with successful principals that has led to new models to transform those schools that are serving our poorest and most underserved children. Our Pearson teams will scale and share these solutions across the U.S."
Alison Wagner, Pearson's School Achievement Services President, noted, "To succeed in meeting the expectations of the Common Core, we will need leaders who are prepared to provide their faculties with the regular planning, coaching, and evidence-based feedback teachers need as they make these instructional changes. The solutions we will create with New Leaders will help states and districts develop school leaders who are ready to play this crucial role."
New Leaders is a national nonprofit that develops transformational school leaders and promotes the system-level conditions that allow strong leaders to succeed. Founded in 2000, New Leaders has trained more than 900 school leaders who are raising student achievement and graduation rates in high-need schools across the country. Beyond its signature principal training program, New Leaders conducts leadership development with existing school and district administrators, and designs effective leadership policies and practices for school systems nationwide. For more information, visit www.newleaders.org.
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Maida's Big Apple Pie Recipe
This big free-standing pastry partially encloses a cinnamon and brown sugar-scented cooked apple filling. It's great for a crowd—in fact, it's perfect for Thanksgiving if you have a lot of people over. Best of all, it's baked on a big round pizza pan or cookie sheet, so you don't need any special equipment.
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- 3 cups all-purpose flour (spoon flour into dry-measure cup and level off)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
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- 2 large eggs
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- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
- 2 1/2 pounds Granny Smith or other tart apples, peeled, halved, cored, and each half cut into 6 wedges
- 2 1/2 pounds Golden Delicious apples, peeled, halved, cored, and each half cut into 6 wedges
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Egg wash: 1 large egg well beaten with a pinch of salt
- Sugar for sprinkling the pie before baking
For the pastry, combine the flour, salt, and baking powder in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Add the butter and pulse about 20 times to mix the butter in finely. Add the eggs and yolks and pulse until the dough just begins to form a ball, but no longer. Invert the dough to a floured surface and carefully remove the blade. Use your hands to press the dough into a disk about 1/2-inch thick. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate the dough for at least an hour or up to 2 days.
For the filling, melt the butter in a large pan with a cover. Add apples and sprinkle with the sugars and cinnamon. Cover pan and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, until apples have exuded juices. Uncover and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until apples are tender. About a third will have disintegrated, and the rest of the apple slices should remain intact. Cool the filling. May be made several days in advance and stored, covered, in the refrigerator.
To form the pie, preheat the oven to 375°F and set a rack in the lowest level. Roll dough to about a 16-inch diameter and center on pan. Spoon filling into center of disk of dough and fold overhanging dough in toward center of pie. Brush the top of the folded-over dough with the egg wash and sprinkle with the sugar.
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Orioles losing streak at four after lead gets away
Markakis and Wieters homer, but Britton falters in sixth inning
BALTIMORE -- The Orioles dropped the first game of a four-game set with the Indians, 5-2, on Monday at Camden Yards. It's the fourth consecutive loss for Baltimore, and it comes on the heels of a sweep at the hands of Toronto.
The loss also hurt because the team would have liked to see starter Zach Britton go deep into the game and give the bullpen a bit of a breather. But Britton couldn't record an out in the sixth inning, one day after Freddy Garcia was knocked around early and tasked the bullpen with throwing 5 2/3 innings.
"[He] just elevated some balls, lost his command," manager Buck Showalter said of Britton. "He had pretty good movement, late life. He got out of some potential sticky situations, but I thought he pitched well for five innings. But ... different stuff showed up there in the sixth."
The Orioles took a two-run lead on solo home runs, but Britton ran into trouble in that decisive sixth. He faced five men and retired none, and left with the Orioles trailing, 3-2.
Britton's first trouble came in the first inning, when with two outs, he hit second baseman Jason Kipnis, which extended Kipnis' streak of consecutive games reaching base to 26. Nick Swisher singled behind Kipnis, but Britton dodged trouble when Carlos Santana flied out to center field to end the threat.
Britton calmed down and got through five innings with five strikeouts and two walks before faltering in the sixth.
"He was good," catcher Matt Wieters said. "He had the one inning where they put some at-bats together and really got behind the leadoff hitter, which [meant] he had to throw a strike there [to Kipnis]. Then a leadoff double, and it kind of snowballed a little bit from there."
After Nick Markakis lined a 1-1 fastball to straightaway center field with two outs in the first to give the Orioles a one-run lead, Britton had a quick second inning. Ex-Oriole Mark Reynolds flied out in foul territory to right field, then Britton caught the next two batters looking.
The Orioles loaded the bases in the second inning with two outs, stringing together two walks and a single to give Nate McLouth an opportunity, but he popped out in foul territory.
Baltimore stranded nine runners overall.
"Two runs is probably not going to get it done against an offense like that," Wieters said of the missed chances. "So we'd like to put up some more and be able to add to the lead when [we] get it."
Wieters led off the fourth inning with a home run on an 0-2 changeup. Reminiscent of Markakis' first-inning blast, it was a line drive to center field that left the park, and it put the Orioles up, 2-0.
Kipnis started the Indians' rally in the sixth, doubling to the right-field corner and scoring when Swisher followed with a single up the middle. Then Santana doubled to the gap in left-center, and pitching coach Rick Adair went to have a few words with Britton.
Britton fell behind the next batter, Reynolds, 3-0, before issuing a free pass. Michael Brantley followed with a two-run single up the middle to push Cleveland ahead for good, 3-2.
"Early in the game, I was able to make pitches with guys on base, executing a little bit better," Britton said. "I think I was trying to do too much after that leadoff double, and things kind of escalated right there. … With Brantley, I kind of went away from my best pitch. I probably should have let him beat me on a sinker. I kind of dumped a curveball in, and he hit it back up the box."
Brantley said that familiarity with Britton helped the Indians break through.
"One thing is, guys are facing [Britton] for the third time," Brantley said. "You've kind of seen him a little bit. We're Major League hitters. You've got to make adjustments. And I feel like the team did a great job making adjustments tonight and just kind of getting to him the third time around."
Tommy Hunter replaced Britton and escaped without further damage, retiring the next three batters in order.
Darren O'Day came on to pitch the eighth and gave up a single to Reynolds and two-run homer to Brantley, his third and fourth RBIs of the night. O'Day had given up just two homers in 33 1/3 innings before Saturday, but he's now given up homers in consecutive appearances.
Brantley's four RBIs tied a career high, and the homer chased O'Day from the game.
Brian Matusz finished the eighth inning without allowing another run.
Bryan Shaw pitched the eighth for the Indians, and Vinnie Pestano picked up his fourth save with a scoreless ninth.
The four-game losing streak marks the second time the Orioles have dropped that many consecutive contests -- they lost six in a row from May 14-20 -- but Wieters said the team isn't overly concerned with the four-game skid.
"I don't look back too much, but I think we had a six-game one not too long ago and we were able to get some something going after that, so we'll be ready to go tomorrow," he said.
Ubaldo Jimenez picked up the win for the Indians, who have now won five of their past six games.


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Speakers: Dr. Robert Klitzman, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University
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Klitzman, R (2007) When Doctors Become Patients, New York: Oxford University Press.
Klitzman, R., and Bayer, R. (2003) Mortal Secrets: Truth and Lies in the Age of AIDS. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Klitzman, R. (1998) The Trembling Mountain: A Personal Account of Kuru, Cannibals and Mad Cow Disease. New York: Perseus.
Klitzman, R. (1995) In a House of Dreams and Glass: Becoming a Psychiatrist. New York: Simon and Shuster.
Klitzman, R. (1990) A Year-long Night: Tales of a Medical Internship. New York: Penguin.p>