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What's hot: Fantastic camera, superior slider.
What's not: Touch experience inconsistent.
Review posted June 26, 2009 by Lisa Gade, Editor
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The Nokia N97 is Nokia's latest flagship N series phone and the second Nokia to have a touch screen and S60 5th Edition (the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic was the first by several months). At $699 list, the N97 costs about twice as much as the 5800 and as much as an unsubsidized 32 gig iPhone 3GS. Is it worth it?
The N97 NAM (North American edition) is an unlocked GSM quad band world phone that will work with any GSM carrier's SIM. It has 3G HSDPA 3.6Mbps on AT&T's bands (850/1900MHz) and 2100MHz for Europe-- that means EDGE-only on T-Mobile US. The phone is sold without a contract and Nokia offers it on their US website as do several online retailers like Amazon, Dell and Buy.com. It's available in black or white. Since it's Nokia's flagship smartphone it has every feature under the sun: 3G, a 640 x 360 pixel touch screen, GPS with compass, WiFi, Bluetooth with a full set of profiles, 32 gigs of built-in flash storage, an SDHC microSD card slot, Flash Lite and a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss autofocus lens that can shoot VGA video at 30fps. Whew! Nice. Then there's the slide-out hardware QWERTY keyboard with the most elegant and solid design we've ever seen. If only Nokia's S60 5th Edition touch user interface were more solid, we might just be in heaven.
Display and Touch
The Nokia N97 has a resistive screen (the iPhone and T-Mobile G1 have capacitive touch screens). That means there's no multi-touch (we can live with that), and you must press a little harder. The good news is that you can use a fingernail or stylus-- a stylus is included but you'll hang it from the mini-lanyard if you want to keep it with you. Those inputs are handy for tiny web page links and handwriting recognition which the Nokia does quite well. The HTC Touch Pro2 also has a resistive touch screen (Windows Mobile 6.1 doesn't support capacitive) yet it's much more consistent and responsive to touch. The N97 is more controllable than the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and more responsive, but Nokia's user interface is inconsistent: in the web browser you drag the page as you'd expect to: drag it to the left and the page moves to the left. But icons in the application home screen and lists such as contacts and music tracks are designed to be moved using the scroll bar (why, oh why?). You can grab the list of contacts rather than the scroll bar itself, but you must drag the list in the direction you'd move the scrollbar-- the opposite of the iPhone, HTC's TouchFLO 3D on Windows Mobile and Samsung's TouchWiz UI on feature phones. *sigh*. While moving through long lists is easier on the N97 than the Nokia 5800, it's by no means pleasant if you have 50 or more items in a list. It's just not easy to control and one has to resort to the on-screen intelligent keyboard or the hardware QWERTY to narrow down a selection.
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia N97 and HTC Touch Pro2.
The screen itself is very bright and sharp, though it lacks the wow factor of the Samsung Omnia HD S60 touch screen phone with AMOLED display. Nor is it as attractive as the iPhone or G1's, though it is a tad brighter. It has a bit less glare than the Touch Pro2's ultra-glassy looking display, but the Touch Pro2 wins with its best in class 800 x 480 resolution.
QWERTY touch screen duo: Nokia N97 and HTC Touch Pro2.
The Nokia N97 in black and in white.
Keyboard and Controls
The Nokia N97 wins on the d-pad front: it has one. The HTC Touch Pro2 and the Nokia 5800 lack a d-pad as does the iPhone though you don't really need it there. For those who wish to use legacy S60 3rd Edition (non-touch screen) applications, the d-pad is just what you need since these apps aren't touchscreen-aware.
The phone has touch sensitive call send and end buttons that are easy-- there's no tactile feedback but the phone does beep when you touch them. There's a mechanical button to open the programs screen and a slider on the right side to lock/unlock screen and key guard (much nicer than the two button press method on non-touch screen Nokia phones). There's an ambient light sensor that can control display brightness and an accelerometer than can silence calls, snooze alarms and rotate the display based on movement (you can individually disable any of these sensor behaviors). Like the iPhone 3GS, the N97 has a built-in compass though there's no separate UI for this (it's there for benefit of navigation applications).
The keyboard is unusually flat and has just a little tactile feedback (a tiny click)-- it almost feels like typing on a touch screen with haptic feedback. The three row keyboard is much more compact than the capacious HTC Touch Pro2's, but roomier than QWERTY-bar phones like the BlackBerry and the Nokia E71x. The keyboard is backlit and the keys have good contrast thanks to their black background with white letters and somewhat harder to see medium blue Alt keys. The spacebar is to the far right, which is strange but we got used to it in a half hour of typing.
Video review
Here's our 10 minute video review of the Nokia N97:
Nokia's flagship multimedia smartphone runs on an unassuming 434MHz ARM 11 single core CPU. In contrast, the Palm Pre , iPhone 3GS and Samsung Omnia HD i8910 (also S60 5th Edition) run on the next generation ARM Cortex A8 platform with graphics acceleration at approximately 600MHz. Numbers aren't everything though; S60 and Symbian OS are optimized for relatively slow CPUs so the Nokia N97 doesn't crawl along. In fact, we saw fewer slow-downs and lagging than with the Nokia 5800. However, in Europe where the Omnia HD is readily available, the N97 looks a little weak. It's not just the faster CPU which enables 720p video recording and superior video playback, but also the i8910's better camera and super-vivid AMOLED display. So why not go with the Samsung? It's available only as an import, so there's no US warranty and its 3G HSDPA is primarily intended for Europe, though it has one of the 4 US 3G bands (1900MHz). That means you could get 3G on AT&T in areas where they serve 3G on 1900MHz (right now that's plenty of markets, but in the future they'll move 3G primarily to 850MHz).
A sliding door protects the lens.
The N97 isn't as fast as the iPhone 3GS or the Nokia E75, but it's faster than many Windows Mobile phones including the HTC Fuze and aging T-Mobile Wing. In other words, it's fine and good as long as you don't turn on theme effects. S60 phones are no stranger to memory shortages and the N97, with 55 megs of RAM free at boot, largely escapes memory errors. In 2 weeks, we did get one out of memory error with several heavyweight programs running. The phone prompted us to exit applications to free up memory rather than doing it for us, something that might cause novice users consternation and confusion.
Nokia's N series camera phones are hard to beat, especially if you want great imaging in a smartphone. While Sony Ericsson's high end camera phones are quite good, they aren't smartphones. The N97 still easily beats even 5 megapixel Windows Mobile phones like the HTC Touch HD and Touch Diamond2 in terms of still image and video quality and the only serious smartphone competition is the Samsung Omnia HD i8910 and Nokia's own 8 megapixel N86. The camera's maximum photo resolution is 2584 x 1938 pixels and max video resolution is VGA at 30fps (there's a widescreen 16:9 640 x 352 pixel setting as well).
The camera has dual LED flash modules rather than a Xenon flash. For some reason (likely power consumption), Nokia has shied away from the more powerful Xenon. That means indoor shots taken under poor lighting will have noise and nighttime shots will be much too dark and noisy. But decently lit indoor shots and outdoor shots look marvelous and video quality is the best yet on a Nokia phone. It's crisper with less noise and lighting shifts than the N95, Nokia N96 and N85. Autofocus is relatively quick for photos and there's a macro mode for close-ups. For video, the camera works in fixed focus mode, focusing to infinity.
Battery Life
For a 3G smartphone with 3 wireless platforms and a GPS, the N97 has very good battery life. With moderate use that includes checking email on a 15 minute schedule through the business day, surfing on 3G, downloading a few apps from the Ovi store over WiFi and taking 30 photos and 2 5 minute videos, the Nokia easily lasted us more than 2.5 days on a charge.
The Nokia N97's specs and model number are listed on the back plate that protects the display ribbon cable.
Nokia N97 vs. the HTC Touch Pro2
The comparison is obvious: these are both flagship smartphones with side-sliding keyboards and high resolution touch screens. Yet the first question remains: are you a Symbian S60 or Windows Mobile person? For those who have a strong history with and preference for a particular operating system, likely nothing will please as much as your favorite OS. If you are comfortable with or perhaps even fond of both platforms, let the comparisons begin!
- Battery life: the Nokia wins
- Display resolution and visual quality: the HTC wins
- Touch screen: the HTC wins with a better touch experience
- Speed: for general performance, the Nokia wins
- Keyboard: the HTC wins since it has the best keyboard on the market
- Home screen: Nokia's widgets are every bit as useful as HTC's TouchFLO 3D and are more customizable, but they're not as ripe with eye candy (yet, the widget platform is a mere newborn)
- Size: The N97 is smaller and lighter
- Camera: hands down, the Nokia N97 wins for still images and video
- Web browsing: the customized version of Opera Mobile on the Touch Pro2 beats Nokia's web browser in terms of looks but Nokia's browser does a bit better job of supporting more complex web standards like dHTML and forms (radio buttons, drop-down selector lists)
- FM radio: the Nokia has one and while the Touch Pro2 has the hardware, there's no FM application (visit xda-developers.com to download one)
- Storage: the Nokia has 32 gigs of flash storage, trouncing the Touch Pro2 (both have SDHC microSD card slots)
The Nokia N85 and N97.
When the Nokia N97 was announced in January 2009, it looked awesome. Six months is an eternity in the world of technology, and now it looks like a fine phone and an easy choice for well-heeled Nokia S60 fans but it's no slam dunk for those who are open to other platforms and brands. The HTC Touch Pro2, available now as an import without US 3G or a US warranty will be available from all US carriers in the future and it certainly challenges the N97 in terms of nearly equal specs and a similar design. Given HTC's excellent TouchFLO 3D, the Touch Pro2 offers a more mature touch experience and a higher resolution display. Then there's Samsung's Omnia HD, also running S60 5th Edition with touch with a superior AMOLED display and an 8 megapixel camera (but no US warranty and only 1 US 3G band). Lastly, there's the new iPhone 3GS which is similarly priced without a contract and much cheaper with contract. It certainly lacks the imaging capability and hardware keyboard of the N97, but if those are of less importance to you, it's hard not to consider Apple's excellent offering.
Pro: Excellent camera, very good customizable home screen widgets, unlocked for use with any GSM carrier. Excellent voice quality and good volume in calls. Superb slider mechanism and overall good build quality, though not as ritzy looking as Nokia's metal-clad E75 and E71. Lots of storage!
Con: Touch experience isn't quite there yet with some inconsistencies, expensive, sometimes runs out of memory if you don't keep track of and manage running programs. Streaming YouTube video still takes a long time to launch and seems to tax the phone's processor (our complaint with most recent Nokia S60 phones).
Website: www.nokiausa.com
List Price: $699
Display: 16.7 million color touch screen. Screen size diagonally: 3.5". Resolution:
360 x 640, supports both portrait and landscape modes.
Battery: Lithium
Ion rechargeable. Battery is user replaceable.
1500 mA.
Performance: 434MHz ARM compatible single core CPU. Approximately 55 megs RAM free at boot. 32 gigs of flash storage.
Size: 4.61 x 2.18 x 0.63 inches. Weight: 5.29 ounces.
Phone: GSM quad band 850/900/1800/1900MHz unlocked GSM world phone with EDGE. Triband 3G HSDPA 3.6Mbps on the 850/1900/2100MHz bands for AT&T in the US and Europe.
Camera: 5 megapixel with Carl Zeiss autofocus lens and dual LED flash.
Audio: Built
in speakers, mic and 3.5mm standard stereo headphone
jack. Has an FM radio that uses the included wired stereo headset as its antenna.
Networking: Integrated
WiFi 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR with A2DP, AVDTP, AVRCP, BIP, DUN, FTP, GAP, GOEP, HFP, HID, HSP, OPP, PBAP, SAP and SDP profiles.
Software: Symbian OS 9.4 with S60 5th Edition.
Expansion: 1
SDHC microSD card slot.
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Yes, it's been almost four years. Where to begin with all that's happened in that time? 2 more albums released. Controversy. A debate about Christian Hip-hop with a fundamentalist. Pastoral ministry in Alexandria, Virginia. A church plant in Philly. 2 more children, bringing our total to 3.
Originally, my plan was to bring this blog into another platform and continue it. For different reasons that didn't work out. A little while back, a friend commented that he missed this blog. I thought to myself, yeah, I miss it, too. So here we are again. I have no idea how much I'll blog. It wasn't very frequent when I was active. And my responsibilities are greater now, as a husband and father of 3 and a pastor, in addition to music and other things I have my hand in. And I still don't love blogger, so that may still be subject to change. I still need to update my sidebar. All I know is that I haven't run out of things to say. And 140 characters is not quite enough.
Anybody still around from "back in the day"?
grace and peace,
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
5 comments:
- Ross Bender said...
Most definitely here :)
- September 6, 2016 at 4:15 PM
- Perishable Dave said...
Welcome back! Had you on my blog list since the Solus Christus Project. Have you thought about medium.com? Probably a better free writing platform than blogger at this point. Could also have someone set up a ghost.org blog for you.
- September 6, 2016 at 4:33 PM
- ObjectiveTruth said...
Yup, I've got your blog saved in the RSSes that I ported over to Feedly when Google Reader died. If you do move over to a different platform, make sure to post here so we know where to go.
- September 7, 2016 at 2:13 AM
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I'm here! What a lovely surprise to find something from you in my RSS feed this morning.
- September 7, 2016 at 6:05 AM
- John said...
Your blog is still in my feed-reader. Pleasantly surprised to see something new! Hope to see more. Blessings, brother.
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"The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object."---Thomas Jefferson
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
This is just wrong...
The criminal operation saw body parts removed from corpses without the consent of relatives and sold to biomedical companies.
This is really sinking to a low level; it is one thing if a person is a voluntary organ donor, but stealing parts for a profit is disgusting, to say the least.
7 comments:
- GUYK said...
Yeah, it is. I have read that in China they have taken the live hearts from condemed prisoners for transplants..I don't know how true that is but it also is disgusting.
- Lisa W. said...
Hey I agree that you shouldn't do it for profit, but I think it's pretty damn selfish NOT to be an organ donor, too.
- Karen said...
I agree, and I hope they're not only prosecuted to the full extent of the law but also haunted by those they stole parts from.
The SOP should be that a person is automatically an organ donor unless he specifies to the contrary with a tattoo or medical bracelet alerting medical authorities that he is a selfish, insensitive person and wants his body to rot or burn rather than help another human being. This goes for religions that prohibit use thereof.
If we had this policy in place, there would not be any need for these parts-ghouls. The only redeeming feature to this particular crime is that lives were saved.
It's a shame that we criminalize this behaviour. What should be criminal is allowing people to be buried with useful organs.
- BobG said...
I'm afraid I have to disagree with you on this one, bernie. A person's body is their own, and the state has no right to appropriate it without the person's consent. If a person's religion is against recycling them, then their wishes should be respected, whether it is considered selfish or not. If we start confiscating a person's body at death, how long until all of their possessions are confiscated, "for the public good"?
Just my opinion.
We don't really disagree. What's wrong with an opt-out? Why can't we have presumed consent unless the person says otherwise? Those who feel that God gave them their bodies to do whatever they want with them can express that wish. I'm opposed to mandatory body harvesting against the express wishes of the donor, but suppose you knew that the majority of people would be just as happy being buried minus a liver as long as it helps some poor unfortunate shlub.
However, I disagree with you about the body belonging to you. A person of faith has to believe that God's design for our bodies is exactly the same as He has for the rest of nature. This year's leaves are mulch for next year's forest growth. Even though I am an Atheist, I believe my body is sacred and I am merely a temporary custodian until the next soul needs it. If I were to believe in God, it would be a Compassionate, Merciful Being who would instruct us to return our leased bodies back into the pool when He has finally called our Souls to Heaven. But that's just me.
Also I cannot for the life of me reconcile those ideas of certain religions that oppose recycling on the grounds that your body is yours to do whatever you wish and at the same time condemn women for having abortions on the ground that their bodies are not theirs to do whatever they wish.
We can be donors or we can let our deaths be stinking, rotting roadkill.
- BobG said...
My disagreement has nothing to do with personal beliefs regarding religion; it has more to do with the state's right to harvest a person being the default, rather than the the exception. When we start making confiscation the norm, then I worry about a slippery slope that eventually makes it mandatory, and then we have to worry about a situation where death penalties may be enacted more easily to fill a need. I would rather have it stay voluntary.
But if we all agreed on everything, we wouldn't be thinking individuals, so we may have to agree to disagree on this particular point.


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Manny is at the Table
Good Morning, Breakfastpoppers. Today is Monday, April 20, 2015. Manny has been traveling about the country visiting college campuses and observing America's future leaders and citizens. He is not encouraged, and that is putting it mildly. Manny has asked for the pleasure of your company this morning at the breakfast table. He wants to tell you about his travels. Manny will be preparing bacon and eggs for breakfast. I will be brewing up dozens of Irish coffees for your enjoyment. We hope to see you soon.
Drop the Taco!
Thank you all for joining me this morning. Our future as a nation lies in the hands of our future citizens. We have a major problem in this area. There are hundreds of examples of a complete disconnect between today's students and real world events. Far too many college students haven't a clue about anything, and they seem to be quite comfortable in their ignorance. The fault lies with their teachers and with them. There was a time when it was possible to know that a teacher was a fool or biased. Now students are perfectly willing to listen to and absorb all the misinformation and ridiculous decisions handed to them by educators who need further education themselves. Recently, I was on the campus of Stevenson College in California. Students are accusing the school of being insensitive and racist. You might want to stop eating for a moment. I wouldn't want any of you to choke on your eggs. Stevenson College was holding a sci-fi theme night. The fact that it was a sic-fi theme required the use of the word "aliens." The students took great exception to the combination of the theme and the choice of food served. Mexican food was on the menu. Now try to stick with this thought process on the part of the students. They took great offense with the combination of the word "alien" as in space creature with heaping portions of tacos and beans. Now here comes the even scarier part. The college's office for Diversity and Inclusion apologized for their heinous behavior. They actually said they were sorry for giving the impression that they were making a connection between Latino individuals and aliens. You might want to take a sip of your Irish coffee now. This garbage is hard to digest.
Armed With a Vote!
I visited the campus of the University of Washington. I discreetly tagged along as students were randomly selected to explain why they supported Hillary Clinton for president. The only thing they could come up with is that Hillary is a woman. Never mind the deleted e-malls, the Benghazi terror attack or her foundation's dealings with Arab nations during her tenure as Secretary of State. Hillary is a woman, and that is enough to cast a vote for her.
Hillary Clinton visited Kirkwood Community College during the beginning of her campaign. She took this opportunity to lace into CEOs and hedge fund managers because, in her twisted view, they made too much money. The students seemed to be blissfully unaware of Clinton's estimated net worth of $21.5 million. They were also ignorant of the fact that she charges $200,000 a speech to lambast how awful income inequality is. No worries for her, because the typical college student doesn't know any of this. Hillary is a woman and that's all they need.
Anti-Semitism on Campus
While on the campus of UCLA, it came to my attention that a student, Rachel Beyda, was told she was unqualified to join UCLA's student judicial board because she is Jewish. UCLA is considered to be one of the nation's most liberal schools. Liberal now includes the right to be anti-semitic. Those judging her, admitted that she was qualified to serve, but they were worried about her affiliations. I swear I hear Hitler speaking in the background. In 2014, a survey was conducted among Jewish college students in which 54 percent reported be subjected to or witness to anti-Semitism. Swastikas are being found painted on doors and sidewalks and slogans such as "Death to Israel" and "Kill all the Jews" are not uncommon. Many of these ugly attacks are occurring on the campus of Berkley. Thus far, the police haven't turned up a clue as to who is behind the hatred. At UC Davis, a chapter of AEPi, a traditionally Jewish fraternity, had their house defaced by swastikas. This isn't Germany in 1939. This is America in 2015. We are in deep trouble, if these hate crimes are an indication of the direction America is taking.
Ignorance of the Past
Today's college students are clueless about our past or our present. Many of them have no idea about the Holocaust. They can't remember a thing about FDR or D-Day. ISIS doesn't exist in their myopic world view. If they represent our future, we have no hope for a future at all. Ignorance of the past practically guarantees that it will be repeated. Perhaps this is exactly what is happening now on college campuses in America and throughout the world when it comes to the re-emergence of anti-Semitism.
I will leave you with this last example of the demise of the American citizen. Students at Chapman University in Orange, California were greeted with the deplorable sight of the defiled statues of Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Milton Friedman, Ayn Rand and Albert Schweitzer. Messages were left on the statues that accused those represented of racism, homophobia and neo-liberalist ideology. If this despicable behavior is the face of tomorrow, our nation is in jeopardy. We are in decline, morally, spiritually and intellectually. It may take a miracle to save us.
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You picked up the truth BP. The president of the naacp did just that. She was a white lady disguised as a black lady. She used affirmative action to get through college and black skin helped her get a high position with the naacp.
I think you've picked up a troll, Pop!
I think it was Will Rogers who once said: "On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does." The present administration is a shining example of misguided so-called liberal, PC-speaking representatives. God help us.
Political correctness has but one purpose, and that is to stifle any opposition to progressive secularism by limiting what can be said according to rules determined by the progressives themselves. Political correctness was once considered sort of an absurdity and joke by conservatives, but there's nothing funny about it now.
Are non-American aliens coming into our country by sneaking in illegally? Of course, but we are being scolded by our liberal betters by actually calling them 'illegal aliens'.
The next step is to enshrine political correctness into law by calling it 'hate speech', just as many European countries have already done. What constitutes hate speech is also determined by the secular progressives. For instance, you cannot slur Islam, but you can insult Christianity all you want.
We are about to lose our free speech rights, which is why our right to be armed is also under constant attack.
BP, why is it that the "professorial" Obama could care less about Christians and Jews? Universities are no longer bastions of learning, they have become in large part centers of liberal indoctrination with an underlying goal of changing the Christian beliefs of our youth.When students enter their first days at the university, they quickly realize they're not in Sunday School anymore. In this video Dr. John Ankerberg and Dr. Darrell Bock explain how critical scholars present their views. Right in the beginning they provide some alarming statistics.
University professors are decidedly liberal which has been an evolution over hundreds of years as universities for the most part were originally founded by religious organizations based on Biblical principles but today it appears their one major goal is to eradicate belief in Christianity.
BP, thumbs up for telling it like it is.
POP: This is the dumbing down of America at its finest. For a few years now, the only thing a teacher taught was the answers to the state/federal testing. Why? because they received an increase in pay if their students did well. So, now these kids are in college. Who is Hillary Clinton? She is a woman running for president. They think the country is ready for a woman president, soooooooooo they will vote for her. End of story. no need to check out her past. B engazi? What is that? Whitewater? Is that about rafting? We are really in trouble. Off to the Inn for sanity.....
I find it unfathomable that in this day, with our great progress (or I thought there'd been progress) in racial equality is now so quickly reverted back so far. I am a believer in Jesus Christ, and I believe in a devil who is the author of evil. There is an evil that is so quickly saturating and spreading through our country that it's scary. Actually, its spreading throughout the world. Jews and Christian's are being persecuted more and more each day and their liberties taken away. And the religion of Islam is pervading our society, they are trying to indoctrinate our children in the school system exclusively in Islam, but not other religions. In America we have in our Constitution the freedom of religion, not from religion. I don't have a problem with Muslims freely practicing their religion in our country, or even sharing their faith, as that is why so much blood has been spilled to protect our right of freedom of religion. But when the powers that be start persecuting those who do not practice Islam, and the school system is trying to indoctrinate our kids without our say, that is a great breach in our constitutional rights.
God save America.
Our president and his administration are very obviously anti Christian and Jewish, and very much for Islam. Obama has been blatantly against Israel, to the point of disgraceful arrogance and hostility toward it's leader, it's no wonder anti Semitism is back in play. If something isn't PC, then the left says we must stop it.
In 2007, I had an extended stay in the hospital. I was in a semi-private room. Neither of us was allowed out of bed. They must have put us both
in the room while we were anesthetized, as neither has seen the other.
Slowly we began to talk and get acquainted. I knew she was an older
women because her two son's would come to visit after work each day.
We shared much of our lives, lying within feet of one another, yet never catching a glance due to the privacy curtain between us.
She shared so much of her life and we traded favorite memories. She told me where she lived and waited for a reaction. It meant nothing to me. One day, she was troubled. "I feel the need to tell you something.
I'm Jewish!"
My reply was, "That's wonderful! My Jesus was Jewish!!!
"Does that not bother you?" She asked.
"Ma'am your people are God's chosen people. We worship the same God. We just go about it a little differently."
She was greatly relieved.
I have never been exposed to anti-sematic people. She told me that Jewish people still fought against prejudiced.
It was a surprise to learn that Jewish people were treated so unkindly, here in the USA!
Great article, Pop. Thank you for working to bring this together in a hub.
These "students" can be described in one word: a$$holes. I am done!
Pop and Manny,
The alien-beaner confluence sounds like the plot of a Star Trek episode. Beam me up please. How is Scotty by the way?
I wrote a hub on this subject also. What worries me most are the young women who seem to have no idea of the sacrifices that were made so they could enjoy the opportunities they have at their fingertips today. They seem to think they have those opportunities simply because they are entitled to them - as if no price was paid for them.
We have become a nation of the PC police and it is so ridiculous. It is entirely possible that no matter what we say we will offend some small portion of the populace, so we're better off saying nothing, but then silence opens the doors for the loudmouths, and oftentimes they are idiots, soooooo....here we are. :)
Carry on!
Oh dear, it is WORSE than I thought. God help us really............ (loud gasp of bewilderment). Logic has completely flown out the window. We are truly doomed... Great, insightful article by the way.


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When one takes in the tumultuous sweep of medieval Indian history one rarely speaks about or even acknowledges Hemu or Hemachandra, the greengrocer from Alwar in Rajasthan. This is such a surprise because he almost ensured that the Mughal dynasty, one of the better-known ones in India, was not even established.
Originally from Rewari in Mewat Hemu came to the notice of Sultan Islam Shah (better known as the son of Sher Shah) who promoted him by and by to the post of Daroga-i-Dak-Chauki. Now, I know what you folks are thinking. Dak Chauki? Really? So he got to sort and deliver mail, such as it was, in those times? How exciting is that? I won't blame you if you did think that. However, this Daroga thingy actually translates into Department of Posts & Intelligence. When one looks at the Intelligence angle of this posting the significance of it all emerges. A suspicious and homicidal Afghan tyrant did not give away this post all that lightly.
But then all good tyrannies come to an end and so did this one when Islam Shah died and his minor son ascended the throne. Adil Shah, in the time honoured regicidal tradition, duly killed his young nephew and ascended the throne himself. However, this little development did nothing to eclipse Hemu's career growth because Adil Shah left almost the entire control of political and military affairs to Hemu. We will ignore the snide comments made by Badauni and Abul Fazl, the Moghul historians, that Hemu got into the good graces of Adil Shah through ignoble means. Those carping historians I am sure were just sucking up to their paymasters.
Hemu was then placed in charge of all military affairs in all the internecine battles among the Afghans and came up trumps each time. Grudging admiration for this came from both Abul Fazl and Badauni no friends of his.
Hardly had Hemu dealt with this internal menace that Humayun turned up in Hindustan once again in his own stumbling, disoriented way; fumbled his way hither and thither without making any political or military impact and finally tumbled out of this world by slipping down the steps of his library.
Once Humayun died, a very young Akbar was proclaimed the Padshah. It was around this time that Hemu captured both Agra and Delhi by soundly defeating their Moghul governors. According to Abul Fazl, Hemu's "victories impressed him with evil ideas" and "his intoxication became madness". In other words Hemu, already in possession of Agra and Delhi and in command of the army decided that he no longer wanted to serve Adil Shah and ascended the throne of Delhi and took the title of Vikramaditya.
So far, so good. But the Moghul menace had not fully gone away. Bairam Khan, the guardian of the minor king Akbar, disregarded his counselors' advice and marched on Hemu.
The battle between the Moghuls and the Afghans led by Hemu was fought at Panipat on November 5th 1556. Hemu pulverized the right and left wings of the Moghul army and pressed into service "all his mountain like elephants" against the rapidly yielding Centre of the Moghul army. Just when everything was hunky dory an arrow, from the bow of some inconsequential soldier perhaps, struck Hemu in the eye and pierced his brain. This rendered him unconscious and his army, on the verge of victory, taking him for dead fled from the battlefield in sheer panic.
Hemu was captured in an unconscious state and the Moghuls concluded the elegant battle field rituals that they were known for – with Hemu's head being sent to Kabul to be exposed and his trunk hung from one of the gates of Delhi.
What If Thought: What if that damned arrow had travelled a few inches to the left or right? For one, of course, Hemu would not have fallen unconscious and his army would not have run away like a pack of rats but for the other Hemu would have WON.
Historians are unanimous that had it not been for this arrow-out-of-nowhere, Hemu would have been the victor at the Second Battle of Panipat which might have meant, NO Moghul dynasty in Hindustan. NO Moghuls, No Akbar the Great. No Jehangir. No Shahjahan. Just imagine NO Shahjahan essentially means NO Taj Mahal!!!
Think about it… Just a few inches decided whether the Taj Mahal, the biggest icon of Indian tourism, would get built or not.
What if, indeed?


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Spin. Cycle. Indoor biking.
What-ever you want to call it. It is what it is. A hard-core, cardio, butt-kicking (and butt-aching) workout, paired with fast-paced music, a killer vibe and flashing lights and DOM's by the plenty the day after- not like your usual Sunday bike ride with the fam.
A 30minute sesh can burn up to 300 calories+ through interval changes of body position, pedal sped, resistance and weights all being shouted at you from your instructor as you mimic a real bike ride- hills and all.. It may sound super simple, but its definitely not a ride in the park.
I've always been intrigued by spin- I normally do 30minutes on the stationary bike at the gym as part of my normal routine, so it didn't scare me at all. But I definitely got my ass-kicked this weekend at Another Space which is absolutely fantastic place in providing a unique combination of class-based workouts to get your sweat on too, all synced to the freshest beats for my first ever Cycle Class and learnt a few things in the process.
1- Don't think it will be EASY.
I'm a regular gym-goer, I know how to use a bike. What could be so hard about a class dedicated to just pedalling? That was my first mistake. I thought it would be easy. And my god was it the complete opposite.
I worked up a sweat.
I struggled to get into a rhythm.
My legs felt tight and sore, and wanted me to give up (Fun Fact: I didn't!)
I chin-butted the handle-bars on the first rep of body movements.
My foot CAME OUT of my shoe as it stayed attached the pedal and kept going round.
I was a mess. I didn't prepare myself for just how intense it was going to be.
2- Make sure you are prepared.
And there comes my second mistake.
I didn't prepare myself for how hard it was going to be, or prepare at all in-fact.
I was running late to the class, so needed a wee- and didn't have time to go before starting. A half hour spin class with a full bladder? Yeah, not something I would EVER recommend.
I didn't bring a bottle of water- rookie mistake for ANY class. Luckily my lovely spin buddy Sian next to me allowed me to steal hers every now and again.
I had sat on a train for an hour before the class, and didn't bother stretching before. I literally made every single human error there was. Don't do that. Be smart.
3- Don't be afraid to ask for help.
I had never been to a Cycle class before. I didn't know you get special, fancy shoes that attach themselves to the pedals- (Unless your foot comes out like mine did- see point 1) and I didn't know how to attach them. So spent ages trying to do it myself and missed out hearing what the instructor was saying about position names and numbers. Which left me super confused during the beginning reps of the class.
I also didn't know how to move my seat into the correct position. Which meant more lady part pain and strain.
Don't be a fool- ask for help.
4- Forget about everyone else, and just listen to your own body.
Now if you have ever been to a work-out class you will know that you will always have those people absolutely smashing their workout with such ease, and you are just falling behind like a sweaty mess- so you try and mimic what they are doing, because obviously they are doing something right, to be doing so well!
But when it comes to Cycle, or actually any class- you need to listen to your own body and get settled into your own routine, and just focus on what you are doing.
I got SO focused in trying to keep up with everyone else, I forgot to listen to my body and focus on hitting my own beats and rhythm.
5- Don't ever feel like a failure.
Which in turn caused me to feel like a bit of a failure. Because I couldn't do as much, or as fast, or as good as the other people in the class.
But you just need to remember that everyone was a Newbie once- and it all comes with practice.
I was so head-strong stuck on feeling like a failure, that it stopped me from just having fun and enjoying the class.
It's easier said than done- but just forget about everyone else, and just go for it, and enjoy it!
I will be doing a full review of my time at Another Space after I have been completely destroyed during their HIIT and Yoga classes too. *sigh- but check out this awesome review by Fitness blogger and all time babe Sian who I dragged with me to take part in CYCLE.


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This is the sublime view from my loo this morning. I don't even have to draw the curtains as, for the first time in a week or so, nobody is walking by.
I have found a gorgeous spot near Burston to recharge my batteries after a tunnel and many locks. There was a spot of laundry this morning and then sitting and watching it dry:
Then Bonny and I strolled up to the Greyhound pub in the village to meet a friend of ours with his greyhounds who is moored at the next bridge. I had trout, salad and cider and good conversation. The dogs slept throughout.
Back to the boat now. We are sitting outside in the afternoon sunshine, watching the cows graze and listening to bird song. This really is the life!


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Author Notes: A sweet and slightly tangy butter made at home. —Ashley Rodriguez
Makes: 7 oz
pint heavy cream
tablespoons plain whole milk yogurt
teaspoon sea salt
In This Recipe
- Try to find ingredients that do not have additives or stabilizers. Pour the cream into a jar or bowl. Add 2 tablespoons yogurt. Stir gently until well combined then cover. Set the bowl in a warm (around 70*) spot. Leave it out for at least a couple of hours. Check it often and test for flavor. You want it to have a nice sour flavor but the intensity is up to you. Beat the cream with a stand mixer or hand held until the buttermilk separates from the fat. Alternately you can place in a jar and shake firmly. Either mixing method will take quite a bit of time. As the butter separates from the buttermilk our off the liquid (save it for tomorrow's pancakes) and continue to beat getting out as much of the buttermilk as you can. When most of the buttermilk has been released add ½ cup very cold water and continue to mix on low. Pour off the liquid and repeat until it's nearly clear. While still in the bowl knead the butter by hand as you would bread dough. Pour off any remaining liquid as it accumulates. Knead in the salt. Taste and add more if desired. At this point your butter is ready to use. I recommend reserving this special butter to be used to slather on toast and as a finishing ingredient where you'll really be able to enjoy the flavor. It can be used in baking although the liquid content is different than conventional butter.
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|puppy sitting the beauteous Scout the red staffy/ie
This is Scout, the gorgeous red Staffy/ie. We have done a wee bit of puppy sitting for friends, and have fallen in love with her 'cos she is as cute as a button. And look at that tongue! Soooo cute. She grabbed a baby toad one night while she was staying with us. Oh my, the terror in our hearts. One of our own dogs grabbed a toad years ago and we had to rush her to the vets, so thank goodness this was a baby toad and no poison was emitted. Phew!!


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Catholic Dictionary
A cloth used at various times in the liturgy. Thus a finger towel is part of the sacred accessories at Mass, to be used by the priest after washing his hands at the offertory. The bishop uses a towel after washing his hands when administering the sacraments of confirmation and holy orders. In order to distinguish a finger towel a red cross is sewn at one corner of the cloth, rather than in the center, as on purificators.


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One incident in my spiritual evolution remains memorable. I was at the School of Theology and several of us were preparing for a liturgy when one of the women stated firmly, "I don't consider Jesus my savior."
What a relief for me to hear that! Hallelujah! It motivated me to be firm in my realization that the Christian story is myth. I entered graduate school with the knowledge and what I learned there bolstered it, instead of refuting it.
What my fellow graduate student and many authors, notably Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell, did for me, I now do for others. In response, I get explosions of relief from active Christians afraid to say what they truly believe or even to confess their questions, fearful of activating religious thought police. Also from ex-Christians who venerate Jesus but have given up on the religion of their childhood.
My problem with the God-image Jesus Christ began in my youth, when I sought spiritual depth and was told the way to achieve it was to develop a personal relationship with Jesus. I tried, but couldn't do it. Jesus was a man, and I was looking for SOMETHING much greater than a man.
For years I felt vaguely inadequate because I couldn't pray to Jesus or get close to Jesus. Now I'm at peace because I have the distinction between man and myth that I explain in God Is Not Three Guys in the Sky.
This brings me to a comment Anonymous sent, a long, long article I'm not posting. It restates traditional belief along with familiar, tired arguments to support it.
Anonymous, read my book! To paraphrase my readers, it gives you a clear understanding of the distinction between the Jesus of history and the Christ of faith, between the man and the myth. Understanding this is the key to understanding why I claim to be Catholic and don't believe Jesus is God.
I'll say more. I believe that many Christian scholars today are shifting or have already shifted to believing as I do. Few of them, however, are broadcasting this because of the present oppressive religious climate.
I hereby give readers permission to think the unthinkable. Theologians do it all the time, as do others who are spiritually mature. If they're Catholic, they're apt to get their hands slapped by the Vatican. That is, if they confess their beliefs publicly. It takes courage to go beyond thought boundaries established by religion.
From my observation point, it's clear that the most spiritually-inclined people harbor the most searching questions about religion. Church educators usually don't state them publicly because they like their jobs—they don't want to roil the hierarchy or "the faithful." Victims of thought police are in the news daily. I don't have a position to guard, which is why I state my beliefs boldly.
But you could misunderstand my brief confession in this post unless you read more of what I write about Jesus and the myth of Christ. You can go to my home page or scroll down, cruising through my blog and blog index.
Is Jesus God?
I'm answering comments of Florian in Confused Teaching? Or Correction? 2 Jesus' divinity is not the question; it's the claim of his exclusive divinity, the idea that he was God as no other human ever was or ever will be. And that belief was not universally accepted by early Christians; it was imposed by emperors who sided with the bishops advocating the belief.
The best source I've found on this subject is Richard Rubenstein's When Jesus Became God: The Epic Fight Over Christ's Divinity in the Last Days of Rome. Another book challenging the notion that belief in Jesus' exclusive divinity was monolithic in the first centuries is Walter Bauer's Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity. And there are the books of Elaine Pagels.
Besides these challenges to conventional interpretations, there are many theological clarifications of Trinitarian doctrine that correct the popular perception of God as three male individuals. See Catherine Mowry LaCugna's God for Us: The Trinity and Christian Life and her article "Placing Some Trinitarian Locutions" in the Irish Theological Quarterly (Volume 51,1984).
Very few theologians would say Jesus is God. A common iteration of official belief is this: God reveals Self in Jesus. To this we can add the insight of Eastern sages and the Christian mystic Meister Eckhart. I challenge readers to explicate his statements:
"When the Father begets his Son in me, I am that Son and no other.... Thus, we are all in the Son and are the Son.
The Father gives birth to his Son without cease, and I say more: he gives birth to me his Son and the same Son."
Sophia & Eucharist
From God Is Not Three Guys in the Sky:
Mythologists inform us that eating and drinking god-food is not unique to our tradition but has existed in religions all over the world. [Robert Johnson tells us that god-food] "carries the power of the inner world into visible and physical form." Both ancient and modern rites signify personal transformation.On August 16, Abbot John delivered a homily in Sacred Heart Chapel that spurred me to meditate on how Christian language can be interpreted inclusively. His central idea was transformation. This was on the same day that Roman Catholic women were ordained priests in Minneapolis, a powerful example of transformation in the Church.
The readings at Mass that day and the excellent homily unpacking their meaning motivated me to write this post. The readings were from Proverbs 9 and John 6, both meditations on God food, the passage from the Gospel of John specifically on the Christian Eucharist. As he usually does, Abbot John gave us God-food filling and satisfying.
He stressed the purpose of eating spiritual food:
Christian belief is fundamentally about transformation, about changing our consciousness, our awareness of God, our sense of who we truly are . . . Our own Godfrey Diekmann had a strong theology of Eucharistic transformation. Through the power of the Holy spirit, we believe that the Risen Christ is truly, really, substantially present under the appearances of the bread and wine.My atheist friends will chafe at the words, "truly, really, substantially present" and so did I and I'm sure others who stay in the Catholic Church but have enlarged their awareness to non-Christian dimensions. I offer here my manner of translating such language.
But Godfrey would always challenge: "What good is it if the bread and wine are changed, and we are not?
First, I have to explain my understanding of "Christ." It is the divinity within each individual, the soul, the higher Self always coaxing us toward greater awareness, toward an enlarged consciousness. Those who accept the Eucharist as uniquely powerful will be "truly, really, substantially" transformed and so, for them, Christ is "truly, really, substantially present" in the bread and wine. Their consciousness shapes their reality. Perception is reality.
Those who do not ascribe unique power to the bread and wine see many incarnations of this inner power that steadily nudges us to grow in emotional/spiritual awareness. God-food does not flow exclusively through the Christian tradition. As we read the signs of the times, our transformation consists in leaving the exclusionary box and linking with other spiritual ways of thinking.
Circling back to the readings, I find in Proverbs 8 the remarkable discourse of Sophia, whom scripture scholars identify as the precursor of John's Jesus because that Jesus repeats her claims.
The Lord begot me, the firstborn . . . When there were no depths I was brought forth . . . When he established the heavens I was there . . . one who finds me finds life (Proverbs 8: 22, 24, 27, 35)Parallel statements quickly come to mind in the Jesus discourses of John's Gospel. But Jesus' words seemed to support the charge by pagans that Christians were cannibals:
Come, eat of my food and drink of the wine I have mixed (Proverbs 9:5).
"My flesh is real food and my blood real drink."Of course, to get past cannibalism we have to understand these words symbolically. And this key—symbol—unlocks the meaning of all religious language; it's the key to bridging religious cultures, the key to translating our Christian terms for all spiritual persuasions.
Sophia and Christ represent the inner Self at the core of humanity that continuously feeds us, guiding, prodding, teaching, correcting us. I was delighted to hear a homilist on another Sunday tell us that Godfrey Diekmann said Christ's transforming presence in the assembled community is more important than what happens on the altar at Mass. I heartily agree.


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Exhibition: Rebecca Chesney – Hope's Whisper, South Square, Bradford, until July 29 2012
© Rebecca Chesney
If the weather itself hasn't been brilliant, there's little doubt that weather related art should be hot. In what must be the wettest summer in living memory, climate change is nothing if not topical. And Rebecca Chesney has been monitoring rainfall, wind speed, air pressure and temperature since October.
But preoccupation with bad weather is nothing new. Her solar-powered digital weather station has been installed at the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth. And few writers have been so affected and inspired by the elements as the Brontë sisters.
In her time in residence at Haworth, Chesney has been comparing today's weather with handwritten records of the 1800s. She has also cross-referenced these with the sisters' letters and novels. To personify the weather may be a pathetic fallacy, but it is also an irresistible one.
Just as the muse breezed into Haworth, so did illness. Being consumptive, the Brontës had a strong personal interest in conditions outside. Indeed, the show title, Hope's Whisper, comes from a letter written by Charlotte as she kept watch on both the weather and her ailing sister Anne.
It is a reminder that weather once had a tragic dimension. Let us hope this is not on its way back.
- Open Tuesday-Sunday 12pm-3pm. Admission free.


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Never Not Knitting Birds PDF
This pattern is a downloadable PDF file.
You and your little on will love this bird-on-a-branch headband as a sweet reminder of springtime and nature.
-Alana Dakos, designer
Size: Baby (Toddler, Child)
Finished Measurements:
Headband - 12 (14, 16)" long, 1.25" wide
Stretches to fit - 15.5 (17.5, 19.5)" head circumference
Yarn: 1 hank Louet Gems Fingering (100% Merino, 50g/185yds) in main color and 1 hank in each of three contrasting colors
Yardage: approx. 35 (40, 45) yds fingering weight wool or wool blend in main color and 10 yds in each contrasting color
Alternate Yarns: Spud and Chloë Fine, Malabrigo Sock
Needles: US 1 (2.25mm) DPNs
Other Materials: black embroidery floss, orange embroidery floss, sewing needle, straight pins
Gauge: 40 sts and 72 rows = 4" in garter stitch


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My biggest fan and my arch nemesis go on a date. It doesn't turn out well./
This story is too strange to be believed. But it's true.
It involves two people. I will avoid using their names in order to protect their identity, though I suspect that the woman in the story wouldn't mind me using her name (she gave me permission to write about this), and I would take great personal pleasure in naming the man.
But I will refrain.
The woman in the story is one of my biggest fans. She has read all of my books, reads and comments on my blog regularly and has written me some of the kindest and most generous emails about my work that I have ever received. She promotes my work to her friends. Even her mother is a fan of my books. She lives in Wisconsin, so we have never actually met, but she has begun to feel like a friend to me.
I met the man in this story in the green room of a local television studio a few years ago. I was doing a promotional spot for an upcoming literary festival, and he had recently appeared on a game show and was being interviewed about the experience. He is also a writer. He has published a supernatural detective novel (though I can't actually find his book online) and writes for various small, online entities.
After chatting in the green room for a while, we exchanged contact information and became friends on Facebook.
Over the course of the next year or so, he began commenting on my blog posts and status updates with great regularity. His comments were almost always negative. He attacked my positions, criticized my writing and challenged me at every opportunity. His comments were often biting and sarcastic.
Truthfully, I didn't mind much. I like to fight. But it was admittedly disconcerting how consistent he was in his attacks on me. He never let up. My wife came to despise him for his constant rants. Friends asked me who this man was and what he had against me. He had quickly become my online nemesis.
Then one day he went away. Honestly, I never even noticed. I wasn't exactly looking forward to his frequent comments, so when they stopped, I failed to notice.
That was a couple years ago.
This week I received an email from my biggest fan in Wisconsin.
From her email:
I met a guy online a few years ago. He was nerdy and Mensa, and I was single and have never minded boyfriends who are 5'6" compared to my 5'10" frame. We got to know each other on Facebook for a year and a half. Sometimes things we were reading in our spare time would come up.
After more than a year of getting to know each other, he flew out here to Madison for a few days for a date weekend. He flew out here from Connecticut.
He saw one of your books on the table and said, "I know this guy."
I said, "Oh, I am obsessed with this guy's stories. My mother discovered his first book at an ALA convention and I cannot get these stories off my mind. I'm into book three, and it's good, but this author has me spinning because I never know what to expect."
My friend said, "I know this guy. He is a know-it-all and I hate him and even unfriended him on Facebook,"
I was like, "Oh! I'm sorry to hear it. Please tell me more."
He said that you thought you knew more than he did. Period.
The weekend did not end well because he spent most of his time playing video games on his phone. I asked him about this and he said there's nothing wrong with this.
His books make no sense to me and are not interesting.
I can't get 40 pages into his books.
He was a rotten date, boring dinner company, and played video games all evening long.
First, what are the odds that these two people, with such divergent connections to me and separated by such great distances, would come together?
Slim seems like a lot. Right?
But best of all is what my wife said when I shared the story with her:
"Your biggest fan and your arch nemesis went on a date!"
She's right. Even though they live about 2,000 miles apart, my biggest fan and my arch nemesis came together for possible romantic entanglement.
I like to think that it was the presence of my book on that table that saved my biggest fan from years of dating misery, but I suspect that even if my name had not come up, she would've jettisoned this guy.
It's an incredibly small world, especially when you write stories that crisscross the globe.


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High sales figures and profit increase – most likely that's the first that comes in your mind by thinking of a successful enterprise. Certainly, profit is a decisive indicator for the success of a business. Without return, every business will struggle sooner or later. However, those figures are not the only scale. Lasting success also depends on the following factors:
Customer satisfaction: Only if your customer is satisfied with your service, he/she will come back. Your customers are the basis for the success of your business. "Know your target group" is not just a marketing phrase! Try to really understand their needs, and fulfil their expectations. In this way you can build up a loyal and growing customer base, on which, in turn the growth of your business depends on.
Employee satisfaction: A well-functioning team is most important for the productivity and service of your business. Satisfied employees are proud to work for their company and show this. They not only work for you, but represent your company philosophy and values. Furthermore, with the reputation of being a good employer you will find it easier to find good and qualified employees for your growing business.
Innovation: Standstill means falling back! That is why innovation is what distinguishes a successful company. Of course not every new product or new business idea pays off immediately, maybe it never does. Nevertheless, the readiness for something new, for changes and innovations is what brings businesses forward.
Profit does not always mean success, at least not lasting. So have a look on your business. Do you have the prerequisite to be successful?
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An online article by 'School of Reputation' revealed, "90% of employers are relying on social media to evaluate job candidates." According to their source, John Millen of Reputation Group, "Students are ruining their online reputations with inappropriate comments, photos and videos." Teenagers, school leavers, university students, and graduates must be aware that first impressions are now formed online, and online behaviour is impacting career opportunities.
Millen recommends that students and graduates should "clean up" and "protect" their online identities, due to the high volume of social media checks being completed, reminding them that their "reputations and job prospects are on- the- line".
Millen reinforces that first impressions are made online, what is said online stays online forever, and privacy settings should be tightened. He suggests methods of control, such as taking an online inventory, cleaning up the past, i.e. comments and images that you still have access to, culling frenemies and claiming your name through the purchase of URL's and on social media platforms. You should also create a strong Linked in profile, that shows you as a well-rounded person, and treat other's as you want to be treated.
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Be Confident, Be Prudent, Be Informed, Be Assured.
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text: On 8 July 2013 07:21, Smylers <Smylers at stripey.com> wrote: > Hello there. We've just booked a flight and have a couple of questions > about it, which I was wondering if anybody who's flown from Heathrow > terminal 5 or travelled with a pushchair on BA before will be able to > help with. > > How long do we need to allow for getting through terminal 5? We don't > want to set our alarms unnecessarily early and have to fill time at the > airport, but obviously we don't want to miss our flight either. > > The booking information says that we need to drop bags off by 45 minutes > before departure and have entered security at least 35 minutes before > departure. Any guidance for translating this into 'time by which we need > our Tube to have arrived at the platform' gratefully received. We'll > have bags to drop off, and ideally will be avoiding stairs and > escalators. Terminal 5 is nice. There is a Wagamamas for child friendly food, and a huge soft play area by Gate 7 (with an baby area). Go really early and get on the plane with a full and tired child. We go three hours before our flight as it is as nice a place to have breakfast or lunch and let the dinks play as anywhere else. Security can take longer with a change bag. Avoid taking ready made formula (in bottles or cartons) as you'll need to open and taste some of it. Take powder, getting warm water to make it up later is no problem, even on plane. Step free access everywhere, that won't be a problem. > Our other question is about flying with buggies, especially with BA. The > flight information says our baby can take "one fully collapsible > pushchair (stroller)" in addition to his checked luggage allowance. Does > this mean the pushchair gets handed in with the checked luggage, and we > have to carry him through security and the gate without? > > Also, any idea if "fully collapsible" means something different from > "collapsible" to BA -- does our buggy have to be particularly small when > folded in order to be allowed on at all? Ideally they'd like an "umbrella buggy" but we've not had problems with our bigger pram. And our car seats are huge, and they've never been a problem. Car seats go with the luggage straight away, buggies are dropped off at gate, and depending on the destination come out with the normal baggage on the conveyors, or are brought to the aircraft door after you've landed. Be sure to ask which, as either waiting around at the door, or having to get some to fetch it from the door when you're at the conveyors is a pain. Note with car seats that they don't provide plastic bags to put them in anymore, so if there are loose bits or straps then best to bring something to tie them up with. Cheers, Edmund. PS on the ground people get antsy about drugging kids, on a plane no-one minds. If Calpol makes them sleep better hit them up with it :) Take lots of jumpers to pad the seats with though - a toddler trying to lie down invariably gets a buckle or something jammed into them otherwise.


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Queens officials blast proposed changes to MTA 'Freedom Ticket' plan for discounted LIRR rides
Queens officials blast proposed changes to MTA 'Freedom Ticket' plan for discounted LIRR rides
March 09, 2018 / 3:44 PM
Back to square one anyone?
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Counterfeit credit card ring based in Queens that stole $200K in goods is tied to street gang: DA
Counterfeit credit card ring based in Queens that stole $200K in goods is tied to street gang: DA
June 03, 2017 / 8:39 AM
No big surprise that this whole counterfeit credit card ring was based in the dirty Southeast Queens, most of the hood rats were from Greater Jamaica Area and the house used was based in Rosedale, which I am sure people were going in and out for some time, while residents probably looked the other way. Eight of the hood rats were from the Greater Jamaica area, since that is the known breeding ground for hood rats in Queens. If convicted, all of the suspects face up to 7 to 15 years behind bars if convicted, but what about the BIG HOOD RAT, Councilman Ruben Wills, up on corruption charges, you think if convicted he will get 7 to 15, I doubt it, even though he should get more. Yet this scumbag is still going to run for re-election and if any of you idiots vote for him, you deserve to have the fucking ghetto you got. Seems there are two standards for the average common hood rats and the corrupt political gangster hood rats in SE Queens. BUT I still feel the big news that only The Daily News has reported, is the kidnapping and pimping out of a 15 year old girl by Joseph Gilbert in Rev. Floyd Flake's Allen Cathedral Senior Residence on Merrick Blvd, where this poor girl was pimped out for FOUR MONTHS (http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/man-busted-allegedly-kidnapping-pimping-girl-15-nyc-article-1.3214154). AND all that time, no one suspected anything, a 28 year old hood rat, a 15 year go and a whole bunch of Johns in a senior residence building. Wonder who were the johns, probably a bunch of hypocritical church folks. The dirty SE Queens just keeps getting dirtier and nastier from the bottom to the top of the cream. https://cleanupjamaicaqueens.wordpress.com/
/ September 07, 2016
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PHOTOS: This is how you can charge your phone on the new 'Millennial-friendly' MTA buses in Queens
PHOTOS: This is how you can charge your phone on the new 'Millennial-friendly' MTA buses in Queens
June 03, 2016 / 9:03 PM
Great for my generation with technology; even better for the homeless while thinking that these newer buses are like the second home to them.
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$70M for the new police precinct in southeast Queens is included in mayor's executive budget
$70M for the new police precinct in southeast Queens is included in mayor's executive budget
April 26, 2016 / 1:25 PM
It's alot of money to spend on a building. Isn't there a more cost effective way to do this, instead of spending so much of taxpayers funds on a single project. $70 million spent wisely should go a long way. We need to all watch this spending to make sure none of is wasted or used as payoff or benefit a select few.
February 18, 2016 / 8:21 PM
Well, if we cannot clean up the trash on the street or sidewalks, at least let's start cleaning up the human trash. Now keep up this pace!! https://cleanupjamaicaqueens.wordpress.com/
January 01, 2016 / 1:43 PM
Christmas, 4th of July, Father's Day, Thanksgiving, doesn't matter in Jamaica, someone is going down hard. We just had 35 year old, Donald Reed, shot and killed a few hours after Christmas (a suspect Neon Osouna of South Jamaica was arrested), you certainly did not think New Years Eve in Jamaica would be a quiet one where the residents act civilized and no one gets shot or dies. HELL NO, a few hours before the ball dropped, a man's balls dropped as he was shot in the head and killed at 109th Ave & Merrick Blvd (a horrible area, ironically right near the Rev Flake's Greater AME Church). So has this just become the norm in Jamaica and communities of color, is this just, "Oh, s**t happens". In the meantime, our Mayor wants to dump more homeless shelters into an area that is already filled with homeless shelters, the major garbage problem is still completely out of control, nobody seems to really give that much of a s**t, leaders like Flake are making mega bucks while the community continues it's downward spiral and our local elected officials, if they are not doing something shady, are not focusing on major problems and coming up with action plans and instead posing in front of a camera for a post office opening or a street naming ceremony. Maybe we can call one of the streets in South Jamaica as Murderer's Row or Blood Red. In the meantime Queens Borough President Melinda Katz is yapping about the greatness of Jamaica (Uh, tell me exactly where that greatness is located), but it being totally blind to the major problems in the area and NOT addressing them, just painting a false pretty picture about the area, because she is a political whore. https://cleanupjamaicaqueens.wordpress.com/ So Happy Bloody New Year. I am sure 2016 will see more garbage, another beauty supply store open on the Ave, a few elected officials being arrested and the streets will run red with blood. Just business as usual in the ghetto hood of Jamaica.


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"Ashen Waste" is the twenty-sixth video in the EverymanHYBRID series. The EMH crew goes to Brooklyn, NY to check out a new lead on the postcard. New coordinates are revealed, pointing to Hopewell, NJ and the third box.
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[Vince is sitting at a kitchen table, holding a small piece of paper.]
Vince: So, today, I wanted to kinda fill you guys in on the note that we found on our friend, the disappearing body. We tried to submit it to the cops as some sort of evidence, or a clue at least, to kinda prove to them that we actually did see this body, that we did see this person. Um, needless to say, they said this was our final warning, and they would not be putting up with us anymore because they think we're crying wolf, and if we go to them again, they more or less said we'd be spending the night in jail.
[Shakes his head, runs a hand through his hair]
Either way, we wanted to get this out here so you guys could maybe help us decipher it, um, see if you could figure out what it leads to, what it means. Either way, here we go. Um, first off, the name is smeared out with what looks like blood. 'I'm heading east. You wouldn't believe it. Someone—someone else knows about the doctor. Bless his soul, it'll be such a relief to finally figure out what happened to him those few years ago. Spent last night in the Logan Inn. Tomorrow I'm heading into New Jersey to finally contact this group. They show a lot of promise. I'll find you and the others, if they can finally help us. Stay safe. We'll make it out. Linnie.' Then at the bottom it looks like they gave us, um, seems to be more coordinates, this time in a different...
[Evan, holding the camera, leans across the table towards Vince to show the coordinates clearly.]
Evan: See that?
Vince: I think this time we might actually go check it out, but we're not gonna get to it for a while, so if anyone out there is nearby and wants to check it out, be our guest, man. [Refolds the note.]
[Brief fade to black, then back in. The cameraman is now sitting near Vince at the table.]
Vince: On another note, we asked you guys, as always, if you could help us out with Jeff's postcard, the Land of Ashen Waste I believe it was? And a couple of you banded together and found an article about some sort of fire that actually was referred to as a land of ashen waste. So what we did is we went to where it was, which was in Brooklyn, and...
[Fade in to the guys walking down an alley or narrow road outdoors on a sunny day. No audio for the video.]
Evan: Heh.
Vince: Just watch.
[Audio for the new video clip kicks in.]
Vince: This could be the location for our ashen waste dilemma. There was a fire on the other side of this warehouse, in like 2006, 2007, and the way that the report was worded, people think it's a little bit-- a little bit shady, so we just thought we would come check it out and see if we can't find any clues.
[Vince keeps talking. Jeff sighs heavily and turns the camera towards his face.]
Jeff: I don't think this is gonna produce anything honestly.
Evan: Dude. This place is old.
Vince: Looks like someone just recently painted it to be honest.
[Jeff chuckles at something.]
Evan: It'd be cool to play like, paintball or airsoft or something here.
Vince: I know, right?
Evan: Run around, ba-ba-ba [gun noises].
Jeff: So just look for...markings, or numbers...
Vince: Yeah... well, first I think we should see if we can find any signs of fire around any of these buildings.
Jeff: Yeah, there's that-- that whole lot's burned down on the other side.
Evan: Whoa!
Vince: What's over here?
Evan: Holy shit!
[Jeff walks over to a huge concrete basin/drainage area that both Evan and Vince are looking into. There's some dirty water collected at the bottom, with garbage floating in it. Evan makes a shocked noise.]
Vince: Oh, man. Nice.
Evan: There's stuff everywhere. There's shit back here. Oh!
Jeff: [quietly and almost despondently] Pills here.
Evan: I found a bat. Gonna play, dudes.
[Evan picks up a baseball pat and starts using it like a golf club, hitting small rocks around on the pavement.]
Vince: Evan, drop it, let's go. Down, boy.
[Jeff chuckles.]
Jeff: And thus we all died.
Vince: All right let's see if we can't get inside.
[Vince and Jeff walk towards the door. There's a metal thudding sound, followed by scraping. Jeff pans over to show Evan dragging the bat along a metal guard rail. Evan lifts the bat and swings it around, aiming it at the wall Babe Ruth-style. Vince looks in the doors.]
Vince: Here, let me see the camera.
[Jeff passes the camera over.]
Jeff: Here.
Vince: Don't wanna start poking my head in there until I see what's in there.
[The camera spins around, briefly showing Jeff, then goes dark, then shows the interior of the building. It's a small, trashed factory, with some rusty machinery and garbage on the floor. Cut to the interior again, this time with the three walking around inside. Evan is coughing.]
Jeff: Looks like some sort of plant or something.
Vince: Been a while... looks like this whole place was burnt down.
Evan: [still coughing] Cool, but, I can't even breathe in here.
Vince: That and the fact I'm getting a little depressed in this old burned-out building.
Jeff: Asbestos?
Evan: [silly voice] I got mad allergies.
Jeff: Let's get outta here.
Evan: Goin' back out here.
[Jeff continues to pan around the factory while Vince and Evan walk to the doors. There's a loud bang, and Jeff spins around. Evan is at the doors, staring at something, Vince walks up behind him.]
Evan: Oh I'm gonna kill you motherfucker--
[He takes off running. Vince moves to the door and looks.]
Jeff: Wha--
Vince: Oh no oh no-- Evan!
[Vince runs out the doors after him. Jeff moves to the doors. The video immediately distorts. Slenderman is standing in the middle of the yard in front of the factory, just behind a large bush. Evan takes a huge swing with the bat and falls to the side.]
Vince: Evan, Evan wait!
Jeff: Oh, dude!
[Vince stops running halfway between Slenderman and Jeff. He looks back and forth between them. The distortion increases, and the audio cuts out.]
Jeff: Do somethi--
[Black screen with distorted color bars from 04:14 to 04:19, then blackness until 4:27. When audio and video return, Slenderman is gone, as is the distortion. Evan is laying on his back. Vince and Jeff have both moved towards him.]
Jeff: Is he all right?
[Evan starts to move around, trying to sit up.]
Vince: Evan. Evan, don't move, stay there, wait for me--
[Evan staggers to his feet, bat in hand. Vince recoils a couple steps. Evan swings the bat around wildly with a choked cry. He staggers around, still choking raspily. Vince moves towards him again.]
Vince: Calm down, you're gonna hurt yourself. Put the bat down.
[Evan staggers back a step, then collapses to the ground, flat on his back.]
Jeff: Oh, shit.
Vince: [runs to Evan, crouches down by him] Evan, Evan--
[Jeff runs to Evan's other side. Blood is spilling from Evan's mouth, down his chin and onto his shirt. He's still choking slightly]
Vince: Fuck. We gotta sit him up, sit him up.
Jeff: He's bleeding, dude.
Vince: I know.
Jeff: C'mon man, sit up, sit up.
[They get Evan to his feet and pull his arms across their shoulders, then start walking him towards the car.]
Evan: [choked, dazed] Wha-- wha' happened?
Jeff: Let's get back to the car.
Vince: You tried to hit him, you dumb bastard.
Jeff: Let's get back to the car.
Evan: [raspy] Did I kill him?
Vince: No, you didn't kill him.
[Evan groans, and starts laughing.]
Jeff: He's bleeding all over.
[They reach the pavement, and Evan coughs spatters of blood all over the asphalt.]
Vince: We gotta get him to the hospital-- shit. Evan, we're gonna get you to a doctor, hold on.
Evan: [half-laughing, half-choking] I should've had my knife--
[Cut to the driver's seat of the car. Jeff is fumbling with the keys and seatbelt. He starts the car while he talks. Vince is talking quietly in the background, presumably to Evan.]
Jeff: Vin, what's-- quick, start-- call 911 dude, what-- what time is it? We're gonna have to give 'em a report.
[Evan is still coughing.]
Vince: I guess around one. [More coughing from Evan; Jeff starts to turn around] You're gonna be all right, just hold on.
[Cut to black for one second. Jeff continues his turn. Evan is laying in the backseat of the car, head resting on a folded blanket or towel, still coughing up blood. He curls up a bit and groans in pain, running his hands over his head, knocking his hat off.]
Jeff: We gotcha, man, we gotcha.
[Vince opens the passenger side door and hops in.]
Vince: He's not lookin' too good, Jeff, we gotta get him to a doctor.
Jeff: I know, I know, dude.
[The screen goes black at 05:14. It is unclear if this is because the video cuts out, or because Jeff set the camera against his leg, covering the lens.]
Evan: [still coughing] You guys, I think I'm gonna be okay.
[Cut to a dark road, late at night, seen from the dashboard on the passenger's side of the car. "Hotel California" is playing on the radio.]
Vince: Well we've been at this for quite some time now.
Jeff: I know man.
[Evan groans in the backseat.]
Vince: We gotta get to a doctor soon. [Evan coughs.] This is-- we're running on hours now. [The camera pans down to the radio, which displays a lot of information, but not the time.] Wish your-- your shit had a clock on it.
Jeff: It's dark, that's all we know.
Vince: We were out there--
Jeff: Yeah.
Vince: Well, one thing is for sure, we're definitely not in Brooklyn anymore.
[Distorted color bars cross the screen as Vince speaks, identical to the ones seen when Slenderman appeared outside the factory. Cut to black for two seconds. At 05:44, the car has stopped on a dark, deserted road. It appears to be raining slightly. Vince still has the camera.]
Jeff: See that?
Vince: See what? [beat] Oh, man.
Evan: [very raspy, weak] What?
Vince: I can't even see anything in the camera, no one's gonna believe this shit.
Evan: [very raspy] What is it? [coughs]
[The camera swings over to look at Jeff.]
Jeff: You know what we have to do?
[Camera pans back to the road as Jeff puts the car into drive. He revs the engine.]
Vince: Gun it.
Evan: Run the fucker down.
[Jeff floors it, and they speed forward. Evan starts cackling manically in the backseat. Slenderman is standing stock-still on the road in front of them. Color bar distortion again as they approach. Cut to black at 06:02, when they're still about five feet or so from him. At 06:05, a rustling/dragging sound can be heard. Video returns at 06:08, revealing snatches of an interior space. The camera swings around wildly, eventually establishing the location as one of the boy's basements. Someone groans faintly. The camera pans to the floor, revealing Evan sprawled on the carpet, free of blood.]
Vince: Wake up, sunshine.
[He pats Evan's knee and continues to look around.]
Vince: Jeff...
[Jeff walks into the basement. As soon as he comes on camera, fainter color bar distortion kicks in.]
Jeff: What's goin' on?
- 4:08, Evan attacks Slenderman. The video is distorted.
- There is a small amount of distortion at 5:42. Slenderman is seen by the crew at 5:45, but doesn't become visible to us until 6:00.
- The song playing in the car when Slenderman appears is "Hotel California" by The Eagles.
- 4:09 Slenderman appears to be about ten feet tall compared to Evan in this shot. Considering he was able to fit in his parent's doorway this may suggest Slenderman is able to change his height.
- The note that Vinny reads here describes circumstances very similar to the circumstances from Dr. Corenthal's dream about Linnie that he describes in the Corenthal Journal Dated 11-12-1990.
- In a later uStream, Evan claimed that he 'swung at him, and the bat slowed down like it was underwater,' but stopped moving completely when it was around 'an inch' from Slenderman; in the video, the bat moves at a very fast speed when swung, with no slowing.


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Pro Tools has a lot of great features but it still lacks some things that we all need to use on a regular basis in when producing sessions. Here are some free ways to give Pro Tools 3 features it is missing,
Love it or hate it there are times when you need to give an instrument or a vocal a little helping hand in the tuning department. MAutoPitch is part of the free plug-in collection from Melda and it offers a pretty respectable tuning plug-in for those needing to fix something they can't re-record or of course tune the crap out of it for effect. See at the bottom of this article for info on how to grab it.
Mono/Stereo Switch On The Master Buss
If you want to check mono compatibility on your mix (you should) then use the feature-rich HOFA 4U that offers a lot of great mix tools including a mono/stereo switch. See at the bottom of this article for info on how to grab it.
Acoustic Drum VI
Boom is a cool little plug-in for electronic beats but Pro Tools does not have a good drum VI for those wanting to create more conventional beats. Check out Addictive Drums Free, a teaser version of the full Addictive Drums plug-in that offers a nice sounding acoustic kit and some other extras for those needing to get some acoustic drums down when song-writing.
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All of the plug-ins mentioned above can be grabbed for our Free Pro Tools plug-ins database that features of 100 Pro Tools plug-ins, all of them are free. More here