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Athey exhibit
set for October
MARTINSBURG - Throughout the month of October, Joanna Strite Athey will display her works on the main floor of the Martinsburg Public Library. Her work has developed from watercolor to acrylics, inks and collage with abstracts, landscapes, still life and flowers, especially sunflowers, being her favorite subjects. Collage has allowed Athey to expand her watercolor and acrylic paintings to another level. She enjoys experimenting with texture and color while creating original works in her own unique style.
'Rare Images of Antietam' shown
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - As part of the Thursday Evening Civil War Lecture Series, Stephen Recker will present his illustrated lecture, "Rare Images of Antietam, and the Photographers Who took Them" at 7 p.m. today in the Museum's Bowman Concert Gallery. Dinner, for those who pre-register, will be served at 6 p.m. in the Kaylor Antrium. Tickets for dinner and the lectures are $25 for non-members, $20 for museum members. Tickets for the lecture only are $5 each; free for members. Special pricing is available for groups.
For more information or tickets, visit www.wcmfa.org or call 301-739-5727.
McCauley dance to be held today
WINCHESTER, Va. - Shenandoah Conservatory's Performing Arts Live season continues with the Bowen McCauley Dance at 8 p.m. today at Shenandoah Conservatory's Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre. Showcasing Lucy Bowen McCauley's choreography, the award-winning company is renowned for its spirited dancers and use of live music. Admission is $25 for adults and $10 for students.
For more information, call 540-665-4569 or visit www.ConservatoryPerforms.org
Opera House
slate announced
SHEPHERDSTOWN - The Shepherdstown Opera House has announced the following lineup:
Friday: Moogatu;
Tuesday: Poetry Night;
Oct. 26: Halloween Costume Party;
Oct. 27: Titled Torch: Spook-o-rama;
Nov. 8: Davina and the Vagabonds;
Nov. 9-10: Shepherd Film Festival;
Nov. 30: Larry Keel and Natural Bridge;
Dec. 15: On the Bus;
Dec. 21: The Speakeasy Boys and Frost Mountain Revival;
Dec. 31: The Hillbilly Gypsies and The Woodshedders.
Admission ranges from $5 to $30, depending on the concert, and more information is available at www.OperaHouseLive.com.
Tastes and Sounds of the Town set
SHEPHERDSTOWN - The sixth annual "Tastes and Sounds of the Town" will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center. Admission is $50 per person. Cash bar will be open from 6 to 7 p.m. The event will feature musical entertainment, plus live and silent auctions.
For more information or to make a reservation, call 304-724-6091, ext. 228.
Book Festival to be held Sat., Sun.
CHARLESTON - The West Virginia Book Festival will be held Saturday and Sunday at the Charleston Civic Center. Special guests include Craig Johnson, Charlaine Harris, Tamora Pierce and Marc Nobleman. The annual two-day event celebrates books and reading and offers something for all age groups. Activities for children include special programs and a section of the Marketplace filled with children's activities. Authors will attend, participate in book signings, readings workshops and lectures. Admission is free.
For more information, visit www.wvbookfestival.org.
Middleway Day scheduled Saturday
MIDDLEWAY - Middleway Day will be celebrated form 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, with free admission, parking, and most activities. The outdoor festival features many children's activities, including a petting zoo, a clown, and the Kiddie Train (all free) plus pony rides for a small fee. Middleway is located on Leetown Road, about one-half mile south of Route 51 and about midway between Charles Town and Inwood.
The festival also offers narrated wagon rides through the village, a "Chinese Auction" (an item-by-item raffle), silent auction, demonstrations of local crafts, and a variety of exhibits. Live traditional music will entertain visitors. Food, beverages and retail gifts will be for sale. Most of the events take place on East Street, one block east of Leetown Road. Parking lot access is also located on East Street.
Anyone wishing to make donations to the "Chinese Auction," silent auction, or bake sale may bring them to Middleway Day or contact Linda Fricke at 304-728-6400. Middleway Day is sponsored by the Middleway Conservancy, which promotes historic preservation in and around the town's nationally registered Historic District.
Winestock/Harvest Festival planned
CLEAR SPRING, Md. - Knob Hall Winery will host a Winestock/Harvest Festival from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday. Event will feature music, food, wine and more. Admission is $20 for those 21 and over; $15 for those 13 to 20; and free for those under 13.
For more information or tickets, visit www.eventfarm.com/harvestfestival
Line dance to be held Saturday
MAUGANSVILLE, Md. -The Country Western Dance Association will sponsor a line dance from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday at the Maugansville Ruritan, 18007 Maugans Ave. Open to the public. Admission is $7 for non-members and $5 per member.
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'Waking the Green Tiger' set
SHEPHERDSTOWN - A free film screening of "Waking the Green Tiger" will be shown at 6 p.m. Saturday at Opera House LIVE.
Seen through the eyes of activist, farmers and journalists, "Waking the Green Tiger" follows an extraordinary campaign to stop a huge dam project on the Upper Yangtze River in Southwestern China.
'Ohio Day' to be held on Saturday
SHARPSBURG, Md. - "Ohio Day" at Antietam Battlefield will be held Saturday. Historian and well-known author Eric Wittenberg will give a presentation at 11 a.m. in the Visitor Center theater and Mark Holbrook, historian with the Ohio Historical Society, will present "Future Presidents from Ohio in the Maryland Campaign and in the Civil War," at 2:30 p.m. The weekend will also feature the special exhibit, "Ohio and the Civil War: 150 Years Later." For more information, call 301-432-5124.
celebration set
GERRARDSTOWN - Historic Gerrardstown will host its 225th anniversary celebration from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Event will feature story telling, demonstrations, art exhibits, yard sale, classic car show, reenactors, live entertainment and more.
Star gazing
event scheduled
BIG POOL, Md. - The Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland State Park Service will host the Tri-State Astronomers for an evening of star-gazing at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Fort Frederick State Park. Multiple telescopes will be available for public use. Several astronomers will be on hand to identify constellations and to share thir knowledge of the heavens with park visitors. Participants will meet at the nature center. Attendees should dress appropriately for the weather, and bring a folding chair. In the event of rain, the program will be canceled.
For more infromation, call 301-842-2155.
'Jamnesty' offered in Shepherdstown
SHEPHERDSTOWN - Shepherd University's chapter of Amnesty International will present the musical benefit event, "Jamnesty" at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Moon Cafe. Featured bands will include Cait O'Shea, Adrienne and the Merrylanders and Holy Mtn. Proceeds will benefit the Shenandoah Women's Center and WOMEDA.
Peter Burr Day to be held Saturday
KEARNEYSVILLE - Peter Burr Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Peter Burr Farm. Event will feature demonstrations of butter churning, break baking, wood working and more. There will also be children's games of the 18th century, apple tasting and live music. For more information, call 304-728-7151 or visit www.relivinghistoryinc.org
Performance at Pry House set
KEEDYSVILLE, Md. - Goose Route Arts Collaborative presents "HouseHeadquartersHospitalHome," a dance for Pry House on the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam at 4 p.m. Oct. 20. The rain date is Oct. 21. Admission is free.
Pry House, which served as Union headquarters during the Battle of Antietam, is located at 18906 Shepherdstown Pike.
For more information, visit www.gooseroute.org or call 301-693-5303.
Pumpkin festival slated for Oct. 20
WAYNESBORO, Pa. - The 19th annual Renfrew Pumpkin Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 20 at Renfrew Park, rain or shine.
The festival includes a full day of activities and fun for all ages. Visitors will enjoy bluegrass entertainment by Eric and Kate Avey of the Boro Boogie Pickers, pumpkin carving, games and other activities during the festival, which is a joint fundraiser for Renfrew Institute and Renfrew Museum. A 50/50 drawing will be held during the event.
A full lunch is included in the price of admission-soup, fresh bread, cider and an apple. This year, the festival will feature a new variety of homemade soup, traditional ham and bean, in addition to the vegetarian vegetable offered in past years.
Admission is $8 for adults, $4 for children ages 4 to 12, and free for children age 3 and under. New this year, Renfrew Museum will hold an "open house" for tours from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., included with admission to the festival.
For more information, call 717-762-0373 or the museum at 717-762-4723.
'Living History Day' scheduled
BOONSBORO, Md. - The Washington County Rural Heritage Museum will host "Living History Day" from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 20. Event will feature demonstraions in basket making, chair caining, hearth cooking, masonry and more. Children's activities include pretzel twisting, doll sewing, writing with quill pens and more. For more information, call 240-420-1714 or visit www.ruralheritagemuseum.org.
Cherokee Indians to present program
SPRING MILLS - The Appalachian Cherokee Indians group will present a special program at 1 p.m. Oct. 20 at the North Berkeley Library. The program will include drumming and dancing with the participants dressed in native costume. Event is free and open to the public.
Harvest Festival slated for Oct. 20
STRASBURG, Va. - Strasburg's Hometown Harvest Festival will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Town Hall parking lot. Event will feature craft demonstrations, food, music and more. Ghost tours will be held from 6 to 10 p.m., with 10 stops beginning and ending at the Hotel Strasburg. Tours leave evey 15 minutes. Advance tickets for the ghost tours are $3; day of the event, cost is $5, children under 5 are free. Children 13 and under must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, call 540-465-8793 or visit www.HometownStrasburgVa.com.
Fall fest on tap
in Rohrersville
ROHRERSVILLE, Md. - Rohrersville Ruritan's Fall Fest will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Rohrersville Ruritan Community Park. Event will feature a garden tractor pull contest, kids games, pumpkin painting, food, a costume contest and more.
For more information, call 240-818-1038.
Harvest Festival to be held on Oct. 21
LEESBURG, Va. - A Harvest Festival will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Barn at Oatlands. This annual celebration of fall will feature live music, hayrides, country line dancing, unique heritage breed farm animals, Civil War re-enactors, vintage farm implements and carriages on display and more. Admission is $10 per person; $20 for a family (two adults plus children under 16). Advance tickets at $8 per person and $15 per family. For more information or tickets, call 703-777-3174 or email www.oatlands.org.
Scavenger Hunt
scheduled Oct. 27
MIDDLEBURG, Va. - The Town of Middleburg invites all weekend warriors, thrill-seekers, explorers and history buffs to discover everything the town has to offer during its first annual "Scavenger Hunt" from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 27. Participants must be 21 and older. The hunt begins at the Pink Box, 12 N. Madison St. Registration is free and includes a dining coupon for specials at participating Middleburg restaurants.
For more information, call 540-687-8888 or visit www.visitmiddleburgva.com.
Harpers Ferry to host cider making
HARPERS FERRY - On Nov. 3 and 4, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., park visitors are invited to join the living history staff and volunteers as they demonstrate cider making at Roeder's White Hall Tavern on Potomac Street. This time-honored tradition produced the most popular 19th-century beverage for man, woman and child. Make apple cider and enjoy the fruits of your labor.
Harpers Ferry's White Hall Tavern proprietor, German immigrant Frederick Roeder, brought his brewing and baking expertise with him to America. Both processes were co-dependant on the cultivation and use of hops. Roeder's 1860 tavern offered patrons a fine assortment of distilled and fermented beverages.
Annual cider house pressings were consumed as fresh cider, fermented hard cider by the introduction of yeast, or distilled hard cider, a process that concentrated the alcohol content.
For further information, call Harpers Ferry National Historical Park at 304-535-6029.
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Rather, we feel bad for her for one or a combination of the following reasons (and I'm even leaving out the 'she hasn't lived up to her potential reason' as, like you say and I acknowledge, she has accomplished a lot in her career and it is a bit silly to feel bad even if she doesn't accomplish more):
-She quite obviously trained hard this season and has made huge improvements from last season. This didn't help her at all at Nationals. Those of us who think on some level that hard work should be rewarded feel a bit bad about this.
-One reason she didn't preform as well as she could at Nationals may well have been the flu. Some of us feel sorry for her that she couldn't compete while healthy.
-She was clearly upset with her scores and herself. Some of us felt natural empathy at her reaction alone, because it is hard to see another human being be sad. Now of course, it isn't like her mother had just died or she has been starving in Kenya, but her level of upset was something I think a lot of us can relate to.
-Some people feel bad at how they perceive her to have been treated by USFSA.
Well, I'm with her no matter what she decides to do and certainly if she decides to keep at it. In the last few years only two USA lady skaters have really given me performances I love to revisit and she is one of them. Maybe she hasn't won a world medal but she has contributed greatly to my enjoyment of figure skating in the post-Michelle/Sasha era. Many figure skating fans surely feel the same way so that's quite an accomplishment already even if it might take her a long time to see it that way.
Well said Layfan. I couldn't agree with you more.
I think whatever Mirai chooses to do, she should know that she has a large (quite possibly the largest out of the current crop of US ladies) fanbase who admire her performances and continue to root for her. I for one hopes she will continue, even though it's going to take a lot of hard work from her again.
Maybe she can pull an Alissa Czisny in 2011 and come back next year with gorgeous programs and blow everyone away. It also seems the international judges give out higher PCS to "older" competitors, so this should work in her favor as she's competed internationally for many years now. With her natural grace, I'm sure she'll continue to gain reputation for putting out beautiful performances.
Like others have said, the main reason I felt sorry for Mirai was because of her reaction after her skate and receiving her scores, how she was so disappointed and upset that she was unable to contain her emotions. (I hope she's feeling better about it now!) Plus, I was probably extra sympathetic because I was rooting for her to make the world team in the first place, I was happy that she had made improvements this year and did pretty well on the Grand Prix, and recently I'd watched how hard she worked and trained with her new coaches during that 20 min. mini-documentary.
After Mirai's long program, I knew it wasn't perfect and that she wouldn't be on the world team, but I guess I was expecting something more in the 3-5 range, so 7 seemed harsh to me. But after seeing many posters here say that they could see the many URs in real time, that they weren't borderline and therefore not ignorable, etc., I can accept that her placement was at least not outrageous and that it was probably correct. One explanation for her placement being low that seems strange to me, though, is that she was "lifeless," her interpretation was poor, things along those lines. This mostly just seems strange to me because I didn't think Ashley and the other top U.S. ladies skated with signicant more "life" or superior interpretation here. I don't think Ashley is the very best in the world when it comes to artistry/presentation/interpretation categories in the first place, but when she's at her best, the confidence, fire, and polish with which she performs her choreography is what makes her stand out compared to many skaters. She was not at her best at Nationals, the same fire and confidence was not there, she was more slow, cautious, and visibly nervous (therefore making the audience nervous for her, taking us out of the program), and the falls marred her program -- same with Agnes's. Gracie's long program had more of an impact because it was clean and an amazing technical display and accomplishment, but she did not seem invested in selling the choreography or show much expression until after she completed the jumps, and the choreography itself is forgettable and juniorish. But all three were still rewarded despite not being as clean or artistically satisfying and inspiring as the earlier skaters (Cesario was probably my favorite performance-wise), so I guess I expected similar treatment for Mirai, being the highest ranked U.S. lady in Vancouver, being a former National champion, having a pretty good season with visible improvement, and having her own great skating and presentation qualities such as in her spirals (though not held very long) and spins (normally I'm tired of the ever-present layback > haircutter/side layback > Biellmann, but I love the one at the end of her long program! It was also the only spin that my dad who doesn't watch skating specifically pointed out that he liked). I'm not saying she deserved to be placed ahead of Ashley or Gracie anything like that, just explaining why my first impression after seeing her placement at 7th was that she was given harsher treatment than the other top U.S. ladies. And if picking what the USFSA perceives to be the right skaters for the world team is at all on judges' minds when scoring programs at Nationals, I wish the system for choosing the world team could be changed and based on factors other than Nationals like other countries.
Mirai still got scores similar to Zawadski and Gold from a PCS standpoint (60+ for Nagasu, 60+ for Zawadski, and 61+ for Gold who really got a boost for SS due to the speed and attack she skated with and PE for the execution of crazy-hard tech content since it's a presentation and EXECUTION mark and she certainly did the latter) whereas Nagasu got a 49 for tech due to 4 UR and 1 DG and a lack of GOE in general due to the UR and DGs (these are automatically negative) that got counteracted (somewhat) by higher GOEs on spins and steps.
Between Gold and Mirai, a 1 point difference is probably fair given Mirai's PCS would likely be much higher if she skated clean. I still have no idea how Agnes gets those kind of marks though. I suppose all the right pieces are there but something about her skating seems to lack refinement IMO and does not warrant the type of PCS she gets.
I still think it stinks that Mirai had to skate with the flu. How well would she have done if she was healthy?
THIS! Hopefully her heart and mind are willing and she'll stay in good health.
Mirai worked hard this year and her coaches DID try to address her URs and attempted to boost her PCS scores with better transitions:
Road to Omaha: Nagasu happy to be under radar
"We have brought in Jamie Isley to touch up her short program (Benny Goodman's "Downhill Special") and Cindy Stuart to work with her on her long ("Symphony No. 3 in C minor" by Camille Saint-Saëns)," Olson said.
Both programs were choreographed this summer by Susan Austin.
"The goal is to add more transitions and more body movement in the [step sequence] in the short, to gain another level," Olson continued. "Jamie's style is great with jazz
Olson and Evidente have also attacked Nagasu's jumps, with Evidente's off-ice training regimen adding zip to the skater's form.
"Mirai is in great shape now, much better than last year," Olson said. "The main thing is she is fit, and it is easier for her to rotate the jumps. She has to keep her jumps clean while also showing excellent skating skills."
And the AT&T mini-documentary on Mirai gives some idea of the hard work she's put in this past year before Nationals. I hope she keeps it going into next year and beyond.
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I wonder if Mirai will be back next season. I got the feeling after seeing her break down after seeing her scores that it was if she had been given an ultimatum (by her parents?) that she would make the team or else just move on and go to school next September.


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Interview with open syllabus project SALSA developer George Joeckel
Salsa: an open source syllabus creator for educators
Who wants to tackle the complex problem of helping educators create learning service agreements? I don't see too many hands. How about you there, reading this article? Wait, you weren't aware that this is an issue that impacts the education system? Well, here's an open source project that solves this problem and needs more collaborators.
Meet George Joeckel, a product development manager for the Center for Innovative Design & Instruction at Utah State University. He's working on a project called Salsa and they are looking for partners and talented individuals to participate. Salsa is an open syllabus project that aims to promote institutional cooperation while gathering and analyzing syllabi.
For some reason, I feel like dancing. Help Joeckel and Utah State University make this project successful. Help Salsa be a disrupter. Class dismissed... after you read this interview.
Tell us about the Salsa project. What is it and what problem does it solve?
Salsa is an open source, web-based application for creating higher education syllabi. SALSA stands for Styled & Accessible Learning Service Agreements.
Salsa addresses the complexity educators and learners face in modern learning environments—online, hybrid, flex—by providing targeted information in six domains: information, outcomes, resources, activities, policies, and grades.
Salsa promotes a learner-centric document structure that is well-organized and consistent. Students and instructors are already familiar with the benefits of styles such as APA or MLA: these formats are easier to read and promote a greater emphasis on the content. The Salsa authoring tool also assists instructors in creating learning service agreements that are compliant with Federal regulations for students with disabilities.
Why would an educator who has a system for creating a syllabus want to switch to Salsa?
Salsa incorporates research-based best practices in an easy-to-use layout. For instance, Salsa helps educators build learning outcomes based on action verbs grouped by Bloom's revised taxonomy. Salsa generates accessible and well-organized documents in "read-only" PDF and HTML formats. Each SALSA is associated with a randomly-generated hyperlink for editing—there is no need to sign up for an account or supply an email address.
Take us behind the scenes. What is some of the technology that powers Salsa, what language is it written in, and are there open source components being used?
The source code is available on GitHub under the MIT license. Salsa in built on Ruby on Rails—an open-source web framework created by David Heinemeier Hansson. Twitter is built on Rails, as is GitHub. We use standards maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium (CSS, DOM, HTML), as well as JavaScript, AJAX, and jQuery. Salsa also uses some free tools from ZURB's Foundation in our website and application design.
You're looking for people to collaborate on this project. What types of partnerships are you looking for?
We are looking for collaborators across the higher education spectrum: public and private institutions, non-profit organizations, for-profit businesses, and talented individuals.
How can someone get involved in the Salsa project?
Go to http://salsa.usu.edu and try out the application. Contact the project at email@example.com.
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Salsa looks brilliant. Really looking forward to playing around with it.
But shouldn't the link to github in the article point to https://github.com/idbygeorge/salsa instead of https://github.com/dhcolumbia/opensyllabus ?
Please recheck the Github link.
Currently: https://github.com/idbygeorge/salsainstead
Should be: https://github.com/idbygeorge/salsa
Nevermind, after submitting I saw the correction.
This is wonderful indeed!!! I've sat in many curriculum committee meetings wading through syllabi that needed serious revisions. I think having something like this to help set a standard is brilliant.


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Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Apple iPhone 5
The Galaxy S4 and iPhone 5 are two very different handsets when it comes to their physical designs, but they are even more different in terms of software. The S4 is equipped with the latest Android OS – 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, and has Samsung's TouchWiz Nature interface on top which customizes the whole experience and adds numerous unique features like Smart Stay, Dual Shot, Air View and many more, some of which useful, others – not exactly. The GS4 runs very fluidly and is highly customizable. The main virtue of its software is that you can do whatever you wish with it. Still, Samsung is working hard to take Android to another level – the level where its software will be a full-featured service that no one would want to alter, as it'll function almost as seamlessly as a closed, curated system like iOS. Even in its current state, it's safe to say that TouchWiz offers a more polished, refined and feature-rich experience than stock Android.
No matter what you're doing with it, though, Android is Android, meaning that it's a bit more complicated and difficult to master, compared to the iPhone 5's iOS platform. If you need a truly intuitive and efficient experience that just works, without the tons of options and settings present in Android, then you'll be better off with an iPhone. If you're a geek, though, or simply a person who likes to tinker with the software on their device a lot, Android will be the more suitable playground.
Processor and Memory
It's practically useless to compare the processors of phones running different operating systems, but we'll do so anyway. Actually, no. We won't be comparing them, we'll just talk about them.
Between the two, it's the Samsung Galaxy S4 which is the more specs-focused handset. It's armed with either the quad-core 1.9 GHz Snapdragon 600 chipset, or the octa-core 1.6 GHz Exynos 5 Octa chipset, depending on the market. Both are very poweful and should deliver buttery-smooth performance. System memory on the GS4 is 2GB RAM.
The iPhone 5 isn't much of a specs monster, but it's just as responsive. The processor ticking inside it is the dual-core 1.3 GHz A6, while system memory is 1 GB. Since iOS is such a well-optimized platform, which is very efficient when it comes to system resources, it also runs at breath-taking speeds with minimal slow-down. The same goes for the third-party applications that you can run on both handsets.
The Galaxy S4, however, is a bit more versatile with regards to storage memory. Samsung's flagship comes in 16, 32 and 64GB variants, but it also has a microSD card slot for additional storage. The iPhone 5 comes in the same storage configurations, but lacks the option to install a microSD card.
Lower is better
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Higher is better
GFXBench Fill Rate off-screen
Higher is better
GFXBench T-Rex HD off-screen
Higher is better
GFXBench T-Rex HD on-screen
Higher is better
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Lower is better
Internet and Connectivity
The iPhone's Safari browser revolutionized mobile browsing, and continues to blow us away with its blazing-fast performance. The Galaxy S4, on the other hand, also features a wonderful browser – no, it's not Chrome, but Samsung's own Android browser, based on the code from Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. That browser is significantly faster than Chrome and also supports Flash Player, which is its main advantage over the iPhone 5's Safari. In the end, both handsets deliver an exceptional browsing experience, but the Galaxy S4 isn't shy to take things a step further thanks to its support for Flash content.
Both the iPhone 5 and Galaxy S4 can run on LTE networks, as well as HSPA+ with downlink speeds of up to 42.2 Mbit/s down. In addition, both feature Bluetooth 4.0, but only the GS4 has an IR blaster, which allows you to use the handset as a remote control for your television.
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1. chunk1x (Posts: 248; Member since: 25 Jun 2011)
Its like that I just watch an entire review where iPhone is Sammy's bit$h.
6. LonghornTech (Posts: 50; Member since: 14 Mar 2013)
S4 all the way. IPhone only wins with call quality and materials. The GSIV is the better phone.
54. samsunggalaxylover (Posts: 37; Member since: 23 Jan 2013)
come on there are no reasons for such comparison the galaxy s4 is way far more better than the iremote5 in all ways.
65. sudhar131998 (Posts: 63; Member since: 06 Sep 2011)
iPhone 5 should not be called iremote as you all know the galaxy s4, htc one and lg optimus pro are the only phones that feature infrared emitter to act as a remote so just keep that in mind
67. Banana (Posts: 12; Member since: 28 Feb 2013)
S4 = plasitc not so fantastic. iPhone 5 = quality + best user experience + design = happy owner :D
72. abdane (Posts: 494; Member since: 07 Oct 2011)
it's a phone, not jewelry...
109. 305Bucko (Posts: 506; Member since: 07 Aug 2011)
i suppose a watch is for telling time... sure, because when I wear a Rolex I really just need to see what time it is
116. bobolicious (Posts: 19; Member since: 20 Jan 2013)
A rolex is for telling time? i thought it was to be worn just for looks.
76. Ivan6479 (Posts: 249; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
I'm not quite sure how a phone made of aluminum and glass is so much better quality. Polycarbonate (the material used on the S4) is the same material used to make safety glasses. I don't know about you, but if it's good enough to protect my eyes then it's damn well good enough for my phone. You don't see companies making safety glasses out of glass do you? Polycarbonate is designed to take a lickin and keep on ticken, which glass is not.
As for the aluminum, yeah it looks cool, but it's what they make coke cans out of. There is a reason for that. It is a cheap material. Also it can be scratched and dented very easily, so there is nothing quality about that.
89. ph00ny (Posts: 1237; Member since: 26 May 2011)
not to mention samsung's tradition of using magnesium frame under the plastic shell
100. kabhijeet.16 (Posts: 805; Member since: 05 Dec 2012)
117. bobolicious (Posts: 19; Member since: 20 Jan 2013)
very well put and to the point 100% props
130. mrfunkyjay (Posts: 1; Member since: 31 Mar 2013)
a very clever explanation... they are just way too hypnotised by the ads Apple guys made regarding their Iphone5.
Aluminium is softer than plastic, it deforms easily. I found two-three tiny scratches and light deformation of my friend's Iphone5's edges on its aluminium case, too bad...
92. dexter_jdr (Posts: 1163; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
iphone5's aluminum body peels off like a banana.
yeah you heard that right, lol
103. donfem (Posts: 646; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)
Like your name, your statement is banana
58. Trex95 (Posts: 905; Member since: 03 Mar 2013)
Call quality, build quality , Apps, better camera and the most important things the software keep up with the hardware.
17. Leo_MC (Posts: 1508; Member since: 02 Dec 2011)
That means you have "eyesight" problems: S4 has a worse display, worse call quality, worse camera (just wait and see low light shots), wores user experience, slower browsing (Ray "forgot" to mention), worse design.
But, hey, in your world, S4 is better because it has 5" display and uses Android.
23. LonghornTech (Posts: 50; Member since: 14 Mar 2013)
Worse display? Doubt it, its bigger and higher ppi which actually makes it much easier to do nearly every task one would do on their phone. I already said it has worse call quality, though that's not something you see with your eyes. Yes, low light is probably miserable but the Iphones isn't great either so I wouldn't be to proud of the results. Worse user experience is just nonsense, you've obviously not used Android. Slower browser is also questionable and design is only marred by materials which I already mentioned.
In my world S4 is better because it's OS is not 4+ years old and unchanged
28. Leo_MC (Posts: 1508; Member since: 02 Dec 2011)
Only in your world.
I don't give a f* about size if I can't watch my display in direct sunlight; iP display gets a little darker than One's so you can see better at night; iP 5 has better viewing angles. WTF are you talking about S4 having better display? It's not better, it's just bigger.
I have been using Android for 3 years now and I can say, although it grows everyday, it's far from being as great as some of you picture it to be.
In every browsing test first 2 places are held by iPad and iPhone, with Nexus 10 being third. That means iPhone 5 browsing speed is higher that S4's and that's a fact; I don't give a f* if you like it or not.
Your world must be a special one where Alice is friends with the queen of hearts...
34. voxmarc (Posts: 332; Member since: 22 Aug 2012)
only in your lost world.....bah bah bah bah bah bah.....no match to S4 whatsoever.....talk to your granpa and granma they love Iphony5,,,
39. sheik (Posts: 249; Member since: 12 Sep 2012)
Since S4 uses Amoled screen it has the lowest reflectance in the current crop of high end smart phones. So sunlight legibility would be far better than your iRemote5.
You have never seen the galaxy s4 in person and you criticize about its design based on press images... lol
"In every browsing test first 2 places are held by iPad and iPhone, with Nexus 10 being third. That means iPhone 5 browsing speed is higher that S4's and that's a fact;"- current S4 web browsing tests are based on pre production software and it will be better once it gets finalized (The same was the case in S3 when released).
You should be living under a rock and lead a sad life. Time for you to get out of the cave...
59. Trex95 (Posts: 905; Member since: 03 Mar 2013)
I used to own galaxy s2, note 1, S3, note 2, wave 1, galaxy nexus and samsung omina HD before all these phones comes with Amoled pen tile and all of these Samsung phones sunlight legibility ZERO when you compere it with iphone 4, 4s and 5 sunlight legibility except the note 2 a bit better.
93. Leo_MC (Posts: 1508; Member since: 02 Dec 2011)
I don't know stuff because S4 haven't been released yet but your stuff about the same S4 must be right because... you said them; nevermind you have the same info about S4 I have...
How dumb do you consider everyone to be?
46. rdemon (Posts: 49; Member since: 23 Aug 2012)
I don't think the video is a fair comparison due to the fact that he is comparing a pre production demo of the s4 to whatever that small black thingy is (j/k). I'm not saying it's a bias comparison but it's certainly not a fair one at least not until a better optimized S4 comes out versus the IPhone 5s.
I would have like to have seen it compared in day to day use to really test out it's brightness, call quality, battery life etc. I would say however the S4 wins hand down in features alone and it's something Samsung can build on for the future whether if anyone agrees it's innovation or not. The Galaxy Note 2 is a prime example of that and no one can't deny that it wasn't a game changer.
Apple commands the U.S. market share but Samsung rules the world in terms of global share and profit in the mobile space.
Besides when that Note 3 drops, nothing is touching it. And I mean nothing. If that unbreakable display finally makes It way to the Note 3, it will obliterate everything in it's path.
All you need to do is tell people "screen doesn't break when it drops" plus possible 1080p OLED display and people will throw hoards of cash at it. Not to mention Samsung advertisements is so aggressive these days. I probably seen a Galaxy Note 2 or a GS3 commercial every 5 minutes when i turn on the the TV.
And aside from talking about the Note 3, when they finally put these unbreakable displays on there products going forward on and advertise to the masses. GAME OVER!!!
Don't even talk to me about to me about "Rotten Apples" no more. And I hope Samsung never let's another company use there components. Keep that s**t in-house.
49. LonghornTech (Posts: 50; Member since: 14 Mar 2013)
I started to agree but the Samsung's Note line is just too much of a niche product. I think the Note series is a great set of phones, but no matter how good the Note 3 is I do not see myself buying one and I doubt that sales will surpass Iphone or Galaxy's. The device is just too large and unpractical in my opinion.
63. rdemon (Posts: 49; Member since: 23 Aug 2012)
I respect your comment Monseuir Longhorn. I would of agreed with you about the note being a niche product when the first one come out about three years ago. But the Note 2 has developed quite a fanfare due to the advertising. Besides 10 million Note 2's sold worldwide ain't to shabby to build upon.
It's cool if they wanna take subliminal shots at the competition but those "Unicorn Apocalypse" commercials ain't cutting it. I think with the Note 3 they need to showcase how it would be more useful in everyday use whether it be business, entertainment, educational, etc. I think where Samsung can improve in it's commercials is do better job on convincing the public on the necessities of their product features.
And you really wouldn't buy a phone with an unbreakable screen. Something Flapple could never conceive of doing. Oh and Leo guy is an idiot. Someone should let him now that Samsung just made his phone look like the first Motorola.
94. Leo_MC (Posts: 1508; Member since: 02 Dec 2011)
Yeah S4 is better than iP5 because Note 3 might have "indestructible" display...
Is like saying Bruce Lee kicks the sh* out of van Damme.
107. rdemon (Posts: 49; Member since: 23 Aug 2012)
Dude your douche. There's no way of you knowing your IPussy 5 is better than the beast which is the S4 until a true test from a post production unit of the S4 and the IPhone 5 are ready for a real comparison.
Although I'll go out on a limb here and say the S4 will bitch slap the IPhone. 5s and all. Besides check the benchmarks fool.
And Bruce Lee would kick the s**t out of Van Damme, he stinks. If your saying the S4 and the Note series are like the Bruce Lee of smartphones, well then thanks.
121. TMach (Posts: 457; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
Now this is interesting as nearly everyone who has seen this video agrees that the Xperia Z shots are warmer and more natural than that of the iP5. Regardless, people still choose to hate on the Xperia Z.........lol.
111. Leo_MC (Posts: 1508; Member since: 02 Dec 2011)
Today Phonearena did an article about screen quality; the result: S4 has one of the worst displays on today's phones (with S3 having an even worst display) so go there and explain how is S4 better than the rest (iphone, Z, 920, One and S3).
112. rdemon (Posts: 49; Member since: 23 Aug 2012)
Trust me if you put the phones together you will barely notice a glaring difference. The comparison was done through a microscopic view of the screens. IPhone 5 produces better whites and the GS4 has better color saturation.
But sorry, the GS4 still bitch slaps the IPhony 5 no matter how you cut it. And the Note 3 will demolish the competition.
120. Leo_MC (Posts: 1508; Member since: 02 Dec 2011)
Yeah and Charlieze Theron will give me a blow job just after Note 3 will demolish my ping-pong pallet...
I don't have to trust you more than I do phonearena wich says S4 display is worse than iPhone's.
Viewing angles are not checked under the microscop and S4 is bad (albeit better than the worst's screen: S3's).
Color is also bad; if you like oversaturated, go with S4's ugly screen but if you want natural colors, iPhone is the way.
Sure, I can't say how you should spend your money but don't insult my inteligence saying S4 is better than iPhone just because it is bigger; get a tablet if bigger is what you want.
124. rdemon (Posts: 49; Member since: 23 Aug 2012)
It is better my delusional friend. Obviously you are a ride-or-die Flapple fanboy and it's all good. If you wanna choose to ignore the fact that Samsung is gradually changing the mobile market with it's products whether you disagree it's innovative or not then that's your choice. Call their features novelties if want but that S4 is really something to build on.
You can't deny that Flapple is only keeping up with what's going on the smartphone market. Think about it, now they are starting to put NFC in that IPussy 5s that's coming out later when it's been in Android smartphones since 2009.
Since you "so hate big screens so much" then why was Apple forced to make their phone 4 inches taller even though one of their impediments was bigger screens. I'll tell you why, because pressure from their customers made them do it. If Apple stuck to that puny 3.5 inch screen, IPhones would have been obselete. Tech media outlets would of ripped them a new one.
They saw what Android phones were doing and basically to stay in the race, they just made incremental changes but nothing new, nothing innovative.
Tell me why would they have to make an "Why IPhone" page to remind customers of their "love" for their phones which is by the way sickening in every way. I mean it's just a phone for Pete's sake. An inferior one at that but I'll tell you why. "THEY ARE SCARED" and they know Samsung is the only one giving them competition.
Heck the only phone really giving the S4 a run for it's money is the HTC One. Another phone that bitch slaps the f**k out of your IPussy 5. Face it man, GS4 and the HTC one the pimps of smartphones right now and your IPussy 5 is just a f**kin whore.
125. llk171 (Posts: 55; Member since: 31 Mar 2013)
First off, like most extremists in anything, those who do the finger pointing and throw out the cheap labels are typically suffering the most from what they accuse others of doing.
By the time the SG4 is actually released to market, the iphone 5 will have been out for 7 months. However, money says, when the ip5 came out and destroyed the SG3, probably not a word from someone like you about it.
Based on writing like a 10 year old out of the ghetto, you are obviously not smart enough to realize that everything you accuse others of doing, you are doing yourself. The biggest laugh is your ridiculous 'when the note 3 comes out' rant...
132. rdemon (Posts: 49; Member since: 23 Aug 2012)
I have no idea where you came from but thanks for putting your two cents, it's well appreciated. And I assure sir I am not from some impoverished neighborhood as you so claim. But I tend to like adding a little robustness and fervor to my comments so I wont make it sound so dull.
And now I would like to rebut your debate by saying "DUH". Of course if a device comes out 7 months after it's direct competitor like Samsung dropped it's phone you'd expect the IPhone to be a little better. But then Samsung dropped the Note 2 and it was clearly better than the IPhone 5 so whats your point.
My intention was to go at bloggers like Mr Leo here because he decided to attack some recent posts on people picking the GS4 over the IPhone 5. It's one thing if you wanna argue that your phone is better than the next persons phone but to be malicious about it is something I don't respect. So I gave him a taste of his own medicine and I took him on.
If you actually read some of my comments thoroughly you would of seen that I praised other companies for stepping up their game and exercised objectivity when discussing these phones. Nokia, BlackBerry, Sony, HTC are all making great phone this year. It's ultimately going to come down to who's got the most influence in marketing power.
Oh and Note 3 is going to be a big deal. Literally!
129. Leo_MC (Posts: 1508; Member since: 02 Dec 2011)
I don't know what "Flapple" or "iPussy" means.
What I know is: S4 has a worse display - Phonearena said it; worse call quality - I also know it from Phonearena, worse camera (I've seen low light shots), wores user experience (Android still lags), slower browsing (again, I've seen it being tested), worse design (my oppinion and the one of all the people that gave prizes to Apple for their desingn; I don't remember S3 receiving any praises for it's design...)
So - for me - S4 is a worse phone than iPhone 5; if you think the other way, it's just because you're a marketing victim that's just being wrong; now be a good boy and go pay 600 euro for a piece of sh*tty plastic.
131. rdemon (Posts: 49; Member since: 23 Aug 2012)
Look I already served you, Leo_MC. And why does your name have MC in it. MC means Master of Ceremonies but it's obvious your getting schooled like my pupil.
Look bottom line is this, if your looking for a phone because of it's aesthetics and design and you feel IOS is simple to use then sure go for your IPhone 5. It's definitely a perfect device for a simp such as yourself.
And I plan to buy my GS4 from T-Mobile when it comes out for $99 down payment with no contract. The only device I would ever consider paying full price for is for a Galaxy Note because of it's tech forward capabilities which it's sure to embrace and definitely would be at least $300 cheaper than an IPhone.
I frigging laughed my pants off when I look online and saw that the IPhone was selling for nearly $1,200 off contract. Kinda made me wish I had one so I can sell it to gullible folks such as yourself with a $30 adapter since ICrap makes the "coolest adapters" right. So when you look at it $600 doesn't actually look so bad now does it.
And again when it comes to screen quality it is a matter of personal taste. If you want bright whites than go with the IPhone. You want deep colors and more pronounced sharpness than go with a 1080p screen and that's with any device.
And you wanna talk design well according to "PhoneArena" since it's your obviously tech bible they did a comparison between your little rectangle device and the HTC One and the HTC One won "HANDS DOWN" on build quality and design and praised Sense 5 on it's UI and usability.
And I didn't say the Galaxy was the most premium looking device that's out there but it's built quite solid and holds it's own even though it is plastic. Dude I'm done with you. Please don't comment on my post no more, you have no valid points and your ranting is not respected. "YOU'VE BEEN SERVED"!
133. rdemon (Posts: 49; Member since: 23 Aug 2012)
And I hope Apple adds more of those lovely black bars on the side of that beautiful 4 inch "Retina" screen on that coming to that 5s. Now that's screen quality! (Sarcastically laughing). :P
135. Leo_MC (Posts: 1508; Member since: 02 Dec 2011)
One finds stupidity where one doesn't think it exists; I find stupidity everywhere.
The relevance of my nickname in regard to this subject only a deranged mind knows...
Go buy that bad screen (If I want cartoons, I look at cartoons; my phone screen better be having natural colors), bad call quality, too big for a pocket size hunk of ugly plastik and stop bothering me.
136. rdemon (Posts: 49; Member since: 23 Aug 2012)
If you are looking for stupidity, look no further than your unintelligent comments. Later Leonardo!
126. llk171 (Posts: 55; Member since: 31 Mar 2013)
These guys don't know what they are talking about. Unlike most of these kids, I actually have the note 2, sg3, iphone 5, and nokia 920. For starters, the win mobile platform alone, with the awesome tiles, runs circle around crapdroid.
Who gives two hoots if you can enter 500 menus and customize it down to a pixel. Excluding the cheapskates and does the job types, most people just want a quality smartphone that works. XDA types are a very small niche market. In addition, people want rock solid back-to-back customer service. Applecare+ is amazing, I get my phone replaced and up and running within 30 minutes.
When it comes to specs, Android needs the 10,000 cores to get the GUI to be as smooth and responsive as ios or win phone. What about the fragmented updates, where I have to go searching to see which handset is running what. The 7 month old IP5 still leads the sunspider type stats, where it counts for smartphones.
Like I said, I have them all and android can be fun to customize. However, if I want phones that work well and have a fantastic build quality, then I go with the ip5 or the n920.
134. kclgphilsbsa (Posts: 765; Member since: 21 Jan 2013)
thats Amoled, Amoled cant really stand that fight coz it's about real colors..
but the fact that we love viewing videos pictures hanging around the UI playing w/ it while having that gorgeous popping screen cant be taken away from us..
the quality of it is different from the perdpective of LCDs with realistic colors
33. BadAssAbe (Posts: 456; Member since: 22 Apr 2011)
No Leo, GS4 is better because it has
IR Blaster
Better battery life/ bigger battery
New touch techology with hover touch/ glove usable
Better screen to phone ratio
Removable battery
MicoSD slot
Oh yeah almost forgot, bigger screen, better OS and dare I say better Camera
118. bobolicious (Posts: 19; Member since: 20 Jan 2013)
Exactly!!! surely he cant respond bad to this as this is all true lol
66. sudhar131998 (Posts: 63; Member since: 06 Sep 2011)
as the others said the display and camera are top notch (not exactly top) but remember that you can also attend the calls with earphones, doesn't always has to be the earpiece if you are bugged by it
71. rdemon (Posts: 49; Member since: 23 Aug 2012)
And you know these things because you've obviously tested the S4 your self right! Dude, it's not a fair comparison. This is clearly a pre demo unit. IPhone 5 had a lot of time to be updated and optimized till then. At least wait until the S4 officially comes out, then you can reserve judgement.
104. donfem (Posts: 646; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)
I guess you probably have a problem understanding the word "worse"
154. mobilegod (Posts: 3; Member since: 12 Aug 2013)
please die man S4 is better in all aspects than the iPhone 5. and the same design for 6 generations get over it
97. imran86 (Posts: 174; Member since: 14 Sep 2012)
This is not a fair comparison. iPhone 5 should be compared to Galaxy S2 from 2010 and then see who wins.
2. lee480 (Posts: 197; Member since: 24 Sep 2012)
Xperia Z beats the both. Though S4 has the slight edge to the iphone. Dislikes coming!
7. eliasafram7 (Posts: 83; Member since: 18 Mar 2013)
slight edge??? are u stupid or blind or what?? the difference is very wild like the difference between the earth and sky
11. alila2 (Posts: 155; Member since: 01 Nov 2011)
when they first revealed the gs4 i was kinda disappointed with the design , but now after all these comparisons with htc one xperia z and the iphone five and after all these new info about software , specs and capabilities it's becoming more of a winner except for it's back design it's the ugliest most boring back of a phone i ever seen but hey i never carry a phone with out a thin back case.
19. MrKoles (Posts: 368; Member since: 20 Jan 2013)
You know, dislikes are coming cause you said something irrelevant and stupid
101. kabhijeet.16 (Posts: 805; Member since: 05 Dec 2012)
47. kclgphilsbsa (Posts: 765; Member since: 21 Jan 2013)
cmon expect dislikes..
xperia Z was actually made obosolete by htc one and galaxy s4,
i bet that even htc butterfly and oppo5 will throw that faulty flagship..
you and ur 4 followers or even.more are kinda desperate to raise ur innocence and inability to read and comprehend reviews..
3. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
No contest.
44. hung2900 (Posts: 956; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)
"you'll be surprised at how polished and competent this phone feels."
This sentence shows everything. No contest for iPhone on PhoneArena.,
A 7 years old UI with almost everything the same can make me surprised, OMG so surprised.
4. slannmage (Posts: 148; Member since: 26 Mar 2013)
At this point they're all good phones, buy whatever you like best and shut up.
8. ebubekir26 (Posts: 318; Member since: 21 Dec 2012)
this shouldn't even be posted, you know S4 $hits all over the iPhone
9. wando77 (Posts: 843; Member since: 23 Aug 2012)
What is the entire front made of?
What are the sides made from?
Only the back plate is plastic and it needs to be to address one of the things you hate about the iPhone.....user replaceable battery.


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"I am not prepared to accept the fact that feet and leg heritabilities are as low as they currently appear. We need to evaluate the trait better," Gordon Atkins, D.V.M., told those attending the 122nd annual meeting of the Wisconsin Holstein Association in Wausau, Wis. "When looking at lameness, 88 percent is a rear foot situation," he explained; "only 12 percent is related to the leg. Of the 88 percent of lameness attributed to rear feet, the outside claw takes the brunt of the lameness issue," he said. "That causes the outside claw to grow faster because it is growing tissue in response to the greater pressure it endures while walking," Atkins went on to explain.
When cows become lame, often the fatty pad (digital cushion) within the base of the heel structure becomes compromised. "The incidence of lameness in thin cows is higher because thin cows mobilize fat. This includes the fat that's mobilized within the foot's pad," said the Alberta veterinarian. "As this takes place, the foot and heel structure has less protection. The foot's fatty pad can be replaced as the cow regains her body condition, but that process diminishes over time and with growing age. It eventually is replaced with scar tissue," said the 1992 president of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners.
While there are a number of ways to potentially improve this situation, foot angle doesn't appear to be the most ideal. "Foot angle is not a good trait to measure because it is so variable due to foot trimming," he noted. "Can we find a way to more accurately identify heel depth? It would be less variable than foot angle," stated Atkins.
Meanwhile, among the feet and leg traits, rear leg side view has the greatest heritability of any of the leg traits. "That is probably because we accurately measure it," he said.
Udders are a completely different paradigm. "We have very good consistency in evaluating udders around the world," said the Holstein Canada Type Classification Advisory committee member. He went on to note that this accuracy and well-documented economic benefits are reasons that the mammary system accounts for 50 to 55 percent of the type traits in the LPI (Lifetime Profit Index) and TPI (Total Performance Index).
Even though udders have improved dramatically, there are still some areas of concern. "In selecting for a strong median suspensory ligament, we have inadvertently selected for close rear teats," said Atkins as he showed photos and videos detailing the situation. "We can continue to breed for a strong suspensory ligament, but we must make stronger selection for rear teat placement," he said, explaining this is especially an issue with robotic milking systems. "However, we must be very careful as we measure and select for rear teat placement that we don't give up the median suspensory ligament because that ligament is responsible for carrying a major portion of the weight of the udder," said the veterinarian who developed the Functional Conformation DVD that explains the issue in more detail. To obtain a copy of the DVD go to: https://www.holstein.ca/Lite/Aspx/ProductsInformationServicesVideosAvail...
One other area of concern is teat length. "Teat length is highly heritable and teats have become much shorter over the years. An excessively short teat is likely not desirable as it may be subjected to more trauma during milking," said the veterinarian.
As for the rump, Atkins believes it is underscored. "Think about the rump. It is the foundation for the udder, the rear feet and legs, and the reproductive tract. It does deserve more credit. But finding more points in the scorecard is a challenge," he admitted.
Stature is a hotly debated topic these days. Are big cows a stall or cow issue?
"We can have an efficient 62- or 63-inch cow. But what are the economics?" he asked. "Ten to 15 years ago, we had cows that were too tall in the front end. We learned those cows weren't very efficient," he said.
"As we evolve our thinking on this topic, we don't want to give up capacity. However, ultra tall cows don't last, especially in free stalls. We can have cows with moderate stature, but we can't give up capacity," he cautioned.
A great deal of progress has been made, but more can be done. "Classification systems have been retooled to better predict longevity and enhance genomic predictions," said Atkins. "However, cows don't maximize milk production until the fourth lactation. There isn't a country in the world hitting that average, so we all have more work to do."
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Creating solutions driven by focused systems biology questions demands new technological approaches. Automation of detection systems has allowed biologists to move beyond the limits of manually driven tools. One technology that has not traditionally been easy to automate is flow cytometry. New developments have led to the emergence of flow cytometry as a remarkable tool in automated high-content screening. The process requires the optimization and standardization of many procedures and, importantly, solutions for rapid and robust analysis that match the time savings generated by automation.
Perhaps the most difficulty is encountered in the need to quickly reduce very large datasets into something meaningful. Most current procedures operate in a purely vertical fashion that does not translate well into large volume processing. Furthermore, flow cytometry is a field in which the typical software package is a complex tool designed for universal use, not to handle assays based on high well number plates, particularly those with 384 or more wells. Even with 96-well plates, most flow-cytometry analysis approaches are inefficient and cumbersome.
The approach we propose requires the creation of robust, module-specific tools focused on solving specific analytical problems. For example, if the need is for IC50 values, then tools can be designed for high-speed flow-cytometry analysis with direct output of IC50 values from raw list-mode data. Such a tool may be highly efficient for this application, but not effective for a different assay.
The fundamental approach can be modified from one application to another, but this does require alteration of the software. For HT flow to be efficient and adopted, software specific for a given application may be required. As an example, for drug screening, we have designed a robust process that uses a combination of plate-design profiles, plate-analysis profiles, and predesignated outputs. A second approach has been designed for immunophenotyping applications.
The drug-screening example is shown in Figure 1. Here the assay design is optimized for a 384-well plate and for 10-point drug dilutions. The most efficient way is to use two blocks of 16 drugs, leaving four columns available for negative and positive controls. This efficient design allows 32 drugs to be tested on a 384-well plate.
To ensure high-quality control, together with necessary speed, all processes are performed on automated systems (Biomek®, Beckman Coulter). Thus cells, reagents, dyes, and chemicals are robotically added to plates, and of course, plates are run on the flow cytometer (CyAn®, Beckman Coulter) supplied by an automated robotic delivery system (HyperCyt®, IntelliCyt). Automation at the preparative level brings good quality control, reproducible results, and economy of scale.
The results are then analyzed by our software, which was created to provide entire plate-based results in what is essentially a single step directly from the flow-cytometry list-mode files. The creation of assay-specific, robust analytical tools to automate analysis is an innovation that transforms what would otherwise be a slow and cumbersome process of data reduction. Using such tools, we are able to reduce 384-well plate data to final results in about one minute—something traditional flow-cytometry software approaches cannot do.
To design an HT flow-cytometry system, one should have a well-defined result in mind, such as IC50 values when doing drug screens. Once this is established, it is possible to use a plug-and-play type interface to create the analysis protocol (Figure 2). Usually, the leading component is a gating region defining a specific subset of cells.
J. Paul Robinson, Ph.D. ([email protected]), is SVM professor of cytomics, professor of biomedical engineering, and director of the Purdue University Cytometry Laboratories. Valery Patsekin is a staff scientist at Purdue University, where Bartek Rajwa, Ph.D., is a professor of basic medical science, and V. Jo Davisson, Ph.D., is professor of medicinal chemistry and molecular pharmacology. Nianyu Li, Ph.D., and Padmakumar Narayanan, Ph.D., are scientists at Amgen.
J. Paul Robinson, Ph.D. ([email protected]), is SVM professor of cytomics, professor of biomedical engineering, and director of the Purdue University Cytometry Laboratories. Valery Patsekin is a staff scientist at Purdue University, where Bartek Rajwa, Ph.D., is a professor of basic medical science, and V. Jo Davisson, Ph.D., is professor of medicinal chemistry and molecular pharmacology. Nianyu Li, Ph.D., and Padmakumar Narayanan, Ph.D., are scientists at Amgen.
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- "They don't even know what they're in for. No way. Nothing stands in the way of love. Love is strong enough to rip down mountains and throw trucks and all that stuff."
- ― Bernie Crane, about the blackmailers
Union Drive is the second mission for Bernie Crane in Grand Theft Auto IV.
The objective of the mission is to meet with blackmailers of Bernie. Bernie explains that the people that he and Niko are meeting are representatives of the blackmailers in Northwood. He says to take a "fast and intimidating car", there is usually a Turismo nearby. Bernie lets the reps know that he will not negotiate with them, and it is revealed that they are representing Dimitri Rascalov. The player is instructed to chase and kill them, but it is easier to focus on the road, and eventually they will reach a dead end in Castle Garden City. The player can then exit the vehicle and kill Dimitri's men with a weapon. Watch out for buses and trucks blocking your way.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Take Bernie to the rendezvous to meet with the blackmailers
- Eliminate the blackmailers
- Go to Bernie
- Take Bernie back to his apartment
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- The name of the mission is double entendre referring to three seemingly unrelated topics. On one hand, the name references the nature of the mission: To drive in order to secure a "union" between lovers; another is that Dimitri Rascalov blackmails Bryce to obtain control of worker's union contracts; and on the other, it references the names of highways where much of the car chase in the mission occurs, Union Drive East and Union Drive West.
- The mission is one of only a handful of occasions in the game when a Super GT with a unique paintjob is available to be taken, as it is the Russians' getaway vehicle. After they eventually crash, the car can easily be taken.
- Dimitri calls soon after this mission and tells Niko he will "cut him in" if he helps expose Dawkins, and also taunts Niko about being gay for hanging out with Bernie.
- When the player gets to the Castle Tunnel a Police Cruiser will chase the hitmen, but will lose control and crash, prompting Niko to say something like "If half the cops in the city weren't on the take, I'd feel sorry for that guy".
- Strangely, the police officer that chases the goons does not turn on his sirens. This could be either a mistake by the officer himself to represent the incompetent nature of the LCPD, or more likely a simple programming error.
- When the Super GT hits traffic cars, they immediatley flip over, where as outside missions this would not be executed as quick.


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Amherst Council Member Mark Manna wants a moratorium on all developer site plans and variances for projects that would exceed 50 feet in height until a special town committee can finish its work on revised height and design recommendations for commercial properties.
He'll make that a resolution for consideration at the board's meeting on Feb. 25, though it's questionable whether he would have enough board support to pass such a measure.
Early this month, the Town Board agreed to create a Building Height Review Committee to reconsider the blanket 65-foot height limitation for commercial properties that was established in 1976.
The review committee was spurred by resident concerns regarding 65-foot hotel projects along Main Street being undertaken by Ellicott Development and Iskalo Development.
The board later renamed and expanded the work of the Building Height Review Committee to include a broader discussion of the context and design of commercial building proposals.
In light of those decisions, Manna said he wants the town to draft a local law and convene a public hearing on his proposed building height moratorium.
"We don't want variances or site plans granted that might be contrary to what the new committee's recommendations may be," he said.
He's asking for a moratorium until the new committee's work is complete or until the end of the year. Manna's latest resolution would directly affect Iskalo Development's existing site plans and variance requests for a 65-foot Hyatt Place Hotel behind the Lord Amherst Hotel.
In other developments:
• Williamsville Mayor Brian Kulpa said this past week that the village is very close to reaching an agreement with the Erie County Water Authority for a takeover of the village's aging and expensive water system. A memorandum of understanding may be reached with the Water Authority by sometime early next month.
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Assemblyman Sean M. Ryan is stepping up his pressure on the Clarence Industrial Development Agency to reject tax breaks for a planned new Towne Mini dealership on Main Street and to share details of the requested incentives before the board meets Thursday.
Towne Automotive has applied for financial assistance for a $1.9 million standalone dealership it plans to build across from a facility it now shares with BMW, just east of Transit Road. The project has received development plan approval from town officials.
Ryan, a Buffalo Democrat, has called for IDAs to be more selective in awarding tax breaks. He has urged the Clarence IDA to turn down Towne Mini's request, contending that the new dealership will be built, anyway, and that the retail project was not a worthwhile use of tax breaks.
Towne has said that the incentives are essential to make the new dealership cost-effective to build and could not promise that the project would go forward without them. David M. Downing, a Towne vice president, has said a new dealership would allow Towne to increase its allocation of Minis, and thus sell more of them and generate additional sales tax revenue. Downing also said the new dealership would generate more property tax revenues and create more jobs at the facility.
The back-and-forth over Mini is part of a broader debate in the county over what types of projects ought to receive IDA benefits and how those tax breaks affect the amount of new revenues localities ultimately receive.
Towne's request is on the agenda for discussion Thursday, but because the value of the benefits Towne is seeking is less than $100,000, a public hearing was not required, said Lawrence M. Meckler, Clarence IDA co-counsel. "It doesn't necessarily mean [board members] are going to act Thursday, but they can."
Meckler said he expects that the public will be given a chance to comment on Towne or other items on the agenda before any votes are taken at Thursday's monthly meeting, even without a public hearing.
Ryan is also at odds with the Clarence IDA over documents detailing Towne Mini's request. Ryan has called for those documents to be released before the meeting, citing the Freedom of Information Law; Meckler disagreed, saying that under his reading of the law, the documents do not have to be released in advance. "The application is considered confidential until it is acted upon one way or another," Meckler said. The Buffalo News' request for the documents was turned down for that same reason.
Robert J. Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, could not be reached to comment Monday.
Ryan said that if property, mortgage recording and sales tax breaks for Towne Mini are involved, the decision would affect new revenues for municipalities across the county, not just Clarence. In a letter dated Monday to the Clarence IDA chairman, David C. Hartzell Jr., Ryan assailed the Clarence IDA for "secrecy."
"The actions by the [Clarence] IDA regarding this deal continue to show that our IDAs are out of control," Ryan wrote. "You do not have unlimited power, and you are supposed to be held accountable to the public whose tax dollars you are giving away like Monopoly money."
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At the recent Umno 60th anniversary celebration, Abdullah touched briefly on his Mission 2057. He said the mission would become the development guideline for another 50 years. Although he did not specifically say how, I believe the document is now being drafted by ISIS to be released just before the 50th independence celebration. The blueprint will be a continuation of the Vision 2020. The verdict is still out there if we can achieve the objectives and targets set out in the Vision 2020.
However, he did mention the government would continue to ensure that culture, harmony, unity, cooperation and tolerance in religion be continued as value-added to the country's achievement. He stressed attention on human capital enhancement and cultural and artistic development too.
I am delighted Abdullah has invited the participation of the people in formulating the long-term mission. To be more inclusive, the government wanted the people including opposition parties, women, youths, professionals and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to discuss and provide views for the country's future. With this invitation, I would like to start the ball rolling on what should be included in the Mission 2057 blueprint to ensure that it represents the interests, needs and aspirations of a fair, just and harmonious Malaysian society.
The most important element in the Mission 2057 would be to ensure the continuous socio-economic and personal development of a truly fair, just and harmonious Malaysian society, assuming that the objective to create a Bangsa Malaysia (Malaysian nation) in Vision 2020 is met. It is very important for the government to address the pressing and growing intra-community income gap which leads to disgruntlement and other social issues.
I acknowledged that any programme aimed at restructuring a society is a long haul process. Hence, the government should start now by recognizing the problem and make necessary adjustment from a socio-economic policy which is race centric to one which is class centric. It takes a stubborn denial syndrome not to admit that the present policy has failed to address the intra-community income disparity.
The government should compute how much wealth is being held by the hundred richest individuals of each community in the country. This will provide a good indication on the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few and to quash the myth that all Chinese Malaysians are rich and all Bumiputera are poor.
Second, the Prime Minister expressed his hope that Umno will grow strength-to-strength for the next 50 years to ensure the rights and needs of the Malays are protected. Understandably, he said this at the 60th anniversary of Umno but the Mission 2057 is supposed to hinge on the extension of the Vision 2020. At the assembly, he was addressing a particular crowd from a particular community. However, the Mission 2057 is supposed to be a public blueprint containing aspirations and hope shared by all Malaysians regardless of ethnicity or creed.
On the contrary, if the objectives of Vision 2020 are met the current political model should similarly undergo a proper adjustment to ensure that political parties by then represent Malaysians and championing the rights of all Malaysians regardless of wealth ownership or social status. I hope the Prime Minister can give us his assurance that a truly united, fair, just and harmonious Bangsa Malaysia can be achieved by year 2020.
Third, Abdullah mentioned religious tolerance as a value added to our material progress. Apart from tolerance, I hope the Prime Minister will call for mutual respect and continuous dialogue between religious leaders of various faiths. To many people, religion is a channel to glorify God and to form a spiritual bonding between them and God. Nevertheless, their methods, interpretations and spiritual approaches do differ.
Here is where a mutual understanding of each other's religion is helpful. Unfortunately, many of us find interfaith dialogue a dirty word or a ploy to subservient our religion. In a human world, mutual understanding can only be forged through sincere, respectful, open and flexible dialogue. Any party to a dialogue seeking an exclusive position for the faith it represents will ensure the breakdown of a dialogue. Our problem is many of us are seeking for such exclusivity either egoistically or emotionally in the absent of reason.
On this part, Abdullah introduced his version of civilisational Islam or 'Islam Hadhari' aiming at interpreting Islam in the modern context of 21st century. He insisted that Islam Hadhari is not a new branch of Islam but merely seek to interpret its values in the right time period. This is a very important point. It is undeniable that the interpretation of Islamic values and lessons in the 14th century has to be different from Islam in the 21st century. Such flexibility is not only good to its followers but to ensure the religion remained evergreen and relevant.
In Malaysia, apart from the communal divide, perpetuated from the colonial era, religious divide appears to be showing a more distinct crack with muslims and non-muslims on the opposite sides. For example, the federal court judgment against Lina Joy unavoidably dragged in both the Christian and Islamic religious bodies and their followers. Some parties alleged that the spirit of the federal constitutions is being interpreted along religious belief. The issue of judicial and legal authority is set to become one of the biggest stumbling blocks in our quest to create a united, just, fair and harmonious society.
The Mission 2057 should address this socio-religious divide and the question of legal authority. Should Malaysia create a dual legal system – one for the muslims and the other for non-muslims? Or should we continue to accept and respect the federal constitutions as the supreme law of the land and the civil courts as religious-free courts where justice is meted out regardless of race or creed? As the world is becoming more pluralistic, the urge to coexist harmoniously must become stronger. Otherwise, peace and harmony will elude us.
Fourth, the Mission 2057 should strive to strengthen the democratic institutions in the country to ensure that democracy continues to flourish. Unless Francis Fukuyama is proven wrong, I foresee us practicing a democratic system beyond year 2057. According to Fukuyama, the state that emerges at the end of history is liberal insofar as it recognizes and protects through a system of law man's universal right to freedom and democratic insofar as it exists only with the consent of the governed. We must ensure the rights promised to us at the birth of the nation and enshrined in the federal constitutions remained protected, respected and dispensed at all times.
Finally but not exhaustive, I fully agree the emphasis put on human capital enhancement. A respected statesman told me that the main failure of the affirmative action is the lack of emphasis on skills development of the Bumiputera community especially the Malays. As a result, many of them are not able to capitalize on opportunities given by the government through grants, subsidies, licenses and projects. Featured almost daily are news about abandoned projects, shoddy constructions, poor management and maintenance works and others. We do not need a rocket scientist to tell us the sign.
Malay entrepreneurs who are able to acquire the necessary skills to capitalize on the opportunities given have succeeded. With the right attitude and skills, they will succeed regardless of the affirmative policy.
Hence, the government should focus on human capital enhancement with the primary focus of uplifting the skills and knowledge level of our human resources. In the advent of globalization, the only way for a country to progress in to actively innovate and create specialized knowledge. Our ambitious projects of the various economic development corridors would be the first to welcome local skilled workers.
With slightly more than two months away before the announcement of the Mission 2057 blueprint, I hope the Prime Minister will launch an extensive dialogue with all stakeholders, as promised earlier. I would like to urge Malaysians to speak out and exercise your rights to dictate the kind of society you want to live in be it in the next 5 years or 50 years.
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HOLLIDAYSBURG - The bright lights of the Great White Way will shine for one evening on a local stage.
The concert "Broadway in the Park," starring Greggory Brandt, his son, Eddie Brandt, Patricia Phillips and Lizzie Klemperer, will take place at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 25 at Canal Basin Park.
Broadway Bound Kids, an Altoona-based song-and-dance performing group Greggory Brandt started about four years ago, will also perform in the show.
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"Broadway in the Park"?organizer Greggory Brandt of Altoona leads a rehearsal by performers (from left) Brendan Trybus, 17, of Hollidaysburg, Olivia Kline, 12, of Altoona, Malia Danish, 10, of Tyrone, and Samantha Brandt, 6, of Altoona, at Canal Basin Park in Hollidaysburg.
A portion of the proceeds benefit the Mirror's Season of Sharing, an annual fundraising drive for a different charity each year.
Greggory Brandt, an Altoona native, is an actor, singer, director and instructor. Among a list of acting credentials, he has performed on Broadway in "A Tale of Two Cities" and "Les Miserables." He was also in national touring productions of the latter musical.
Eddie Brandt, a theater and popular music culture major at Rider University, Lawrenceville, N.J., who graduated from Altoona Area High School in 2011, performed as a child in "Annie Get Your Gun" on Broadway and in a national tour of "Les Miserables."
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What: Broadway in the Park
Where: Canal Basin Park, Hollidaysburg
When: 6:30 p.m. Aug. 25
Tickets: $20, adults; $10, 12 and under. Available at Thompson Pharmacy, Chestnut Avenue and Hollidaysburg locations, or at the park an hour before the concert. Bring your own lawn chair. All tickets are general admission. In case of inclement weather, the show will take place at the Hollidaysburg Area Junior High School
Phillips, who lives outside Princeton, N.J., has performed in several Broadway productions, including playing the role of Carlotta in "Phantom of the Opera," and Ayah in "The Secret Garden."
Among other New York theater and regional roles, Klemperer, who lives in New York City, has played Wednesday Addams in a national tour of "The Addams Family" and Laura in a national tour of "Little House on the Prairie, The Musical."
Greggory Brandt wanted to bring some Broadway performers back to the area to perform an end-of-summer concert, he said.
The show will feature old standards and contemporary tunes, he said.
The opening number is from "Annie Get Your Gun," and they close the curtain with the final scene of "Les Miserables," he said.
The show will have "really beautiful music from every era of the musical theater canon and it's just happy, up-tempo music that will leave people humming and tapping their toes and smiling," Phillips said.
The concert, which will have a small band, will have the four performers doing what they love to do the most, "just to sing this really good music," Klemperer said.
The show offers up "a lot of nice music and Broadway material that a lot of people in this area like to hear, but just don't really get to travel to the bigger cities to hear it," Brandt said. "I really worked hard to try to get a nice different array of musical styles, musical selections from older shows as well as newer ones and people, of course, love 'Phantom' music and 'Les Mis' music and so they won't be disappointed. Anyone who loves musical theater or Broadway will really be impressed or hopefully just be very happy with coming out to the park to see this show and concert."
In case of inclement weather, the show will move to the Hollidaysburg Area Junior High School.
Mirror Staff Writer Amanda Gabeletto is at 949-7030.


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Ryann just got finished riding her horse with the trainer, Ernesto. She was upset that the horse did not seem ready for an upcoming competition. She threatened to tell her father to fire Ernesto, if she did not get what she wanted. She wanted the horse to be ready for the competition, but she also wanted his big bulge in his pants. She made him pull out his cock and she enjoyed sucking on it. Then, she demanded he munch on her pussy and ass. She commanded him to pounded her pussy and cream all over her pretty face. She got what she wanted.


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Wando football coach Jimmy Noonan celebrated his selected players of the week after Wando's 39-12 season-opening victory against James Island, Aug. 24. Every Thursday morning at Eggs Up Grill in Mount Pleasant, Noonan leads a breakfast meeting that is open to the public to discuss the past week's game and the upcoming game. The meeting is sponsored by the Mount Pleasant Football Association (website: http://mpfa.us/).
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