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New, not respiffed. I almost missed that
I have a very similar one. The touchpad buttons are a little loud, very clicky, but a decent laptop for the office. (mine doesn't have as good of a graphics card.)
What! No USB 3.0???
I've been looking for a new laptop with blu ray. This seems like a great deal. Someone tell me what's wrong with it?
wiley1woot wrote:What! No USB 3.0???
Is this the new "Will it work with my Mac" post thing?
ThunderThighs wrote:Is this the new "Will it work with my Mac" post thing?
Zackly. Next, we'll be arguing about Linux.
I just bought my son an HP with which we're very happy. Had I seen this, I'd have been in for one in a flash. Nice deal.
It might be, but the first time i did a transfer via USB 3.0, it brought tears to my eyes.
DaveInSoCal wrote:I've been looking for a new laptop with blu ray. This seems like a great deal. Someone tell me what's wrong with it?
Nuthin' ... if you're not a serious gamer or something ... there's not a damn thing wrong with it, and there's definitely nothing wrong with the price. I say, "jump."
I wonder if this is a good choice for Diablo III
This particular model comes with a cobra in the box. But if you own a mongoose, it's a really great deal.
This actually looks quite nice, I bought a new laptop about 8 months ago - makes me sad to see what I could have had. I'll wait another 8 months and see what I can get then!
Keep in mind that this only plays Blu-rays. It cannot write to them as it can with DVDs and CDs. I can't tell you how many people mistakenly believe that they'll easily back up their laptop using a built-in Blu-ray drive. While some notebooks may offer a Blu-ray writer as an upgrade option, I don't believe any stock models have that feature. Certainly none under $500.
In an informal review of most hated item, brand or store, HP came 4th behind Paypal, Rose Art art supplies and Midas auto repair. http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/tpct0/what_is_your_never_again_brand_item_store_or/
It's "made by" HP. That's what's wrong with it. HP has terrible quality control and worse customer service. I have had nothing but bad luck with HP computers, repeatedly. No more though. Edit: just wanted to add that I know what I'm doing with computers, and I can tell you their "tech support" is a nightmare of incompetence at best, a nightmare of disrespect toward customers as a matter of regular course.
I have used hundreds of HPs. I haven't noticed any more problems with them than any other. This is a pretty good deal.
If this laptop was made by a no-name brand I'd never heard of, I might be in for 1. Since it is HP, not a chance.
dbuggr wrote:It's "made by" HP. That's what's wrong with it. HP has terrible quality control and worse customer service. I have had nothing but bad luck with HP computers, repeatedly. No more though. Edit: just wanted to add that I know what I'm doing with computers, and I can tell you their "tech support" is a nightmare of incompetence at best, a nightmare of disrespect toward customers as a matter of regular course.
What better way to run a computer tech support than incompetently these days? :D That asus COre i5 laptop they sold on here a year ago is still the best thing I've ever had the pleasure of getting my hands on. Does what I want and more. HP's arrow key layouts make me sad.
Strike one: too big for me. Strike two: integrated graphics. Strike three: HP. (This strike also struck out the next two pitchers automatically.) Yes, I'm awfully demanding for a deals site, but I probably would have jumped if it only had one strike against it. Still waiting. Bring me an ASUS, and I will be off that bridge before you can say "boo."
I purchased this exact model here a few months ago for my nephew for graduation this coming weekend. The only two things I did not like about it is the screen and sound. It has a decent resolution, but the viewing angles from top to bottom are not great. The whole screen is ultra glossy as well. If the screen had a matte finish it would be so much better. The sound is also very "thin". The multi-gesture touchpad has a textured feel to it that made movements precise. The system memory installed in the one I received was a 4GB stick of Kingston DDR3 1333 RAM paired with a 2GB stick of Hyundai DDR3 1333 RAM. The integrated graphics is pretty decent for something like League of Legends or similar, and very adequate for watching movies in HD. I like that it has a large screen, full-sized keyboard, HDMI output and Blu-ray player. There is a system backup on one of the three partitions on the hard drive, and there were no software discs included. What you see in the pics is exactly what you get. The box it came packaged in was very plain with no HP branding like in the unboxing videos online. Overall, I am quite satisfied with the purchase and will still recommend it!
pensiveshadows wrote:Strike one: too big for me. Strike two: integrated graphics. Strike three: HP. (This strike also struck out the next two pitchers automatically.) Yes, I'm awfully demanding for a deals site, but I probably would have jumped if it only had one strike against it. Still waiting. Bring me an ASUS, and I will be off that bridge before you can say "boo."
Isn't it the batters that get struck out? Must be frustrating buying a computer here with so many HPs and people either loving or hating them. Maybe people who haven't needed support like them better?
Last break, so here goes: previous woot: http://www.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=4910756 Product support page: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=5210876 including notebook reference guide: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02983433.pdf and getting started guide: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02987496.pdf PC Magazine's 2012 survey on laptops: HP didn't do as bad in the past, but that says something about where HP was before: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2400793,00.asp Not too hot with PC World either, last fall: http://www.pcworld.com/article/244419/laptop_reliability_and_satisfaction_macbooks_rule.html Good night.
I don't see anything wrong with it, I'd say jump as well... My only beef, would be the processor, I think it should be beefier but it's a small thing to consider unless this computer is going to be used for any heavy duty processing (like video editing might be a tad slow). I will say I am surprised to see a blu-ray disc drive AND a number pad. P.S. to the HP haters, I have owned 4-5 HPs over my lifetime, never had any hardware problems. (Except their printers, though... we always seem to buy really bad ones) Will say I have never needed to use customer support so I cannot say anything good or bad about that.
I bought this computer about a month ago on moofi and I love it! One of the best investments I have made in a long while. If you are thinking about it, I would jump on this deal!
I was looking for customer reviews of this laptop, and found a few at Staples. http://www.staples.com/HP-Pavilion-g7-1261nr-173-Laptop/product_645768 I checked the Q&A section under the reviews and found this notebook does not have Bluetooth.
actually, is not intergrated graphic like you see on intel, this one is actually a discrete graphics, is like SoC, but AMD made it more like GPU on a die with the CPU, you dont get as powerful as the graphic card you place on the PCI-Express, but it can run pretty well for a light game or watch HD movie or a HDPC Which is called APU http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_processing_unit AMD is gaining mobile market because of it, it can out perform intel HD graphic by ten fold
$479 w/free shipping at Staples, 4.6/5 stars w/5 reviews. http://www.staples.com/HP-Pavilion-g7-1261nr-173-Laptop/product_645768
Whats wrong with it, is that it has blue ray or a CD drive in general. Like the floppy disk, it seems really old fashion to run a motor and spin a disk the entire time to watch a movie. I keep my external cd player in a drawer where it has collected dust for 3 years. I would rather watch the movie online or download it.
Three things I love first thing in the morning, that first cup of coffee,the sound of bacon cooking in a pan and the sweet smell of NEW,yes I said NEW,electronics! Can I have an AMEN boys and girls!
Well, last week at 1saleaday they had a Toshiba with the same specs except that the processor was better and a bigger hard drive for $10 more at $459.99. The Toshiba had an A6 quad procesor and a 640 GB HD and like this HP it was also new. However, with that said, 1saleaday can be super slow to ship and they are horrible, just absolutely horrible in shipping products with adequate protection. Most items are shipped in plastic bags or boxes with minimal or no added protection at all. Bottom line...a better deal will probably come along in a few months...hopefully here at Woot. Currently it is an average deal at best. It would be a good deal at $400.00 and it would be an awesome deal at $350.00...just my humble opinion.
What's wrong with it is that it is an acceptable deal at best. For $10 more last week at 1saleady you could get an A6 quad core processor and a bigger HD. Please see my other post for more details. This would be a good deal at $400 or better yet an awesome deal at $350.
foolnamedjon wrote:I wonder if this is a good choice for Diablo III
No this is a great choice for Diablo II but not a good choice for Diablo III. You just meet the minimum specs which really is never enough to actually make the game playable. If you are buy this specifically for Diablo you will be less than fulfilled.
I am on the fence about this. I've been waiting patiently to buy a laptop once I saw a good one pop up on here. The "NEW" is a big seller for me. I'm just gonna have to wait most of the day to decide.
I've used HP laptops, desktops and printers with very few problems and great tech support. Recently I was given a used HP Elitebook laptop and no backup up disks. I called HP, gone to support quickly, gave them the serial # and they sent me a Windows 7 disk set for $10.
Dang! Ordered one from HP last week - this one is $50 less. It's a good machine.
rpm002 wrote:If this laptop was made by a no-name brand I'd never heard of, I might be in for 1. Since it is HP, not a chance.
This reminds me of the old "Iomega Zip Drive Click of Death" fiasco. Something like 1/4 of one percent of those Zip drives were defective, but because they sold SO MANY drives and because those few who got bad ones complained so loudly, it seemed as if all Zip drives were bad. If Joe Blow building PCs in his garage sells 100 a year and has a 10% fail rate, he won't be noticed. If HP sells a million units and has a one percent failure rate, then it seems the sky is falling.
Anyone know if you can do screen captures of Blu Ray discs with the software? Really considering picking this up, but that's pretty much the only reason I would have for the Blu Ray.
Will the latest version of Photoshop run smoothly on this laptop?
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NORTHBROOK — Faith Garcia, 12, and Joselin Aguirre, 13, walked into the Northbrook Court store and cried.
Their friend Nina Villareal, 12, just barely held back the tears.
Their emotions were close to the surface after six hours of anticipation, waiting outside for the Saturday morning opening of the "pop-up store" featuring One Direction boy-band merchandise.
They walked in and it was just too much, too wonderful.
Dozens of other girls singing along with videos of "What Makes You Beautiful" and "One Thing" on big TVs in the middle of the store. T-shirts, posters, calendars and dolls fashioned after the members of the youthful quintet, the latest objects of youthful desire.
They entered a 2,800-square-foot room filled with people all the same age who loved the same five young men. And they loved them in a way that didn't stop them from loving each other.
The Chicago girls had arrived at 3 a.m., and here it was 9:30 and they had never visited the portable toilets.
"I was too excited," Aguirre said. She was smiling so hard, she said, her face hurt.
They filled up bags with merchandise and headed out the door.
"I'm going to be here every day," Garcia said.
There are not that many days left. The United States' first 1D World pop-up store will close Sept. 9, then it's on to some other, yet-unchosen big town, like New York or LA, then more big towns, then smaller towns, as long as the band's popularity lasts, U.S. project manager Will Stone said.
He stood outside the store, looking through the window wall, so he could protect his ears for awhile. Each time a new song came on the TVs, there was a thunderous chorus of squeals, if the mood was right.
"My two girls are too young for this," he said of his own children, 2 and 6.
"This is their college tuition."
It was stunning to watch. In an economy that encourages careful shopping, and in a high-end mall famous for attracting shoppers slow to buy, about 700 people came in and could not wait to get the money out of their pockets.
Parents handed children credit cards and wads of cash. Everything was in $10 increments, tax included, making it easy to count. Fifteen young women worked three identical counters, after helping to assemble them before the opening.
Rent-a-cops and public-relations people and 1D World reps ran a smooth cruise, letting in almost entirely happy people 100 at a time.
"The thing I don't understand," one marketer said, taking in all the excitement, "is that the band isn't even here."
It was more than that. Though pop-up stores have appeared only in Northbrook, Sydney and Toronto, much of the merchandise that was generating all the excitement is available on the Web.
A triumph for brick-and-mortar.
The girls in hot pursuit of product broke into song spontaneously on the parking lot and in the mall's halls.
The sound of "All Night Long" — the single that beat all comers in 15 nations — rang sweetly outside the store, from the throats of a couple of dozen young women who had, indeed, been up all night long.
One of their dads, Brad Smith of Niles, stood at the edge of the chorus with a blank look on his face.
He had heard the song before, he said. Just a little bit.
"We went on vacation, and the kids had a CD player," he said. "Six hours or so."
So far, there is not much variety from the Brit band. They've only been around two years, and only have one album.
Inside the store, Ray Sanchez of Bensenville sat down on a window ledge while his daughter spent his money to the beat of high-decibel piped 1D music. He had his head in his hands.
"I like it," he said. "I like it when it stops."
In the hallway, Reece Paige, the world project director, was asked what set off the occasional paroxysms of shrieking.
"I'll show you how it's done," he said, in his thick Aussie accent. He held a camera over his head and pointed it at the girls as he walked to the beginning of the line. As soon as they saw him and the lens, it sounded like the Ed Sullivan Show, 1964.
Paige often travels with One Direction. So he's actually spoken with its members.
Girls frequently jumped out of line to have their pictures taken with him. He's with the band.
As the girls excitedly walked down the hall, at last half of them raised cell-phone cameras above their heads and documented their own progress.
They are intellectually committed.
"There are rules," said Caroline Rebodos, 14, of Algonquin.
She had the props to define the parameters of fellow Directionettes. She was one of the first eight girls to arrive, at around 9 p.m. Friday.
"You have to know all their first names. You have to know their family members. You have to know their height," she said.
"You can have a favorite, but you can't have a least favorite. You have to know every one of the words to every one of the songs."
They all seem to know that, and much more.
Autumn Bascon-O'Connell, 13, of Glenview said she loved Zayn Malik: "He is my Bradford Bad Boy."
Her girlfriends laughed. Everyone knows that, because there's a YouTube video in which fellow bandmate Louis Tomlinson mimics Malik: "Yo, I'm a Bradford Bad Boy," and the tease is replayed over and over for two minutes.
Everyone in the line seemed to know all the things the boys say about themselves in Internet video vignettes.
Tomlinson loves carrots. Malik used to be afraid of water, but he got over it. Liam Payne is afraid of spoons. Harry Styles has a cat named Dusty. Niall Horan is nicknamed Leprechaun, as he is the only one from Ireland, and he's short (The others are English.).
Tomlinson has a pigeon doll named Kevin.
Kevin the artificial pigeon has his own Twitter page.
It is often confused with well over 50 fake Twitter pages for Kevin the fake pigeon.
So far, it's working for them.
"As long as they keep putting out albums, they'll survive," Stone said. "Until something new comes, and is big enough to push them aside."
Nellie Sepulveda of Romeoville has been through all of this before. She brought her youngest daughter to Northbrook, and brought her three older girls to see the Jonas Brothers. She herself liked the Osmonds.
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The White House spokesman said the use was a sign of al-Assad's "utter depravity" and a U.S. official said it could represent a "growing sense of desperation" by the government. But others within the U.S. government suggest the move might be more tactical than desperate.
If al-Assad is trying to keep his aircraft out of the range of opposition's surface-to-air missiles, the Scuds let him fire from much farther away and still reach into opposition territory, according to a U.S. intelligence assessment.
Syria's president is still controlling some of his military forces and commanders, but U.S. officials believe he and his top advisers are showing less ability to maintain control than they did six to eight months ago.
"There has been a strongly downward steady progression" in al-Assad's grip on power," said the senior U.S. official.
The United States believes "the wall around him is slowly coming down," said the senior official of the strong inner circle around al-Assad. "We are saying there are indicators there is weakening around Assad."
That said, this senior official and other U.S. administration officials tell CNN that as of now there is no indication al-Assad is making plans to step down.
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NEW YORK -- Analog chip companies are firing up their stock repurchase programs in an effort to increase shareholder value and boost the market's long-term confidence in their financial viability.
Earlier this month, Intersil Corp.'s board authorized the repurchase of up to $50 million of the company's common stock. MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp. and Volterra Corp. also recently said their boards approved an expansion of previously authorized share repurchase plans.
Now, MagnaChip can buy an additional $25 million of its common stock, bringing the maximum amount it can repurchase to $60 million. At the end of June, the Seoul-based company had already repurchased $28.8 million of its common stock.
Volterra recently acquired $1 million of its common stock, and was just authorized to increase its stock repurchase plan to $15 million. "We intend to increase our buyback activity going forward," Mike Burns, chief financial officer of Volterra (Fremont, Calif.), said recently.
Analysts said the soft macroeconomic environment is weighing on analog chip companies' income statements, and financial results and revenue guidance are coming in below Wall Street expectations. However, they still have significant cash flow, and given the low rate they can earn from their cash, repurchasing shares is a good use of capital.
"The cash balances are higher than you would need to sustain the business," said Suji De Silva, an analyst at Think Equity in San Francisco.
At the end of the second quarter, Intersil's cash and short term investments totaled $316.1 million; MagnaChip had approximately $161 million in cash; and Volterra, $146.8 million compared to $126.7 million last December.
It's not only analog companies taking the step to shore up investor confidence. Xilinx Inc. also said this week that its board authorized the repurchase of up to $750 million of its common stock, or approximately 8 percent of its outstanding shares at the current stock price.
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I don't know the math behind repurchase, but some companies did that before while there was no sign of advantage at all, at least from their stock price.
I think if the company is strong in cash flow, the better way to spend the money is to further invest on human capital (recruit more talents) and acquire good value companies.
The maxim "buy low; sell high" should also apply when buying back your own stock, but, tragically, it usually doesn't. Study after study have shown that stock buybacks usually occur at a stock price peak, rather than at a nadir. If the stocks are so undervalued now, why weren't they even more undervalued at the stock market bottom, and why didn't you buy then instead of now?
During stock peaks the economy is sound and more cash flow and cash balance. During stock price low the reverse is true and the is a financial block to repurchase it.
Academically, companies buy back their shares to increase shareholder value. But there could be other reasons, for instance, to prevent or make it harder for another company to take it over. I'm not at all suggesting that any of the companies mentioned in the article are acquisition targets, however. But it is something to think about. Also, semi companies are definitely being conservative with their R&D plans, and while the idea of using the cash to increase their engineering workforces and gear up for when the market returns to double-digit growth is one that would make sense, companies are still doing the opposite. And there are no indications (in the short-term anyway) that the trend will reverse itself in a big way.
Buyback has no benefit. You cannot keep investors via that method. They take the value and when they are done, they dump the stock. The real deal is to make sure companies have good earnings.


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Yes. In this context it's typically not called vesting; that term is often associated with the shares granted to founders. The most common term for for the program that aplies for employees is stock options. The underlying principle of vesting -- that shares aren't just transferred at the signing of contract, but divided into tranches and given over time -- should absolutely be considered when creating a salary plan. Whatever it's called, this is complex, and the tax laws and corporate laws that apply to you and your employees matter a great deal. See for example this about RSU's, and the discussion under the stock options tag. It is important that you obtain qualified legal counsel and tax counsel before you create a stock options program. |
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The Taliban and the U.S. said Tuesday they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, as the international coalition formally handed over control of the country's security to the Afghan army and police.
Biden warns legislators: 'Country has changed' on gun violence
In remarks Tuesday touting the Obama administration's progress in addressing gun safety, Vice President Joe Biden vowed to revisit gun control legislation that failed in the U.S. Senate earlier this year, and warned legislators that the political climate shifted after the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut last December.
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Love that your family put out the balloons and everything. That's so great. Enjoy it!Then grill up a bunch of meat and tear into the industrial-sized package of toilet paper in that picture too.
The smile on her face is fantastic. She looks so proud.Nice job.
Happy happy day =) Love the decorations, and that smile says it all. Congrats, John.
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- said...
The picture with two green tram cars is most probably taken in the AnsaldoBreda workshop.
The damaged vehicle on the right was involved in a crash in Milan, near Porta Romana, on 10 october 2008: it derailed due to an error of the driver, who was using his mobile phone while driving.
After going out of the track, the Jumbotram hit another tram, an older model made in 1927 (those tram, called "Carrelli" are one of the symbols of the city).
Noone was injured, but people on the older vehicle got blocked inside the car due to a failure of emergency opening of the doors.
http://milano.corriere.it/cronache/articoli/2008/10_Ottobre/13/scontro_tram_milano_bligny_sabotino_atm_feriti.shtml - said...
The video at the end isn't a train hitting a concrete wall, it is a crash test for nuclear waste transport containers. The container is on a flatbed train car that has been turned on it's side, and the train hits the container (the yellow box)
- said...
Sorry if you know this already, but it has happened that trains that are to be scrapped have been cleaned up and then dumped in the sea to make artificial reefs for wildlife and divers to enjoy. That may explain the underwater image. Or maybe not! :-)
- said...
The crushed black tanker car was the result of implosion. "The general-purpose tank car in the photo below was being steam cleaned in preparation for maintenance. The job was still in progress at the end of the shift so the employee cleaning the car decided to block in the steam. The car had no vacuum relief so as it cooled, the steam condensed and the car imploded." Keep in mind that steam has around 1600 times the volume of condensed water.
Two links:
How tank car implosions work.
Lessons Learned in 2001: Over/Under Pressure Relief Required for System Safety from the Richland Operations Office Department of Energy
http://www.hanford.gov/RL/?page=525&parent=506 - said...
I'd have to watch the episode again, but the underwater subway car is probably a screencap from an episode of CSI: New York. It' looks awfully familiar...
The train on the "unfinished" bridge is out there deliberately; there's nothing that will stop it from backing up in that image.
The imploded tank car might be from a test/demonstration that was done - I'd have to dig out the video again and see if it's the same location. - said...
Train disaster happen quite often, luckily mostly without fatalities. One example for a catastrophe is the disaster in Eschede/Germany, where a high-speed train derailed and collided with a bridge, killing 101 people on board.
http://nedies.jrc.it/uploadedimages_nedies/Eschede1.jpg - paul said...
montparnasse is a station in paris, france, quite in the center of the city. its original name is "gare montparnasse". from there, trains depart to the south-western part of france.
- paul said...
(concerning img #4. thought you should make that clear. it really happend in the heart of paris)
- Avi Abrams said...
Thank you WrathofDog (cool nick!) post updated with a video link; good info, all - updated.
- said...
"Nowhere to go, can't backup either" Is a photoshop job, and a terrible one at that. You don't even have to look that closely to tell.
- rhea_sun said...
The CN on the side of the train stands for Canadian National (not pacific).
- said...
You should look up the train wreck in Prince George, British Columbia about 2 years ago. We all stood in the park and watched the train burning across the river. You could see the smoke all around town.
- said...
Picture #6 in the Russian section shows two rubber tired wheels attached to some wreckage between the two trains. The spiked objects to the right are diamond harrows which are not quite obsolete farm equipment. There's another harrow in the center further back and a badly bent on on the left. The wreckage with wheels is the harrow cart. It looks like a farmer was crossing the track when he shouldn't have.
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Ad. Utterly Surreal: Tilt-Shift Train Wrecks
I'm not convinced... these look as actulal tilt-shift photos, not "PS trickery". Of course tilt-shift can be immitated by retouching a photo on PS or other software but why bother? The fun You get with a tilt shift lens (such as PC-E Nikkor 24mm for example) is worth a lot more than time spent on your PS. The PS tilt-shift retouched photos will NEVER look as good as taken with an actual perspective-correction lens.
Peace to You all. I love this blog. - Marc said...
The photo of former New York City rollingstock unit 9577 is *definitely* not a train wreck. As someone mentioned before, this is one of the repurposed Redbirds that have been stripped of usable parts, cleaned, and dumped off the eastern seaboard. Please get it right, or note it.
If you're going to show an accident involving NYC rollingstock, at least show a real accident - Avi Abrams said...
Great info, Mark - updated
- Merlynne6 said...
Check this out.. Two photos of the only train wreck in US history where four steam locomotive trains collided... occurred at East Thompson Connecticut, Dec.4, 1891.
http://www.ahrtp.com/HallofFameOnline2/pages/trainwreck1.htm - said...
Nowhere to go, can't backup either:
This is the BNSF bridge over the Columbia River at Wishram,Washington. - said...
Image #31 happens in Malaysia, it was on local news. It was the end of the rail, but the train couldn't stop because of brake malfunction.
- ujanja said...
were the 1000 trains that sunk in the UN States pulled out?
- Marc said...
@ujanja They were intentionally put there to encourage reef growth on the otherwise flat and featureless ocean floor along the eastern seaboard off the coast of the Carolinas. This reef growth has also been great for tourism and fishing in the area.
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Almost two weeks ago I left my post here in Portland to check back in with our East Coast Brethren. Pretty successful trip I have to say, and it looks, at least from a cycling standpoint that they are holding themselves down pretty well. The other benefit of heading back to the Boston area is to catch up with some old friends, but at the same time meet new people.
Here is a little recap from the trip.
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This site is a great look at Men's fashion and their buying habits. Their keen eye for anything Americana, or Workerwear put them instantly at the top of my list. And my pocketbook has suffered because of it. Jeff Carvalho is the man behind the myth and we met up to discuss a variety of things cycling as well as clothing and japanese vending machine toys. He then took me over to a nearby warehouse/artists space where we received guided tours through architecture, design, fashion design, printmaking, and even bicycle fabricating suites. Great space in Somerville, MA.
2) Seven Cycles
Lugs? Seven Cycles is dipping in to the realm of lugs. Interesting choice. But it is coming from within, so it must be great because they are all wonderful people over there. Rob Vandermark was kind enough to sit down with me over at Seven Cycles Headquarters in Watertown, to tell me about The Seven Cycles Collaborative. It is always great to meet up with Rob because he is the brains behind the Seven operation, but also simply for that reason. His vast knowledge of the Cycling industry is something that I am constantly trying to learn from. Word on the street is that these guys are heading to the N.A.H.B.S. this year with their new project.
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The guys over on Joy street are always cooking up something fresh. In fact the moment that I walked in the door I was greeted by this beautiful purple Planet Cross bike that head honcho Gary Smith had just built for his wife. Tyler snapped a few quick photos (while I was snapping photos of his desktop) before it was out the door to prep for its inaugural ride the next day. And speaking of rides it looks as though the IF guys teamed up with NYC Velo for a little jaunt through the outskirts of New York City a few weeks ago. Check out their post on it here. Rich Bravo, Sam Richardson, and Kansas Waugh of the Rapha Continental were on hand to show them how to do it.
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Most of the Embrocation Team was out battling through the mud of New Jersey but I caught up with James Morrison and Perri Mertens at a cross race in Plymouth, Massachusetts. They have been wearing the Classic Softshell that was customized with the Embrocation Moka Pot logo. With the mud an wet weather that cross calls for, and cross racers love, the Classic Softshell seemed like the best choice for this handsome team (If I don't mind saying so myself- and I don't).
There is some great stuff coming out of the Boston area these days, and if this is any example of that, well then it is going to be a good year.
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The search for love; the search for your "one and only" rather, is at the heart of this road trip/coming of age tale, based on real events. My One and Only, the new movie titled on a hit song by Dan Deveraux, father to real-life actor George Hamilton, is a parable of sorts. Known for his almost leather-like tan in real life, here he is merely a boy, George Deveraux. The story is a journey of discovery for George and his family (primarily his mother), during their travels on a coast-to-coast trip from New York To California. There are few surprises, though put in the context of real-life events that happened, it carries itself to a marginally watchable film.
An early scene places us in the middle of a fight of a wealthy Manhattan couple that has clearly been through the drill before. The cynical, womanizing Dan is caught with his pants down and bed occupied by another conquest, while his wife Anne (Renee Zellwegger) arrives home earlier than expected. They have such a been there, done that, routine to things that Anne even offers to help dress the "tramp" caught with Dan as she exits during the blowup. Anne threatens to leave Dan ("for good this time"), taking their two sons with her. Dan laughs it off knowing the whole time that Anne has no means of supporting herself. Thus begins the aforementioned trip that starts east and moves west.
Anne and George share screen time for the remainder of the journey. While Dan's band plays to packed crowds on the road, leading the crew and charming the audience to his "one and only" hit song, Anne's quest is much different on their road, as she stupidly and stubbornly attempts to find a husband who can fund a life for herself and her sons. Unfortunately, George clearly sees their quest to be more about herself, as he and half-brother Robbie are continuously on the move from city to city, school to school, all t he while, Anne is moving from man to man. While it is told through George's eyes, Anne's travails are the highlighted ones, as she stubbornly and stupidly tries to carve out a life away from Dan.
The film is told in a very direct narrative and directed without any hint of visual flair by Richard Loncraine (Firewall, Wimbledon). It is 1953 and he captures the time accurately (as far as I can guess, I am not that old). He clearly yearns for a more elegant period, emphasizing the traits of a gentlemen and blue-collar work ethics. To his credit, he leads us down a path following this troupe, leaving the audience thinking we might expect to see a certain result, and not entirely seeing it in the end. At the same time, knowing that the story is based on George's life without taking too many liberties, we had a pre-determined result that was expected.
It's Mark Rendall's "Robbie" who steals most of the scenes. The boy who wants nothing more than to be an actor had everybody eagerly anticipating another jaunty one-line zinger from him. The flamboyant half-brother to George (Robbie is not Dan's son) is an obviously gay kid who "won't be the man in any relationship," so says one of Anne's suitors played by Chris Noth (Sex And The City's "Mr. Big"). Speaking of Noth, he is one of many actors who appeared with not much to do. Former Terminator 3 star Nick Stahl has a curiously small role. Eric McCormack has an even lesser appearance. Finally, Kevin Bacon steps in as ex-husband Dan.
Young George is played by Logan Lerman; Logan Wade Lerman to be exact. He is named after two characters from X-Men series of comics apparently; Wade is the first name of "Deadpool" and Logan, the first name of "Wolverine." Why am I sharing that with you? To this point, that is the most interesting thing about him, until this movie. He does an admirable job of being one of the main characters and holding the screen. While not a lot is required of him emotionally, he doesn't misstep at all either. He can soon be seen in Gerard Butler's Gamer, so we'll keep an eye out for how his career develops.
On the flipside, I wondered aloud after (during) this movie whether or not Zellwegger's career is on the downside now. She had reached mega-stardom after hits Bridget Jones Diary, Chicago and Cold Mountain in the first part of this decade, but she hasn't had a hit since teaming with Russell Crowe in Cinderella Man in 2005, which wasn't a runaway success. I think she is struggling to find her niche as she has bounced around from dramas to comedy, and while it is great for her to stretch herself as an actress (I wish more people in her position would), perhaps it is a cautionary tale for why people don't do so more often. She has struggled to find audiences for 4 straight movies now and I suspect this will continue in that tradition and become the 5th. I am merely musing about her prospects, not necessarily saying that I don't like her or she doesn't deserve a better vehicle. We'll see.
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Ultimately, nothing incredibly outlandish happens. The saving grace for the film would be if it could play to jam-packed houses of blue-hairs it might have a chance. The audience (strangely so, in my eyes) seemed to enjoy it a fair amount. It was very nostalgic for them. While older heads may get a lot of humor of it, I don't suspect it's box office prospects are remotely strong in the least. This really has the look and feel of a direct-to-DVD film.


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GALLIPOLIS — Work continues in the newest vacant lot located in the 300 block of Second Avenue in downtown Gallipolis — a vacancy that opened as a result of a structural failure and subsequent demolition of two historic buildings earlier this month.
Gallipolis City Manager Randy Finney reported on Monday that, currently, fill-in work is being completed at the site of 354 and 356 Second Avenue across from the Gallipolis City Park where two buildings were demolished prior to the July 4 holiday.
Concern over the structures, that shared a common, internal wall, began after the back wall of 354 Second Avenue partially collapsed during the early morning hours of June 26.
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"Being that the two buildings were joined together by a common wall, the property owner was able to invest some money into securing the existing wall, but the building was structurally unsafe so we had to go ahead and demo both buildings because they wouldn't be safe standing by themselves," Finney said.
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Finney reported that the current fill-in work could be completed within two weeks time, depending upon the weather and other factors and that additional brick work — brick damaged as a result of the demolition — will need to be completed on a neighboring building owned by DLB Associates.
According to Finney, the cost of the demolition will be billed to the property owner with the hope of later reimbursement for the city.
"The property owner wasn't able to take care of the demolition and we had to move forward because it was an imminent danger to the existing buildings around there and to the residents, so we had to go ahead and demo it ourselves," Finney said. "We will seek reimbursement for that as we move forward."
The demolition marks the second blow to the downtown area in a little over a decade as the fire that gutted and destroyed three building that housed Haskins-Tanner Clothiers, the Lynch Agency and the Put-On Shop occurred in 2001.
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Hurry - book online or call 866-716-8106 by this Friday, June 21 and ask for rate plan Starpicks. Rates are pre-paid, non-refundable and blackout dates may apply.
Be the first to know! Like Starpicks on Facebook and visit www.starpicks.com every Tuesday for each week's new Starpicks destinations.
Go ahead and take more: It's the SPG® Double Take promotion. Register now and start earning on the double.
Register by June 30, 2013 and earn May 1 – July 31, 2013.
Already registered? Reserve your stay.As a Starwood Preferred Guest® member, enjoy exclusive added value for your next stay with SPG® Breakfast Plus. Receive:
Book online, or call 866-716-8108 and ask for rate plan SPG35B. Valid for stays through 2013. Blackout dates apply.
Not a SPG® Member? Join today and discover just how rewarding membership can be.
*35% discount is taken off of RACK rates. Best available rate will be given if lower than 35% off RACK.
More luxury. More room to relax. More distance between you and the same old, same old. Step up to a suite and take advantage of our great value offer at Sheraton Suites Galleria-Atlanta.
Receive our lowest flexible rates 7 days of the week.
Let your AAA card take you places. Now through December 31, 2013, guests who book with their AAA card will get to choose from daily full American breakfast for two, a special discount from up to 20% off our best available rates and more! The choice is yours!
Gas prices may be high but don't let that ruin your travel plans. Let Sheraton Suites Galleria-Atlanta help you enjoy your next getaway with extra savings:
We're celebrating the year you were born. With this special offer for two or three night stays, you'll receive rates equal to your birth year!
Rates for second and third night stays will be confirmed at check-in upon presentation of valid ID. Click Book Now or call 866-716-8127 and reference promotion code NBR to make your reservation today.
Great Rates for Government Employees. Show your ID to enjoy a rate of $129 per night which includes our breakfast buffet and complimentary high speed Internet service.