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Thursday, December 1, 2005
Guest Columnist
"Roger" on the Twins Third Basemen
Good Morning to all!
Well, the big news yesterday was that the White Sox were able to sign Paul Konerko. Believe me, I have a couple of thoughts on that topic below that you'll want to check out. But again, I would really like for more people to send me a Why Baseball article for our contest. The deadline is Friday at 5:00 pm (central time), and three people will win a GuardDog Watch. Click here for details. Today though, Roger is back with his review of the Twins Third Basemen. In previous weeks, he has looked the the Twins minor league catchers and first basemen.
Before we get started, please take a couple of minutes and head over to Twinkie Town to read Roger's posting and question regarding which Twins rookies will most contribute to the 2006 Twins. There are a number of other great topics including predictions for the Twins 2006 Opening Day roster and a look at the 2006 salaries.
ROGER'S MINOR LEAGUE REVIEW - Third Base
After starting his positional review of the Twins system with the catchers two weeks ago, Roger reviewed the team's first base minor leaguers last week. This week, we will review the 2005 seasons of their third basemen. There are a couple of players at this position who really have a chance to contribute to the Twins. So, lets see what Roger has to say about all of the players. If you have any thoughts for me or Roger, e-mail me. Have a great day!
Twins Minor League System Review
The Third Basemen
Today we will take a look at another strong position, third base. A reminder about the ranking I show for each player. It is based on their performance in 2005 and if they missed part of the season, their ranking will be lower as a result. I have highlighted all rankings that were lowered because of injury or another reason (#46). Players included on the Twins 40-man roster will have their names in Bold Green.
Rochester Red Wings (AAA)
Several players manned third base for Rochester this past season including Luis Maza. He played mostly second and some left field and will be discussed with the middle infielders. Terry Tiffee (#21/D26, 1999) was in Minnesota part of the season where his performance (150ab/.207Ave/.245OBP/.293SLG) wasn't up to the level of his production in 2004 when he hit .273 in 44ab. While in Rochester, Tiffee's play was solid (229ab/.266Ave/.313OBP/.454SLG), including 10 home runs.
Glenn Williams played third base prior to joining the Twins and his subsequent season ending injury. Williams performed well at Rochester (175ab/.303Ave/.341OBP/.469SLG), however, not as well as in his short stint with the Twins (40ab/.425Ave/.452OBP/.450SLG). He was waived from the 40-man roster following the end of the season, and later signed to a minor league contract at Rochester with an invitation to spring training.
New Britain Rock Cats (AA)
The Rock Cats had two players at third who were injured and spent part of the season on the disabled list. Jake Mauer (#81/23, 2001) was injured shortly after the season began, compiling a .250 average in 32 at bats at New Britain. Felix Molina (#38/D21, 2001) began the season playing second at Ft. Myers (155ab/.258Ave/.331OBP/.342SLG). He was promoted to New Britain early in the season where he played third, putting up solid numbers (122ab/.287Ave/.333OBP/.418SLG). At 22 he is young for AA where his performance made him a legitimate prospect, perhaps as a future utility player.
After the injuries to Mauer and Molina, the Twins promoted Matt Moses (#1, D1, 2003) from Ft. Myers following the Florida State League All Star game. Moses performed well at New Britain for a 20 year old (186ab/.210Ave/.275OBP/.366SLG), however not as well as his excellent performance at Ft. Myers (265ab/.306Ave/.376OBP/.453SLG). Based on his combined performance during this past season, Moses had the top performance of any position player in the system based on my formula. As a former #1 pick, the Twins also consider Moses one of their top prospects as evidenced by his assignment to the Arizona Fall League where he was one of the three youngest players on the Grand Canyon Rafters (Moses, Eric Duncan and Lastings Milledge were the only 20 year olds on a team with most players ages 22-24). Moses hit reasonably well in the AFL for a young player (69ab/.275Ave/.286OBP/.406SLG) and will likely begin 2006 at New Britain. He should be ready to help the Twins by late 2007.
Ft. Myers Miracle (Hi A)
The Miracle began the season with Matt Moses at third. Although several players played a few games at third during the season, the primary third baseman following Moses' departure was Jose Leger (#64/ndfa) who joined the team from extended spring training. Leger, who is 23 years old, was very solid offensively (179ab/.279Ave/.327OBP/.352SLG) and will likely begin 2006 at either Ft. Myers or New Britain.
Beloit Snappers (Low A)
The Snappers had one player at third throughout the season. David Winfree (#7/D13, 2003) was arguably the most productive player in the Twins system as evidenced by his 101 rbi, making him the first 100+ rbi player in their minor league system since Michael Ryan (101) and Todd Sears (100) both reached 100 rbi at Edmonton in 2002. Although Winfree had the second highest number of errors in the system (34), the 19 year old had a great year offensively (562ab/.294Ave/.329OBP/.452SLG). The Twins have a difficulty scoring runs, therefore a productive player such as Winfree must be one of the brightest prospects in the system.
Elizabethton Twins (Rookie)
Two 21 year olds shared third base for the champion Elizabethton Twins. Matthew Betsill (#55/D10, 2005) had a productive first season with solid numbers (148ab/.277Ave/.359OBP/.365SLG). Travis Kalin (#71/D43, 2003) had offensive numbers (98ab/.265Ave/.339OBP/.418SLG) that were very similar to Betsill. Both players will likely get a chance to continue their development next year at Beloit, although their continued movement to higher levels will eventually be blocked by Moses and Winfree who are both younger and two of the top prospects in the system.
Gulf Coast Twins (Rookie)
The Gulf Coast Twins had at least four players play regularly at third base. A 21 year old Australian, William Luque (#42/ndfa) played as much as any of the others putting up great numbers (.322Ave/.406OBP/.378ALG). Luque has excellent plate discipline as evidenced by his 10BB/16SO in 90 at bats. Luque was also one of the most successful base stealers on the team with 13 steals in 17 attempts. Daniel Berg (#86/D30, 2004) was a 2004 draft and follow who was only 18 years old during his first season with the Twins (88ab/.159Ave/.265OBP/.205SLG). Juan Delgado (#87/ndfa) is another young player (19) playing in his first season with the Twins (72ab/.097Ave/.120OBP/.236SLG). Joe Abellera (#88/D21, 2004) is a 20 year old local Twins Cities product (Hopkins) who was playing in his second season with the GCL Twins (56ab/.179Ave/.193OBP/.196SLG).
Roger's Summary
Glenn Williams and Terry Tiffee are both AAAA type players who will be available to help in a reserve role during the coming season, if needed. Two of the top prospects in the Twins system are third basemen, Matt Moses and David Winfree. Both are very young, 20 and 19 respectively, so neither will be ready to help the team in 2006. As the Twins look to solve their third base situation in 2006, it is likely they will be looking for someone to fill the position for two years as either Moses or Winfree should be available some time in late 2007 or 2008. It will be interesting to see how the other players such as Felix Molina, Jose Leger and the various third basemen at Elizabethton and the GCL do during the coming season(s) to see if any of them develop into future prospects for the Twins. Assuming that either Moses or Winfree becomes the third baseman of the future, anyone currently in the rookie league will need to change positions or become a utility player to have a chance of making the Twins roster in the future.
Seth's Summary
Unlike the 1B position where the Twins seemingly have a prospect at each affiliate, they really have just two guys that I think could really contribute at the big league level. We've heard so much about Matt Moses since the Twins drafted him #1 in 2003. We know he can hit, and this year he was able to stay healthy for much of the season. Even at Ft. Myers, he was young for the level and really performed well. Yes, he struggled with the transition to AA New Britain, but that is expected. I am in no way worried about him. Because of his youth, the Twins can afford to be patient with him. I agree that he will start the season in New Britain and probably spend the whole year there unless he forces the issue for them.
The other is David Winfree. I was thrilled when the Twins announced him as the winner of their minor league hitter of the year award. He isn't the big name that Moses or Span or Romero or Jones are, but he has been solid offensively throughout his brief minor league career. Like Moses, Winfree has plenty of room for improvement defensively, but being so young, he can continue to work on it. And, of course, there is always the possibility of a position change at some point. I expect him to spend 2006 in Ft. Myers and it will be interesting to see how he develops there.
Glenn Williams was a great story in 2005 as Terry Tiffee was in 2004, but both of them are utility type players in the big leagues, or AAAA players, as Roger called them.
3B is a position that the Twins perceive to be one of their biggest needs. It is likely that they sign a player or trade for a player for the position. However, if the Twins feel that Matt Moses would be ready in 2007, there is no reason to give a free agent more than a one year deal with a 2nd year option. However, if they would trade for Hank Blalock or someone that they think could be around for longer, then suddenly Moses and Winfree become trade chips or DH options.
Do you have any thoughts on the Twins minor league third basemen? If so, e-mail me. Check back next week when Roger will help us learn more about another position in the Twins minor league system.
The Sky is Falling Down! The Sky is Falling Down! No, this isn't a section on the new movie version of Chicken Little. But it does sound to me like Twins fans are preparing themselves for a long offseason. It sounds like the fact that Paul Konerko has signed to stay with the White Sox for the next five years has been what the Sox needed to win another World Series much less the AL Central.
What types of things am I reading?
Jim Thome and Paul Konerko will combine to be a power duo much like Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz.
The White Sox are willing to spend money to win.
The Twins have to spend money to be competitive.
The Twins have to sign someone NOW just to keep up!
Let's look at these points individually, but first I want to share my overall thought of this signing. Here is what I posted yesterday on the Dickie Thon Twins Fan Forum:
Again, I just have to ask how this signing makes them a better team in 2006 than in 2005? To me, it just keeps things the same for them. 2005 - Konerko on the team. 2006 - Konerko on the team. Sounds like a wash to me.
The only change for the team really is with the Thome trade. So, to determine if they're a better team than last year, you have to decide for yourself if you think that they are better with Jim Thome and Brian Anderson in the lineup, or with Aaron Rowand and Carl Everett and/or Frank Thomas.Signing Konerko in no way makes the Sox a better team in 2006 than they were in 2005. Konerko was on both teams. To me, that says that the team actually stayed the same. Of course, as I said, the big question is which Jim Thome they will have received for 2006, but also for 2007 and 2008. As I said earlier this week, I thought that was a good trade for both the White Sox and the Phillies, if Thome is healthy. However, we don't know that he will be healthy or that he will return to his 40 home run days. He is already 35 years old and we can assume that his strikeout totals will stay the same. I like Konerko and I think that, in the current market, the Sox got him for a fair deal. But five years for anyone is a long time.
Can Thome and Konerko equal Manny and David? First, those two won't be together next year, but if they were the Sox duo is not as good. Add in the injury risk, and it's not that great.
The Sox are willing to spend money to win? Sure, but to an extent. However, we already know that these deals will probably mean that one of the Sox starters will be traded. Most likely Freddy Garcia, from what I hear, will be traded. Why? To save money. In other words, not only do we have to determine which combination (from above) of players the Sox were better with, but we have to account for the fact that at least one of their starters will have to be replaced by a younger pitcher. Now, it is fine if El Duque is replaced by Brandon McCarthy, but can McCarthy replace Garcia's production. In my eyes, that is not as obvious as Scott Baker being able to do better than Joe Mays did a year ago for the Twins, or Francisco Liriano being able to out-pitch Kyle Lohse.
Do the Twins have to spend money to be competitive? Of course not, but I know that there are many Twins "fans" who think that they need to spend money, that the only way for the Twins to compete is to spend money. Look no further than the 2005 Cleveland Indians. They had a salaries of less than $35 million and they were one of the best teams in the league. In 2006, I think they'll be just as good, if not better. That will happen despite likely losing Kevin Millwood, Bobby Howry and Bob Wickman (who accounted for a large chunk of that salary). It is ridiculous to say that spending wins. Look the other direction at the New York Yankees who broke $200 million a year ago with high-priced veterans yet won what? Nothing. And, aside from A-Rod, Jeter and Matsui, guys like Robinson Cano, Chien-Ming Wang and Aaron Small were their biggest contributors. In other words, there is no reason to spend just to spend.
And what is on the market? Anyone with a big name that might be able to help the Twins comes with a huge injury risk! (Nomar Garciaparra, Mike Piazza, Frank Thomas, and others) Should the Twins throw three years and $21 million at Piazza just to counter the White Sox moves and show that they are willing to spend? Of course not. It makes no sense. As a small-market team, they have to be smarter than that. If Nomar gets a 2 year, $12 million from the Dodgers, should the Twins counter by offering him 4 yeas and $30 million? Of course not! It makes no sense! Spending does not win! Picking the right players and the right combinations wins. Developing from within and trusting your scouts and minor league coaches and those young players is important.
And, do they need to make a move now? Of course not. Although it would be nice for Twins fans to see that the Twins are doing something, I fully trust that Terry Ryan is working hard to figure out how to put the best lineup on the field day in and day out in 2006. I also hope that he is working on making smart deals. Here are a couple that I would not mind:
Nomar signed a one year deal with the Cubs for 2005. I have to believe that he is looking for some stability. He is a big-time injury risk having missed time not only the last couple of seasons, but in previous years in his career. However, when healthy, he can be one of the best right-handed hitters in the league. I would make an offer to Nomar giving him three years and $13.5 million. ($4 million in 2006, $4.5 million in 2007 and $5 million in 2007). They could work in a number of incentives to bring the value of the deal up. Maybe something like if he gets 500 plate appearances in 2006, he gets an extra $1 million in 2007 and 2008. In he reached 1,100 plate appearances in 2006 and 2007, then his 2008 contract increases to $7 million. The Twins lock up a guy looking for some stability, a guy who at 32 still has potential, at a dollar value that the Twins can afford. Even if he were hurt, that is less than the Twins gave Joe Mays while he was bad and hurt. It also allows incentive for Nomar to stay healthy and stay in the lineup.
If that falls through, I would then turn to Bill Mueller. I would offer him a two year, $9 million deal. Again, that is probably a little less than retaining Kyle Lohse for those two years would be. He would provide consistency and quality at bats from 3B. He would hit for some average and a little bit of power, and would be a good team guy. However, I do not believe he is worth more than this, and Matt Moses and David Winfree could be ready by 2008.
I don't want Hank Blalock or Alfonso Soriano. But if there is any chance that Mark Teixeira is available, he is one of three players I would probably trade Scott Baker for, and yes, I realize it would take a little more to get a hitter of that kind. (Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera are the other players).
To get players to come to Minnesota at fair market price is not always possible for the type of impact players that the team may need and want. So, Terry Ryan has to get creative. I have a feeling that he is working on a trade or two for players that we have never even heard mentioned in trade rumors.
I know. I'm too positive. But again, I am fully of the belief that the Twins are not too far off. Remember that they had a better-than-.500 record this year with a horrible offense. They should see better numbers in 2006 from the likes of Jason Bartlett, Shannon Stewart, Justin Morneau, Joe Mauer and even Michael Cuddyer (if he's given the second base job). Torii Hunter is what Torii Hunter is. Lew Ford can do a lot of things will and will hit better again in 2006. And, at some point, Jason Kubel will contribute. Add to that the likelihood that Scott Baker and Francisco Liriano will replace Joe Mays and Kyle Lohse in the starting rotation, and you've got a very strong team. Does it have a bunch of big names and big salaries? No.
But can it win? I absolutely believe they can, with the addition of two players. But I don't want them to just sign someone to sign someone. I want it to make sense, for 2006 and beyond that.
I know many disagree with me on this thinking. I would love to hear any thoughts on why the Twins can't win in 2006, or how the White Sox have actually bettered themselves for next year? Or, of course, any other baseball topic. E-mail me.
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That's all, folks! I will call it a day. I certainly hope that you have found Roger's third baseman article worth reading, and I hope that many of you will have comments for him. I will be back tomorrow for more of my own thoughts on some of your questions, as well as the NFL "Expert" Picks. If you have any questions or comments, please e-mail me.


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We don't know who is Banksy, we don't know his identity and never seen Banksy unmasked. But his stencils, artworks, graffities are legend in street art world.
His stencil on West Bank barrier in Israel. During his visit to the West Bank, Banksy created nine images along the barrier, most of them provocative without being directly polemical. During the visit to Ramallah and surrounding areas, Banksy reports some tense moments. His spokeswoman Jo Brooks said: "The Israeli security forces did shoot in the air threateningly and there were quite a few guns pointed at him."
On Banksy's website, readers are reminded that Israel's 425-mile-long West Bank barrier, separating Israel from the Palestinian territories, is considered illegal by the United Nations. Banksy's feelings about the barrier are made explicit in a statement which says the wall "essentially turns Palestine into the world's largest open prison."
(Conversation reported on www.banksy.co.uk)
Soldier: What the f*** are you doing?
Banksy: You'll have to wait until it's finished. Soldier (to colleagues): Safety's off
Banksy also records on his website how an old Palestinian man said his painting made the wall look beautiful. Banksy thanked him, only to be told: 'We don't want it to be beautiful, we hate this wall. Go home.'

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With Google Glass starting to pick up steam, Sony doesn't want to get left too far behind.
With Google Glass starting to pick up steam, Sony doesn't want to get left too far behind.
Microsoft didn't disappoint with the new and improved capabilities it announced and demonstrated for Office 365 this week, but how well they work in the real world remains to be seen.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should move forward with a plan to open up new 5GHz spectrum to Wi-Fi as consumer demand for wireless bandwidth skyrockets, a member of the commission said Friday.
With smartphones and tablets increasingly at risk from malware, researchers from North Carolina State University have devised a new and potentially better way to detect it on Android devices.
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The first Cebit trade show in the post-Snowden era will focus on security, showing off locally developed bug-proof phones and messaging systems, as well as the ability to protect mobile devices using smartcards.
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Confidence in the underlying strength of the tech sector as a whole appears to be solid despite some dispiriting news on the hardware front.
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has turned the European Union into a tapping "bazaar" in order to spy on as many EU citizens as possible, NSA leaker Edward Snowden said.
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4.3/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Appearance: Beer has a dark reddish brown appearance that turns to ruby red in the light. Nice carbonation with one finger of tan head. Very pronounced lacing was present.
Smell: Chocolate malt aroma. Smelled more like a porter than a lager.
Taste: Chocolate malt flavor with slight hoppy bitterness.
Mouthfeel:Heavier mouthfeel with carbonation noted.
Overall: Really liked this one. Feels more like a porter, but is not as heavy. Enjoyed the chocolate malt flavor with some bitterness.
Serving type: bottle
07-29-2012 22:56:21 | More by Bishop_Collar
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4.25/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
From a bottle I got at the brewery in Montana into a tulip glass.
Visual (4.5): Nice dark ruby hue with minimal clarity. Off white, tan coloured head is rolling and settles slowly into a single finger thickness with great legs of lacing on the glass.
Aroma (3.5): Roasted malts are prevalent with a slightly alcoholic scent and hidden hop profile. The roasted malts take centre stage and really give a slight one-dimensionality to the smell.
Taste (4.5): Awesome malt character! I was blown away by the fantastic balance of coffee, chocolate, and sweet nutmeg flavours just in the initial sip. The sweet flavour lingers smooth and sweet, likely due to the honey additions in the beer. Alcohol is light on the pallet but definitely distinguishable at the end of the tasting. The hop character is a very fitting second fiddle. No real bitterness or bite from the hop, but hints of nice balancing really show on the swallow and in the lasting flavours.
Mouthfeel (4): Creamy, with a medium to heavy body that settles over the pallet. The film gives a nice full-mouth flavour spreading the roasted malt and alcoholic lingers across the pallet. The honey again adds a slight slick, thickness to the body that really compliments the "winter warmer" feeling near the Whitefish ski hill.
Overall (4.5): A fantastic craft beer; the perfect companion for after a day at Whitefish mountain. I loved the sweet, but complimentary malt profile that sticks on the pallet after the swallow. The aroma really had no chance of being anything besides a malt bomb. I wish I could get this beer in Canada; I'll have to keep an eye out next time I'm near Whitefish.
Serving type: bottle
02-18-2012 01:39:53 | More by tonyf55
4.09/5 rDev +3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Served on tap at the base lodge on big mtn(not whitefish mtn for all u snubs)
A: beautiful creamy pale mocha head-decent retention. Dark brown to ruby color, thick...
S: sweet malt scent with strong alcoholic aroma. Chocalate on the nose also with lingerin g traces of rye bread. There are a few layers in this aroma but at the same time its somewhat borish.
T: big roasted malt profile along with chocalate and bready rye. Alittle yeasty but just alittle. Also, strong alcoholic mix with a touch of hoppy dark and citrus fruit. Quite a lovely mix, not my thing though
M: big carbonation with an off-dry finish leaving behind a slightly burned bread aftertaste.
O: a well made winter lager, perfect for cozying up with your honeybun in front of your fire after a long day of dealin pow and grinnin from ear to ear. Proud to live in the town that brews it. It just so happens right now I'm sulking while drinking it cus I've a sprained ankle and watching it dump flakes outside. Oh well, such is life. Thx
Serving type: on-tap
03-17-2013 18:19:24 | More by mtboozeaddict41
4/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Review from BeerAdvocate Magazine Issue #47 (Dec 2010):
This dark, toasty lager is a few shades away from black, a good showing of lace on the glass. Smells of brown bread, cocoa powder and chicory. Smooth crispness with some body; clean palate throughout. Toasty, toasty, toasty ... a bit nutty with biscuity and dried grass flavors. Hints of chocolate and mild coffee deep in the middle. Hops are mild, yet keep an even keel; hint of oily, leafy hop flavor in the semisweet finish. Such a complex dark lager, with each sip we are drawn further into its embrace.
Serving type: bottle
03-04-2011 23:29:27 | More by BeerAdvocate
3.9/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a longneck into a sampler. A moderate pour produces a 3/4 inch billowy pale tan head that sticks pretty well. The beer is a fairly dark reddish brown with a tinge of yellow. Moderate carbonation.
I get some caramel undertones on the nose and in the taste. The hops are subdued but balance well. Overall, I get hints of caramel, toffee, and bread/biscuit. Nice, creamy mouthfeel. Tingly and clean on the palate with pleasant malty bitterness in the aftertaste and burps. A slight bit of alcohol warming is apparent as the beer progresses.
This very easy drinking and flavorful brew also features excellent label art, with the billowy heads of the snow ghosts suggesting the billowy, frothy goodness of the brew inside. This is the best offering from this brewery that I have yet tried.
Serving type: bottle
12-09-2013 04:09:58 | More by archyquaffer
3.73/5 rDev -6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
On tap at a local restaurant this winter. Perfect winter lager, although seemed more like a brown ale. Enjoyable tastes of spices and roasted malts, and you can taste the hops too. So this is, as I said, perfect winter brew. They seemed to put a lot of effort into this brew, (can't say that about their others) Thanks GNB! A great winter brew!
Serving type: on-tap
02-18-2003 11:44:31 | More by Fabric8r
3.73/5 rDev -6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Appearance- Dark red-brown with a finger of velvet head that persists as drunk and follows down the glass
Smell- Sweet base malts over the roasted while some of the yeasty esters give a little bready funk
Taste- Begins with a clean sweet (not doppel sweet) dark malt, followed by a light chocolate character, and finishes with a bit of spice
Mouthfeel- clean, medium body that could almost be light, I'd like it to stick around just a bit longer
Overall- mild mannered beer for those who aren't in the extreme market and want to relax, not be blown away
Serving type: bottle
01-22-2013 04:23:39 | More by Sark
3.68/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Note: Received from brewery for review on my blog.
Appearance: This beer poured a nice dark brown with a nice ruby hue. It had a nice foamy, tan head with great sticky lacing.
Smell: Wonderfully rich aroma of coffee and roasted malts.
Taste: Wow. Great rich and complex flavors of roasted malt, chocolate and toffee with a moderate but well balanced bitterness from the hops.
Mouthfeel: Medium body with medium carbonation.
Overall: A fantastic seasonal from these guys. Wish we could get this down in New Orleans.
Serving type: bottle
11-07-2010 17:40:21 | More by Beerbuddha
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Chicago public schools offering $25 Walgreens cards for school visits.
Remember those days when you had to be bribed into getting good grades?
Don't front. You didn't care that you were getting D's and U's on your report card at first. But when they put free McDonald's French fries and extra PE time into the equation, getting A's and B's became a priority.
Fast forward a couple of generations later, it's not children who have to be bribed into getting good grades. Their parents, however? That's a different story.
The plight of Chicago's widely-reported failing school system may have hit its lowest point this year when teachers went on strike in September, not only postponing the start of the school year, but leaving 350,000 students with no classes for nearly two weeks. Teachers complained about wages, as well as voiced concerns about violence on campus and the lack of parental involvement.
In response to those complaints, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has engineered a program that he hopes will at least help solve one of them and potentially create a domino effect to knock out the others.
In what's being called a "public-private partnership," 70 Chicago public schools are partnering with Walgreens for a program where parents will be rewarded with $25 Walgreens "Balance Rewards" cards for coming to their child's school to personally pick up report cards and participate in PTA meetings.
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Just in case you didn't get that, the Chicago Public School system is using $25 Walgreens gift cards to lure (or bribe) parents to come to their child's school, pick up their report cards and talk to their teachers.
So all it takes for a parent to care about his or her own child's academic performance is a $25 gift card to use on deodorant, cough drops, a magazine and some Vitamin Water? Looks like it.
"The success of a student is supported by three pillars: a principal who is held accountable for that success, a teacher who is committed to that success, and, most importantly, a parent who is involved at home," said Mayor Emanuel. "We are opening the doors so that our parents can get involved, as well as providing the information they need on how their schools measure up so they can stay involved. This partnership is a creative way to explore ways to achieve this goal."
According to the press release describing the program:
During Report Card Pick-Up Day, parents not only receive their students' report cards; they tour their school, visit classrooms, and participate in parent-teacher conferences where they learn more about their children's performance in different subjects, if improvement is needed and what they as parents can do to help their children succeed academically[...]
[...]The 70 schools in this pilot program were chosen based on their low record of successful parent engagement, measured in part by their "5 Essentials" rating, which is an evidence-based system that uses student and teachers surveys to assess level of parental involvement. Walgreen Co. has committed to providing support for this pilot throughout this school year and CPS will collect, track and analyze the data on parent participation through this pilot to determine the its effectiveness.
While there can be many reasons for parents skipping their child's parent-teacher conference -- work obligations, discomfort in a school setting -- essentially, what Chicago public schools is saying is that the parent-teacher relationship in dozens of schools citywide has dwindled to the point that parents have to be baited into being, well, parents. And at a cheap price at that. Let's at least hope that the parents will use the gift cards to buy school supplies for their children to do homework with.
If the program doesn't prove to be effective, it will end and parents will no longer be given $25 gift cards, no longer giving parents an incentive to be -- parents.
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The week and a half long summer break extension for 350,000 kindergarten, elementary and high school students in Chicago comes to an end Wednesday, as their teachers and support staff voted to end their strike and will accept a compromise agreement with Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Representative of the 29,000 Chicago public school employees said the full membership of the union will vote in the next two weeks to formally ratify a new three-year contract, which raises pay an average of 17.6 percent and creates a new teacher evaluation system based in part on their students' standardized test scores. Teachers reportedly fear that the agreement will result in the closure of up to 140 schools, according to an estimate by a local education information service, Catalyst Chicago. (Reuters)


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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2013, 14(3), 5380-5401; doi:10.3390/ijms14035380
Roles of Melatonin in Fetal Programming in Compromised Pregnancies
Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan
Center for Translational Research in Biomedical Sciences, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan
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Abstract: Compromised pregnancies such as those associated with gestational diabetes mellitus, intrauterine growth retardation, preeclampsia, maternal undernutrition, and maternal stress may negatively affect fetal development. Such pregnancies may induce oxidative stress to the fetus and alter fetal development through the epigenetic process that may affect development at a later stage. Melatonin is an oxidant scavenger that reverses oxidative stress during the prenatal period. Moreover, the role of melatonin in epigenetic modifications in the field of developmental programming has been studied extensively. Here, we describe the physiological function of melatonin in pregnancy and discuss the roles of melatonin in fetal programming in compromised pregnancies, focusing on its involvement in redox and epigenetic mechanisms.
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Wound Healing After Emergency Appendicectomy
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The purpose of this trial is to compare two techniques of wound closure in open appendicectomies in adult patients: continuous, absorbable, intradermal suture and interrupted, non-absorbable sutures.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Appendicitis |
Procedure: appendicectomy |
Phase 4 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Wound Healing and Cosmetic Result After Emergency Appendicectomy in Adult Patients: a Prospective, Randomised Trial Comparing Two Methods of Wound Closure |
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Wound heeling [ Time Frame: 14 days after operation ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Cosmetic result [ Time Frame: 1 year after operation ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Estimated Enrollment: | 200 |
Study Start Date: | July 2009 |
Study Completion Date: | May 2010 |
Primary Completion Date: | May 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
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Active Comparator: surgery, absorbable stitches
wound healing after absorbable and nonabsorbable stitches are compared
Procedure: appendicectomy
Wound healing after absorbable and nonabsorbable stitches are compared
Active Comparator: surgery, nonabsorbable stitches |
Procedure: appendicectomy
Wound healing after absorbable and nonabsorbable stitches are compared
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
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- Adult patient with acute appendicitis
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- Children
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00913445 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | R09060 |
Study First Received: | June 2, 2009 |
Last Updated: | June 10, 2010 |
Health Authority: | Finland: Ethics Committee |
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Appendicitis appendicectomy stitches wound healing cosmetic results |
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On Friday, January 25 from 12:00 – 12:30 pm Jarrett Grube, Pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels will visit the Heritage Elementary "Book Club for Boyz".
The book club is for boys only in grades 4-6. Approximately 45 boys will have an opportunity to share their current book and inform others why it's a book other boys should read. Mr. Grube will also share in the discussion and will in turn sign autographs for the boys after the discussion.
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Filtering Playlists with the Column Browser
- February 28, 2013
- iTunes
If you've been using iTunes for a while, you're probably already familiar with the Column Browser that can be displayed in the category listing views to help filter your music by Genre, Artist and Album. What you may not know, however, is that you can call up the Column Browser in any list view, including playlists. To display the Column Browser for whatever playlist you're currently looking at, simply press CMD+B (Mac) or CTRL+B (Windows), or select View, Column Browser, Show Column Browser from the iTunes menu. Further, in addition to the default Genre, Artist, and Album columns, you can use the View, Column Browser menu to add more columns for Kind, Composer, Grouping, Category, Show, and Season, with up to six columns displayed at once; available columns are context-specific, but since playlists can contain any type of content, all nine options will be available when working in a playlist view. As an added bonus, iTunes stores the Column Browser settings individually for each specific playlist.
Managing Bluetooth Contact Sync
- February 26, 2013
- iPhone
iOS supports a handy feature known as the Bluetooth Phone Book Access Profile for transferring your contacts from your iPhone to a compatible Bluetooth device such as an in-car system, allowing for direct access to your contacts from you car's dashboard. If you don't want to transfer your entire contact list to your car, however, you can set which contact categories and groups are available in your Bluetooth device settings. Once you've paired your car kit or other Bluetooth device with your iPhone, simply tap on the arrow icon to the right of the device name in the Bluetooth devices listing to bring up additional settings for that device. If the device supports the Phone Book Access Profile, you will see an option here allowing you to enable or disable contact sync entirely; when enabled, additional options appear allowing you to control what groups of contact information are available to the remote Bluetooth device, including your phone favorites and recent calls lists, all contacts, or any specific contact groups you may have created.
Enabling Composers View in iTunes 11.0.2
- February 21, 2013
- iTunes
Apple released a relatively minor update to iTunes 11 this week, delivering mostly performance and stability improvements but also including one other small feature—the Composers View—that may be of particular interest to classical music fans with large, well-organized libraries. The new view basically replicates the Artists View introduced in the initial release of iTunes 11, with a left-hand sidebar that allows you to browse music by composer instead. Since it presumably would not be of interest to everyone, however, Apple chose to leave it disabled by default, but if you have a use for it, you can easily go and turn it on yourself with a quick trip into your iTunes Preferences—a new "Show Composers" checkbox now appears on the General page to allow you to toggle the feature on or back off again.
For more information, check out our Ask iLounge article on Accessing Composers View in iTunes 11.0.2.
Choosing your preferred video resolution in iTunes
- February 19, 2013
- iTunes
With the introduction of 1080p HD video support in iTunes last spring, in many cases users now have the choice of two different HD resolutions when purchasing and viewing content from the iTunes Store. While not everything is yet available in the higher, 1080p format, in those cases where it is you may still want to download or use the lower-resolution 720p version to save disk space or play back content on older, lower-performance PCs. iTunes provides two different settings for choosing your preferred video resolution; in your iTunes Preferences on the Playback panel, the "Preferred Video Version" allows you to choose which version to use for playback, subject to the availability of that version in your actual iTunes library. A similar setting on the Store page also allows you to choose whether to prefer a 720p or 1080p version when downloading videos from the iTunes Store.
It's also worth mentioning that this setting affects which version gets re-downloaded when grabbing past purchases from your iTunes in the Cloud account, so you can actually switch this setting over and re-download a different HD resolution to keep both a 720p and 1080p version in your iTunes library—useful in cases where you may want to use the same content on iOS devices with different HD capabilities.
Forward all incoming phone calls to voicemail
- February 14, 2013
- iPhone
The Do Not Disturb feature introduced in iOS 6 is a very handy way of essentially silencing your iOS device entirely. However, it doesn't really provide an option for only preventing incoming calls while still receiving notifications for things like text messages and e-mail. If you're in a situation where you don't want to be disturbed by incoming phone calls but want to keep the rest of your notifications enabled and you're on a GSM network, you can actually use call forwarding to simply send all of your calls straight to your carrier's voicemail access number.
To enable this feature, you first need to find out which number is being used for your voicemail forwarding by going into the Phone app and dialing *#67# and pressing the "Call" button. Write the number down that appears here and then simply go into Settings, Phone, Call Forwarding and enable it using this number. All of your incoming calls will be sent directly to your voicemail as long as Call Forwarding is enabled, and when you want to go back to receiving incoming calls normally,simply go back into your Settings app and toggle Call Forwarding back OFF. As an added bonus, the iPhone will retain the last number used for Call Forwarding, so when you want to send all of your calls to voicemail again, you can simply go back in and toggle the Call Forwarding setting back ON without needing to re-enter the number again.
For more details, check out this week's Ask iLounge article on Sending all iPhone calls to voicemail.
Changing the iPad switch function
- February 12, 2013
- iPad
The physical hardware switch located in the top-right corner of the iPad and iPad mini has had a somewhat checkered past; while it now defaults to being a mute button, when the original iPad was first released with iOS 3.2 the button was actually used only as an orientation lock, a behaviour that remained in place until iOS 4.2 permanently changed it back to a mute function and then iOS 4.3 gave users a choice. Out of the box, the button works in the same way as on the iPhone and iPod touch—muting all alert sounds such as mail and calendar notifications. Unlike the iPhone and iPod touch, however, you can actually reassign the function of this button to an orientation lock, useful for using your iPad to read or watch videos when lying on your side in bed, for example. To do this, simply go into the Settings app on your iPad, choose General and look for the section labelled "Use Side Switch to" and choose your preferred function. A button can also be found on the multitasking/widget bar that will automatically be set to the other option, so if you choose to reassign the Lock Rotation function to the switch, the widget bar will contain a Mute button.
Keep in mind as well that the "Mute" option—regardless of whether it's assigned to the switch or the button bar—mutes alert sounds, which are separate from other sounds such as music and video playback. Similarly, turning down the volume using the buttons on the side of the iPad will not silence alerts such as push notifications, calendar alarms and new incoming mail messages.
Disabling Notifications for Individual Passbook Passes
Apple's Passbook app is great for letting you store a digital wallet for everything from your Starbucks card to your airline boarding pass, and by default includes location- and time-based notifications, allowing passes to come up automatically when you're near your favourite store or your event is about to start. While you can easily turn these notifications off globally via Settings, Notifications in the way as for any other iOS app, what happens if you prefer to receive notifications from certain important passes—such as your airline ticket—while preventing notifications from appearing when you happen to walk by a local movie theatre? The good news is that you can do this right on the pass itself—simply open Passbook, select the pass, and tap the small "i" button in the bottom right corner to virtually flip the pass around and display additional details. Among these will be a Show on Lock Screen option which you can toggle off to prevent that particular pass from displaying time- and location-based notifications.
Resetting the Advertising Identifier in iOS 6.1
Since the release of iOS 6.0 last fall, Apple has gradually begun changing the rules for in-app advertising and device identification, transitioning developers to a new "Advertising Identifier" in place of the older, permanent Universal Device Identifier (UDID). iOS 6.0 introduced the ability for users to opt out of this new form of tracking entirely via a rather obscure option tucked away at the bottom of the About screen in the Settings app. With iOS 6.1, users now have an additional option that can be found here—Reset Advertising Identifier—that can be used to generate a new, unique Advertising Identifier for your device. This can be useful for those users who may not mind targeted ads or other forms of device tracking but may wish to effectively "start over" with a new unique advertising ID.
Apple includes a "Learn More" link at the bottom to provide more information on this feature, explaining that advertising networks are not yet required to use the new iOS 6 Advertising Identifier feature, and hence the use of the word "Limit" rather than "Disable" or "Opt-out," suggesting that it will not yet completely eliminate ad tracking, but it's definitely a step in the right direction if you're concerned about this. Apple has begun transitioning developers away from using the UDID, and is expected to prevent third-party access to it entirely at some point, requiring developers to use the new user-controlled Advertising Identifier if they still wish to identify specific devices in their apps.
Using a Bluetooth Keyboard with the Apple TV
- January 31, 2013
- Apple TV
This week's Apple TV Software Update 5.2 now allows users to pair and use a Bluetooth keyboard with the second- and third-generation Apple TVs, providing support for navigating menus and entering text into username, password and search fields. Users can now pair a Bluetooth keyboard at the beginning of the initial setup process, making it much easier to enter their Wi-Fi password and Apple ID.
In addition to the obvious features, however, the Apple TV supports a few additional keyboard features. The Return and Escape keys act as the Select and Menu buttons on the Apple TV Remote, respectively, and you can hold down the Return key to access various options menus in the same way as you can do with the Select button on the Apple Remote. Media playback and track navigation keys also work on the Apple Wireless Keyboard and most other Bluetooth keyboards in much the same way as they do with iOS devices and Macs, and if you have an iOS-specific keyboard with a Home key, this can be used to immediately return back to the main Apple TV menu. Even more useful, lists support a "find-as-you-type" feature whereby you can simply key in the letters of a song, artist, album, movie or TV show that you are looking for to navigate directly to it, saving you the trouble of holding down the "down" button to scroll through a long list of items.
For more information o how to pair and setup a Bluetooth keyboard with your Apple TV, be sure to check out our article, Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of Apple TV 5.2.
Removing downloaded iTunes Match tracks in iOS 6.1
If you're an iTunes Match user, you may be happy to know that with yesterday's release of iOS 6.1, Apple has returned the ability to not only download individual tracks from iCloud on-demand, but also to manually remove specific tracks or even entire albums and artists from your local device storage. Although this capability was present in iOS 5.x, it disappeared with the release of iOS 6.0 for unknown reasons. Now in iOS 6.1, however, if you're low on capacity and want to free up some additional space by removing your downloaded tracks, simply choose a track, album or artist from the appropriate listing and swipe left-to-right to bring up a "Delete" button. The local copy of the track(s) will be removed from your device, but will remain available in your iCloud-based library for future access. Note that the delete button is only available when accessing song listings from outside of a playlist.
Be sure to check out our article, Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of iOS 6.1 for all the details.
Turning off Read Receipts for iMessages
- January 24, 2013
Unlike traditional text messages, iMessage makes it possible to see when your messages have been delivered to one of your recipient's devices as well as when they've actually read your message. Although delivery notifications are always enabled, you can choose if you want people sending you iMessages to be able to see the date and time when you've actually read their messages. To access this option, simply go to Settings, Messages and toggle the Send Read Receipts option to whichever setting you prefer. Note that if you're using multiple iOS devices or Messages on a Mac, you will need to disable this option on ALL of your devices individually if you don't want read receipts to be sent out at all.
Making Siri work again when it's "having a problem"
Siri can be a very useful virtual assistant, but unfortunately its reliance on Apple's servers to translate your requests means that it doesn't always work when you're on the fringes of network coverage or moving between a Wi-Fi and cellular network—such as when you're leaving the house. Further, Siri will generally only tell you that it's "having a problem" without being particularly helpful at explaining what it's problem actually is, but it's most often related to an error communicating with Apple's servers—due to either a poor network connection on your end, or a problem on Apple's. It's also not uncommon for Siri to get hung up on a bad connection and refuse to handle requests even after your device has returned to a good network connection and everything should otherwise be working fine. If you notice that Siri is repeatedly not responding to requests even though you have a good connection, you can easily give it a nudge simply by toggling Airplane Mode ON on your device, waiting a few seconds, and then toggling it back OFF to reset your network connection, toggling Siri itself off and back on again, or in a worst-case scenario, simply turning your device off and back on. We've had more luck flipping either Siri or the phone on and off than using Airplane Mode, as there is clearly a bug that's specifically hanging the Siri app. While these are not ideal solutions, they can help get Siri up and running again in a minute as opposed to thinking that it simply isn't working for an hour.
Archiving or Deleting Messages in Mail
If you're using a Gmail or iCloud account in the iOS Mail app, you actually have the option of choosing to have the standard Trashcan button either delete messages or archive them. While the default behaviour for the button can be configured in the Mail account settings to archive instead of delete—in which case it will display as an archive bin rather than a trashcan—you can also override the behaviour on a per-use basis simply by tapping and holding your finger on the button for about a second; a pop-up menu will appear with both Delete and Archive options available. This works when viewing an individual message as well as when performing an archive or delete operation on multiple messages. Of course, this won't work if the messages you're working with are already in your iCloud Archive or Gmail All Mail folder, and sadly it also isn't available for other types of Mail accounts—even if you have an Archive folder in your mailbox.
Quickly accessing Drafts in Mail
You're probably already aware that you can save any partially-composed e-mail messages as drafts in the iOS Mail app—these messages go to a "Drafts" folder on your device and you can find them there simply by accessing it via your folder list. However, iOS 6 adds a cool new hidden feature that allows you to access any of your draft messages more quickly, right when composing a new message. Simply tap and hold on the Compose button in the bottom right of the Mail app and a quick list of all available drafts in your mailbox will appear, along with a button at the top to create a new message should you choose to do that instead. You can even swipe-to-delete from here to remove any drafts that you no longer need.
Temporary Location Sharing in Find My Friends
Apple's Find My Friends is a useful app for sharing your location with close friends and family members, but it can also be used for temporarily sharing your location with groups of people that you may not want tracking for on a normal basis, such as when travelling with friends or coordinating a meetup somewhere.
To share your location temporarily, simply download and install the Find My Friends app, sign in with your Apple ID and password and then choose the "Temporary" button from the bottom menu bar. From here you can add the addresses of your temporary sharing group and specify when you want location sharing with this group to end. You can even setup more than one temporary location sharing group, and as an added bonus, Find My Friends provides quick links for sending an iMessage to the entire group. When an event expires, it will simply disappear from the list, along with any users who were added as part of that group.
Showing Duplicate Items in iTunes 11
- December 20, 2012
- iTunes
iTunes has long offered a basic feature for identifying duplicate tracks, however when iTunes 11 was initially released, many users were surprised to find the feature had gone missing. Regardless of whether this was intentional or an oversight on Apple's part, it quickly returned the feature in an update to iTunes 11.0.1. If you're missing the Show Duplicates feature, be sure you've upgraded to the latest version of iTunes, and then take a look on the View menu. The feature itself works in much the same way as in prior iTunes versions, filtering your list view down to only suspected duplicate tracks and then letting you deal with this information as you see fit. Keep in mind that for music tracks, however, this is based only on the track name and artist, so if you're a collector who wants to keep multiple, complete albums you may find that you always have duplicates in your library as far as iTunes is concerned. When viewing duplicates, a status bar appears at the bottom of the iTunes window to remind you that you are in this mode, along with a "Display all" button that can be used to return to the full track view.
Turning off Location Data Collection in Google Maps
- December 13, 2012
- Apps + Games, iPhone, iPod
The long-awaited Google Maps has finally arrived for the iPhone and iPod touch. Like most of Google's "free" apps, however, it comes with the price of encouraging you to offer up your location data to Google in exchange for access to the company's excellent mapping service. While Google Maps should prompt you on first run as to whether or not you want to participate, if you missed that screen in your rush to get right into the app and explore, you may have a hard time figuring out exactly where the option is afterward. The good news is that the option is still in the app, however Google seems to have buried it in a pretty obscure location that most users may find challenging to locate.
To turn off Location Data Collection in the new Google Maps app, first go into the application's settings by selecting your user profile via the small person icon in the top-right corner of the main screen followed by the gear icon that appears in its place on the user profile screen. From here, you need to go into About, terms & privacy and then one more level down from there into Terms & privacy, where the Location data collection option will appear.
Disabling Live Search in iTunes 11
- December 11, 2012
- iTunes
iTunes 11 introduces a new "Live Search" feature that is designed to allow you to search across your entire iTunes library when entering information in the Search field in the top-right corner of your iTunes window. As useful as this may be for some situations, not everybody will necessarily be a fan of the new search style, particularly as it can be somewhat slower with larger libraries. The good news is that if you find the feature more annoying than useful, you can very easily turn it off: Simply click on the magnifying glass in the search field, and a drop-down menu will appear with an option, enabled by default, to Search entire library. Click on this option to turn it back off, and iTunes will return to the search behaviour found in previous versions, allowing you to filter only the displayed category rather than showing results from your entire library. As a bonus, you can easily tell which mode is enabled from reading the background text in the search field; the word Search will be followed by Library when the full "live search" is enabled or the current category name (e.g. "Music") when using the older style filtered search.
Re-enabling the Sidebar in iTunes 11
- December 6, 2012
- iTunes
iTunes 11 introduces a significantly new user interface design, with the long-standing left sidebar essentially replaced by a set of drop-down menus. If you're more comfortable with the classic sidebar, however, the good news is that you can very easily turn it back on simply by going to the View menu and choosing the Show Sidebar option. This returns you to a somewhat more traditional iTunes interface, along with the added bonus that the colourful pre-iTunes 10 icons have returned. Note that the UI in this mode is actually a hybrid of the standard iTunes sidebar with the newer iTunes 11 layouts in the main panel, so you won't get everything back from the classic interface, but it should definitely be a big help for experienced users having difficulty finding their way around the new version. Note that the status bar can also be toggled back on from the View menu if you're wondering what's happened to the totals previously found at the bottom of each screen.
Using a stronger passcode on your iOS device
By now most iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users are probably aware that you can configure a four-digit passcode on your device to protect it from unauthorized access. For more security-conscious users, however, iOS also provides the ability to use a longer, alphanumeric passcode. To set this up, simply go into the Settings app, and select General, Passcode Lock and toggle OFF the Simple Passcode option. When entering a new passcode, you will be presented with the standard iOS alphanumeric keyboard instead of the simple numeric PIN pad, both for setting your passcode and for unlocking it when you access your device.
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