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Brussels, 21.10.2005
COM(2005) 518 final
on an EU common methodology for assessing administrative costs imposed by legislation{SEC(2005)1329}
on an EU common methodology for assessing administrative costs imposed by legislation
The European Council of 22 and 23 March 2005 requested "the Commission and the Council to consider a common methodology for measuring administrative burdens with the aim of reaching an agreement by the end of 2005". It stressed that "agreement should take advantage of the results of the Commission's pilot projects" and that "initiatives taken in the context of improving the regulatory environment must not themselves turn into administrative burdens." (Point 24, Presidency conclusions).
The present Communication outlines an EU common methodology and proposes next steps for its introduction. The proposed model is based on the findings of the pilot phase launched in early April and presented in the Staff Working document in Annex[1].
Modern society would function poorly without legislation and a functioning court system. By setting rights and obligations, laws protect citizens, customers, workers and businesses against abuses, negligence and unethical behaviour. In the particular case of enterprises, they are a precondition for fair competition and hence for competitiveness. This is the raison d'être of a large part of EU legislation, introduced to correct market failures and ensure a level playing field at continental level.
That protection can often only be secured through obligations to provide information and report on the application of legislative norms. Administrative obligations should therefore not be presented as mere 'red tape', a term normally reserved for needlessly time-consuming, excessively complicated or useless procedures[2]. Nor should EU administrative obligations be presented as a mere cost factor, as it often replaces 25 different national legislations and thus decreases operating costs at EU level. On many issues, European business associations themselves have continued to ask for targeted harmonisation of rules as the best way forward in term of simplification. Moreover information requirements such as conformity testing and certification also provide crucial indication on the boundaries of business liability and remediation, which is not negligible viewed against the background of what is sometimes described as a growing "compensation culture". Insofar as more liberty entails more responsibility, the suppression of certain legal obligations could result in bigger judicial and arbitration costs.
Without questioning the need for public authorities to pursue policy objectives through EU legislation, there is however scope for considering more carefully its design at all stages of the legislative procedure and implementation by Member States. Regulatory reform is needed in order to adapt to changes inside and outside the Union. Administrative obligations are no exception.
To this end and in the framework of the Better Regulation initiatives (due regard being had to the desirability of maintaining a stable corpus of legislation), the Commission has called for regular review of existing administrative obligations at EU and Member States levels and for taking into account the overall benefits and costs when preparing new legislation and simplifying existing one[3]. Regulatory costs, of which administrative obligations are just one element, must be analysed in a broad context, encompassing the economic, social and environmental costs and benefits of regulation. Regular review and integrated analysis should be considered by all as key components of Better Regulation.
The EC Treaty provides that the Commission should "take duly into account the need for any burden, whether financial or administrative, falling upon the Community, national governments, local authorities, economic operators and citizens to be minimised and proportionate to the objective to be achieved" (Point 9 - Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality).
In order to comply with the proportionality principle, the Commission already appraises the impact of proposed measures in term of administrative burden and evaluates it when simplifying existing legislation, but does not have a single quantitative approach for doing so. Analysis needs to follow basic rules, but will naturally differ from case to case not least because the methodologies for obtaining data need to differ from case to case.
Some efforts to minimise administrative burden have not involved quantification. In those cases, complaints and suggestions from targeted groups are gathered through public consultation; a high level group of experts then reviews the regulatory framework and makes recommendations for simplification[4].
In its 16 March 2005 Communication on Better Regulation for Growth and Jobs, the Commission, underlying that weighting the costs of public action was not fundamentally "anti-regulation", announced its intention to make further progress on the issue and explore the possibility of developing a common approach at EU level (COM(2005)97). The Staff Working Document annexed to the Communication outlined a possible approach and launched the pilot phase underpinning the present Communication[5].
The need for further progress was also underlined by the European Council and the Council on various occasions, as well as by the Council Presidency[6]. The European Parliament, among other things, is preparing an own-initiative report on minimising administrative costs imposed by EU legislation.
As for Member States, a growing number of them are showing interest in quantifying the costs of administrative burden. There is a clear convergence towards the so-called Standard Cost Model (SCM). The Model, first introduced in the Netherlands in 2002, has been designed as a tool to measure the progress of administrative burden reduction programmes at national level. It consists of a detailed assessment of individual pieces of legislation, mainly based on direct interviews of enterprises and expert judgments (a micro assessment approach). Data on the time and labour costs needed to comply with each information requirement imposed by a legislative act, as well as on the number of entities concerned have to be compiled.
Two Member States, the Netherlands and Denmark, have assessed their entire legislation in force and are now assessing systematically all new measures. The UK and the Czech Republic are preparing to follow suit with their own baseline measurement. At least seven other Member States have taken some steps by testing the SCM or are planning to do so in one or two sectors. One Member State, Germany, is an observer in the informal network set up by SCM users and testers. The informal network has been turned into an international steering group in London on 19 September 2005.
On the other hand, as of October 2005, thirteen other Member States do not appear to quantify administrative costs or envisage it on a test basis. Some have even indicated that they prefer focusing their efforts on concrete simplification measures instead.
Assessing the findings of the pilot phase and the study of quantification efforts at Member State level is to a certain extent like deciding whether the glass is half full or half empty. For example, a number of methodological points could not be fully addressed and there were problems with the availability and accuracy of basic data.
The Commission opts for the optimistic line and concludes positively on feasibility of an EU common methodology, broadly speaking. This positive conclusion, however, depends on several conditions, namely that (1) all EU Institutions and Member States use the same definition, core equation and reporting sheet when assessing administrative costs at EU level; (2) the EU common methodology is applied in a proportionate manner, (3) that more Member States coming from all parts of the Union are willing to contribute and (4) adequate level of staffing and financial resources are available within the Commission for assessment and evaluation.
The EU common methodology must be applied in a proportionate manner. It should only be applied when the scale of the administrative obligations imposed by an EU act justifies it and the effort of assessment should remain proportionate to the scale of the administrative costs imposed by the legislation. Besides, adequate flexibility must be allowed when filling in the common reporting sheet.
As for the number and the distribution of contributing Member States, evidence gathered through pilot projects suggests that they do not as yet provide a sufficient basis for assessing costs at EU level. Ideally, a majority of Member States should be willing and able to provide data (it is difficult to be more specific on the necessary critical mass because that is likely to vary from sector to sector). Whilst Member States should be encouraged to contribute, the Commission will of course retain responsibility for judging the costs of its proposals on the basis of its assessment of available evidence[7].
A minimalist approach would only require that contributing Member States to provide data in a standardised manner on the labour costs, time and number of operators affected by an EU (proposed) measure and its transposition into national legislation. Member States would not necessarily have to apply the EU common methodology to assess their purely national legislation. The coexistence of very different methodologies at national and EU level would however increase significantly the overall assessment costs for Member States in terms of duplication and other efficiency losses[8]. Convergence between national and EU methodologies would moreover ensure easy interoperability among databases and would offer greater economies of scale in term of data collection.
The EU common methodology would gain from clarification on a number of technical issues listed in the Staff Working Document in Annex (section 4.1). Optimisation efforts however should not be considered as a prerequisite for the introduction of a common methodology. Embarking on a learning by doing process would even help to solve these issues.
On the basis of the findings of the pilot phase and the study of quantification efforts at Member State level, and although considerable optimisation work remains to be done, notably at Member States' level, the Commission concludes that:
(1) specific cost-based quantification helps in assessing measures from the point of view of those affected and taking into account the distributional effects of a measure;
(2) specific cost-based quantification contributes to regulatory transparency (quantifying costs helps to make trade-offs more transparent, provided that the benefits including longer term benefits are also investigated);
(3) specific cost-based quantification often provides a relevant indicator in particular for prioritising simplification work and monitoring progress in reducing administrative burdens, provided that figures are put in proper perspective and methodological limitations properly highlighted;
(4) quantification facilitates communication (communicating on simplification efforts is more effective when quantified results are provided; this is particularly true for the Union because, many EU measures being technical, their titles often mean very little for the wide public);
(5) an EU common methodology would facilitate the comparison of performance and the identification of best practices;
(6) an EU common methodology would ensure that national data can be easily added up in view of assessing individual acts and/or cumulative burden at sectoral level.
There would therefore be net added value provided that an EU common methodology would not be at the expense of analysis of other impacts.
A common methodology does not mean having no flexibility at EU or national level. A methodology is made of several building blocks. In order to have an EU common methodology, some must be used by all, others can be optional. EU institutions and Member States should remain free to introduce specific features in their methodology for assessing administrative burden imposed by legislation as long as the resulting figures (1) can be easily compared and (2) can be easily and reliably added up in view of assessment of cumulative burdens. This is in particular true for data collection methods. The outline presented in the Staff Working in Annex further elaborates on other optional or flexible elements that need to be preserved.
However, as already mentioned, the Commission considers that there can be no EU common methodology without the three following building blocks: a common definition, a common core equation and a common reporting sheet. The pilot phase has tentatively confirmed the adequacy of the definition, core equation and reporting sheet presented in the Staff Working Document in Annex.
Assessing net administrative costs as proposed by the Commission (new costs imposed by an act minus costs suppressed by the same act be it at EU or Member State level) seems preferable for a number of reasons. It would clearly show the extent of simplification efforts and dispel the impression that an EU obligation automatically means 'new' costs. Moreover, it would be consistent with the Commission's impact assessment guidelines and national RIA (Regulatory Impact Assessment) manuals, as well as being in line with the first OECD guiding principle for regulatory quality and performance. Finally a net cost approach would have a clear advantage for those Member States which assess administrative burden systematically. First, with net figures, there is no need to go through costly periodical assessment of the entire legislation into force. Secondly, consolidated figures can be produced at any time which means that progress can be monitored on an ongoing basis (no need to wait for the general stocktaking exercise to know how total administrative burden evolved since the initial baseline measurement).
As the proposed EU model is building for a large part on the Standard Cost Model, adjustment costs for users and testers would be minimal.
It should be possible to add other common elements to simplify the assessment and enhance the comparison and addition of data. This needs to be further studied with the Council and the Member States.
For the short term, the Commission:
(1) intends to include the methodological building blocks tentatively validated by the pilot phase (i.e. the common definition, the common core equation and the common reporting sheet), in the Commission's impact assessment guidelines and evaluation guidelines, with actual implementation and use being subject to
(a) the principle of proportionate analysis, t he Commission retaining responsibility for judging the costs of its proposals;
(b) the availability of sufficient, reliable and representative data, compatible with the EU common methodology. In this context Member States are invited to provide such data as appropriate;
(c) the availability of an adequate level of staffing and financial resources
(2) invites the Member States, meeting within the Council, to reach an agreement with the Commission on a common methodology, building on the results of the Commission's pilot phase;
For the longer term, the Commission proposes:
(3) to examine, with the help of the high level group of national experts on better regulation, how to solve pending methodological issues;
(4) drafting of an EU operational manual in consultation with Member States;
(5) exploring, on a test basis, whether the EU common methodology can meaningfully be used o assess cumulative burden at sectoral level;
(6) to open inter-institutional negotiations with a view to including the future EU common methodology in the Inter-Institutional Agreement on Better Law-making.
[1] Staff Working Document, Developing an EU common methodology for assessing administrative costs imposed by EU legislation - Report on the Pilot Phase (April– September 2005) , SEC(2005) 1329.
[2] Examples such as the obligation to publish annual accounts or to present cars for annual inspection illustrate clearly how indispensable administrative obligations can be.
[4] See for instance the work on the cumulative regulatory burden put on the automotive sector (http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/automotive/pagesbackground/competitiveness/cars21.htm).
[5] 'Minimising administrative costs imposed by legislation', SEC(2005)175.
[6] In particular, administrative burden figures prominently in the Joint Statement "Advancing regulatory reform in Europe" signed on 7 December 2004 by the six Member States successively holding the presidency of the Council from 2004 to 2006 (Ireland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, the UK, Finland and Austria).
[7] To do otherwise could create significant difficulties, especially for ex-ante assessments where Member States may not have the same understanding of the proposal, not have decided on how to specify administrative procedures or have no data, and could not be expected to provide estimates in a timely manner as the proposal is re-shaped during its development phase.
[8] The coexistence of – incompatible – methodologies at EU and national level would increase assessment costs for the following reasons. Member States using a different definition or a different method of quantification would not have at hand the data required for EU-wide assessment, obliging them to organise specific data collection. Sharing the same definition and the same approach to quantification means that new comers can assess administrative burden in their country by building on existing data in similar countries.
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What real (i.e. practical) difference exist between a static class and a singleton pattern?
Both can be invoked without instantiation, both provide only with one "instance" and neither of them is threadsafe. Is there any other difference?
What real (i.e. practical) difference exist between a static class and a singleton pattern? Both can be invoked without instantiation, both provide only with one "instance" and neither of them is threadsafe. Is there any other difference? |
What makes you say that either a singleton or a static method isn't thread-safe? Usually both should be implemented to be thread-safe. The big difference between a singleton and a bunch of static methods is that singletons can implement interfaces (or derive from useful base classes, although that's less common IME), so you can pass around the singleton as if it were "just another" implementation. |
The true answer is by Jon Skeet, on another forum here. |
A static class is one that has only static methods, for which a better word would be "functions". The design style embodied in a static class is purely procedural. Singleton, on the other hand, is a pattern specific to OO design. It is an instance of an object (with all the possibilities inherent in that, such as polymorphism), with a creation procedure that ensures that there is only ever one instance of that particular role over its entire lifetime. |
The Singleton pattern has several advantages over static classes. First, a singleton can extend classes and implement interfaces, while a static class cannot (it can extend classes, but it does not inherit their instance members). A singleton can be initialized lazily or asynchronously while a static class is generally initialized when it is first loaded, leading to potential class loader issues. However the most important advantage, though, is that singletons can be handled polymorphically without forcing their users to assume that there is only one instance. |
My rule for choosing between If there are bunch of functions should be kept together, then |
In singleton pattern you can create the singleton as an instance of a derived type, you can't do that with a static class. Quick Example:
I'm not a great OO theorist, but from what I know, I think the only OO feature that static classes lack compared to Singletons is polymorphism. But if you don't need it, with a static class you can of course have inheritance ( not sure about interface implementation ) and data and function encapsulation. The comment of Morendil, "The design style embodied in a static class is purely procedural" I may be wrong, but I disagree. In static methods you can access static members, which would be exactly the same as singleton methods accessing their single instance members. edit: * or it may be instantiated at first use, depending on the language, I think. |
To expand on Jon Skeet's Answer Singletons are easier to work with when unit testing a class. Wherever you pass singletons as a parameter (constructors, setters or methods) you can instead substitute a mocked or stubbed version of the singleton. |
Singleton's are instantiated, it's just there's only one instance ever instantiated, hence the single in Singleton. A static class can't be instantiated by anything other than itself. |
Another advantage of a singleton is that it can easily be serialized, which may be necessary if you need to save its state to disc, or send it somewhere remotely. |
Well a singleton is just a normal class that IS instantiated but just once and indirectly from the client code. Static class is not instantiated. As far as I know static methods (static class must have static methods) are faster than non-static. Edit: |
We have our DB framework that makes connections to Back end.To Avoid Dirty reads across Multiple users we have used singleton pattern to ensure we have single instance available at any point of time. In c# a static class cannot implement an interface. When a single instance class needs to implement an interface for a business contracts or IoC purposes, this is where I use the Singleton pattern without a static class Singleton provides a way to maintain state in stateless scenarios Hope that helps you.. |
One notable difference is differed instantiation that comes with Singletons. With static classes, it gets created by the CLR and we have not control on it. with singletons, the object gets instantiated on the first instance it's tried to be accessed. |
To illustrate Jon's point what's shown below cannot be done if Logger was a static class.The class Singleton class is important for dependency injection to be possible.
In many cases, these two have no practical difference, especially if the singleton instance never changes or changes very slowly e.g. holding configurations. I'd say the biggest difference is a singleton is still a normal Java Bean as oppose to a specialized static-only Java class. And because of this, a singleton is accepted in many more situations; it is in fact the default Spring Framework's instantiation strategy. The consumer may or may not know it's a singleton being passed around, it just treat it like a normal Java bean. If requirement changes and a singleton needs to become a prototype instead, as we often see in Spring, it can be done totally seamlessly without a line of code change to the consumer. Someone else has mentioned earlier that a static class should be purely procedural e.g. java.lang.Math. In my mind, such a class should never be passed around and they should never hold anything other than static final as attributes. For everything else, use a singleton since it's much more flexible and easier to maintain. |
In my article I have described my point of view about why the singleton is much better than a static class:
When I want class with full functionality, e.g. there are many methods and variables, I use singleton; If I want class with only one or two methods in it, e.g. MailService class, which has only 1 method SendMail() I use static class and method. |
One main advantage for Singleton : Polymorphism Eg : create instance using a Class factory( Say based on some configuration), and we want this object to be really singleton. |
a. Serialization - Static members belong to the class and hence can't be serialized. b. Though we have made the constructor private, static member variables still will be carried to subclass. c. We can't do lazy initialization as everything will be loaded upon class loading only. |
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In May 2009, Tamarack Resort in Donnelly, Idaho officially closed but now there is potential hope for a new buyer. A Salt Lake City real estate investment company, Pelorus Group, has expressed interest in buying the resort which was closed mid-construction amid massive debt. The resort has remained in bankruptcy court and the current owners still owe $300 million to a syndicate of lenders led by Credit Suisse Group, as well as facing unpaid bills from builders, contractors and suppliers who worked on the project.
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The BlackBerry PlayBook is a high-fiving, chest-bumping tablet with a name inspired by American football and a background in business. Its good looks and speed may tempt you, but unless you're a BlackBerry fanatic -- or forced to be one by your IT department -- we think its high-security system is more trouble than it's worth.
The 7-inch PlayBook costs £399 for the version with 16GB of storage, £479 for the 32GB model, and £559 for the 64GB device. There isn't a 3G version of the PlayBook.
The PlayBook costs exactly the same price as the equivalent iPad 2. Considering the iPad 2 has a larger, 9.7-inch screen, the PlayBook's price seems a mite high. Still, it's less expensive than the HTC Flyer, which also has a 7-inch screen, and costs £480 for the 16GB model and £600 for the 32GB version. The Flyer does, however, include 3G connectivity.
For CrackBerry addicts only
Let's get one thing straight -- the PlayBook is only suitable for people who have a BlackBerry smart phone and will never, ever switch to a different brand. Even if you're a CrackBerry addict now, don't bother with the PlayBook unless you think your addiction will outlast the life of the tablet.
You'll need a CrackBerry addiction because the PlayBook requires a BlackBerry phone to enable some important features. The tablet has no email, calendar or messaging client. Instead, it connects to your BlackBerry phone over Bluetooth to access these functions. If you don't have a BlackBerry phone, or it's not in the room, these features simply don't exist.
You can access your Gmail and suchlike through the Web browser, and BlackBerry has said that an email client is on the way for accounts that you don't need to be locked down. But these are halfway houses on a tablet that's fundamentally designed to work in a symbiotic relationship with a phone.
BlackBerry says it's done things this way for security reasons. The company's phones are some of the most secure in the world, since all your email and messages travel, encrypted, through its own servers in Canada or through your company's servers, rather than your network's. By keeping this information on the phone, the tablet doesn't risk leaking any of it. It's also tempting for IT departments who might be handing out tablets to employees. They are wary of managing yet another device with possible security holes.
We're impressed by the software that BlackBerry has whipped up to make this sharing possible. For example, when you open a spreadsheet that's been attached to an email, you can edit it in the tablet's powerful Documents to Go app. You get all the advantages of an app designed for the big screen of a tablet, but the data itself is always kept secure on the phone, and never transferred to the PlayBook. Pairing a BlackBerry phone with the PlayBook is quick and easy too.
While we understand the reasons for doing things this way, it means that, unless your employer buys you a PlayBook to go with your company BlackBerry, or you're a security fanatic who will never use another type of phone, this tablet isn't a good choice.
Without a BlackBerry phone in tow, the PlayBook feels hobbled. If your phone runs out of battery or gets left in a drawer, you can kiss your email and calendar goodbye. The plus side of this is that, if you like to switch off your phone to escape email overload, you won't be tempted to check your inbox while you're playing with your tablet. But this is only really an advantage for people with a truly raging CrackBerry addiction.
Now that we've got this off our chests, we'll dig deep into the tablet's strengths and weaknesses. But, if you don't count yourself among the BlackBerrinati, you can probably stop reading now. Instead, check out our reviews of more consumer-orientated tablets.
Seven-inch plaything
The PlayBook has a 7-inch screen, which makes it smaller than the 9.7-inch iPad 2, and puts it right into Samsung Galaxy Tab and HTC Flyer territory. In practical terms, that means it's too big to pop into a pocket, but small enough for your average handbag or manbag.
Even in landscape mode, it's possible to type on the PlayBook using both of your thumbs if you've got big hands. In addition, the tablet's subtle black design and portable size mean we wouldn't be embarrassed to use it while out and about, whereas the iPad can feel like a comedy prop because of its size.
The PlayBook's case feels solid and well-made. The power button on the top is tiny, but it's not used very often. Unlike with many other tablets, the PlayBook's power button doesn't double as a home button to kick you back onto your main screen.
Lovely gestures
Rather than tweaking its mobile-phone operating system, BlackBerry 6 OS, for the big screen, RIM has developed a new OS, BlackBerry Tablet OS, specifically for the PlayBook. The user interface is very similar to that of webOS, which features on HP and Palm phones, while the menus feel similar to those on BlackBerry handsets.
The PlayBook uses a gesture-based system to move around its basic functions. The gestures are made on the black bezel that surrounds the screen. For example, you swipe upwards to shrink the currently running app to a thumbnail on your home screen. You can then move through open apps, close them or launch another app from the menu. This feels like an homage to the lovely webOS 'deck of cards' system, as does the ability to swipe app thumbnails to the top of the screen to close them. You can't stack app thumbnails as you can on a Palm Pre, though.
You can also swipe left or right on the bezel to quickly swap between open apps. Dragging your finger diagonally from the lower left-hand corner opens the on-screen keyboard.
These gestures work well, once you get used to them. They also keep the screen and bezel from becoming cluttered with buttons, although there's often a back button displayed somewhere on the screen, since there's no back gesture.
The downside of this gesture-based system is that there's no comforting escape hatch in the form of a home button, like on an iPad or Android tablet. When you're in a panic and an app isn't behaving as it should, it's good to have a button that you can mash until you're safely delivered back to your starting point.
AWOL apps
The PlayBook's new OS means that existing BlackBerry apps won't work on the tablet, although the BlackBerry platform has never had the biggest selection of apps anyway. PlayBook users will have to wait a while before their favourite time-wasting game or useful utility makes it to the tablet.
Our test sample didn't have the UK app store on it yet, but even the US store -- which had been online for weeks -- didn't have much in it. RIM, the PlayBook's manufacturer, says you'll be able to download an app that allows you to use Android apps on the PlayBook, but it wasn't available in time for our tests either.
We're also holding our breath for BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) on the PlayBook, which would allow you to instant message other BlackBerry users for free. It should be coming soon as part of an update to the software that connects the tablet with your BlackBerry phone, but it was nowhere to be found on our sample, or in the BlackBerry App World store. Until it does arrive, there will be a huge hole in the PlayBook, but we don't expect to wait long -- the software is already available to some users in the US.
The upshot of all this is that the PlayBook doesn't come close to offering the variety or quality of iPad 2 apps. The iPad's app selection is still the best out of all tablets.
Power play
The apps that do run on the PlayBook benefit from its lightning-fast speed. It has a 1GHz dual-core processor, as well as 1GB of RAM.
Our minds were blown by the tablet's multitasking capability. Videos and games continued playing even when minimised to home-screen thumbnails, for example.
The PlayBook's Web browser supports Flash video, and such video is smoother and faster than on any other tablet we've seen. Even when scrolling up and down the page, video doesn't judder or fail.
Apps don't always seem to benefit as much from the PlayBook's power. Occasionally we had to wait for the buttons in the email client to respond to our touch when we fired it up. That may be down to the fact that the tablet has to connect to the phone before it can get going.
PlayBook media playback
The PlayBook supports H.264, MPEG-4 and WMV video, and there's a micro-HDMI port so you can connect it to a telly or projector. You can output one thing via the HDMI port while viewing something different on the tablet's screen. For example, you can run a PowerPoint presentation on the big screen while reading your notes on the PlayBook.
If you want to make your own videos, the PlayBook has two 1080p, high-definition video cameras -- one on the back, and one on the front for video calling. The rear camera also takes 5-megapixel stills, while the front camera snaps 3-megapixel shots.
The PlayBook has a video-calling app, but it only works between PlayBooks -- you can't even make video calls to BlackBerry phones. Don't expect to gurn into your friends' faces unless they've also been pressured into PlayBookdom by their IT departments.
We're big fans of the 7digital music store on BlackBerry mobiles, so we're thrilled to see that it's made it to the PlayBook. We especially like the fact that 7digital stores your purchases in your account, so you can download them again to other devices, or to your computer, at any time. The PlayBook also comes with a podcast app so you can keep up-to-date with your favourite regularly released recordings.
To top it off, the PlayBook is easy to sync with your computer using the BlackBerry syncing software, or your choice of media programs. There's also the option to browse the PlayBook as an external hard drive, and load it with files and folders manually.
Once you've packed the tablet with tunes, you'll treasure the media buttons that grace the top of the device. The normal volume buttons are joined by a play/pause button to help you keep a handle on your music.
The BlackBerry PlayBook is pleasantly designed, easy to use, powerful and packed with features. But we still don't think you should buy it.
With so many core features requiring you to have a BlackBerry phone nearby, the PlayBook just isn't as versatile or practical as its competitors. For the average punter, the extra faff just isn't worth it. Even if you have a BlackBerry now, buying a PlayBook will mean that you won't be free to switch to another type of smart phone at whim.
That said, if the extra security of this system appeals to you, the PlayBook could be a good choice. Just be prepared to wait a while for the app store to fill up, and for the ability to use Android apps.
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PARK HILL — Cody Cole channeled his inner Christian Worthington on Friday night.
Cole, Keys' senior tailback, rushed for 199 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries as the Cougars blasted Spiro, 42-7, at Cougar Stadium in the first round of the Class 3A playoffs.
Cole's performance comes almost a year to the date that Worthington torched Valliant. Also in the first round of the playoffs, Worthington had a monster night, racking up 213 yards on 19 carries while keeping Keys' season alive.
"We were pretty close, and I kind of look up to his as a mentor," Cole said of Worthington. "I just try to go off of what he taught me."
With the win, Keys advances to the second round where it'll face Metro Christian on Friday night.
"I pulled my groin early in the game, but I fought through it and kept going," said Cole, whose team advances to the second round of the 3A playoffs for the second straight season.
"We just have to give out what we've got left and move on to next week."
Cole didn't waste any time setting a tone against Spiro (6-5). He carried the ball 11 yards on the first play from scrimmage and eventually totaled up 70 yards on five carries on the Cougars' opening drive.
Cole's offensive cohort, quarterback Trevor Eubanks, would cap off Keys' opening drive with a 3-yard touchdown run, and the Cougars would never trail from that point on.
"I felt like if we kept up our opening pace right there, it was going to be a good night," Cole said. "The lineman kept doing what they were doing and the receivers were blocking. We just had to keep a steady pace."
Spiro didn't do itself any favors, either. The Bulldogs turned the ball over on their first play from scrimmage on a fumble.
Three plays later, Keys (7-4) was in the end zone on Eubanks' 11-yard touchdown run.
And the rout was on.
"Too many mistakes early, and they whooped our butt up front," Spiro coach Chris Bunch said. "They, offensively, just whooped our defensive line."
After deferring to Eubanks on Keys' first two scores of the night, Cole found the end zone on a 26-yard run to give the Cougars a 19-0 lead with 3:48 left in the opening quarter.
Keys tacked on two more scores in the second quarter, when Eubanks added a 1-yard touchdown run before tossing a 22-yard TD pass to Cole to inflated the Cougars' advantage to 33-0, which would be the halftime score.
Keys would end up scoring on all five of its possessions in the first half.
"Our guys were focused up, and it's time to do that," Keys coach Gary Willis said. "Both sides of the ball and special teams, everyone was pretty solid tonight."
The Bulldogs — which beat Checotah in the final week of the regular season by feasting on four Checotah turnovers — found themselves on the wrong end of the turnover battle this week. Spiro ended up handing the ball over three times (all on fumbles) to the Cougars, who scored touchdowns after each Bulldog turnover.
"I would have liked the final score to be better than this," Bunch said, "but we didn't play the way we're capable of playing."
The opportunistic Cougars came up with their third takeaway right after halftime, when Spiro fumbled on the second play of the second half. Three plays later, Cole galloped for a 13-yard touchdown — his team-leading 19th of the year.
"They did have mistakes and that'll kill ya," Willis said. "We've been on that side of that."
The Cougars, now on a three-game winning streak, abused Spiro to the tune of 316 rushing yards. Eubanks, who also completed 4 of 5 passes for 59 yards, joined Cole in the 100-yard rushing club with 104 yards on 19 carries.
"After watching film, we thought we could run," Willis said. "And the lineman did a good job.
"When we came out we wanted to be able to run the ball, especially with this wind. I didn't want to throw much and thankfully we didn't have to."
Spiro, a force a week ago in holding Checotah to 32 rushing yards, was powerless against Keys' ground attack.
"Half the time, we didn't line up right," Bunch said. "That made a big difference, and our kids didn't do what they're supposed to do. When that happens, you don't play good."
Cole made sure to give his offensive line a tip of the cap.
"I could ask for better from my lineman tonight," Cole said. "I was really proud of them. They've stepped up a lot these last couple of games."
Spiro's lone touchdown — a 10-yard pass from Trevon Mitchem to Knifeis Carter — came midway through the fourth quarter with the game already decided. The Bulldogs only mustered 164 yards of total offense.
Now, much like last year, Keys will head to Tulsa with a chance to qualify for the 3A quarterfinals. Last season, though, the Cougars were dominated by eventual 3A runner-up Cascia Hall.
"We know they're going to be tough," Willis said of Metro Christian, which hammered Henryetta, 41-8, to advance to the next round. "We'll go see; our boys are up for it. They knew who they'd probably get and they're excited."
Keys 42, Spiro 7
First quarter
KEYS — Trevor Eubanks 3-yard run (JJ Ozturk kick failed), 8:13.
KEYS — Eubanks 11-yard run (conversion failed), 6:47.
KEYS — Cody Cole 26-yard run (Ozturk kick), 3:48.
Second quarter
KEYS — Eubanks 1-yard run (Ozturk kick), 6:28.
KEYS — Cole 22-yard pass from Eubanks (Ozturk kick), 0:23.
Third quarter
KEYS — Cole 13-yard run (Ozturk kick), 10:12.
Fourth quarter
SPIRO — Knifeis Carter 10-yard pass from Trevon Mitchem (Hunter Wilson kick), 6:58.
KEYS — Mitchem tackled in end zone for Spiro safety, 3:41.
First downs 12 23
Rush 3 18
Pass 6 4
Penalty 3 1
Rush Att-Yds 18-27 50-319
Pass Comp. 10 4
Pass Att. 26 6
INT's thrown 0 0
Passing Yards 137 59
Total Yards 164 378
Punts-Avg. 3-41.7 4-39.3
Fumbles-Lost 4-3 1-0
Penalties-Yds 5-40 12-90
Spiro: Jermaine Jimmerson 7-32, Trevon Mitchem 7-11, TEAM 4-(-16).
Keys: Cody Cole 24-199, Trevor Eubanks 9-104, Josh Ferguson 3-14, Garret Willis 4-2.
Spiro: Mitchem 10-26-0 137.
Keys: Eubanks 4-5-0 59, Willis 0-1-0 0.
Spiro: Knighe Rhoden 3-38, Knifeis Carter 2-28, McKinley Whitfield 2-20, Jimmerson 2-10, Malik Walker 1-41.
Keys: Cole 2-31, Tyler Hunter 1-14, Jesse Haeberle 1-14.
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Where once there were only a few hundred, now there are thousands, Ben thought, as he stood outside a building at the old Tucson International Airport that was serving as his quarters and HQ and looked at the hustle and bustle of Rebels going about their work.
Part of his command was billeted a few miles away at the old Davis-Monthan AFB and 16 Batt, under the command of Mike Post, was stretched out just north of the city as a first line of defense in case that religious nut, Simon Border, decided to attack.
The campaign to rid the western part of America of punks and thugs was over, and the back of the punk empire had been broken and the head cut off. That much, at least, had been a success.
But now Ben faced a religious war with the hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of Simon Border supporters and followers, and that was something he most definitely did not want.
But Ben could see no way out of it.
He had tried to talk some sense with Border, but the man was having none of it. He considered Ben to be the great Satan, and was determined to destroy him and anyone else who followed the Tri-States political philosophy of a common-sense form of government.
And when Simon tried that, just as the nation was struggling to its feet, the country would be plunged into a religious war ... a war that might not have an end, for even after all that had happened, factions were still fighting in Northern Ireland.
Ben turned and went back into his office. With a sigh of resignation he sat down behind his desk and looked at the pile of paperwork facing him. Ben hated paperwork, but knew he had to do it. He picked up a pen and went to work.
Hundreds of miles to the north, in one of his mountain hideaways, the spiritual leader of millions of people, the Most Reverend Simon Border, stared out the south-facing window and thought of Ben Raines.
He would not make the mistake of hurling untrained and untested troops against Ben again. That was foolish and very arrogant on his part and had cost the lives of hundreds of good men. Even as he pondered the situation, thousands of his people were undergoing intensive field training, learning as much as possible about the art of warfare.
Simon leaned back in his chair and smiled at the thought of the nation, under his spiritual rule. What a glorious day that will be.
Ben pushed aside the stack of paperwork and leaned back in his chair. He could not concentrate on the seemingly endless details of running a huge army. Besides, something else was nagging at him: why was Simon Border waiting? Why didn't he attack? The so-called religious leader had made his brags, but nothing came of them.
"We've been here for six weeks," Ben muttered. "Growing stronger each hour. Still the man does nothing."
"Anything from Mike?" the ever-present Jersey asked.
The very pretty and diminutive Jersey was Ben's self-appointed bodyguard. Wherever Ben was, you would find Jersey shadowing him.
Mike was the Rebel chief of intelligence.
"Not in a couple of weeks," Ben replied.
Corrie the radio tech, had left her radio in the hands of a relief operator and was relaxing with a cup of coffee. "High-level recon flights is still showing nothing. We're still getting reports that Simon's army is training, but they're in small units and it's a big area to cover."
Beth, the statistician, laid aside her journal and looked up from her desk. "And all action by Border's people east of the Mississippi River abruptly stopped about three weeks ago and no fighting has been reported since."
Cooper, the driver, said, "It just doesn't make any sense, boss. They start an offensive all over America, then just stop. Why?"
Ben shook his head.
Anna, Ben's adopted daughter, whom he had found as a dirty-faced little waif in Eastern Europe, turned her head with her close-cropped blond hair and cut her pale eyes toward him. Young/old eyes that had seen far too much for their age. "I am Catholic. Not a practicing Catholic, but Catholic nonetheless. I will never bow to someone such as Simon Border. If Simon does not want to bring the fight to us, we take the fight to him."
"I'm trying to avoid a religious war, Anna," Ben told her. "Not start one."
The young lady shrugged her shoulders. "Can't be avoided. You know as well as I, Border is up to something dirty--all in the name of God, of course. Personally, I think God turns His head and closes His eyes when wars start."
Ben grunted. Personally, he believed the same way. "Perhaps, Anna. But I'm not going to be the one to start this war."
Anna stood up, picking up her CAR as she did. "Did you ever consider that you just might not have any choice in the matter, General Ben?" She walked out the door.
"What did she mean by that?" Cooper asked. He shook his head. "Sometimes that girl spooks me."
"It's the Gypsy in her," Ben said with a smile. "It's said that some Gypsies are born with the ability to see into the future."
"The same is said of our medicine men," Jersey, who was part Apache, said. "Personally I think it's all a bunch of shit." She walked outside to join Anna.
Ben chuckled and returned to his paperwork. But in the back of his mind he wondered what Simon Border was up to.
Simon was having some trouble of his own in his so-called paradise. Hundreds of people who adamantly rejected his dictatorial type of religion were making plans to clear out of Border's territory. These men and women did not necessarily embrace the Tri-States philosophy, but they certainly didn't want to live under Simon Border's rule.
Only problem with their leaving was that Simon had sealed his territory tight; no one in, no one out.
"Then we have to fight," one leader of a small resistance group told his followers.
"With what?" a woman asked. "Shovels and axes?"
Simon had disarmed any person who did not attend his churches and swear lifetime allegiance to his rule.
Disarming a population and declaring the ownership of nearly all types of firearms illegal is one of the most effective methods of stilling dissent.
"We make bombs," Glenn Waite told his people. "We start blowing up army barracks and police stations and local politicians."
"I can make bombs," another of Glenn's followers said. "It's really pretty simple. With all of us working, we can make dozens. If the other teams go along with it, we can have hundreds of bombs ready to go in a very short time."
Glenn nodded his head. "I'll contact them. Most, if not all, will go along, I'm sure. Get cracking on it, Martin. I'd rather die fighting as a free man than live under the rule of Simon Border."
"Everything is calm back here, Ben," Cecil Jefferys, the president of the SUSA and Ben's long-time friend reported. "We had a few minor flare-ups here in the SUSA with some people who feel that Simon's way is the best way, but they were quickly shown to the border and kicked out. I'm sure we have others, but they're keeping a low profile and their mouths shut."
"Then they're up to something, Cec."
Cecil sighed over the miles. "Yeah, I agree, Ben. And it worries me. But we can't polygraph or PSE the entire population."
"No," Ben returned the sigh. "And I wouldn't want things to come to that, anyway."
"Any word from Mike?"
"Not a peep. He's found him a woman up in Utah, I think. She's with a guerrilla team, so Mike joined them."
"Ol' Mike's in love, huh?"
"Looks that way."
"Good for him."
"Everything is quiet here, Cec. And I still refuse to take the offensive in this matter."
"I think you're doing the right thing, Ben. But if Simon's people start slaughtering dissidents in his territory, you might be forced to change your mind."
"You know something I should know, Cec?"
"No. But I wouldn't put something like that past the lunatic."
"Nor would I. All right, Cec. I'll bump you in a few days."
Ben returned to his desk and sat down, propping his boots up on a stack of paperwork he just simply quit on. "Corrie, when is Thermopolis and his 19 HQ Batt scheduled to pull in?"
"Sometime tomorrow."
Ben pointed to the paperwork. "When they get here, give all that crap to them. That's what HQ is supposed to do, not me."
"Right, boss. Boss?"
Ben cut his eyes.
"Some of the people were wondering about Simon Border. They know that Border's country is based, sort of, on his weird philosophy, but other than that, what kind of government does he have?"
"Socialistic, for the most part. Everything is state run. Collective farming and so forth; everything that anyone does is for the state, not for the individual. The state, of course, being Simon Border and his inner circle and friends." Ben smiled. "I think the people can have tiny gardens all their own."
"Well, that's damn charitable of Nutbrain Border," Cooper said.
"It didn't work in Russia," Beth said, laying aside an old paperback novel she had found along the way. Ben took note of the author, Linda Howard. He had known her back before the world erupted into war. "It was beginning not to work in China--according to what I've been able to read. Capitalism is the only form of government that's worth a damn."
"Thank you, Professor Beth," Cooper said.
"You're welcome, Coop." Beth stuck her nose back into the book. Mackenzie's Mountain, Ben observed.
"What is so great about that type of government, boss?" Coop asked.
"Nothing, as far as I'm concerned," Ben replied. "Personally, I think it stinks. And Simon and his followers could have it, if they'd just back off and stay away from us."
"Message coming in from Mike," Corrie said, holding up her hand.
Ben took the mic. "Go. Mike."
"I'll keep this short, Ben," the chief of intelligence said. "Simon is just about ready to make his move against you. In addition, there are hundreds of people living in his territory who are ready to fight him just as soon as you give the word. I'll give Corrie the map coordinates for air drops. We need weapons and ammo in the worst way."
"You'll get them, Mike. There is no hope Simon will back off?"
"No, Ben. None. But what difference would it make if he did back off? He's sealed his borders and refused to allow dissidents to leave. He's using force to coerce people to worship his way. He's preparing to kill any who oppose him. Make virtual slaves out of those who survive the purge."
Ben sighed and shook his head. He had noticed today that the gray was spreading rapidly among his once dark brown hair. Well, hell, Ben thought, it was time for him to gray. "Then I guess that does it, Mike. His armies have been training hard, right?"
"Right, Ben. We've got twenty battalions to field, he's got a hundred and twenty and more in reserve. They won't be making the mistakes they did at first. Count on that."
"I'll never understand how he got so many people to go along with his nutty plans."
"Long story, Ben. I'm still piecing it together. Someday we'll sit down over a pot of coffee and talk it out. But for right now, you'd better get ready for the fight of your life."
"Okay, Mike.
"Good luck." Mike broke it off.
Ben turned to find his team looking at him. "Get the Batt Coms in here, Corrie. Let's start making plans."
"Are we going to carry the fight to Simon's people, boss?" Cooper asked.
"I guess so, Coop," Ben's words were softly offered. "I don't see that we have any choice in the matter."


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- 1 whole turkey (about 12 pounds), thawed if frozen, rinsed and patted dry (neck and giblets reserved, liver discarded)
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- 4 cups Pecan Cornbread Dressing
- 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
- 1/4 cup spicy brown mustard
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juliafizz19 Nov, 2013
When I orgianally made this from the Nov 2008 edition, there was a gravy that went with this recipe. It was great. I can't find it. Is it posted anywhere? I remember it having bourbon in the gravy. People were putting it on everything but the pumpkin pie.
SassmasterBaker22 Nov, 2012
I made this amazing turkey last thanksgiving along with a gluten free cornbread stuffing and it was the best turkey I had ever made and eaten! So simple and my guests just loved the hint of spicy sweet. What an awesome find! Thanks Martha!
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great thanks
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