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The rough-and-tumble Classic Vibe Stratocaster® '60s evokes that musically adventurous decade, with a few modern features added. The alder body has a Three-color Sunburst finish; the '60s-era vintage-tint gloss-maple neck has a rosewood Fingerboard with 21 medium-jumbo frets and a modern 9.5" radius. The thick tone comes from the alnico V single-coil pickups-quick attack with a bit more midrange force and a knockout bridge pickup. Custom staggered polepieces provide improved string-to-string balance. This versatile guitar is now available in a left-handed model.
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WOW - That's all I can say about the Classic Vibe 60's Strat. First of all it's a Lefty, so I can have one! Next it sounds absolutely fantastic, so good in fact that I still find it hard to believe it doesn't cost a whole lot more. I was lucky enough to find my local Guitar emporium had a lefty in stock so for once I was able to test-drive one before buying (a rare treat for me). You just can't beat this guitar for value for money and I would have no problem using this to play live. Every other budget model that I've owned has immediately had its guts replaced with true USA quality parts but this usually means cutting away some of the wood to make the bigger pots and switch fit. However with the Classic Vibes I really do believe that I'm going to just enjoy playing them exactly as they are....stock! And they are Tone Monsters! The power from the stock pickups is great and I have to say the neck and frets on mine were perfect when I took it out of the box - I just plugged it in and hit those strings!
You owe it to yourself to give the Classic Vibe range a test-drive! You'll be glad you did.
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|Model Name:
|Classic Vibe Stratocaster® '60s Left-Handed, Rosewood Fingerboard, 3-Color Sunburst
|Model Number:
|Classic Vibe
|Advertised Price:
|3-Color Sunburst
|Body Material:
|Body Finish:
|Gloss Polyester
|Body Shape:
|Neck Material:
|Neck Finish:
|Gloss Polyester
|Neck Shape:
|Modern "C"
|Scale Length:
|25.5" (648 mm)
|Fingerboard Radius:
|9.5" (241 mm)
|Number of Frets:
|Fret Size:
|Medium Jumbo
|String Nut:
|Synthetic Bone
|Nut Width:
|1.650" (42 mm)
|Position Inlays:
|Neck Plate:
|4-Bolt Standard
|Bridge Pickup:
|Custom Vintage-Style Single-Coil Strat
|Middle Pickup:
|Custom Vintage-Style Single-Coil Strat
|Neck Pickup:
|Custom Vintage Style Single-Coil Strat
|Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
|Pickup Switching:
|5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
|Pickup Configuration:
|6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
|Hardware Finish:
|Tremolo Arm Handle:
|Standard Tremolo Arm
|Tuning Machines:
|4-Ply Tortoiseshell
|Control Knobs:
|Parchment Plastic
|Switch Tips:
|Fender® USA 250L, NPS, (.009-.042 Gauges)
|Unique Features:
|Aged White Knobs, Pickup Covers and Switch Tip, Vintage Tinted Neck, White Dot Position Inlays, Vintage Styling, Synthetic Bone Nut
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2 best tips I can think of relate to vigilance and heroic strike.
Make sure heroic strike is bound to a key that is easy to get to everytime you need to. macroing it isn't a good idea as you will get rage starved, and mouse clicking isn't a good way to be fast. get heroic strike on a key in easy reach.
Most guys know to stick vigilance on the top scoring DPS, but that isn't easy to see without add ons. Vig a mage or lock, then after 1 or 2 fights, vig the top scoring dps. You'll need a dps counter like recount for this.
No Vig and poor heroic strike use are common among less skilled tanks.

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Address 20-24 Tavistock Place (Bloomsbury)
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Address 14 Lexham Gardens (South Kensington)
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Address 72 Queensborough Terrace (Bayswater)
The Latvian Guest House is a surprising and somewhat hidden budget hotel, offering 16 simple but well-maintained guestrooms a quick walk from Hyde Park.
Address 19-21 Belgrave Rd, Victoria (Near Victoria Station)
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Address 42 Adler Street (The City)
The quirky Qbic London City opened its doors in November 2013 and is already making an indelible mark on London's budget hotel scene. Its concept is simple yet clever, and is raising the standards and expectations of the city's affordable hotels.
Address 2-4 Crestfield Street (King's Cross)
The simple Crestfield Hotel is a fine budget option for travelers looking for cheap and convenient.
Address 24 Craven Hill Gardens (Bayswater)
The Caring Hotel is a friendly, no-frills affair—a pleasant, inexpensive option among some of the fancier, pricier hotels near Hyde Park.
Address 43-44 Argyle Square (King's Cross)
Situated near the Kings Cross train station, the two-star Hotel Meridiana offers rooms with or without private bathroom facilities.
Address 81 Kensington Gardens Square (Bayswater)
The two-star London House Hotel got a boutique makeover a few years ago that modernized its rooms and update its style.
Address 20 Lavington Street (Southwark)
With crash pad-like rooms and up-to-the minute technology, this hotel is ideal for those who have come to London to work or party – or both.
Address 7 Clanricarde Gardens (Bayswater)
The Notting Hill Gate hotel is a basic three-star property with a fashionable location and great proximity to Hyde Park.
Address 35/37 Argyle St. (King's Cross)
Located just two blocks south of Kings Cross and St. Pancras stations, the Princess Hotel is a sweet and old fashioned B&B.
No online booking
Address 23 Hugh Street (Near Victoria Station)
Situated around the corner from Victoria Station, the adorable Cherry Court Hotel is a cheapo gem offering 12 sweet (if small) rooms and the friendliest management around.
No online booking
Address Holland Walk, Kensington (Kensington)
Style is not an objective here, but the low nightly rates, quiet location and proximity to the heart of tony Kensington all make the YHA Holland Park worth considering.
Address 14 Noel Street,Soho, W1F 8GJ (Soho)
The YHA Oxford Street is a colorful spot boasting a youthful vibe in an excellent location offering both private and shared rooms.
No online booking
Address 79-81 Euston Road, (King's Cross)
The YHA St. Pancras Hostel has a trendy hotel vibe that makes it stand out from many of its B&B neighbors in the uber-convenient King's Cross neighborhood.
No online booking
Address 41 Fitzroy Square (Bloomsbury)
The YMCA Indian Student Hostel London offers elegant Mahatma Gandhi statuettes and serves up succulent curry.
No online booking
Address 36 Carter Lane,EC4V 5AB (The City)
The YHA St. Paul's is youth hostel situated in a 550-year-old building, steps away from St. Paul's Cathedral.
No online booking
Address 37 Tavistock Place, Russell Square (Bloomsbury)
Check into the small rooms at Generator King's Cross where the staff, clientele and vibe are always buzzing.
Address 77 Gower Street (Bloomsbury)
For years one of our favorite small hotels in London, the Arran House these days is quite a bit less charming. However, its location is still a winner.
Address 38 Bolton Gardens (Earls Court)
Hands down one of London's nicest hostels, YHA Earl's Court is a bright and shiny YHA outpost fully renovated in 2007.


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At Grazia HQ we spend a lot of time studying red carpet fashion, so much so in fact, we kind of consider ourselves experts! So when a new label hits the scene it's imperative we swat up immediately, and over the past year or so there's been one particular name that keeps popping up and that's Cushnie et Ochs.
Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs met at Parsons University, New York and having gained stellar experience elsewhere (think Proenza Schouler, Donna Karan, Oscar de La Renta, Marc Jacobs... the list goes on!) They joined forces and launched Cushnie et Ochs in the spring of 2009.
Designers: Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs
It's easy to see why Cushnie et Ochs's feminine, sexy, empowering designs were an instant hit with the A-list. From Michelle Obama (who wore a custom made Cushnie et Ochs dress to the 2011 'Christmas in Washington' gala), to Kate Bosworth (who looked incredible on the FROW at the Cushnie et Ochs spring/summer '13 show, at New York fashion week just last month), the Cushnie et Ochs customer is varied in both style and body shape.
Which is a credit to Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs's brilliant understanding of what flatters the female form. This coupled with their intuition for what women want to wear, makes their designs a red carpet no-brainer!
Spotted: Kim Kardashian on date night in Miami, with Kanye West last week, wearing a Cushnie et Ochs cut-out bra from the Prefall 2012 collection.
So who inspires the hot design duo and who would they love to get a in Cushnie et Ochs frock? We caught up with Michelle and Carly to find out more...
Grazia: Who inspires you when you're designing?
Michelle Ochs: It's really the female body that inspires the collection. Through our designs we wanted to create a collection that spoke to women in a way that allowed them to feel confident, strong and sexy. Our shapes lines and details are all designed to highlight and accentuate the female figure.
Carly Cushnie: As women designing for women you can't help but influence your own designs. But being two women we really have a great understanding of what women want and need in their clothing. This collection embodies minimalism, with a modern sensuality that is inspired by the women who wear it.
G: Who is the Cushnie et Ochs woman?
CC: She's definitely an Alpha female !
MO: Yes, confident, sexy, loves classic silhouettes with modern details and timeless elegance.
G: Which celebrity were you most excited to see in your designs?
MO: Dressing Michelle Obama was so incredibly exciting I'm not sure we can top that.
CC: Seeing women in our clothes in general is awesome, it's what we live for. Knowing that women like Eva Longoria and Reese Witherspoon, who have so many options on any given night chose to wear us is so rewarding.
G: Is there anyone who you would love to see wearing Cushnie et Ochs in the future?
CC: There are so many fantastic women I don't know where to begin. Salma Hayek was on our dress wish list but that wish actually just came true the other day!
MO: But we would love to see our clothes on Gwyneth Paltrow and Halle Berry. They are two amazing and gorgeous women.
G: Do you have a style icon?
MO: I think if we had to pick just one it would be Michelle Pfeiffer in Scarface.
CC: It doesn't really get more elegantly sexy than that.
G: What sums up great style in your eyes?
MO: It's about knowing what works for you, personalising it and owning it.
CC: Clothes shouldn't wear you, your confidence should wear the clothes.
And finally, here are our Cushnie et Ochs spring/summer '13 highlights:
Fresh, elegant and sexy. And coming to a red carpet near you very soon... we don't doubt! ♥


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Located on Hwy 42-57 across from the Door County Visitors Bureau, in the heart of Door County. AmericInn Lodge and Suites Sturgeon Bay has a variety of room types from traditional rooms to suites with whirlpools and or fireplaces, each offering WiFi access, refrigerator, microwave and in room coffeemaker. Whether you are relaxing in our living room style lobby or taking a dip in our oversized pool, you will find a friendly, courteous staff ready to provide for all your travel needs. Relish a quiet nights sleep and wake up to our free hot home-style breakfast buffet featuring Belgian waffles,hot eggs, sausage, biscuits and gravy, yogurt, fresh fruit, pastries, coffee, juice and more served 6am to 10am daily. And do not forget to join AmericInns Easy Rewards program where guests can receive cash for every ten nights stayed at any AmericInn location. AmericInn Sturgeon Bay has all of the latest information on what is happening in Door County from guide books to our personalized information sheets you will always know what is going on in the Door Peninsula. Pets are not allowed at property without contacting property before the reservation is made.
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A prequel to both the novel and the Judy Garland all-singing-all-dancing bonanza that is The Wizard of Oz, Disney's latest venture see James Franco as Oscar Diggs arriving in Oz from Kansas as a small-time circus magician who battles good and evil to become the all powerful Wizard. Along the way he meets Glinda, the Good Witch of the North played by Michelle Williams and Wicked Witch of the East Evanora (Rachel Weisz) with Mila Kunis as westside Witch Theodora .
We think Michelle Williams looks oh-so-beautiful in her good witch getup. From her flowing blonde locks to the off-the-shoulder gown (nipped in waist, full skirt, check!) she is every bit the Disney princess. Seeing her all dolled up in such fantastical fashion got us thinking about our other big screen heroines with a whisp of witch about them. How about Charlize Theron as the evil Queen in Snow White and the Huntsman or Michelle Pfeiffer in Stardust? Tilda Swinton made for an icy White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia while Cate Blanchett's Galadriel in Lord of the Rings was positively enchanting.
You might have noticed that these gals are all blonde bombshells but in Oz, Mila Kunis and Rachel Weisz take one for team brunette joining the ranks of Kristen Stewart who played Snow White and Anne Hathaway in The Princess Diaries.
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Being a child of the 80's I think I'm not alone in saying I wanted to be an astronaut when I was young. Gravity brought all of that back and more...all of the reviews are spot on, it is absolutely fantastic. The effects and scenes are breathtaking and also brought me back to watching NASA IMAX films of yore. I'm giving it a solid 10 out of 10 (10 being the highest).
...it takes me out of the movie and makes it more like a science-fiction story.
Well, this is a fictional story that takes place in space. Isn't that kind of the definition of a science-fiction story? What were you expecting? To be honest Pete, I don't think the actors were really even filming in outer space.
I saw The Lone Ranger on the plane yesterday...maybe I'm stupid or maybe I don't know what a good movie is but I really enjoyed it. I totally see what they were trying to do with it, the humor and characters were very much POTC. I also sense the bad reviews really sunk them from the start...anyone else ever see it?
I recently watched Redemption (Jason Statham) on Netflix. Actually, a pretty good movie and definitely the best Statham flick.
Always a big fan of Godzilla, and hoping this erases the memory of the '98 movie, which was truley abysmal.
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HP Pavilion dm1-1110ev Entertainment Notebook PC support
Resolving Problems with Sleep and Hibernate Modes (Windows 7)
This document applies to HP and Compaq desktop and notebook computers with Windows 7.
Use this document to help resolve the following issues:
- The computer wakes from sleep mode unexpectedly.
- Pressing the sleep key on the keyboard does not put the computer to sleep.
- Pressing the sleep button does not wake the computer.NOTE:If the sleep key on the keyboard fails to wake the computer, pressing the blinking power button on the front of the computer might wake the computer.
About sleep and hibernate in Windows 7
Sleep: Pressing the Sleep key on the keyboard or clicking Sleep from the Windows 7 Shut down menu causes the computer to go into sleep mode. Closing the display panel on a notebook can also put it in sleep mode. Sleep mode saves the state of all open programs to memory, then powers down both the display panel and hard disk drive. Only enough power is used to maintain the data in the memory. Restoring from Sleep mode happens quickly, in most cases in a matter of seconds. Sleep mode is useful when you need to pause the computer for a short time. However, in a notebook, maintaining the power to the memory modules can drain a battery if it is not plugged in.
Hibernate: Clicking Hibernate from the Windows 7 Shut down menu causes the computer to go into the Hibernate mode. Hibernate saves the state of all open programs to the hard disk, then completely powers off the computer. The computer consumes no power while in hibernate mode. When you restart the computer, the previous state of all open programs is restored. Restarting from Hibernate mode might take longer than restarting from Sleep mode. Use hibernate when you do not need your computer for an extended period of time.
When Sleep or Hibernate does not work correctly, use the instructions in the following steps:
Step 1: Enabling the keyboard to wake the computer in Windows 7
Skip this step if the computer does not enter sleep mode or wakes unexpectedly.
If pressing the sleep button on the keyboard does not wake the computer from sleep mode, it might be that the keyboard is not enabled to do so. Enable the keyboard as follows:
- Click the arrow next to Keyboards, and then double-click the name of the keyboard.The Keyboard Properties window opens.
- If the Power Management tab is available, proceed to the next step.If the Power Management tab is not available, click the Change Settings button if appears below the Device status box. The same Keyboard Properties window opens with the Power Management tab available.If you are prompted for an Administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
- Click the Power Management tab and make sure that the box next to Allow this device to wake the computer is checked.
- Click OK. Test to make sure that the keyboard can now wake the computer. Continue using these steps if the computer still cannot wake from sleep mode.If Allow this device to wake the computer was already selected, continue using these steps.NOTE:To see if the keyboard supports sleep mode, follow these steps:
Figure 5: Power data details
- Click the Details tab.
- Select Power data from the Property drop-down list.
- View the Power capabilities section to see the exact function calls that are supported by the keyboard. If the keyboard cannot support a WAKE function, a connection problem exists or the device is incompatible.
Step 2: Changing device settings in Windows 7 when the computer wakes unexpectedly
Some device settings can cause the computer to return from a power saving state unexpectedly. This can cause the computer to wake from sleep mode for no apparent reason. Activity from devices such as a Wireless Mouse, Network, or High Definition Audio can cause the computer to wake. Network activity can cause the network hardware to wake the computer, especially when the network is always on (like cable and DSL connections). Use the following steps to prevent hardware devices from waking the computer:
- Click the arrow next to the device that needs to be adjusted.
- If you are using an optical mouse, select Mice and other pointing devices.
- If the computer is using an "always-on" Internet connection, select Network Adapters.
- To check the high definition audio settings, click Sound, video, and game controllers.
- Double-click the name of the device to open a Properties window.
- If the Power Management tab is available, proceed to the next step.If the Power Management tab is not available, click the Change Settings button. The same Properties window opens with the Power Management tab available.If you are prompted for an Administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
- Click the Power Management tab, and remove the check next to Allow this device to wake the computer.NOTE:If you prevent the mouse from being able to wake the computer, you can still wake the computer using the Sleep button on the keyboard or the power button on the front of the computer.
- Click OK, close the windows that are open, and then restart the computer.
- If the issue still exists, go to the next step and check for problems with connected devices.
Step 3: Checking for sleep or standby issues with a connected device
Some devices can cause sleep/standby issues. Use these steps to check for a problem with the devices connected to the computer.
- Disconnect all non-essential connected devices (printers, scanners, USB drives).
- Restart the computer with only the original mouse, monitor, and keyboard connected.If this resolves the sleep/standby issue, one of the connected devices was causing the problem. Replace one device and test to see if the issue occurs again. Continue adding devices and testing until you find the device that is causing the problem.If the issue still exists, go to the next step and check for USB 3.0 port problems.
Step 4: Checking for problems when the keyboard or mouse is using a USB 3.0 port
When using USB 3.0 ports, some computers don't wake from the keyboard or mouse, or you can't put the computer to sleep using the keyboard or mouse. Use these steps to check for a problem with the USB ports. This issue applied to systems using AMD firmware.
- Check the mouse and keyboard connections.
- If a USB 3.0 ports is used, reconnect the device to a USB 2.0 ports.If the issue still exists, go to the next step and disable HID-compliant devices.
Step 5: Disabling HID-compliant devices in Windows 7
Use the following steps to disable the HID-compliant devices.
NOTE:Disable the HID-compliant devices as described in this section only if you are not using, and do not intend to use in the future, HID-compliant devices. Mice and keyboards are the most common HID-compliant devices, but also joysticks and other devices to interact with the computer can be HID-compliant.
- Click the arrow next to Human Interface Devices to expand it.
- Right-click HID-compliant consumer control device and then click Disable.
- Next, right-click HID-compliant device and again, click Disable.
- Close the Device Manager.If the issue still exists, proceed to the next step to use Microsoft System Restore.
Step 6: Using Microsoft System Restore to correct sleep or standby problems
If sleep/standby mode previously worked, use System Restore to revert the computer back to a time when the mode worked. If the issue has always existed, skip this step.
NOTE:For more information on a given step, click the heading or the accompanying plus (+) sign to expand the information.
- Save any open files and close all programs. Backup any important files.
- Click Start , click All Programs, click Accessories, click System Tools, and then click System Restore.Click Next and the Restore system files and settings window opens.
- Select Choose a different restore point, and then click Next.
- Select a date from the list when sleep/suspend mode was working correctly, and then click Next.
- Confirm the restore point, and then click Finish.
- Click Yes in the confirmation message that opens.
- The computer should shut down and turn back on automatically after the restoration completes.
- Click Start , and then click Sleep from the Windows 7 Shut down menu to see if the issue still exists:If the issue still exists, go to the next step and disable screen savers.NOTE:If System Restore resolves the issue, the problem is probably caused by software that was installed after the restore point date.
Step 7: Disabling screen savers in Windows 7
Some screen savers can interfere with sleep/standby mode. Disabling or changing the screen saver might resolve the issue.
- Click Appearance and Personalization.
- Under Personalization, click Change screen saver.
- In the Screen Saver Settings window, select an alternate screen saver or set it to (None), and then click OK.
- Click Start , and then click Sleep from the Windows 7 Shut down menu to see if the issue still exists:If the issue still exists, go to the next Step.
Step 8: Preventing startup programs from opening in Windows 7
Many software components start up automatically and run without being seen. Most of these programs are not necessary to the work performed on a computer, but can interfere with sleep or Hibernate modes. For troubleshooting purposes use the following steps to prevent programs from starting when Windows is first opened.
Deselecting unnecessary tasks from the Selective Startup menu in the System Configuration tool (Windows 7)
- Click Start , and type msconfig into the Search box. Click msconfig.If you are prompted for an Administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.The System Configuration tool is displayed.
- Click the General tab and make sure Selective startup is selected.
- Select the Startup tab and remove the checks from any tasks that do not contribute to the system and are unwanted.If unsure about a task, write the name down and research it on the Internet. Do not remove a check mark if you do not know what the task is. For a list of files that are recommended not to remove, review the HP support document: Using Microsoft System Configuration in Windows 7 .
- Click Apply, and then click OK to accept the changes. Restart the computer.
- When prompted, click Restart.
- If Windows or other software stops working after a check mark is removed from a task, restart the computer and reverse these procedures to replace the checkmark. If needed, you can press F8 after the very first blue HP startup screen (after the computer has been turned on) to open safe mode. For more information, see Windows 7 Safe Mode .
By completing these steps, Windows will run using Selective startup. This means that Windows prevents the selected programs from starting. If Selective startup is disabled in the future, all of the selected software programs will start again.
Step 9: Changing the power settings in Windows 7
Power settings control the computer's ability to go into and come out of sleep/standby mode. Make sure the power options are set so the computer can use sleep/standby mode correctly.
The following steps provide detailed instructions.
- Select one of the available plans (Recommended Settings, Power saver, Balanced, or High performance.
- Click Change plan settings.For desktop computers:
For notebook computers:In the System Settings window, configure the desired behavior of the Power button, the Sleep button, and display panel lid for when it is on battery power and for when it is plugged in.
- If you want the display and computer to stay on, change the settings to Never.
- If you want to customize a power plan, click Change advanced power settings and make the selections on the screen.
- If you want to restore default power settings, click Restore default settings for this plan.
- Click Save changes, and then restart the computer.
- If the issue still exists, follow these steps to disable hybrid sleep:
- Use the steps in this section to select High Performance from Power Options.
- Click Change plan settings, and then select Change Advanced Power Settings.
- Click the plus sign (+) next to Sleep.
- Click the plus sign (+) next to Allow hybrid sleep.
- Select Off from the drop-down menu.
- Click OK.
If the issue still exists, go to the next step to upgrade the BIOS and keyboard software.
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There are many Levenger product which are just nice to own. But this slim wallet writer is actually a tool I don't want to miss anymore. It is ideal for taking notes in passing, to write down a book, a person or anything else mentioned by a conversation partner. I would also recommend very strongly the version with the walletini pen. It fits quite well and with the strong clip there is no danger of loosing it. It is also the size which still fits in a shirt-pocket when you cannot carry with you any larger notepad. I was asked quite a number of times where I got this peace ... Levenger is still much too little known in Europe!
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I have read the other reviews about this product and agree with the versatile uses of it. It is a quality product that I do recommend. I am disappointed with myself for what I ordered. When I decided to order this product and the pocket briefcase. I debated about getting them with the pens and read about two people losing the pens early on. So, I bought both without pens thinking that I would put my own pen in the slot for the pen, but there is no slot. I'm thinking about what I'll be doing to modify the product to include a pen.
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I have been looking for a note taking device that is small and flexible enough to fit inside my wallet AND also be used alone - vs. using business cards to write impromtu notes. Combined with the David Allen Getting Things Done system this is a winner! Can also fit your license and credit card and some cash and fit into an evening bag which is a bonus. Never have to say 'do you have something to write on/with?" again! Size is perfect...
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The findings -- which come from Emory University's Goizueta Business School -- placed the Baltimore Ravens at No. 8, while the Dallas Cowboys scored the No. 1 spot.
The study was led by a Redskins fan and a Steelers fan and evaluated a number of factors over a three-year span to determine which teams had the most supportive fan bases. Team box office revenues relative to team on-field success, market population, stadium capacity, median income and other factors were used to compile the rankings.
The Cowboys have had above-capacity attendance despite the team playing sub-.500 football of late, according to the study.
"We think it's a long legacy of success, a football mad Texas culture and a state of the art stadium," the study's authors say in an attempt to explain the passionate Dallas fan base.
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How Can Cells Recognize One Another?
In high school or at college, we've studied how human beings are formed. In its first stages, the embryo is a formless piece of tissue. But as it continues to develop, some cells form the arms, some the inner organs, and a few are set aside for the eyes. Every cell "knows" where it must go, which organ it will form, to what degree it should multiply, and when to stop dividing. But the following extract provides another amazing fact about the embryo's development:
we separate the cells of the embryo that belong to different organs—by decreasing the amount of calcium in the environment—and then later on, mix these cells together in a suitable environment, we find that on coming into contact once again, the cells that belong to the same organs recognize each other and form distinct groups of cells that belong to the same organs. (Ahmet Noyan, Yasamda ve Hekimlikte Fizyoloji (Physiology in Life and Medicine), 10th ed., Ankara:Meteksan Publications, 1998, p. 40)
That is, if cells are first separated from each other, then brought together again, the cells that make up the same organs recognize each other and reassemble themselves again.
But how can these cells, which have no brain or nervous system, no eyes or no ears, recognize each other? How do these substances, formed from some molecules with no brain or consciousness, recognize their own type of cell out of a group? How can they know that they will later unite to form an organ? What is the source of the obvious consciousness displayed by these unconscious molecules?
The source of their consciousness is God, the Lord of the worlds, Who created the whole universe out of nothing.
We will show them Our signs on the horizon and within themselves until it is clear to them that it is the truth. Is it not enough for your Lord that He is a witness of everything? (Qur'an, 41: 53)
1. spleen cell, 2. cartilage cell, 3. blood cell, 4. areola cell, 5. muscle cell, 6. fat cell, 7. bone cell
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West of Mexico City, a violent clash erupted between two rival gangs of drug traffickers. According to preliminary information, the confrontation took place between two factions of the same cartel, La Familia. Shootings took place in several villages, forcing between 800 and 1300 people to take refuge in the nearby town of Apatzingan.


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Need to buy Mom a camera . I am about buggy :eek:trying to find the right camera and stumbled across this wonderful forum. (SO Thank you in advance) Forgive my my -non-technical terms.
She dances ballroom - That means they are moving & there sometimes is low light. So something with fast shutter speed and auto flash.
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In addition to that she wants a camera that can take pictures of small things up close - as in butterflies, flowers or if she felt like taking a picture of a ring to get maximum detail.
She's a small person and doesn't want a large camera. Slim/fits into a pocket or purse.
Point and shoot would be best not too complicated.
A large screen display.
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Intel will add another layer to its ongoing partnership with Google, announcing that the two companies will work together to optimize all future releases of Android for Intel-architecture processors. "Google and Intel have been working together as partners in computing solutions for many years in the data center, on Google TV, …
So what does it mean?
Must admit I'm not really sure if this is significant or not. Given intel's hesitation with Meego they don't look like they're ready to start making mobile phones with yet another OS so I guess we're talking tablets only.
But intel don't get anywhere near the power efficiencies of ARM, right? Or is it just because desktop Windows is such a pig that it makes them look worse than they are?
I guess as Dalvik is a VM most (all?) apps are unaffected by the underlying hardware...
Nope - still don't see how/if this is important. I await enlightenment.
It means AMD and Windows get chummier
Whether they are optimizing for Linux Kernel or Android specifically, Windows and Apple both are the ones to loose out, look for them to maybe try to buy AMD, or certainly make closer bedfellows over this....
I dunno though. I'd say AMD and Microsoft have been pretty chummy ever since Windows for AMD64 came out giving the final node of respectability to AMD's 64 bit architecture over Itanium.
Plus I'm quite certain Intel already work with both Apple and MS to optimise each of their OSes.
"Windows and Apple both are the ones to loose out"
Not significantly - it's extremely unlikely that Intel will favour Google over MS. And anyway, MS seems to be keeping their ARM options open with Win8. Apple are already on ARM for mobile and so they don't care - if they want optimisations they can do that in house with the chip expertise they've bought recently.
No-one needs AMD.
just the public and fair competition
Without AMD you'd still be using a 400mhz Pentium II, and paying $500 for it.
Optimise for what, exactly?
Java* VM , or the Linux kernel? Both of these are already used for profiling CPU designs. Beyond
that, there's not a whole lot of "unique" inside Android.
Mostly this looks like Intel putting a few engineers to work getting Android working okay on their chips. Like what they did with their own MeeGo.
Never mind.
* yeah, yeah, call it Dalvik if you want, it won't stop it being a Java VM.
Maybe it's optimised for cpu fans like Windows 8 is. Yes, I did! Ak ak ak!
Tail wagging the dog?
They might be better optimizing Android to make full use of the hardware they already have before trying the reverse.
It is a big deal
The perception of performance in hand with battery life is not just a hardware or software thing. The two teams have to dance together. For a while now ARM platform vendors showed up to dance with Google, but Intel and AMD didn't. That is ending. That is a very big deal.
Best keep it under wraps though, like they did the Intel Macs. Lots of griefers in their midst would like to leak it or shut it down.
Based on the announcement, the headline really should be "Google to optimize Android for Intel chips."
good point but its IDF so it's Intel toadying up to Google in order to look relevant. It would be more interesting if they announced something radical such as a low-power architecture to rival ARM (properly) or something ...
Do [no] Evil?
Intel optimizing their silicon for Android I have no problems with. (I am assuming that we are not talking x86 server silicon here?)
Google optimizing Android for Intel silicon (and consequently not ARM silicon) strikes me as probably anti-competitive given Intel's track record.
Google optimizing Android for x86 and not optimising it for ARM would be insane. Intel don't have enough money going spare to bribe them to do that.
Optimising the JIT comiler
I think they are optimising the JIT compiler for Dalvik. This was introduced in Android 2.2 and is significant speed boost that needs to be optimised for each chipset
It has already been done for ARM, and a company called Myriad Group have done it commercially for MIPS
And Intel has already worked with Sun on optimizing their JVM, so they know perfectly how to do that (hmm, wonder what the agreements with Sun/Oracle say about that...).
Otherwise, Intel already contributes well to the Linux kernel, so that shouldn't change much.
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A recent management-level survey on IT service delivery threw up the question, "when do you think you are likely to roll out Windows Vista in your organisation?" At a summary level, the responses to this question were not particularly interesting. Just under a quarter of organisations said they would adopt within the next year …
The proof of the pudding is in the eating..... as any Lovers of IT will tell you
"We can sum this up by saying that an organisation is significantly more likely to be adopting Vista in the short term if the following are true: ....... etc etc."
Well, of course, for they have realised that Vista is a Virtualisation Application layering Tool for Implementation of Good IT Practices...Social Policies.
And with Windows also providing MetaDataMined Views for Incorporation.
You don't actually Think that Computers and Software aren't programmed to sneak a peek at what IT is doing, surely? It is their raison d'etre. Stealth for an Unfair Competitive Advantage to fuel the Capitalist and very Fascist Engine. Bill and Warren can talk a good Socialist leaning but they don't appear to be allowed to act upon it.... although I would love to be proved wrong on that possibility.
And you can blame Man's Limited Intelligence Processing of Information for what it does and doesn't do, with Total Information Awareness Knowledge.
It might have nothing to do...
...with the intrinsic qualities of Vista.
Vista is the next upgrade. Well set-up (organised, well-resourced, knowledgeable) IT outfits will be better placed to take the upgrade step than those who've been starved of money and personnel, so are staggering along with kit that would need replacing wholesale to run Vista adequately.
Get it over with
You have to, so you might as well.
All other correlations are probably spurious.
So we should adopt Vista because of peer pressure?
"There is a similarly strong correlation between Vista adoption and other behaviours that are commonly considered to be indicators of good or best practice."
Healthy people are slimmer than average, so supermodels are the healthiest people of all. As long as we're treating correlation as causality.
"More to the point though, it suggests that those organisations that are more culturally switched on to good IT management practice seem to be saying that Vista has a positive contribution to make."
More to the point it suggests that fashion supermodels are saying starvation makes you healthy and since they're the healthiest people they should know! Because I just did a substitution followed by an implied causality and you're supposed to be so stupid you don't understand what I just did.
My hidden message: JUST BUY THE DAMN VISTA BECAUSE IT'S WHAT SOME OF YOUR PEERS ARE DOING AND I'M CLAIMING THAT THEY ARE CLEVER FOR DOING IT AND SO YOU ARE DUMB FOR NOT DOING IT.
macs pulling facts out of rats using stats
A service oriented approach to IT service delivery exists
Overall performance of the IT function is monitored formally
The IT function is considered to be well tuned into the business
There is a clear focus on the quality and efficiency of IT delivery
Then IT 'performance' is dependant on pandering to people with no understanding of computing. So its hardly surprising that they will insist they need what ever product has the shiniest broacher. Even if that's an operating system that requires an entire gigabyte of memory just to launch applications and manipulate a file system!
Shock? Better managed departments handle change better!
If the next big thing was Bananas for every desktop, I would expect that better managed (ie those highlighted as having formal monitoring and therefore, you'd guess, better managed) IT departments would be more aggressive (confident) in their Banana roll-out.
Sure, if Bananas (or Vista) was considered a retrograde step then you wouldn't see the trend, but that well managed IT depts are pushing ahead with Vista is no particular endorsement for Vista (or Bananas) beyond that it is 'satisfactory'.
from Microsofts PR Dept?
"Of course, the alternative explanation is that more organised IT departments are better able move quickly and figure they might as well get the inevitable over with, but that seems like a far less plausible explanation."
Surely this is the OBVIOUS explanation!?!?!!!!! DOH!!!!
It'll be all you can buy
Dax was spot on. Although expanding on his/her point: Since MS is going to be taking away the option of buying XP soon, an IT department _has_ to roll out Vista as it will soon be all you can purchase. You can't be in a position of not being able to procure new PCs. It's not an endorsement of Vista; it's realism in the face of MS's forced upgrade strategy.
Correlation != Causation
However I would say that IT performance is measured it's far more likely that IT departments are installing Vista because it meets their targets rather than because they believe it to be the right thing to do.
..and if the mythical man month has taught us anything I'd also say it's far more likely to f*ck up big-style.
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"it suggests that those organisations that are more culturally switched on to good IT management practice seem to be saying that Vista has a positive contribution to make."
What a crock.
This comment simply reinforces the point that people who muck about with statistics can make them 'prove' any concusion they want to.
To me, all your statistics are saying is that the more 'formal' IT departments are more likely to go forward with upgrades in the short term.
As for why this might be, my opinion is that these types of department are more likely to plan this activity and be able to allocate the resources needed to run the project. More importantly, they are almost certainly more integrated into the upper levels of the company management reporting structure - which means they will find it easier to get signoff from the related business management streams to spend the money!
As usual, there is no doubt in my mind that upgrades are primarily driven by companies on M$ support agreements being coerced by EOL of their existing products - requiring them to buy licenses for the same software again and again.
pure logic!
"A service oriented approach to IT service delivery exists"
Its amazing that a 'service' orientated approach is taken to IT 'service' delivery!!
Give a medal to whoever thought up of that. I am going to copy it and revolutionise my business. How did i miss it???
"Overall performance of the IT function is monitored formally"
Doesnt mean anything constructive is done about it...
Survey didn't ask IF the corporate would "upgrade"
On analysis, "upgrading" to Vista appears to represent a substantial downgrade of your ability to keep corporate information secure, ergo your ability to comply with irritating subtle laws like the Data Protection Act etc. You know, trivial stuff, only what customers would care about.
See <http://news.softpedia.com/news/Forget-about-the-WGA-20-Windows-Vista-Features-and-Services-Harvest-User-Data-for-Microsoft-58752.shtml>..
A service oriented approach to IT service delivery exists
Overall performance of the IT function is monitored formally
The IT function is considered to be well tuned into the business
There is a clear focus on the quality and efficiency of IT delivery
I work for a big UK retailer where all these points are true. however we have only just recently completed the changeover from NT4 desktops connecting to Netware 4 servers to XP and Server 2003 with AD etc...
I'd be very surprised if we go anywhere near Vista for at least 4-5 years
Hang on...
Last time I checked, Vista wasn't free.
I'm inclined to think that well-run IT departments are more likely to be well-funded IT departments (either because the extra resource makes it easier to do their jobs better or because they are rewarded for doing a good job by having their budgets increased), and therefore they're more likely to roll out the latest and most expensive of any software - because they're the ones that can afford it.
CYA is best practice
Well, well... Here we have a survey that says the most heavily-bureaucratised IT departments are Microsoft's early adopters.
Maybe their formal processes are working well - and I hope so, because the need for performance-monitoring IT is all-too-obvious in our corporations and our government - but I have my doubts about this survey: it records the presence of particular documentation flows, not the effectiveness of the organisation's IT administration.
All too often, box-ticking 'processes' that certify our service reliability are revealed as a chaotic sham when the lights go out and someone has to restart the servers. Could it be that organisations with a thick sheaf of operational studies, proving that they can back out the change, are living in a fool's paradise? Are the studies demonstrating operational savings from Vista's enterprise management an object lesson in objective auditing - or a demonstration that the masters of a sophisticated bureaucracy can find the figures to justify any decision they want?
Could it be that favoured customers - large bureaucratic organisations dominated by 'process' - are statistically-likely to be offered substantial discounts as early adopters by Redmond? I bet the words 'Partner' and 'Strategic' are measurably correlated with a 2007 Vista rollout.
And I'm prepared to bet that you can find surveys in the 1970's, proving that America's most forward-looking and progressive corporations could be identified by their purchases of IBM machinery. There's a famous aphorism that nobody ever got fired for that - but have you ever heard that 'Nobody ever got fired for buying Microsoft'..?
Here's a final prediction: every single sheet of paper saying that 'X' corporation, department or division should be implementing Vista will be outnumbered three-to-one by cleverly-equivocal memoranda distancing the managers responsible from the consequences. And that's as good an explanation as any from Redmond as to why bureaucracy is correlated with an early Vista rollout.
This is the second time I've seen this "survey"
The first time was in _Computerworld_ magazine.
The overall tone and much of the phrasing was so similar as to make me suspicious that both writers took their "data" from a Microsoft press release.
My day job *is* pretty much the IT Department, and we do enough monitoring to know what's what (when there are only two people in IT, a lot of formal monitoring isn't really necessary). We plan to deploy Vista *only* when we are forced to do so because we can't get XP any more. We do have several Vista machines in the IT Department - for testing, and familiarization. Our overall impression is that it's slow, clunky, looks and operates like it's designed for use by unprofessional 4-year-old children, and has more annoyances that XP did at initial rollout.
When a corporation pays bloggers to start a fake grassroots movement, we call it "astroturf." What should we call a fake wave of favorable reviews?
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Who's not rolling it out?
Intel's not doing it. AMD's not doing it. Dell's not doing it. HP's not doing it. Do we see a trend? Most of the biggies have enough XP licenses to last until the end of the year. I know of people at two large corporations who were issued new laptops in the last few weeks. XP SP2 with Office 2003.
Forget upgrades, many companies aren't even doing it for new purchases.
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