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49 of 51 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Laptop Right now.
Coming from a 13" mid-2009 MBP, this new 13" Retina MBP really is a huge improvement. I had upgraded my old MBP with a 128GB OWC SSD and 8GB of crucial RAM over the years so it wasn't too lagging, but the new Haswell based CPU and retina screen are phenomenal.
The LCD screen really is the reason to buy this laptop. At the "Best" scaled 1280x800 display...
Published 12 months ago by J. Dulak
76 of 104 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Beatiful yet Unreliable
I waited for months for Apple to launch their new MacBook Pro 13" with the new Haswell processor and amazing battery life. However, the computer randomly freezes since day 1. It becomers totally unresponsive and only way out is to power off and back on.
Then I Googled "macbook pro haswell freezing" and I was shocked to see 1000's of comments on...
Published 14 months ago by Flying Cat
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49 of 51 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Laptop Right now.,
This review is from: Apple MacBook Pro ME866LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop with Retina Display (OLD VERSION) (Personal Computers)
Coming from a 13" mid-2009 MBP, this new 13" Retina MBP really is a huge improvement. I had upgraded my old MBP with a 128GB OWC SSD and 8GB of crucial RAM over the years so it wasn't too lagging, but the new Haswell based CPU and retina screen are phenomenal.
The LCD screen really is the reason to buy this laptop. At the "Best" scaled 1280x800 display setting, pixels are none existent and everything looks super smooth and crisp. View angles are excellent, truly viewable out to 178 degrees plus minus, horizontal and vertical. The option to have a 1440 & 1650 scaled resolution is also super useful when you need more desktop space. Text starts to get tiny at those sizes, but everything remains super clear & crisp.
Size wise, it has a marginally smaller footprint than my old MBP and even the new Airs. The 3.47lb weight makes the biggest difference for portability and holding an rMBP next to an Air, the difference really is negligible.
Battery life is also very good. I get the claimed 9 hours doing moderate web surfing. Watching HD movies (non-iTunes) or playing some light games brings battery life down to 5-6 hours range which is still pretty good.
Performance wise, it's handled everything I've done so far. No problems with high-res photo editing in Photoshop. The SSD really is faster, took far less time transferring data to my new MBP than pulling it from the old. I've never really seen the CPUs go above 30% and I monitor them with iStat. I'm not sure if it's the way Mavericks handles RAM, but I'm regularly engaging 4.5GB where as I'd usually hover around 3-3.5GB on Mountain Lion doing similar tasks. Hasn't been an issue so far having 8GB. Moving up to a 512GB SSD is really refreshing vs my old 128GB OWC SSD. I was always free up space to do things, now I've got about 320GB free. Under CPU load, my old MBP would get hot (just watching HD youtube). This new machine can get warm, but hasn't gotten hot yet. I haven't seen the CPU proximity temp go above 140F yet, whereas the old would got as high as 168F.
The port selection is another big reason for choosing a MBP over an Air. I like having the full-size HDMI port for playing movies on my HDTVs. Yes, there is AirPlay which mirrors/extends to an AppleTV just fine. But for playing back HD movies, the transcoding/wifi playback just can't keep up and stutters occasionally with both 720p and 1080p playback.
For me the choice was between this configuration rMBP or a BTO upgraded 13" Air. After seeing the screen in an Apple Store, the choice for me became a no brainer for the rMBP. The HDMI port for me was a huge plus too since most of my movie collection is digital now. Performance wise, a souped up Air isn't much slower (because of the lack of retina display). So the choice is really do you want ultimate portability and battery life (Air) or a tad more weight, a tad less battery life but an awesome screen and a tad more performance (rMBP). For me I opted for the screen and slight performance bump.
The biggest drawback of this laptop is that it is non-user upgradable. So get the best configuration you can afford now if you plan to keep it more than a couple years.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended, Reliable, Light and Thin,
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This review is from: Apple MacBook Pro ME866LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop with Retina Display (OLD VERSION) (Personal Computers)
I gave this computer to my husband as a birthday present and he absolutely loves it! He formerly had the 15" MacBook Pro, and this new version's lightness and thinness (due to lack of a CD drive) pleased him very very much. The speed is remarkable, and unlike the MacBook Airs recently released, this has NO PROBLEMS with connection to WIFI nor any problems with dropping WIFI connection. The battery life is outstanding and under normal use (web browsing and email) lasts longer than apple's estimates.
23 of 27 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Twenty years of Windows to this,
This review is from: Apple MacBook Pro ME866LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop with Retina Display (OLD VERSION) (Personal Computers)
This review has been a long time coming. I've had a succession of premium Windows laptops dating back to Windows 95. The most recent was an HP Spectre 13t Ultrabook with Windows 8.1. I had it for a week alongside this MacBook. I no longer have it. I do not expect to purchase another Windows machine in the indefinite future.
EDIT: I've added some notes on multi-monitor usage below.
I bought this system to edit in Photoshop on the road. My version is 2.4 | 16 GB | 256 GB. Screen quality, size, weight, and build were high priorities. After four months with this system, I believe it is the best mobile laptop available, second only to the Air for folks who don't need the Retina screen or 16GB of RAM.
It's hard to evaluate the Mac in isolation, so I'll make a few comparisons to the HP and Windows 8 in general. The Spectre is not the best Windows system available, but a good one similar in focus and class to the rMBP.
* Build. Very stiff, very sleek, and as thin as anything with this solidity. Aesthetically perfect to me. Light (3.5 lbs) unless you're comparing it to recent 2-2.5lb machines. It could be thinner. The narrow bezel could be even more minimalist. That's about it for improvements. The keyboard has good travel and pleasing backlighting. I don't miss keystrokes.
It's not a tank though. I distinguish between build quality (impeccable) and durability (lackluster). The aluminum case scratches and dents easily, especially the sharp edges. I have mine vinyl-wrapped. If you drop it, you may have to replace the entire case. I've seen one person physically bend a MacBook by wedging it offset into their luggage. No system in this size class would do any better, but I do miss the overbuilt chassis and easy parts replacement of my older Latitude. I'm more keenly aware of dangers to this MacBook.
* Screen. Better than anything not in an HP or Dell Precision-class laptop. 1600p, 16:10 aspect, full sRGB gamut, IPS, fairly high brightness, very low dE after after calibration, and low glare. The Spectre had a 16:9, 1440p screen with more glare, less brightness, a slight tint, and somewhat lower gamut. For serious color work, this MacBook is the class of the field.
But that's just the spec. The real advantage is how OS X deals with scaling. Windows HiDPI support is inconsistent outside of the 'Modern' interface. It has somewhat better font rendering relative to the Mac at non-optimal scaling settings, but problems all over the place with UI elements. Some large, some small, most blurry. On the Mac, unoptimized apps just have blocky text. The UI doesn't get smaller. It's so easy for programmers to optimize for Retina that all of my apps have updates available.
Font scaling at non-optimal settings is ever-so-slightly less clear, but I barely notice. The people lamenting that the stock interface approximates a 1280x800 machine do not, to me, have a valid complaint.
This scaling advantage is huge. It's one of the biggest reasons I moved over. I wanted a high-res screen, and Windows 8.1 (and the rest of the Windows app community) just isn't ready. Many Adobe apps are difficult to use at 1440p on a 13" screen and have yet to be updated.
* OS. Another huge element for three reasons: gestures, multiple desktops, and search and organization.
Gestures (particularly with third-party additions like BetterTouchTool) are miles ahead of Windows. They just work and the variety is tremendous. I rapidly got used to sliding between desktops and shuffling windows around. I almost never click the touchpad unless I'm dragging a slider in Photoshop. Instead, I tap and swipe at warp speed. There is no Windows machine from anyone in this ballpark. Windows doesn't do multiple desktops (in the 'classic' interface) natively.
That advantage doesn't matter at home when I've got three large screens and an external mouse and keyboard. But on the road without any of the attachments, and without an external mouse, I'm probably twice as productive on the Mac. Maybe more. I spend far less time with window management. Little things also enable this, like an Alt-Tab function that automatically cycles between two in-use windows, and two-finger scroll that doesn't require a window to be selected.
The other big change is that I spend less time organizing files. On Windows, I spend a lot of time creating folders within subfolders, keeping the hierarchy in my head. Inevitably I fall behind and clutter the Desktop. I spend this time because Windows Search has been terrible since XP. It's never indexed properly for me, so I miss files; it's not universal, in the sense that what you find in a Start Menu search is not what comes up in a Windows Explorer search; and it has a palpable delay before the results appear.
Spotlight has none of these problems. It's so instant that pulling it up with CMD-Space, navigating to a result, and opening it are all part of the same stream of keystrokes. It indexes the entire drive on every log-in. You miss nothing. It's so fast and comprehensive to find documents and change apps that I've turned off the dock entirely. I could duplicate some of this functionality with Everything Search on Windows, but it doesn't integrate as well as Spotlight. This is a definite Mac win.
Also of note: instant resume and multi-user support. No waiting for standby or resume. No sensitivity to when you close the lid. And when you want to change accounts, the switch is immediate after entering a password. No logging out, no loading screens.
* Apps. There's a whole lot of cruft on the Windows side. Not long ago, I was looking for one that would record a video feed from a USB device. Four apps and two wasted hours later, I hadn't gotten anywhere. That functionality is built into OS X. In general, there's less available for OS X, but what is available tends to look and perform better than what's on the Windows side. Gamers may take exception.
* Battery. If I'm just looking at webpages in Safari (Chrome uses more energy) and they're not all flash video, I see 10-13 hours of battery life consistently with middle screen brightness. If I'm cranking away in Photoshop on max bright and Bridge is generating thumbnails in the background, that drops to 4-5 hours.
* Quirks. I don't like the startup sound (you can't permanently disable it, though it'll track the system volume level). I don't like that new windows tend to spawn on top of existing ones rather than in a new desktop. Many animations (e.g., desktop switching, fullscreen) are impossible to disable without third-party software. For my power-user workflow, I rely on at least three apps to improve the experience: BetterTouchTool (gestures), BetterSnapTool (window management), and TotalSpaces (disabling animations better multi-monitor consistency). Some Apple apps prioritize form over function (e.g., Time Machine). A few of the inbuilt office-style apps (e.g., Mail) seem like relics from the mid-2000s.
That's about it.
On the hardware side, every Windows machine seems to have some random thing wrong with it. The HP had high-pitched and frequent fan noise, excessive CPU throttling, and wouldn't let me turn off all the keyboard lights. Other systems have weak keyboards. Still others have no battery life. All of them have, at best, workmanlike touchpads (thanks to Windows and half-baked drivers).
The point of this isn't to rant about Windows, I still use it on every other system I have. But in a mobile machine, it's harder, sometimes impossible, to work around the areas where it falls short.
So what do I miss about Windows?
The Windows 8 task and resource managers are more intuitive and convey more information at a glance. In general, I think the Windows system tools are superior.
The Windows 8.1 'modern' interface (the side you'd see on a Windows phone or a tablet) is superb in a touch environment, and I'd love to have a MacBook/iPad amalgam with similar functionality once the hardware is thin and light enough to make that feasible. (As it is, I don't miss touch at all on this MacBook; touchpad gestures are faster and more capable.)
Office on Windows is a better program. I don't care for the Mac equivalent. The Windows version is sluggish, but acceptable for most uses in Parallels.
Windows runs faster on similar hardware. Animated transitions and scrolling on the rMBP can lag and stutter sometimes with content-heavy pages and programs.
Windows doesn't have a title bar on top. I like my apps to maximize to the top of the screen. Minor point.
That's it. Windows still feels like an old shoe to me, so there's comfort in the familiarity, but really: I don't miss it.
I recently begun to pair my Mac with two 27" 2560x1440 displays. Both are Asus IPS, which cost about half as much as Apple's equivalent. They use DisplayPort; coupled with a cheap adapter, they plug directly into the two Thunderbolt ports.
My initial plan was to use a docking station and a single Thunderbolt port for both, but this is not possible except with an Apple display and a second Apple display daisy-chained to it. Third-party displays each require their own port; no Thunderbolt docking station supports more than one third-party screen at one time.
Connected directly, the internal Iris chip drives both screens *and* the MacBook's own display. Each can have multiple desktops. The animations get a little choppier, but this is still impressive. It's over 11MP of screen. Scaling is perfect and each screen has its own background and color profile. Settings and app locations are, for the most part, maintained between sessions.
The only caveat is that I see inconsistent performance with my Windows 8.1 VM in Parallels. I wanted to run Visio 2013, but ultimately had to revert back to a Windows XP VM with Visio 2010. That one blazes; the 2013 version was occasionally unusable if I was running a lot of other programs. Quad-core MacBooks with a dedicated nVidia graphics chip will fare better.
* rMBP 13 vs. Air:
Easy choice. The rMBP has a better screen and supports 16GB of RAM. If you don't need either, buy the Air.
For those advantages, you end up with a thicker chassis that's a half-pound heavier (3 lbs vs 3.5 lbs). You can edit photos and video with the Air, but the gamut isn't wide enough for professional work, and comparatively poor viewing angles make it harder to show your work to others. Speed is otherwise similar, even favoring the Air because it has fewer pixels to push. Still, at any scaling setting, text and graphics look considerably better on the Retina screen.
If you need 16 GB, you know it already. Mavericks does impressive RAM compression, so 8 GB here is more like 11-12 GB on the Windows side. Be aware that while the internal SSD is fast (700 MB/s), it's still miles slower than the RAM, and the system will tank if it has to page the swap file.
* rMBP 13 vs. MBP 13:
Choose the MBP 13 if you want to add cheap 3rd-party RAM and SSD storage. You lose the Retina screen, the thin chassis, and the stellar Haswell idle battery life. If you don't need expandable storage or the Retina screen (or if you're planning to configure the MBP solely from the Apple page), there's almost no reason to prefer it to the Air. And if you're not budget-constrained, there's no reason at all to choose it over the rMBP.
* rMBP 13 vs. rMBP 15:
If you're editing video or doing a lot of time-sensitive processing, choose the 15. It has a quad-core chip that's 50-100% faster than the 13. Same 16 GB RAM cap, and it's a significantly larger and heavier chassis.
The 15 is also smoother in OS X by some margin. It doesn't really gain in multitasking; you can slot windows side-by-side easily with the 13 and multiple desktops make up for the ones you can't.
The 15 is really about speed in processor-limited workflows. With 22MP raw files, ACR adjustments on my 13 are adequately fast. Conversions are a little sluggish, as are some Photoshop functions like Content-aware Fill. I don't object, but it's not lickity-split quick like my home quad-core Windows machine and, to a lesser extent, the rMBP 15.
* Fast CPU vs. Slow CPU:
Slow. The major divide is dual-core vs. quad-core (i.e., rMBP 13 vs. 15). The fastest dual-core is maybe 20% quicker than the slowest. Likewise for the quad chips, but the gulf between dual and quad will be more like 75% for some workloads. Better a slow quad than a fast dual, particularly as Intel's Turbo function makes the quads nearly as good for 1-2 core workloads.
* More SSD vs. Less SSD:
More. 256 GB, 512 GB if possible.
Macs don't (appear to) use a shared DLL folder like Windows machines, so every program packages all of its files with it. This makes uninstalls dead-simple and eradicates file-version conflicts, but also increases the size of every program. A 10 MB Windows program may well be 40 MB on the Mac. I rely a lot on cloud storage, so I haven't felt limited by my 256 GB drive.
SD cards and flash drives can provide more space for content that doesn't need to be immediately accessible. But be aware: only SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 flash drives (and no SD cards) use a proper SSD-style storage controller. Other USB drives may be speedy for sequential transfers, but will tank on small files and random writes.
I would not choose the 128 GB drive unless you're only using the system as an internet and writing terminal. Any large files will rapidly exhaust your free space. Same comment about 4GB of RAM with more sophisticated programs. You can't expand the RAM or (easily) expand the SSD on these Retina-class Macs.
I'd rather not have spent as much as I did on this system. It was $500 more than the HP for similar specifications and another 8GB of RAM. But having used it for two months, I don't regret the extra money at all. It is a fully-baked product that doesn't exist on the Windows side. If you're a road warrior and you edit graphics, this is your machine.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Did Not Buy from Amazon, But Amazing Machine!,
This review is from: Apple MacBook Pro ME866LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop with Retina Display (OLD VERSION) (Personal Computers)
Bought the 2.6GHz/512GB model with the upgraded 16GB RAM from MacMall (sorry Amazon, but they have always had my Apple business) and the machine is Amazing! I am coming from an old rMBP 13 with the old Ivy Bridge 2.9GHz i7 with the sub-standard graphics from the Intel 4000. Let me just say that I can notice the speed difference between the upgraded Iris graphics and the PCIe interfaced SSD!
The weight difference is negligible, and as always the computer itself is the gorgeous unibody that feels like you're driving a Maserati versus a Toyota Corolla. The screen...well we all know how amazingly gorgeous it is and I love that it as 100% RGB reproduction..great for photos and videos (especially HD).
I work overseas and thus have a lot of down time sometimes. I watch movies off my 2TB external HDD and just in case anyone was wondering - the ultra high resolution retina screen does not pixelate movies using VLC or whatever else, even if the video is SD versus HD.
Web browsing is a true pleasure. The sites are so vibrant (despite some of the graphics and text being pixelated occasionally...but this is actually a rare occurrence in my experience.) Scrolling thru webpages is smooth now compared to my last gen. rMBP which shuttered all the time.
OS X 10.9 Mavericks is awesome! I love the way Apple used all kinds of tricks within the OS to keep battery life up. Everything from disabling Safari plugins when you are not using them (i.e. Adobe Flash) and inactive programs (i.e. minimized or behind an active window) in essence being paused to keep processor activity, HDD read/write activity, and memory read/writes down. Even when I upgraded my old rMBP from 10.8 to 10.9, I gained about 2 additional hours of battery life. Lastly, as expected with Apple - integration is absolutely a breeze and pleasure. Everything "just works" (quoting Steve Jobs.) iCloud is amazing. I have some shared albums in iPhoto and whenever my fiance takes a picture and adds it to the album, it automatically shows up in my library, and vice-versa.
The machine has the typical ports. I kind of wish that Apple took away one of the TB2 ports and added another USB 3.0 port, especially since you can daisy chain thunderbolt devices. I can kind of see why they have 2 though, since I usually use my TB -> Ethernet adapter. I do not miss the optical drive. I picked up a cheap Amazon Basics USB drive, and have never used it (yet.) There is a headphone/microphone combo port, but the built in mics are amazing. I have to shout at my Sony Vaio for it to pick up audio on Skype, but with my MBP I can talk normally. I should note that the headphone jack works much like an iOS device. what I mean is that you could have the speakers muted and then plug in headphones, and it remembers the last volume level you used them at. Blast your music using headphones and then unplug them....the speakers are muted or at whatever the last volume you used them at. Also if you have iPhone compatible headphones, (i.e. volume controls, with mic also built in) they work on the MBP. I can push a button on my headphones to increase the volume or change the track in iTunes using my headphones. Awesome.
Okay, to wrap this up. The rMBP has an amazing resale rate! It is solid, well built and ridiculously fast. After experiencing the combination of Haswell, retina, and PCIe storage....everything else is just...meh. Mavericks is a pure pleasure to use as Mac OS X has always been. The price has gone down since the last gen as well, so now Apple's are competitive with other high-end ultrabooks. Windows machines have their advantages, but over the years Macs have become more compatible and competitive. Also you can run Windows XP/Vista/7/8 in Bootcamp or Parallels if you want the Mac but cannot part with Windows completely or simply do not want to (like me.) For most, the 256GB model is ample, but if you need/want Windows as well, I recommend the 512GB model. Lastly I do not want to take away from Amazon, since I shop religiously on here and love my Prime Account, but if you can, go somewhere else and get the upgraded 16GB of RAM if you plan to keep the machine for years to come and want futureproof as much as possible.
76 of 104 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Beatiful yet Unreliable,
This review is from: Apple MacBook Pro ME866LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop with Retina Display (OLD VERSION) (Personal Computers)
I waited for months for Apple to launch their new MacBook Pro 13" with the new Haswell processor and amazing battery life. However, the computer randomly freezes since day 1. It becomers totally unresponsive and only way out is to power off and back on.
Then I Googled "macbook pro haswell freezing" and I was shocked to see 1000's of comments on Apple Support Community about this problem. As of Nov/1/2013, it is unknown if it is a hardware of software problem.
Since this computer with new processor and new OS X Mavericks operating system is not reliable yet, I am returning mine. I will wait at least 6 months for Apple to solve current known problems.
17 of 22 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Laptop,
This review is from: Apple MacBook Pro ME866LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop with Retina Display (OLD VERSION) (Personal Computers)
Great Laptop. During the first week it had a software problem that caused the mouse and keyboard to randomly freeze. Apple fixed it with a software patch already. Since then its been working perfectly.
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a MAC that has better hardware than windows laptop,
Damasterjj (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Apple MacBook Pro ME866LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop with Retina Display (OLD VERSION) (Personal Computers)
I ended up buying a macbook because it finally has better hardware than other windows laptop. As far as looks no other laptop looks more gorgeous than macbook pro. In addition I couldn't find any windows laptop that has a longer battery life. But this might change in the next year or two but right now I think its the best laptop you can buy. The only drawback is its expensive, but for the hardware you get I think its worth the extra dollars. I think the 256GB offers the best value for the money because it has the same SSD performance as the 512GB and same 8GB ram. Let me tell you that you do need 8GB of ram because OSX maverick use 4GB ram by just turning it on. Sure OSX will work fine with 4GB but it will continuously compress and delete stuff on the memory which could decrease battery life, and performance.
*very fast PCI express SSD
*Retina screen
*9 to 10 hours battery life
*track pad
*wifi AC
*thunderbolt 2.0
*some people reported unresponsive track pad but it hasn't happen on my macbook yet.
*no dedicated graphics
*128GB model has slower write speed than 256/512GB and only has 4GB ram.
*CPU performance increase as the storage size increase(the difference is negligible storage size and rams more important)
*besides CPU, storage, and ram everything is the same on all 13 inch macbook pro(2013)
11 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars From Windows 8.1 to OS X. I am lovin' it (so far).,
Bevo warrior "Hook'em" (Austin Texas USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Apple MacBook Pro ME866LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop with Retina Display (OLD VERSION) (Personal Computers)
I have always been a faithful PC user. It is my first Mac and I love it. First, the price has dropped drastically from last year and now it is very comparably to the PC. I use notebook for reading. So, high res and clear screen is a must. I had a 1900 x 1080 Asus notebook. Its screen is very good but retina display is better. It is just so much clear. Many PC notebooks now have comparable or even higher resolution but retina display is still sharper. The Apple's touch pad is awesome. PC is always a hit or miss. One thing Windows 8.1 does better is gesture with touch pad. Apple touch pad does gesture but not as consistent as Windows 8.1. Windows 8.1 also muti-task better but I still like Apple better. The screen, the aesthetic, everything just seems more balanced with Apple.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars great machine for work,
This review is from: Apple MacBook Pro ME866LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop with Retina Display (OLD VERSION) (Personal Computers)
love this laptop!
purchased as a desktop replacement at work, and i couldn't be happier.
IT installed windows 7 via bootcamp --- other than the 2560x1600 'suggested' resolution popups (its waaaayyy too small to use at that resolution) its really a great windows machine. OSX is better than ever, the gestures on the trackpad are huge time savers and i have spent more time using mavericks than I initially expected i would.
i was a little worried about having 'only' an i5 and 'only' 8GB RAM, but this keeps up with windows 7, office 2010, adobe CS, autoCAD without breaking a sweat. the PCIe SSD really makes all the difference.
pros: awesome screen, great keyboard and trackpad, blazing fast startup times / application launches, incredible WIFI, enormous battery life (in OSX...) HDMI and thunderbolt allow multiple displays with no problem....
cons: pricetag. battery in windows 7 is not fantastic, no dedicated graphics, sweats a little bit with streaming video (flash and silverlight). it takes about three times longer to shut down as it does to start up -- not an issue if you're just shutting down, but if you're restarting to switch between OSX and windows, its going to take about a minute (total).
summary: a great work machine -- incredibly portable especially considering the punch it packs in such a small form. This is not a gaming computer (casual gaming is probably fine, but you're not going to be pushing extreme FPS in the latest 3d shooter.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars PC Convert - Die Windows 8!,
This review is from: Apple MacBook Pro ME866LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop with Retina Display (OLD VERSION) (Personal Computers)
I'm a small business owner and have to buy a dozen or more PC's a year. I've had every generation of PC since the 086 processor. I was leery about switching to Mac, but wish I had a made the move sooner. The MacBook is the best PC I've ever had. Out of the box it works perfectly. I can remote access my VPN at work with a free Mac app. The quality is much higher on these. I'm used to buying a few $2,000 PC laptops a year, with the expectation that those will last a couple years at most. The MBP will probably last twice as long. I'm not buying another PC laptop anytime soon. I never want to work with Windows 8.
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Well, we made it to the end.
Let me first say, thank you for following me along while I re-decorated my Christmas. We are really enjoying the new look. Too bad it has to go down so soon. The tree is drying up pretty quick.
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I wanted to show you the final touch to our Christmas.
December 24th: Santa and the Christ Child
I didn't make it. It wasn't frugal. But it's the perfect addition to our "way back when" Christmas. My dear mother surprised my husband with this present a few weeks ago.
While shopping at Hobby Lobby at the beginning of December, we saw this picture. My husband just couldn't get over how much he loved it. But we certainly didn't have the money to spend on something you put up only one month of the year. So we passed it up.
You see, it meant so much to my husband because he is actually one of Santa's "helpers". Shhh. Don't tell anyone.
That's my daughter looking very quizzically at Santa. I think we fooled her this year, but it will probably be the last.
My husbands mom actually made this suit for him entirely - body suit and all. It's incredible. He doesn't do it for money, because he loves the feeling he gets when he does it. He feels a great connection between the message of Santa and of our Savior. That of Giving, Joy and Love.
That is why this picture really hit home for him.
And we had the perfect spot for it in our teeny tiny living room.
We both enjoy the aspect of Santa at Christmas time. But we want to teach our children that Santa is symbolic of Jesus Christ. This picture is a good reminder. We just love it.
So, here is the tree with all it's final touches.
Not bad for such a sparse one, if I do say so myself.
But of course I can't leave you with just that. Especially when my mother in law made such cute Christmas dresses for my girls.
This post is turning into a Grandma brag fest, I'm afraid. But that's okay. They might be the only ones that would enjoy this :)
But aren't those dresses so adorable! She really outdid herself this year.
I have my suspicions the little grumpy one in the center is getting one of Grandma's traditional homemade raggedy Anne dolls, so that is why she is in a 5 dollar Wal-Mart skirt I picked up. I still think it looks way cute with the other girls. But since she was sick and really tired today, that's the only picture of her you are going to see.
I just love everything about these dresses!
They even kind of have the "way back when" look to them too! Which is why I did a few "way back when" edits.
The girls can't wait to wear them again to church on Christmas morning.
They are so perfect for spinning.
And for the sit down, princess puff.
Thank you Grandma! We love them!
And now I will send you away for the Holidays -
With a squishy face hug
And some Angel Kissy Love
Merry Christmas to you all!


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Marshall, Kim (2008) The reasonable adjustments duty for higher education in England and Wales. In: Gabel, Susan L. and Danforth, Scot, (eds.) Disability and the politics of education: an international reader. Peter Lang, New York ; Oxford, pp. 541-560. ISBN 9780820488943


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Mohammed Al-Shawaf, Analyst, SustainAbility
Based in Washington DC, Mohammed's work focuses on the energy sector and includes supporting SustainAbility's Engaging Stakeholders Program and upcoming Energy Futures dialogue. Prior to working at SustainAbility, Mohammed's previous experience at the intersection of business value and social impact was as a Program Manager for the Center for Responsible Business at UC Berkeley and as a Kiva (Microfinance) Fellow in Palestine. Mohammed has a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley and is fluent in English and conversational in Arabic.
Dr. Mrim Boutla, Co-Founder, More Than Money League
Dr. Mrim Boutla is a brain scientist turned career coach turned social entrepreneur. Mrim's career transition process blends her extensive knowledge of the brain (PhD and 10 years of experience in cognitive neuroscience with her 6 years of career coaching experience at an Ivy League University and a Top 15 MBA Program. Mrim is the co-Creator of the More Than Money League (with Dr. Mark Albion), a 6-week self-paced online course designed for working management professionals interested in competing for opportunities in corporate social responsibility, social enterprise, or non-profit management. Mrim also blogs on responsible careers for JustMeans.com. Mrim earned her Bsc in Psychology from the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) and her MA and PhD In brain and cognitive sciences from the University of Rochester.
Dale Clemiss, Vice President-Beverages Campbell North America
Dale Clemiss was appointed Vice President-Beverages, Campbell North America, in January, 2009. Since joining Campbell as Vice President and General Manager-Canada Foodservice in 1991, Dale has successfully progressed through sales and marketing roles within the U.S. and Canada, and assignments in both Australia and France.
Dale leads Campbell's V8 beverage franchise and oversees the management of beverage brands including V8 100% Vegetable juice, V8 V-Fusion, V8 Splash, and Campbell's Tomato juice. He provides strategic direction and directs the portfolio's innovation work.
Agnes Dasewicz, COO, Grassroots Business Fund
Agnes Dasewicz is the chief operating officer at Grassroots Business Fund (GBF), a non-profit organization that builds and supports high-impact businesses that provide sustainable economic opportunities to millions of people at the base of the economic pyramid. Four years ago, when the Grassroots Business Initiative (GBI) spun-off in July 2008 to become an autonomous non-profit organization, Agnes played a critical role in helping establish the organization. Today, Agnes is responsible for managing the global operations of GBF, including business development, all technical assistance, partnerships, and sector building initiatives. She has over 15 years of experience in the field of investing in businesses, including SMEs and social enterprises in developing and transitioning economies. Prior to helping establish GBF, Agnes managed GBI's project portfolio at IFC, which consisted of over fifty global and local organizations offering integrated capacity building and appropriate capital to disadvantaged entrepreneurs in ten developing countries.
Matthew Davis, Managing Director, Renew Strategies
Matthew Davis is a management consultant to government and business executives in the U.S. and Africa. He has helped develop and implement government programs related to economic development, climate change, natural resource management, health management, and emergency management. Mr. Davis has worked with the U.S. Federal CIO, FEMA CHCO, NOAA's CIO and Assistant Administrator, USAID directors, and many Ministers and Members of Parliament across Africa. He has presented at international conferences, and has spent the past five years studying medium-size business growth in emerging economies. Mr. Davis has started and managed business operations in East Africa, and has worked with businesses in Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Mozambique and many other countries. Mr. Davis serves as the chief executive officer at RENEW LLC, is a founding member of Development Interchange/BiD Network U.S., is a partner at Orange Symphony, and is one of the Touchstone Consulting Group's senior government strategists.
Linda Dunn, VP Supply Chain & Analysis, HMSHost Corporation
Linda Dunn is Vice President, Supply Chain & Analysis for HMSHost Corporation, a world leader in creating dynamic dining and shopping for travel venues. HMSHost operates in more than 100 airports around the globe, including the 20 busiest airports in North America, and in more than 100 travel plaza locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. The Company, which is part of the Autogrill Group, has annual sales in excess of $2.5 billion and employs more than 34,000 Associates worldwide.
Linda's areas of responsibility include Supply Chain, Sustainability, Pricing, and Business Analysis. She started her career at Equitable Bank as a financial analyst and then worked in the telecommunications industry for Bell Atlantic, where she held a variety of marketing and financial positions. She joined HMSHost in 1994 and has held progressively responsible positions in several areas of the company including Business Development, Financial Planning & Analysis, and Supply Chain.
Linda graduated with a BBA from James Madison University with a double major in Finance and English. She received her MBA from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. She is an active member of the Women's Foodservice Forum. Linda lives with her husband and three daughters in Olney Maryland.
Jenny Everett, Associate Director, Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs
Jenny is the Associate Director of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), a global network of innovative organizations that propel entrepreneurship in emerging markets. The network's members provide critical financing and business support services to small and growing businesses (SGBs) that create significant economic, environmental and social impacts in developing countries. ANDE's 110 members have operations in 140 emerging market countries.
Jenny has ten years experience in the private and non-profit sectors. Most recently, she was the Senior Program Manager, Membership and Individual Donors at Hispanics in Philanthropy. She has also worked with DoubleClick in San Francisco and the Concha y Toro winery in Santiago, Chile. During business school, she worked with Agora Partnerships in Nicaragua, Enterprise Solutions for Poverty in New York, and Investors' Circle in San Francisco. She currently serves on the Advisory Council of the New York City Venture Philanthropy Fund and is a former Board Member of Refugee Transitions in San Francisco. She has an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business and a BA in Latin American Studies from Davidson College.
Tom Gibson, Director of the Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF)
Tom Gibson has been both a pioneer and a leader in the area of non-asset-based investment for SMEs. Tom is former chairman and a current director of the Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF), a Washington, D.C.-based, international development finance organization which manages locally operating SME investment funds in more than a dozen countries. Tom is a frequent speaker at international forums, seminars and business schools on SME development and venture capital for developing countries. During the past year, on behalf of the Institute, he has been active as an advisor in assisting the establishment or operations of SME funds worldwide in diverse venues including India, Oman, Armenia, Central Asia, and Haiti. He has worked in more than 50 countries, on five continents, and has performed interviews and/or analysis on more than 500 SMEs. He holds a bachelors degree from the University of the South and a masters from the University of Virginia.
Janessa Goldbeck, STANDnow and US Marine Corp
Passionate about the intersection between human rights, national security, and technology, Janessa Goldbeck is an officer candidate for the United States Marine Corps with a background in mass atrocity and genocide prevention. An experienced organizer online and offline, she has employed emerging technologies and built organizational structures to respond to and effect political realities.
As the former Field Director for Genocide Intervention Network and the Save Darfur Coalition, Janessa drove the organizations' social media, email, and offline strategies to pass legislation, raise funds, and grow a base of supporters, leading to earned media in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Business Insider, Politico, TechPresident, CBS Evening News, The Huffington Post and others. A recent social media campaign generated tweets from Nicholas Kristof, Paris Hilton, Serena Williams and other influentials, reaching more than five million people on Twitter. A graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Janessa is a senior fellow with the Alliance for Youth Movements, a board member at New Leaders Council, and a Truman National Security Project Partner.
Julie Lenzer Kirk, Co-Founder and CEO, Path Forward Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Having experienced the empowerment of entrepreneurship first hand, Ms. Kirk co-founded the Path Forward Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. This passion was fueled from six years instructing the internationally-acclaimed ACTiVATE® program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), which the Center has now taken over to expand internationally. Through this program, Julie is expanding her proven "Boot in the ButtTM" facilitation process to accelerate women's business and leadership growth. She extends her passions into the for-profit realm as CEO and Chief Muse of Path Forward International, LLC, which is dedicated to igniting results-oriented, sustainable innovation cultures and programs within corporations worldwide.
Ms. Kirk founded her first company, Applied Creative Technologies, Inc. (ACT), in 1995 as an IT solutions firm which she grew to multi-millions in revenues, winning several national awards for workplace excellence, and sold in 2005. Ms. Kirk is an award winning entrepreneur receiving the Athena Award in 2004 as recognition for her contributions to other business women and the community and was named to Maryland's Top 100 Women 2005 and 2008 sponsored by The Daily Record. She is a member of the National Center for Women and Information Technology's Entrepreneurial Alliance and on the advisory board of the NeoTech Incubator in Howard County. She also currently chairs the DC Chapter of the Women Presidents' Organization.
She is frequently quoted in the media – from Entrepreneur to Redbook and Family Circle Magazines - and having appeared in numerous broadcast interviews, she also writes a column for Enterprising Women Magazine. Her book, "The ParentPreneur Edge: What Parenting Teaches About Building a Successful Business" (John Wiley & Sons) which shares business tips and advice for starting, growing, and running a business using parenting metaphors, is available online and in bookstores across the globe.
Jennifer Layke, Director, Institute for Building Efficiency, Johnson Controls Inc.
Jennifer Layke is the Director of Johnson Controls' Institute for Building Efficiency, a global initiative to provide information and analyses of technologies, policies, and practices in high performance buildings and smart energy systems from a practitioner's perspective. In this role, Jennifer leads the Institute's research agenda and collaborations with a network of global experts on topical areas including: commercial building efficiency, smart buildings and the smart grid, green building design, and renewable energy technologies.
Prior to joining Johnson Controls, Jennifer was the deputy director, Climate and Energy Program at the World Resources Institute (WRI). There, she founded The Green Power Market Development Group, in 2001, which by 2009 had supported the development of 1000MW of new, cost-competitive renewable energy projects in the United States for corporate use. Her work also included analysis of U.S. climate policy design options as lead WRI staff negotiator in the U.S. Climate Action Partnership and its Call for Action (2007) and subsequent Blueprint for Legislative Action (2009). Jennifer's international experience also includes consulting for the World Bank and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on technology transfer under the Montreal Protocol.
Jennifer is an accomplished author on energy and climate action as well as founder of Beyond Grey Pinstripes –a sustainability ranking of business schools conducted in partnership with the Aspen Institute. She earned an A.B. in Asian Studies and Political Science from Pitzer College in Claremont, CA, a M.S. in Natural Resource Policy and an MBA from the University of Michigan. Jennifer studied at Nanjing University in 1989. In 1990-91, Jennifer conducted sociology research in Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan on a fellowship from the Thomas J. Watson Foundation.
Steve Ma, Live Green
Steve Ma runs Live Green, a social enterprise building a new, thriving green economy. Before his work at Live Green, Steve held senior positions at AARP, the nation's largest non-profit group, directed campaign offices for the Sierra Club and the state PIRGs, coordinated an environmental petition drive which generated 1.2 million signatures, and helped to bring about the passage of several environmental, good government, and health policies. In 2001, Steve was named the Asian American of the Year for his work to reduce the influence of big money in politics.
Rod MacAlister, Africa Middle Market Fund
Rodney MacAlister has worked in and around Africa for over 20 years. He is the former President and CEO of the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF), where he oversaw an SME portfolio of some 240 investments in 16 countries. He spent 25 years in commercial negotiations and management with the multinational energy company, ConocoPhillips, much of it in Africa. During his years with Conoco in Africa, he was also involved in some 40 "social investment" projects in the Congo and Angola. These included a medical clinic that served over 700 people, and the construction of Africa's largest ape sanctuary for Dr. Jane Goodall. Upon leaving USADF, he created the Africa Middle Market Fund (www.africammfund.com) to enable private investors to place managed capital into African SMEs for both financial and social returns. AMMF is a $50 million fund in the fund-raising stage.
Rick Martella, Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Rick Martella serves as Vice President – Corporate Affairs for ARAMARK. Rick is responsible for the strategic development of ARAMARK's commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as well as Supplier Diversity, Community and Government Relations within the Global Food, Hospitality and Facility Services Group.
Prior to his current role, Martella served as Vice President of ARAMARK's overall growth strategy for the multi-billion dollar Healthcare, Facilities & Education group where his team made tremendous strides in developing and implementing programs and strategies across operating companies serving 1,300 hospitals, 900 colleges & universities, 600 school districts and over 400 business & industry locations where ARAMARK serves 80% of the FORTUNE 500 and all of the Dow 30.
Martella joined ARAMARK in 1991 and has served in key operations and business development roles with increasing responsibility throughout his tenure. These roles spanned several ARAMARK businesses serving markets including Business & Industry, Corrections and Sports & Entertainment where ARAMARK serve more than 200 sports, entertainment and recreational facilities.
Martella was part of the leadership team during the launch of ARAMARK Facility Services and also served on the integration team during the ServiceMaster acquisition. He currently serves on the ARAMARK Political Action Committee board as treasurer.
Martella is a member of the International Advisory Board at the Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College and serves on the Executive Committee for the Public Affairs Council and the US Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC). He is also a member of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Corporate Executive Board in center city Philadelphia where he lives and is active in a variety of local development organizations.
Martella received his bachelor's degree from Rutgers University in 1987 and concluded advanced studies at the University of Chicago (GSB) and Boston College (Carroll School of Management).
Amy Millman, President, Springboard Enterprises
Amy Millman has established a successful career as an advocate working for and with business and government officials to develop and implement national business development and policy initiatives. In 2000, she co-founded non-profit venture Springboard Enterprises whose mission is to facilitate women entrepreneurs' access to the equity markets. The organization hosts educational programs and forums to provide women entrepreneurs with access to investors and information about sources and uses of equity capital.
Previously, Amy served as the Executive Director of a federal government commission focused on developing policy and initiatives concerning women's business ownership. Earlier in her career, she represented the interests of several corporate and industry groups before the legislative and executive branches of the federal government. Amy has served on the boards of many organizations including her current service on the boards of JumpStartInc and Enterprising Women magazine. She is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and holds a masters degree from The George Washington University. She and her family reside in the Washington, D.C. area.
Josh Nesbit, Executive Director, Medic Mobile
Josh Nesbit is the Executive Director of Medic Mobile, an organization low-cost, mobile technology to create connected, coordinated health systems that save more lives. As an international health and bioethics student at Stanford, his qualitative research focused on access to pediatric HIV/AIDS treatment. Josh has implemented text message networks in Malawi, Uganda, and Cameroon, advising ICT development projects in more than 15 countries. After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, he helped coordinate the 4636 project, an SMS-based emergency response system. He is a PopTech Social Innovation Fellow, Echoing Green Fellow, Rainer Arnhold Fellow, Strauss Scholar, and Haas Public Service Fellow. Recently, Josh was named by Devex as one of 40 Under 40 Leaders in International Development and received the Truman Award for Innovation from the Society for International Development.
Robyn Nietert, Women's Microfinance Initiative
Robyn G. Nietert, President of the Women's Microfinance Initiative (WMI), is a native of Huntington, New York. She holds a B.A. from George Washington University and a J.D. from the National Law Center at George Washington University. For over 25 years, Ms. Nietert was a member of the Washington, D.C. law firm of Brown, Nietert and Kaufman, which specialized in telecommunications law. She was also a founder and principal of American Capital Partners Company, which specialized in mergers and acquisitions of high speed broadband facilities. She is a member of Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church and a former board member of the Carderock Springs Club. Over the past ten years she has organized a number of non-profit educational foundations and served on their boards, including the Walt Whitman High School Educational Foundation. As WMI President, Ms Nietert oversees loan program operations and is a frequent speaker on microfinance issues.
Natalia Oberti Noguera, Founder and CEO at Pipeline Fund
Natalia is Founder and CEO of Pipeline Fund, a social venture fund that invests in women-led for-profit social ventures and trains women to become angel investors through education, mentoring, and practice. She is also the creator of #womaninnovator, a media campaign to increase the visibility of women changemakers and mainstream their stories.
As Chapter Leader of New York Women Social Entrepreneurs (NYWSE), Natalia launched the network in January 2008 and has grown the community from six women to over 1,200. Her background includes work experience in the nonprofit and social entrepreneurship sectors. Natalia is passionate about women's empowerment, harnessing her knowledge of social media, co-mentoring practices, talent development, social innovation, and change management to support and promote women innovators. Natalia holds a BA from Yale in Comparative Literature & Economics, and an MSc in International Health Care Management from Bocconi University. She is currently completing an MA in Organizational Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University, where she has had the opportunity to deepen her understanding of adult learning and group dynamics. In addition to English, Natalia is fluent in Spanish, Italian, and French (she is proficient in Russian and is determined to learn Mandarin). Natalia serves on the founding board of Fast Forward Fund, a youth-to-youth social venture fund, and you can find her on Twitter (@nakisnakis).
Asheen Phansey, Sustainability Product Manager, Sustainability, SolidWorks Corp.
Asheen serves as the first Sustainability Product Manager and corporate sustainability leader for SolidWorks Corporation. SolidWorks makes leading CAD and simulation software (more than a million licenses worldwide), and has pioneered an exciting real-time environmental impact design dashboard in partnership with LCA heavyweight PE International. His expertise includes biomimicry (nature-inspired design), product lifecycle stewardship, sustainable business models, and green marketing. His prior consulting work includes ecological product stewardship for Avery Dennison, green marketing strategy for the Conservation Law Foundation, and sustainable business expertise for Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).Asheen holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from Babson College. He has been certified as a Biologist at the Design Table by the Biomimicry Institute, and has served on the executive leadership team of the Boston professional chapter of Net Impact since 2007.
Lucille Pilling, CSR Strategist
Dr. Lucille B. Pilling works at the intersection of global public health and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Her involvement in CSR began 14 years ago developing public private partnerships with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates and W.K. Kellogg Foundations. Her firm, Pilling and Associates, collaborates with corporations, foundations, nonprofits, and governments to develop and implement management structures, and CSR business, marketing and communication strategies to create social change while enhancing the bottom line. Recent clients include: National Institute for Health, Henry Schein Inc., Wall Street without Walls, Corporate Council on Africa, Griffin Health Services Corporation, Association for Corporate Contribution Professionals, Africare, LIMRA, Tunnell Consulting Government Services, The Green Standard, Business Council for International Understanding, John Snow Inc. and JHPIEGO at Johns Hopkins.
Dr. Pilling teaches graduate courses in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies and taught a course on global health policy and management for four years at NYU Wagner graduate school of Public Service. Pilling's book, Global Health Alliance: Lessons Learned was published in February 2005; her research on the management of multi-organizational alliances continues. She published an article and conducted a webinar on organizational models for integrating brand and social responsibility in December 2009; a webinar on the integration of CSR and corporate philanthropy was held in June 2009. Pilling developed and moderated panels on the metrics of impact investing for the annual conferences of the Global Health Council and The Conference Board in June, 2010 and will be moderating similar panels in spring 2011.
Pilling's passion is access to health care, particularly for women and children. She has over 20 years of international public health experience managing complex, multi-organizational initiatives designed to improve public health. She was vice president of International Programs at Planned Parenthood Federation of America and senior program officer at Columbia University where she supervised a $50 million Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation initiative. Pilling managed primary health care programs in Africa and Latin America for 13 years (Ghana, Kenya, Bolivia, Costa Rica and Zimbabwe) and provided short-term technical assistance in Liberia, Thailand, the Philippines, Romania, Mozambique, Ethiopia, and Haiti. Her contracts were with Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), John Snow Inc., Africare, Jhpiego, John Short Assoc, Johns Hopkins University, Aga Khan Foundation, ILO, USAID in Ghana, Kenya, Bolivia and Costa Rica, and US Peace Corps in Kenya and Zimbabwe.
Before moving to Africa, Pilling worked in the private sector, in pharmaceutical advertising for Kallir, Philips, Ross and in international marketing for Avon, Inc. She also worked in the field of substance abuse rehabilitation for the City of New York and ran an emergency room while completing her degree at Penn.
Pilling earned both an EdD in Organization and Leadership and a MPH from Columbia University. She graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a BS in nursing.
Oliver Schlake, M&O Faculty. Smith School of Business (Moderator)
Dr. Oliver Schlake is a Ralph E. Tyser Teaching Fellow and Senior Executive Teaching Fellow at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park; a senior business consultant, entrepreneur and researcher. Oliver teaches classes at the Undergraduate and Graduate level as well as for the Executive MBA program in Strategy Implementation, Industry and Competitor Analysis, Corporate Venturing, Entrepreneurship and Creativity for Business Leaders. He is a member of the board at C-TASC, a Baltimore based clinical trials service company. He earned a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Paderborn's "Heinz Nixdorf Institute", Germany. His Master's Degree is in Mechanical Engineering and in Business Management from the same institution. Oliver has authored and co- authored four books and more than 60 journal publications on long-term strategic planning, technology management and business intelligence. His current research interest is in the field of scenario planning, business foresight, innovation strategy and entrepreneurship. As a futurist and former product developer, he continuously tracks emerging technologies, business and social trends throughout the world to spot new business opportunities for entrepreneurs and gauge the strategic impact of them for established organizations.
Guadalupe (Lupe) Sierra, Sr. Research Manager of Consumer insights and Strategy for Kraft
Lupe is native of Chicago, with over 20 years experience as a marketing research professional in the consumer packaged goods and media industries. Prior to joining Kraft, Lupe worked for Telemundo (Spanish Language Network) and the Chicago Tribune. She joined Kraft Foods in 2005 as part of the company's Shopper Insights Group. Since then, she has held various Consumer Insights-based positions, including corporate multi-cultural marketing and New Product development team assignments. Her current role is Sr. Research Manager of Consumer insights and Strategy for Kraft Foods' Global Health and Wellness Group, headquartered in Northfield Illinois.
M.B.A., Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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…Till the age of eighty, he continued a bachelor, and then married his first wife, with whom he lived for thirty-two years. About eight years after her death, when he himself was a hundred and twenty years old, he married for the second time…
…When presented to Charles I at court, that monarch observed to him: 'You have lived longer than other men, what have you done more than other men?' Parr's reply was: 'I did penance when I was a hundred years old.'
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Centerview, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to receiving nearly $140,000 in federal disability benefits while he and his wife operated a plumbing company.
Kody Ray Erisman, 35, of Centerview, waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to a federal information that charges him with theft of government money.
According to today's plea agreement, Erisman and his wife, Danelle, conspired to conceal his work activity from the Social Security Administration as part of a scheme to fraudulently obtain a total of $139,967 in disability payments.
Kody Erisman applied for disability benefits in November 2001 and was determined in March 2002 to be medically disabled and unable to work due to anxiety-related disorders and affective mood disorders. These disability payments included auxiliary benefits for Kody Erisman's wife and four children.
The Erismans created a company doing business as D.E. Plumbing in October 2003. They intended to create a company that appeared to be owned and operated exclusively by Danelle Erisman, but in reality, Kody Erisman was a full-time employee who did extensive labor and managed the company's employees.
Between 2003 and 2005, Kody Erisman worked on well over 50 projects for various customers. The company's contracts ranged from small projects to large sub-contracts for the installation of onsite wastewater treatment systems for real estate developers. Investigators witnessed him performing physical labor at job sites, and there were photos of him operating heavy equipment.
The company's revenues usually ranged from approximately $11,000 to $70,000 per month.
In addition to the disability payments, the Erismans received $500 in economic stimulus payments that were intended for individuals who were eligible for Social Security benefits under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The total loss to the government was $140,467.
Under federal statutes, Erisman is subject to a sentence of up to 10 years in federal prison without parole, plus a fine up to $250,000. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.
This case is being prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Trey Alford. It was investigated by the Social Security Administration – Office of Inspector General.


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Bones Season Finale Review: And Baby Makes Three...by Chandel Charles at . Comments
Following weeks of agonizing over the state of Hodgela's baby's eyesight and the Brennan pregnancy bombshell, it's safe to say the aptly named Bones season finale, "The Change in the Game," really did say it all.
After last week's loss of Vincent Nigel Murray, Bones got back to its lighthearted roots. Booth and Brennan went undercover at Max's behest in order to uncover and apprehend the killer of "The Closer," a bowling great whose remains were found in the reset mechanism of a bowling alley lane right before a tournament began.
They became Buck and Wanda, a rather folksy pair, with true characters for teammates, including an overzealous redheaded preteen and an older woman with a thing for Buck. Furthermore, they weren't just a couple, Buck and Wanda were engaged, roles which Booth and Brennan seemed uncharacteristically comfortable playing.
I certainly enjoyed the antics. It was just the right atmosphere to counteract last week's intense episode, and it packed an entertaining punch in terms of the supporting characters that surrounded Booth and Brennan throughout the investigation.
The hard nosed young redhead was perhaps the most memorable given that she seemed to run the team, even causing Brennan to appear aghast at her behavior. That says something.
Moreover, that older woman hitting on Booth and his mullet was quite the entertaining piece. Add to it the the butch woman who hit on Brennan's undercover character and we had an entertaining twist.On the Angela and Hodgins front, it couldn't have been any more entertaining to watch Hodgins remain on the edge of hysteria in anticipation of Angela going into labor. Poor Wendell was the recipient of much of the anxiety, though he took it like a pro.
What made the while episode was how easily Angela's calm and collected demeanor changed so drastically when she went into labor. Angela and Hodgins made quite the pair in that delivery room, neither sure they had what it took to deliver their first child.
In the end, though, it seems they had everything they needed: each other.
After some sweet words between the two, and the few agonizing seconds after the birth confirming that the baby could, in fact, see, the world was introduced to Michael Staccato Vincent Hodgins, the perfect blend of Angela's unconventional nature and Hodgins traditional and more conservative naming tastes.
It appears that Hodgela's baby not only inherited the name bestowed upon him by Angela's father, but also the name of their fallen colleague and friend, Vincent Nigel Murray.
Among the many waiting for the arrival of the newborn, practically everyone associated with the regular cast, was Brennan, bunny in hand. If you remember from "The Sign in the Silence," Booth and Brennan debated what to get the baby.
Brennan initially rejected the idea of getting a stuffed animal, but when it proved a crucial part of the girl's memory in that case, Brennan reconsidered her position. It wasn't the only reason Brennan seemed so pleased to get the stuffed animal, as she withheld until the very end of the episode her pregnancy, which she shared with Booth.
He seemed as happy this time around as Booth was in the dream in "The End in the Beginning," the finale from season four. This revelation confirmed what really happened between Booth and Brennan after their late night conversation in the wake of Vincent's death.
It seems Deschanel's real life pregnancy has made its way into the plot of Bones, and it feels like Hart Hanson and company jumped the shark by putting a baby into the mix that is the non-relationship between Booth and Brennan.
Still, the revelation itself promises to make things interesting going forward. How could it possibly not?!?
What does this change really mean for the Booth and Brennan game? Does this finally mean B-squared is a go? How will they break the news to the Jeffersonian team?
Season 7 of Bones is a long way away, but in the meantime, sound off below!
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[Continued from below... I hate how this board cuts off comments w/o warning!!] The only purpose for the phone call scene was to show how close Brennan and Angela are and all it accomplished was to make Brennan look like a terrible friend later on. As they say, "Fail!"
I just re-watched the episode and I'll be amazed if anyone reads this and responds this long after it aired, but I find I have the same question I had when I first watched it. Why didn't Brennan leave the bowling alley and attend Angela's baby's birth? At the beginning of the episode Angela calls Brennan to chat (it's not even case related) and Brennan jumps to the conclusion that Angela is calling because she is in labor and says, "Angela?! Is it time? I can grab a cab and be there in 5 minutes..." which heavily implies that Brennan was planning on, and looking forward to, attending the birth. That scene should have been cut (or never written in the first place) if Brennan was never planning to go. There was nothing critical about her role in the bowling alley, or even about the case, really - at least in comparison to getting the Sniper or the Gravedigger or Gormagon, etc. (yes, every human life is important and catching any murderer is important, but...). The only purpose for the phone call scene was to show how close Brennan and Angela are and all it accomplished was to make Brennan look like a terrible friend later on. Fail.
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I love Bones and look forward to seeing when ever i can. One night a week isn't enough. Go booth and bones and baby makes three. Love it......
I look forward to watching Bones each week. I wish it could be on more then one night a week. I watch the reruns and get upset when i miss it or have to wait to see the next showing. It is a great show and I love love love it....
I think they did a great job.
Bones didn't get pregnant, she said that she was never going to have kid's.
I loved the last episode and how Bones kept mentioning having Buck's child (while she was Wanda of course)
Can't wait for season 7, so excited.
I was fortunate enough to pin the characters down in a live chat and discretely pointed out that Bones character hadn't changed from S1 to S5. Literally I could watch S2 and S5 eps and see no change in the Bones character.
She didn't believe in relationships or marriage, thought people that believed in God were deluded, the typical snotty attitude she displayed for anyone who didn't share her personal beliefs, or lack thereof was astounding.
A little after that Bones started making comments like "I've changed" in the series.
Now she's having a baby and if I was Booth I'd be asking for a DNA test before getting emotionally involved given Bones ideas about sex. There's nothing to say Booth is the father. Given S6 superb cluster fark at the end, we don't know...If anyone saw a love scene I'd be surprised.
Sad to say they WERE NOT going to put Bones and Booth together until the very end, (AKA pulling a JAG), the actresses pregnancy just fast forwarded that.
It's a common MISconception in Hollywood that angst sells and they were going to sell this angst until the very end.
Certainly I will be watching bones but as this series is on the end run, maybe 1 or 2 seasons left. I won't be expecting much.
Just about booths belt buckle I wonder if he knows that the belt buckle is drawing attention to his crotch? I'm surprised that no one has asked him if he's gay.
Seriously? A couple bringing a child into the world as an "oops!" and people celebrate it because now they have to be a couple? I thought it was awful. The show started going downhill when the writers did a complete rewrite of how they met and turned Booth's character into a dependent guy who needed Brennan to figure out to wear crazy socks and a cocky belt buckle to express himself. Did they forget about all the episodes where Booth met with the therapist who helped him realize that was his way of rebelling? Fast forward to this past season and despite Brennan's complete regression in social skills and increase in general snottiness towards others,she and Booth (two intelligent, professional...grown ups) have unprotected sex? And Booth the faithful Catholic has another child out of wedlock? How insulting! I am so bummed they keep driving this show into the ground!I guess I should be relieved that I am saving money not buying last season on DVD and have one less show to watch this fall. I still wish the characters could wake up and the last 2 seasons would be a dream...


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Italian-style beef stew
Cooking timePrep: 10 mins Cook: 20 mins
Skill levelEasy
ServingsServes 4
An easy, superhealthy stew full of vitamin C
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- Freezable
- Easily doubled / halved
- Healthy
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 225
- protein
- 25g
- carbs
- 7g
- fat
- 11g
- saturates
- 3g
- fibre
- 2g
- sugar
- 6g
- salt
- 0.87g
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 garlic clove, sliced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 300g pack beef stir-fry strips, or use beef steak, thinly sliced
- 1 yellow pepper, deseeded and thinly sliced
- 400g can chopped tomatoes
- sprig rosemary, chopped
- handful pitted olives
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OK but i feel needs to be cooked a lot longer to make the meat more tender and to reduce the sauce. I did add a little Lee and Perrins which did work. Tried the Polenta fried - Ugh horrid, pasta or rice would be ideal. Would try again but as above On the plus side very easy to cook, and also nice and healthy.
I added the aubergine,courgette and mushrooms to the onion,garlic and pepper. Browned diced beef chunks, added chopped toms,tomato puree,oregano,rosemary and a lamb stock cube crumbled in as I had run out of beef!
Simmered for 15 then put in the oven as suggested by others to tenderise the meat for 30mins.
Added the olives and feta as well and was a really hearty dinner full of flavour :)
I floured the beef first, which helped to thicken it up a little and also added some green beans, a good splash of red wine, some Worcester sauce and some chilli powder. I cooked it for longer than than 20 minutes and the sauce was really thick and lovely.
I served this mixed with pasta and it went down a storm!
literally just made this and delicious is an understatement!
I'm relatively new to cooking and find this website a massive help, have been trying out a few easy recipes and this is my fave so far. Always imagined stew to be something that takes hours and hours to cook but this was prepped and ready in under an hour!
Read a few of the comments here before I cooked it and took on board suggestions and added paprika, a beef stock cube, mushrooms, simmered for 25min and left to reduce for 15. Served with brown rice. Definitely only serves 2 though unless you want a 3 year old sized portion.
Easy to make and very filling - but lacking a little in flavour. I added smoked paprika, fresh basil, black pepper and some other dried herbs, and it was still a touch bland sadly. Probably could have been pepped up a bit with a little salt, but I'm steering clear at the moment. In all though it's a good recipe to have in the arsenal, and easily adaptable.


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Oklahoma City man kicked hearse, police say
Updated On: Jun 13 2013 01:04:15 PM CDT
An Oklahoma City man was arrested Saturday on a complaint of destruction of property after kicking a hearse in North Oklahoma City.
Dontrell Shaw, 25, approached a hearse driving along Northeast 50th Street and kicked the door, according to investigators. The police report stated that once the officer confronted Shaw, "His jaw tensed and he was showing his teeth."
When asked why he was kicking the door, Shaw replied "Cause (the hearse) was running up on me!"
The police report also stated Shaw has an extensive arrest history and said he was a gangster numerous times during verbal tirades.
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William David Chappelle III '80 Bill worked in the Cooperative Education and Dean of Students departments starting in 1973, and taught as an adjunct instructor of singing. He helped organize H.U.M.A.N. (Help Us Make A Nation) in the 1970s with his close friend, social activist Jim Dunn, to advocate community empowerment and social activism. He helped found the African American Cross-Cultural Works (AACW).
Jim Dunn Jim came to Antioch to teach in the Social Work Department, emphasizing experiential learning and community organizing. His gift of empowerment brought people together through workshops and conferences, such as "Students of the '60s meet with Students of the '70s to discuss the '80s," where key individuals of the Civil Rights Movement attended and participated. He founded, with Bill Chappelle, H.U.M.A.N. (Help Us Make A Nation ) an organization which evolved into The People's Institute, the foremost anti-racism training and organizing institution in the nation.
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Costly Turnovers Lead to Loss at Eureka
EUREKA, Ill. - The MLC football team outgained Eureka, but saw Eureka score 13 points off three turnovers in a 22-12 loss Saturday.
The Knights' first turnover was costly, as Eureka recovered a fumble by tight end Trent Tatje inside the MLC 20-yard-line and scored two plays later to take a 7-0 lead five minutes into the first quarter.
Eureka struck again late in the first half, capping an 11-play drive with a Sam Durley touchdown pass to take a 14-0 lead into the half.
The final turnover for the Knights on the day came at the start of the third quarter. Quarterback Luke Rothe was hit and fumbled deep inside MLC territory, leading to a Eureka touchdown that pushed the MLC deficit to 20-0 after a missed extra point.
The MLC offense came alive after that point. Rothe moved the ball through the air and threw touchdown passes to Dan Rodewald and Josh Rathje in the Knights' next two possessions, but the Knights missed an extra point and a two-point conversation attempt, so they still trailed 20-12 at the end of three.
In the Knights' next possession at the start the fourth quarter, they marched down to the Eureka 18-yard-line before turning the ball over on downs. The MLC defense continued to keep the team in the game, but the offense was unable to get back into scoring range the rest of the way as Eureka added a safety late in the fourth quarter to finish off the win.
Rothe finished the day with 140 yards passing and 74 yards rushing as the Knights outgained Eureka 271-248 overall, 96-78 on the ground, and 175-170 through the air. Micah Plocher and Scott Henrich were Rothe's top targets through the air, finishing with 64 and 63 yards, respectively.
The defensive effort was led by Benjamin Olson, who led the team with 15 tackles. Paul Spaude and Conrad Dewey each finished with ten tackles, while Derek Loewen added nine.
With the loss, MLC dropped to 2-4 overall and 0-4 in the UMAC, while Eureka improved to 4-2 on the season and 3-1 in league play.
MLC will return to action on Saturday, October 13, when it hosts Greenville in a game scheduled to start at 1 p.m.