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The bait and switch
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|Thu, 03-01-2012 - 8:18am
About a year ago I was at a party and a husband said his wife pulled "the bait and switch". (She was there and nodded.) He was referring to the job she had premarriage to her stay at home status now that all the kids were in school. I guess there was some agreement when they got married that she would work, then she decided not to but he did not agree with this change, then an agreement she would work when all the kids were in school but she was not trying to get a job and the youngest was in 2nd grade. I was very uncomfortable with the conversation and did an "exit stage left".
Over the past year my husband and
|Sat, 03-03-2012 - 2:42pm
Correct but your first sentence of your OP was:
Early in my marriage I stated that I would love for my wife to be a SAHM.
|Sat, 03-03-2012 - 2:51pm
"My wife kept stating that she would start working again once all the kids are in school"
|Sat, 03-03-2012 - 3:59pm
What plans have you made to step up to the plate and help if she returns to work?
|Sat, 03-03-2012 - 4:08pm
Whatever, If it makes you feel better, you just keep telling yourself that.
|Sun, 03-04-2012 - 6:47am
What does your SAHW do while you work at home? About being afraid of losing your job or something happening to you, You're not alone there and frankly, I don't think anybody should SAH if they can't afford to be there, That includes having
|Sun, 03-04-2012 - 11:14am
71Bri wrote:
Early in my marriage I stated that I would love for my wife to be a SAHM.
|Mon, 03-05-2012 - 2:04pm
This is actually a reply to all which I seem to not be able to figure out how to do.
When I post questions I do so in a quest to understand not to figure who is right or wrong. I believe there are positives and negatives to WAH/WOH/SAH/etc. I also believe that with each positive/negative there are ways to mitigate the issues.
But I find also on both sides of the fence that instead of saying yes - it is an issue and saying how we mitigated the issue we try to point to why it is not "really" an issue because it did not happen to us.
I think we all know that communication can be a sticking point on marriage and I also think we change as we grow in our lives.
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Courtesy of Tom over at Fermentations, comes this juicy tidbit: Entrepreneur magazine has added Wine as one of the top 13 hot businesses for 2005 and have proclaimed the entire sector as a growth industry.
It's the nectar of the gods-and the nectar of Americans, too, apparently. The number of Americans who drank wine at least once a week increased from 19.2 million in 2000 to 25.4 million in 2003, according to the Wine Market Council. And it seems that American consumers have also developed a serious affection for all things wine-related.
While starting a winery is one way to get into the wine business, you'll wait at least seven years before producing your first bottle. Creating a business peripheral to wineries could provide a quicker path to success. From wine educators and wine game inventors to wine accessory manufacturers and builders who design wine cellars, entrepreneurs are entering this market from all sides.
With a background in the restaurant industry, focusing on wine, Kyl Cabbage got into the peripheral side of the wine business by opening The Wine Experience in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1995. Cabbage wanted to create an environment that would draw everyone from knowledgeable wine enthusiasts to newbies. "We had to dispel the thought that wine is only for the rich," says Cabbage, 44. The Wine Experience provides a forum for wine tasting and wine education, while offering a selection of over 2,800 labels for sale-the company even coordinates wine-tasting trips to Napa Valley. With two locations in the Des Moines area, The Wine Experience is slated to gross $3 million this year.
Targeting baby boomers is a no-brainer in this industry, but wine consumption is also growing steadily among Millennials in their early 20s, says Vic Motto, chairman and CEO of Global Wine Partners, a global wine investment bank in St. Helena, California. He also notes that the market is starting to shift: An overabundance of grapes in the past few years had lowered the price of wine, but a smaller harvest in coming years will raise wine prices a bit in this cyclical industry. "It's a highly competitive industry," says Motto, but he notes there is still room for people to carve out a market niche.
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Marine scientists fear that two powerful Gulf currents will carry the oil to other reefs. The eastward flowing loop current could spread it about 450 miles to the Florida Keys, while the
The depth of the gushing leaks and the use of more than 560,000 gallons of chemicals to disperse the oil, including unprecedented injections deep in the sea, have helped keep the crude beneath the sea surface. Marine scientists say diffusing and sinking the oil helps protect the surface species and the Gulf Coast shoreline but increases the chance of harming deep-sea reefs, which are seen as bellwethers for sea health.
"At first we had a lot of concern about surface animals like turtles, whales and dolphins," said Paul Montagna, a marine biologist at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi who studies Gulf reefs. "Now we're concerned about everything."
On Sunday, researchers said computer models show oil has already entered the loop current that could carry the toxic goo toward the Keys, the third-longest barrier reef in the world.
The oil is now over the western edge of a roughly 61-mile expanse of 300-to-500-foot-deep reef south of Louisiana known as the Pinnacles, about 25 miles north of where the Deepwater Horizon exploded April 20, killing 11 people and starting the spill that grows by the hour.
The Pinnacles is one of nine coral banks and hard-bottom areas stretching from Texas to Florida that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tried in 2008 to get designated a marine sanctuary called Islands in the Stream.
This sanctuary would have restricted fishing and oil drilling around the identified reef "islands." But the plan was put on hold after vehement objections from Republican lawmakers, fishermen and the oil industry.
Scientists have found undersea plumes of oil at the spill as much as 10 miles long, which are an unprecedented danger to the deep sea environment, said Samantha Joye, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Georgia.
These plumes are being eaten by microbes thousands of feet deep, which removes oxygen from the water.
"Deepwater coral are abundant on the sea floor in this part of the Gulf, and they need oxygen," said Joye, who was involved in the plume discovery. "Without it, they can't survive."
Experts say the well's depth and Friday's decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to allow BP to shoot massive amounts of dispersing chemicals deep underwater may help protect vital marshes and wetlands on the Gulf Coast. But the tradeoff may result in significant effects on more sea life.
Oil mixed with the chemical agent can disperse into the water more easily, rather than it staying on the surface, where it could bypass deeper banks like Pinnacles, said Edward Van Vleet, a chemical oceanography professor at the University of South Florida.
The downside is that it causes oil to sink, coating corals and other reef organisms and smothering them, he said.
When the dispersed oil is broken into smaller globules, he said they are more easily eaten by smaller reef organisms and can kill them or cause tumors or something else harmful.
Federal officials who oversee marine sanctuaries and fisheries say it's too early to tell how reefs and other important habitats may be damaged, said Dr. Jane Lubchenco, NOAA's undersecretary of commerce for oceans.
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Ensure Adequate Financial Reserves
Sound fiscal management requires state government to accumulate and maintain cash reserves to protect against economic downturns or other strains on the state's finances. Automatic repayment of any spending financed from the Texas Economic Stabilization Fund, or "Rainy Day Fund," would allow the state to ride out economic fluctuations and improve its cash management and credit rating.
Texas has a reputation for conservative fiscal management. This philosophy is manifest in the state's "pay-as-you-go" approach to state spending. Before the Legislature can pass an appropriations bill, the Comptroller's office must certify that the proposed appropriations can be covered by available revenue anticipated over the next biennium.[1]
In 1986 and 1987, however, a severe and unanticipated economic downturn put the Texas approach to the test, when actual revenues proved to be far less than expected. In 1986, the governor called a special session of the Legislature to reduce appropriations to meet the fiscal crisis. The state's bond rating dropped from AAA to AA, resulting in higher borrowing costs for the state.
Rainy Day Fund
In response to the economic upheaval of the late 1980s, the Legislature considered various measures to improve the state's ability to respond to fluctuating revenues. One mechanism included increasing reserve balances as a safety net against future cash shortages. In 1988, Texas voters approved a constitutional amendment that required periodic transfers into a new Economic Stabilization Fund, or "Rainy Day Fund," as a cushion against unexpected revenue shortages.[2]
Deposits into the fund consist of transfers of half of any General Revenue Fund surplus in each biennium and 75 percent of any oil and natural gas production taxes exceeding 1987 levels. The Legislature's intent was to avoid cash flow shortages by saving "extra cash" during positive economic times.[3]
Despite economic growth and occasional deposits, the Rainy Day Fund's cash balances remained low during the late 1990s, since the Legislature chose to spend down the fund balances as soon as they became available. Only after two large transfers of natural gas tax collections in fiscal 2002 and 2003 has the balance begun to approach $1 billion.
Cash flow
In recent years, the management of the state's cash flow has become increasingly difficult.
The receipt of state revenue does not match the timing of its expenditures. This timing mismatch is the result of substantial distributions to the Foundation School Fund made early in each fiscal year, as well as various tax relief initiatives that also affect cash flows early in the year. These early, annual expenditures require the state to "borrow" funds on a short-term basis.[4]
The state uses short-term tax and revenue anticipation notes to manage its annual cash flow requirements. These notes are short-term debt instruments issued by states to finance current operations, with repayment from expected revenues and tax receipts.[5] This short-term borrowing does not constitute debt under the state's "pay-as-you-go" system because the notes are paid back during the same year. Note proceeds meet cash flow needs during the first part of the year and are paid back at the end of the year after the receipt of taxes and revenue.
But the cash flow mismatch is growing rapidly. In fiscal 2003, the state issued $5.9 billion in tax and revenue anticipation notes, and this amount seems certain to continue rising. Possible solutions to the problem include earlier payment of taxes by taxpayers, later distributions to schools or the use of reserve funds to manage cash flow.
The Texas Constitution already allows for the temporary use of Rainy Day Fund balances for interfund borrowing. These sums can be borrowed to meet cash flow needs as long as the loan is returned to the fund, with interest, before the end of the fiscal year.[6]
Reserve balances are an important factor that rating agencies use to evaluate states' credit quality. Credit ratings, in turn, are important to states because higher ratings translate into lower borrowing costs. Considering that bonds are essentially loans for millions of dollars, lower ratings can cost states significant amounts of money.
The major rating agencies, Moody's Investor Service, Standard and Poor's and Fitch IBCA, rate the Texas general obligation debt at Aa1, AA, AA+, respectively. The ratings indicate good-quality credit, but not the highest rating of AAA, which the state held before 1987.[7]
In 1999, Moody's upgraded Texas' general obligation debt from Aa2 to Aa1, citing the state's strong economy and anticipated reserves in the Stabilization Fund as a factor.[8] Standard and Poor's, on the other hand, moved the state's outlook from "positive" to "stable," citing the state's modest reserve levels and the expenditure of the state's accumulated surplus.[9]
A. Texas should increase balances in the Rainy Day Fund to 5 percent of the general revenue budget.Building the balance in this way would allow Texas to accumulate a financial reserve and help manage the state's cash flow needs. This percentage is consistent with Standard and Poor's benchmark ratios and implies a balance of about $3 billion at current budget levels.
B. State law should require the Legislature to repay any spending from the Rainy Day Fund.Until recently, Texas has spent its Rainy Day Fund balances almost as quickly as they accumulate, undermining the fund's potential benefits as a tool for handling cash flow and boosting the state's credit rating. The state's present financial challenges make the fund a tempting target once again, just as the balance is beginning to build. Constitutional and statutory references to the Rainy Day Fund should be expanded to require that any appropriations financed by the fund be repaid in the following fiscal biennium, and that these amounts be withheld from the Comptroller's estimates of available revenue until the repayment is complete. Sound financial management requires appropriate levels of reserves for economic downturns. Deposits should accumulate to the maximum allowed by the state constitution.
Fiscal Impact
This recommendation would have no direct fiscal impact on the state.
[1]Tex. Const. art. III, §49a.
[2]Tex. H.J.R. 2, 70th Leg., R.S. (1987).
[3]House Research Organization, Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments (Austin, Tx, July 15, 1988), p. 14.
[4]Moody's Investors Service, Municipal Credit Research, New Issue Report (August 10, 2000).
[5]Barron's Business Guides, Dictionary of Banking Terms (Hauppauge, New York, 1990).
[6]Tex. Const. art. III, §49a.
[7]Bond Review Board, 2001 Annual Report (November, 2001), pp. 2-3.
[8]Moody's Investors, Municipal Credit Research: State of Texas Rating Update (June 18, 1999).
[9]Standard & Poor's, CreditWeek Municipal, Outlook Revised (August 30, 1999), p. 83.


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The University of Minnesota History Department has for decades prided itself on the scholarly achievements and renown of its faculty. Yet time and again the very same colleagues who have won accolades for their research have earned the highest distinctions for their teaching and advising. During this past year, we were particularly proud that Erika Lee won the Arthur "Red" Motley Exemplary Teaching Award in the College of Liberal Arts; Thomas Wolfe, the University of Minnesota Council of Graduate Students (COGS) Outstanding Faculty Award; and Kirsten Fischer, the Horace T. Morse - University of Minnesota Alumni Association Award for Undergraduate Education.
By Ted Farmer, professor emeritus
The fall 1999 issue of our department's annual newsletter featured a photo of six "senior colleagues" gathered in the Ford Room. I was in that photo. I took it as a gentle hint that it was time we should be moving on. Now, more than 10 years later, I have just participated in the retirement celebration of my 43 years of service in the Department of History and I am grateful for this opportunity to offer a few observations and reflections.
Today's undergraduate experience entails much more than just coursework. Students are involved in cultural and leadership organizations, service learning and volunteerism, internships and study abroad. And for our most ambitious students, the opportunity to conduct research is a highly sought-after experience.
Undergraduates benefit from the University of Minnesota's status as one of the world's great research universities, giving students the chance to work closely with a faculty mentor. Through research, students challenge themselves, learn more about their strengths and interests, and explore possible career paths.
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On 13 February 2009, over 100 colleagues, associates, friends, and family members young and old came together in the new offices of the Department of History in Heller Hall to express their appreciation and best wishes at a farewell banquet for Suzanne Haskins. This was a most fitting celebration in honor of a person who for 40 years had played a crucial role in the operation, growth, and transformation of the Department. The variety of people attending, including several emeriti professors, were pleasant reminders of the long and wide ranging impact of Sue Haskins as an associate, mentor, and friend. The following is an excerpt from the speech delivered by Professor Theofanis G. Stavrou, Director of Modern Greek Studies:
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University president runs afoul of gun laws, sues Delta
Should an airline be responsible for advising passengers about local laws at their destinations? That argument is at the center of a lawsuit that a president of a small university has filed against Delta Air Lines.
Mark Benedetto, president of the University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota, is suing Delta over an incident last fall that involved a gun he brought in his checked luggage.
FULL STORY: Benedetto sues airline over gun (The Argus Leader)
Benedetto ended up spending a night in a New York City jail on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm.
Charges stemming from the Oct. 2, 2011, incident have been dropped and Bendetto's record expunged.
Still, Bendetto has now filed a lawsuit in which he "claims that Delta breached its duty to him as a customer by failing to inform him of the city's restrictive gun laws," The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls writes.
Bendetto has a permit to carry a concealed firearm in South Dakota, but the Argus Leader says the university president "was unaware that it is illegal to possess a firearm in New York unless the gun owner is a New York resident with a state and local concealed carry permit."
AP: University president sues Delta Air Lines over gun incident
In his suit, The Associated Press reports Bendetto is charging Delta with negligence, breach of contract, breach of good faith and fair dealing. He's seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.
As for the background that led up to the incident, Bendetto began his trip without problem on the New York-bound portion of his itinerary. He fulfilled requirements of both the Transportation Security Administration and of Delta by declaring that his checked luggage included an unloaded handgun in a locked case.
It was the return flight to South Dakota that led to the problem.
Bendetto again declared his gun, informing an agent at Delta's LaGuardia ticket counter prior to his scheduled Oct. 2 return flight to South Dakota. However, the Delta agent alerted authorities about the presence of the gun. Local police then took Bendetto to the Queens Boulevard Precinct, where he spent a night in "horrendous conditions" at a cell there, according to his lawsuit.
"Without warning or explanation, the Delta ticket agent proceeded to notify the New York-New Jersey Port Authority Police via telephone that he had a passenger who had declared a firearm," Bendetto's lawsuit says, according to the Argus Leader.
Bendetto tells the Argus Leader he didn't think the issue should have played out the way it did, given that he met the obligations he thought were required for bringing a firearm in his checked luggage.
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Oh No! Aliens are invading and it's up to you to defend Earth by firing on attacking aliens and generate apocalyptic chain reactions through targeted bombardments!
As they always say, the best is a good offense.
Earth Defender might look like a shoot 'em up game like but it actually has avery different gameplay. In shoot 'em up games, you control a spaceship in order to attack; but in Earth Defender you have your finger, a couple of bombs, 5 nukes, and no space ship. You must launch bombs that will set off a chain reaction when they all blow up, taking nearby enemies with them. The more aliens you kill with a chain reaction, the higher your score gets. Your commander gives you a brief run down of the controls and sets you out on your first mission. A careless gamer might think that the 1st level is going to be a piece of cake, he'd be wrong. Earth Defender offers 6 levels of intense action with 14 different types of enemy and levels bosses with a gigantic end game boss thrown in for a good measure. You are consistently bombarded with enemy droids, hunters and bombers. The hunters are immune to bombs, you can only kill them by tapping on them to fire your laser. The Bombers are even harder to kill: you must tap and hold your finger on the enemy units in order to destroy them. Then there are the bosses that need even more bombing, tapping and holding.
To help you with defending Earth and kill the aliens, the game offers power ups. You obtain a new power up for each level and upgrade your bombs, making alien annihilation possible. For the tough boss fights, we highly recommend that you reserve at least one of your nukes. Sadly Earth Defender doesn?t offer any upgrade that might help you strengthen your defense, like shields.
Earth Defender has good replay value thanks to 20 achievements and a global score board via OpenFeint. The game also has integration in Facebook and Twitter, which means you can share your glory with friends.
Earth Defender positively radiant 3D graphics that outshine many iOS 3D games. The environment looks stunning with detailed animated backgrounds and elaborate visual effects. Enemy design look like 3D Galaga and levels look very realistic.
Controls are easy: you tap to explode bombs and you drag or slide your finger across the screen in order to defeat certain enemies. The simple controls help the game flow perfectly. There are control glitches on iOS 4 devices.
Like the visuals, Earth Defender serves up a full orchestral soundtrack that help create the right mood for the frantic, non-stop action. The dramatic tones feel right at home when Earth?s fate is in jeopardy and you are the only one who can save it. There is also a fair amount of Sound FX in Earth Defender. When a bomb explodes you hear an explosion and there are sounds like laser beams and aliens being destroyed. The sound FX is realistic and helps make the gameplay more immersive.
Shoot ?em Up players don?t get discouraged by Earth Defender, though it?s not a shoot ?em up game, it has stunning visuals, awesome music and countless enemies with non-stop actions. Even if it doesn?t have a space ship, it deserves a look. The tap, drag and shoot controls are very well designed, matching the combos to enemy levels. Six levels don?t sound very long, but the intense fighting gives the game an epic feel; plus 20 achievements and a global score board to go back for. It?s a good buy for $0.99!
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Graphics: - 5 -
Graphics are simple beautiful.
Sound: - 5 -
Music sounds great and fits the gameplay. You can play your own music too.
Controls: - 5 -
Fairly simple controls. Takes advantage of the iPhone?s capabilities.
Gameplay: - 5 -
Very enjoyable gameplay, good replay value.
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- When you confront an enemy called "The Snake" fell free to use your nuke for you lose less life and you get to beat it quicker
- Destroy the enemy that require tapping before destroying normal enemies since they are the ones that can really get in your way
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The Aero is one of Corima's most recognizable rim profiles, as it's proven itself in some of the most prestigious road races on the planet. Most recently, we watched Pro Team Astana running a version of the Aero for the rolling stages of this year's Giro, relying on the wheels' stability and wind-cutting profile to control the pace at the front of the peloton day after day. And while he had Corima's full lineup of carbon wheels at his disposal, team leader Nibali continued to put his faith in the steel-spoked Aero for the majority of the race's flatter stages, claiming the overall title in the process.
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Jan Persson brings over 32 years of experience to his family company, Living Colours Painting & Paperhanging. He was trained in Sweden in the traditional European style of painting and paperhanging, where he developed a deep sense of pride in a job expertly done and in delighting his customer.
After immigrating to Australia, Jan founded Living Colours in the 1980's with a vision of bringing the high calibre work standards he was used to into the country. He quickly gained a reputation in the higher end of the market for expert advice and impeccable service and built his business largely by referrals alone.
In hiring his core team of painters, Jan sought the best qualified painters in the industry who had the same high level of knowledge as him and could, in his words "be able to advise a customer about any aspect of the work as expertly as me." He also insisted on strict attention to detail and to quality preparations resulting in a superior job.
Through regular team meetings and training, these sorts of painters find an environment at Living Colours that is rare within the trades sector. In return, they reflect the Living Colours commitment to care, quality and workmanship in all parts of the job – to clients and/or anchorman, colleagues and management.
Much of the work Living Colours now specialises in is referred from professional architects, builders and interior designers seeking that little bit above a standard painting or paperhanging job.
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We dispose of all our solvents in an environmentally responsible manner.
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The Power Of Collaboration
The hardest part of leadership (or any collaborative project) is reading minds. I know. I know. Mind-reading is a sham—something you pay a nickel to experience at a carnival, but the reality is it would be a helpful skill in many facets of my life (father, business owner, baseball coach). I can't tell you the number of times I've headed to the office, house or a ball field thinking everything was going smoothly. Then, I actually walk through the door/gate. … Continue reading
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Take Back The Game
I've played softball since I was 19 years old; I'm still playing at 57 in a C-D level co-ed recreation league. As the athletic supervisor for Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism in Virginia, I have also set up many leagues. I absolutely love the game. After all this time, I'm curious as to why such a great sport has turned into a homerun derby and a dangerous one at that. The game (at least for mid-level players and teams) used … Continue reading
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Comparing Business To Government
Editor's Note: This column, "LBWA" (Leadership By Wandering Around), is based on the premise that, in order to find out what's going on in the field, a parks and rec leader has to leave his or her desk and "wander around" the area of operations, talk to people, ask questions, and kick around ideas with the individuals in the thick of delivering services to the public. So the author will bring up issues and ask the leaders among the readership … Continue reading
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PRB welcomes the following members to our Insider program: City of Shawnee Parks and Recreation Shawnee, Kan. City of Dayton Parks & Recreation Dayton, Ohio Isabella County Parks & Recreation Mount Pleasant, Mich. Willoughby Parks and Recreation Willoughby, Ohio City of Grandview Parks & Recreation Grandview, Mo. New Lenox Community Park District New Lenox, Ill. City of Rocky River Rocky River, Ohio ——————————————————————————————————————————————- Field Notes Ric Stone has joined Jacobsen as Vice President of Sales. He is responsible for leading … Continue reading
A Thrilling Payoff
Is it time to start looking at your park like an entrepreneur would? Business owners of outdoor adventures, such as whitewater rafting, kayaking and backcountry hiking, have a vested interest (i.e., their own money) in making a business work. Perhaps your park has a few hidden or not-so-hidden gems that can develop into a revenue stream. Before jumping in, learn what it takes to operate and maintain a high-impact facility–such as a zipline–to determine whether it's something your outfit can … Continue reading


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iPhone 4 vs. HTC Incredible: Smartphone Showdown
Is this the showdown of the year? In the smartphone world, we would argue that it is. If you're looking for arguably the world's best 3G smartphones right now, you're likely considering two specific choices: Apple's iPhone 4 on AT&T, or HTC's DROID Incredible on Verizon Wireless. Both phones provide an excellent user experience, and both are as cutting edge as they come. Both they also offer very different and distinct experiences, with one coming by way of iOS 4 and the other Android 2.1 with HTC's Sense overlay.
In other words, both of these devices are competing for the same crown, but each one is its own beast, with its own list of pros and cons. If you're in the market to upgrade your own handset and can't seem to choose between these two super-phones, we've got a guide to help you break down the pluses and minuses of each one in order to help you make the best decision for your needs...
iPhone 4 vs. HTC Incredible: Smartphone Showdown
This is exactly the kind of comparison I was looking for, thank! It's gonna be a hard decision. On the one hand, I don't think I'm the type who would want to tinker with their smartphone, but on the other I don't want to lose the option in case I change my mind in the future. I hope there's another comparison by review sites once the 2.2 OS for the Android rolls out. I'm leaning towards the Android right now, but I've been messing around with my sister's iPhone4 and I can see why Apple has such die-hard fans. heh, I guess it's a good thing when my only complaint is that both choices are too good.
This is not a very good review... First I'd say just get your facts straight. The Incredible has 8 GB Internal memory...not 512 MB. So a user has 8 GB of space for Apps. The ability to install Apps on the microSD card is coming in Android 2.2. Also, please explain to me how a con of the HTC Incredible is that the only carrier you can choose is AT&T. Hmm.. Okay. Finally, you seem to have mentioned the new features of Android 2.2 (Hotspot and installing apps on the SD Card), but you forgot the other features that are coming. Say 720p video recording, same as the iPhone. Lets see, another feature you forgot is Wireless N coming with the release of Android 2.2, again same as the iPhone. Please write a fair review if you're gonna write one at all. Thanks...
Also, FTA: "Unlike the iPhone 4, the HTC Incredible is available on Verizon Wireless. There are obviously pro and cons to this as well. The good news is that Verizon's 3G footprint is far, far larger than AT&T's 3G footprint, and in large part Verizon covers more of America than AT&T. " ....
so I have no idea where the confusion is on that...
OK, an update from the author was made. There was one instance that our copy editor missed where there was a typo with AT&T that should have read Verizon. Sorry about that. Also, on the memory, MicroSD was noted but that was also transposed and should have said NAND (internal) storage. The functional issue with this is that you cannot install apps on that internal NAND storage currently with Android 2.1 but it was noted that Froyo is coming to this device.
Hope this helps a little guys. Sorry you thought we missed the mark on these points.
Thank you for the replies, but this is still not correct...
The whole point is that you can only install apps on the internal storage with Android 2.1. The ability to install apps on the microSD card is coming with Android 2.2.
With what the author is saying, I wouldn't be able to have any apps if I didn't have a microSD card. Just to check this, I removed my SD card and all my apps were still there.
Yeah, and now, a select amount of apps are being updated to support storage/access of the internal NAND. Many, many apps do not. The ROM + NAND + MicroSD is a very new storage configuration for Android, so there are some growing pains in what apps can use what at this very moment in the system's development.
Hi Duron. I think there's just some confusion since the update. The article states (and had stated) "If you're new to Android, there's a big, fat limitation you should know about up front. The Incredible only ships with room for 512MB of apps internally, and native App On SD support isn't coming until v2.2"
It also says, "This is a very important differentiator. Users can really only load 512MB of apps onto the Incredible before they'll need to use either a third-party solution or a feature coming in Android 2.2 to load them onto a MicroSD card (the integrated 8GB is only useful for media and select apps that have been updated to support this new configuration of storage in Android 2.1)."
Are you basing your conclusion that the HTC has a better camera than the iPhone 4 simply on the number of megapixels being more (8) for the HTC than for the iPhone 4 (which has 5)?? From what I've read, the number of megapixels is only one factor. I've read other reviews, and ALL of them conclude the iPhone 4's camera is the best of any smartphone on the market.
More than a few ways this review is overly credulous of HTC's claims.
First, have I not seen the announcement a few days ago that the Incredible's screen is to be replaced? HTC blamed shortages of the Samsung AMOLED device. If you are reviewing a device you actually acquired, you should (a) mention that the tested model is now N/A and subsequent models will be different, quality TBA; and (2) the AMOLED screen does NOT have the full resolution claimed in that each pixel only has 2 of the three primary colors. Reading, say, blue text on a black background, as some websites like to favor, drops to more like 400X480. To handle some of the false colors that this technique can cause, the Incredible smushes the resolution further, making it "fuzzy" in some people's eyes.
Second, you give the Incredible the nod based on CPU speed but do not identify how that speed will actually work for the user in practice. Until Froyo is on this device, all third-party apps have a large speed penalty because they have to be "interpreted." Google's core apps are apparently written in a flavor of C that runs without the huge interpretation disadvantage and they should (all else equal) run a bit faster than the iPhone's similar functions.
But all else is NOT equal on these phones and that's what reviews are for. You might have indicated how this mix of maybe faster / demonstrated much slower really plays out in practice. When the Froyo JIT is adapted to the successor Incredible/2 or whatever, its very capable JIT technology may bring 3rd-party apps up to similar speed. Again, you don't know as you haven't actually tested the unreleased product.
So I'm confused: this is an article mostly about a current device but focused on what it may become at some future date. It's labeled as a review but key elements are based on un-reviewable futures, the bane of talking honestly about Android. I agree that it's *likely* to work nicely under Froyo, but that's a projection or editorial opinion that I wouldn't expect under the guise of a "review." They undercut your "tested" and "burned in" tag line as "oh, we just regurgitate whatever happytalk the vendor provides us."
Hey there, normally I do not argue with stupid people on the internet, but tonight I decided to have some fun.
Right off the bat, let me just say I am not arguing for or against either product, only that you have no idea what you are talking about.
Well, specifically, this part, which I will quote very loosely:
"All Android programs until recent are slow because they are interpreted. Apple's programs are compiled in C (omg! C! It's like, totally fast!) and are therefor faster!"
Now, this is a common misconception made by people who think they know what they're talking about. C is not actually definitely faster than Java, all it's just lower lever, which means that it's closer to the hardware. Also, in general, it is compiled, like I assume it is for apple's hardware. But does that mean it's not interpreted? NO! In away, it's interpreted by the CPU into electronic signals! However, the java programs, on the other hand, are compiled as well! Into Java bytecode! Which is also interpreted! But, the interpreter handles a bunch of stuff like garbage collection, and at remarkably fast speeds. The C code is also garbage collected, by Boehm's GC. In short, sloppy C code is not faster than well-written Java code. I'm really tired so I'm all over the place here, but you get my point.
It's always dangerous trying to be logical replying to a post where every other sentence is filled with allcaps, exclamation points, accusations that everybody else is retarded, and even a screen name that suggests nothing more than "big ***."
That out of the way, you could go to developer.android.com and read, "The Android NDK is a companion tool to the Android SDK that lets Android application developers build performance-critical portions of their apps in native code."
What is the Native Development Kit? The way one writes "performance-critical" (I would've said, "performance-sensitive") routines.
Besides providing a somewhat cumbersome way to squeeze C code into java-based programs, Google also put a lot of effort into the Froyo virtual machine. See their IO presentations that show how much faster their JIT compiler works than their previous interpreter. Compared to pre-Froyo performance, java programs are now much faster — depending on the scenario, perhaps by a factor of three. Since the JIT compiler takes time to understand the programmer's intentions, it is necessarily a bit slower in getting started than a C program would be. But in many cases, it will be almost as good.
Simplified: prior to Froyo, interpreting java is relatively slow, so the option of writing i C was provided. Froyo's JIT compiler for java is much better.
So the need for writing in C will be much less for machines that either (a) have Froyo, or (b) have CPUs much faster than 1GHz. The Incredible meets neither test. While the Android-supplied programs will generally use the C-based Native Development Kit, most third-party apps will be written in the standard SDK, and could seem sluggish or even be ugly on compute-intensive functions, compared to NDK ("C") programs.
So, I agree, "C is not actually definitely faster in Java." But on the Incredible, C is certainly, absolutely and significantly faster, (per Google) and even if/when the Incredible is available with Froyo, most java apps will have SOME performance penalty vs apps written in C.
First, my name does not imply that. My name implies that I have a **** and am 99 years old, only one of which is true.
See, that statement is much more correct than the first one, which, as far as I could tell, read "java is slower because it is interpreted." I have heard this so many times and it is so incorrect that by now whenever I hear that it sends me into a frenzy of shorts. Sorry for the blatantly angry post, that was probably the beer.
But I still don't think it's correct 100%
Programs that are written the same in for both the iPhone and android are not guaranteed to work better on either system, just because one uses Java and is higher level, and everything you said. A lot of stuff goes into it, including garbage collection, concurrency speed, a how good the compiler is for both. I think you said that the JIT was lacking until the 6th version, but that doesn't mean it produced slower code than the (I think it was) GCC, even with the layer of abstraction that is the interpreter.
But that's just me. I just got out of bed, so my thoughts are kind of all over the place.
"Until Froyo is on this device, all third-party apps have a large speed penalty because they have to be "interpreted." Google's core apps are apparently written in a flavor of C that runs without the huge interpretation disadvantage and they should (all else equal) run a bit faster than the iPhone's similar functions."
Well, isn't that pretty clear? Interpreted apps run slower than compiled apps. On some systems you can compile java and on others your C is interpreted. But on the Incredible as currently shipping (which was what was supposedly being tested and that I wrote about), java is interpreted and slow, while C is compiled and much faster.
PS: the Dalvik JIT compiler is genius technology for running java as fast as possible. But the iPhone compiler produces better, faster code and nobody who's developed phone apps or knows much about the technology would be confused about that. The garbage collection should be a minor performance issue (since you don't create/kill objects all the time when performance matters) and concurrency is almost non-existent on today's OS's… although the iPhone development kit is undergoing incredible change which will be able to exploit concurrency when it's ready for use.
The review of a gadget of this intense would differ from person to person and his liking for a particular thing. So, it is not just the review that proves the point, but the quality of the work put in proves the point. I think that iPhone and HTC are of the same types but edges over the other in the functionality that one finds comfortable in using.
I had a Blackberry for 2 yrs b4 converting to the Incredible & even then it took me a few weeks to decide if I really wanted to go back to a touch screen ( I had a Samsung Glyde, the 1st touch screen VZW came out w/ & it was horrible). Now I am sooo glad I did, because I love it. I suggest you http://www.htc-incredible.com which you might find useful when considering the htc incredible.