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In comparison to alpha radiation, fast-moving electrons, which are known as beta particles, have much smaller mass and electric charge, are more deeply penetrating, and dissipate their energy over a larger volume of tissue. Even high-energy beta particles, however, will transfer most of their energy and come to a stop within about 1 centimeter of plastic, 1 to 2 centimeters of tissue, or 4 to 5 meters of air. Therefore, beta particles that strike the outside of the body will penetrate only a short distance, but they may travel far enough to damage the actively dividing cells of the skin. Beta-emitting radionuclides are of most concern after they have entered the body and can transfer their energy to nearby cells of internal organs. Beta-emitting radionuclides may be found in contamination consisting of fission products from a nuclear detonation or resulting from the dispersion of nuclear reactor waste or radiotherapy sources (e.g., cesium- 137 and cobalt-60).
Gamma rays and x rays, which are emitted from radionuclides as well as produced by machines, are the most penetrating forms of ionizing radiation and consist of electromagnetic energy. While randomly colliding with electrons in the body along a scattered path length, gamma rays may give up all or part of their energy in tissue or, although it is unlikely, they may pass all the way through the body without interacting. Therefore, exposure to gamma or x rays from sources outside the body may cause ionizations in tissues at any location in their path. Gamma rays are characteristic of a wide variety of radioactive contaminants associated with nuclear weapons and nuclear waste and also with radioactive sources used in medicine and industry, whereas x rays are most commonly encountered in the use of radiation-producing equipment used in medical applications (including those in combat medical facilities).
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Generate a digital license after an application runs on the destination machine as a workaround to Office XP detecting a hardware change.
When packaging Office XP (or any portion of it) off of a CD and manually entering the Key when capturing, etc, you will run into an issue when bringing the VSA to a different PC. When launching the VSA on a new PC and trying to use the application, it will tell you that it has detected a significant machine change since it was installed and will give you only limited functionality. This is because of the digital license identification that Microsoft includes on this version of Office (I haven't seen this happen in any other version) is based on hardware. To fix this so that it will generate this digital license only after use on a new machine, you must do the following:
- Create an administrative share point from the setup.exe - enter the Office XP key and accept the license agreement. That way, all users running the install from the admin share point will have the same information. This is pretty typical...nothing new there...
- When using ORK to create the package, you must add 2 entries into the Setup properties that do not exist:
NOUSERNAME=True ENTERPRISE_IMAGE=True
By using these, it will wait until the application is run on the destination machine before generating the digital license identification based on the new hardware.
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Chapter One
News Matters
The story is a legend now, but it really did happen. Early in the morning of June 17, 1972, inside the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in Washington's Watergate office building, police arrested five men wearing business suits and rubber surgical gloves and carrying cameras and sophisticated bugging devices. The Washington Post assigned a longhaired newsroom roustabout named Carl Bernstein and one of the paper's newest reporters, Bob Woodward, to report the story. Over the next two years they unraveled a tangled conspiracy of political spying and dirty tricks, wiretaps, break-ins, secret funds and a criminal cover-up–all orchestrated by President Richard Nixon's White House.
For a long time the Post was the only news organization to take Watergate seriously. The Washington establishment brushed the story off, and Nixon's allies put pressure on the Post to drop it. But after months of Woodward and Bernstein's revelatory stories, government investigators and then the Congress joined the pursuit. Impeachment proceedings began, and on August 9, 1974, Nixon became the first president of the United States ever to resign his office. Watergate became an example for the ages, a classic case when journalism made a difference.
Good journalism does not often topple a president, but it frequently changes the lives of citizens, both grand and ordinary.
When Robert Hopkins telephoned Washington Post columnist Courtland Milloy, he was sixty-five years old, a diabetic on kidney dialysis three times a week and the desperate father of three young children, ages four, five and six. Their mother had abandoned the family soon after the birth of the youngest child and shortly before Hopkins's illnesses had been discovered. When Milloy met the Hopkins family, they were squatters in an abandoned apartment complex in a run-down Washington neighborhood. The children charmed Milloy, as did Hopkins's determination to hold his family together, get his kids off to school and find them something to eat. They were surviving on $566 a month in social security benefits.
"Robert Hopkins says he hopes I can help," Milloy wrote in the Post. "With his health deteriorating and his children's needs skyrocketing, he reluctantly places his case before the court of last resort."
After Milloy's column appeared, Hopkins received $10,000 in donations from readers. A widow with a comfortable house invited Hopkins and his children to move in with her. Other readers offered to take the Hopkins children to restaurants and amusement parks, to mentor and tutor them, to buy them clothes. In a second column, Milloy described Hopkins opening letters containing checks and offers of help: "'Who are these people?" [Hopkins] asked, tears of amazement in his eyes. 'Are they real?'"
Good journalism holds communities together in times of crisis, providing the information and the images that constitute shared experience. When disaster strikes, the news media give readers and viewers something to hold onto–facts, but also explanation and discussion that can help people deal with the unexpected. So on September 11, 2001, and for some time after, Americans remained glued to their televisions, turned in record numbers to online news sites and bought millions of extra copies of their newspapers to help absorb and cope with the horrors of a shocking terrorist attack on the United States. In the weeks that followed, good reporting allowed Americans to participate vicariously in the investigations of the terrorists and the government's planning for retaliation. Journalists could educate Americans about Islamic extremists, the history of Afghanistan, the difficulty of defending the United States against resourceful and suicidal terrorists and much more. Journalism defined the events of September 11 and their aftermath. In those circumstances the importance of journalism was obvious, and much discussed. Whether widely noticed or not, good journalism makes a difference somewhere every day.
Communities are improved by aggressive, thorough coverage of important, if everyday, subjects like education, transportation, housing, work and recreation, government services and public safety. Exposure of incompetence and corruption in government can change misbegotten policies, save taxpayers money and end the careers of misbehaving public officials. Revelations of unethical business practices can save consumers money or their health. Exploration of the growing reach of computer databases can protect privacy. Disclosure of environmental, health, food and product dangers can save lives. Examination of the ways society cares for the poor, homeless, imprisoned, abused, mentally ill and retarded can give voice to the voiceless. News matters.
In 1999 the Chicago Tribune documented the experiences of scores of men sentenced to death in Illinois who had been beaten by police into confessing crimes, had been represented at trial by incompetent attorneys or had been convicted on questionable evidence. Soon after the newspaper published its findings, the governor of Illinois suspended all executions.
Houston television station KHOU began reporting in February 2000 that Ford Explorers equipped with certain kinds of Firestone tires had been involved in dozens of fatal highway accidents. Its reports led to nationwide news coverage, federal investigations and the recall of millions of tires, undoubtedly saving many lives.
The Star-Ledger in Newark, investigating the 1998 shooting of four men by New Jersey state police, used the newspaper's lawyers to force the state to disclose records that showed state police had targeted black motorists by using racial profiling. The paper's stories drew national attention to the police practice of drawing up the profiles of "typical" criminals based on race and stopping random suspects based on such profiles. This reporting helped create a national political issue and led to action by both the state and federal governments to reduce the use of profiling.
Salt Lake City television station KIVX and the city's two daily newspapers, the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News, uncovered corruption in the bidding process that had won the 2002 winter Olympic games for Salt Lake City. The city's Olympics promoters had showered gifts and financial favors on members of the International Olympic Committee and their relatives. This news mushroomed into the biggest scandal in the history of the Olympics and led to changes in bidding for future games. It also shook the pillars of the Salt Lake City community.
The Oregonian newspaper in Portland found that many of the 140,954 holders of disabled parking permits in Oregon were not disabled at all but had obtained their permits fraudulently. By using a computer to compare the state's permit records with Social Security Administration data, the newspaper discovered that holders of 13,412 disabled parking permits were dead; able-bodied relatives were renewing and using the dead people's permits to park free at meters. State officials promised a crackdown on abusers and changes in procedures for issuing and renewing permits.
The Miami Herald exposed pervasive voter fraud in the 1997 Miami mayoral election. Campaign workers for the mayor and other candidates registered nonresidents at phony addresses in the city, validated absentee ballots for people living outside Miami, punched other voters' absentee ballots without their permission and paid $10 each to poor and homeless people to persuade them to vote. The election result was subsequently overturned in court.
The Philadelphia Inquirer revealed in 1998 that police had manipulated their crime records to make the city appear safer than it was in widely publicized FBI statistics. The police erased some crimes from their records entirely, and downgraded robberies, burglaries, car break-ins, stabbings and assaults to minor offenses like "threats," "lost property," "vandalism," "hospital cases" and "disturbances," which are not included in the FBI's accounting of serious crimes. The Inquirer reported later that Philadelphia police had also failed to investigate thousands of sexual-assault complaints, rejecting many of them as "unfounded" and hiding others in file drawers. Official investigations and reforms of police procedures followed.
Little Rock's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette brought to light beatings, sexual assaults and other mistreatment of delinquent children in a state detention center and wilderness camps in 1998. A year later, the Baltimore Sun reported that guards were brutally beating teenagers in Maryland's state boot camps for delinquents. Investigations, resignations and camp closings followed in both states.
Good journalism–in a newspaper or magazine, on television, radio or the Internet–enriches Americans by giving them both useful information for their daily lives and a sense of participation in the wider world. Good journalism makes possible the cooperation among citizens that is critical to a civilized society. Citizens cannot function together as a community unless they share a common body of information about their surroundings, their neighbors, their governing bodies, their sports teams, even their weather. Those are all the stuff of the news. The best journalism digs into it, makes sense of it and makes it accessible to everyone.
Bad journalism–failing to report important news, or reporting news shallowly, inaccurately or unfairly–can leave people dangerously uninformed. The news media failed to report adequately on the overextended and corrupt savings and loan industry before it collapsed and cost depositors and taxpayers billions of dollars during the 1980s. The press failed to discover and expose the tobacco industry's cover-up of evidence of the addictive and cancer-causing effects of smoking and its clandestine marketing of cigarettes to young people until plaintiffs' lawyers discovered both in the course of liability lawsuits during the 1990s. At a time when nearly half of eligible Americans don't vote, the news media have steadily reduced their coverage of government and elections, leaving citizens vulnerable to negative and misleading political advertising that fills the airwaves instead, enriching television and radio stations during election campaigns. Although Americans are more globally connected than ever, most news media steadily and substantially reduced their coverage of foreign news during the last years of the twentieth century, depriving Americans of the opportunity to follow the world around them. This fact was widely discussed after the terrorist attack of September 2001, when foreign stories suddenly became fashionable again.
Bad journalism can misinform. Television newscasts and many newspapers routinely overemphasize crime news, so Americans continue to fear that crime is getting worse when it has actually been decreasing steadily for years. Journalists eager to attribute the deadly bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995 or the catastrophic explosion of TWA Flight 800 over Long Island to Islamic terrorists misled Americans before they knew that the real culprits were Timothy McVeigh and an exploding fuel tank on the Boeing 747. Glowing, uncritical coverage of new technology companies in the late 1990s encouraged many Americans to sink their savings into speculative stocks and mutual funds that soon crashed, collectively costing them billions of dollars.
Much bad journalism is just lazy and superficial. Local television stations lard their newscasts with dramatic video fragments of relatively inconsequential but sensational fires and auto accidents. Broadcast and cable networks devote news time to mindless chat and debate. Newspapers fill columns with fluffy trivia and rewrites of press releases and the police blotter.
Bad news judgment is commonplace. "If it bleeds, it leads" is a self-mocking slogan among local television journalists, but also an accurate description of the reflex of television news directors to make gory crime stories the first news items on the 11 o'clock news. The celebrity divorce, the police raid on a massage parlor, the opening of a county fair–all too often, it doesn't have to be new, or factual, or interesting, or important to be labeled "news."
Journalists have a special role in preserving one of America's greatest assets, our culture of accountability. Americans expect their leaders to behave responsibly, and usually take remedial action when they don't. This is an important reason why American society works better than many others. Accountability is a crucial aspect of our national ideology, which was based on the rejection of tyranny, defined by the founders as the unjust use of power. Americans in positions of power generally assume that someday they may have to account for how they have used their power. This is especially true for those who hold power in our government "of the people, by the people, for the people," but for others as well. Corporate officers hold power over companies and their customers. Foundation officers hold power over the distribution of vast sums of money. Those with power in film studios, television networks, book publishers and recording companies shape our popular culture. American society is diverse and decentralized; countless citizens exercise some power over the lives of other citizens.
Accountability is an important check on that power. Our politicians know that informed voters can throw them out of office; corporate CEOs recognize the authority of their boards of directors and the influence of their stockholders; a cop taking bribes knows he doesn't want to get caught. Good journalism is a principal source of the information necessary to make such accountability meaningful. Anyone tempted to abuse power looks over his or her shoulder to see if someone else is watching. Ideally, there should be a reporter in the rearview mirror.
Solemn obligations are far from the only justification for good journalism. The journalist's ability to connect readers or viewers to the comedy and tragedy that surrounds us all makes life richer and more rewarding. One of the rewards of being alive is watching the world change. During our nearly four decades in journalism we've seen amazing changes that have redefined the American experience: the creation of a middle-class majority in the United States; economic and cultural globalization; the celebrification of just about everything; the power of America's youth culture to infect the country and the world; the emergence of women, African Americans and gay people; and great migrations from Latin America and Asia; the long and frustrating struggle with terrorism. Journalism described all of this, though not always as quickly or thoroughly as it could have. Any attentive American could keep up with this changing world by following the news. Good journalism gives every one of us the opportunity to be real citizens of our own time.
Human beings are instinctively curious, and journalism relieves curiosity. The real workings of big-time sports, the backstage gossip from the worlds of movies and television, the personalities and company histories behind the names listed on the New York Stock Exchange, new cures and old remedies for every kind of ailment, the condition of our environment, details of community and neighborhood life–virtually the entire range of human curiosities is covered by good journalism. So it should matter to Americans that the news is at risk today. In an information age, when good journalism should be flourishing everywhere, it isn't.
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Another library is turning to a collection agency to get back some overdues. The Springfield-Greene County Library is trying a collection agency. The City Council is also considering a bill that toughens a city law by holding library-card holders legally responsible for materials checked out.
\"We're out to get the chronic abusers who do not return our material, and there are chronic abusers," library Executive Director Annie Busch said.
The library currently mails about 113 notices each week to those at least 55 days overdue, Busch said.\"
The Springfieldnews-leader has the full Story
Someone sent in these two stories on the strike in Ohio. Things are getting worse.
15 strikers taken to jail after blocking doors
Postal Service fires worker for protest outside library
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Ron Force writes \"The San Francisco Chronicle has astory about free-lance authors suing Northern Lights, Gale Group, and ProQuest for payment of royalities on full text articles sold by publishers without permission. A similar group in New York has used the above, plus Reed-Elsevier. UnCover settled with the authors for $7.5 milion in back royalities. \"
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previous year, as compared to a 3.3 percent
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Teens want comfy chairs, a place to chat, snacks and plenty of Internet access according to a survey in MT. The Story from the Billings Gazette reports on the not so suprising findings of the survey.
\"Brett Janecek, a 14-year-old freshman at Billings Central, envisions a teen center at the public library where he could "get away, relax and sit, and chill."
And really, isn\'t it all about chillin\'? -- Read More
We just don\'t have enough intellectual property stories.Here\'s One from Fool.com on how the Web has killed IP.
\"Technology is forcing us to re-evaluate the legal notion of intellectual property. The original compromise struck for the good of society has become unbalanced, and the reactions from the situation\'s current beneficiaries to counter this unrest have only disturbed the situation more. Copyright as it now stands has outlived its original purpose, and is no longer clearly beneficial to society as a whole. New business models must emerge, and are already emerging, to replace the old. \" -- Read More
Here\'s a rather unusual story on the Librarian of Congress James Billington, and his plans to shelve books by height. The author\'s name on this is Thomas Mann, though I didn\'t do any checking to enuse it is real, so take it with a grain of salt, unless you know otherwise. It still is rather interesting.
\"Librarian of Congress James Billington is moving towards shelving books at the Library of Congress by height rather than by subject. Such a move by LC would directly undercut the ability of scholars everywhere to search book collections below the superficial levels of access provided by computerized catalog records, because any example set by the national library is likely to be imitated by others.\" -- Read More
I found a neat story written by By Karen Spern and Leigh Bahnatka on Indexing web pages and Information Architecture.The Article Does a great job in explaining why indexing is important on the Web, especially for Information Architects.
\"Information Architects now consider content as important as design. Visual design is in decline, as consumers are demanding original content and faster download times. Site maps can't provide access to textual information, so web indexes will become standard on web sites. \"
Very cool stuff, for those interested in the field.
Super Helpful R Hadden Writes :
Today during all the hype about Internet filters, we forget that not
to long ago people were paid by the state with tax money to censor and
filter for us. These people had the right to determine what other people
could or couldn\'t see. Their censorship decisions were backed up by force
of law and police powers of arrest and imprisonment for opposing those
Mary Avara was for 21 years one of the official and state-paid movie
censors in Maryland. Her job was to review domestic and foreign movies
before they could be shown in the state, and to determine what could and
couldn\'t be seen by other citizens. -- Read More
Librarianship and Resistance, by Sandy Iverson, published in Progressive Librarian 15, is an article about our role in society as librarians. It is particularly concerned with refuting the myth of \"neutrality\" that informs so much of our professional education. Our ethic of neutrality masks our support for dominant ideas. This dynamic is usually invisible to librarians themselves. -- Read More
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posted (The old site has a few
hundred more,
but we won\'t count those.). It\'s been 10 months since I started LISNews and a
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Steven and I spend more than a little time each week keeping LISNews current
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The San Fransisco Gate has this to say about kids doing research. First the New York Times, now this? Do we need to educate the public more, or what?\"
We\'re all very familiar with anti-witchcraft Harry Haters. Here\'s an article from Salon.com about a very different problem in the popular series: sexism. The article, by Christine Schoefer, is called Harry Potter\'s girl trouble, and it paints a convincing new picture of this fictional world where girls, when they are not left out, are denigrated. Please read the article before you respond! I think there\'s something to it.
Someone writes \"There are 2 very intersting letters to the editor in the augusta chronicle on harry potter
One andTwo \"
The first one is a person writing to complain about Harry in a local school.\"Potter author J.K. Rowling is doing nothing but promoting Satanism....I have read that her books are not much different than ......Don\'t these parents realize the day and age we live in and the imagination kids of today have? \"
The Second is the librarians response. \"As a conscientious media specialist and one who loves and cares about these kids, I felt it was my duty to read the book before I made any judgment calls, and I did. Tell me, Ms. Williams, as a conscientious parent, did you? -- Read More
The ALA has the results to a survey done by by the Library Research Center of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on internet policies in public libraries. Some of the results seem a bit suprising.
-95 percent of public libraries have a formal policy in place to regulate public use of the Internet
-80 percent of respondents say they purposely locate computer terminals in open spaces
-64 percent of respondents require permission from parents before children can use the Internet
-Almost 50 percent have received informal complaints about Internet access, but only 7 percent were about content
A full report on this survey is available from the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science at The University of Illinois (it\'s a pdf)
Someone suggested This site \"The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education\".
\"FIRE is a nonprofit educational foundation devoted to free speech, individual liberty, religious freedom, the rights of conscience, legal equality, due process, and academic freedom on our nation\'s campuses.\"
Check out thefire.org
Michigan Live has a decent Story on the ol\' R-Rated Video checkout debate. They do a good job covering both sides of the issue. Should libraries \"rent\" R-Rated videos to Kids? If they can\'t do it at Blockbuster why should they be able to do it at a library?
\"Libraries exist to provide a window to the world. How far open the window should be is a matter of debate -- and it\'s not a new one.\" -- Read More
The Columbus Dispatch has a nice Story on how public libraries are adapting to the internet age, and how well it is working.
They cover E-Reference, DVD\'s, E-Books, and Audio Books.
\"In the past quarter-century, public libraries have undergone significant changes...The moves have been popular: Two out of three Americans visited a public library in 1998.\" -- Read More
has an 3 part audio report that
slams the ALA and it\'s policies on filtering. Many choice
quotes in this one. They call the ALA\'s agenda a plan to
\"radicalize America\", public libraries one of the most
dangerous places for your children, and say the ALA
\"agressively promotes homosexuality\".
The audio archives
The transript Archives
\"If Christians don\'t stand up against such
decadence, then we become willing slaves to the
counter-cultural values of the American Library
Association and its friends.\"
(These originally
aired on Aug 9, 10, and 11th) -- Read More
Steven Bell writes:Here is a story I think every
librarian should read on student use of the
Internet for research. It\'s at The NY TImes
This is an intersting story to say the least. Filled with
quotes to make a point, and few facts, the author leads
us to believe kids hate libraries. The \"card catalog\" is
cited as an example of how students are \" more
comfortable sifting through hyperlinks than they are
flipping through a card catalog. \" Don\'t most
schools use an OPAC now?
\"Sam still prefers doing research with his
Hewlett-Packard PC to looking up information at the
library. \"I\'d much rather be online,\" he said. The library,
he added, is \"a tenser atmosphere.\" -- Read More


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Hello fellow educators....I am dealing with a dilema which I have no control over as I am a staff member, not administration, but it is just eating away at my concious. My community college uses the HESI exit exam for the ADN... Read More
- 0Mar 26, '09 by rcwickman1992I don't know what they based the Hesi on. I failed my hesi test but I still graduated because my overall grade was computed for that class. However, i PASSED NCLEX PN with 85 questions. They should change things, something's not right.
- 0Mar 28, '09 by nolongeributhe09Quote from lsw1956I agree with you. Hesi exam should not be the way to kick out student out of this profession. Many good students can not graduate because of hesi. It is not fair.I agree! We lost so many people because of HESI. Unlike your school HESI is not computed into our grade. Hesi is a grade all it's own, 95% of the class passed the class but not HESI and they were not allowed to graduate. The world is short a lot of good nurses.
- 0Mar 28, '09 by Beatintheboxi hate taking hesi's cause they affect my grade... but i guess im also thankful for them cause they'll push me to step up
- 2Mar 29, '09 by hollyberryh20Hi All,
I am in my senior year of nursing school last semester and have been in school for 7 years trying to get my RN degree. I took my hesi exit exam for the second time yesterday and failed it again along with 10 others 806 and need an 850. I am not graduating in 5 weeks because of this. Meanwhile I owe $120,000 in student loans from being in school all these years. I have been a straight A-B student throughout my education and I am also on the national honor society for nursing, but because of hesi I will not be allowed to graduate in may. I have to finish out the semester and go back next semester for a refresher course and if I fail a third time I am out of the program. Not only has my school and hesi made me doubt myself they have ruined my life and every joyous thought of nursing I had went out the window. I understand why there is a shortage of nurses, these schools love to take students money and leave them out to dry with nothing to show for all there hard work. I hate hesi and all it stands for and something needs to be done about this. These schools need to start taking accountability when students don't pass their hesi and give them proper preparation, not just throw a book in their face and tell them to self prepare. Half the stuff on my hesi exam yesterday wasn't even in the hesi book, and the hesi resources are only available through the instructors, not that they are helpful as I utilized them and they still didn't help. As students we have enough preparation through class work and clinical to pass the boards and hesi should not be a determing factor of that. I am going to see if I can at least sit for my LPN state board exam at least I'll get something out of all this hard work . Meanwhile I gotta fight on my hands.
- 0Mar 29, '09 by uafan69I am currently a student at the University of Phoenix. We were told about the RN exit HESI one month before we were scheduled to graduate. We must pass with a 900 or retake it. The classes that are behind us have only one chance. I think this is very wrong!! Three and a half years of school and $ 46,000. down the drain if you fail. I received a 853 on my first try and will need to retake it in two weeks. I am currently studying Saunders and the Hesi review books. Any advice?
- 0Apr 7, '09 by wings527I totally agree with you about school trying to weed out students with a low HESI score to boost their pass rate. My first ever HESI score was a 650 and I was 45 minute late to the exam. Well, I didnt last long in the ABSN program at Duquesne. A month before I would have graduated, they expelled me from the program. Of course, they cant tell you that this was the exact reason for getting rid of you. They find other likeable cause to say that you're unsafe in your practice, etc. Our dean told us that a female student from a previous class had OD on administration of drug to a pediatric client, therefore, Duquesne no longer allows any students to give meds to ped pts. The Dean said they let her graduate because she will never do that again. I compared what they said about my unsafe practice for wearing gloves when I walked out of the patient ICU room one time to that of a student who OD a patient, which is worse? A lot of my classmates were surprised. They couldnt believe that with just a month left until graduation, I was kicked out, even with a GPA of 3.01. At the time, I really didnt figure it out why other professors, not teaching the program for that particular semester was asking me about my HESI score. Of course, I had to be honest to those who asked and I was thinking they would find ways to help me to improve my score. Well, they helped me alright. They got together to weed me out of the program. So, for those of you out there, be well prepared score about 850 on the HESI exam. Someone from here posted that the state of New York banned this policy. I hope that PA will follow suit. It's totally aggravating for me to learn that the school did not help me to improve but found ways to officially get rid of me.Last edit by wings527 on Apr 7, '09
- 0Apr 17, '09 by stustressedIs this really a predictor of how well we will do on boards? We all just took the HESI this week (IT IS NOT A FACTOR IN OUR GRADUATION) We graduate in a month but our instructors are treating all student in our program like crap if they didn't get an 850 on it. We really didn't take it that seriously...our instructor left the room and some students even were sharing answers!!! Our instructors are now telling us that if we got below an 850 than we are in REAL trouble and we have to submit (with proof) 3, 000 questions before graduation to remiediate us before graduation. IS THIS TRULY A PREDICTOR OF NCLEX????
- 0Apr 17, '09 by GoodoldnurseYES!! It really IS a predictor of your success in the NCLEX-RN!! You have now shown that you and your classmates are not trustworthy. Is this how you will act with clients? Will you have this same attitude when you are taking care of someones mother? Does your class have this low of integrity?
I do hope you take this VERY seriously and realize that your instructors are trying to help you be successful when taking the NCLEX-RN. You are only hurting yourselves!
- 0Apr 18, '09 by stustressedI DO take this seriously but I think the issue at this point is that this feels like the icing on the cake. The attitude they have with students who have scored higher on tests (throughout the program) is MUCH different than the students who might have struggled on tests. If this test was such a big deal then why did we have testing conditions that were noisy, no instructor present and no indication that we would need to remediate with them after the test. When we take NCLEX we will have prepared for it differently..had a review course, better testing conditions etc. It feels like the instructors are only concerned about keeping the good pass rate that our school is known for, not concern for us. We are adults and our instructors talk to us like children sometimes. There is nothing wrong with our instructors being hard on us to drive us to do better but it is about respect. Even when we have performed well there is very rarely a "good job" from them. I realize this post sounds whiny but I was just frustrated with how they talked to some students after the HESI. I can't speak for everyone in my program but I take the fact that I am about to be an RN VERY SERIOUSLY and I hope that my instructors find a way to be hard on students but have respect for them as well. Thanks for your input.


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88 of 90 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The last review almost scared me off
I had ordered this TV and right after placing the order, I read the review that was written just before mine. I actually tried to cancel the TV based on that review, but it had already shipped. I'm glad that I couldn't cancel, because the truth is that it's a very nice HDTV.
Someone described this TV as flimsy and such. I disagree with that assessment...
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good for the price, warning doesn't play video from USB as ADVERTISED
IT works fine, the picture is good with an HDMI only tried it with my Xbox 360. The info page about it on amazon is kinda misleading especially about playing video from USB part as it only can play music and pictures. After all it's cheap comparing to other brands.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The last review almost scared me off,
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This review is from: Toshiba 32L2300U 32-Inch 720p 120HzĀ LED HDTV (Black with gun metal trim) (Electronics)
I had ordered this TV and right after placing the order, I read the review that was written just before mine. I actually tried to cancel the TV based on that review, but it had already shipped. I'm glad that I couldn't cancel, because the truth is that it's a very nice HDTV.
Someone described this TV as flimsy and such. I disagree with that assessment. Sure, it's lightweight, but that's been the general trend with these TVs for years now. They're getting lighter, they're getting less expensive and they're getting better. Nothing wrong with any of that.
I also do not have any strange light coming from any strange places. Every thing looks and works as it should.
Assembly was simple. 4 screws secure the stand to the base. Slide the stand into the HDTV and secure with 2 more screws. Very easy.
Once plugged in, the TV scans for available channels and does so faster than most. Sound quality is good for a TV of this size and price range. It has a simple and understated but sleek look to it.
Picture quality is outstanding, right out of the box. Do understand that non-HDTV channels don't look nearly as nice as HDTV channels, but that's not the fault of this TV. It's replacing a Hiteker and non HDTV channels on that one looked poor. They look pretty good on this Toshiba. HDTV channels looked pretty good on the Hiteker. They look outstanding on this one and unlike my other TV, I didn't have to spend a lot of time trying to get the picture adjusted just right. I'd recommend the "standard" picture setting. Movie seems a bit dim to me and dynamic is just too very bold.
Let me also say that off-axis viewing, or viewing the picture from a side angle is extremely good. The last 3 TVs I've received for review purposes made it difficult to see a good picture unless you were seated right in front the TV. That's not the case with this Toshiba. It's very forgiving and offers a crisp and clear image almost irrespective of viewing position or angle.
Adding a channel to your favorites is simple. Just hold down the favorites button on the remote for 3 seconds. The remote is well laid out and can be operated by touch. Buttons and numbers are large and easy to read. Conversely, I had to analyze my Hiteker's remote before using it, but I can just pick this one up and use it with almost no thought.
The stand and lower edge of this Toshiba HDTV appear to be metal. In reality, only the vertical cylindrical piece of the stand is actually partially metal (plastic inside), but it's a nice look in any event.
This HDTV is Energy Star rated and has extremely low energy consumption. According to the sticker on the TV, similar TVs are estimated to use between $11 and $25 worth of electricity per year, while this one only uses a paltry $7 per year.
I also like the large number of inputs on this HDTV. There are 3 HDMI ports (2 on the side and 1 on the rear). It has a digital output port, which is useful with certain applications. For example, I have a soundbar that can only be connected via this Toslink digital connection and most TVs in this price range won't have that. It also has a PC input and other inputs as well.
So folks, it's a nice HDTV. I think that the picture quality is similar to what you'd expect from pretty much any of the top brands and is an excellent value in this price range. 120 hz refresh rate means that you should have a very good experience with fast motion sources, and it also has a gaming display for those gamers (like me, on occasion).
I do recommend it highly and again, I'm glad I wasn't influenced by the scary review. 5 stars.
36 of 36 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars First HDTV for my friends,
This review is from: Toshiba 39L2300U 39-Inch 1080p 60HzĀ LED HDTV (Black with gun metal trim) (Electronics)
I ordered this TV for friends of mine since I loved my Toshiba 24 inch HDTV. This is their first HDTV, having used an analog with converter box and they love it. It arrived well packed and protected. It was easy to unpack and uncomplicated to assemble to the stand which is square and stable beneath the TV; a little wriggling got even small tight screws (only 6 ea.) to match up perfectly so don't force them. The trick is finger tighten all of them, THEN tighten securely otherwise you risk mismatched holes. Takes maybe 10 minutes from unpacking to plug in.
After plug-in and "ON", the TV goes right to 2 basic setup options. One for cable setup and the other option was channel scan and that's what we did.
PACKAGING: Be aware the TV arrives in original box, plainly visible as a TV. If you deliver to an exposed doorstep, you might want to use Amazon's "gift packaging" which puts it inside a plain brown shipping box.
SCREEN: The screen is matte finish without glare with a high gloss thin black frame for full viewing. The gun metal fascia is only on the bottom of the frame, not completely around the screen. Display blacks are sharp and colors crisp. Some antenna-TV programs will still appear a little blurred (like VCR pictures) but that's not the TV, it's the program. Be aware the pixels may need some time to 'fire up' completely so don't panic if not picture perfect just after start up. When fully activated, all the pixels will fill the screen with a sharp picture. Out of box was very good, and improved with use. My friends are very happy with their TV.
SOUND: With all the bad reviews about sound, I was sure they'd need a sound bar but the sound is fine for a 12 by 12 room (it's a 39 inch TV after all) In fact, bad reviews imply audio quality on the order of a transistor radio. Not so. Speakers lacks decent bass depth most of us like, but there are customizable onscreen audio settings until you choose a sound system you like to beef it up. They use it at 30% volume. If still too loud, go to Sound > Audessy ABX ON and Dynamic Volume OFF. CC1 subtitles are useful to back up low volumes during roommate sleeping hours. I hooked theirs up to their Bose CD player using an RCA stereo wire run to the Bose AUX port, volume controlled with that remote. They use a HDMI port to hook up a Philips 3680 DVP. There are 3 HDMI ports on this TV.
There are multiple connectivity options on the back which allow other peripherals like cable/dish or computer or others like DVD player or better speakers. This TV is multi-purpose but has no ethernet port. Of course you can still get cable internet if you have that service, just not connect it to a home network. It does have a USB port on the left side of the screen for other peripheral uses like photos, security cams or home videos. Left side has dramatically recessed controls which are really awkward to reach, especially if wall-installed, so don't lose that remote! ;)
I've been playing with Toshiba brand TVs for over a year and here are some TIPS:
You may want to use those old 2.1 computer speakers (i.e., 2 small speakers with subwoofer, with a single green stereo plug) for TV sound.
HOW: You'll need two things - a Y wire composed of red/white RCA jacks on one end for the TV with a single male stereo jack on the other end, and a female/female stereo connector to connect both male stereo jacks together (one from the TV and the other from the 2.1 speakers). Connect the RCA ends to Audio OUT ports on the back of the TV. That's: Red/white RCA OUT on TV ... red/white RCA end of Y wire ... stereo male plug into female connector ... female connector other end to green stereo plug from computer speakers. After connecting all the loose ends, mute the TV speakers and turn on the external speakers to desired volume, and you're done. Remember external speakers cannot be controlled with the TV remote because you aren't using the internal TV speakers.
You can use headphones attached to the TV.
HOW: Use this same RCA Y wire and female/female stereo connector for your earphones. Just plug earphones into the connector instead of 2.1 speakers, mute internal TV speakers and use the volume control on your headphones. You may also want to consider wireless options, but ask yourself how many remotes you really want for a 24 inch TV considering the first one you grab is never the right one.
You can use that old boombox for audio:
HOW: Use this same RCA Y wire WITHOUT the female/female connector and insert it into the AUX port of your boombox. You can also use the MIC port, but it may dampen sound quality to just voice, so experiment to see if this is tolerable for you. If your boombox has a remote, all the better. Otherwise you'll have to control volume manually just like using 2.1 computer speakers. Mute Toshiba TV speakers to eliminate audio echo. The boombox set up is what I currently use, and frankly it's heads above Toshiba TV speaker quality, especially for movie sounds. No sound bar needed and the sound quality is better than a bar anyway. In fact, I bought a multipurpose boombox upgrade and it works great. WARNING: You'll be spoiled.
NOTE: You may notice the black audio IN port on the back of the TV, but it will NOT work for external speakers, nor is it a headphone port since it is not audio OUT. This black audio IN port is paired with the VGA IN port permitting sound on your laptop to be fed to the internal TV speakers.` Again, the internal speakers never disable, but must be muted to not compete with external sound systems with an echo.
You may want to watch digital free Hulu or other internet movies/programs on this TV.
HOW: USB to USB on the left side of the screen, or HDMI to HDMI port on the back of the TV to your laptop. If the laptop is next to the TV, you'll need to use a wireless mouse for control of mute, pause, play, etc. or, if next to your chair, a very long USB or HDMI cable to reach the laptop at your seating so you don't have to get up when the phone rings. Open YouTube in tabs and click through videos with a wireless mouse. Dim the laptop display and you're set for movie night.
You may want to use your older DVD or VCR player (no HDMI port).
HOW: If you only have a yellow (or red/white/yellow) RCA wire from your DVD player it'll still work fine on this TV for color movies. Even though there are blu/red/grn video ports on the back of the TV, put your DVD player's single yellow RCA adapter into the green port (upper right of cluster) and ignore the other two colors. You'll still get full color for your DVD movies.
NOTE: If for some reason the DVD disc screen is in black/white, go into TV display Preferences > AV input and change from "Colorstream HD" to "Video" ON to correct this. It's a bit buried in the menu so be persistent until you find it.
Remember: Use your DVD player's own remote; DVD options on the Toshiba remote won't work for it. If you try, the TV screen will display in red: "Not Available". When this first happened, I thought there was a connection problem but turns out the TV remote is standard for both this model and the model with built-in DVD player. The Toshiba remote won't detect any Toshiba TV DVD, hence, "not available". It might work if your external DVD player is also Toshiba brand ... can't hurt to try.
UPDATE: 2013, four months of ownership. Turns out the Toshiba remote really IS a learning remote. All of a sudden it started to control my Philips DVD player out of the blue, no programming at all. I discovered this by accident when I thought I was holding the DVD remote but using the wrong buttons on the Toshiba remote. Voila! DVD player control on the same remote. Took maybe a couple months of use for it to learn. :)
Basic troubleshooting:
*remote is fussy about line of sight; just pointing in general direction of TV won't do.
If you find this unbearable, Philips makes a stellar combo remote with wider IR spread, quick code pickup and easy button programming. You can just point it to the sky and control the TV (very useful if your face is in a pillow and you don't want to sit up before falling asleep). I use it to control Toshiba TV/Philips DVP/Magnavox VCR/Bose audio without any trouble. Threw all those crap remotes from the drawer in the trash. [Philips SRU5106/27 6 Device Universal Remote Control, ~$13 retail. Buy NEW so you get all the manuals].
*Sound inconsistencies: Before you yell at Toshiba, check all the audio settings on your peripherals. For instance, if you set your cable box volume to low using the cable remote, you'll still have to crank up the TV audio just to hear your program. Or, if the DVD player audio is set low, you may not hear anything out of your TV. Decide which remote you want for TV speaker audio control before sound problems with too many compounded remote commands.
If sound jumps from low to normal to low to high, chances are you have Sound Dynamic turned ON. This feature was meant to level annoying commercial blasts, but may have seconds delay in volume detection. When you return to the program, it may delay while determining commercial break has ended before returning program to normal volume. For many, just not using this feature resolves difficulties. Also, make sure all your cable connections are snug, not just haphazardly jammed into ports so signals are consistent. ;)
*Note for analog-to-HDTV newbies: there's a few second delay time before onscreen viewing, particularly when turning the Toshiba TV ON. And the remote may skip too far ahead if trigger happy. It takes getting used to this digital delay compared to analog TV, but the picture quality and connectivity options are worth the wait.
*Note for analog-to-HDTV newbies:
VIDEO AND SOUND: HDMI carries both video AND sound and is digital; USB carries both video and sound; COAXIAL carries video and sound; S-video carries only digital video; VGA carries only video. RCA red/blu/grn or yellow carry only video and is analog; ONLY SOUND: red and white RCA cables carry only audio and is analog. S/PDIF TOSLINK carries only audio on a digital light beam, so tempting as it may be, don't push anything in that port but a TOSLINK cable. ;)
Be aware audio OUT is for speakers or earphones while audio IN is for sounds to be played through the TV - like sounds from a DVP or VCR to play thru the TV.
*Newbie note about antennas: Out of box you can get a few major broadcast channels depending on where you live, unless you're in a valley or between skyscrapers. To get a bigger selection of free digital programs you'll still need an antenna using a coaxial cable or else cable service. The inexpensive $15-20 Artec HDTV Flat Antenna I was using on top of a converter box on the old portable analog TV, added another 15 digital channels (mostly paid programming, but CLEARER, crisper, color picture w/o-annoying-signal-break-up). For newbies, it attaches to the ANT/CABLE post in the back. If you're in a valley or between skyscrapers, you might want something on the roof or closer to the window or bigger. Antenna size and shape do matter. Better shaped antennas can pull in more digital channels. Cable or dish service gives you much better programming, but this Toshiba out of box will give you a few crisp free digital channels to start. (i.e. for newbies, no converter box needed anymore).
UPDATE: I've since switched to an all metal Yagi style antenna with stronger reception. (looks sort of like a model airplane on a desk stand). It's multi-directional and efficient for HDTV signals. Watch out for plastic imitations.
*TIP: Because the TV is delicately balanced on the base, there is no angle adjustment for viewing. In this case, it may be helpful to set it on a monitor riser, and the turntable on that - or install it on the wall at desired angle with an accessory mounting frame.
They LOVE this TV even in its most primitive setup. Nothing about it is cheap or subpar for the ~$400 price or in its features. This is the first time they've laid hands on a digital TV and it was a breeze to setup, picture is fantastic, sound/volume acceptable for a large bedroom or 14x14 living room. Add an inexpensive digital antenna for more free digital channels and less signal breakup, or a cable service line for better programming, and you're all set.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great LED tv for the price,
This review is from: Toshiba 39L2300U 39-Inch 1080p 60HzĀ LED HDTV (Black with gun metal trim) (Electronics)
Just received this tv and noticed there are no reviews, This model must be new so I'll be the first :) The tv is great out of the box (not perfect) but great. The picture is decent but once dynamic mode is turned on, everything is pushed to the max without going overboard and at the same time, makes any other preset modes somewhat useless aka movie, sports, game and standard. I have the 39" and the overall look is great, a very modern look and easy to setup. The tv boasts dynamic picture 1080P 120 hz refresh, usb and hd pc hookup along with decent sound as well. The only thing I really noticed I did not like after I adjusted the picture and sound settings to my liking is that unlike my previous Vizio. I can't adjust this tv to smooth or true cinema motion to change the refresh rate to 120 or mimic it like my old vizio. The option is under the picture settings but its grayed out no matter what input I select or setting I use? This maybe due to the fact that none of the devices I have hooked to the tv via HDMI support 120 hz refresh (ex: standard dvd player, xbox 360 and basic digital cable) do not support a 120 hz refresh rate? I still have to try hooking my pc up via dvi to hdmi, not sure if this will work either and obviously this is quite a concern to me but not a deal breaker by any means. I really don't prefer my movies or games looking like a soap opera but it would be nice to know I can select it whenever. I'll be getting a newer Blu Ray player in a couple of weeks and will update then if I've been able to access the picture mode stated above. Other then that, there are plenty of hook ups (ex: 3 hdmi ports, 1 pc port, 1 USB port, both composite and component hook ups, digital audio and aux. for cable. The remote is pretty basic, all black with fairly large buttons and not much complication at all. I personally would prefer a snazzier remote but I dare not complain for the price which I am very happy with. Over all the tv is great if you're looking for something a little bigger, nicer (maybe for a bedroom or small living room) easy to setup and use. Great picture and sound. A very good deal for the price! I just wish certain advanced picture settings were a little easier to use and that a physical manual (which I'm sure any gamer or tech nerd alike would wish for too) anyone just looking for an all around good easy to setup, use and great looking tv out of the box who doesn't want to mess with advanced features, this is perfect for anyone. There are of course better tvs out there but for a far greater price, for this price range this is among the top of its class.
21 of 24 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent buy!,
This review is from: Toshiba 39L2300U 39-Inch 1080p 60HzĀ LED HDTV (Black with gun metal trim) (Electronics)
This review is for the 39", which after considerable research turned out to be the best bang for my buck in this price range.
The first thing I noticed was how lightweight the TV was. My brain did not conclude that the lightweight construction was "cheap", but rather as technologically advanced. It took just a few minutes to attach the stand. The picture was much better than expected, or maybe I just read too many negative reviews from different sites. I honestly was expecting bright blacks, weak colors, dead pixels and perhaps a Tonka sticker on it. No such luck.
I tested it with 1080p Blu-rays, HD preseason football games, and PS3 games. It works perfectly! No dead pixels, no ghosting, no "soap opera effect", just rich colors and a vivid image cruising along at a 120 Hz refresh rate which is fast enough for anything I'll be watching.
I can't ask for anything more in a TV. Unless it wants to cook my dinner.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great 120Hz 32" LED,
Howard K. (Michigan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Toshiba 32L2300U 32-Inch 720p 120HzĀ LED HDTV (Black with gun metal trim) (Electronics)
This HDTV works exactly as you would expect a name brand 120Hz LED to work. The picture quality is great --- I can't see what others have complained about --- and is just as you would expect from a television with its technology. The speaker volume and clarity are perfectly fine. The TV screws into a sturdy steel shaft connecting to the plastic base. It's a sturdy plastic, just large enough to be totally stable. At about $270, this TV is a really good deal.
I watch it in a smallish room, about 7 feet away. I don't have a home theater, and I don't spend more than 1.5 hours each day watching television after work. So perhaps I don't pay close enough attention to television technology to have an appropriately critical opinion of this television, but I think any criticisms of it are just nit-picky and pedantic.
Yes, the remote control isn't as stylish as an iPhone and does look a little old-fashioned, but it works as intended and also controls my Blue-Ray player.
I really can't think of anything I dislike about it. It way exceeded my expectations and I would recommend anyone purchasing it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars REALLY LIKE THIS TV,
douga7 "Douglas Anderson" (West Palm Beach, FL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Toshiba 39L2300U 39-Inch 1080p 60HzĀ LED HDTV (Black with gun metal trim) (Electronics)
Really like this tv...picture and features and got it at a very nice price. However, wish the speakers were in the front to hear/understand better,
12 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars This is great tv all around,
Jason Killingsworth (Michigan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Toshiba 32L2300U 32-Inch 720p 120HzĀ LED HDTV (Black with gun metal trim) (Electronics)
I gave this 5/5 because it met or exceeded my expectations on every level. I bought this tv to use with a Playstation 3 mostly but also as a regular tv and secondary monitor for my Macbook Pro. The 240Hz really made difference in gaming, movement is much realistic than a 60Hz tv. This tv also works great as a computer monitor. Being a web developer and designer, I am very picky about my display and this works great for graphics and coding. This is my fourth Toshiba tv in about 20 years, they all still work great and I have never had a problem with them.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Love it so far!,
Rick (NJ/NYC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Toshiba 50L2300U 50-Inch 1080p 60HzĀ LED HDTV (Black with gun metal trim) (Electronics)
I was able to buy this TV at a store for $500 right after Christmas. I almost bought the more expensive one with the internet but decided to buy the cheaper one and use my Roku. It was a good choice. I helped a family member set up her Toshiba with the internet and it is extremely difficult. Just setting up the Wifi was one hour. Also this cheaper version has one less HDMI port but I did not need a 4th port anyhow.
I use the standard setting and the video is outstanding. This TV replaced a 6 year old Plasma which was very heavy and generated huge amounts of heat. The new Toshiba is much lighter and generates very little heat.
I removed one star for the cheap remote. I have to press each button multiple times to get a response. The labels are hard to read in dim light. I did like the remote on the Smart TV version more then this remote.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great TV,
This review is from: Toshiba 50L2300U 50-Inch 1080p 60HzĀ LED HDTV (Black with gun metal trim) (Electronics)
The tv has been working perfect since it was delivered. Did not adjust anything except the picture was not set to full screen, so I made one adjustment to full screen.
The delivery was as promised and on time. Very happy with this puchase.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful picture, sound, quality,
This review is from: Toshiba 39L2300U 39-Inch 1080p 60HzĀ LED HDTV (Black with gun metal trim) (Electronics)
I, like a few other buyers, was skeptical after reading a few reviews. But! I am glad I did not let them sway my decision because this is a WONDERFUL television. It came in less than a week, was very easy to install and began to work immediately. Picture and sound are terrific and the television as a whole is nothing short of fantastic. Great purchase.
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 6, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Envivio (Nasdaq:ENVI), a leading provider of live and on-demand multi-screen IP video processing and delivery solutions, today announced that A1 Telekom Austria AG recently turned to Envivio to expand its A1 TV IPTV service. Envivio Muse™ multi-screen encoding and processing software running on the Envivio 4Caster™ 1RU appliances power the full lineup of A1 Telekom Austria's broadcast and on-demand HD, SD and 3GPP mobile services.
Envivio partnered with local Austrian market specialists TV-Connect Broadcast Systems, based in Vienna, for sales and installation support services for the A1 Telekom Austria deployment.
First launched in 2006, A1 TV is Austria's fastest-growing TV service, available to eight out of 10 Austrian households and counting more than 200,000 households as subscribers. More than 150 TV channels are available in the basic package, with an additional 30 premium TV channels, over 2,000 films and series in the integrated video library and HD content available on-demand.In 2010, A1 Telekom Austria first invested in Envivio 4Caster encoders to deliver a service allowing subscribers to view live and on-demand content, including sports, movies and TV programming, on IPTV set-top boxes and 3G mobile devices. The new Envivio encoders perform formatting, transcoding and packaging in Apple® HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) and Microsoft HTTP Smooth Streaming (HSS) formats for multi-screen viewing. "Envivio provides feature-rich next-generation solutions that help operators deliver a high-quality multi-screen service," said Walter Winzel, CEO of TV Connect. "The Envivio 4Caster encoders optimize video quality while lowering bitrates for delivery, and our collaboration with Envivio for the A1 TV IPTV deployment has resulted in a successful and growing service." "The A1 IPTV service is innovative in its approach to providing great television services across multiple platforms," said Julien Signès, Envivio's president and CEO. "We value our existing customers like A1 Telekom Austria and are focused on delivering solutions that deliver the performance and feature set needed to take TV and multi-screen video services to the next level."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the first exhibition devoted to Byzantine art at the National Gallery of Art, some 170 rare and important works, drawn exclusively from Greek collections, offer a rare glimpse of the soul and splendor of the mysterious Byzantine Empire.
On view in the National Gallery of Art's West Building through March 2, "Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections" traces the development of Byzantine visual culture from the Fourth to the Fifteenth Centuries, beginning with the ancient pagan world of the late Roman Empire and continuing to the opulent and deeply spiritual world of the new Christian Byzantine Empire.
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After Washington, the exhibition travels to the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, where it will be displayed at the Getty Villa April 9–August 25.
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