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Cardiovascular Workouts + Weight Training
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While it may come as a revelation to most of you, it's a misconception that aerobic exercise tones and firms muscle. Aerobic exercise helps you to decrease your level of body fat, which helps improve the muscle definition by thinning out the layer of fat that obscures the muscles, but weight training is what makes the muscles worth looking at. Theoretically, you can be thin from doing tons of aerobic exercises, yet still be flabby and/or weak. In order to achieve a balanced physique, you must include both aerobics and weight training in your routine.
Take Deidre's early foray into the world of endorphins. She started off doing aerobics without weight training; then weight training without aerobics. Next she did both, though she paid no attention to nutrition. Finally, she hit pay dirt when she combined aerobic exercise, weight training, and proper nutrition. Not only did she look strong, lean, and muscular, she felt great as well. (It was only after she'd been competing as a powerlifter for several years that her body said, "No more!")
Unlike weight lifting, there are an infinite number of aerobic activities that one can choose from: cross-country skiing, swimming, in-line skating, hiking, running, cycling (on- or off-road), stair climbing, and walking. Given this wide range of activities, almost anyone who enjoys working up a sweat can find something he or she derives joy from.
This isn't to suggest you have to become a marathon man like Joe or Jonathan. Consider one of Deidre's friends who would rather have rusty tacks driven under her fingernails than exercise aerobically indoors. Instead of making it a dreaded chore, she cycles or blades from her apartment in Brooklyn to her office in Manhattan and back several times a week. Integrating her working out into her workday leaves her feeling fit, virtuous, and on time. She's lucky enough to have access to a shower at her job, and brings a stack of work clothes in every Monday.
Deidre, on the other hand, prefers doing her aerobic workouts indoors rather than dealing with traffic, unruly dogs, and/or the aggressive cyclists one often finds in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. (It's bad enough that she lives with an aggressive cyclist.) Because she is basically a fast-twitch muscle person no genetic predisposition to endurance in that muscular body long periods of aerobic activity are not her idea of fun. In turn, unless she's jogging through a flowery meadow to soothe her urban soul, she'd just as soon escape to a treadmill in the gym and grind away as she listens to her Walkman.
Jonathan is another case study. He'll exercise wherever he can find pavement, a treadmill, or virtually any piece of aerobic exercise equipment. Tell him you have a new machine that works your anterior hip abductors called a floppy-loop, and he's sure to give it a try. He'll train in any kind of weather and at any time of the day or night. He loves it when it's 90 degrees; he loves it when it's raining. Call him noble, call him maladjusted, or just call him a true exercise junkie.
Joe is in the Jonathan camp. However, unlike Jonathan, who sinks even looking at water, you'll find Joe wherever kayaks lurk. He also has a penchant for climbing mountains and/or running or biking on trails. By the way, did we mention snowshoe marathons and winter triathlons? In fact, pick a cardio exercise that is long, hard, or stupid and he's generally game. (In fact, on Jonathan's insistence he trained for and competed on the Concept II rowing machine in an indoor regatta known as The St. Valentine's Day Massacre.)
Before we continue, let's define what we mean by aerobic exercise for adequate cardiovascular fitness and weight loss. This is any activity that sustains an elevated heart rate for at least 20 minutes, preferably at least three or four times per week. Once you are comfortably able to sustain 20 to 30 minutes of a CV activity, try to extend your aerobic exercise session to 45 minutes. Of course, don't try to do this all at once. Rather, up the ante five minutes per week. What we really hope to avoid is you attempting more than you can handle at one time. That's one way people get frustrated and stop.
Excerpted from he Complete Idiot's Guide to Weight Training © 2003 by Deidre Johnson-Cane and Jonathan Cane. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Used by arrangement with Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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Last night's episode of Emily Owens, M.D. was sad, funny, and all too real. Emily is still reeling from telling her long time crush Will that she loves him and now things are super awkward at Denver Memorial. And the worst part? Because Emily helped out Tyra in figuring out whether or not one of the nurses would be interested in her, all the nurses think that Emily is out for them and are prepared to make Emily's life hell (so high school). Read the recap of Emily And… The Alan Zolman Incident and get caught up with me!
Emily makes a grand and awkward entrance… yeah, things aren't going to get any less embarrassing post-declaration of love for Will.
The nurses seem to think it's funny to give Emily a patient suffering from OCD – a condition that makes Emily have to test her patience with her patient. It's a cruel joke but Emily is compassionate.
Emily meets Max, a man who needs a new heart. But Max doesn't make a good candidate for any surgery so she has the task of telling him he has a year to live.
Dr. Bendari basically tells Emily to nut up otherwise Emily will let every patient's story affect her.
Emily meets with her OCD patient.
While walking with Tyra, the girls get spotted by the nurses but specifically by the nurse having an affair with Tyra's father.
After talking with Max, he declares that he wants to live. So sign him up for surgery. Emily is shocked because the odds are against him.
All the while Emily is doing her best to avoid Will who seems to be upset still about her declaration. So Emily does what any sane girl would do and tell him that she has a crush on someone else already. On who exactly? Micah.
After snapping at Margot, her OCD patient, Emily apologizes. Emily is stressed that Max's insurance company won't sign him up for surgery and Margot suggests throwing the Age Discrimination Act at them. Emily is shocked and impressed. Margot was a lawyer before her OCD took over her life.
Margot wrote down her details and Emily noticed that she was writing backwards that caused her to think that Margot has a brain tumour and the OCD is just a symptom of such. Dr. Bendari wasn't around to sign her urgent papers so she went to Tyra's dad to force his hand for an MRI for her patient. Bold move, Owens.
After the rumour mill got to Micah, Emily confesses to telling people about her crush on him and she confessed that she still loves Will. Micah looked almost … disappointed? Oh man, I cannot wait for them to get together (it's bound to happen!).
Good news? Max pulled through. Bad news? Emily lost Margot in the surgery. And in the process, she cools off on the roof and tries to let go of Will.
Ah! Guess we're going to have to wait until next Monday at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT for more Emily Owens, M.D.! Love the show? Tell us about it in the comments section!
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Charles W. Murdock
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While in law school, Professor Murdock served as editor of Recent Decisions. Upon graduation, he joined Schiff, Hardin & Waite, a large Chicago law firm specializing in corporate and securities work. Before assuming the deanship of Loyola in 1975, he taught at DePaul, Notre Dame, and the University of California (Hastings). He has served as a consultant to the Securities and Exchange Commission. In 1983, he resigned as dean to serve as Deputy Attorney General of Illinois; he returned to the Loyola faculty in 1985. He was a co-founder of Loyola's Family Business Institute, and he frequently serves as an arbitrator or as an expert witness in business disputes.
B.S.Ch.E., Illinois Institute of Technology, 1956
J.D., Loyola Chicago, 1963
Program Areas
Business Organizations
Business Planning
Securities Regulation
Selected Publications
Illinois Practice, Business Associations, Volumes 8-9 (2006 update)
Illinois Practice -- Business Organizations (West Publishing Company, 1996, supplemented annually)
"Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders: The Culmination of the Supreme Court's Evolution from Liberal to Reactionary in Rule 10b-5 Actions," forthcoming in the University of Denver Law Review (2013)
"Thinking, Fast and Slow – A Lawyer's Perspective," co-authored with Barry Sullivan, forthcoming summer 2013 in the Loy. Univ. Chi. L. J. Symposium on Behavioral Economics and Investor Protection.
"Credit Default Swaps: Dubious Instruments," Harvard Business Law Review Online, 3 Harv. Bus. L. Rev. Online 133 (2013), http://www.hblr.org/?p=3216.
"The Big Banks: Background, Deregulation, Financial Innovation, and 'Too Big to Fail,'" 90 Denver Univ. L. Rev. 505 (2012), 54 pp.
"Redoing the Statutory Scheme by Rule-Making: All Regulation Is Not Burdensome," 40 Sec. Reg. L. J 251 (2012), 18 pp.
"The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: What Caused the Financial Crisis and Will Dodd-Frank Prevent Future Crises?" 64 S.M.U. L. Rev. 1243 (2011), 85 pp.
"Why Not Tell the Truth?: Deceptive Practices and the Economic Meltdown,"41 Loy. Univ. Chi. L. J. 801 (2010), 84 pp.
"Corporate Corruption and the Complicity of Congress and the Supreme Court- the Tortuous Path from Central Bank to Stoneridge Investment Partners,"6 Berk. Bus. L.J. 131 (2009), 85 pp..
Sabanes-Oxley Five Years Later: Hero or Villian [abstract] [full article]
Fairness and Good Faith as a Precept in the Law of Corporations and Other Business Organizations, 36 Loy.U.Chi. L.J. 551 (2005) [article]
Why Not Tell the Truth?, 9 Public Interest Law Reporter 4 (Spring 2004)
What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About the Illinois Limited Liability Company Act, 92 Illinois Bar Journal 420 (August 2004) [article]
Squeeze-outs, Freeze-outs and Discounts: Why Is Illinois in the Minority in Protecting Shareholder Interests? 35 Loyola Chicago L.J.737 (2004) [abstract] [full article]
Enron: A New Paradigm of Moral Hazard, in The Global Economy: Financial, Trade, and Knowledge Asymmetries (The APF Press, 2003), at 258
The Attorney as 'Creator' or 'Author': Attorney Liability Under Enron, Chicago Bar Record (April 2003)
A Perspective on Enron from an International Point of View, IX Loyola Forum Intl. Law 59 (2002)
Limited Liability Companies in the Decade of the 1990's. Legislative and Case Law Developments and Their Implications for the Future, 56 Bus. Law. 499 (2001) [abstract] [full article]
Why Illinois -- A Comparison of the Corporate Jurisprudence of Illinois and Delaware, 19 So.Ill.L.J. 1 (1994) [article]
Corporate Governance:The Role of Special Litigation Committees, 68 Univ.of Wash.L.Rev. 79 (1993) [article]
The Evolution of Effective Remedies for Minority Shareholders and Its Impact upon Valuation of Minority Shares, 65 Notre Dame L. R. 425 (1990) [article]
Other Publications
"Fiduciary Duties," Chapter 3 in Business Law Series, vol. 1 (IICLE, 2005)
Preface to the Illinois Limited Liability Company Act (to be published by the Illinois Secretary of State, 2003)
"Enron: Transparency, Ethics and Due Diligence," 75-slide Power Point presentation accompanying Enron 11/8/01 8K Report, Minutes of Audit Committee, 2/12/01, Vinson & Elkins 10/15/01 Report, and Powers Report dated 02/01/02
Preface to the Business Corporation Act (Illinois Secretary of State, 1997, reprinted annually)
Works in Progress
Article entitled "Fairness and Good Faith as a Precept in the Law of Corporations and Other Business Entities," forthcoming 2005, Loyola University Chicago Law Journal.
Article entitled "A Legal, Medical Moral and Political Perspective on Abortion and Gay Marriage."
Recent Presentations
Panelist and discussion leader, "Choosing the Form of Business Entity: Pros, Cons, and Special Issues", Chicago Bar Association, September 2004
Speaker, "Fiduciary Duty and Business Entity Choices", Illinois State Bar Association, April 2004
Speaker, "Professional Liability After Enron", Chicago Bar Association, Securities Law Institute, March 2004
Speaker, "Business Ethics: Whatever Happened to Telling the Truth?", Northwestern University Sheil Center, January 2004
Speaker, "Litigation Tells Us Why Delaware's Contractarian Statue Doesn't Work", Chicago Bar Association, January 2004
"Enron and Attorney Liability," Michigan State University - Detroit College of Law, April 2003
"Enron and Attorney Liability," Securities Law Committee, Chicago Bar Association, April 2003
"Liability and Responsibilities of Attorneys (and Other Professionals) after Enron," Corporation Committee, Chicago Bar Association, February 2003
"The Impact of Enron on Corporate Governance," Financial Market Group, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, October 2002
"Enron: Transparency, Ethics, Due Diligence," Chicago Bar Association Annual Securities Law Institute, March 2002
"Litigation Issues Affecting Limited Liability Companies," Chicago Bar Association, November 2001
"Shareholder Oppression and Statutory Remedies," Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago, May 2001
"New Rights and Fiduciary Responsibilities of Shareholders," Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago, May 2001
"Methods of Valuing Different Types of Businesses," Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Springfield and Chicago, March 2001


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Flyff: Fly For Fun
Fly For Fun (better known as Flyff) is a 3D fantasy MMORPG with animated graphics. Start as a Vagrant than chose one of four jobs at level fifteen. Buy a flying broom or skateboard at level twenty, and explore the large game world from the skies.
Publisher: Webzen
Playerbase: Medium
Graphics: Medium
Type: MMORPG
EXP Rate: Medium
PvP: Duels
Filesize: 704 MB
Pros: +Large, active player base. +Great Equipment system; magical, unique and set pieces. +Large game world.
Cons: -Grind-based gameplay. -Weak quest system. -Limited character customization. -Few initial class choices (four).
Flyff Fly For Fun Overview
Flyff is one of the most popular free-to-play MMORPGs available. Flyff has a great animated graphical style that's easy on the eyes, but is beginning to show its age. Like many other Asian MMORPGs, players in Flyff start out as a beginner class and must choose a job (class) once they've reached a higher level – in this case, level fifteen. The experience rate during the early levels is fast-paced, but begins to slow down during the late 20′s and early 30′s. Each class has a different skill set and two different second job choices at level sixty. Listed below are the four initial classes and their second job options:
Acrobat - Acrobats are the ranged specialists of Flyff. The Acrobat can specialize in the use of either yo-yos (Jester) or the bow (Ranger.)
Assist - As the name suggests, Assists support other players with buffs, but also have powerful area of effect (AoE) spells. Assists can specialize into Bill Poster, a hybrid class that uses melee knuckle weapons, or Ringmasters, who possess the most powerful buffs.
Magician - Magicians are the spell casters of Flyff. They have very low HP, but deal heavy damage. Magicians can specialize into Elementalists or Psykeepers.
Mercenary - Mercenaries are the main melee class of Flyff. The Mercenary can specialize into a defensive Knight who uses a sword and shield, or into an offensive Blade who wields a weapon in each hand.
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Flyff Fly For Fun Review
By Erhan Altay
Fly For Fun (Flyff for short) is one of the first free to play MMORPGs I've ever played, and years later it continues to be a very popular game that's still supported with frequent content updates called 'versions'. Flyff is now on Version 12 and has eight active servers, including one PvP-oriented server. The game portal 'Webzen' publishes Flyff in the North American region, along with other MMORPGs such as Rappelz, Corum Online, Tales Runner, Shot Online, and Upshift StrikeRacer.
Starting Out
The visuals in Flyff are animated and have a lighthearted feel. The monsters are not particularly menacing – you'll be fighting cute mushrooms and other innocent creatures during the early levels, moving onto the only slightly more sinister creatures as you progress. Flyff allows players to create up to three characters on each of the eight servers, which is more than enough considering the limited class choices – four initial classes and eight second classes. The character selection and creation screens are similar to the ones found in Ragnarok Online, another popular MMORPG. Customization options are very limited, players can select from a few hair styles and colors, along with their gender. Class selection is done later, after reaching level 15. Until then, all players take on the roll of the beginner class called 'Vagrant'.
Vagrant Story
Flyff doesn't have an official tutorial. Instead, instructions appear on the screen which explain the game's basic controls and keyboard shortcuts. Movement is done through either the keyboard (W,A,S,D), or the mouse, point-and-click style. Hitting the space bar causes characters to jump exceptionally high, which I can only speculate is due to the game world's lower gravity. Questing is available in Flyff, but it takes a backseat to outright grinding. Taking after World of Warcraft's example, most games today try to make quests a key part of the progression system, but Flyff shows its age by having a very simple quest system that was mostly added recently. The only quest really worth mentioning is the initial class change quests, which all players must complete upon reaching level fifteen. The quest varies by which of the four classes you pick, but all of them are an annoyance.
Fight, not Flight
Combat is handled by double-clicking on your target to auto-attack, and assigning spells and other skills to the toolbar. The grind goes pretty fast (at least during the early levels), but as mentioned earlier, it's mostly a grind with few quests involved. One thing worth noting about combat in Flyff is how reliant it is on health and mana restoring items. Their cooldowns are only a few seconds long, and it becomes necessary to spam them during the mid and high levels. Luckily, they are rather cheap and can be stocked up on. My Magician carries ten stacks of 100 of both healing items; bread for hp and water for mana. The amount healed per item depends on its quality/level and the player's CON stat. The higher your con, the more each item will heal you. These healing items can be obtained from defeated monsters, but it's better to purchase them in bulk from NPC vendors. This will undoubtedly be your largest expense, but it's well worth it to keep the game's pacing bearable. Defeated monsters also have a chance of dropping magic items – rare set pieces (colored green), and special dice that can be used to upgrade equipment. Low-level players should simply turn around and sell these rare drops to fund their healing item budgets. This should go without saying, but be sure to sell the rare items to other players after learning their worth. Do not sell them to NPCs!
Flight and Fight
Its not until level twenty that players will learn where the name 'Fly for fun' even comes from. After grinding it out to that level, players will be able to purchase their first flying mount (there are several models available, such as brooms, skateboards, etc). The flying feature is not as exciting as one would imagine, and really not very important to the gameplay. The only practical use for flight is getting around the island you're currently on (there are three available in all). It is possible to fight monsters in the air, but this is very impractical and there really is no reward for doing so. Flying does give players access to special locations that they could otherwise not access (such as floating islands), but most of these serve no function. One thing I did enjoy was flying as high as possible into the sky, then dismounting and watching my character plunge back to the ground. Luckily, there is no falling damage in Flyff, so no worries there. Besides having a PvP-oriented server with open PvP, players can challenge eachother to duels, or fight it out in a special free-for-all arena. Guilds can also declare war against each other and have large scale 'guild duels.' Those interested in playing Flyff for a long time should start looking for a guild right away, since a powerful guild is required to get the most out of the game's end game content. Guild related features include the standard guild bank, but also a special guild donation system where all members can see how much each player has contributed to the guild budget.
Final Verdict: Great
Even after several years, Flyff still stands out as both an easily accessible and enjoyable MMORPG experience. The game's large community and all the content that has been added over time make up for the game's old age.
Flyff Fly For Fun Videos
Flyff Featured Video
Flyff Tutorial Video
Flyff Flight Video
Flyff Character Creation
Flyff Battle Footage
Flyff Fly For Fun Links
Flyff Fly For Fun System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
CPU: Pentium-III 600MHz
Graphics Card: At least 64 MB
DirectX: 9.0c
Recommended Specification:
OS: Windows 2000/XP
CPU: Pentium-IV 1.0GHz or better
RAM: 512MB or more
HDD: 3.0 GB or more
Graphics Card: 256 MB or better
DirectX: 9.0c or better
Flyff: Fly For Fun Articles
- Webzen brings English Flyff to Europe - Posted on December 1, 2014
WEBZEN is delighted to announce that the manga-style MMORPG Flyff will open its first English server in Europe on the 2nd of December.
- Webzen and gPotato to be merged into one gaming portal - Posted on March 20, 2014
WEBZEN has just revealed their upcoming changes to their game portals. Millions of players will be able to play together with unified services and new games.


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[What's New in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5] Hi, and welcome—my name's Julianne Cost and in the next few minutes we're gonna take a look at the improved spot healing brush in Lightroom 5. Now, probably many of you are already familiar with this tool. In fact, if you just tap the queue key, you can see that it automatically selects the spot removal tool but there have been two new enhancements to the tool in Lightroom 5. Now, the first one just kind of happens automatically—we're actually doing better math underneath the hood. So, it's nothing that you actually have to do, you'll just notice that you're getting better results. But the second one we need to spend a few minutes with— because in previous versions, of course you could just click and that would set down a spot, and you're pretty familiar with that then you could move around that spot, but you are always constrained to a circle spot. Now in Lightroom 5, if you've got a spot maybe like this that's kind of an odd shape, now we can actually paint that spot and then Lightroom will fix that. You'll notice that it's automatically selecting an area to clone from or heal from. Of course, that depends on whether or not you've got the clone option or the heal option selected. I'm gonna go ahead and switch this to heal, and then I'm also going to re-position that by simply dragging on the pin. Now, if we wanted to hide this, I could tap the H key in order to hide the interface we'll tap the H key again to bring it back, and then I'm just gonna go in and just make a few other corrections here on this image. I just want to remove some of these spots. Now, you'll notice that when it automatically selects a spot, if you don't like the spot that it selected, you can tap the forward slash key and Lightroom will automatically choose a different point of origin or a different source area to gather the information in order to fix your spot. So that's just kind of a handy keyboard shortcut. Also, if you have a spot that's a straight line, maybe perhaps like this spot right here, you should know that you can click once in order to set down your initial point, and then hold down the shift key and click again and Lightroom will actually draw a straight line between those two spots and therefore fixing that area. Now, on top of this, there's a new tool—so let me move over to another image here— and that's the visualize spots tool, and it can be super helpful, especially in an image like this where you might see a few spots and you might go in and correct those spots. But in fact, you might actually be missing some spots. So, if I tap the A key, the A key will toggle on this visualized spot and then we can use the slider to determine the threshold, and in fact, if we scoot it over to the right, you can see that there are a number of spots that I've actually missed. So now I can quickly come in here—especially in like the sky area, and I can fix all of these little dust spots obviously my sensor was a little bit dirty here when I was photographing these images. Of course, we can refine those if we need to and move them around, but this is just a great tool that's going to enable us to see spots that we might otherwise miss. Now before we wrap up, I just have 4 quick short cuts that I want to share with you. If you want to delete a spot, if you hold down the option or the ALT key on Windows, your cursor will turn into a pair of scissors and then you can click on a spot to delete it, or you can hold down the option or the ALT key and click and drag in order to delete multiple spots at one time. If you want to toggle between the clone and the heal option for the spot removal tool, you can hold down the shift key and tap the Q key and that will toggle back and forth. One last shortcut—if you want to click and drag to define the source where you're going to sample from, you need to hold down the command key, that way if I click here in the dark area and I start dragging, you'll notice that I can actually pick the source area here, and then when I release obviously Lightroom will take the information from that source area and fix my image. Excellent, my name's Julianne Cost, that's all you need to know about the spot removal tool, otherwise know as the advanced healing brush in Lightroom 5. [Adobe]
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Discover the new enhancements to Lightroom's Advanced Healing Brush including the ability to heal and clone non-circular brush spots as well as remove easy-to-miss sensor dust using the new Visualization tool.
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I plead on: guilty for myself for hating Bridgman!
there once was a time in the past I thought a "AMD-open-source-linux-manager" is for open source and linux ... but i was naive.
naive because his work is to keep Linux small and insignificant his job is to keep the costs "low" to make sure catalyst and 3D workstation can spend more money on Closed-Source and "Windows" and DRM and stuff like that.
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mens are "hard" and "rude" and they walk off with it
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Barolo- che preferisci?
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Giovanni Manzone and his son Mauro, Monforte d'Alba (Photo ©Tom Hyland)
I recently wrote a post about 2007 Barolo; I sampled over 100 bottlings during my stay in Alba for the Nebbiolo Prima event in early May. That post focused on the qualities and characteristics of the 2007 vintage and how it compared to other years. I commented that while I believe 2007 is an excellent vintage, as the wines display lovely balance and impressive depth of fruit, I prefer the Barolos from 2006, which should prove to be a much longer-lived vintage. Several winemakers I spoke with agreed with me, telling me that 2006 is a "more classic Piemontese vintage" while 2007 is more of "an international vintage."
This got me thinking the other day about a number of things. It's one thing for myself to prefer a specific vintage, but what about everyone else? I've always said that wine is a sensory experience, which means that all of us will react to a particular wine in our own particular way. A wine I love might have levels of acidity that are too high for someone else, while a ripe wine someone else likes may be too one-dimensional for me.
This is hardly original material here, but what I'm after is that with wine, style matters. Not just the style of the vintage, but the style of the wine itself. Don't just consider the vintage – learn about the approach taken by individual estates. Regarding Barolo, does the firm make a traditional wine, aged in large casks or do they produce a modern, more-forward wine, often aged in small oak barrels? Learning about the style of producers is more important in my mind than memorizing details about each vintage. What do you prefer? Discover that and you've gone a long way towards learning about Barolo (or many other famous wines).
Bottles of Aldo Conterno Barolo (Photo ©Tom Hyland)
Take as an example, the brilliant Barolos from Poderi Aldo Conterno in Monforte d'Alba. This is one of the finest of all Barolo estates, as the wines have outstanding depth of fruit, marvelous complexity and the potential to age for as long as 35-40 years from the finest years. The winery produces anywhere from two to five bottlings of Barolo per year; this depends on growing conditions (hailstorms sometimes cause problems in their vineyards, as with other estates). There is a regular Barolo, three cru bottlings (Romirasco, Colonnello and Cicala) and in exceptional years, a wine called Gran Bussia, a blend of these three vineyards. The wines are all aged in large casks of Slavonian oak known as grandi botti, which is the traditional aging vessel. To me, aging Barolo in large casks means that wood notes are not dominant and that the beauty of the Nebbiolo fruit emerges. When we speak of the terroir of Barolo, I find this emerges more often in traditionally aged wines.
Yet what about the wines of another excellent Monforte estate, that of Domenico Clerico? This is another famous Barolo producer, but their approach is quite different, as barriques are used here for the aging. The wines are of course different – very different – than those from Aldo Conterno or two other superb traditional estates in Monforte, Elio Grasso and Giovanni Manzone, whose wines I greatly admire. I prefer the wines of Grasso, Giovanni Manzone and Aldo Conterno to those of Clerico on a regular basis, yet I have enjoyed several excellent Barolos from Clerico over the years. Who makes the best wines? Part of the answer for each individual depends on what they think constitues the "best." I generally tend to prefer traditionally aged Barolos, as that is what I have discovered I like (they also seem to me to be wines that better display a true sense of place), but I don't rule out modern Barolos, simply because of the aging process.
Then there is the example of Luca Currado at Vietti, who ages each Barolo according to the approach he believes is proper. For example, he ages his Barolo from the Brunate cru in La Morra in small barrels, as he reasons that the soft tannins and delicate aromatics of this wine need a touch of new oak to give the wine more complexity. Yet for his Rocche Barolo from the famous cru in Castiglione Falletto, Currado ages this wine in large casks, as he wants to downplay the firm tannins that naturally emerge from this site. Thus Vietti makes Barolos that are traditional as well as modern. Here it's not about an overall philosophy, but instead doing what's proper for each wine. Currado told me once for an article I was writing that he compared this craftsmanship similar to a tailor making a suit of clothes for a man. Each customer is different, so the tailor has to alter each suite to make it fit just right; the same for Vietti and making Barolo.
Gianni Voerzio, La Morra (Photo ©Tom Hyland)
Try various bottlings of Barolo from the La Serra cru in La Morra. Renowned producers such as Gianni Voerzio and his brother Roberto each produce this wine as does the Marcarini estate. The Voerzio bottlings are undoubtedly modern in their approach, while the Marcarini bottling is as traditional a Barolo as you can find. Each of these producers captures the elegance and deep fruitiness of this cru, but each does it in his own way. What do you prefer?
Then you have producers that combine a bit of each approach. At Fontanafredda in Serralunga d'Alba, winemaker Danilo Drocco uses a similar approach for two cru Barolo: La Villa from Barolo and La Rosa from the winery's estate. He begins the aging in barriques, but then completes it in large casks. His reasoning is that small barrels can help deepen the color, but he needs to change to large casks in order to prevent the wine from becoming dominated by oak flavors. This is the decision that Drocco, a veteran of more than 25 Barolo vintages, has realized for his wines. Who would say he is wrong?
Renato Ratti Winery, La Morra (Photo ©Tom Hyland)
One of the great Barolo estates – and clearly one of my favorites – is that of Renato Ratti in La Morra. Renato Ratti was one of the key figures in mapping out the crus of Barolo and today, his son Pietro manages the winery, producing three excellent Barolos per year. Like Fontanafredda, these Barolos are aged in both barrique and grandi botti, so they are an in-between style. They are certainly not "international" wines, overburdened with spice and vanilla from small barrels, but neither are they old-fashioned wines with strong herbal notes. Rather, they are superb reflections of the specific sites where the grapes are grown. The Marcenasco, Conca and Rocche Barolos from Ratti each offer different characteristics and have different life spans; the Rocche, especially, is one of the most consistent, ageworthy Barolos I've enjoyed over the past decade- to me this is a classic Barolo in every sense. Some winemaking has changed as Ratti moved into a new, state-of-the-art cellar a few years ago. I won't go into all the technical details, but Ratti believes the wines now have a richer mid-palate that makes the wines more complete. Perhaps the notion of modern versus traditional shouldn't even be a consideration when we're speaking of the sublime Barolos of Renato Ratti.
So there you have it – given all the approaches by various producers in Barolo, you have the option of many wines. Find a style you like, but also try other wines to appreciate everything that is available. Barolo is a magnificent wine for many reasons, not the least of which are the complexities inherent in these wines. These characteristics can emerge from a specific site or from the winemaking approach of an individual producer or it might come from a vintage.
Put all this together and you realize that this is another argument against points. Barolo is too singular a wine to be branded – awarding a 95 versus a 92 on another wine really means nothing; if it shows anything, it's the preference of the individual or group that handed out the score. What can a number tell you about one of the world's greatest wines?
Finally, in the case of rating vintages, it is important to note the style of wines emerging from a vintage. Yes, for me, 2006 is a superior vintage as compared to 2007, but that doesn't mean that will be the case for someone else (and I do think 2007 is an excellent vintage). Let's face it – when Pietro Ratti comments that for the 2007 Barolos, "the balance is fantastic," doesn't that say it all?
P.S. This is my last post for at least a few weeks. Between my upcoming trip to Soave, Valpolicella and Collio along with a few projects I'm working on, I'll be busy (that's the sound of me knocking on wood that you are hearing). So I have no idea when my next post will be up, but I'm guessing within 3-4 weeks.
The number of hits has been on the increase, so thank you to everyone that is checking in on my blog. Now I hope to read some nice comments from time to time. I don't write controversial stuff, but I do hope it's interesting and I'd love to hear your thoughts.
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Hi Tom – wonderful points. As a huge nebbiolo fan and a fan of more traditional methods, I would probably come down on the '06 over '07 side of the argument. I wonder however, that given the fact that Barolo and Barbaresco need 15 years or so to start really showing those incredible aromas and flavors, if that amount of time would blur the lines between old world and new world styles. I guess I'm saying that as you get further along on the development timeline, the difference in styles may not matter anymore as the beauty of nebbiolo may overshadow what happens in the cellar. Cheers.
Great post Tom. As long as the winemaking allows the vineyard to speak, I don't have a preference for one style over the other. Barolo has never been better in terms of the divide that once existed between the so called 'modern v's traditional' as growers often have a foot in both camps. In my opinion, the more traditional large format botti aged Barolo – Prunotto Bussia 58′ – is capable of longer cellaring, but with many one time modernists reducing the new oak and extending maceration times, their recent wines are likely to go the distance as well. Like you, I prefer the 06's over 07′, but I love the 08's!


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Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" is set to be released on Thursday and while there are a number of new features to talk about in this latest release, the Phoronix Test Suite software has been busy analyzing the performance of this latest release. There is open-source graphics driver improvements leading to some performance improvements (such as Radeon KMS page-flipping), the famous ~200 line Linux kernel patch to improve responsiveness, and various other enhancements that catch our fancy in Ubuntu 11.04. However, one area where there is a frightening regression in Ubuntu 11.04 is with its power consumption. For mobile devices in many workloads, Ubuntu 11.04 is consuming noticeably more power than in any of the past Ubuntu Linux releases. Sadly, no one seems to have noticed in time since continuous integration testing on Linux seems to happen so haphazardly right now.
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'While the lines are a bit cluttered due to seven lines close to one another and the auto-coloring being close, the average/peak/low values at the top are clear and laid out from the oldest Ubuntu release to newest Ubuntu release (left-to-right). Note: the latest Phoronix Test Suite Git code now has an improved color allocation scheme that should hopefully result in further distinctions between colors on future graphs.'
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|"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" is a hilarious comedy that will be fun for the entire family. The Youll Never Work in Theater Again players, a new local community theater troupe, will be performing The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, based on the award winning book by Barbara Robinson. Performances will be held at the Gilliam Center for the Arts on the campus of UVa-Wise Wednesday, Dec. 4 and Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6-7.
Just in time for the holidays comes a wonderful story about the beauty of the season and the true meaning of Christmas...Wrong! When Grace and Bob Bradley, two well-intentioned parents find themselves having to direct the church play at the last minute, they make the terrible mistake of casting the Herdmans; probably the most inventively awful family in history! Chaos and hilarity results as the cast and crew collide with the Christmas story head on!
All performances are at 7 p.m. each night with a special matinee performance on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 general admission and $5 for students and senior citizens. Tickets may be purchased at the door, or reserved by calling the special Christmas Pageant Reservations Hotline at 276-328-2370.
Unlike typical productions of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever which feature a cast of children, this production features mostly adults, adding to the hilarity of this family focused heart warming story.
The production is directed by Kim Mays, whose professional acting and directing credits include working with such renowned organizations as the Barter Theater of Abingdon, Va., Kentucky Center for the Arts Stage One professional theater for young audiences of Louisville, Ky., The Blowing Rock Stage Company in Blowing Rock, N.C, and the highly acclaimed Roadside Theater of Whitesburg, Ky.
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Gun control, Medicaid, marijuana all subjects of many 2013 N.H. bill proposals
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DOVER — On Wednesday, Jan. 2, the state House of Representatives will enter into its first legislative session, with a variety of curious and controversial bill proposals before them.
Norelli explained the current LSR list represents the new proposals for this year and the filing period is now closed.
Rep. Lucy Weber, D-Cheshire, is the primary sponsor on a matter related to photo identification as well.
Minority Leader Gene Chandler, R-Bartlett, said he sees the most important matters ahead as those addressing available jobs in the state, help for small and large businesses and the reduction of taxes.
Following the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., where 26 people were fatally shot at Sandy Hook Elementary School, including 20 young children, some citizens are hopeful gun control and gun ownership issues will be addressed by lawmakers in the future.


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Microsoft's been pushing tablet computers for the best part of a decade, so you can imagine how happy the success of the iPad 4, Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0, Google Nexus 7, Sony Xperia Tablet Z and other great tablets makes them.
But Microsoft doesn't give up easily, and Windows 8 tablets are with us, both in the form of full-blown Windows 8 Intel-powered devices such as Sony's Tap 20 and Microsoft's own Surface Pro and Windows RT ARM-based tablets such as Microsoft's own Surface RT, soon to be replaced by the Surface 2.
The Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 are the first in the new line of tablets featuring Windows 8.1, and we'll be reviewing more of these over the coming months.
Before you dismiss Windows 8 tablets as a flash in the pan, Windows 8 tablets aren't one kind of device.
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We're seeing a huge variety of devices, ranging from simple slates to fully convertible laptop-tablet hybrids, including those where keyboards slide out from beneath the screen, as well as those with styluses and detachable keyboards. We've even seen tablet/all-in-one hybrids. If it's a plain laptop you're after, then check out our best Windows 8 laptops article.
There's as much variety in the Windows 8 tablet range as there is in the entire catalogue of tablets available running all the other operating systems.
So it really is up to you to decide what sort of Windows 8-powered tablet you want. Do you want to use it mainly for reading, playing games, typing out documents on your commute or sketching ideas for a new artwork?
To help you decide, here's a rundown of the Windows 8 tablets that we've reviewed so far.
Acer Iconia W4 - £250 / $299 (around AUS$331)
The Acer Iconia W4 ships with Windows 8.1 and the starting model has a fourth-generation Intel Atom processor. Generally we'd recommend this for casual users, as it will struggle with too many apps open. If you're mostly interested in browsing the web, watching videos and reeling off a stream of tweets and facebook posts then this will do the job very nicely.
Our model came with 32GB, which isn't much to start with and shrinks even further to 15GB once you factor in the OS. Connectivity also isn't particularly strong: there's a MicroSD slot for boosting that meagre storage, but only one micro-USB which means you'll need either a converter or Bluetooth peripherals.
So far you may be thinking it doesn't sound that exciting. It's fortunate then that the W4 has one of the best screens we've seen to date. It's not 1080p, but it is an exceptionally vibrant IPS variant with good viewing angles, which makes it excellent for watching a movie with a friend.
The Iconia W4 also comes with a free copy of Microsoft Office Home & Student 2013 and took our heavy testing in its stride, marking over 9 hours of battery life.
Lighter than an iPad Air but a little thicker than an iPad mini, in all there's a lot to like about the Acer Iconia W4, particularly the price.
Read our full Acer Iconia W4 review
Microsoft Surface RT - £279 / $329 (around AU$389)
The most famous of all the Windows RT tablet-laptop hybrids, Microsoft's Surface RT is distinctively colourful and clicky, as we've all no doubt seen and heard in the TV ads.
It's also newly discounted as well as being square and sturdy, and has a fresh VaporMg coating and a 10.6-inch widescreen that works well when you want to snap apps side by side in Windows.
The clip-on Touch Cover feels very light, and typing on its flat surface takes some getting used to. Alternatively the more expensive Type Cover feels more like a normal laptop keyboard, if that's what you'd prefer.
Its kickstand supports the screen at a handy angle in laptop mode, though the processor struggles with demanding graphics more than a laptop's would.
The screen is bright and clear but relatively low res. But ultimately, a lot of the Surface RT's success depends on how many desirable apps are added to the Windows Store, since you can't download and run apps from elsewhere.
Read our full Microsoft Surface RT review
Asus Transformer Book T100 - £349 / $571 (around AU$640)
Asus is waving the flag for Windows 8.1, with this quite a stylish yet affordable convertible 10.1-inch tablet.
Its affordable price means we can't grumble too loudly at the average Intel Atom Z3740 Bay Trail chip paired with only 2GB of memory. We have praise though, for the battery life, which is a none too shabby result nearing 11 hours. We did have one caveat with the battery – we found that it takes 6 hours to charge the T100 back up again once you've drained it.
On its own the Transformer is about as heavy as the iPad Air, but once docked it's much thicker and heavier. Although the keyboard clips easily enough into the tablet, we found it quite a cramped experience and in terms of typing comfort, we recommend using it to write Legend of the Fall-length novelettes rather than seemingly endless epics like A Song of Ice and Fire.
The screen is decent too with a 1,366x768 display, which means it's not Full HD, but with a 170-degree viewing angle you can watch Game of Thrones together, if you can't be bothered to read the books.
We'd have also liked to see onboard LTE/4G support, but overall for the price of the Asus Transformer Book T100 it makes an appealing laptop/tablet combination.
Read our full Asus Transformer Book T100 review
Dell Latitude 10 - £375 / $500 (around AU$600)
Business-focused, the Dell Latitude 10 runs Windows 8 and features fingerprint scanners and smart card readers, offering something a little different.
The docking station that comes with the tablet also boasts four USB ports and other connections for linking the device to an external monitor and keyboard, in order to use it as a full work machine.
It also comes with the ability to swap the battery for a spare, which is again an unusual feature in tablet world. The tablet also works with a stylus, if you buy one separately, and comes with an 8MP rear camera with flash and autofocus, and a 2MP front-facing video call camera.
Read our full Dell Latitude 10 review
Nokia Lumia 2520 - £399 / $399 (around AU$450)
Competitively priced and with a playful design style, there's actually quite a lot to like about the Nokia Lumia 2520. For starters it offers a bright 10.1 widescreen display that's capable of Full HD (1,920x1,080), has built-in LTE and array of ports and accessories.
We were surprised it didn't have a kickstand, which means you'll have to trump up an extra £150 ($160/AUS$190) to use Nokia's Power Keyboard, although the keyboard will add an extra couple of hours to the already excellent battery life.
Our general testing saw the Lumia 2520 last a very agreeable 10.5 hours. We found charging it back up a lot less painful too – it took about an hour, which is a fifth of the time required for the Asus Transformer Book T100, for instance.
We also found that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor zipped along and is backed by 2GB RAM, but that speed is for one reason and our main caveat with the Lumia 2520 – Nokia has chosen to use Windows RT 8.1 instead of Windows 8.1, which means many of the big-name apps are still missing: so no Dropbox or Spotify for instance. Although there are workarounds, like Spotlite in Spotify's case, RT may well restrict its usefulness to you.
On the plus side, you do get a free copy of Microsoft Office Home & Student 2013 and what apps that are available are very fast and responsive.
The Nokia Lumia is an impressive piece of hardware and as long as you're happy with what Windows 8.1 RT can supply, it's quite a compelling choice.
Read our full Nokia Lumia 2520 review
Lenovo IdeaPad Miix 10 - £419 / $449 (around AU$497)
A Windows 8 tablet with a keyboard that has the lighter specs of a Windows 8 RT? That, at least, is the ambition of the IdeaPad Miix 10.
Lenovo goes about achieving this by using a Clover Trail Intel Atom Z2760 processor paired with 2GB of RAM, inside the smart and well-made tablet. This keeps the design thin and light while still being able to handle full Windows 8 OS.
The 10.1-inch touch screen with a resolution of 1,366x768 is also a good addition. This is an IPS with decent viewing angles but not 1080p.
Our performance results weren't fantastic – as long as you don't need the Miix 10 for anything too intensive it will handle most things steadily. Unfortunately, the battery life wasn't that spectacular either. Our intensive tests saw it manage just under 4 hours, but that result isn't helped by the fact that the keyboard drains power rather than supplying it with an extra battery.
Overall, this is a capable tablet that's solidly built but it's not going to give you top-end performance.
Read our full Lenovo IdeaPad Miix 10 review
Toshiba Satellite W30t - £600 / $997 (around AU$1,103)
The Satellite W30t comes with an easily detachable keyboard, two batteries (one behind the screen and the other in the keyboard) and sports the latest generation of the ultra-low power Core i3 chip.
All this mid-range hybriding cleverness makes for a decent package, but it doesn't entirely add up to the perfect result we'd have liked.
That low-voltage Core i3-4020Y means there's enough power to handle plenty of programs, but it's still a throttled performance from a latest generation Haswell chip, which has been coupled with one of Intel's weaker integrated graphics options.
Additionally, we found the two batteries actually run in tandem, which means they offer close to 4 hours of heavy use, which is good but could have been so much more.
Moving on to storage, the 500GB hard drive is perfectly adequate but we'd prefer to see solid-state for that light and more responsive tablet feel.
As most hybrids tend to, the Satellite W30t's design suffers from trying to appeal to two different audiences at once, which is best reflected in the screen. This offers an IPS display that's bright enough, if limited in colour accuracy, but when turned into a tablet it's just too heavy and chunky.
The Satellite W30t delivers a quality build, but it's not the perfect hybrid.
Read our full Toshiba Satellite W30t review
Microsoft Surface Pro - £639 / US$799 (around AU$889)
Microsoft's original full Windows 8 tablet-laptop hybrid, the Surface Pro, has the same look and the same VaporMg coat as the Surface RT, but has a tweaked kickstand and magnetic connectors for power and the two tear-off keyboards.
It also has a higher resolution 10.6-inch touchscreen with excellent blacks, a smooth, pressure-sensitive stylus and an Intel Core i5 processor.
It can run any application you throw at it, and has USB and DisplayPort connections, but it's heavier than other tablets and has a shorter battery life than the Surface RT.
Read our full Microsoft Surface Pro review
Toshiba WT310 £650/$1,079 (around AU$1,196)
We tend to think of the Lenovo Yoga as being very flexible. We can't help it, there's all those billboards and the name just screams it, but the WT310 is also a flexible Windows 8 Pro tablet.
Inside, the WT310 has a capable Haswell Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD, which in spec terms squares it up against the Surface Pro, but to compare them in design terms would be a bit embarrassing for the Toshiba. We're not saying the WT310 is poorly made, it's just very functional and targeted at the education and business market.
The 11.6-inch screen is also solid quality and Full HD but not the brightest, particularly outdoors, which is a shame as the plasticky WT310 is extremely portable. The WT310 does support pens too, which is a good extra.
One major drawback, aside from looks, is that it's not that quiet in operation, but its specs are impressive and we see this as a faithful companion for travelling business people or kids that need something reliable for homework (away from sneering Apple aficionados).
Read our full Toshiba WT310 review
Lenovo Yoga 11S review - £680 / US$800 (around AU$889)
While other manufacturers are busy pointing fingers as to why the PC seems to be struggling in the face of competition from that Cupertino-based company and myriad tablets, Lenovo is both pumping out solid Windows 8 devices while at the same time, turning a profit. Which brings us to the Lenovo Yoga 11S.
Of course, this isn't Lenovo's first time on the yoga mat. The 13-inch Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga was released last year to very favorable reviews. The appropriately named 11s is a size down. At just 11.6-inches, it's the smallest form factor that can support a full QWERTY keyboard.
Acer Aspire P3 - £700 / US$900 (around AU$1,250)
Acer has upped its game in recent years, and it's easy to forget that just two years ago the Taiwanese giant made its money peddling identi-kit budget laptops by their millions.
The company has since turned around its reputation and is responsible for the glorious Acer Aspire S7 - one of finest Ultrabooks out there - and has also got chins wagging about the Acer Iconia W3 - the world's first 8-inch Windows 8 tablet - as well as the Acer Aspire R7 and Acer Aspire P3Acer Aspire P3 review
Microsoft Surface Pro 2 - £719 / $1,162 (around AU$1,212)
We'd like to say the new Surface Pro 2 model is more than an iteration on its predecessor – but it isn't really. Microsoft has certainly been aggressive in fixing some of the key faults in the original, but it's not exactly eaten its progenitor alive and pummelled its competitors to a pulp. The end result though is still something better, faster and longer-lasting than its forebear.
For instance, it now has the latest Haswell processor, and a nippy 64GB of SSD storage, which as well as offering solid Windows 8.1 performance will mean you can play the likes of Skyrim on the train. The processor upgrade also means that the Pro 2 has more staying power, lasting a busy 7 hours of general use.
Other enhancements we noted were a kickstand that's now adjustable and improved keyboard covers. The Surface Pro 2 hasn't slimmed down through its refinements, however it's still quite a chunky and heavy tablet. The display also hasn't improved either, although it probably didn't need to as it's a crisp 10.6-inch IPS screen with 1,920x1,080 pixels, but a solitary USB port feels like a throwback.
Ultimately, it's probably better to think of the Surface Pro 2 as a laptop in the guise of a tablet and one that offers real productivity gains for anyone firmly entrenched in the Windows ecosystem.
Read our full Microsoft Surface Pro 2 review
Dell XPS 18 - £1,000 / $1,350 (around AU$1,650)
Essentially an 18-inch Windows 8 tablet crossed with an all-in-one PC, the Dell XPS 18 has a charging stand, Bluetooth mouse and keyboard that turn it into a desktop machine, as well as touchscreen controls and a stand which mean it works on its own, though it doesn't offer stylus support.
Its screen is Full HD, and the machine packs an Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive and speedy 32GB SSD into a slim 18mm body. It just offers two USB 3.0 ports, an SD card slot and an audio jack, with no more connections in the charging dock.
The system feels quick, if not the most powerful around, and the keyboard is comfortable to use, though trackpads are better than mice when using Windows 8, so we often tended to navigate with the touchscreen instead of the mouse. Battery life is a little disappointing, largely due to the beautiful big screen sucking it all up.
Read our full Dell XPS 18 review
Lenovo Thinkpad Helix - £1,800 / $2,000 (around AU$2,955)
Flexibility is the big selling point of the Lenovo Thinkpad Helix, which works as a standalone 11.6-inch tablet when removed from its keyboard dock or when unclipped, turned around, clipped back into the dock and folded back over the keys.
It also works as a small laptop when clipped in a normal laptop position or in 'presentation mode', where the screen faces your audience with the keyboard around the back. It also comes with a pressure-sensitive Wacom stylus that's designed for artists, and boasts 3G, 4G and NFC support.
Read our full Lenovo ThinkPad Helix review
Panasonic ToughPad FZ-G1 - £2,060 / $2,140 (around AU$3,380)
Rugged and splash-proof, the 10.1-inch rubber-coated Panasonic ToughPad FZ-G1 isn't the best looking tablet around, but it does run full Windows 8 Pro.
It comes with a stylus that can be used as a right mouse or customised for your own controls, and the tablet can reportedly survive drops of 4m (13ft).
An Intel Core i5 processor and 4GB RAM help Windows 8 to boot up in six seconds, and gesturing through the interface works well. The battery is removable and lasts for around eight hours, and you can choose to upgrade that, the storage or the processor, or even add a rear camera to accompany the 1.3MP webcam around the front.


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NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue
NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue was initiated in 1994 by the North Atlantic Council. It currently involves seven non-NATO countries of the Mediterranean region: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia.more
Mauritania: new crisis management centre29 Jan. 2015
The Secretary General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Decentralisation, Mohamed El Hady Macina, chaired the inauguration in Nouakchott of the Mauritanian centre for crisis monitoring, alerts and management (centre de veille, d'alerte et de conduite des crises - COVACC) on 29 January 2015.more
NATO and Mediterranean partners discuss partnership, regional security with the King of Jordan10 Dec. 2014
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the 28 Permanent Representatives to the North Atlantic Council discussed regional security and NATO-Jordan cooperation during talks with His Majesty King Abdullah II on Wednesday (10 December 2014) in Amman, Jordan. The high-level NATO delegation was in Jordan to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Mediterranean Dialogue, and was joined by the ambassadors of the seven nations (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia) participating in the partnership forum.more
North Atlantic Council in Jordan: Mediterranean Dialogue is 'more important than ever'09 Dec. 2014
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, with the 28 Permanent Representatives of the North Atlantic Council and the Chairman of the Military Committee, Gen. Knud Bartels, marked the 20th anniversary of the Mediterranean Dialogue on Tuesday (9 December 2014) in Amman, Jordan. They were joined by ambassadors of the seven nations (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia) participating in the partnership forum. In an unstable world, "the security of NATO countries is closely linked to the security and the stability in the Mediterranean and the Middle East," the Secretary General said during a special seminar commemorating the anniversary. "That makes the Mediterranean Dialogue more important than ever."more
NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue & Istanbul Cooperation Initiative - Questions & Answers
What is the difference between NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue and the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative?more
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December 23, 2014
A news segment about Wilson Hall at Monmouth University being used as the exterior of Warbucks' mansion was featured on FiOS 1 News on December 19.
November 24, 2014
Santander Bank, N.A. announced that it renewed its commitment with Monmouth University for its Santander Universities Global Division to support the Urban Coast Institute (UCI) Marine Science & Policy Initiative.
November 11, 2014
This lecture is free and open to the public.
October 28, 2014
The lecture by Avi Melamed, a former Israeli senior official on Arab affairs, is free and open to the public.
October 21, 2014
Associate Vice President for Global Initiatives & Professor of Political Science Saliba Sarsar wrote an essay that appeared in the Asbury Park Press on October 19.
September 29, 2014
Sarsar, born and raised in Jerusalem, is the author and editor of several works on the Middle East, as well as two books of poetry.
September 15, 2014
Florio will give select lectures on U.S. healthcare policy and U.S. energy policy and participate in public events on campus during the fall and spring semesters.
July 28, 2014
Associate Vice President for Global Initiatives & Professor of Political Science Saliba Sarsar was featured in the Huffington Post on July 28.
July 23, 2014
Associate Vice President for Global Initiatives & Professor of Political Science Saliba Sarsar was featured in the Asbury Park Press on July 23.
July 09, 2014
Priscilla Gac-Artigas, professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature at Monmouth University, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant
May 01, 2014
Software Engineering students program robots to dance to "Single Ladies" and "Who Let the Dogs Out."
March 26, 2014
Speakers include Dr. Azza Karem, United Nations Population Fund; John K. Werner, co-founder of Citizen Schools; and David Zirin, sports correspondent for The Nation.
December 16, 2013
The basis of the project is to research solutions for community sustainability in order to help locals stabilize Macheke's economic, health, food, education, and energy systems long term.
Robert Solorzano believes that working in a diverse environment is a skill required for an international business major.