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Hi - I'm new to caring for African violets. I have two that were doing fine, but when I was away on vacation, they were set out in the sun for a good two weeks or so. The blooms and a lot of leaves have gone.
I repotted the remaining leaves/roots in plastic containers with a mix of potting soil and peat moss and watered them. This was two days ago. Would anyone be able to recommend anything that would help?
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Your plants are burned but those leaves should grow out. Your pots are much too big especially the first one. Re-pot in a pot that is one-third the size of your violets. Your pots will be tiny-a solo cup is ideal. Then just give care as you normally would. You will have to wait for the damaged foliage to grow out but you should care for the plants as you normally do.
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I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this plant. I am putting in a bog garden this year and thought it would be a nice addition.
I'll post this message on the native plants forum also.
Thanks, Bob
I looked this one up since it wasn't familiar.According to the link below it is a threatened species so I doubt you would be able to aquire the collected plant although the seed might be available through a licensed nursery. This paper says that in a season only 7 to 15 percent of the plants have any bloom so if the bloom is what attracts you, you would have to grow a lot of it. Even if you do grow it, it seems that to maintain it you would need a buffer zone of 500 feet to protect it from runoff, fertilizer, contaminants, etc. Sandy
Here is a link that might be useful: Swamp Pink
If you're ever up in the New England neck of the woods than you may want to stop by the New England Wild Flower Society, where they propagate and sell many native and bog genus/species of plants, including Helonias bullata. The original plant that I had purchased (a our local NARGS 'rare' plant auction - many plants grown from seed by other members, etc) flowered the first spring after its summer planting...it has since just formed new plantlettes at its base... maybe I should divide it to see if that will promote more blossoms...now there's an idea. ;o)
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So, you got it to bloom! You are my new hero. I have heard a lot about the difficulty in getting it to bloom. I want one anyway.
I have stumbled upon that NEWFS site often - they have a lot of cool things listed. If only they shipped their plants.
What conditions do you have your swamp pink growing in?
I ran across Siskiyou rare plants on a post about helonias a while back. They do offer it for sale and do ship. Here's a link...you gotta buy them in groups of 3.
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This is my second koi pond in 4yrs and Ive ask myself whats best for clearing up the water from a dirty light brown silt look.
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Well water only very soft and clear from the tap.
All was working great until I added some brown clay dirt to my lilly pots. Then a day later the water went light brown with about 4inch of visibility. Its been this way for about 2months now. Tried removing the dirt from pots but koi did it for me.
I have a 800gal pump with pressurize filter and 15watt uv cleaned every 2wks.
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Ive dropped the water twice by 30% and filled again but cant clear it.
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I love buying equipment at Amazon. Its convenient and I trust them. They have excellent buyer protection and are very responsive to claims.
I also buy at their Marketplace where people and small businesses sell their stuff. Amazon's protection covers this too, but that doesn't mean you should be completely careless, as they only cover you up to 5 times for life.
Unfortunately scammers have found out ways to use Amazon Marketplace steal your hard earned dollars.
Especially high priced electronic items (and that's what I usually buy there) are being used for this kind of fraud.
Obviously people lose all reasoning skills when something is being sold at incredibly low prices, although above all that should be the first indicator that something is wrong.
When I was looking at some items, I ran across the Canon 5D + 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens package offered at just $1400 (the next cheapest package price was around $3400).
The lens alone is easily worth almost $1100 at Amazon.
I was pretty sure this was just another scam, but I decided to send the seller an email and poke around a little to see what he would tell me.
I sent him an email asking about some more details.
I was hoping to get him to send me a fake Amazon email, so I made up some fake address that sounded legit.
I think I might have gone a little overboard by making minor changes to my name (after all my email reveals my real name, which I made sound like a nickname).
He sent me a confirmation and promised to send the request from Amazon, which I never got.
The bottom line: He probably got suspicious of the fake mailing address or he actually punched it into yahoo maps. I didn't want to use a real one, so I wouldn't get another unsuspecting person involved.
I also searched for this username on Ebay. It turned up with a username who had tons of good reviews and all of a sudden a whole lot of bad reviews of people who hadn't received their expensive stuff.
The 100% positive reviews on Amazon were all created from small items like books (sometimes reviewers include what they received in the review), not a single high priced electronic item.
So what would have happened if I had simply bought it right on Amazon?
Most likely he would have cancelled the order and send me an email, faking Amazon as the sender, replicating their email style. He would probably have asked for a Western Union Money transfer.
I wish Amazon would be a little bit more proactive in preventing this kind of fraud. These guys are really easy to spot for their unbelievable deals. I also would like for Amazon to inform their customers of common fraud tactics.
Shortly after, I saw an even "better" deal (see picture to the left).
I do believe that it was the same person (both claimed to Ship from GA) and that he found a way to hijack someone's seller account, using their good reputation for his/her shady tactics.
I still will continue buying electronics on Ebay and Amazon. Following a few simple rules, I have never lost any money. Follow these rules and use common sense when you buy electronics:
And please protect your password if you have an account on Ebay or a seller account on Amazon. Make sure nobody can guess your password and that it is hard to crack. I believe seller's being careless causes many of these problems.
Fraud is everywhere. The
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2010-02-08 08:34.
Fraud is everywhere. The American ethic has become,"if you don't get caught it isn't wrong". Even when caught, there is often no consequence if your actions support a political cause or you are a major corporation. Not only do fraudsters engage in fraud on Amazon marketplace, but Amazon themselves have a number of fraudulent behaviours. Put some thing on your wishlist or in your shopping cart. If you leave it for 2-4 days the price will go up. However if you shop without logging in you will find it for the original price or less. If you order a dozen items, all of which are shown as "in stock" and do not select "all items in one shipment", Amazon will break them up into 4-8 shipments and charge all sorts of additional shipping. Amazon will argue that they are "merely ,making prudent use of residual consumer demand information available as a result of the digitized demand chain". I call it greedy f****g fraud. F*** the bastards. Let their blood run in the streets.
Submitted by andre on Mon, 2010-02-08 22:56.
You sound very disgruntled. I cannot confirm such behavior from Amazon. Also this doesn't seem to be an American problem as your comment suggests. The spammers that tried to reel me in were from Nigeria. In fact Amazon were always helpful and always have responded to my inquiries quickly. They once exchanged a Compact flash car after the initial "remorse period" of 14 or 30 days and simply sent me a replacement after I had a data corruption. No hassle.
I cannot confirm the price change thing either, but I suggest that you refresh the browser cache which may still show you a previous price.
I don't believe Amazon does so lightly risk their reputation. For a company such as this, return customers are more important than maximizing one or two percent profit.
I changed two words in your comment, I am sure you can see which. Please refrain from obscene language and threads in the future. Lets have a civilized discussion.
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Amazon fraud?
Submitted by Jasmine (not verified) on Thu, 2010-05-20 11:23.
I am a 100% gold tar seller & buyer on amazon & I notice more & more frequently that some items are WAY over priced. When the suggested retail price is $14.98, the seller is selling it for $999.99. I am thinking "WHO in their right mind would pay this for a cassette that can be bought in CD form (not out of print) for about $15 to $18? UNLESS there is some fraud going on some type of SCAM that a fraudulent seller highjacks another buyers account & purchases or sells it & soemhow transfers it to their account. I really haven't figure out exactly how it is done. BUT I am seeing so many out there now that there must be something to be aware of. I did question a seller once who said her husband must have drank too much coffee that day. Does anyone out there know?
Amazon Fraud?
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2010-05-20 11:25.
P.S. I don't sell TAR, I am a 100% gold STAR seller/buyer : )
Hello Jasmine, the only
Submitted by andre on Fri, 2010-05-21 11:33.
Hello Jasmine,
the only way to know for sure is by sending them an email, posing as an interested buyer. Maybe it's some sort of money laundering scheme.
Amazon fraud?
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 2011-12-04 23:33.
Hi All,
I just want to ask, I am a seller, I received a confirmed order from Amazon, is it save to ship? Because the buyer contact me before he place the order asking for pic., he need it rush and ask me when can he rec'd it,after all the questions, He placed the order and he message me the order confirmation from Amazon, he also choose expedited it, then of course, I went to my amazon acct. to check ,it said the order is pending, I tell him I didn't rec't the order rom Amazon yet, and I tell him call Amazon to see anything wrong with the order since he keep asking when can he rec'd the order. The next day , I got the order from Amazon ok to ship the order. So if I ship the order, if it a fraud, does Amazon cover it? My item about $300.
This is true, fraud is fraud
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 2012-01-11 23:28.
This is true, fraud is fraud and it has nothing to do with buyers or sellers. There is fraud on both sides, mostly from buyers in using and returning things.
But I can only laugh at the OP. How stupid to not realize this was a nigerian scammer. You need to look at things people are selling and when someone is selling a specialty item yet the sellers sounds like the village idiot then you know its a scam. If I want to buy a $1000 item and the person doesn't know a single thing about then he most likely doesn't even have one.
Unfortunately the biggest scam is the amazon team itself. The continuously defraud their sellers when they have no answer to their mess.
No !! You need to
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 2012-01-11 23:30.
No !!
You need to understand one thing. Nothing is covered, the cover and protection is a fraud. If someone has a ton of money in their account and they can freeze it then you are covered. This is the law that dictates how your coverage will be handled, it has nothing to do with safety or fraud or risk, if they can get the seller or buyer to be responsible they will, if they can't amazon will never take responsibility and you will always lose no matter how blatant or obvious the fraud was from seller or buyer.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2012-01-31 01:48.
This article was very helpful. I recently began shopping on Amazon for a few things here and there that I can't get in the small town that I live in. I almost always order from Amazon (not a third party marketer) but in some situations I've had to order things from the Marketplace and have been very selective but still worry that I'm going to be scammed. So far, I haven't been but this was VERY helpful in giving me some hints to look for in the future! Best of luck to all of you and in your future purchases on Amazon/EBay.
Really? That just started
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2012-02-10 05:50.
Really? That just started recently and only here? Seems you're not a very good student of history or just wear blinders on.
Secondly, it sounds like you're just confused about based rules of internet commerce. Full disclosure: I'm a technologist in major consumer product brand that has a web commerce division.
1. The Amazon statement is that they are providing demand information. They don't update price per user, as much as you think they do. You're probably comparing saved marketplace prices with Amazon prices and seeing fluctuations, who knows. In my own observations, I've seen the prices falling probably as often as I see then rising. A few toys that I didn't get for my kids during Xmas are now heavily discounted since December. True!
2. You expect to be able to break up your order into different shipments and not expect to pay more shipping fees? Is Amazon going to eat that cost -- they aren't doing the shipping are they?? I sell on ebay personally, and am annoyed (but I also understand the underlying economic conditions affecting logistics) at the prices that buyers have to pay for shipping. USPS priority medium size box is >$10 now, UPS ground is comparable. Imagine if you broke a order into 4 pieces with Amazon, I'd bet that you're likely to receive a discount from retail... Also, it's your choice! Most retailers don't even offer that choice.
I don't like being an defender for Amazon, as I'm sure they don't need my help, but this needed a reply... Seems some people will just whine about anything. You must be a hoot to hang out with.
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Submitted by Gliebrand (not verified) on Sun, 2013-05-26 18:21.
My incident was very similar to that posted. My was the purchase of a Canon 6D for $1,029.00. Best I could find was $1,550. The seller claimed it was 'like new' and several hundred positive reviews, BUT said to e-mail 1st before placing order. As soon as I sent an e-mail the item disappeared from the list of offerings. The seller contacted me right away with the following e-mail:
Ok. I sent the details to Amazon for process an order for you.
Any news from Amazon? have you got the order confirmation?
I wait your email for finish the transaction.
Many Thanks
There was a very good 'amazon' looking confirmation e-mail sent to me which directed me to send the payment to England via Western Union. I said, no go, I only pay through PayPal. Then I received the following e-mail:
This transaction is trough Amazon. You have already an order for this item that you must pay to finish the transaction, you have all information and instructions about payment in your order from Amazon Payments.
Payment have to be sent using Western Union to Amazon Payments, can't use the credit card or paypal payment. that is why Amazon request a Western Union payment.
Western Union Payments System is safe and sample and easy, you only need a valid ID and the payment address (you have the payment address in your order from Amazon) and pay with cash at your local Western Union agency.
For any questions about this transaction reply the order to talk with Amazon Payments Support.
Many Thanks
I continued to check my Amazon open orders, and this transaction didn't appear. I told the individual that I was reporting the transaction as fraudulent. Then received the following e-mail:
For any questions about this transaction reply the order to talk with Amazon Payments Support.
Many Thanks
So, while the fraudster was polite, double check at you're account by you logging into Amazon from scratch (don't use the hotlinks provided in an e-mail) to see if the transaction is actually recorded.
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2013-10-10 20:13.
As a seller on Amazon it works both ways. I am seeing alot of fraud being committed because Amazon has such a "customer service" policy allowing buyers to say they never received an item (even when tracking says delivered) and the Amazon recommends you refund them their money back to avoide their A to Z claim. Why should I refund anything back. I noted when I advised these "customers" that I will have the postal inspector send them a claim form to investigate where their package went I get no response. And yes this all through Amazon email service. So Amazon has to be aware of this issue because the sellers forum is full of complaints by sellers for these types of issues which would mean that Amazon is now assisting SCAMMERS to commit interstate commerce fraud. Cannot be a crook without the opportunity for gain and Amazon is the MARKETPLACE for crooks. Ebay is much better forum for and has issues but nothing like on Amazon. I have been a powersell on Ebay and in over 10 years never saw the kind of scamming I experienced in 2 1/2 months on Amazon. And if Amazon is reading this maybe you should have had call center employees who read when I requested a supervisor regarding the amount of sales that are being scammed on your website! But all I got was one of your made in India generated emails.
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2013-10-10 20:20.
Unfortunately for you and your comment that this is nigerian scammers is incorrect. There are literally thousands of AMERICANS here in AMERICA ripping people of on AMAZON and AMAZON does nothing except their famous speech that they want all sellers to Stepford Wives "To satisfy the customer just refund the item and in most instances allow the "customer" to keep the item to boot!
I say this is an American problem because the people that have scammed me before I caught on to what was happening on Amazon were in California, Florida, etc...
And they are so obvious now in their theivery that is almost funny if it was not such a serious offense. An offense that Amazon does nothing about, making them just as liable as the crooks!
And I have documentation to back up my allegations. So yes Nigeria is known for their scammers, however Amazon has their own reputation which is spreading, GET FREE STUFF ON AMAZON!
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Submitted by singe parent screwed by amazon (not verified) on Thu, 2014-01-30 22:51.
i sold on amazon for a year. before christmas i sold hundreds of items and no issues. after christmas i had a lot of customers that decided they wanted free items. I have had customers with proof that item was delivered saying that there items just vanished from there mailbox to people claiming a item is fake so that they can keep the item and get there refund. amazon allowed this then not only did they let me get scammed out of hundreds of dollars they decided to suspend my account for low metrics caused by these scams and they held thousands of my dollars. i have 5 kids and amazon took away a way i was using to help take care of my kids. i am a singe father and now all of my money has been stolen by either amazon or there scammers. this really isnt a good place to do business. also when i contact amazon i get a letter back saying hey we get to keep your money and that person can not even sign there name. this company is heartless. here i am struggling to survive with 5 kids and amazon holds my money to gain interest. oh yes and there return policy is 30 days why do they need to hold my money besides making interest. they do not care about you prime members or any seller. amazon is about amazon and that company is a joke and should be shut down because of its helping hands to scammers that scam us honest people. well amazons scam is much bigger let these people get scammed so we can hold there money to make interest. well i have canceled my prime membership and i hope many people do as well. as long as amazon keeps letting honest people be scammed that will only be a marketplace of thieves.
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Submitted by kawika (not verified) on Wed, 2014-12-17 09:15.
Amazon is known for allowing bogus sellers. As of 12/16/2014, on this page:
You will see two listings, one by "christian.fuerst7@gmail . com" and one by "adorama 101."
Both of these are brand new sellers ("just launched") but they each have about 30 PAGES of listings (about 250 items) for sale. All expensive electronics.
Both of these insist that you email them directly. If you attempt to contact them via the Amazon link, the email will not go through. (You'll get a notice from Amazon that there is "a problem" with the email.)
This happened to me. I called Amazon, and they said, yes, it looks bogus but they aren't interested in doing anything about it.
This type of listing is common on Amazon. They know it, and they don't care.
Amazon seller scams
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2014-12-19 06:08.
I almost bit on a price that looked too good to be true--until I remembered that if it looks too good to be true, it probably is.
So I emailed the seller (since emails via Amazon did not go through) and here is the answer I got. I have to say that anyone who would buy something in this way is asking to be scammed. It is worse than one of those Nigerian Bank scams:
"Yes the item is available for sale. The item is brand new in original box, sealed, come with all originals accessories, and 2 years international warranty from manufacturer. I am from London, United Kingdom but don't worry the shipping is free woldwide (I will pay all taxes for shipping).
"Look how is the deal:
1. I will send the item to the shipping company;
2. The shipping company will review the item and start the delivery to you;
3. When the item is on his custody the shipping company will contact you and send you the bill and the tracking number, together with all instructions;
4. During this time you can see on the web all about your package (you can see what's in your package), meanwhile you have 48 hours to confirm the payment to the shipping company.
5. After you confirm the payment, in 3-5 days the package comes directly to your door.
6. The company keeps your money 14 days, in these 14 days you can tell if you want the item or want to make a refund;
7. If you want to refund the item, you will receive all your money back, and the item will be shipped back to me, on my costs.
8. If you communicate to the shipping company that you want to keep the item, they will release the money to me.
If you agree with these conditions please send your name, last name, address, city, zip code in order to send your item."
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2014-12-23 08:15.
I don't know if it is news worthy to you, but I just doesn't want anyone else to go through what ive had to go through.I want to alert you on a scam that happened to me. I was scammed on the Amazon.com site for $500. It may sound like a normal thing especially during the holiday season but that $500 was nearly all I had after saving for 6 months. These people have not only stolen my money, but they have also stollen my Christmas. I been in contact with Amazon almost daily since it happened Dec. 2nd, cyber monday and they still have NOT given my money Back 4 weeks later. I feel more people need to know everywhere so this does not keep happening. I probably will never get my money back and it'll take months for me to recover, but at this point that is not the most important thing right now. It is how many other people at this very moment are getting scammed by this vicious ring of people. They are people that make up a business on Amazon, sell items for 1/2 the price of other items to lure you, I am talking about cameras, TV's, riding lawn mowers, cookware, ANYTHING that a consumer would want right now, you pay them, they don't ship. I have called Amazon almost daily as soon as i find them on Amazon with a new name, Amazon will pull their store down, which can have as many as 600 items, only to find they launch a new store the next day under a new name. Again, I'll call Amazon to stop them, and it goes on and on....people should be alerted...and these people should be stopped! WHY ISN'TAMAZON PROTECTING US THE CUSTOMER? It blows my mind that after 4 weeks of them having their business pulled, and then put right back up on the Amazon site, that Amazon has not put a stop to this. How Is it that the fraud department has not been able to find their IP address to stop these thieves and protect their customers. I have filed a police report, but the police can't do anything due to jurisdiction because these thieves are actually overseas, I have researched it that much.
Buyer beware... you may be better off walking into your local electronics store. This saddens me because I trusted Amazon and shopping with them made my life easier.
I don't know if it is news worthy to you, but I just doesn't want anyone else to go through what ive had to go through.
No Accountability
Submitted by Auction Essistance (not verified) on Fri, 2014-12-26 07:46.
Amazon doesn't protect their buyers and eBay & Paypal don't protect their sellers. Something that is very odd...
Unpaid shipped and account immidiatelly referred to Collection
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2015-01-06 20:07.
I bought camera Flash on Amazon.com
The most amazing for me was that since I paid for it with transfer from bank account (my credit card account was hacked few days before) and for whatever reason the bank did not transfer the $30someting the Flash was shipped to me unpaid for and the account immidiatelly reffered to "COLLECTION COMPANY" So shortly after I started receiving phone calls from collection company not having a chance to actually pay for the item. Amazon customer service seems have no clue what to do and of course after I learned about tha the item is unpaid I RETURNED IT TO THE SELLER. I refuse to talk to any collection company (they want me pay again for a lens paid same time initially from same bank account and later actually paid for on Amazon.com with my wife CC) I am going think twice before placing again order with AMAZON.com
Amazon Chinese seller fraud
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2015-01-06 20:09.
This review is from: Men's Winter Thicken Warm Stand Collar Down Jacket Coat Outwear Parka Overcoat Black (Apparel)
We paid extra MONEY for expedited shipping. The order placed on December 11 should be delivered on December 15. On December 19 we ask "where is our order?" Only than the Chinese seller ( as we realized) decided to ship the item from CHINA. It is clear that seller By shipping it on December 19 had no intention to deliver it December 15. We received it finally on December 23. The Jacket is too small regardless of the fact that we check the dimension twice and seeing reviews about too small sizes received we placed order for LARGER SIZE than we should normally require. Since Jacket is too small The Chinese seller is offering 20% discount from the initial $23.00 price and of course want to keep the shipping charge. Jacket cost was $23 - expedited shipping $59.98.
Judging the size of the package in our experience the actual cost of shipping from China is about $20 So offering to us the $4.6 refund from the $81.57 total the sellers ends up with around $50 profit on $23 jacket. No question that this is a FRAUD. Whatever they send they are going end up with profit even on "RETURNED" item.
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2015-03-21 23:42.
You can fully protect yourself buying goods on Amazon, by only using a credit card for payment. Then if the item doesn't arrive you simply have the charge reversed by your credit card company. I've never had a problem with this protection working. Even PayPal has a similar mechanism to protect you, but even then I'd use the credit card option within PayPal (rather than from your bank account). Finally, NEVER send wire, check, money order, Western Union, etc., to pay for goods.


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Samsung Galaxy Mini
AFTER using a Samsung Galaxy for quite some time, switching to other devices is quite a change. The Galaxy is an incredibly large device. If you have small hands, holding and using the device every day might be a little tricky and uncomfortable.
It seems Samsung has recognized this issue and decided to do something about it. After months of rumours and speculation, it was confirmed on Samsung's official blog last week the company will be releasing a Galaxy Mini.
The Mini is supposed to be a more compact and less-pricey version of the very successful Samsung Galaxy S4.
The Mini will be sporting a 4.3-inch qHD Super AMOLED display and run on a 1.7GHz dual-core processor. The device will also have 1.5 GB of RAM and 8 GB of storage. In regards to cameras, the device will have two -- a front (1.9 mega-pixel camera) and rear-facing camera (8-mega-pixel). The device will use the Android 4.2.2 operating system.
I must admit, Samsung has whipped together quite an awesome mini-device. Although the large-and-in-charge Galaxy S4 is their flagship device, I foresee the Mini will be quite popular. I hate the regular-sized iPad but adore the iPad Mini. I think there is something attractive about small, compact tech products: consumers really dig usability.
Kim Dotcom
IF you have never heard of Kim Dotcom, you should stop reading this article right now and proceed to the Internet to find out more about this online rebel. Kim is the founder and CEO of Megaupload, which was taken down due to a huge Internet piracy case and scandal. Kim is a little bit of a badass. He is super rich, has a supermodel girlfriend, lives in a huge mansion in New Zealand and drives an all-black Rolls Royce and a Mercedes-Benz that have licence plates that read, respectively, Dotcom and God. Kim is one of those guys you either love or hate. I think he is a pretty cool guy. He was arrested last year after authorities accused him of running a digital-piracy service. A SWAT team took his mansion by storm and seized all of his data and computers. They also froze all of his assets and arrested him. Until this week, Dotcom had no access to any of his documents, hard drives and computers.
Dotcom has been stirring up quite the online buzz because, as he is fighting his case, he is sharing all of the information via social media. He preaches that America and Hollywood are ruining the Internet and aren't giving us as humans the online freedoms we deserve.
This week, he was granted access to all of his files, data and computers. He celebrated the small victory on Twitter. He has a hearing slated for August. As an Internet guy myself, I am very excited to see if he will win or not. If I were a betting man, I would say Dotcom is going to weasel his way out of this one.
Apple Smart Watch
WITH all the buzz about Google Glass, everybody is waiting to see what Apple is going to do. The CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, has ensured investors they are working on game-changing technology. It seems Apple hasn't come out with anything revolutionary in the past couple of years. Cook has not revealed what Apple is working on; however, it is rumored they are working on creating a piece of wearable technology.
Now, it doesn't seem likely Apple would totally copy Google and create glasses. It is believed Apple will be releasing a high-tech watch. The technology-watch space hasn't been explored all that much. It is assumed the watch will sync to your iPhone and you will be able to view texts, missed calls, emails, tweets, etc., all via your wrist.
I think Apple creating a non-expensive watch would be a huge hit. Everyone wants to buy cool new technology and something you can wear every day that would assist you with your day-to-day tasks would be awesome. What do you think Apple is working on? Send me an email: email@example.com or tweet me @thedavidbell.
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Nov. 5, 1963 w. s. ELLIOTT 3,109,992
TEMPERATURE-STABILIZED AND DISTORTIONLESS DIODE DETECTOR Original Filed Jan. 23, 1958 \Q OUTPUT SIGNAL INPUT O 0. L0 L5 FORWARD VOLTAGE VOLTS FORWARD CURRENT MILLIAMPS 5 INVENTOR. WILL/AM 5. ELL/0T7 ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,1993% TEIVEPERATUPE-STABILEZED AND DISEQRTEGN- LESS DIQDE DETECTUR William 5. Elliott, Cedar Rapids, lowa, assignor to Collins Radio Company, Cedar Rapids, lows, a corporation of Iowa Original application Jan. 23, 1958, Ser. No. 710,821, new Patent No. 3,079,562, dated Feh. 26, B63. Divided and this application Dec. 26, 1961, Ser. N 162,234
3 Claims. (Cl. 32?173) This invention relates to semiconductor detectors, and constitutes a division of pending United States patent application Serial Number 710,821, filed January 23, 1958, now Patent No. 3,079,562.
Some types of semiconductor diodes and transistors have relatively large gap potentials caused by the atomic structure of the material from which they are made. Silicon diodes and transistors have, for example, substantial gap potentials of the order of 0.6 volt, which furthermore is highly variable with temperature and may mo e from 0.5 to 0.8 volt over a temperature variation of plus or minus 75 C.
It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a low-signal-level detector circuit capable of using largegap-potential semiconductors while being stabilized with respect to temperature variation.
It is another object of this invention to provide a detector circuit capable of using large-gap-potential semiconductors without distorting a detected low-level signal that is amplitude modulated to nearly 100%.
The energy-gap-potential of a semiconductor detector distorts a detected signal when it clips portions of the modulation envelope of the received signal that dip below the energy-gap-potential level. Such clipping distortion is particularly objectionable in conventional detectors which receive low input-signal levels.
The invention is constructed with a pair of similar semiconductor diodes. One said diode is connected to ground while the other is connected to ground through a filtering capacitor and a resistor connected in parallel therewith. Opposite ends of a transformer secondary connect to the other electrodes which me the same type. The transformer primary receives a signal to be detected. The opposite electrode of the grounded diode is connected to a bias source which biases it to a voltage slightly greater than its energy-gap potential.
Further objects, features and advantages of the invention Will be apparent to a person skilled in the art upon further study of the specification and the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIGURE 1 illustrates the detector or" the invention; and
FEGURE 2 shows the energy-gap potential or" silicon semiconductors and its variation with temperature.
Now referring to the drawings for a more detailed explanation of the invention, FIGURE 1 includes a pair of diodes D and D which are silicon diodes. Resistor R and capacitor C are connected between the cathode of diode D and ground. Also, the cathode of D is connected to ground.
A transformer has its primary 11 connected to a signal source, such as to an intermediate-frequency amplifier. Its secondary 12 has opposite ends connected to the anodes or diodes D and D A capacitor 29 is connected between ground and a point between diode D and secondary 12 to provide signal ground level at one end of attain Patented Nov. 5, 1963 the secondary. A positive voltage bias source, connected to a terminal 1:3, is connected through a resistor 13 to the anode of diode D Resistor 13 determines a current that causes a potential drop across diode D slightly greater than its energy-gap potential. The evaluation of resistor 13 is easily determined from curves provided by the manufacture of a particular type of diode. The potential drop provided across diode D by the bias source is then also provided across diode D resistor R and the resistance of secondary 12. Thus, diode D is biased to a lower value than D due to the voltage drop across the resistance of secondary l2 and resistor R but by keeping them small compared to the resistance presented by diode D most of the bias is maintained across D T he alternatingcurrent axis of the signal across secondary 12 is maintained above :ground potential by the drop across D as the signal is detected by diode D and appears at output terminal 16. Hence, a bias on diode D higher than its gap potential is required to maintain a bias on iode D at the gap potential. Accordingly, the incoming signal will not be clipped by gap potential. Hence, clipping distortion does not occur.
Furthermore, as the temperature changes, the gap potentials of both diodes D and D change together. Accordingly, the bias on them will change together, and there will be no substantial efiect on the operation of the circuit due to temperature change. FIGURE 2 illustrates the change of gap potential with temperature. Resistor R is proportioned to provide through diode D a current 1 (which is above the knee of its gap-potential characteristic). Therefore, it is seen that the same value of I maintain-s approximately the same bias on diode D regardless of the shift in gap potential caused by temperature change. Hence, the bias level on D will remain above its gap potential regardless of temperature change.
Although this invention has been described with respect to a particular embodiment thereof, it is not to be so limited as changes and modifications may be made therein which are within the full intended scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
What is claimed as my invention is:
l. A temperature-stabilized detector circuit preventing clipping distortion at low signal levels of a received signal, comprising a signal-receiving transformer having a secondary, first and second diodes having common-type electrodes respectively connected to opposite ends of said secondary, means connecting the other electrode of said first diode to ground, impedance means connecting the other electrode of said second diode to ground, a lowreactance capacitor connected between ground and the first-mentioned type of electrode of said first diode, and resistance means connected between the first-mentioned type of electrode of said first diode and a bias source having a polarity to enable said diodes to produce a detected output in response to signals coupled thereto from said transformer.
2. A detector circuit as defined in claim 1 in which said first-mentioned type of electrode is the anode, and said bias source provides a positive potential.
3. A temperature-stabilized detector circuit comprising first and second diodes having common-type electrodes adapted to receive an input signal with the instantaneous polarity of said received signal at said first diode opposite that said second diode, means connecting the other electrode of said first diode to ground, impedance means connecting the other electrode of said second diode to ground, a l-ow-reactance capacitor connected between ground and the first-mentioned type of electrode of said first diode, and finst and second resistance means, said first resistance means being connected between the firstmentioned type of electrode of said first diode and a bias source and said first and second resistance means being serially connected between the first-mentioned type of 4 electrode of said sesond diode and said bias source, said bias source having a polarity to enable said diodes to provide a detected output in response to a received input signal.
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A quartet of stylish con artists double- and triple-cross each other in this loud, but leaden, Bollywood thriller.
Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Jacqueline Fernandez, Ameesha Patel
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Filmmaking brothers Abbas and Mastan Burmawala's Bollywood thriller is a ridiculous tale brightened with infectious songs and entertaining performances.
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Suave Ranveer Singh (Saif Ali Khan), from the original Race, becomes entangled with the fortunes of Armaan Malik (John Abraham, Water), a former street fighter-turned-billionaire crime lord. Armaan and his sister, Elena (Deepika Padukone), are adept at tricking folks out of suitcases of cash, while Armaan's girlfriend Omisha (Jacqueline Fernandez), a flirty pickpocket, sets her sights on Ranveer with an agenda of her own.
Police inspector Robert D'Costa (Anil Kapoor, also from the original), who has now joined the bad guys' side, is along for comic relief — accompanied by a tiresome running gag about the insatiable carnal appetites of his ditsy secretary (Ameesha Patel).
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The main argument: Statistical information, or data, has long been recognized to be a potentially rich and valuable source of knowledge. Until recently, however, our ability to render phenomena and events in a quantified format, store this information, and analyze it has been severely limited. With the rise of the digital age, though, these limitations are quickly being eroded. To begin with, digital devices that record our movements and communications, and digital sensors that record the behavior of inanimate objects and systems have become widespread and are proliferating wildly. What's more, the cost of storing this information on computer servers is getting cheaper and cheaper, thus allowing us to keep much more of it than ever before. Finally, increasingly sophisticated computer algorithms are allowing us to analyze this information more deeply than ever, and are revealing interesting (and often counter-intuitive) relationships that would never have been possible previously. The increasing datification of the world, and the insights that this is bringing us, may be thought of as one grand phenomenon, and it has a name: Big Data.
The insights that are emerging out of big data are spread out over many areas, and are already impacting several aspects of society. To begin with, big data is helping established businesses to run more efficiently and safely. For example, big data is being used to streamline assembly lines and also to catch quality control problems in the factory. But the benefits of big data go well beyond the factory. For example, the courier company UPS has used big data to help it map out more efficient trucking routes. The resulting improvements have allowed UPS to shave 30 million miles and 3 million gallons of fuel per year from their routes (loc. 1352). The more efficient trucking routes have also led to less traffic accidents. Meanwhile, car companies are beginning to use data from sensors in automobiles to understand which parts are causing problems, and also to understand where and why accidents are happening, so that they may be lessened.
In addition to helping already established businesses, big data is also allowing for new business opportunities that were never possible before. For example, the business prodigy Oren Etzioni used big data to set up a business called Farecast that predicts the cost of airfare tickets. When his business was bought by Microsoft for $110 million, Etzioni used big data again to set up a related business that predicts the cost of all manner of consumer goods. His very profitable business, Decide.com, saves consumers on average $100 per product (loc. 1867).
Outside of the business world, big data is also being used by governments to help reduce costs and make society safer. For example, in 2009 Google was able to apply big data to search terms to help identify how the H1N1 virus was spreading through communities in real time. This method of tracking disease pandemics holds great promise for allowing public health organizations to know when pandemics are beginning, and also to keep better track of how they are unfolding, in order that they may better contain them. In addition, big data is being used to help identify where potentially dangerous infrastructural problems are occurring, and also to identify trouble spots for fire hazards, in order that they may be addressed.
Big data also has significant potential uses in health care. Indeed, our increasing ability to monitor and record everything from our vital signs to the health of our systems to our individual genomes promises to inaugurate an age of personalized medicine that will allow doctors to more easily diagnose our ailments and tailor treatments to our individual bodies.
While big data may already be bringing us impressive benefits, Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and Kenneth Cukier argue that the bulk of the benefits are yet to come. Indeed, for the authors, businesses and governments are only just now waking up to the incredible potential of Big Data. And as they direct more attention to recording and analyzing data streams, the potential uses of the information will only multiply.
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The book is well written and represents a fine overview of the present and future of big data. Also, the authors do well to raise important big-picture issues related to the phenomena, though the potential impacts of big data (both positive and negative) are occasionally overblown. All in all the book is a good introduction to an important and interesting topic. A full executive summary of the book is available at newbooksinbrief dot com; a podcast discussion of the book will be available soon.
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cloning the drive shouldnt be difficult at all as ive done it and i know the tools, im just worried about Windows 7 detecting it correctly. btw, this isnt for me so i cant try it out.
Look up gparted and try that.
Will it switch to the SSD, good question, try it and see (run the TRIM enabled commands). It should do once booted, drivers are installed/reconfigured and you've restarted.
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thats the tool ill use the problem is going from (example) 200GB HDD to 160GB SSD. There are problems as you see in size diffference so I want to make sure that if that 200GB HD partiion is shrinked to 160 (150 just in case) if everything (including boot sector) will work correctly AND that Windows 7 detects it is SSD and turns on its wear tear protection mode.
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clonezilla (dd) is a lot more accurate than ghost.
I have just used Ghost to do a disk to disk image to my new SSD. Worked like a charm. Just make sure that you make the nessecary changes in the BIOS.
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clonezilla (dd) is a lot more accurate than ghost.
i know it can be done but i think y ou guys are missing my MAIN questions
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