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... thrifty, overextended, admired, twitchy, filthy, and clean: the nation in numbers. By Rachael Brown
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Since coming back to the United States after three years away in China, I have been asking experts around the country whether America is finally going to hell. The question is partly a joke. One look at the comforts and abundance of American life—even during a recession, even with all the people who are suffering or left out—can make it seem silly to ask about anything except the secrets of the country's success. Here is the sort of thing you notice anew after being in India or China, the two rising powers of the day: there is still so much nature, and so much space, available for each person on American soil. Room on the streets and sidewalks, big lawns around the houses, trees to walk under, wildflowers at the edge of town—yes, despite the sprawl and overbuilding. A few days after moving from our apartment in Beijing, I awoke to find a mother deer and two fawns in the front yard of our house in Washington, barely three miles from the White House. I know that deer are a modern pest, but the contrast with blighted urban China, in which even pigeons are scarce, was difficult to ignore.
And the people! The typical American I see in an office building or shopping mall, stout or slim, gives off countless unconscious signs—hair, skin, teeth, height—of having grown up in a society of taken-for-granted sanitation, vaccination, ample protein, and overall public health. I have learned not to bore people with my expressions of amazement at the array of food in ordinary grocery stores, the size and newness of cars on the street, the splendor of the physical plant for universities, museums, sports stadiums. And honestly, by now I've almost stopped noticing. But if this is "decline," it is from a level that most of the world still envies.
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The idea of "finally" going to hell is a modest joke too. Through the entirety of my conscious life, America has been on the brink of ruination, or so we have heard, from the launch of Sputnik through whatever is the latest indication of national falling apart or falling behind. Pick a year over the past half century, and I will supply an indicator of what at the time seemed a major turning point for the worse. The first oil shocks and gas-station lines in peacetime history; the first presidential resignation ever; assassinations and riots; failing schools; failing industries; polarized politics; vulgarized culture; polluted air and water; divisive and inconclusive wars. It all seemed so terrible, during a period defined in retrospect as a time of unquestioned American strength. "Through the 1970s, people seemed ready to conclude that the world was coming to an end at the drop of a hat," Rick Perlstein, the author of Nixonland, told me. "Thomas Jefferson was probably sure the country was going to hell when John Adams supported the Alien and Sedition Acts," said Gary Hart, the former Democratic senator and presidential candidate. "And Adams was sure it was going to hell when Thomas Jefferson was elected president."
But the question wasn't simply a joke. Through the final year I spent in China, in which the collapse of the U.S. financial system was blamed for half the bad things happening in that country, I got used to hearing sentences that began "With U.S. power on the wane …" or "In a post-American world …" From Australia I have just received an invitation similar to many others I have heard about. The conveners began, "We would like to develop a session we have tentatively titled 'America: In Decline?'" I also heard from Chinese and other foreigners who look at America with an analytic eye and find it wanting. Just as the material bounty of America is more dramatic on return to the country, so are areas of backwardness or erosion you do not notice unless you've been somewhere else. Cell-phone coverage, for instance. In other developed countries, and for that matter most developing countries I've visited, you simply don't have the dead spots and dropped calls that are endemic in America. There are reasons for the difference: China, in which I never lost a signal when on subways, in elevators, or even in a coal mine, has limited competition among phone companies that coordinate to blanket the country with transmitters. Still, this is one of several modern-tech areas in which the U.S. is now notably, even embarrassingly, behind. I went several times to a private medical clinic in Beijing and once to a public hospital in Shanghai (the Skin Disease and Sexually Transmitted Disease Hospital—it's a long story). In each, the nurses entered my information at a computer, rather than having me fill out the paper forms, on a clipboard, on which I have entered the same redundant information a thousand times in American medical offices. Again, there's a reason for the difference; but we're not keeping up.
When I was a schoolboy in California in the 1950s and '60s, the freeways were new and big and smooth—like the new roads being built all across China. Today's California freeways are cracked and crowded and old. A Chinese student I knew in Shanghai who has recently entered graduate school at UC Berkeley sent me a note saying that the famous San Francisco Bay Area seemed "beautiful, but run down." I remember a similar reaction on arriving at graduate school in England in the 1970s and seeing the sad physical remnants—dimly lit museums, once-stately homes, public buildings overdue for repair—from a time when the society had bigger dreams and more resources than it could muster in the here and now. A Chinese friend who flew for the first time from Beijing to New York phoned soon after landing to complain about the potholed, traffic-jammed taxi ride from JFK to Manhattan. "When I was growing up, these bridges and roads and dams were a source of real national pride and achievement," Stephen Flynn, the president of the Center for National Policy in Washington, who was born in 1960, told me. "My daughter was 6 when the World Trade Center towers went down, 8 when lights went off on the East Coast, 10 when a major U.S. city drowned—I saw things built, and she's seen them fall apart." America is supposed to be the permanent country of the New, but a lot of it just looks old.
Since everyone knows that America's passenger-rail system is a world laggard, there is no surprise value in saying so. But it's still true. Stephen Flynn points out that the physical infrastructure of big East Coast cities was mainly built by the 1880s; of the industrial Midwest by World War I; and of the West Coast by 1960. "It was advertised to last 50 years, and overengineered so it might last 100," he said. "Now it's running down. When a pothole swallows an SUV, it's treated as freak news, but it shows a water system that's literally collapsing beneath us." (Surface cave-ins often reflect a sewer or water line that has leaked or collapsed below.)
At a dinner in Washington this fall, I heard a comment that summed up the combination of satisfaction and concern that ran through many of the interviews I held. The day before the dinner, three U.S. citizens had been named the winners of the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. The day after, three more would be named winners of the Nobel Prize for physics. All the more impressive for America's attractive power, four of the six winners had been born outside the country—in China, Canada, Australia, England—and had taken U.S. citizenship, in some cases jointly with their original country, while they trained and did work at U.S. or other foreign institutions. The dinner discussion topic was the future of America's scientific-research base—and the prize announcement, rather than a cause for celebration, was taken almost as a knell. "This was for work done 10 or 20 years ago, based on research funding that started 30 or 40 years ago," the main speaker, the CEO of a famous Silicon Valley firm, said. "I don't know what we're funding that will pay off 30 years from now."
"After almost a century, the United States no longer has the money," the economists J. Bradford DeLong and Stephen Cohen, both of Berkeley, write in their new book, The End of Influence.
It is gone, and it is not likely to return in the foreseeable future … The American standard of living will decline relative to the rest of the industrialized and industrializing world … The United States will lose power and influence.
This judgment differed from many others I heard mainly in being more crisply put.
So the question is: Are the fears of this moment our era's version of the "missile gap"? Are they anything more than a combination of the two staple ingredients of doom-and-darkness statements through the whole course of our history? One of those ingredients is exaggerated complaint by whichever group is out of political power—those who thought America should be spelled with a "k" under Nixon or Reagan, those who attend "tea bag" rallies against the Obama administration now. The other is what historians call the bracing "jeremiad" tradition of harsh warnings that reveal a faith that America can be better than it is. Football coaches roar and storm in their locker-room speeches at halftime to fire up the team, and American politicians, editorialists, and activists of various sorts have roared and stormed precisely because they have known this is the way the nation is roused to action.
Today's fears combine relative decline—what will happen when China has all the jobs? and all the money?—with domestic concerns about a polarized society of haves and have-nots that has lost its connective core. They include concerns about the institutions that have made America strong: widespread education, a financially viable press, religion that can coexist with secularism, government that expresses the nation's divisions while also addressing its long-term interests and needs. They are topped by the most broadly held alarm about the future of the natural environment since the era of Silent Spring and the original Earth Day movement.
How should we feel? I spoke with historians and politicians, soldiers and ministers, civil engineers and broadcast executives and high-tech researchers. Overall, the news they gave was heartening—and alarming, too. Most of the things that worry Americans aren't really that serious, especially those that involve "falling behind" anyone else. But there is a deeper problem almost too alarming to worry about, since it is so hard to see a solution. Let's start with the good news.


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Keuchel, Noesi take aim at building post-All-Star momentum
After a disappointing start to the season, the White Sox hope to vault themselves into the postseason discussion during the second half.
With a 3-2 win Friday night over the Astros, Chicago sits in fourth place in the American League Central, 9 1/2 games behind the first-place Tigers. They began the second half six games out of the second AL Wild Card.
"I don't think anyone's sitting here trying to say we're going to play for the Wild Card or whatever. You're trying to go out and play good and let the cards fall as they may and, obviously, we feel we have the talent here to do that. We haven't gotten on a good hot streak, a good run yet, that most teams every year seem to do," White Sox designated hitter Adam Dunn said.
Dunn pointed to a lack of consistency at the heart of Chicago's first-half issues.
"It seems like we'll have a decent run and follow it up with a pretty good losing streak. I think the main thing in the second half, you need to be consistent and obviously more consistent and eliminate the three- or four-game losing streaks," Dunn said.
Hector Noesi will take the mound Saturday night against the Astros.
Noesi had a whirlwind first half. When he made a relief appearance for the White Sox on April 26, it marked his third appearance with a different team already in the first month. Chicago acquired Noesi after the Mariners and Rangers dumped him in April.
He's posted a 4.56 ERA in 14 starts with the White Sox.
Noesi is coming off of his worst start with Chicago. The right-hander allowed a season-high six runs to go with 11 hits plus walks in just 4 2/3 innings of the White Sox's 7-4 loss to the Indians, July 11.
Dallas Keuchel's ascension to a contender for a spot on the AL's All-Star Game roster begins its second act against the White Sox, as he takes a 3.21 ERA into his first start against Chicago this season.
Keuchel has endured a four-start stretch in which his ERA has nearly increased by a full point. He's allowed 17 earned runs and 46 hits plus walks in his last 24 2/3 innings.
White Sox: Eaton returns to action
Adam Eaton collected a triple in his return to the lineup Friday.
Eaton finished 1-for-4 after sitting out the last two games of the first half with a wrist injury.
The leadoff man is batting .270 this season with a .339 on-base percentage and eight steals.
Astros: Houston whiffs against Chicago
The Astros were overwhelmed at the plate Friday night in the 3-2 loss to the White Sox.
Chicago pitchers notched 14 strikeouts, with starter Jose Quintana accounting for eight and three relievers combining for the final six.
Astros designated hitter Chris Carter was the biggest culprit. He whiffed in all four of his plate appearances.
Jose Altuve (three), George Springer (two) and Robbie Grossman (two) also fanned multiple times.
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The White Sox bullpen combined for four perfect innings on Friday night. Daniel Webb, Ronald Belisario and Zach Putnam shut out Houston and collected six strikeouts.
Jose Abreu extended his hitting streak to nine games with a double on Friday night.
Houston's Jon Singleton (23) and Springer (22) lead MLB in strikeouts for July.
Jackson Alexander is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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iPhone 5 vs. Samsung Galaxy Note 2: Which one should you get?
Apple has released the taller, thinner, faster, lighter, brighter iPhone 5 -- and we've got your definitive iPhone 5 review right here -- and now Samsung is bringing their next-generation giant, the Galaxy Note 2 to market.
As much as Samsung has been labeled a "copyist" over the course of the last couple years, the Galaxy Note series has always been a big exception, literally. Due to its size, some have labeled it a "phablet", half phone, half tablet. While it's both of those things, it's also neither. It's really a Wacom-style digitizer put into highly mobile form. And as anyone who's ever used a Wacom knows, it resembles a stylus in shape only.
So what happens when you put Apple's precision up against Samsung's power? The iPhone 5's elegance against the Galaxy Note 2's enormity? Let's take a look.
Samsung Galaxy Note 2: Hardware and software
Android Central is working on a full review now, and we'll add a link to it here as soon as it's live. In the meantime, here are James Richardson's first impressions and hands-on with the Galaxy Note 2.
Powered by a quad-core 1.6 GHz Exynos 4 processor, the Galaxy Note 2 has some substantial horsepower behind it, along with a plentiful 2GB of on-board RAM. Combined with a whopping 3100mAh battery, we're expecting some serious longevity from this device. The Note 2 runs Jelly Bean out of the box, making Samsung's phone/tablet hybrid the first to ship with Android 4.1. And it now sports a 5.55-inch (non-PenTile) HD SuperAMOLED 1280x720 display, protected by Gorilla Glass 2. The extra size of the phone does add few of grams to its weight -- at 180 grams it isn't light, but it's not terribly heavy considering its monstrous size.
There are also numerous software enhancements, including the ability to command an on-screen cursor by hovering the stylus over the screen. This can be used to peek into gallery folders, calendar events expandable areas. And the usual selection of Samsung drawing and note-taking apps is included too, as are all of the software features of the Galaxy S3.
Apple iPhone 5: Hardware and software
The iPhone 5 has a newly re-designed unibody aluminum chassis to allow for a bigger 4-inch screen in a phone that's 12% smaller by volume. It's taller but not wider, thinner and also lighter. That 4-inch screen also uses in-cell technology to combine the touch sensor right into the LCD. At 1136x640 and 326ppi, it's still backlit LED, and still IPS, and technically the best, most advanced panel on the planet for now. Apple also rolled their own, custom Apple A6 processor this time, based on ARM v7s, for amazing performance and excellent power management. There's still no NFC, but there is CDMA, HSPA, and international LTE.
iOS 6 comes loaded on the iPhone 5, and includes a new, controversial Maps app, some great extensions to Siri, deep Facebook integration, Passbook, and enhancements to FaceTime, Mail, Safari, Photo Stream, and Accessibility. And because Apple makes both the hardware and the software, there's no integration, no added interface layers, and a seamless experience overall.
Apple iPhone 5 vs. Samsung Galaxy Note 2: The bottom line
While the story of the Apple iPhone 5 vs. Samsung Galaxy S3 might remain one of precision vs. power, when it comes to the iPhone 5 vs. the Galaxy Note 2, the elegance vs. enormity line requires deeper inspection. A 5.5-inch phone display is something that fits the needs of a very specific niche -- namely those that want more than a traditional phone -- those who essentially want a mobile notepad.
For this reason, for most people, the iPhone remains the default choice, and the perfect blend of killer design and absolute ease of use. If you don't like something about the iPhone, there are also a bunch of great alternatives to consider, including the Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X, or the upcoming Nokia Lumia 920.
The Galaxy Note 2, due to its size and its Wacom technology, is a very, very specific one, and you'll likely know if you need it.
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iPhone 5 vs. Samsung Galaxy Note 2: Which one should you get?
The only obvious conclusion I see is that if you already decided to get an iPhone 5, this article is perfectly adequate. But, if you are a consumer who is genuinely interested in both but needs an education about the pros and cons of each, this article is pretty darn useless.
The pro-Apple bias is also obvious (if know anything about the Note 2) when the article bills the Note 2 as a niche device. If you threw away the stylus and just regarded the Note 2 as a normal smartphone, it is everything the iPhone is plus way more. Bigger, faster, and more capable. Unlike the iPhone, you could actually use the Note on Verizon and surf the Web at 4G speeds while still talking on the phone.
Having the digitizer and stylus does not make it a niche product. It takes it outside the box that all the other smartphones are in. The market is not a corner of the box containing all the other smartphones. The market is that whole box plus more!
Note (heh): The Note 2 has a bigger screen than the original Note, but the actual phone is NARROWER and thinner. 80.5mm wide versus 83 on the Note, and 9.4mm thick versus 9.65mm on the original Note. It IS 4 mm taller than the original Note, though.
once again Rene makes a shity one faced article...
please stop with this nonsense and change the title to just "buy iphone5" I mean because there is no competition the way you write it.
sign the petition online to get Rene fired!
I love how delusional haters continue to go onto apple-oriented sites and complain about bias towards apple, then proceed to be complete hypocrites and display their ardent anti-apple bias. get a life losers.
Maybe we should have one to get you banned. This is iMore, a site devoted specifically to iOS and says so. If you thought there was going to be any other conclusion than "get the iPhone", then you are delusional. Rene would be as likely to do that as Phil on Androidcentral would recommend getting a Blackberry.
If you want device comparisons that even pretends to be unbiased, go read Techcrunch or Gizmodo.
@walkingsad. I'm putting a petition together to see who gets to beat your ass........takers?
The article is pretty much correct imo. It is a niche phone because half of the smart phone users may not want such a huge device. So the Note 2 caters to power users that need more which "isn't" majority of smart phone users.
The Note 2 is approximately 4.5mm taller, 2.5mm narrower, and 0.25mm thinner.
So, thinner and narrower, but taller. But, most people will hold these phones in Portrait mode, so the thinner and narrower part will be what they feel in their hand. If that doesn't qualify as "smaller" to you, that's fine. Are those facts straight enough for you?
I love the design of the new Iphone 5 the Lumia has great Screen tech and camera, the only turn off the is the glossy back which the S3 has and is prone to get fingerprints, and that is kind of annoying, and is also thicker, now until Microsoft releases more info on Windows 8 there isnt much to talk about.
I think I'll stick with my OG Note for a while. It fits with more than enough room in every pocket on every pair of pants/shorts I own, I barely have to stretch to use it one handed, and it is excellent for YouTube/Netflix, as well as basic browsing/Facebooking. The only time I've ever had an issue with battery life was when I was running a marathon and listening to music on it (still made it back to the charger with 10%). The only downside I've faced is I haven't been able to find any stable Jelly Bean ROMs so far, but I'm happy with the Ice Cream Sandwich ROM I have.
And for perspective, I owned a 3rd and 4th Generation iPod Touch before getting an iPhone 4. I used the iPhone 4 for a little over a year before switching carries (I HATED Verizon's customer service). I have absolutely no regrets making the switch. I have enough self esteem not to freak out when someone sees me talking on the phone and says, "My God! What is that thing?" I was even able to find an excellent app to replace the music/video syncing. I'll probably get the Note III when it's released.
it's amazing. I think in my entire life only two people have ever seen me on a phone and commented about it. One was my mother asking if i got a new phone, and the other was a friend that was there when i bought my old phone a slider so when i had a shiny new slab on the table it stood out.
but i simply don't end up in coversations about phones in my peer group as much as many people seem to.
The galaxy note 2 has some nice features, apple held off for a long time with a larger screen, LTE and 1 gig of ran on the iPhone, we finally got it after waiting for so long. We get to have the expire some had wanted for years, next year they won't have anything to bargain with. Android is a much more feature rich operating system and its getting more stable and faster with every release, unless apple has something major in store for ios 7 they are going to lose alot of the faithful in 2013.
I wouldn't go as far as saying apple will have nothing to offer for ios7 and so on!! I have owned every iPhone from 3G to the best of them all IPhone 5( my opinion ) and have jailbroken each time. I say and again my opinion apple will start mirroring the best jailbreak features to date and slowly giving them the apple makeover and integrate them more fluently!! Apple already has a cult following and real talk don't need to take customers away from android they just need to keep there true to life followers happy!! That's why they finally gave us a larger display. Speaking for myself I want a bitesms style quick reply on ios7 that minor upgrade would hands down keep me and numerous apple fans calm and collected for years! Just my 2 cents!!!
Don't see any difference between the GSIII and the Galaxy S Note. They're just trying to rip you off especially since the Note was barely release a year ago and the fact that the ATT Galaxy Note was released less than six months ago.
The difference is the S-Pen functionality, which equates to both hardware (the pen) and software enhancements. While it is very similar to the GS3, the S-Pen sets it pretty far apart and makes it into a different sort of device all together. This, from someone who owns the Note and GS3.
The Note 2 also has a better screen and much faster internals than the original Note (which was laggy). Then there is the bigger screen in a smaller form factor. It's actually more of an upgrade than the iPhone 5 was over the iPhone 4s.
With galaxy note 2 samsung has leap frwd than apple. the few features like pop-up window.. s-pen cursor.. s-pen functionality, seriously this phone has kept the new bench marks in mobile industry. n i have to sadly say thou apple is faster, bigger n good looking.. there is no major new feature added in it frm the last iphone. plus the map fiasco has made apple look like a ordinary company. they should sue less n make efforts on makin their products more better.
I just got my iphone5 and pit it against the Galaxy Note 1 that I rented from gizmotakeout for 20 $ or so. The Note 1 is big in my big hands, but I think I can like it. The iphone 5 feels better ie more comfortable, but I recommend everyone check out the bigger screen Note. It is VERY good.
I think the Note 2 is smaller. I will definitely check out the Note 2 also from gizmotakeout when available.
I am evaluating a Note vs an iPhone 5. I don't think I fit the article's described user for the Note.
*iPhone user for past 2 years – primarily phone and text. Very pleased with iPhone.
*Wife and son both have iPhones
*age 50 (male) and wear reading glasses - I want a larger easier to read screen
*Sales of advertising with strong focus on internet marketing – use a dell notebook/tablet for work
*I am a geek from way back, but I prefer things to work first, dinkability second
Was going to get the iphone 5 with new larger screen but was disappointed by the new "larger" screen. I am not a big fan of the stretched out 16:9 format. (And yes I do know the Note 2 moves to a 16:9 that is longer with less resolution) I have been intrigued by the Note and played around with it at the ATT store several times. I liked the larger "tablet like" phone but was not sure I could live with it day to day based on the size. So before buying a phone on my contract I bought a used Note to try for a couple months to help with decision.
Here are my thoughts after 3 weeks of use:
*I use the Note for email, browsing and reading documents attached to email. The 3.5" screen on the iphone was too small for me to do those comfortably.
*I can see the phone, messages and contact screens without reading glasses
*When people comment on the phone (often), I will show the cool s pen. I don't use it much on a regular basis. Not using the s pen does not make the Note less of a choice.
*I don't care for having to use iTunes to move files, music and video to and from my phone. I much prefer just using windows explorer to manage files on my phone
*I expanded the storage on the Note by 32gb for $28. Support for an microSD card is a definite plus.
*Note is cumbersome to use as a phone. It's just big. Can use single handed but not easily.
*Note is cumbersome to carry around. I am worried I'll break it when carrying it in my pocket. I got a belt holster last week and that goes a long way to addressing this concern.
*I find ios/iPhone easier to use. But there is a learning curve here as I am new to Android. It gets better every day.
*I REALLY MISS being able to drop my iPhone is my speaker/charging dock. So simple to charge and play music. I spend half my time with overnight travel and my Skullcandy pipe is the perfect companion.
**I have SERIOUS concerns about security and privacy on Android. Every app I install from the Play Store requires permission to access my entire usage of my phone; me, my contacts, my browsing history, my phone logs, ... This is just too much and I don't trust Google capturing all that info.
No decision yet. These phones are so different it seems hard to imagine a comparison/choice between them, but I think more people may consider them as options. I do feel it would be hard to give up the bigger screen. I do prefer the smaller device for phone use only. I don't think I want a phone and a tablet to carry around. I believe the market for the Note is much bigger than this article suggested. The s pen is a beautiful addition but using it is not a necessity to like the Note. Another month and I'll be able to pick up a Note 2 or the iPhone 5. I think it's going to be a tough choice.
After a month and a half I can say that it would be very difficult to go back to the iPhone. Nothing wrong with the iPhone. I just really like having a mini-tablet that comes along with my big phone. I now read my email from my phone, not my laptop. I use the phone for light browsing internet. Even watched a couple of movies via Netflix. Gotten use to the size and while still noticeably large the benefits are worth it.
Now the delima over moving to the Note 2. All around it is spec-ed out better, but I like my 800 resolution and don't want to drop to 720. I have played around with the 2 and it does have a more comfortable feel in my hand. Will eventually move that way but happy enough with the Note 1 that I am not in the hurry I thought I would be.
The Note and iPhone are very different but I can see it being reasonable to bring you choice of a new phone down to a Note 2 vs iPhone 5. It will be a personal preference not based on specs winning out.
I agreed with you completely. I was using the iphone since the beginning and there is apprehension to move to Android device like Note 2. But to my surprise, the transition is easy. Jelly Bean is much easy to adapt than I thought and the Note 2 just blow my iphone 4s away. I can understand that Android before v4.1.1 is inferior to iOS but with the new Jelly Bean, it is way ahead of it. The Note 2 takes Asia by storm and we have smaller hand than you guys. The keyboard with swype is great. Any email, sms, articles can be configured to be read by the amazing text to speech app than are not available in iOS. You can automate your phone such that wifi is on when you reach home/office and auto shut-off the data plan. Reading on the phone is so much easier. If you use your phone less on voice and more on sms, email, reading, video, music etc, Note 2 is definitely the choice. Map is big and make navigation so easy, clear and easy on the eyes. Unless Apple come down from its high horse and improve its os and product, I won't go back to it again.
Having said that iPad is still superior than any Android tablet because of a lack of apps. However, for phone, Android app is just as good as those available in iOS and in many ways. much better.
The iPhone 5 is only the "default choice" for people who want an iPhone and are willing to live with a sub standard maps program and pretty useless Siri virtual assistant. I've held the original note in my hand and it both fits perfectly in my hand and the bigger screen is much easier on the eyes. That, a bigger battery than the iPhone 5, and the fact that it has Google maps, which obviously destroys Apple maps in functionality. If the Note 2 comes to Sprint, that may be my next phone. As the iPhone 5S is likely going to be Apple's next iPhone 4 rehash, I'm not going down the iPhone 4 design road again.
Yeah, Apple dropped the ball on Maps, but IMO it's blown way out of proportion. You can still use Google Maps via the web, or install an actual navigation program from Garmin/Navigon, TomTom, or any of the dozens of others in the App Store, which has been my plan for when I get an iPhone since before the Maps fiasco. I have no comment on Siri as I've never even seen it "live", and how you feel about Siri is how I feel about the similar function on the Droids.
There are reasons other than navigation to get a particular phone. I'm planning on switching back to an iPhone because in the past four years, I have completely failed to find a suitable replacement for iTunes that syncs live updating smart playlists to my device, as well as other media, as iTunes does with iDevices. And the last few times I've tried to sync iTunes to my Droid, the intermediary software has corrupted my microSD card to the point I had to throw them away as I couldn't even format them.
Hey man, if iTunes is your thing and that's your reason for wanting an iPhone, couldn't you accomplish your iTunes thing with an iPod Touch? My issues with the tiny screen of my 4S, the decreased battery life after the iOS6 update, and Apple touting Apple Maps as the second coming, when it turned out to be utter crap, can't be solved with iTunes. Removing a working fully functional program from MY PHONE without MY CONSENT, is a problem for me. I never gave APPLE permission to remove ANYTHING from my Phone. I don't see Google doing that. I'd like the choice to run whatever programs work for me on MY PHONE, versus having a great map program replaced with a piece of crap map program that Apple's first response to it's crappiness was "It will get better if you use it more". REALLY Apple? THAT'S UTTER BS. Cook had to FINALLY apologize to the public because he can't get his media yes men to sing the "party line" on the maps issue.
I already have one (3rd gen). Plus a phone. I want to get rid of one of them so I have less stuff to carry with me.
If you know of a way to manage my music and sync my media to a Droid as well as iTunes to an iDevice, please tell me. I've been looking for YEARS.
As for Maps, you are aware that you can use Google Maps in your web browser, right? And that Google is going to release an iOS maps app?
I was using Mapquest before iOS 6 and I still use it, so having another map program to use or even using Google Maps from Safari isn't my issue. This is MY PHONE and Apple chose to REMOVE something from MY PHONE, which I OWN. It doesn't belong to them. And Eric Schmidt publicly said this week that Google is NOT working on an iOS 6 Maps program. Google has no incentive to do so. It's in APPLE's best interest for that to happen and therefore, it won't.
As for your issue, the only solution that will work with iTunes is an iPhone. Get what works for you. I'll get what works for me, but it my case, it isn't going to be an iPhone 5 or iPhone 5S.
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Just bought the Galaxy Note 2 today.
Shittin on iPhone and any other phone.
The Galaxy Note II is a huge leap over the previous generation and if any one has galaxy note it would be wise to sell your oroginal asap for an upgrade. according to movaluate's fair market appraisal http://www.movaluate.com/samsung/galaxy-note-16GB-unlocked , owener could still get $369.00 for his old Samsung Galaxy Note 16GB , which could help pay for the awesome new galaxy note II
I dont know why they always compare the iphone 5 to galaxy note 2. Your trying to compare a car(iphone) vs truck (note2) I got both iphone 5 and galaxy note 2 it made the iphone 5 useless when I bought the gn2 I dont even use my ipad 2 the only thing use in apple is the facetime coz of my wife...but tumbs up. Galaxy note is a beast it can do everything games movie multi task is a killer feature.
I have used both phones and am getting tired of the same old iPhone shit. It never changes, if anything it got worse. Cheap painted aluminium that dents really easily. Keyboard flickers. I now have a galaxy note 2 and this phone is far superior to the icrap. Also Rene you are deluded ifyou think apple are selling more. Samsung have been outselling apple for months now and the increase in sales is due to apple fans buying Samsung because we are getting tired of Apple's same old bullshit phones that don't do anymore than there first phone.


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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Christian Ponder is out, and backup Joe Webb is in at quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings.
Ponder was inactive for Minnesota's wild-card playoff game against Green Bay on Saturday night because of a right elbow injury.
The pre-kickoff surprise was made about 90 minutes before the game started.
Ponder was hurt when the teams played each other last Sunday, when Packers safety Morgan Burnett delivered a jarring hit on a blitz. Ponder finished the game with a career-high 120.2 passer rating and three touchdowns in the 37-34 win.
But his participation in practice this week was limited and Webb took many of the turns with the first team offense. Ponder was listed as questionable on the injury report, and took only about a dozen soft, short throws in early warm-ups.
Webb was on the field getting loose for about an hour, well before the team gathered for drills. He was even playing around and kicking field goals with third-stringer McLeod Bethel-Thompson, who was on the active list for the first time this season.
This was Webb's first start of the season. He appeared in one game this year, for a kneel-down and a couple of handoffs at the end of a blowout win over Tennessee. He had three starts over his first two NFL seasons, the first coming at Philadelphia on Dec. 28, 2010. The Vikings beat the playoff-bound Eagles that night 24-14, and Webb passed for 195 yards and ran for a touchdown.
The 6-foot-4, 220-pound sixth-round draft pick from Alabama-Birmingham is athletic enough to play wide receiver, where he made one start in 2011 for the Vikings and played a whole season as a sophomore.
Ponder had some problems with swelling and tightness in his throwing elbow at Florida State. He twice had fluid drained from the elbow joint during his senior year.
Also inactive for the Vikings were wide receiver Stephen Burton, cornerback Brandon Burton, linebacker Tyrone McKenzie, offensive lineman Troy Kropog, defensive end George Johnson and defensive end D'Aundre Reed.
Defensive end Brian Robison (sprained right shoulder) and cornerback Antoine Winfield (broken right hand) were both active and in the starting lineup.
For the Packers, wide receiver Donald Driver was a healthy scratch.
Green Bay's other inactives were wide receiver Jarrett Boykin; cornerback Davon House; running back James Starks; linebacker Frank Zombo; defensive tackle Jordan Miller; and defensive end Jerel Worthy, who is out for the rest of the season with a knee injury. Worthy was hurt at Minnesota last week.
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Slopeside with James Patrick: When they start young, they don't stop
LINCOLN -- West Thompson didn't want to stop skiing.
When his dad, Wayne Thompson, stopped in the middle of a blue run at Loon Mountain, West got fidgety. That will happen when a 4-year-old is asked to stop doing pretty much anything he's enjoying.
As Wayne was answering a few hastily considered questions, West slowly slid away from his dad. When told to stop, West briefly considered his options, then hollered, "Let's go!"
"They tend not to like to stop," Wayne said.
They also tend to be pretty amazing skiers. A few hours after the slopeside conversation, West Thompson was dropping off to the sides of a groomed run, gliding over ungroomed snow.
A chairlift away, Kathryn Ventura was zipping around the bunny hill with her sister, Cellà. Kathryn is just 4 years old and had started skiing 24 hours earlier. In ski jargon, she was lapping it. Kathryn would do a whole run and ski straight onto the conveyor belt that would bring her back to the top of the bunny hill.
Why would you ever take a break?
"It's really important if you live in the Northeast to teach them to ski," mother Lizabeth Ventura said. "But it's great to teach them young."
Very young skiers seemingly outnumber very young snowboarders, but Loon Mountain is making an effort to level the playing field. This year, the resort opened a new area just for snowboarders between 3 and 6.
Riglet Park, which is sponsored by Burton, is the least-threatening spot you can imagine for a little kid trying to learn snowboarding. Kids climb up a short platform with a snowboard instructor who will help them slide down a tiny slope. Don't know how to stop? Not a problem. After they go down the slope, snowboarders will ride up a slight incline to stop their momentum. No turning required. They just have to stand on the board.
"It's a low-consequence environment for them to learn in," Loon Mountain marketing manager Kevin Bell said.
Consequences like injured elbows, knees and tailbones can be a huge problem for anybody learning to snowboard.
"From someone who taught himself to snowboard at 7, I was crying my eyes out the whole day," Bell said. "This park changes the game."
Kim Pinkham runs the children's teaching programs at Loon Mountain. She was skeptical when the resort decided to teach 3-year-olds how to snowboard. Some kids she deals with are even afraid to put on their boots.
Pinkham helped develop a curriculum that's low on technique and high on building confidence. The 3-year-olds are only out in Riglet Park for an hour at a time; if the slopes are too intimidating, an instructor will pull young snowboarders across a flat surface with a type of leash.
If the kids' interest or confidence wanes, instructors send them to play on a model train or pet a bear sculpture.
"I wish the skiers could go in it, too," Pinkham said. "I would want to go in it too. Look at all the cool stuff in there."
Skiers already have plenty of help. Visit any resort and you're likely to see parents skiing with a tether around a little one, helping them stand up while they learn how to ski.
At Lake Sunapee a couple of weeks ago, a father was skiing with a pair of his older children while mom led a pre-schooler down the slope. The youngest kid was throwing a tantrum, but he was skiing while he screamed.
Parents will do anything for love ... of skiing.
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Retro MTB TribeRe: Retro MTB TribeMy 1993 Bianchi Nyala with phat Schwalbe Big Apples
Re: Retro MTB TribeThought I should post something productive on this good forum rather than trawl the for sale section and imo this thread is bumpworthy.
Here are the bikes I have found since getting back into riding after a huge break. The Ground Control is my daily and the DBS is a slow moving project as a winter bike. I really wanted the little Proflex to be the wifes bike but she much prefers the Barracuda so it was parted out a while ago, awesome bike though, I hope to find one in large one day. Reading this forum and the UK retrobike forum I get the feeling that I'm not alone in the struggle to keep the bike population in the house in check.
Re: Retro MTB Tribehey, nice rigs there!! That Barracuda looked very Breezer Twister-esque until enlarged. I like the specialized a lot.
Retrobike continues to redefine fanaticism each time I read it. I'm sure there are more retro mtb builds on the way or finished out there, so lets see them! Retro MTB fan
Re: Retro MTB TribeBeen putting together a timeline of my MTB's...
1988 Apollo Everest - story here 1990 Shogun Prairie Breaker Expert - story here 1991 Specialized Stumpjumper Comp - story here (my ride until 2010!)
Re: Retro MTB Tribe1997 Specialized S-works Team Edition
just picked it up. 18" frame. most of its xtr drivetrain has been swapped out over the years it seems, but new stuff is only a click (and half a dozen bikes) away!
Re: Retro MTB TribeThere's some nice bikes in this topic
Here is my contribution Given to me by a girlfriend in the early '90s to replace a bike stolen from Uni. Now normally spotted riding to the park with a kid seat on the back I got this one more recently and use it for the commute
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I would be too!!!
Re: Retro MTB TribeI have a similar bike, mine is a mongoose Zuma, looks very much like the same frame and similar internal geared hub.
Re: Retro MTB TribeCan't get pics up atm but i have an early 90s Shogun Prairie Breaker, a mid 90s Giant Sedona, and a late 90s Specialized (which i am about to put on ebay, so i won't put any pics here until it's gone).
Also have a Marin Muirwoods steel frame which has a stuck seatpost, stem and BB, free to good home? When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments- Elizabeth West.
Re: Retro MTB TribeHere's my old bike, not as fancy as some here with XT bling.
Re: Retro MTB TribeMy '91 Peugeot Kings Canyon.
Full Deore Dx, including pedals. 531 tubing. Like new.
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Cool. I'd love a large frame, twice the chance of finding one now.
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Would love to see pics of the Prairie Breaker when you get the chance. I had a trail breaker in '91 and LUSTED after the Prairie in the catalog.
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Here you go, pretty poor condition sadly but she's out of the weather now and waiting patiently for her turn. When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments- Elizabeth West.
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Re: Retro MTB TribeThat is a seriously cool bike.
The KHS Fleetwood up top is pretty sweet too. The light-coloured tyres set both bikes off really well. How many gears in the hub on the KHS? I had a ride on AUBicycles' late-90's vintage Stevens hardtail on the weekend. Skinny tyres at high pressures, narrow bars, a very "forward" position and a grand total of 1" travel on the RS Judy fork made things, erm, interesting
Re: Retro MTB Tribehere's a link to the original spec for the Fleetwood. I got it pretty much there except for the red x-lite bars.
http://www.bikepedia.com/Quickbike/BikeSpecs.aspx?Year=1997&Brand=KHS&Model=Fleetwood&Type=bike It has a 7speed Nexus hub, heavy as hell but has the very cool feature of being able to change gears at a stand still. I came across the frame on ebay and had the tyres in a dark corner of the shed so started the build for my better half. Thankfully she loves it, I built her up an old proflex 445 ages ago but she never shared my 90's mountain bike fetish and didn't seem to enjoy the bum up head down riding position (I enjoyed it just fine ) She gets on much better with the cruiser frame and I got to play collect 90's bling.. everyone wins. Thanks for the comments on the Proflex chaps, It's fun to ride but gee it's twitchy.
Re: Retro MTB TribeCute little $25 E-Stay with a cool paint job on Gumtree in Melbourne.
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Re: Retro MTB Tribeis 96-97 retro ?
I had a break for 10 years as successive kids came along and sold my bikes but kept this firstly as it was the most expensive bike i bought ($2500 in 96) and it had some attributes i loved as it is there with the 2.1 knobbies it weighs 11kg and is very stiff which i loved for fast flowing fire trails Most of my riding was the oaks firetrail we use to do it once a week over summer, did it many times at night as well which was a hoot i dragged it out again a month ago in a bid to get some fitness back and did 700 odd kays till i tried to relive my youth and jump off a wall and the front forks collapsed lol i managed to find on ebay a spring kit and a new seal kit for the princely sum of $50 so will have it back up and running shortly specs of bikepedia http://www.bikepedia.com/quickbike/BikeSpecs.aspx?Year=1997&Brand=Mongoose&Model=Comp+SX&Type=bike#.UFT41qMr3ns Bicycle Type Mountain bike, front suspension MSRP (new) $1,250.00 Weight Unspecified Sizes Large, medium, small Colors Blue Item ID 69032 Frame & Fork Frame Construction TIG-welded Frame Tubing Material Aluminum Fork Brand & Model Rock Shox Judy C Fork Material Magnesium, triple-clamp crown Rear Shock Not applicable Components Component Group Shimano Deore LX/STX Brakeset Shimano Deore LX V-Brake brakes, Avid SD-1.9 levers Shift Levers Shimano STX RapidFire SL Front Derailleur Shimano Deore LX top-swing, top-pull/bottom bracket mount Rear Derailleur Shimano Deore XT GS Crankset White Industries Expert, 24/34/42 teeth Pedals Mongoose clipless Bottom Bracket Shimano BB-LP26, 113 mm spindle BB Shell Width 68mm English Rear Cogs 8-speed, 11 - 28 teeth Chain Shimano CN-IG51, 1/2 x 3/32" Seatpost Mongoose Ultralite, 30.6 mm diameter Saddle Selle Italia Future Handlebar Mongoose Pro Series Handlebar Extensions Mongoose Handlebar Stem Mongoose TSS Headset 1 1/8" threadless Tioga ST2-E
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Thanks for the heads-up. Could you describe how the intense version differs to the original (which I very much like).
I've been wanting to get myself a backup of DHI because it was a limited release, only to find out that every retailer was backordered, and retailers that had stock were charging around $125.
Strawberrynet now has 50ml and 100ml DHI EdP in stock for $55/$75. If you're like me and wanted to stock up, here is an opportunity.
Thanks for the heads-up. Could you describe how the intense version differs to the original (which I very much like).
Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good.
As far as i know DHI was only release in a 50ml bottle?
Thanks for the info, I love you!
(I've gone through 5 bottles so far. Sad, isn't it?)
But what is really GREAT is that it's now in a 100ml format for people like me.
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As far as I knew, it was only available in 50ml, but they're selling 100ml bottles... I know Strawberrynet is SE Asia (hong kong?) based, so they must have access to stock not yet available in the US. Perhaps this is a new production run? I'm not sure (but I hope it's not a screw up!).
As to how it's different - I find that it's less powdery and has a little more oomph with regard to some of the basenotes and background notes. It also lasts much, much, longer. Some people have said that it's more gourmand then original Dior Homme, and I suppose this is true to an extent. I love both versions, and I'd began to despair that I'd never find another Intense bottle for under $125.
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The Dior Homme Intense bottle must be just awesome in 100ml format.
If anyone sees the 100ml Intense in the shops please get a pix of it. I've just emailed Dior about this new size and they are usually very good about replying.
I'm starting to get fidgety here as I am now ENTIRELY out of the Intense................
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My bottle has already shipped - I'll post a pic when it gets here if you don't get a reply first.
Should I write to StrawberryNet for more info? Maybe a picture? I doubt they would list and sell the wrong product. They're usually pretty up on things, and they've been known to carry the more obscure products and sizes.
Yes, please, kindly ask them for a photo of the two sizes to get us drooling.
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I am glad they are bottling large sizes of this "stuff" to clear out the back stock to make more room for Dior Homme Sport!
LOL.... you're just jealous that Dior Homme Sport isn't in 100ml bottles! Now that's a fragrance that, if you like, you should stock up on because once they realize it's a flop they'll stop making it.
Seriously - Is it a flop? Does anyone know if it's been selling well as Sephora?
i asked my friend who works at the local boots how much of it they've sold. 4 bottles in 4 weeks. how much of the normal dior homme had they sold? 2 bottles. he said they usually only sell dior homme to people that already buy it, but these people were 'new' to the fragrance. i'd love to know how well it's been going in the larger stores in the city, but i wont ask them
but i guess the big NEW sign above the sport creates a "halo effect" to highlight the superior dior homme
I'm glad to hear it's doing OK - seriously, I like Dior even though I don't like DHS. While it's true Dior Homme wouldn't appeal to someone looking for something super-masculine, it's been a commercial success - otherwise they wouldn't keep putting out different versions under the same name (cologne, intense, sport) Plus, 'Joe Six Pack' doesn't shop at Sephora anyway
I had an idea - maybe the 100ml size is a tester? The SN website says it's selling them unboxed. Intense must have been sold at retail somewhere, right? And if they sold it at retail it makes sense they'd use testers? Just a theory. We'll all know in a few days.
Today I could try it at last. Much sweeter than the original, for me the resemblance to Guerlain L'Instant eau de parfum is obvious. And albeit the iris is a bit muted down, it is there all along. I sprayed it 10 hours before, and still it lingers.
For me much more wearable for a man than the original or the Cologne version.
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Has anyone actually purchased a 100 (or 50) ml from StrawberryNet? I ordered a 50 ml which arrived today wrapped in bubble wrap. It doesn't seem to last on my skin as much as the other one I have (i.e. I cant smell it there about 1/2 hour after), but boy am I getting a whiff of it from somewhere, so it must be good! Maybe my nose has just stopped smelling it.
I'd be curious as to whether the 100ml is just as good or not, although no reason why it wouldn't.
I ordered the 100ml. It has not yet arrived... where do you live and how long did it take to arrive from Hong Kong?
I'm in Melbourne Australia AKA Down Under. I ordered it Saturday or Sunday, and it was here on the following Thursday.
This is the 50 ml bottle. The labelling on the bottom is etched on rather than a sticker, so don't know if that means anything.
We're on day 9 since ordering and still no 100ml DHI :-(
Guess it takes a while to get from Hong Kong to Texas...
Just got my 3 100ml bottles. will post pictures in a bit.
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Arrived today... I don't have my cell camera with me, otherwise I'd post the photo now.
Will do it later.
Forgot to post the pic.. Here it is!!!i love the big bottle.
Thank you!
By the way, I also asked bbBD, did any of you in North America get hit with any duty fees or customs charges?
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As a long time basenotes reader, I felt the urge to become a first time poster, when I noticed some larger perfume chains (in both Italy and Germany) have started selling Dior Homme Intense again!
This is a picture of the new 100ml boxed edition at Douglas in Germany. According to the sales agent I spoke, this still is a limited edition unfortunately.
Lovely photo. I just scored two of the 100ml from one of our esteemed basenoters on ebay. I had always felt that the 50ml was just too small and then low and behold**shazaam!**
If you remember that the Guerlain L'Instant edp Extreme was supposed to be a limited edition and it has been available for 3 or 4 years then there is reason to have hope. It is still found throughout the EU and many duty frees but not North America.
So I think the edp will remain a fixture in the Dior Homme line-up.
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I've been wanting to try this one out as Dior Homme was my all time favorite. Is there anyone out there willing to sell me a decant to try out? I can send $ through paypal. Let me know!
According to the company I work for, Dior Homme Intense has been "reinstated" and will be relaunched in December. I'm not sure what that means long-term, but I like that it's been brought back!
I've already seen the 100ml in the department stores here.
Just got my 1.7 oz from Strawberrynet.com and it is the original Dior Homme eau de toilette. Anyone else have tis problem with them. I just sent them an e-mail. Thanks.
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less powdery... I've gotta go out and try it.
Out of curiosity, for those who have dealt with Strawberrynet, have you tried to get in touch with them? I have tried two e-mails and called but the number they have on their paperwork was to the District Attorney. As mentioned previously, ordered Dior Homme Intense and they sent me the origianl Dior Homme. It is getting frustrating.
I have had a few dealings with them. All were nothing but good experiences. Perhaps you can't get hold of them because of the holidays? Don't know. From memory, you have up to 3 months to contact them and have your issue resolved. So my advise is wait for a few more days. If they don't respond after that and as a last resort, you can always return the product to them and ask your credit card issurer for a chargeback.
Search the threads for a thread on vintage Hermes Equipage - I remember someone had a similar problem with SN not getting back to them right away, but they ended up with both a bottle and a refund.
I would make sure they still have the 50ml DHI in stock before you end up with a second bottle of the original.


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Further breaching the separation between church and state is not a solution to breaches that already exist.
The idea that non-profit industries should be taxes because of the governmental services they use seems to be based on the fantasy that anything is actually taxed based on the services it uses.
I find quite the opposite is true personally - the less I need help from the government, the more resources I have for the government to tax.