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LG G2 Review Q&A: Answers
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1. tech2 (Posts: 2866; Member since: 26 Oct 2012)
Great ! Now I can go ahead and order my blender XD
2. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
The VZW edition loses the hump from the rear buttons. And, no stereo speakers compared to the One. Otherwise, the G2 is 2013s sleeper hit Android phone.
15. MobileCaseReview (Posts: 242; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
Yeah we checked out VZW's too and it was slightly different. Kind of surprised since its a flag ship phone and the other manufacturers aren't changing theirs for individual carriers. Agreed, just got my GF this phone. It is a bad ass little beast of a sleeper. I'm kind of jealous haha. Waiting for the next nexus, and htc one max to release to finally decide between the note 3, nexus, and one max.
21. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
I am waiting for Otterbox to release a Commuter case for the G2. Then a G2 will replace my Note 2.
27. Saamic (Posts: 119; Member since: 20 Feb 2012)
I was at the Verizon store the other day checking it out and I noticed some differences in the OS. I hope someone makes a detailed video that points out these differences.
3. mr.techdude (Posts: 568; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
This phone is sooooooo convincing should I get this or the one max or just wait for next year see wats coming?
4. tech2 (Posts: 2866; Member since: 26 Oct 2012)
From my personal experience I can say the waiting game will never be over. There will always be a next big thing to look after !
Between this two I would go for HTC Max as it has a unique fingerprint scanner. Not to mention the better built quality. Also, none of them have good track record with updates but comparatively HTC's better than LG's.
Have you considered Note 3 ?
6. AppleJuice (Posts: 125; Member since: 12 Sep 2013)
Too bad that the One Max's camera would not be as good as the G2's.
13. tech2 (Posts: 2866; Member since: 26 Oct 2012)
lol.....yes that's a big point I should've mentioned. Thanks
5. Googler (Posts: 813; Member since: 10 Jun 2013)
"If you consider the iPhone, the G2's bland design, larger size and harder-to-learn interface will be its biggest disadvantages."
Thanks for keeping it neutral, Ray.
9. pwnarena (Posts: 1020; Member since: 15 Feb 2013)
haha. what a way to put it!
16. roldefol (Posts: 3260; Member since: 28 Jan 2011)
He could just as easily have said "If you consider the HTC One" and not changed his point one iota. I don't believe anyone will be waffling between the G2 and iPhone 5/S. Keep it to direct competitors, please.
7. papss (unregistered)
Okay I'm having a hard time waiting until the end of the month for the announcement of the 1520.. This phone would make a great companion to my 1020
8. Napalm_3nema (Posts: 1497; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
I love my G2. It is, quite simply, amazing. I miss premium construction materials like I had on the One, but this phone feels great in the hand, regardless of materials, and it is actually easier to use one-handed than the One.
26. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
The only thing I don't like about the VZW edition G2 is the back - it is perfect fingerprint magnet. I hope Otterbox produces a case for G2 ASAP, as that is the only thing keeping me from buying a G2.
10. zachattack (Posts: 621; Member since: 31 Jul 2013)
like the man above said, the waiting game never ends. You either keep waiting and waiting, or get the latest and be happy for years to come. I am still fighting over the G2 and the Blue One for verizon, i think i might go G2 just because of the rave reviews. I feel like i'd be more comfortable with the latest specs. They are just that much better than anything to date. G2 hit every inch of what it means to be premium. Minus a few things of course, but no phone can really be perfect.
18. roldefol (Posts: 3260; Member since: 28 Jan 2011)
I wish the price gap weren't so big (this week at least). The Best Buy Blue One for Verizon is $50 this week, compared to the $200 G2. For me that just reinforces the notion that buying Android phones right after release is a risky proposition. Even the flagships go on sale quickly.
33. zachattack (Posts: 621; Member since: 31 Jul 2013)
I actually tipped that the moment it happened but clearly PA didn't give two s**ts. That's ok though whatever. I think that's an incredible deal since it also has android 4.3. Think i might still get a G2 though, and the G2 is 150 on amazon surprisingly enough
11. JavaTheHutt (Posts: 3; Member since: 16 Sep 2013)
Im interested in the g2 but the interface looks terribly boring by lg. I like the interface on the moto x but its screen is not as good as I would want it. I would get an iphone but the screen is too damn skinny. Any advice? Should I just wait for the nexus 5?
12. AppleJuice (Posts: 125; Member since: 12 Sep 2013)
You can get the G2 and put a launcher on it. By the way, you should wait for the Nexus 5 and see what it brings.
14. Slammer (Posts: 1390; Member since: 03 Jun 2010)
In regards to Malakimills' question:
Ray left out some crucial aspects to his answer. Do you require removable battery and expandable memory SD cards? I ask this because the two most popular phones being sold are The iPhone and the Galaxy S3 or S4. The iPhone has no removable battery or SD cards while the Samsung's flagships do. Even though the Samsung phones are being purchased mostly for screen and popularity, many people I know have purchased the phone for the two necessities.I based my purchase on needing these amenities as well.
I also love the specs of the LG G2, but was turned off by the "bland" back and lack of being able to do my own battery change. I also like to increase my memory at will and don't trust on board memory if the phone completely fails. With SD Cards, if the phone completely fails, you can simply remove the card and install it into the new device.
If these things don't bother you, then the LG with the absolute latest specs, would be a viable choice.
17. fanboy1974 (Posts: 1313; Member since: 12 Nov 2011)
As Note 2 owner that upgraded to LG G2 I see your point. But with LG making 32gig standard and giving it a relatively large battery I can forgive it especially at the $140 price I paid on contract. I used a 64gig sd card with the note 2 and never filled it. But I do miss swapping out the battery every morning or taking a spare with me. I know the Note 3 will pack more features but after having Amoled for the last 2 years I wanted a change. And having a smaller phone with a powerful CPU is an upgrade.
I actually wanted to buy a iPhone 5s but Apple just did not do enough.
20. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
"I actually wanted to buy a iPhone 5s but Apple just did not do enough."
I wonder how many other consumers reach the same conclusion? There are the dedicated iToy fans who will buy at release day, and then there is everyone else.
28. fanboy1974 (Posts: 1313; Member since: 12 Nov 2011)
I wanted to switch it up with a smaller device that I could give my wife next year because I already own a Note 10.1 and Nexus 7 (2012). I did not want to be a one sided fanboy but Apple makes it so easy to root against them.
1. To con people into thinking that 64 bit is needed in a device that has less than 4gigs (or less than 2 gigs) of memory is just wrong. The speed difference is from the faster processor. Don't make it out like 64bit is something magical.
2. To promote a year old plastic phone over your flagship so that you can bring in more profit is wrong. What's wrong with making money off of innovative products?
3. I don't mind the fingerprint scanner but it's not being fully utilized. Why not have the ability to lock down certain apps like bank apps, certain games or adult themed apps that are sensitive to children.
And the sad part is that I'm not even upset that the screen size stayed at 4 inches; that was expected. It's the fact that Apple thinks that potential buyers are stupid. Apple has lost touch with the market.
32. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
"It's the fact that Apple thinks that potential buyers are stupid."
I was wondering that same thing myself when Apple released the 5C for $50 less than the iP5. Why would anyone in their right mind drop the coin for a plastic iPhone when the 5 does everything the plastic iPhone does. The only motivation for getting the plastic iPhone would seem to be when the stock of iP5 is all gone.
19. Slammer (Posts: 1390; Member since: 03 Jun 2010)
Unfortunately for me and others I know, replacing batteries has been common proceedure after 15-18 months into contract. With deductables reaching or exceeding 150 dollars, the justification of using an insurance claim for a battery we can't get to, is rather insulting as well as financially unnecessary. I could better use this deductable for a new device instead. Swapping batteries has bought me the time needed until upgrade. I'm particularly pointing to others like my gaming nieces and nephews that have experienced battery issues after warranty but before end of contract. Most have switched to the Samsung Galaxy S2,3 and 4 due to annoyance with embedded batteries. My one nephew always argued with me on why he loved his iPhone only to change to the Galaxy 4. He almost purchased the HTC One until he found it had no removable battery.
In this current hype over design quality and looks, many are forgetting about the battery. We can pay respects to marketing for this. Some argue they never have problems with batteries or memory. I find even once or twice is too much to have an issue. I want removable batteries.
John B.
31. iliketech (Posts: 55; Member since: 17 Aug 2011)
you have a point - I got the SGS4 GE, because the battery, sd card, back button right by my thumb (lower rt) most phones you have to stretch to bottom left and with screens getting bigger it's an issue, although the G2 you can change where the buttons are (nice - LG). They made the G Pro with a removable back (battery) and wireless charging - what gives LG? I would be buying it if it had that...
22. Mastertwiz (Posts: 15; Member since: 10 Dec 2009)
I picked up the G2 last Friday and finally parted way with my Galaxy Nexus. The phone is fabulous, especially now that it's rooted and free of verizon bloat. I was seriously considering waiting for the Note 3 or One Max, but the G2 is just big enough to be bold and beautiful, but not too big that it's a hassle to hold or overly bulky.
By the way, the battery life is fantastic. The fist day I had it, playing with it all the time, it lasted 23 hours on the factory charge. BTW - 33,598 on AnTuTu.
Get this phone people; you won't be sorry.
23. theruleslawyer (Posts: 108; Member since: 23 Apr 2012)
This just showed up on amazon finally. As LG optimus G2. No discount on ATT, $50 off on the VZW version.
24. fanboy1974 (Posts: 1313; Member since: 12 Nov 2011)
If you're on Verizon see if "VERIZON30" still works online. Worked for me yesterday bringing the cost down to $140. Even did in store pickup the same day. With the iPhone coming out this week I doubt that this code will still be active as we near Friday.
25. AtlasM (Posts: 1; Member since: 16 Sep 2013)
Can you get rid of all the junk that LG adds to the notification tray? I have a Galaxy Nexus and while I'd like to get newer/nicer hardware I'm not looking forward to mass quantities of bloatware.
29. 9thWonderful (Posts: 232; Member since: 24 Jan 2013)
eh...2 have left the store so far since it's release on VZW & both have had significant issues within a few days of purchase. phone looks nice but unfortunately the LG lack of stability continues. on the positive side the build quality & UI look a lot better than the typical LG android.
30. normedia1 (Posts: 4; Member since: 12 Apr 2013)
I just got the ATT variant and I love it. BUTT...I notice that apps will always have that front buttons on the side, and not full screen. It turns out that apps run at 1800x1080 instead of 1980x1080 full screen. How can this be fixed?
34. adnanmalik (Posts: 2; Member since: 22 Nov 2013)
Just need to know one thing. S3...S4...and Notes 2.. all take 4-5 seconds to open up the contact ...and its crashes a lot....sometimes while going back..it lags
Does LG G2 Lags.. does it take time to open up....or close the application ?
35. adnanmalik (Posts: 2; Member since: 22 Nov 2013)
Just need to know one thing. S3...S4...and Notes 2.. all take 4-5 seconds to open up the contact ...and its crashes a lot....sometimes while going back..it lags
Does LG G2 Lags.. does it take time to open up....or close the application ?
36. thasvin (Posts: 1; Member since: 05 Apr 2014)
will you help me with a problem on my G2.
Actually i plug my phone on an amplifier and my phone just turn off.
when its back On, i got this problem of no output for sound.
I seen that the tiny icon of earphone (which appear on the top of the screen when plugin an earphone ) is always appearing despite no earphone is plugin, So the phone keeps thinking that there is an earphone actually plugin and it never output the sound through the Speaker.
Everything is OK on the phone by the way, Only this sound output which having problem. And i've already do the Factory Reset.
Do you know where the problem is !?


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Robots Create Jobs, Enable Small Companies to Compete Worldwide
February 2013
By Bill Lydon, Editor
International Federation of Robotics (IFR) CEO Roundtable 2013
The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) provided a review of industry growth and hosted the IFR CEO Round Table discussion at AUTOMATE in Chicago on 22 January 2013. Gudrun Litzenberger opened the event and introduced IFR President, Dr. Shinsuke Sakakibara, Managing Counselor of FANUC CORPORATION. Dr. Sakakibara provided opening remarks and introduced IFR Executive Board Member John Dulchinos, President and CEO, Adept Technology, USA. The IFR is the primary resource for world-wide data on the use of robotics and is the sponsor of the annual International Symposium on Robotics (ISR).
Industry Review – Robot Sales Increased 35%+
Dulchinos presented highlights of the latest industry research, initiated by the IFR and conducted by London based Metra Martech Market Research Company. The study researched the impact of robots on employment in various manufacturing industries including automotive, electrical & electronics, food & beverage, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, rubber & plastics, metalworking, and foundries. Robot sales grew more than 35% in 2011 - the most successful year in 50 years. The sales of robots in 2011 was led by China with growth of more than 51%, followed by the United States 43%+ , Germany 40%+, Japan 27%+, and Italy 13%+. Korea, Japan and Germany are the most automated countries in the world based on the number of multipurpose industrial robots (all types) per 10,000 employees in the manufacturing industry. The world average robot density is 55 per 10,000 employees. Japan and Korea have the greatest number of robots per employee approaching 350 robots per 10,000 employees followed by Germany with over 250 robots per employee. The United States, with 130 robots per 10,000 employees, has a significantly lower concentration than leading countries.
Key reasons for using robots include:
- Achieving precision and consistent manufacturing at an affordable cost.
- Serving production where work conditions are unsatisfactory for people.
- Enabling high labor cost countries to compete with low labor cost area.
The study also noted that the shortages of skilled manufacturing people have not been relieved by re-training during the recession and remain an important problem for industry.
Study Findings at a glance include data that direct employment due to robotics is 4 to 6 million jobs created in world manufacturing, represented by 3 to 5 jobs created per robot in use. Indirect employment created as a result to robots increases this number to 8 – 10 million jobs. It is projected that 1.9 to 3.5 million jobs will be created by robots in the next eight years. When manufacturing jobs are saved, jobs throughout the community where the factories are located are also saved.
IFR CEO Roundtable 2013
I had the pleasure of moderating the discussion about the impacts of robots on jobs with the following panelists:
Drew Greenblatt, President & Owner, Marlin Steel, USA www.marlinwire.com
Marlin Steel manufactures material handling and cleaning baskets, sheet metal fabrications, wire forms, and machined products for aerospace, automotive, medical, pharmaceutical, industrial, and military applications.
Matt Tyler, President & CEO, Vickers Engineering, USA www.vickerseng.com
Vickers is a precision machining and fabrication company serving the automotive, oil & gas, agriculture, defense, and industrial markets.
John Dulchinos, President & CEO, Adept Technology, USA www.adept.com
Adept Technology, Inc. is the largest U.S.-based manufacturer of industrial robots and provides intelligent vision-guided robotics systems and services.
Professor Alexander Verl, Head of Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering & Automation
Professor Verl is also Chairman of the IFR Research Committee in Germany. The Fraunhofer IPA was founded in 1959 and incorporated in the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in 1971. It is one of the largest single research institutes employing around 200 scientists with 50 percent revenue coming from industrial projects.
IFR 2013 CEO Roundtable
We explored topics related to the robotics industry.
Question: What is the impact of robots on employment and quality in your company?
Drew Greenblatt
"We embrace robots, we are a small factory in Baltimore, Maryland, that has grown 7 years in a row and robots have helped us surge ahead." Robots have helped create jobs opportunities for safer and more interesting jobs. Greenblatt explained that robots help his factory go faster by saying, "We live in email time where people want things yesterday." "If you deploy robots in your factory you will be able to ship products more quickly and your clients will be satisfied and will not take their business overseas." Marlin Steel is adding jobs because they are more competitive and responsive, which is enabling them to secure more business. Robots make consistent good parts that meet tight tolerances. Their clients love the quality and this has stimulated more sales orders and is part of the reason the company has enjoyed 7 years of growth despite the recession. "Using robots is like putting employees on steroids, they can make parts faster, increasing productivity and making each employee more valuable," said Greenblatt.
As a result of their success the company is paying employees more and providing richer benefits. He also cited increased safety due to robots. The company is currently enjoying over 1,500 days without a safety incident. "The robots are doing the carpel tunnel work, robots are doing things that are more likely to cause harm - repetitive, boring, heavy lifting," said Greenblatt. The company has 32 employees, including 20% degreed mechanical engineers. Greenblatt noted they are doing more "brain work" rather than "brawn" to be more innovative to beat competitors. "When I bought the company (in 1998) we could only pay a typical factory person minimum wage," said Greenblatt. "Now, on average, everyone gets paid 4 times more and we have full health insurance." The company now ships to 36 countries. "Robots should be embraced in America," said Greenblatt. "It is a sad state of affairs when Korea and Japan have embraced robots more than America."
Matt Tyler
"Automation has transformed our company," said Tyler. "We were a very traditional, old school fabrication and machining company." The company is now supplying world class companies including Toyota and FMC Technology. He explained that in order to secure and maintain this type of business the company must be globally competitive in cost, perfect quality, constant reliable shipment, and delivery without fail. The CNC machine technology they have is state-of-the-art. "When humans handle hundreds of thousands of parts a year a year with the expectation of zero failure, you're asking for problems," said Tyler. "Automation has allowed us to compete on a global basis and it has created jobs in Southwest Michigan. If it had not been for automation we would not have beaten our Japanese, Chinese, and Mexican competitors."
Tyler commented that the biggest growth concern they have, growing from 170 employees with $30 million in sales to $63 million in sales in 2016, is finding skilled and knowledgeable people. He explained the company had a very hard time filling jobs during the peak of the recession. They consistently had 10-12 entry level positions open. "No one wanted to get into the old school carpal tunnel syndrome, rough, dirty, stereotypical manufacturing environment," sad Tyler.
Professor Alexander Verl
Professor Verl, using Germany as an example, noted that countries with high productivity are competitive and can afford a good social system, and a good health care system. If you lose manufacturing jobs you lose all of related jobs at local businesses since people have less money to spend. The addition of new technology to enhance robots, coupled with decreasing costs of robots, will expand the number of applications. He cited robot collaboration with people is a new area for growth.
Future Robots
The group discussed future robot developments.
John Dulchinos
Development of mobile autonomous robots promises to automate the movement of goods in a facility. This will make possible the elimination of the traditional production line and replace it with work-in-process, non-sequential flow around the factory. This will create flexible factories to meet the demands of make-to-order manufacturing.
Drew Greenblatt
We need to have improvements that provide quick robot setup. "Today, it takes to great deal of time to get a robot working…we need MAC Book like setup," said Greenblatt. "The average U.S. companies are 10-15 employees…these companies are not running 3 million parts jobs but very short run, quick changeover. For robots to be effective in these companies, 2-10 minute changeover is required to squeeze more jobs through each work cell."
Matt Tyler
Tyler said her would like to see robots with vision so it can pick out parts from a bin on demand, making them more flexible. He reinforced the comments by Greenblatt on simplify setup time to justify using robots on lower volume production. "If we could have a mobile robot that is easy to teach on a consistent changeover basis - that will move a skid of components from the cell to the dock, to the warehouse - I would do it," said Tyler.
Professor Alexander Verl
Verl believes mobile robots on the horizon will incorporate "skillful mapping algorithms," making them useful. He noted that developments in improving the simplification of installation, application engineering, and programming will accelerate the use of robots.
Thoughts & Observations
Marlin Steel and Vickers Engineering are examples of companies that are using robot technology to be competitive. Small companies like these are the backbone of manufacturing in the United States and others should think about their automation opportunities to be competitive.
The lack of robot use in the United States relative to other countries is disturbing. The lack of adoption of automation in general in the U.S. is troubling. I believe this situation has a great deal to do with company management that does not understand manufacturing technology and is focused on the short term.
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Join Rachael Ray as she visits the hip Long Island getaway - the Hamptons. From shopping to sake, Rachael samples it all in this legendary hideaway for the rich and famous. Yet Rachael proves you dont have to be a big star to get the A-list treatment in the Hampton's, you can do it all for $40 a Day
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Let this be a warning to all you parents of eight-month olds out there: sure, they're plump and cuddly and can't do anything but smile and poop and cry a little and you can take them to the pumpkin patch and prop them up and take pictures and they're so adorable you buy a 64-oz tub of pumpkin butter you'll never eat from the pumpkin guy because you're just so grateful to be there taking pictures of your little princess among his pumpkins.
Then, you turn around and it's a year later, and you pull up to a pumpkin patch on the side of the road to take pictures, and before you know it your little princess is screaming, "PUMPKIN!" over and over at the top of her lungs and she won't get up without convulsing unless you bring a pumpkin with you, and then you find yourself scurrying along the road with a screaming child under one arm and a stolen pumpkin under the other. That's right, parents of eight-month olds. One day you'll find yourself driving through the autumn foliage with the orange glow of a pumpkin patch fading behind you, your child happily hugging a pumpkin in her car seat. And when you look at yourself in the rear-view mirror all you'll see is a pumpkin thief.


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Chowhounding Rules of Thumb--Takeout
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takeout rules of thumb:
always crack open the pizza box in the car, otherwise the crust will get steamed. Better yet, put the box (cracked open) on the floor of the passenger's side, and blast the heat to provide both warmth and dehumidification (car heaters are also useful for warming cookies).
Another pizza strategy: ask them not to bake the pie all the way, then finish in your oven. This works with other foods, as well.
Never ever get take-out from shops with "gourmet" in their names, which sell lots of expensive, decorative olive oils and display fancy salads in cases illuminated by track lighting.
Always ask for crunchy items (or anything with any sort of pastry) to be rewarmed in an oven rather than a microwave (microwaves will destroy the texture).
If french fries are too salty, put them in a paper bag and shake.
Takeout shops are often more flexible than restaurants; more likely to mix different things together and make "samplers", substitute stuff, etc. In fact, takeout is sometimes more flexible in this way even in restaurants.
any others?
"Never ever get take-out from shops with "gourmet" in their names, which sell lots of expensive, decorative olive oils and display fancy salads in cases illuminated by track lighting."
Ludicrous. A lot of people, myself included like those kinds of salads.
And, by your own admission, you like Ruth's Gourmet in Fort Lee (which, by the way, is a hell of a takeout place for meditterranean food)0-
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"A lot of people, myself included like those kinds of salads"
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re: Jim Leff
Jim you might want to make an exception to that rule and check out Charlie Trotters new takeout place when you're in Chicago. Although I think the restaurant is over-hyped, this joint is good and reasonable - reasonable compared to the rest. that is. I got a roasted chicken yesterday that was worth the nine bucks. Really delicious. And the staff is cool too.
Is it POSSIBLE to have fries that are too salty?


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MONTVALE, N.J., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: BRL) today announced that its subsidiary, Barr Laboratories, Inc., received final approval from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to manufacture and market a generic version of Ortho McNeil Janssen's Razadyne(R) ER (galantamine hydrobromide extended release capsules), eq. to 8 mg, 16 mg and 24 mg. Barr also announced that it is the first company to file an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) containing a Paragraph IV certification for a generic version of Razadyne ER capsules, and therefore is entitled to 180-days of marketing exclusivity, as provided for under the Hatch Waxman Act. The Company intends to launch its product shortly.
Barr filed its ANDA with the FDA containing a Paragraph IV certification for the 8 mg eq. capsule strength of Razadyne ER on March 1, 2006. Barr amended its ANDA on March 10, 2006 to include the 16 mg eq. and 24 mg eq. capsule strengths in its filing. Following receipt of the notice from the FDA that Barr's ANDA was accepted for filing, Barr notified the New Drug Application (NDA) holder and patent owner.
On July 6, 2006, Barr announced that Janssen had filed suit against the Company in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey asserting U.S. Patent No. 4,663,318 ("the '318 patent") against Barr. Barr subsequently amended its application to certify that a later listed patent, U.S. Patent No. 7,160,559 ("the '559 patent"), which was not listed at the time Barr's original ANDA was filed, was invalid, unenforceable or not infringed, and provided notice of this to Janssen. Janssen subsequently filed a new suit asserting the '559 patent against Barr.
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Reflecting the lives of Blended families from African & Native American families.
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- Andrea Kelleher said...
Amazing post! A perfect reminder to so many that there is so much more to the stories that sometimes get showcased on TV shoes.
- March 19, 2012 at 8:48 PM
- Angela Y. Walton-Raji said...
You are quite right, Andrea. The stories are in everyone's families, and they extend beyond the documents.
- March 19, 2012 at 8:51 PM
- Andrea Kelleher said...
I meant shows...Angela sorry I was typing last night on my Nook.
- March 20, 2012 at 4:43 AM
- Coloring Outside the Lines said...
Very interesting post- thanks Angela!
- March 20, 2012 at 5:44 AM
- Angela Y. Walton-Raji said...
Thank you so much.
- March 20, 2012 at 8:45 AM
- AAINNM said...
This is a brilliant piece of research. You expertly picked up where Mr. Gates left off in tracking Don Cheadle's ancestry.
You have made us mindful that the TV programs are not as thorough or comprehensive in their researching, often relying on 'celebrity' to entertain us for an hour or so.
Thank you!
Peace & Blessings,
"Guided by the Ancestors" - March 20, 2012 at 9:11 PM
- Noketch said...
I have been researching this myself as my maternal grandmother was a Kemp. Her Grandfather was Louis Kemp, who was listed as a slave as Jackson Kemp in the 1902 Dawes Enrollment packet for my great-grandfather Dave Kemp and his Mother Peggy Kemp and siblings.
His mother Peggy was listed as a widow so Louis Kemp was already dead. Family history indicates that all of Peggy's children were actually by the man who owned her. So it i snot know whether or not there was really a Louis Kemp who owned Jackson Kemp who was married to Peggy and fathered her children, or if a name was just given for the records and the father was actually Jackson Kemp himself.
While trying to figure this out, I also found Jackson Kemp's slave schedule from 1860 and noted the large number of mulatto slaves and that every single Mulatto slave listed was also listed as a runaway. Not only was every single Mulatto listed as a fugitive, but not one of the black slaves were listed as fugitives.
I'm sure there is some significance to this, but I have no idea what it is.
I hope to find out one day.
Both my grandmother's mother's family and father's family were slavesd of Native Americans. Her mother Josie Fields, was the daughter of Elmira Fields who was owned by some Chocktaw Indians but her father Bill Fields was not owned by Native Americans. It is not clear if he was free, or owned by whites. I really wish the records were clearer. All of this is fascinating, but so much is missing. - March 23, 2012 at 11:40 AM
- Mavis said...
Angela, great work and thanks for bringing out the rest of the history that was not revealed on the show.
- March 24, 2012 at 8:35 PM
- seekingtoledo said...
Are these Kemps related to the former Senator Jack Kemp?
- April 4, 2012 at 12:19 PM
- Angela Y. Walton-Raji said...
I have not researched Senator Kemp's history or genealogy, and could not say.
- April 4, 2012 at 2:43 PM
My name is Hazlee Kemp, Grand-daughter of Wellington Kemp/Mary Lamey Kemp. Great grand daughter of Henry Kemp.Tishamingo, Okla. Born 1939 to Holsey Kemp/Jettie Lawson. I have two Aunts that are Cheadles. Related to Don Cheadle.
- May 30, 2012 at 3:18 PM
- Angela Y. Walton-Raji said...
Hello Hazlee,
Thanks for visiting the page. I hope that you found the information useful on the Cheadle line and I hope you found it useful. - May 30, 2012 at 3:30 PM
- The MO Amper Commander said...
Hey Angela!
This is my 2nd review of your post -- simply, THANK YOU!! My mother named me after a very famous labor/legal/activist member of the Moskeogee Oklahoma based KEMP family! My great uncle was James Horace Kemp who was a labor leader, trustee of Taladega College, and president of the NAACP in 1985. PLEASE help me in bridging the link between James and Sadie Kemp who assisted leaders of the NAACP with safe-houses during the late 1800's...THANK YOU :-) email: firstname.lastname@example.com - July 31, 2012 at 4:31 PM
- Ms Vicky said...
What amazing research you did Angela and as always you have again hit the nail on the head by telling the story with words and documents.
- April 13, 2013 at 2:49 AM
Mrs. angela you did great, but I wonder would you do any,reasearch about south carolina indians,from the freeman descentant,i notice in the census records alot of mistakes was made when doing research like family surnames was switched names was wrongfullt misspelled by the census takers, I also heard it was hard in the south keep up with indians especially black indians,
- June 25, 2013 at 4:15 PM
- Angela Y. Walton-Raji said...
As you can see, the blog posts, always contain documents from the various communities. The Freedmen of the Five tribes have a rich paper trail. In addition they were legally designated as "Freedmen" reflecting their status as having been "freed" from bondage in their tribes. I am unaware of "Freedman" records from any tribes east of the Mississippi, and am unaware of any legal status of "Freedmen" from any of those tribes that you mentioned.
- June 25, 2013 at 6:34 PM
I just received my DNA report which to my surprise reported 8% Sub Saharan African. My most difficult genealogy "block" are my 3rd Great Grandparents; Byrd Kemp and Sarah Horn who appeared out of nowhere in Muddy fork Township, Polk County, Arkansas 1860 census. Nothing is known of their history before then. My great grandmother, Eliza,(Byrd and Sarah's granddaughter) was sometimes called a Black Dutch. She was very beautiful. We thought that might have meant part Indian. My dad always said we were part Chickasaw, but I could find no evidence of that. All the pieces now fit with this story--now I need to figure out if these are just a series of coincidences or if I am a descendent of former Chickasaw slaves. Cool :-), Randy
- August 10, 2013 at 7:53 PM
My name is Betty Love. I grew up in the Tishomingo area. I've been researching my roots since 1999. In my research I found that Mary Kemp was my great grandmother. Scott Finley, her second husband was my great grandfather. I've also discovered that Mary had far more than 8 children by Hence Cheadle. During the time that the Dawes Commission came through Indian Territory, Mary and Hence had grown children who weren't enumerated with either Hence or Mary. Among those children were Douglas and Amos Cheadle. I do agree that Don Cheadle (a cousin) has a varied and colorful family history indeed. I most recently found my great grandmother, Mary Kemp's brother, Isaac. Can you tell me where I can find the letters he wrote to ask for freedom for his wife and children?
- August 27, 2013 at 12:42 PM
- Angela Y. Walton-Raji said...
I wrote an article with images of the letter and a full transcription of the letter as well. You can find it here.
By the way, do you have any photos of the Kemps and Cheadles? - August 27, 2013 at 1:11 PM
I don't have any photos of either the Kemps or Cheadles but a cousin of mine who is also doing a family history has in possession a picture of Hence Cheadle.
- August 30, 2013 at 10:07 AM
- Angela Y. Walton-Raji said...
Wow---I hope that the photo is shared, because Hensce Cheadle was a patriarch of such a large and significant clan of people among Chickasaw Freedmen! The entire cadre of descendants should have his photo!
- August 30, 2013 at 10:10 AM
Estella Cheedle is my great great grandmother. Starting my research now. I do know Mary Kemp was her mother. I do have a pic of one of Estella kid.. Trying to dig deep asking family for pics of Mary Kemps family. Wish me luck!
- December 15, 2013 at 4:42 PM
- Angela Y. Walton-Raji said...
I would love to see a photo of one of Mary's children! Can you upload it?
- December 15, 2013 at 5:33 PM
- pearlene said...
My name is Pearlene live in Fresno.Mother Kathrine Cheadle,Grandfather Bill Cheadle,Hence Cheadle is my Great Grandfather.Love to hear more
- January 10, 2014 at 12:27 PM
- Nat Turner said...
Hello... My name is Shawn (Cookie ) 3 rd Great Grandson of Eldridge Edwards..2nd to Hence Cheadle and 1st to Bill Cheadle and Grandson to Katherine cheadle. I've been gathering pic's and info on our VERY BIG family and it's really exciting to find so much info.. I have at least 330 family members and adding as i go to complete this family tree. I will be in Oklahoma at the family reunion this year in july !! so i can get all the info i need, Hope to see some of you there ??You can email me if you have any QUESTIONS .. firstname.lastname@example.com or you can go to the site and look for the Eldridge Edwards Tree ...bye..
- January 10, 2014 at 7:37 PM
- Angela Y. Walton-Raji said...
Hello Pearline, nice to hear from you. I also heard from another Cheadle who is connected to Hence Cheadle. Do you know if there are any photos of either Hence Cheadle or Mary Kemp?
- January 10, 2014 at 7:38 PM
There will be a Cheadle/Gordon reunion the 3rd weekend in July 2014 in Tishomingo Oklahoma your more than welcome to attend to gather more info or pics. We have a Facebook page as well thanks. V.P. Cheadle/Gordon reunion Okc, Ok.
- February 8, 2014 at 10:47 PM
I was going thru some old photos I found going thru a trash dump and found pictures possibly from the Gordon Cheadle Family Reunion July 21, 1990. Most are circa 1990 color phots but a few are old Black & Whites from possibly from the 40's or 50'. If these are related to your family, plz advise. My personel e-mail addressis firstname.lastname@example.com
- March 24, 2014 at 9:55 AM
Hello...family has always been my way of finding out about us and just reaching out is very important..Those who hide and destroy the records of truth did a good job of destroying the tracks of our ancesters.
- April 15, 2014 at 12:57 AM
It is visible on ancestry
- April 15, 2014 at 12:59 AM
Hello family..just go to ancestry and see who you are...cookieshawn ��
- April 15, 2014 at 1:01 AM
- Georgia Walker-Adams said...
Enjoyed reading this, Angela. Your research, as always, is superb, and it translates to your blogging. Makes me wish I was a descendant of one of the enslaved of Jackson Kemp...almost. My people were enslaved primarily by whites but one of my daughters has a Choctaw ancestor. One of her aunts researched that part of their family history for years and finally gave up. She had promised to share her research with me, but passed away before that happened. I only know that both Missouri and Oklahoma figure prominently as birth places of several of my daughter's ancestors along her Stewart line. Thank you again for this fascinating post. Don Cheadle may still one day thank you and shake your hand.
- July 25, 2014 at 10:00 AM
- Georgia Walker-Adams said...
Fascinating history presented in this blog, Angela. Bravo! Makes me wish that I descended from one of Jackson Kemp's slaves...almost. My people were primarily enslaved by whites. But my elder daughter had always been told that they had Choctaw in their ancestry. My research points to maybe her Stewart line and both Missouri and Oklahoma figure prominently as birth places for many of her ancestors. One of my daughter's aunts researched as far as she could in a fruitless effort to uncover documentation confirming Choctaw ancestry. She had promised to send me what she HAD uncovered, but passed away before that happened. I'm confident that one day Don Cheadle will meet you, thank you, and shake your hand for putting together this marvelous family history of his.
- July 25, 2014 at 10:07 AM
Great account! I was afraid that this first reading had been whitewashed. I love history and research, but this time period is not my cup of tea. I did know that Native Americans took slaves of all color. Sometimes to help them from oppression, sometimes not. This looks like it may be the later.
- January 30, 2015 at 10:54 PM
- tanisha lawrence said...
My name is Tanisha Lawrence. My cousin and I were looking at pics and it was a pic that said Hence Cheadle, Fannie Cheadle and Stella Cheadle.... Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com for more info. My family is out of Anadarko ok and my grandma was a Cheadle.....
- February 10, 2015 at 10:49 PM
I do not know a lot about my family, but my great grandfather was John Cheadle from Tishumingo. Someone mentioned Jettie Lawson in a post. I grew up hearing about an Aunt Jettie, and my last name is Lawson. Does anyone know of any connection between John Cheadle and Jettie Lawson?
- February 13, 2015 at 4:59 PM
- Keith Martin said...
His family also go into the Jenkins and pirtles as well. His family is huge. There will be a family reunion in Tatums oklahoma. For herbert and edna Jenkins July of this year. There is even a herbert and edna Jenkins Facebook family page used also by the bookers Gordons and cheadles. This family is humongous. I'm still learning the tree from all of them.
- February 23, 2015 at 7:28 PM
- Keith Martin said...
He is also related to the pirtles bookers Gordons and Jenkins . Years went by names changed. Look into herbert and edna Jenkins
- February 23, 2015 at 7:33 PM
- Keith Martin said...
We are related I come from herbert and edna Jenkins
- February 23, 2015 at 7:33 PM
- Keith Martin said...
You are also related to the jenkins. Bookers Gordons and pirtles. I come herbert and edna Jenkins side
- February 23, 2015 at 7:35 PM
- Keith Martin said...
His family also go into the Jenkins and pirtles as well. His family is huge. There will be a family reunion in Tatums oklahoma. For herbert and edna Jenkins July of this year. There is even a herbert and edna Jenkins Facebook family page used also by the bookers Gordons and cheadles. This family is humongous. I'm still learning the tree from all of them.
- February 23, 2015 at 7:38 PM


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on November 14, 2007
With the processing power of GPUs (i.e., the graphics chip located on the video card) increasing everyday – to the point that they are more powerful than regular CPUs for math calculations – it's been discussed for quite some time now if GPUs couldn't be used as a CPU for processing regular programs. The idea, known as GPGPU (General-Purpose Computation on GPUs), is to throw to the GPU calculations that would otherwise be done by the CPU in order to increase performance.
The problem is how to do this, as a programmer would have to know how to program to a specific GPU in order to make a program that could use the system GPU, and this program wouldn't work with a different GPU.
To solve this issue NVIDIA launched a free C compiler to their GeForce 8800 series, called CUDA. With CUDA any programmer can easily compile their programs written in C to use the power of the system GPU to process their program.
Going one step further, NVIDIA launched a series of "video cards" called Tesla. These "video cards" feature GeForce 8800 GPUs but they do not produce video: they are targeted to be used as CPUs, processing programs. In this article we will tell you everything you need to know about Tesla, including a lot of pictures of Tesla solutions.
These programs must be compiled with CUDA, of course. So regular users won't benefit this technology, i.e., don't think that by installing one of these cards on your PC your processing performance will automatically increase.
Any kind of heavy-calculation program that does a lot of things in parallel can be benefited from the use of GPGPU – if they are compiled to use the GPU, of course. This includes mostly simulations (physics, financial, medical, biological and chemical, for example).
One very interesting thing about CUDA is that you don't need to have a Tesla card installed to use it. So a programmer can buy any video card from the GeForce 8800 series and try it out to see if using the GPU instead of the CPU will in fact improve the performance of the application that is being written. If it works out fine, then the programmer can think of buying a more power system, namely a Tesla solution.
So far NVIDIA has launched three Tesla products: a basic card, called C870, which is a GeForce 8800 video card but without a video output. The "C" on its name stands for "card." This card has 1.5 GB of memory and has a math processing performance of 500 GFLOPS (billions of floating-point operations per second). Using a standard PCI Express x16 connector this card can be installed on any desktop computer.
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Figure 1: Tesla C870 card.
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Figure 2: Notice how this card doesn't have a video output.
This basic card is the building block for the other two Tesla products available: D870 and S870.
D870 – where the "D" on its name stands for "Desktop" – is a small external case containing two C870 cards, so the processing power of this solution is of 1 TFLOP (trillion of floating-point of operations per second). This case is connected to the main PC through a cable, which is basically an expansion of the PCI Express bus.
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Figure 3: The small case is the Tesla D870, which contains two C870 cards.
Then we have the most high-end model, Tesla S870, which holds four C870 cards inside. We will talk about this product in the next page.
Tesla S870 – where the "S" standard for "Server" – is a 1U rack-mount server case containing four C870 cards. So this product is targeted to be connected to servers. On Figures 4 and 5 you can see a Tesla S870 opened.
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Figure 4: Tesla S870, which contains four C870 cards.
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Figure 5: Tesla S870 from another angle.
Tesla S870 is connected to a server through a cable, which is basically a PCI Express extension. In Figure 6, you can see the connector available on S870 for its connection to a server and on Figures 7 and 8 you can see the PCI Express card that is installed on the server
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Figure 6: Tesla S870 connector.
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Figure 7: This is the card that goes inside the server.
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Figure 8: A closer look at the connector.
In Figure 9, you can see the cable used to connect Tesla S870 to a server.
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Figure 9: This is the cable used to connect Tesla S870 to a server.
During SC-07 (Supercomputing Show 2007, where we took these pictures, by the way) NVIDIA displayed a cluster containing four Tesla S870 systems attached to eight servers for a total of 16 Tesla C870 cards or around 8 TFLOPS of available performance.
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Figure 10: Cluster with four Tesla S870 systems and eight servers.
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Figure 11: Rear view of the cluster, the number of cables is really impressive.
This system was running a biological simulation comparing the performance of the server cluster with and without the Tesla systems. As you can see in Figure 12, the cluster got a 9x performance gain with the use of the four S870 systems.
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Figure 12: Performance gain brought by the Tesla S870 systems.
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What are our toys trying to tell us?
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'EMPTY YOUR BRAIN," suggests Mickey McGowan, pausing briefly before the massive, garland-clad doors of this sprawling, toy emporium.
"Clear your mind," he urges, "and prepare to open it. We're about to look at toys."
With that thought in mind, he moves into range of the overhead electronic sensor. Detecting our presence, the doors slide open. After a second of hesitation, we step across the threshold and arrive, intact, on the other side.
McGowan, 54, has just entered his very first Toys "R" Us.
"So far, so good," he murmurs.
The founder and curator of Northern California's legendary Unknown Museum--a remarkable, and currently homeless, collection of over two million toys and knickknacks from the '50s, '60s, and '70s--McGowan is a toy aficionado and student of Americana of the highest order. His specialty is classic toys, a subject he can expound upon for hours at a time. From the comparative pleasures of plastic through the ages--did you know plastic from the 1950s has more natural luster and beauty than the plastic we know today?--to the evolutionary trajectory of Mr. Potato Head and the Cootie Bug, McGowan is a walking, talking encyclopedia of toy facts and poetic pronouncements. Considering his long-held opinion that time spent with the right plaything can change the course of one's life, you could say that McGowan is to toys what Richard Simmons is to sweatbands, and Anaïs Nin was to certain body parts.
So why hasn't he ever visited a Toys "R" Us before?
No doubt he resents the way big box stores like this one have driven the mom-and-pop shops out of business. Or perhaps he's protesting the way chain stores insidiously dictate the trends and tastes of American children.
"Mickey," I now ask, "you're a major toy fan, and a keen observer of popular culture. Toys "R" Us is the largest chain of toy stores in the world. Why in the world haven't you ever been to one before?"
"I never had a reason to," he replies. "New toys don't really interest me. Most of the toys in the museum are things I found at garage sales."
It must be mentioned, though, that Toys "R" Us does enjoy some representation within McGowan's collection, in the form of the store's amiable mascot, Geoffrey the Giraffe. "I have him in my museum," acknowledges McGowan. "A plastic and vinyl, early '70s Geoffrey head. A very important artifact."
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FROM WHERE WE NOW STAND, just inside the Toys "R" Us front door, McGowan warily scans the frontier before us. A maze of box-lined aisles spreads out in every direction. Each turn is partly blocked by freestanding arrangements of games and dolls. Plastic castles dangle overhead. McGowan cautiously ventures forward.
"I see a few icons already," he allows, taking in a towering display of emaciated dolls in tight clothes. "I recognize Barbie, of course--though I don't really recognize her. I mean, she doesn't look anything like the original Barbies. Her eyes are different."
"Look," I point out, as we round the corner. "Games."
"Now here are some classics," McGowan nods, running his hand along the neatly stacked boxes of board games boasting the names Operation, Chutes and Ladders, and Candy Land: He has original copies of all three in his own collection. "Twister!" he suddenly intones, examining the famous game's cover illustration of a happy knot of adolescent youths. "Twister hasn't changed a bit. What a great game. This game has done more for boy/girl social behavior than any other game since Spin the Bottle." As for the cover of Chutes and Ladders, McGowan points out that the boys and girls portrayed now reflect a multiethnic array of faces. "The original wasn't like that at all," he recalls. Every face was white. So this is different, but it's actually an improvement. Most package design changes are for the worse."
Why are these classic toys so important to us as a culture? What they tell us about ourselves?
"There is a generational continuity that exists in the patterns of toys. You play catch with your dad, and then when you have one you want them to have a mitt like the one you had. A mom passes her favorite doll on to her daughter. Or maybe it's the mom who passes the catcher's mitt on. But one generation passes on its love of toys to the next. It's a wonderful thing. That must be why we still have Tinkertoys and Legos and Mr. Potato Heads."
We make our way down the aisle. But look! What's that up ahead? It's a small tower of Cootie Bug games. McGowan picks up a package and peers closely, turning it over and over like an inferior specimen. This is clearly not the Cootie he knows and loves.
"There's something smooth and bulbous about all the toys now," he remarks. "The original Cootie had more angles and edges. This design makes it look all puffed up and shot full of plastic growth hormones or something."
"The trend is no doubt the result of years of post-cootie-swallowing litigation," I suggest.
"Yes," he nods, reading the label, "It says it right here, 'Choking Hazard.' You never saw that on the original Cootie box, that's for sure." He puts the box back on the shelf.
"Ever swallow a cootie bug?" I ask. McGowan shakes his head. "Well, I'm here to tell you, you can swallow whole Cootie bug legs and still live to tell the tale."
"You swallowed the whole Cootie, or just the legs?" McGowan asks. It was just the legs. "Oh," he replies. "For a second there I was impressed."
We walk on, avoiding the cordoned-off computer games and Play Station area, currently hosting about two-dozen shoppers. "You notice there are more people in that small section than there are in the rest of the store?" McGowan points out.
"I don't personally understand those toys," he adds. "But I expect their appeal is in the magical qualities of the screen, the same magic that we feel with our televisions. We're hypnotized by the flicker and movement. Of course, the content worries me, the violent games and emphasis on killing and conquering--but if I were young, you know I'd want those toys."
Though McGowan is surprised at how many classic toys are available--he'd expected the high-tech toys to dominate the store--he offers these musings on why kids need both kinds of playthings: "It's cyberspace vs. brick-and-mortar. In the computer games, you don't get to touch anything you're looking at, you don't get to enjoy the texture of the wooden blocks, the smell of the electric train set, the taste of the clay. There's no finger-to-toy connection, and our minds need that as much as they need to be mentally and visually stimulated.
"Computer games only satisfy two of the five senses: sight and sound. When we need to train our other senses, touch, smell and taste, we will find our way to the classic toys."
But he doesn't believe that connection to the past is eternal.
"The classics will eventually be forgotten, and in their place there will be Tinkertoys in cyberspace, some holographic way of constructing that will satisfy the children of the next century."
AS WE CONTINUE OUR TOUR, my companion remarks, incredulously, "I hate to admit this, but it's kind of neat in here. Things don't seem to have changed all that much, not in the overall concept of the toys. Sure, there are more electronic toys. Toys that talk back to you," he allows, as we check out a large robotic dinosaur that proclaims, at the touch of a button, "Behold the T-Rex, champion since the dawn of time. Millions of years ago, the T-Rex ruled the earth. Now he rules this room." "But the talking and moving toys are just an extension of the wind up robots and battery-operated dogs we both grew up with," he concedes.
We pause a moment to mourn the passing of actual metal Tonka Trucks, now replaced with full-plastic versions of the originals
"I remember when you could whack someone in the head with a Tonka and they'd remember it," I state.
"And you could slice your arm pretty good on one, too," McGowan adds, wistfully.
We've reached the Sports Toys section.
"Here's one of the most commonly found objects at garage sales," McGowan says, indicating a short, plastic basketball hoop and stand. "These things are in the Top 10 of the most common garage-sale items these days. A few years ago it was those little round trampolines. Then it was Trump: the Game. For a few months, every garage sale in the state had one of those."
It's on to the building sets: Legos, Tinkertoys, Lincoln Logs.
"Hey, Lincoln Logs. I have suitcases full of those," McGowan says, opening a box and removing the bag of little wooden logs. He shakes it, putting his ear close to hear the chimelike rattle of the pieces. "There's no sound in the world like the little clink of Lincoln Logs." After placing the parts back in the box, he stops to gaze at a simple set of plastic, stacking tugboats.
"These are beautiful," he says. "Just beautiful. The thing about toys is, if you can see them as pieces of art, rather than as playthings, you can appreciate them on a much deeper level."
WE'VE COME NEARLY full circle now, and McGowan is clearly enjoying himself.
"Look at this," he says. "Train sets. Skateboards. One classic after another! I never expected this store to be so--classical. Once again, it only proves the power of the past."
McGowan does have some strong misgivings about the place, however. In regard to the thousands of plastic toys all around us, he says, "Toys "R" Us is an ecological disaster." Pointing to a plastic playhouse, he asks, "I mean, how long will that thing last? Plastic. The biodegradable period of this entire store is about a million years."
We've reached the exit, and McGowan turns to scan the place one more time. Then it's back through the sliding doors and outside into the crisp, pre-Christmas air.
"For some reason," he confesses, "I was thinking there'd be a whole lot of toys I couldn't relate to. I imagined it would be chaotic, with alien things attacking me from the shelves, boxes crammed with things I'd never known about and would never want to know. I expected to be assaulted.
"Instead, I felt like I was among friends. Admittedly, they're friends who've mutated slightly since the last time I saw them, but friends are friends."
And toys are toys.
"Toys certainly affect masses of humans, especially those under the age of 12," McGowan concludes at the end of the afternoon's adventure. "We are shaped forever by the toys we come to know and love. Honestly, this store has more influence over a child than the president of the United States.
"And as long as the great classic toys are made available to open-minded children," he smiles, "then the world can be at peace."
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The man Tempe police shot Wednesday afternoon after they tried to serve a warrant at his home and he brandished a rifle in his backyard has died, authorities said.
Narcotics officers were serving the warrant at the home in the 2100 block of east Cairo Drive, said Sgt. Mike Pooly, a spokesman for the Tempe Police Department. When officers saw the man in the backyard with the rifle, they began to shoot, Pooly said.
It was unknown how many shots officers fired or how many times the man was shot, Pooly said.
The unidentified man was taken to the hospital where he died, Pooly said, and one officer was treated on scene after he was injured by broken glass.
Officers had secured the perimeter of the home as they continue to investigate. The details of why officers were issuing the warrant were not clear.
Man shot by police in Tempe neighborhood
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