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Three rare medieval Hebrew Bibles on display at the Metropolitan Museum in New York reveal the affinity between Sephardic and Islamic texts
In the year 1300, Samuel ben Abraham ibn Nathan, a scribe in the northern Spanish town of Cervera, was nursing a broken tibia. This injury has gone down in posterity because he referred to it on the colophon of an elaborate decorated Bible he had been working on. The French illuminator, Joseph Hazarfati, as well as the micrographer, Abraham ibn Gaon, who penned the commentaries in tiny letters, made note of their work on the Bible.
This volume, known as the Cervera Bible, survived multiple journeys around Spain and then Europe, against all odds. Inscriptions place it with a family from Cordoba in 1379; a century later, it was in La Coruña, Galicia, where its fanciful imagery inspired another Sephardic masterpiece, the Kennicott Bible. Then the trail goes cold—until 1804, just as Jews were being invited back to Portugal, when the secretary of the Portuguese embassy in The Hague learned that "the oldest and most rare Hebrew manuscript" was for sale. An urgent missive went out to António Ribeiro dos Santos, head librarian of Portugal's newly created Royal Public Library. He authorized the purchase immediately—for a sum said to be 500 times his own annual salary. So, the volume that had been secreted out of Iberia three centuries earlier returned in glory as a valued national treasure.
Since then, Portugal's National Library, as it's now called, has exhibited the Cervera Bible only rarely. But starting this week, its distinctive artistry will be showcased as never before. In a rare loan, conservators have let it travel to the Metropolitan Museum of Art—and, in a rarer move, permitted the Met's curators to turn the pages once a week, for a total of eight times, displaying multiple facets of Hazarfati's delightful Gothic illuminations. The Portuguese library, meanwhile, has posted a high-resolution, downloadable, online version of the entire manuscript. Now, the library's deputy director, Maria Inês Cordeiro, told me, viewers can hunt for and zoom in on the 20 places ibn Gaon embedded his own name in the micrography, as in this fire-breathing creature's feet.
At the Met, the Bible is starring in a special installation on the first floor. It's surrounded by contemporaneous objects from the Met's collection, mostly from England and France, bearing similar iconography—medallions, Christian sacred texts, a spectacular Limoges book cover plaque. The show is part of the "Medieval Jewish Art in Context" series, supported by a grant from the David Berg Foundation, which funds loans of important Judaica for display with objects from the museum's holdings. But the curators, Melanie Holcomb and Barbara Drake Boehn, have cleverly used a different loan program to make another interesting match: A few feet away is the Micrographic Bible, made in Germany circa 1300, which they borrowed from the Jewish Theological Seminary last spring. It got its name, of course, from the exquisite miniature script that creates shapes and designs, a practice common in both Jewish and Islamic art for centuries.
For the first time, that commonality is also illustrated in permanent-collection galleries at the Met—in the new space for Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia (unofficially known as the Islamic galleries). Here, too, because the Met doesn't own any major Judaica from these cultures, it has relied on loans: The entire section representing Jewish culture in Al Andalus, including tiles from Toledo's El Tránsito synagogue, is comprised of objects borrowed from the Hispanic Society of America in upper Manhattan. One highlight is the stunning Hispano-Moresque Bible, finished in Seville in 1472. Unlike its counterparts in the medieval galleries, this volume features no images of people or animals: The patterns formed by its micrography are strictly floral and geometric, conforming with Islamic precepts. It closely resembles the Quranic pages strategically installed in the same vitrine.
If you're counting, that makes three medieval Hebrew Bibles on view at one time at the Met—an apparently unprecedented circumstance, and one that curators say was not coordinated by the two departments. (A fourth Bible, a late-15th-century Spanish volume also on loan from the Hispanic Society, is standing by, waiting to be installed in the Met's Arab-lands galleries when other objects are switched out.)
For repeat visitors of the Cervera installation, one highlight will be pages from the Sefer Mikhlol, the grammatical treatise that accompanies the sacred text, where Joseph Hazarfati did his most fantastical work. As the display changes, coming weeks will bring centaurs, unicorns, mermen, and several courtly hunting scenes—a dog chases a hare; a falconer and a crossbow-aiming figure converge on a bird perched on a crenelated tower. Do such motifs hold larger symbolism for Sephardic Jews? "Sometimes a crossbow is just a crossbow," Boehm said. Vassar scholar Marc Michael Epstein wasn't so sure—in other Jewish medieval iconography, he noted, such images can be read as metaphors for persecution, betrayal, or exile. "To assume that nothing is ever going on may be naive," he said. "To assume that profundities are always going on is over-reading. The truth may lie somewhere in between."
That's probably also the case with the forces that brought these Bibles together at the Met. At the very least, their simultaneous presence seems to reflect a multi-departmental initiative to incorporate Judaica into the narrative that the permanent-collection galleries tell. The divergence in sources and sponsors for the loans in the two departments may also be relevant, or not. Same with outreach. The Washington Haggadah, first in the "Medieval Jewish Art in Context" series, was on view last Passover. The next loan in the series, of the Rylands Haggadah, is slated for Passover next year. The Cervera Bible, as it happens, includes one of the most famous images of a menorah in art history: the Menorah of Zechariah's Vision, that mesmerizing candelabra, emanating from an intense azure ground, familiar from countless Jewish book covers and tallit bags. That's the page that goes on view December 20—the day Hannukah begins.
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Q: There's been renewed talk of late to build the Chargers stadium at the 10th Avenue Marine Terminal. What do you think?
A: One of things I love about San Diego is it's a small town, a city of neighborhoods. That's one of those cyclical rumors: Gee, let's put it down here. No, let's put it down there. I don't honestly ever see it happening. But it's fun to see the rumor circulating. It's either a rumor or an urban legend.
Q: From the multiagency work on the North Embarcadero Visionary Plan, have you learned any lessons about cooperation across jurisdictional boundaries?
A: Especially for us at the unified port to remember is that we are part of a team. There are jurisdictional boundaries and people who occasionally fuss between cities and between governmental agencies. To me, what the North Embarcadero showed is the more open and transparent you are, the more involvement you have in the community, the better off you are.
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Sam Garst is a smart kid who was the valedictorian of his high school class.
The now-freshman college student said he fell for a deceptive ad on the Internet promising whiter teeth.
I feel like it could happen to anyone, said Garst.
The ad, from a company called Dazzle Smile advertises a trial offer. If Sam would just pay a few dollars for shipping and handling, he could Smile Like a Celebrity.
I feel like having white teeth is important. Because it makes you more presentable, said Sam.
He was less than impressed with the product.
It was a piece of junk. It was horrible and it tasted disgusting, he said.
He also got a bad taste in his mouth when he got on-line and checked his credit card statement.
There was a $79 charge from some random company, he said.
Sam called his mom in a late-night panic.
What am I going to do, Karen Garst said of her son's frustration, I said, I'll pursue it.
Sam's mom Karen happens to be the former director of the Oregon State Bar. She went on Dazzle Smile's website and had a chat with a customer representative. The representative, named Maria insisted that Sam was not a customer.
It was about four or five times. Then they said, we have his account, Karen Garst said, They agreed to stop the trial but that wasn't good enough. I wanted my $80 back.
But it wasn't that easy.
Dazzle Smile's Customer representative referred Karen to the terms and conditions, located in fine print. It clearly states that the customer has 14 days to return the product. If the customer doesn't, he or she's credit card will get billed $87 every 30 days.
I think it is deceptive. Yes, there it is in fine print, but do you read the fine print? No, said Karen Garst.
Two months later and still with no refund, Karen called the company again. At first, the representative said the computers weren't working. Karen was furious.
They messed with the wrong person, she said.
She filed a complaint with the state attorney generals office. Weeks later, she received a letter from a law firm in New York on behalf of Dazzle Smile. The letter claimed Sam's account was credited, but it wasn't.
I felt used. I felt like a victim, said Sam.
Seven more people in Oregon have filed with the state attorney generals office.
Dazzle Smile has an F rating with the Better Business Bureau and there are five pages of complaints on the website RipoffReport.com
NewsChannel 8 called the 1-800 number to get the company's side of the story. They said there was no corporate office. KGW also called the law firm which sent a letter to Karen Garst and the lawyer on the letterhead and asking for comment. The lawyers never responded.
The Iowa attorney generals office admits the call center is located in Des Moines, but the company is based out of Canada.
You can't reach them. They were unattainable because they were in cyberspace, said Sam Garst.
Karen finally got her $80 back but it took her months. .She wants the truth out about this company so other parents don't face the same problem with their children.
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Education Minister Anne Tolley and China's Ambassador to New Zealand, Mr Zhang Limin, today signed an education agreement at Parliament which focuses on enhancing education research, science and technology links between New Zealand and China.
The ceremony was witnessed by Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang.
"The renewal of this agreement, which has been in place since 2002, reflects the maturity of our education relationship with China," said Mrs Tolley.
"China sees New Zealand as a strategic education partner. This has raised New Zealand's education profile in China, and has improved access for our education institutions to operate in this highly competitive market.
"The renewed agreement goes well beyond student recruitment and brings new directions for cooperation and growth in science and research, research commercialisation, vocational training and private education.
"There is a particular focus on training high-level research talent, with academic research and education exchanges between institutions and agencies."
The signing of the agreement comes a day after China's Vice Premier Li Keqiang formally opened the Confucius Institute at the University of Canterbury.
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The cobb salad was very well packaged and everything was neatly placed when I opened up the parcel. The chicken was even warm, kudos. The greens were crispy like the bacon. And the blue cheese came in legit pieces not just crumbles. The salad was very good and I will definitely order from this place again. The wings have a sweet buffalo sauce and were not over cooked or dry. Normal lack of crisp was due to travel, but otherwise very good.
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Fresh, fast, delicious!
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I love this place.
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Chanthini ordered from here over a year ago
The dumplings were good, they made them crispy as I had asked... but the Gen Tzo Chicken was a bit too dry and only 2 little pieces of broccoli... I like a little red pepper and a bit more sauce with all that rice they include. The spring roll was ok... meh.
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Really annoyed that I payed $2 for a small bottle of water that never came.
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this place will change your pallet, forever.
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Completely disregarded my notes of a food allergy and did not include half of the order. Called to let them know and the staff argued with me that the items in my food were all present! Spoke to the manager and he agreed that the mistake was made and he would send the correct order. THE SECOND TIME DELIVERED WAS ALSO WRONG. Food is average at best. GO elsewhere and save yourself the frustration.
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For the money, you can't beat Zemi! And they're very fast with delivery. Everything I've had on the menu has been good, except the Mac & Cheese (was just very bland). My favorite items: Grilled Chicken Nachos, General Tso's Chicken, Sizzling Tofu Stir Fry, Sesame Chicken, South of the Border Wrap, Greek Salad, Scallion Pancakes, Crab Rangoon, Pulled Pork Sandwich.
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A little skeptical at first because they serve both American and Chinese food. The food here is good, I haven't had any of their American food but so far there Chinese food is some of the best I have ever had. Everything is cooked well and has a good flavor. I can't wait to try more from therm.
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I order from Zemi all the time and am surprised at their current 3-star level. The food is always fresh and hot and the vegetables are crisp even cooked in. I always enjoy the Ginger Rice and the Pad Thai. Overall, the food is reliably good, fast and fresh.
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The macaroni and cheese was bland and dry, while the ceasar salad was completely inedible. A terrible late night dinner choice.
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I can't speak to delivery, since I always to do pick up, but the food is always ready on time and consistent. Not the best pad thai I've ever had, but very solid and a good amount and quality of food for the price.
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Food is good. Do not expect the same from Management. Be aware that they will mess up your order and when you complain they will extremely rude on the phone. Not worth the headache.
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The flavor of the hot and spicy beef was okay but the meat had a really weird texture. The pot stickers were just okay and the crab rangoon was terrible. They smelled and tasted so fishy. The delivery was quick otherwise I would have given less stars.
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U.S. Marines to Recall 1,200 Reservists to Iraq and Afghanistan
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- Senate debates U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq.
- Iraq war veterans discuss their experiences in Iraq and their views on the war's impact three years after U.S.-led invasion.
- One week after Iraq's successful parliamentary elections, the U.S. military confirmed it will cut the number of troops in Iraq.
- Special Correspondent John Merrow reports on military recruiting in high schools.
- The U.S. Army issued an order preventing soldiers less than three months from retiring from deploying in Iraq or Afghanistan.
- A report on whether the U.S. Army is large enough to support its long-term commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Betty Ann Bowser reports on the impact of reserve and National Guard members being called to duty.
MARGARET WARNER: As we just reported, some 1,200 Marine reservists are about to be called up to return to Iraq and/or Afghanistan. The Pentagon announced that yesterday.
They are members of what's known as the Individual Ready Reserve, Marines who have left active duty and resumed civilian lives but are obliged to serve if called. Most already have served at least one tour in Iraq. An additional 1,200 Marine reservists could be added to this involuntary call-up, and as many as 35,000 Marines could be ultimately subject to it under authority granted the president for the duration of the, quote, "global war on terror."
Three perspectives now on this from retired Marine Corps Lt. General Carol Mutter. Her last post was deputy commandant for manpower and reserve affairs.
Marine Reserve Sergeant Todd Bowers, he did two tours in Iraq and completed his commitment in the Individual Ready Reserve this year. He is a member of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
And retired Marine Lt. Colonel Gary Solis, he's now a lawyer and law professor.
And welcome to you all.
General Mutter, why don't you start out and explain for us, why are the Marines doing this now? Are they so short of manpower they need 1,200 more?
LT. GEN. CAROL MUTTER, Marine Corps: It's not just a manpower shortage but a skills shortage. And there are certain skills that are required repeatedly that are fairly narrow skills, in communications, for example, and so on.
And so it's a matter of finding where those people are with those skills. The Marine Corps looks at the total force, including the Reserves and the IRR. They have been using volunteers from the IRR, and the number of volunteers has been steadily decreasing. So now it's a matter of going to an involuntary recall.
MARGARET WARNER: And explain for us, what is the difference between the IRR, or the Individual Ready Reserve, and just the regular Reserves in the Marines?
LT. GEN. CAROL MUTTER: In the IRR, there's no requirement to show up for reserve drills as there is with the Reserves. They are just on call.
Now, there are face-to-face meetings now annually, but they're not paid to come to drills and to stay involved. But it's for the eight-year total contract. If you've served active duty for four years, you have another four years in the IRR, if you don't go into the Reserves, Active Reserves.
Impact on Marines
MARGARET WARNER: So, Todd Bowers, what's the impact on a Marine reservist of an involuntary call-up like this?
SGT. TODD BOWERS, Marine Reserves: There's two elements to sort of look at. You have your family that you have to deal with and also your finances, which is your job. What's very difficult is having to say good-bye to your folks and leave them for what could be up to a year.
To do that multiple times, it doesn't get easier each time. It doesn't become more routine. Actually, it gets more difficult. Marines love what they do, and it's difficult to justify to your family that, "I'm going to go back for a third tour because I believe in what we're working on."
MARGARET WARNER: Now, when you went into the IRR after your active duty, did you, and other Marines in your situation, did you do it with the expectation that really your active days were pretty much over and you could re-enter civilian life, a civilian job, and expect to be able to stay there?
SGT. TODD BOWERS: Well, my entire commitment -- I was six years as Active Reserves, which meant I did the two days a month and then two weeks a year. And then I dropped the two years of IRR time and Active Ready Reserve time.
What was hard for me was I was on Active Reserves when I was first deployed to Iraq. And then during that time, I dropped to the IRR. When I returned from Iraq, I just sort of bowed out and left the unit. It was when they started to redeploy that they said, "We are so short-handed for experience, anybody that's been to Iraq before, we need you to come back. We need help. We have the training set up to be able to train new Marines how to do your job, but we need people who have actually been in the country who have dealt with the Iraqi people and that can pass on these skills."
MARGARET WARNER: So you volunteered for that?
SGT. TODD BOWERS: I did. I volunteered for my second tour. It was difficult to see that they were heading back and, you know, not having those elements there.
Volunteering to return
MARGARET WARNER: So, Colonel Solis, what does it say that, as the general just said and we heard the Pentagon official say, now they're not getting volunteers like Todd Bowers to volunteer to come back so they have to do it involuntarily?
LT. COL. GARY SOLIS, Marine Corps, Retired: Well, I think it's to be expected. As Todd suggested, when you do it once, twice, three times, it becomes harder and harder.
I mean, your family has a life, too. And there comes a point, even for Marines, where you have to reassess what's most important to you. You may have a small business that you're running. You may have school plans that you're engaged in. And those plans are all put on hold or entirely disrupted.
So what it says is: We don't have enough personnel to continually prosecute the war as we would like to. Just as gun tubes wear out, just as vehicles wear out, manpower can wear out.
MARGARET WARNER: So how serious do you think this is, this being overstretched in the manpower department? Is it just in a few specialties or is this indicative of something larger?
LT. COL. GARY SOLIS: No, as the general said, it's a few specialties, but they are critical specialties. And they are critical specialties without which things could break down. So it's significant, but I don't think it's critical, not yet.
Overstretched forces
MARGARET WARNER: What do you think this says about the Marines and how overstretched they are?
LT. GEN. CAROL MUTTER: I think there's certainly stress and overstretching, perhaps. The forces are being stretched and stressed.
There are maybe -- people are also getting a little smarter because, if they volunteer to come back, they don't get all of the benefits that are given to those who are involuntarily recalled. And so I'm hearing also that some people are saying, "You know, I'd be happy to come back, but I can't volunteer to come back. I need to have the guarantee of a job once I get back out of the Marine Corps again, and that guarantee is only there if I'm involuntarily recalled." And so some of that plays in this, as well.
MARGARET WARNER: Is that the case, Todd Bowers, that you do get greater compensation? And does it make up for the compensation you're leaving in the private sector if you're involuntarily recalled?
SGT. TODD BOWERS: I think that the compensation is always an important element, but that's not really the factor that goes on here. You mentioned before talking about the certain units that are being called up.
I was part of a civil affairs unit, which is made up of 100 percent reservists. There's no active duty element of civil affairs, so it's a tremendous strain for us to try and keep up with these mobilizations. When that occurs, a lot of people leave in between deployments. We lost about 60 percent of our unit between our first and second deployment.
And to augment, they brought Marines that didn't have civil affairs as a specialty, and they spent three months spinning them up. The training was good, but there just wasn't the skill set. There wasn't the capability to have that experience.
MARGARET WARNER: And civil affairs is going out really in the community, really trying to deal with the population?
SGT. TODD BOWERS: Yes. The overall mission of civil affairs is to reduce civilian interference with military operations, and it's a very difficult job. It takes a different mindset to be able to do this.
So by taking people who have a different military occupational specialty that don't have experience in civil affairs and just augmenting these empty billets because people are tired of continually going, I think it has an ultimate impact on the mission in Iraq.
MARGARET WARNER: Some members of Congress have said that these kind of involuntary call-ups -- and the Army has a similar related thing called stop-loss, where you don't get to end your tour when you were due to end it. Gary Solis, they call it a back-door draft. Would you go that far?
LT. COL. GARY SOLIS: Well, yes, I think that it's not an unreasonable assertion, because you are taking individuals who otherwise would not be there and forcing them to come back. Obviously, a draft is not in the picture, but this is one of the few means that we have.
And after all, when a Marine signs up or anybody signs up, this is part of the deal. And if they read their contract, listen to their recruiter, they know that this is a possibility, but that doesn't make it any easier.
MARGARET WARNER: Back-door draft?
LT. GEN. CAROL MUTTER: I agree with Gary; it is a part of the contract. Now, a stop-loss may be a different thing. If you're at, in fact, the end of your obligated service, you're not subject to the IRR, and you should be getting out of the military, then that could be a back-door draft because we're being forced to stay longer. But recalling IRR, it's part of their contract. It's part of the total force.
A morale issue
MARGARET WARNER: Let me ask you this: Does it cause morale problems?
LT. GEN. CAROL MUTTER: I think it differs depending on the individual and their circumstances. Recognizing that this is a possibility and whether or not this is something that you really accept and have it right upfront in your mind that it's a real possibility, those are two different things.
MARGARET WARNER: And, Todd Bowers, how do you think it feels to the Marines that are called up? Does it feel like a back-door draft?
SGT. TODD BOWERS: I'm always scared of the word "draft," because, as you mentioned, it basically -- you volunteered for this time. So I sort of try and steer away from that.
Everybody has committed, and especially in the Marine Corps. They take a lot of pride in the time that they've committed. But with the IRR, I think it would be very difficult, because you have some folks that have spent two years reintegrating into civilian life. And then all of a sudden they get a phone call and they're putting a uniform back on for the first time in two years.
Nobody is prepared for that. I think it would have a really large effect on morale because it's so hard to bounce back from that and to basically get your affairs taken care of before you take off again.
MARGARET WARNER: And this is for 12 to 18 months?
LT. COL. GARY SOLIS: It is. I was talking to some friends at headquarters of the Marine Corps today, and they were telling me that, once this word got out, that they were recalling reservists. They had reservists who were calling, volunteering to come back. So there will be some of that; it's the Marine way.
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- Using mod podge as glue, glue the 12x12 piece of scrap booking paper on to your board making sure that the edges all match up nicely.
- Wrap sandpaper around something square, I used a little note book. Lightly sand the edges making sure not to sand the paint off.
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- Hang on wall. It is really cute to make 9 coordiating boards and hand them in a square with about a 3 inch space between them all. It would also be great to hand 3 of these above a baby's crib. so many options!!
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|Mar 19, 2013, 03:37 PM
iPad 4: get it now or wait for the 5?
We don't technically know when the 5 is coming out, but I've been debating back and forth about whether to wait or not. If I buy it now and the 5 comes out in April, I'll be ticked at myself for not waiting. If it doesn't come out until late summer or fall, I'd be content with not waiting.
Would you buy the iPad 4 right now or wait?
|Mar 19, 2013, 04:10 PM
Having said that, Apple is ignoring the fact that the 3 ever came out. They seem to be on a fall refresh schedule now, and so I wouldn't expect the 5 until at least late summer.
However, I just bought the iPad 4 a couple of days ago and I'm thrilled with it. Extremely smooth and display is great.
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|Mar 19, 2013, 05:44 PM
In terms of release, I agree it probably will be Summer or fall. I'd be very surprised to see it in April.
|Mar 19, 2013, 05:49 PM
Wait wait wait...or decide now if the form factor of the 4 (most likely the last of its kind) is what you want in a larger iPad because the 5 will most likely look like a bigger Mini.
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|Mar 19, 2013, 06:09 PM
New iPads are unlikely to come out in April.
|Mar 19, 2013, 06:14 PM
Buy now. They're well sorted out & bug free. There's a lot to be said for that. I've had every model & this is the best thus far.
However if like some, you prefer admiring the looks of the device over its functionality waiting might suit you.
|Mar 19, 2013, 06:14 PM
Buy it now, sell it immediately when a viable source spits out when the next one is coming so you can get top dollar.
The iPhone 5s will come out before any other iPad IMHO so it will be awhile.
|Mar 19, 2013, 07:48 PM
The indecision in this thread is exactly the opposite of what I was hoping for. Haha. I'm so squarely on the fence. If I knew, for sure, that the iPad 5 wasn't being released/announced in April, I'd get the 4 now. Unfortunately, I don't know that, so...
|Mar 19, 2013, 08:47 PM
I have the 4 and I love it. If it fits what you need, then just get it now. It's not like it'll stop working when the 5 comes out.
|Mar 19, 2013, 09:16 PM
I adore my iPad 4. While I would enjoy chamfered edges, its not enough to switch.
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|Mar 19, 2013, 10:10 PM
Just bought my first ipad, an ipad 4, and I'm digging it. Our local apple store will exchange it for 30 days if a new one comes out. I'm glad I didn't wait, it's awesome.
|Mar 19, 2013, 10:16 PM
i used to have an iPad 3, which i bought for full price on October 3. apple allowed me to return it and pre-order the iPad 4, which i did. i got the iPad 4 and in all honesty the difference was not very significant. app folders opened up a split second more quickly and web pages loaded maybe 1/2-1 sec more quickly. games played exactly the same (Metal Storm) and despite the A6X being twice as fast as the A5X, the A5 on a non-retina display still plays Metal Storm more fluidly. that Retina screen truly is a beast and i still feel that the A6X isn't fully adequate for the Retina. but i digress...that's a topic of discussion for another forum.
i saw that the iPad 3 refurbs substantially dropped in price right when the iPad 4 was announced. the iPad 3/4 64GB LTE that originally was $829 brand new was now $679... talk about a steep price drop ($150). i returned the iPad 4 and bought the iPad 3 version for $679. before i did this though, i thought about what my intentions were with this iPad 3. was i intending to hold onto it for 3 years or am i buying it to use for a year and then flip when the redesigned iPad 5 comes out? most likely it will be the latter. thus i concluded that going with the iPad 3 was the better way to go. an analogy to this situation would be trying to decide to buy a used car or a brand new car if you knew you would be selling it soon. most logical people would buy the used vehicle since after 1 year of ownership it will not have depreciated from the purchase price as much as the brand new one. going back to the iPad, the $679 iPad 3 64GB LTE iPad a year from now when the iPad 5 comes out, will probably have a resale dip to $600. the iPad 4 64GB LTE on the other hand, will likely drop from $829 down to the $679 price that the refurb iPad 3 used to be at due to downward pricing pressure from Apple.com iPad 4 refurbs. in my situation, after doing the simple math, the iPad 3 is the better way to go. however, not everyone's situation is the same as mine as they might not be planning to upgrade to the iPad 5. this scenario also doesn't end up being as extreme if you are comparing base model 16GB wifi models and you throw in Black Friday pricing too. that gap ends up being more narrow and then i might say just go with the iPad 4.
moving onto the other new features of the iPad 4. i have an iPhone 4S and i've owned iPods since 2005 so to be honest i won't miss the Lightning port - i'm too entrenched in 30-pin cables and accessories for the benefits of the new port (reversible) to negate the inconveniences. i have about a dozen 30-pin cables - several throughout the house, car, office, several at the lake house, briefcase, backpack, etc just to name a few. while wifi sync is great, it's not ideal for transferring 15GB of Season 2 of Game of Thrones to my iPad. i know eventually the Lightning cables will be generic, but they're not now and they won't be $0.99 probably for 2 more years. again like i said above, i am thinking about the now and for the next year.
not having a Facetime HD camera in the iPad 3 is OK - it's not like 720p will make my face more attractive. if anything it'll make it uglier lol. my girlfriend has the Mini so i at least get to see her in 720p when we occasionally Facetime which is maybe once every 2 months when i am on a business trip. if i was in a long distance relationship though, then i could see the 720p Facetime HD camera being a must.
so yeah, that's pretty much my reasoning why i went from an iPad 3, to and iPad 4, back to and iPad 3. i'm sure many will disagree with my logic and that's OK - that's why we're consumers...we each have our own opinion
|Mar 19, 2013, 10:31 PM
I just got mine about two weeks ago and I'm thrilled I did because I'd been without an iPad since November, when I sold my third-gen. Personally, I'm not a fan of the iPhone 5's anodized finish, and since that's likely where the iPad 5 is headed, I decided to buy now. That, and I didn't feel being without one for what could be another six to eight months of waiting. -- Even if a new one came out in a month, I can always sell this one and pay a small amount to upgrade.
|Mar 19, 2013, 10:53 PM
But...good luck selling your iPad 3 for $600 later this year
|Mar 20, 2013, 12:43 PM
Do what your comfortable with. I sold the mini last week and bought the 4 cause I doubt another will be released soon. Even if one is, I ain't missing the mini and do not have to have the ipad5 anytime soon to tell the truth.
|Mar 20, 2013, 04:04 PM
Wait for the 5- (now rumored to be dropped in late June.)
or get the reburb 3.
I saw a 64gig ipad 3- brand new in box from tekserve- Full warranty- asking $549.
The 4 is DOA.
|Mar 20, 2013, 04:13 PM
The iPad 4th gen is a fantastic piece of equipment, the A6X processor is very fast, the Retina display is fantastic looking and it comes in whatever capacity you want.
The iPad 5 will basically look like the iPad Mini with the slate matte finish. It's hard to say when it will actually come out, or what processor will be in it or anything really.
From a technological outlook, the A6X runs are 1.4GHz while producing little to no heat. Anything above that won't be overly significant, perhaps 1.6GHz if you're lucky in the new A7. iPads will almost certainly have any ventilation system which means they are thermally limited to the clock speed of the chips.
My suggestion, is if you like the current iPad design then now is the time. Any software updates like iOS 7 or whatever will obviously be compatible with the 4th gen.
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|Mar 20, 2013, 05:58 PM
i started with an iPad 2 that i bought as a refurb when Apple dropped the prices, then ended up flipping it on eBay and actually made a profit since people didn't realize that Apple dropped the price of the refurb from $399 down to $319, LOL. if you go onto eBay and look at the resale values of the iPad 2, they are still VERY strong. heck, the iPad 3 resale values are very strong too as many people actually prefer NOT to get the iPad 4 with the lightning cable.
y'know to be honest, i can't stay for certain that i definitely will be getting the iPad 5 when it comes out. it will have to be a dramatic redesign and lightning cables need to be $5 or below per cable. maybe i'd wait ~6 months for the refurbs to start popping up. who knows. i'm very satisfied with the iPad 3 and like i said there was no substantial performance difference between the 3 and the 4 currently. i know that will change, but not anytime soon in my opinion. the A5 is such a beast of a chip (whether it's the A5 or the A5X) and when coupled with the efficiency of iOS it's a match made in heaven for performance.
now only if Apple could perfect their stupid Podcast App. dammit this thing sucks so badly...
|Mar 21, 2013, 07:28 AM
Earlier in the year there were rumors of the iPad 5 coming in March. I wanted to get an iPad in mid February (the excuse was it was for my birthday). I almost waited for a month, but I ended up being too impatient and got the 4. I am glad I didn't wait, since the new one isn't being released anytime soon. I am sure the 5 is coming in the fall, but do you want to wait 6 months? What if the improvements/changes are minimal? If you want one now just get it. Technology is always evolving and there will always be something newer or better. My point is that I got the 4 and am happy and I think it will have a decent lifetime of support, etc. It doesn't matter to me the weight/size, even if the 5 is a few grams lighter, since it is big anyway and I never take it out of the house.
|Mar 21, 2013, 08:35 AM
The iPad4 is brilliant ... Great screen, fast, no heat problems. If the ipad5 is a new design, it might have first-gen problems.
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|Mar 21, 2013, 12:26 PM
The real question the OP should be asking is get a refurb 3 now or wait til the 5? The ipad 4 is a bad value right now given the insignificant improvements over the 3. Chances are you could resell the 3 and not lose much at all.
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EVANSVILLE - Even though reports of shots fired at 1909 Vann Ave. were unconfirmed when Evansville Police Officer Matt Hastings responded Monday afternoon, as a precaution, he parked his squad car several houses down the street and approached the one-story home slowly.
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"As soon as he was outside of his vehicle and headed to the sidewalk," Police Capt. Andy Chandler said at a news conference Tuesday, "that's when (Steven Ray) Rickard stepped out from his front door and drew a bead on Hastings and started firing."
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"Our heart goes out for the trauma that this is causing to the family and friends ...," said Police Chief Brad Hill of Monday's incident that left Rickard, 43, and his girlfriend, Jennifer Nicole Peters, 28, dead.
Vanderburgh County Coroner officials said Peters died from a gunshot wound to the head and Rickard died from two gunshot wounds to the chest.
Police say Rickard shot Peters before they arrived and SWAT Team officers shot Rickard in his home after he reportedly reached for a rifle.
Officials said they believe the incident resulted from an argument, but have not determined a motive.
Police responded after a report of a woman, later identified as Peters, being shot there. Officials said one of Peter's sons — either 8 or 12 years old — reported the shooting to a grandfather, who in turn dialed 911 and stated the boys were ordered out of the home.
Hastings arrived first at 3:34 p.m., parking his squad car on Vann Avenue, just south of Conlin Avenue.
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"It was enough to probably stop Rickard's immediate aggressive action," Chandler said.
Hastings retreated behind his car, which was struck by five rounds.
Chandler commended Hastings for coordinating the perimeters before leaving the situation in SWAT officials' hands. Homes in the line of fire were evacuated, officials said.
Police then found and interviewed Peters' two boys, learning that Peters was dead and that Rickard's 74-year-old mother was still inside the house.
Police initiated negotiations with Rickard shortly after that. He answered his phone at negotiators' first call, and throughout the talks, officials said, there were discussions about him surrendering. Rickard released his mother, Peggy Rickard, about 4:20 p.m.
Rickard later told police that he had several weapons, including a shotgun and the AK-47. Police said Rickard texted a friend stating he had shot "Nikki" and shot at police.
Talks seemed favorable, officials said, but about 6:41 p.m. Rickard's phone "went silent."
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By 8:30 p.m., police still hadn't made to contact with Rickard after multiple attempts, so SWAT officers fired tear gas inside the home. It didn't appear to affect him, and Hill said he "wasn't sure how he was able to remain in there."
Rickard last served a military tour in the 1990s, Chandler said, but they had little other details.
About 9:25 p.m., SWAT officers entered the house and located Rickard in a bathroom with several weapons, officials said.
He had a rifle across his chest, and his hands were not visible, police said. Officers also said he ignored orders to show his hands and motioned his hands toward the rifle.
That's when Officer Jeff Kingery fired the two shots that coroner's officials said proved to be fatal. Rickard died while receiving medical assistance outside the home.
Kingery and Hastings are on a mandatory, minimum three-day leave.
Officials said Peggy Rickard owned the home and Steven Rickard, Peters and her children moved in. Officials said Tuesday they didn't know the status of the elder Rickard or the children.
Monday's incident was the second deadly standoff of the year. On July 10, Eugene C. McKnight, 29, reportedly fired at officers responding to a burglary and later died from gunshot wounds. Police said they shot him as he opened his screen door when he didn't drop a silver item, later determined to be a cordless phone.
Hill said he believes officers' actions in both situations were appropriate and reasonable, and no officers were injured in either case.
Chandler said: "It makes me feel fantastic knowing that the officers out there serving this community on a daily basis were able to go home unharmed. Still, it's a bittersweet victory. We want the citizens that we serve in this community to resolve an incident safely as well, and that didn't occur last night."
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- When the clay runs through the pasta machine without any rips or tears, lay on a flat surface, smooth out, and cut out tulips using the tulip-shaped cookie cutter.
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- Place stems on cookie sheet, then top with tulips.
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- Paint the cardstock. Let dry. (I mixed blue paint with water and did a wash over entire cardstock and let dry. Then I did the same thing with the green and the golden yellow, making sure to allow the blue and green to show through.
- Trim 1/8 to 1/4 inch off all four sides of the cardstock, depending on the edge of your frame. (You may not have to do this if your frame has room for the thickness of the risers. If your frame won't allow for the risers, you'll need to trim the cardstock so that when you place risers on the cardstock, the cardstock goes through the frame's opening.)
- Turn painted tulip over, squeeze E-6000 onto the tulip, turn back over, and place the tulip in the center of the painted cardstock. Press down gently. Let dry. (You may need to use a Q-tip to remove any glue that may have seeped out.)
- Place risers along the edges and in the center of the cardstock.
- Adhere cardstock to the backing of the frame.
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Urges youth to help priests launch campaign against the social evil
CUTTACK: BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said that no amount of legislation or enforcement of any law would be able to put a check the rampant female foeticide cases in the country. She however, urged the youth to take the help of religious priests to launch a campaign against the social malady that is threatening the sex ratio in many States.
'Jago Maa Jago'
Ms Sushma Swaraj was speaking as chief guest at a function here organized by the All India Marwari Yuva Manch to launch the Orissa chapter of its campaign "Jago Maa Jago", a national drive to save female foetus. National Women Commission member Manju Snehalata Hembram accompanied her.
Ms Swaraj said during her stint as Union Health Minister she had started several ambitious schemes to check female foeticide in the country by making tennis sensation Sania Mirza as brand ambassador. But none of the plans succeeded because our society is predominately guided by certain blind beliefs and the choice for a male child in a family is the main stumbling block.
She said rituals like offering "shradh", "peend dan", and performing the last rites of a person have made the people believe that their soul would not rest in peace if a male child is not born to a family. She said these false and obsolete notions are to be removed from the society in order to treat the girl child at par with her male counterpart.
"For this, the religious heads should be roped in as they would be able to make the people understand that shradh, 'peend dan' and 'mukhagni' can be performed by the girl child also," Swaraj said adding that she has only one daughter and no sons and has publicly declared that her daughter would perform the last rites of her parents including lighting the funeral pyres.
She, however, expressed shock over the statistics showing that the sex ratio is dismal in developed states like Punjab, Haryana and Delhi and among the affluent communities like Sikhs and Jains. "What is more surprising is the fact that elderly women in some rural pockets of Haryana and Punjab still mourn in groups when a daughter is born to their family," Swaraj said.
Among others who spoke on the occasion are national president of the Manch Anil Jajodia and vice president Ganesh Kandoi. State BJP leader Samir Dey, Mayor Nibedita Pradhan, MP Surendra Lath and Sangita Singdeo and State Women's Commission Chairperson Namita Panda also attended the meeting.


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Relief shown by hachures. Shows portions of the fortifications of Richmond. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 630 Pen-and-ink on tracing linen, mounted on paper. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
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You don't know what barely off means? Or are you just being sarcastic? Barely off means exactly that, you will learn if you get good, instead of hitting right to your opponents forehand, you hit it "barely off" to his forehand. Following?
Instead of hitting to his forehand which is to his left, hit it more to his left, this throws a player off-guard, you can see Fed do it every match, he is famous for a slice to his opponents backhand, same shot again, then again, then rip it short, barely off what he did before, that's enough to take a guy out of his rythmm.
Oh i see. 'barely off'. yea we use that term all the time when discussing tennis.
You didnt say "you hit barely off to his forehand". You said " I was barely off on my backhand side". So unfortunately i'm still not good enough to understand what you mean here.
Maybe you mean you hit it wider? Hit it out of his reach? Don't hit the ball right to him? Hit it where he isn't? Mix it up?
You do know that tonlars is a 6.0 right? I'm pretty sure he doesn't hit the same ball right to his opponent over and over and knows how to mix things up and throw opponents off their rythm. Maybe during the point you saw that was the strategy he was employing.
So where's the vid of this point(s) in question so we can discuss the 'evidence' of your insightly observations?
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text: I had to rewind my DVR to see the Metcalf gesture as I didnt notice it. A Cyclone friend texted me about it. He said Metcalf just gave the McGinnis. Refrencing when McGinnis did it at Okie St iirc after getting screwed. I was young so I don't remember the match, just the gesture. Metcalfs wasnt as obvious. He was obviously frustrated that Mueller wouldnt wrestle him. Varner, on the other hand couldnt wait to taunt three olympians and a world champion after his win over Iowa's back up 197lber while his team was losing. I don't ever want to hear cyclone fans talk to me about anyone having class. Varner repeatedly has shown he cannot win against Iowa with it.


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She was recently subpoenaed to an Amsterdam courthouse, but, lucky for Naomi Campbell, this time it's not about her.
The supermodel was called by judges to testify in the trial of ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor, who is charged with 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Spending the day in front of the cameras, Naomi Cambell was busy photo shooting in New York City on Monday afternoon (June 28).
The lovely supermodel disregarded the steamy summer weather, as she tossed on a green swimsuit with a fur coat for photogs snapping up the gas pump poses.
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