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Field Focus: Aquaculture in Senegal
By Jori Lewis
August 2013
To get to the village of Gniling Mbao, you have to leave the main road—the one headed for Saint Louis, an island in the middle of the Senegal River—and take another road heading almost but not quite in the opposite direction. That road is generally empty except for donkey carts and large trucks filled with sand. The trucks create little sandstorms in their wake as sand flies off the beds and swirls onto the road.
After the road that is after the main road there's a turn and you'll hit an "almost" road, a lane really, that runs parallel to a series of mangroves. You'll see small mounds where people are drying salt. On this road you'll bounce up down with the potholes. Your head will hit the roof of the car many times and your body will start to ache. And then there will be another turn to something that could never be called a road through some sand dunes, only attemptable in a 4x4—and even then, only with a spirit of adventure.
And then you're there. Small houses. Children with runny noses. Smoking fires. Meat drying on shrubs in the sun because there's no electricity to preserve it any other way. You will look out and think you're seeing the ocean. Shimmering water. Sandy beaches. But the body of water isn't the ocean; it's the river.
Or, at least, it was the river.
Across the way from Gniling Mbao is the Langue de Barbarie, a long sandy peninsula that runs for miles down the coast and separates the Atlantic Ocean from the Senegal River. In 2003, to alleviate catastrophic flooding in Saint Louis, engineers dug a canal of about four meters in width through the Langue de Barbarie. In just a few years, that small canal widened to 800 meters because of erosion. The river started to flow through this widening canal opening, and so the mouth of the river changed location.
As a consequence, the water south of the canal became more and more salty. The freshwater fish that used to live in that part of the river couldn't live there anymore. The birds that used to frequent the former delta couldn't survive because they had no food. And the people wondered if they could live in this place where even the fish and the birds had failed.
Gniling Mbao housewife Kouna Wade said that since the river no longer has any fish, everything has changed.
"Now all the fishermen have gone to the Gambia," said Wade. "Me, I have two children who have gone there." Wade wore a T-shirt that promoted bed nets for malaria prevention, and she chewed on a tooth cleaning stick while she talked.
She told me that her sons are 18 and 19 years old now and that they left six years ago. They return to Gniling Mbao only once a year during the Tabaski (Eid al-Adha) holiday. I asked her if they planned on ever coming back for good. She shook her head.
"When there's fish again, they will come back," she said.
But that was just the point of my trip to Gniling Mbao. I'd traveled there because this out-of-the-way village had an aquaculture project called Yarum Jën, which means, "raising fish" in Wolof. A former Peace Corps volunteer in the area named C. Sara Minard and Mamina Daffe, a professor from the Institute of Aquaculture and Fishing, have started a small-scale aquaculture project in Gniling Mbao.
Minard said they made sure the village got training from Tostan, an organization that supports sustainable development through lengthy multiyear health, human rights, and democracy education modules. She hoped that Tostan training would help the people of Gniling Mbao integrate the project into their own governance systems and give them more ownership over the project. They also got some initial funding from the Clinton Global Initiative.
Yarum Jën sits on the banks of the river and partially in the river with a cluster of floating cages. The part on land is split into two sections—a series of rectangular cement basins full of green water and fed by a generator-run pump stand on one side. On the other a solar motor pump circulates water into basins and out through canals that move the water into a filtration system before moving it back into the basins.
In the beginning, Minard and Daffe tried a local species of tilapia, one that fishermen used to find in the river. But there were problems. "Its growth was too slow and its reproduction wasn't robust enough," said Maoudo Diallo, a technician with the National Aquaculture Agency (ANA) who has been at the site since 2008. Diallo said that the new solar-powered system was for a new species of tilapia imported from Mozambique and known for faster growth.
The villagers all work together to support Yarum Jën. Wade sweeps the site every day. Neighbor Ibrahima Gueye has been working here for three years helping out with the feeding and cleaning. He was a river fisherman here before, just like his father and grandfather. He moved away to Casamance to fish, but soon came back because he said he wanted to be closer to his parents. With a little more prodding, he admitted that it wasn't just that he missed his family.
"I couldn't save any money over there," he confided. In Casamance, he didn't have his own pirogue or motor and so had to work for others.
It's no easier to save money here, not really. The aquaculture project is set up so that for a period of time all of the revenue is reinvested into the project. The money goes into a bank account for the group. Fortunately, group members can use that account to apply for credit for other activities. Gueye has been able to get loans that helped him expand his vegetable gardening. But it would be great if he could get a paycheck for the fish, too. "I still have hope that it will work," he told me.
In addition to a little bit of money and a little bit of equity, the community now has fish to eat where before it was scarce in the area. That helps meets the protein needs of this community—which is now largely composed of women and children since most of the men went away to fish elsewhere.
Back at the ANA office in Saint Louis, Mamadou Camara, the coordinator in the north, told me Gniling Mbao had better work, because they want to expand its model to 10 other villages in the zone with similar problems.
Africa is aquaculture's last frontier. The continent still lags behind the rest of the world when it comes to the development of this industry. This lag is even more apparent in places like Senegal where fishermen have always been able to make a living.
In Gniling Mbao, as I was talking with Gueye, a crowd of out-of-work men sat around and chatted in the background. They were all fishermen and sons of fishermen and would-be fishermen. Gueye told me that if he had the means, he would fish again, too. It was better money than the gardening and better money than all the alternatives including this aquaculture project.
But there's no telling when fish will return to the river.
Jori Lewis is a freelance Field Focus contributor.
Photo: Ibrahima Gueye at the aquaculture project in Gniling Mbao. Photo courtesy Jori Lewis.


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We may think of coronary heart disease (CHD) as being primarily linked to smoking. But other factors that can increase the risk of CHD include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and stressful life events. In fact, a large body of research has been devoted to the effects of various types of stress, such as divorce, caregiver issues, and death. Additional research has focused on examining how long-term stress from conditions such as marital difficulty, chronic illness, or work can impact physical health. But until now, few studies have examined how perceived stress affects risk for CHD.
Safiya Richardson of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University Medical Center in New York wanted to find out if perceived stress was as potentially harmful to the heart as experienced stress. To explore this association, Richardson conducted a meta-analysis of existing research and found only six studies that met specific inclusion criteria and were long-term in nature. The studies comprised data from over 118,000 participants and contained information gathered for an average of ten years. This gave Richardson the opportunity to examine the long-term effects of perceived stress compared to other known CHD risk factors.
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This is absolute proof that there is validity to the thoughts that what goes on in the mind can seriously what affect what happens in the body!
You can actually make yourself sick if that is what you focus on long enough!
I have enough real stress in my life to be worried about what I just PERCEIVE to be stressful ;)
What?! just perceived stress can be bad too?my workday is stressful to say the least. and the only things I can think about when I look at my next work day is more stress. guess I am not doing any good to myself thinking about all that!how do I get this out of my head? seems stuck in there, stress ,both real and perceived seems to be taking over me. help!
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THE death of 13 people in an accident involving a Rosa minibus and a truck laden with mealie-meal near Kamfinsa on the Ndola-Kitwe Dual Carriageway is heartbreaking.
What makes this tragedy even more painful is the fact that it happened just a day after 5 people perished on the spot when a Toyota Hiace Minibus they were travelling in had a rear tyre burst and overturned in Ibenga area on Luanshya - Mpongwe Road.
It's obvious the horror at Kamfinsa could not have happened had it not been for the ongoing rehabilitation of the Dual Carriageway.
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Didier Deschamps has handed a first France call-up to Rennes forward Romain Alessandrini for next week's friendly against Germany.
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Let's Talk About StormsApril 25th, 2014 at 8:46 am by Jeremy Wheeler under Weather
If you were out this morning, then you probably wondered how it was going to feel like Summer this afternoon when it felt like late Winter or Early Spring this morning. We started the day with very dry/cool conditions. Lows were mostly in the 40s. Skies were partly cloudy. When the sun came up it was beautiful. However, a storm was brewing over the Midwest. This system has produced numerous reports of hail and strong winds over that region, and it is moving east. Here's what it looked like on the Satellite/Radar.
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Winds will be mostly southeast, but they will turn south/southwest later today. I'm confident about the warm temperatures this afternoon, but even still it won't be crazy warm outside. Also, at the moment there is some very dry air in place. Here are the dew points:
They are increasing into the 50s. When looking for severe weather, unless you have a very strong upper level system, you typically look for dew points of at least 55. Dew points above 60 are more conducive to severe. As you can see the closest 55 is down towards Wilmington and probably towards Hatteras. Now we will moisten up today, but I question how far north the deep moisture gets. The models suggest we'll be kind of on the edge of the deeper moisture. This will play a huge part in how strong the storms become later today. So stay tuned for updates. I don't think the instability will be super high, but high enough to possibly see some hail and strong winds this evening. We won't see any rain through noon except possibly over North Carolina. We'll see a few isolated/scattered showers and storms in Hampton Roads by 3 pm. Mostly inland. Then the rain chances will increase around the 5pm hour. The rain chances will stay up through 9 o'clock. Here is what our Future Trak computer model shows for 7 pm tonight:
The Storm Prediction Center has put us in a slight risk for severe weather:
While the main threat will be strong winds and possible hail, they also mentioned that an isolated tornado is possible in the region. With the southeast surface winds I can't rule it out, but the moisture will really have to increase in order for that to happen. We can expect a general tenth to a quarter of an inch with some cities getting up to an inch under any of the thunderstorms.
We will dry out tonight. Lows will drop to the mid 50s. We will stay warm tomorrow despite a wannabe cold front (more of a windshift line). So we'll see fair skies and highs in the upper 70s. Tomorrow night a more bona-fide cold front will move through. It could create a few showers, but they should stay away from the race at Richmond. These light/scattered showers should push through by sunrise on Sunday morning. Sunday also looks dry. Highs will be in the mid-upper 60s. It will be dry at the Virginia Beach oceanfront Sunday morning for the March of Dimes March for babies. However, it may be a little breezy. Then we'll be dry on Monday, but the middle of next week still looks very wet and possibly stormy.
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Tommy is an autobiographical story telling comedian who is a favorite at comedy clubs all across the country. In 2007 Tommy was invited to the prestigious "Just For Laughs" comedy festival in Montreal, Canada where he was the highest reviewed "New Face." He has also appeared at Comedy Central's "South Beach Comedy Festival" TV credits include: Five appearances on "The Late Show" with David Letterman. His own half-hour special on Comedy Central, Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" and, "John Oliver's New York Stand-up Show". In 2010 he finished 2nd on NBC's Last Comic Standing. He's also appeared on CMT's "Comedy Stage" and TBS's "Very Funny Stand Up Show". He has also been a guest numerous times on the nationally syndicated radio programs "The Bob and Tom Show" and the "The Ron and Fez Show".
Brody Stevens
Brody Stevens is the executive producer and star of the unique Comedy Central TV series "Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!", co-created and produced by Zach Galifianakis. Brody is also the host of two popular podcast series - "The Steven Brody Stevens Festival of Friendship" on the Feral Audio Network, and "Brode and Esther" on Deathsquad. In addition, Brody hosted his own live video podcast "Positive Push with Brody Stevens" on Youtube's Video Podcast Network.
Stevens has appeared on Conan, Chelsea Lately, @midnight, Premium Blend, TMZ, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Late World with Zach, The Best Damn Sports Show Period, Tosh.0, Fox NFL Sunday, Playboy Morning Radio and on podcasts by Jay Mohr, Joe Rogan and WTF with Marc Maron. Brody also appeared in the movies Jesus Is Magic, Due Date, The Hangover and The Hangover Part II. He was, however, cut out of the movie Funny People.
Most recently, Brody released his Comedy Central Half-Hour Special in January, 2014.
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Brian Kiley
Brian Kiley has appeared several times on "The Late Show with David Letterman", "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien". He appears regularly at Caroline's Comedy Club in NYC. He has been a staff writer for Late Night with Conan O'Brien since 1994 and he has been nominated for 12 Emmy Awards and he is the winner of the 2007 Emmy Award for Writing in a Comedy/Variety Series. Other shows that Brian has appeared on include "Comedy Central Presents", "Dr. Katz Professional Therapist", "The CBS Morning Show", "Spotlight Café", "Caroline's Comedy Hour", "Comedy On The Road", and "An Evening at the Improv".
Beth Stelling
Beth Stelling is a product of the Chicago stand-up scene where she was named the Best Stand-up Comedian in Chicago by The Chicago Reader in 2010. Soon after she was chosen to be a New Face of Comedy in Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival and then made the move to Los Angeles in 2011. Within her first year in L.A., Beth made her late night television debut on Conan. She's since appeared on Chelsea Lately, The Pete Holmes Show, @midnight on Comedy Central and TV Guide's Stand-up In Stilettos. She also returned to Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival to record Funny As Hell with Jon Dore for HBO Canada.
Beth currently headlines comedy clubs across the United States and loves performing in festivals like SXSW, Bumbershoot in Seattle, The Maui Comedy Festival, RIOT (L.A.'s Alternative Comedy Festival), Chicago Women's Funny Festival, Moontower Comedy Festival, Portland's All Jane No Dick and San Francisco Sketchfest among others. She perform stand-up at colleges, bars, bookstores and sex shops. When she's not touring on her own, she has the distinct pleasure of opening for Anthony Jeselnik on some of his tour dates.
She released her debut album "Sweet Beth" in 2012 on Rooftop Comedy Records. It was New & Noteworthy in iTunes' Comedy section and received glowing reviews.
Beth has written for Comedy Central Digital, MTV's Ridiculousness and was a contributing writer of the play Five Lesbians Eating a Quiche, which saw an off-Broadway run in NYC and is published by Samuel French.
LA Weekly named Beth no. 2 on a list of "12 L.A. Comedy Acts to Watch in 2013."
Patton Oswalt listed Beth as one of his favorite up-and-coming comics during his AMA on Reddit.
Buzzfeed.com says Stelling is one of "14 Comedians Who You Should Be Paying Attention To."
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Taking Advantage of the Undervalued Contemporary Photography Market
Taking Advantage of the Undervalued Contemporary Photography Market
Having mentioned the contemporary photography market recently and referring to it as an undervalued market I thought it important to explain why the market is considered to be undervalued.Photography has in the past been considered more of a form of historical recording rather than an art-form but more and more artists have been using the photographic medium to produce fine art.
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Another factor that has dampened the market has been the debate as to exactly what constitutes fine art photography and what doesn't, but as the market matures the boundaries are becoming clearer. It has taken rather a long time for the historical recording stigma to be lifted from fine art photography and for it to begin to be accepted as a legitimate form of fine art.
With the digital age and the continuous challenging of the boundaries of fine art, contemporary photography has begun to find its place within the art market. With so much potential yet to be fully realised (undervalued market) and so much discovery to be undertaken, contemporary photography has some exciting times ahead of it.
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Design and Performance of Embankments on Very Soft Soils
Embankment construction projects on very soft soil often give rise to serious problems. This volume on geotechnics and soft soil engineering therefore treats all phases of the design and construction process exhaustively, from the first investigation step to the monitoring of constructed work. The...
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The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has reportedly rejected a proposed compromise with the Obama Administration on birth control access rules for religiously affiliated institutions.
The working assumption was that the "Hawaii compromise" would come into play. Under this regime, any exempt religious organization would have to tell enrollees how they could directly access contraceptive services from their insurance company. The religious institution wouldn't be paying for insurance on contraception, then, but access would be ensured.
But according to the National Catholic Register this would not be acceptable to the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, which has been among the key groups opposed to the new universal access rules for birth control.
[A] key official in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops says the Hawaii bill — repeatedly cited in media commentary — would not resolve the conference's concerns and would, in any case, be overridden by the federal rule.
"I've reviewed the Hawaii law, and it's not much of a compromise," said Richard Doerflinger of the USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities and the bishops' chief lobbyist on life issues in the nation's capital. "The Hawaii contraceptive mandate has many of the same features as the new federal mandate."
Like the federal rule, he said, the Hawaii bill "covers all FDA-approved 'contraceptives' (including drugs that can cause an abortion); and the religious exemption is very narrow (though it does not include the requirement that the religious organization serve only people of its own faith to be eligible).
On the flip side, reproductive health advocates aren't thrilled with the Hawaii compromise, either. Sarah Posner quotes Jon O'Brien of Catholics for Choice as saying that the Hawaii law "puts the onus on employees to jump through hoops" to get contraceptive coverage.
"It may seem reasonable on the surface," said O'Brien, "but it sends the wrong message, namely: that an employer's personal beliefs may interfere with an employee's conscience and therefore make it more difficult for him/her to access the healthcare coverage that he or she needs."
In New York, which allows for this "self-insurance," O'Brien said, "we have heard horror stories" of how it operates in practice. Imagine, he said, working at a Catholic school and going to your employer to request this special coverage. "We've heard anecdotal evidence that some workers at certain religious institutions have had to sign testimonials stating that they understand that contraception is against their employers' beliefs, thereby bullying them into either not seeking insurance that covers contraception or into jumping through hoops to try to access it," O'Brien said.
If that compromise doesn't hold for either side, it's hard to say how a compromise could be reached.
Meanwhile, the push-back that started this morning with Planned Parenthood, as reproductive choice and women's rights groups enter the playing field on this issue, continues. The National Nurses Alliance of SEIU has sent a message to supporters, urging that the current regulations stand.
99% of women in the U.S. rely on contraception at some point in their lives. In August, the Affordable Care Act will require most health insurance plans to provide contraception at no cost to employees who use it. This is a historic victory for women's health.
But now women's healthcare is under attack. Some would even deny women access to this vital healthcare service. They are calling on the White House and Health and Human Services (HHS) to roll back this milestone.
Tell your friends and family to stand up to protect women's access to contraception and the healthcare law.
If these extremist voices succeed, Americans will lose the freedom to make personal health decisions about their families and their future with their doctor and care team.
In addition, Sen. Chuck Schumer has a petition asking supporters to "stand one million strong for women":
The next battle over the Obama administration's decision to make contraception more affordable under the new health care law is already underway. It's hard to believe that in the 21st century we have to fight for access to birth control, but that is the fact — and there will be many more fights in the weeks ahead.
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Would You Swap Your Engagement Ring for Another Like Jessica Alba Did?
When did Jessica Alba decide to pull an engagement ring switcheroo? It looks like the actress swapped her sparkler out for another before she got married to her now-husband, Cash Warren, in 2008. Jessica's first engagement ring was an emerald-cut diamond with a halo setting, and now her bling is a round cushion-cut diamond on a gold pave band.
Maybe Jessica has multiple engagement rings and switches them out (lucky gal), or maybe she just wasn't feeling her first ring that much and wanted a different setting — and it looks like Cash was very understanding!
It's not uncommon at all to "upgrade" your engagement ring to a larger stone or setting, but it doesn't look like Jessica "downgraded" at all, since both of her rings are gorgeous.
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Duluth Mayor Don Ness holds a news conference Monday, June 3, 2013, at Bayfront Festival Park to announce that Bob Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket and Richard Thompson will perform at the park July 9. (2013 file, Bob King / firstname.lastname@example.com)
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Former Israeli soldier Anat Kamm, who turned classified military documents over to an Israeli reporter, will go free by the end of the month after approval of her appeal for early release.
Kamm's early release was approved Thursday by the Israel Prison Service, which commended her behavior at the all-female Neve Tirzah Prison since November 2011. She had been scheduled to go free in May 2015.
Kamm was convicted in February 2011 of collecting, holding and passing on classified information without authorization. She had been charged originally with espionage, but the charge was dropped as part of a plea bargain. Kamm was arrested in early 2010.
She admitted to stealing about 2,000 documents, including hundreds identified as classified or top secret, which she downloaded on two discs, while serving her mandatory military service in the Israeli army's Central Command. She turned the information over to Haaretz reporter Uri Blau, who wrote stories based on the information that were approved by the military censor. The stories led to a search for Blau's source.
"I didn't have the chance to change some of the things that I found important to change during my military service, and I thought that by exposing these [materials] I would make a change," Kamm is quoted as telling police investigators. "It was important for me to bring the IDF's policy to public knowledge."
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My 530 was getting about 45mpg at best. My 5 hunny is getting 58 to 63 depending on ride...(63 being best so far measured at pump by filling back up to full)...
I have longer legs than anyone I ride with so I just wait for them to yell NO MAS
Now that's odd,I ride with a friend on a 2012 EXC500,he can get around 50mpg if were not riding too hard,about the same as my 530 does,although his bike boils over on every tight trail we ride on,hes had it remapped a couple times,it runs great!
Mine has yet to boil water out of the radiator riding the same trails. I can go 200 miles on the 4.2 gallon Safari tank on it,that's really about far enough on any sort of gnarly trails/jeep roads.
Somewhere around 14 to 1 air/fuel mix is where a bike runs best at,doesnt matter if its FI or carbed. Yet yours gets 63 mpg at times,that's flat amazing. There are more then a few dirtbikes with FI out there,I dont remember any saying they get 13 or 14 mpg better with FI,my little truck surely doesnt get much better mileage with FI.
Sounds like you got a good one!
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Ranch Steaks with Citrus-Jalapeño Mojo
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Ranch Steaks with Citrus-Jalapeño Mojo
- Prep Time : 40 min min
- Ready Time : 40 min
- 4 beef shoulder center steaks (ranch steak), cut 1 inch thick (about 8 ounces each)
- Black pepper, Salt
- Citrus-Jalapeño Mojo:3 cups bottled fresh-squeezed orange juice
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
- 1/2 small red onion, finely chopped
- 1 small jalapeño pepper, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated orange peel
- 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- Salt and pepper
1 To prepare Citrus-Jalapeño Mojo, combine all mojo ingredients except salt and pepper in large saucepan; bring to a boil.
2 Boil 15 to 20 minutes or until sauce is reduced to about 1-1/2 cups. Strain and discard solids. Season sauce with salt and black pepper, as desired. Set aside.
3 Meanwhile, season beef steaks with black pepper, as desired. Place on grid over medium, ash-covered coals.
4 Grill, covered, 11 to 14 minutes (over medium heat on preheated gas grill, covered, 12 to 16 minutes) for medium rare (145°F) to medium (160°F) doneness, turning occasionally.
5 Carve steaks into thin slices. Season with salt, as desired. Drizzle with some Citrus-Jalapeño Mojo. Serve with remaining mojo.
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Nardis Jazz Club
Nardis Jazz Club is the best nice bar around the Galata Tower. The bar has got wonderful atmosphere, great music, cozy place with brick walls, wooden floor and quite normal cuisine. What is important for unforgettable night. You can visit Nardis Jazz Club every time when you are in İstanbul.
Nardis Jazz Club, honest servant that is very valuable in İstanbul. What you really appreciate is the club honest policy to sell drinks to people, they did not ask you for another drink for 100 times. Practically you can see every night and you can always find something interesting there. Usually, the club is full but you can reserve the table.
The owner of Nardis has got a serious long – term experience in jazz industry and great taste, so she invites only very talented musicians and singers. Also, dinner, the cuisine and the drinks are very fine. I think, my favourite meals there are: the shish kebab, the Nardis hamburger and the borek. The prices are reasonable and the personel is professional, kind, helpful and quick. At same time, you can meet many of great jazz people in Nardis Jazz Club. I always look forward with impatience to go to Nardis again to listen to a good music and to have a good evening. You must visit there.


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Professor Shapira Receives Southwest Book Award
Posted: January 22, 2014
Professor Harel Shapira has recently won the Southwest Book Award for his book Waiting for José: The Minutemen's Pursuit of America. This book focuses on the Minutemen, a group of civilian volunteers who regularly patrol the southern border to prevent illegal crossings. In order to fully outline the individuals in this group and their motives, Shapira interacted firsthand with the Minutemen by living among them and patrolling with them. Currently, he is working on his next book about gun owners and the National Rifle Association, examining the notions of self-defense and why people own guns.
The Southwest Book Award is being sponsored by the Border Regional Library Association, with this year's awards banquet to be held on Februrary 22 in El Paso, Texas.


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So, after the fiasco of the GX280, I managed to find a cheap dell 745 (they're the only manufacturer I know that still ships with LPT and COM ports), so, got this earlier, thought I'd try hackintosh on it for a laugh as there's loads of reports of it working... No, it doesn't. So I gave up with that, tried my old GX280 drive using a HighPoint PCI card (as there's no PATA on the 745) and wow, that card is a pile of complete ****, nothing but problems and after I eventually got it booting using a live usb and doing an fsck, it said my drive was littered with errors, and kept failing to reply to commands... I will be dumping that card very shortly, breaking it into a few pieces first to make sure no-one finds it and mistakes it for being something useful.
So, I tried a SCSI drive using an unopened adaptec 2940U PCI card... Wow, another failure, drive spins up but card refuses to pick it up - getting pretty ****ed off now. So, lastly I've resorted to a jmicron PATA -> USB device and used an arch live usb to sort out the kernel so it'd boot properly and wahay, I've got a working arch install once again, well, mostly...
There appears to be a problem with this dell (like most others), I'm not able to reboot (I haven't tried a shutdown yet but from what I've read it won't work). So it's a known problem with this PC that you need to add reboot=bios to the kernel command line, I've tried reboot=b and reboot=bios, neither do anything and neither make the system able to reboot, so I'm stuck with a pretty much useless PC I can't turn off without shorting out 2 points on the board using a screwdriver which has really displeased me.
Does anyone have any clue how the hell to sort this quite frankly pathetic problem out? I'm using arch with a vanilla 3.8.7 kernel and all the bug reports about this say the problem was fixed in the 2.6.x kernels yet it obviously wasn't.
(I've also got spares from the GX280 if anyone wants them, free, just pay for shipping and they're yours)
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Five Lady Tiger Golfers Named WGCA All-American Scholars
Alex Aläng, Ashleigh Whisenant, Julia Hodgson, Natalie Turk and Sarah Mathews made up the Memphis contingent recognized by the organization.
Forty-Five Student-Athletes To Graduate Sunday
Congratulations to all of our Tigers graduates.
Women's Golf Finishes Sixth at C-USA Championships
Aläng finishes tied for 17th.
Women's Golf Tied for Fifth at the End of Day One at C-USA Championships
Aläng and Mathews tied for 14th in individual standings.
Women's Golf Kicks Off Conference USA Championships Monday
Lady Tigers tee it up Monday morning in the three-round tournament.
2012-13 Season Preview
The Memphis Tiger Network sat down with senior golfer Sarah Mathews and head coach Beth Harrelson to talk about the upcoming women's golf season.
Memphis Women's Golf at FedEx Intercollegiate
Pictures from the Lady Tigers' home tournament, the FedEx Memphis Women's Intercollegiate at Ridgeway Country Club.
Honors and Awards
-Three-time National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar recipient (2010, 2011 and 2012)
Senior (2012-13)
Fall 2012: One of two Lady Tigers to participate in all five events ... Recorded a hole-in-one in the practice round for the Rainbow Wahine Invitational on hole five at Leilehua Golf Course ... Posted her best tournament score of 232 at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational after shooting 78-78-76 ... Recorded her best finish of 24th at the FedEx Memphis Women's Intercollegiate after shooting 86-76-75 (237) ... Carded her best round of the fall, 75, in the final round of the FedEx Memphis Women's Intercollegiate.
Junior (2011-12)
Spring 2012: Shot 76-78-75--229 at the UCF Challenge, finishing tied for 58th place ... Tied for 58th at the Sir Pizza Cards Challenge, shooting rounds of 76-82-81--239 ... Tied for 63rd at Augusta State's Insperity Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate, shooting 79-86-76--241 ... Shot 78-78-81--237 at the Rebel Intercollegiate, tying for 71st place ... Shot 79-81-81--241 at the Conference USA Championships.
Fall 2011: Compete in four of the five tournaments ... Began the fall with a 39-42--81 to finish tied for 28th place at the rain-shortened Chris Banister Golf Classic ... Carded rounds of 77-78-80--235 to finish tied for 66th at East Carolina's Lady Pirate Intercollegiate ... Shot 78-80-79--237 at the Memphis Women's Invitational, finishing tied for 29th ... Recorded her strongest performance at the UAB Fall Beach Blast, shooting a 36-hole tally of 75-87--162 to finish 17th.
Sophomore (2010-11)
Spring 2011: Recorded a 78.4 stroke average ... Competed in two events as the result of a leg injury ... Finished 86th with scores of 77-80-86 at the UCF Challenge ... Helped Memphis win the team title at the Lady Eagle Invitational with an individual finish of 30th.
Fall 2010: Competed in all five events, holding a 77.3 stroke average ... Had a low round of 72 at the UAB Fall Beach Blast first round ... Followed that round with a 79 to finish sixth, helping the Lady Tigers win the tournament for a second-consecutive year ... Turned in back-to-back rounds of 73 to finishing third at the Bobcat Invitational ... Helped lead Memphis to a season-opening team title at that event.
Freshman (2009-10)
Spring 2010: Earned a tie for 49th with rounds of 83-75-77 at the Hurricane Invitational ... Earned a season-best, second-place finish with three-consecutive 77s at the USA Lady Jaguar Invitational and finishing tied for eighth ... Rounds of 79-78-86 earned her a share of 62nd place at the Cincinnati Spring Invitational ... Rounds of 80-78-83 helped lead Memphis to a runner-up finish at the Eastern Kentucky Lady Colonel Classic ... Finished in a tie for 37th with scores of 83-74-78 at the C-USA Championships, helping the Lady Tigers to a fourth-place finish.
Fall 2009: Made her collegiate debut at the Lady Paladin Invitational, posting rounds of 82-85 to help Memphis to a 14th-place finish ... Fired rounds of 79-83-77 to finish 25th at the Cincinnati Fall Classic ... Carded rounds of 90-80 to place 56th and help Memphis to a third-place finish at the Lady Red Wolf Classic ... Recorded her first top-20 finish with rounds of 76-79 at the Charleston Southern Wendy's Invitational ... Recorded a career-best, second-place finish with rounds of 74-73 at the UAB Fall Beach Blast ... Her performance paced the Lady Tigers to the program's first team title under Coach Beth Harrelson.
High School
Three-time qualifier for the Optimist International Junior Championship ... A Commercial Appeal's "Best of the Preps" finalist four years in a row (2005-08) ... Voted the 2007 Commercial Appeal Female Golfer of the Year ... In addition to her golf accolades, a National Honor Society member and sophomore and junior class president at St. Agnes Academy ... Also served as Student Government Association president her senior year.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Forestry crews in Cedar Rapids fired up the chain saws Friday in yet another bid to head off future problems with the emerald ash borer.
The destructive insect has killed millions of ash trees in infected states and Canada. The first Iowa appearance of the bug came last May in Allamakee County in the far northeastern part of the state. Cedar Rapids crews removed 160 vulnerable ash trees last winter.
Craig Hanson, Cedar Rapids public works maintenance manager, said the goal this winter is to take down 325 ash trees from public right of ways that are showing signs of disease or stress for other reasons. Those trees would be the first to fall victim to the ash borer when it finally gets to this portion of Iowa. Hanson said the insect will spread naturally at the rate of a half mile to two miles a year. But if someone transports firewood or other green wood with the insect it will cover large distances much quicker. He figures, with luck, the city has five to 10 years at most before the ash borer arrivesand the plan is to not leave the insect as much to munch on as exists right now.
"We'll have about 10,000 (ash) trees left at that point and the trees that will be here will be the most healthy left in which case it progresses slower in those trees and that gives us more time to go through selectively and remove them at that time," Hanson said.
Hanson believes as many as 15,000 ash trees are growing along city streets right now. The pace of removal this winter is one that will continue in coming years.
City forestry crews started work on the southeast side on 31st and 32nd Streets near Mt. Vernon Road. Hanson said the city will follow a pattern of identifying trees to be removed in the summerand do the actually cutting in winter when falling trunks and branches do less damage to frozen yards.
The city has plans in the current fiscal year to plant 600 to 700 trees of a different species to replace the ash trees removed.
Homeowners that have ash trees on the city's right of way will get a notice that crews are coming to remove that tree. John Detweiler had one tree in his yard the city chopped down on Friday. He called it a problem tree that he wanted removed anywayso the news the city was coming for his tree this winter didn't bother him at all.
"I think that's a good idea, I really do and I have no regrets," Detweiler said.
Detweiler also remembers Cedar Rapids in the 1950's and 1960's when Dutch Elm disease destroyed many mature elm trees along city streets. He remembered what a mess it was to clear out large numbers of trees all at once. And he agrees with the city plan to start now on vulnerable trees that are already showing signs of decline.
Hanson said the ash trees on city property coming down this winter are 40 to 50 years of age and fairly large in size. If smaller ash trees are lost to the ash borer when it finally does arrive, that will make the removal process then quicker and easier.
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Eaves Columbia Town Center (Formerly Avalon Symphony Woods)
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When we first moved in 3 years ago, the management was spectacular, the maintenance was impeccable and we genially enjoyed living there. In the last year or so they every one that worked in the office has either left or transferred… Full Review ▶
I have only lived at eaves for the past 6 months but I think I have a pretty good idea of its pro's and con's. I'm lucky enough to live on the top floor so noise is usually not an issue.… Full Review ▶
Where to start.....The noise level in our apartment is AWFUL. The problem is mainly with the poor quality of the apartment building itself. It is old and the flooring between my apartment and the one above us is paper thin. When… Full Review ▶
I would not recommend moving to Eaves Columbia Town Center. The building is old, the bathrooms are old and the updates were clearly only done in the kitchen. You will be able to hear your neighbors walking, laughing, surround sound, playing… Full Review ▶
Like everyone else here says, avoid this place. Eaves tries to squeeze every penny out of its residents, and the rents are high for what you get. Don't be fooled by the base rent quote you see on their lease; Eaves… Full Review ▶
Eaves at columbia town center. Dont go there it is nice look outside the inside has new carpet since they made people who left before you pay for your new carpet,the bathroom is extremely old it looks like the paint on… Full Review ▶
I lived in EACTC apartment for two years. Price goes up every year for old apartment. No renovation what so ever. If you are new person you may pay cheaper rent than person who is living in the same apartment for… Full Review ▶
I lived in a three bedroom apartment for three years. The amount charged for rent would go up 100-200 per year, until I was finally forced out due to the rent increases. I bought a four bedroom home with 3,900 square… Full Review ▶
I have no idea what these bad reviews are all about. Some people must have personality problems to warrant being given bad services if any at all. Or unlucky with their units and neighbors. Because my time there was great As… Full Review ▶
We lived here about a year ago when it was still Symphony Woods, just as the transition to The Eaves was taking place. The first 3 months or so were ok at best. The walls are VERY thin so when our… Full Review ▶
1. Too close to Merriweather Post Pavilion, you can hear the concerts loud and clear. 2. Maintenance doesn't fix anything. I've had several problems that they've just told me I have to live with (extreme condensation on windows, leaky AC units,… Full Review ▶
1. Being close to Merriweather Post Pavilion and town center, is great! 2. Maintenance fixes everything. 3. This isn't a grave yard so humans do make some noise. For the most part it is quiet here and if you tell the… Full Review ▶
Mice activity !!! We live in eaves avalon for 5 months and this is most terrible place ever seen before, We wish to move out! But there is $3200.00 early contract cancel fee . There are mice activity and strong mice… Full Review ▶
I have had a great experience heard in the Eaves. Very quiet...well maintained and safe. This is mecond Avalon apartment complex. Never saw on bug. The staff are great too. Every once in a while parking gets tight if you come… Full Review ▶
While some buildings are better than others, I have not had a problem with this complex. The apartment was spotless when I moved in, the office staff and maintenance have been very available, competent and accommodating as possible (all complexes must… Full Review ▶
If you want to be treated like a bank account rather than a human being this is the place for you. Not only was our one bedroom apartment rife with mold and mildew problems, the apartment was small, overpriced and lacked… Full Review ▶
I've been living there for about 9 months and already want to move. Moving is such a hassle and I hate doing it, but I want to be somewhere I can have a quiet night after a long day at work.… Full Review ▶
It's a hit or miss when it comes to this place. I moved in in may the second week after moving i called maintanence all week for them to fix my air condition this was when it was hot there was… Full Review ▶
We looked at one of their apartments and I had to throw my clothes out afterward because of all of the bed bugs. Also, there was what appeared to be a gay homeless couple going at it really loudly behind one… Full Review ▶
Save yourself a lot of trouble and find a different place to live... 1300 a month for a one bedroom is outrageous and the apartments really aren't worth it... you're only charged that much because you're down the street from the… Full Review ▶
i HAVE BEEN HERE OCT 28 2010 TO PRESENT.iHAVE JUST RECEIVED MY INCREASE TO STAY ANOTHER 12 MO.WOULD YOU BELIEVE A 30 PCT INCREASE.NOT WORT THE PRICE. Full Review ▶
Avalon Symphony Woods is in the Columbia Town Center and Walking distance from the Mall, Lakefront, College, and hospital. Also plenty of trails for the walker, jogger or cyclist. I enjoyed the three years I lived there but I must admit… Full Review ▶
I looked everything up online and decided to schedule a visit to the community. I was commuting from DC on my way home in Baltimore thinking this would be a good time to stop by and check everything out in person.… Full Review ▶
When I first move in, the staff are very friendly and the rent rate is nice, around $1150/month. That is near the end of 2007. Then everything changed gradually after move-in. First, in 2008 I was forced to move to a… Full Review ▶
Renters Beware; Decent Units and Amenities; Burglaries a Serious and Recurring Problem Here's my background so anyone reading can get a feel for my perspective on renting in Columbia, MD: I rented an apartment at Avalon Symphony Woods (ASW) for two… Full Review ▶
My fiance and I visited this apartment complex this week and decided we wanted to rent a 1 bedroom/1 bathroom apartment. We filled out all the paperwork and application materials and called our employers to fax over ASAP our employment verification… Full Review ▶
I'm not one to write reviews, but after reading all of the negative things I have to defend the community. I am currently renting a 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath apt. in Symphony Woods. My husband and I love it. There is… Full Review ▶
I moved into this place in July 09. I got $1000 off my first month of rent for signing a 1 year lease. Since then it has been pretty nice place to live. I got a unit that was newly remodeled… Full Review ▶
hi , i am a resident of this community since jun 08, and i renewed my lease for another year till jun 2010. great community, maintenance is great, i have not seen a maintenance service like that. Good management, the office… Full Review ▶
I love living at Symphony Woods. It is very quiet and peaceful. Everybody minds their own business. Price is a lot for me to renew but I love the area and the complex. Full Review ▶
...every experience is different but mine has been mostly good...first 2 months the neighbors below played loud music constantly, but the office staff was exceptional in taking care of the problem...now it's pretty quiet. Also in the beginning we had an… Full Review ▶
DO NOT LIVE HERE!! DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE "NEW RENOVATIONS" AND "GREAT LOCATION!" BECAUSE YOU WILL HATE YOUR LIFE! IF I COULD TAKE BACK ONE THING IN MY LIFE, IT WOULD BE THE DAY I WALKED THROUGH THAT LEASING… Full Review ▶
I moved into Avalon in July 2002. I moved out in February 2007 after getting fed up with everything. I lived in the original complex (the gray buildings). For the most part, things were okay. Parking can be somewhat bad if… Full Review ▶
Depending on where you live on the property, there is a park on the opposite side of broken land parkway that sometimes has bands every other week. The noise from the crowds and the band literally echoes throughout the complex. My… Full Review ▶
Overall it is a nice place to live. The staff are friendly and the apt. are nice(older but nice). I would recommend this community except that we have reports of crime and vandilism every other week. I have received over 10… Full Review ▶
My Avalon experience has been nothing but horrible ever since the day I moved here in June of 2007. To start, the walls are thinner than paper. You can hear EVERYTHING your neighbors are doing. It's almost impossible to sleep without… Full Review ▶
We move here initially because of the location and we felt staff and organization were trustworthy. It seemed that they had mislead us on quite a few items. First of all the complex is quite noisy. There are lots of college… Full Review ▶
After using ApartmentRatings.com to find our Avalon apartment when we moved here from CA last year, we thought we should post our reviews as well. My fiance and I have had an absolutely wonderful experience here at Avalon since day 1.… Full Review ▶
My wife and I moved here from out-of-state and we were initially impressed with the dilligence to get our paperwork filed quickly and we were deceived greatly by the on-line views of the complex. (Our first mistake). We were allowed only… Full Review ▶
Very spacious appartments, great location, ample parking and above all blissfully quiet, except when there were open air concerts at Merryweather Pavilion. Some great walks in the area for exercise and one could walk to the mall. The gym was small… Full Review ▶
I just moved in and everything is broken. The eyes on our stove only work half the time, you have to wiggle them and hope they work. I called maintenance about it and although I was using the oven wrong they… Full Review ▶
A friend told me about this site and I thought for kicks it would be fun to see how my community is rated. After reading the reviews, I have to say that I stongly disagree with all my fellow residents who… Full Review ▶
I have lived at Avalon for 3 years now. I have a one bedroom on the second floor. The apartment is great. It is well maintained. The floors are starting to get creaky, so you can hear people walking on the… Full Review ▶
I moved to Syphony Glen in August and had a wonderful experience. Kim was great and helped us find the perfect apartment. They have new staff now to handle another community also and they are fabulous. They have always been willing… Full Review ▶
Avalon needs to bring back Kim NOW! We moved in almost 5 years ago and the only reason why we chose Avalon at Symphony Glen was because of Kim Quintero. She left and when to Annapolis for a couple of years… Full Review ▶
Comments about management are dead on. I moved in because Kim Quintero is terrific. Unfortunately, she has left the property. The new mangement seems to be completely unorganized and has absolutely no respect for its residents. The property is now being… Full Review ▶
Now that Lee is gone the new manager that came on board in June is absolutely HORRIBLE. He treats everyone like he's above them - keep in mind he's working in an apartment complex - one link below a used car… Full Review ▶
I moved into Symphony Glen about a year and a half ago and I have been very pleased with the management and maintenance of the complex. I think Lee was an excellent manager and Kim is excellent, too. Whenever I have… Full Review ▶
I just moved in March 06 and I love it. The location is great, its quiet and everyone is very friendly. Full Review ▶
We moved to Avalon in part because of the spacious apartments, new appliances in our building, and nice grounds - but largely because of the warm and outgoing reception we received from then-assistant manager Kim Quintero. Sadly, a few months after… Full Review ▶
I have been on the property for many years. Once Avalon at Symphony Glenn was an excellent place to live. However, with the new management--No longer.
The new management plays to win--for themselves. No respect is shown to the residents. The new… Full Review ▶
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Dermaphuzion is a brand of skin care products created by John Littlefield, who was originally a manufacturing chemist. Apparently this line of treatments are the result of "18 years of research on five different continents." Currently this company offers skin care products like Dermaphuzion Serum Eye Gel, Serum Anti-Cellulite Gel, Serum Lip Volumizer, Serum Lip Moisturizer and Serum Breast Gel. Some testimonials from past users are presented on the official website to support Dermaphuzion's line of "plant peptide-based cosmetics." Overall, these skin treatments endeavor to rejuvenate, nourish, medicate and restore the skin's youthful glow.
The Dermaphuzion Serum Eye Gel aims to benefit the user's eye area by reducing under-eye bags, diminishing dark circles, and smoothing out crow's feet. This product is claimed to be developed from "imported cutting edge peptides." Key ingredients listed on the official website are Matrixyl (assists with wrinkles), Eyeseryl (drains puffy eyes), Haloxyl (helps eliminate dark circles), and Lipolight (reduces fine lines). Dermaphuzion Serum Eye Gel should be applied to the under-eye area daily, morning and night. The website does offer some before and after photos that reveal the potential results from this treatment after 60 days of usage. Dermaphuzion Serum Eye Gel sells directly through the website for $65, but doesn't appear to be offered with a 100% money-back guarantee.
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Dermaphuzion Serum Eye Gel is a topical treatment that's geared toward women that desire assistance with under-eye puffiness, dark circles and crow's feet. The goal of this skin care product is to minimize dark circles, bags and fine lines around the eye area. The major ingredients incorporated into Dermaphuzion Serum Eye Gel are imported cutting edge peptides. This eye treatment is intended to be used in conjunction with a face moisturizer and even other eye creams if desired. The official website caters to the USA, Paris, Sydney and London. There is a 1-800 number provided for queries and direct orders through the Dermaphuzion website.
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- All five Dermaphuzion skin care treatments can be acquired easily via the official website.
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The Dermaphuzion line of beauty treatments is mainly marketed toward mature or middle-aged women. This seems to be the trend these days. Although some aspects of this eye care gel sound reassuring and promising, it's difficult to really determine how well Dermaphuzion Serum Eye Gel will work since no clinical trials are offered to support the product. Also, it would naturally be nice to see a topical treatment that sells for $65 to at least come with a 30-day, money-back guarantee.


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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West baby name brings North West jokes and fake Twitter accountsAdd to Favorites | Big Brother
With the name being official, it didn't take long for the internet to poke fun as Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's baby, North West. Almost instantly Twitter was flooded with messages about the baby, some funny, others not so much.
While many of the jokes boiled down to pictures of compasses with arrows pointing toward the northwest, a few comedians were able to raise the quality. Rob Delaney kept it simple, writing, "Sad that North West will never fly Southwest." Kumail Nanjiani went a different route entirely with his tweet. "'Oooh look, north west is trending. Awesome.' - someone in Portland who doesn't follow pop culture news." Will Kirby, a former "Big Brother" contestant, even got in on the action with "Kim Kardashian & Kanye's baby arrived 5 weeks early & they called her North West. My luggage arrived 5 weeks late & I called South West."
Another aspect of the jokes comes in the form of parody Twitter accounts, attributed to North. One of them has already amassed over 32,000 followers, tweeting messages like "I'm not an airline. I'm a person" and "You may laugh at my name, but I laugh at your bank balance."
Parody or not, that's a true statement. As silly as North West may be, which is debatable in the grand scheme of celebrity baby names, she's going to live like a queen.
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Kindle/Nook Touch comparison review
June 7, 2011 | 9:35 am
By Paul Biba
Marco.org has a comparison review of the Kindle 3 and Nook Touch. Overall, Marco Arment, creater of Instapaper, really likes the Touch. Here's a snippet:
Overall, I'd classify this Nook as being a generational equivalent to the Kindle 3, but the Kindle 3 is nearly a year old. Launching an equivalent competitor to it today is like launching an iPad 1 competitor in February 2011.
I'd be much more impressed with this Nook had it launched last summer, and it worries me that B&N is only now using the same e-ink screen generation that Amazon had then. (What will the next Kindle use?)
But I like it. And I love the touch interface.
If the review ended here, I'd probably conclude that the Nook is a great alternative to the Kindle for nearly all potential buyers. But these e-readers aren't self-contained — they're primarily vending machines for two very different publishing ecosystems.
In a heavily ecosystem-dependent category like this, one good hardware release isn't enough. …
The Kindle wins here, hands down. Amazon's store has noticeably more books, newspapers, and magazines that people are likely to want. Many titles I've searched for aren't available for the Nook but are available on the Kindle, and I haven't yet found a case where the opposite is true.
Furthermore, Amazon's DRM really hurts experimentation: I can't transfer Kindle books to the Nook or vice versa, so now that I've purchased Kindle books, I'm strongly encouraged to stay with the Kindle device family.
While this will matter to very few Nook owners, I can't use Instapaper or any other online service to send web content to the Nook: there's no document-delivery mechanism like Amazon's email gateway, and no web browser to download files directly. The only way to get non-B&N content onto the Nook, as far as I can tell, is to transfer it via USB or a micro-SD card.
If you own an iPad in addition to an e-reader and want to run the respective Nook or Kindle iPad apps, you're much better off with the Kindle. The Nook iPad app works, but it's mediocre, while the Kindle app is excellent.
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While Amazon still rule the ebook ecosystem war, their reader is starting to look rather dated in comparison to other offerings which offer a touch based interface. Most Kindle review sites seem to be waiting on the hyped Android tablet which Amazon will likely release this summer. However, with good quality LCD tablets readily available from Apple, Samsung & HTC, I can't see any benefit except a slight price cut for a more limited device than what is already on the market. I hope Amazon pick up the pace on their development of their e-ink based Kindles, Kindles which appeal to heavy academic reading and long reading sessions. I've been holding off on purchasing a Kindle DX because of the lack of touch support. At the moment, highlighting, annotating and dictionary use are cumbersome on all of the Kindle range. Fixing these blatant shortcomings should be a priority for Amazon and make them much more appealing to university students who most likely already travel with a laptop or tablet.
The new Nook is a bit more like an improved Sony PRS-650 than anything earth-shaking. Well, that is, to people who don't have the "ereader = Kindle" worldview. While Amazon's store is better, I am not a fan of the Kindle. I long for the day when folk can buy the ereader that they like best and read ebooks from whatever source they wish.
Amazon have nothing to lose by opening their ebooks to other hardware manufacturers. They lose money on the sale of Kindles. The problem is with the publishers and the copyright guarantee which they insist on enforcing. The publishers won't allow open books.
Mr Saville, could you please cite a source for the assertion that Amazon *loses* money on the sale of Kindles?
Because every reputable source that has ventured a guess (iSupply, etc) has made it clear Amazon makes an actual profit on Kindles. Their margins may be, ahem, paper thin, but they are real. If anything, the oddball pricing of the KSO makes it abundantly clear they operate in the black, otherwise why not "lose" a few more bucks to get to the magical $99 price point? All the tea leaves seem to say Kindles cost at most $80 to build. Even factoring shipping, support, and retailer margins, there is plenty of room for profit between $80 and $114, to say nothing of $139 and $189.
Also, how come Amazon is selling "lesser" Kindles at a "loss" while Kobo and B&N sell at the same or even lower prices? They're the high volume/low margin player, not the "plucky underdog". And Kobo isn't big enough to sustain major hardware losses at the same time they expand globally. They're an operation that issues a Press Release when they get $50 million in funding! That's not going to last long if they're selling a million readers at a loss.
More, Kindles are reportedly selling at the rate of 60,000 units a *day*, while most of the me-too regional competitors aren't moving that much in a year, and that includes many of the euro brands. If Amazon is truly engaging in dumping on that scale, why aren't the brusselcrats rushing to protect their national champions against evil Amazon?
Amazon keeps quiet about their internal financials but enough filters out through suppliers that it is clear they are currently moving Kindles by the tens of millions; That's big money. If they're losing money, they're losing it by the truckload and losses of hundreds of millions don't stay quiet very long. Neither do comparable profits. And what we're hearing lately sounds like profits.
Kindle is a $3 billion a year business, not a loss leader.
Even B&N, self-constained to the US market, has easily grown Nook into a billion-dollar business.
ebooks and readers are a real profit-making business in their own right, *now*, not a gamble on future revenue and it is a big business for big players. High volume/high efficiency are the key to profits; just because lesser players can't get there doesn't mean the big boys can't.
I'm not spoiled so my parents don't buy me things, so I saved my money for a kindle and about a month after I got it, it froze up. I had been so careful with it seeing as I bought it with my own savings. We contacted amazon and they couldn't do anything but send me a new one. Great. Fluke. Or maybe not!! I had my new one for two weeks and the exact same thing happened!!!! Do I get my money back and get a nook? I've done some research and the nook seems like the better way to go. The kindle has eink so that's a plus. The nook is has a backlight and touch screen. (I know you can get a new kindle with a touch screen!) The kindle has a significantly wider selection of book! I'm stressed!
You're most likely correct. I based the 'loss' on rumours that spun through the tech sites back in 2010 based on the high costs of e-ink displays at the time. However, with Amazon's buying power, who knows. The same rumours popped up for the new versions of the Kindle as well.
I'm not sure they are the clear leader in eBooks in all countries however. Kobo are sold in retail stores all throughout Canada, whereas the Kindle has to be ordered from the US over the web, and it subject to import taxes. I see far more Kobos than Kindles in Calgary. But I have not seen either companies sales claims.
Are you sure your computer is outputting enough voltage through your USB port in order to charge the Kindle correctly? In any case, your warranty should still be valid, even though they have replaced it once before. So, contact Amazon and have it sent in.


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Organisers of the Golden birthday celebration of His Excellency, Dr. Godswill Akpabio, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, has been speaking on their novel choice of the Golden Eaglets as the star attraction of the event.
The national Under-17 team last weekend qualified for the 2013 African undet-17 Championship with aplomb by winning all their six matches and organisers said the motive behind their choice was to showcase them to the people of the state.
"We as well as His Excellency are very proud of the achievements of the Golden Eaglets in the recent qualifying matches and we felt that they are the ideal team that could add glamour to the Golden birthday anniversary of our Governor," Comrade John Ekpeyong, chairman of the Planning Committee, said during a special shoot of Sports Sense, a TV programme on the Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation that would be aired on Friday.
Ekpeyong said that it was imperative that the Golden Eaglets are invited for the event so that youths as well as local fans have a glimpse of the budding Nigerian stars, adding that the team has done so well in a short time.
Similarly, Mr. Ben Ekpo, veteran youth football organiser said that coming to Akwa Ibom was a great privilege for the Golden Eaglets as part of their education towards growing to be better Nigerians.
"Travelling is part of education and I'm so happy that the Nigeria Football Federation as well as the technical crew of the Golden Eaglets agreed to bring these boys to Uyo," said Ekpo, one of the brains behind the success story of the Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria (YSFON).
"A lot of Nigerians don't even know this part of the country and we felt that bringing the Golden Eaglets here is an opportunity for them to see the transformation and the green environment under the astute leadership of Governor Akpabio."
The Golden Eaglets will on Sunday showcase their talents to the local fans against the state's selected team tagged Umana-Umana Babes at the Uyo Township Stadium at 6:30pm.