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Forty years ago this fall, the United States shipped more than 20,000 tons of tanks, artillery, weapons, and supplies to Israel to ensure its victory over two of the Soviet Union's Arab clients, Syria and Egypt. Those airlifts showed the Arabs that despite their numerical superiority, they had no hope of defeating the tiny Jewish state. As long as Israel was backed by a United States willing to prove its resolve and determination to stand by its allies, the conclusion was etched in stone—America doesn't lose, and neither do her friends.
The 1973 Yom Kippur war was the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union. With Egypt, the largest and then most influential Arab state, leaving the Soviet camp to become an American ally, Moscow's position in the Middle East was all but ruined, and it was only a matter of time before Soviet brittleness was apparent for all to see. Now, four decades after Nixon and Kissinger managed one of the great victories in American policy-making, Obama has opened the door for Moscow to reenter the region.
In time, we may look back on last week and see it, like the Yom Kippur war, as a threshold moment, with the difference being that this time it signaled growing American weakness. In the meantime, Obama's Syria blunders—his failure over two and a half years to see the conflict as an opportunity to advance American interests, his carelessly drawn red line over Bashar al-Assad's use of chemical weapons, his belated and half-hearted request for an authorization of military force from Congress, his unwillingness to make the case to the American people for striking Assad, and his turning Russia into the regional power-broker at the expense of the United States—call for a reckoning. The tally of American losses at Obama's hand, in bases, allies, and influence, raises one key question: Can the damage that he has done and is likely to do in the next 41 months be reversed?
Give Vladimir Putin his due. With his proposal to put Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons under international control, he proved he was more than a mere thug who expresses his self-regard by posing bare-chested, dating teenage gymnasts, and wrestling wild game. In showing his subtlety and cunning, Putin reminded us that his professional training as an intelligence officer (not to mention his judo hobby) taught him to zero in on human vulnerabilities and exploit them. Obama is vain. Putin saw that the American president always needs to look good.
Thus, after years of denigrating the president and his staff, Putin spared Obama a devastating defeat on Capitol Hill by repackaging humiliation as a diplomatic win for a president whose motto is that he came to end wars, not to start them. It mattered little to Putin that the White House claimed credit for the initiative, that administration spokesmen said Obama officials had broached the subject with Moscow over a year ago, that the Obama team pretended it was the president's threat of force that had prompted the diplomatic breakthrough. Let Obama boast of another beautiful victory: Putin knew that he had exposed an American president too timid to fire a dozen cruise missiles into the Syrian desert as indecisive, unreliable, and weak. To American allies, a president who makes good on neither his promises nor his threats is a liability.
Astonishingly, Putin won with a weak hand. Russia is not China, never mind the Soviet Union. Her economy is run like a criminal enterprise and depends on a monopoly in European energy markets; Russian society is in a demographic tailspin; and the only way for Putin to shore up his domestic legitimacy is through a steady diet of anti-Americanism and posturing meant to signal Russian strength. If the Americans can't keep Putin in line, our allies are wondering, who else might start punching above their weight, and at us?
With Putin brokering the proposed deal over Syria's chemical weapons, U.S. allies surely fear that a similar arrangement is in the works over Iran's nuclear weapons program. Now playing the role of Putin's junior partner, Obama is likely to take almost any deal with Tehran, just to have a piece of paper and get the issue behind him. While the Israelis, Saudis, Emiratis, Jordanians, and Turks, among other Middle East partners, contemplate the building chaos in Syria and, more important, the loss of American power and prestige in the Persian Gulf, other allies are starting to count the bodies that the White House has left in the field.
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In his April 30 White House press conference, President Obama explained that there's evidence chemical weapons have been used in Syria, but "we don't know how they were used, when they were used, and who used them. We don't have a chain of custody."
The directors of the Foreign Policy Initiative, Eric Edelman, Robert Kagan, William Kristol, and Dan Senor, released the following statement on Syria crossing a "red line" in regards to the use of the chemical weapons:
"It is increasingly clear that Basher al-Assad has used chemical weapons in his war against the Syrian people – crossing what President Obama has previously described as a 'red line' for the United States.
THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has scheduled a phone call for late morning Friday with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
In a message to Israeli citizens yesterday, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he'd use his remarks at the United Nations to respond to the "black day" at the international body. Netanyahu is scheduled to speak later today.
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Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai apologized for saying that Israel fell short in the Second Lebanon War because its soldiers did not have faith.
Yishai, amid calls for his removal from office, said Wednesday in a statement that his words were taken out of context and that only a small portion of his 15-minute speech, which was recorded, was played the previous day on Israel's Channel 10 News.
"The quotes attributed to me were taken with intentional bias and are not correct," said Yishai, who heads the Sephardic Orthodox Shas Party. "When people believe, it is clear to us that the victories in Israel's wars depend on faith in the creator of the world.
"I apologize to all of the bereaved families whose sons gave their lives for the people and the land. The bereaved families and the fallen soldiers are holy to the people of Israel."
Yishai had said earlier in the week in the remarks quoted by Channel 10 that the army was successful in the Six-Day War because every soldier and every Jew "raised their eyes to the creator" and prayed, and during the Second Lebanon War the soldiers only relied on their abilities.
"This is a great lesson," Yishai had said. "When all Arab states are against the Jewish people, what will save the Jewish people is Torah study."
Parents of soldiers who fell in the Second Lebanon War are sending a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanding that Yishai be removed from the Cabinet, The Jerusalem Post reported.
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Posted: 12/11/2008 - Former Kentucky basketball player Dirk Minniefield has been charged in an alleged $10 million mortgage scheme in the Houston area.
Posted: 12/11/2008 - Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell came out against the legislation - the product of a hard-fought behind-the-scenes compromise between the majority Democrats and the White House.
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ANN INC. And Vital Voices Global Partnership Team Up to Find The Next Generation Of Women Leaders
The ANNpower Vital Voices Initiative, a groundbreaking partnership between ANN INC., the parent Company of Ann Taylor and LOFT, and Vital Voices Global Partnership, launched a nationwide search for young women throughout the United States who embody the skills to be tomorrow's leaders. The goal of the Initiative is to identify 50 ANNpower Fellows amid rising high school juniors and seniors who have the potential to be the leaders of their generation.
Applications are now being accepted until January 21, 2013 at ANNpower.org. The Fellows chosen will receive leadership training and mentorship by prominent women leaders from around the world as well as a chance to turn their trailblazing ideas into real projects that will positively impact their home communities.
As a part of the Initiative, 50 ANNpower Fellows will be invited to attend the 2013 ANNpower Vital Voices Leadership Forum, April 1-4 in Washington D.C. At the Forum, Fellows participate in three days of comprehensive leadership training and mentoring from internationally renowned women who are part of the Vital Voices Global Leadership Network, as well as executives from ANN INC., including President and CEO, Kay Krill . The Forum's curriculum equips these aspiring leaders with the training and mentorship they need to realize their full leadership potential. Armed with these new skills, the Fellows will then return to their communities to create projects to affect change and apply for project grants to put their ideas into action. ANNpower grants will be awarded in the Fall of 2013 and winning Fellows will spend the school year implementing their projects and receiving mentoring from ANN INC. associates.
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By doggedly combing through state and federal computer files and aggressively filing state Freedom of Information Act requests with local police departments, Scripps Howard News Service reporter Thomas Hargrove created a database of 185,000 unsolved murders committed since 1980. Crime experts say it is the most complete accounting of homicide victims ever assembled in the United States.
A search of that database turned up alarming clusters of unsolved killings of women across the nation that strongly suggest the work of serial killers. The SHNS study focused on communities where police failed to solve at least three-quarters of murders of women of similar age killed by similar methods. The reason for singling out women in the study is that they represent 70 percent of all known serial murder victims.
The search turned up 161 clusters in which 1,247 murdered women met the criteria.
The results prompted authorities in Indiana and Ohio to launch new investigations into suspected serial killings and Nevada police to acknowledge that they are hunting a likely serial killer who targeted up to seven women, most of them prostitutes, and scattered their dismembered remains across three states. Phoenix police reviewed 11 murders flagged by the study but found no evidence of serial murder. The city, however, is building its own database of 1,900 unsolved murders committed since 1990 to search for possible serial involvement.
The U.S. Justice department estimates that less than 1 percent of all murders are the work of serial killers, but the SHNS database suggests the real number is higher. And the database as currently configured cannot track highly mobile killers or ones who prey on a variety of victims.
Perhaps as frightening as the murders themselves are the gaping holes Hargrove found in the statistical reporting net. Local police reported about 510,000 of the 565,000 murders committed from 1980 to 2008 to the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Report. The reporting is completely voluntary and local police departments can and do ignore it. The state of Illinois does not participate, although the city of Chicago does. California has made reporting mandatory for local police departments and other states should do likewise.
The FBI and law enforcement agencies generally have their hands full, but it should not be left to reporters like Hargrove to build, with easily available technology, an effective homicide database. Moreover, these databases should be built and scrutinized by experienced professionals to detect victim patterns and gaps in law enforcement.
Finally, police should put aside their reticence to tell the public when they suspect a serial killer is at work. The Justice Department recommends public warnings be issued, especially when specific groups like prostitutes and children are targeted.


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Sickle Cell Disease: New Take on Old Therapy
I first remember hearing about sickle cell anemia as a teenager. I knew the disease affected mostly African Americans and I knew there was no cure. I remember a high school classmate whose mother was afflicted with the disease and that she was, more often than not, in bed in a weak and debilitated state and in and out of the hospital for blood transfusions. I saw how this impacted my friend and her family. Mrs. Trice was the only person I can ever remember meeting with sickle cell anemia, but it wasn't until I began working in this industry three years ago that I learned it was classified as a rare disease.
In the U.S., a disease is considered rare if it is believed to affect fewer than 200,000 Americans. Certain diseases with 200,000 or more affected individuals may be included in this list if certain subpopulations of people who have the disease are equal to the prevalence standard for rare diseases, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
What is sickle cell disease and who is affected?
Sickle cell disease is a defect of the hemoglobin that affects the shape and flexibility of the red blood cells. The abnormal hemoglobin in a red blood cell of an afflicted individual is rigid and crescent or sickle shaped instead of flexible and round like that of a normal red blood cell. These defects cause the cells to get stuck in small blood vessels, thereby blocking their delivery of oxygen to organs like the lungs, kidneys and liver, as well as joints and tissues. Patients with this hereditary disease experience its major symptom: debilitating pain. This requires heavy doses of narcotic pain killers. Blood transfusions can also provide relief, but just temporarily. Beyond excruciating pain, this condition can also cause irreversible organ damage.
People of African, Mediterranean basin, Saudi Arabian, Latin American and Asian origin are impacted by this disease. One in 500 African Americans is impacted and one in 12 African Americans carries the sickle cell trait, according to University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago.
NIH study grabs attention of University of Illinois hematologist
When an NIH study reported they could do stem cell transplants in sickle cell patients without using chemotherapy and still receive good results, Dr. Damiano Rondelli, University of Illinois Hospital hematologist, took notice. (In the past, the chemotherapy requirement has been a standard practice meant to kill off a patient's own cells and prep the body to accept new ones, but this was a barrier to some patients because organ damage left them in a weakened state already. Chemotherapy would prove too risky in these individuals.) Dr. Rondelli and his colleagues took action. "The results were amazing," he states. "Because of our large patient population of sickle cell, we opened the trial here."
Promising trial results
Dr. Rondelli and team have seen promising results in their trial thus far. In the case of a Chicago area family where one brother was the donor for two of his siblings, Dr. Rondelli states that the post-transplant blood tests reveal the sickle cell is gone and the red blood cells are completely from the donor (i.e., normal). The video below from WGN tells the story in the family's own words.
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Mobile chargers are kind of a hot category these days, which is understandable given the ubiquity of smartphones and their insatiable thirst for power.
To put it another way: your smartphone is always running out of juice, and always at the worst times (like when you need to make a call or you're about to finally beat that impossible Candy Crush Saga level).
I've seen mobile chargers in all shapes and sizes, many of them squeezing their way into card-size frames that can easily slip into a pocket, purse, or even wallet. But as cool as that sounds, they typically have ugly plastic shells and anemic batteries.
That's why I'm jazzed about the LithiumCard, which combines slick looks and smart design. It's currently seeking backers on crowd-funding site Indiegogo, but has already blown past its funding goals, meaning it's just a matter of time before it goes into production.
The LithiumCard is literally the length and width of a credit card, though definitely a little thicker at 5.5mm. I wouldn't call it wallet-friendly, but neither is it wallet-hostile. It's certainly slim and light enough to tag along in another pocket, to say nothing of a purse.
Though made of plastic, the LithiumCard has brushed-metal plates on either side to provide added durability and a look that borders on sexy. You'll be able to buy the charger in a variety of color combinations, including silver with black accents, titanium with red accents, and, if you fund the project now, black chrome with royal-blue accents.
I've been testing a prototype for about a week, and so far I'm really liking it. The LithiumCard packs a 1,200mAh rechargeable battery, which offers considerably more power than what's included in similar products. (I saw one recently that was about the same size, but with a mere 450mAh cell.)
To put that in perspective, the iPhone 5 has a 1,440mAh battery, meaning the LithiumCard would be able to charge it to nearly 75 percent. On the other hand, the Samsung Galaxy S4 has a 2,600mAh battery, so the LithiumCard wouldn't even power it past the halfway mark.
Of course, the idea here is to provide supplemental power when you need it, and in that respect it succeeds as advertised. The LithiumCard comes with either a microUSB or Apple Lightning connector on a fold-out rubber arm that tucks seamlessly into the card when not in use. And to charge the card itself, you flip out its standard USB connector, then plug the whole thing into your laptop or any other powered USB port.
Those are huge conveniences, as they save you having to bring along (and potentially lose) external cables. I also like the LithiumCard's multi-color status LED, a flashy slash that extends half the width of the device. One quick press of the power button reveals how much power the battery has left.
Developer LinearFlux claims the LithiumCard can charge your device at a rate of about one percent per minute, and in my tests with a Motorola Moto X, that seemed about right.
So in about 20 minutes, my phone's battery got a 20-percent boost. The charger also comes with something called a NanoStik pad, which allows the card to stick to the back of your phone without leaving any permanent residue on either one. At first I didn't think much of this, but it's actually pretty ingenious.
The LithiumCard is expected to sell for $50 once it goes into final production. That's on the steep side for a mobile charger, but I daresay this is the best one I've seen in this size category. If you're constantly running out of juice and don't want some bulky, corded charger, this is definitely worth a look.
Veteran technology writer Rick Broida is the author of numerous books, blogs, and features. He lends his money-saving expertise to CNET and Savings.com, and also writes for PC World andWired.
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Review: What a great little find in Seminyak. If you're in Bali and looking for something fresh and healthy then Zula is your place. My partner and I went there multiple times. My favourite dish is definitely Planet Platter which is brown rice, pickled veggies, tempeh and loads of other amazing flavours. The nasi goreng was good however the seaweed in it had a pretty strong fishy taste which I wasn't overly excited about. There are fortunately loads of choices. If you feel like nachos or a sandwich or even some scrambled tofu, they've got it. My ultimate favourite of all has to be the dessert options in the fridge. Dangerously as the prices are so cheap, it is very easy to overindulge.. When in Bali... If you're finding yourself trying to explain no egg, no dairy, no fish sauce everywhere you go, then head to Zula!
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About PRT054021 -- Portola's Factor Xa Inhibitor
PRT054021 is an oral Factor Xa inhibitor, an anticoagulant initially being studied for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in patients who have undergone orthopedic surgery. Portola expects to develop PRT054021 for additional indications including stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation and secondary prevention of myocardial infarction and stroke. Factor Xa is a validated target (one for which there are approved drugs on the market), and inhibiting its activity is believed to have superior anticoagulant properties compared to other targets such as thrombin. Portola believes its oral Factor Xa inhibitor will offer several advantages, including a twenty hour pharmacodynamic half-life to support once daily dosing and a low peak-to-trough concentration ratio, resulting in consistent activity that does not require monitoring or dose adjustment. In addition, PRT054021 is not excreted in the kidneys and therefore will not require dose adjustment in patients with impaired renal function. PRT054021 is expected to enter Phase III clinical development in the first half of 2008.
About Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a privately-held
biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development
and commercialization of novel therapeutics for acute and chronic
cardiovascular and vascular disease. Portola is currently
developing two clinical stage antithrombotics. Portola's lead
compound, PRT054021, is an oral Factor Xa inhibitor for the
prevention of venous thromboembolism after orthopedic surgery, for
stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation and for
secondary prevention of myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke.
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Bran-Orange Biscuits
12 Apr 2009
Bran-Orange Biscuits is a delicious snack recipe that you will simply love to serve to your loved ones. I am sure, once you try this, you will always crave for some more.
|Low fat buttermilk
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
|Wheat bran cereal
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs) (Shreds)
|Whole wheat flour
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|All-purpose flour
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Baking powder
|1 Teaspoon
|1 Teaspoon
|Baking soda
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|1⁄8 Teaspoon
|Grated orange rind
|1 Teaspoon
|3 Tablespoon
|Vegetable cooking spray
|1 Teaspoon
Combine buttermilk and cereal in a small bowl; set aside.
Combine next 7 ingredients in a medium bowl, mixing well.
Cur in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Add reserved cereal mixture, stirring with a fork just until dry ingredients are moistened.
Turn dough our onto a floured surface; knead 4 to 5 rimes.
Roll dough to 1/2-inch Thickness, cutwith a 2-inch biscuit cutter.
Place on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.
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Kessler, Williams on track to play vs. StanfordSeptember 4th, 2014, 10:59 am by BY MICHAEL LEV
Quick hitters from USC's closed Thursday practice:
* Coach Steve Sarkisian confirmed that quarterback Cody Kessler (toe) and defensive Leonard Williams (ankle) are on track to play vs. Stanford.
* Williams was in uniform, including cleats, tape, etc. He again had a small brace on his left ankle after spraining it Tuesday. How much work Williams did is unclear.
* Kessler threw extra passes after practice. He appeared to be moving around better than Wednesday, when he looked somewhat tentative. He had a procedure done for a toe issue Tuesday morning.
* Sarkisian said banged-up offensive linemen Damien Mama (knee), Khaliel Rodgers (knee), Jordan Simmons (knee) and Aundrey Walker (annkle) are cleared to play. How many of them do remains to be seen.Read the rest of this entry »


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Below is a brief review of the LG 29UM65 ultrawide monitor, which comes in at about £280.
Unfortunately my first two units had extremely bad backlight bleed, mainly the bottom left corner and the second one also had a dead pixel in the central area. It seems like this is quite a common problem with these LG 21.9 ultra wide monitors as a number of users on various forums have reported the same issue as well as a few of the 34" model owners... This third one is a lot better but still not "perfect", however, under normal conditions, the bleed & IPS glow is not noticeable.
My first monitor @ 20% brightness:
Second monitor @ 20% brightness:
The photos make the bleed look worse than what it really was like. It was mainly the bottom left that was very noticeable even during daylight usage.
I contacted LG directly for the second one to see if they could repair it rather than me doing another RMA and getting an even worse one, however, their response was an absolute joke, essentially they told me to "only use the monitor during the day and with a low brightness", needless to say, I cut the guy off there and proceeded to sort a RMA out with the retailer.
I was determined to get a good one as there was nothing else on the market that interested me at all and I didn't fancy any of the other 29" monitors due to them having their own downfalls.
The box is relatively small considering the size of the monitor. The monitor and items are well protected.
Along with the monitor, we receive one HDMI cable, audio cables and the power brick (which is pretty small, it is a bit longer than a credit/debit card with the width being smaller than a credit/debit card) + power cord.
- Screen size: 29"
- Panel Type: IPS
- Aspect Ratio: 21:9
- Resolution: 2560x1080
- Brightness: 300 cd/m2
- Contrast Ratio: 50000000:1
- Viewing Angle: 178/178
- Colour Depth: 16.7M (8-Bit)
- Pixel Pitch: 0.315 x 0.310 mm
- Colour Gamut: sRGB
- Surface Treatment: Hard Coating (3H), Anti-Glare
- Connectivity: 1x DVI-D, 2x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
- Dimensions (with stand) - 702.5 x 181 x 418.2
- Dimensions (without stand) - 702.5 x 63.8 x 328.2
- Warranty: 2 years
Aesthetics and Stand:
The monitor looks absolutely gorgeous overall, due to the bezel free edges at the top and sides (as in no plastic chassis sticking out), the front looks very sleek. My only complaints with the aesthetics are; the LG symbol AND "LG" writing at the front, only need to have the one there, not both... and the glossy plastic finish, I still don't know why manufacturers insist on using glossy plastic these days, it just looks cheap and is a finger print magnet, give me a matte finish any day of the week!
Underneath the power LED, we have a directional joystick for controlling the OSD, which in my eyes is better than having 5+ buttons to use like you get with DELL monitors. The OSD menu is very nicely laid out, it is easy to use and best of all, there is an option to turn off the power LED. Although some sections could be better organised
The rear ports on the back face outward, which I much prefer to downward facing ports, I find it much easier to connect and disconnect cables. We also have VESA mounting holes (75x75)
The stand is very basic, you only have angle adjustment and two height choices, with the max height still being a bit too low, a box will fix this though . Dell still have the best stands out there.
Image quality:
Unfortunately, my camera will not do this screen any justice so you will just have to take my word!
Out of the box, the screen looks well calibrated already although it is far too bright but then they did have the brightness set to 100%.....the cinema preset mode looks more accurate though, I will go into this more later on. I think the right side of my monitor is a bit darker than the left side. A photo of a black screen @13% brightness, once again, the camera makes the bleed/glow/blacks look worse than what it really is, the top left is IPS glow as if I move the camera and my head more towards that area, it disappears, if this was bleed, it would remain visible no matter how I view the corner.
The screen looks absolutely amazing, it is extremely bright, so much that I have the brightness set to 15% and my PC/monitor sits right beside a big velux window too.
After much testing and tweaking, I have found the Cinema preset mode to be the best for colours/calibration. I have set my brightness to 15% in order to achieve an ideal contrast ratio. Whilst the official specs state a "50000000:1" contrast ratio, with proper calibration for "normal" usage, this is impossible for an IPS display, you can expect the contrast ratio to be between 900 & 1100.
The other two preset modes are awful; game mode is far too blue & photo mode over saturates the colours especially red.
The anti-glare coating seems really good, not too aggressive and not too light, the clarity/sharpness is just amazing (virtually no grainy look to it), definitely better than my Dell U2311H anti-glare coating.
Once I got the monitor set to my ideal settings i.e. cinema preset mode & 15% brightness, I went to Lagom LCD test web site to properly test it:
Black test; all 20 grey squares are distinguishable
White saturation test; all 12 patterns are distinguishable
Gamma Calibration; to my eyes, it looks like the darker & lighter bands blend in at 2.2 (the ideal gamma setting for all displays)
Banding; If I look very closely, I can just about detect some banding
Once again though, in order to get the best and most accurate gamma, colour temperature, RGB values etc. you NEED a hardware calibrator.
As usual with good IPS panels, the viewing angles are great. The top left of this monitor is quite bad for IPS glow on a black screen though once you view it from the right side.
Also, the "warm up" time from when you first turn the monitor on is very short i.e. it is very bright within milliseconds, with my Dell U2311H, it would take a few minutes till the brightness was normal (although it was fairly old so that probably had an impact)
The area where this monitor really shines and the sole reason I bought it is because of films, the majority of films take the full screen up so no black bars that you get with 16.9/16.10 screens. Of course there are a number of films that aren't shot in the 21.9 aspect ratio i.e. Pacific Rim, however, with the right media player, you can zoom in, this works pretty well for most films and the quality, sharpness still looks great. Most TV shows will have black bars at the side. With the content that has black bars at the side, the video image will be the same size as a 23" 16.9 monitor.
The majority of games also work well with the 21.9 aspect ratio. Some will have no problems at all where as others might have a few issues i.e. cut scenes & menus, the screen will go back to 16.9 so black bars at the side and some seem to cut of a bit at the top and bottom i.e. watch dogs, you should be able to see the menu completely but with this res./aspect ratio, you don't.
As you can probably tell from that last photo of BF 4, you also get more FOV at the sides, which is superb for vehicle gameplay, especially when flying jets. Not much of a MMORPG or racing gamer but I am sure that those sort of games would look even better on this monitor.
You can enable the 21.9 aspect ratio via file tweaks with most games that don't support the aspect ratio out of the box.
EDIT - There is a fantastic program that will properly support ultrawide and give the proper FOV now called flawless widescreen
For more info. on which games do and don't support the 21.9 aspect ratio, check this thread on overlockers.co.uk out.
I don't have the proper equipment to test the input lag, however, going by the AOC, ASUS and other newer LG 29" monitor reviews, the input lag should be 0-10ms. I am not 100% sure on the response time either.
In Linus's youtube review he says that he finds this monitor noticeably snappier than the 34UM95.
There are multiple settings for the response time in the OSD menu; off (highest response time), low, middle and high (lowest response time). After much testing, I have found the "medium" setting to be the best, it has the least motion blur with no inverse ghosting (you get this with the high setting), I used this site to test all the options.
I can't say that I feel at any disadvantage in FPS games with this monitor, I still do well. Of course if you are a serious FPS gamer and don't mind not having the best image quality, colours, viewing angles etc. then you should be looking at TN 144Hz monitors.
For general usage i.e. browsing, windows etc. I don't have any complaints about the 1080P vertical height res. I see some comments from people on a number of forums who regard it to be an "utterly stupid vertical height res.", true, you have to put in a lot more effort to scroll the middle mouse wheel a bit more often to see the next line...
You can easily watch a video plus read a web page on this ultrawide monitor. Three windows is a bit a too cramped for my liking.
Now this is the only other area that is rather disappointing, the majority of youtube videos out there will have black borders all the way around the actual video i.e.
There are quite a few videos, which support the 21.9 aspect ratio though.
All in all, I couldn't be happier. The monitor does everything I wanted. For any type of media and even general usage for browsing, 21.9 aspect ratio is superior to 16.9/16.10 in my opinion.
Films and games have that cinematic look now, which simply put, feels a lot more immersive than 16.9/16.10 aspect ratio monitors.
There are other 29" ultrawide monitors out there using the same panel but none of them ticked all the boxes like this LG model, we have the following:
AOC - stand looks really bad plus is sat too far forward (problem for me since my desk depth is already very small), build issues
Dell - would have been my choice due to their superb service and swap on door service (wouldn't have minded paying the extra £100 just for that), unfortunately the input lag is very high
ASUS - seems like the best screen all round for performance and image quality etc. but there are quite a few negative posts on their customer service/RMA, issues with build quality, no VESA mounting holes and a £100 more
So really the only area where LG could improve this monitor is; the stand, better QC and a matte plastic finish
- Good price considering what you get
- Great image quality all round thanks to a decent contrast ratio, amazing anti glare finish & a pretty accurate out of the box calibration (especially when using the cinema preset)
- The 21.9 aspect ratio is just sublime, gaming is much more immersive and being able to watch films without black bars is stunning
- VESA 75x75mm mount
- No chassis bezel + thin bezel/black borders
- Lottery as to if you will get a good one or not with regards to back light bleed i.e. QC testing is crap by LG
- Glossy plastic finish
- Very basic stand, only two height adjustments available, which are hindered by two screws i.e. not free moving like DELL's stands


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Creamy Banana Muffins
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs) (1.5 Stick At Room Temperature)
|Granulated sugar
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Brown sugar
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Ripe bananas
|2 Large
|Vanilla extract
|1 Teaspoon
|Ground nutmeg
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Baking soda
|1 Teaspoon
|Flour/All purpose flour
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|3⁄4 Teaspoon
|Heavy cream
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|1⁄8 Cup (2 tbs)
|Cream cheese
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large mixing bowl cream the butter and sugar.
3. Add 3 bananas and mash with a fork, thoroughly mixing but making sure to leave small pieces of banana in mixture.
4. Add eggs, vanilla extract, and nutmeg.
5. In a small mixing bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt.
6. Add the dry mixture into the wet mixture and thoroughly combine. Add heavy cream or buttermilk and mix thoroughly.
7. Pour this mixture into a non-stick muffin pan until each one is about ¾ full.
8. In a small bowl, mix milk and cream cheese until it resembles cottage cheese.
9. Cut the 4th banana into small 1-inch pieces and slide into the center of the batter of each muffin.
10. Spoon about 1 teaspoon of cream cheese mixture on top of the banana bread mixture. Fill in the surrounding space of each muffin with any remaining batter.
10. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
11. Let rest for about 20-30 minutes before serving. Enjoy!


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Fehr's OT goal lifts Capitals over Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets beat Capitals 3-2 in overtime
Capitals beat skidding Blue Jackets 4-2
Columbus beats Caps 5-2
Ryan Johansen scored twice and Derek MacKenzie, Brandon Dubinsky and Cam Atkinson also had goals to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night, ending a three-game losing skid.
Columbus beats Caps 5-1
Cam Atkinson scored two goals and Sergei Bobrovsky continued his hot streak to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets past the Washington Capitals 5-1 on Friday night for their fifth straight victory.
Washington Capitals beat Columbus Bluejackets 4-3
Alex Ovechkin put in a rebound 1:34 into overtime Tuesday night, giving the Washington Capitals a 4-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.
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This course was designed by a relative of an old school friend.
It is only about 15 years old (2005) but already has a good history in the area.
The course is designed to be challenging to many levels of players. Play the short tees at 5200 yards and control your shots to stay in the fairway and work your way to the green then two-putt the mounded green. Or if you are more experienced, go with the 6600yard tees and struggle to stay out of trouble on the long narrow fairways and the doglegs where you can't see the green.
$30 gets you a cart (recommended) and 18 holes of exercise.
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Daily Digest: The Aristocrats, Act VIII
We've seen all sorts of powerful and popular Standard decks make their way into Modern, and now it's The Aristocrats's turn. Check out one clever mage's plan to sacrifice things for fun and profit!
Gerry Thompson
Daily Digest: The Aristocrats, Act VIII
We've seen all sorts of powerful and popular Standard decks make their way into Modern, and now it's The Aristocrats's turn. Check out one clever mage's plan to sacrifice things for fun and profit!
Anthony Lowry
It's amazing how complicated a Modern deck can be if you let it, and Anthony's new favorite deck in the format is a complex mix of nested dependencies and hidden opportunity costs that is just a real deckbuilder's paradise to work on.
Carsten Kotter
Carsten Kotter isn't quite comfortable with his deck choice for Grand Prix Lille, and he showcases his metagame analysis and deck options while synthesizing something new for the event!
Abe Sargent
Abe thinks Chandra is the worst planeswalker in Magic Origins, and everyone knows red is the worst color in Commander - but taking two "worsts" and making a strong deck out of it anyway is the kind of challenge Abe loves.
Gerry Thompson
Daily Digest: How To Stack Up Wins
Powerful decks have a habit of jumping formats, and when a deck jumps from Legacy to Modern or from Vintage to Legacy, paying attention is a good idea. Stax has been ported to Legacy before, but today's build might just have the right stuff!
Bennie Smith
We now know everything there is to know about Magic Origins, so it's time for Bennie to start brewing with all the odd and quirky cards the set has to offer.
Brian Braun-Duin & Chris VanMeter
BBD VS. CVM: Goblins VS. G/B Elves
It's time for the Versus Series to get up to speed with Magic Origins, and today BBD and CVM take the new set's Tribal cards head-to-head in a battle of Elves Versus Goblins.
Adrian Sullivan
Magic players are well-known for their list-making prowess, and today Adrian Sullivan ranks the five Magic Origins planeswalkers for their power and potential.
Shaheen Soorani
Shaheen Soorani is a control mage through and through, and Languish is the kind of card you'd think Wizards of the Coast would make just for him. Check out his Sultai Control deck for the upcoming Standard format!
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Zoo decks have always been assumed to be green, for whatever reason, but if the metric you're shooting for is not "raw size" but instead favors a different characteristic, another color might rise to prominence. Check out this unusual take at Tribal Zoo!
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Kiki-Jiki has been largely absent in Modern since the banning of Birthing Pod, but Collected Company may help revitalize that archetype in much the same way as it brought back the Melira-Pod deck now in Podless form.
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Parley is a powerful mechanic in Commander, and strapping that ability to your Commander will drastically shift the flow of the game as card advantage goes all around the table. Jess Stirba works on one of her favorite Commaners: Selvala, Explorer Returned!


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North American Energy Partners First Quarter Results Conference Call and Webcast Notification
Thursday, July 28, 2011
North American Energy Partners First Quarter Results Conference Call and Webcast Notification16:44 EDT Thursday, July 28, 2011CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - July 28, 2011) - North American Energy Partners Inc. ("NAEP" or "the Company") (TSX:NOA) (NYSE:NOA) announced today that it will release its financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2011 on the evening of August 3, 2011 after market close. Following the release of first quarter results, NAEP will hold a conference call and webcast on Thursday, August 4, 2011 at 7:00 a.m. Mountain Time (9:00 a.m. Eastern). The call can be accessed by dialing: Toll free: 1-877-407-9210International: 1-201-689-8049 A replay will be available through September 2, 2011 by dialing:Toll Free: 1-877-660-6853International: 1-201-612-7415 Account: 286Conference ID: 376545The live and archived webcast can be accessed at: http://www.investorcalendar.com/IC/CEPage.asp?ID=165273About the Company North American Energy Partners Inc. (www.naepi.ca) is one of the largest providers of heavy construction, mining, piling and pipeline services in Western Canada. For more than 50 years, NAEP has provided services to large oil, natural gas and resource companies, with a principal focus on the Canadian Oil Sands. The company maintains one of the largest independently owned equipment fleets in the region.FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Kevin RowandNorth American Energy Partners Inc.Director, Strategic Planning & Investor Relations(780) 969-5528(780) 969-5599 (FAX)firstname.lastname@example.com


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I'm a little confused now as to from where this 9626 driver is coming. I found it on Nvidia's site by searching the version number itself on Google. From their site, however, I can't find the 9626 driver through links. The main Linux page has an IA32 driver that's still on 1.0-8776, and the BETA page has an x86 that's still on 1.0-9625. I don't see a link on the site for 1.0-9626.
Still, on a lark, I downloaded the x86-1.0-8776 driver to see what would happen with that. I got the same set of errors - you can take the previous error message I posted, and change the version number. I really don't understand at this point what it wants. Which precompiled binary is it seeking?
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Trainer Goldberg Registers 1,000th Victory
Trainer Alan Goldberg gained the 1,000th victory of his career April 24 when Blown Save was put up via disqualification at Philadelphia's Parx Racing.
Safely Kept won an Eclipse Award as champion sprinter in 1989 and the following year captured the Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I). Safely Kept won 24 of 31 starts, including 12 graded stakes, and earned more than $2.1 million.
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With the gay marriage amendment defeated during the election in Minnesota earlier this month, outspoken Vikings punter Chris Kluwe has found a new topic on which to opine: Ray Guy's omission from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The arguments have gone both ways. He revolutionized the punter position. So he should be in. He's just a punter, so he should stay out. He was great at pinning teams inside the 20 yard line so he should be in. His gross average wasn't all that great so he should be out. As this Pro Football Reference blog post states, few players' cases stir "as much passion and disagreement as Ray Guy." The topic came up again earlier this week when a Yahoo! Sports story featured the 62-year-old Guy, who now works at Southern Mississippi with former athletes from his alma mater, where he also helps raise funds. Guy made is in the College Football Hall of Fame and Guy is on the 75th Anniversary Team, which was named in 1994. He is one of just two players on that team not in ...
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Film: 'Ekk Deewana Tha'; Starring: Prateik, Amy Jackson; Directed by: Amy Jackson;
If God lies in the details then 'Ek Deewana Tha', Tamil-Telugu director Gautham Menon's first Hindi film in 11 years, makes it all the way to the church.
But hang on with those bells.
Indeed courtship is treated as a religion in this intense take on that thing called love. The romantic situations though weather-beaten and seen in scores of films, exudes a sincerity and a freshness, thanks to the locations. And we don't mean just the mesmeric backwaters of Kerala and the leafy bylanes of suburban Mumbai.
A master storyteller, Gautham Menon locates his story right in his leading man Prateik's heart. The gentle actor carries off the role of the love-struck adamant Romeo with a more than a fair amount of earnest passion, bringing to his character a landscape of longing desire bitterness and finally satisfaction in love.
The initial scenes where the modern-day Romeo Sachin (Prateik) tails his landlord's daughter (stilted newcomer Amy Jackson) radiate an ambrosial amour. The mo'bike, the furtive glances, the movie sneaked together...it's all done with a warm splendour that covers a range from the sly to the tender.
A.R. Rahman's music is used for a number of dance pieces where Prateik uses his newly-enhanced body language to show us what love can do to an ordinary regular guy aspiring to be a filmmaker under the tutelage of, ahem, Ramesh Sippy who at some point spews this wisdom on the lovelorn Sachin: 'First solve your heart problem then get back to work.'
The trouble with this elegantly-packaged but somewhat selfidulgently-edited love story is that it takes a very long to get to the point. Like many notable love stories directed by South Indian directors the aaj ka Romeo must prove his love by traveling through various cities and emotional levels before...well, getting there.
The journey in 'Ek Deewana Tha' is not as bracing as in K. Balachander's 'Ek Duuje Ke Liye' or Mani Ratnam's 'Saathiya'. But there are many nerve-points in the storytelling that pinches the pulse of the core emotion.
It's the detailing that both nourishes and diminishes the film's impact. Menon takes us through the various levels in the love relationship in excruciating detail leaving nothing and everything to chance. While delineating every step in the courtship, the screenplay also makes room for plenty of those quirky coincidences that make for a star-crossed love affair.
Interestingly like last week's 'Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu', the couple's love reaches a point of no denouement. And then Menon pulls back. In a lengthy monologue (well written and enacted by Prateik, but far too long and self-indulgent specially since it comes at the fag-end of the story) the entire relationship unravels and comes undone in a twirl and torrent of emotions.
And there you know, Gautham Menon has got a hang of the romance. Like Prateik's courtship this film is labour of love. Problem is, the going gets laborious after a point. But for the diehard romantic 'Ek Deewana Tha' lets us into a world where love is not only a means to salvation, it is also a helluva pain in a place where it hurts the most.
Rating: ***
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prateik was adorable... amy looked really pretty but could do with acting lessons... babu anthony's hindi was surprisingly good... and i loved the girl who played sachin's sister...
the second half was dragging a lot... i wish they had kept the tamil ending though... the 'happy ending' seemed a bit too forced... anyways the movie is worth watching for prateik's acting, the music and for a glimpse of kerala's scenic beauty...
thank for the awesome articles
yaar why u guy give the end official? istrah movie ka suspense khatam hojata hai, btw ih never liked this pair so not bothering to watse my life's 2 hrs for that film and them both
@ k_anjali12 and @ -avni.137- thanks for the spoilers ... was'n planning too watch it coz of the sad ending now that u guys have mentioned happy ending will definitely watch it :-)
Sweet film :-) Does get boring or rather "too stretched" at some points ... Amy Jackson surprised me ... she looked gorgeous all throughout in every dressing style! Prateik's cute throughout
it's a sweet & romantic movie with a happy ending. :-)
Edited on:18 February 2012 at 5:06am
it has t telugu endind,tamil ending would hve been btr:(
Nice movie prateik is awesome as sachin love the hosanna must watch once if u loved smone
ok...i was cringing and laughing at points...it was just...i dont even have words...
the script and flow was terrible..prateik was brilliant, and amy was surprisingly good as well (tho her makeup artist needs some major pointers...she looked so patchy and had dark spots all over her face at times..!!!) but it was the flow of the scenes tht just ruined it!!!
Amy Jackson and Prateik make a REALLY nice couple so lookn forward to watchin :)
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