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The Ningbo History Museum
Ningbo is a pleasant 2.5 hour drive from Shanghai, a trip that would otherwise take four hours if not for the Hangzhou Bay Bridge, an impressive feat of Chinese infrastructure which opened in May 2008. It spans 36 km (22 miles) and takes almost 20 minutes to cross by car. Looking out on both sides of the bridge on a foggy day, it's as if one is standing on an isolated island.
And from afar, Ningbo's own new landmark, the Ningbo History Museum, looks like a stone ship run ashore; it's particularly stunning against spring's blue skies. Its exterior is marked by lean, asymmetrical lines, colored with a blend of salvaged grey stone and orange brick.
I was particuarly excited about visiting the Ningbo museum after learning that its architect, Wang Shu, has become the first Chinese to win architecture's prominent Pritzker Prize, awarded by the Hyatt Foundation of Chicago. Wang's style leans towards minimalist and angular lines with an emphasis on Chinese materials — but his preference for local ingredients rarely means merely traditional results (Wang laid out his style in more detail in an interview with Architects Newspaper.)
Inside, the museum's vast atrium is mapped by giant angled slabs running along all sides of each floor. The interior is huge — maybe too huge — and the layout almost disappointingly generic in comparison to the impressive exterior. The upside: the museum is spacious enough to accommodate droves of visitors even at the peak of May Day — which was probably what Ningbo's government had in mind when it gave the museum its the generous plot of land.
The exhibits span three floors which detail the history of Ningbo (or Mingzhou [明州] as it was once called) from the Hemudu culture,in 4800 BC (cave men-like with stone tools) through the dynasties as Ningbo became a seaport and part of the southern Silk Road.
Generous strolling space has a calming effect on the normally hectic Chinese crowd. I watched a father clutching his son's hand, patiently explaining how Ningbo's trade was opened after being closed off during the Ming dynasty. The mother stood behind the duo, a wry smile playing on her lips.
The best part of the Museum has to be its expansive, wooden-deck roof where Wang has chosen to plant a cafe and resting areas, each keeping with the overall theme of sleek and slanted.
Ironically, visitors looking for a slice of historical Ningbo have better chances away from the new museum building; relatively nearby are the beautiful Tianyi Pavilion (天一阁), one of the oldest library estates in the country, and Chiang Kaishek's ancestral home (将氏故居) in Xikou (溪口) a 40 minute drive from the city.
This post is a revised version of the original, and was cross-posted from ShanghaiStreetStories.com.
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Business banking is back - well, mostly.
Commercial lending has been growing, according to Federal Reserve data. And recent research by Sageworks, a financial information company, shows that businesses' borrowing-related financial ratios have improved, making access to credit more likely.
Based on Federal Reserve data, commercial and industrial (C&I) lending by U.S. commercial banks has increased each month for the last 14, after declining for 23 of the preceding 24 months. Banks' renewed emphasis on business banking is evident in their lending and their hiring. Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC), for example, has said it will hire 1,000 small-business bankers around the country by mid-2012.
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"It is evident that lending is getting back to pre-recessionary levels as private companies continue to improve," said Sageworks CEO Brian Hamilton. "When banks lend more money and businesses are doing better and start borrowing more, this trend tends to sustain economic recovery."
Looking at all privately held companies in Sageworks' database, average debt-to-EBITDA and debt-to-equity ratios have decreased in 2010 and in 2011, according to a financial statement analysis.
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Sageworks' data on credit-related metrics is consistent with some of the trends recently called out by Clopton Capital, a Chicago provider of business loans. In a press release last week, the firm said credit profiles of recent applicants for nearly all types of business loans have been better than in previous years, thanks to improved economic conditions.
Lenders in the $628 billion equipment finance sector have also reported improving credit-quality metrics and increased business amid in recent months. Cumulative new business volume for equipment finance companies is up 22 percent so far this year after a 25 percent increase in 2011, according to the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association.
"The continued strengthening in financing volume and trend toward healthier portfolios provide clear evidence that the equipment finance marketplace is in the midst of regaining some of the momentum lost during the Great Recession," ELFA President and CEO William G. Sutton said in a press release last month.
Despite improvements in some areas of commercial lending, however, commercial real estate lending remains soft. CRE lending by commercial U.S. banks has declined each month for nearly three years, Federal Reserve data shows.
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There couldn't be two juicier roles for women in prime time. As the stars of Kate & Allie, CBS' hot new Monday night series, Susan Saint James and Jane Curtin don't jiggle and rarely giggle but have managed to pull in great reviews and high ratings on wit and depth alone. Here's Kate, a former hippie turned career woman after a friendly divorce. Here's Allie, bright, sexy, funny and abandoned by the man she put through medical school. Best pals since their teens, what could they do but band together with their three kids (two are Allie's) in Kate's Greenwich Village apartment and forge a new kind of family? Kate is the breadwinner, working in a travel agency. Allie's the homemaker, but not in the Leave It to Beaver mode. Jane Curtin's housewife is a household executive with great organizational skills, and both Kate and Allie can be tough, angry, tender, impatient, horny, unbearable, argumentative, tipsy—things that television mothers could rarely be before. In contrast to the "dumb broad" window dressing for TV's new buddy-buddy heroes, the mid-30ish Kate and Allie are surviving heroines in a world where the nuclear family has undergone nuclear fission.
"This is not a statement saying, 'Girls, leave the guys and go live with your best friend,' " says Saint James, 37. "Kate and Allie didn't plan this. It's just the best solution they could think of, and their friendship sustains them."
Saint James and Curtin took their Kate & Allie roles because of their own happy home situations. Wed in 1975 to producer Patrick Lynch, Jane gave birth 15 months ago to her first child, daughter Tess. Susan, married to SNL producer Dick Ebersol, also had a baby 15 months ago, son Charlie. Friends ("but not best friends," insists the reserved Jane) since they met on the set of How to Beat the High Cost of Living in 1980, Saint James and Curtin cooked up their mutual ideal-job description during a postpartum mother-baby visit last winter (they live a half hour away from each other in Connecticut). "I needed a steady job, with hours I could manage," says Curtin, the now-ready-for-prime-time former star of Saturday Night Live. Adds Saint James, a series veteran since The Name of the Game in 1968, "I wanted to be near my husband and to give my children the structure I had as a kid." (Saint James has two other children, daughter Sunshine, 12, and son Harmony, 9, by a previous marriage to makeup artist Tom Lucas.)
"Traditional audience research said that even female viewers would not accept strong, independent women," says Harvey Shephard, senior vice-president for programming at CBS. "I hope we're overcoming that notion." In its premier episode in March, Kate & Allie ranked fourth among the top 10 programs. Its continued high ratings (the final episode of the original six airs this week) make it a virtual shoo-in for renewal next season. CBS has scheduled Kate & Allie in a Monday night lineup that includes Kate Jackson's Scarecrow and Mrs. King and Cagney and Lacey, the police drama starring Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless, which was brought back March 19 after a public outcry over its cancellation last season. The schedule, which may run against Monday Night Football in the fall, has shown particular appeal to women 18 to 49, as well as to men.
Despite the network's enthusiasm for "new" women on TV—and despite their own wish to do a series—Curtin and Saint James did not like the idea of Kate & Allie when it was first presented to them. "I could relate to the problems of a divorced woman," says Saint James, "but I didn't want to play a show with glib kid actors." Adds Curtin: "All of the sitcoms I had loved took place outside the home. For Kate & Allie, they wanted me to have two big kids. I didn't see myself as that maternal." Susan was reassured that the children in the show would not be TV's typical pint-size Catskill comedians. Jane remained unconvinced. "My friends thought I was crazy to resist," she says. But Susan's arguments were persuasive. "Every step of the way, before every meeting, every reading, every rehearsal, I was on the phone to Jane begging her to show up just one more time. Finally, we taped before a live audience, and they fell apart laughing during the first scene. When we went backstage, Jane said to me, 'Susan, I've never had so much fun in my whole life, and don't you dare ever tell anybody I said that.' "
The on-camera chemistry between the cautious Allie and the outgoing Kate is a reflection of the yin and yang of Jane and Susan's own friendship. Jane is somewhat shy and intensely private. "My life has been very dull, and I feel very uncomfortable about publicity," she says. "It changes your life." Although she grew chummy with Laraine Newman and Gilda Radner on Saturday Night Live, Jane felt like the odd person out. "Here I was, this nice Catholic girl, and suddenly I'm this rock 'n' roll cult figure," she explains. "After the show I'd just go home to bed, while everybody else kept partying."
Born in Cambridge, Mass., the last of four children of an insurance executive and the first female probation officer in Boston, Jane attended Catholic boarding school. She made a proper Boston debut before dropping out of Northeastern University in 1968 and "falling into acting." Moving to New York, she landed Saturday Night Live at an open audition. By the time she was cast, she was already married to Lynch, now 38, who had been her blind date at a hockey game.
Jane and Patrick live "with absolutely no furniture" in a 50-year-old house on 28 acres. "Life is wonderful, except that the house is too big. I'd like to fill it with more dogs, some horses outside, and maybe one more kid. I love motherhood and I love Tessie."
Like Jane, Susan comes from an upper-middle-class family. Her father, now retired, was chairman of Testor Corporation, the model-plane company. Raised in Rockford, Ill., she also attended Catholic boarding school and made her debut. In 1963, she quit Connecticut College after five days to commute between Paris and New York as a fashion model. Having since been through two divorces, a druggie phase and a vegetarian phase, she is relishing the life of a New England matron. She and Ebersol share a Colonial home with their three children, two grandparents and four pets. (Says Jane admiringly, "I'd be in a puddle on the floor if I had to do what she does.")
Susan likes being busy but, she says, "the trouble with me is that I always worry how everybody's feeling. My parents, my kids, my husband, my children, the help...but I have now given up on Jane. She's 36 years old—whoops, I'm not supposed to know how old she is—anyway, she's old enough now to take care of herself."
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How God Makes Beauty from Barrenness
The weather was still chilly on the May morning when I found myself pacing in a northern-Wisconsin parking lot, trying to find a sweet spot in the gray sky overhead where my cell phone would work. My mother and I were traveling together, taking a break from visiting my grandmother in her Green Bay nursing home. A meandering drive southward had brought us to the Spanish-style Carmelite Monastery of the Holy Name of Jesus, which was perched amid gentle hills near Lake Michigan's shore. I was eager to peek inside at the chapel, but first I wanted to check the messages I had received while roaming out of range.
I finally found a pocket of reception and heard the frantic voice of a Fox News producer who recently had added me to her Rolodex of go-to pundits for live TV interviews. She was planning a debate segment on a breaking news topic that day, something right up my alley. She could find a TV station for me to use wherever I was if I could carve out an hour or so for a live shot. She needed to hear from me right away. Was I in?
I paused for an instant, wondering how I might squeeze this into my weekend, then quickly thought better of it and called her up to politely decline. "I'll be unavailable all weekend," I told her when she asked if the next day was an option. "I'm tied up with family."
After hanging up, I took a deep breath and drank in the wide expanse of farmland around me. I thought of how much easier such decisions were these days. I still struggled at times to keep my striving in check. But I had come a long way from where I was a few years earlier, when the very thought of making even small career sacrifices made me edgy. I marveled at how stealthily God works in the soul, one day and one trial at a time. He softens your edges so slowly and subtly that you can fail to notice how far you have come until you have moved on to the next problem. I wondered what other changes God might be working in my soul now, even as I saw no outward signs of progress at all.
Shivering as I realized that I had left my jacket in the car, I began strolling briskly toward the arched doors of the church. Surveying the building's beige, brick-and-limestone façade and the dim outlines of its stained-glass windows, I thought it looked a bit stark, even barren, against the austere rural landscape.
I changed my mind when I stepped inside. No sooner had I entered the sanctuary's warm embrace than I saw a trio of stained-glass windows towering before me, featuring three of my favorite saints. In the center was Teresa of Ávila, holding a tiny replica of one of the Carmelite monasteries she founded and a scroll with her signature line: "God alone suffices." To my right was Thérèse of Lisieux, standing amid roses and grasping an image of the suffering Christ beside a scroll bearing her famous words: "In the heart of the Church, we will be love." To my left stood Edith—Teresa Benedicta of the Cross—crowned by a halo of thorns and clutching a star of David and a scroll that said, "Love will be our eternal life."
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Area Indians will gather for a Diwali celebration at 4 p.m. today at the Indian Association of Amarillo Hall, 516 N. Taylor St.
Admission is free for Amarillo's Diwali celebration, which includes music, food, dancing and prayers, said Divya Patel, an Indian Association of Amarillo member. She said children will participate and figure prominently in the celebration, which features all vegetarian dishes and forbids smoking and alcohol.
Diwali, "the festival of lights," is celebrated by Indians all over the world. The uniqueness of this festival is its harmony of five philosophies, with each day to a special thought or ideal, according to the Web site diwalimela.com.
Diwali's name is derived from the Sanskrit term dipavali, or row of lights, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. The lighting of lamps during Diwali commemorates the return of Rama, an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, to Ayodhya and his delayed coronation as king after 14 years in exile. During Diwali, celebrants also mark the beginning of the new year according to the Vikrama calendar.
Patel said the celebration's duration - usually two to five days - in India depends on each of the country's states or regions, as each celebrates Diwali in its own way.
"India is like a subcontinent - there are so many states," Patel said. "In each state, it is celebrated, but with different reasons."
Patel said she expects 100 to 150 people to attend the Amarillo celebration today.
Shilpa Shah, whose husband Dr. Rakesh Shah is president of the Indian Association of Amarillo, said the celebration is a way for them to teach their two children - a boy, 3, and a girl, 2 - about their religion and to keep their heritage alive.
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O'Malley ordered the U.S. and Maryland state flags be lowered from sunrise to sunset on Thursday, the day Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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A funeral is planned Monday for a 17-year-old who was one of five teens found unconscious in a home last week.
Authorities said Krystopher Sansone died of an apparent overdose at an Orange County home.
Sansone was sent to drug counseling in July. His family believed he was drug-free. They are asking friends and community members to vow to stay away from drugs.
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Our friend and fellow Penn State football beat writer Jerry Kellar of The Times-Leader of Wilkes-Barre died unexpectedly May 12 in his sleep at his home in Plymouth, Pa. I understand no autopsy was performed, so none of us knows the cause of death, whether it was an aneurysm or sleep apnea or a heart attack or what.
Anyway, it was a blow to everyone. Jerry was one of the funniest and at the same time one of kindest people I've known. He was a volunteer for the ASPCA and had two dogs of his own, one a saved former racing greyhound.
He had the best relationship of any of us with Joe Paterno, even though Joe made on a couple of occasions what I thought were thoughtless and unfunny cracks about his weight. (Jerry was a former Temple lineman and was a hulking guy -- 6-5 and I'm guessing 320 or so.) Jerry never openly let on that it bothered him, if it did. He'd just fire back at Joe with a quick wit he never used to belittle others unless they really asked for it.
Rich Scarcella of The Reading Eagle-Times, probably Jerry's best friend on the beat, told a story of a bar encounter Jerry had after a game in some Penn State road town. Rich told it at the All Saints Catholic Church at Jerry's funeral service in front of four blanching priests which made it somehow even funnier.
I wasn't paying attention at the time but I guess a large woman was coming after Jerry pretty hard at the bar and wouldn't take a hint. Finally, Jerry blurted out, "Lady, I'm gay." Which took care of the situation.
As bar hanging goes, it didn't get much better than bellying up with George Paterno, Fran Fisher and Jerry at a bar after you'd made it through airline hell to the PSU destination on Friday afternoon. They were a happy trio that seemed to find each other often as not. Lots of stories, always a couple ones you somehow hadn't heard. You didn't even have to talk; they did all that for you. Just lean back with a cold one and get ready to laugh. Jerry could crack you up so many ways. Telling a standard joke with a new twist. Recalling goofy old NFL Films snippets (he loved the miked coaches like Lou Saban and Sid Gillman). Or just seeing the absurdity in what we sometimes do.
Jerry did the best Paterno imitation on the beat. It had more to do with a knack for mimicking the types of things Joe says and his sensibilities rather than a perfect vocal imitation. In fact, Joe unwittingly gave Jerry our nickname for him -- "Writah". (I understand the Times-Leader guys called him "Jeep" but we never did. To us, he was always "Writah".)
This is why: I don't remember where we were but it must've been 12 or 15 years ago, sometime in the early '90s. Jerry started on the beat in '89 so he'd been around a few years. And considering his size, anyone with any curiousity would immediately want to know "who's that guy"? Well, almost anybody. To Joe, we're all pretty much just writers. Of course, he eventually learns a few of our names. But he's not concerned much with who's who in the media horde; he has more important things to worry about shepherding 85 18-22-year-olds around on a road trip.
Friday nights on the road, most of us usually gather somewhere to have a couple of drinks and talk about whatever. Our families aren't around and we only have each other. We can either hang out at the bar or wander up to the suite of the PSU assistant athletic director in charge of football. Now that's Jeff Nelson; back then it was Budd Thalman. Jerry was trying to find the suite and thought he was knocking on Budd's door. Instead he got Joe's door. Joe opened it and Jerry took a step back, startled and apologetic. But, as Jerry later told it, Joe was immediately gracious and replied, "No, no, c'mon in, writah."
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RIP, hoss. And don't try snookering Saint Peter into letting you play wideout. I know what he'll say:
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Assistant U.S. Attorney John McCann has given half his life to prosecuting criminals, and for most of them he's focused on illegal drug crime.
The veteran prosecutor has been assigned to the U.S. Middle District Court here since 1992, but as July came to an end, so did his career.
McCann's retirement leaves hundreds of drug dealers still behind bars, serving prison sentences and not out preying on society.
McCann didn't keep count over their numbers, but conservatively he estimates the number of his successful prosecutions at somewhere around 500 cases - most of them ending with guilty pleas rather than jury verdicts.
Early on, McCann found he had a knack for knowing which defendants were most likely to cooperate and a skill for "turning defendants into witnesses." He can't explain exactly how he can tell, other than that he can tell somehow that "they're looking for something."
Prosecuting drug cases is unpleasant work and the drug problem remains a big problem for society.
McCann believes that when he puts dealers out of business, even temporarily, it increases the odds someone out there who is tempted to try drugs for the first time won't able to make their first buy and may not destroy their life.
As a prosecutor, he credits local, state and federal drug agents with doing the really hard work necessary to keep the region's illegal drug trade in check. "They do a superb job," he said, "absolutely outstanding."
McCann grew up in Hudson Falls, N.Y., where his father was a doctor, a profession he almost followed.
Before college, the future prosecutor served three years in the Navy as a hospital corpsman and then enrolled in Georgetown University. He planned to become a doctor until a summer job with his hometown police department led him to shift from pre-med to law,.
After Georgetown, he went to law school at Syracuse University. After graduating in 1972, he spent several years in private practice before saying yes to the chance to become an assistant U.S. attorney focusing on white collar and organized crime cases in the Syracuse area.
In 1983, McCann moved on to the Albany office and began persuing drug work. He came here in 1992.
"Almost all (his cases have involved) multi-defendants (involved with) drug organizations," he said, admitting that no matter how many dealers get sent away, the drug trade goes on because of the public's appetite for illegal substances.
The drugs in vogue change with the times. In the early 1980s, powder cocaine was popular, but by the late 1980s crack cocaine became the rage and brought with it first ultra-violent Jamaican gangs known as "posses" and then home-grown gangs such as the Bloods.
The one constant is that, no matter who is supplying them, drug dealers remain and bring with them violence and contempt for authority.
Hard core dealers hate the police and prosecutors.
"Once they go to jail, they hate (and blame) their lawyers ... even though the evidence against them is overwhelming," McCann said.
The most dangerous and deadly drug is heroin, according to McCann, especially now that it's available in purer form.
Current-day heroin is at times more dangerous than the heroin sold three decades ago, he said, and it's everywhere from cities to small towns and even rural areas.
The veteran prosecutor believes it is "the biggest threat" and its usage has been "epidemic" for more than a decade.
McCann said he wishes the media and lawmakers would pick up on the dangers of heroin.
"Heroin is the most addictive drug out there," he said, and is even more addictive and deadly, the younger the individual is who uses it.
He has never had a witness killed as a result of their testimony in a drug case, he said, but he has lost heroin users who were witnesses and later overdosed.
They died because they couldn't stay clean, he said. "The penalties for heroin need to be hyped up. The guidelines are too low."
One packet of heroin which is about 200th of a gram can kill someone if they use it all and have never done the drug before, he said
However, prosecutors need to link at least 5,000 packets to a defendant under today's sentencing guidelines to get a mandatory minimum sentence of five years. By comparison, 50 grams of crack cocaine can get a dealer a 10-year mandatory minimum.
When he began taking drug cases, McCann said he believed he and the law enforcement professionals he worked with could have an impact, but as time passed he had to accept the fact that their impact could be only one person at a time.
All they can really do is put away as many dealers as possible, he said.
McCann is proud of his career and the local, state and federal drug enforcement personnel he's worked with along the way.
"Law enforcement has done its job in keeping the community from being overrun," he said. "Without them, drug use would be much more widespread."
"It will never be eliminated," he added, "until somebody comes up with a way to stop the insatiable desire this country has for illegal drugs."


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A hearing is scheduled in the case of a former Oklahoma doctor who faces murder and drug distribution charges in connection with the drug overdose deaths of patients.
A preliminary hearing conference is to be held Wednesday afternoon in Oklahoma County District Court for William Valuck.
Valuck is a former pain management physician charged with eight counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of eight patients from what prosecutors say were overdoses of drugs he prescribed them. A ninth murder charge that was initially filed has been dismissed.
Valuck also faces dozens of drug distribution charges.
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Pine and Cumberbatch talk Star Trek into Darkness
On love and terrorism in space.
Quite a lot of mystery surrounds the plot and characters of the upcoming Star Trek Into Darkness film. J. J. Abrams is a notoriously secretive writer/director, and this film is no different. Seeing an actor like Alice Eve on the cast list, playing Dr. Carol Marcus, who had a relationship with Kirk in the original time-line, makes us wonder if this film will have a stronger romantic sub-plot.
With the exception of the brief revelation of a tryst between Spock and Uhura, romance was mostly ignored in the first film.
When asked, Abrams , of course, refuses to give out any plot details, but lead actor Chris Pine is not as closed- mouthed about the production, and answered a question from MTV regarding the role of romance in Kirk's life.
"What I will say about the film is that so much happens, with the action, the plot, the current of it is so fast, there's really not much time for Kirk to do anything other than save the crew and save his own ass, because danger is imminent, and all that. But clearly, Kirk being Kirk, Kirk loves a blonde, and Alice is a beautiful woman, so the flirting and the connection is there. I'll leave it to the people who watch to see how far it goes. But what she adds to it…her scientific knowledge and her education, scientifically speaking, plays a big part in helping solve the crisis."
Dr. Marcus was a character in Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Kahn, lending yet more credence to the idea that Into Darkness may be a remake of that classic Trek film. In that time-line, Dr. Marcus was the mother of Kirk's son, David. It seems like that part of the plot has been removed in the new continuity, however.
The most mysterious part of the film's plot, is the identity of the villain, played by Benedict Cumberbatch. We now know his name, John Harrison, but he's not a character whom we already familiar with from the Star Trek stories.
Personally, I think that it's just a different man who has gotten a hold of the Genesis Device, and plans to use it the same way Khan did in the original story. It might even answer themes of predestination that were left open in the previous film.
In his own interview with MTV, Cumberbatch did manage to chat a bit about his character's motivations, saying, "The whole thing, not just his backstory, but his agenda, his plan, his secret, all that is what, for me at least, makes him such a frightening and cool villain."
"Also, the real villains - when they're not just two-dimensional, angry vengeful types - don't see themselves as the bad guy," he continued. "They are the good guy and have complete rationale and motivation.
"He's a terrorist; he operates as a terrorist. He has extraordinary physical powers, but also mental powers. He can sow an idea, which is as powerful as gunshots or close-hand combat, which he's masterful in. He tears into the fabric of both the world and the Enterprise family, and he leaves behind him a trail of devastation. It's quite exciting to watch."
Abrams himself has only said that he wanted the character to be intense, and that after seeing the intensity that Cumberbatch brings to the BBC show Sherlock, in which he plays the title role, he knew that the British dramatic actor would be perfect for this Star Trek villain. In a recent interview, Abrams gushed, " Time and again, every scene, Benedict brought a surprising, unexpected, grounded, real and often terrifying aspect to the role. So we are incredibly grateful, all of us."
There is also a new trailer out today. It's the one that has been showing before The Hobbit. Not much to say about it, as it basically just gives us slightly longer cuts of clips we've already seen in the previous teasers, but it's 2 minutes long - not quite the full-length that was promised - and riddled with dramatic pauses.
I still can't get over Cumberbatch's voice in these Star Trek promos. It's him, yes, but it's his gravelly American accent. He does it well, but it's tough to imagine the voice coming from him after seeing him in Sherlock so much. It's like when we first heard the voice of Dr. House, when the show was new. That voice was so different from Hugh Laurie's natural voice, it was tough to reconcile for a while. We need to see a clip in which Cumberbatch's lips are moving before it will work for me, I think.
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Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare and the Mallory Foundation celebrated the medical center's upgrade of emergency room triage during ceremonies Monday.
A $200,000 donation from the foundation, announced just over a year ago, made possible the Mallory Foundation Triage Lobby at the emergency room on the 80-acre medical campus in north Carson City. Ribbon-cutting ceremonies and a triage lobby tour marked the event.
"It has come true and it is amazing," said Sandy Wartgow, director of emergency services for Carson Tahoe Medical Center. She said the upgrade dovetails with her vision for safety and quality emergency care.
Riley Beckett, chairman of the Mallory Foundation and a Carson City attorney, cut the ribbon after brief remarks. He said he had a chance to use the emergency room last January before the upgrade.
"I saw first-hand that it could use some improvement," he said, adding that remark was facetious but he really has learned the upgrade was necessary and of significant value.
Beckett introduced his colleagues with the foundation, trustees Tom Cook and Ellen Shock, and also talked of Jean Mallory, a former client of his and the primary heir of Marion Mallory, Sr.
Marion Mallory invented the "Mallory ignition" and held more than 200 automotive patents. Beckett said the foundation provides funds for use at six entities, among them Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare.
Prior to the ribbon-cutting and tour, those in attendance also heard from Dr. David Tillitt, an ER physician, Jen Robison, an ER nurse, and Cheri Glockner, Carson Tahoe Foundation executive director and center development director.
"It really improves the efficiency, the flow" of patients, said Tillitt.
He indicated the ER design before the upgrade was problematic, which meant there was inadequate visual access to the waiting room and a need for early testing in a triage staging area.
"You can't imagine what it means," said Robison, who noted the changes help her and her nursing colleagues provide patients with excellent care.
Glockner praised the Mallory Foundation's representatives for seeing quickly and clearly what it was the health care facility hoped to achieve with improvements planned for the emergency room.
Upon being asked later, she said the $200,000 grant from the Mallory Foundation was added to by the hospital to include extras such as safe furnishings in the waiting room to combat disease transmission. She said the additional expenditure amounted to about $100,000.
Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare has served the area since 1949. Its current location opened in 2005.
It includes a 146-bed medical center offering 24-hour emergency care, as well as medical and surgical units.
It also offers comprehensive cardiac surgery, state-of-the-art imaging, five-star women and children's center and inpatient rehabilitation. And it offers a fully accredited cancer center, multiple outpatient locations, primary care clinics, along with urgent and retail clinics.


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Two weeks into the epic miniseries \'The Bible,\' executive producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey found themselves in the midst of a controversy. An outpouring of viewers took to the Internet to complain that their depiction of Satan bore a striking resemblance to President Barack Obama. Watch as Roma tells Oprah why she was \'horrified\' and \'saddened\' by the comparison.


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Pauma Valley Country Club Has New Operator
Sequoia Golf Group has been selected to manage Pauma Valley Country Club, north of San Diego. The equity membership that owns the club chose Sequoia Golf for its sales and marketing approach and operational resources.
"What impressed us most about Sequoia Golf Group is their approach to management," said Steve Wehr, Pauma Valley Country Club board member. "They are owners first, managing like they do at their owned facilities and implementing their creative tried and true best practices to enhance our brand.
"Sequoia's proposal to us displayed an unparalleled level of interest, enthusiasm and passion not remotely equaled by any of the vanilla day-to-day management companies that approached us just looking to collect a fee."
Sequoia Golf will work with the club to develop a short-term and long-term capital expenditure strategy for the purpose of maximizing the club's long-term potential.
Pauma Valley's new general manager, Steve Vlahos, has served in a similar capacity at a variety of clubs, including Yorba Linda Country Club, Marbella Country Club and Wood Ranch Golf Club.
"I am very excited about the opportunities and possibilities I see at Pauma Valley. Pauma Valley Country Club is like no other club that I've been involved with," said Vlahos. "With its own private airfield, 26 cottages for the exclusive use of its members and guests, and a Robert Trent Jones Sr. golf course design, it really has it all."
Pauma Valley has a history of attracting Hollywood celebrities and hosting Shell's Wonderful World of Golf, with legends such as Arnold Palmer and Gary Player competing. John Wayne's private ranch house once served as the clubhouse. Designed by Jones, Sr., Pauma Valley's golf course is tucked away in the foothills of Palomar Mountain. Over the years, it has been listed as a top-100 club in the U.S. and one of the 10 best courses in California by Golf Digest, and has hosted U.S. Open qualifiers multiple times.
"We're honored to have Pauma Valley join our portfolio and plan to maintain the mystique and overall classic feel of this exclusive country club," said Joe Guerra, president and CEO of Sequoia Golf. "Being from the San Diego area, I'm familiar with the market and am excited to work with such a renowned course that attracts members from throughout the country and Canada.
"Pauma Valley is such a historic course, we're confident that through innovative marketing and strategic initiatives we can attract the next generation of country club members. We're also excited to offer Pauma Valley members access to our 'Play Away' program, which allows them to play at more than 450 private clubs located across the country."
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Heard on Campus: Sridhar Anandakrishnan on global warming
"About a year ago, the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change came out with a report indicating that they are "highly confident that global warming and climate change are due to human-induced hydrocarbon burning. And when scientists are highly confident, you can take it to the bank." - Sridhar Anandakrishnan, associate professor in geosciences and the EMS Earth and Environmental Sciences Institute.
A Season in Antarctica
ATOP THE DARWIN GLACIER, Antarctica—
Our chopper swung in fast and low, and we all scanned the massive ice field that spread beneath us like a white sea. "It's supposed to be right here," the pilot said, his voice crackling through the headset inside our helmets. "I'll make another pass."
Cracking the Ice
On paper, Richard Alley cuts quite a figure. He's an Evan Pugh professor, holder of the highest academic rank that Penn State bestows. His contributions to ice science and the study of climate are widely cited around the world. He has been called one of the foremost glaciologists of all time. In person, Alley cuts a figure of a different sort. Something closer to the boy rockhound he was in the early 1970s: the kid who spent his days crawling through the caves around Worthington, Ohio, looking forward to meetings of the local geology club.
Knocking the World on Its Side
Gregory Jenkins remembers looking at the surface of the moon through his son's telescope, his eyes tracing the craters and crevices. "I was thinking, 'Man, things were really violent early on,'" says Jenkins. "If objects this big were slamming into the moon, than larger things must have been slamming into the Earth."
Astrobiology: The Search for Life in the Universe
Once it was asked in whispers, or with winks. The timid among us, though undeniably curious, feared raised eyebrows. Jokes about little green men. Who could take such a question seriously, yank it from the misty realms of science fiction and drop it under the searchlight of science? Well, our national space agency, for one. What's more, NASA seems pretty confident these days about the answer: Astrobiology, as defined on an official agency Web site, is "the study of the living universe."
Journey to the Center of the Ice
When the sun was out and low in the sky, Todd Sowers remembers, standing on the summit was an amazing experience. His goose-down swaddled form, and the similarly bulky shapes of his colleagues, would cast their shadows hundreds of meters down, to the stark landscape of the Bolivian altiplano below. Not that he had much time to contemplate such magnificent vistas. Sunny days were particularly precious on Nevado Sajama, not least because in order to penetrate the mountain's icy cap Sowers and the others were using a solar-powered drill.


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The World Market 99% really does give great bang for the buck.
And that might have been my chocolate livejournal:
Chocolate is the boss of me.
Score! Someone posted a few weeks ago about reviewing many of the very dark (100% or near it) chocolates on her personal blog. I looked for the post here but couldn't find it. Anyway, she recommended the Cost Plus 99% as a good everyday bar (just $2 for 3oz) and so I tracked it down today. It is quite good! I have tried Ghirardelli's 100% baking chocolate and there is no comparison; Cost Plus makes that bar seem inedible.
The World Market 99% really does give great bang for the buck.
And that might have been my chocolate livejournal:
Chocolate is the boss of me.
Yes that's where I saw it. Thanks!
I found the Cost Plus 99% a bit too much taste wise. I just could not eat it. Instead I've opted for the Trader Joes Organic 72% chocolate. It's still quite dark and organic which is a plus and also $2 a bar. Anything over 85% is just too much for me taste wise to deal with.
To each his own!
Guess I'm somewhere in the middle now ... Have been enjoying Trader Joe's 85% "dark chocolate lover's" bar. I will be making a trip to Cost Plus very soon to try that 99% bar!
Went out and bought 5 bars of the 99%, with a 10% off coupon. So that's only $1.79 per bar. What a deal! Had a taste--really good. Thanks for the tip
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Primal since July 2010...skinniest I've ever been and the least stressed about food
A bit intense for me. I've eaten 97% and even that's a stretch. I'm happy in the 85-90% range.
I began this Primal journey on December 30th, 2009 and in that time I've lost over 125 LBS.


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For tattoo artist Levi Tarr, the world and career of tattooing were things he had grown up with. As the son of Buffalo Bill Tarr, Tarr was influenced by his father's career path.
"With my father and stepmother in the business, it did draw my attention toward the industry," Tarr said, speaking of the owners of Totem Tattoo, 2 E. Third St., which was established in 1989.
Tarr even had the unique experience of apprenticing under his father.
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Tattoo artist Levi Tarr tattoos a client.
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Shown is a tattoos created by Levi Tarr at Totem Tattoo.
Shown is a tattoos created by Levi Tarr at Totem Tattoo.
"During my apprenticeship, I got to do all the 'fun' stuff. I would be required to set up the station for a tattoo, break down the station afterwards. I'd make stencils, make appointments, do drawings, clean up the shop, make needles and sit in on tattoos and observe," Tarr said.
Growing up interested in comic books, Tarr said he would take summer art classes when he wasn't in school. "I was really into comic book art. I was also drawing in sketch books and working with acrylics," he said.
The defining moment for Tarr that made him decide he wanted to pursue a career in tattooing was when he recieved his first tattoo.
"That definitely made me say, 'I wanna do this.' Graphic design school wasn't for me and I could get the opportunity to work with and follow my father," he said.
As far as the images he tattoos on his clients, Tarr strives to make the customer happy.
Tarr makes sure he is well-rounded in the styles and subjects that he tattoos. No matter what the customer brings in, it's about their satisfaction
"I love tattooing - as long as I'm doing this, I'm happy. I want to make the best tattoo, no matter what the subject or image is," Tarr said. "There is such a diversity in what people are looking for and how they would like it done, so I stay pretty well rounded with that. If I had to pick a favorite, doing traditional style tattoos are always fun," Tarr said. "Subject matter is ever changing. That seems to keep the individuality going with tattoos, most of my clients are getting subject matters that are important to them."
Just a quick glance at the images of work that Tarr has done will show a wide range - from colorful, popping images of flowers to black and grey skulls that seem to jump off the client's skin. With a trend in realism with tattoos, whether it's animals, flowers or traditional-style tattoos, Tarr also has honed that skill to once again give customers what they want. He said working every day, as well as painting and drawing at home, help him to sharpen his skills.
With the rising popularity in tattoos and people wanting to be tattoo artists, Tarr suggested that aspiring artists stay positive.
"It's a long road with lots of people trying to get there. Do your research so you can learn how to perform proper sterile techniques while tattooing."
For more information on Tarr and for more examples of his work, visit www.totemtattoo.com.
Wiegand is a lifestyle-entertainment reporter. "blINK" features a different local tattoo artist on the last Thursday of each month. For more information, contact the Showcase department at 570-326-1551 or showcase @sungazette.com.


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Penn State sorority apologizes for offensive photo
A Penn State sorority has apologized after a photo of members wearing sombreros and holding offensive signs circulated on the internet.
One of the signs in the photo of Chi Omega sisters says "will mow lawn for weed + beer" and another reads "I don't cut grass I smoke it." The two women holding signs are wearing fake mustaches.
Chapter president Jessica Riccardi tells campus newspaper The Daily Collegian the sisters are sorry for "portraying inappropriate and untrue stereotypes."
The Penn State Panhellenic Council is investigating.
The Chi Omega national council says it is working on "educational directives" for the Penn State chapter and does not condone "personal degradation."
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A suspicious substance inside an envelope was discovered at the Pacific Gas and Electronic pay center on Thursday.
The West Sacramento Police Department got a call from PG&E around 9:30 a.m. about the powdery substance. Police said a similar report occurred earlier this month.
The fire department took the substance to be analyzed. The substance was deemed to be safe.
No injuries were reported and no one reported feeling ill because of the substance.


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Here is what I tried.
I need to get the sum of all the real roots of 3*sin(x^2) = x
So I tried this.
>solve(3*sin(x^2)-x = 0, x, AllSolutions)
Which gaved me this 3*sin(RootOf(_Z-9*sin(_Z)^2))
Then >sum(3*sin(RootOf(_Z-9*sin(_Z)^2)), _Z = -infinity .. infinity)
Which gives me this answer which I cannot make sense of. signum(sin(RootOf(_Z-9*sin(_Z)^2)))*infinity
Can anyone help? Thanks!!!
I need the numerical value and steps :D Thanks a lot.
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Crusaders can take title, says Rainey
Published 04/09/2009
Crusaders hitman David Rainey is targeting league title glory this season and he feels the Shore Road men are well equipped to break the Big Two monopoly.
Rainey's goals — nine already this campaign — have fired the Crues to the top of the table and earned the striker the Carling Northern Ireland Football Writers' Player of the Month for August.
That's the sort of form that Stephen Baxter's men are going to need if they are to take the Gibson Cup to Seaview for the first time since 1997, but while Rainey believes he and his teammates can achieve that feat, he knows it's too early to start thinking so far ahead.
"We've had a great start and I think that we have the ability to win the league, definitely," he said.
"We have a slightly bigger squad than we did last year and that is going to be a big help because Glentoran and Linfield have a lot of quality players that they can call upon. We are definitely capable of winning the league though.
"We did well last season but just fell back but this year I think we are better equipped to do it.
"It's too early to start looking so far ahead but certainly we have had a great start, we're top of the league and it's up to us to keep that going."
A big factor this season already has been the fact that Crusaders finally managed to beat Linfield after going so close on many occa
sions in recent years.
If they are to capture the league crown they will have to take points off the Big Two regularly.
"We should have beaten them last year and really gave them a game most of the time but just fell short," he said. "But we've already beaten them now and those are the types of results that show how good you really are."
And while the Crues are flying at the minute, Rainey feels there is still a lot more to come.
"We are winning which is the most important thing but I think we haven't yet hit our best in terms of football played," Rainey added.
"I suppose results are the most important thing but Crusaders fans have now come to expect us to dominate teams and play good football and whenever that clicks in we are going to be even better."
In collecting his award, Rainey paid tribute to his teammates, adding: "It's a personal award, but you don't get them if the team around you aren't playing well."
Ryan Brown, meanwhile, won the Carling NIFWA's Championship Player of the Month for his performances between the sticks for Larne, having conceded just one goal in six games.
Belfast Telegraph


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UNIVERSITY PARK - As far as runs go, it will not even register among the season's biggest.
Not when the Penn State women's basketball team has put up 90 or more points seven times already, not when it has won four games by at least 30 points, not when it scored a season-low in points Sunday.
But the Lady Lions' modest stretch to open the second half of Sunday's 64-55 win against Delaware before 3,279 home fans was as important as any run they have had all season, proving to be the difference in their most difficult victory at the Bryce Jordan Center so far this season.
Penn State (10-2) went into halftime trailing 25-24, which, aside from a 3-0 deficit 18 seconds into its Nov. 21 game against South Carolina, was its only deficit in six home games this season.
Sophomores Alex Bentley and Nikki Greene scored six points apiece during a 16-6 run in the first six minutes, 13 seconds of the second half, giving Penn State a 40-31 lead it would not relinquish.
Penn State had not played in seven days because of final exams. That, along with Delaware's early transition defense, led to a slow start.
"Well I thought the first half, the pace of the game was too slow for us; it was their pace that they wanted and the score would've been in the 50s," Penn State coach Coquese Washington said. "And so what we wanted to do defensively was keep active defensively but push it in transition. I thought we did a better job to start the second half of creating some turnovers and creating some missed shots with our defense and then we did a good job of getting out in transition."
Delaware's Elena Delle Donne, who entered the game averaging a nation-best 26.2 points per game, finished with 25 points, 17 in the second half.
Freshman Maggie Lucas, Penn State's leading scorer, had 16 points and hit back-to-back 3-pointers at the 4:40 and 4:09 marks - both off assists from Bentley - giving the Lady Lions a 60-50 lead that ruined any hopes of a Blue Hens (6-2) comeback.
"I was just trying to keep running wide on the break, and if I was going to get it I was going to get it," Lucas said. "I thought it gave us a good little push in the end and they weren't above to recover after that run."
DELAWARE (6-2): Delle Donne 9-23 3-3 25; Acker 3-4 0-0 6; Parker 1-4 3-4 5; Riddick 1-1 3-7 5; Bailey 2-5 0-0 4; Carra 1-8 2-2 4; May 2-3 0-0 4; Kabongo 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 20-51 11-16 55.
PENN STATE (10-2): Lucas 6-13 0-0 16; Bentley 5-15 3-4 13; Greene 4-8 3-4 11; Nickson 3-6 2-2 8; Trogele 3-5 0-1 7; Edwards 2-4 1-2 5; Gray 1-11 0-0 2; Wolfe 1-1 0-0 2; Womack 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-63 9-13 64.
Halftime: Delaware 25, Penn State 24. 3-point goals: Delaware 4-12 (Delle Donne 4-8; Carra 0-4), Penn State 5-17 (Lucas 4-7; Trogele 1-1; Gray 0-7; Bentley 0-2). Rebounds: Delaware 34 (Carra 9), Penn State 40 (Trogele 12). Assists: Delaware 7 (Acker 3), Penn State 13 (Bentley 6). Total fouls: Delaware 15, Penn State 15. A: 3279


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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 vs Nokia Lumia 1520: first look
0. phoneArena 03 Sep 2014, 13:36 posted on
Peering into the phablet market, there's a one constant that seems to take precedence each and every time. It should be no surprise to anyone that Samsung's Galaxy Note line continues to be the class-leader in the space – and it looks to stay like that with the Samsung Galaxy Note 4. In the Android space, it's clearly the phone to beat, but it still has competition from the Windows Phone side. To be more exact, not only is the Nokia Lumia 1520 deemed as a phablet worthy enough to give any Android smartphone a good run for its money, but it's arguably the best phone representing Microsoft's platform...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. Zack_2014 (Posts: 378; Member since: 25 Mar 2014)
@John V
Is there any specific reason as to why the USB 3.0 is removed? Or its just a marketing strategy for the next Note 5.
28. rd_nest (Posts: 1593; Member since: 06 Jun 2010)
Probable reasons:
It used to interfere with the radio communication. Larger connector.
Fast charging is already taken care of and for better transfer rates you can easily do it through Airdroid or ES File Explorer
51. Daniel.95 (Posts: 89; Member since: 20 Sep 2012)
Note Edge sucks.
2. T.Law (Posts: 414; Member since: 10 May 2014)
Is this a joke?! The Note4 is light-years ahead that lumia.
3. fouadqr (Posts: 326; Member since: 21 Nov 2012)
I think ur comment is the real joke ..
Lumia 1520 is one of the best
31. bigdawg23 (Posts: 449; Member since: 25 May 2011)
How is the 1520 one of the best? The WP OS has limitations. Before people call me a Android Troll, I own the Note 3 and Lumia 1020. Two main reasons I went back to the Note 3 are App Selection and Function with WP and second, the closed OS and not allowing a person to attach multiple documents like PDF, XLS and DOC. Only allow people to use Photos and Videos creates issue. I have a iPhone 5 as my personal phone, which has the same attachment but the APP selection and Function is way ahead of WP.
42. elitewolverine (Posts: 5184; Member since: 28 Oct 2013)
You can actually. I suspect you just didn't try hard enough. While I agree while in email app you should be able to add more than just photos etc through the attachment thing.
But the easy way is to simply open up onedrive (where you stuff should be anyways), use the multiple select and bam you can send multiple files in one shot, word, excel, pp, photo, video etc, can either send link, or actual files (link is preferred imo).
While clumsy, it can be done, it is not a limitation of the OS more so just a 'limitation' of the stock email app attachment system.
4. NokiaFTW (Posts: 2071; Member since: 24 Oct 2012)
That's a little exaggerated don't you think?
5. gazmatic (Posts: 795; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
Light years is a measure of distance.
It's newer. That's for sure.
This comparison is a joke though
9. Deaconclgi (Posts: 405; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
Why is the comparison a joke? He compare actual hardware between the two. Be sure to call all other comparisons of devices with similar hardware but with your favorite OS a joke as well.
I'll check the other comparison posts to see if you are there saying the same thing.
I'll wait for you, otherwise there is nothing but bias in the comment about the comparison being a joke.
24. ManusImperceptus (Posts: 724; Member since: 10 Jun 2014)
The comparison is a joke because 1: He hands the Note 4 the size victory, despite the 1520 having a much larger display. 2: He hands the Note 4 the brightness victory, despite the 1520 obviously being auto-dimmed to reflect the surrounding illumination. 3: He hands the clarity victory to the Note 4, possibly deservedly, but without bringing them outdoors, where the Lumia traditionally shines (beats the crap out of the GS5 in direct sunlight)...
All in all a very unconvincing comparison, perhaps to be expected considering the short availability of the Note 4.
30. tech2 (Posts: 3458; Member since: 26 Oct 2012)
'but without bringing them outdoors, where the Lumia traditionally shines (beats the crap out of the GS5 in direct sunlight)..'
LOL....stop spreading lies boy. Watch this video before talking non sense:https://www.youtube.com/watch?
When it comes to Amoled no one does it better then Samsung. Period.
36. hemedans (Posts: 511; Member since: 01 Jun 2013)
why is your video has so many dislike?
watch here lumia 1520 sunlight test
nothing beat clear black display when it come to sunlight readability
44. tech2 (Posts: 3458; Member since: 26 Oct 2012)
1. The dislikes are mostly because he didn't set the same wallpaper.
2.Inspite of that if you watch the entire video you'll see how it doesn't matter as the difference is so huge.
3. In your link the person is not holding the phone exactly at the sun so. More importantly its not a comparison between GS5 so that is completely invalid anyways. Also, when he tries at 5:22 he confirms 'reflection would make problems in reading'.
3. My video still has more likes and views then your video.
4. on GSMarena Lumia 1520 scored 1.813 vs 3.5 of GS5 in sunlight contrast ratio. So yeah 'Clear Black' technology easily got pawned here too. As GS5 is almost twice better in sunlight then L1520 not to mention its much more brighter and produces accurate screen. It has higher PPI and GG3.
46. ManusImperceptus (Posts: 724; Member since: 10 Jun 2014)
I'm 41. Judging by your usual posts in these articles I'd guess you to be 17 or an immature 20 something; I'd keep that 'boy'-stuff under lids if I was you...!
"Non sense"? Nonsense is one word; splitting it up is nonsense, that's for sure.
I own a 1520 and my brother owns a GS5; my 1520 is actually viewable in angled sunlight, unlike his GS5. I talk from experience, not from random bids on the internet. But then again, this is not the first time you reference half-baked reviews. I'd recommend you to grow a bit of critical sense; it'll serve you well in the long run...
48. tech2 (Posts: 3458; Member since: 26 Oct 2012)
Seriously !? Now since you don't have an actual point to counter me you are going on age ? News flash buddy I am not 17 and even if I was that has nothing to do with what I write. It doesn't make your over-the-top claims more relevant.
Also, I own a GS5 and Moto G. You are more then welcome to check my previous comments to validate that. Although that is irrelevant too.
Lastly, you are clearly suffering from denial syndrome (aka blind fanboy) who turns blind-eye to whatever isn't in his favour. If you find the review 'half-baked' mention the reason why do you feel that way instead of raising irrelevant points like age. smh
PS: Don't bother replying unless you actually have a 'critical sense' as to why you think that video is 'half-baked. I'll be more then happy to argue on the base of facts.
52. marcski07 (Posts: 598; Member since: 25 Apr 2014)
what are you talking about? i dunno about L1520, but my n9 doesn't give me a problem on direct sunlight. I can browse, read, play games.
53. marcski07 (Posts: 598; Member since: 25 Apr 2014)
clearblack is awesome dude, they don't nid super bright display to be able to display under direct sunlight. you should try it and see it yourself
34. Deaconclgi (Posts: 405; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
Thank you for your reply.
6. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
Dude......there is a best android phone till now and there is a best windows phone till now.
7. Deaconclgi (Posts: 405; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
What constitutes light years ahead? Serious question as this article clearly compared certain aspects of each device and I don't see a light-year of difference in either of them beyond the better screen and processor in the Note 4.
How is it a joke when the facts are stated? "That lumia" is as good as it has been stated in this article and many more. The Note 4 is as good as been stated as well, from the limited hands on. This is a simple comparison, no room for sensational fanboyism.
There isn't any jokes in this article.
18. gazmatic (Posts: 795; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
Dude. Open an English dictionary. Light years is a measure of distance. It cannot be used here.
It's like saying the galaxy note is five kilometers ahead of the Lumia. It makes no sense.
The galaxy note is brand new. That's what's different. The only reason this comparison is valid is because there are only two windows phone phablets.
Can't compare this with a Lumia 1320 now can we?
I'm just saying that the galaxy note is newer. I would take it in a WP version though.
Long rant short. You can't use light years.
26. T.Law (Posts: 414; Member since: 10 May 2014)
Light years ahead
Technologically advanced. Clearly better than the rest.
(light years) INFORMAL A long distance or great amount:
the new range puts them light years ahead of the competition
Idiom Definitions for 'Light years ahead'
If you are light years ahead of others, you are a long way in front of them in terms of development, success, etc.
ference/idioms/light+years+ahe ad.html
Either you're not a native speaker or you're a poor reader.
14. Dastrix (unregistered)
LOL do you even know what light years is?
16. bbblader (Posts: 590; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
It's a measurement. That's why we use it here. For device A is far(light years) ahead of device B
17. T.Law (Posts: 414; Member since: 10 May 2014)
I can see I did hurt the feelings of a whole bunch of WP Fanboys.
And yeah, the Note 4 is light-years ahead of the L1520. Deal with it!
19. gazmatic (Posts: 795; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
You're just making yourself look stupid on the internet dummy.
Light year
1. Astron. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbr.: lt-yr
2. light-years,
(a) a very great distance
(b) a very long time: It's been light-years since I've seen my childhood friends.
Light years are only applicable when talking about distance and time. Idiot
23. T.Law (Posts: 414; Member since: 10 May 2014)
Perhaps you're too dumb to get it.
May I recommend you Vaseline?
33. elitewolverine (Posts: 5184; Member since: 28 Oct 2013)
Vaseline? I take it you use it quite regularly.
No he is stating the difference between the two devices while one is newer yes, is not 'light years'. Light years would be a 1995 PDA to the Note 4. That is light years.
41. SemperFiV12 (Posts: 944; Member since: 09 Nov 2010)
lol, that was funny.
20. DarkStar286 (Posts: 219; Member since: 18 Mar 2014)
I've just read this article and they seem fairly evenly matched, though obviously the Note comes out on top as the 1520's a year old now. Care to explain why you think the gap is much greater than this article, and the spec sheets, suggest?
35. Deaconclgi (Posts: 405; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
Exactly my question to him as well.
45. joey_sfb (Posts: 5758; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
Note 4 will be light year ahead Lumia 1520 in sales definitely.
Let compare sales figures next quarter.
I getting my Note 4 and my VR gear as soon as launch.
8. bbblader (Posts: 590; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
Wait isn't the note 4 with 3 gb of ram? If it is please fix it
10. arenanew (Posts: 279; Member since: 30 Dec 2013)
joke what is need of 3gb can we open note 4 and check it really 3gb or just market gimmick .
samsung and other cheap product they all looting money and making fool . try simple think just open and show its really 3 gb or not . 1520 is excellent .
13. bbblader (Posts: 590; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
Please educate yourself. The note 3 has 3gb of ram. Many phones do. Marketing gimmicks are things that are real just that almost nobody will find use in them
37. hemedans (Posts: 511; Member since: 01 Jun 2013)
what matter is free ram for end user. samsung smartphones have large ram because touchwiz consume more ram. note 3 use approximately 1.2gb of ram and leave like 1.5gb free ram for end user.
htc sense is good example when it came to ram usage. around 0.5gb is used by default and leave almost 1.3gb free.
if you compare htc one and note 3 you can see they have almost same free ram despite note 3 to have 3gb ram and htc one 2gb ram
11. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)
Lol just one look and you see how much of a joke the Lumia is. That thing is like almost as big as the Nexus 7. It's HUGE.
12. arenanew (Posts: 279; Member since: 30 Dec 2013)
google is cheap company try to understand they just looting money that why company like samsung , htc and sony face lose . Poor android buggy and leggie ameture and useless drainage os
15. bbblader (Posts: 590; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
Learn English, then post your M$ fanboy comments here.
25. ManusImperceptus (Posts: 724; Member since: 10 Jun 2014)
It's not a joke; it's bloody nice to have such a fantastic screen at your fingertips all the time. Very addictive!
40. SemperFiV12 (Posts: 944; Member since: 09 Nov 2010)
"Joke" ? The only thing funny is taking out a 6" device and running Microsoft Office on it and getting REAL work done. That's why it is a phablet... it is expected to be HUGE. Jokes on you pal. (also size difference is 0.9 centimeters taller and 0.6 centimeters wider... yielding a 0.3" more screen real estate.)
21. Gemmol (Posts: 792; Member since: 09 Nov 2011)
They need to update Lumia 1520 features on this website, with Update 1 that the developer preview push out last month we have quick charge 2.0, Lumia 930 got the update too
22. Federated (Posts: 261; Member since: 06 Mar 2010)
There's something about Samsung that makes it look and feel cheap. I don't know what it is. They all look cheap toys. Why is it that they can't match Nokia, Sony, HTC in design and build quality with all their money? I don't get it. I would be happy to try Samsung if they try to make their devices more solid with better quality and design. I like specs. Always top-notch. No doubt about that.
27. Arhitecter (Posts: 4; Member since: 16 Jan 2014)
Lumia 1520 still have best design and camera among the phablets. And between this two I would choose 1520, for long-wake battery, stylishness and, you now, PRICE. Also, for me FullHD is more than needed for this size of screen. If Microsoft make 1530 with this design, Q805 and stylus from Surface Pro 3, with update contains software features like in Note, it would be awesome.
39. SemperFiV12 (Posts: 944; Member since: 09 Nov 2010)
THIS THIS THIS THIS. I am eagerly waiting for such a device.
47. ManusImperceptus (Posts: 724; Member since: 10 Jun 2014)
Yup! A newer processor and stylus support! I'd actually even prefer it to be a non-integrated stylus, to keep size down and design intact.
29. julian6.0 (Posts: 27; Member since: 29 Jan 2014)
Nice nice i agree i have the 1520. It would be pretty awesome the next lumia 1520 with a stylus. So sick. And i love the 1520 the display is the best, operating system is just as good. Never lags or hangs. Once in a while you see app close on its own but its normal its happens on all operating systems and it might not be the phone it might just be the app that is buggy. Overall great phone. And windows is doing big things.
38. hemedans (Posts: 511; Member since: 01 Jun 2013)
cant wait to see wp9 when wp and rt merge.
32. gigaraga (Posts: 1454; Member since: 29 Mar 2013)
If the 1520 didn't stand a chance against the Note 3 then...
50. Jillsandwich (Posts: 62; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
Lumia 1525 plus 8.1 makes the note line look ugly and cheap.
Emphasis on ugly.
Good to see Samsung still can't make nice hardware.
54. gigaraga (Posts: 1454; Member since: 29 Mar 2013)
1525 looks like 1520, which looks like N9, from 2011. Outdated design, old. No, its actually better to see that Nokia designed hasn't changed EVER SINCE. And WP looks the same as ever. So I don't know what you're on about.
43. Daytonadave17 (Posts: 54; Member since: 26 Oct 2013)
The 1520 is a year older and can still compete vs the note 4! Just wait till Nokia's next badass flagship! Maybe even a refreshed 1520! :-). I can't wait!
49. Jillsandwich (Posts: 62; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
Wait for the 1525.


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The Angel's Gameby Carlos Ruiz Zafón
From the author of the international phenomenon The Shadow of the Wind, comes a riveting new masterpiece about love, literature, and betrayal. In this powerful, labyrinthian thriller, David Martín is a pulp fiction writer struggling to stay afloat. Holed up in a haunting abandoned mansion in the heart of Barcelona, he furiously taps out story after story, becoming increasingly desperate and frustrated. Thus, when he is approached by a mysterious publisher offering a book deal that seems almost too good to be real, David leaps at the chance. But as he begins the work, and after a visit to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, he realizes that there is a connection between his book and the shadows that surround his dilapidated home and that the publisher may be hiding a few troubling secrets of his own. Once again, Ruiz Zafón takes us into a dark, gothic Barcelona and creates a breathtaking tale of intrigue, romance, and tragedy.
The Midnight Palaceby Carlos Ruiz Zafón
In the heart of Calcutta lurks a dark mystery....Set in Calcutta in the 1930s, The Midnight Palace begins on a dark night when an English lieutenant fights to save newborn twins Ben and Sheere from an unthinkable threat. Despite monsoon-force rains and terrible danger lurking around every street corner, the young lieutenant manages to get them to safety, but not without losing his own life. . . .Years later, on the eve of Ben and Sheere's sixteenth birthday, the mysterious threat reenters their lives. This time, it may be impossible to escape. With the help of their brave friends, the twins will have to take a stand against the terror that watches them in the shadows of the night--and face the most frightening creature in the history of the City of Palaces.
The Prince of Mistby Carlos Ruiz Zafón
It's war time, and the Carver family decides to leave the capital where they live and move to a small coastal village where they've recently bought a home. But from the minute they cross the threshold, strange things begin to happen. In that mysterious house still lurks the spirit of Jacob, the previous owners' son, who died by drowning. With the help of their new friend Roland, Max and Alicia Carver begin to explore the strange circumstances of that death and discover the existence of a mysterious being called the Prince of Mist--a diabolical character who has returned from the shadows to collect on a debt from the past. Soon the three friends find themselves caught up in an adventure of sunken ships and an enchanted stone garden--an adventure that will change their lives forever.
El Prisionero del Cieloby Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Barcelona, 1957. Daniel Sempere y su amigo Fermín, los héroes de La Sombra del Viento, regresan de nuevo a la aventura para afrontar el mayor desafío de sus vidas. Justo cuando todo empezaba a sonreírles, un inquietante personaje visita la librería de Sempere y amenaza con desvelar un terrible secreto que lleva enterrado más de dos décadas en la oscura memoria de la ciudad. Al conocer la verdad, Daniel comprenderá que su destino le arrastra irremediablemente a enfrentarse con la mayor de las sombras: la que crece en su interior. Rebosante de intriga y emoción, El Prisionero del Cielo es una novela magistral donde los hilos de La Sombra del Viento y El Juego del Ángel convergen a través del embrujo de la literatura y el enigma que se oculta en el corazón del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados.
The Prisoner of Heavenby Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Once again, internationally acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author Carlos Ruiz Zafón creates a rich, labyrinthine tale of love, literature, passion, and revenge, set in a dark, gothic Barcelona, in which the heroes of The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel's Game must contend with a nemesis that threatens to destroy them. "Gabriel GarcÍa MÁrquez meets Umberto Eco meets Jorge Luis Borges for a sprawling magic show." -New York Times Book Review on Shadow of the Wind
Rosa de Fuegoby Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Situado en la época de la Inquisición española en el siglo XV, "Rosa de Fuego" cuenta la historia de los orígenes de la misteriosa biblioteca, el Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados, que se encuentra en el corazón de las novelas de Carlos Ruiz Zafón La Sombra del Viento, El Juego del ángel, y ahora, El Prisionero del Cielo.
Rose of Fireby Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Set at the time of the Spanish Inquisition in the fifteenth century, "Rose of Fire" tells the story of the origins of the mysterious labyrinthine library, the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, which lies at the heart of Carlos Ruiz Zafón's novels The Shadow of the Wind, The Angel's Game, and now The Prisoner of Heaven.
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