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We have found a suprising number of transient point sources in the elliptical galaxy M87 during our program to measure, with the HST/FOC, the proper motion of the optical jet. Observations at six different epochs and with a field of view of approximately 100 square arcsec, revealed at least eleven transient sources, each visible within a single epoch but absent in the remaining epochs. They are seen easily at wavelengths close to 340 nm where we obtain excellent discrimination between the sources and the underlying old, red stellar population in this galaxy. The newly discovered transient sources display a variety of remarkable properties: one is brighter than any of the 142 novae in the catalogue of novae in M31; others are very close to, but not quite within, the jet. We discuss the possibility that these sources are either classical novae, or are somehow related to the AGN and the jet and its interaction with the local ISM.
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Plus: Alexander Skarsgard drawls out his native Swedish tongue, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.By Caroline Shin
Plus: Alexander Skarsgard drawls out his native Swedish tongue, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.By Caroline Shin
Lots of death and loose ends.By Megan Reynolds
"I'm really dying to see the first script for season five. I'm like, 'Oh my God, what happens next?'"By Bennett Marcus
Vampires, fairies, and werepanthers, oh my!By Samantha Zalaznick and Sarah Frank
Of course, he's a little biased.By Jennifer Vineyard
The penultimate episode of the season.By Megan Reynolds
"Basically, it's anything but pot."By Patti Greco
"He would want all up in that supernatural lady's business." [Spoiler Alert!]By Patti Greco
Should Sookie incorporate more vampire-friendly separates? And what to do about Bill's pinky ring?By The Fug Girls
Battle prep moves into high gear.By Megan Reynolds
"The first time he played a really diabolically horrible character who murdered women ... I turned to him and said, 'Don't you ever look at me like that.'"By Nisha Gopalan
What gets an 'A' so far, and what needs improvement?By Margaret Lyons
Made with real fairy blood!By Willa Paskin
The witches continue kicking ass.By Megan Reynolds
Featuring an unlikely cameo from Taylor Swift.By Kyle Buchanan
From reality to scripted to all things pawn, we judge what's likely to be back next June, and what we'll (hopefully) never see again.By Josef Adalian
It's mystical, epic laser tag time!By Megan Reynolds
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Come see live eagle demonstrations 10 a.m. til 2 p.m. every Saturday in January at the Alton Visitor Center. See a live bald eagle up close and personal! Ask and learn about their species and habitats. Then, grab your official All Around Alton Eagle Watcher's Guide as you journey out along the Meeting of the Great Rivers National Scenic Byway to see eagles in their natural habitat. Free! For more information, call 1-800-ALTON-IL or go to www.VisitAlton.com.
Organizers have planned a one-day tour in and around Union and Jackson counties. Transportation, lunch and commemorative t-shirt are provided as part of the tour. The fall tour will commence at the Shawnee College Annex in Anna, Illinois at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 24, 2016. The Fall Ozark Tour coincides with National Public Lands day. The tour will visit Shawnee National Forest sites including the Kaolin pond area where the clay for the famous Kirkpatrick pottery was obtained; Pomona Natural Bridge, one of the largest Natural Bridges in the Midwest; and the Lincoln-Douglas debate site at the old Union County fairgrounds all with interpretation by U.S. Forest Service personnel.
Bald Eagle Watching in the Cache River Wetlands
The Cache River Wetlands offers great opportunities for eagle watching, as well as spotting other birds. The Cache River Wetland Center provides resource and identification materials to help you spot eagles and other birds in the area and along the rivers. They will provide maps and directions to the viewing station for the nest just off Illinois Route 37 off Perks road and south of the visitor's center.
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In a new Halloween event called Night of 1,000 Jack-o'-Lanterns, more than 1,000 hand-carved pumpkins—some as large as 150 pounds—will light up the night at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Replacing HallowFest, Night of 1,000 Jack-o'-Lanterns is the only event of its kind in the Chicago area. The LED-lit jack-o'-lanterns will be staged along a festive, paved pathway, starting at the Esplanade. Along the way, encounter entertaining characters, view the ghostly trains in the Model Railroad Garden: Landmarks of America, and find seasonal light food and drink, such as apple doughnuts, cider, and ale, for sale.
Take a great adventure every June through December! Board a trolley outside of the Great Hall area of the Lodge. Enjoy a historic trolley ride with stops at the Starved Rock State Park and Illinois Waterway Visitor Center where you will see Starved Rock from across the river and watch as the river traffic lock through the locks. You will also travel through the village of Utica and hear about the Illinois and Michigan Canal. While aboard, the driver will narrate the history and legends of the area. For tickets and information please call 815-220-7386.
Join the fun on our weekly, guided hikes! Explore Starved Rock State Park, Matthiessen State Park, the I & M Canal and a nearby Nature Preserve. Every Thursday morning, year round, the Starved Rock Walkers Club meets in the lobby of the Lodge and departs at 9:00 am. Hikes last between 2 and 3 hours, depending on the destination. The hikes vary each week and over a 4-month period, the group will see the entire park. Make some new friends and learn about wildlife, wildflowers and more. This event is free and open to the public. Please note: We will not hike on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve. Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Every Thursday (year round).
Whether you are just beginning in photography, are an advanced amateur or a professional, you are welcome to the Starved Rock Photography Club. Monthly photography walks at Starved Rock State Park's Lodge with club leader, Jacki Pienta. The Photography Club will meet each month throughout the year for guided walks to planned sites for photography opportunities. Members will informally exchange ideas and tips for quality nature and wildlife photos. We will meet the 4th Saturday of every month at 9am in the back of the Large Parking Lot at Starved Rock Lodge. All meetings will consist of a hike to an area of either Starved Rock State Park, Matthiessen State Park or Buffalo Rock. Please be prepared to carpool if necessary. $25.00 annual fee to join which will include a club t-shirt and an annual cookout! Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm 4th Saturday of each month. For more information, call 815-220-7386.
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FOUR-YEAR-OLD Amy Travis is digging a hole in the golden sand just yards from the sea shore. Mum Susan is just a few feet away reading her book and soaking up the sun while husband Kevin kicks a ball with Amy's younger brother Mark.
They could be any family enjoying a holiday on Portugal's sunshine coast and around them other mainly British tourists are taking full advantage of a gloriously warm May day - sunbathing, paddling, building sand castles and exploring rock pools on one of the Algarve's most picturesque beaches. "Please, please put your hat back on," pleads Kevin, worried most of all about sunburn as Mark once again throws it defiantly to the ground in the age-old toddler ritual.
As innocent as the scene was yesterday afternoon, it was noticeable that mothers were clinging just that little bit more tightly to their children as they headed up into the nearby village. Their route took them into the heart of Praia da Luz, the tiny beach resort where 10 days ago three-year-old Madeleine McCann disappeared without trace.
"This is a difficult thing to say when you are a mother yourself and you are wondering how Madeleine's must be feeling, but we can't let it spoil the kids' holiday," said Susan, from Leeds. "We have been here before and we came back because it is such a lovely, friendly and safe place. But at the back of my mind I am conscious about what happened and I am keeping a closer eye on them than normal.
"If you asked me would I have gone off to a restaurant and left my kids alone then obviously I am going to say no, aren't I? I just hope it's a couple who desperately want a child of their own who are behind this. At least they might dote on her and she won't come to any harm."
Up on the promenade, Paul Price, from Preston, and his wife Sarah were sitting in the shade of a palm tree with six-month-old Jamie between them. They flew out to the Algarve two days after Madeleine - who was four yesterday - was abducted from her family's holiday apartment. "We hoped she would have been found before we got here," said Sarah. "Since we arrived we have found it even more difficult to believe it has really happened. This is such a lovely, quiet place. It all seems so ridiculous."
If any proof is required that Madeleine's abduction is a reality then you only have to walk up off the beach promenade, past the 16th-century Catholic church and up into the Ocean Club, an apartment complex run by the up-market British holiday company Mark Warner.
Past the swimming pool, enclosed by walls and fences, is the whitewashed ground floor apartment from where, around 9.45pm on Thursday, May 3, Madeleine was taken while her two-year-old twin brother and sister, Sean and Amelie, slept nearby.
All that lingers of her is images. Glossy posters in shops, banks, bars and restaurants show a cute little girl playing with a handful of tennis balls in a red party dress, big blue eyes staring straight at the camera with the precociousness of a three-year-old for whom life is simply fun.
The road to the rear of the apartment is cordoned off with police incident tape, against which camera crews from news stations around the world have set up their equipment. Behind them in the car parks are the huge satellite trucks that beam their work to a global audience. From just behind the tape, guarded by armed Portuguese policemen, Madeleine's mother Kate and father Gerry, both doctors, who met in Glasgow but live in Leicestershire, have made their increasingly anguished pleas for the safe return of their daughter. It is from here that Kate, holding her vanished daughter's favourite soft toy, a pink cat, has made her way to Luz's seafront church almost daily to pray for Madeleine's return.
The event has split Luz, an overgrown fishing village, an hour's drive west of Faro, the Algarve capital. While the beaches are still crowded with holidaymakers and the fish restaurants still full of diners in the cool of the evening, it has also been the centre of the biggest police search in the Algarve's history. Locals - both Portuguese and British - have been out helping police to comb the nearby beaches, fields, hills and woods for any sign of the missing girl.
Global stars from the world of football - including former England skipper David Beckham, who plays in Spain - have broadcast appeals for information leading to Madeleine's return. British experts schooled in tracking down missing persons have been called in and more than 30,000 members of the public have contacted newspapers, TV stations and websites to offer help or information. One Scottish businessman - Stephen Winyard, who owns the Stobo Castle health spa in the Borders - offered a 1m reward. In Glasgow, 800 people attended a church service organised by Madeleine's uncle, John McCann.
Yet behind all the good will, there is the lingering suspicion that the Portuguese police reacted too slowly to Madeleine's disappearance; that the local police force in a largely rural area took too long to share information with the public and other neighbouring forces that could have led to a greater number of solid leads. There is also a strong feeling among both the Portuguese and the large ex-pat community in Praia da Luz, that the McCanns committed the ultimate parental sin by leaving three young children on their own while going out to dinner, albeit just yards away, with friends.
"I'm sorry, but they should never have left those children on their own," said one British restaurant owner. "It doesn't matter how safe a place appears to be, you are taking a big risk. At three, she could have got up on her own, wandered off to find her mum and dad and fallen in a swimming pool. They had been going back regularly to check, but as doctors they should have known better."
Portuguese parents have also expressed disbelief that such young children were left alone.
Ten days on, the Portuguese police seem no closer to finding Madeleine or whoever took her. There are suspects, particularly two men and a woman seen photographing children on a nearby beach; acting suspiciously while accompanied by a small child at a petrol station near Luz after the abduction; and an unsubstantiated sighting near the Ocean Club. But there have been no arrests. The three main theories, which have hardly changed from day one, are that she was either taken by an international paedophile ring, stolen to order by a kidnap gang on behalf of a wealthy client or abducted by a childless couple.
One thing police seem to be certain of is that Madeleine is no longer in the Luz area. The ground search was called off late on Thursday evening, a week after Madeleine vanished, following one last sniffer-dog search of their former apartment and its grounds. Officers took to the air in microlights on Friday to search the Algarve coast in a gesture seen more as window dressing than a serious part of the so far fruitless investigation.
The general consensus among Luz residents is that Madeleine was taken from the area shortly after the kidnap. Just a short distance outside Luz is the motorway that connects Portugal with Spain, less than two hours away. Beyond the border are the southern Spanish ports that connect with North Africa.
The layout of the Ocean Club is unlike most Mark Warner resorts which are usually self-contained inside easily identifiable perimeters. Instead, it forms part of central Luz itself with unrestricted public access. Just in front of the McCanns' now shuttered apartment - they are staying at the expense of the Portuguese government in a nearby block - is a narrow alley with a wall topped with bushes. From there, it would have been easy to watch Gerry, a heart specialist, and Kate, a GP, make their way to the Ocean Club's restaurants at the far side of the swimming pool. If it was the McCanns' normal pattern to put their children to bed before stepping out in the knowledge that they would be back to check on their sleeping infants every 30 minutes, then that could have been observed over several days by anyone wanting to snatch a child.
Although the apartment faces on to the restaurant, it is separated by the pool, a high wall and hedge. The door is at the rear and opens out onto the public road. Whoever took Madeleine had up to half an hour to break into the apartment and take a sleeping child without much risk of being seen in the darkness. Within minutes, they could have been out of town and on the motorway to Faro. Madeleine's parents would have seen or heard nothing.
There was no sign of a struggle within the apartment, suggesting that Madeleine was either very sleepy or may have known who took her. Vital forensic evidence may have been lost in the frantic search that started moments after the parents discovered she was gone, shortly after 10pm.
The McCanns, on holiday with a group of friends, alerted the holiday company staff who immediately began a search of the town's almost deserted streets. Steve Bradford, the chef at the nearby Eclipse bar, who has lived on the Algarve for nine years and has a young family of his own, said: "I was standing outside the bar and remember it was a very cold and windy night. Hardly anyone was about."
As news spread that the little girl was missing, restaurants and bars emptied and Luz residents joined in the hunt. No trace of Madeleine was found despite extensive ground, air and sea searches of the area. The Portuguese police have had to endure criticism that they were simply not up to the job.
An e-fit of a potential suspect seen by a bar owner acting "suspiciously" was roundly ridiculed as an "egg with hair". One immigration policeman complained that even that had not been circulated to officers manning border crossings to Spain. Road checks have also been less that rigorous according to local expatriates. One woman with a three-year-old blonde daughter, travelling daily between the nearby towns of Port Imao and Lagos, said she had never been stopped. Another motorist said traffic police seemed more concerned about the state of his tyres.
Criticism of this kind has brought a furious response from senior Portuguese policeman who said many officers had given up their free time to join the searches and the country's top detectives had been summoned from Lisbon. Police Union Chief Armando Ferreira said: "We are not responsible for causing this situation. Children disappear in Britain who are never found."
Their case has not been helped by stifling Portuguese secrecy laws, dating back to the 19th century and aimed at preventing lynch mobs pursuing suspects, which stop police chiefs commenting on developments in an ongoing investigation. There have been repeated run-ins with a British media used to a much freer flow of information, particularly in cases of this type when publicity is normally viewed as one of the greatest weapons at the police's disposal.
British police sources say that if the crime had happened here, at this stage a new senior investigating officer would have been appointed to re-examine the case in its entirety.
One experienced former detective said: "This is not in any case a reflection on the initial inquiry or the way it was conducted or handled. It is something which has been used repeatedly over the years in the UK and it has resulted in many a breakthrough.
"All that happens is that the new senior investigating officer goes in and looks at every single aspect of the case. He or she may order people to be re-interviewed or alibis checked out again. It is just a case of a new pair of eyes possibly finding something that has previously been overlooked."
The detective added: "The most crucial time is the first 48 hours but it does seem that period of time was lost and that may prove absolutely crucial in this case."
Given the circumstances, the McCanns are bearing up remarkably well, in public at least. Every morning they have braved the mass ranks of cameras to take Sean and Amelie to the resort crche in the hope that their continued presence in Portugal will keep media pressure on the Portuguese authorities.
Late on Friday night they attended a "vigil of hope" at the seafront church, when around 300 Portuguese families, British ex-pats and tourists gathered to offer prayers for Madeleine's safe return. As she left, Kate McCann, biting back tears, was stopped by two elderly Portuguese ladies who thrust a lit candle into her hands. For more than 90 minutes they had stood outside the church using it to illuminate a picture of the little girl they had come to pray for.
After Friday night's vigil, mothers hurried home with sleeping children over their shoulders and clearly counting their blessings. "Do we believe Madeleine is alive?" the priest asked. "We have to have faith."


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McKinley County pinpointed in state audit
Commissioner's private company gets nearly $2 million in county contracts
The state auditor's office released a harsh audit on Monday, going after the public bidding and contract process in McKinley County.
Auditor Hector Balderas said county commissioner David Dallago's private company benefited to the tune of nearly $2 million dollars in county contract work since he became a commissioner in 2005.
"It isn't a fair playing field," said Balderas.
The auditor said about $500,000 dollars of the contract work is suspect, or wasn't awarded properly.
His office forwarded the investigation to the Gallup-area district attorney as well as the state attorney general.
Calls to Dallago through the county and to his private business have yet to be returned.
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"It is just a continuing effort to make our services and operation more efficient," said township spokesman Phil Swibinski. "It was a cost savings opportunity that the township identified and decided to pursue."
The announcement came after The Jersey Journal filed an Open Public Records Act request asking how many vehicles were assigned to township employees and how much it cost to fuel the vehicles.
Swibinski said the decision to cut back on the assigned vehicles was made before The Jersey Journal filed its public records request. Township officials said the yearly cost to taxpayers to fuel and maintain the 23 vehicles was $54,000.
Swibinski said the decision on the assignment of vehicles was made on "a case by case basis," but said generally they are people who "routinely respond to emergencies or other situations after official work hours and it was determined that their job responsibilities merit a vehicle."
The township provides gas for all the assigned vehicles.
Beginning Aug. 1, the nine employees who will now have to sign for their vehicles each
day and return them at the end of each work day are: the coordinator of special transportation, the supervisor of recreation, the clerk of the handicapped parking board, the crossing guard supervisor, the code official, the public health investigator, a recreation aide and a supervisor in the department of parks and recreation.
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• Commissioner Hugo Cabrera (2012 Chevy Tahoe)
• Commissioner Anthony Ferraro (2011 Buick Le Sabre)
• Commissioner Frank Gargiulo (2011 Buick Le Sabre)
• Commissioner Allen Pascual (2009 Chrysler Aspen)
• Police Chief Robert Dowd (2012 Chevy Tahoe)
• Deputy Police Chief Peter Fasilis (2012 Chevy Tahoe)
• Health Director Janet Castro (2012 Ford Explorer)
• Supervisor of Parks Joe Rotondi (2012 Ford Explorer)
• Superintendent of the Department of Public Works John Shaw (2012 Ford Explorer)
• Sacco Confidential Aide Anthony Vainieri (2012 Chevy Tahoe)
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Blackhawks' Bickell To Return Tonight Vs Wild
Bryan Bickell will return to the lineup tonight versus Minnesota, marking the first time he?ll suit up since Mar. 19. The burly power forward has missed the last six games with an upper-body injury but declared himself ?100 percent? to make his return on Thursday.
With Kane and Toews out, Bickell will have a chance for some extended minutes in the hopes of reviving what?s been a down year.
The 6-foot-4, 230-pounder had nine goals and 17 points in 23 postseason games en route to the Stanley Cup championship, scoring the game-tying goal just seconds before Dave Bolland?s winner in the Game 6 victory over Boston.
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Don't let the bullies shape school years
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THE happiest days of your life – or a stomach-churning daily hell on earth?
Both these statements can tell of many young people's school experience. Sometimes these diverse statements can each accurately reflect the experience of pupils walking the same school corridors, taking a similar range of subjects, and encountering a very similar team of teachers.
And the difference between those two polar opposite summations can all too often be the impact of the school bully or bullies.
Slowly, we have learnt the need to confront the issue of bullying at school. We have also learnt to see the issue in the round, and along the way we have found that the bully is frequently an inadequate young person, starved of love and attention and perversely seeking both by negative and damaging activity.
Today the Irish Independent brings you revealing research work by two psychologists at NUI Maynooth which shows how bullying has migrated into 'cyberspace'.
Texts, photo or video clips, mobile calls and emails, bring new opportunities for the bullies who have the bonus that they are harder to detect.
They further limit the victims' chance of respite out of school hours – and many students find cyber-bullying more pernicious than the traditional school yard bruiser or the caustic loudmouth.
Fears are augmented by the prospect of being shamed before a mass audience far beyond the school.
The research is additionally interesting because it has a largely rural base. It also highlights the role of female students in bullying.
There is also a note of hope in that bullying rates appear lower than in other jurisdictions, suggesting action could forestall further difficulties.
What happens to you at school can stay with you for decades – if not forever. School days can and do frame a whole life.
Let us do everything possible to ensure that it is not the school bully – increasingly known as the cyber-bully – who is central to the school experience.
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When all the baggage just ain't as heavyMagda Pecsenye
Jesus died for our sins. Not to give us a free pass, not so we can keep being assholes on purpose, but so that the bad things we do don't rule us. There is more to each and every one of us than our sins, and Jesus came and lived on earth and then died a super-painful death to pay the price for our sins so we could be worth who we really are.
This I've known for years. It almost makes Easter anticlimactic. It feels like blasphemy to type it, but if paying the price for our sins is the whole point–if that's what allows for grace–then why does Easter matter anyway?
For the past few months I've been nearly obsessed with the Drake/Rihanna song "Take Care." (I know other people like the Florence and the Machine version better, but there's something bleak and spare about the Drake version that sucks me in.) It just won't leave my head, and I find myself singing it at all odd times, like this morning. The Drake line in the song that keeps hitting me hardest is the first part of the first verse:
I've asked about you and they've told me things
But my mind didn't change.
I still feel the same.
What's a life without fun? Please don't be so ashamed.
I've had mine; you've had yours.
We both know, we know.
I know that I'm supposed to feel joyful at Easter. But it's always made me feel more lucky and grateful than purely joyful. Easter can't happen without Good Friday, and rising doesn't make sense unless something utterly horrible happened three days earlier.
Love has conquered death, but death makes love that much sweeter.
"Take Care" starts with Rihanna singing:
I know you've been hurt by someone else.
I can tell by the way your carry yourself.
If you let me, here's what I'll do:
I'll take care of you.
I know there are a lot of ways those lyrics could be read, but the way Rihanna sings them sounds, to me, like an offering. Like she sees his pain and knows that she can help, so she will. Not because she has to, but because she chooses to. It's her Magnificat.
Jesus' rising at Easter doesn't ask us to do anything. But maybe it lets us see other people instead of just our own pain.
Jesus' death paid for our sins, but what if Easter gives us permission not only to forgive others, but to love them, for real? What if we get to choose to accept someone freely, despite all their scars, because Jesus is alive? What if we could hear everything about a person, about how they've hurt and been hurt, and still take care of them if they'll let us?
St. Teresa of Avila said, "Christ has no body but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours." Easter frees us from everything bad–our sins, others' sins, even the power of death–to take care and be taken care of by those hands and feet.
Let's take care of each other.
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Six years ago today, long lines and plenty of media attention greeted the Apple iPhone as it was launched; the original generation of the device carried specs that certainly wouldn't live up to today's models. The 3.5 inch screen offered resolution of 320 x 480, and a pixel density of 165ppi, a far cry from today's Retina display...
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1. DANTExphone888 (Posts: 102; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
6yrs, 6th generations of IPhones.
4. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 13049; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
6 years of greatness.
10. ilia1986 (unregistered)
Actually just 2.5. Anything after the 3G, excluding the iPhone 4 retina display just wasn't that innovative (No, Siri doesn't count as Apple BOUGHT it practically and didn't invent it themselves).
38. darkkjedii (Posts: 21322; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Nope 6 years of greatness is right. You may not think so, and that's your opinion, but the stats speak for themselves. No need to hate dude.
49. ilia1986 (unregistered)
Stats? What stats? Perhaps you mean that geekbench score which determined the iPhone 5as the slowest smartphone? :D
53. darkkjedii (Posts: 21322; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
No I meant the huge sales, and high customer satisfaction rate. You may hate apple, and who cares if you do, but while you sit on the couch and complain on PA...Apple is busy being a huge successful business. The hell with geekbench who cares other than fanboys like you dude?
74. ilia1986 (unregistered)
lol why should I complain actually? Apple is getting hammered left and right, and I just enjoy the show. Who cares about sales and satisfaction rates when a person who has a bit of a technical background, can buy a good Android phone, root it, install a custom rom on it (liquidsmooth for example :)) and have his phone behave EXACTLY down to the tiniest detail the way he or she wants.
I got a galalxy S3 (2012 phone) running Liquidsmooth 2.7 Android 4.2.2. It can do almost anything: From the lockscreen, I now get all the lockscreen widgets immediately expanded upon waking the phone, so I can scroll through them easily. Wanna access my lockscreen ring - I just tap on it. I can also hold it in its previous state to unlock the phone. Below it I got the Navbar. I swipe from the navbar up, and can change my ring mode from vibrate\mute\normal.
Below that I got the 3 normal GS3 buttons. Well the home button unlocks my phone but you'd think that's about it, right? WRONG. I set my long press menu button to enable\disable the torch light, my long press home button to change my ring mode as well, just because I can, and my long press back button to instantly launch the camera.
All this from the LOCK SCREEN.
But wait, it gets better. My home button also acts as a screen off button, so 1 press of it wakes the phone, another unlocks it, and another locks it back on!! Also, with my phone unlocked, I set a long press on the menu button to launch a widget viewfinder which instantly brings me a Google Keep note widget. A long press on the back button leads to a shortcut to a folder I made which includes shortcuts to the torch light, the camera, waze and Google music ID. In addition the folder includes 4 shortcuts to 'popup widgets' - shirtcuts upon pressing which a widget of your choice comes up instantly. So this above mentioned folder appears ANYWHERE I want it to appear regardless of in which app I am - and I can instantly popup my calendar widget, my calculator widget, my fav weather widget, etc.
But it gets even better. With a feature called HALO, I have a little orb in my corner which lights up when there is a notification coming, and when I click on the orb, a mini FULLY FUNCTIONAL version of the app which made the notification appears, and I can quickly respond to it, while anything I was doing before that gets paused.
That's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the actual possibilities of what this thing can do.
So high satisfaction ratings? Screw them. I got my phone working PRECISELY the way I want. How many iPhone users can ever say that?
75. darkkjedii (Posts: 21322; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
To that I simply say; who the hell cares. Enjoy your phone, and trust when I'm banking on my Iphone, recording my sons games on my iPhone, taking pics, YouTubing, gaming, reading, enjoying the web, or whatever it is I'm doing. I don't think about you, geekbench, or the speed of the persons android that's next to me. You wrote all that for nothing. Who the F** cares what your phone can do other than you dude? You've become am fanboyish idiot since you left iOS for android...enjoy your phone "I got my phone working PRECISELY the way I want. How many iPhone users can ever say that". Well all of them if their phones work according to how they want them to. I can't believe how dumb of a statement that was...later dude lol gee wiz
77. ilia1986 (unregistered)
lol denial will bring you nothing. If everyone's tastes were exactly alike - we would all be wearing clothes of the same style and color. We don't. So yes - having something you use very often behave exactly like you want to - is a very major issue.
79. darkkjedii (Posts: 21322; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Bye dude go geekbench your phone, and let me know the scores. You've become pathetic
80. ilia1986 (unregistered)
And you have become increasingly ignorant. Have a nice day. :)
82. darkkjedii (Posts: 21322; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Dude I'm not your enemy, nor do I dislike you so I apologize for any arrogance. I simply remember you being about choice, and people enjoying what they like ilia. Not everyone want android, or iOS, choice right? You've sat here and explained all this stuff your phone can do, and that's great, but dude I don't need all that. I have a note 2 also, and it's not even rooted...why? Cuz it works for me as is, and so does my Iphone. Sorry for the arrogance, enjoy your device. The s3 is a top notch phone no argument from me on that one, and enjoy your day as well. It's my birthday tomorrow, but since its a work day I'm celebrating it with my fiancé today. Headed to see White House down. Be cool dude.
83. darkkjedii (Posts: 21322; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
No disrespect intended just teasing. Sometime we "myself included" get too tightly wound about this trivial tech stuff. Cool?
85. ilia1986 (unregistered)
Sure man, happy birthday. :) My point wasn't that the iPhone is unsuitable for anyone or other unrooted android devices were unsuited for everyone. Obviously people who like simplicity and aren't tech-savvy might want to buy the iPhone (although given the latest incarnation of iOS that's debatable as well).
My point was that just because a smartphone has high satisfaction ratings and huge sales doesn't mean that it's good. It might be good for someone, but it doesn't mean it's good for YOU! NO ONE should buy a product such as a smartphone m. ely based on customer satisfaction and sales without being aware of all of its advantages and disadvantages vs the competition.
Now supposedly you realize that the iPhone doesn't quite match your desires and demands from a smartphone. What do you do about it? Well you can compromise and buy it, or buy a WP8 device, or even buy an Android phone and remain on stock firmware but if you are like me - you won't compromise. You will get a good Android phone, you will root it, you will install a custom ROM on it and you will tweak its guts until you get the exact setup that you want, to get the best experience for you, so you can get the best value for your hard-earned money.
76. darkkjedii (Posts: 21322; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
LMAOOOOO PS. you should try getting laid sometime, and stop spending so much time customizing your phone, and running geekbench. Dude you have issues man lol.
15. fanboy1974 (Posts: 1345; Member since: 12 Nov 2011)
I only count the Steve Jobs years. The last 2 iPhones were weak and predictable. Today the iPhone 5 is a midrange device in 2nd place.
17. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 13049; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
A midrange device with better benchmark scores than the likes of the S3? The iPhone is better optimized than any Android phone so it will feel much snappier than a monster phone will.
20. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
Yet is still does nothing new. Oh I forgot, MMS made it a couple years ago right? Talk about innovation.
I love my iPad, but this thing gets boring as heck. So much so, I only use it to browse the web and watching Netflix.
63. number29 (Posts: 185; Member since: 25 Jan 2013)
Ah, so you use it for the things it was intended for? Shock horror!
78. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
Well it would be nice to have some customization. The keyboard sucks no matter what fans say, so writing on it isn't that great. All the things I really wanted it for are best handled by my phone. There's your shocker, lol!
24. tedkord (Posts: 11700; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
Barely faster than the S3, creamed by the S4 (and HTC One, and Note 2, and Nexus 4, and Z-10...)
30. WHoyton1 (Posts: 1635; Member since: 21 Feb 2013)
Who actually is thumbing this guy up......
32. vandroid (Posts: 328; Member since: 04 Sep 2012)
The better optimization is false the iPhone 5 is laggy and has frozen on me a lot
35. ITEngineer (Posts: 54; Member since: 26 Mar 2013)
that is utter horse s@@t.
My wife's iphone 4 lags as hell.
39. darkkjedii (Posts: 21322; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Mxy let em hate, while you enjoy your device.
50. Dorothy69 (banned) (Posts: 498; Member since: 21 May 2013)
na-na-na-na-naaaaaaa .......
52. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 13049; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
I agree. No one wants to talk about the S4 lagging.
54. darkkjedii (Posts: 21322; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Nope they don't lol, but it does. It's an electronic device like any other, and does falter.
68. jacko1977 (Posts: 428; Member since: 11 Feb 2012)
lag i dont get lag who ever said that is f.o.s
41. fanboy1974 (Posts: 1345; Member since: 12 Nov 2011)
The S3??? The S4 and HTC One has made the iPhone 5 midrange. And actually I made a mistake; it's more like 4th place by today's standards.
Apple won't have an answer for these phones for another 3 months. And the 5s won't have enough to even surpass them. Apple is no longer a leader; their followers.
60. darkkjedii (Posts: 21322; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
K I'm sure apple thanx you for your input. Also you sound like the typical android follower with this kind of commenting. Think about it dude...
61. rawbow (Posts: 428; Member since: 30 Mar 2012)
Apple is good in laptops, desktops and tablets I'd add.. For phone I'd say.. It was a good device and a game changer.. Right now iOS, although being a beautiful OS, doubles as a fancy cage. Android may not be anything iOS is, but the freedom's worth it. The "options" that Apple implies confuses customers is what freedom is all about. Apart from that.. Happy birthday iPhone and Steve Jobs is certainly missed
67. jacko1977 (Posts: 428; Member since: 11 Feb 2012)
keep telling yourself that
21. Trex95 (Posts: 905; Member since: 03 Mar 2013)
Midrange and it's faster than fastest Android phone Lol.
23. tedkord (Posts: 11700; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
You don't keep up with the news, do you?
27. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
It's only half as fast as the GS4 technically.
59. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
The iph5s will also be midrange
42. ajac09 (Posts: 1481; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
6 years of garbage
44. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
You forgot 2 years bof Patnet Trolling in that 6.
26. Shubham412302 (Posts: 431; Member since: 09 Nov 2011)
everything now changes with new version of iPhone is 2x cpu and 2x gpu performance.
this is a compulsory comment that the one introducing the new iphone gives
34. amiaq (Posts: 509; Member since: 30 Jun 2012)
My God! you haven't age a day!!! Literally, you're still in your infancy, skimpy in features. Where as others has GROWN UP!!
84. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)
and 6 generations of SuiCiDe ....... lol
(actually, death is tragic even when preciPiTated by a semi-smartphone!)
2. jonartpop (Posts: 182; Member since: 25 Oct 2012)
Happy bday Apple iPhone. More innovation and less price pls :p
3. PermanentHiatus (Posts: 267; Member since: 22 Jun 2012)
Happy anniversary.
The original iPhone was definitely innovative.
Keyword "was" innovative.
5. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 13049; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
iPhone is still innovative and will always be innovative.
8. Hammerfest (Posts: 383; Member since: 12 May 2012)
your just mad they removed the thumbs down...
I know it was your best friend, but like the iPhone, its time has passed.
16. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 13049; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
I never cared about being thumbed down. I will continue to comment as I did before regardless whether the rating system is there or not.
iPhone time has not passed and it never will.
40. darkkjedii (Posts: 21322; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
That's something I've always respected about you. You hold your ground, and speak your mind and in tech you usually right. +1 Mxy.
69. jacko1977 (Posts: 428; Member since: 11 Feb 2012)
i think it as
25. tedkord (Posts: 11700; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
Unfortunately, all the innovation in iOS7 is copied from others.
33. plary122 (Posts: 33; Member since: 11 Apr 2012)
stop saying that ios7 copy android ... they have nothing similar
55. tedkord (Posts: 11700; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
I didn't say it copied Android. But every new feature announced for iOS7 is copied from other smartphone OSes. Every single one.
And Android already had all of them except parallax, which is nothing more than a gimmick.
57. tedkord (Posts: 11700; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
I didn't say it copied Android. But every new feature announced for iOS7 is copied from other smartphone OSes. Every single one.
And Android already had all of them except parallax, which is nothing more than a gimmick.
28. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
That's debatable. Name one thing that was innovative about the iPhone 5 that other OS's didn't have.
37. plary122 (Posts: 33; Member since: 11 Apr 2012)
optimized lag-free os
rich media content
easy to use
siri - yes, gog now is faster and cleaner but siri actually has more functionality and you can play with it
Here are some hardware innovations:
reversible connector
3 microphones
Sapphire Crystal
thin and light
the earpods :) (i love them)
43. ajac09 (Posts: 1481; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
cloud based has been around for a long time before apple decided they invited it
so was palm OS among others so what? The OS isnt as functional as android
so are blackberry windows and android (and windows and black berry plam and others before)
easy to use but less functionaliry then others
not very functional for most people and most people dont even use it anymore
3 microphones because it took 3 to hear anybody..
not worth it
so are tons of phones
never used an HTC or samsung phone back in the day they had some amazing ones and the HTC ones that come with beats are some of the best if not THE best you can get for free
6 years and nothing special
51. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
There are many cloud services that came before iCloud
Lag? Where? I don't see any on my phone.
Apple does have a very good media ecosystem, but I was asking for things about the iPhone 5 specifically.
Any phone is easy to use.
Siri is slower and less accurate at detecting your voice, and Google Now is smarter. It was introduced in the iPhone 4S, not the 5 like I was asking.
I'm sure there were reversible connectors before Lightning. Also, I wouldn't call it innovation because it made all accessories before the iPhone 5 obsolete and everyone had to buy new ones, it was more inconvenient.
The Lumia 920 had triple HDR microphones, nothing new.
Sapphire crystal? You mean the camera lens? All that did was make it thinner. It serves no purpose other than that. Nothing special.
There are other much more thin and light devices out there, and some people actually prefer their devices to have a bit of heft, it makes the phone feel substantial and well built.
Earpods are pretty terrible. Other much better head phones have designs similar to earpods, in which they directly produce sound into your ear.
71. jacko1977 (Posts: 428; Member since: 11 Feb 2012)
thieving is not innovative
19. oldmandaddy (Posts: 64; Member since: 01 May 2010)
but it is too bad on At&t network
6. aayupanday (Posts: 574; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
Yet it looks the same as it did 6 yrs ago...


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I think we smell like pure, unadulterated awesome.
Way back in the day when I was a vegetarian, I remember reading this multiple times in the vegetarian literature: Meat-eaters smell bad because of toxins, etc. I wanted to believe it at the time because it played to my sense of superiority (I was just a teenager, so plenty guillible).
I also encountered this concept in an old (1980s?) book written by the Japanologist Jack Seward that claimed that the Japanese think foreigners smell bad due to their heavy meat consumption.
This claim by vegetarians was briefly mentioned in Robb Wolf's most recent podcast, but just in a joking manner. Is there anything to this? I've never encountered what I considered to be a diet-based body odor beyond the usual offenders: garlic, curry, etc.
There was a Czech study that attempted to test the perceived attractiveness of male meat-eaters vs vegetarians based on scent. Like most studies about "meat-eaters," it's not truly testing a meat-based diet - it's testing a diet that includes meat (and probably a ton of grains, etc.). Moreover, it's known that in issues of attraction, there tends to be a large difference between what people self-report they're attracted to, and what people actually are attracted to.
Here is a write-up of the study (note the pic of the author in the upper-right - probably not the most pleasant-smelling guy himself).
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I think we smell like pure, unadulterated awesome.
Go stand near a vegetarian and wait until they fart, then tell me meat-eaters smell bad
i smell like coconut dark chocolate mint protein
i mean no harm in being a smart a*& however, i once read that smoking helps keep you skinny LOL
It's quite possible that the meat products that the meat-eaters ate made them smell bad. I know that when I used to eat commercial sausage, my system would go haywire. I mean, I had serious problems with pork sausage. It's also possible that eating any kind of meat produces, say, a "gamy" odor that some people would find offensive. There are some people who hate the smell of sweat, some people who are indifferent, and some who love it. But Americans and Canadians, in general, dislike natural odors and prefer synthetic scents, which is why laundy soap and other commercial soap is dosed with artificial scents.
Ditto the point about flatus. I never farted more than when I ate sprouted wheat special vegetarian bread. Went on all day. Grain-based breakfast cereals, oatmeal, broccoli, peppers, dairy -- most of the fave vegetarian food groups make me stink.
Ditto on the now seldom and less-offensive smelling farts!
I'm going VLC for weight loss, and I'm pretty sure I smell worse now than I used to due to ketosis. All my bodily fluids are filled with acetone now.


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Apart from the red, red robin coming bob, bob, bobbing along, one sure sign of spring in Michigan is the annual release of Bell's Oberon Ale, by far the brewery's most popular beer. And nobody celebrates the occasion quite like Ann Arbor. But Oberon Day is just one of many cool things going on as the weather warms up (fingers crossed). Let's take a look ahead, shall we?
Thursday, March 20
>> Sausage and beer: a match made in heaven. But how much is too much? Come to the Wurst Bar, 705 W. Cross, Ypsilanti, at 7:30 p.m. and see if you can find out at the Wurst Challenge, where several intrepid souls will attempt ingest a 20-foot bratwurst to benefit FLY Children's Art Center. Each would-be sausage slayer, including Ypsi mayor Paul Schreiber, is raising money through pledges and the Wurst Bar is donating 10 cents to FLY for every inch of meat chowed down. Perhaps of most interest to readers of this column: New Holland Brewing has kicked in a keg of something special for the event. Read more about it here.
Sunday March 23
>> Ashley's, 338 S. State, knows you're desperate to get your taste buds on "summer in a glass" so they're hosting a Midnight Oberon Release Party. Get there around 10 p.m. and put your name in to be crowned King or Queen Oberon (the royal drawing will take place at 11:15). There will be plenty of Bell's popular seasonal beer to go around, and brewery rep Erica will be there to hand out cool Bell's goodies, count down to midnight, and lead everyone in a toast to the new season!
Monday, March 24
>> It's been going on long enough now I feel like we can call it a tradition. Tell the boss you can't come in to work due to a bad case of cabin fever and join the Bell's team and assorted other characters for the Downtown Ann Arbor Oberon Pub Crawl. Warm up at Fraser's, 2045 Packard, beginning at 11 a.m., then follow the sun to NeoPapalis (12:30 p.m.), Cottage Inn (1:15), Bar Louie (2:00), Old Town Tavern (2:45), The Arena (3:45), Bill's Beer Garden (5:00), Sava's (5:45), Red Hawk (6:45), and Ashley's (7:30). This being a pub crawl, all times are approximate.
Tuesday, March 25
>> The bourbon barrel aged beer craze shows no signs of stopping, and at 6 p.m. it's pulling into Ashley's, 338 S. State, with 11 different barrel aged brews tapping at once. Check out this lineup: Arcadia Loch Down Scotch Ale and Deliverance Brown Ale, Bell's Black Note Stout, Dark Horse Plead the 5th Imperial Stout, Founders Backwoods Bastard Scotch Ale and Doom Imperial IPA, New Holland Dragon's Milk Imperial Stout, North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout, and Short's Huma Lupa Licious IPA, The Magician Red Ale, and The Wizard Barleywine. Roll out the barrels!
>> Another sign of spring can be found down at Arbor Brewing, 114 E. Washington, during the Strawberry Blonde Ale release party from 6-7 p.m. Enjoy samples of the first fruit of the season along with light snacks for $10, or gratis if you're a Mug Club member.
Wednesday, March 26
>> Get over to the Arbor Brewing Microbrewery, 720 Norris, Ypsilanti, and help them drain some more Rat Fest leftover beers. At 6 p.m., four selections brewed by the splinter group Guild Brewers of Ann Arbor go on tap: I Can't Believe It's Not Bacon Baltic Porter, Hoppy Doppy IPA Belgian Lager, To-Wit-Too-W00t! Witbier, and Son of AABGBBBW (Ann Arbor Brewers Guild Bourbon Barrel Barleywine). Growler fills available after 9 p.m., if anything's left.
>> The latest Made in Michigan beer dinner at Karl's Cabin, 6005 Gotfredson Rd., Plymouth, commences at 6 p.m. and features five courses from local purveyors paired perfectly with beers from Founders Brewing, including Red's Rye PA, Dirty Bastard Scotch Ale, Backwoods Bastard Bourbon Barrel Aged Scotch Ale, Smoked Porter, and Imperial Stout. Tickets are $65 plus tax (tip is included); call 734-455-8450 for reservations. Find Karl's Cabin on Facebook to view the full menu.
Tuesday, April 1
>> Michigan Beer Happy Hour kicks off at 4 p.m. at Whole Foods Cranbrook, 990 W. Eisenhower, with a lineup of beers from the pride of Marshall, Michigan: Dark Horse Brewing. Which ones? You know the answer. Go get some groceries and find out!
>> Beware the Ryeclops! Once thought to be mythological, this very real beast returns to the taps of the Arbor Microbrewery in Ypsilanti on a rampage of deliciousness. If you think you can tame this beast, by all means drop by from 6-7 p.m. for the release party. Enjoy glasses of the high-gravity, rye malt-spiced, and Simcoe-hopped monster along with snacks for $10 (free for Mug Clubbers). If you dare.
>> Party with a wild and crazy bunch of brewers during Brewer's Night at Grizzly Peak, 120 W. Washington, from 6-9 p.m. Grab some samplers, get a guided tour of the brewery, and enjoy a cask of something special put together just for the occasion.
>> The postponed Arcadia Ales beer dinner at Grange Kitchen & Bar, 118 W. Liberty, is on like a well known 1980s video game featuring an overgrown monkey. Chef Brandon Johns has designed five courses of delectable cuisine to pair with Sky High Rye Ale, Thunder Trail ESB, 17th Anniversary Ale, Shipwreck Porter, and Cereal Killer Barleywine, plus a welcome snack with Whitsun Ale. Tickets are $60 excluding tax and tip; buy online (and view the menu) at grangekitchenandbar.com or call 734-995-2107. Begins at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 2
>> Back at the Arbor Microbrewery in Ypsilanti, the last leftovers from Rat Fest go on tap at 6 p.m. Check out the four brews created by the crew at the Ugly Mug coffee shop just down the street: Dirty Cider Dubbel, King Konga IPA India Pale Ale, Tiramisu Obliterator Dopplebock, and Two Dads Sumatran Saison. Fill your growler up and take some home after 9.
Notes on the Napkin
You may have heard of Ypsilanti's Unity Vibration and their unique product, kombucha beer, a hybrid sort of beverage incorporating a traditional fermented style of tea with beer ingredients like hops. Last year, DRAFT magazine named their Bourbon Peach American Wild Ale one of the Top 25 Beers of 2013, and now husband and wife owners Rachel and Tarek Kanaan are looking to expand their production to keep up with demand. Read more about their plans here.
Returning to the Wolverine State Brewing taproom, 2019 W. Stadium, in April is Green Thumb Session IPL, a hoppy lager brewed with Scottish, British, and American malts and carefully balanced with citrusy American hops and German Noble hops. At 4.5% ABV, it has all the flavor but less of the buzz, making it ideal for enjoying over a long session in the warmer weather. Also coming up is a new brew, Daft & Dank India Pale Kellerbier, with American and Belgian malts hopped up with Falconer's Flight, Ahtanum, and Zythos hops. Perhaps most exciting is Wolverine's new cask program, where they will be periodically conditioning and serving beers out of two new firkins they've purchased for the purpose.
David Bardallis is a freelance writer and editor, blogger, bon vivant, and man about town. Visit "All the Brews Fit to Pint" at AnnArborBeer.com, follow @allthebrews on Twitter, or join the "All the Brews Fit to Pint" Facebook page. He is also the author of Ann Arbor Beer: A Hoppy History of Tree Town Brewing, available now. Email your beer-related thoughts to email@example.com.


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Omar Salazar's Nike Skateboarding signature shoe has been silent of late, perhaps the Norcal rider has been keeping a low profile camping out in the Sierra Nevada. Either way, he's outfitted by one of the up and coming outdoor companies as Poler Outdoor Stuff lends their touch to the resurrected Nike SB Omar Salazar LR. Poler's Salazar LR Quickstrike comes in Velvet Brown suede plus camouflage Swooshes, a look befitting a brand who "makes gear for people that are travelers." Take another look after the jump and stick with Sneaker News for word on a US release.
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Looks great. Nike is killing my wallet! Lol
maybe copin
this are almost the best skate shoes i tried so far, this shoe is rugged as comfortable! the lunarlon insole feels just as nice as STI
buy a half size smaller than usually.
goat skate shoes:
1.g code, its like they have a auto three flip mode or somethin!! so dope but a lil fragile tho
2.106 or laced
3.salazar lr
what do you think?
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Get an overview of this hotel3-star hotel, walk to Municipal Theater
Located in the heart of Sao Paulo, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Trackers and Municipal Theater. Sala Sao Paulo Concert Hall and Pinacoteca do Estado Museum are also within 15 minutes.
Hotel Features
This hotel features a restaurant, a fitness center, and valet parking. Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Additionally, a business center, meeting rooms, and concierge services are onsite.
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All 99 rooms offer free WiFi, minibars, and LCD TVs with cable channels. Room service, rainfall showerheads, and showers are among the other amenities available to guests.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Hotel ColumbiaRua dos Timbiras, 492 Republica Sao Paulo SP 01218-010
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. This 3-star property offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. 2 meeting rooms are available. This business-friendly hotel also offers a fitness center, multilingual staff, and concierge services. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
Hotel Columbia has designated areas for smoking.
- Concierge services
- Number of floors - 7
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Designated smoking areas
- Free WiFi
- Multilingual staff
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free breakfast
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 99
- Business center
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Luggage storage
- Meeting rooms
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Year Built 1975
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Free WiFi
- Rainfall showerhead
- Free cribs/infant beds
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Shower only
- Hair dryer (on request)
- Room service (limited hours)
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Cable TV service
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A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6 AM and 10 AM.
Hotel Columbia has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 1 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is noon
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- Pets not allowed (service dogs only)
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Only service animals are allowed
No rollaway/extra beds available
Optional extras
- Rollaway bed fee: BRL 45 per day
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- Columbia Hotel
- Columbia Sao Paulo
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Parents or a legal guardian traveling with children under 18 years must present the child's birth certificate and an identity card with photo (passport, for example) at the check-in. For international travels from Brazil, if just one of the parents is traveling with the child, she/he must present – in addition to the child's certificate of birth and identity card with photo – a letter authorizing the trip signed by the other parent with a notarial certification of signature. In case the parents or the legal guardian, as applicable, cannot or are unwilling to give this authorization, a judicial authorization is required. People who intend to travel to Brazil with children must consult with the Brazilian consulate before traveling for more information. Children 5 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.


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A low pressure weather system off the coast of Florida could develop into a tropical storm later this week and take a turn toward the Carolinas, according to a National Weather Service forecaster.
The National Hurricane Center issued a forecast Sunday, saying that the system has a 60 percent chance of developing into a tropical storm in the next 48 hours. There's an 80 percent chance the system will become a tropical storm by Friday, the center said in a nationally issued forecast.
The storm, according to the forecast, is expected to become more defined late Tuesday as it travels over Eastern Florida coastal waters. Tropical storms have sustained winds of 39 mph to 73 mph, and can bring several inches of rain.
The weather system is currently about 230 miles east of St. Augustine, Fla. Julie Packett, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Charleston, said the system is currently traveling south west toward the tip of Florida but that it's expected to take a northerly turn toward the Carolinas later this week.
Packett said current weather models are forecasting the storm will travel north parallel to the South Carolina coast. As of Sunday, the system was not predicted to make landfall in South Carolina, she said.
"Of course a lot can change over the next couple days," Packett said. "It's something to definitely keep a close eye on."
The tropical storm predictions are a departure from forecasts last week when Charleston National Weather Service Meteorologist Wendy Sellers said predictions weren't "calling for anything tropical."
The national Climate Prediction Center global hazards outlook also indicated that conditions wouldn't be conducive to a tropical storm for at least the next week.
If the system becomes a tropical storm, it will be the first tropical storm of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season which began on June 1. Should the storm be upgraded to a tropical storm it will be named Arthur.
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It's right around the corner. In just over a week from now, the rookies will report to the start training camp.
The NFL off-season is almost over and what an off-season it was for Gang Green.
Unless you've been sitting under a rock these past few months, you know that it's been an busy off-season for the Jets to say the least.
But that's over now and it's time to look forward to my favorite time of the year.
It's the end of July. Every die-hard NFL fan is excited to start the season and can't wait to see their team back in action.
There's new faces in camp, position battles and seemingly meaningless preseason games to the most casual NFL fans, but for those fans who bleed their team colors, this is the most anticipated time of the year.
Fans of all 32 teams actually believe in August that their team will win this year's Super Bowl.
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The Glendale Gateway Trust has written to Northumberland County Council expressing concern about the withdrawal of free transport for 16 to 19-year-old students.
The Wooler-based organisation is concerned that youngsters are obliged to be in education or training (if they haven't got jobs) but the only places they can do this are Berwick, Alnwick or even further afield.
This could cost families with two over-16s as much as £1,200 a year.
In a letter to council leader Grant Davey and the two opposition group leaders, GGT chairman Patsy Healey said: "Glendale in particular is a remote rural area, which means that travel distances are substantial.
"Increasingly, these opportunities have been concentrated outside our area, and often a very long way outside. We appreciate that funds will be made available for those on the lowest incomes, but many are on incomes only just above this level, so paying for travel will generate real hardship.
"We are working energetically to promote the local economy more generally through the Rural Growth Network.
"Hopefully, in the long run our efforts, in partnership with others, on improving training opportunities for young people in our area, will create a win-win situation, with lower transport costs for young people and a richer supply of workers and businesses in our local economy.
"A cut at this stage seems counterproductive to the long term prospects of our area.
"We very much hope you will re-consider the decision recently made."
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The Rolling Stones
Call it Rasty Rock. This new Stones LP is a combination of Caribbean-flavored raunchy, rhythmic and randy strains. It harks back to the Altamont era, when these perennial juvenile delinquents were sympathizing with Beelzebub. The opening cut, Undercover of the Night, cracks like a whip, with menacing lyrics both explicitly political ("100,000 disparos lost in the jails in South America") and phantasmagorical ("Down in the bars the girls are painted blue/Done up in lace, done up in rubber"). Fueled by the pounding of Bill Wyman's bassist instincts, this kind of rock 'n' roll could eat Flashdance for breakfast. The debauchery also includes She Was Hot, Tie You Up (The Pain of Love) and Pretty Beat Up. At 40, Jagger sounds half his age, and half his IQ, when he rambles on blithely about dismemberment in Too Much Blood. The production by Chris Kimsey, Jagger and Keith Richards is tight and inventive, while preserving the essential energy these 10 songs need to roll with the verbal punches. It's a brazen batch of tunes; no apologies are asked, none are given.
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December's release of SQL Developer 2.1 has a number of new bells and whistles. Two of the main new features are:
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"Solarize" campaigns are encouraging homes and businesses throughout the state to install solar – State will support another 31 "Solarize" campaigns set to begin this spring (Long Island, NY) Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that 900 solar projects are underway through 26 community "Solarize" campaigns across New York State. A component of the NY-Sun program and the Governor's..


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A Philadelphia Boy Scouts chapter is suing the city after officials ordered them to open their membership to gays, or pay 200,000 percent more in rent.
Philadelphia gave the Cradle of Liberty Council Boy Scouts Chapter until Saturday to adhere to a local "non-discrimination" rule. If they fail to comply, the building they lease would increase from $1 a year to $200,000 a year.
Scouts across the country do not accept leaders who are openly gay, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2000 that the group has the right to do so.
The Scouts responded on this past Friday with a federal lawsuit.
They accused the city of censorship, saying it provides free or discounted leases to Baptist and Catholic church groups that also limit membership.
Still, Philadelphia officials say they cannot provide subsidized rent to a group that discriminates.
"They're free to exercise their First Amendment rights," City Solicitor Shelley Smith said Tuesday. "What they're not free to do is get a benefit from the city while violating our policy."
Cradle of Liberty Council developed the nondiscrimination policy in 2003. But Boy Scouts said the changes went against their national rules barring homosexuals from membership.
In an effort to compromise, the Philadelphia chapter adopted a new policy.
"If (it's) working and there haven't been any problems, why can't (it) continue?" Cradle of Liberty Council spokesman Jeff Jubelirer wondered.
Philadelphia owns Beaux Arts headquarters, the current building in question, and the land beneath it. he Scouts claim they have put about $1.5 million in renovating the building and spend about $60,000 a year to maintain it.
They added that an increase in rent would force program cuts, and affect the nearly 70,000 children the chapter serves.
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68th Golden Globes: Best TV Actress and Actor Are Katey Sagal and Steve Buscemi
The first winner revealed at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards is Katey Sagal. The "Sons of Anarchy" star won over Kyra Sedgwick of "The Closer" and last year's winner Julianna Margulies of "The Good Wife" in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama.
"Thank you Hollywood Foreign Press," Seagal began her thank-you speech. "You have always been so sweet and kind to me. Thanks to all my cast and crew. Thanks to my manager of 30 years. OMG, this is wild. I have to thank the writers of 'Sons of Anarchy' its those words that keep us there."
French-German miniseries "Carlos" then claimed a victory in the Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, beating HBO's three nominees including "The Pacific". However, the cable compensated the loss in the next category which is Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama. Steve Buscemi is lauded for his portrayal of corrupt Atlantic City politician Enoch "Nucky" Thompson in "Boardwalk Empire".
"First of all I have to thank table 114. You guys are a lot of fun. I want to thank everybody at HBO for the tremendous support you have given to this show. I hope we do it for years and years and years. It's saying 'please wrap up already?'," the actor joked. "I want to say to Tootie my nephew, he's 4, and he left me a message, 'Uncle Steven wish me luck!' "
Before Buscemi got on stage, "Glee" star Chris Colfer received his first Golden Globe from Garrett Hedlund and Leighton Meester for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.
"I think I just dropped my heart between Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore!," the gleeful actor said. "I can't believe this. I have to thank Ryan Murphy for being my fairy godfather. Most importantly to all the amazing kids who watch our show and the kids who are told no or who are told they can't be who they are. Screw those kids!"
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You guys are the experts but after some research I am still a little confused about various makes of model aircraft.
I currently have two Gemini Jets VS model aircraft; one G-VSHY A346 and the other V-VXLG B744. I bought an A330 (G-VSXY) but it's not the same make - Gemini. The A330 is a little odd in it's detail and colour. I'm not sure what make it is but the code is FCJC4VIR306.
Are Pheonix and Gemini the same make or style?
Below are links to what I have.
Below is an ad on ebay for a "Phoenix/Gemini" model so I assume they are the same?
It looks a little different from the unknown A330 I have in that the wings are flush with the body as opposed to two pieces.
Can anyone confirm?
Also, this has been advertised as Phoenix.
Does this mean it will match that of the A330 above and since the A330 is a "Phoenix/Gemini", will match my A346 and B744?
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Call or contact centers are run according to numbers, most of them related to the efficiency of the operation: average queue lengths, number of calls handled, average call-handling time, agent occupancy rates and others. My research into agent performance management highlighted the paradox that despite many companies' claim that the most important driver in their contact center is to improve customer satisfaction, customer satisfaction scores are only the sixth-most important performance metric.
My experience and the research I have completed over the last five years show that this simplistic approach to contact center performance management leaves companies in danger of producing bad experiences for customers and high turnover of agents. Instead, I believe that they should think of contact center performance management in terms of three parts: operational insight, agent performance and customer intelligence. I'll explain the basics of each.
Operational insight focuses on understanding and improving operational performance and thus is largely about efficiency – in the contact center, that includes making sure the voice and data networks are performing to service level agreements (SLAs) and making the correct profiles of agents available to match expected inbound call patterns. It complicates issues that everything happens in real time, and in response mature companies have implemented operational business intelligence systems that can extract data from the required sources, such as automatic call distribution (ACD), data networks and agent status records, in real time and present operational managers not just with reports and analysis but also alerts when key metrics fall outside set boundaries.
Agent performance focuses on how well agents handle interactions and therefore is not just about efficiency but also effectiveness – how to achieve the highest percentage of expected outcomes from different call types. Mature companies take an integrated approach to agent quality management, agent workforce management (creating and monitoring agent work schedules), training and coaching to ensure best practices are shared by everyone who handles interactions, and reward management so the people who achieve the best outcomes get rewarded most. An integrated approach includes integrating data from multiple sources to get the full picture of how agents are performing. The most mature companies extend their examinations to sources such as desktop usage (using desktop analytics), call recordings (using speech analytics) and the content of activities such as customer surveys (using text analytics).
Arguably the most important insights come from customer intelligence, often called the 360-degree view of the customer. It reveals the outcomes of how centers and individuals are handing customer interactions and the quality of experience they are providing to customers. This is the most complex type of intelligence; to produce it requires everything from operational insight and agent performance, plus sources such as social media sites. Customer intelligence also is required in multiple forms and has to be produced at various speeds, for example, in real time for agents to resolve customer issues during interactions or in the longer term as analysis to help improve interaction-handling processes and provide customer segments with differentiated service.
Overall the key to improving contact center performance is to address all three aspects of it and to emphasize effectiveness over efficiency. This holistic approach should be coupled with an extension of the key performance metrics the company uses to monitor and assess interaction-handling performance, and that in turn will require companies to invest in some of the new contact center-focused analytics products that are available.If you are trying to address your contact center analytics, I encourage you to participate in our latest benchmark research. What you learn from the results can help drive improvement in your organization.Take Contact Center Analytics Benchmark Survey.
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