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PHILADELPHIA -- The New Jersey Devils were not ready to make an exit out of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Now the Eastern Conference finals are moving back up the New Jersey Turnpike for Game 6 as Jason Arnott, Bobby Holik, Petr Sykora and Patrik Elias scored for the Devils in a 4-1 victory Monday night over the Philadelphia Flyers.
The Flyers still lead 3-2 in the best-of-seven series that continues Wednesday night at Continental Airlines Arena. Game 7, if necessary, would be Friday in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, which won three straight after dropping the series opener, might have star center Eric Lindros back by then. Lindros, who has had two concussions in the past three months, was cleared by his doctor Monday to resume full team practices.
Thirteen teams have rallied from 3-1 deficits to win a series, but never in a conference final. That does not include two teams which came back from 3-0 to win. The Flyers are 14-1 in series in which they have taken a 3-1 lead.
The road team has won each game in this series except for Game 2 when the Flyers got even. Philadelphia, 6-1 in road playoff games this season, is only 5-4 at the First Union Center.
It was only the second time in franchise history that the Devils avoided elimination on the road. New Jersey won Game 7 of the division finals at Washington in 1988.
Martin Brodeur, who was not sharp in the previous two losses, looked much better and made 20 saves for his 10th playoff victory this season. The Flyers had 21 shots for the third straight game, matching their playoff low.
New Jersey center Sergei Nemchinov left with 3:02 gone in the second period after he was bloodied by a check from John LeClair. Nemchinov took 40 stitches to the left side of his head after striking the glass near the penalty box and then was rammed into a metal partition holding it in place.
The Devils responded to the screaming done by coach Larry Robinson following their 3-1 loss at home in Game 4 when they allowed two goals in the third period.
New Jersey came out fast and hard and grabbed a 1-0 lead when Arnott scored his fourth playoff goal 10:25 in, with two seconds remaining on a power play. Holik made it 2-0 just 4:50 later.
Vladimir Malakhov fired a shot that Flyers goalie Brian Boucher stopped with his pad. The rebound came out to Holik, who put it past Boucher who was sprawled out on the ice.
Holik, who took four shots in the first period, scored his third goal of the playoffs -- all in this series. Prior to scoring in Game 1, Holik went 28 playoff games without a goal dating to 1997.
New Jersey dominated play throughout the period, finishing with a 14-6 shots advantage and didn't waste any time stretching the lead to 3-0 in the second when Sykora scored his sixth goal.
Elias' pass attempt to Sykora was blocked by Flyers defenseman Luke Richardson. Elias got it back and moved it to Sykora, who put a shot behind Boucher at 1:47.
The Flyers got on the board with 4:15 left in the second on Valeri Zelepukin's first goal. The goal was the first the Devils allowed this series in nine short-handed situations. It snapped New Jersey's streak of 32 straight penalty kills dating to the last round against Toronto.
The goal came when Brodeur swung the puck around the boards behind his net. Mark Recchi intercepted and passed out in front to Zelepukin. Brodeur went down, scrambling to get back into position as Zelepukin skated deftly around him and tucked the puck into the lower right corner of the net.
Elias put the game away 54 seconds into the third with his fifth goal. After a giveaway in neutral ice, Elias skated in and beat Boucher between the pads with a backhander. The Flyers rookie goalie stopped 26 saves.
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Susan Tompor: Time to get 'paranoid' about credit, debit card breaches
Mike Rosinski, 51, doesn't really know how a string of fraudulent charges ranging from as little as $3.19 for some odd outfit in Missouri to $434.10 at a Fry's Electronics in another state ended up hitting his Visa credit card in mid-April.
Maybe, he speculated that it was when a parking lot attendant took his credit card, claimed it wasn't going through and then said he could park for free? Maybe it was somehow related to getting hacked in the Target incident late in 2013, but that seems doubtful, as he was already issued a new card after that one.
Either way, Rosinski, who lives in Hartland, Mich., says he thinks consumers really need to pay attention to their statements and charges. He checks his balances regularly, but his wife got an automated call from the card issuer about the suspect activity. He followed up directly with the card issuer, who yes, is going to send him yet another new credit card number.
Like many consumers who just don't want to deal with any more of the hassles of getting a new card number, Rosinski just wishes more could be done to stop the crooks before they make those charges. Sure, he's pleased that the issuer had a system to spot the fraud quickly, but what about some added security to put a stop to the hacking?
Are we seeing more fraud charges, or are we simply more aware that fraudsters are working overtime to get our credit card or debit card information? It could be a little bit of both, experts say. Fraud might be on the rise in part lately because there have been so many significant security breaches, said Adam Levin, chairman and cofounder of Identity Theft 911.
A security breach took place at Michaels Stores and its subsidiary Aaron Brothers. The breach occurred between May 8, 2013, and Jan. 27, 2014, at Michaels Stores and may have hit 2.6 million consumers or 7 percent of transactions during that time. At Aaron Brothers, the breach took place between June 26, 2013, and Feb. 27, 2014, and may have hit 400,000 consumers.
Industry experts say there are many ways someone's card information can be compromised -- ranging from a rogue employee using a skimming device, to a consumer responding to phishing emails, to malware installed at a point-of-sale system at a store. Cyber-attacks can be very sophisticated and criminals often are out of the country.
Some other scams involve what's known as "micropayment fraud schemes" that charge your card repeatedly for small amounts for rogue Internet pharmacies, fake anti-virus software, jewelry or handbag buying clubs, and online gambling.
The breaches have spurred a push for anti-fraud technology and expanded use of microchip cards that offer more security than magnetic stripes. Target said that next year it will issue chip-and-pin cards for its Redcard branded credit and debit cards.
Right now, though, the flurry of breaches and anecdotal information on fraudulent charges should make everyone more cautious and more willing to spend time going online daily or weekly to track charges on an account.
"The most important action a consumer can do is monitor their account closely," said Teresa Thornton, senior vice president and director of fraud services for Comerica Bank.
Beverly Harzog, a credit card expert and author of "Confessions of a Credit Junkie," said consumers should not just wait for statements. They should also track their card activity online or through mobile banking as often as they can. By law, credit card victims can only be responsible for up to $50 but many card issuers have zero liability in the event of fraud.
Banks also offer mobile alerts that consumers can set up to alert them to specific types of account activity, including debit card transactions.
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This may get real ugly (Marketwatch) 3 commentsMay 19, 2010 1:41 PM
Dan Sullivan, editor of two investment advisory services -- The Chartist and the Chartist Mutual Fund Letter -- emailed clients last night that he was changing his recommendation from being 100% invested in equities to being completely in cash.
This move should give bulls pause, given Sullivan's track record: He has done an outstanding job of timing the stock market over the past three years. He got out of stocks early in the 2007-2009 bear market for example -- in January 2008, in fact.
And he got back into stocks soon after the bull market began (in April 2009), and -- except for one brief retreat to cash in the summer of 2009 -- has remained steadfastly bullish ever since.
Until today.
In going to cash, Sullivan joins Richard Russell, editor of Dow Theory Letters, who also is firmly in the bearish camp. This past weekend, Russell sent to his clients an unusually apocalyptic message:
"Do your friends a favor. Tell them to 'batten down the hatches' because there's a HARD RAIN coming. Tell them to get out of debt and sell anything they can sell (and don't need) in order to get liquid. Tell them that Richard Russell says that by the end of this year they won't recognize the country."
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Thanks for the reference to Dan Sullivan and his view.
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NEW YORK — Martha Brady has joined Puig as president of Puig USA and general manager of Puig North American Beauty, following the resignation of Kathy Cullin, who has been at the helm of American operations since 1998.
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"Kathy Cullin has decided to resign from the group," according to an internal statement issued by Manuel Puig, president of Puig's Prestige Beauty Brands Division. "I would like to take this opportunity to thank her for her contribution to the business in North America, especially through these recent difficult times in the U.S."
Market sources have indicated that Cullin is in talks with another company about a position, but she could not be reached for comment at press time Thursday.
Brady will report to Puig, as Cullin did. He underscored his determination to build the U.S., despite the bearish economic climate. "If we want to be successful," he said in a telephone interview, "we have to be successful in the U.S."
Once the market becomes more conducive to growth, Puig sees a number of opportunities. For instance, he would like to reposition the L'Air du Temps brand. Noting that Carolina Herrera has made strides recently with her fashion, Puig would like to imbue her fragrance business with the same spirit. Puig also is planning to launch a Comme des Garçons fragrance for fall.
Puig refused to discuss numbers, but industry sources estimate that the company generates sales of around $65 million wholesale in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico and duty-free combined. Sources indicate that Puig would like to eventually raise that total to $200 million.
"I am very confident that in Martha, the group has found the ideal person to lead this new stage in the development of our North American projects," Puig said.
Brady's last position had been as president and chief executive officer of Intercosmetics, the U.S. wing of Wella AG's Cosmopolitan Cosmetics subsidiary. Prior to that, she was vice president of sales and marketing at Guerlain Inc. Before joining Guerlain, she was vice president of sales at Escada Beaute Ltd. and prior to that, general manager of La Prairie Inc.


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Heard that Mccracken guy likes to whine and complain when he doesn't get overtime in front of his men. Maybe he should take a course or buy a book on leadership with his hard earned six figure salary.
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He was sworn to uphold the Constitution. That law is BS. That's why it was passed in the manner that it was. Maybe he should take away our right to free speech or freedom of the press....then we can all dance to the cries of all the liberals.
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I prefer to follow the constitution, not a political agenda or anything else that was irresponsibly and unethically rammed down our throats while we slept
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Schenectady High School has a graduation rate of 64.5% through August 2013. The lowest out of all schools in Schenectady County. I'm surprised they can find any qualified candidates to take the test that come from the city to begin with. The notion that there is not a large enough pool of minority candidates who can meet the qualifications, who are actually from the city of Schenectady, makes complete sense. You can't get minorities to take the exam who are from the City of Schenectady because barely any exist that meet the qualifications to simply take the test.
Better- higher in quality, more attractive, appealing, effective. Source: Merriam Webster.com
Examples- Having a job where you're not subject to being spit, punched, kicked, disrespected, stabbed/slashed or worse, being shot at. Not to mention, second guessed scrutinized, and judged by a community who hates you, bosses who don't care about you/ exploit your misfortunes to advance themselves and politicians who don't even know you.
How often do you see individuals who posses a masters degree, apply to become a Police Officer? I would surmise hardly ever. This is because anyone who posses a higher degree of education prior to becoming a Police Officer is smart enough to realize their hard earned education is better utilized somewhere else. Higher pay, less stress, safer and more gratifying.
People become Police Officers and than pursue higher degrees of education because they are either 1. preparing for the future, ie. retirement or 2. They think that they have a chance in climbing the ladder of supervision/administration.
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I never said there isn't a large enough pool. What I said was you have to consider the portion of those percentages that are qualified. You can say the same for white, hispanic and female. The percentages themselves are disproportionate to the actual qualified individuals. Every profession is in the same boat, making the availability of qualified individuals even more scarce. So what do I mean by doing "better" for themselves? "Better" is not having millions of clueless critics who don't have a clue what they're talking about and don't have what it takes to do it themselves. "Better" is making a living without everyone scrutinizing how much you make and what benefits THEY don't get. "Better" is working 9 to 5, Monday through Friday, no holidays or weekends, maybe a company car and not having to listen to everyone complain that you don't deserve what you get. As for helping people and making a difference? C'mon now....vast majority of the cops do a great job and do what they are TOLD not what they feel is best. Ya and I know very well what policing is. Maybe not what they teach in grad school or what a politician or administrator wants to sell.....
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To get a truly accurate perspective we have to look at the percentages that are actually qualified for the job. To be a police officer, there are age restrictions, education standards, psychiatric and health evaluations and criminal background checks. These standards drastically reduce the number of actually qualified black applicants so it only makes sense that the numbers are not going to match up. Not to mention, and let's be real, if I were a black male who met all of these qualifications, I know that I am in higher demand and can do better for myself than the police department.
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"If you don't follow the laws you are a criminal". What a ridiculous statement. I see a lot of people driving faster than the posted speed limit, must be a lot of crooks out there!
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It's clear she didn't spend the money on a gym membership or at the salon!
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Hi all---new to Baby Center. This is my first post. I'm 4 weeks post partum and have been EP for my daughter who can latch but is much to lazy to do so for more than a few seconds. Working with a LC, but not feeling much hope. I'm pumping between 7 and 8 x day and getting between 33 and 36 oz usually. She eats about 21-30 oz/day so far. I'm struggling with balancing when to pump with getting everything else done. It seems she always wants to eat as soon as I hook up. My LC seemed confused when I told her it's hard to hold your infant (who is usually squalling with hunger) when you're hooked up, even with the hands free set-up. Little one likes to kick, usually right at the flanges. Yesterday I actually sat on the floor, hooked up, and tried to feed her at the same time. Cried the entire way through the feeding. How in the world do you burp a baby while hooked up? She's a squirmy burper--hates to be burped. I figured out it's better to try to feed her first, put her in her bouncer (trying to minimize spit up), and then sit on the floor and pump next to her while being spit up patrol. She's calm after feeding but can't be laid down for awhile. Pumping while she's napping and might wake up hungry seems to risky at this point. She's unpredictable. She can be sleeping peacefully and go from zero to 60 before you know it. Ped (and LC) told us to feed on demand for right now, not to wake her up to feed unless it's been 3 hours.
Any tips or encouragement would be so wonderful. I feel like I'm about to lose my mind, but really don't want to switch to formula (though it sounds so much easier at this point). I go back to work in 8 weeks, at which point my spouse will be home caring for baby (he might quit and be home even sooner than that). Pumping isn't a problem when someone else is home, so for me it's really just survival until then. Pumping at work won't be an issue. I have a private office and a flexible job where I can just shut and lock my door and ask people to leave me alone!


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CINCINNATI -- Cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones was activated off an injury list on Friday, making him eligible for the Cincinnati Bengals' game in Seattle.
Jones has been sidelined for approximately a year by a bulging disk in his neck that required two surgical procedures. He opened the season on an injury list, and was cleared to resume practice this week.
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Now there's another reason not to run up big credit card bills this holiday season that you can't pay off.
The three major credit bureaus have started adding new details about credit card payments to credit reports that reveal whether a cardholder is a "revolver" – someone who carries a balance each month, racking up interest charges – or a "transactor" – someone who makes purchases but typically pays off the balance in full.
Credit bureaus say the additional information will help card issuers better target their products to customer needs and better identify people who are the best credit risks. Customers who pose the least risk generally are offered cards with the best rates and terms.
Transactors are "absolutely" less likely to default on debt than revolvers, said Ezra Becker, vice president of research and consulting at the Chicago-based national credit bureau TransUnion.
Credit reports generated for lenders by TransUnion include up to 30 months' worth of credit card payments, he said.
Previously, credit reports contained a card's monthly balance (before payments), the credit limit and whether the cardholder failed to make any minimum payments.
But because the reports typically did not include the actual monthly payment amount, it was difficult to distinguish a revolver from a transactor.
"This is another tool we are giving to lenders to be able to manage risk," Mr. Becker said. "The idea is everyone should pay for the risk they present. If you treat everyone the same, the low-risk people subsidize the high-risk people."
The other big credit bureaus, Experian, based in Costa Mesa, Calif., and Atlanta-based Equifax also started adding the historical monthly payment data within the last year.
For now, the new payment data won't be factored into anyone's credit score. That's because it takes time for credit scoring companies to run models to confirm that the information helps predict credit risk.
"We need a two-year window of new data on a credit report before we can evaluate whether it's predictive information of a person's ability to repay debt," said Anthony Sprauve, spokesman at FICO, creator of the widely used FICO credit scores.
In the past, monthly credit card payments haven't been reported consistently enough by issuers to be studied as a factor in credit risk, he said.
Under current models, people who consistently pay their bills on time and keep their balances low so they don't use too much of their available credit typically have the best credit scores.
Americans owe some $850 billion on their credit cards, according to the Federal Reserve. Among households that carry credit card debt, the average owed is around $15,000, a number pushed up by a relatively small number of families in extreme debt.
Linda Sherry, director of national priorities for the consumer advocacy group Consumer Action in Washington, D.C., said that in general she thinks adding credit card payment amounts to reports is a good thing, especially if the information ends up being used to calculate credit scores.
"I think it's great that people are getting credit for paying in full," Ms. Sherry said. "I pay in full, and I like the idea it will be showing up."
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Excellent condition single pillowcase with embroidered Southern Belle! Pillowcase measures 20 ¾" x 29¾" – pretty!
All Items : Bed and Bath : Pre 1950 item #791832 (stock #M3167)
Very nice glass powder jar titled "Minstrel" and is clear glass! Jar is in very good condition – it has a couple rough spots (teeny dings) on jar rim and on lid rim – not unusual. The back of the instrument has a couple teeny dings. Great addition to a collection!
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This bottle of "Tweedie" toilet water is approximately 2/3 full! Front of label states this is "Tweedie, Toiletries for Little Girls". Back of label states "Your very own fragrance … TWEEDIE all set for you to spray. Try a little on your hanky … it's like carrying a bouquet of flowers!" This is a 2 oz. bottle (now 2/3 full) and it is not a spray, and you know what? It does have a pleasant floral fragrance!
Another excellent towel gift set! Still in the original box, there is one bath towel, one hand towel, two washcloths, and one towel ring. Made by Harmony House and distributed by Sears, Roebuck and Co., U.S.A. and Simpson-Sears Limited. Pretty!
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This is a lovely baby quilt! It has embroidered kittens and puppies on white squares and is set together with a pink border. Quilt measures 33 ½" x 47 ¼" and is hand stitched with very nice stitching. It has no holes or tears but the seam binding edge is worn – not at all uncommon – it could be easily replaced or enjoyed/displayed as is. It is really nice and I would estimate it to be from the 1950's.
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From the writings of Edgar A. Guest is this lovely tribute to a special friend! Measures 6 ¾" x 7 ½" and was framed at "The Pen Shop, Inc., 112 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Ind." Super gift for a best friend.
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This is a find – a .5 fluid ounce bottle of Avon "Somewhere" Perfume Oil! This is for the bath and is in the original box. The fragrance is wonderful!!
The Blue Lotus bottle has an interesting shape and still has some of the original Blue Lotus After Bath Freshener. Great item!
The Blue Lotus bottle has an interesting shape and still has some of the original Blue Lotus After Bath Freshener. Great item!
Excellent condition pillowcases with hand-embroidered basket of flowers! Standard size pillowcases measure 20" x 30" and are 100% cotton. Last photo shows close-up of the embroidery, pillowcases are shown folded in half in first and second photos. Pillowcases have been laundered, lightly starched and ironed.
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These are so neat! There are two solid perfume compacts – one is shaped like a book, the other like a musical instrument. Both have the perfumes – I couldn't identify the scents but they're very nice. The book measures 1 3/8" long, 1 ¼" wide, the other is 2 3/8" long, 1 1/8" wide (at widest). Lovely collectibles!
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This is another neat compact from the 1940's! It's made of ivory color plastic and has in-mold rose spray on lid. One side has a regular mirror with magnifying mirror on inside and rouge with puff. The other side has a mirror and pressed powder (puff and powder are missing) and it has lipstick in the handle. Great collectible!
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This is a gorgeous and very collectible ladies compact from the 1940's! It's gold tone and has a tiny sofa and chair attached to the front and it's in excellent condition!!
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While not particularly old (stamped Made in Hong Kong), this is a lovely and very decorative hand-held fan! Please see photo.
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This listing has two Hommer hanky boxes in pretty "marbleized" pink color! Both are in wonderful condition with the usual scuffs on lids. These hanky boxes are becoming more and more difficult to find – all the hanky boxes we have listed have been a part of my hanky collection.
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These two Hommer hanky boxes are the same pretty "marbleized" green color! The original ribbons have been replaced with small tassels. Both handkerchief boxes are in wonderful condition with only evidence of "use" being minor wear/scuffs on lids. Very nice!
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This listing has an Ivogue razor with celluloid handle, sharp and dull blade storage, and it's in its own celluloid box! Razor has "Newark, NJ" Pat. Pend. The shaving brush is probably made of boar hairs (sheds a little) and it's still in the original box. Neat items!
These pillowcases are lovely! Please see the close-up photo of one of the purple morning glory blooms.
These are full size pillowcases – photo shows one folded in fourths and the other one is folded in half so we could photograph them in one photo. Pillowcases measure 27 ½" long, 21 ¼" wide and are in excellent condition!
Pillowcases have been laundered, lightly starched, and ironed. Very nice!
These are full size pillowcases – photo shows one folded in fourths and the other one is folded in half so we could photograph them in one photo. Pillowcases measure 27 ½" long, 21 ¼" wide and are in excellent condition!
Pillowcases have been laundered, lightly starched, and ironed. Very nice!
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This listing has a 3.4 fluid ounce bottle of Avon's Bird of Paradise cologne! The sticker/label on bottom is dated 1995.
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I just love Lucite items with imbedded flowers and this candleholder set is particularly eye-catching! They are made of clear Lucite with a beautiful pink rose with green leaves and they're triangular shaped – this shape makes them appear to have more than one rose as can be seen in photo! Candleholders measure 2" tall, 2 5/8" long, 2" wide and are in excellent condition. One has the original label/sticker on bottom: "Hand Carved and Colored by Bircroft, Huntington, Indiana"...


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Caitlin McBride: One year on, I will never forget Boston in the aftermath of the marathon bombings
It's exactly one year ago today that thousands of lives forever changed.
Published 15/04/2014 | 07:08
Today, April 15th, is the one year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, the most significant terrorist attack on US soil since September 11th.
Three people Krystle Campbell (29), Chinese exchange student Lu Lingzi (23) and perhaps the most heartbreaking of all, Martin Richard (eight) lost their lives; hundreds were injured and thousands were scarred.
Within hours of the story breaking in Ireland, I was on flight to Boston to cover the aftermath .
In the time it took for me to fly from Dublin to Logan Airport, the city was transformed. No suspects had been identified; no terrorist organisations had taken credit for the act; the number of casualties were still unclear and security was at an all time high.
Immediately after the bombings, the FBI said they knew the bombs were made from pressure cookers packed with explosives but had not yet detected any suspects or motives.
On my arrival, I visited little Martin Richard's nearby primary school, I joined the crowds at the Cathedral of The Holy Cross while US President Barack Obama attended a mass in memory of the victims and I was one of millions who had to go about 'business as usual; to the backdrop of sirens and seeing machine gun wielding soldiers roaming the streets.
The dramatic scenes after the Boston Marathon Bombings on April 15, 2013
I visited the Boston Medical Center, one of the many hospitals caring for victims. I knocked on doors, I visited memorial sites, I attended services and listened to anyone who would speak to me. I joined the masses at Joe Moakley Federal Courthouse in where a suspect was believed to have been taken into custody (this later proved to be false, one of the many incorrect reports throughout the week). I stayed even after police had warned another bomb threat was called in.
I sat in horror as I watched Lu Lingzi's father tearfully pay tribute to his daughter, I read in disbelief as Krystle Campbell's family had originally been told she survived and I choked back tears seeing Martin Richard's father struggle to comprehend the loss of his eight-year-old, while his wife Denise and daughter Jane were treated for their own injuries incurred at the finishing line.
Martin Richard (eight) died in the bombing
On April 18th, I, like millions of others in Boston went to bed (later than normal to catch the local news in case I had missed anything) and just before committing to a night of sleep, I saw the breaking news that campus police officer Sean Collier had been shot and killed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus.
Over the next 36 hours, sleep was no longer a luxury I could afford in fear of missing a moment to report, joining countless others - many of whom were too fearful to rest their wary heads.
Following Mr Collier's death, two local brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev had been identified as the suspects responsible for the marathon attack. And so began an early morning gun battle with police authorities who tracked them to Watertown, where they were in hiding.
The city goes into lockdown. No one was allowed in or out; the subway was closed off; buses were cancelled; taxis were few and far between. The streets of Boston city centre are deserted, with only myself and a few other foolishly minded folks walking the streets.
During the shootout, older brother Tamerlan (who was previously flagged to the FBI for his radical Islam beliefs and he is investigation with potential terrorist links in 2011) dies. His younger brother, who had until just a few days previous, attended college at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth is on the run - wounded and bleeding.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is awaiting trial
After endless hours of exhaustive searching, the lockdown is lifted. Within an hour, authorities traced the teenager to an unsuspecting resident's backyard where he was hiding underneath the tarp of their boat. Directly next door to an Irish family who were evacuated when the search began.
He was taken into custody, taken to hospital for treatment and charged in his hospital room. He is currently awaiting trial where prosecutors are pushing for the death penalty.
And then it was over. Life was to resume as normal.
In times of distress, many just want answers. They want to see the culprit locked away safely from society and they want to put the tragedy behind them. The people of Boston were denied that during an unbearably tense three days.
In the interim, a teenager who was reported missing by his parents had been wrongly identified as Suspect Number One; police radar moved faster than we could keep up and there was more fiction than fact when it came to the majority of reportage.
It's exactly one year on in Boston and the city has flourished once again. It's back to its beautiful best.
Gillian Reny began walking again in August and she is finishing off her freshman year at the University of Pennsylvania; J.P and Paul Norden both lost a leg and are slowly rebuilding their lives.
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"American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest will be the narrator for the third season of the PBS documentary series "Pioneers of Television," by Milwaukee-area producers Steve Boettcher and Michael Trinklein.
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We live in a world full of computer-generated messaging, from Facebook ads to tire shop signs. With it comes a "creeping sameness" in the urban landscape, say filmmakers Faythe Levine and Sam Macon.
Not so long ago, the urban landscape was full of messages and signs made by specially trained artists. At a time when people are returning to the lost craft of painting signs in windows and on the sides of trucks by hand, Levine and Macon have made a film about these dedicated and precise practitioners. "Sign Painters," a feature-length film, features interviews with sign painters young and old, from the vanguard to the traditionalists. »Read Full Article
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Loners contains exactly three decent jokes, all stuffed in the last 15 minutes; whether they justify the secondhand setup depends on one's tolerance for seeing Singles transplanted to Prague. Other potential deal-breakers include a cannabis-in-pastry scene and the old saw that kissing is the last favor of the prostitute. (Have the lessons of Pretty Woman been for naught?)
A series of gentle coincidences sets the low-key plot in motion: Petr (Sasa Rarilov) and Hanka (Jitka Schneiderova) have broken up, because it was inevitable, or because a coin toss landed tails. En route to her parents' house, she and her genially stoned mover (Jiri Machacek) come across a flipped car and deliver its passenger to the hospital, where he's operated on by an old-flame neurosurgeon (Ivan Trojan) who still hankers after Hanka. Meanwhile, the doctor's travel agent wife is trying to find a "typical" Czech family to show Japanese tourists, and a few degrees of separation later decides upon Hanka's parents. Adding to the forced nuttiness is a Macedonian waif searching for UFOsor her long-lost father. (She posits the existence of 42 civilizations and cribs a Vonnegut joke without attribution, citing a planet where coitus requires seven participants.)
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LAST WEEK: Packers lost to Eagles 27-13; Giants beat Raiders 24-20
AP Pro32 RANKING: Packers No. 13, Giants No. 22
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES: This will be fifth time in last four seasons Packers and Giants have met, but first when Packers QB Aaron Rodgers won't start. He has broken left collarbone. ... QB Scott Tolzien will make first NFL start. He was 24 of 39 for 280 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions in relief of Seneca Wallace last weekend. ... Former Packers QB Matt Flynn has been signed as backup. ... RB Eddie Lacy leads NFL with 618 yards rushing since Oct. 1. ... WR Jordy Nelson leads team with 49 catches, and his 29 TDs since 2011 are No. 3 in NFL. ...LB A.J. Hawk leads team with 74 tackles. ... DE Mike Daniels has 3 1/2 sacks in last four games. ... Rookie DE Datone Jones has three sacks in last two games. ... Giants are second team in NFL history (Tennessee, 2009) to start 0-6 and win next three games. ... QB Eli Manning has thrown 16 interceptions, including three for TDs. He has played well against Pack, completing 60 of 103 for 926 yards with nine TDs vs. two interceptions in last three. ...RB Andre Brown ran for 115 yards and TD in season debut last week. He has TD rushing in his last six games, and in nine of 10. ... WR Hakeem Nicks has 23 catches for 423 yards and five TDs in four career games vs. Green Bay. ... WR Rueben Randle has five TD catches in his last five games. ... S Antrel Rolle leads team with 52 tackles and three interceptions. ... Special teams handed opposition three TDs in last three games: one on punt return, another on bad snap on punt, and last a fumble on kickoff return, setting up 5-yard TD drive.
PACKER REPORT PREDICTION (8-1): Eli Manning vs. Scott Tolzien. It's a huge mismatch on paper. The bigger problem is Manning vs. the Packers' secondary, which not only will be without Casey Hayward but also will be without surprise inactive Sam Shields. Shields is far and away the team's best cornerback. He hardly gets any passes thrown his way, as quarterbacks have picked on Tramon Williams, the safeties and inside linebackers. On the other side of the ball, it's a similar story as last week. Statistically, the Eagles' defense wasn't any good, but it had been one of the top units in the league over the last month. Statistically, the Giants' defense isn't any good, either, but it has allowed one touchdown on the last 40 possessions. The Packers simply don't have enough firepower to win this game. GIANTS 31, PACKERS 13.


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Maj Zau Seng of the armed wing of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) knows firsthand that territory controlled by his group still holds the remains of US military personnel who died in northern Burma during the Second World War.
Over tea at his office in the KIO-controlled enclave of Mai Ja Yang, Zau Seng, a local commander for the area, proudly displays the US military identification tag for a Cleveland Hargrove. The tag numbered 342711 T44 0 was discovered in 2006 by local villagers at a World War II-era crash site in a remote mountainous section of western Kachin State near the border with India, an area semi-controlled by the KIO.
The villagers had dug up the partially submerged plane not for the sake of historical preservation but to harvest valuable scrap metal. According to Zau Seng, many World War II crash sites in Kachin State have met similar fates at the hands of impoverished scavengers, but he believes there are many more in remote mountainous areas that have yet to be uncovered.
Hargrove, who presumably died in the crash, appears to be one of the estimated 700 US airmen who perished in northern Burma between 1943 and 1945. It was during this time that the area currently known as Kachin and neighboring Shan states became a key battleground due to the region's strategic proximity to China because the Allies needed to reopen what became known as the Burma road, a key route for sending supplies to the anti-Japanese resistance in China.
After Myitkyina was liberated in August 1944, the previously sleepy town became the site of what at the time was one of the busiest runways in the world. Kachin State's mountainous terrain combined with heavy rains and the primitive flying equipment of the era resulted in many US aircraft crashing without any enemy intervention.
In the years that followed the KIO's 1994 ceasefire with Burma's central government, efforts were made at forming a joint mission between the Burmese government, the KIO and US authorities to locate and identify the remains of US personnel missing in action. The KIO's participation in this program abruptly ended after Burmese military authorities changed their minds about allowing the KIO to work with the American officials, according to Zau Seng.
"The KIO has always been open to helping America find the remains of their war dead. It's the Burmese government that didn't want this to happen," said Zau Seng, who was previously stationed in the remote part of Western Kachin State where Hargrove's ID tag was found.
According to The New York Times, the recent thaw in Burmese-US relations could lead to a renewed effort to recover the remains of US serviceman. Times correspondent Jane Perlez reported that Robert Newberry, a deputy assistant secretary with the Department of Defense, visited Burma in February to begin discussions with his Burmese counterparts to enable US military officials and forensic experts to search potential crash sites and exhume the remains of US airmen.
Despite the apparent new willingness on the part of the Burmese government to cooperate in this area, it remains unclear if there will be any such joint recovery missions in Kachin State as long as the conflict between the KIO and the Burmese military continues.
Zau Seng says he'd like Hargrove's family reunited with the tag and his remains if they can be found. "This tag is an important piece of Kachin history that connects us to the important World War II friendship made between the Kachin and American people," he said.
Although the KIO did not begin its armed insurrection against Burma's government until 1961, more than 16 years after the end of World War II, a good portion of the founding leadership of the KIO, including the group's first head Zau Seng (no relation to the aforementioned major), were veterans of the Second World War who were trained in guerrilla fighting as part of Detachment 101 operated by the US Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a predecessor of the CIA, or under a similar group organized by Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) called the Kachin levies.
Last October, in a speech made on the Senate floor about the Burmese army's continued Kachin offensive, Republican Senator Mitch McConnell invoked the role that the Kachin people played in the Allied war effort to drive the Japanese out of Burma. According to McConnell, "the Kachin people deserve particular mention for the commitment, sacrifice and invaluable support they provided Allied forces to reclaim that country [Burma]."
Figures cited by US military historians report that the OSS trained more than 10,000 Kachin guerrillas during the war. With US assistance, the Kachin Rangers from Detachment 101 rescued 425 downed Allied airmen and killed or captured more than 15,000 enemy soldiers, according to US records. The Kachin fighters also spent a considerable amount of effort sabotaging Japanese supply lines and destroying key infrastructure vital to the Japanese army's grip on Burma—tactics reminiscent of the KIO's ongoing struggle with the Burmese military today.
It was also during this period that the Naw Seng, the KIO's early left-wing rival for the leadership of the Kachin struggle, became a famed commander. The guerrilla training Naw Seng undertook during the war undoubtedly came in handy just after Burma's independence, when Naw Seng led a mutiny among the Burmese military in the north of the country in solidarity with the Karen insurrection taking place in the Irrawaddy Delta.
Prior to the outbreak of World War II, the Kachin, along with the Karen and Chin ethnic groups, comprised the overwhelming majority of local troops who served in Britain's Burmese colonial army, a force that also consisted of Gurkha from Nepal and Punjabi troops from India. The Kachin and the other groups were all considered trusted "martial races" by the colonial authorities. In contrast, Burma's colonial army had few if any members of the Burman majority, a deliberate policy of divide and rule whose legacy is still felt in the country today.
A squad of Kachin troops under British command also played a small role during the First World War serving in British-occupied Mesopotamia, now known as Iraq.
The big error the international community has made is that, while it has rightly praised increased openness towards pro-democracy change, it has kept quiet or even overlooked continuing ethnic crises which may have encouraged people in authority to think they can also ignore it. If so, it will prove a big mistake. It is long since essential that peace is prioritized for all ethnic areas.
Allied forces have all long forgotten the Kachins so we do not expect much but to have a more inclusive, broad-based view of how change needs to be brought about will be helpful for all.
There is a saying "it is bad to be the enemy of United States. But, it's worst to be a friend of United states." After many years of enduring and sharing the dreams the Allied has planted, now they have turned away and shook hands with the same military generals who killed, oppressed and looted its own citizens, monks and students for their wealth and power.
Author S Martov wrote "After Myitkyina was liberated in August 1944, the previously sleepy town became the site of what at the time was one of the busiest runways in the world. Kachin State's mountainous terrain combined with heavy rains and the primitive flying equipment of the era resulted in many US aircraft crashing without any enemy intervention."
The liberation of Myitkyina in 1944 was also the most crucial battle in which the bravery of Chinese Nationalist army was admirable in history with strong evidence from China side although the battle was commanded by Allies. That claim from China side is not still denied by US when US is asked to revise the history regarding the real facts how to win this battle.
In liberation of Burma from Japanese occupation, the main and crucial role of Kachin ethnic army is luckily recognized by one US Republican senator. I sympathy on and deeply admire the Kachin army and Kachin people for their bravery and sincere hearts. In return, I hope US,UK and EU should strongly express objection and administer effective measures or actions (not lip service only) to the bama military's invasion to Kachin land. Kachin land is owned by Kachin people so US, UK and EU do not need permission from bama army for their urgent support to Kachin as well as their search for the WW2's remains.
Speaking of WWII, most Burmese probably don't know or remember that African soldiers fought on the side of the Allies in Burma, especially in Rakhaing State. In facet, Obama's grandfather was one of them!
Here is a very interesting report about an "encounter between a Nigerian soldier and a Rohingya family that saved him from the Japanese:
You are right!! what do Rohingya get for saving these sorry Burmese from Japanese brutality? They get the same treatments just like other ethnic minorites; denial citizenship, abusive military dictator, and lastly their denial to basic human rights.
It is true that many Burmese do not have an objective historical view of what happened during WWII in Burma. The role of Aung San and his "Thirty Comrades" in the actual fighting is, in my opinion, somewhat "over-glorified". In any case, the BIA was fighting on the "wrong side" (with the Japanese) at the beginning and Aung San had to switch sides at the end "to join the winning team" as he told General Slim. After the war ended, Aung San did negotiate Burma's independence from the British (after making "a deal" with the ethnic groups). There are more serious global geopolitical factors that shaped the outcome of WWII and hence Burma's independence. The Burma Campaign was a major undertaking with a large number of diverse troops on the Allied side: Indians, Chinese, Africans besides the Brits and the Americans (the Kachins, the Karens and the Chins fought on the side of the Allies, and in fact, when Burma became independent, the first C-in-C of the Burmese army, Smith-Dun, was a Karen).
Anyway, this is all history, which should be recorded truthfully, but not be "overused" or "mis-represented". Tribalism is not going to solve Burma's problems!
Anti-tribal policy is the root of all problems. How else are you going to achieve peace if you are denying the causes of problem and not
tackle it directly?
I disagree.
Anti-tribal is the root of all problems in Burma. You are denying and avoiding the truth and causes to the problem just like current government and former military junta has ignored for the last 5 decades.
88 generations student and UNFC have already stated that without tackling ethnic(tribal) issues directly there won't be any tangible peace.
Big deal? Come on! Just do your job. You do not look intelligent, my friend.
Yes it is a big deal. It's the same truth and reason why generations of Burmese military dictators have been trying to oppress and eliminate it out of the History book.
If you learn to appreciate it instead of denying it, it will make the country a better place.
I pray for kachinpeople and kachin land.


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Power Plug Meters Help Save Money, Energy
With the ever-rising cost of electricity, we're all getting increasingly sensitive about how much power our computers, televisions, appliances and other doohickeys are using -- not just when we're using them, but also when they're allegedly turned off.
Some, like refrigerators, aren't running full tilt all the time. Others, such as computers, printers, displays and other gear, have "sleep" modes -- they power down significantly but they're still on. And some devices, like televisions and cable boxes, aren't really off when we push that "Off" button or switch. All are still drawing a small amount of power, a phenomenon that's called "parasitic load."
So how do you measure how much power you're actually losing to this load?
For home users, the electric meter outside the house shows how much total power is being consumed, but trying to watch that meter for changes when flipping the appliance on and off is challenging at best. If you're running an IT computer room or a data center, there are the new Power Distribution Units, like Raritan's Dominion PX family of devices, that can monitor power consumption down to the outlet level and toggle power to outlets individually. But devices like the 20-outlet, $1,249 Dominion PX are outside the budget (and needs) of a consumer.
Your alternative: a power plug meter, also called a "plug load meter."
A power plug meter sits in between the power outlet and an individual device and displays how much power (load) the connected device is consuming at the moment. It can track power consumption during a connected session, and calculate kilowatts and dollars per day, week, month or year. This function is important because, unlike something as simple as a light bulb, which operates for a set amount of time and always uses the same amount of power, many of our electrical and electronic devices use varying amounts of power.
Today's power plug meters can also track the minimum and maximum power draw in a session. Some even show the line voltage and monitor and track other aspects of power quality -- helpful in diagnosing problems and determining where you may need power protection accessories.
A power plug meter also should be able to tell you the device's power factor, which is calculated using factors such as the capacity of the circuit, and its current and voltage -- and is what your electric company uses to determine how much you're going to be charged.
Having all this information can help you decide whether it's worth turning off or unplugging your TV, desktop or cordless phone when it's not in use -- or whether your current device is a power pig and should be replaced.
To test how well power plug meters work, and whether they can really help save power (and money), I looked at three devices: P3 International's Kill A Watt EZ, Electronic Educational Devices' Watts up? Pro and Brultech Research's Energy Consumption Monitor/Logger ECM-1220.
All three devices measure 100-volt AC devices (i.e., anything you would plug into a wall socket in the U.S.), and two of the three can also measure 240-volt appliances like electric stoves and dryers. They offer basic information such as current power draw in amps or watts, session cost and monthly cost. They also provide tech/diagnostic data like minimum and maximum power draw; and all three measure the power factor.
Which power plug meter should you buy? Here are my thoughts.
Kill A Watt EZ
The Kill A Watt EZ power plug meter from P3 International is, at $60 list, the least expensive of the three tested here. It's also the easiest to use.
At 5 by 2.25 by 1.5 inches, the Kill A Watt EZ meter is about the size of a double-thick Palm PDA. It plugs directly into an electric outlet, which you would think was highly convenient -- but not necessarily a good location for it, however.
Although the numbers on its one-line LCD display are moderately large, the labels that also appear on the LCD (such as time, volts, cost, etc.) are small and hard to read if you don't have good eyes. In fact, if your vision is less than 20/20, you may want to connect the Kill A Watt EZ to your outlet via a short extension cord, so you can more easily see the display.
The Kill A Watt EZ has five rubberized buttons: Menu, Up, Down, Set and Reset. It has built-in battery backup , so it will retain current information when unplugged.
The device calculates cost per hour, week, month or year, easily toggling the amounts for the various time periods. The Kill A Watt EZ's kilowatt and dollar displays have only two decimal places -- so the displayed reading on a low-wattage device, if it's a subpenny reading, looks like zero.
This is rather alarming, until you realize that the Kill A Watt EZ is actually capturing the data. As a result, if you want to check your power costs on a low-power device, you're probably better off looking at the per-month or per-year values.
Kill A Watt also offers a power-strip version, the Kill A Watt PS ($99.95). With this version, you also get six regular outlets and two wide outlets. In addition, it's at the end of a 6-foot cord, making the readout possibly easier to see.
However, the Kill A Watt PS won't do the cost calculations, nor do per-outlet measurements -- you're better off plugging a power strip into the Kill A Watt EZ.
If all you're looking for is basic power usage and costs, the Kill A Watt EZ will do the trick. Just get a short, heavy-duty power cord, and remember to toggle the cost-per-period if you're seeing $0.00 as your power cost.
Watts up? Pro
Electronic Educational Devices' family of Watts up? meters includes the Standard ($96), Pro ($131), Pro ES ($196) and .Net ($236). The latter is getting out of the impulse purchase range, but the added capabilities, if you want them, can make it a bargain.
The Watts up? Standard, as the name suggests, is the basic model, capable of measuring and calculating power usage, but without fancier features like logging readings or the ability to upload logged records to your computer.
The Watts up? Pro and Watts up? Pro ES include internal EEPROM (nonvolatile) memory for logging, and a USB port allowing download captured or real-time data records, viewable as records, or report and graph displays. You can track not just a device's power usage, but also power quality. In stop/overwrite mode, the Watts up? Pro can hold up to 32,000 records of watts reading; in automatic mode, recording all parameters, it retains about 4,000 records. The Watts up? Pro ES will hold four times as many records.
The Watts up? .Net has all the features of the Watts up? Pro ES, plus several that make it especially useful for IT and for support techs, such as a built-in Web connection, Ethernet port and power relay.
I tested the Watts up? Pro. The 6-foot built-in power cord made it easy to plug the meter into an outlet and still be able to read it and hit the buttons. And unlike the Kill A Watt EZ, the Watts up? Pro displays pricing down to tenths of a cent.
With only two buttons, Mode and Select, and 18 distinct pieces of data you can choose to display and/or reset using these buttons, the Watts up? Pro is much less user-friendly or intuitive than the Kill A Watt EZ. And there's no menu, instructions or other summary on the front of the machine, just the "Select" and "Mode" button labels, so you have to remember or guess what's what and how to get to it.
There are printed instructions and a one-page reference chart summary (PDF), but these include action/item numbers that don't actually appear on the Watts up? meter or display. This led me to initially set my cost-per-kilowatt setting incorrectly, which I didn't notice until I became suspicious of the way-too-low cost/kilowatt readings.
The Watts up? Pro meter starts a fresh session every time you unplug it from the wall, and you can reset the session manually.
The Watts up? Pro very badly needs a clear, separate "session start" reset-readings-to-zero button, or a serious UI overhaul. However, with practice, and the summary sheet, it's not too hard to get the hang of using the device. Watts up? Pro includes Windows software to download and display logged data; a real-time version is available for $79. If you're not a Windows user, there are links to user-developed Mac and Linux versions online. Also available online is a (Windows-only) Logging Interval Calculator spreadsheet calculators.
Brultech ECM-1220 PKG
The family of Brultech Energy Consumption Monitors (ECM) includes portable kits for home users and for energy professionals, as well as permanent wall-mount models, intended for monitoring an entire breaker panel. The main differences between the devices are the accessories they come with and their color (the meter meant for home users is white rather than black). Otherwise, the meters are the same.
Brultech's consumer-oriented ECM-1220 PKG and ECM-1220 Plus meters can be used as a power plug meter, like the Kill A Watt EZ or the Watts Up?, and also to measure devices that don't have plugs but are instead hard-wired to your power, like sump pumps, dishwashers, ceiling fans, furnaces and breaker boxes. It can also be used with devices where the plug may be inaccessible, like a refrigerator backed into a wall.
To measure power usage, the basic Brultech unit uses a current transformer (CT) clamping loop that goes around one wire of a power cable of whatever you want to measure, and a potential transformer (PT) that looks like an AC power adapter.
For devices you plug in, the wires in the power cable aren't individually accessible, of course. So to let you use the Brultech as a power plug meter, the company includes a Wall Plug Adapter (WPA).
You put the CT around the WPA's loop (like a hiker's D-ring), insert the plug from what you want to measure into the wall plug adapter and then plug the wall plug adapter into a power socket. You also have to plug the PT into the meter. Once you've got all this straight, it actually only takes a few more seconds than the Kill A Watt EZ or Watts up? meters, but does mean you've got more parts to track.
Because of the way it does its power monitoring, the Brultech meter (unlike the Kill A Watt EZ or Watts up?) may require calibration and setting before you can put it to use, but unfortunately, this calibration how-to information is hard to find and sort out. The keys are not well labeled, making calibration even more difficult. And although you can set the number of days to project use/cost, the display doesn't include that number on-screen, making it hard to remember what the calculation period is. (The Kill A Watt EZ and Watts up? remind you.)
To further complicate matters, Brultech's Web site (as of mid-August), was badly organized; notably, the 1220 PKG kit, although intended as a home/consumer product, was categorized as a professional product. (I've already passed this criticism along to Brultech, it may have been corrected by the time you read this review.)
The Brultech EMC 1220 can be connected to a computer for data downloading or for real-time monitoring, using optional software add-ons (it charges $59 for either of the add-ons, $89 for the pair).
Unlike the Kill A Watt EZ or the Watts up?, The Brultech ECM meter can measure two 120-volt devices concurrently or it can measure one 240v split-phase load, like an electric stove or electric dryer. With optional current clamps, it can be used to measure larger single-phase or split-phase loads with optional 150Amp or 200Amp loads, like the breaker panel for a house.
The Brultech ECM-1220 is useful if you want to measure something that's hardwired instead of having a plug, or where you can't get to the outlet, like a dishwasher or electric stove, or want to measure an apartment- or house-level breaker panel. If, however, you just need a power plug meter, at $249 and up, the Brultech is both too expensive and too complicated.
All three of these meters handle their core task: measuring and displaying how much power Doodad X is chowing down. None of them are as consumer-friendly as they could or should be, but they'll do the trick until a better product or new model comes along. One thing to be careful of, in all three cases: Be sure to check the math on your power costs, in case you set the rate wrong.
There really is no "best" among these three meters -- which you choose depends on your specific needs. If you're feeling frugal and simply want to get a power-consumption reading, get a Kill A Watt EZ. If you want to upload your data to your computer, the Watts up? Pro is best. And if you need to test devices with plugs that are inaccessible -- or that don't have plugs at all -- it's time to get a Brultech ECM-1220 PKG.
Whichever meter you choose will pay for itself over time.


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