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"If you don't want one you probably don't want a portable player at all. "
Oh, Hugo, why did you do it? The review was going so well. Not everybody wants an MP3 player simply to pose on their preferred method of public transport. Some want portability or higher audio quality or storage and so on so forth. Some of the great unwashed actually never worry about what the reat of the general populace think of what they are using as an MP3 player. Really, it's true.
I'll sit back and watch with glee as you carefully probe your way out of this minefield ;-)
It still just doesn't push the right buttons for me. It's just another run of the mill Apple product that excels in software design (excluding itunes from that sentiment of course) and just fails at the hurdles of hardware, looks, sound quality and price.
The price it asks demands such simple things as an FM radio, better file support and more. The looks, although subjective, to me is just as bland and boring as an old grey generic computer case that's been given a paint job, and had an Apple logo stamped on it. And if you buy an Apple player, sound quality is obviously nowhere near the top of your list, although sound quality certainly isn't bad in iPods, Apple backs it up with truly terrible headphones and file support, so it might as well be.
I admire the Apple software engineers for what they do (excluding iTunes again), especially considering the stuff they are given to work with. I own a Cowon D2, but I think pretty much everyone can see that the Samsung YP-P2 is so much better value for money then this player, and comes with the arguably better feature of bluetooth, rather then Wi-Fi.
Crazyhorse: The touch is im *my* opinion the most desirable of MP3 players. I realise that many people won't want it because there's something about it they don't like or that it doesn't offer and they want/need. But I bet they'll be thinking "I wish the touch had FLAC sport" or "I wish it wasn't so prohibitively expensive".
Put it this way: if I'd said "if you don't want an Aston Martin V8 Vantage, you probaly don't want a car at all" would you have called me on it? I doubt it.
You're reading too much into a throw-away comment.
Juxtah - I don't want to sound rude, but what the heck are you talking about?
How can you critizise the touch's hardware? Multi-Touch is a hardware feature and is what makes the touch so brlliant. Frankly until any other manufacturer can equal or better that interface Apple could charge 𧺬 for a touch and it'd arguably still be good value. Although admitedly it's the combination of great hardware and software that's what makes the touch *so* impressive from a technology stand point.
You'll never pursuade me radio on an MP3 player is a good idea, at any price. Especially in these days of podcasts and the iPlayer (especially as the BBC has the only radio stations worth listening to if you ask me).
The need for better file support I agree with to an extent - I should be to rip my music however I want to - but the argument that it needs to be mroe extensive is generaly made by pirates frustrated with having to re-encode downoaded stuff for different players.
Aesthetics I can't really argue with you because, as you say, it is sch a subjective aspect. But I definitely take issue with you comapring the touch to a "gray generic computer case that's been given a paint job". I'll eat the notebook I'm typing this on when curvy, shiny aluminum goes out of fashion.
Criticising Apple specifically for bundling awful earphones with its player is a bit much. One of Sony's NWZ-series players that we had in for review came with a set of dual-driver earphones which were pretty good, but that's defnitely the exception rather than the rule.
While I agree iTunes has a few problems, calling it a bad piece of software is a it harsh. iTunes primarly falls down when it isn't used the way it is intended to be. In Apple's ideal world, everyone would buy music from the iTunes Store and sync it to their iPods - as this is Apple Land they'd do it on a Mac too, but that's a less important point. Used in this way, Tunes works just fine - it keeps your music folder tidy, it even lets you listen to the DRMed (and in this usage modle DRM isn't a bad thing, because it's completely uninvasive) tracks on multiple computers (up to 5 if my memory serves me) which can be authorised or deauthorised via your online account.
Even if you want to use CDs (because, let's face it, 192k AAC is not comparable to a CD) you still don't have problems. You rip your music to your library using iTunes so you know your music will be compatible with your player and, again, it's all organised nicely - album art and everyting.
Problems occur when you start downloading pirated music. If you're an audiophile, or like to think you are, you'll only download lossless rips and these will inevitable be in FLAC format so you'll have to re-encode it as Apple Lossless (or AIFF or even WAV I guess if you're more retro) to use it in iTunes. Just don't even think about moving those files around 'cause iTunes won't keep track of them, oh no.
And that's assuming you have an iPod because if you don't things get even worse. If it's drag and drop, you might still be okay. I hope you didn't buy any music from the iTunes store, though, because that won't work unless you strip the DRM which is even more work! If you've got to use software to sync your player then you've sudenly got two programs fighting over which is in control of your music and then iTunes can be fussy and refuse to play ball - storing cover art seperately from the music files, for example.
My point? Any piece of software breaks when you don't use it the way it's designed to be used. iTunes works fine for the average iPod user who just wants to buy music and put it on their iPod.
Bluetooth versus WiFi is a simple aregument. The touch should have both, and it should do A2DP (as should the iPod - i mean, come on Apple..!). However, WiFi is FAR more useful than Bluetooth - App store (and a load of apps themselves) , Safari, email, music store etc. etc. all use WiFi.
Re the YP-P2. Yes it is quite good but it really can't compete with the touch's feature set so it's a bad comparison. And it has even worse format support than the touch, most notably the lack of any lossless support at all.
Anything I missed?
Personally I don't mind iPods (I have what is now known as a "classic" although admittedly only due to my Cowon X5L being stolen and the iPod being the only player that my insurance would get me)
But what I think Apple miss out on (or their users) is the audio quality. I like the touch interface whenever I've tried a mates (although I can never get to grips with the onscreen keyboard no matter how often I try) and it *is* nice being able to browse the web using Safari but, to me, the main point of any MP3 player is playing music to sound as good as possible and on this Apple don't seem to be trying that hard (or not as hard as other manufactorers)
Now maybe to some the quality of the music isn't important (my mum has a nano and is very happy with it - even with stock buds! urgh!!) and if the quality is fine to most of your consumers what's the point of trying to make it better but to me it matters so I'd like it to be as good as possible.
@ Hugo
Ok, I'll try go through your points :P
First, I believe I can criticise the touches hardware, multi touch is a hardware feature, yes. And I agree it is very nice, and a great feature. However in other areas the touch is lacking, we may not see eye to eye on this but I think a radio on an mp3 player is a great feature and considering how cheap it is I don't think the inclusion of one could ever be seen as a negative point. And I love being able to record the odd song of the radio while listening to it with my D2, not a requirement I agree but If I'm paying for a premium player I'd hope it has all the features I may only have a use for once or twice.
For the file support, and I have to heavily disagree with your point of 'only pirates ask for this' since if you wanted to look, you'd see 99%+ of all pirated music is in mp3. As for me I rip all my CD's in .OGG partly because it sounds great, mostly because it all that jetaudio supports ;). Again I have to make the same point as above, if Apple wants me to pay twice as much as their competitors they better give me more features, even those I may not have much use of too often (although a player that can play .OGG is a requirement for me now considering I have about 50+ CD's ripped into .OGG).
OK, maybe I was a little harsh about the design, however I'm a large advocate of design needs to be interesting and look good to catch my attention. For me the general range of Apple products looks bland, and in my eyes it just doesn't look good, and the touch follows that Apple trend and just doesn't interest or pique my attention.
And it's not that Apple bundles the bad headphones in that I'm complaining about because let's be honest pretty much every manufacturer does it, it's the fact that these headphones sound just completely awful yet to Apple seem to be worth a large replacement fee, and the scary thing is people actually buy them...
And I have to disagree that iTunes isn't a bad piece of software, compared to it's major competitor Winamp it is slow and drains a lot of resources. And compared to the organisational skills of MediaMonkey iTunes falls flat on it's face. And on top of this they insist on packaging programs with it that you haven't asked for like Bonjour (which iTunes works just fine without) and Quicktime (which is handy but If I need it I'll get it separately).
And you keep going back to piracy, I'm no pirate but I'm clued up enough on the subject to know that itunes doesn't have any problems dealing with mp3's of which 99% of pirated albums are made up of.
And the on the WiFi vs. bluetooth thing, I think you missed the word 'arguable' in my initial comment. For me bluetooth is the better option, as I like not having wires trailing all over my person, and personally have no need for WiFi as wherever I go that has WiFi already has a computer there of some description. WiFi for me is of limited use you see, whereas for you it may be great. There's no doubt I'd like to have it, but the simple fact is I don't use it enough to justify the extra cost.
And on the YP-P2, I said much better value for money, which it is. It's almost half the cost of the iPod touch and comes with 80% of the features, if you can live without WiFi I believe it's a much better choice.
love ipod touch and love iphone.. the only thing i havn't got my head around this new toy is that black plaster on the top left corner?? wot's that?
Seriously.. you don't buy an ipod because of it's features.. you buy it because it's a fashion statement/symbol whatever.. and you pay a premium price for this... fair enough...
if your an audiophile or need a specific feature, or your an old school winamp user and you hate itunes (or whatever the reason), you'll buy a different player...it's that simple..
i love iRiver and the new products from Cowon look very promising, but they are just not as "hip" as the iPods, according to the masses (apple really knows how to promote af product). imo players from cowon and iRiver are as good, if not better, as the iPods..
it's a wifi antenna, mate :D the original had it, and the original iphone disguised it as that lower plastic half (so you know you've got it the right way around)
i'm still puzzled as to why microsoft refuse to release the zune outside the americas - if anything, it'd stop apple dropping the classic, and hopefully will also offer superior audio quality.
arh... antenna is king.
anyway nowadays, the bigger the size, the better. Let's all develop a complex over it.
@ Skobbolop
Your point was, to some degree, valid before the release of the iPod touch. However, with the touch you're paying a premium for a shed load of extra features. Whether you want them or not is your choice but they're certainly there.
And as it happens, you're not really paying that much of a premium for the regular iPods nowadays. Maybe 㾶 here or there but overall they're pretty price competitive (audio quality and format support aside).
I sat next to someone on the train yesterday who was playing a game on his Touch, and it looked great. I was sat next to someone today and all I got was noise through his headphones.
So the message I guess is, if you want a piece of kit that looks good but should sound better, this is for you.
I've also got to question whether the usability aspect is worth so much more cash. I tend not to shift around between tracks too often. If you're listening to a playlist, how many times do you need to glide your fingers across the screen?
Er, time warp? What's this doing coming back?
If i was in the market for a mp3 player then of paramount importance to me is the quality of the music reproduction and secondly its connectivity to a home hi-fi.
As a phone the iPhone is just to big for me to be thrust in a pocket and in my line of work (welding and fabrication) it would not last five minutes. The main purpose of an iPhone for me would be as a phone.
If you look at the Touch from the viewpoint as an organiser it hits all the right buttons for me. The interface simply just works, its smooth, fast, effortless.
For me the Touch walks all over the iPhone which is in truth a Touch with a phone tacked on.
The simple fact is that if the Touch does what 'YOU' want then its a good buy and in that respect it works for me save the price even though i would go for the 8GB version as my Bucks Fizz and Cliff Richard music collection should just about fit on that.
The text review was bumped as we've just added the video review.
Huh? How many times do you want to contradict yourself?
I'll try to keep my rebuttals to a minimum, as there are many individual points I could pick out, but I can't promise anything.
The phone elements of the iPhone are not just tacked on, they are beautifully and seamlessly integrated and the whole experience is brilliant.
Fair enough, you may feel the iPhone wouldn't last very long in you pocket in your line of work but few phones would by the sounds of it.
I don't really get what you're trying to say. On the one hand you seem to get exactly what the Touch is all about 'if the Touch does what 'YOU' want then its a good buy'. However, you then seem to dismiss the same potential logic for the iPhone by saying 'the Touch walks all over the iPhone'.
@Moggy58 - first things first: "my Bucks Fizz and Cliff Richard music collection" - you are joking, right?!
Secondly, the iPhone came FIRST - the touch is simply an iPhone with the phone and sim parts ripped out and its saves a few millimetres as a result. It's an iPhone Lite.
Personally while I admire the iPod touch I see little point in owning one AND a phone, the iPhone 3G is now subsidised and - unless you need 32GB of storage - far better value for money with a much wider feature set.
As Ed mentioned, your arguements seem rather muddled.
I would hazard a guess that the iPhone and the Touch were designed at the same time or at least the intention was to strip down the iPhone in the future to a music player. I cannot believe that Apple designed the iPhone and then some bright spark thought "hey that would make a good iPod".
I would not carry a Touch around with me at work either, it can be close at hand though, a phone however has to be on my person.
For me the iPhone is not better value because i do not require or want the 18 month contract with O2 or the the minimum price plan which is still to expensive for my needs.
Its horses for courses ....... of course if you bods here want to try a real days work instead of being namby pamby office type bods i would be more than delighted to let you put your iPhones through a day of welding, grinding, blood and sweat at my employment works ......... i will even take you to Starbucks at lunchtime if your good boys so you can flask your (by then damaged) iPhones off, may even let you rip my Cliff and Bucks Fizz tracks to your phones. ;-)
Let's not get personal. Different jobs stress different parts of you in different ways, simple as.
I'm intrigued, though, that you're allowed to have and use a phone in your line of work. Surely if you're kitted out for welding, you can't just stop what you're doing and take a call? And even if you are there are few phones that would survive being in that environment, anyway. Seems like a moot argument.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not disagreeing that it's not right for you. Just that to say the iPhone is crap because it doesn't suit your needs is nonsense.
Also, you're saying you want a Touch but those of us with our iPhones are show offs that would flash our phones around at Starbucks. Talk about hypocritical!
lol. sometimes the comments are more interesting than the reviews.
i've never seen the point of a touch purely as an mp3 player. i think its far too big and expensive and the lack of physical playback controls just annoys me, not matter how amazing multi touch is. i don't want to have to pull out my player, look at it and touch the screen to have to use it.
it'd be great as a pmp but the format support is just rubbish. and i don't see the point of wifi on so many mobile devices. i've had it on my last few phones but networks are always encrypted these days meaning i only use it at home where i could just as easily use my laptop to get browse the web more quickly and easily. to me, taking out the phone part loses a lot of the utility. i'd want permenant connectivity.
*looks for where i used the word crap to describe the iPhone* - nope, cant see it.
No worries anyway Ed, i was giving you a gentle ribbing, you need some smilies for these replies.
Oh ........ Starbucks is crap though, so no lunch there i am afraid ;-) beer though, anytime.
Mmmm, beeeeer...
The ipod touch is but a passing gimmick. The iRiver iHP-140 is THE King of the Music players. Had mine for 4 years now and it still has more features and more advanced features than any other player on the market today.
It's battery still lasts for over a days play (user replaceable) , FM radio, optical in/out, 40GB HD (upgradable), support for every codec going, great recording quality from inbuilt mic or line-in, great sound quality...I could go on!
Yes and it's also an ugly-as-sin brick without video support. Get some perspective.
@ED - Off your high horse!
Not everyone wants or needs video on an MP3 player, after all they are primarily for playing music, there are tons of better and cheaper gadgets out there for playing video. Obviously you are a form over function type with more money than sense...𧷤 for a iPod Touch is stupid. BTW the 'ugly-as-sin brick' (agreed, but what do you want to do - wear it?) can be had for peanuts and is almost 4 years old.
Now how about you go get some perspective? The ipod touch is hideously expensive and has a poor feature set, everyone else has outlined the annoyance with it's link to iTunes. Your way out of touch.
oh and before you go in to another point-by-point defence (as above), i'm not saying that the Touch isn't good for some people, only that there are a lot of better and cheaper options out there for people who care about music quality, feature set and who appreciate non-DRM music & drag and drop functionality.
I'm planning to treat myself to the apple ipod 32GB for Christmas. What i'm wondering is when I was reading the review on the audio formats it says it does not offer support to WMA but says it can always be converted to MP3 format using the Apple iTunes software.
What i'm wondering is, is it easy to do? Reason i'm asking as alot of my files that I have downloaded are WMA.
Hope someone can help,
Sorry if this question has been covered already but I am new to this site. :o)
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Their First Shared Ride
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Their First Ride
It's been far too long for her – she can't even remember her last ride. Therefore she's eager to get back on the road. He on the other hand, rides all the time. The trip preparations are second nature to him, he could do everything blindfolded. The moment feels awkward – to her. It's like trying to remember how to ride a horse, when the last animal you rode was a pony. He smiles, as she walks all the way around his iron steed – as if somehow she's sizing it up for a fight.
As he watches her – he sizes her up. Ummm! She's a beautiful woman. She's dressed for a comfortable ride and his instincts tell him, she'll be comfortable to ride with. Her energy is positive and comforting. He's been blessed to have found this energy with many women, but each woman is just a little different. And that's true with this Lady. She storkes his inner heat. He loves her life energy, it's warm and inviting. Riding with her will be exciting. He can't wait for their First Ride and a chance to feel her so close.
He has already ridden with her in his dreams. Each time is better than the last. Riding with a woman is such a wonderful feeling. Her legs embrace his own as he leans back into her. He knows, she'll lean in close to him to share the warmth their bodies produce. He likes the cologne she wears. It's not loud, like many women he's met. Her scent doesn't seek to over power his – instead it seems to blend. He knows his own scent - a combination of leather and cologne will rekindle her other memories of long rides on open roads and ignite her passion for riding once again. Their First Ride will be a beginning.
Astride his iron steed, he knows she'll feel the vibrations from the engine; and he knows his skills at manipulating the throttle will further stroke her sexual energy. He knows from his own experiences – when you combine the engine's vibrations with the rush of the wind – your spirit soars. He imagines the added warmth of his body contact will make her breasts and thighs tingle. His own body tingles in anticipation of their First Ride.
There had been an instant connection felt, when she first contacted him. Unknown, but known – He thinks they must be kindred spirits; because there's an energy that links them.
They have much in common. Both of them have vivid dreams and share a love of words and positive energy. Both share their positive energy with others – as earthbound spiritual advisers. Both share the love of riding iron steeds; he as pilot and she as navigator. Together, they'll ride roads traveled and less traveled, eyes wide in wonderment at all the beauty they perceive.
He stands in a different place, but still their dreams are linked. They both hear the hum of the engine. Both feel the vibrations and the chill of the wind. Both feel the wind nip at exposed patches of skin. Both feel the inviting warmth. He feels her lean into him to feel more of him and to hide from the wind. Both feel the warmth of her body pressing close. Even through his vest, he can feel her breasts.
Both feel and enjoy the feeling of her arms as they encircle his body. He pulls his arms in close to give her a body hug. A smile appears on his face, every time her hands explore his body. But he knows, as she strokes him she ignites her own passion. Her hands bring comfort as they massage tense riding muscles. They bring pleasure when her teasing fingers play his body like an instrument. Both enjoy hearing his pleasurable sighs. And both giggle when he teases her, "You're making it hard to concentrate on the road - woman!"
In his mind, this anticipation may only be fantasy – but in their vivid dreams, both sit astride his iron steed and their First Ride becomes a breathtaking Reality!
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The new AML/CFT Act (Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism) comes into effect from June 30 this year and New Zealand companies, many of them small finance advisory companies will be caught up by the need to become compliant before June 30. AML will be helping clients initially with their necessary risk assessments and compliance programmes.
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Our blogging and social media is limited to the people we know at this stage, although our website has received thousands of visitors as the AML community seeks information. Trying to develop knowledge of the market and touch as many companies as possible is important at this stage. As the Act comes into play there will be a lot happening in this space and I have got more plans for social media. We have meanwhile been talking to one AML community by running webinars on the Institute of Financial Advisers website, providing a free advisory service for their members.
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Today, Nov. 1, is the first day of Foothill College Theatre Arts Department's presentation of "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," Tom Stoppard's comic piece, directed by Bruce McLeod. The story tells "Hamlet" from a worm's-eye view of two bewildered minor characters in the play. It will be at 7:30 p.m. at Lohman Theatre, Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. Parking is $3. Tickets are $18 general, $15 for seniors and students.
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Bills tight end Scott Chandler will need surgery after tearing the ACL in his left knee during Sunday's loss to the Dolphins. His season ends with 43 catches, 571 yards and six touchdowns. H-back Dorin Dickerson was carted off during the game due to an ankle injury, but Bills head coach Chan Gailey said on Monday that Dickerson's injury isn't as bad as first thought, and he is currently expected to start in Chandler's place this weekend against the Jets.
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Talk about Nero fiddling while Rome burns. Auckland Council is inviting us all to Auckland Heritage Festival 2011 this September and wants ideas about what to celebrate and how. How about donning black armbands and gathering for a wake on the site of the collapsed heritage pub, the Palace Hotel.
Of course they mean well, but does anyone really want to dance on the graves of dead buildings?
Last week, the council announced there would be no prosecutions against any of the companies or individuals in relation to the collapse of the protected Palace Hotel at the corner of inner-city Federal and Victoria Streets last November.
After consultations with the crown solicitor and other advisers, the city's in-house counsel, Wendy Brandon, said: "There is not sufficient evidence as to the specific cause of the collapse to provide a reasonable prospect of a successful criminal or regulatory prosecution."
She said the council was considering whether to refer the disaster "to any professional bodies for further inquiry".
February's official inquiry into the collapse seemed to make the cause clear enough. The basement wall on the Victoria St frontage had given way after excavations in the basement of the building. The collapse was caused by "a loss of lateral support caused by the removal of the timber ground floor, an over-excavation of the foundations, and the removal of a portion of the existing basement concrete floor designated to be retained in the approved plans".
Further, "The stability of the basement retaining wall does not appear to have been adequately addressed in the building design calculations submitted for the most recent building consent."
The report also criticised the level of oversight by council during the project, saying "structural failure on this scale is almost unheard of in New Zealand". It calls for a greater level of communication between heritage staff and consent-monitoring staff when heritage buildings are involved.
Despite all the above finger-pointing, no one, it seems, is to be held to account.
If that's not bad enough, the only parties likely to benefit are the two at the centre of the disaster - the council which stands to reap a future bonanza in increased rates if the proposed replacement 10-storey brothel tower block proceeds, and property owners the Chow brothers, who end up with much larger premises.
The old hotel was not just a 124-year-old, heritage-listed building. It was also the cornerstone building in a cluster of character buildings identified for special regard under Plan Change 8, of the Auckland City district plan.
In 2005, the planners introduced a system of "character overlay" which identified character buildings in the central city not otherwise protected by heritage provisions.
The aim was to capture the character and flavour of old parts of central Auckland by identifying key character buildings "that contribute to the historic built character of a streetscape/block ...".
The Palace Hotel, or Aurora Tavern as it was then known, was singled out as one of those key buildings. It was linked to a block of early 20th century buildings to its east down Victoria St, and to similar-sized buildings across the street. One report noted the loss of these buildings "would destroy the character and human scale of the block and the relationship with the Aurora Tavern". Another said the shops "complement the scheduled Aurora Tavern... and provide a link to our past that is virtually lost within this part of the city".
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This is a refreshing, vibrant wine with racy acidity. It has juicy melon and peach flavors, a hint of citrus, and a minerality note throughout. It finishes nice and clean.
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Wine Enthusiast - "One of the most satisfying Rieslings of the vintage. It's dry, crisp and exotic, with crisp flavors of citrus fruits, wildflowers and that famous diesel or lighter fluid taste that characterizes the best Rieslings. Really a superior wine that shows the brilliance of Edna Valley for unoaked white varieties, as well as the excellence of the Paragon Vineyard.
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Notable FactsGrape varieties range from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay to Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel. Some Central Coast wine is generic, bulk wine that contributes to the high production numbers of the area. But many winemakers and wineries, particular in some of the smaller AVAs, are small production artisans, creating unique and high-quality wine. The great thing about the Central Coast is its diversity - you're able to find a number of grape varieties and styles at a number of different price points.
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I finished this table runner recently and you can see the Christmas Guard Dog is keeping a good eye on it!
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PetroChina has agreed to invest in two natural gas exploration projects in Western Australia in partnership with the US oil major ConocoPhillips, with the two companies also joining hands to explore for shale rock gas in south-west China.
Analysts said the move signifies PetroChina's confidence in the development potential of Australian gas projects despite concerns over rising costs, and its cautious attitude toward splashing money at gas projects in the United States and China.
PetroChina, the nation's largest oil and gas producer, has agreed to acquire a 20 per cent interest in the Poseidon field in Browse Basin, off the coast of north-west Australia. It will also buy a 29 per cent stake in the Goldwyer onshore shale gas project in the Canning Basin in Western Australia.
No financial terms were disclosed by either company.
The two companies will also sign an agreement to jointly explore for gas trapped in shale rock formations over an area of 2,000 square kilometres in the Neijiang-Dazu area in the Sichuan basin in south-west China.
A report from the American research company Sanford Bernstein said: "China is increasingly pivoting to Australia, Canada and emerging markets like East Africa to meet its long-term liquefied natural gas needs."
While Japan, the world's largest importer of LNG, has expressed strong interest in importing LNG from the US, analysts at Sanford Bernstein said mainland state-backed energy firms are less keen because of trade restrictions and their strategic decision to avoid long-term reliance on LNG from the US.
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Well apologies guys, but I'm gonna have to be the party pooper on Richards/Elgin.
Davey Richards v Michael Elgin, ROH World Championship, Showdown In The Sun Night II, 03/31/12
A really really strange match all around tbh, there was a lot of things I dug in this match: Elgin coming out looking like a legit tough SOB, the running theme of his power being too much for Davey, Richards actually grabbing his back before doing some spots that could be seen as ignoring the limbwork so as to at least show the viewer he was hurt and both men down the stretch doing a great job of exhaustion selling and showing the continuing effects of the match.
Still the pacing and structure really felt off here, Richards' initial flurry was fine even though I thought it sacrificed a feeling out process and went straight into the action and it only lasting a couple of minutes before Elgin took over set the stage for the opening portion of the match dragging. I mean I enjoy the milking of the babyface shine period but this felt like a bad opening, if this was a WWE match with someone like Mysterio you'd expect some speed/power spots to show off the contrast and much of the first 10 minutes seemed like one guy having some brief form of control before a flurry of strikes and the other guy having control. Have to mention as well some of Davey's strikes were bad here, his kicks are generally fine but he can't really pull off convincing forearm strikes that look to have a lot of effect and that's a major problem when you're facing a bigger opponent, its part of why Punk doesn't always make a great face in peril because some of his offence looks really bad against bigger man and can really bring you out of the match. The fisherman suplex on the floor and powerbomb into guardrail combo was an excellent transition spot in theory...but Davey hadn't shined in the opening portion at all really and as a result it never felt like a game changer in the match, especially as the next few minutes seemed to plod a bit with Elgin's control never reaching the heights I expected. He did some nice stuff but here is where you'd expect a total shitkicking of Richards to take place and for them to build and build to the comeback but it never really came. They had some mini strike exchange flurries and then Richards attempted the somersault powerbomb in the corner which led to the Top Rope Dragon Suplex spot.
Now this next bit further irked me, a brilliant spot for Elgin to win over the crowd but executed with a few problems:
a) there was zero build to that sort of spot, it was the sort of spot you'd expect to be one of the last in the match but once Elgin kicked out we had a good 10 minutes of less believable near falls occurring (the eventual finish looking particularly weak). I liked the initial struggle over the spot but again Richards despite looking hurt had still hardly taking the extended workover to build to such an emphatic comeback....and him going straight into an Ankle Lock rather than sell the kickout further annoyed me, especially as Elgin wasn't in the hold long enough to create a believable near fall.
b) furthermore Elgin hadn't been sufficiently weakened for the spot to feel organic in the match. Had Davey built a flurry of offence and gradually worn Elgin down AND then hit this desperation spot it would have felt so much better. Whilst I find such a move stupid to be kicked out of, had they worked the multiple kicks finish straight afterwards I would have at least enjoyed Elgin looking like a beast and the move essentially being the ending even if it didn't immediately lead to the count. As it was despite turning the crowd up a notch it felt like a wasted spot down the finishing stretch when counters were being traded, though Elgin throughout the match did a great job of looking worn down by the tempo they were working.
Some of the strike exchanges bothered me as they tend to do, again bar the execution looking bad they felt poorly timed in the match although I did like Elgin seemingly winning every one which played into the power story which was constantly recurring in the match. The combo leading into the sitout powerbomb nearfall was terrific and brilliantly timed by Elgin, it helped he'd gradually worn Richards down the entire match and the way they worked him countering Richards' offence into that sick lariat before finally hitting his move was terrific...but the minute Richards kicked out I sort of lost interest because he never really got in a sustained comeback to sufficiently weaken Elgin.
The powerbomb kickout was super because it felt like a genuine match ender and the culmination of Elgin's offence but Davey had been limited to kicks and a couple of top rope spots as his offence and as a result Elgin never looked to be on the ropes in my opinion. Actual finish also felt quite flat after everything that had been kicked out of beforehand, had they maybe moved certain moves around I'd have dug the finishing run more but as a result it didn't work as well for me.
So aye, there was a lot of things I enjoyed in this match which surprised me but the plodding structure and lack of a clear beginning-middle-end really hurts this match IMO. It felt very your turn my turn in who got onto offence and as a result there was a lack of clear build into the finish, though some of the spots won the crowd over regardless of the pacing and build. Richards' selling was nice though I'd have loved him to have worked his injury into a spot like Elgin did after the repeated ankle locks but what we got was ok, there were a few moments where he'd blow it off to work an exchange but there wasn't a point in the match where I thought he'd truly no sold the earlier work so props to him. I just wasn't really engaged with the opening 2/3rds of the match and with the final finishing run feeling overdone and lacking in placement I was never fully 'hooked'. I can see why the match has its admirers although if I'm being honest it never screamed 'epic' to me at all, like I've never enjoyed the Richards/Edwards matches or Richards/Black but some of the sequences I could at least buy as being awe inspiring that people would look past any structural issues and just be wowed by the wrestling. The pacing and plodding nature here though never even felt to me like the wrestling I was watching was awe-inspring, its certainly better than a lot of other Richards matches I've seen and Elgin looked impressive given my limited viewing of him but as a MOTYC.....I just can't see what made the match so incredible.
A rating would be hard right about now, the actual work wasn't bad but the structure was really off to me and definitely something that with the right tweaking could have lifted the match into something a lot more. I dunno
for Elgin getting a good showcase, the fans being won over into the finishing stretch, some nice selling of the wear and tear by both men and Nigel's commentary...but with a better beginning and middle this would be pushing a much higher rating.
This sums up my feelings, and a bit more politely as well. Parts of this were excellent, but ultimately only an OK match. **1/2-**3/4
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Expanding a national campaign to promote bicycle-friendly communities
Bicycling is an enormous untapped resource for increasing physical activity levels and creating active living environments. Over 9 million Americans use their bikes for transportation, and 20 percent of adults say they would bike to work if workplace incentives or facilities were available. This grant provides support for a bicycle-friendly community campaign to encourage physical redesign within communities to encourage and accommodate cycling. The project will engage local League of American Wheelmen membership (bike clubs) to partner with municipalities and metropolitan planning organizations to apply for and achieve the Bicycle-Friendly Community Designation awarded by the League of American Bicyclists. This project will be considered successful if at least 100 new communities receive this designation.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, seen as frontrunner to succeed President Hu Jintao, on Saturday expressed hopes for deeper ties with Japan, as controversy swirled about his meeting with Emperor Akihito next week.
Xi will arrive in Tokyo on Monday, the latest sign of an improvement in relations often frayed by feuds over trade, sea borders and Chinese wartime memories.
"We would like to further develop our friendly, neighborly cooperative ties," Kyodo news agency quoted Xi as saying in an interview with news organizations in Beijing.
Xi also said Sino-Japanese relations now "maintain a good momentum for development" and welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's proposal for an East Asian Community bound by deeper trade and economic links, Kyodo said.
Ties between the world's second and third biggest economies have been positive since Hatoyama came to power in September pledging closer ties with Asian neighbors and a diplomatic stance more independent of security ally Washington.
But Xi's planned meeting with Emperor Akihito has stirred controversy in Japan since it was revealed the government had sought a waiver of a decade-old custom requiring applications for royal audiences be made a month in advance.
Beijing requested the meeting on November 26, Japanese media said. Hatoyama denied the request to waive the deadline violated Japan's constitutional ban on a political role for the emperor.
"This is a matter of improving relations between Japan and a foreign country, and so the expression 'political use' (of the emperor) does not apply," Hatoyama told reporters on Friday.
Japan fought World War Two in the name of then-Emperor Hirohito, but its post-war, U.S.-drafted constitution designates the emperor as a "symbol of the State" without political power.
"I don't think this is appropriate," Kyodo quoted Shigeru Ishiba, policy chief of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, ousted by Hatoyama's Democrats in an August poll, as saying. "Diplomacy should not be conducted by using the emperor."
Emperor Akihito, 75, has played a role in improving relations with Japan's Asian neighbors during his two decades on the throne, including through a historic 1992 visit to China.
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First-Year Guard Jeremy Schneible Leads Hudson Valley
With 16 Points As Vikings Down Cobleskill, 78-57
Cobleskill, January 30 – In a men's basketball
matchup featuring a pair of junior college heavyweights, Hudson Valley
Community College delivered a knockout punch this evening. The Vikings
went on the road to post a convincing 78-57 victory against Mountain Valley
Conference rival SUNY Cobleskill.
Hudson Valley (13-5) is ranked second among National
Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division III Region III teams.
Cobleskill (18-5) was the top-ranked squad before tonight's loss.
Cobleskill seized an early 4-0 lead, but Hudson
Valley responded with a Jeremy Schneible (Greenwich) and Thomas
Perren (Brotmanville, NJ) combination, outscoring Cobleskill 19-6 over
the next eight minutes. Perren, a second-year center, had eight points
and two assists during the run. Schneible, a freshman guard who led all
scorers with 16 points, contributed four points and a pair of steals during
the eight-minute stretch.
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DesChamps 3-0-7. Totals 18-18-57.
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I was following a conversation elsewhere about how some Christians insist that everyone really knows that their God is real, it's just that due to sin, they suppress this knowledge. Everyone is exposed to the illumination of the Holy Spirit, it's just that those of us who remain skeptical prefer darkness.Muslims, interestingly, do the same sort of thing, perhaps even more often. It tends to be based on their belief that the created nature (fitra) of every human is such that they are naturally … [Read more...]
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An interesting article came to my attention this morning. Frank Furedi's The Curious Rise of Anti-religious Hysteria, argues that British and American cultural elites are in a panic about religion and are tempted to develop vapid appeals to morality in their politics. Furedi's not religious himself; he does not write as a religiously-inspired moralist. The essay's overblown, I think, but worth thinking about. Especially because Furedi finds a negative sort of elitism behind anti-religious … [Read more...]
Is-Ought Problem
Frank Walton writes: "Evolutionist Dr. Massimo Pigliucci writes, 'It has been pretty obvious since Darwin that we, indeed, are nothing but machines.' Obviously, then, there wouldn't be a problem if one machine 'kills' another machine. When an automobile slams and crashes into another automobile do we say that the cars murdered one another?"Walton makes a very common mistake here, one that was first recognized by David Hume and which philosophers call the "is-ought problem" after Hume's comment in … [Read more...]
Denying Big God and the Little God: The Next Step for Atheists?
Tom Clark at the Center for Naturalism has written an open letter to the atheist community entitled, "Denying Big God and the Little God: The Next Step for Atheists?" … [Read more...]
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The Absurdity of a Christian Home Business
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Nathan got his start after close friend Mike Paradinas (aka µ-Ziq, who also owns the Planet Mu label) urged him to get a few pieces of gear and begin making tracks. The results of that initial push were released by Skam in 1996 as the Phlax EP, which was followed in mid-1997 by an additional 12", Card Hore, which found him beginning to incorporate drum'n'bass rhythms and frantically cut-up samples into his sound. Nathan also released tracks through the Skam/Musik Aus Strom 12" EP series MASK, and provided a remix for MAS co-owner Michael Fakesch's Demon 2 EP. Following 1997's Mealtime compilation (which also included a Jega track), Nathan's Type Xer0 EP and full-length debut Spectrum were the first proper releases on Paradinas' Planet Mu in 1998; Paradinas has even stated that Nathan was one of the primary inspirations for starting the label. A playful, eclectic album, Spectrum was well received by electronic music enthusiasts, and was given an American issue by Matador, leading to extensive touring of the country. Nathan also performed concerts in Iceland with Björk, and toured Japan with Luke Vibert and Paradinas. He ended the '90s by sharing split singles with Capitol K, Kid Spatula (another alias of Paradinas), and 808 State.
In 2000, Nathan returned with Geometry, a darker album that avoided samples in favor of challenging architectural sound design (he also took up 3-D animation and design around this time). Thom Yorke named the album an influence on Radiohead's Kid A, and the album track "Inertia" was rumored to have influenced the soundtrack to the 2002 film Solaris. Nathan relocated to Brooklyn in 2002, performing concerts with local electronic musicians like Datach'i and Team Shadetek, as well as continuing to focus on design work. An early draft of Jega's third album, Variance, was leaked to online file-sharing services in 2003, causing him to delay and rework the album. He then moved to Los Angeles in 2005, established an animation and visual design company, and directed animated films. He released a few compilation tracks and performed infrequent concerts with artists such as Plaid, Boxcutter, and Mochipet.
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Amanda Knox freed one year ago today
One year ago today, Oct. 3, 2011, it finally happened. It was 12:55 p.m. Seattle time, 9:55 p.m. Perugia, Italy time when the jury's verdicts were read by Judge Claudio Pratillo Hellmann in the appeal trial, and West Seattle-raised Amanda Knox, then 24, was free to leave the Italian courtroom, free to pick up her tooth brush and other effects at Capanne Prison, her home for three years and 11 months, and free to return to her parents' Arbor Heights home.
She and then boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito had been convicted of the brutal Nov. 1, 2007, murder of her British college roommate, Meredith Kerscher, along with a local drifter and serial thief, Rudy Guede. Knox and Sollecito were acquitted of the murder. Guede, considered by the courts to be the lone killer, remains in prison.
Upon Knox's return to Seattle the following late afternoon, news helicopters flew low from SeaTac Airport over West Seattle, tracking the car she was in to her parents' house, trying to catch a glimpse for the evening news. While her family made an official statement to the press requesting privacy to allow her to adjust, her family and friends had the chore of chasing away the paparazzi, ironic considering the term was coined in the Italian 1960 Federico Fellini film "La Dolce Vita".
The West Seattle Herald covered the trial, publishing over 40 articles on Amanda Knox. Despite legal threats from her Italian prosecutors and false accusations by bloggers from Manchester to Melbourne that our news organization was paid by Amanda's family and their public relations firm, we pressed on with our reporting of the trial from the local perspective of her ordeal as seen through the eyes of her family, friends, school teachers and others within our tight-knit community.
According to BBC.com, in an article they wrote about Knox one year ago, The fate of Amanda Knox has galvanised people in this city. Steve Shay, a reporter with the West Seattle Herald newspaper, first learned of Miss Knox's plight when he was sent to cover a fundraiser for her family (...) "The more I talked to her schoolteachers and her friends, the less likely it seemed to me that she was capable of doing what she was accused of doing. I couldn't find any evidence she was promiscuous or took drugs or was the sort who would break the law. The portrayal of her in the tabloid press just didn't add up."
Several area fundraisers were held to raise money for Knox's family to help with their legal and travel costs to and from Italy while Amanda was in jail. Three were organized by Al Semple who was born and raised in West Seattle, with his friend Julie Rogers, of Sammamish, including one at Shadowland Bar in West Seattle, and another at the West Seattle Bowl.
Sollecito was just in town promoting his memoir,"Honor Bound: My Journey to Hell and Back with Amanda Knox", now ranked #9 in Amazon's Crime & Criminals category.
Amanda Knox is expected to release her book about her ordeal in prison early next spring.
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Eaglecrest, twice
Mileage: 34.6
October mileage: 313.1
Temperature upon departure: 43
Rainfall: .45"
I am very lucky that I don't have a coach to breathe down my neck and assault me with numbers and statistics and myriad equations to prove that I'm not trying hard enough. My imaginary coach is irritating enough, especially now that she has an odometer and GPS and my bad habit for reading training blogs to back up her claims. She hovers over my shoulder, chanting witless mantras such as "Go! Go! Go!" "I ... am ... doing the ... best ... that I ... can," I huff back, sometimes out loud, for emphasis.
My imaginary coach always backs down. I live with my guilt. I embrace my freedom. I adapt. When road interval training turned out to be a hideous exercise in breathing through an unmitigated runny nose, I took the intensity workouts indoors. I can run just as hard on an elliptical trainer, and while I'm recovering, I read books. I've burned through three so far this month. My current subjects of choice are nonfiction about Alaska mountaineering and dogsled racing. I am learning tons.
Now my imaginary coach is telling me I should spend more time climbing. "Best bike workout there is," she tells me. "Good for the quads." As limited as my climbing options are, it's not quite as monotonous as the gym. So I listened this time.
Today I rode the "Double Eaglecrest." My GPS tells me this ride climbs 2,958 feet in 34 miles. Of course, most of that climbing happens in the 10 miles it takes to ride up the Eaglecrest road twice. It's a respectable grade.
It seems a bit silly to use a 26" full-suspension mountain bike for a road climb, but that's my best option right now. Little did I know it was going to be the perfect bike for the job today. I was actually enjoying the slow comfort of the squishy saddle when I passed a large road machine - sort of an industrial weed whacker - about two miles into the climb. The thing was crawling down the mountain and leveling every bush and tree within 10 feet of the road - probably to make room for a snow berm come winter. The air was suddenly overcome with the strong scent of evergreen - the kind of overzealous pine aroma that reminds me of a kitschy Christmas store. And behind the machine, I could see why. The weed whacker left a trail of debris that stretched the entire width of the street - twigs, leaves, spruce bows, spiny devil's club shoots, even logs. It was a complete minefield.
I was gunning for 90 percent effort for the first climb, even as I ran over some obstacles and dodged others. Easy enough, right? Now turn that around, factor in a wet road and a 35 mph, teary-eyed descent, and you have a swerving, exhilarating mountain bike ride that is every bit as exciting as, well, a real mountain bike ride.
The weed whacker operator had destroyed another half mile of road by the time I climbed past him a second time. By then I was at 80 percent effort and starting to feel it. I was a little less alert on the second descent and nearly launched over one of the logs. I like to think I would have landed it. Towards the bottom, there was a break in the clouds and I could see a half rainbow floating overhead. I took a picture and continued on my way before the full view opened up - the rainbow disintegrating across a deep gray sky that stood in stark contrast of the snow-covered mountains, the low-lying clouds, and the muskeg bathed in new sunlight. The moment became so beautiful that I said so, out loud, adding a swear word for emphasis.
I think even a real coach would approve.


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Sources close to the couple tell HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY that Ashton was turned off by Demi's obsession with hanging out with her daughter Rumer Willis and her friends!
Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher's separation shocked their fans, but perhaps most outrageous is the reason why the split became a reality: Ashton thought that much-older Demi's immaturity was causing too many problems!
Ashton, 33, was sick of 49-year-old Demi's constant need to party, insiders close to the couple tell HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY.
"Demi and Ashton grew apart over his cheating, as well as her desire to hang out with her daughter Rumer Willis and her friends all the time," our source said. "Demi always wanted to hang out with Ashton in social environments, which certainly plays into her need to be around younger people and remain young herself. They stopped being romantic and having alone time and became more acquaintances. Ashton didn't like this and wanted more of a wife rather than a buddy."
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