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This morning I ate at a Denny's restaurant. To my surprise, the waitress put the bill on the table along with the food at the beginning rather than end of the meal. My immediate "gut instinct" reaction was that for some reason she did not trust me. It was not as though I had walked in wearing rags, but neither was I in a business suit. Seeing that another waitress waited until the end of the meal to deliver the bill to another table, I was curious enough to ask the manager. He explained that it is Denny's policy at breakfast to drop the check at the outset of the meal "because there is no dessert." That a customer might want to add an item during the breakfast suggests that the policy was at the very least not well thought out. Moreover, the logical inconsistency opens up the possible of an alternative, real reason behind the policy. The manager proffered a hint in prefacing that breakfast is particularly busy at Denny's restaurants. Although the policy could thus merely be a time-saving devise for the wait-staff, the underlying reason could be that it is more difficult for the servers to keep tabs on their respective customers. With the manager's problematic rationale and his near passive-aggressive dismissiveness of my objection (as well as his notable refusal to compensate me even in part) serving as a sort of confirmation, I came away with the sense that "leaving without paying" was at least in part the underlying fear behind the policy. Such distrust breeds distrust, as well as resentment. In spite of making this transparent to him by indicating that I would not be generous with the tip as a result, he did not seem to grasp the link or even that it is so avoidable. Instead, he clung to the path of least resistance for himself and his restaurant.
In his commentary on the loss of trust in business, government and society, Michael Wolff laments to decline of trust through what he calls "consumer history." As trust can be maintained with little or no further cost once established, Wolff is perplexed as to why more business practitioners, politicians and even religious functionaries do not rush to fill the gap.
Why are some politicians all too willing to go back on their campaign promises when in office? The prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, took only five days in office early in 2013 before reversing his campaign pledge to wean Japan off of nuclear power. Why do some religious leaders apparently not understand the value of trust in something as intimate as one's spirituality? The Vatican's initial reaction to the disclosure of priests sexually molesting children was to look the other way, as if the "trust issue" would somehow go away. Why don't business managers invest more in authentic trust as distinguished from "brand management"? For example, the photos of food on the menus at Denny's exaggerate the actual amount of food. The duplicity alone can eviscerate trust as well as cause considerable resentment.
Pointing to the hidden invasiveness of some businesses, Wolff asks his readers, "Would you trust Amazon? Do you trust any company whose main mission is to collect your data? You might acquiesce to it, but do you trust it—or anyone whose central activity is to keep tabs on you? Google, founded on a do-gooder credo, is now the leviathan of data collection and opacity." Facebook is another such hegemon, whose Instagram announced "it was selling the pictures people had entrusted it with." That is to say, a person's own pictures of oneself, one's friends, family and even home unknowingly put on the market and possibly purchased by marketers. If anything calls out for a constitutional right to privacy, such a practice surely does.
Wolff views the decline of trust in commerce and politics as either a threat to capitalism and democracy or an opportunity for a historical turn-around. In viewing information overload as salient in the crisis, he has absorbed too much of his information age. The problem is one of attitude rather than information. Might it be that people working in business no longer trust the general public and thus their own customers, and thus do not expect to be trusted in return. Why work to build up trust if one doesn't think one will be trusted anyway? The mistrust of business managers, sales people, and customer service reps creates mistrust, which is directed back on them. The result is an overly tedious manner of "check and double check."
For instance, when I make hotel reservations, I take extra time to ask whether I would be charged for a room safe whether I use it or not. I ask whether there are any other mandatory charges. In terms of "local calls," I have even asked which area-codes are covered. On the other side, hotels and especially motels now regularly take deposits as much as $200 for a night's stay in addition to the room charge. Customers with debit cards are especially mistrusted, as per the differential policy concerning deposits. It is apparently not enough to take down a customer's driver's license number. The hypocrisy in mislabeling customers as "hotel guests" only adds to a customer's sense of duplicity and thus mistrust. At the very least, the practitioners come off as fake with respect to their use of language. What else might they be hiding? What hidden charges might one find at the end of one's stay if one does not ask enough questions before reserving a room?
The social glue that lubricates the system of capitalism becomes sticky, and the social bonds even between strangers become increasingly frayed. A similar stickiness has seeped into Congress, also due to a decline in mutual trust. Even in religion, parishioners now take greater precautions regarding what exactly their kids will be doing with clergy. A parent keeping an eye on a priest is not likely to enter into a close spiritual connection with him.
Generally speaking, commercial transactions, representative democracy, and religion all become more difficult. If trust is as easy to muster and as valuable to have as Wolff suggests, the need for the difficulty is all the more inexplicable. For instance, a social media business model should pop up that stresses the privacy of user information. The problem is not too much information; rather, a certain attitude shirts trust as a potential asset. It is not only selfishness, greed and a lack of consideration (and respect) for others. One need only go to Miami to get loads of that sordid cocktail.
There has perhaps been a proliferation of cheating and thus taking advantage of others, while giving up on the value that trust could proffer. The rise of the great cities has substituted anonymity for knowing one's customers and banker. Anonymity is fertile ground for mistrust as well as duplicity. Furthermore, as the modern business model has come to stress getting as much money as possible out of one's customers, duplicity has come at the expense of trust.
For example, with the advent of so many differently-priced tiers of seats in coach alone on planes and the complex baggage-charge "regulations" has come greater uncertainty for the customer at the airport. The distrust concerns what one will actually have to pay even after having purchased a ticket. Similarly, a customer who pays for a reserved hotel room at the hotel with cash or a debit card may find herself stranded because a sizable, hitherto unmentioned deposit is also "required." To subject travelers to possibly being stuck in another city is nothing short of cruel. When the pettiness has to do with secondary issues (i.e., a deposit rather than the room charge itself), the profit-motive is not the driving force behind the cruelty.
This is finally the core of the problem that eclipses trust: a desire to inflict passive aggression accompanied by the instinctual need to dominate others. Seen in this light, the inhabitants of the modern shopping mall on both sides of the counter are not as far removed from other species as one might think. The problem can be put more abstractly as the hypertrophy of the instincts of cowardly aggression and dominance. In fact, the combination may even be a subtle form of sadism that has been made socially acceptable by its sheer ubiquity in the public square.
As long as "control issues" and an overwhelming urge to inflict passive aggression set the contours for public interactions in business, government and society, nothing much will change concerning the dearth of trust. Amassing trust beyond the superficial sort from branding ads and management by "presentment" will be nearly impossible for businesses unless their managers and employees relax their grip on the pettiness at the expense of long-term profitability. Unwilling to face their underlying dominant instincts, business managers and employees will continue to conclude that customers are inherently untrustworthy, even abusive, rather than retaliatory as well. Rather than being untrustworthy, customers subjected to close-minded yet supercilious pettiness are merely returning passive aggression for the passive aggression and resisting the unfairness in the arrogant dominance. To be sure, this does not account for every rude customer, but neither can a customer's frustration be necessarily relegated so utterly conveniently as idiosyncratic. Power that presumes it can't be wrong is naturally infuriating, especially if access to the supervisor is closed off as when customer "service" employees convenient "lose" calls while "transferring" them to a manager. Gate-keeping enforced on callers against their will is about as naked as passive aggression conjoined to a lust for power gets in today's retail sector.
Even so, the ubiquity of passive aggression as a weapon and a fixation on dictating the terms in even the most banal transactions is still nearly invisible to managers, employees and customers. This makes the task of restoring trust all the more difficult, if not impossible. That is, the link between the excessive, albeit camouflaged, aggression and dominance and the resulting resentment is almost never revealed or made conscious on either side of the counter or telephone. This blockage is itself rather puzzling. Distrust is sensed and yet not connected to its roots. As a result, customers put up with much too many plays for control and acts of passive aggression in the name of "policy" while many managers and problematic employees oriented to "presentation" as though on a stage are simply out of touch with what is driving them.
As valuable as trust is, it will be thwarted as long as people choose, enable or react in kind to excessive passive aggression and dominance rather than confront them in themselves. Aggression and dominance are both causes and effects of mistrust. Wolff suggests that "nobody quite knows what trust is anymore. Hence, even people who think they are selling trust are so often selling phoniness or duplicity." Sadly, such people come to view their fake demeanor as the epitome of professionalism. Actually, the fake smile is fueled by anger and an irresistible urge to dominate others. The masks are enabled by an approach to management that is oriented to appearances rather than attitude. Much too often, professionalism is a weapon of pride rather than a mark of maturity.
In the context of modernity, everyone is a professional in his or her own infallible yet purblind eyes. This is deemed so even without a college education. From this seemingly-solid basis, it is easy to assume a perch from which one presumes the right to dominate and inflict pain—indirectly of course given the underlying weakness. As Nietzsche suggests, dislodging such a "new bird of prey" can be incredibly difficult, even for the strong. Those from among the weak who are nonetheless driven to dominate the rest of the herd and even the strong are not strong enough to dominate. Therefore, the new birds of prey inflict pain both out of their anguish for being too weak to lead and as a means of achieving the dominance they crave. In contrast, the self-confident strong have no need to be cruel. The weak have somehow been able to beguile the strong through guilt (modern morality) into accepting the artificial dominance. That is, the dominating birds from among the flock have somehow been able to foist their illusion of superiority on the strong, who thus unnecessarily submit even though they can fly higher.
By the twenty-first century, corporate "branding" of trust, a dominating form of weakness claiming a share of social reality, had come to replace higher trust that is authentic. Even so, human beings in any age instinctively know authentic trust. We can sense strength (and weakness). This intuition comes out of strength, and yet it has been insufficient to dislodge the fake, one-sided trust that is so convenient to the petty.
Whereas Wolff looks to technology to prioritize information as a solution (as if the problem of trust were predominantly cognitive), I contend that attitude-change resides at the core of any possibility for a restoration of trust in commerce as well as politics and religion. Perhaps the solution is as simple as replacing the excess of pride, pettiness and especially passive aggression with even just a little heart-felt compassion that goes with serving others rather than contrived corporate scripts. As simple as this recipe may be, putting it into action would face considerable resistance from those culprits who presume they cannot be wrong or at fault and yet are in power. Such is the nature of weakness that seeks to dominate beyond its innate pith.
Whereas Wolff looks to technology to prioritize information as a solution (as if the problem of trust were predominantly cognitive), I contend that attitude-change resides at the core of any possibility for a restoration of trust in commerce as well as politics and religion. Perhaps the solution is as simple as replacing the excess of pride, pettiness and especially passive aggression with even just a little heart-felt compassion that goes with serving others rather than contrived corporate scripts. As simple as this recipe may be, putting it into action would face considerable resistance from those culprits who presume they cannot be wrong or at fault and yet are in power. Such is the nature of weakness that seeks to dominate beyond its innate pith.
[related piece: "A Genealogy of Business Ethics: A Nietzschean Perspective"]
Michael Wolff, "Trust Used To Be Worth Something," USA Today, January 7, 2013.


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Alaskan Malamute Health Problems and Raising an Alaskan Malamute Puppy to be Healthy
By Michele Welton. Copyright © 2000-2016
Quiz – How Long Will Your Dog Live?
How To Raise a Healthy Dog
Feeding the Best Dog Food
Feeding the 2nd Best Dog Food
Vaccinations: Needed or Not?
Are You Sure Your Vet Is Good?
The most common health problems in Alaskan Malamutes:
According to an Alaskan Malamute Club health survey, the number one health problem in the breed is hip dysplasia. The Orthopedic Foundation of America evaluated the hip X-rays of over 12,000 Alaskan Malamutes and found 12% dysplastic. That's high, and the true rate is even higher, because most of the obviously bad X-rays were not sent in for official evaluation.
Other orthopedic diseases in Alaskan Malamutes are elbow dysplasia, osteochondritis, panosteitis, luxating patella, Wobbler's syndrome, and a rare disease called chondrodysplasia.
According to the club survey, the second worrisome health problem in Alaskan Malamutes is a serious eye disease, cataracts. One form of cataracts appears at less than a year old, while another form appears around age six.
Other eye diseases of concern include progressive retinal atrophy (PRA), corneal dystrophy, glaucoma, and entropion.
Also day blindness, which is an inherited eye disease in Alaskan Malamute puppies. It's officially called hemeralopia or cone degeneration. Cone cells help your dog see in bright light, so when they die, your puppy becomes "day blind." He may seek out shaded areas in the yard and be reluctant to enter sunny areas, where he will walk hesitantly, stumbling or tripping over things. There's no cure for day blindness, but the condition doesn't get any worse with time and with their acute senses of smell and hearing, most puppies with visual difficulties learn how to compensate very well, especially in familiar surroundings.
According to the club survey, hypothyroidism is third on the list of health concerns in Alaskan Malamutes. According to the Michigan State University Thyroid Database, up to 18% of Mals have low thyroid levels.
With their deep chest, Alaskan Malamutes are at higher-than-normal risk for the emergency gastrointestinal syndrome called bloat.
Cancer is a leading cause of death in the Alaskan Malamute, especially osteosarcoma, lymphosarcoma, and mammary cancer.
Allergies cause itchy skin and often lead to pyoderma (bacterial skin infections). Other skin diseases reported in the breed include follicular dysplasia, zinc-responsive dermatosis, and the (fortunately rare) Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome.
Blood-clotting diseases include hemophilia B, factor VII deficiency, and von Willebrand's disease.
Other health issues in Alaskan Malamutes include epilepsy, diabetes, polyneuropathy, and myasthenia gravis.
Alaskan Malamutes are prone to losing pigment on their nose and muzzle – this can be caused by nasal solar dermatitis, vitiligo, or lupus, but most commonly it's a harmless condition called snow nose where the nose only loses pigment in the winter.
Can you prevent health problems from happening to YOUR Alaskan Malamute?
Yes, often you can.
- Some health problems are genetic, which means inherited from parents. Genetic health issues are common in Alaskan Malamutes today because of unwise breeding practices. My book, Dog Quest: Find The Dog Of Your Dreams, shows you how to find an Alaskan Malamute puppy who is genetically healthy.
- Other health problems are environmental – caused by the way you raise your dog. My best-selling dog health book, 11 Things You Must Do Right To Keep Your Dog Healthy and Happy shows you how to prevent environmental health problems by raising your Alaskan Malamute puppy (or adult dog) in all the right ways.
Here are my dog health tips for raising a healthy Alaskan Malamute puppy or adult dog:
How Long Will Your Dog Live? – Take This Quiz!
Based on your dog's breed and how you're raising him, this personalized quiz will help you understand how long your dog might live – and most importantly, how you can increase his life expectancy.
Dog Health Care – The Sensible Way
Read my advice on daily health care so your Alaskan Malamute lives a long, healthy life and seldom needs to see the vet.
The Best Dog Food For Feeding Your Alaskan Malamute
The best diet for feeding your Alaskan Malamute is real food. Real chicken, turkey, beef, bison, venison, fish....This is not "people food" and I'll tell you why.
The Second-Best Dog Food For Your Alaskan Malamute
If you can't feed homemade dog food, here are your next-best choices.
Vaccinations and Booster Shots: Needed or Not?
How many vaccinations does your Alaskan Malamute puppy really need? Does your adult Alaskan Malamute need yearly booster shots? The vaccination guidelines have changed. Find out what many vets aren't telling you.
The Type of Veterinarian I Recommend
Is your veterinarian really the best choice for your dog? Learn about the differences between vets who practice conventional, holistic, and alternative veterinary medicine.
Spaying Your Female Dog: Pros and Cons
Advantages and disadvantages of spaying your female Alaskan Malamute.
Neutering Your Male Dog: Pros and Cons
Advantages and disadvantages of neutering your male dog.
Assisi Loop Review: How I Helped Treat Inflammation and Pain With Electromagnetic Field Therapy
Does your dog suffer from arthritis, hip dysplasia, disk disease, pancreatitis, colitis, injuries such as fractures and skin wounds, or a neurological condition? An honest review of a veterinary device you can use at home to help reduce inflammation and pain.
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Very nice. I need to order one for my wife's gun.
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You can't go wrong with a Crossbreed SuperTuck. Congratulations.
Nice surprise, glad you're happy...enjoy the new rig.
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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I just ordered one too and had a similar experience--came in 3 days!
Still waiting on the CPL as well, but I've been wearing it around the house and it's comfortable.
Can't go wrong with Crossbreed.
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Nov. 15, 2012
CHICAGO - Head coach Eric Simpson has announced the signing of wings Bailey Farley (Ft. Wayne, Ind./Canterbury) and Tiana Karopulos (Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew), guard Taylor Nazon (Chicago, Ill./Trinity) and post Cate Soane (Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard West) to a National Letter of Intent during the early signing period. The four student-athletes will be eligible to compete starting with the 2013-14 season.
"Our entire coaching staff has high expectations for this class," said Simpson. "We have targeted the Chicagoland area and the State of Indiana as critical territory to our recruiting success and we are extremely excited to sign these four young ladies. We know that Bailey, Cate, Taylor and Tiana will represent themselves, their families and Loyola in a first-class manner and it is with great excitement that we welcome them to the Loyola basketball family today."
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Ft. Wayne, Ind. Canterbury
Averaged 18.6 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.9 steals per game as a junior while shooting 65% from the floor and 37% from three-point range ... Enters final season with 1,208 career points ... Part of state champion teams her freshman and junior years ... Indiana Junior All-Star pick her junior year ... Two-time All-State selection by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association ... Also named to the all-Northeast Indiana first team two consecutive seasons ... Preseason First Team All-State honoree this year by Hoosier Basketball Magazine ... Chosen as a preseason participant for the Hoosier Basketball North/South All-Star Game ... Plays for Canterbury High School for head coach Scott Kreiger ... Plays AAU with the Speice Gym Rats coached by her father, Gil Farley.
Simpson on Bailey: "You have to love Bailey's intensity on the court and her passion for the game. She is a big guard who has shown versatility in her ability to score both off the dribble and in catch-and-shoot situations and she will become at least the fifth Rambler to have won a high school state title."
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Tinley Park, Ill. Andrew
Versatile wing player who can score from the perimeter or in the paint ... Listed among Chicago Sun-Times Top 50 Players for 2012-13 season ... Honorable Mention All-State last season by the Champaign News-Gazette and Illinois Basketball Coaches Association ... Also a Special Mention All-State pick from the Chicago Tribune ... Three-time all-conference selection ... Two-time participant at the Michael T. White FILA Top Ten All-America Camp ... Tremendous athlete who is also a three-time state qualifier and two-time regional champion in cross country ... Qualified for the 2011 state meet in the mile and 4x800m relay in track and field ... Also lettered in tennis last year ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Plays at Andrew High School for head coach Bob Matz and is a member of the Chicago X-Citement AAU program under Xavier Walton ... AAU teammate of fellow Loyola signee Taylor Nazon.
Simpson on Tiana: "Tiana is a high-energy player that is always active on both ends of the floor. Offensively, she has the ability to shoot the ball from behind the arc, will attack the basket off the dribble and is an excellent finisher in transition and she also plays with great intensity on the defensive end."
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Chicago, Ill. Trinity
Athletic combo guard who can both handle the ball as well as score ... Listed as one of the Top 50 Players in Chicagoland by the Chicago Sun-Times ... Averaged 13 points per game last season while also affecting games with her defense and passing ability ... Enters senior season with over 1,000 points, 300 assists and 250 steals ... Helped Trinity to a 30-2 record last season with both losses to eventual state champion Whitney Young ... Three-time all-conference performer ... Named Girls Catholic Athletic Conference (GCAC) Freshman of the Year after the 2009-10 season ... Two-time Honorable Mention All-State recipient from the Champaign News-Gazette ... Also twice named Honorable Mention All-Area by the Chicago Sun-Times ... Member of National Honor Society and National French Honor Society ... Plays high school ball at Trinity for head coach Ed Stritzel and member of the Chicago X-Citement AAU club under Xavier Walton ... AAU teammate of fellow Loyola signee Tiana Karopulos.
Simpson on Nazon: "Taylor is a hard-nosed competitor that has been a lineup staple for a dominant Trinity program for the last three years. She is a true combo guard that is comfortable as the primary ball-handler or playing off the ball, has the ability to pressure the basketball on the perimeter and will be comfortable playing an up-tempo brand of basketball."
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Glen Ellyn, Ill. Glenbard West
Versatile post player who has improved every season ... Averaged nine points and five rebounds per game last season and was leading shot blocker in DuPage County ... Earned all-conference and honorable mention all-area honors last season ... Voted team's most valuable player last season ... Member of all-star team at the US Junior National Gateway Challenge and Summer Final events during the summer ... Plays high school basketball at Glenbard West for head coach Mike Hofland and is a member of the Illinois Rockets AAU team under Drew Ondik.
Simpson on Soane: "I could not be more excited to add a player and athlete of Cate's caliber to our roster at Loyola. Her addition will give our program added athleticism and versatility in the frontcourt and she is extremely mobile and comfortable running the floor in transition. At 6-foot-3, Cate's length and leaping ability make her an asset defensively and on the boards and I believe she has tremendous upside offensively as she continues to develop her skills around the basket and at the high post."


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In a more colourful and upbeat video for its two new Android tablets, Sony has given us a glimpse of the multimedia aspects of the S1 and S2.
The first trailer for the tablets was equal parts bizarre and infuriating, as it gave us no indication of what the tablets would look like or could do, and yet it left us eager for more. The second trailer was equally obtuse but the latest teaser has finally given us an idea of what the tablets will be able to do.
Eschewing the dark and moody lighting and atmosphere of the first trailer, the third installment, entitled "Filled with Fun", is all colour and light but continues the theme of using interconnecting parts moving in one fluid kinetic motion.
First we see the larger S1 showing off a gallery of pictures, then playing some music before finally showing a clip from the Green Hornet (they really should have picked a better film) with a card telling us to "Turn Life into Cinema.
Moving on, the trailer goes on to show the S2, firstly acting as an ereader, with pages of a book displayed on both screens. We then see Crash Bandicoot come to life, being played on one screen with (presumably) the controls arranged on the other display, as Sony representatives told us last week.
The trailer ends again with the "To be continued" line and while these trailers are not exactly packed with new information, we like them and look forward to more Sony ingenuity.


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We have a new No. 1. But spots No. 7 to No. 15 are difficult to slot. Teams ranked in the No. 16 to No. 25 range are taking turns beating each other. Three unbeaten remain, and only five teams have one loss. It was a high-scoring weekend across the slippery landscape of Division I lacrosse.
Up next: The Konica Minolta Big City Classic at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., featuring Duke vs. Syracuse and North Carolina vs. Hopkins (ESPNU).
1. Johns Hopkins — The Blue Jays shot 40% in the second half to beat previously No. 1 Virginia. It was their first win in Charlottesville since 1998. Brandon Benn, Zach Palmer and Rob Guida played well on offense, and Lee Coppersmith and John Ranagan delivered clutch goals. The Canadians diced Virginia's zone, forcing the Cavs to play 85% man-to-man. Hopkins was slow to slide to Virginia dodgers, relying on a strong day from Pierce Bassett. The Jays must improve their defensive depth, both at close and short stick defensive midfield; they have given up 19 of 47 goals in the fourth quarter.
2. Virginia — The five-time NCAA champions will benefit from a March loss. The Cavs didn't score in transition and shot poorly (10 of 48) by their standards. Penetration didn't come easily. Defensively, their 3-3 zone was picked apart by Hopkins, yet they only lost by a goal in overtime. There is a lot to like about UVa; the Wahoo seniors are now 27-2 in Klockner.
3 UMass — It was an off weekend for the unbeaten Minutemen. They play Harvard on March 27. Mike Fetterly netted the game-winner against Penn State last Saturday, and Colin Fleming has been a consistent scorer. UMass doesn't play anybody from the ACC, Denver, Notre Dame, Syracuse or Hopkins, so it'll be interesting to see what their RPI looks like in May.
4. Loyola — The Hounds scorched the Hoyas on Wednesday, 11-6, as Mike Sawyer and Eric Lusby were allowed to continually take strong-handed shots. Loyola remained unbeaten on Saturday night in the rain, topping UMBC 13-5. Lusby and Sawyer combined for eight goals. This team is on a roll, outshooting its opponent by a 45-25 average margin. The defense is anchored by Joe Fletcher and LSM Scott Ratliff. Goaltending is one question mark with a team save percentage of .521. Loyola still has to play Ohio State, Denver, Fairfield, Hopkins and the ECAC tourney.
5. Cornell — The Big Red took down Denver in overtime on Tuesday despite losing the groundball war 35-29 and missing the goal 24 times. On Saturday at Penn, they owned the fourth quarter, scoring eight times in an impressive 16-11 win. Cornell rules the fourth quarter (32-8) this year.
6. Notre Dame — It was another close shave for the Irish on Wednesday, surviving an upset bid from Ohio State, 8-7. Max Pfeifer scored twice for ND. Their offense only put 15 shots on goal. Goalie John Kemp was the difference with 17 save,s and shorty Devon Dobson is superb. They crushed Rutgers in their Big East opener on Sunday. The defense keeps them competitive with anybody in the nation.
7. Lehigh — Why not? The Mountain Hawks most impressive win of the season came mid-week, dominating Penn State 9-5. The victory snapped a 14-game losing streak against PSU, defeating the Nittany Lions for the first time since 1971. The Mountain Hawks have only played two teams above .500. Saturday, they cruised past Holy Cross 12-3. Their EMO is on fire, scoring on 20 of 31 chances. David DiMaria has 33 points.
8. Denver — The spring break road trip to Indiana and Long Island resulted in consecutive overtime losses to Notre Dame and Cornell. They bounced back into the win column on Saturday at Air Force behind three goals from Chase Carraro. The Pioneers also announced that goalie Jamie Faus is done for the year with an injury. Denver has a first-class offense averaging 12.5 goals per game while shooting 36% but a defense that scares nobody.
9. Duke — CJ Costabile may be the most valuable player in the country. He is a stat sheet filler — winning face-offs, scooping up ground balls, scoring goals and causing turnovers. Duke put up 13 goals on Georgetown in a win Saturday. The upcoming game with Syracuse is extremely important for each team.
10. North Carolina — The Tar Heels beat Dartmouth on Wednesday 13-10 and Maryland on Saturday 11-10, in an ACC contest that was marred by a fight. The ACC office is likely to suspend the offenders. The Tar Heels are part of the Big City Classic on Sunday facing Johns Hopkins (ESPNU). Turnovers have plagued UNC, but watching the Maryland game I was impressed with their effort, emotion and depth. They played harder then they have in prior losses.
11. Princeton — The Tigers fought Yale for five overtimes, garnering the win in the longest game in school history. The Tigers have become a strong second half team +24 differential. Tom Schreiber has 30 points.
12. Maryland — The Terps trip to Chapel Hill resulted in an ACC loss. They have wins over Hartford, Georgetown, Duke, Marist and Villanova with losses to UMBC and UNC. Maryland has remaining dates with Virginia, Hopkins and the ACC tournament.
13. Villanova — The 'Cats hold wins over Syracuse, Lehigh, Bucknell, Penn and Drexel.
14. Bucknell — Six wins in a row: The latest victim was Albany (0-7) on Saturday. Offense on fire. Billy Eisenreich scored 11 points Tuesday in a lopsided 17-10 win over Robert Morris. The Bison are at Penn State and Holy Cross this week.
15. Syracuse — The Orange had an unimpressive mid-week win over Providence, 10-6, followed by a Sunday loss to Villanova. 'Cuse is deficient in many categories: Opponents are shooting a high percentage and, SU is losing the specialty situations. They have a negative ground ball margin, are less than .500 facing off, and opponents have a higher save percentage. If the tourney started today, the Orange wouldn't be guaranteed to receive one of the nine at-large bids.
16. Colgate — The Raiders are 7-2 after losing to Navy (5-3) Saturday, 12-11. They have an extremely low SOS but remaining games with Army, Lehigh, Bucknell and Maryland plus the Patriot League tourney keep them in the hunt for the NCAAs.
17. Penn State — The Nittany Lions are barely clinging to Top 20 status. The offense is sputtering, averaging six goals per game during the last six games. Goalie Austin Kaut has been a bright spot. Their difficult schedule continues with Bucknell (Tuesday) and Villanova (Saturday).
18. Fairfield — At 8-1, it's hard to leave the Stags out of the Top 20. They have beaten one team above .500. They are at Bellarmine this week and finish the ECAC regular season with Loyola, Ohio State and Denver...a true litmus test.
19. Hofstra — At 4-4, the Pride could easily be tossed out of the Top 20. But I will give them one more chance after a loss to Drexel. Hofstra could rattle off three straight wins against Towson, Dartmouth and Saint Joseph's before finishing with UNC, UMass and Penn State.
20. Bryant — The Bulldogs are 5-2 with losses to Fairfield and Colgate. Bryant has a low RPI, and their wins are low quality as opponents have a combined record of 9-31. But they are 5-2 unlike many others with sub .500 records.
Others under consideration: UMBC, Navy, St John's, Yale, St John's, Georgetown, Harvard, Robert Morris and Drexel.
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Anyone who remembers (and really, how could anyone forget?) Jan Brewer's brain fart heard 'round the world during a live televised debate during the 2010 Arizona gubernatorial race must have been impressed with how surefooted our governor was during a TV interview in August at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Why, she didn't hesitate for a moment in offering her endorsement to — Barack Obama. Seriously, doesn't that woman have a handler? Or a giant hook, maybe a gong nearby? No, no, there she was, offering a big grin and a complete sentence — all about how confident she is that Obama will secure our borders and do our country proud. Later, Brewer told reporters she had been tired. Um, okay. Let's hope she rests up before she has to make any important decisions. Or speak in public again.
We'll admit to being influenced by repeated viewings of Wes Anderson's The Fantastic Mr. Fox on Blu-Ray, but still, we swear we've seen the mythic "Tempe Fox" prancing around the Broadmor neighborhood. He's usually spotted just out of the corner of our eye, always leading to the distinct possibility that we're imagining him completely. But forget reason — of all Arizona's fabled creatures (chupacabra, hoof-man, the Bigfoot in the Apache/Sitgreaves Forest), the fox seems the friendliest (not to mention most plausible). His bushy tail catches the eye, but he's quickly gone before you can whip out your camera phone. It sounds crazy, but we've even heard of one intrepid photographer who snapped off a couple shots, only to have the mysterious fox not show up in the pictures at all. A spirit vision, perhaps? The best part of this "legend," of course, is that it's absolutely true. The old neighborhoods near the ASU Tempe campus really have become home in recent years to several foxes. Residents theorize that they feed on roof rats and hang out near the George Ditch off College Avenue and 14th Street. Tempe officials confirm they're there, and no one knows how it happened. We're glad to know the Tempe Fox is real. (And that we're not crazy!)
Know any good jokes about Arizona State University? The folks in Hollywood certainly do, as Tinsel Town has dispensed a few zingers at ASU's expense over the years, all of which have been dead-on and absolutely hilarious. After all, there's plenty about the school to poke fun at, including its oft-ridiculed status as one of America's top party schools and its student body's reputation for preferring slamming beers to hitting the books. For instance, 30 Rock's resident blowhard Jack Donaghy (played by Alec Baldwin) stated in a 2010 episode that "a parent is the one person who thinks their [kids are] smart, even when they go to Arizona State." Zing. Such a diss was child's play to the sort of lampooning that took place last fall when Daniel Tosh filmed an entire episode of his popular Comedy Central show at ASU.It was part of his Tosh.0 College Campus Invasion and featured segments in which the acerbic comedian satirized frat boys and their tendency to hit on drunk girls (at Casey Moore's, no less), encouraged Sun Devil hotties to consume peppers and other spicy substances, and got naked in front of a biology class. Probably the most hilarious (or embarrassing) bit for ASU students was a highlight reel of a "Tweet and Greet," in which an endless stream of student traded insults with the Tosh, who got a choice quip about how "There's a lot of chlamydia here, apparently." At least he didn't refer to the university as "the Harvard of date rape," like those rascals over at The Daily Show.
In 2012, Frank Ocean made waves by coming out on his Tumblr page, gently shattering the glass ceiling in the notoriously homophobic circles of hip-hop and R&B. But he did more than that with the song "Thinking Bout You." He finally let the rest of the country know that it doesn't rain much here. "It usually doesn't rain in Southern California / Much like Arizona / My eyes don't shed tears/ But, boy, they bawl when I'm thinking 'bout you," Ocean sings with achingly gorgeous tone. In all seriousness, Channel Orange, Ocean's full-length, major label debut is one of the year's finest, and "Thinking Bout You," which effortlessly recalls the perfection of Prince and D'Angelo, is one of the record's most affecting moments. With a cracked falsetto, Ocean croons, "Do you think about me still? Or do you not think so far ahead? 'Cause I've been thinking about forever." It's crushing, a moment of pure soul-rending, and even if Arizona feels like a default rhyme, it's nice to be a part of such an astonishing pop song.
Coming up with a decent band name has never required particular brilliance. Just ask the "greats" — The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Smashing Pumpkins. But in the Internet age, there seems to be some sort of "WTF band name" arms race, with bands like fun., oOoOO, Snake! Snake! Snakes!, and Friends all competing to cram in enough punctuation and inscrutable capitalization to make it impossible to find the band in any given search engine. North Dakota — the Tempe-based trio of Michelle Blades, Mo Neuharth, and Emily Hobeheidar — don't have a hard moniker to spell, but it's still tough to find their web presence without a little Facebooking first. The geographical connections to the Midwest aren't made explicit on the trio's debut (there's a song called "Fargo," but also one called "China/Japan") but like their namesake state — so close to Canada that it's almost there — they blur the lines between borders and sounds, toeing the line between righteous indie rock and riot grrl screeds.
The Compound Grill — the music hall/eatery/bar launched by the people behind the annual The McDowell Mountain Music Festival (and the site of the festival since 2010) — may have closed, but there's good news: Its owners plan to continue the festival, which unites indie rockers, local bands, and some of the granola-crunchiest jam bands this side of Bonnaroo for three days of sun and noodling guitar solos. Bully for them — beyond the fact that the festival has hosted bands like Ozomatli, The Flaming Lips, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Fields, and The Carolina Chocolate Drops, it's maintained a spirit of community activism, donating to charities like Ear Candy and institutions like Phoenix Children's Hospital.


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The Astonished Heart (1950)
Release Date: 24 January 2011 | Certificate: Parental Guidance
Featuring: Margaret Leighton, Noel Coward and Celia Johnson
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Director Terence Fisher brings Noel Coward's THE ASTONISHED HEART to the screen. Fisher and his stars--Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton, and Coward himself--vividly convey the playwright's brittle, sophisticated view of the world. Coward stars as Christian Faber, a psychiatrist who falls in love with the much-younger Leonora Vail (Leighton). This means that Faber must convince himself that his blissful 10-year marriage to wife Barbara (Johnson) is truly at an end. Once he's made this compromise with his conscience, Faber further deteriorates into petulant jealousy when Leonora begins roaming. The surprise ending is all the more surprising because the audience is pulling for Faber (despite his emotional immaturity) and is hoping that he'll pull himself out of his self-imposed mess. In addition to writing and starring in THE ASTONISHED HEART, Noel Coward also composed the musical score.
Release Date: 24 January 2011
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Actors: Margaret Leighton, Noel Coward and Celia Johnson
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Running Time: 90 minutes
Production Year: 1950
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Title says it all.
Only two contenders of course.
Title says it all.
Only two contenders of course.
SKD's Uncle Isaac.
Cricket Web's current Premier League Tipping Champion
- As featured in The Independent.
"I don't think that they'll come close to us to be honest."
- Steve Smith before the Ashes
You need an irrelevant third option Mr Z - I'd suggest wfdu_ben91
Genuine lol esp way he went on with his business unfazed by RRR in the IPL.
Hard to look past Gayle. Perhaps because I've not watched or followed Richards, not helped by fact that for most of his career I was yet to be born, anecdotes and incidents reported nevertheless. :-)
Dhoni perhaps a contender although sometimes it seems a bit imposed.
Voted for Viv although I think he had a different sort of "cool" factor to him compared to Gayle.
King Viv is the coolest man in all of sports.
David Boon
Venkat 'Muscles' Raju
Merv Hughes
Doda Ganesh
Ewen 'Mer' Chatfield
5 coolest cricketers in teh world...Ever
Lack of helmet makes Viv so much cooler.
Gayle is the only player today who is jovial, funny, provocative, hip, easy going all while being a captain, and having a top record in ODIs and decent test record. So he is kool and successful
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Whichever way one is voting, I think that we can all be thankful together that this election is about to be over. Polls suggest that, by however thin a margin, in another week Mitt Romney will need to begin considering whether he intends to go for the full William Jennings Bryan. Another interim period will begin in which we may ask what effect the election had for Mormonism, before we start asking, again, what effect the next one might have. I think that this election's effects mean that the … [Read more...]
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Sharing a Name
A family member of mine shared this photo on Facebook a few days ago. This came as a shock, as I have known this person for most of my life and have never once heard her say anything even remotely religious – she has never used any religious language at all in my presence, not even the commonplaces of funerals or the casual apocalypticism of contemporary politics. Doesn't attend church, doesn't have anything in her home to suggest that she harbors any opinion of Jesus at all, actually, one way or … [Read more...]
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When we concentrate on a material object, whatever its situation, the very act of attention may lead to our involuntary sinking into the history of that object. Novices must learn to skim over matter if they want matter to stay at the exact level of the moment. Transparent things, through which the past shines!Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent ThingsLast Saturday, my wife and my mom and I visited the Kirtland temple, the site of many of Mormonism's formative events. Among many other things, … [Read more...]
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The most recent controversy over Mormonism's practice of posthumous baptism reached its peak in February when it came out that Eli Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate, had ended up on a to-be-baptized list. Wiesel called on Mitt Romney to condemn the practice of proxy baptisms for Jews, particularly Holocaust victims, echoing complaints made by Jewish leaders in the early nineties. The Church has apologized profusely and maintains that they have made every effort to keep Holocaust vic … [Read more...]


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Bangladesh disaster crushes owner's ideal of clothes with a conscience
By Frank Jack Daniel, Serajul Quadir and Fiona Ortiz
SAVAR, Bangladesh/MADRID (Reuters) - When Spanish garment maker David Mayor arrived in Bangladesh a decade ago the fashion label he set up had the motto "clothing with a heart".
In an industry notorious for harsh working conditions he said he wanted to show it was possible to run an ethical business in which workers were trained well and treated with respect.
The story of how that dream ended in the rubble of Rana Plaza, an eight-storey factory complex that collapsed in April killing 1,129 people in one of the world's worst industrial accidents, is a cautionary tale for global retailers now scrambling to prevent another fatal accident in Bangladesh.
Rana Plaza was built on swampy ground, with substandard concrete. It was designed as a five-storey shopping center, but the owner of the building, a local political leader, rented it out to factory owners and built three more floors.
"David tried to do something good, better than the locals, but finally he was overtaken," said Brother Massimo Cattaneo, a Roman Catholic missionary who runs a technical school in northern Bangladesh and worked with Mayor on a training programme he funded there.
Despite repeated attempts in Spain and Bangladesh, Reuters was unable to contact Mayor for comment. He has made no public statements since the accident and it was not possible to establish whether he has hired a lawyer.
Mayor had nothing to do with the construction of Rana Plaza. But as the part-owner of a factory in the building the Spaniard, who was not in Bangladesh at the time, is one of those named as under investigation in the police case launched after the disaster. He has not been arrested.
All the other factory owners named by police, including his partner, are now in custody while the police complete their investigation. Although none have been charged, a government panel has recommended they face charges of culpable homicide, which carries a maximum life sentence. Continued...


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The Houston Astrodome is getting attention from the National Park Service but its fate is still in doubt.
The National Park Service has added the "Eighth Wonder of the World" to the National Register of Historic Places. The move allows developers who may renovate the landmark, access to huge federal tax breaks. Up to 20% as well as state franchise tax breaks.
The listing does not ensure the survival of the dome however as it only allows incentive for renovation and not immunity from demolition.


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Unique and quality!
By Ken fashionista
from Edmonton
I ordered the white one.., and I like the box that came with the watch. To adjust the date just pull the knob and turn the dial clockwise. And the butterfly clasp is easy to open, I just googled it in the web on how to open it. No regrets on this unique chic quality watch!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
Beautiful purchase.
By Tam
from Alberta
I ordered both the black and the white because I couldn't decide. I ended up keeping both because I still can't decide which I like more. They are high quality and good looking watches. I compared watch prices on-line and found this watch for way more. To change the date is tricky. You have to pull the crown out then gently push it back in midway. The date only changes in one direction, can't remember if it's forward or backward. I have a tiny wrist and the jeweler shortened the watches with no problem for about 20 dollars.
Croton Quality watch
By Mutumia
from Richmond, BC
Love my watch! Easy to set the date. A bit tricky figuring out the clasp as the enclosed booklet may have been for another model?? Most excellent value!!
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Love this watch!
By A
from Stony Plain
I just got this watch home and I absolutely love it! I wasn't sure how the quality would be for the low price I paid but this definitely exceeded my expectations. There's a real substantial weight to it which is important to me and it has a very classy look. For the price I should have bought one for my daughter too!
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By LISA
from EDMONTON
I bought this watch in the blue and it looks great! Easy to read and very stylish. What I really love about this watch is that the entire thing done in stainless steel, not simply the back.The fact that the bracelet is not made of some sort of base metal is an indication of a high quality timepiece. What a great price for such quality!
Lovely Watch!!
By Shopaholic
from Toronto
Am still trying to figure out how to change the date with the clasp but I still love the solid construction of the watch. It is a very striking watch especially on a very small wrist. It definitely is a keeper!
Very nice
By G
from Manitoba
As pointed out by others it was a big tricky to figure out the clasp but once you do I can't see why people would send it back because the clasp is nice and strong. The watch is very expensive looking and I am very happy with it. I removed one star because it is a bit heavy but not enough to make me send it back. A nice watch and piece of jewellery.
( 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)
Lovely Watch
By Val
from Edmonton, Alberta
Good looking watch at an excellent prrice. The clasp is confusing and annoying. For that point, I would not recommend the watch.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
( 5 of 6 customers found this review helpful)
By Saucy Minx
from Guelph, ON
This is my first purchase from Croton and I am very impressed with the quality of the watch (I purchased the black one). It's beautifully made and of a substantial weight – though certainly not too heavy. The face size is perfect – bold but not huge. It also comes in a very attractive gift-box perfect for storage and/or gift-giving. So why did I deduct a point? The clasp. I've never owned a watch a "deployment butterfly clasp" before and I couldn't figure out how to open it. A little booklet came with the watch but it didn't explain how to do this. Furthermore, the information was not offered on the TSC website in print or on the video for the item. So I emailed Croton customer service the day I received the watch and, five days later, I still haven't heard back from them (not good). I Googled for info but couldn't find anything that clearly explains how to open this kind of clasp. I thought of going to a jeweller but since I didn't purchase the watch from a jeweller, I decided to make this my final option. So next I visited the Aquaswiss pages on TSC's website. Aquaswiss was the first TSC watch vendor I thought of since I very much enjoy the banter between Daniel Goddard and the hosts/models and I try to tune in whenever Aquaswiss comes to air. To my delight, I found a video of Daniel Goddard briefly explaining how to open a deployment butterfly clasp! It was quick but it was enough and, thanks to Daniel, I finally opened my Croton watch. (Perhaps I should purchase from Aquaswiss next time.) Anyhow, I believe TSC should print such instructions on-line and whenever a watch – or any piece of jewellery - with an unusual clasp/closure is shown on-air, the vendor and/or host should demonstrate how it works and a video of that presentation should be posted on the item's TSC webpage. It sure would save customers a lot of time and trouble!Finally, especially since this is a very attractive, substantial, well-made, quality watch, the Dazzling Deal price is spectacular!
i am loving my new watch.
By Kim
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I bought this for myself but my daughter liked it so I gave it to her. She likes it because it looks very smart and looks pricey. This is my first purchase at the shopping channel and I'm happy that I was not disappointed.


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Judge Pender's heavy caseload is the reason for the 6 day delay in the start of the investigation. The judge has another two cases involving Apple on his schedule including one claim filed by HTC and other involving HTC subsidiary VIA Technologies. Unlike the Federal court which can provide financial relief but rarely bans the import or sale of a product, the ITC leans toward granting injunctive relief over applying a financial penalty. This means that the same Samsung devices that Apple failed to win a ban on in District court could end up getting banned by the ITC.
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The 945G offers faster integrated graphics in the guise of the GMA950. Intel claims that this is twice as fast as the older GMA900 chipset, though to be brutal that's not saying much. One new feature is support for wide aspect ratio, for watching all that lovely HD video - but only up to 1,080i and not 1,080p.
However, if you want to build a media centre you might want to hook up to a screen digitally. Fortunately Intel has a solution in the form of the new Media Expansion Cards (MEC). These will not only provide a DVI output for integrated graphics but also can contain twin TV tuners. This will provide a lower cost route for media centres, without having to go for expensive discrete graphics. The cards are low profile so will fit into small form factor systems and also feature passive cooling.
Also interesting is the support for new RAID levels, adding 5 and 10. With this in mind you'll be able to build a workstation with high performance data storage as well as robust data security.
Intel has also improved the chipset driver, adding support for the new features and improving its interface.
So let's look at performance on our sample Pentium 4 670 (3.8GHz, single-core) and Pentium D 820 (2.8GHz, dual-core). I ran SYSMark04, and PCMark04 with the memory set at both 533MHz and at 667MHz to see if that brought any benefits. On the dual-core Pentium D I ran the POV-Ray benchmark as that makes real use of the two cores.
I then ran a number of intensive multi-tasking tests on both processors to try and get a real subjective sense of the benefits that dual-core might bring.
First of all in SYSmark and PCMark04 we can note that the 667MHz memory doesn't seem to offer any difference in performance over 533MHz, which is a bit of a shame. Not surprisingly, in SYSMark we find that the Pentium 4 stays well ahead of the Pentium D, with 225 for the former and 201 for the latter. SYSMark is only dual-core aware in places so the huge 1GHz difference in clock speed would make its presence felt.
However, this was way off the 281 scored by the Athlon X2.
POV-Ray is the real deal though, with the render taking almost exactly half-the time when set up to use two cores rather than one – exhibiting an almost perfect performance correlation.
To give the 950 graphics a spin I ran 3DMark 03 and Half-Life 2 on the 3.8GHz Pentium 4. This is because these are not dual-core aware so the higher clock speeds would give it the best chance to shine. I tried 3DMark 05 but the performance was too low to make it worthwhile.
The integrated graphics only managed 1,974 in 3DMark and 12.2fps in Half-Life 2 at 1,024 x 768 at high quality. Not a very impressive showing - you'll have to really drop the down the quality and resolution settings if you want to play any recent games on the 950GMA.


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I freaking hate Rock Band, Guitar Hero and all the likes. You get no respect from true music enthusiasts and your taste in music is bad because you only listen to the main-stream stuff. Ac/DC live is the only good thing they put out for that system and then they were only doing that to increase sales to the album (unless it was downloaded on-line free) I purchased their most recent album and I can tell you that there are only 2 or 3 decent songs on there 1 being-Decibel.
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great job +1, check out my design – Exodus – let me know what you think. vote if you like it thanks.
Nicely done
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- Interestingly, the great engineer Tanaka Hisashige, founder of the company that would eventually become TOSHIBA, actually started his career in the early 19th century as a maker of Karakuri dolls.
- Karakuri dolls, for example, were seen as more than models; they were respected as an art form.
- So some of them put a big doll in their car!
- These sophisticated dolls became highly popular.
- They want the police to think the doll is a person.
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- And it will take so long before I can save up money enough to get a new doll.
- In the first place, Sarah Jane had no right to take the doll to school, but the temptation was too much for her.
- She has gone to my wardrobe, taken a bonnet-trimming, and cut it all to pieces to make dolls' jackets!
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Time to think about lemon law?
I know I haven't been super active on the forum yet, but I hope I can still get some responses in my plea for help!
I bought a 2011 JGC LaredoX 4x4 back in July and have been having issues ever since. There are only 4300 miles on the car...
1. Upon Purchase - Steering wheel controls stopped working upon driving off the lot. Returned, fixed. Several fuses were shorted out.
2. Noticed odd throttle response, strange shifting behavior, erratic RPMs and strange behavior associated with the ETC and the transmission. I returned once again to get this checked out. Was told the computer did not relay any issues. Furthermore, some of the air vents failed to work properly AND the interior map lights and other front of car electronics failed to work. Diagnosis here was that someone had put a screw through the main wire!
3. Driving was still terrible so I returned again, armed with a better description, drove the tech around. Was told "This feels normal". Guess what? It's not. Especially when passengers complain about how crappy it feels.
4. Return this time now armed with a TSB and information from this forum. Kept the car overnight. Said nothing could be done.
Here's the kicker...
Drove the car on the highway a bunch. Smooth sailing, but anytime there was a change of pace, a hill or a turn, it was obvious how much the Jeep was struggling.
5. After being garaged for about a month, the car was driven for about 15 minutes. It overheated. Pulled over, cooled down within 5 minutes, oil temp read L. Strange. Drove about 10 more minutes when I noticed a strange grinding/clanking noise coming from the engine bay. I knew I needed to get to a dealership. Car completely shut down 1.5 miles away. Pushed the car to the dealership
Current Diagnosis: Due to poor manufacturing craftsmanship (as stated by the dealer) a specific clamp was not properly installed that holds the coolant hose to the radiator. So it wiggled off, poured coolant all over the engine. Shorted out the electronics and allowed the engine to overheat. They are now digging for other major issues.
Whoever put this vehicle together obviously was having a rough day at the plant! My girlfriend and her family work for GM and have told me how unacceptable this is. Just curious if anyone can provide me with guidance on what to do next. I don't feel comfortable with the future of this vehicle or the safety of it's operation. I just want to start over...
Really appreciate any and all help.
- Adam
Re: Time to think about lemon law?
I would go to the general manager and talk with him. Tell him that when you bought a Jeep you thought you were purchasing a quality car. Tell him that you know Jeeps are excellent cars and this is not what you expected when you purchased it. Give him a list of all the problems you've encountered as well as the solutions provided by the dealership. Ask him to take it back under the lemon laws. The dealership will probably refer you to the Corporate Offices. Tell the GM that you need him to help you through the process. I did this with a Lexus and it worked for me. I had a new Lexus within a week and the dealership threw in chrome wheels for free. Also, the GM mentioned that he was impressed that I didn't yell and threaten a law suit. He told me that my approach made a difference in how Lexus handled the situation. I hope this helps.
Re: Time to think about lemon law?
you answered your own question. at least at the dealer level.
one of my best friends just came back from test driving a summit. he also drove the ML. he asked my opinion. I said the Summit is the best BUY.......the dirrerence will be in AFTER CARE and Dealer customer service. He has an infiniti FX45 and I know he gets a loaner even when he in for an oil change.......told him to ask the Jeep dealer about that.
my MAIN point is while the FACTORY seems to have gotten some handle on things the LOCAL DEALER has missed the boat on any kind of customer service.
When i spend 50-60K of my hard earned GREENBACKS on something I want to be treated respectfully after the sale. and during service visits, etc.
now some MAY have the local dealer that is ACES I can say I have been to them all around the Denver area and they ALL SUCk ASS.
Re: Time to think about lemon law?
I know of at least one 11 grand at my dealership that had the same issue with the motor... let me preface this with I was not the one to work on it, but from what I remember it came in one time with the hose blown off, the hose was put back on and cooling system function was verified. The hose came off again this time on a road trip and the vehicle ended up getting a motor. I cannot remember what chrysler tech support was suggesting at the time was the "likely cause" reguardless they didnt want the motor torn down, they sent an entire longlock out to replace it so they could tear down and deturmine the cause.
I dont care what service department you go to lexus or jeep (while I agree lexus>jeep, they know how to treat a customer more often than not), you are STUPID to go in telling people how its going to be like a flaming lunatic (at ANY dealer). I have said it before and I will say it again, your dealing with people not robots and not that this is an excuse for poor customer service its simple psycology and a natural defence mechanism for people to clam up... NO one likes to give assholes what they want no matter how much they deserve it, and you give them a reason to not like you, spending time to make sure your problem is solved is not as big of a priority. But if you come in calm and collected, you may not get what you want from the onset but continue up the food chain till you get a ear that wants to hear about your problems and help to resolve the situation. Not to mention your blood pressure will thank you.
I am sorry to hear about your problems and wish you luck in getting this mess resolved however best suits you.
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Really appreciate the replies. If anyone has any tips or tricks they've come across over the years, please let me know.
And if anyone has a way of finding out who the regional representative is for Jeep that covers Kansas City, that would be super helpful!
Re: Time to think about lemon law?
Honestly, living in the state of the big three. I would contact someone at the corporate level. I would begin by writing letters to the warranty department, customer service, R&D department, etc. I would include all the negative but at the same time tell them how you are a long time jeep owner, drive american blah blah blah. The people at the corporate level are completely different. Tell them you want them to stand by there product.
As for the Lemon law from my understanding it has to be a continous problem of one kind or very similar. Again I am not sure but I remember reading alittle bit about it when I had a saab 9-3 that just continued to find its way back to the dealership.
Type site is about the lemon law in Kansas, the second is where the jeep customer service is located here in Michigan. To me I would pound them daily with emails, letters, sing a grams it dosen't matter.
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Every 6 months, when I look back I have the feeling that I have improved. But I never feel ashamed of, because it was one important step into the "current" state I currently am. In 6 months into the future I hope I will have the same feeling, it will be a good sign.
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routsounmanman said
Hey everyone,
I was wondering, does everyone get the feeling now and then that they actually suck? I mean, sometimes, I get back at my designs and say "Gee, how come people actually purchase this?". I find the colours wrong, the spacing out of control, typography all over the place, etc.Is this a unviversal kind of thing? I feel tired and overwhelmed…
Is just you.
I'm awesome.
doru said
Is just you. I'm awesome.
Doru you make me laugh more than anyone
It's only human to feel down on yourself every now and then. I remember when Flash was dying thinking how I went from a halfway-decent developer to a complete noob almost overnight. But time heals all.
I'd say that anyone who isn't appalled by their earlier work either is a prodigy and has been writing flawless code since they first sat at a keyboard, or they aren't learning anything. In the unlikely case that the former is true… I'm jealous. In the infinitely more likely latter case, they probably shouldn't be trying to sell their work until they learn to… well… learn. Someone who is satisfied with mediocre work isn't likely someone I want to buy a product from.
Being self-critical is usually a good thing, especially in graphics designing or creative industries in general.
Yeah, but it's a bit more complicated. I think once you reach a certain point and realize what you can accomplish, you are always striving to reach a certain level of quality in what you do. Sometimes you don't, and you feel like you suck.
But really a better perspective to have would be to look back on all your old work and say, "look how much I've grown."
It's also good to look up to the Giants and Masters of your craft, so that no matter how good you get, you will always realize that you suck compared to them, because everyone needs a humbling.
Look back? I don't need to look back.
I currently suffer through every tiny design decision, slog and stumble through every technical advancement. I always feel that…ok…this is it. This is the job that will finally expose me for the hack that I am. I have got to stop trying to be good at illustration/graphic design/etc because I have lost my eye and ability for it. Everyone else is so damn talented and I f**kin' suck. But then, I make a breakthrough. I feel proud of myself for a short time, and then the process starts all over again.
This is actually a studied and very real, socio-psychological behavior.
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
@dvhughes very true