text:
" "Write an opinion on how to choose the right PDA / Handheld. No opinions on specific PDA's please!" "
I have wanted a palmtop computer for a while. I researched and decided on a Psion 5, but ended up with an Osaris. Here's why : As palm computers/PDAs go, the Osaris is cheap. It retails at around £150, whereas its nearest rival, the Psion 5, is nearer £400. So what's the difference? Surprisingly, not much. The Osaris is basically a very good clone of the Psion 5. If you are unfamiliar with palms/PDAs, they are little computers. Some don't have keyboards and used with a stylus pen (you write on the screen). This one does have a keyboard, and you can type directly into it. There are electronic organisers out there for around £20, but I'm not talking about those here. What I am talking about is a powerful mini PC. I use it mainly for writing but it has also replaced my Filofax because it is useful for appointments, telephone/addresses, etc. ~ FEATURES ~ The Osaris's screen is smaller than the Psion 5's but that is part of the reduced cost (that and the fact that Psions have always been expensive). It is big enough for most purposes - you wouldn't want to be drawing up architectural plans on it but you can use all the software it comes with easily. The keyboard is small, of course. It takes some getting used to but I have found that I can type just as quickly on it now as on my PC. There are fewer keys so a function button is there for alternate functions – for example, the dash symbol is with the U instead of on the top number line. Due to the reduced size. it isn't easy to type using all fingers. I find I don't use my little fingers on the Osaris, and I don't use my thumb for the space bar, but an index finger - it feels less clumsy. ~ SOFTWARE INCLUDED ~ WORD A simplified version of Microsoft Word. but just as easy to use. This gives the advantage of making transfer of documents to the PC easy and quick. It is fully functioning and even uses the usu
al keyboard shortcuts such as CTRL S for save. SHEET A simplified version of Excel but surprisingly powerful. DATA a mini database. AGENDA a very good program for appointments, with a calendar, to-do list, etc. It integrates with Lotus and Microsoft for transfer to the PC. I have linked it to Outlook on my PC and was able to transfer contact details directly from the PC to the Osaris quickly and easily. They also go back the same way, from the Osaris to the PC. This is very useful when out and about as it is easy to jot down addresses and telephone numbers then synchronise with your main PC when you get home. JOTTER a notepad. I use it for shopping lists - "must buy the latest computer gadget", etc. SKETCH a drawing program. CALC a calculator, obviously. It is easy to use but has some powerful facilities. Alas, maths may as well be Martian to me so I will probably never use these. TIME. I like this one, I use it to set alarms for myself. It also has a map, but I'm not sure how useful that is. SPELL. This is for spell-checking documents, but also has a thesaurus and an anagram-solver. It is customisable as well, which I didn't expect on such an inexpensive machine. OTHER - there is a game (Bombs), a programming facility if you are programmer, an infrared facility (for data transfer), a modem and web/email facility. In addition, it comes with a stylus pen for selecting things straight off the screen. It is a touch-screen, so I hate to think how much it would cost to replace. I prefer keyboard shortcuts, so I don't think I will get much use out of that. My husband has much larger fingers than me, though, and finds typing fiddly. He will probably get a lot of use out of the pen and touch-screen facility. The Osaris runs off 2 x AA batteries, which I was pleased with as they are cheap and readily available. There were 2 in the box when I got it - Duracell, no
less, no expense spared. Also in the box was a CD for setting up your PC for transferring data, and a PC connection cable. ~ TRANSFERRING TO/FROM THE PC ~ Transferring data to and from the PC s simple and quick. A serial connection cable is supplies with the Osaris which simply plugs into COM Port 1 or 2. The other end plugs into the Osaris. It is simple ten to clock on either synchronisation or backup. If your PC has infrared facility, the Osaris can use that instead of a cable. The first time I tried to connect my Osaris to the PC I was a bit scared, I have to admit. It was simplicity itself, though, and surprisingly quick. I transferred a Word document (which on the Osaris is called EPOC Word), which converted itself into Word 2000 on my PC and came up instantly. I worked on it on the PC, then transferred it back to the Osaris, where it converted itself back to EPOC Word. Easy! ~ THINGS I LIKE ~ The whole thing, it great, but specifically : You don't have to save work before switching off the machine, it saves itself automatically. It boots up quickly - impressively quickly. It shuts itself off after a set period of inactivity. When you start it again the document you were working on is still open. Nice feature. It is new, so comes with a guarantee. I did consider buying a second-hand Psion 5 but the inherent risks outweighed the benefits (no guarantee, no way of knowing how it has been treated, etc.). A second-hand Psion 5 is around the same price as a new Osaris. ~ THINGS I DON'T LIKE ~ Not much. The keyboard is small. I knew it would be, I knew it would be fiddly and hard to get used to. Actually it wasn't that hard, just took a while to find out where they had put things that are usually there! Its not impossibly small but I think people with very large hands would find it a bit too fiddly for comfort. ~ OSARIS VERSUS PSION 5 ~ It is true that the Osaris is very like
the Psion 5. It is very similar to use and has many of the same features. The Psion is slightly more powerful and a bit more fancy, but a lot of those features are unnecessary. The Psion has a recording facility, for example, which I wouldn't use (I carry a dictation machine around with me for that, it holds much more information). The screen on the Psion is larger but we're not talking about something like the difference between a 15" and 17" monitor, it's only slightly bigger. One thing I was slightly concerned about was how quick the Osaris would boot up. I knew that the Psion 5mx was pretty much instant. So is the Osaris. Some Psions come with extra software (it depends on how much over £400 you are prepared to pay), such as Autoroute. Similar software is available for the Osaris. The specifications for the two machines are very similar (the main difference is in the audio, with the Psion having a recording facility) : PSION 5 specs –EPOC operating system, 1 CompactFlash slot, 2xAA batteries, standard 3v lithium backup cell, optional external power supply. SCREEN – 16 grey scale, backlit, touch sensitive, 100 characters x 26 lines, 133 x 50 mm active area. KEYBOARD touch-type laptop-sytle. AUDIO internal speaker, microphone for recording, external buttons for recording. SIZE 170 x 90 x 23mm. WEIGHT 354g with batteries. COMMUNICATIONS RS232 fast serial port, IrDA-compliant Infrared. Additional software available. Windows and Macintosh compatible. Osaris specs – EPOC operating system, 1 CompactFlash slot, 2 x AA batteries, standard lithium backup cell, optional external power supply. SCREEN 320 x 200 pixels, touch-screen with backlit LCD. KEYBOARD touch-type, large keys. SIZE 170 x 91 x 22mm. COMMUNICATIONS RS232 fast serial port, IrDA-compliant Infrared. Additional software available. Windows and Macintosh compatible. Compatible with most popular software : Lotus 12
3, Quattro Pro, Excel, Works, Access, dBase, Word, WordPerfect, Lotus Organizer, Schedule+, Outlook, Lotus Notes Calendar, Symantec ACT!, Novel Groupwise and Maximizer. ===== The Osaris comes with 4mb. My husband was concerned that this might not be enough to make it speedy and powerful, but it is. The Psion 5 comes with 8 or 16mb, which again boosts the price. The Osaris is easily upgradeable if necessary. And I do mean easily - it is a simple CompactFlash system, and they aren't too expensive. We had a spare one which we had intended to use for our digital camera, so I am using that. It simply inserts into a slot in the side of the Osaris. We have a Swift card reader for reading from the card onto the PC. I think I would have been quite happy with the original 4 MB though. You only need lots of memory if you are going to do graphic-intensive work, which I'm not. The Osaris comes with a surprisingly good manual. I usually throw them away unread, but this one is OK. It is spiral-bound so easy to use. Plus it actually seems to have been written by someone who has used the machine, which makes a change. I am delighted with my purchase and am using it a lot for writing articles, working on a book, scheduling appointments, remembering birthdays/shopping lists and even the alarm facility. It is very useful for taking notes when I am researching at the library. It is much less conspicuous than a laptop and quicker/more useful than pen and paper. Plus it is fun! I don't suppose I really NEEDED one, I just love new technology – and I really appreciate this particular piece of new technology. I bought it on special offer in Comet for £119 (it is normally £149, which is the manufacturer's recommended price). Tesco Direct had them on offer recently for £99, so it is worth shopping round and/or waiting for offers. ~ FOOTNOTE ~ In researching this article, I visited the website of the O
saris's manufacturer, Oregon. They make a wide range of goodies for techno-freaks like me, such as : Pulse Rate Monitor, Heart Rate Monitor (only £49.99, they give the prices on the site, which is unusual), Digital Stopwatch, Electronic Pedometer (complete with radio!), Digital Map Reader, Educational products, Home & Environmental Monitoring products (such as air quality monitors, weather monitoring systems, etc.) Digital and Projection clocks (they project the time onto the ceiling!). All in all, a bit of an adventure playground for people who like gadgets. If you do, stay away at all costs! The site is at : http://www.oregonscientific.co.uk.
The PDA market, once more or less exclusively dominated by Psion, firstly with their Series 3 Organisers (and the Siena) and then with the Series 5 (and Revo). The Series 7 is possibly off the top end of the PDA market, being just that bit too big to be a viable option for an out and out PDA. Of course Ericsson and Nokia have been players from the Mobile Phone/PDA markets for a while now, and the market also boasts other players, with Palm, Handspring (using Palm OS), HP, Compaq and Casio in the fray. Gone are the days of the pocket databanks of 32k memory, and the hefty Casio organisers with little connectivity. With a wide range of products, and an equally broad range of price tags, it is a bit of a minefield, with new PDAs cropping up the whole time. I have owned Psions and Palms, currently using a Palm Vx as my PDA. The essential thing is that the PDA is no longer a stand-alone item, and the ease of synchronisation is an important factor to consider. I regularly swap contacts with people, and therefore synchronisation with my fixed contacts lists (on my PC) is an essential. It used to be the case that synchronisation leads/software were extras, but this has clearly been consigned to history. I have found that synchronisation for the Palm has been very easy, and the software provided (Chapura PocketMirror included with my Palm Vx) has made synchronisation very easy. My reservation about buying a Palm initial was to do with the lack of keyboard and mistrust of the Graffiti system – which is actually very easy to pick up, and with a bit of practice you can get up to approaching 30 wpm. It should be remembered too, that even a keyboard on a palmtop is going to be quite fiddly to use often, something I remember from the days of the Series 3 Palms I owned. Additionally a keyboard can prove to be an unwanted extra, as it is another thing that can go wrong, with many PDA keyboards not being that ruggedised. Palm do offer keyboards as extras, whic
h can be worthwhile if you are using your Palm for more than just the occasional phone no. However it would be thoroughly recommended that you check the compatibility of the model you buy and the keyboard, as not all models will take the same type of keyboard. Of course the display is a considerable factor in buying a PDA, and a good display can make a lot of difference. Now there is a choice of monochrome or colour, with colour obviously being considerably more expensive. Backlit screens are more or less standard, but bear in mind that these will vastly reduce battery life, which is not good if you have no means of recharging things whilst on the road. A travel pack might be an idea, so that you can put juice into your PDA, especially if it doesn't take normal batteries, e.g. like the Palm Series, as the last thing you want is to lose all your data. The memory is a question, more really based on how much you are likely to use your PDA in terms of quantities of contacts, messages etc, with figures quoted for current models ranging between 2Mb and 32Mb. Bear in mind that some models are upgradeable (such as the Palms previewed recently at Cebit, and the Psions, which have used Solid State Disks (in varying sizes) for a long time. This can help you increase the memory of the machine as necessary, but this is mainly a question of the intended life of the PDA. Obviously a Colour Display will be more memory hungry, if you are using it for graphical purposes (the real reason for having a colour display) and I would still advise against a Colour Display in terms of expense and reduced battery life, unless you really need it. I have found that 8Mb on my Palm Vx goes a long way, since Palm OS PDAs are nearly exempt from the bloatware syndrome that has hit PC specs. PalmOS software is tightly programmed, and has a lot less slack than WinCE (a Microsoft failure!) so the size of applications is very small. The Palm also has a lot of freeware and
shareware software available, and this is easily downloaded from the Internet with installation via hotsync, and PocketPC format PDAs and Psions are not far behind in terms of the amount of software for download. As yet the Mobile Phone based PDAs lag behind in this area, with the Ericsson R380s being completely non-expandable and the Nokia Communicator series having limited development to date. If you are looking for a PDA, it is worthwhile remembering that the price in the High Street is unlikely to be the best you can get, and I would recommend either going to Tottenham Court Road (there are stacks of shops selling PDAs at discounted rates for cash sales) or buying at Heathrow if leaving the country, as you can get great Tax Free prices there, which can help you make a healthy saving. Alternatively buying online can be recommended, as again prices tend to be cheaper. If you are thinking buying a PDA, then the following list of questions might be useful to take along to the shop. · What methods of input does this PDA have (stylus/keyboard)? · How much memory do it have (we're talking Megabytes here…)? · Can more memory be bought for it (and if so, how much will it cost for how much?)? · How much in terms of addresses, appointments etc. will the initial amount of memory allow you to store? · What software is supplied as standard, and what software can be added? · What is the display like, how big is it, and is it backlit? Is it colour or black and white? · What is typical battery life like, and how long does it take to recharge? Are there travel chargers available? · What are the synchronisation features like? Are these included as standard, or must you buy them as extras? If you are looking for stuff on the web, there are a lot of sites with information of PDAs, and software, and a search result for PDA will undoubtedly answer nearly any questions you might have.
Below are a few questions you might want to ask yourself before buying a Palm Vx or any other email enabled PDA. Which one to pick is a different issue... Now answer these questions: 1) Do you work long hours in front of the screen and don't feel like looking at one in your free time? Yes - 1 pt No - 0 pts Comment: If you have an infra red enabled phone you can download the free Eudora email program to check your personal email and not have to read/write it at work. 2) Do you use Microsoft Outlook or any similar package at work? Yes - 1 pt No - 0 pts Comment: Synchronize your diary with your Palm and you don't have to worry about missing meetings the next day! 3) Do you remember phone numbers of friends? Yes - 0 pts No - 1 pt Comment: If you are completely dependent upon your mobile phone, when it comes to numbers. Your palm can be a great back-up for all your numbers. Thanks to GSMtool, you can transfer all your number using infra-red onto your palm. 4) Do you feel embarrassed to own a gameboy? Yes - 1 pt No - 0 pts Comment: There are loads of great games, you can play any time, without looking childish or attracting unnecessary attention. 5) Do you keep to do lists? Yes - 1 pt No - 0 pts Comment: The Palm todo function is extremely useful when you have several projects/jobs/subjects for which you have separate lists. 6) Do you sms a lot? Yes - 1 pt No - 0 pts Comment: There are several decent sms (text message) packages where you can write them on your palm and just beam them across to your phone. Speeds up things when you have several to write. 7) Did you ever dream of having a watch with a built in remote control? Yes - 1 pt No - 0 pts Comment: Again there are several programs which transform your palm into a multi purpose/programmable re
mote control! 8) Do you ever have some great ideas? Yes - 1 pt No - -10 pts Comment: When you do, its always nice to keep them in one place. Once you start using your palm, it will be the place to keep them. Special software for keeping passwords is also available. 9) Do you forget about meetings? Yes - 1 pt No - 0 pt Comment: I think this was the original purpose of the Palm :) 10) Do you like to keep up to date with new IT/gadget features? Yes - 1 pt No - 0 pt Comment: If you don't follow from time to time what is been developed for the palm, we'll miss out on many features of a palm. FINAL COMMENTS: Now count up your points --------------- Less that 6 pts: Don't waste your money, get yourself a 5 pound diary More that 5 pts: A palm is the thing you need! Comment: The one thing I was most afraid when buying the palm, was that after two weeks of using it I would get bored of it, just liked with most my other "toys". To my surprise, that was not the case! The palm becomes just another tool of your everyday life - just like a mobile phone! Beware, its an extra thing you can loose...
As any good sales person knows, one of the first questions you should ask a customer is "what will you be doing with the product". It is surprising how many £300 PDAs are being bought by people who simply want to store names and addresses. My tip, save your money buy a cheap £30 Casio or Sharp databank and take a nice holiday. However if your needs are a little more detailed read on. The first thing you notice is the vast array of terms used by the industry. PDA, PALM top, LAP top, POCKET PC. All these terms just make us sales people feel more important they mean very little to the every day user. I will call them organisers. You may notice that some organisers are in fact quite large, almost the same size as a lap top computer and some organisers are very small, almost the size of a credit card. Now would you believe me that if I said that I reckon that nearly 75% of my customers buy on look !! SERIOUSLY. Style is everything . Now that you have chosen your "look" will that product do what you want it really to do. For example if you major idea is to publish your life story then forget those dandy Palms or Pocket PCs. WHY? Well without a proper keyboard then typing your life story aint gonner be easy. (Palm do do a external keyboard = £90 and in my opinion defeats the purpose of having a super small organiser) What about emails? The next few years will see this area of the industry simply explode with new products. Remeber reading those news paper stories of the billion pound auction for G3 waveband, well its all about sendind DATA (or emails). All major orgainisers by PALM, PSION or Pocket PCs will send/receive email as long as you have the right mobile phone and phone contract. But pocket PCs will use good old Outlook while PALM and PSION use other software. What about major hair dressing? WHAT you may say! Certain products are considerably easier to use than others, for example with a Psion orga
niser, Psion develop the mcahine, develop the software and combine then wonderfully. With a Pocket PC, casio may produce a unit with a microsoft operating system, see the major hair pulling out time? Also Certain companies like palm offer technical advice using a normal number, Psion charge £1 per min and you can be left guessing with some Pocket PDAs. So in summary.. Palm Products small, smart, sexy, easy to use, not suitable for heavy input of data, perhaps the best PC syncing software I have ever seen. image, image, image ! Psion Products, Medium sized, smart, sexy, easy to use, good sized keyboard for more serious inputting of data, PC syncing a bit fiddily, Premium rate support only. Pocket PCs Small, Powerful, feels like windows, easy to use if good with windows, not suitable for serious data inputting, few clashes with windows and organiser. As it runs things like pocket word should be a doddle when transfering to a proper PC. In conclusion If you want a slim, smart and sexy address book and diary that can do emails then have a look at the palm products. ( you can download from the net goodies like word processing but even my contact within Palm says don't bother) If you want sexy, smart looks but want a little more than an address book and diary, but don't mind a slightly larger product give the Psions a look. If you want all singing all dancing organisers but you wont input THAT much then look at the pocket PCs, just be wary that they are like a normal PC, you do need to know a little bit about the operating system. So now I have given you the details "HOW WILL YOU BE PAYING......."
I thought that when I saw PDA's advertised in the PC magazines, I thought just another gadget, which probably does nothing special. I think that with the PDA's I have not totally been proved wrong although I think that they are useful if you are a busy executive who needs their every appointment throughout the day categorised and written down, but isn't that what a paper diary is for? OK so you can synchronise your e-mail's, that still has to be done while you are at your desk, might as well read them while you are there. The company I work for have just brought in a load of PDA's for the sales people to use, most of them have enough trouble using the memory on their phone let alone a computer and a PDA. Guess they want to look good in front of their clients. Any way the model they are using is a HP Jornada, which has been voted as the number one PDA including this month's edition of FHM. Worth checking out if you are looking to buy, you can probably find the spec on the HP web site. I have got to say the little toy is not bad at all, you can download and play loads of cool games, and yea you can also synchronise most of you work so there is no excuse for not working out of hours. Which your boss is going to be most happy about. The colour graphics and the speed of this little thing is impressive. Good luck with trying to write word or excel documents on a screen of this size, I personally didn't have the patience with no keyboard. All in all if you have a spare £400 to throw around then its worth getting this impressive diary, other than that do you really need it?
PDA's are very useful devices for the purpose they are designed for. However, it is a serious investment of your money, so choose carefully to gain full benefit. There are three main options, a Palm Pilot, a Psion or a generic PDA (Handsprung units etc.). I would suggest either the Palm or Psion for several reasons: They are form a series of previous models, and so have been refined. Many of the newer models on the market are new, and therefore, have not had 5-6 years of usage experience behind them. Also, the availability of software and add-ons for Palm/Psion is incredible, thanks to the net. There are many support sites for both brands, with many freeware programs and games. Do not expect a PDA to replace your computer - it cannot do that. At best, a PDA can be thought of like a portable, interactive floppy disk and diary. I have found two main uses for my PDA: 1. Keeping a diary and address book. 2. Using it as a stop-gap until I can get access to my computer Most PDA's can be connected to a PC/Mac, and I would strongly advise you not to buy one that doesn't. When it comes to choosing between a Palm or a Psion, carefully examine the pro's and cons. Both are very powerful PDA's, capable of doing clever things. Psions are more expensive. Palm Pilots are smaller, but less powerful than Psions. Psions have a keyboard, but Palm Pilots you can write on. Both are capable of internet use ... I could go on, but it probably wouldn't help. Before you buy one, list all the things you want your PDA to do, then investigate at a hight street shop. Get a feel for which one feels more comfortable in your hands. When are you going to use it, and what for? If you still aren't sure, have a look at some of the Palm?Psion websites, and read the fan's criticisms - it may sway you!
If its your boss then don't bother reading this he just wants you to work more. It all sounds good, get your email on the move, surf the net on the train. Is it really that easy? The answer at the moment is simply no!! or should I say how much are you prepared to spend? You can end up buying phone connection kits, modems, extra memory, spare batterys, lan cards... I have seen people in tangles worse than those of the 1980's Sony Walkman days. They are useful and in some form will be the future. Just be careful you know what you are getting, want and need. The adds will tell you they can do everything. They can do a lot but it will cost you alot too, they are also not as easy to setup. PDA's will not replace mobile phones, mobile phones will replace PDA's/Palmtops/laptops. Some good products can become useless, because they will not become the standard. When did you last use your betamax? Let you boss drive technology, go and get youself a mobile phone, their cheap now because someone else footed the development bill last decade. Come back in 18 months.
Handheld PCs, palm tops and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistant) are the confusingly almost interchangeable terms for the tiny computers initially designed as electronic personal organisers but which now have many more functions and capabilities. Other terms are H/PC handheld PC (with keyboard) and P/PC palm-sized PC (no keyboard). The most important question when choosing a handheld is what you are most likely to use it for. If you simply want to replace your bulky Filofax with something sleeker then a databank will do all that is necessary – a computer would be superfluous. Handheld computers, however, can be used not only for storing personal information but also as portable reference or entertainment centres. There are thousands of software titles which can be downloaded including educational subjects, route planners, technical references, currency converters, dictionaries etc. They can also be used to store electronic novels and books, games, puzzles and jokes. But if you want to play games do check out the useful article 'PDA gaming has its limitations' at http://news.tucows.com/pda/27830.html) Some also have audio or MP3 facilities. Finally it is possible to connect to the internet while on the move or download web pages from a PC using webclipping software. So you could download your favourite newspaper to read during the day. You might want to synchronise your email package so you can read and reply to emails on the move and send them when you re-synchronise. So it is worthwhile having a look at the type of software you might like to use on your handheld and its availability on the various operating systems. See http://entanet.pda.tucows.com/index.html for further information on software. There are three major operating systems currently used by handhelds: the Palm OS used by Palm and clones, the EPOC system used by Psion and Windows CE or Win CE 3.00 known as Pocket PC a Microsoft windows type OS. Palm probably has the wi
dest selection of software titles, Psion also has a good range but at present PocketPC does not have so much choice. Obviously, a Mac user would not want a Windows OS. The type of software you are likely to want will also determine the memory requirements. The cheaper palms have 2MB of memory which is usually sufficient for most people. But if you intend to have a selection of memory eating games or vast databases of information then 8MB would be better. Some PDAs do have expansion slots to upgrade. Another important question is whether you want to input much data or whether it would be used mainly for retrieval. Handheld computers come in two basic styles – with or without a keyboard. Palm types do not have a keyboard but use a pen or stylus. Data input is either by using the onscreen keyboard or by handwriting using the "graffiti" system. Graffiti is a shorthand like system of pen strokes (e.g. The symbol for k is more like an a) which has to learnt. Some people find this difficult to master. Other PDAs use software which recognises more natural handwriting. Some also have voice recognition and playback which might be more convenient for recording brief notes. If, however, you might want to type or edit documents a traditional keyboard might be more suitable. It is possible to buy a fully collapsible keyboard for Palms but Psion have keyboards as standard. The Psion's operating system mimics Windows 95 and is perhaps slightly easier to adjust to than graffiti type if you need to input much data. Keyboards are often generally quicker to use. Psion comes with Excel and Word and is designed more as a PC supplement. (If you do want to work with Word and Excel files please note that Palm OS has software which enables you to read only not edit.) A final consideration regards synchronisation. This refers to sharing data with PCs and other handhelds. Most, but not all, PDAs come with a cradle or docking statio
n which is connected to the PC's serial port. The PDA is placed in the cradle without having to worry about plugging and unplugging cables every time you want to sync up your data. The latest PDAs may have a USB (universal Serial Bus) which only works with the most recent PCs running Windows 98 or later. So it is necessary to check whether a serial connection is included or whether this has to be purchased as an extra if you do not have USB on your PC. Another method of sharing data, with a PC if it supports this or other IR palms, is by an infrared port (IR). You simply point your palm at the other and it magically sends the data through the air – cool. Other things to consider when choosing a PDA are where you will be using it most – indoors or outdoors? If outside a colour screen may not show up well and screen resolution will be important too. If you want to use it on a building site or other rough environment will it be tough enough? Will you need a backlight or will you normally use it in well-lit conditions? What accessories you might want and their availability. To check out mobile phone/ Internet compatibility see for Psion: http://www.psion.com/mobile/ for PalmOS see http://www.palm.com/ and for PocketPc see http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/pocketpc/default.asp For further information on downloading web pages and channels see http://avantgo.com/ Other useful web sites include: http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/ http://www.nearlymobile.com/ http://entanet.pda.tucows.com/index.html
The first big decision is: 1) Will I be using my PDA to enter lots of text? If the answer is yes then the keyboards on the Psion series make this stand out. The Series 5 is quite usable - the 7 more so - but is a big beast and hardly qualifies as a PDA! Check out the Revo as well and see if your fingers are happy with the keyboard. If you don't plan to write essays on the move then a Palm or Visor may be more suitable. You can enter text on these devices - using the grafitti language and its not as hard as it looks - but you don't want to be writing your ten page monthly report this way. Next: 2) Is email/web on the move important? You may wish to consider an integrated phone/pda such as the nokia Communicator or the new Erikson. The Nokia is a bit if a brick though. You may wish to consider the Palm Vx and a modem enabled phone such as the tiny Nokia 8210 - a tiny and smart combination. Download the microbrowser from AvantGo and you have the killer application. 3) Do you want to use your PDA to support your desktop email inbox, calendar and address book? Ask for a demonstration of the connectivity software and use of a docking cradle. Make sure your PC email software is supported. Watch out for Pocket PC solutions as their connectivity to Windows can sometimes be less easy than the Palm OS or Epoch (Psion) based systems. 4) DO you want to dowmload lots of third party software and add-ons? The Palm wins here as it has a huge US following. Although Psion software is usually fantastic, it does not have anywhere near the market penetration as Palm devices in the US. All those busy US programmers have produced tons of freeware and shareware which is easily downloaded and installed. Whether its a copy of space invaders or software to turn your Palm into a universal Remote control - its out there. One word of warning - getting cool apps is a lot of fun - choose a PDA with loads of memory - at least 8Mb.
I am the happy owner of a Palm V and find it to be a very useful device. However, before buying any PDA, you should contemplate whether you are a PDA person or not. If you like to draw little figures or flowers in your calendar, which by the way is handmade from pieces of Indian saris – then you know for sure your not. However, if you thrive on structure, organisation and last but not least, appreciate being able to change the phone number or address of a contact without leaving a crossed-over old number – then run straight to the store and get one. But which one then? Without knowing everything about other brands, I am very happy with my Palm V. It is among the smallest and most slender I have seen, which is important because after all I am a girl and it needs to fit in the handbag and look well designed. The system for writing text, the "Graffiti" alphabet, is also working very well. It is definitely easier for a person to learn a simplified alphabet, than to teach the PDA to recognise somebody's scribbles. Palm is also the brand with most software applications for it. Important to check is also whether your office calendar/email system supports the brand of your choice. Buying a PDA today I would go for a Palm V again, but I am finding that I use my mobile phone for looking up phone numbers. Therefore, combined PDAs and mobile phone (e.g. Ericsson R380) is a great solution and if I did not already have a mobile I would probably chose something like that instead of two separate devices.


text:
In this week's This Week at the Council you'll read about: Gearing Up for Philanthropy Week in Washington; Reminder: Call For Sessions; Video: Creating Effective Stories Lawmakers Will Remember; Community Foundations Use Information to Drive Impact; Deadline Extended: Field Comment on National Standards Revisions
Foundations On The Hill
The Community Foundations National Standards Board (CFNSB) announces an extension to the public comment period for the Proposed Revised National Standards. These revisions are being made as part of a five-year review cycle and will remain open to public comment until February 26, 2014.
In this week's This Week at the Council, you'll read: Research at the Council; Conect. Impact. Advance. Call for Sessions; Be Counted, Share Your Voice; Philanthropy Week: Last Day to Book Your Hotel; Corporate Philanthropy Resources Refreshed for 2014; Knight Foundation Media Learning Seminar; The Council Visits Iowa Community Foundations
In this issue: Registration is Open for 2014 Annual Conference: Philanthropy Exchange; #CF100; Second Philanthropy Week Webinar Announced; The Council visits the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI.
As Philanthropy Week quickly approaches we are excited to offer a webinar geared at getting you up-to-speed on the latest happenings in Washington!
A brand new conference experience – Philanthropy Exchange – supercharges the Council on Foundations' Annual Conference with enhanced networking opportunities, an inclusive perspective on the shared values of the field, and a focus on the issues that matter to you.
In this issue: Philanthropy Week in Washington, President's State of the Union Address, Tax News, Baucus' Path to China
In this issue: Philanthropy Week in Washington; Tax Policy Happenings; Omnibus Spending Bill
Florida Philanthropic Network led a team of 14 Florida grantmakers to Washington, D.C., on March 21-22, 2012, for visits with Florida's full 27-member congressional delegation and their staffs, as part of the annual Foundations on the Hill event, which was co-sponsored by the Council on Foundations and the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers. At a time when more people than ever are struggling to make ends meet in Florida during these difficult economic times, we hit the Hill to stress to our legislative leaders the important role that philanthropy can play to help our state recover and thrive.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Staff report
The host Tallmadge boys and girls swimming teams fell to 0-2 overall and 0-2 in the Suburban League after falling to Copley Dec. 5 at the Akron Health & General Wellness Center West.
The boys lost a 124-46 decision and the girls lost a 125-39 decision. Both teams placed first in one event.
The boys 200-yard freestyle relay team of Michael Kenny, Andrew Wilk, Raymond Riter and Joey Sincel won with a time of 1 minute, 47.8 seconds. Brittany DiFiore captured the Lady Blue Devils' only win in the 100 breaststroke (1:15.65). The boys' 400 freestyle relay team of Ethan Coen, Jared Graham, Dominic Cevasco and Cameron Coen placed second (4:26.4).
"It was the first home meet of the season against one of our largest competitors and our swimmers did exactly what they're trained to do: Never give up," Tallmadge head coach Ryan Miller said. "We knew going into this meet it was going to be a tough matchup due to numbers, but it's moments like the men's 400 freestyle relay that define our team. It was the last race of the night and every member of our team was behind the block cheering them on. That's what it's all about -- helping each other out and improving."
Placing second for the Tallmadge boys were Sincel in the 50 freestyle (25.71) and Kenny in the 100 freestyle (57.83). The girls' 200 medley relay of Sam Rhine, Brittany DiFiore, Jen Deaton and Tori Ruggles also placed second.
Both teams were scheduled to swim at the Chardon Hilltopper Invitational Dec. 8. Results were not available at press time.
They are set to host Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy Dec. 10 before heading to Barberton Dec. 12. Both meets are scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m.
Email: email@example.com
Phone: 330-541-9444


text:
Lamp Shade Drum
Couture Drum Lamp Shade
With our Couture Drum lamp shade, you can dress your lamp up or down to suit the mood and occasion. Go from warm and cozy colors in winter to lighter and brighter for spring. Couture Drum Shade features: * Mix & match versatility* Hand finished
Price: $39.00 - $79.00
Couture Modern Drum Shade
Customer Rating:0.0/5
Big rooms need big lamps. And those lamps need grand lampshades. We designed this impressively sized lampshade to fit those oversized bases. The slightly tapered drum shape works with virtually any lamp style. Couture Modern Drum Shade features: * Linen* Tailored self trim
Price: $89.00
Petite Tapered Drum Linen Chandelier Shade
Changing your shades is the easiest and least expensive way to update your chandelier. This mini tapered drum chandelier shade is hand finished in linen for a crisp, sophisticated look. Tapered Drum Linen Chandelier Shade features: * Change colors with the seasons
Price: $19.00
Cheetah Drum Chandelier Shade
Every room needs a little animal print. This drum shade is hand finished in our signature cotton Cheetah fabric. Cheetah Drum Chandelier Shade features: * Coordinates with our Cheetah Fabric-by-the-Yard* Quick, easy way to update your fixture* Dresses up or down
Price: $19.00
Couture Tapered Drum Lamp Shade
Update your lighting seasonally simply by changing the shape and fabric of your lampshade. You'll be surprised at the difference it makes. Our Couture Tapered Drum Shade offers subtle texture with sleek lines. Vertical piping dresses the sides of our handmade shades.Couture Tapered Drum Lamp Shade features:* Interchangeable shades for any occasion* Available in several colors
Price: $49.00 - $69.00
Linen Drum Chandelier Shade
This mini drum chandelier shade is handfinished in linen. Crisp, drum-shaped chandelier shade with a modern and sophisticated look. Shop our selection of chandeliers.
Price: $19.00
Grasscloth Drum Chandelier Shade
If love the natural look of grass cloth, our Grass Cloth Drum Shade is an easy, affordable way to add the look to any room. The classic drum silhouette is hand crafted of grass cloth for light, natural texture. Grass Cloth Drum Shade features: * Dresses up or down with your room
Price: $21.00
Drum Shade - Pendant Adapter
Reinvent your look with our versatile drum shade pendant lighting. Choose from three unique options to attach your pendant to the ceiling. Use the instant light adapter for can lights to give old recessed lighting an instant update. The conversion adapter screws into any existing medium base light socket/recessed can light with no additional wiring needed. A built-in cord spindle lets you adjust th...
Price: $19.00 - $99.00
Large Linen Drum Chandelier Shades
A larger size for a grander statement, this crisp, drum-shaped chandelier shade adds a modern and sophisticated look to your lighting fixture. Linen Drum Chandelier Shade features: * Hand finished linen* Sized for larger-scaled lighting* Choose your color
Price: $21.00
Maria Buffet Lamp
A great option for when you need lighting with height. The statuesque, reeded stem of our Maria Buffet Lamp rests on a square, clipped-corner base and comes with your choice of fabric shade. Crafted of steel and hand finished to capture the look of an antique. Hand crafted.
Price: $79.00 - $99.00
Dodie Drum Chandelier Shade
Spots are definitely in and our Dodie Beige Drum Chandelier is a fun way to shine a light on the trend. Hand finished in crisp 100% cotton. Dodie Drum Chandelier Shade features: * Coordinates with our Dodie Fabric-by-the-Yard* Instantly updates your look
Price: $19.00
Seagrass Drum Chandelier Shade
Crown your chandelier with natural texture. This mini drum chandelier shade is hand woven in a chunky weave of 100% sea grass for a warm, casual look.
Price: $19.00
Suzanne Kasler Holiday Chandelier Shades
Last year, designer Suzanne Kasler introduced her classic Mackenzie Plaid and it was a huge hit. Her new red Holiday Plaid Shades offer a classic pallet for holiday decorating. Suzanne Kasler Holiday Chandelier Shade features:* Coordinates with Suzanne's Plaid Tablecloths, Stockings, & Treeskirt* White interior to reflect the light
Price: Was $30.00
Now $19.99 - $30.00
Linen Trim Drum Chandelier Shade
Our Linen Trim Drum Chandelier Shade adds a touch of color to coordinate with your table linens and favorite fabrics. Change your chandelier shades with the seasons and holidays for a fresh new look.Linen Trim Chandelier Shade features:* Handmade of linen* Mix & match colors
Price: $18.00
Couture Buffet Lamp Shade
Freshen your look with our Couture Buffet Shades. Pair with our Buffet Lamp or use with your own lamps. Couture Buffet Lamp Shade features: •Mix & match versatility •Stylish colors •Clip-on
Price: $39.00
Striped Drum Chandelier Shade
Turn on the fashion-forward style with our Striped Drum Chandelier Shade. The classic black and white stripes were inspired by our best-selling canopy stripe fabrics. Striped Drum Chandelier Shade features:* Quick update* Designed to mix and match
Price: $39.00
Harlow Double Pendant Light
Customer Rating:0.0/5
Transform your old can light into a stylish double pendant with our clever Harlow Double Pendant Light. Available with several styles of shade to suit your space.Harlow Double Pendant Light features: * Made of iron* Hardwire only* 8' clear cord
Price: $249.00


text:
Bluetooth Speakers
About Bluetooth SpeakersBluetooth is a radio technology developed to deliver short-range wireless mobility for products such as mobile phone bluetooth speakers. Bluetooth eliminates cables and wires, and provides services when devices are in close proximity to one another. Bluetooth facilitates fast, secure transmissions of both voice and data, even when the devices are not in line-of-sight. Our bluetooth speakers are compatible with all bluetooth enabled mobile phones. The range includes bluetooth solutions from Jabra, Plantronics, Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson, and also covers headsets, car kits, GPS adaptors, and headphones.


text:
A BRITISH warship docked has Gibraltar in a pre-planned naval exercise as European leaders worked to calm a row between Britain and Spain over sovereignty and fishing rights.
The Type 23 frigate, equipped with a weapons system including a torpedo launcher, Harpoon anti-ship missiles, Sea Wolf surface-to-air missiles and helicopter, arrived under the gaze of onlookers on Monday, some of them waving British flags.
The naval visit to the territory bordering the tip of Spain was planned well before the recent rise in tensions, but was seen as symbolic amid the row, which has led EU authorities to weigh in.
It came a day after dozens of Spanish fishing boats sailed to waters around Gibraltar in a protest to demand it remove 70 concrete blocks it has dropped in their fishing grounds.
The Gibraltar government says the concrete reef will regenerate marine life and argues that the Spanish raked for shellfish there illegally.
The Spaniards say they have been cut off from rich fishing grounds, hurting the livelihoods of fishermen in the poor southern region of Andalusia.
It is the latest in a string of diplomatic rows over the self-governing British overseas territory, which measures just 6.8 square kilometres and is home to about 30,000 people.
Amid the row, Spain has imposed intense customs checks at the land border to Gibraltar, leading to daily hours-long queues of cars.
Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo suggested in a press interview in early August that a 50 euro tax could be levied for travellers entering Spain from Gibraltar.
Imposing taxes or toll fees at EU member-state borders would be "illegal under EU law," European Commission spokesman Olivier Bailly told a news briefing in Brussels on Monday.
Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy spoke by telephone with the Commission's President Jose Manuel Barroso, officials said. Barroso held a similar conversation with Cameron on Friday.
Speaking to Barroso, Rajoy invited EU experts to come to Spain and Gibraltar to assess the situation, a Spanish government statement said.
Bailly said that visit was planned for September and that the EU may consider whether the reef meets the bloc's environmental regulations.
Originally published as British warship docks in Gibraltar


text:
Be an Explorer
Did you know you can Explore Dorset using our high tech and whizzy mapping technology. Within the Directory click on Explore the Map and start discovering new places. Search by area, or by category, its all fun!
Hidden Dorset relies for its content on what people tell us they consider to be the 'hidden gems' of Dorset, so we're starting from small beginnings but we know with time, Hidden Dorset will grow into an enormous repository of fascinating and wonderful things to do and see.
Those things could include craft bakers, cheesemakers, and farm shops, or artists and craftspeople, pubs and cafés, unusual places to stay, events, views, walks, facts – anything which is specifically about Dorset and gives an insight into what makes the county tick- the small, the beautiful, the slightly odd, and definitely the home produced.
What you won't find on Hidden Dorset, is mass production, imported goods or national chains. And while most people have heard of Corfe Castle and the Cerne Giant, there are herds of websites already dealing with things like that, so we won't dwell on them. Instead they will be used to signpost hidden gems in the area.
We will be including accommodation only if it is particularly unusual or significantly different from the mainstream. If we included every hotel, B&B, guest house or campsite, the site would soon be swamped; instead there will be links to the mainstream tourism sites who have all the resources necessary to deal with accommodation.
Hidden Dorset was initially funded by Leader+ Chalk & Cheese; Arts Council England; a partnership of Dorset County Council, and the six borough/district councils in the county. It is now independent of these bodies.
It should be noted that neither this website, Jackie Donaldson or Wendy Young has any connection whatsoever with Hidden Dorset Ltd (Co Reg No 06751917).


text:
Answers Home
» Health & Wellness
» Illness & Disease
Can I transmit parvo to my dog if I had pet my neighbors dog that I didn't know had it and then pet my dog?
My neighbor had a puppy and both me and my boyfriend had pet the dog. It just recently died and my neighbor said it was from parvo. Is there any way my boyfriend or I could have given it to our dog?
Asked by
Member 1121420
on Jul 19th 2012
in Illness & Disease
- Cast your vote for which answer you think is best!
Yes you can. It's highly contagious. If your dog starts with diarrhea and or vomiting, get him to the vet right away.
Kali earned her wings 10/21/14 answered on 7/19/12. Helpful? / 0
Kolbe answered on 7/19/12. Helpful? / 0
If you keep up with reguarly vaccinations your dog should be vaccinated against parvo since it is one of the main, and most important ones. If your dog isnt vaccinated, it should be. Take your dog to the vet to have him checked out.
Lady answered on 7/20/12. Helpful? / 0


text:
Season 01, Episode 05 – "Episode 5"
Fleabag and her sister Claire reluctantly visit a female-only, silent retreat, courtesy of their father. Their enforced silence is interrupted, however, by an unusual neighbouring weekend workshop, explosive secrets coming to light, and a surprising connection with an old acquaintance.
Meet Fleabag. She's not talking to all of us; she's talking to YOU. So why don't you pop your top off and come right in? Fleabag is a hilarious and poignant window into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, porn-watching, grief-riddled woman trying to make sense of the world. As she hurls herself headlong at modern living, Fleabag is thrown roughly up against the walls of contemporary London, with all its frenetic energy, late nights and bright lights, in this very modern mix of fatalism and hedonism, sustaining a merry-go-round of broken dreamers. Unfettered and unfiltered, Fleabag tears through the series sleeping with anyone who dares to stand too close, squeezing money from any orifice, rejecting anyone who tries to help her and keeping up the bravado all along. Because that's just the kind of messed-up, normal person she is. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, this is the thoroughly disarming confessional of a woman so totally detached she's utterly lost, and ultimately wondering what the hell she ought to be doing in life. Much like the rest of us.
(119 downloads) Aired August 18, 2016


text:
I know that Gerard Pique was just having some fun with his fake birth announcement for the Spanish speaking world's equivalent of April Fool's Day, but to me it feels like you are asking for trouble or jinxing something by saying that you have welcomed a son and then basically say gotcha a few hours later. I guess I am superstitious that way.
Early in the day, Gerard sent out a Tweet announcing the birth, but then later sent out the ones pictured above which refers to Dia de los Santos Inocentes by saying they had named the baby Innocent.


text:
Time has always bothered me; I don't really believe in it. It's a human invention, a representation of reality. Now the passage of time, that's something I can believe in. You can feel it. You can measure it. But it's always, ALWAYS, relative to something else. Like when you're in the train station waiting for [Keep Reading…]
Photo of the day: A man in need of an iPad
…or a Kindle, or a nook. I recently spotted this man at a Starbucks in SoHo. He was clearly settled in for the day, his keyboard propped up against the wall behind him, feet kicked up, book in hand…and in the other hand, a magnifying glass to help him read the damn thing. That very [Keep Reading…]
Your profile has been viewed by
I met a really nice guy at STC Summit named Eric Roberson [LinkedIn] [Twitter]. He attended my Evangelizing Yourself talk, and was apparently very moved by it (which moved me). The next day when I saw him in another session, he took out his phone to show me something he'd discovered earlier in the day. [Keep Reading…]
Sketchnotes from UK UPA's UX Clinic
Like I mentioned in my post on UX London, I also had the pleasure of being on a UK UPA panel with Dave Gray, Jeff Patton, and Stephen Anderson titled UX Clinic. We spent about two hours answering the audience's questions — some previously submitted and some on the fly. It was a blast. Eva-Lotta [Keep Reading…]
My Creating a Culture of UX workshop at UX London
To say I had a blast at UX London would be a lie. Not because it wasn't amazing, but because I didn't actually attend any of it outside of my own workshop. Some may have thought I was out and about exploring London instead of attending other speakers' sessions. Quite false. Where I really was: [Keep Reading…]
Undercover Boss: Just How Badly is Your Company Screwing Itself
Undercover Boss is one of my favorite new shows. Why? Because we desperately need to encourage upper management to get in touch with what's really going on inside their companies. The right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing, and it's harming employees just as much as customers, if not more. I was [Keep Reading…]
SeamlessWeb: Don't get between me and my food
I've written about SeamlessWeb before, so you probably know that I'm a huge fan of their service (delivery from an enormous selection of restaurants), but quite appalled by their website. I put up with poor usability for two very important reasons: I love food, and there's no other option. My biggest complaint has always been [Keep Reading…]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- …
- 21
- Next Page »


text:
Champion Kasparov puts chess at heart of learning
By Alysha Love
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov sees a hole in the European education system and he knows how to fix it -- one pawn at a time.
Aspiring to hone children's critical thinking, intellectual creativity and problem-solving skills, Kasparov, regarded by many as one of the game's greatest champions, believes chess has a lot to offer education and childhood development.
When it comes to encouraging children to do better in school, he believes chess can not only sharpen cognitive skills but also cut across socio-economic divides in a way that many competitive sports cannot.
"Chess goes beyond all borders. It doesn't have social borders or racial, even physically handicapped people can play," said the Russian, who was the world's top-ranked player for 20 years.
"So the element of the social integration and achievements based on your intellectual ability and your fighting spirit, that makes chess quite a unique element of the modern educational system."
In September, his non-profit Kasparov Chess Foundation Europe, dedicated to integrating chess into the education system, is set to present the EU with its plan for teaching chess to students ages 6 to 18.
Anticipating Brussels will recommend his program to members within 18 months, Kasparov said he hopes to implement the chess curriculum across all of the EU's 27 member states and beyond.
CHILD CHAMPIONS Continued...


text:
Thank you for coming to our site, and we hope you will find our reviews valuable. This seemed like a good time to overview our review criteria, selection criteria and expertise.
Criteria:As we revitalize this site over the coming months, it is an opportune time to provide the review guidelines we use. As we conduct each review we ask ourselves the following questions.
- Is the science correct?
- Does the app provide a sophisticated, effective and creative view?
- Does the software offer good value for cost?
- How engaging and intuitive is the user interface?
- Does the app fill a valuable niche in the ecosystem of existing software?
- Is there evidence of validation of the software by the developer?
- Are their negative aspects such as intrusive advertisements or update requests?
Overall Rating:
The relative importance of each element depends on the app being reviewed, and our overall score for each review is not simply an average of scores on each of these elements. The meaning of our overall numerical score is indicated below.
- 10: This software is outstanding. We saw few areas that could be improved.
- 8-9: Excellent. We strongly recommend the software.
- 6-7: Good. If the software is appropriate to your needs, you should consider it, but there are some items that could be improved.
- 4-5: Marginal. While some users may find the app useful, there are significant concerns.
- 0-3: Not Recommended. Issues are so significant that we do not recommend purchase.
What We Review:
- We only provide of reviews after we have fully engaged with the software, never on the basis of press releases or other secondary data. In most cases we only write reviews after an extended period of use, since first impressions are sometimes misleading.
- While we are not opposed to receiving a code from developers for an app, we will never agree to give a positive review for such consideration. If we have received a code for free access, this is indicated in the review. Most reviews are on software that we have purchased at the normal price.
- While we review apps for doing or learning about all disciplines in science, the reader should know that our main scientific expertise is in physics, astronomy, space science and electronics.
- My background includes M.Sc. and Ph.D. in physics, as well as a B.Ed. (and some M.Ed. level individual courses). We have multiple local, regional and national teaching awards. As well as extensive solar system astrophysics research, I have conducted research in science teaching, physics education research, informal science learning and educational technology. I have taught at both the high school and university level, as well as in a B.Ed. program including methodology and educational technology.
Your Input:
We welcome your suggestions at any time, either ideas for apps you would like to see us review, or comments on our review methodology. Please leave a comment here, contact us directly by email (address below in image format to discourage spammers), or direct message us through our Twitter account (@AppsScience)


text:
Evelyn L. Mahoney
Evelyn L. Mahoney, age 89, a 34- year resident of Patterson, formerly of North Salem, died Sunday, June 17, 2012, in Carmel.
Mrs. Mahoney was born in Somers, on October 29, 1922, to Frank and Edna (Sniffen) Totten.
Mrs. Mahoney married George C. Mahoney on April 9, 1939, in Somers. Mr. Mahoney died March 14, 1979.
Through the years, Mrs. Mahoney was the past president of both the Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 672 in Brewster and the Croton Falls Fire Department. She was an avid reader, card player and took enjoyment sewing dolls and Halloween costumes. Mrs. Mahoney enjoyed traveling and looked forward to her Thursday night dinners out with friends.
Mrs. Mahoney is survived by her seven children, George Mahoney of Regan, Tenn., James Mahoney and his wife Anne of the Town of Kent, Diana Mahoney of Rhinebeck, Janet English and her husband Harry of Patterson, Kathryn Pilch of New Windsor, Edith Simmons and her husband Robert of Pawling, and Roxann Merritt of Wingdale; a sister, Edna Cable of Brewster; and 23 grandchildren, 47 great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren. She was predeceased by a daughter, Violet McCarthy in 2007.
A funeral service was held Wednesday, June 20, at the Beecher Funeral Home, 1 Putnam Avenue, Brewster, with interment following at the Maple Avenue Cemetery, Route 311, Patterson.
Contributions in Mrs. Mahoney's memory may be made to the National Kidney Foundation, Inc., 30 East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016, 1-800- 622-9010. www.kidney.org.


text:
Glenn and Heidi are pleased to announce their Catholic Match relationship, which began as a series of fortunate events.
is an inactive team member for Beginning Experiences of Oklahoma City.
A few months ago, one of the other BE members mentioned Catholic
Match.. Glenn signed up and began to chat with new friends that he met
through the profiles. After about a month, another CM/BE member
mentioned the fora and Glenn became active in it's St Rita's, Tobias
and Canon rooms. In April, something Glenn wrote in St Rita's caught
Heidi's eye.
On the second attempt at trying to reply to the
post, Heidi accidentally clicked on Glenn's name and arrived at his
profile. Glenn received notification, and wrote a short message
thanking Heidi for taking the time to stop by and read his profile.
Heidi wrote back with surprise, saying that rarely had someone ever
taken the time to say thank you to her before. By April 30th, phone
numbers were exchanged and they have been talking on the phone one to
two hours each night since May 1st. They look forward to their first
face-to-face meeting on June 11th. Heidi never did complete that forum
Heidi is an elementary Spanish teacher in Columbus, GA. Glenn is a software analyst in Oklahoma City, OK.


text:
5 Ways to Green Up Your Diet
Get our 5 tips to help you green up your diet.
Throughout the year, and especially on Earth Day (April 22), eco-consciousness is on a lot of people's minds. At EatingWell, we realize that for many of us eco-friendly choices are a growing concern year-round, particularly when it comes to what we eat. Here are 5 tips to help you green up your diet that you can use all year long.
—Brierley Wright, M.S., R.D., Nutrition Editor


text:
In the fall of 1987, a story appeared in the business section of The New York Times about a new antidepressant drug, fluoxetine, which had passed certain key government tests for safety and was expected to hit the prescription drug market within months. Just this brief mention in the Times about the prospective appearance of the new, perkily named Prozac propelled Lilly shares from $10 to $104.25—the second-highest dollar gain of any stock that day. By 1989, Prozac was earning $350 million a year, more than had been spent on all other antidepressants together in 1987. And by 1990, Prozac was the country's most prescribed antidepressant, with 650,000 prescriptions filled or renewed each month and annual sales topping $1 billion. By 1999, Prozac had earned Lilly $21 billion in sales, about 30 percent of its revenues.
Back in the 1970s, Prozac didn't look so promising when Lilly, a company then known for producing antibiotics, began working on it. Serious depression—which warranted hospitalization, perhaps electroshock, or a gaggle of psychiatric medications, many with appalling side effects—was viewed as a debilitating but rare condition, thought to affect only 1 in 10,000 people. Less paralyzing depression symptoms were regarded mostly in psychodynamic terms, such as "depressive reactions" or "depressive neuroses." After all, what relevance could a "chemical imbalance" possibly have for issues like "retroflected anger" or "oral introjection" or "identification with the lost object"?
Lilly had planned to market its new drug for hypertension or maybe anxiety, but fluoxetine just didn't seem to work at lowering blood pressure, and the tranquilizer market had nose-dived after people had learned to their horror that Valium and Librium—"mother's little helpers"—were turning perfectly respectable middle-class ladies into addicts. Lilly then tried using fluoxetine as an anti-obesity agent, but that didn't work either. Nor did it relieve symptoms of psychotic depression: it actually made some people worse.
And then, according to psychopharm folklore—maybe because they had nobody left to try it on—they gave fluoxetine to five mildly or moderately (stories vary) depressed people, all of whom then felt much better. Bingo! Therein lie the origins of this little med with the zippy brand name, which set in motion a vast antidepressant empire, as well as the longest, most remunerative gravy train in psychopharmaceutical history. Prozac begat a dynasty of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) with their tongue-twisting generic and user-friendly brand names—fluvoxamine (Luvox), paroxetine (Paxil), escitalopram (Lexapro), and so on. They, in turn, were followed by the "atypical antidepressants," including bupropion (Wellbutrin), vanlafaxine (Cymbalta), and mirtzapine (Remerona). By 2008, 11 percent of Americans (25 percent of women in their 40s and 50s) were taking one of about four dozen brand-name antidepressants. These antidepressants were the most commonly prescribed medications in the country (now, in 2014, they're a few percentage points behind antibiotics) and brought $12 billion a year to the pharmaceutical companies.
How did this happen—and by what scientific, psychiatric, marketing, sociological alchemy? As it turns out, this wasn't the first time Americans had fallen hard for a haphazardly discovered, but perfectly legal, respectable, and medically approved psychoactive agent that was easy to take and provided quick relief from certain relatively blurry categories of physical and mental suffering. Over the last 150 years or so, we've seen successive waves of mass infatuations with psychotropic drugs—morphine, heroin, cocaine, amphetamines, barbiturates, tranquilizers, and antidepressants. While all these drugs are different, the story arc they follow—their rise, triumph, ascendancy, and gradual decline or sudden collapse—does follow a roughly predictable course.
Opium, Heroin, Cocaine
In the beginning was opium—or its derivative, morphine. Although it didn't exactly have a "debut" in America, having been part of the social zeitgeist since the late 18th century and a fixture of human history since the fourth millennium BCE, it became far and away the country's most important reliever of psychic and physical pain. Reaching virtual market saturation by the 1880s, it was as widely, freely, and indiscriminately used for just about every ailment as Tylenol or Advil are today. Recommended by physicians, advertised copiously in medical journals and the popular press, easily bought without a prescription form at the local pharmacy or general store, and available by mail order, opiates were taken in pills, tablets, cough drops, liquids (often mixed with alcohol and cannabis for a really good buzz), and plasters. It was the sovereign remedy for that 19th-century, catch-all disorder, "neurasthenia," sometimes called "Americanitis," because it was brought on by the conditions of American life: the hustle and bustle of expanding cities, the frenetic growth of commerce and industry, the feverish competition for money and power, which strained people's nervous energies to the breaking point.


text:
March 19, 2003
BOCA RATON, FL- - Florida Atlantic University dropped a pair of matches Wednesday afternoon and evening. The Owls faced Cornell University in the afternoon then traveled to Patch Reef Park to take on the University of Nebraska in the evening. FAU fell in the first match 4-0, leaving the last three singles matches undecided once the match's fate was determined. The Owls dropped the second match 6-1.
Cristian Paiz recorded two wins for the day. The senior teamed with Oscar Plotnik to win in no. 3 doubles against Cornell, 8-3. Paiz then went on to record FAU's lone singles win against Nebraska, beating Jacek Wolicki, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 at no 2.
The first match was called once Cornell seized a 4-0 lead. Singles four through six were left as unfinished.
Cornell 4, Florida Atlantic 0
1. Julian Cheng (CU) def. Kevin Obletz (FAU) 6-2, 2-1 (ret).
2. Scott Paltrowitz (CU) def. David Demers (FAU) 6-2, 3-2 (ret).
3. Brett McKeon (CU) def. Cristian Paiz (FAU) 6-1, 6-2.
1. Cheng/Matt Cherner-Ranft (CU) def. Demers/F.J. Schofield 9-8.
2. McKeon/Michael Schalppig (CU) def. Jeremy Perez/Juan Todero 8-2.
3. Paiz/Oscar Plotnik (FAU) def. Paltrowitz/Scott Spencer 8-3.
Nebraska 6, Florida Atlantic 1
1. Florian Preissler (NU) def. Kevin Obletz (FAU) 4-6, 6-2, 10-8.
2. Cristian Paiz (FAU) def. Jacek Wolicki (NU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
3. Joerg Barthel (NU) def. Jeremy Perez (FAU) 4-6, 7-6, (10-7).
4. D.J. Geatz (NU) def. Ernest Diaz (FAU) 6-1, 6-2.
5. Patrick Kennedy (NU) def. Juan Todero (FAU) 6-4, 6-3.
6. Joel Reckewey (NU) def. Oscar Plotnik (FAU) 2-6, 6-0, 7-5.
1. David Demers/Paiz(FAU) def. Geatz/Wolicki (NU) 8-3.
2. Barthel/Jose Rivera (NU) def. Thiago Cunha/Roman Kowalski (FAU) 8-0.
3. Preissler/Cesar Vargas (NU) def. Perez/Obletz (FAU) 8-5.
Men's Tennis Opens C-USA Tournament Friday
Jimenez Named to Conference USA All-Academic Team
Remi Chancerel Named C-USA Tennis Athlete of...
Men's Tennis Falls 4-3 at No. 38 Georgia State
Thorsås and Chancerel Named FAU Players...
Men's Tennis Upends UAB, Improves to 17-5
Men's Tennis Tops Lipscomb on Senior Day


text:
Every so often we pull together some recommended stories from other alternative news media. Here are eight for your weekend reading pleasure.
Rick Perry, the early years
Here's the lead to a Texas Observer feature by Saul Elbein about how the Texas governor's upbringing shaped his politics: "If you want to clear a room in Haskell, this is how you do it. You walk in. You sit down. You say, 'I'm a reporter, and I'd like to talk to you about Rick Perry.'"
Why we love The Stranger
I'm not going to spoil this for you, but that graphic to the left accompanies a heartfelt look back.
The end of DADT
Two perspectives here. One from Gambit Weekly in New Orleans takes a look at what comes next. The Colorado Springs Independent profiles service members who, as the headline says, are "Treading Lightly." The first line: "They still won't give their last names."
From the front steps of the Supreme Court
A native Georgian reports for Washington City Paper on the night Troy Davis was executed. It's as much about social media as a failure of the justice system.
The making of "What happens here, stays here."
Las Vegas Weekly looks back at the creation of Sin City's successful marketing campaign. One thing I'd forgotten: a lot of the early buzz for the slogan came after the NFL refused to air any Vegas commercials, like the one below, during the Super Bowl. God forbid the NFL interrupt its slew of beer and erectile dysfunction ads to let a gambling town like Vegas get the word out.
Heavy metal
Eugene Weekly, in the second part of a series, wonders about the effects of uranium mining in Oregon.
Didn't like The Stranger link?
Fine. Here's a true look back from the San Antonio Current.
Here's a few of the things happening and people performing:
- JK Simmons, the famous actor and UM alum. You've seen him in Spiderman, Juno, a million other things, and those Farmers Insurance commercials.
- A bunch of other artistically inclined UM alumni, including singer-songwriter Neal Lewing, local theater vets Andy Myers and Jamie Parnell, The Montana Shamrocks, The Balboas, and The Funky Armadillos.
- A live auction of local artwork
- A bikini body building exhibition
There's more, of course. But while the lineup sounds fun, it's important to remember it's about supporting local breast and cervical cancer screening. The event is organized by Faux Pink and costs nothing, but donations, of course, are encouraged.
Top news links, courtesy of Headwaters News.
Winter use in Yellowstone NP will likely not change this year
Yellowstone National Park officials said some questions raised in the more the 59,000 public comments received on the park's proposed winter-use plan will delay adoption and implementation of a new plan this year, which means the current daily limit of 318 snowmobiles and 78 snow coaches will remain in place this winter season.
Jackson Hole Daily; Sept. 30
Interior Secretary seeks balance between conservation, energy work
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has been in the Rocky Mountain West this past week, stopping in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, where he stopped by an energy industry meeting in Vernal to urge attendees to support the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Denver Post; Sept. 30
Canadian union: TransCanada's permit for Keystone XL pipeline expired
The Communications, Energy, and Paperworkers Union, which represents Canadian oil refinery workers, said that the permit issued by the National Energy Board in April of 2010 to TransCanada for the Alberta leg of the Keystone XL pipeline, required construction to begin before March 11, 2011, and that the permit has now expired and TranCanada must begin the permitting process again, but the Calgary-based company said its work in Hardisty on tank foundations put the company in compliance with the permit.
Canada.com (PostMedia News); Sept. 30
The Missoula Police Department and Montana Highway Patrol will conduct a "DUI Saturation Patrol" this weekend in an effort to "combat impaired driving." The patrols will begin early Friday night and run until Saturday morning "with special emphasis on bars and nightclubs in the Missoula area."
So, basically, they're preparing for Homecoming.
Expect to see additional officers in addition to the regular early and late night shifts. The release mentions no scheduled checkpoints.
According to a release from his press secretary, Baucus is "inviting fans to join him before the game as he serves up FREE chili, cornbread and Montana brews." He'll also ride along in the homecoming parade, but whatever. The tailgating starts at approximately 10:30 at the corner of Campus Drive and Van Buren, and Baucus hopes folks will "bend my ear for a little while."
We're wondering what local beers he serves, and about the recipe of the chili. And whether a romantic day at Washington-Grizzly Stadium counts as his honeymoon.
Top news links, courtesy of Headwaters News.
USFWS acts on hundreds of species as deadline looms
Friday is the deadline for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to act on protecting hundreds of species, and the federal agency has already issued decisions on 500 species, including 35 snails from Nevada's Great Basin.
Helena Independent Record (AP); Sept. 29
BLM official dismisses claim that extinction goal of wild-horse policy
At a speech at the International Equine Conference in Virginia, Joan Guilfoyle, division chief for the Bureau of Land Management's wild horse and burro program, said that the agency's efforts to reduce the number of wild horses roaming public lands in the West are designed to maintain the health of both the herds and the range, not as some claim to drive the horses out of existence.
New York Times (Greenwire); Sept. 29
Flywheel technology at Montana power plant will 'recycle' energy
NorthWestern Energy's natural-gas power plant near Anaconda went online Jan. 1, and now the company is installing cutting-edge flywheel technology at the Montana plant that will capture unneeded energy and "store" in kinetic energy until it is needed.
Montana Standard; Sept. 29
Today's news of the Wilma Theatre going up for sale creates a huge opportunity for someone with deep pockets and, hopefully, a love of the arts. It also got us thinking about what other local landmarks are currently on the open market. Here are a few that come to mind, but feel free to let us know if we've missed any.
Finnegan's, $1.2 million
The recently closed 24-hour greasy spoon served as a home away from home for many a student, night owl and AARP early bird. Situated over a creek, and within walking distance of campus, we'd love to see the beloved spot reclaimed by someone else willing to serve bottomless cups of coffee and cheesy fries.
The Frenchtown Club, $699,000
Once the favored watering hole for mill workers from Smurfit-Stone, this roadside bar still holds that small town Montana charm. The listing says all gaming machines are included in the sale and touts its dance floor.
The John J. Johnston House, $399,000
This Alder Street house is on the National Registry of Historic Places and was originally built in 1902. Additions made between 1902 and 1912 turned it into a grand two-story Queen Anne-style residence.
The Original DeSmet School House, $225,000
Built in 1895 and also on the National Registry of Historic Places. Not sure what you could do with this, but the vintage kitchen and bath look pretty cool.
Find Rob Brezsny's Free Will Astrology online, every Wednesday, one day before it hits the Indy's printed pages.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I've got a challenging assignment for you. In accordance with your current astrological omens, I am inviting you to cultivate a special kind of receptivity—a rigorously innocent openness to experience that will allow you to be penetrated by life's beauty with sublime intensity. To understand the exact nature of this receptivity, study Abraham Maslow's definition of real listening: to listen "without presupposing, classifying, improving, controverting, evaluating, approving or disapproving, without dueling what is being said, without rehearsing the rebuttal in advance, without free-associating to portions of what is being said so that succeeding portions are not heard at all."
Top news links, courtesy of Headwaters News.
Hundreds attend State Department's Keystone XL hearing in Montana
U.S. State Department officials held a meeting on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project, which will pass through 284 miles of Montana on its way from Alberta's oilsands operations to refineries in Texas, in Glendive on Tuesday, and several hundred people attended, with proponents of the project saying the nation needs the oil and the jobs the pipeline will provide, while opponents argued against the environmental impacts it will have.
Billings Gazette; Sept. 28
Nebraska hearing on Keystone XL pipeline a contentious one
At the U.S. State Department's hearing on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project in Nebraska, state Sen. Ken Haar, who spoke after a long line of proponents of the project, began his presentation with a direct statement to State Department officials: "With all due respect, you don't give a damn about Nebraska."
Edmonton Journal (PostMedia News); Sept. 28
Rally planned today in Libby to show support for Montana silver mine
Officials of the Spokane-based Mines Management Inc., which is working to open the Montanore silver mine in northwest Montana, said the release last week of the supplemental environmental review by the U.S. Forest Service and the state Department of Environmental Quality is a major step toward getting the mine in production, and a rally is planned today in Libby to show support for the mine.
Flathead Beacon; Sept. 28
Four things to get you ready for tonight's much anticipated show featuring the surviving members of the Grateful Dead.
1. Listen to the Dead's entire 1974 show at the Adams Center.
This link takes you to streaming audio of the concert dated May 14, 1974. The set opens with "Bertha" and ends with "One More Saturday Night." There's one particularly enthusiastic whistler near the bootleg mic.
Funny. I remember a time when the hottest collectible at a show used to be the one-off specialty T-shirt or the nitrous.
3. Bob Weir is into some trippy musical production stuff.
Weir appeared at the 9th biannual MusicTech Summit in San Francisco with members of Slightly Stoopid, Jack Conte of Pomplamoose, and Joe Satriani, and Weir was there to discuss his state-of-the-art recording studio, called the Tamalpais Research Institute.
Weir's recording studio includes "a revolutionary acoustic modeling technology which has the ability to dramatically change the acoustical properties of the room. With the touch of a button, an artist can instantly change the sonic environment from that of a small intimate club to sounding like a theater, an arena or even a cathedral." You can watch Furthur perform at TRI here:
4. The simulcast concert.
Can't make tonight's show? Want more Furthur even if you are attending tonight? You're in luck. The band is simulcasting its Oct. 4 Vegas gig at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on Sirius/XM radio. You can read more about it here.
Tickets are still available for tonight's show for $47.50.
This is a travesty ! Of course, I'd expect nothing less from Ryan Zinke and…
A Pyrrhic victory for the city
lets see if I have this right--UM fires Engstrom who drove UM in to the…


text:
Black Tie Affair
My largest cake ever and my first time trying cornelli lace! 6, 10, 14, 18 inch rounds. The flavors are french vanilla cake with bc filling, lemon cake with lemon curd filling, cookies n cream cake with vanilla filling, and another french vanilla with bc. I had a lot of trouble covering the larger cakes with the black fondant; it kept cracking each time I'd try to move it. And I couldn't get it truly black so I used a vanilla paint and didn't mix it right so it didn't dry in time. Lesson learned! The flowers are artificial and the topper was made using part of a styrofoam ball covered in fondant. TFL!
You May Also Be Interested In
No Comments Yet
Login To Leave A Comment


text:
Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Wallowa County Scenic Images
Joseph Mural
buy high resolution copy | next image
A mural tempts viewers to enter a Joseph watering hole. (Photo No. walDA0016)
About this image
Dimensions: 3502 x 2325 pixels (300 dpi version); Date created: September 2008; Camera: Nikon D80 Digital SLR; Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED; Photographer citation: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives; Keywords/Tags: horizontal, Oregon, Wallowa County, Joseph, downtown, mural, painting, Deer Garden, The Hydrant, tavern, advertisement, public art, brick, blue sky, small town, rural.
buy high resolution copy | next image
County guide home | Scenic images home


text:
* Prices may differ from that shown
Anybody whos anybody these days has a smartphone, but if you cant afford a contract then who can really afford the average £400+ price tag?
Well thats where the ZTE Skate comes in, known in the uk as the Orange Monte Carlo this phone really matches up to the high end phones as far as the spec is concerned, albeit with a smaller processor. However does the impressive spec translate to a polished and usable phone?
GENERAL 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
Announced 2011, February
Status Available. Released 2011, September
BODY Dimensions 125.9 x 67.8 x 10.4 mm
Weight 120 g
DISPLAY Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 480 x 800 pixels, 4.3 inches (~217 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 32GB
Internal 512 MB RAM
Speed HSDPA, HSUPA
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot
CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging
Video Yes
Secondary No
FEATURES OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
CPU 800MHz
Thanks to the multitouch capacitive 4.3 inch touchscreen navigating the phone is a breeze, its not quite as responsive as an equivalent amoled from samsung but its better than you would expect for the price, id say per inch this is the best value phone screen available anywhere....literally. The processor is fine for everyday use, although be wary of having many apps open or running power hungry apps because it will soon struggle to keep up. Its not slow by any means but the processor is the major difference between this and a high end phone.
Il keep it short, the phone looks pretty terrible, plasticy look and feel, clearly another few quid saved here. Having said that when in your hand it just looks like any other £500 phone with a 4.3 screen, so you cant complain.
The camera packs 5mp, however this is pointless as the quality is so bad youd never know there was 5 million pixels crammed in there, dont even bother trying to view your pictures on the phones screen, and even on a large high quality pc monitor you can see that its not up to much.
The sound is actually very very good on this phone, either through the speaker or using headphones the audio is clear at all volumes and is suprisingly rich thanks to the HD audio support.
Running the gingerbread 2.3 there are plenty of apps available to keep you entertained, havnt had problems with any of the major apps (yes angry birds runs fine) ive tried so far, it has an in built radio which is rather pointless when you can acces any radio station anywhere in the world online. It has an intuitive gesture feature where by you draw a shape to shortcut to a webpage or application, im sure this could save you alot of time but its just not for me, at the most your saving yourself 2 seconds...more of a gimmick id say.
Thinking it might be lacking here? think again! really impressed with the speed and consitency of this phone on a 3g/3g+ network, i was achieving 3mbps wherever i went with no dip in signal, as far as the wifi is concerned ive had no problems connecting, always connects as soon as i get home.
i have to say im very impressed with this phone, i honestly think its the best value smartphone available, i paid £120 for mine and i can do all the things my friend can do on his iphone. Honestly if you want to show of a 4.3 inch touchscreen with android then other than this phone theres nothing less than £350, the value here really is second to none.


text:
Severe Weather - Wildfires:
Attention client/members affected by wildfires:
If you have property damage to report and need assistance, our Express Claims Team will help make it fast and simple.
When it comes to filling the gaps of your retirement income, an annuity can help. Designed to pay a steady stream of income in your retirement years, annuities come in three forms:
You can begin to receive annuity payments upon reaching age 59 ½ (any earlier and you'll be charged penalties). It's up to you how you'll be paid – one lump sum, annually, quarterly, etc.2 – and you can also decide how long you'll receive payment with options ranging from one-time to a lifetime.
Annuities are often just one component of a retirement strategy that could include Social Security, 401(k) plans and/or IRAs. I can be a valuable resource when it comes to choosing an annuity as part of your overall strategy.


text:
Hey everyone. I have got some pretty flat stock leaf springs in my yj and dont really have the cash to buy new ones and heard somewhere that you can have your leaf springs rearched. Has anyone had this done? How long did they last and does anyone know where I can get this done.
Thanks a million!


text:
Glynis Henderson Productions produces, general manages and represents a variety of theatre, comedy and music productions. The company specialises in introducing unique and exciting new work to international audiences and international work to the UK.
Our current roster of productions are listed here and to find out more about us please head over here.