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HP Veer 4G Review - Getting Us Excited for Pre 3by Brian Klug on 6/7/2011 5:01 PM EST
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peskypescado - Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - linkI have been a webOS user for a couple of years now and I can tell you that the Touchstone definitely charges _significantly_ faster than the same AC charger just plugged into the phone via microUSB. I'm not sure exactly why, but it is consistently faster on both of the Pre's we have at my house. For me, it is a bigger benefit for why I use a touchstone than the convenience of just being able to set my phone down. Reply
Brian Klug - Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - linkInteresting - I mean that definitely bears itself out in the results. I originally ascribed the differences to just charging management, but there definitely seems to be something said for the touchstone charging faster. I'll see if I can find more.
-Brian Reply
Johnmcl7 - Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - linkI'm guessing as SE devices rarely seem to get mentioned here that they're just not available in the US? Their X10 Mini Pro is a very similar design and size to the Veer although I think SE's design is better in a few ways, they've gone for a horizontal slider (or whichever way round it is when you turn the phone 90 degrees to use the keyboard) which gives more room and makes for a better keyboard. The keys are well spaced and have a solid 'click' when pressed so that despite its size it works well, better in fact than some of the bigger qwerty devices I've used. The X10 Mini Pro has a 3.5mm port onboard and a micro USB port (for data and charging) plus the back is removable to get access to the user-replaceable battery and has expandable storage through microSD.
Unfortunately it's also an ARM11 SoC although it's driving a small screen compared to other smartphones, SE's customisation on top of Android is a bit messy in places as well although in general performance isn't bad. The phone seems to have had reasonable appeal, it's particularly popular amongst my female friends looking for a small phone to slip in a handbag/pocket.
John Reply
Penti - Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - linkYes they have, but the SE X10 Mini Pro isn't a fluid phone in regards to performance and it's not that hard to use the gd 3.5 mm adapter you snap on, or a USB-charger & data cable both included in the box. It's not that you can't use those.
However the X10 Mini Pro is or was available directly from SE, or from Verizon and AT&T. So on. But the new Xperia Mini Pro should come any day. And it's hardly the only cell phone with a slide out keyboard.
As a Swede I would just say stay away from SE basically. They are not up to the task and un-updated software is just a pain. I wouldn't want to use timescape either. It's basically in regard to the X10 mini a phone even too weak for Angry birds.
The guys working in Lund for SE would probably do a lot better job at one of the Chinese manufacturers any way. Nobody in China will miss their factories either. It's virtually a collapse business and has been for years any way. Seriously they are not competitive, and in the states you got stuff like Motorola Milestone/Droid and Droid 2, and so on that's popular instead I guess. The SE's might fit the people who only text and so on. But that misses the point, and it's overpriced and old legacy stuff by now. Reply
Johnmcl7 - Thursday, June 09, 2011 - linkOf course it's not the only phone with a slide out keyboard but it's one of the few that's so small. As a non-Swede I think the advice to stay away from SE odd, there's not many phones like the X10 Mini Pro and it has the Veer beat in just about every way going despite the SE being a much older phone. I haven't seen these 'fluid' problems you mention and the phone is popular amongst my female friends.
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Penti - Friday, June 10, 2011 - linkIt's an abandoned phone by now any how. If the Xperia Mini Pro will be any good I don't really know, but it can't be worse and is out any day.
As I Swede I'm proud of Ericsson and so on in the telecom industry, they are good and successful, still have manufacturing in Sweden for that matter, but simply not SE. SE is one of the failed mobile brands to begin with, they sell roughly half as many phones as 2007, they are among the ones that have gone bad together with Motorola which collapsed al together but with products looking strong even though they are at about 20% of their 2007 volume and less then that of their 2006 volume (which are just begin to sell again in Sweden mind you at least they are looking up), LG that has stopped growing, SE isn't that respected. Something like Motoblur I would probably prefer over Timescape as it's less intrusive. SE has really screwed up with their software and launcher. I'm fine with running the stock UI and launcher, but you don't really have that choice from mentioned brands.
But hey, at least the new Mini Pro doesn't look like it's from <2009.
It's however a common problem with games and other software lagging on the X10 Mini Pro. The UI has pretty much constantly had performance problems. I.e. not being fluid. (Doesn't mean all users experienced it or that they experienced it over all time they had the phone.) They have messed it up so many times on the firmware side. It's simply not recommended for smart phone usage here.
However a slim company like SE with no software expertise or manufacturing expertise and not much to speak of wouldn't be a loss if they disappeared. They are just building phones with Qualcomm chipsets and not contributing much, they need to pick up if they want to continue delivering phones. They might manage to do it with their revised software on Gingerbread+ but that remains to be seen.
A X10 Mini Pro is however about the same size like something like this HP Veer though, or other non-keyboard smartphones for that matter (X10 Mini non-pro is the one that sold here in Sweden and that Three etc peddled.). I simply wouldn't recommend the X10 Mini to anybody for that matter. 320x240 is simply not suitable for smart phones. The new model will also be a 3" phone although about the same physical size so it's not really that significantly smaller then any other phone. Smaller then the Desire Z and equivalents yes. Old device is simply not in the same league as this HP Veer or most smart phones, small or large. New Xperia Mini Pro however looks much improved. Not saying HP Veer is a feature phone replacement for the same crowed however. SE's device is clearly trying to grow up though. But at 320x480 is still aimed at low-end users.
Not that I like using Android in landscape mode however. I think a vertical slider is much better in most cases, however on phones like N900, E7 (Nokia) I would prefer the landscape mode and keyboards. However if you like an Android with horizontal keyboard there is lot of others to choice from other then SE, I did think about buying one even though the X10 Mini wasn't in question then do to it's software troubles. Anywhere from Motorola, Samsung, LG or a few other devices in the unites states, where you often have branded devices like T-mobiles (HTC) G1 and G2 and MyTouch series. I don't see SE filling a space there really even though it's sold by the operators and stores there. While here in Europe we haven't seen as many choices. Reply
jnmfox - Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - link"...still thicker..., which is perhaps an even more important criteria for female shoppers."
"Whether the Veer goes in the front pocket or is small enough to make it into the back pocket is ultimately a matter of clothing choice and personal preference."
"I will say that it's refreshing to carry something around that doesn't weigh my pants down" Reply
robinthakur - Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - linkIt's all rather sexist tbh. Lots of men don't want a massive brick of a phone and value a slimline handset that can fit in skinny jeans or tailored jackets without ruining the lines. It's not just a girl thing. This often seems to come up on tech sites, and seems to assume and imply that all men wear baggy jeans and dress like hobos... Reply
HowQuaint - Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - linkI'm coming up on 2 years with an original Pre and it's getting long in the tooth. Seems to "forget" to send me calendar notifications and lock up all the time, plus I've already had to replace the battery. I've been thinking about tossing it out a window and getting a nice Android device or maybe even a dumbphone, but HP might woo me back if Pre 3 (or even Veer) won't have these reliability issues. It's somewhat disheartening to see they still haven't learned their lesson with not having enough options, for example I get poor cell coverage at work so turning off 3G might keep the phone from draining its battery on a daily basis. The funny thing is that despite all the hate for the original hardware, mine has actually been pretty robust -- I'm more of a fan of the hardware than of WebOS and never experienced the wobbly keyboard issues. Reply
Lt.PorkyPine - Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - linkI also have made my original pre for 2 years. I love the OS and have had only minor hardware troubles. Had to have my pre replaced one. I hope to get the pre 3 so long as it comes to sprint. I'm very excited about the new hardware and 2.0.
Hopefully HP can start to bring regular hardware updates to the webOS platform. It will also help if the comments from HP about licensing webOS to 3rd party hardware makers like HTC and Samsung are true. Reply
ClockerXP - Saturday, June 11, 2011 - linkDial ##3-836# to get to the menu where you can disable 3G. Works on my Pre+ on Verizon! Reply
ClockerXP - Saturday, June 11, 2011 - linkI mean ##3836# (no dash) Reply
dananski - Sunday, June 12, 2011 - linkI agree that the hardware is better than people say. I haven't had any problems with mine and it only has minor scratches from all the times I've dropped it. But the OS is good too. Cards and synergy are two things I couldn't go without, and I like the simple gestures. Reply
ioannis - Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - linkBrian, thanks for the comprehensive review, delivered in the usual Anandtech quality.
The App Catalogue compatibility seems to be the only major complain I'd have over this phone. My question is, will WebOS 3.0 with the Enyo framework come to the Veer? And assuming that all the apps eventually get ported to it (or at least all apps released from the time 3.0 is out will be based on it), would that solve the 'pixel density'/resolution-dependent apps problem? Reply
softdrinkviking - Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - linkHi Brian. Great review. I especially liked your explanation of HSPA+, nice work there.
I had one question. You again referred to Super LCD as (IPS) in this article, as you did in the article a few days ago (HTC evo 3D). In that article you crossed out the (IPS) and I assumed that meant you were reassessing that. Have you come to any conclusions about Super LCD and what process it is made with? Reply
Brian Klug - Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - linkSo I was mistaken earlier about Super LCD being IPS, I went over my notes and have written down that Super LCD is just PVA. I'm going to try and do some more digging to find out why I have that here and what the implications are. Honestly though the SLCD display on the Sensation looks quite good.
-Brian Reply
Solidstate89 - Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - linkI haven't owned a WebOS phone because of the flakiness of the hardware, but the OS has always appealed to me. Similarly although the Veer isn't for me, I do like just how much better WebOS 2.0 is looking.
I sincerely wish them the best in the market as it is quite simply a brilliantly designed OS. However it's just taken too long to get to market. I wanted to get a Pre 3 on Verizon, but realized it would be too late with Verizon Wireless nixing its Unlimited Data plans before it could be released so I went to sprint and picked up a WP7 device.
Quite happy with it, and although it's a blatant rip-off, I can't wait for the card-style multitasking to arrive with the Mango Update :)
Best of luck to WebOS. Reply
softdrinkviking - Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - linkcool, thanks for the reply & info. i have seen plenty of PVA screens in the store and they look pretty good to me, maybe not as good as the high-end NECs and other professional monitors, but i had a hard time telling the difference between the led backlit LG IPS and the similar sized BenQ with a PVA. (this is in Japan, so i can't say what models you have in the states).
As long as they are good quality, and a decent resolution, I can't imagine that PVA would be unacceptable on a cel phone. they are undoubtedly better than TN. Reply
jamawass - Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - linkI think the veer makes sense if you take into consideration hp's tablet strategy. A veer with mobile hotspot would be an excellent combo with a 7 in touchpad ( to be released after the 10 in later this yr). I have a 7 in sony reader which fits in all my jacket's pockets. That's my device of choice when I'm waiting at the auto shop, etc and I always receives glances when I whip it out of my jacket. It's light, and much more portable than an ipad.
I suspect this is one of hp's strategies with the veer and I wouldn't be surprised if they market them as a combo deal in the future.
I've used webos for a year now and generally like it's efficiency, but Apple and other companies have been cannibalising their innovations. As stated above, hp needs to accelerate the upgrade cycle in both soft and hardware to survive. Reply
marc1000 - Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - linkBrian and Anand, I could not find a way to contact you. So I will write this down on the comment section.
Microsoft is killing the only thing cool on all older WindowsMobile phones (6.5 & below): the MyPhone service will die in a couple months.
please read this thread at XDA where some users reported receiving the same MS email with the news.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1... Reply
cptnjarhead - Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - linkI'm am excited for the pre 3.
Veer is way to small for me and my pre + oc'd @ 1ghz will keep me happy till the pre 3 comes out.
WebOS is the best in mop. My wife has the same phone and this is the first smart phone that i haven't had to constantly show her how to use it :)
trust me, if you have never used WebOS, just try it and you will be amazed how great it is. Reply
vshah - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - linkHave you guys stopped including these as a standard part of the reviews? Reply
Brian Klug - Saturday, July 02, 2011 - linkWe haven't, however as I noted there's no way to get RSSI out of the Veer.
-Brian Reply
theinvisibleduck - Monday, June 27, 2011 - linkI bought my wife one (she wanted a small phone) neither of us believed it would be big enough when I got it, but we were both pleasantly suprised! It is excellent and you do not notice that it is small (except yesterday when I lost it in my pocket and my wife and I had a heated discussion about who lost it before I started digging through my pants pocket and found it). I would HIGHLY recommend trying this awesome little device out I think you will be very pleasantly suprised like I was. Reply
CellPig - Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - linkThis phone is adorable, ha. I'm very skeptical of it making it in a big phone market though. HP has such a small stance in the smart phone market to begin with and I'm not sure if this phone will get them moving in the right direction, regardless of how cool it is. I used to have a webOS device, but I switched to Android and then to Apple, each time gaining more access to things that mattered. We're actually stumped over whether or not we should stock accessories for this phone at http://CellPig.com - Anyone have thoughts/suggestions? Reply

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Maximize the capabilities of the A8 processor and the M8 motion coprocessor through iOS 8, the most advanced mobile operating system from Apple. Download the latest apps from the App Store and refresh your music playlists through the iTunes Store. You'll even get the ability to edit your photos right in the Photos app. Plus, you'll get a free upgrade to iOS 9 in the fall.
The 2015 iPod touch sports a 4-inch Retina display, so you'll see nothing but the brightest colors and the sharpest details. Five new colors – space gray, blue, gold, pink, and silver – also make the 6th-generation iPod touch more eye-catching than ever.
What's in the Box? iPod touch Apple EarPodsLightning to USB CableQuick Start guide Requirements: Mac Requirements Mac computer with USB 2.0 portApple ID (required for some features) Mac OS X v10.7.5 or later iTunes 12.2 or later
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Technical Specifications and Dimensions Size and Weight Height: 4.86 inches (123.4cm) Width: 2.31 inch (58.6mm) Depth: 0.24 inch (6.1mm) Weight: 3.10 ounce (88 grams)
Capacity 32GB or 64GB flash drive Stores data via USB flash drive
Display Retina display 4-inch (diagonal) widescreen display with Multi-Touch IPS technology 1136-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 ppi Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
Camera, Photos, and Video Video recording, HD video recording (1080p) up to 30 frames per second with audio FaceTime HD camera with 1.2MP photos and HD video (720p) up to 30 frames per second 8-megapixel iSight camera; Backside illumination Tap to control exposure for video or stills Photo and video geotagging over Wi-Fi
Audio Frequency response: 20 Hz to 20,000Hz Audio formats supported: AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
TV and Video AirPlay Mirroring and video out to Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation) Video mirroring and video out support: Up to 1080p through Lightning Digital AV Adapter and Lightning to VGA Adapter (adapters sold separately) H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 4.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format
Battery Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery Music playback time: Up to 40 hours when fully charged Video playback time: Up to 8 hours when fully charged
Input and Output Lightning Connector Stereo headphone minijack Built-in speaker Microphone
Wireless 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Nike+ support built in Maps: Location-based service Bluetooth 4.1 technology
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Kodak Easyshare M580 Review
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Main Rivals
Listed below are some of the rivals of the Kodak Easyshare M580.
Canon Digital IXUS 100 IS
The Canon Digital IXUS 100 IS (also know as the Canon PowerShot SD780 IS) is a super-slim, super-stylish digital camera, with an all-metal body that's just 18.4mm thick. Available in black, red, silver or gold, the Canon IXUS 100 IS point-and-shoot camera sports a 3x zoom lens, 12 megapixel sensor and the ability to record 720p HD movies. Gavin Stoker finds out if the $279.99 / £299.00 / €349.00 IXUS 100 IS / PowerShot SD780 IS is the perfect marriage of style and substance...
Casio EX-Z550
The Casio EX-Z550 is an inexpensive yet well-specified digital camera, offering a 14 megapixel sensor, 4x wide-angle zoom lens, 2.7 inch LCD screen and 720p HD movies. Available in a variety of colours, the EX-Z550 costs a mere £149.99 / $169.99 - read our in-depth Casio EX-Z550 review to find out if makes the grade.
Fujifilm FinePix JZ500
The Fujifilm FinePix JZ500 is a brand new 10x travel-zoom camera that won't break the bank. Offering a 14 megapixel sensor, 28-280mm focal range and 720p HD movie recording, the JZ500 can be yours for less than £175 / $250. Read our Fujifilm FinePix JZ500 review to find out if it's worth a look.
Nikon Coolpix L22
The entry level L22 sits at the bottom of the Nikon Coolpix range, but that doesn't mean that you should immediately write it off. After all, £79.99 / €95.00 surprisingly buys you quite a lot of camera, with a 3.6x zoom lens, 3 inch screen and 12 megapixel sensor all included. Read our in-depth Nikon Coolpix L22 to find out if you really can get a capable camera at this price-point...
Olympus FE-5030
The Olympus FE-5030 is a new slim, stylish and simplified compact camera that won't break the bank. Featuring a 14 megapixel sensor, 5x 26-130mm zoom lens, and a 2.7 inch LCD screen, the FE 5030 is priced at £139.99. Zoltan-Arva Toth finds out if that's money well spent in our Olympus FE-5030 review.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS30
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS30 (also known as the DMC-FH20) is a new compact camera with an appealingly versatile 8x zoom lens. Costing less than £179 / $179, the FS30 / FH20 is aimed at the beginner end of the market, yet still offers some advanced features including 720p HD movies and Panasonic's reliable intelligent Auto mode. Read our expert Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS30 review now.
Pentax Optio I-10
Is it a DSLR? Is it a compact? The new Pentax I-10 combines the styling of the former with the simplicity of the latter, complete with a 5x zoom, 12 megapixels and 2.7 inch screen for under £199.99 / $249.95. Gavin Stoker finds out if the Pentax I-10 is all style and no substance...
Samsung PL70
With Christmas literally round the corner and a worldwide recession in full swing, Samsung are offering a veritable stocking full of features in the form of the PL70 / SL720 camera. Priced at just £199 / $229.99, this bargain model offers a 12 megapixel sensor, 5x optical zoom, 3 inch LCD screen and even 720p HD movies. Is the Samsung PL70 / SL720 the answer to your cash-strapped dreams this holiday season? Mark Goldstein finds out...
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W380
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W380 is a new 14 megapixel compact camera with an ultra-wide angle 24-140mm 5x lens, complete with fast f/2.8 aperture, ISO 3200 and SteadyShot anti-shake system. The W380 has a raft of auto features aimed at improving your pictures, from the Easy shooting mode for complete beginners to the Sweep Panorama mode that never fails to impress. Heavily based on the WX1 camera that we enthusiastically reviewed at the end of 2009, does the Sony W380 succeed in bringing a similar feature set to a wider audience? Read our Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W380 review to find out...


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Furniture can announce any event and making them po-up is a lot of fun.
I made a room setting card for any event using stickers for color and decoration. The card on the left is a tea party theme and the one on the right Valentine. Items on the table are on pop-ups as well as the chair and table for added dimension. You can add anything you choose on your table. The card on the left has two table pop-ups and the one on the right has one in the center holding gifts. This card looks difficult but it is very easy to make.
These stickers I already had were my inspiration for the tea party birthday card. Choose your color scene according to the stickers you like.
Those wavy edge scissors you never use can change the look of your chair and table covers.


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Now that Prey 2 has been delayed, and its development is supposedly going through a lot of trouble, it looks like CD Projekt has taken up the cyberpunk genre reigns. Massive cyberpunk-esque cities are alarmingly absent in gaming, despite being completely awesome as a setting. Can't wait to see what CDPR can do with that idea. After Witcher 2, they can do no wrong in my eyes, so this is already one of my most anticipated games right now.
Here's the video of Marcin Iwinski (CD Projekt's CEO) announcing it this morning at their summer conference:
The fact that he referenced "noir" and "Blade Runner" multiple times here just makes me even more excited.


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So far I've got HTdig to work fine but my pages
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the width of the table forcing everything to widen.
I noticed that you can modify the way htsearch
prints out the results but can't find any documentation
on HOW to create a template. All i want to do is
remove the URL from being printed in the results.
On a similar note, is there a way to force HTML to
wrap the URL? I found no indication of this in
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News Reporters On Air Slip-Up Leads to Awkward Moment
Speaking is what I do for a living. It's what puts food on the table, a roof over my family's heads, and keeps the lights on. Every once in awhile though, my brain and my mouth don't want to play nicely with each other and what my mouth says isn't exactly what my brain was thinking. For example, many years ago I left the letter 'r' out of the word "shirt" live on the air. Funny how removing one letter completely changes things isn't it? With that in mind, I can certainly sympathize with with this poor guy.
Ashton Altieri, a meteorologist for NBC affiliate 9NEWS in Denver, Colorado. As he wraps up his on location report, he decides to congratulate the sports guy back in the studio on his prediction that Indiana would beat Kentucky. Instead, this happened…
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My favorite part is the look on his face when he realizes what he said. You can see it go from cool, calm, and collected to "Holy crap! Did I just say what I think I said? I did, didn't I?" in about .000001 seconds. Notice how he looks off camera for a minute as he stumbles to save himself. I know that look, I've done that look. That's the look you do when you're hoping that somewhere within eyesight is some kind of salvation. A cute baby, a lost kitty, a purple dragon, anything that can distract the conversation away from you. You know it's not there, but you look for it anyway. I've been there man, I've been there.


text: Macho Fish Marinade ------------------- The rinds from the juiced citrus fruits make an attractive and flavorful addition to this robust and tangy marinade. Use on: Any meaty fish .... Marinate 2 to 3 hours 3/4 cup olive oil 1/2 cup fresh orange juice 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice 1/4 cup vegetable broth 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice 1/2 medium fennel bulb .... trimmed, cored and thinly sliced crosswise 1/2 medium red onion, thinly sliced 1-inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced 2 fresh thyme sprigs 2 bay leaves 1/4 teaspoon crushed peppercorns In a large bowl, stir together the olive oil, orange juice, lemon juice, salt and lime juice. Add the fennel, onion, garlic, ginger, thyme, bay leaves and peppercorns and mix until combined. Yield: About 2 cups Posted by firstname.lastname@example.com to rec.food.recipes Adapted by Patti Vincent


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The [British] government is appealing against a High Court decision that granted Symbian a patent on a computer program.
The ruling overturns a refusal by the UK Intellectual Property Office to give the mobile phone firm a patent.
The case is being watched with interest because before now it was rarely possible to patent dedicated computer programs in Europe.


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Cigars is the Triangle's upscale cigar store and luxury smoking
lounge. We are located at 9650 Strickland Road, Suite 154,
in Raleigh, North Carolina. Get
door to door directions with Google
Maps or Mapquest,
or telephone us at (919) 870-0081.
Empire Cigars is located at the intersection of Six Forks and
Strickland Road in North Raleigh. Find us in the Harvest Oaks
Shopping Center, between Bikram Hot Yoga and Salsa Fresh, directly
behind Just Tires.
From 540, take the Six Forks exit. Head South. Make a right
on Lead Mine Road and then turn left into the Harvest Oaks Shopping
Center. From the 440 (the Beltline), take Exit 7 for US 70/Glenwood
Avenue towards Durham. Turn left at Glenwood, then right at
Creedmore Road/NC-50, then right on Strickland. Make a U-turn
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Family voyage on the Epic: Norwegian Epic Cruise Review by Crazymama2
Overall Member Rating
Family voyage on the Epic
Destination: Europe - Western Mediterranean
Embarkation: Barcelona
We were happy that we could get on the shipped before Noon that day. After a week of struggling with language/food issues, it was great to get on board and find that English was the main language spoken. We of course adapt to where we are, but Spanish is not our strength. As a matter of fact, some of the staff mentioned that Italians and Spanish do not speak as much English and often struggle on the ship.
Beautiful, super clean ship, fastest and most efficient boarding I've had. Staff also the friendliest I've met in a long time. Our cabin was teded by Michael from the Phillipines. He was wonderful and spoke excellent English. With some of the Carribean cruises, this has not been the case.
We had been trying to upgrade to a balcony, but all rooms taken. I would highly recommend a baloney with the More family, but we could not get one. We saw the rooms and they were great, as was the Haven.
Buffet great every day. Hot, fresh and large variety.
We did pay extra for:
French-Not worth the extra, Dreams dinner show -show great but food was not more than average, Italian-did not enjoy, Brazilian was not a very goog representation of such a restaurant. Being from the states, we have experienced Japanese, Brazilian, etc. The Brazilian was not cooked in the center or hot when they brought the meat around and was truly a disappintment. After that, we went by the Japanese restaurant to take a peek and could tell that it was just no where near an extra fee, so we cancelled our future reservation. We actually were talking with the kids and decided that we like the old way of sitting with the same waiter and getting to know them rather than moving around. The old way of sitting at an assigned table brought some personal service to the dinner table that you can only get when you sit with the same waiters night after night. Some friends chose to eat in one dining room at the same table night after night and were very happy with the personal service that came from getting to know their waiter. That is what we will do in the future.
Again, great ship and staff but there were disappoints in the following:
For frequent cruisers, we are used to 18% gratuity being added to spa services, BUT an additional 18% is added for the European VAT(value added tax). As a non European, you can get that back on items, but NOT services. This means that the spa services cost 36% more than listed price. I was also disappointed that there was a $15 charge to use the spa facilities if you wanted to use the facilities before of after your services that day. Again, I guess I am spoiled, but regular hotels generally include that as part of your spa service.
When they showed movies in the atrium, they need to turn off music speakers in adjoining areas. I think the sound quality of the movie will be greatly improved. Sound needs improvement in general.
Specialty Restaurants mentioned above
Cost of excursions: The cost of the excursions was very high. The same trips privately booked through independent agencies were 1/4 the price. Some fellow cruisers were disappointed in the Pompeii tour as their guide was not as informative as our private 7 person tour guide. There were 7 of us on the van for Amafii Coast and Pompeii all day tour. We had a separate guide for Pompeii and he was awesome! We paid euros 550. for the entire day, divided by 7. I will leave it to you to compare rates.
Other great things:
Blue Man Group and shows in general
Teen club: 15 year old loved and cudos to Aqua and other staff. All the kids communicated well except those from Italy and Spain that did not speak Englsh.
Full of families
All in all great way for a larger family group to see some of Europe without breaking the bank. Food and lodging are a premium in Europe. Driving a easy but not with more than 4 with luggage. We liked knowing we could always have access to food and a clean room : ).
We knew this, but it is worth mentioning...the ports are generally very far (hour or more) from the sightseeing areas. This means you must truly plan ahead. This is not a "rest and total relaxation cruise" as you hit a port every day but one. We actually opted to stay on the boat in Rome as we had an extended visit there 2 years ago.
You will not be disappointed in the Epic, but hopefully these little notes will help you be prepared. Less
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Port and Shore Excursions
City Tour
Big city, busy but interesting. Went to soccer stadium, market on the Rambla and a bicycle cart tour.
Nice Walking Tour
Pretty typical city. Took train to Nice and did our own thing. Train takes 35 min. from the station dry close to the port.
City Tour
Rented car right as we walked off boat. 110 euros for the day with are programmed GPS. Took us straight to sights and parking lots desired. Hertz was super! This was an unexpected treat that was better than trains and taxis.
Amalfi Coast
Beautiful, but typical tourist shops
Pompeii Walking Tour
Great service. Customizes tour and small very informative pompeii tour was the highlight of trip.
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Psychology Prof. Richard Russell's facial contrast research was featured in a June 25 Allure magazine article about bleached eyebrows.
From Allure:
Speaking of scientific studies, there actually is one that suggests having darker brows makes you look younger. A few months ago, Richard Russell, an assistant professor of psychology at Gettysburg College, published a study in the journal Plos One that looked at the correlation between age perception and facial contrast. He showed volunteers images of women with varying degrees of digitally manipulated color difference between their skin and their eyes, lips, and brows. When the features were more defined, the face was rated as younger 93 percent of the time. "Our study didn't focus on one feature in particular," said Russell, "but we observed that brow color fades very clearly over time and may have a large impact on how old you look." There you have it folks: Bleach your eyebrows and you've just put yourself in a time machine—to the future.


text: Garrick, We will add support for 'CLASSCFG[X] NODEACCESSPOLICY=X' tonight. Will this work? Dave > On my large cluster with a global "NODEACCESSPOLICY SINGLEJOB", I'm > trying to meet a specific requirement of letting single-proc jobs within > a specific class share nodes. This should be transparent to the user > and not require additional arguments to qsub (from TORQUE). > > I can't think of a way to do this purely in maui.cfg. It seems like I > should able to do this with a QOS, but it doesn't seem possible. > > Other possibilities that I can think of include: > > - In TORQUE, single-proc jobs go through a routing queue that adds > NACCESSPOLICY:SHARED to the RM extensions (doesn't seem possible). > > - In TORQUE, route single-proc jobs to a different execution queue, then > maui.cfg has "CLASSCFG[foo] NODEACCESSPOLICY SHARED" (also doesn't > seem possible). > > - A qsub filter that adds "-W x=NACCESSPOLICY:SHARED" for single-proc > jobs in the correct queue. > > Anyone have any suggestions for me? > > -- > Garrick Staples, Linux/HPCC Administrator > University of Southern California > _______________________________________________ > mauiusers mailing list > mauiusers at supercluster.org > http://www.supercluster.org/mailman/listinfo/mauiusers >


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It was that day in Tortuguero, Costa Rica � when, from our small flat-bottomed boat we saw spider and white-throated capuchin monkeys, three species of toucans, iridescent iguanas, �Jesus Christ� lizards that actually walk (or run) on water, Day-Glo butterflies with wingspans as wide as your head, several large caiman, and frogs and birds of every hue � that out of the mist suddenly I heard Jake.
I shivered. The hair on the back of my neck stood up, ancient horrors revived. Jake the Doberman had been my nemesis as a kid. Now I heard his growl, only louder and more werewolfian. Our guide, Ray Hooker, assured me that what I�d heard, then seen, were simply howler monkeys leaping from tree to tree high above us.
It�s a jungle out there! Wet with rain and smelling faintly of sweet decay, we were privileged to be in this fecund country in which five percent of all known species of life on Earth occupy less than 0.003 percent of Earth�s land area. The place is supremely beautiful. No wonder Costa Rica attracts some two million visitors a year, most of them drawn by ecotourism. Like so much of this country, the Costa Rican government fiercely protects Tortuguero Park.
Hooker, who has spent all his life in this remote area whispering its secrets to tourists like me, pointed to a small green heron that catches insects only to drop them into the black water as bait, fishing for bigger game. What a show-off!
Early that morning, as I explored the Caribbean beach behind our comfortable casita, I found tracks of a loggerhead turtle. Apparently, just hours before, she had fulfilled her destiny by returning to the place of her birth some 30 years earlier, struggling ashore to dig a hole in which to lay 100 or so eggs � one of which may be lucky enough to return here in another 30 years � continuing this 160-million-year cycle of life.
Such sightings are uncommon at this point in June, but from the middle of August until mid-September, I can almost guarantee that you will see this miracle unfold as the Atlantic green sea turtles return here each year. Even the rare Costa Rican jaguar is sometimes seen swimming across the river for a breakfast omelet.
Our Caravan Tour actually began two days before at the luxurious San Jose Palacio, an �all-inclusive" hotel where drinks, meals, tips and extra towels are all included. Since then, we had toured the capital city, visited the cloud-forest with its steam-belching mile-wide Poas Volcano crater (one of seven active in the country), seen the cascading waterfalls of Braulio Carrillo Park, taken a guided hike through yet another rainforest, and slipped through a forest canopy on an aerial tram.
There are 43 of us on this tour. Mostly professionals � doctors, engineers, some retirees � we�re aged 15 to 82. All are interested in ecology, travel, and nature.
For my wife, Carolyn, and me, this is our first group tour. And I can tell you we weren�t looking forward to getting herded from place to place.
But it wasn�t like that. Our tour guide, Patricia Alfaro, surely one of the most knowledgeable in the world about all things Costa Rican, kept us moving, learning, and laughing without ever feeling �grouped.� As it turned out, when I asked folks at the end of the tour what they liked best, most answered, �The fascinating new friends I made.�
Paradise for All (Species)
Besides four million Ticos, as the friendly Costa Ricans call themselves, this is home to over 240 mammal, 180 amphibian, 230 reptile, and 850 bird species � twice the number of bird species in the entire U.S. Costa Rica�s democracy is almost as old as our own. It has no army, a relatively high standard of living, and with its huge middle class, this small Central American country is arguably the most egalitarian in Latin America.
But are those reasons enough for a travel agent to recommend this place? Early one morning in La Fortuna, I asked a fellow traveler why he and his wife decided to come on this tour.
�We looked around,� he explained. �Europe�s too expensive and unfriendly. The Caribbean islands are boring. Africa is too far away. Hawaii�s a rip-off. Costa Rica is a safe democracy. People like us here. They're eco-minded. And where else in the world could you have a day like this?"
He pointed directly in front of our casita�s railed front porch where dozens of ruby-throated hummingbirds danced from flower to flower in the lush gardens. Beyond, as the mist cleared, the elegant, active Arenal Volcano rumbled and puffed into view.
During free time that morning, that traveler and his wife were horseback-riding to a hidden waterfall while others dressed for whitewater rafting, bird-watching, mountain-biking, or just walking into town.
That afternoon, we would all �take the thermo mineral waters" in the shadow of the volcano where we would choose between 10 large pools with temperatures ranging from 187 degrees down to 104. It was truly Cocoon, magically relieving aches and pains as we sat chest-deep sipping Pepsis.
All in all, our new big-glassed Mercedes bus explored 800 miles of this most beautiful of countries, meeting kind, warmhearted people all along the way.
On Day 7, shortly after departing the Americanized beach town of Jaco in our drive along the Pacific Coast toward the fishing village of Quepos, we passed through an earthquake-fault zone and over the several oh-so-temporary bridges, each narrower than the last. First, there was the �Oh My God" bridge, followed by the �Help Us, Jesus" bridge and finally the �We Must Be Driving on Water" bridge. From the back of the bus, someone yelled, �We must be in heaven!�
That�s Costa Rica. Heavenly. So much so that 40,000 Americans have chosen it for their permanent retirement homes. Yet another reason so many of us want to explore Central America's top tourist destination.
After traveling about the world for some 70 years, author Frank Kaiser claims that Caravan Tours (1-800-227-2826) at $995 for 10 days � all meals, activities, hotels transfers, transportation, excursions, even tips included � has to be the best travel deal going today. Frequent, often daily departure dates. Visit www.caravantours.com.
COSTA RICA - Travel Tips
*What to Wear: Climate varies from the temperate central highlands of San Jose to the much warmer Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Remember, you�re only about 10 degrees north of the equator here. Caravan Tours recommends a sweater or light jacket. We also found the following useful: a lightweight hooded poncho-style raincoat; casual jeans; shorts; loose shirts; comfortable water-resistant shoes (a must); and swimwear. Although the pacing of the tour is excellent and never rushed or strenuous, there is a lot of walking, often in the rain (forests). Laundry service is available at all hotels.
*Eating & Drinking: Caravan Tours provides purified water at all meals and free bottled water on the motor-coach. Water is safe to drink in most touristy areas. Breakfasts are usually buffet-style, featuring many fresh fruits and eggs cooked to taste. Lunches and dinners generally provide choice of beef, fish, and chicken with local side dishes.
*Toilets: Never a problem.
*E-mail: All hotels, except those in the rainforests and La Fortuna (where there are five Internet cafes in town), have high-speed Internet connections, often free.
*Language: Spanish is the official language, but we found that English is spoken in all the stores in which we shopped.
*Proof of Citizenship: U.S. citizens need only a current U.S. passport, valid for six months after your date of entry.
*Fishing: Costa Rica is a fisherman�s dream, with snook (averaging 14 pounds), tarpon (averaging 80 pounds), red snapper, king mackerel, amberjack, yellow tail, deep-water tuna, Dorado, even sailfish and marlin. Fly fishermen will enjoy catching blue gill and drum fish. There�s good bonefishing as well.
*Resources: Costa Rica Tourism Board: 1-866-267-8274, or www.visitcostarica.com. For tips on senior travel, go to http://suddenlysenior.com/travelpage.html.


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Daniel Oates was previously chief of police in Aurora, Colorado, and, in fact, headed that department at the time of the 2012 movie theatre massacre in that city.
Oates is inheriting plenty of pending issues as he takes the helm at the Miami Beach Police Department.
The Mansion nightclub shooting that happened earlier this week and claimed the life of a man who was a chef for local athletes remains unsolved.
The 2011 police-involved shootings during Urban Beach Week are still under investigation by the state attorney's office.
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In July, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a warning to Tokyo, you should not rely too weak yen for long-term economic stimulus. Abe's government lowered the exchange rate by printing money, which aims to increase the competitiveness of exporters and exit from deflation continued for decades. The program, called analysts' Abenomika ", launched in 2012, but has so far only managed to achieve short-term goals. For the entire period of the rise to power of Abe economy grew by 2%, while the value of incentives amounted to nearly 3% of GDP.
"If the weakness in private consumption is sustainable, it will be another blow to the Abe government, which lost electoral support before elections for the upper house of parliament," said Hiromichi Shirakawa, chief Japan economist at Credit Suisse. According to him, this situation increases the probability of declaring the additional fiscal stimulus.
The latest forecast of the central bank's economic growth of 1.5% for the year, but given recent data analysts expect it to be downgraded. Shrinking consumption, however, places the institution in a dilemma on financial incentives. One of the factors for the decline are the increased food prices, which in turn are due to more expensive imports due to a weaker yen.


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From: "Thomas Myers" <>
Subject: Re: [Pirates/History/Ancestry] Captain William Kidd
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 11:30:31 -0800
Thanks for your reply, Tony. My ancestor escaped trial. The story has it that he was part of Kidd's crew and jumped ship in New York. One version has it that he was Kidd's cabin boy.
As follows is what I know as has been passed down:
There was a fellow in the Myers' lineage that was a member of Captain William Kidd's crew, possibly the cabin boy. Now, either this fellow feared persecution or feared for his life, one way or another on one of Kidd's voyages he jumped ship in New York and fled.
The story has it that he knew the whereabouts of some of Kidd's plunder either by map or other means and that he, for lack of better words, 'dug it up'. The wealth remained in the family through several generations and was eventually used in part to aid in the founding of the F.E. Myers & Brothers Company of Ashland, OH. (this occurred mid 1800's)
Now based on that little bit of information my brother (who is a historian by profession) researched Kidd to some extent and found out that he in fact did operate as far north as New York. On the other side I have learned that the Myers' family responsible for the founding the fore mentioned company indeed has some dark secrets in the closet but I cannot find any indication of any relation to piracy. I have found a murder and some dirty political dealings but no mention of piracy.
On another note my family lineage has several variations of the name "Myers" which are Meyer, Meyers, Myer, Myers, Moyer, and Moyers. For instance, my GGGrandfather spelled his name Joseph MOYER. Joseph's son Peter went by MOYERS, and Peter's sons spelled their names as MYERS or MEYERS.
That's what I have and I'm sorry cause I don't know if it's much use at all.
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Subject: Re: [Pirates/History/Ancestry] Captain William Kidd
On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 07:16:41 -0800, "Thomas Myers"
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>I have learned through family folk-lore that I have an ancestor who was
> a supposed member of Captain Kidd's crew. Does anybody have any idea
> how one would go about determining whether this information is factual or fictional?
What is the name of your ancestor?
If it is Myers, he was not among those of Kidd's crew brought to trial
on May 8, 1701.
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Most aircraft carrying Doppler radar look like they've grown a tail, developed a dorsal fin, or sprouted a giant pancake on their backs. But when the unmanned Global Hawk carries a radar system this summer, its cargo will be hard to see. The autonomous and compact High-altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Profiler, or HIWRAP, a dual-frequency conical-scanning Doppler radar, will hang under the aircraft's belly as it flies above hurricanes to measure wind and rain and to test a new method for retrieving wind data.
HIWRAP is one of the instruments that will fly in this summer's mission to explore Atlantic Ocean hurricanes. NASA's Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel, or HS3, airborne mission will investigate tropical cyclones using a number of instruments and two Global Hawks. The HS3 mission will operate between Aug. 20 and Sept. 23.
"Radar is an important remote sensor for atmospheric research," said Lihua Li, an engineer who helped develop HIWRAP at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "Radar signals penetrate clouds and precipitation, allowing scientists to detect information on raindrops or ice particles." That information, he said, is one piece of the puzzle toward improving scientists' understanding of weather events.
This past year, Li and his colleagues further improved their radar technology to make it more effective at high altitudes. The ultimate goal is using radar to measure weather events from space.
Building a Better Radar
The returning microwave frequencies are different from the original pulse from the radar. From those differences, scientists can identify cloud particles as rain, ice or a mix. The returning microwave frequencies also reveal water content and the particles' size, shape, and distribution.
Radars send out several thousand of these pulses each second. The result is a three-dimensional image from the cloud top to the ground of what's going on inside storms and hurricanes.
To generate and send a rapid number of microwave pulses, radars generally need a lot of power. To have better sensitivity and accuracy, radars generally need big receiving antennas. But radars flying high above Earth's surface have strict limits on the size, weight, and power consumption of the instruments.
Engineers had to balance all these things against the science requirements for HIWRAP, which was designed to fly on the sleek Global Hawk. Since 2005, Li and Gerry Heymsfield, who leads Goddard's High Altitude Radar group, have pushed the design envelope with HIWRAP.
They began with using compact transmitters that use less power, a digital receiver that gives them more flexibility to modify the outgoing microwave pulses, and a scanning antenna that widens HIWRAPs area of view below. Looking a bit like an upside-down golden flower, HIWRAP weighs in at about 300 pounds and has a footprint the size of a small washing machine.
But most significant are new advancements that push the boundary of radar capability both on long-endurance flights and at high altitudes. HIWRAP can measure the Doppler effect of moving ice particles and raindrops from 60,000 feet.
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With a few measurements and equations, the Doppler shift of a frequency can reveal how fast the train is moving. Scientists interested in raindrops or other atmospheric particles use the same principle. Doppler radar sends out pulses of microwaves whose frequency will shift when they bounce off moving raindrops, and scientists can use this to figure out how fast ice or rain is moving in storms.
Detecting movement of rain and other precipitation tells scientists about another piece of the atmospheric puzzle - wind. "[With Doppler] we sense the motion of rain or ice particles in storm clouds," said Heymsfield, who has been working to improve high-altitude radar measurements for 20 years. "From that we can get the horizontal winds and the circulation in hurricanes."
Li noted that Doppler measurements also have been used to estimate the size of the rain or ice particles. Together with the wind data, HIWRAP provides data sets on tropical cyclones critically needed for improved understanding and forecasting these weather events.
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An added complication arises when the radar is on an aircraft or a satellite. "The instrument itself is moving, so it also has Doppler information," Li said.
"This makes the retrieval of rain or ice particle Doppler velocity extremely difficult." The aircraft has a high ground speed, which causes a wider range of frequencies to be returned from the targets and the magnitude of the Doppler shift to get bigger. This Doppler effect has to be distinguished from the Doppler effect of the cloud and rain target. Imagine trying to measure the velocity of a toy train with an instrument whizzing by on a full-sized train 12 miles away, the height of a high-altitude plane. Or, imagine taking measurements from 250 miles away -- the altitude of a satellite in space.
One way to get a better return signal from high-altitude aircraft is to send out more radar pulses, more quickly. HIWRAP sends out 5,000 pulses per second. For a satellite passing over the ground at about 12,000 mph, it's even more important to have a rapid series of pulses.
But too many pulses per second can muddy the measurement if the returning Doppler-shifted frequencies overlap. Scientists need a way to distinguish which returning frequency corresponds with which emitted pulse. For HIWRAP's upcoming HS3 mission, Li and his team will test a method of putting an identifier on each outgoing microwave pulse.
He and his colleagues incorporated the necessary modifications to the outgoing radar pulses into HIWRAP's transmitter and receiver. While the technique has the potential to improve measurements on any Doppler radar, especially those on aircraft, its true impact will be on the next generation of precipitation satellite radars that will view rain worldwide every few hours. Currently, only two satellites carry radar in space and neither returns particle motion.
"Doppler implementation will be the next step," Li said. "That's what we are pushing for."
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Stay at this Hebron, Ohio hotel located less than a mile from Newark Industrial Park, four miles from the National Trail Raceway and five miles to the Newark Heath Airport.
Welcome to the BEST WESTERN Lakewood Inn, situated in central Ohio, where guests will experience the best in comfort, convenience and customer service all for an unbeatable value. This Hebron area hotel features 70 well-appointed guest rooms, including whirlpool suites, each fully-equipped with cable satellite television with HBO® on a 32-inch LCD television, MP3 player alarm clocks in all rooms as well as wireless high-speed Internet access. Guests are welcome to a complimentary full hot breakfast each morning that includes Krispy Kreme doughnuts before relaxing in the indoor heated swimming pool and hot tub. This hotel also features upgraded amenities including a fitness center, guest laundry, full business services and meeting space accommodating up to 35 attendees.
The BEST WESTERN Lakewood Inn is conveniently located just two miles from Buckeye Lake which offers fishing, boating, swimming and jet skiing in the summer months. The BEST WESTERN Lakewood Inn is also located less than seven miles from key area attractions such as the National Trail Raceway, the Heisey Glass Museum and several corporate locations including Renosol Seating LLC, the Newark Industrial Park and the Mid-Ohio Industrial Park. Hotel guests will enjoy taking a short day trip into Columbus to visit the many attractions in the state's capital , only 35 minutes away. Our location also provides convenient access to several local universities including Denison University, Ohio State University-Newark and Central Ohio Technical College.