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This online memorial was created in loving memory of Swe-Yen Lam, whose life story is told throughout this memorial website. Please sign Swe-Yen 's guest book and let us know you came to visit. We will remember Swe-Yen forever.
Born In: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Born: January 15th, 1979
Passed in: Thailand
Passed on: March 30th, 2013
Swe-Yen Lam passed away suddenly in Koh Samui, Thailand on March 30, 2013 at the tender of age 34 years.
Swe-Yen is lovingly remembered by her best friend Jenny, fiancé, Mark Wade, friends Andrea, Rafella, Letitia, Chris and his finance Shannon, amongst numerous additional friends. Direct family include her father Leong, bonus mom, Glendene, Mother, Valerie, step father, Ricardo, sisters, Swe Tjin and husband Matthew, Swe Liang, brothers Kin Leong and Joshua, niece Madeleine, as well as many exceedingly special family and extended family members who meant a great deal to her.
Swe-Yen was born in Birmingham, England on January 15, 1979, and immigrated to Newfoundland with her family in 1989. Swe-Yen greatly valued educaiton and graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor of Biochemistry in 2001 and a Bachelor of Nursing in 2007.
Swe-Yen taught ESL in Korea from 2002-2004. For the past six years, Swe-Yen travel nursed in various locales, almost always with Mark. From Yellowknife, NWT, High Level and Fort Vermillion, Alberta, Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia with many stops in between. Colleagues of Swe-Yen describe her as an incredibly bright, beautiful, caring and giving nurse who positively impacted every person she met. This is evidenced by the dedication of a new trauma room at St. Theresa's General Hospital in Fort Vermillion in her honour.
Swe-Yen loved life, squeezing everything she could out of it. She travelled extensively, worked hard, played hard, loved her family and deeply loved Mark. We will miss so many things - her eyes that offered a glimpse in to her beautiful soul, her laugh that filled a room, her smile that lit up our world, her crazy British/Newfoundland accent. The very essence of Swe-Yen was love, and her love we will carry with us until we meet again.
Memorial services have been held in Koh Samui Thailand on April 3, 2013, at The Portside Pub in Vancouver, British Columbia on April 13, 2013, at Barrett's Funeral Home in St. John's, Newfoundland on April 21, 2013 and at St. Theresa's General Hospital in Fort Vermillion, Alberta on April 24, 2013.
To honour Swe-Yen's values, a scholarship fund has been established at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Faculty of Nursing. Donations may be made by mail, internet or telephone. Cheques may be sent to: Alumni Affairs and Development, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 20 Lambe's Lane, St. John's, NL A1C 5S7. By internet, donations may be made online through this webpage: https://www3.mun.ca/alumni/giving.p001. By telephone, please call (709) 864-6763 or Toll Free 1-877-700-4081. *When making a donation, please indicate that it is in memory of Swe-Yen Lam*
~ Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength ~
Ralph W. Sockman
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This article was published 15/1/2012 (2046 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Normally, I use this space to gripe about government types. This time, I am full of love.
Saturday's feature story on baby names wouldn't have happened without the speed and forthrightness of the data geeks at Vital Statistics, and the forbearance of provincial media guy Glen Cassie. Last year, on a whim inspired by this, I asked for the top baby names broken down by postal code prefix. Glen rolled his eyes, said he would check, and a day later I got an Excel spreadsheet with exactly what I asked for.
A day later. That's service. That's also transparency. Granted, we're talking about baby names, not outstanding warrants or flood claims or the mess of other, more controversial data sets the province keeps. But still, that's how open government is supposed to work.
This was, like, a year ago that I got the baby name data. I then sat on it for months because we needed to figure out how to map it, which meant buying forward sortation area boundary files for crap I don't even understand. That's when my own data geek (and boss), Free Press Online Editor Wendy Sawatzky, started to work, creating this interactive map. Unfairly, she doesn't get a byline in the paper, so she gets no love, except from me. 'Twas ever thus for nerds. The Vital Stats folks probably don't get many public pats on the back, either. I don't even know their names – maybe it's just one dude? But, along with Glen, they responded quickly and carefully to my endless string of questions, requests for updated numbers, fiddly problems and "one more thing..." emails. I thank them.
This story was meant to be an experiment. We're always trying to use databases to better guide our reporting and find trends we might have missed. This time, we wanted to practice overlaying data on postal code prefixes. Baby names were kind of a light-hearted test run in advance of the upcoming census release, which we can also map by postal code prefix (did you know there were 85 Japanese people living in West Broadway in 2006?). Those maps look easy. They are fussier than hell the first time. In a way, the process of creating the baby names story was more important to us than the actual product.
At least it started out that way. To find some babies named Olivia and Liam and Ava, we did something we don't normally do – we alerted readers (and our competition) to the upcoming story and asked for feedback, stories, photos, the works. We did this with a blurb on our website and a little Tweeting and Facebooking by social media reporter Lindsey Wiebe.
The response was nuts. I received about 65 emails from readers, which shaped the story significantly. Instead of acres of text and data boxes – always the default plan of a data geek - we instead devoted most of the real estate to real parents with cute babies and good name stories. That made the feature way more fun and much more reflective of our readers. And it was so much easier than scrambling around for a "real Olivia" at the last minute like I normally do. I think we'll do these kinds of shout-outs again, so keep your eyes peeled. And a huge thank you to all the proud parents who emailed us. You made the story miles better, and it was a total pleasure to read all your emails. I thank you.


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Sexual relations are difficult. Telling someone how you feel is nerve-wracking. Breaking up with someone is hard. Trying to talk to someone about what you want in the sack is stressful. But nothing beats the awkwardness that you might have just given a sexy time friend an STD. Even if you desperately want to ignore that partner, you can't ignore the problem. Thanks to inSPOT.org, the non-profit Hallmark for STD's, you can avoid the uncomfortable phone call and simply send the ones you've loved free e-cards to notify them of the situation. They've got cheeky postcard slogans like "You're too hot to be out of action." All you have to do is select a message about what's making you catchier than a pop song and you can even notify them of places to get tested in their neighborhood. Best of all, you can send these e-cards anonymously! So, remember, just because you like to spread your legs, it doesn't mean you have to be embarrassed when you hit a bump. Just be sure to pass the information along!


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On October 2, 2010 your Pomeroys hosted the Berea College Mountaineers just as the sun came out on a great afternoon for soccer. Taking control of possession early, the Woods women held onto the match for the duration, rarely giving up any possessions for Berea in the attacking third. In the end, the score line would be 7-0 in favor of the Pomeroys, with every player getting significant playing time.
Erin Pugh started the scoring in the 8th minute, taking a pass from Britt Simmerman and driving a ball high into the top right netting. It was the first of four goals for the hometown senior, the most ever scored in a single match by a Pomeroy. In the 23rd minute she struck again, this time on an assist from Bri Davis. Logan Jones would finish the first half scoring in the 40th minute on a pinpoint assist from Jessica Black.
The second half was even a little more in favor of the Pomeroys. Erin Pugh scored twice more before leaving the game, once in the 57th minute on an assist from Jessica Black and once in the 69th minute unassisted. The rest of the scoring would come from Alice Trejo Wilson, who proved herself perfectly able to find the net in traffic. Her first goal came in the 85th minute, after dribbling past the last two defenders, and her final goal came on a rebound in the 88th minute, sliding the ball low to the bottom left corner.
This brings the Pomeroys' record to 5-4 with 4 regular season matches to go. Next up is a trip on Wednesday evening to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology at 7:00 p.m.
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Yesterday I cooked a three and a half pound boston butt. I started at about ten oclock in the morning and ran for nearly three hours at a steady 224*
Then after some fiddling with the firebox and some minor spiking to 235* I ran at 217*-228* till nearly seven thirty pm.
I figured it to be done at five pm...that's two hours per pound. It was at 158* and stuck at five pm
At seven-thirty I was nearly out of fuel in the smoker and the internal temp of the butt was at 186*. I took it out and foiled it and put it in a pre-heated 230* oven. Half an hour later the temp was at 183*. .
Anyway, the butt sat in the oven until nine thirty-five--when lo and hehold!! it was 194*!!. I took it out, wrapped it tightly in foil and wrapped it again in a towel and went to bed.
Mi corazon generally stays up late and she pulled it about 11pm. It actually turned out pretty good (at least it looked good, waking up in the semi-dark of our bedroom at eleven-thirty). She said there was a moderately large piece of fat still in the middle.
I gotta say though that a 12 hour cook for a three and a half pound butt is ridiculous. That's over three hours per pound. My smoker was/is working good. The probes are accurate. The temp is being taken at grill level. I thought BB was supposed to be the easiest cut of all and very forgiving. It just ain't right!! Maybe I'll stick to beer butt chix and baby backs.


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TV Kayseri; Samsun AKS TV, 19 January 2011
Islam will rule the world with the coming of the Prophet Jesus (pbuh). Islam will be the sole remaining faith. Almighty Allah tells us in verses that Islam is the faith in His Sight. We will ascend to the greatest heights of joy, happiness, brotherhood, peace, art and science, insha'Allah. People will embrace one another and there will be a festival air, insha'Allah, and these sufferings will end. The next 10 years will be a festival decade. They will see this, insha'Allah.
I have spoken of this, as have my colleagues, a collective personality is emerging. My friends in France tell me a collective personality is emerging. But there is someone at its head. I am at its head as a spiritual older brother. Had I not initiated an intellectual struggle against Darwinism and materialism, my colleagues probably might not have engaged in such a struggle. There would not have been such a conference in France. That means the presence of an individual is important. But I have a large number of colleagues. They are cultured and knowledgeable, at the level of scientists. They also talk about and describe these matters. The result is an intellectual system. We establish web sites and write books. We call that a collective personality, but if you say the individual is unimportant then all these things will vanish.
There has never been a time without a collective personality. Our Prophet (saas) came and a group formed under the main leadership of Abu Bakr (ra), Uthman (ra) and Ali (ra). There is our Prophet (saas), his followers, and the collective personality formed by them together. There could have been no such movement without our Prophet (saas). Islam came down via our Prophet (saas). He introduced it very effectively. Our Prophet (saas) did not bring a book and then set it to one side. He actively applied the book and caused others to live by it. He showed people how to live by it.
Kaçkar TV, 19 January 2011
Allah says in the Qur'an that He loves those who struggle together like buildings welded together with lead. He says believers are brothers. Allah tells us to bind ourselves together and not be fragmented. Being united and not fragmented is Islamic Union. Someone has to lead Islamic Union, and that person is Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). Muslims have never been without a leader. It is a religious obligation (fardh) to enjoin the good, forbid the .We call the global spread of this the way of the Mahdi (pbuh). There can be no work without a leader. Some Muslims are hostile to one another. One swears at someone else, and he criticizes him. They spend their time berating and accusing one another of unbelief. They never go and dine or talk with one another or attend their weddings. The number of people who do that is small, but it is still something abnormal. When you have the way of the antichrist you will have the way of the Mahdi. The way of the antichrist unsheathes its bloody talons and slaughters Muslims. How can we not speak of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) if the way of the antichrist is out there? The way of the antichrist is on the offensive every day, and the way of the Mahdi (pbuh) will counter-attack it en masse every day. Everywhere is drenched in blood. That is the way of the Mahdi. How can there be no Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) when there is the way of the antichrist? The way of the antichrist speaks of itself night and day. So why not speak of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) night and day? If we have the way of the antichrist every day, then we have the way of the Mahdi. If a person has no love for the Prophet (saas) and rejects the three signs of the coming of the Prophet Jesus (pbuh), then he has abandoned the faith. He abandons the faith if he does not sincerely desire Islamic Union. Islamic Union is the greatest religious obligation. People say they recite the names of Allah all night, but Muslims are being slaughtered in Afghanistan all night. It is Sunna to recite the names of Allah, but it is obligatory to struggle on the path of Allah. There is no difference between a trillion Sunna and one. But it is abnormal not to speak of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) when the way of the antichrist is out there. If you work for Islamic Union and espouse the Qur'an and strive for Islam then you can hope for paradise, but how can you hope for paradise without doing that? How can you hope for it without being careful over what is lawful and unlawful? A leaderless Islam is meaningless. They say they will tell their local friends about the religion. What matters is do you espouse Islamic Union, do you love other communities, do you love all Muslims without distinction? It is a sin to be divided. Striving on Allah's path is no trivial matter. Striving and Islamic Union is the greatest religious obligation.
The way of the Mahdi equals Islamic union, and Islamic Union is the way of the Mahdi. They say there is no question of the Mahdi or Messiah in the hereafter. So what will you say when asked, did you bring about Islamic Union, did you strive against the antichrist? Will you say you struggled all alone? In that case you may end up in the middle of hell, may Allah forbid. Allah tells us to struggle like buildings welded together. The way of the antichrist works in an organized manner. He will appear when the question of who the antichrist was is asked in the hereafter. The person who leads Muslims in the End Times is called Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). Our Prophet (saas) has praised the community that will gather around Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). Our Prophet (saas) tells us to seek Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) and impart the glad news. They will ask you in the hereafter whether you followed the prophet, whether you received the good news of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). If not, then how did you follow the prophet? Love of Jesus, the Messiah (pbuh) and all the prophets is obligatory. Allah says in the Qur'an that He will send the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) back to earth and that nobody left who does not believe in Him. This is information in the Qur'an. Allah says we will be asked about the Qur'an. So is that a question not to be asked? He says it is a sign of the coming of the Prophet Jesus (pbuh). So is that not to be asked about? What will you say when you are asked if you collected around one leader and what you did when told to struggle together like walls welded together? Will you say that you fell apart like bits of exploding popcorn or grains of sand?"
What will you say when Allah asks what you did for Islam in the hereafter? If you have served Islamic Union then you have by definitions assisted Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). Why does our Prophet (saas) tell us to hear the glad news of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). Why did an army vanish in Iraq? Why did the Iran-Iraq War take place, why was the Kaaba attacked, why were there solar and lunar eclipses at 15-day intervals and why were the waters of the Euphrates stopped? These are things that have all happened for the first time. This is the first time in history the waters of the Euphrates have been stopped, and the first attack on the Kaaba. And it is the first time in the world all these portents have happened one after the other. If Allah says that He promised this beforehand and whether He made it all happen exactly s promised, they will agree, and when He asks whether they have seen, they will say they have. Allah says I will show you and you will see. Allah is turning the earth and sky upside down. The antichrist has come. Will you say you never saw these things? Will you say you failed to understand? He will ask if you saw the way of the antichrist. They will say they did. The way of the Mahdi, Islamic Union, is the solution to the way of the antichrist. Allah will ask if you served Islamic Union. Will you say you just prayed and lazed about? They must concentrate on the most important obligation.


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Times may change but there will be a summer themed cooking workshop today!
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|22ndA day at the Seaside!
|18thLolly Parton presents
|17thAn evening with Frank Flaherty
|16thCooking workshop
|15thTrip to the seaside
|12thGlorious 12th!
|11thX-Press Yourself
|11thExercise with Alana!
|10thPizza Party
|10thEncourage Activity
|5thGlorious Goodwood!
|1stHolistic Therapy with Michelle
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|27thAn evening with Gervaise Phinn
|27thFernhill Heath Open Gardens
|26thAnimal Mania
|25thEncourage Activity sessions
|23rdOpen Gardens
|20thLunch preparation
|13thHappy Life in Muddle England - a talk by Jill Samuda on life in a village community
|13thLife in Muddle England - a talk about life in a Warwickshire village by Jill Fraser
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|10th101 children!
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|28thOn Clover Unit only, linen folding
|28thTrip to the park with a picnic
|20thCooking Masterclass with Chris Part 2
|15th'Altitude and Attitude' a talk from Tori James - the first Welsh woman to climb Mount Everest!
|15thAlzheimer's Society Cupcake Day
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|25thGreen fingered giggles
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|23rdSunday lunch
|22ndTake a trip out to a local attraction
|21stFish Friday
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|19thMorning sherry
|19thWeekly shopping trip
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association made the announcement on Thursday (Nov 1).
Foster will collect the award at the 70th annual Golden Globes on Jan 13.
"Jodie is a multifaceted woman that has achieved immeasurable amounts of success and will continue to do so in her career," said HFPA president Takla-O'Reilly. "Her ambition, exuberance and grace have helped pave the way for budding artists in this business. She's truly one of a kind."
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JASON GILLESPIE believes Adil Rashid can follow Liam Plunkett's lead and shine for England again.
The Yorkshire coach says his 26-year-old leg-spinner is now bowling better than at any other stage since the Australian took over at Headingley ahead of the 2012 county summer.
Although he has only taken 12 wickets in eight LV= County Championship matches, Rashid has been bowling better than his return suggests, and he has been particularly impressive in Twenty20.
He has taken five wickets from four matches, including hauls of 2-19 and 2-22 in wins against Derbyshire and Lancashire.
Rashid, however, is missing today's Championship match against Sussex at Arundel due to the impending birth of his first child, but he should be back in action at Warwickshire next week.
He has not yet played a Test for England, but he played five one-day and as many T20 internationals in 2009.
"I don't know (how far away from an England recall he is), but he has bowled the best he's bowled since I've been at the club in the last three years," said Gillespie.
"He hasn't got the rewards for it because of how the games have been going, and he hasn't had the opportunity to bowl. I actually thought at Lord's he was probably the man most likely to get Chris Rogers out when he got that double hundred.
"I think he has been bowling quite well, but he just hasn't had the overs. He will have an impact when the wickets bake a bit.
"Rash has scored runs batting number six and seven for Yorkshire on surfaces that probably favour bowling, going out and being aggressive and playing some good knocks.
"I would prefer him to play for Yorkshire, but he wouldn't let England down. I think he's in a really good place with his cricket.
"I think Borthwick or Rashid would be good options. A bit like Liam is best suited in a four-man pace attack, I think Rash is best suited to a five-man attack. In the current structure, there is no reason Rash couldn't be in there. He would do a really good job.
"He's bowling well and scored some runs. Most importantly, he's happy with his cricket, which is nice.
"I think the different natures of the wickets in international cricket may help him, especially over the course of five days. People may look at statistics and see he averages 40 with the ball, but stats can say anything.
"If you actually watch how he's bowling, how he's getting his wickets is the most pleasing thing.
"He's giving the ball some air, he's spinning it hard, and if a wicket deteriorates over the course of five days, those sort of lads that can spin the ball hard and get appreciable turn come into their own.
"He may not play much of a role in the first two or three days of a game, but he can in the final two."
Yorkshire are five points behind division one leaders Somerset ahead of their ninth match of the season.
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I'm glad that apple an android apps are coming to close contact. I hate when someone on android doesn't have an app that the iPhone does and you try contacting them or playing against them thru the app, that being said, I just want to know what figures they are using. Are thy counting total apps, or only verified. Seeing as you can add things to the market without being verified
Go ahead and praise your prettier apps, I'd rather have a basic simple looking app that switches my ring style based on my location, be able to download widgets, keyboards, dialers, file management apps, and home launchers.
There is still a HIGHER percentage of crappy apps in Google Play compared to App Store and half the apps in Play barely work on the 80% of Android devices sold and most likely have issues fitting the various Android's with various screen sizes and hardware compatibility.
Quality over quantity.
Quality over quantity any day of the week as was mentioned. Total apps? Nice figures yes but does it really matter when a lot of droid users complain about the quality of the apps they have to choose from? Not to say all iOS apps are awesome because they are not. What i do know is that they go through a stringent process to determine if they are eligible. A process androids do not go through. Has anyone made a device purchase based on a single app?? Do tell...:]
Tibkin from CNET is forgetting that at some point (probably the hundreds of thousands mark) the quantity of apps available is completely moot.
Do you know anyone who can say they've looked through all 700,000 apps? ... Come on, it's like McDonald's hamburger count. "Oh yay, another 5 billion sold. So what. It's hamburgers."
Or, how many of them are just poorly-written data/energy vampires that are constantly eating resources and data.


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Magnetic tooling for robotic arms can be a useful alternative to end-effectors such as vacuum cups and pneumatic grippers. Unlike these devices, magnets need not rely on a constant stream of electricity for holding power. Other benefits of magnets include their lack of moving parts and flexibility to accommodate different types of workpieces.
DocMagnet's Pick and Place (PNP) magnetic end-effectors, for example, use electricity only to switch the magnet on and off for reliability in the event that power is interrupted. The lack of moving parts helps the system last longer with little to no maintenance, and flexibility for various operations is possible. The video above shows the PNP system used on an LR Mate 200iC robotic arm from FANUC. As demonstrated in the video, the end-effectors can lift both round bar and flat workpieces interchangeably with ease.


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COLIN Daniel has become Wanderers' ultimate cult hero never to have played for the club.
The little-known Mansfield midfielder wrote himself into club folklore at Adams Park as his winner for the Stags at Bristol Rovers ensured Wanderers' survival at the Pirates' expense.
Here we present a mini factfile on the new Wycombe fans' favourite.
- Born in Nottingham, the 24-year-old began his football career with non-league Eastwood Town.
- He made his Football League debut for Crewe Alexandra in 2007 as a last minute substitute in a 3-0 defeat at Hartlepool.
- Daniel made a further 16 appearances for Crewe before joining Macclesfield on loan.
- He then signed permanently for the Silkmen and made more than a century of appearances for them, scoring a goal as they held Premier League Bolton to a 2-2 draw in the third round of the FA Cup.
- But after being relegated from the Football League with them in 2012, the left-sided player then joined up with his former Eastwood manager Paul Cox at Mansfield.
- He helped them to promotion in his first season at Field Mill, scoring five goals.
- Saturday's winning goal was his third of the campaign but his second in five games.
- Ironically, he was wearing a Bristol Rovers shirt when he scored the goal that relegated the Gas. Mansfield forgot to bring their kit with them and had to borrow a strip from the Pirates' youth team.
- Meanwhile Stags manager Cox condemned Wanderers to one of the lowest points in their Football League history. He was in charge of the Eastwood side that caused a shock by knocking a Wanderers side who were still unbeaten in League Two out of the FA Cup in round two of the 2008/09 competition.


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The festival of Rosh Hashanah, which translates to "Head of the Year," is just around the corner. It is observed for two days starting on the first day of the Jewish year, which is Monday, September 17th this year. The celebration is in honor of the creation of Adam and Eve, and with them, mankind. The central observance of Rosh Hashanah is the sounding of the shofar, the ram's horn. For those who observe Rosh Hashanah, this represents the trumpet blast of the coronation of a king, as well as a call to repentance.
Other observances include: eating a piece of apple dipped in honey, which symbolizes a desire for a sweet year, blessing one another, reciting a special prayer said near a body of water, said to cast away "sins into the depths of the sea," and after candle lighting and prayers there is the blessing of the challah, a tasty braided loaf of bread.
It just so happens that our Washington dc lodging near metro has an Innkeeper that learned how to make one heck of a challah loaf a few years ago when she was invited to celebrate Rosh Hashaha with friends. If you're coming to DC to celebrate Rosh Hashanah with family or friends, staying with us at our Washington DC Bed and Breakfast near Dupont Circle ensures you another shot at some yummy challah and the secret recipe if you're lucky.
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Kehinde Wiley creates larger-than-life-size portraits that mix historical Western European painting styles such as French Romanticism, Rococo, and Baroque with images from contemporary urban streets. The resulting monumental works are painted in Wiley's characteristic, flamboyant style and presented in ornate gold frames. While the artist evokes important and highly recognizable paintings from the past, he replaces those works' elite white sitters with African-American men.
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Engaging the masculine, machine aesthetic of Minimalism and the equally macho, but gritty, iconography of heavy metal music, Banks Violette creates an unlikely pact between high and low forms of visual communication to explore the ways fiction can turn into belief, or fantasy can be rendered real. Violette's work is often characterized as an exploration of present-day themes of disaster, driven by stories of teen angst or devotion to—even obsession with—a particular band.
Martin Puryear is a retrospective that features approximately forty-seven sculptures, following the development of Puryear's thirty-year career from his first solo museum show in 1977 to the present day.
FOCUS: Joshua Mosley features the artist's high-definition animation short and sculpture installation titled A Vue, 2004. "A vue" is a French rock-climbing term meaning a clean ascent with no knowledge of the route. Like much of his work, A Vue addresses Mosley's interest in the complex nature of balancing the personal with societal responsibility.
Declaring Space includes works by four artists whose images had a dramatic effect on the complex development of space and color in abstract painting as it evolved in the years following World War II. The works of these artists do not represent a movement as much as a dramatic evolution of what has come to be thought of as "the field," an often misunderstood term in the vocabulary of postwar abstract art.
Ron Mueck, a virtuoso of hyperrealistic sculpture, has earned international recognition, with previous major exhibitions in London, Venice, Washington, and Berlin. Over the past decade, the Australian-born, London-based artist has created a personal, distinctive body of works whose startling impact have given a fresh impulse to contemporary sculpture.
Barnaby Furnas (American, born 1973) explores historical and biblical themes in his large-scale canvases, which are often described as colorful and expressionistic. The parting of the Red Sea, the Crucifixion, the hanging of the American abolitionist John Brown, and the American Civil War, for example, are depicted by Furnas in dramatic scenes that combine figuration with abstraction. To create his works, the artist places his canvases on the floor and allows pigment to pool and run, forming abstract shapes.
Pretty Baby, organized by Curator Andrea Karnes and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, explores various notions of childhood identity in contemporary art. International in scope, the exhibition features approximately sixty works by thirteen artists in various media, including painting, photography, sound, installation, and video.
FOCUS: Ralf Ziervogel marks the young German artist's first solo museum exhibition. Since 2003, Ziervogel has developed a stream-of-consciousness method for creating large-scale, lush panoramic drawings that explore the effects of consumer gratification. In his imagined worlds, societal chaos is constructed on themes of obsessive sex and violence.
The Japanese artist Chinatsu Ban creates imaginative narratives using a recurring cast of figures, primarily little girls and elephants, and objects, such as apples and ice cream, in her drawings and large-scale acrylic paintings, which initially suggest the whimsy of children's book illustrations. Since the artist's childhood, the elephant, which is now her central motif, has been a source of comfort.


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International Grains Program to Host Buhler Executive Milling Short Course ... Nov. 5-9 (English), Dec. 10-14 (Spanish) ... Manhattan, KS
Date Posted: September 6, 2012
Manhattan, KSThose who own, direct or manage a flour mill, but do not have a practical milling background may want to consider participating in the Buhler Executive Milling short course at Kansas State University.
This milling course will be taught at the International Grains Program and Hal Ross Flour Mill.
It will be taught in two languages.
The English course will be held Nov. 5-9, 2012, with the Spanish course scheduled for Dec. 10-14, 2012.
"After completing the course, participants will better understand the milling process and its steps — all the way from raw material and the impact of wheat characteristics on yield and mill performance to cleaning, product safety, quality control and finished product handling," says Chris Miller, instructor of milling science and management, "This course can be particularly helpful because it not only gives greater insight into the milling process, but it also gives management a better understanding of the challenges that operative millers face on a daily basis."
The English course will be co-taught by Miller, and Tobias Nanny, the manager of the Buhler Training Center in Uzwil, Switzerland.
The Spanish course will be taught by Ralph Linneman, who is a milling expert also from the Buhler Training Center.
The course will include both classroom lectures and practical, hands-on exercises in the Hal Ross Flour Mill.
A graduate of the 2011 Spanish course, Juan Gonzalez, operations manager for Moderna Alimentos S.A. of Ecuador, had some of his questions about the milling process answered.
"The information I received in this course is important to me.
"I know every technical process in our mills, but I didn't know the specific details around the milling process.
"I chose to attend this course for that reason," Gonzalez said.
"I wanted to learn the milling process so I can talk with my millers in the same language."
This course allowed several of the participants a way to close some of the gaps between knowing the mill and knowing the specifics behind the mill.
Those who are interested in experiencing this course firsthand or want more information about training opportunities at IGP should visit the IGP website at: www.grains.k-state.edu/igp.
This is just one example of the many partnership trainings offered through IGP.
In addition to flour milling and grain processing, IGP offers trainings in the areas of feed manufacturing and grain management, and grain marketing and risk management.
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Women apply, spray, inject, glue and wax in an effort to look beautiful, but they need to know the potential hazards of these treatments before spending a lot of time and money on beauty regiments.
Nancy Swanson said she picked up Hepatitis B from a pedicure. The serious liver infection turned her skin yellow and made her gravely ill.
"My liver was shutting down," said Swanson.
Dr. Stacy Chimento is a dermatologist who said other infections like staph and MRSA can spread during a visit to the salon.
"A lot of times, you have some of these various bacteria that grow within the actual pedicure bowls," said Chimento.
That bacteria can enter the body through openings in the skin. Chimento said never have a pedicure if you have cracked heels or an open wound, bring your own instruments, and ask about how your salon sanitizes.
"Our nail tech, he sterilizes all his tools that he works with," said Dorothy Haar of Starbutts Tanning, Nail and Wax Salon.
Spray tans are a popular beauty trend, but new research shows they may not be all that safe. Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania exposed live cells to DHA, the key ingredient in spray tans. They found the chemical caused genetic changes in the cells.
"So, we're still not exactly sure how this affects the human body," said Chimento.
The recommendation is to wear protective eye wear, lip balm, and nose plugs so the chemical does not get inhaled or ingested.
"I also use the little nose plugs to put inside my ears," said Haar.
Artificial eyelashes are another potential beauty hazard. Carola Parmejano said she applied them at least once a week for six years.
"For me, it became an addiction because it looks so good on camera; it looks so good on pictures that I said I cannot live without it," said Parmejano.
The lashes caused a bad infection in her eye, which is still irritating.
"My eyes were just totally red," said Parmejano.
Applying the glue too often can also rip out your own lashes and cause permanent hair loss.
When waxing, make sure the wax is not too hot. If the wax is too hot, Chimento said it can cause burns, permanent scarring and discoloration.
Double-dipping the stick can spread bacteria in the pot and cause infection. Also, never wax if you have a cut or open sore.
Chimento warns about the dangers of numbing cream if using laser hair removal.
"It can sometimes cause some particular side effects that can be deadly," said Chimento.
Two women who applied the cream and wrapped their legs with plastic to enhance the effects died. In 2007, the Food and Drug Administration issued an advisory to alert the public about the potential hazards of skin numbing products known as topical anesthetics for cosmetic procedures. For more information on the agency's warning, click here.
Chimento said only apply the cream under doctor supervision, use as little as possible, and only apply it to small areas.
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Hall County voters are deciding whether they want to pay a sixth round of Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax to fund major projects across the county, but some of the projects voted on in years past still have not been completed.
The two-year, $787 billion federal stimulus bill, called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, was signed in February by President Barack Obama. It provides a mix of federal spending to help create jobs, tax cuts and aid to states. Political posturing continues as details still are filtering down to state governments about how much money they may receive and when.
Joe Lane Cox remembers the rough times of the late 1970s and early 1980s - high jobless and interest rates among them.
Even as Dawson County's then-sole commissioner, he and his wife each worked two jobs (his as a night watchman) to keep paying the bills.
Brendann Jordan happily watches her favorite shows - "Grey's Anatomy," "American Idol" and "Lost"- on an old analog set, and she concedes she's not yet ready for the conversion to digital TV.
"I just kind of don't know what to do," said Jordan, a Gillsville resident who feels the transition is an unnecessary hassle. "I don't think it's fair."
"Yours of the 25th suggesting the names of Col. Fremont, and Messrs. Hunt, Raynor, and Gilmer for places in the Cabinet is received. I had thought of all of them before, but not very definitely of any except Mr. Gilmer ... If you will ascertain his feelings, and write me, I shall be obliged. Our German friends might not be quite satisfied with his appointment, but I think we could appease them."
When Linda Brock watched her son, Dylan, graduate from Flowery Branch High School last May, her eyes brimmed with tears as her son strolled confidently in his cap and gown to pick up his diploma.
The 19-year-old had big dreams. He wanted to be a television broadcaster.
As students of Fair Street International Baccalaureate World School tuned into the first presidential election their young minds will remember, they marveled at the notion that President-elect Barack Obama will be "the boss" of our nation Tuesday.
For whatever reason, the man strikes a chord with kids.
A year ago, when the global economy was still booming, anything that could be recycled was a hot commodity.
If you hear a governor talking about the most challenging state budget in history, you can take your pick of any of 41 chief executives who face budget gaps of a combined $42 billion on their fiscal year 2009 spending plans.
It's been interesting watching the evolution of animal welfare in Hall County over the years. Bessie Vickers began our humane society, spent her money and time caring for the homeless animals of the region, and later donated the family land she had used to start her mission. After stringent interview sessions, "Miss Bessie" placed many dogs and cats with prospective adopters. Due to space limitations, many had to be euthanized.
As the seemingly endless presidential campaign season winds down, attention has focused on bread-and-butter issues: the economy, jobs, taxes, health care.
No one is uttering a word about clean air, water, land conservation, global warming, endangered species. But when a new president takes office in January, his involvement will be pivotal in shaping the nation's environmental policies.
On the south side of Gainesville sits a network of neighborhoods that some call the twilight zone.
During this presidential election season, the candidates have been talking a lot about the best ways to fuel our cars and power our homes.
"I don't recall an election where energy policy was discussed this much," said John Duffield, a professor of political science at Georgia State University.
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The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas, George Catlin
White Cloud, also known as "No Heart-of-Fear," was a chief of the Iowa people of the mid-19th century. He father also was known as White Cloud, had been a tribal chief before him. At the time this portrait was made by George Catlin, the Iowas had decreased in numbers from about 1,400 to about 470. White Cloud was trying to raise money for his tribe by taking a small group to London about 1844. There he met Catlin, who had opened an exhibition there. A decade earlier, Catlin had traveled across the American West, recording images of American Indians. He had visited with the senior White Cloud during that journey.


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Postcards from Mommywood: I Can't Stand Brats — and the Parents Who (Don't) Raise Them
Why won't moms and dads teach their kids how to behave?
-Diane Clehane
I love my four-and- a-half-year-old daughter more than life itself.
Other people's kids? Not so much.
There are plenty of exceptions to the rule, but these days other people's children can really get on my nerves.
I've always been one of those people who shot dirty looks at anyone with unruly kids in restaurants. I've asked more than a few flight attendants to move my seat when a fussy toddler was in the vicinity. And, I've always believed taking children to the movies after dark should be punishable by a fine.
I've discovered that having my own little girl has done little to increase my patience for badly behaved brats and their clueless parents. In fact, I've now got much less tolerance for temper tantrums and careless parenting of any kind.
Maybe that's because there's so much of it.
I know I'm fortunate that I can count on one hand the number of melt-downs my daughter, Madeline, has had. I'm sure luck has something to do with it. I'd also like to think that it's because my daughter knows just what will and won't fly – because I actually take the time to teach her right from wrong.
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We have a no-whining policy in our house. Please and thank you go a lot further than I want and gimme that. My daughter knows that restaurants are not theme parks, and that a visit to a store does not guarantee her leaving with a shiny new toy. These are not rules as much as they are just the way things are. I consider myself consistent rather than strict, and everyone, at least on most occasions, seems pretty happy with the arrangement.
Truth be told, I guess my issue isn't with the preponderance of obnoxious kids that have in recent months disrupted virtually every event I've taken my daughter to, as much as it is with their lazy, thoughtless parents. Why is it that so many parents are adopting an 'It's not my job' attitude any time their child misbehaves in public?


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A homecoming to Remember
Published: Friday, November 16, 2012 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 2:51 p.m.
The rock-star mythos looms large in the American psyche. Like Keith Richards, it simply refuses to die. And, like Richards, it isn't quite what it seems. Sure, it looks like all fun and money and wild times, but the truth is it involves backbreaking work, a vagabond's lifestyle and a lot of hard knocks.
A Day To Remember
When: Music starts 7 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Ocala Equestrian Complex, 1601 SW 60th Ave., Ocala
Tickets: $27.50 (ticketfly.com)
Opening bands: War Within,
Rescuer and Break
Facts and stats:
1. ADTR is Jeremy McKinnon, Alex Shelnutt, Neil Westfall, Joshua Woodward and Kevin Skaff
2. Their last album, "What Separates Me From You," debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard Charts.
3. Recently toured with Rise Against
4. Collectively, the band's albums have sold nearly 1 million copies in the United States.
5. They have headlined major festivals, including Warped Tour, Bamboozle, KROQ's Weenie Roast and Riot Fest.
Source: Fly South Music Group
Jeremy McKinnon knows this. When he and a few friends started the pop-punk/metalcore band A Day To Remember in Ocala roughly a decade ago, reality quickly disabused their notions of rock stardom.
"We hopped in a van and traveled the country for years," McKinnon says. "We learned hard lessons. There's nothing that will make you realize you don't want to do this anymore — or that will make you grow as a musician — like playing for one person for no money. You either learn how to be an entertainer, how to be a performer, or you don't."
McKinnon did. And now, as the band prepares for a rare homecoming show Wednesday at the Ocala Equestrian Complex, they return as one of the most successful bands in their genre. They are Warped Tour headliners whose last two albums have taken the top slot on the Billboard Indie charts. Constant touring has put them in demand all over the world.
"We never take breaks," McKinnon says. "We're always on the road. We're trying to play as many shows as possible in the U.S. and around the world. It has really worked out for us over the years."
The band is known for mixing genres, with the crunchy guitars and huge hooks of pop punk as well as the guttural screams and intense rhythms of metalcore. This mixture has drawn both praise and scorn from critics, and even though it had its commercial and pop-cultural heyday in the early 2000s, it remains an intensely popular niche genre.
As their fan base continues to grow with each successive album, McKinnon and company are putting the finishing touches on their sixth album and hope to release it early next year.
"The album is called 'Common Courtesy,'" says McKinnon, who writes most of the music and sings lead vocals. "We're still working on it. There finally is a light at the end of the tunnel to it being
completed. We can't wait to show it to people. We're proud of what we've done."
McKinnon says he is also proud to use the Ocala concert for charitable means. The band will give away special items of merchandise to fans who bring cans of food to the show, and the food will be donated to First Step and Brother's Keeper food banks for the needy.
"That was something we wanted to do to be able to give back to our community," McKinnon says.
"It's been three years since the band played their hometown," notes John Youngman, ADTR's rep from Fly South Music Group.
"I'm sure the show is going to be huge," says longtime Ocala fan Austin Pennington. "They usually sell places out."
Local musician Alex Perrin is a fan and knew the members growing up in the local music scene.
"A Day To Remember is a perfect example of how much talent exists in Ocala," said Perrin, who is in the Ocala band Within Arms Reach. "It inspires me to watch these normal guys from my hometown follow their dreams and make them a reality. As a fellow musician, I respect them and I appreciate them."
Community is important to the band, and even though they are more often than not traveling the globe and playing in far-away places, McKinnon says Ocala will always be close to his heart and the band's identity. The band even filmed one of their videos at Ocala's famed Tast-T-O Donuts.
"I mean this when I say it — Ocala literally made us the band that we are," he says. "The music scene, the bands that would come through town, the shows we could see, I'll never forget that, and it means a lot to me. I am absolutely naming one of the most meaningful songs on our next record, 'City of Ocala.' It might even be the first track on the album."
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Toshiba Satellite U845: Ultrabooks Go Mainstreamby Vivek Gowri on 10/8/2012 5:00 PM EST
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quiksilvr - Monday, October 08, 2012 - link*facepalm*
W--WHY?! Why, why, why, why, why. That is a deal breaker to the nth degree for me. I hate lugging a USB HD webcam because of subpar cameras. Why can't I find a decent Ultrabook with a good HD Webcam that doesn't cost an arm and a leg? Reply
retrospooty - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkforget that, It lost me at 1366x768. WTF!!! its Q4 2012 and its still 768 lines? Never. Not in anything larger than 10 inches. Reply
Samus - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkLost you at 1366x768? Lost me at Toshib....
HP Folio 13 can be had for under $600 on eBay and it comes with a 128GB SSD. So I don't see any appeal, at all, to this thing. The keyboard is crap, the screen is crap, it has a hard drive (personally, I don't think any laptop that will be moved around at all during its lifespan should have a mechanical drive in it...) and it's pretty heavy to be considered an Ultrabook. Reply
Belard - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkWhat part of "mainstream / low cost Ultrabook" did you and others did NOT understand? Want something better, pay the price. Most of the top 10 pc notebooks that sell are under $500. While the bottom end MacBook air starts at $1000.
Hence Ultrabook sales are low. Because for most people, a $400~600 notebook will get the job done. Reply
Samus - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkMaybe you didn't understand. I just said you could get a high end ultrabook for the same price (or less) than this "mainstream / low cost Ultrabook"
I'm not saying you can get a Thinkpad X1 for $600, but the Folio 13 and a number of Asus notebooks can be had for the same price as the U845, so I'm wondering why they are not being reviewed and THIS is. Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkDo you just not read the site?
We've reviewed a view ASUS ultrabooks AND the Folio 13. Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - link*few. Reply
nbgambler - Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - linkOne of the few times in life I wish there was a '+1' button! LMAO Reply
quitesufficient - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkFor putting 1366x768 on the first page so I can easily scroll down and stop reading the review immediately before wasting my time. Reply
r3loaded - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkI did exactly the same - Ctrl+F, typed in 1366, got a match, jumped straight to the comments section. Reading the rest of the review is pointless if a company can't get the basics right. Reply
chrnochime - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkWhy bother coming to the comment section anyway if the product disappoints you so much? Reply
flashbacck - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkbecause we have the very slimmest of hopes that laptop designers will see the comment and consider for their next design?
Probably not. But we can hope! Reply
Galcobar - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkCount me in on the thin hope of a manufacturer reading the review and noticing the universal disdain for such a poor screen.
I'll pay the extra $50 to get a decent screen. Workloads vary, but what makes for a good user interface really doesn't. I want thin and light, but I refuse to purchase a computer with a screen which will so greatly hamper my productivity. Reply
Samus - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkUnfortunately, we AT readers are the 1%. 99% of people don't really care about screen quality.
Infact 90% of them don't even know what screen resolution even is. Reply
hybrid2d4x4 - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkI agree. This trend will never be mended unless the people that spec new laptops hear people's complaints about these things. Reply
howneat - Monday, October 08, 2012 - link1366x768 just doesn't cut it these days. If the low end ultrabooks had 1440x900 displays they'd be worth a look. Reply
KillerFry - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkAgreed!
I too saw the resolution and moved along, nothing to see here. Reply
Marburg U - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkI know it sounds boring, but i stopped at "768p".
My Acer from 2004 came with a 1280x1024 screen, which is 1.25 times more than 95% of modern laptops displays. Reply
The0ne - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkThe first thing I look for is the display spec. Nothing else matters as much to me anymore. It is a shame but what can one do. Reply
Old_Fogie_Late_Bloomer - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkMy workplace has a Toshiba laptop floating around, screen size in the vicinity of 15", that has a resolution of 1600x1200. I'm happy with my 1600x900 14" laptop, but you look at what used to be out there and you're like, "WHAT HAPPENED!?" Reply
ccd - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkIf I want to consume media, I'm getting a tablet. If I want a machine to do office work, I need at least 15" screen which would also include a decent sized keyboard. Anything below 15", ultrabook or not, will soon become some form of tablet. Reply
teiglin - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkStrongly disagree. For casual browsing on the couch, I much prefer a laptop to a tablet. From the options of an iPad, a Galaxy Tab 7.7, and an 11" Samsung Series 9, the Series 9 sees by far the most couch use.
For "media consumption" (which is a pretty ambiguous term, but which I take to mean "watching TV shows/movies), a tablet may or may not be better--of course, on the couch, I generally use the TV, and when travelling, an ARM tablet tends to have the advantage thanks to battery life.
Personally, I tend to agree that the 13-14" form factors that seem to be the most common laptop screen sizes nowadays are not ideal; for me, 11" is more comfortable to use while lounging, and certainly stepping up in size gives you a more usable keyboard, but for any work involving actual typing, I find it hard to use any laptop keyboard at all--although I've never had a job that involved a lot of travel and typing concurrently, so I guess if you don't have the luxury of a real keyboard, it's just a matter of how much size you're willing to sacrifice to ease the weight of your carry-on. Reply
Belard - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkDunno about you but, I'm on my iPad now.... Went from couch to toilet to bed... As Steve Jobs envisioned. My desktop is a few feet with a nice 24" display... But I'll type small messages like this on the tablet.
You cannot hold a notebook like a book. You cannot share info on a notebook like you can on a tablet... As nAturally.
Different people like different things, each their own. I do use a tablet a bit more than my notebook, but desktop wins. Reply
SodaAnt - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkI disagree for a few reasons here. I think there's still plenty of space for a 11-13" ultrabook for on the go work. I can't do decent typing on a tablet, and unless I'm hauling around a lot, I'd rather not carry a 15" laptop. However, a light 11" ultrabook is perfectly fine for typing and writing up documents, and is also good for media consumption too. Reply
rwei - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkAgree with this, and I've been flip-flopping. My 'portable' toolkit currently consists of an iPad 3 and a Thinkpad x120e.
iPad is nice because the screen is purrty, and it barely weighs more than 1lb (don't need charger for anything up to a 2-day trip). Notable downsides include feeling like a tool.
However, the Thinkpad is nice because of the keyboard, being a real computer (full Office suite, MusicMonkey, browser), and (ironically, seeing as the iPad is the media device) of being more convenient for watching movies and music, since I don't have to convert everything (e.g. FLAC) and/or manage to a 32GB capacity. Then again, icky screen and >3x the weight w/ charger (5-6hr life isn't enough).
I'm always torn between which to bring. Bringing both would obviously be dumb.
Hopefully this resolves itself once Windows 8 hybrids launch and mature, to get me all the best functionality aspects of the Thinkpad in a more iPad-like package. Reply
kaalus - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkMust be a joke. Please stop even reviewing this crap. When someone soiled their pants there's no point looking in there. Reply
Conficio - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkSo many people don't need thin and don't need light. Especially not when you buy on a budget anyway. What users need and want is good screen, sturdy chasis with a keyboard with little/no flex, good trackpad.
Even a good venting system that does not need cleaning every 6 mo or a hinge that survives more than 12 mo of light use, is more important than slim and light.
And in a 15" laptop add two 2.5" drive bays! Reply
Conficio - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkActually meant to add, I'm not surprised they are not selling that well. Reply
Bob Todd - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkThe same thing passes through my mind on almost every Ultrabook review. Up at the ~$1000 range, these things are competing with higher end Windows laptops with quad core regular voltage CPUs, 8GB of RAM, dedicated GPUs, good build quality, and possibly an IPS panel or really strong TN (up to 1080p). And sadly the "regular" laptops that draw a lot more power aren't suffering in battery life since these Ultrabooks usually have freaking tiny batteries. Most of these haven't been good enough to be my only laptop, so I'll trade a little thinness and weight for a better overall package (e.g. Lenovo X230 all the way up to an Envy 15).
10/100 Ethernet is a joke and these companies should be ashamed. Gigabit can't add much to the BOM in late 2012. It's far less frustrating when doing certain tasks (e.g. creating/restoring from images on the network, etc.), and not including it even at $600 is nuts. I could forgive some of this stuff if all of these Ultrabooks got 8+ hours of battery life. But as it stands, most of these aren't remotely compelling to me. I know why I see so many MacBook Airs in airports and so few Ultrabooks. The Air is a solid overall package, at least for the 13" (battery life, panel, SSD, etc.). There have been more impressive Windows "thin and lights" in the last few years than Ultrabooks. Hopefully they move the needle in the right direction for the average Ultrabook with the new models coming out and cheaper IPS/SSD component costs. Reply
seapeople - Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - linkI agree on the battery thing - if a machine's entire purpose is to be extremely portable, then shouldn't one of it's best features be battery life?
I've voiced this complaint before, and all I seem to get are replies of "But 6 hours is all you need! Assuming you close your laptop between meetings that should get you through all day at work, right?" Reply
Zodiark1593 - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkAt $600, I can almost forgive the bad screen, but the fact that cheaper tablets are shipping with vastly superior displays want to make want to go to a Best Buy, and smash all their laptops (with eww displays) with a baseball bat. Reply
Yorgos - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkthe funny(actually it is ridiculous) thing is that a smartphone at this price range has a 720p screen that costs about 30 $(not retail).
imagine how people would react to a product that has 4 of those screens, even if there are bezels in the screen and give you a 1280+1280X720+720 screen, that's a 2560X1440.
we have seen many crazy staff going on with the computers, that's one that is going sell like hell. Reply
Hrel - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkI think you are very ignorant and should do some research on everything you just said. Reply
peterfares - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkAt least the RAM is a little better than the pathetic 4GB machines have been shipping with since 2009. Reply
Calista - Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - linkI have been playing around with computers for almost two decades and as a role of thumb a computer should support three times what can be considered a 'normal' amount of RAM to not be memory starved before the rest of the system has reach it's useful end of life.
So in 2012 a laptop should support 12 GB of RAM even if only 4 GB is needed right now. But who knows, maybe we have made computers disposable too a much larger extent since they are so much more affordable today than ten years ago. Reply
Belard - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - link"it's quite disappointing to see the lack of emphasis on notebook display quality. Let's hope Windows 8 changes that."
Why would windows8 change anything? It's software. The point is to get sales from people who tend to not know the difference. Same with the $1200-1500 slates with windows7... How is 8 going to change the price of the hardware... It doesn't.
Hence win8 tables are already fail. Reply
VivekGowri - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkJust from the Windows 8 systems that have debuted, it should be pretty clear that manufacturers are completely rethinking the way PCs are designed and built. If you haven't realized that yet, I'd suggest paying a bit more attention. Reply
Belard - Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - linkI've been paying attention.
MS came out with the Surface, blaming their partners for making crappy tablets... in which case, please point out a tablet-oriented OS MS has ever shipped? WP7 was only for phones.
I completely understand WHAT and WHY Microsoft is doing with Windows 8. They did it wrong. They hired untalented brain-dead middle-management to design a new OS UI called Metro, which at best - works on phones.
I too think the Desktop as we know it, will become a very rare thing in the homes 5+ years from now. Win8 is a bad mixture of a consumer mobile UI and a classic desktop that has been cut off at knees.
Ultrabooks are just think notebooks, nothing more. For 1/3 the price you gain about 1.5lbs and about 3/4 of an inch. They have been selling badly since Intel has started pushing it. Typical PC notebook sales are in the $350~500 range. A low end gamer notebook can be had for about $750~900. If you really want something thin and light, a tablet with a keyboard will do.
WART tablets are really no different than WP7/8 are "Windows". They are going to sell for $400~600 to go against Android and iPads... *yawn*. bait and switch there, when the buyer realizes he doesn't have a "windows" device at all and would need to spend $1000~1400 for a good Slate.
(In case you missed it, Ultrabook sales are tanking) So with ZERO compatibility with actual Windows Software, why bother? Then why bother with a $1200 Win8 tablet when you can get an iPad with a better screen for $500?
Lets see those Win7 tablet sales... not exactly flying off the shelf there, are they?
The same people who didn't buy WP7 phones, won't be buying WP8 models either. MS is in a battle 3rd place with RIM... and that is sad.
The bad consumer experience many/most people will have with Win8's METRO will NOT generate sales of WP8/WART devices.
The success of WP8/WART *IS* based on the reception of Windows 8. (Which I have running all by itself on a notebook)
How do I feel about Windows8? I finally replaced my Q6600 desktop with a new i5-3570K build with SSD, 16GB of RAM, etc this week. Installed with a $140 Win7Pro, as I have ZERO plans of spending a dime on Win8. I have 4 various WinXP Retail discs from PC's retired long ago. So getting the $40 Win8 is a none issue. I would like to have gone for the deal, but Win8 isn't worth $1 to put onto my hardware.
So again... Windows8 *WILL NOT* change the sales of Ultrabooks. Reply
silverblue - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkWell, let's put it this way. Windows 8 is Microsoft's first REAL entrance into the consumer touchscreen market, so now, we're talking touchscreens aplenty on not just laptops. Secondly, you get tablets with extremely good screens and resolutions and you're not having to spend the earth on them anymore. Finally, Microsoft Surface is coming in two flavours, and chances are it's going to rip Intel's Ultrabook strategy out from under its own feet. Why wouldn't you at least attempt to make a viable product? Reply
Belard - Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - linkUltrabooks are bombing... What Win8 tablet sells will only eat into Ultrabook sales.
Remember the Netbook craze from 3~4 years ago? Cute little portable notebooks that were $250~300. The iPad murdered the market.
I was in FRYs yesterday... the Ultrabook section has lighted displays... $$$ being spent by Intel. I was the only one there, I walked by - I think I touched one. *meh*. Most of the customers and sales staff were in the $350~500 notebook isle and I saw two people at the gaming notebook area.
Ultrabook is sad. Reply
Bull Dog - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkWhile I understand where some of the other commenters are coming from with regards to seeing a 1366x768 display and not bothering to read further, I am disappointed by the apparent lack of appreciation for Vivek's hard work in actually reviewing the product.
I too, abhor low-rez, low-quality panels as much as the next guy. These low quality LCD screens need to die, three years ago. And this notebook in particular is even worse than "normal'.
That all being said, I still enjoy reading through the review in it's entirety. My thanks to all the hard work that the Anandtech crew does to make these reviews happen. Reply
KaarlisK - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkBasically, the idea is to replace the mSATA SSD with a 128/256gb SSD, disable SRT, and use it as a laptop with two drives. Is this possible (does the bios/Intel RST driver allow this option?)? Reply
nbgambler - Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - linkI second this... This, and a reasonably priced mSATA drive, would go a long way to un-mass market a lot of these laptops! Reply
StrangerGuy - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkWe need to slap designers repeatedly in the face until they get the message of:
NOBODY WANTS GLOSSY SURFACES OTHER THAN THE SCREEN...GET IT? Reply
hybrid2d4x4 - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkThat should say "NOBODY WANTS GLOSSY SURFACES." (emphasis on the period) Reply
Belard - Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - linkOnly the power light can be glossy. Reply
Calista - Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - linkYou guys seem to have such short memory, it was only a few years ago that glossy plastic was all the rage while dull matte plastics was considered low-end. And yes, I'm sure you bought those products as well, support the very same design you now moan at. Reply
Hrel - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkI agree with others. The whole idea of the "ultrabook" brand is to guarantee consumes a higher level of quality and refinement than most are used to; ie those cheap 300-500 dollar notebooks. Intel places requirements on ultrabooks, to use that brand, I cannot fathom why one of those requirements isn't AT LEAST a 1600x900 screen with a brightness of AT LEAST 300cd/2 and a contrast of at least 300:1, preferably 500:1.
I don't really want to pay for an SSD. But use a Seagate Hybride 500GB or 750GB drive. They'll probably have a hybrid 1TB 2.5" drive out soon too. I have the 500GB one in my gaming laptop right now. Let me tell you, the difference between loading levels on my desktop (RAID 0) and on my laptop is night and day. I don't even want to play Mass Effect on my desktop anymore because the load times are literally 10 times longer. At the same time I couldn't possibly get by with anything below 500GB; even that is kind of a pain to have to manage. So having only an SSD in anything is out of the question, because 512GB SSD's are just too expensive. Reply
nbgambler - Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - linkBy no means blazing fast write speeds, but for the gamers among us, a sub $300 512GB SSD ($0.58 per GB) solves most storage problems I can think of!
http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-Technology-2-5-Inch-Max-... Reply
Belard - Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - linkOUCH!! $300.... we are getting there. But honestly, a hybrid setup still works pretty good. $150 80~160GB SSD + $100 1 or 2 TB HD.
Yeah, the point of the "ultrabook" is a level of quality and specs... which this thing is not.
There is a reason Apple is selling a lot of $1000~2500 notebooks... as much as I hate Apple, their hardware is consistent.
Toshiba Satellite U845
Zenbook UX31E.
ACER M3-581TG... Notice something about these? The NAMES!
What the hell is a M3-581TG or UX31 or U845? "OMG!! I got the M3-581TG, I've been dreaming about this notebook for weeks" - doesn't happen. Who really knows those names?
Go to Apple: MacBook Air (11 or 13") , MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac, etc.
How about ThinkPad? They at least keep the model names for years. T400~T430... Reply
Calista - Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - linkI sometimes wonder what ever happened to the Thinkpad T50.
We had the T20, T30, T40 and the T60. But no T50..?
I must say the current naming convention make sense although, TXY0 where x equals screen size and Y equals generation. It doesn't tell the whole story, but it quickly gives an idea of generation and performance. Reply
Netscorer - Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - linkI looked at this portable briefly two weeks ago when it first started to appear at $600 price point. Ultimately, I chose Visio Thin and Light CT14-A0 14-Inch Ultrabook which is now available at the same price and is a definite upgrade to the Toshiba Satellite.
Gorgeous IPS 1600x900 screen, 128Gb SSD Drive (ironically from Toshiba) and sleek unibody aluminium design, weighting 1/2lb less then Toshiba. Visio is not known to release laptops in the past but if they will be judged by this first attempt, they have great future. Design is a monkey copy of Samsung Ultrabook series, just more stylish. It looses few ports comparing to other portables but they are not essential. Ethernet, for example is not the port used often in ultrabooks whose primary goal is to go unhinged by any cords. With Dual Band 811.n Wi-Fi onboard I don't miss it at all. And if you have to have it, buy a cheapo USB to Ethernet adapter and you are in business. SD Card reader may be more important to me but I already have 3 or 4 USB-based mega readers, so if I need to toss one in a bag with me, I am fine with that too.
The Core i3 ULV CPU may be the only thing that limits this Visio. Comparing to i5 in Toshiba it runs at the same (actually slightly higher) frequency but can not handle high-CPU loads, where i5 can boost it's performance significantly in these cases. Oh, and I am disappointed in battery life. It just does not last much longer then 4.5 hours for me before it needs to be recharged. I am still trying to understand if this is because of the hungry screen or design sloppiness by Visio or some bad drivers running in the background, but it is not acceptable. Reply
bji - Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - linkPathetic. Reply
elitistlinuxuser - Saturday, October 13, 2012 - linkWhy note just get an acer Aspire v5-171 if you want an ultrabook that is affordable. Even if it isn't technically ultrabook Reply
Thegonagle - Sunday, October 14, 2012 - linkLost me at 768. (As has every single other notebook/laptop that only has 768 lines.) Reply
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http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/337660/Toshi... Reply
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Of course, a Brontosaurus would prefer a convertible: A classic photo from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History Archives, courtesy of Palaeoblog.
It's a British Thing: "What is it with English people and dinosaurs?" asks Bob's Dinosaur Blog. (Haven't we all asked that question?) In March, a group of drunk college students from Kingston Maurward College in Dorchester were caught trying to steal a 20-foot-long Triceratops model from the local museum. And now, thieves have made off with dozens of valuable artifacts from Dinostar, "Yorkshire's only dinosaur visitor attraction."
Pit Stop: Dinochick alerts us to a new blog—" The Burpee Museum of Natural History"—which will feature ongoing updates on the excavation of a recently discovered dinosaur bone pit in southern Utah.
Next Time You're in Poland: The "Thrifty Expat," always on the lookout for cheap entertainment options when abroad, recommends two dinosaur parks in Warsaw: Park Dinozaurów and Zaurolandia (which has an English-language website where you can play Jurassic versions of popular video games such as Zauropac and Dinotris).
Handiwork: Could a Velociraptor really turn a doorknob, as in Jurassic Park? David Hone explains why theropods are "clappers, not slappers." The news, however, offers little comfort to the folks over at Tyrannosaur Chronicles, who regale us with their harrowing photoshopped exploits when they were attacked by raptors in their own museum.


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Did you know?
The V&A Waterfront boasts 10 of South Africa's top hotels – and nearly 500 shops.
Imagine having a late lunch 100 years ago down at the Cape Town waterfront at a popular local called the Harbour Café. Snoek fishermen drift past in their rowboats, curious seals twitch their whiskers at the delicious aroma of good old fish 'n chips, the staple menu item being served at the Harbour Café – and the ale is cold and frothy. There is no shortage of wheeling, squawking seagulls closely monitoring every morsel that passes your lips.
The harbour is a frenzy of activity: seamen and stevedores rushing about, passengers from a great ocean liner have disembarked, vendors are everywhere. It is 1912, only two years after Union was declared in South Africa – and only two years before the outbreak of World War I.
Even though the Suez Canal is open, commercial air traffic has not yet been introduced. Cape Town's Table Bay is still the world's gateway to southern Africa.
Table Bay was always a tough port to operate in. In the cold months between June and September, the north-wester would rise and batter visiting ships, often with fatal results. If your vessel was moored in Table Bay in winter, you could forget about insurance.
In 1860 however, Prince Alfred, the second son of Queen Victoria, officiated at the launch of the building of the breakwater – the first stage in construction of a harbour for Cape Town. Only 10 years later, the Alfred Basin was complete. The Victoria Basin was opened 35 years after that.
However, by the 1960s the people of Cape Town had been cut off from their own harbour. The Foreshore Freeway with its raised highways and traffic roundabouts helped to separate the port from the city. The area around the harbour was fenced in and yet people still loved going to the Harbour Café for a beer and a plate of fish 'n chips.
By the mid-1980s there was a strong movement in civic circles to reconnect the Mother City to the harbour precinct. The plan was to combine a world-class working harbour with a place that offered great accommodation, tourism and commercial opportunities.
Other leading world waterfronts in places like San Francisco, Sydney and Hong Kong had already proved what designers could do with 'water spaces' and urban settings.
Today, the V&A Waterfront is a South African success story. Now only has the 'V&A' become the country's prime tourist attraction, it is also a favoured spot for Capetonians and still carries on the important business of being a world-class port.
In fact, the presence of a dry dock, flotilla of hard-working tugboats and active fishing industry combines beautifully with the restaurants, shops, living spaces and museums in the area.
And if you want a cold beer and some high class fish 'n chips, visit a place called Hildebrand Ristorante. It used to be called the Harbour Café...
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
V&A Waterfront Info Kiosk, Victoria Wharf
Tel: +27 (0)21 408 7600
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
How to get here
The V&A Waterfront is probably one of the most visible landmarks in Cape Town and is well signposted. From the city centre, drive down Adderley Street into Heerengracht, turning left on Coen Steytler and into Dock Road.
Best time to visit
The V&A Waterfront is a year-round destination.
Around the area
Jump in a helicopter for a scenic flip over Cape Town. Pop in at the excellent Two Oceans Aquarium. Go on a harbour cruise. Chug out for the day to Robben Island on a heritage tour. Check out the Waterfront Craft Market. Visit a brewery, the featured museums and take the water taxi to somewhere. Or just putter around on a boat-based harbour tour. The V&A Waterfront will keep the whole family busy for at least a day.
Tours to do
Check in at the Waterfront Info Kiosk for details and times on the popular V&A Waterfront Historical Walking Tour. A guide will take you on a trip in time back to the early days of Cape Town's Harbour and will show you all the well-preserved historical sites around the waterfront.
Get around
There are nearly 8000 parking spots around the V&A Waterfront, so you can drive down, park and from there all the sights are within walking distance. It's also an easy taxi ride from the city centre or your hotel.
What will it cost
There is no charge to enter the Waterfront precinct.
Length of stay
You could spend a whole day here (and part of the night, as you may like to have dinner here at one of the dozens of restaurants).
What to pack
Informal, comfortable, seasonal outfits – and cameras with lots of memory cards and batteries. You might want to dress up a bit for some of the smarter restaurants.
Where to stay
Why not stay at one of the 10 superb hotels on site at the V&A Waterfront? See the listed website for details.
What to eat
You're in one of the world's most beautiful seaports, where more than 60% of the activity is all about fishing. Your dining choice has to be seafood from one of the many notable restaurants in the area.
What's happening
As South Africa's top party spot, the V&A Waterfront has a full annual programme of events: festivals, launches and specials.
Best buys
You're in South Africa's shopping heartland – all you need is time and a brave credit card. However, don't overlook the craft markets in the Blue Shed and the Red Shed. Look out for the guitars made from oil cans.


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The differences between the various faction's specific turrets are minimal, but enough to make each turret unique. These turrets can serve early on as defense against armies and later on as an assistant to your more powerful turrets. These turrets also work well against close combat units, especially the Monkeylord. These turrets are cheap enough to be deployed in huge numbers and be easy to replace. With 150 DPS and the same range of many other unit, these units can be used late into a game. Most Players often overlook this unit when attacking your base, focusing on your economy or your Counter strike units, and when their army enters the firing range of 50+ of these pd, you almost have a guaranteed success in defending your base.
Factional DifferencesEdit
The only known difference between the various turrets are the fact that the UEF and Cybran ones turn to face their target (approximately) 33% slower (and are less resistant to kiting as a result).


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Pena expresses love for baseball in native homeland
SAN FRANCISCO -- Tony Pena has been in baseball as a player, coach and manager for more than three decades, and as he's shown in countless media sessions since the beginning of the World Baseball Classic, he's never lost passion for the game.
Clearly, the 55-year-old Pena, who regularly serves as bench coach for the New York Yankees, loves his job. He has no issues expressing himself in a manner that lets you know right away that he has unlimited amounts of enthusiasm for baseball. His passion for his country also has come through loud and clear during this tournament, and after just a few minutes of listening to him speak, it's easy to understand why he's had such a long run in the coaching ranks after he retired in 1997.
Pena's eyes lit up -- as they do five or six teams per media session -- when he was asked to address the magnitude of the Classic championship game against Puerto Rico on Tuesday night.
"The only thing I can tell you is in the Dominican Republic, tonight, [there] will be nobody in the streets," he said. "There will not be anybody watching any other channel. Soap operas, news, nothing. The whole country ... will be watching the ballgame. Because in the Dominican Republic, the No. 1 pastime is baseball."
Baseball is undoubtedly a way of life, more than a hobby, in the Dominican Republic. The importance of the game is ingratiated in children at a very young age. These reasons alone can explain why so much Major League talent oozes from this country, and that is clearly a source of pride for the Dominican natives who have starred in the big leagues. It's a responsibility, too.
"All these kids, they want to be like any one of those superstars, and they watch what we do," Pena said. "And whenever you see this ballclub play, they play well out of emotion, because it is our culture. It is what we live for.
"In the Dominican Republic, all little kids that are growing up, they want to be a baseball player. And I think the group of players right here, they just want to pass the good way to those kids to remember that day. It doesn't matter what happens today [in the game], but they will be proud of the Dominican Republic team."
Alyson Footer is a national correspondent for MLB.com. Follow her on Twitter @alysonfooter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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