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HTC Announces Desire 510: First 64-bit Android Phoneby Joshua Ho on 8/27/2014 2:24 AM EST
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blackmagnum - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkBeat that iPhone 6! This year Android& Co. will offer superior hardware at a cheaper price. What other innovations could Apple have waiting in the R&D department? Reply
hojnikb - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkThey dont "need" innovation. They have a large user base, that is willing to buy anything they sell.
That being said, they still make hell of a great phones. Yes, they are expensive, but so are other highend phones. Reply
jjj - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkThe iphone is not high end.
A 4 inch low res screen (320-ish ppi is low now) with scores of missing features (microSD, wifi ac, wireless charging, dual SIM, NFC, IR blaster and many more) is not high end even if the SoC is fast. I'll give it upper mid-range but not high end.
In fact if the iphone had any other brand on it and would be priced at 300$ it would barely sell a million units in a quarter. Nobody sane actually wants a 4 inch low res screen unless it a very cheap device and all they can afford.
Everybody is so lost in the marketing BS that the don't dare to look at the actual product. It's toyish tiny and a huge amount of missing features for an outrageous price.
Or if you want to look at the actual BOM, high end devices have 30-40% higher BOM. Reply
hughlle - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkHowever you could also argue that it more like a built for purpose racing car. It does not have air conditioning, or a radio, or surround sound, or cruise control, but it goes like a bat out of hell. Such a racing car would still be considered high end. Many of those features are features that android flagship devices are lacking. Reply
craighamilton - Saturday, December 06, 2014 - link64 bit is cool! However Desire 510 seem to be undesirable to consumers as it remains poorly rated based on consumer satisfaction (see http://www.topreport.org/phones/ for instance...) Reply
Sushisamurai - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkI would like to differ, as I'd rather have fast internal NAND at higher capacities than a microSD, and hence willing to pay $200 extra apple premium for that 64GB. Wireless charging would be nice if it was more efficient (like 85%), I also don't need dual SIM (if I travel, I'd just use the new SIM). I haven't had a huge use case for NFC not IR blaster.
AC wireless would be nice though for my wifi transfers, but that would also increase end user cost for a compatible router.
In the end, I haven't switched to android purely because I want a "high end" phone that can be used with one hand and has high capacity NAND. Plus, comparatively, I like the camera accuracy, color reproduction, and the calibrated screen Reply
hughlle - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkI agree with you. I am very much anti-apple, but am mature enough to still accept that they make good products for the masses. It's not like they're selling lemons. The idea of microSD on a phone to me, well i just ignore it, i'll always pay more for the additional onboard NAND. And i tried NFC once to transfer a single photo between my phone and tablet, won't be doing that one again. Wireless charging, worthless to me, i'm not that much of a lazy bugger.
In short many of these things are gimmicks, they are not prerequisite to being high end. Reply
lilmoe - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkI like the way Apple vertically integrates the crap out of their products (mostly in software). Samsung, for example, can absolutely do the same, they can collaborate more among their branches (Samsung Mobile, Semiconductor, and Samsung Electronics) and create a more tightly integrated and optimized platform even with Android (just like their SSD solutions). They have top notch and industry leading parts, but the software is holding them back, and Samsung Mobile has absolutely no problem buying lots of competing off-the-shelf parts from others, making a seamless experience among their devices that much harder. I'm not totally sure which would ultimately save them more money (since that's what most companies ultimately want), but since they sell hundreds of millions of devices a year, I'd believe that manufacturing all of their own parts would be more beneficial and cheaper in the longer run since the volume would be so high..
They started out in the right direction with the OG Galaxy S and the S2 following that (albeit their shortcomings), but since then were focused more on brute force specs and marketing, making potentially useful features nothing more than gimmicks. I bet they'll do better at this point cutting funds on advertising and instead focusing more on developing a well integrated top of the line platform that is recycled the following year for mid-range (or minis), and recycled yet again for lower end the year after. They can have as many models as they want with those recycled platforms, except with better software, seamless integration, faster updates, and a much better user experience. That's exactly how Apple recycles their platform in iPads, iPods, Apple TVs, and whatever else iOS devices they have.
Sure, Apple's iOS portfolio is highly overpriced for the R&D and features. But HTC, Samsung and other Android OEMs are not doing their portfolios any favor IMHO. Other than the particular flagships, they're just building disposable junk that isn't worth much the following year, and are forgotten the year after. Reply
Assimilator87 - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - link"AC wireless would be nice though for my wifi transfers, but that would also increase end user cost for a compatible router."
You'll pay $900 for a phone, but not $100 for an AC router? I'd rather have 64GB of fast internal NAND AND 128GB of microSD storage. Reply
supgk - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkYou're trying too hard jjj... sounding quite desperate scraping that barrel mate.
The iPhone doesn't need a million gimmicky features like IR blaster or NFC that is very much an "under construction" (remember when Samsung changed NFC chips in the S4 and all older tags broke?) - or microSD that is insecure and can't store apps or google play movies or other DRM media (good luck trying to explain that to users, even to experts)
Also what do users care about BOM costs... they're not going to tear down their phone into components to sell at their local version of the Shenzhen market, what users really care about is resale price and iPhone trumps there. Reply
Iconoclysm - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkThe iPhone is absolutely high end. You are confusing feature bloat with a quality build. Reply
darwinosx - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkppi is not resolution and the pip is 326. The resolution is 1136 X 640 which on a four inch screen is more than enough and the display quality overall is still better than pretty much any Android phone as is the camera. On a year old device.
Few Android phones have micro sd and even fewer will because nobody uses it and Google doesn't want it on phones. Ditto wireless charging.
AC is just now becoming a thing and it will be on the new phones announced in a week or so.
Build and materials quality also make the iPhone high end as well as cpu, motion coprocessor, other internals, and size.
The price is the same or even lower than most high end Android phones that have distinctly inferior build and materials quality and are not even close in service and support as well as app election and quality.
The iPhone 6 will blow any existing Android phones out of the water. It will be fun to watch. Reply
flamingspartan3 - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkA diplay with a PPI of 326 appears pixelated next to a display with a PPI of 440. Regardless of what Apple says, the iPhone does not have the best display of any phone. That honor goes to the Samsung Galaxy S5. The LG G3 takes better photos than the iPhone 5S and even the Nexus 5 can match it. Having "distinctly inferior build and materials quality" is subjective. Plastic has many advantages over the metal used in the iPhone 5S. Plastic is more flexible, less likely to scratch and usually results in better WiFi and radio performance. The HTC M8 more than rivals the iPhone 5S if if you want metal and other devices like the LG G3 also have metal. Android apps are often times much more flexible than what the iPhone can even hope to offer; an app like Tasker on Android can do things that the iPhone can't even hope to do. The HTC M8, LG G3 and Samsung Galaxy S5, all class-leading Android flagships, offer MicroSD card slots. Reply
GC2:CS - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkIf you got galaxy S5 and iPhone side by side, you can't even say the iPhone looks pixelated next to it, thanks to the diamond Pen tile matrix samsung uses the actual sharpness difference is 17%, unnoticeable in other words (excluding artifacts).
iPhone display is very bright, low in reflectivity, has great accurate colors, sufficiently high contrast, great wieving angles and so on. It's more than good enough (quality, not size) for any android user, it's not a dealbreaker. Only area where amoleds crushes LCD's is contrast, but that is apperent only in dark. Reply
flamingspartan3 - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkThe Galaxy S5 gets dimmer, brighter, has better viewing angles, has more accurate colors and is also significantly sharper. Reply
flamingspartan3 - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkThis video shows the Nexus 5 in comparison with the iPhone 5S's camera.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp6clWG-b5c Reply
higgsbosun1 - Sunday, August 31, 2014 - linkNot pretty much better! "Based on our extensive Lab tests and measurements, the Galaxy S5 is the Best performing Smartphone display that we have ever tested. It has a long list of new records for best Smartphone display performance including: Highest Brightness, Lowest Reflectance, Highest Color Accuracy, Infinite Contrast Ratio, Highest Contrast Rating in Ambient Light, and smallest Brightness Variation with Viewing Angle. The Galaxy S5 has raised the bar for top display performance up by another notch – an impressive achievement for OLED technology!" http://www.displaymate.com/Galaxy_S5_ShootOut_1.ht... Reply
supgk - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkHaha let's see this handle Android L/ART runtime in AArch64 with 1GB RAM ... Reply
lilmoe - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkEven with the shortcomings in memory, it should handle things better than it currently will. That said, this IS a midrange devices after all... Anything above 2GB on upcoming 64bit flagships running Android L should see a good improvement in performance and efficiency. Reply
tipoo - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkAndroid L actually has features that negate the memory impact of 64 bit, moreso than iOS. Reply
hlovatt - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkThis isn't the site for people with an axe to grind. If you don't personally want to buy an Apple device then don't buy one. If you have facts then state them and also give the downside of your favoured device. Please don't rant on AnandTech it is a sanctuary were people can have informed discussion, there are plenty of sites were uniformed comment are the norm. Let's keep AnandTech at the top.
In the case of this HTC phone, it isn't going to win a performance or build quality war against an Apple phone. But it will probably be cheaper, therefore whether the phone is good or not will depend upon its price to performance and price to build ratios. Time wil tell when pricing and performance are known and when Andriod L is available on the phone. Reply
Iconoclysm - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkWell that's funny, because Apple had 64-bit a year ago as well as a fingerprint sensor that is acceptable enough to actually include on a phone. And this year, you think nothing new is coming? Reply
steven75 - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkIt is indeed extremely ironic this guy doesn't realize it took Android a full year to catch up with a 64-bit processor Reply
GC2:CS - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkBeat in what ? This phone was announced in a rush and I don't see any info about when it will start selling, even then, if the iPhone 6 is "just" worlds third 64-bit phone I don't think Apple can be considered ashamed. I don't know how a quartet of low clocked off the shelf A53 cores can represent superior hardware compared to second generation of fully custom super-wide 64-bit ARM architecture. Reply
darwinosx - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkWe have been nearing that drivel for years and its no more true now than it ever was. Reply
DesterWallaboo - Sunday, August 31, 2014 - linkUmmm.... Apple iPhone 5s is 64-bit. This is Android playing catch-up. Reply
hojnikb - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkWow, another dissapointing phone from HTC. I bet this is gonna be 250€+
On the other hand, we have chinse phones based on MTK chipset, which are probobly marginally slower but have far superior screens, bigger battery and display and no bloatware aka sense.
And they cost half as much. Reply
Alexey291 - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkWell this IS supposed to be a mid-range phone you know? Reply
hojnikb - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkYeaah.But as i've said, there are other less known brands with far better phones that cost half as much.
Those companies are really ripping us off. But no one really cares, since most people buy phonse on cotract and dont really see the real price. Reply
LiviuTM - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - link"While it may seem strange that ARMv8 on Android phones is first to appear on a non-Android smartphone" - must bu non-somethin else :) Reply
przemo_li - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkWell, insistence on 20nm may explain a bit why custom ARM8 are not here yet.
But I think that bigger influence have... availability of off-the-shelf designs from ARM coupled with few manufactures who actually sell them unmodified.
Building something will always take more time vs using ready thing. Reply
Sushisamurai - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkI keep hearing things about android L. Given its 64 bit nature, are we saying only the OS is 64bit, or are we saying the OS and all apps are 64bit compatible? Cause having 64bit OS with 32bit apps would defeat the whole 64bit push and performance gains... Reply
A5 - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkI'd think the OS and the Google Apps will be 64-bit at launch. Other apps will move to 64-bit at a later point, likely whenever they update their design to Material. But you have to switch the OS before *any* apps will switch.
Apple went through the same thing a year ago and it wasn't really a big deal. Reply
steven75 - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkIt wasn't a big deal because Apple did a lot of planning for it in advance. It's been a year since then, so you'd hope Google did the same in that time, but I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't. Reply
Sushisamurai - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkSorry, I should have clarified a little more - I wonder if it'll be mandatory 64bit for all apps (like apple) or like our x86 platform where u have this "wide" mix of 32bit and 64bit applications that are compatible. Reply
aryonoco - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkAll apps that are developed using the Android SDK will run in 64 bit mode by default, without developers needing to do anything.
This is because these apps are all written in Java, and with Android L, they are compiled at the time of installation by ART to the appropriate binary, which if you are on ARMv8, will be 64 bit.
Unlike iOS, Android developers don't even need to recompile their apps to make them 64 bit.
The only exception is native apps developed using Android NDK (mostly games). These apps need to be recompiled by the developer to become 64 bit compatible. Reply
A5 - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkThanks for clarifying. I'm not an Android (or any mobile) dev, so I don't keep up with SDK news. Reply
tipoo - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkHmm, might be a decent step up from the Moto G/other Snapdragon 400 quad cortex A7 phones. I'd like to see a performance for the CPU and GPU compared to the G. Reply
darwinosx - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkWhat amazing was not mentioned in the ad, I mean article, is that the Android OS itself is not 64 bit so having 64 bit hardware is meaningless. yes I know they are kludging up Android L to be somewhat 64 bit but it is not remotely close the the full 64 bitness of iOS. Reply
squirrelboy - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - link" As this phone ships with Android 4.4 it's likely that it is running in AArch32 mode only, with AArch64 coming with Android L." Reply
extide - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - link"yes I know they are kludging up Android L to be somewhat 64 bit but it is not remotely close the the full 64 bitness of iOS."
Lol, wow, fanboy much? Android L will be fully 64-bit, and it runs on an entirely new runtime (ART vs Dalvik) -- this is no kludge, this is a massive update to the OS, and the whole OS will be 64-bit. Reply
rpmurray - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - link64-bit is a gimmick. Or so the fandroids were saying last year. Reply
GC2:CS - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkOf course they were saying that when Apple made a complete 64-bit platform and sold dozens of millions of them, I think is safe to say that there is more than 100 million 64-bit mobile devices by now.
But when they will get an "64-bit" marketing sticker, without any benefit, suddenly android leapfrogged Apple and it's behind again. Reply
SirKnobsworth - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkFor the moment it is, yes. So are the core count and DPI space races.
I somewhat suspect that Apple's early entry into the 64 bit arena has less to do with performance or marketing and more to do with making sure the entire app ecosystem is at 64 bit when mobile devices actually start to need more than 4GB of RAM. Reply
leomax999 - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkDidn't Intel atom had some 64bit enabled flavors? Reply
extide - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkYes Atom has been 64-bit for a long time. Some of the early Atoms were 32-bit only but even he old Bonnel based ones supported 64-bit in the later versions, and of course all the Silvermont ones are 64-bit. Reply
leomax999 - Thursday, August 28, 2014 - linkSo question is if atom had 64bit variants on phone Reply


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Silicon Valley is more than geographic boundaries.
Aside from being my new EE Times blog, what exactly is Silicon Valley Nation? If you're unfamiliar with the sports usages (Raider Nation, Red Sox Nation), the loose definition goes something like this: A dispersed group of like-minded people or a common philosophy and spirit shared in different regions of the world.
"Silicon Valley" already is nation. The the name has been appropriated in any number of ways: Telecom Valley, Silicon Prairie, Silicon Glen, etc. My old colleague Richard Wallace even has "The Next Silicon Valley" as his technology news site's title and mission.
This week, as if by Divine Providence, a story slipped into my RSS feed to illustrate the nation notion:
Peter Delevett, writing in the San Jose Mercury News, describes how the "Silicon Valley" in many ways has headed north on 101 and found a rare parking spot in San Francisco.
"San Francisco has led the world in venture capital funding for three years running, and the city has more than 4,000 startups in the South of Market area alone, according to San Francisco tech incubator the Hatchery."
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To be sure, the popular focus on innovation in the geographic area we call the Silicon Valley has shifted in the past 20 years from hardware to software, from silicon to services. I alluded to this in a post last year about TI's acquisition of Silicon Valley pioneer National Semiconductor.
We move on because of the same creative destruction that companies like National feasted on in their youth; we move on because the Valley will always be the cradle of innovation. After the silicon guys came the systems guys; now, the software guysGoogle. Facebook. Twitter. They all stand on the shoulders of National Semiconductor and other Silicon Valley pioneers. Mourn the dead, and raise your glass.
There's no doubt that as the design paradigm has evolved, that skilled engineers are migrating to Baghdad by the Bay (as the late great San Francisco Columnist Herb Caen called SF), but it will never be "the Valley."
San Francisco has intimacy, electricity and density and a young, hip, smart work force. But it also has a mind-numbingly high cost of living (I should know as I live here). It's easy to get around if you like to walk, bike or take the bus. If you want to drive, forget it.
Despite the best business-luring efforts of its current mayor, Ed Lee, The cool gray city of love is held hostage by a board of supervisors whose policies and politics would suggest they wear red rubber noses and big floppy shoes to their meetings.
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San Jose, the nominal capital of the Silicon Valley is sprawling, has a dismal public transportation system and rolls up its sidewalks in the late evening. It's not for the young, hip and hyper-caffeinated. But there's elbow room.
Because young engineers grow up to become middle aged engineers, the Silicon Valley will always be in and around San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Campbell, Palo Alto and Mountain View. Engineers grow up, stop sleeping in their cubes, date, marry, have and raise families in good school districts and get tired of 55-degree summer days. That's why the Silicon Valley will always thrive.
The cost of living is relatively more affordable and, outside of commute hours, it's easier to get around.
The geographic region will thrive as a magnet for brilliant engineers but its spirit--the foundation of the Silicon Valley Nation--will thrive far and wide too. It will thrive in places where people understand it's OK to experiment and to fail; to take calculated risks; places where when the water rushes over its banks and takes everything with it, that you scrape the mud off your boots in the morning and set about to rebuild.
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In the picture above, local runners gathered April 16 at Poulsbo Running. Top from left, Chris Hammett (co-owner Poulsbo Running), Ellen Dougherty, Greg Platz, Lynly Platz, Rich Hammett, Jonathan Erickson, Bridget Young, Jeri Glogovac. Bottom from left, Ray Siegrist, Robin Pelton, Leigh Hammett, Payton Hammett, and Brooke Hammett (co-owner Poulsbo Running).
POULSBO — Local runners wanted to show their support for the victims in the Boston Marathon bombings Monday, so they sent out an email, text and social media blast inviting runners to gather at Poulsbo Running on 10th Avenue Tuesday.
Bridget Young of Indianola has run in several events organized by the owners of Poulsbo Running, Brooke and Chris Hammett. Young had the idea to gather her fellow runners in a show of support at the store, which Young described as a local running community "hub."
The store will donate part of the proceeds from Tuesday's sales to the American Red Cross; anyone who wears a race T-shirt will have 26.2 percent of their purchase donated.
The Head Hunter salon, 20174 Front St. in Poulsbo, is also donating to the Red Cross. Anyone who wears a race T-shirt will also have 26.2 percent of their purchase or service donated through the end of the week.
Young said the Boston Marathon is like the Holy Grail of marathons, which was "violated" by the attack. She wanted to send a message of support to all runners.
"I'm sure Boston will recover," she said. The gathering "marks all for one and one for all — we all feel it, all the way across the country."
Poulsbo Running employee Robin Pelton ran in the 2006 Boston Marathon, and her husband ran last year. She said she was watching the live stream and had just seen a friend of hers cross the finish line when she heard a "boom."
Pelton used to live in Boston and thought at first organizers had added cannons this year to celebrate Patriot's Day. Her son called her to turn on the news, and Pelton saw the blasts were not celebratory nor planned. She said she remembered standing where the second bomb went off during the 2006 marathon.
"You realize how precious life is," Pelton said. "You just don't know from one day to the next."
Pelton also felt that the Poulsbo running community could do something to show support.
"There's not much more we can do. We're not in Boston, but we can come together as runners as a show of support."
Runners in Silverdale have also organized a walk/run tribute Tuesday, meeting at Waterfront Park at 6:30 p.m.
For updated information about Kitsap County residents who were in Boston during the bombings, go to:
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By JOHN HANNA ~ Associated Press
TOPEKA (AP) – An attorney for a Kansas woman who challenged a limit on damages for pain and suffering in lawsuits says a state Supreme Court ruling against his client is unjust.
Attorney William Skepnek said Friday he's disappointed the state won't trust juries to determine what represents adequate compensation for people who are injured.
Kansas law limits damages for non-economic losses such as pain and suffering to $250,000 in personal injury lawsuits.
Skepnek represents Eudora resident Amy Miller. She sued her doctor after the doctor removed the wrong ovary during surgery in 2002.
A jury in Douglas County awarded Miller nearly $760,000, but a judge reduced the award because of the cap.
Skepnek said Friday's ruling means people who are hurt will continue to be undercompensated by the courts.


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With the Lenten season upon us, I thought you might enjoy some seafood recipes.
Zesty Lime Fish Tacos
1 pound tilapia fillets (about 4)
1/2 cup fresh lime juice (2 to 3 limes)
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/4 cup yellow cornmeal
1 16.3-ounce can Pillsbury Grands Homestyle refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
6 tablespoons canola oil
1 1/2 tablespoons chipotle chiles in adobo sauce (from a 7-ounce can), finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup salsa
1/2 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cups cabbage, shredded
Heat oven to 200°. Cut each fish fillet lengthwise into four strips. In a shallow glass dish, mix 7 tablespoons of the lime juice and garlic. Add fish; turn to coat. Let stand while preparing biscuits. On work surface, mix flour and cornmeal. Separate dough into 8 biscuits. Press both sides of each biscuit into flour mixture; then press or roll each into a 6-inch round.
In a 12-inch skillet, heat 1 1/2 tablespoons of the oil over medium heat. Add two biscuit rounds; cook about 2 minutes on each side or until golden brown and cooked through. Place on a cookie sheet; keep warm in oven. Cook remaining rounds, adding 1 1/2 tablespoons oil to skillet for each batch. Wipe skillet clean.
Heat same skillet over medium-high heat. Add fish and lime juice mixture, chilies, salt and pepper; cook about 5 minutes, turning fish once, until fish flakes easily with a fork.
In a small bowl, mix salsa, sour cream and remaining 1 tablespoon lime juice. Using slotted spoon, remove fish and divide evenly among biscuit rounds. Top each with cabbage and one to two tablespoons salsa mixture. Fold biscuit rounds in half over filling. Serve with any remaining salsa mixture.
Salmon Croquettes
1 cup salmon, boned
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Bread crumbs
Beaten eggs
1 tablespoon milk
Make cream sauce with butter, flour, milk, salt and pepper, cooking until thick. Put salmon into bowl, add sauce and lemon juice; mix well with fork until salmon is well broken. Set aside; when cold, mold into desired shape, roll in bread crumbs, dip in egg beaten with 1 tablespoon of cold milk, and then in bread crumbs again. Let dry for an hour. Fry in deep hot fat. Serve with butter. You can also make this same recipe with cooked chicken instead of salmon.
Tuna Noodle Casserole
2 cans of peas, drained
2 cans of tuna in water, drained
2 cans of cream of celery soup
1 cup milk
8 ounces egg noodles, cooked
Crunched up potato chips
In a 9-by-13-inch pan, spread tuna on bottom. Pour drained peas over tuna. Mix soup with milk. Pour half of this mixture over the peas and tuna. Layer noodles over the top and pour remaining soup mixture over noodles. Spread crunched up potato chips over the noodles. Bake at 350° for about 45 minutes.
Citrus Grilled Salmon
2 tablespoons Mrs. Dash Lemon Pepper Blend
4 4-ounce salmon fillets
4 slices lemon
4 slices orange
2 tablespoons white wine
Cooking spray
Preheat oven to 375°. Spray a 9-by-9-by-2-inch pan with cooking spray. Lay fish in pan. Coat each fillet with Mrs. Dash Lemon Pepper Blend. Alternate slices of lemon and orange on top of fish. Sprinkle with wine. Place in oven for 5 minutes. Lower heat to 325° and continue to cook for 5 minutes. Let salmon rest 3 or 4 minutes before serving.
Crispy Beer Battered Fish
1/2 cup cornstarch
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon Creole seasoning
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 cup flour, divided
1/2 cup 2 percent milk
1/3 cup beer or non-alcoholic beer
2 cups unsalted top saltines, crushed
4 cod fillets (about 6 ounces each)
Oil for deep frying
Combine cornstarch, baking powder, salt, Creole seasoning, paprika, cayenne and 1/2 cup flour in a shallow bowl. Stir in milk and beer until smooth. Place crackers and remaining flour in separate shallow bowls. Coat fillets with flour, then dip in batter and coat with crackers. Heat oil to 375° in an electric skillet or deep fat fryer. Fry fish in batches for 2 to 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
Tuna Rice Casserole
1/2 cup dry rice
1/2 cup celery, diced
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 small can tuna
Cook rice. While that is cooking, combine mushroom soup and milk and bring to a boil on low heat. Grease casserole dish and mix together cooked rice, celery, soup, cheese and tuna. Pour into casserole, top with cheese. Bake at 300° for 30 minutes or until hot.
Bacon-Wrapped Ginger Shrimp
13 bacon slices
1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons fresh ginger, finely grated and peeled
1 teaspoon packed brown sugar
Preheat oven to 475° with the rack in the upper third of the oven. Cut bacon slices in half crosswise and wrap each piece around a shrimp; secure each with a toothpick. In a large bowl, whisk together soy sauce, ginger and brown sugar. Add bacon-wrapped shrimp to soy sauce mixture and toss to coat. Arrange on a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes. Turn on broiler and broil until bacon is sizzling and crisp at edges and shrimp are cooked through — 2 to 3 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Shrimp Chowder
2 ribs celery, chopped (about 1 cup)
1 medium onion, diced
3 tablespoons flour
3 baking potatoes (about 6 ounces each), chopped into 1/2-inch dice
1 8-ounce bottle clam juice
1 cup low sodium chicken broth
1/2 cup half-and-half
1 4-ounce can tiny shrimp, not drained
In a large pot, warm oil over medium heat. Add onion and celery and cook, stirring until soft, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle flour over vegetables and sauté for one minute. Stir in potatoes, clam juice, broth and 2 cups of water. Bring just to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low and cook until potatoes are tender, about 12 minutes. Stir in half-and-half and shrimp and cook until heated through, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and serve hot.
Grilled Salmon with Marmalade Dijon Glaze
1/2 cup orange marmalade
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
4 6-ounce salmon fillets
In a small bowl, combine the first six ingredients; set aside 1/4 cup. Brush remaining glaze over salmon. Moisten a paper towel with cooking oil, and using long-handled tongs, lightly coat the grill rack. Place salmon skin side down on the grill. Grill, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 inches from the heat for 10 to 12 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork, basting occasionally with remaining glaze.
Baked Stuffed Fish
3-4 pounds fish
Flour, salt and pepper
Tomato juice
1/4 cup cracker crumbs
1/4 cup stale bread crumbs
1/2 tablespoon melted butter
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon onion juice
1 teaspoon chopped parsley
1 teaspoon capers or pickles
Mix stuffing ingredients. Stuff into fish. Coat the outside of the fish with flour, salt and pepper. Bake fish at 375° for 1 hour or until tender. Baste with tomato juice.
I hope you'll be able to use some of these recipes for your Lenten meals. If you need to reach me, you can email me at email@example.com or drop a line to my attention to the BCR, P.O. Box 340, Princeton, IL 61356.


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For well over a year, the Liberal Democrats have told supporters, commentators and their own MPs that they will fare better than their national poll ratings suggests.
At next year's election, argue Nick Clegg's strategists, the party will do well in areas they already have MPs, particularly given most of them are Tory-Lib Dem marginals, where the coalition of voters they have forged will stay with them for fear of letting the Tories in. This will let them retain about 40 of their 57 seats, think those at the top of the party, allowing for heavy losses to Labour in the north. Read more


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Bruce Willis Recruited For G.I. Joe 2
As the original Joe...
It's been something of an open secret for a while now that Jon M Chu and the producers of what is now called G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation have been itching to sign Bruce Willis up to play a role. Now it looks like their casting wishes have come true, as he's in talks to sign on.
If he locks in a deal, Willis will play General Joe Colton, the man who formed the team in the first place and was given the codename G.I. Joe.
Since the plot is still being kept largely a secret, there's no word in the Hollywood Reporter's story as to whether that means he'll be seen in flashbacks or if he'll fight alongside the likes of Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson, Joseph Mazzello, Elodie Yung, Ray Park and Adrianne Palicki against the evils of Cobra. Also in the movie are Ray Stevenson, RZA and Arnold Vosloo.
Chu will kick off shooting on the movie later this month in New Orleans, getting ready for a June 2012 release date.
Wills, meanwhile, has finished work on Fire With Fire, Looper, Lay the Favourite and The Cold Light of Day and may well crop up in The Expendables 2.


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Assemblywoman Norma Torres said she wants to run for the state Senate seat that Gloria Negrete-McLeod will vacate when she goes to Congress.
"I am certainly looking at that. It is the natural flow for me," Torres said. "The possibility of representing more Inland Empire residents is really exciting."
Torres, D-Chino, is a former Pomona mayor.
Voters on Tuesday elected her to a third term in the Assembly.
Her Republican opponent in the past election, Kenny Coble, said he is also considering running for the open seat.
He plans to meet with Republican leaders today and Wednesday to discuss the possibility of running again.
"We'll see what happens, it really depends on money," Coble said.
Torres defeated Coble by a 65 percent to 35 percent margin. If she does not move to the state Senate, the win allows her to represent the 52nd Assembly District.
The district includes the Chino Valley, Pomona, Montclair and Ontario areas.
McLeod would have represented the new 20th state Senate district had she not defeated Rep. Joe Baca, D-San Bernardino, and won the seat in the House.
The 20th state Senate District is a blue-collar zone that includes the Pomona, Chino and Ontario areas in addition to neighborhoods in Fontana, Rialto and Grand Terrace.
The state Senate is scheduled to return to business on Dec. 3. The new Congress is set to convene on Jan. 3.
Gov. Jerry Brown has 14 days to call a special election after McLeod vacates her state Senate seat.
A special primary election could then be scheduled in late April or early May. If no candidate wins a majority, the top two finishers would then compete in a special general election.
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The sharemarket has finished slightly higher, with modest gains across the board as investors looked overseas for leads.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index added 10.2 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 4719.7, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 11.9 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 4745.7.
Materials ended 0.1 per cent higher, financials and energy both added 0.3 per cent, while IT was the only sector to post a loss, slipping 0.2 per cent.
New home loan approvals slumped 0.5 per cent, defying expectations of a 0.5 per cent rise, while the ANZ job advertisements survey showed a drop of 3.8 per cent in December. Job advertisements are now 20 per cent below February 2012 levels.
''I suspect investors may be interpreting this as saying 'well it makes it more likely we could see a rate cut' and therefore they're really having a careful look at those companies that pay a high fully franked dividend,'' said JBWere executive director Mike Kendall.
''Overall there seems to be a fairly solid level of confidence as we move through January that the recent gains in our market can be sustained,'' Mr Kendall said.
The local bourse got some support from regional markets, with most bourses trading higher and Shanghai soaring more than 2 per cent.
Locally, banks were mixed. CBA jumped 0.4 per cent to $61.63 and NAB added 0.7 per cent to $25.74. ANZ slipped 0.2 per cent to $25.21 and Westpac fell 0.3 per cent to $26.50.
The big miners were also mixed, Rio Tinto added 0.3 per cent to $65.99, while rival BHP lost 0.3 per cent to $36.57.
Smaller resource companies saw significant gains, Aquila Resources jumped 7.1 per cent to $3.16 and Iluka Resources rose 6.5 per cent to $9.49.
Iron ore, which has surged from $US115.30 at the beginning of December, to a high of $US158.50 last week, saw a slight drop to $US154.90 late Friday.
Despite the slight drop, Deutsche Bank economist Phil Odonaghoe said iron ore maintained a positive outlook for the first quarter of 2013.
Deutche Bank commodity analysts expect the iron ore price to reach $US170 in the coming weeks.
However, they also noted that the 18 per cent rise in iron ore, since July 1 2012, has not been matched by jumps in coking coal or Chinese steel prices, 28 per cent and 7 per cent lower than July 1 respectively.
"This would suggest gains in iron ore are more related to temporary factors in the market and not a function of a widespread increase in Chinese activity," said Mr Odonaghoe.
Shares in AJ Lucas, which provides drilling infrastructure for mining, surged 13.4 per cent to $2.08 on news that its United Kingdom subsidiary was holding talks with major investors in an attempt to replicate the shale gas revolution in the United States.
Media shares enjoyed a good run, with Ten Network rising 6.5 per cent to 33 cents, APN News Media jumping 5.7 per cent to 28 cents and Fairfax Media adding 1.9 per cent to 55 cents. Seven West Media bucked the trend, falling 3 per cent to $1.78.


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MORENCI, Mich. (AP) -- Police say the investigation into the case of three Michigan boys missing since Thanksgiving 2010 remains "active" ahead of the second anniversary of their disappearance.
Police in Morenci, however, say in a statement released Tuesday that they still believe the boys are dead. Investigators say they've received about 1,300 tips and continue to seek more. A $60,000 reward is being offered.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children created age-progressed photos of Andrew, Alexander and Tanner Skelton. The boys were last seen at their father's home in Morenci near the Michigan-Ohio border.
The Skelton brothers were 9, 7, and 5 years old, respectively, when they last were seen.
John Skelton pleaded no contest last year to charges of unlawful imprisonment and says he didn't harm the children.


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I'll sort you a bio out soon Mag.
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I just wanted to add something to what I wrote this morning about Derek Boogaard as a weapon.
He absolutely is, because there are going to be plenty of guys who won't mess with him — and some who will (Colton Orr three times in the first month, for example). Boogaard is a pre-emptive weapon that way.
The thing is, though, he could actually dominate games if he could skate well enough to run around blasting opponents, and forcing other teams to try and stop him, instead of him stopping opponents' tough guys. If he had enough ability to deliver hits, and then have that Sean Avery middle-of-every-scrum characteristic, he'd be a huge difference maker.
Alas, I don't even know if he can skate well enough to play every night.
Here is tonight's lineup, according to Steve Zipay:
Alex Frolov-Derek Stepan-Marian Gaborik
Brandon Dubinsky-Erik Christensen-Mats Zuccarello
Sean Avery-Todd White-Evgeny Grachev
Brian Boyle-Artem Anisimov-Brandon Prust
Dan Girardi-Alexei Semenov
Matt Gilroy-Ryan McDonagh
Pavel Valentenko -Michael Sauer
Martin Biron, Chad Johnson
I don't believe many papers are sending reporters to this game. I only know of Zipay being there. Reminds me of when our paper traveled full time and how I'd be alone at some of these road exhibition games.
Zip reports that Tortorella said he expects to make cuts down to a manageable practice number after this game, which makes sense with only one preseason game during the week (Detroit Wednesday), then a home-and-home vs. Ottawa with almost an Opening Night lineup next weekend. You want to start focusing on system once you get it down into the low to mid 20s.
Tortorella said there would be more than two players cut, and since he said that Evgeny Grachev was"up and down" in his first game, this could be the make-or-break game for him in this camp. Eminger and Rozsival are sitting it out, slightly banged up, for precautionary reasons.


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Average grade: 10.2 %
Length: 0.62 km
Altitude start: 13 m
Altitude top: 77 m
Ascent: 64 m
Maximum: 19 %
Koppenberg rankings
Difficulty ranking world: 9348 (all)
Ranking Belgium: 248 (all)
Ranking Flemish Ardennes: 5(all)
Difficulty score: 27.62 what?
Koppenberg ratings
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The Koppenberg used to be one of the monuments of the Ronde van Vlaanderen. The Steengat or Koppenberg was climbed for the first time by the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) in 1976 but was climbed only for the 14th time in 2006. Reason for this is that the cobblestone road became too dangerous for cyclists, so the Koppenberg was removed from the route. After a repavement with handmade cobblestones imported from Italy, the Koppenberg reappeared in the Tour of Flanders. The maximum gradient of the Koppenberg is 22%.
The Koppenberg is situated in East Flanders. This climb belongs to the Flemish Ardennes.
Starting from Melden,
the Koppenberg ascent is 0.62 km long. Over this distance, you climb 64 heightmeters.
The average percentage thus is 10.2 %.
The maximum slope is 19 %.
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Science and Religion: The Vatican's Position Evolves
When Pope John Paul issued a statement backing the theory of evolution, newspapers in both the United States and Europe reacted with front-page headlines. The pope's pronouncement didn't come as a revelation to Catholic scholars, however. The statement, made at the annual meeting of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in Rome, says that "new knowledge leads us to recognize in the theory of evolution more than a hypothesis." But the Vatican had already taken a big step in support of Darwin in a 1950 encyclical, Humani Generis, which deemed evolution a "serious hypothesis" worthy of more investigation. Says theologian John F. Haught of Georgetown University, "This Pope has in other communications previously expressed his sense of the compatibility of evolution and Catholic theism."
The statement has symbolic significance, however, and Italians made much of it. "Pope says we may descend from monkeys," hooted the conservative newspaper Il Giornale, according to a Reuters dispatch. For their part, many Italian scientists welcomed the Pope's move. Astrophysicist Margherita Hack of the Astronomical Observatory of Trieste told Science, "It is the first time that the Church formally accepts the evolutionary hypothesis as proven theory." Molecular biologist Giorgio Tecce of Rome University calls it part of "a process of rethinking the relationship between the Church and scientific developments" that has been going on for the past several years. Philosophy professor Giulio Giorello of the University of Milan says, "It will allow Darwinism to be studied, not as a hypothesis, but as a real scientific truth, which will allow discussions on crucial issues such as bioethics."
The Pope's endorsement of evolution probably will not have much impact on the curriculum of Catholic schools, which have long taught that the theory of evolution need not conflict with Church dogma.
The announcement isn't likely to affect the Church's position on sensitive issues such as fetal research or abortion either. The Vatican has made it abundantly clear that however the human body evolved, the human spirit belongs to God, and a person as a spiritual, moral, and legal entity begins at conception. The Pope's recent statement says "If the human body has its origin in living material which pre-exists it, the spiritual soul is immediately created by God." This distinction also was spelled out earlier this year by the Italian National Bioethics Committee, which is dominated by Catholics (Science , 12 July 1996,).
Some observers believe the Pope's pronouncement could take a little wind out of the sails of creationists in the United States. But efforts to weaken the teaching of evolution in the schools are unlikely to be blunted, says Molleen Matsumura of the National Center for Science Education in El Cerrito, California. The statement might straighten out some members of the public who assume that because the church opposes abortion it espouses creationism. But, Matsumura predicts, "creationists are not going to be changed by it."
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Still True: Obama Plan Won't Raise Taxes On 97% Of Small Businesses
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Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen falsely claimed that 90 percent of small businesses would face a tax hike under President Obama's tax plan. Official estimates and independent analysts agree that Thiessen is wrong, and thatonly about 3 percent of businesses make enough profit to face the proposed higher rates.
Fox Contributor Tells Viewers Obama Proposed A Tax Hike For 90 Percent Of Businesses
Thiessen: Obama "Has Just Proposed To Raise The Taxes Of 90 Percent Of The Businesses In This Country." From Fox News' America Live:
THIESSEN: Well, you know what, if everything was as great as Simon said, then why do 55 percent of the American people disapprove of Obama's handling of the economy? Sixty-four percent, according to the New York Times/CBS poll, said -- blame his policies for making the economy worse. And the fact is, you say he gave a tax cut to small businesses. He has just proposed to raise the taxes of 90 percent of the businesses in this country by letting the top rates expire. So I think he needs to go around and spend a little more time--
SIMON ROSENBERG (founder, New Democrat Network): By the way, that's just false. The Republicans have got to stop using -
THIESSEN: -- listening to business executives instead of demonizing them on the campaign trail.
ROSENBERG: -- you guys have got to stop using that statistic. Only 3 percent of business owners will get a tax increase under President Obama's proposal. It's a ridiculous reading of economic data, Marc --
THIESSEN: That's absolutely not true. If you're a small business and you file as an individual, and the individual rate goes up, you pay more. That's just factually correct, Simon.
ROSENBERG: -- Marc, come on, you know better than that. Marc, come on, you know better. [Fox News, America Live, 7/19/12]
Returning To Previous Rates Won't Raise Taxes On Overwhelming Majority Of Small Businesses
Joint Committee On Taxation: 3.5 Percent Of Small Business Taxpayers Will Have "Marginal Rates Of 36 Or 39.6 Percent Under The President's Proposal." A memorandum from the Joint Committee on Taxation, a congressional panel that analyzes tax proposals, explains that "3.5 percent of all taxpayers with net positive business income" will face higher rates. All other small businesses that pay taxes as an individual will pay the lower rates. From the Joint Committee On Taxation:
The staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that in 2013 approximately 940,000 taxpayers with net positive business income (3.5 percent of all taxpayers with net positive business income) will have marginal rates of 36 or 39.6 percent under the president's proposal, and that 53 percent of the approximately $1.3 trillion of aggregate net positive business income will be reported on returns that have a marginal rate of 36 or 39.6 percent. [Joint Committee On Taxation, 6/18/12]
Tax Expert Gale: "The Vast Majority Of small Businesses Will Be Unaffected" By Higher Rates On Top Earners. William Gale, co-director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, writing in the Washington Post, explained how the idea that "allowing the high-income tax cuts to expire would hurt small businesses" was a "myth." From the Washington Post:
If, as proposed, the Bush tax cuts are allowed to expire for the highest earners, the vast majority of small businesses will be unaffected. Less than 2 percent of tax returns reporting small-business income are filed by taxpayers in the top two income brackets -- individuals earning more than about $170,000 a year and families earning more than about $210,000 a year.
And just as most small businesses aren't owned by people in the top income brackets, most people in the top income brackets don't rely mainly on small-business income: According to the Tax Policy Center, such proceeds make up a majority of income for about 40 percent of households in the top income bracket and a third of households in the second-highest bracket. If the objective is to help small businesses, continuing the Bush tax cuts on high-income taxpayers isn't the way to go -- it would miss more than 98 percent of small-business owners and would primarily help people who don't make most of their money off those businesses. [The Washington Post, 8/1/10]
CBPP: According To The Treasury Department, "Only 2.5 Percent Of Small Business Owners" Would Face Higher Rates. A new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities explains how GOP claims on small business taxes are wrong. CBPP showed that very few small business owners pay the highest tax rates and that the definition of "small business" being used by the right "relies on a highly exaggerated definition of small business owner." From the CBPP:
Allowing the top two marginal tax rates to return to pre-2001 levels as scheduled next year would affect very few small businesses, a recent Treasury Department study found. The study shows that only 2.5 percent of small business owners face the top two rates.
The claims that allowing the Bush tax cuts for high-income people to expire would seriously harm small businesses rest on an exceedingly broad, and misleading, definition of "small business." The definition is so broad, in fact, that under it, both President Obama and Governor Romney would count as small business owners -- as would 237 of the nation's 400 wealthiest people. [CBPP, 7/19/12]
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Logitech Announces Enterprise Focused Webcamby Jason Inofuentes on 2/15/2013 6:06 AM EST
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nathanddrews - Friday, February 15, 2013 - linkI was just in a meeting the other day where IT stated that we're rolling out Lync and the authorized webcams are the C930e, B910, and C525. Can't wait to try it out... for work. ;-) I know that Microsoft is using the Skype IP to drive this feature, but are Lync users able to make Skype calls yet? Reply
merrillraman - Friday, February 15, 2013 - linkLync users can call (voice) Skype or vice versa once federation is setup. But the two platforms have different underlying technologies. Skype is p2p while Lync is point to point. Unifying them is not going to be easy, also enterprises maybe wary of p2p. Nevertheless hoping that Microsoft is able to do it! Reply
ltfields - Friday, February 15, 2013 - linkI believe the Skype Federation will be going official at next week's Lync conference in San Diego. Lync calls are p2p as well until you add a third party which converts the call into a hosted conference on the company's Lync servers. Federated calls between a Lync user and Skype user will run through the Lync edge servers in your company's DMZ. I'm not exactly sure how well the integration will work initially, but I can't think they would enable this feature unless it was mostly reliable. We've got a lot of external business contacts that use Skype, so our employees are quite keen on the federation... Reply
BlackPatriot - Friday, February 15, 2013 - linkI'm glad Logitech is moving more into the corporate space, as we're currently using the C920 for our webcams. But what we're really after is a USB PTZ version of the bigger Polycom and Cisco cameras, something that we can use in a meeting room without needing to pay the exorbitant prices for a full hardware codec, especially as so much of our VC traffic goes through desktop apps like Skype and Adobe Connect.
The only one we've found so far is the Vaddio USB cam, but it's limited to 720p because of USB2, despite the fact that the C920 (and presumably the C930e) can do 1080p over USB2 via hardware h.264 encoding. We really need something like that, a step up from a desktop webcam, but without the complexity and mess of a PTZ camera into a capture card (which often has complicated setup and maintenance to keep it working with all the apps) but a step below the $20k+ for a Polycom codec. Reply
carage - Saturday, February 16, 2013 - linkLooks exactly the same as my C920... Reply
aguilpa1 - Monday, February 18, 2013 - linkAnd likely is. This segment of the market is stagnant. These camera's are basically $2 - $3 worth of plastic a small circuit board, tiny sensor, possibly the addition of decoding chip on some models and a lens that is hardly worthy of the Zeiss name since they are plastic, and have no special qualities other then the brand name. The designs are the same as a decade ago yet the price keeps going up. Reply
Pessimism - Thursday, February 21, 2013 - linkYou forgot the fact that they will drop driver support for the camera after 1 or 2 driver releases, leaving you SOL if you ever upgrade your operating system and forcing you to buy another lump of plastic. Reply
coolhund - Monday, February 25, 2013 - linkNo, its really a glass lens and the sensor is a very good one, too, actually surpassing MUCH more expensive cameras if a different lens is used.
I agree on the rest.
I find it pretty funny how they call the C930e a wide-angle camera, while the C920 only has 12 degrees less FoV.
Oh well, I will still try it out, if the software/drivers supplied work at least as good as the ones from the C920. But knowing Logitech, just like it did with their other enterprise cameras, they will prolly have extremely shitty driver support and the driver from the C920 wont work. Reply


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What began as subtle rumblings a few weeks ago have graduated to full-blown complainings: The kids are coming home! The kids are coming home!
Ten weeks with our kids at home. What are we going to do with them?
And I know exactly what you're feeling … it's not that you don't love them, or even that you don't want them home. It's just that everything changes when they're around all day. There's more fighting, more dishes, more crap to pick up off the floor. And the worst one of all: more "I'm BORED."
After fumbling through my first couple of summers after the kids started school, I've learned a few things which have made summers not only bearable, but downright enjoyable. These strategies take a tiny bit of time initially, but they are so worth it!
1. Create a schedule. Now, I am not an over-scheduler by nature, and I totally subscribe to the philosophy that summertime should be looser, with fewer rules, later bedtimes, and lots of fun. BUT, I have also come to realize that children spend 40 weeks a year with very strict schedules. They are told what to do and when to do it and have very little wiggle room. To be cut completely loose with no direction can be traumatic for some children. So, while I don't recommend planning every minute of every day, I do think that adding some structure to your summer can be helpful. Maybe you decide to have lunch together every day at noon, or go to the library every Tuesday. One of my kids' favorites is Sundae Sundays-they can't wait for it (and it only happens in the summer!)
2. I'm Bored! Every year I inventory all of the activities in and around our house. I list games, toys, and I throw in a few chores just for fun. It takes a little time. Then, whenever I hear a child mutter those magical words, I pull out the "I'm Bored" list. The perpetrator is given three minutes (set the timer) and if they don't choose something on the list, you choose for them, and they have to do it. I haven't had to choose yet (and it's been six years!)
3. Me, Me, ME! That's right, it's me time! Every day, every single day, allot a certain amount of time for yourself. Again, I strongly recommend setting the timer. Tell your children they are not allowed to bother you until the timer goes off unless someone is on fire, and if they do, the timer starts over. Start out in small increments if your children aren't used to "ME Time." Build up gradually until they'll leave you alone for two or three days. Then kick up your feet and read a magazine, or wash your kitchen floor in peace, or make all those phone calls without hearing "MOM!" 8,000 times. It'll work, I promise, but you've gotta be firm. And if you hear "I'm BORED!" see number two.
4. Learn something together. Now, I'm a teacher, so I know this comes more naturally to me than it might to others, but you don't have to create an inter-disciplinary thematic unit. Just figure out something you and your kids are both interested in and jump in. Kids love it, and you probably will too. When my kids were younger, we studied dinosaurs one summer, and another summer we made an animal alphabet book, taking pictures at the zoo, cutting out of magazines, and finding cool stickers. Now we do Harry Potter, or Flat Stanley projects, and this summer we're going to start geo-caching.
I know, I know! These things seem like a lot of work, but a little time investment now will pay off all summer long. Your kids will have fun. You'll have fun. You'll grow and learn and explore together. And when they go back to school in August, you'll be the one saying, "I'm bored!"


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Antonian earns share of district title in five sets.
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Don't stop believing? Never back down?
Rarely have those well-meaning slogans of inspiration felt more appropriate than they did on Wednesday night at St. Mary's Greehey Arena.
In a match that lasted 2 hours, 18 minutes and was as much about will as it was skill, No. 5 Antonian rallied past No. 4 Incarnate Word 18-25, 22-25, 25-18, 28-26, 15-12 in a TAPPS 2-5A showdown.
The victory helped the Apaches (36-10, 13-1) earn a share of the district title. Incarnate Word (30-12, 13-1), which had its 39-match district winning streak snapped, will be the league's No. 1 seed in the playoffs by virtue of its four-game victory against Antonian on Aug. 31.
But playoff seeding meant little to the Apaches on this night.
"We hadn't beaten them in, like, three years, so to end all of our final district match (like that), it was a good way to end it," said Antonian senior middle hitter April Miller, who had 15 kills and 27 digs.
The ending, though, was much better than the start for Antonian.
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In defeating Incarnate Word for the first time since 2008, the Apaches quickly found themselves in a hole, as Incarnate Word capitalized on a balanced attack and tough serving to win the first two games.
Natalia Jarzabeck led the way with 14 kills, setter Kimberly Vaio had 43 assists, and Rebecca Cortez served up four aces.
On the verge of being swept, Antonian instead dug deep and found a way to turn the tide.
Emma Gilbert, Jordan Ruiz and Miller began taking over the net. Claudia Hernandez and Tori Estrada controlled the backcourt, and setter Celeste Ramirez did a little bit of everything.
All of those components rallied Antonian, as the Apaches won the third and fourth games, taking the latter after fighting off a match point.
In the decisive Game 5, the Shamrocks closed within 13-12 on a kill by Jarzabeck. But an Incarnate Word hitting error gave the Apaches a match point, which they secured on a kill by Ruiz.
"I guess we realized what we needed to do, and we all came together as a team," Miller said of Antonian's comeback. "We all had the same goal in mind, and it worked out in our favor."


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida's unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest level in four years, while the northeast Florida region has seen a 1.9 percent unemployment rate drop from a year ago.
State officials said on Friday that the November rate was 8.1 percent. That's down by 0.4 percentage point from October. And it's the lowest rate since November 2008, when Florida had 7.8 percent jobless rate.
That still left 760,000 Floridians out of work and the state's rate again topped the national figure, which was 7.7 percent for November.
Florida, though, has been steadily closing the gap in recent months.
Since December 2010, the state's unemployment rate has dropped 3.0 percentage points and 202,500 private sector jobs have been created.
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"For many of Florida's families during this holiday season there could be no greater gift than a regular paycheck," Gov. Rick Scott said in a news release.
Polls, though, show the Republican governor's job approval rate still lagging below the 40 percent level.
As for northeast Florida, Scott said that in November, the Jacksonville Metropolitan Statistical Area, consisting of Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties, continued to experience declines in its unemployment rate over the year, while the metro area's hiring and housing outlook remained bright.
The November unemployment rate for the region of 7.6 percent dropped 1.9 percentage points from last November's rate of 9.5 percent, while the drop since December 2010 is 2.7 percentage points from 10.3 percent to 7.6 percent.
Among the five counties that comprise the region, Baker County led the way in over-the-year declines with a decrease of 3.2 percentage points, going from 10.1 percent to 6.9 percent, while the other four counties all experienced decreases of 1.9 percentage points. Clay County's rate went from 8.8 percent to 6.9 percent, Duval County dropped from 10.0 percent to 8.1 percent, Nassau County's rate declined from 9.0 percent to 7.1 percent, and St. Johns County's rate went from 8.4 percent to 6.5 percent.
In addition to the drop in its unemployment rate, the Jacksonville MSA ranked fourth in the state for gains in total nonagricultural employment over the year with an increase of 5,400 jobs. The Jacksonville MSA added the most jobs over the year in financial activities with 2,000 jobs.
Housing starts were up in the Jacksonville MSA in October (the latest available data) both over the month (+19.2 percent) and over the year (+101.3 percent). Also, the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey for the first quarter of 2013 indicated that Jacksonville area employers expect to continue hiring.
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While solar cooking is usually associated with tropical or subtropical regions, cooking at high latitudes is possible as well. In December, at 58° north latitude with the ambient temperature at −6.8 °C (20°F), a 120 centimeter (48 inch) parabolic cooker boiled a liter of water in 25 minutes demonstrating that solar cooking works even in cold climates.
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I'm a bricklayer who passes the Mensa test. I've used this word on both coasts of the United States yet the closest I've ever found on any dictionary is "pargit". I'm interested in origin and anything anyone might know about this word that I have personally used as the name of the god of masonry
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Re: parge
The Agora is a subdivision of AlphaDictionary.com. If you click on that title at the top of the page, it will take you to the Dictionary's home page which has an input space to look up words in multiple dictionaries. When I did that with "parge," I got six hits. All define the word as verb or noun meaning to cover with a thin coat of plaster. None has the etymology, so whether it derives from the name if a god, I can't yet say. Keep checking the site, because people from all over read the posts during a month or more, and someone may be more knowledgable.
Welcome to the Agora. We like newcomers and always hope they will stay around and participate.
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Re: parge
No gods here, as far as I can tell. Where did you get the name Parge in the first place? There does not appear to be any reference to such a god.thefreedictionary.com wrote:Middle English, probably from pargetten, to parget, from Old French pargeter, parjeter, to throw about (par-, intensive pref. from Latin per; see per1 in Indo-European roots + jeter, to throw from Latin iactre, frequentative of iacere; see y- in Indo-European roots) and from Old French porgeter, to roughcast a wall (por-, forward ultimately from Latin porr; see per1 in Indo-European roots + iactre, to throw).
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The god of masonry is called the Great Architect of the Universe. He/she is a syncretic god, offending no one but satisfying no one. Of course I am not referring to actual masons who lay bricks and stones but to the organization called the Masonic Lodge. And this reference is a little tongue in cheek.
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NEW signing Dan Greenwood is determined to make the most of his shot at the Elite League despite admitting he would rather be doing so in happier circumstances.
The teenager has been drafted into the Robins side as a replacement for Darryl Ritchings who remains in hospital after suffering head injuries in a crash on Thursday night, and will partner Steve Worrall at reserve for the first time at Belle Vue tonight.
Greenwood entered the National League Riders draft but wasn't initially picked up by any of the 10 Elite League teams but, although he has now been given his chance, he would rather be doing so in happier circumstances.
"I'm really happy to have this chance although I obviously wish it had happened in different circumstances because I've known Darryl a long time and I wish him all the best in his recovery," he said.
"Darryl and I sort of grew up together through the grasstrack route and we rode together at Cradley (then Dudley) the year before last and I really hope he makes a full recovery because he's a lovely guy.
"This is a big chance for me now because when I came back to speedway after a bit of a break I had a three year plan. This is only my third year racing and at this point I wanted to be a heat leader in the National League so to be the Elite League is brilliant.
"I took the time out because it was causing a bit of a strain on my family but I've come back with more passion.
"My dad was paying for everything back then but I went away, got a job, and earned enough money to get back and buy the bikes for myself so it is really nice to be doing this off my own back."
Greenwood has spent some time on the Blunsdon circuit during the early days on a motorbike but admitted the Kirkmanshulme Lane circuit at which he will make his debut is a little more unfamiliar.
"I used to race around Swindon on a 125cc when I was younger , although I haven't been there for a while, but I hope it won't take long to get back into it," he said.
"Belle Vue isn't a track I'm very familiar with but they're all there to be ridden so hopefully I can make a quick impression."
Robins boss Alun Rossiter is keen not to put too much pressure on the youngster but believes he has what it takes to succeed.
"Dan was one we looked at before we decided to give Darryl a team spot and we know he is a good young rider. Given time and a bit of patience he can be a good performer for the club."


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A friend dropped off a couple rolls of Venison Bratwurst a couple days ago. And I'm glad he did! We kinda did the opposite of Raichlen's Mile-Long Brat, so instead of lining up several brats on a baguette, we lined up several buns under a long brat. Turned out great!
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Prostate cancer is the most common form of non-skin cancer in America. It is the second leading cause of death among males in the United States. The American Cancer Society estimates that 29,412 men died from prostate cancer in 2008. During the month of November, men nationwide went the extra mile to raise awareness of… Read More →


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Dry hair is not my cup of tea. And, until recently, I didn't really care to check if the products I were using contained alcohol or not. It can be damaging and dry out your hair. Which makes it easier for your hair to break. Why did I not ever worry about this? I don't know. That's why I was excited to try the L'Oreal Paris EverStyle line, which is alcohol and paraben free. This makes me a happy camper. But, you're probably wondering the same thing I did…do they work?
I tried the Curl Defining Gel and Mousse, Smooth and Shine Serum, and the Strong Hold Styling Spray and Gel. They actually worked a lot better than I thought they would. Maybe a little too good. LOL…is that weird? I guess I'm a little too used to these products not working. I have wavy hair, so the curl defining line worked on holding the wave I have. And the Strong Hold line works great. Since these were awesome, I wasn't surprised the serum worked too. I also loved that these products didn't cause any flaking. If you're looking for alcohol-free prouducts, I'd definitely try the L'Oreal Paris Everstyle line.


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When it comes to healthy hair, it's not just what you put on your tresses that count – it's what you put in your body too. What you feed your body also feeds each of the 150,000 hair follicles on your head. Our hair grows about 1/4 to 1/2 inch every month, and the foundation of all of our new hair growth is the nutrients we eat.
Try these top foods for healthy hair that tells everyone you're as young as you feel — or even younger:
What food should you skip for healthy hair? Pass on animal fat (the kind in red meat), especially if you're losing hair. Animal fat can lead to more DHT production and hair-follicle damage. DHT shrinks hair follicles in men who are genetically predisposed to hair loss.


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Gilroy, Gators roll past Stony Brook
Published: Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 5:12 p.m.
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STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Shannon Gilroy dished out a program-record six assists and recorded a career-high nine points to lead the No. 5 Florida lacrosse team to a 14-1 victory over the No. 13 Stony Brook Seawolves on Saturday afternoon at LaValle Stadium. Freshman Caroline Fitzgerald also tied a program record, causing four turnovers to lead Florida defensively.
"We were slow to start today and we had some midfield turnovers that we need to eliminate in the future, but I thought we responded well," Florida coach Amanda O'Leary said.
The Gators (5-1) started the game slowly, scoring just one goal in the first 14 minutes, but Sammi Burgess found the back of the net with 5:57 left in the first half to provide the spark that the offense needed. Florida closed the first half with four goals and picked up where they left off in the second half, shutting out Stony Brook 9-0 in the second stanza.
Gilroy led the Gators with nine points, followed by Devon Schneider and Mollie Stevens with three points each, while Burgess scored twice. In addition to her four caused turnovers, Fitzgerald also picked up a career-high four ground balls. Cara Canington spent a season-high 60 minutes in the cage, tallying 11 saves.
UF's Sydney DuPre set a new career high with three draw controls while Nora Barry notched one goal, one draw control and one caused turnover and Lauren Lea tallied a goal and a ground ball. Sam Darcangelo also had a score for the Gators.
Florida will continue its two-game road swing on Tuesday at 1 p.m. when they face No. 7 Loyola.
Stony Brook drops to 3-2.
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