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It's budget time at City Hall again. While city general fund revenues now are at about $950 million — up 3 percent from last year — the increase is only enough to cover inflation. So there was little wiggle room to add services or new programs.
Nevertheless, the Seattle City Council was pleased enough with itself to issue a press statement saying its 2013 budget "invests our limited resources wisely and delivers results." We beg to differ.
Here are just a few examples of how our leaders manage our city resources. We'll let you be the judge.
Developer subsidies
The City Council and mayor recently authorized what will easily exceed $100 million in subsidies for Seattle Housing Authority's (SHA) planned redevelopment of Yesler Terrace.
Keep in mind, the city approved upzoning the 28-acre site for a million square feet of high-rise offices and more than 4,000 expensive residential units and gave SHA the right to sell off half the land to private developers. With the lucrative returns from these land sales and added density allowed on the site, SHA easily can afford to cover by itself the full cost of the Yesler Terrace plan.
The largest chunk of city subsidies takes the form of Multi-Family Tax Exemptions (MFTE) — worth as much as $80 million — going to SHA's for-profit partners, who are lining up to buy and develop the land at Yesler Terrace. Additionally, SHA will offer these properties at prices well below market rate.
Take a look at the first property SHA recently sold to Spectrum Properties: a half-acre portion of Yesler Terrace at 12th Avenue and Yesler Way, on which it will build 120 units of rental housing on that site. City leaders allowed them to tap $2 million in multifamily property tax breaks. And instead of paying $270 a square foot for that land (the going rate in that area), SHA sold it to Spectrum Properties at $135 a square foot. For a half-acre, that equals $3 million knocked off the market value. In total, Spectrum walks away with $5 million in subsidies.
Another 13 acres, long held in the public trust, will be "sold" this way, thanks to city leaders.
Between January 2010 and September 2012, the city's MFTE program funneled more than $95 million in property-tax breaks to 43 developers. In return, it only had to set aside 20 percent of the units for those with incomes between 65 and 80 percent of the area median. That means monthly rents from about $1,000 for studios to $1,600 for two-bedroom units — hardly affordable.
And remember, every dollar of tax break to these developers means an extra dollar of property taxes the rest of us will pay.
Streetcar extensions
What's in store for 2013?
For starters, the budget commits more than $3 million to begin planning for what our leaders now euphemistically call a high-capacity transit system."
What they don't tell you is that this is nothing more than an extension of Paul Allen's South Lake Union Streetcar, affectionately called "SLUT."
Over a two-year period, the council will commit these monies to plan extension of that streetcar system up to Eastlake Avenue, into downtown and out to Ballard.
Oh, and our leaders also neglected to mention that if such a system ever is built, it will cost nearly $1 billion.
The South Lake Union Streetcar's final cost exceeded its original $45 million price tag by $10 million — for a little more than a mile of track. Annual operating expenses are $3.5 million, $2 million above original estimates, while revenues from ridership and advertising are running 30 to 40 percent below original estimates. And ridership is well below projections.
Our City Council was forced to float bonds to subsidize operations for the next 10 years until — it is hoped — it finally will pay for itself.
There are 20 bus routes in the area that do just fine, costing 30-percent less to operate and with many more riders.
And there's always more
And we cannot ignore the continued plundering of the city's transportation budget for the $270 million Mercer corridor. The west half still is years away from completion. As we've indicated in prior columns, three city traffic studies say it actually will make traffic worse when completed.
And let's not forget millions in subsidies for the new, privately owned SODO sports arena. City leaders approved that deal knowing it likely will take all business away from our existing, publicly-owned Seattle Center arena. You know, the one taxpayers spent millions upgrading just 15 years ago.
Meanwhile, Seattle faces a billion-dollar shortfall needed to meet a backlog of neighborhood bridge and road repairs.
The Magnolia Bridge is now under 24-hour monitoring, in case it starts to collapse. This year, like every year for the last decade, fixing that bridge has been lined out of the budget.
And, at current rates of city (non)spending for sidewalks, it'll take more than 100 years for parts of North and South Seattle to ever get them.
How, in this context, could any citizen of this city come to believe that our elected leaders are "investing our limited resources wisely and delivering results"?
JOHN V. FOX and CAROLEE COLTER are coordinators for the Seattle Displacement Coalition (www.zipcon.net), a low-income housing organization. To comment on this column, write to email@example.com.


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LAKE WINNIPEG -- A crew member on board the Lady Roberta fishing boat fell during high winds and hit his face so hard his eyeball came out of the socket and lay on his cheek.
The Lady Roberta was "dead in the water" -- immobile with no power, no radio, taking on water and desperate for assistance.
The scene, all simulated, including makeup for the victim, was set for the 2013 National Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) on Wednesday on Lake Winnipeg.
The exercise was designed to look and feel real to help Search and Rescue technicians (SAR techs) practise an air-to-water rescue in a medical emergency. It was one of four complex simulated rescues carried out during the four-day event in the Gimli area, hosted by the Canadian Forces 17 Wing, Winnipegrg's 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron.
A Free Press reporter and photographer invited to watch were transported to the troubled Lady Roberta on board the Canadian Coast Guard's vessel Vakta about 10 kilometres out on Lake Winnipeg.
A Canadian Forces Hercules aircraft carrying two SAR techs circled overhead and dropped a radio on a rope to the boat with amazing accuracy from 2,200 feet above.
The pilot then radioed the Lady Roberta to determine the victim's injuries and what supplies were on board.
"I have a Band-Aid and a sponge," replied Lady Roberta crew member Chris, a.k.a. Sgt. Chris McIntyre, 40, a SAR tech evaluating the exercise and playing the role of a hapless fisherman aboard the Lady Roberta.
The two SAR techs, Master Cpl. Dennis Vansickel, 34, and Master Cpl. Kent Stanway, 28, parachuted from the plane and landed in the choppy water about a metre from the Lady Roberta. They jumped carrying more than 45 kilograms of gear, including a 30-kilogram medical bag.
That the boat crew's only supplies were an adhesive bandage and a sponge were taken in stride.
"We help people in all kinds of situations. They might have lots of equipment or none at all, and there is a wide spectrum (of emergencies)," said Vansickel.
Still wearing their wetsuits, the two SAR techs immediately treated the victim, a.k.a. Capt. James Gray, 31, of Cold Lake, Alta., who looked convincingly like he was having one of the worst days of his life.
Also taken in stride was the victim's appearance as he rolled over with his left eyeball lolling on his cheek and when he vomited (a mixture of oatmeal, water and food colouring).
"The training allows us to put all that aside and just get the job done," said Stanway, in his second year as a SAR tech.
"SAR is a chance for me to do more in my military career and bring some skills to SAR that would really challenge me. This definitely gives me that challenge."
Stanway and Vansickel are based in Greenood, N.S., one of five SAR tech bases across Canada, including Winnipeg, Gander, N.L., Trenton, Ont., and Comox, B.C.
There are about 150 SAR techs across Canada, highly trained experts ready for any rescue situation. Mountain-climbing, scuba diving, parachuting, swimming, running, survival in extreme conditions -- they can handle it all.
"A national SAREX (like this) allows us, on a large-scale level, to involve agencies and assets that we work with (on SAR missions), such as CASARA (Civil Air Search and Rescue Association), Canadian Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary, ground search and rescue," said Sgt. Jeremy Kerr of 17 Wing, one of the organizing officers.
About 250 people were involved in the national SAREX, which concludes today, including about 197 military members from across Canada.

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I thought I was redesigning a site responsively. I thought I was designing mobile-first, but that was all in my head. Now my site is broken in mobiles. Perhaps I shouldn't have let my bosses pressure me so much about deadlines that I didn't take to the time to test in mobile as I went. Perhaps I was just being sloppy or lazy. I dunno.
The big monster was a suckerfish menu. The site almost could have been rolled over to mobie with a few media queries if it hadn't been for that. The trouble was, the menu is jQuery-based. Script tell the nested unordered list what levels to show and hide. Hell, I thought, when I roll it out to mobile, I'll just make the top-level visible--no problem! But so much of the site is hidden in those other levels, and there is no other way to access them except from the submenus, that I am surely hamstringing my site by cutting them. What am I to do?
I thought about making an accordion script for the submenus (you know: click on the main list item, then the sub list slides out.) But that would conflict with the desktop script, right? Is it possible to assign a completely different script to a page if it is viewed in mobie?
I really don't want to go about making new, mobile versions of each page (see first paragraph.) Is this really my only alternative?
Nobody is complaining. My boss views everything on his iPhone and he has only praise for my new design, and our mobile user base is only about 15%. Should I just take this as a lesson learned and just be sure not to be suckered into suckerfish menus from now on?
What's your experience?
One possibility is to have the relevant submenu always visible. So let's say that whenever you're on a page within the 'Products' section, the 'Products' submenu is visible on screen below the main menu. That needs no scripting, and has great accessibility/usability benefits as well. Essentially it means that there is always a way to access sub-menu items without the need to use pop-up menus (whether script-based or :hover-based).
It's why I stopped doing dropdown navigations on websites altogether, and instead use classic drill-down. You go to a section, the section has intro text for the section and links down one side... There are a lot of things people do in web "designs" (yes, making quotes in the air with my fingers) that are NOT compatible with fluid layouts, displays of certain sizes, and therein when you try to expand on those existing concepts with the so called 'responsive' layouts the whole thing falls apart miserably. Some of it is simply "But I can do it in photoshop" idiocy, but even more of it can be attributed to "gee ain't it neat" nonsense like goofy animated sections, image rotators, flash content, dropdown menus, and other garbage that in general makes the page slower, less useful, and throws the very concept of accessibility in the trash.
Many times things like dropdown menus are useless to navigate, and I swear that like a lot of AJAX and DHTML content can be attributed to this rampant nonsensical paranoia of 'pageloads are evil' -- where people will use these techniques to avoid page loads "saving bandwidth" and end up chewing twice the bandwidth in the long run.
The longer I work, the more I learn what deathshadow80 has said--the hard way. I started out as a slice-&-dice designer back in the table days. I was lucky to hook up with programmers patient enough to show me some of the errors in my ways; I haven't been so lucky evangelizing their ideas to other designers.
I hope you understand the pressure some of us designers are in to swallow our ideals. I swear to God, the Art Director of this project wanted each page to be a separate PDF, all linked together, simply because he wanted the site to look exactly as it in print as it did in his Firefox. The President of the company added that he wanted that cool page-curl swipe like you see on iPod magazine apps. And guess who got the stinkeye and criticism for not being a "team player" when these follies were called unfeasible!?
Instead of making this a "client from hell" thread, I just want to emphasize what kind of pressure we front-end guys can be up against, and why we sometimes cut corners and do these weird things. The navigation menu was my idea, but it was a return to normalcy somewhat. I honestly thought it would not be a big deal, but I was very wrong.
But Stevie D's suggestion is a great one--that I never even considered. I think I can style the CSS so that the submenu only shows up on the specific sub-pages. Hopefully, the jQuery that I used won't add any inline CSS to blow things apart.
Thanks so much for your support & suggestions!
How many levels/depths are there?
Yep, much better, more logical and more accessible, IMHO.
Feelin' for ya, dude.
@oddz; The depths range from one to three. However, in the cases of a third level, there is a separate link set in a sidebar.
Geez man, guess it's never easy. At the moment (not making this a client from hell thread either) I am dealing with somebody who I am trying to convince them a word document is not a website, and how it's not 'easy' to code a website, and it takes far longer than a couple of days to do right.
I really don't want to go about making new, mobile versions of each page (see first paragraph.) Is this really my only alternative?
I think so, sometimes it's best to take a quick short-cut until you build a stronger knowledge base.
Here is something I threw together as proof of concept for managing two tiers with drop downs because I myself have been thinking of better ways to do this without using the app like approach of separate pages for each depth. This uses the mobile first approach and *should properly work on everything besides <IE7. It uses the technique here for the desktop drop downs. Again this is a proof of concept only having been tested on chrome, IE8 and ff.
You will need to view the example on a desktop and mobile device to compare. This is done so that media queries in the style sheet are avoided to support <=IE9 without repeating CSS. Though the styles inside menu_enhanced CSS could very easily be moved to menu.css to be responsive.
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<title>Mobile Nested Menu 2 Tier Proof Of Concept</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">

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6 Movies That Predicted Disasters With Eerie Accuracy
Do you remember how, after 9/11, people started digging up all sorts of movies, shows and photos that "predicted" the attacks (like the TV show that featured an almost identical terror plot a year ahead of time)? If you're one of the creators, you have to hate that your lighthearted bit of entertainment now just winds up reminding people of something awful that happened years later.
Especially when websites like this one keep bringing them up. We can't help it; this stuff is freaking creepy .
Famous crazy eyed screamer Bruce Lee starred in an action movie in 1978 called Game of Death, which wouldn't have been strange if Lee hadn't died five years earlier. The film was only partially shot when he died, so the filmmakers did their best to patch together what footage they already had into some semblance of a movie, even awkwardly shoehorning in footage of Bruce Lee's open casket funeral. And that, incredibly, is not the weirdest thing about this movie.
The weirdest thing is when he sits up and roundhouses the funeral director.
No, the most unnerving aspect isn't the shot of Lee's real corpse, or the two other Chinese actors they hired to fill in for Lee in the hopes that Western audiences would be too racist to notice the difference. It's this:
In the movie, Bruce Lee is playing an actor shooting a movie. There is a scene where a stunt goes wrong when a prop gun turns out to be loaded with a real bullet, shooting Lee's character.
What's so disturbing about that? Flash forward to 1993, when Bruce Lee's son, Brandon, was shooting The Crow. During a take when another actor is supposed to fire a gun at Brandon Lee, a bullet fragment that was jammed in the barrel dislodged and caught Kevin Pierre-Louis Jersey Brandon right in the gut. In other words, Brandon Lee died under exactly the same circumstances as Bruce Lee's character in the movie.
And not in a vat of toxic chemicals, as his face seems Kevin Norwood Jersey to suggest.
Now, there aren't many movies that feature a character getting shot on a film set by a prop gun loaded with real bullets, so the fact that Brandon Lee's father essentially played out his son's death 20 years before it happened, while working on the movie where he would die himself, is a coincidence so uncanny it that strays into "impossible" territory.
Conspiracy theorists have speculated on every aspect of this bizarre scenario, of which a family curse is the most rational, if that gives you any context for how out there they are (they quickly stray into Illuminati murders and ritualistic sacrifice). People prefer to believe in that than that simple bad luck could be this cruel.
Because somehow an Seahawks Justin Britt Jersey uncaring universe is more disturbing than an actively malevolent one.
5. Poltergeist Predicts the Exact Date of Its Star's Death
If you haven't seen Poltergeist, all you really need to know is that a family has to deal with angry ghosts after moving into a house built on top of an Indian burial ground. There are a lot of tense scenes where objects start moving on their own, a tree attacks a child and a little girl is sucked into one of those closet portals Realtors are always telling you to look out for before buying a house. But the creepiest moment is purely accidental:
That moment is nflseahawksofficialonline.com/Kevin_Norwood_Jersey_Seahawks terrifying, not just because the clown comes to life immediately afterward (thus inciting a boom in superheroes appearing at birthday parties instead of clowns that lasted for an entire generation), but because of the football poster over the little boy's bed. Here's a closer look:
Wait, is that a Rams helmet and a Buccaneers poster? He supports two terrible teams?
It says "1988 Super Bowl XXII." The poster is accurate in that Super Bowl XXII was in 1988, but it's weird that a little boy would choose to have that on his wall in a movie that was released in 1982. There's no indication throughout Poltergeist that any of it is supposed to take place in the future.
So what? They probably didn't want to deal with licensing from the NFL or something, right? It's not like something insanely coincidental and horrible happened six years later on the day of the Super Bowl in 1988.
No! That was a trick! Of course something happened. Remember that little girl in the clip you just watched?
Her name is Heather O'Rourke, and she essentially acts as the conduit between the poltergeists and the family in the first movie. In fact, you'd probably recognize her better like this:
The granddaughter of obligatory creepy children in horror movies.
Well on January 31, 1988, the day of the Super Bowl in San Diego, California, O'Rourke happened to be living in San Diego where she suddenly became violently ill. The very next day, she collapsed while getting ready to go to the hospital, and later that afternoon, she passed away. And just like that, the movie proved its prescience with one of the weirdest set decoration choices in horror movie history.
4. A Made for TV Movie Predicts Christopher Reeve's Paralysis
In May of 1995, a mediocre movie called Above Suspicion quietly premiered on HBO and then slipped into obscurity. It featured Christopher Reeve as a police officer who suffers from severe depression and encourages his wife and his brother to murder him in order to collect the insurance. So what could trigger that kind of depression? Well, that's the eerie part:
Christopher Reeve in a dressing gown?
Reeve's character is shot in the spine and confined to a wheelchair for the majority of the movie. Now this film was released on May 25. If for some reason you haven't committed the chronology of Christopher Reeve's life to memory, May 27 was the day he was paralyzed in a horseback riding accident. The movie where he plays a paraplegic was released just two days before his accident landed him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
In retrospect, his kryptonite back brace was a poor choice in riding attire.
Despite the movie never being in any danger of winning awards or even showing up in theaters, Reeve took the role seriously, preparing by spending a couple of days at a spinal cord trauma unit and learning what it's like to live life in a wheelchair. He even did interviews promoting the movie, stating, "A couple of days at the spinal cord trauma unit and you can see how easily it can happen."
Then, of course, it did happen almost immediately, though in the film, the big reveal is that Reeve was only pretending to be paralyzed to build an elaborate trap for his wife and brother, who were cheating on him behind his back. A pretty morally reprehensible move, even in the context of sibling adultery. Apparently karma thought so, too, but had a hard time differentiating between characters and the actors playing them.
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Necklaces can be found in many styles for men and women. The most popular styles for men are rope necklaces. These necklaces often make great gift ideas and are always unique. The pendant is an important accessory to consider when buying an antique necklace. A locket or a religious symbol is a perfect compliment for your antique necklace.


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As the fire and drought season in Arizona continues, the risk for businesses and the importance to be prepared is higher than ever. Recent research shows that small businesses are particularly vulnerable with only 38 percent having an emergency or disaster preparedness plan, 84 percent don't have natural disaster insurance and 71 percent don't have a back-up generator in case of power outage.
"Fires and droughts can catch any business off guard," said Kevin Sellers, executive vice president for First Fidelity Bank in Arizona. "Having a business continuity plan is a smart first step when preparing for the worst."
First Fidelity Bank shares advice with other business owners about ways business plans can be set up or improved during natural disasters.
Have a crisis plan. Oftentimes, natural disasters like droughts and fires cloud good judgment, especially when an entire business is at stake. However, it is important to have a plan in place so next steps can be smooth and well planned out. Anytime your business may be impacted, you can easily refer to your plan and make adjustments accordingly. For example, if your business is in immediate danger, refer to your plan for key messages outlined that you can share with employees and the public if needed. It is also beneficial to have next steps planned out when dealing with insurance companies. If your business is severely damaged, you can begin working with your insurance company to make arrangements to rebuild.
Have a communication plan. A key part of your crisis plan is communication. Develop key messages you would share with your employees and fellow staff members. Also, establish a communication pyramid among leadership to ensure effective and coordinated communication. Use forms of social media like Facebook and Twitter to give updates to employees and customers since phone lines can be affected. Be honest and upfront about the state of your business and provide information that will help them know what to expect as your company regroups after a disaster. Make sure to notify your company's bank and let them know of your situation. Current business, like loan payments, may be able to be put on hold if necessary. Also, talk to your bank to learn about loan options in case your business needs repairs after a natural disaster.
Use additional servers to back up data. During a natural disaster, it is not an ideal time to worry about information being lost. Plan ahead and store sensitive information in more than one place. Electronics and servers can be severely damaged so be sure to have all data stored on an additional server. Sensitive company data on the loose puts a company at risk for fraudulent activity. Looters can easily gain access to company credit card numbers, social security numbers and other highly sensitive data. Use flash drives to keep track of this type of data. These can be easily transported and kept safe during natural disasters.
Have a plan for payroll. In case a natural disaster interferes with the payroll process, have a plan in place to continue paying employees. Since each company has a different payroll system, a back-up plan will be a case-by-case basis. Options include working with insurance to collect the money for payroll, fronting the money to employees or cutting paper checks if the direct deposit system is down. The Society for Human Resource Management offers helpful information to make sure employers know the guidelines for paying employees during natural disasters. Visit www.SHRM.org to learn more about payment requirements for various types of employees. Be sure to contact your company's bank and notify them of a change in payroll. Most banks will keep an extra close watch on fraudulent activity so any significant change in payment methods could send up a red flag and complicate the process.


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Published: Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 8:45 p.m.
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Lots of people are now riding scooters around town and it's safe to say some of them are slow.
The scooter explosion prompted Mike O'Keefe to write with some questions about the vehicles and some encounters he has had.
One involved scooters on U.S. 441 that could not reach the 65 mph speed limit.
"Both times this scooter ... caused massive traffic slowdowns as traffic backed up trying to get around the scooter, who was definitely in the travel lane. Very dangerous situation, as traffic was quickly coming up on this scooter," he wrote.
Another encounter was on Florida's Turnpike when O'Keefe was on his motorcycle and was passed by a scooter.
"(The) scooter was obviously capable of doing 80+ mph, but I wonder if a restriction exists on limited access highways," he said.
Florida law has statutes on motorcycles and mopeds. But the laws do not expressly relate to scooters.
A moped by definition has pedals and an engine that is not capable of producing speeds of more than 30 mph. They are required to stay as far to the right as possible on roads.
But mopeds are rare, said Gainesville Police Sgt. Joe Raulerson.
"The issue that we have seen is, who has a moped anymore? Not many (scooters) are made with pedals, most motors are larger than 50cc and can go faster than 30 mph," Raulerson said in an email. "That changes the designation from a moped to a motorcycle and all safety rules would then apply to that rider. Some of the 'scooters' we are seeing are over 9 horsepower, 150cc and are capable of speeds over 65 mph and those are considered a motorcycle."
Raulerson added that bicycles powered by a small gas motor are illegal on roads.
"Bicycles are not designed to have gas motors and according to (statutes) can only be propelled solely by human power," he said.
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D2 José-Julio Hernández-Blouin has been selected to represent UCSF in the ADA/DENTSPLY Student Clinician Research Programduring the 55th Annual ADA Scientific Session in San Antonio, Texas, from October 9 - 12, 2014.
The ADA/DENTSPLY Student Clinician Research Program was developed originally in 1959. Under the terms of the program, each dental school in the United States and Puerto Rico is invited to select one student to represent it in a research poster presentation competition held during the ADA Annual Session. The program allows DENTSPLY the opportunity to contribute to the advancement of dental sciences and offers each school an opportunity to showcase their student talent.
Hernandez-Blouin will present his research, conducted with Dr. Stuart Gansky and Dr. Lisa Chung, on parental attitudes, but not knowledge, related to child sugar consumption.
Previously Hernández-Blouin and his work have been honored at the 2013 UCSF Research and Clinical Excellence Day (Ernest Newbrun Award for Research Excellence).
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I noticed many spelling errors here. Here are the ones I've come across:
- Hyuga is supposed to be Hyuuga
- Jonin is supposed to be Jounin
- Chunin is supposed to be Chuunin
- Choji is supposed to be Chouji
Seriously. —This unsigned comment was made by Cheesypoof (talk • contribs) on 06:53, May 4, 2008.
- Incorrect, the forms you mention are not the correct spelling. Those are the pronounced forms of the romanization.
- Hyuga is the romanized spelling, Hyuuga is the romanized pronunciation, Hyūga is the correct spelling with the style guide.
- However, the Hyuga clan has already shown up inside of the English dub, and in English it's spelled Hyuga. So there's absolutely no spelling mistake by using Hyuga. Using Hyuuga would be the incorrect form, just take a look at Wikipedia they've even got actual translators and you don't see Hyuuga there unless someone under a mistaken idea went and edited the page. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) current discussion May 4, 2008 @ 14:16 (UTC)


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Ask any Winnipegger what their favourite piece of public art is and the response will likely be a confused look and the question, "Winnipeg has public art?"
Ours is an artistic community. With only two per cent of Canada's population, we have 12 per cent of its musicians. We have the country's oldest civic art gallery, French-language theatre, English regional theatre and dance company. We are home to a renowned symphony and numerous artistic festivals. Despite this creative heritage, we have fallen behind other major Canadian cities in our funding for and implementation of great public art.
North American cities today are turning to public art as a means of defining and enhancing urban identity and character. The visual appeal of a community can play a significant role in cultivating civic pride and emotional attachment from the people who live in them. It is human character to seek out physical beauty in the things that surround us and in the places we live. Public art that is authentic, stimulating and visually appealing can contribute to this sense of public well-being. Although not plentiful, Winnipeg does have some inspiring examples of urban art that illustrate the benefits of this type of economic investment in our communities.
Effective public art can help to articulate a shared sense of place and belonging within a city or neighbourhood. It can celebrate cultural diversity and unite social groups, expressing the history, traditions and identities unique to that community.
A brilliant example of an installation that accomplishes these goals is the Oodena Circle at The Forks. Eight rusted steel armatures that relate to wind, sun and the stars rise into the sky, defining the spatial boundaries of the plaza and acknowledging its cultural history. The site has been embraced by aboriginal people as a place of celebration, bringing the city's cultural groups together, elevating social awareness and fostering an emotional connection to each other and to the city.
An installation of 38 interactive light posts on a sloped piece of land in Central Park, called DIY Field, exemplifies how great public art can unite and rejuvenate a community. Once a crime-filled urban space, Central Park is now the pride of a growing and vibrant immigrant neighbourhood in downtown Winnipeg. Any evening, in any season, children can be seen running through the grid of posts excitedly changing the coloured lights as they pass through. The art activates the park in the evenings, improving safety and contributing to a renewed sense of public ownership that has allowed it to become a cultural and social focal point in the neighbourhood.
On an urban scale, public art can improve civic identity, helping to redefine a city's image, locally and abroad. The Old Market Square Cube Stage and Esplanade Riel Bridge serve as two examples of functional civic infrastructure that elevate themselves through creative design to iconic pieces of public art. Both have come to symbolize Winnipeg as a place of imagination and creativity, celebrating a new wave of architectural and artistic development that has begun to redefine our civic image abroad.
Public art can have educational value, such as the inscribed artwork on the guardrails of the new Osborne Bridge telling the history of the area. It can also simply be a fanciful urban landmark that transforms a public space into a public place. As an example, at the Millennium Library, a new 10-metre-high stainless steel sculpture in the shape of a container draws attention and gives definition to a newly renovated urban plaza that has long been forgotten behind the walls of the library's parkade.
Recognizing all of these intrinsic benefits, in 2004 then-mayor Glen Murray established Winnipeg's Public Art Program.
Managed by the Winnipeg Arts Council, the program is funded by a yearly capital grant from the City of Winnipeg that is subject to the annual budget-approval process.
In cities such as Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa, public arts funding is not a line item in the civic budget, but is tied to development growth in a strategy called 'per cent for art.'
For every infrastructure project financed by the civic government, including roads, sewers and buildings, one per cent of the construction cost is put aside to finance public art.
This funding model has resulted in a greater level of arts investment in Winnipeg's rival cities. In Toronto, the percentage for art model is expanded to include private development. Engaging the corporate sector has resulted in per capita arts funding that is five times higher than in Winnipeg and has cemented Toronto's reputation as a culturally rich city.
Somewhat lost in the inhospitable pedestrian environment of Portage and Main, three stunning bronze sculptures at the base of the Richardson Building stand as examples of what can be achieved in our own city when the corporate sector is engaged.
Winnipeg's rivals all recognize the value of public art as an investment that contributes to the establishment of a vibrant, beautiful and creative urban environment that will be attractive to those economic drivers.
Working to align our public arts funding from government and corporate sources with that of other Canadian cities would strengthen our artistic community and enhance our already impressive set of cultural assets, ensuring Winnipeg remains artistically vibrant and economically competitive in today's creative economy.
Growing our collection of urban art would inject an element of warmth and lively artistic expression into our monochromatic northern city, to be celebrated even during the coldest and darkest days of the year.
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In Headless Cross, more than 200 Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and leaders took part in a parade, lead by the Redditch District Scout and Guide Band.
The parade left the Feckenham Road headquarters and made its way to the Bridge Church, where everyone joined in the Remembrance Day service lead by the Rev Jo Musson.
After observing the two minutes silence by the war memorial, the parade made its way back to the headquarters.
On November 9, In Rowney Green, a memorial service was held for a crew of five Canadian airmen who were killed in a plane crash there on November 9, 1943.
The Wellington Bomber had been returning to RAF Pershore when it suffered engine failure, stalled, and nose-dived to the ground.
Among the many hundreds present were two relatives of the Canadian airmen. Pupils from Alvechurch Middle School laid five crosses, one in memory of each of the airmen.
On Remembrance Sunday, there was a large turn-out in Alvechurch for an act of rembrance and service, led by the rector of Alvechurch and Baptist minister.
Karen Lumley MP visited the Kingfisher Centre to meet Royal British Legion poppy sellers. She said: "These people give up their time every year to raise money for the Royal British Legion and help us remember those who fought and lost their lives protecting us. We will never forget those who gave their lives for us."
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Our Global Purchasing organization manages the sourcing, contracting, purchasing and supplier oversight activities for technology, indirect and services suppliers across Xerox and its affiliates. As with any relationship-based engagement, face-to-face communication is critical to building trust, respect and credibility. The Global Purchasing staff is located across the world to facilitate a more direct interaction between our buyers and our suppliers within each region. This includes a strong purchasing presence across the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Our purchasing professionals manage over $11 billion of global annual spend with suppliers, assess the quality, cost, delivery and sustainability of the supplier's products and ensure the business is run with the highest ethical standards. Through our www.xerox.com/suppliers website, both current and potential vendors can learn about the latest procurement initiatives and find information on supplier diversity, procurement policies, supplier quality assurance and supplier ethics.
In 2012, an overwhelming majority of our global technology supplier spend occurred with the following firms. Access the links below to learn more about their corporate social responsibility activities.
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|Sustainability Report
|Fuji Xerox
|Fuji Xerox Sustainability
|2012 Sustainability Report
|Flextronics Social Responsibility
|2011 Sustainability Report
|Samsung Sustainability
|2012 Sustainability Report
Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Certification
During early 2009, Xerox became the first organization to attempt and successfully achieve global certification from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) in the area of procurement excellence through processes and procedures. This is now referred to as CIPS Silver. Building on that momentum, we became the first company to successfully achieve the CIPS Gold Certification at a global level in 2012.
The Gold Certification means that Xerox achieves leading benchmark levels in all aspects of ethical, sustainable and strategic procurement when measured against CIPS globally respected standards. The standards are structured around leadership and organization, strategy, people, process and systems, and performance measurement and management. The certification provides evidence that our Global Purchasing is effective at managing the global supplier base for business services, contract labor, facilities, information technology, marketing, transportation, business travel and vehicle fleet. Xerox Global Purchasing also manages direct/technology suppliers, contract manufacturing, and design partners who help us produce digital publishing systems, office printers, and multifunction devices and associated inks and toners. The consistency which comes from having leading practices in ethical, sustainable and strategic procurement promotes credible interactions between our procurement team and our suppliers.
We selected CIPS to assess our purchasing operations because of their focus on continuous improvement and benchmarking. The main certification review included an extensive audit and a series of interviews with key purchasing stakeholders.
About CIPS
CIPS is the leading international body representing purchasing and supply management professionals. CIPS ensures that formal purchasing and supply management practices are fully implemented and maintained against their established standards to its members and the companies which embark on corporate certification.
Supplier Code of Conduct/Ethics
Xerox is a global enterprise which applies heightened responsibility to act in a manner consistent with our sustainability and human rights ideals. This focus on sustainability and human rights standards is part of our long-standing, worldwide commitment to behave responsibly as a good corporate citizen.
To strengthen our approach to supplier-facing sustainability and human rights actions, Xerox has been a member of the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) since 2006 and is a member of the EICC Senior Executive Advisory Council. The EICC works together to improve social, economic and environmental outcomes in the electronics industry. We remain committed to EICC operating principles and have validated our compliance with the EICC guidelines and adopted the EICC's Code of Conduct on corporate social responsibility as our code of conduct for suppliers ("Supplier Code of Conduct"). The Supplier Code of Conduct includes labor standards based on recognized principles on international labor and human rights.
As part of the Supplier Compliance Program, we strongly encourage our suppliers to comply with the Supplier Code of Conduct. The terms and conditions in Xerox purchase agreements and purchase order forms incorporate this requirement as well as the requirement for suppliers to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. We reinforce the Supplier Code of Conduct in an annual communication to our global supplier base.
For key suppliers and certain suppliers identified in an initial risk assessment, we require the completion of supplier questionnaires. In addition to allowing us to validate our initial risk assessment, this step serves to raise suppliers' awareness about the importance of social responsibility topics, clarify our expectations, target areas for review and establish written documentation of suppliers' assessment of their performance.
To monitor suppliers' compliance with the Supplier Code of Conduct, we conduct certain announced compliance reviews/audits of our key suppliers depending upon the results of the supplier questionnaire. In addition, we conduct announced compliance reviews/audits of a group of suppliers identified in Xerox's initial risk assessment. If a supplier achieves a high level of performance, future follow up reviews may occur less frequently or be conducted through means other than site visits. This enables resources to spend more focused time with suppliers who have not yet achieved high levels of performance. Annual compliance reviews/audits are on-site visits by either trained Xerox or qualified third party personnel and follow a consistent review/audit process with a rigorous corrective action/follow up process. Supplier performance has improved over time with more suppliers achieving higher performance levels during 2012 than prior to 2012.
By the end of 2012, Xerox conducted over 240 first time and follow up Supplier Code of Conduct compliance reviews/audits. Areas of nonconformance are evaluated as priority, major, minor or observation and are addressed through a corrective action process. We monitor our compliance program regularly through internal management reviews.
Conflict Minerals
As an active member of EICC, we are committed to improving conditions in the electronic supply chain. Activities related to obtaining minerals that fuel human conflict are unacceptable. EICC members are taking actions to increase supply chain transparency, develop smelter audit processes to verify minerals are conflict free and implement robust due diligence supply chain reporting processes in accordance with the Dodd-Frank Act and corresponding SEC ruling on conflict minerals.
In early 2011, we established a global project team to develop a process for engaging our technology supply base and create a framework to respond to the legal and audit requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act. In exercising due diligence regarding the source and chain of custody of conflict minerals, we are utilizing the EICC template and software tools in reaching out to our supply base. In the third quarter of 2012, we piloted our proposed process with several key suppliers and upon completion submitted 34 smelters to the EICC. Beginning in 2013, we commenced our full rollout to our direct technology supply base to determine the use of these minerals in our products and the smelters processing these minerals. Our intent is to complete due diligence in time to submit the required SEC disclosure and conflict minerals report in 2014.
Updated May 29, 2014: Please visit Investor Relations to access the Conflict Minerals Form SD SEC filing or click on the following links for the conflict minerals policy and report.
Supply Chain Security
We are committed to implementing security controls within our supply chain to enable the uninterrupted flow of products from the point of manufacture to the customer. Xerox is a certified participant of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and the E.U. Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program in the Netherlands and Ireland. Both programs require us to have specific security criteria present throughout our supply chain. C-TPAT, AEO and other specific Xerox criteria are contained in our Supplier Security Requirements for applicable external suppliers and in the Xerox Security Policies and Standards for internal locations. We have an ongoing assessment program to monitor compliance with the security criteria for high-risk suppliers and internal locations. We are a member of the High Tech Supply Chain Security Coalition (HTSC2) and the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA).
Performance and Reviews
Our purchasing staff routinely tracks and reports on current and potential strategic suppliers for adherence to our requirements. Business reviews are held regularly with our key suppliers. This provides a forum to discuss our business relationships and to define and refine the metrics for Xerox and the supplier performance evaluations.
We require all technology suppliers to complete an assessment of their quality management system prior to being added to our Approved Vendors List (AVL), which includes about 1,000 active suppliers. We continue to use an internally developed supplier survey and assessment process, as we have for over 20 years, that covers relevant sections from ISO9001: 2008 and critical topics from current supply chain management practice. Our supplier quality management processes align with the global nature of our supply chain and current quality management standards.
Before potential primary technology suppliers are permitted to do business with us, we make on-site visits. Once a supplier is added to the AVL, we conduct on-site reviews periodically based on supplier performance and the scope of our business relationship. About 90% of our spend for the manufacturing of Xerox products comes from 50 global suppliers. These suppliers are managed closely with periodic business and quality reviews to ensure they continue to meet our high standards.
Supplier Diversity
As a global leader, we recognize that having a diverse supplier pool is a major competitive advantage and a powerful business tool. Our supplier diversity mission is to proactively identify, build relationships with, and purchase goods and services from certified small businesses as well as enterprises owned by minorities, women, veterans, gays and lesbians, and disabled persons. Our policy is that diverse suppliers will have an equal opportunity to be included in our strategic sourcing and procurement process.
Companies that seek to do business with us must demonstrate the ability to add value, and provide high-quality goods and services that are competitively priced, reliable, and aligned with our superior level of service. During 2012, Xerox and our subsidiaries purchased goods and services from minority-owned ($221 million), woman-owned ($361 million), veteran-owned ($52 million), and small ($1.3 billion) Tier I businesses in the U.S.
In 2011, Xerox joined the Inclusion Initiative, a group of companies committed to increasing engagement opportunities for minority- and women-owned (MWBE) law firms, to supplement other Xerox efforts to support diversity in the practice of law. Each year, we commit to helping the Initiative meet its collective annual MWBE law firm spend target by setting its own goals for the year, encouraging our attorneys to seek out and consider MWBE law firms for work on matters that require outside counsel, and providing resources to help identify qualified MWBE firms that fit their needs. Since joining the Initiative and increasing its focus on these practices, we have expanded both the number of MWBE law firms engaged to work on Xerox matters and the type of work handled by those firms.
We are an active corporate member of the National Minority Supplier Development Council and served on the board of the Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Development Council. Beginning in 2013, we will be recognized as a corporate member of the Women's Business Enterprise National Council. In addition, we participate in multiple small business and diverse supplier fairs and conferences throughout the year.
More information about our supplier diversity is available at www.xerox.com/supplierdiversity.
Across industries and around the globe, businesses and governments are recognizing the value proposition of today's Xerox. We have people who are passionate about making our communities better than they are… a corporate culture that is committed to diversity and continuous improvement… and an innovation community that's harnessing the potential of services and technologies for the promise of a better world.
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The decline in inquiries from 2011 to 2012 is due to the overall resolution of systemic issues in the system and the ability for employees to provide comments/suggestions or raise a technical issue, which are routed to another system for resolution.
|4,106 inquiries received and routed for resolution
|6,698 inquiries received and routed for resolution
|3,291 inquiries received and routed for resolution
|2,745 inquiries received and routed for resolution
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|49.8% (U.S. only)
|40.8% (U.S. only)
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The decline from 2011 is due to the inclusion of our Services business.
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|37.5% (U.S. only)
|23.4% (U.S. only)
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|Down 7% from 2008
|Down 7% from 2009
|Down 15% from 2010
|Down 17% from 2011
Since 2002 scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions are down 42% in our Document Technology business. The reductions are the result of improved energy efficiency, new technologies and improved energy management practices.
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|Down 11% from 2008
|Down 3% from 2009
|Down 9% from 2010
Down 36% from 2002
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Down 42% from 2002
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We are proud to announce that through the teamwork of Xerox people worldwide we have achieved and surpassed our goals for the Xerox "Energy Challenge 2012" program. In 2003, we established a program and made a public commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by joining the U.S. EPA Climate Leaders program and launching an internal program known as "Energy Challenge 2012." We adopted a goal of reducing by 10% our absolute GHG emissions across all company operations, by 2012, from a 2002 baseline.
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Roku 3 Media Streamer Launches for $99by Ganesh T S on 3/6/2013 3:51 AM EST
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Death666Angel - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkWell, they aren't available in mainland Europe from what I can tell (they are in the UK though). So I'm not really interested. :D Still looking forward to the review and the capabilities of the SoC. :) Reply
Ken_C - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkMy question is whether Netflix will stream 5.1 or 7.1 to any of these devices--actually, what's the cheapest device that will support 5.1 streaming? And does it matter what device you use as far as the video quality from Netflix? Reply
clarkn0va - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkI have a Roku 2 XD and Dolby Digital Plus is an option for most titles. Reply
DigitalFreak - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkAs clarkn0va mentioned, they support Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 for titles that offer it. It also supports Netflix's Super HD, though the Super HD tag doesn't show on the info screen yet. Reply
apertotes - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkThat is a deal breaker for me. I know about PLEX, but that requieres a computer powered on all the time. I just want simple direct streaming from my NAS to my screen. I guess ROKU is not for me. Reply
rgladiator - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkPlex does have servers that will run on some NAS devices. Synology NAS's have them. Also there is a "pay" channel called RokxBox that can pull music, video, and pictures from any NAS with a web server. It has a 30 day free trial and costs a one time fee of $12.50 to use it beyond that. Reply
apertotes - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkYes, but my NAS is a patriot one, without all those fancy Synology features. Nevertheless, that RokxBox channel certainly seems interesting. Thanks for your input! Reply
MrX8503 - Friday, March 08, 2013 - linkI use WDTV Live to stream straight to my HDTV from my NAS. Nothing extra needed. Reply
TheJian - Friday, March 08, 2013 - linkBut they only have ~25 channels or so. Roku comes with more TV than you could ever watch for FREE. Add a lifetime Playon lic (we got ours for $40) and anything your PC can play then streams to tv via playon channel on roku.
There is a TON of free TV on there. Almost all cable channels etc have content, like ABC, NBC, WB, CBS, PBS, History Channel, AE, etc..History channel has the first 5 seasons of Ice Road Truckers etc..
Just check out the amount of content on just that one channel.
All the major networks have free episodes (usually every week). There aren't many shows on history channel that are not in full seasons (they don't show the current season, just older, but it adds every year). Pawn Stars and American Pickers & Top Gear are just about the only things that are not covered in full seasons but probably because those sell in volumes on amazon etc on discs. Top Shot (s1-s4) etc etc all on there. Tons of National Geographic & A&E and more.
If you're a pure streamer of your own collection WD is better. But if you like tons of TV, documentaries, military shows, cartoons (kids stuff), comedy channel and other stuff not on netflix, hulu, amazon etc then roku+playon is awesome. Not to mention the 600+ channels you can get just through roku itself (private channels - er, uh, not legal sometimes also...LOL). Add plex for streaming and most stuff is covered. Nothing extra may be needed to stream from your nas to WD but you GET nothing but that vs. the huge amount of stuff on roku. You can literally watch news in 1/2 dozen or more languages on roku. I don't need that, but I suppose if you're russian, german, spanish, israeli, arabic etc you may want some news in your language.
My only complaint, is my parents (nor I) can't watch training stuff from Lynda/Total training or anything in flash/mov. I'm hoping Roku3 adds those and I'll be totally satisfied. I don't have time to waste converting crap, and plex/vlc (and our bluray players) gets it to my tv anyway. I'd just like it to be easier and just play them from the get go on flash drives. Miracast and Youtube will also be big additions. Roku announce youtube is being added shortly as they're sealing the deal with Google now. But again I get youtube on bluray already, but I'd like to not have to switch back and forth. Reply
RaiderJ - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkDo any of the Western Digital boxes have dual-band wifi support built-in? That's pretty much required to stream local media from my server without skipping. Reply
MrX8503 - Friday, March 08, 2013 - linkI'm not sure about the dual band. I have WDTV live stream from my NAS over wifi and there isn't any skipping whatsoever. Reply
Demon-Xanth - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkI have one of the first generation Rokus, and what it really needs is a remote with a small keyboard on it so you can type in a movie's name. Aside from the lack of an official youtube channel (I have the unofficial one...) that is my only gripe because the thing works great. Reply
RxTom - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkThe smart phone app is a decent replacement and would be the direction Roku would send you, but I agree. I would like to see something like the Boxee or Tivo slider remotes for the Roku. Reply
DigitalFreak - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkWorth mentioning that the current gen Roku boxes will be getting the new interface in April. No need to upgrade to the 3 if that's all you're interested in. Reply
yllanos - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkI'm interested in knowing if Roku 3 supports AFP protocol for local streaming.
I'm currently using a jailbroken 2nd generation Apple TV and a Synology DS212j NAS to stream local content.
My connection done using AFP protocol on my NAS and it works OK, but I want to get one of this Roku boxes and sell my Apple TV. Reply
Wolfpup - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkWhy should this need your credit card number at all? Reply
cobalt42 - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkBecause their "channels" are more like apps; many are free, but others cost money.
On a highlight, when I got one a few months ago I discovered you can set it up with a credit card, then immediately visit the Roku web site and delete it from your account.
If you want to set it up without a credit card at all, I've heard you can do so by calling their customer service. Reply
agent2099 - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkI don't understand the point of a devices like this. Do you still need a Roku if you have a dedicated HTPC?
It seems like its a device that is a gateway to get netflix and amazon streaming content to your TV.
Is there anything else I'm missing. If you want to watch TV you still have subscribe to a cable or satellite service on top of this, right? Reply
Metaluna - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkIt's probably overkill to have both, but it depends on what you're doing with your HTPC. If you're using e.g. XBMC as a media player, then integration of Netflix and other streaming services is awkward at best and requires a lot of set up. On the other hand if you already have a game console (PS3, Xbox360) they already have some of the best Netflix apps around, so the Roku is redundant. Reply
MadMan007 - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkI understand the appeal of using XBMC interface as much as possible, but if you have a real HTPC you could just stream directly from Netflix. Reply
notposting - Friday, March 08, 2013 - linkDepends on your definition of HTPC -- for me it means the PC part is basically invisible in day to day usage, no way the wife would use it otherwise. So mine runs 7MC with MyMovies, regular Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon Prime instant videos all nicely integrated, plus regular tv/dvr duties.
I only drag out the wireless keyboard/mouse every month or so maybe. Reply
TheJian - Saturday, March 09, 2013 - linkSee my other post...We have no cable TV connection (I haven't had one for near 3 years now). Just business unlimited cox. $99 a month and I can d/l at 3MB/s usually.
It's far more than a netflix/amazon box. My bluray already does those. It's the OTHER stuff we bought 3 rokus for :) Reply
HisDivineOrder - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - link...the feature they think most people want. Games. They might be right, but I think Google would stand a better chance having a device like this based on an Android tailored for TV's than anything they've done with GoogleTV thus far.
I think people just want a cheap device that plays Netflix, hulu, youtube, and amazon. If it also has Angry Birds, that's fine, too. Reply
rpmrush - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkMy GF has the Roku 2 and it works fine as long it was hard wired. Wifi was iffy. I got the WD TV Play because it plays MKVs and other formats of hard drives on top of streaming and it has a YouTube app that works well. I'm finding the WD gives me a couldn't find wifi connection mid stream so I'm running 25ft of Cat5 off my router when the cable comes in. Overall I find them both slow, but the roku more refined. Hopefully with the updated SOC the UI feel will be quicker. Reply
edlee - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkits a sin at this point for any streamer to not have full codec support for network streaming, I understand it has plex, but doesnt have supported formats Reply
p05esto - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkThe Roku SUCKS compared to WDTV. The Roku can't play local movies files via DLNA.... it's totally worthless in my opinion. The WDTV plays anything you throw at it - any video file, period. Stay away from this product unless you have some really specific purpose that the WDTV can't do (can't think of anything). Reply
bill4 - Thursday, March 07, 2013 - linkYeah I totally agree, just got a WDTV and I'm loving it. As you say, it integrates and streams really well from my PC, it plays nearly anything you throw at it, and just works. Awesome, awesome little box. Plus the fact it has optical out is a huge plus for me.
I even discovered by chance it'll stream music via bluetooth from my Galaxy S 3 the other day, lol. even though it says it's streaming from windows on the screen when this happens, so I'm not sure what exactly is going on. Anyways this gives an easy way to get music from my phone onto my 5.1 system. So it's just another cool perk of the WDTV I stumbled upon.
I had read some things on AVS forums though to the effect that it looks like in the future WD will be making future versions of the product more like the Roku box (eg, focused on streaming services like netflix), not less. Which obviously I dont approve of. If it's true, anyway. Reply
Gigaplex - Saturday, March 09, 2013 - linkI've got a WDTV Live and it most certainly doesn't play anything you throw at it. On the latest firmware the device locks up on about 5% of the content on my file server. The previous version works fine for those files, but just outright refuses to play certain other files which work just fine on the latest firmware. They stopped releasing firmware updates 3 months after I bought it, so I just gave up and it's sitting in a box somewhere. Reply
blueboy11 - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkI for one have an Xbox, Vizio Blu-Ray player, and my Dad's very slow Magnavox Blu-Ray player from Walmart (yeah I know quit laughing at me!) and yet I can stream YouTube app from the devices. Roku needs to get their heads out of their assets and get with the program... YouTube is a necessary app to catch up on news, info, latest videos, whatever you're into.... Is it such a crime for Roku to NOT have YouTube?? Forget about digital rights and give me a logical reasoning is all I'm asking??? One channel can make a difference between buying a product and not believe it or not!! If an app is important for a consumer you betcha that they should include instead of excluding it to get more sales!! (end of rant) Reply
T2k - Thursday, March 07, 2013 - linkIt would make it a perfect match for tuners like this: http://www.silicondust.com/company/news/ Reply
db4williams - Friday, March 08, 2013 - linkWhy can't Roku get their act together and get an official YouTube channel? I mean it seems like EVERY other streaming device on the planet offers one. I find this odd and disconcerting. I have a Roku XD and like it but the missing YouTube channel is def a buzz kill. I figured Roku would have it by now. But I guess I was wrong. Reply
vision33r - Friday, March 22, 2013 - linkIf you don't know much about NAS and playing off network then go get Roku and buy the Plex app and have Roku stream content from your PC.
If you have a NAS and want to play your content directly without a PC, then get the WDTV+ Live.
If you don't know anything and just want to stream netflix then get the Apple TV 3. Probably the fastest Netflix app on any media streaming device. Reply
500MM - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkCould you elaborate on the credit card requirement? That really turned me off the product which otherwise sounded very good. Reply


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HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) -- Police say a woman is dead after her van was struck by a train north of Cincinnati.
The Butler County's Sheriff's Office says 55-year-old Sharon Bennett failed to stop for an oncoming train in St. Clair Township on Saturday afternoon.
Bennett's minivan was struck at a crossing near Hamilton. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation.