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Thread: What TV shows are you watching?
My favourite episodes:
1. The Obsolete Man
2. Number 12 Looks Just Like You
3. The Eye of the Beholder
4. The Midnight Sun
5. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
That said, I really prefer the more dystopian episodes.Immersive Sims on Steam WIP
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Things continue to kick off in Breaking Bad. Think the third episode of this half season has been the best yet particularly as Jesse is finally roused from his near catatonic state.
27-08-2013, 11:48 AM #1643Immersive Sims on Steam WIP
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Breaking Bad at this point might as well finally add that subtitle I hear they were originally going to use,
Breaking Bad: How To Manipulate Everyone Around You Using Fear And Intellect.
Also, that DVD? I laughed at that segment. So utterly audacious, it was flawless. That whole episode was just marvellous fiction.
One of my friends mentioned it so I just ended up revisiting the 4th series of The Thick of It. So many great lines, so many fantastic moments. Best British comedy of recent years by far. Going to take a little bit of getting used to Capaldi in Dr Who, his Tucker is just mesmerising.
These past weeks I marathoned Breaking Bad, fully expecting to hate Skyler.
I don't get the hate she gets. Her downward spiral seems pretty damn realistic and well written to me. I can empathise with her struggles.
Also, what's the deal with Meth Damon? He looks so much like Bourne, I'm confused every time he's on screen.
The hate for Skyler makes sense if you reason in that people are 'rooting' for Walt and she, essentially, is anti-Walt. It just so happens that that includes anti-crime, murder, endangerment to himself and family and a variety of other things, facts that some people don't seem to grasp. Instead, she's that 'bitch' that stops Walt from having all the fun. By the recent set of episodes, I'd almost be inclined to say her behaviour is probably in line with someone suffering from Stockholm's Syndrome.
As for Meth Damon, well...yes.
People don't like her because she is an obstacle to Walt.
I actually can see why people dislike Skyler to be honest and I don't think it is because people follow Walt and she gets in the way. Its because she is a shrill wife stereotype that throughout the seasons of one to three was completely inconsistent and was way to whiny even at the start. She has gotten better though as a character but yeah her character wasn't the best during the years.
So obsessed with the Japanese financial drama Hanzawa Naoki I talked about in my last post.
This drama is divided into two sections. First session containing 5 episodes was concluded two weeks ago, involving our heroic elite banker Hanzawa Naoki, being framed for mistakenly approving a JPY0.5B loan to a financially troubled steel work in Osaka, successfully recovered this bad loan and uncovered the financial fraud committed by his superior, West Osaka branch chief Tadasu Asano who conspired with the bankrupting steel work owner Mitsuru Higashida to extort fund from the Tokyo Central Bank (again, this "Central" does not indicate this is a central bank in functionality, and of course, everything in the drama is fictional, but inspired by real society, no doubt). With this unthinkable achievement Hanzawa was promoted to the bank's HQs' core. His team in the West Osaka branch was happily dissolved with everyone being promoted to higher positions they had longed for, pursuing for the brighter futures they earned.
After one week's recess, the drama entered its second section, one year after the 1st section's event. Tokyo Central Bank was under government's financial regulatory department's audit which everyone knew well to themselves, was actually to cover an investigation concerning a JPY20B problematic loan to a hotel group 伊勢島. It was problematic out of the concern of a rumor that the group just suffered a heavy financial loss of JPY12B out of some "operational issue", substantially jeopardized its loan repaying capability. The original person-in-charge Takahiro Tokieda of the loan project was subsequent removed from the project and transferred to a non-banking subsidiary, which essentially meaning the end of his career prospect. The bank's CEO directly appointed Hanzawi to recover the loan, obviously out of admiration of his unthinkable achievement in the 1st section. To this Hanzawi was shocked "There are two more zeros after the sum of 0.5B, how will I come to CEO's attention?!" Yet this was direct order so Hanzawi had to take the assignment.
The trouble of bank was very deep, since if the bank was deemed unable to recover this loan, and the hotel group was deemed near bankrupting, the bank had to prepare over JPY100B for reserve. The Tokyo Central Bank might itself be forced into bankruptcy.
To make things more interesting, the officer-in-charge of the audit was Shunichi Kurosaki, who had been in odd with Hanzawa due to their fierce competition over Mitsuru Higashida's hidden treasure since Mitsuru also committed tax evasion, and Shunichi lost the competition. Shunchi struggled to claim the very same asset Hanzawa was after to cover the evaded tax. I don't know much about this kinda legislation (be it in Japan or over here), but obviously according to the drama, creditor who could locate the piece of asset first could claim it up to the owed amount was fulfilled. To make thing worse, Shunichi was infamous for his hostility towards financial institutes, even forced into bankruptcies some very large banks. That's the main reason he was temporarily transferred to internal revenue department in 1st section of the drama. Stingy Shunichi met Hanzawa again with great hostility at the end of 1st ep of the 2nd section, "Long time no see, Hanzawa." in front of CEO and other directors of the bank. So, things is getting very interesting.
Turns out someone from the hotel group had secretly reported to the bank's branch's loan department chief (same position held by Hanzawa in another branch before his job in HQs) foxy Norio Kozato originally responsible for the loan (I don't know how to translate the place's name, but it's somewhere within Tokyo), that the hotel group just lost JPY12B out of stock speculation. Yet after Norio filed a report on this to the branch's chief Ikuo Kaise, Ikuo turned this mole to the hotel group, and while they should have in their capacity, failed to pass this essential information to Takahiro. Ikuo also ordered Norio not to let any others be aware of this dark little secret. There was another bank, the White Water Bank, which stopped their loan to the hotel group out of this secret report. This could be another fund extortion like the one in the 1st section of the drama, and Takahiro became the scapegoat. So it's left to Hanzawa to uncover another betrayal to the bank he was working for. He also sought to pursue justice for his good friend Takahiro who was framed for the responsibility of this loan. So, would Hanzawa succeed in pursuing justice for his friends and save the bank, or would he simply lose everything in this struggle?
Last week's episode, 1st of the 2nd section, was exceptionally touching while Hanzawi encouraged one of his old friends Naosuke Kondo who was expelled from the Tokyo Central Bank, brought him back to the fight for their careers.
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So after hearing a lot of good things about Luther I finally got around to watching the first series.
Once I'd got past Idris Elba not putting on an American accent I started enjoying myself. I don't think it's as good as some people have made it out to be. It has almost all the cliched cop show stereotypes in the book; the tortured detective, the big boss who thinks he's a loose cannon, the direct boss who is giving him one last chance and always gets talked round by his schemes, the rookie cop who is in awe of his methods, the slow methodical complaints guy that you're supposed to hate but is clearly just doing his job, the failing relationship with his wife, his amoral Moriarty like nemesis etc etc. Yet somehow despite this it remains entertaining viewing. Most of the actors do a fantastic job, the villains of the week are creepy (and wonderfully absurd) and make the chase compelling, the pacing and plotting is tight. The bits with his wife and her lover in the early episodes are the weakest (they couldn't be bothered giving them even stereotypical characteristics, so just serve as plot dispensers occasionally dispatching ridiculously stilted dialogue that is meant to convey massive dramatic impact but is so bare bones that it's just gloriously bizarre).
I'm definitely going to watch the next couple of series at some stage but I'd say that it's good rather than essential television. It's bold and brash and a little bit silly but doesn't pretend to be otherwise and for that I really enjoyed it.
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So that was the last episode of Futurama...errrm, again. Whilst I don't think it was quite as good as the first last episode, The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings, it had its heart in the right place and had a good mix of comedy and feeling. I do think Devil's Hands mixed the two a lot better, as well as generally speaking being a better constructed episode, but there was some good stuff in there. Almost tempted to watch it again and count to 10 seconds every time (this will make sense if you watch it) as I'm sure it's the kind of thing they'd have actually implemented.
Oh. Whilst it was never as consistently good as before it was cancelled, Futurama will take some beating to be replaced as my favourite show. Whilst I think there are generally better shows out there, something about Futurama just did it for me. Even after it was brought back, there's been enough good episodes to justify its return and even the mediocre ones have been pleasant. At this point, I'm not sure if I'd want it to come back or not. I think I've had my fill and that that's fine.
See you on some other channel!
In honour of The Big Bang Theory season 7 starting later this month;
Breaking Bad.
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To be frank, I thought the ending of the most recent BB episode was a bit pants. Spoilers: How do they not hit anyone? It's like they're doing it on purpose. (End spoilers).GW2: Urraca Aldor
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If the opening shot of the next episode isn't the bullet riddled corpses of Hank & Gomie being buried in a hole credulity will have been full stretched. It was bad enough that Walt was in a truck car being peppered with FMJ, knowing that he has to survive, but H&G not being turned into mincemeat from that much ordinance was F'ing ridiculous. Seriously stepped over the line into TWD can't hit a barn door when it's humans territory with that stuff.
Fingers crossed next week they resolve this shit storm.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Restaurants located near the Orange County Courthouse are gearing up for a surge in business when the Casey Anthony trial comes to town.
Jury selection for the trial will begin in another city on Monday, but when the trial moves back to Orange County, downtown Orlando will become a lot more crowded. A motel near the courthouse has already begun to fill up with media members, attorneys, witnesses and members of the public hoping to view the trial in person.
Spectators and media from across the country will gather outside the Orange County Courthouse on Orange Avenue for the trial. Nearly 600 members of the media are expected to come to Orlando for the trial.
Rental companies are trucking in portable offices that will become mini newsrooms for journalists stationed at the courthouse.
Crews have already begun setting up a special stage across the street to accommodate the media.
Mike Brooks is a law enforcement analyst for CNN, Headline News and TruTV. He said few trials have attracted the kind of national media coverage that the Anthony case has.
"It is going to be one of the most interesting cases I have seen in quite some time," Brooks said.
Only 33 news organizations, including CNN, People, Newsweek and Local 6, have seats in the courtroom, the rest will camped out outside.
A fenced-in plot of land next to the courthouse has been given the nickname "Casey Town." It will have electricity, water, telephone, Internet access and food vendors, but trial attendees are bound to spill out of Casey Town, and nearby businesses are getting ready for them.
Hoops Tavern bartender Evy Cummings said she never imagined the Anthony trial would be good for business, but now, her staff is stocking up on beer, food and other supplies to brace for the extra people the trial will bring through the doors.
"We're expecting a crowd, hopefully a good one. We're looking forward to it, actually," Cummings said.
Dozens of local businesses have participated in the building of Casey Town, as well. Stage and lighting companies, plumbers, electricians and rental facilities have all been put to work.
Julian Serjani owns Fratelli's, an Italian restaurant next door to the courthouse. He said he expects his restaurant to be mobbed during breakfast and lunch.
"It's like having a baby for the first time," Serjani said. "You're excited, but you're scared. That's how we feel right now."
Serjani said his restaurant will open two hours early for each day of the trial, which will run Monday through Saturday, and he will double his staff. His workers will prepare boxed meals for customers to grab in a hurry.
Meanwhile, Anthony's attorney Jose Baez filed a motion Thursday afternoon objecting to Anthony's parents, George and Cindy Anthony, sitting through the entire trial. Typically, witnesses are not allowed to sit in on testimony before they take the stand, but Florida law allows victims' families to attend trials. Judge Belvin Perry is expected to rule on whether they can be there.
Anthony, 25, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee Anthony.
In the nearly three years since the story made headlines, it has captured national attention with its interesting characters and bizarre plot twists.
Caylee was 2 years old when she was reported missing in July 2008 by her grandmother. Her remains were found in a wooded area in east Orange County in December 2008 by meter reader Roy Kronk.
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Live in New York 2011 · Season 8
Live in New York 2011 · Season 8
3-CD Set
CD's are now back In stock, however will begin shipping out Wednesday, August 6
Recorded at The Jazz Standard in New York City, across a five-night run, Live in New York 2011 · Season 8 is the definitive document of the Collective's 2011 repertoire, including fresh arrangements of Stevie Wonder classics and original compositions by group members.
Featuring Miguel Zenón (alto saxophone), Mark Turner (tenor saxophone), Avishai Cohen (trumpet), Robin Eubanks (trombone), Stefon Harris (vibraphone), Edward Simon (piano), Matt Penman (bass), and Eric Harland (drums).
- Limited edition 3-CD set available exclusively through SFJAZZ — not available in stores.
- Each CD set is individually hand-numbered.
- Accompanying booklet contains rare photographs from tour and rehearsal, insightful commentary by Collective band members and musician bios.
- Works of pop singer, songwriter and all around musical genius Stevie Wonder, newly arranged by members of the Collective.
- Brand new compositions by individual Collective band members.
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Disc One
1. Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder (arranged by Avishai Cohen) 14:09
2. Do I Do – Stevie Wonder (arranged by Eric Harland) 10:16
3. Family – Avishai Cohen 7:26
4. Blame It On the Sun – Stevie Wonder and Syreeta Wright (arranged by Mark Turner) 9:48
5. Superstition – Stevie Wonder (arranged by Miguel Zenón) 11:11
Disc Two
1. Race Babbling – Stevie Wonder (arranged by Robin Eubanks) 13:33
2. Visions – Stevie Wonder (arranged by Stefon Harris) 7:10
3. Orpheus – Mark Turner 14:24
4. Young and Playful – Edward Simon 9:22
5. The Economy – Matt Penman 13:57
Disc Three
1. Life Signs – Stefon Harris 7:52
2. Creepin' – Stevie Wonder (arranged by Matt Penman) 8:23
3. Metronome – Robin Eubanks 10:04
4. More to Give – Miguel Zenón 10:30
5. Eminence – Eric Harland 11:51
6. My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby and Silvia Moy (arranged by Edward Simon) 12:39


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Diving into NVIDIA GPU's and what they mean for Premiere Pro
Trying to quantify the GPU in a Premiere Pro…For the editing and pro community, it is a big deal. It is something that I've wanted to do for some time, but I had no idea how complicated and time consuming this would be!
I went into this endeavor thinking that I would clearly delineate between different Quadro level cards and along the way understand what each one offered in the way of performance. I was methodical in setting up my system and in trying to create real-world tests that would emphasize what the GPU brought to the table.
While I did learn a lot (which I will pass on to you in due course), the experience and tests in some cases were not always as clear-cut as I had expected.
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Guiseley Football Club has been accused of trying to push ahead with major alterations without talking to residents and neighbours.
The club has submitted a plan that would see three new stands, additional turnstiles, toilets and catering facilities created at its Nethermoor Park home.
Confirming the scheme on its website on January 23, Guiseley AFC said: "The application, which represents the first stage of a proposed four-phase development plan, includes new covered terraces, seated stands and additional amenities to provide visiting away fans with a better experience on segregated matchdays."
The adjacent Guiseley Cricket Club and local residents, however, are angry they weren't briefed about work that would involve "further encroaching on a public space".
And, with the deadline for making comments running out today [FEB 13], they say they have been given little chance to object.
An Ings Lane resident who contacted us, said he only became aware of the proposals this week, after receiving a letter from the cricket club.
He said: "It seems to us that this is being pushed through without proper consultation with local residents, and also appears to not be taking into account an 'in perpetuity' arrangement with the original landowner, after he purchased the land in 1919, that the park must be accessible to the public.
"These are hardly minor alterations, especially taking into account the terms of the lease held by the football club, the designation of the land as a Conservation Area, and the impact on both the immediate area and Guiseley as a whole.
"For example, the roofed stand proposed for the side adjoining the cricket club runs the entire length of the ground and would be 5.2 metres - more than 17ft - high."
Guiseley AFC, meanwhile, is calling on its fans to speak out in favour of the proposed changes.
Press officer Matt Rogerson said: "The application forms part of the club's ambitious plans to bring its facilities into the 21st century as it believes their standard is holding it back across the board.
"We would ask all supporters of the club's varied activities to voice their support for the plans as we seeks to progress on and off the field."
The cricket club, particularly worried about the new stand that would adjoin its grounds, has formally objected, listing among its reasons: *Insufficient time to scrutinise the plans, which it was first made aware of on January 17, properly *That a five metre high metal stand would create an "eyesore" within a Conservation Area, and deprive cricket club spectators of sunlight *Concerns that the terms of the gift of deed that Victorian mill owner Jonathan Peate gave the land, stipulating that it should be a "free area with open spaces", would be broken.
Guiseley Cricket Club chairman Nick Fraser, in his letter to residents, said: "This has serious implications for everyone in the surrounding area in terms of the impact on traffic, parking, noise pollution, etcetera - and we felt it important to bring it to your attention.
"Clearly the biggest impact of all will be on the cricket club and for that reason we wanted you to see the objections we have brought before Leeds City Council's planning department.
"Guiseley AFC chose not to advise the cricket club that they were applying for planning permission, because legally they don't have to, and it is only due to our diligence that we found out what was happening."
In its statement released on Thursday, February 13, Guiseley AFC said the stadium improvements would help it significantly improve its spectator facilities to produce "the look and feel of a club that is going places".
It also says that a multi-purpose community building, part of the second phase of the club's redevelopment ambitions, would boost the work of its recently formed Guiseley AFC Community Foundation.
That building would also enable the club to expand its Football Academy.
Mr Rogerson added that, acknowledging the problems residents faced on match days, the club would be "more than willing to investigate the possibility of a match day residents' parking scheme".


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Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Conversation on A9 TV dated May 30th, 2012
ADNAN OKTAR: Without people talking about the Mahdi, without the yearning for the Mahdi, without the scholars gathering and deciding on looking for Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) and uniting under his command; even if the world had hundreds of years ahead, even if all these wishes were realized for those hundreds of years, it would not be possible to proceed even a hundred millimeters; that would not be possible. Our Master Erbakan strived for the unity of Islam all his life, he strived for the union of Islam. But that has never been realized. They could never attain power. For that to happen, there has to be the Mahdi. Look, you see from the hadiths collected by Suyuti; not only one or two, our Prophet (saas) has hundreds, thousands of hadiths about Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). The Companions have asked after Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) day and night. If these do not concern the man, then Allah wouldn't ensure the Unity of Islam. The solution is clear. Apart from that, saying ; "let us unite and find a political solution" wouldn't do. Saying "come and unite around our Party so that we can form the union of Islam".. They wouldn't unite with that. Saying "come and unite around my leadership".. They wouldn't unite. People's mind and soul are led by Allah in a way that they could only accept Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). The souls have been commanded to love and abide by the Mahdi. The souls of Muslims have been given this order in the Qalu Bala. Apart from this, people do not have the capacity to pledge allegiance to any other person. They do not have the will power to do so, they couldn't have done that even if they wanted to. People have promised in Kalu Bela that they would pledge allegiance to Mahdi. If you bring anyone other than him, they would feel estranged and wouldn't be able to do. Instinctively it is not possible, they wouldn't have the power to do so. If you want them to do this, if you want them to accept it, then you would have to bring the Mahdi, bring the system of the Mahdi to the agenda, tell them about him and they would then find the Mahdi with the feelings appearing in their hearts. People are created in a way to find the Mahdi, in a way to feel the Mahdi. Allah has made the plan according to that and arranged the universe according to that fact. The portents have been prepared, Allah has prepared Mahdi (pbuh) as if he was going to a wedding. Allah has prepared all the substructure, He has created the comets in the sky, He created the double horned comet, Allah has created lunar and solar eclipses within fifteen days intervals. Almighty Allah created the raid in the Kaba, He created the events going on in Iraq, Allah created the occupation of Iraq within the destiny, He created the occupation of Afghanistan within the destiny. Almighty Allah created all sorts of portents. He taught us about Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh), He made us love the Mahdi. He is dispersing the doubts people have in their minds about Hazrat Mahdi(pbuh). That is because there were some unknown points. In a short while Allah will settle the system of the Mahdi in people's hearts. Now our Master Mustafa Kamalak made a speech. People would say; "how nice, may Allah be pleased with him, we thank him." Even if he said those for twenty more years they would still be thanking. They would eat the treats served, drink tea and leave. But if you put the system of the Mahdi into the agenda you would attain clear results.


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Lee District to Hold Neighborhood Resource Fair Oct. 27
Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs
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Lee District to Hold Neighborhood Resource Fair Oct. 27
Lee District will hold a Neighborhood Resource Fair on Saturday, Oct. 27, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Franconia Governmental Center, 6121 Franconia Rd., Alexandria.
The public is invited to attend and talk with county staff who provide services to neighborhoods, including members of the county's Enhanced Code Enforcement Strike Team. Specialists will be on hand to help with issues including the following:
- Property maintenance and use.
- Building without permits.
- Parking issues on public streets.
- Junk vehicles on streets and private property.
- Trash.
- Blighted properties.
- Police and safety concerns.
- Grass height enforcement.
- Health concerns and hoarding.
- Streetlight upgrades and new installations.
- Traffic calming and street maintenance.
For more information and to request reasonable ADA accommodations, contact the Lee District office at 703-971-6262, TTY 711, or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Jukebox heroes rejoice: Guitar Center coming to Gainesville
Published: Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 2:29 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 2:29 p.m.
Guitar Center is coming to Gainesville.
Front Street Commercial Real Estate Group announced Thursday that it had closed on a lease for the music store to come to Esplanade at Butler Plaza.
"The plan is to get to the build-out pretty quickly," said Nick Banks, Front Street managing director. "I'm hearing their goal is to be open within the next 90 days."
The store would be at 3210 SW 35th Blvd., Suite 203. Banks said the store will occupy about 8,000 square feet of what is now a 12,000-square foot space between the newly relocated McAlister's Deli and the old Publix on the north end of the shopping center.
Guitar Center stores offer new and used guitars, amplifiers, drums, keyboards, as well as other instruments, audio and recording equipment, and music lessons.
Guitar Center was founded in Hollywood, Calif., and has more than 200 stores.
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You probably think I know a lot about technology, especially since I use a computer for about 90 percent of all my tasks at the newspapers and magazines we publish. We call it technologically savvy — those folks who know their way around all the bells and whistles a computer has to offer. But nothing could be further from the truth, and I don't mind telling you so.
That's right. While I'm better than what I used to be, I'm probably in the 30th percentile of computer knowledge — and that may be stretching it. The technological world has passed me by, and even though I try like all get out to keep up, the brain only has so much room left for new concepts, programs and technology information. It's OK. I'm good with it because fortunately, I have surrounded myself with people who are much more "technologically savvy" than I am. It works out fairly well, since these computer-minded people share with me what I need to know — fully realizing I will forget how to perform those functions the next time I need them.
On the flip side, I'm not sure how we functioned before computers sat on our desks. Oh, I remember — and it wasn't that long ago, but it's still difficult to think how much our efficiency has improved with the arrival of computers. Actually, when I think back to our first computers in the newsroom — all gathered in a common place where you had to wait for one reporter to get finished with his/her story before you could jump on and type your story — we've come a long way, baby ... as the story goes.
My personal computer at home is another story. At home, I'm on my own to "experiment," so to speak. I'm not above calling one of my colleagues at work to help me out of a jam, but by and large, I just keep pushing buttons until something works ... or until I get the system to a point where nothing works at all! I used to get worried about what I might do — what I might erase for all eternity, but now, I take it all with a grain of salt and just keep "experimenting."
While it seems as if computers have been around forever, I was probably one of the last to actually take the jump and get my own personal computer at home. I'm like that, you know. While I know there are always the folks who like to be the first to have the most new-fangled technology, I'm usually the last. My thinking is that by the time I get on board, they'll have the kinks worked out, and it will be smooth sailing for this old girl.
It's same with other electronic devices ... Everyone on God's green earth had a microwave before I broke down and bought one. By then the price had dropped considerably; the bells and whistles were much more advanced. It was very similar with my first VCR and then the DVD player. Everyone else had them for years before I jumped on the bandwagon.
And then there is the smartphone ... I've come to the realization that my first smartphone — the one I got long after everyone else had their smartphone — is just another gadget in my long list of electronic belongings that was created to make me feel not-so-smart. I've resigned myself to knowing I will never understand the ins and outs of this hand-held contraption, and that's OK. I can call, text, email and check the weather, the stock market and my Facebook. Anything after that turns my smartphone into a dummy phone, but that's OK.
So what's my point? Technology is only as good as the person who knows how to (or not how to) use it. For those of you out there like me who have some mental gaps, don't get nutty. In the scope of things, the technologically challenged in this world far outnumber the technologically savvy. Welcome to my world, my friends ...
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It was a hot summer day. I had just gotten out of the shower and I was combing my wet hair. That's when it happened. There it was. Staring at me. Laughing at me. Mocking me. A few days later I found another one. Then last week…another one.
The notorious white hair has literally reared it's ugly head in three different spots (that I know of).
I'm not going to lie, my first reaction was to cry and kinda freak out. I kinda have this thing about aging (LOL). Then I was reminded that there are worse and more horrible things going on in the world. Nothing that compared to my few strands of white hair.
My hubby thinks it's due to stress, since it's not really hereditary. My mom and dad didn't get any until they were in their 50's and I'm not in that age range.
I know there are lots of women that deal with premature graying and some embrace and rock it, while others dye their hair right away. I feel like I'm stuck in between the two! Grrrrrr…
I've always told myself that I would grow old gracefully…right? Although, I was talking about plastic surgery and not dying my hair. That's different. Maybe, I'll find a subtle color. Something similar to my natural hair?
In all seriousness, I know hair color really doesn't matter and it doesn't define beauty in my eyes. But, this is something that most of us will deal with. And we all react different ways. Some could care less, while others freak out.


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The Crap We Missed – Wednesday 12.4.13
Welcome to Wednesday's The Crap We Missed which you'll notice is a little light. It could be the usual holiday slump, but I like to believe it's because the paparazzi were all tied up taking eight million shots of Billy Ray Cyrus doing whatever the hell this is. You don't walk away from that shit without at least two full memory cards. There's also Cedric The Entertainer who thinks you can use 138 Water like hunters use deer piss (Disclaimer: 138 Water may or may not be actual deer piss), and yoga pants butts. Today was Yoga Pants Butt Day.
I wasn't kidding, here's another one,
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- Home
- The museum
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- Calendar & Exhibitions
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The Koenigs Collection, or at least the bulk of it (around 80%) has been in Museum Boijmans uninterruptedly since 1935. After the war ended, 178 missing drawings were returned by various routes and restored to the collection under international agreements, among them the Joint Declaration (Inter-Allied Declaration against Acts of Dispossession Committed in Territories under Enemy Occupation and Control) of 1943. >MORE They are all loans from the State of the Netherlands, since Museum Boijmans is not the owner. As a result of Van Beuningen's illegal sale, the state became the owner of all the recovered drawings under the above legislation. It gives the recovered drawings on permanent loan to the museum through the Netherlands Cultural Heritage Agency (formerly the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage), which administers the state-owned collections. The restitution of 33 missing drawings from Dresden and Leipzig in January 1987 by the government of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) turned the spotlight once again on the at that time virtually unknown Koenigs Collection. The State of the Netherlands then decided to renew its old claims to the remaining missing drawings from the Koenigs Collection, and in 1989 published a research catalogue to that end: Missing Old Master Drawings from the Franz Koenigs Collection claimed by the State of The Netherlands.. [Koenigscat1989voorw.pdf] That publication [ill.] was distributed worldwide among diplomatic missions, museums, art galleries, auction houses and art-historical libraries and documentation centres. It was followed by an article titled 'Lost Treasures' in the periodical ARTnews [ill.], which gave details of the claim and examined allegations that most of the missing drawings were in Moscow. [Koenigs 1990.pdf]
L: The 'Koenigs catalogue' of 1989 [Koenigscat1989voorw.pdf]
R: Article in the periodical ARTnews, February 1990 [Koenigs 1990.pdf]
In 1992 the Russian Ministry of Culture announced that many of the missing Koenigs drawings had been found in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. A Netherlands-Russian bilateral working group on the restitution of the Koenigs Collection was formed by both governments, and in November 1993 Dutch experts carried out an inspection during an official visit to Moscow that established the size of the group of rediscovered drawings: 307 out of the 528 sheets. In 1995 those drawings were exhibited in the Pushkin Museum as its own property, accompanied by the illustrated catalogueFive Centuries of European Drawings. The Former Collection of Franz Koenigs [ill.]. The Netherlands government simultaneously organised its own exhibition Counterparts of Koenigs drawings from Museum Boijmans, elsewhere in Moscow, in order to draw attention to the Netherlands claim [ill.]. The restitution of those drawings demanded by the Netherlands government has been the subject of ongoing diplomatic consultations ever since.
L: Pushkin Museum exhibition catalogue, 1995
R: Catalogue of the Counterparts exhibition, Moscow 1995
In 2004 the government of Ukraine returned 139 missing drawings (and three prints) from the Koenigs Collection to the Netherlands government in acknowledgement of the Dutch claims [ill.].[NvW_artikel_Osteuropa.pdf] In the summer of that year they were officially handed over at the opening of the exhibitionGerman Master Drawings from the Koenigs Collection. Return of a Lost Treasure in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen [ill.] in the presence of Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and his wife Princess Maxima, the prime minister and the state secretary for Cultural Affairs, the President of Ukraine and Mr W.O. Koenigs, a son of the collector [ill.]. [FKcat2004.pdf] The drawings and prints were then reunited with the Koenigs Collection on permanent loan to the museum from the State of the Netherlands. In addition to the 307 drawings that have not yet been returned from Moscow there are a further 44 sheets that are still missing. They are described in the 2004 catalogue (pp. 149-155). [FKcat2004missing.pdf]
L: Rediscovered Koenigs drawings, Kiev 2004
M: Exhibition catalogue, Rotterdam 2004
R: W.O. Koenigs (left) at the opening of the exhibition Return of a Lost Treasure with the Netherlands Prime Minister Dr J.P. Balkenende, Princess Maxima and Crown Prince Willem-Alexander Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 9 July 2004
Koenigs continued collecting after the fiduciary transfer of ownership of his collection in 1931, which was renewed in 1935, but now more unobtrusively and on a more modest scale. He regarded his first collection, which went to Museum Boijmans on loan in 1935, as a self-contained whole. He then started on a new collection of drawings and prints (by Rembrandt, above all), and in 1937 he acquired dozens of works from Frits Lugt. He kept the better sheets in the Cassirer gallery in Amsterdam and the less important ones in his Berlin apartment, where they were discovered after the war and inventoried by Dr Helmuth Lütjens. After the death of Koenigs's widow in 1946 the collection of some 200 drawings and prints and a few paintings was divided among the five surviving children. These drawings and prints do not have Franz Koenigs's collector's mark.
Parts of this dispersed second collection were later disposed of by the various heirs. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen had the inheritance of Mrs C. van der Waals-Koenigs (1915-1995), the collector's eldest daughter, on loan from 1976/1982 until 2000. It consisted of three paintings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 41 drawings by various artists and 46 prints, most of them lithographs by Toulouse-Lautrec. The loan was terminated by her heirs at the end of 2000, >MORE / >MORE and the works were auctioned at Sotheby's in New York on 23 January 2001. >MORE Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen was unsuccessful at the auction itself, >MORE, but later it did manage to acquire The Twelve Months, a series of drawings of 1580-1581 by Hans Bol for 2.1m euro. >MORE In 2001 another daughter donated 21 drawings from her share of the inheritance to Teylers Museum in Haarlem. >MORE Six Old Master drawings from the inheritance of Franz Koenigs, son of the collector, were auctioned at Christie's in New York on 25 January 2007. Several drawings and prints from the same source, among them watercolours by Cézanne and Manet, were then sold at Christie's in London on 6-7 February and 28 March 2007. Back in 1994 Edouard Manet's oil sketch for his famous painting Bar at the Folies Bergère, which had been on loan to the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam since 1938, had been auctioned in London, as had Elles, the ten-part suite of prints by Toulouse-Lautrec. An important painting by Cézanne from the inheritance of Mrs A.K.M. Boerlage-Koenigs, which was on the list of protected works of art drawn up under the Netherlands Cultural Heritage Preservation Act and risked being exported for sale in New York, was preserved for the nation (and as a loan for the Rotterdam museum) when a private individual bought it at the very last minute in 1998 and transferred to it to the Willem van der Vorm Foundation, which continued the long term loan to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. >MORE
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First of all, I would like to issue a huge thank you to everyone who can out for our first every #comicbookcrawl. Â As you can see from the photos below, and the many tweets, it was a fantastic success.
Just got my @tatescomics army badge. Wooohoo. @mklopez #comicbookcrawl
I also got today my #TatesArmy badge in the mail :)Â @amandastewart @tatescomics #comicbookcrawl
Out last stop was all the way north in Deerfield Beach, Docking Bay 94, and these guys really knew how to throw a party. Â They had a DJ, bounce house of the kids, sidewalk sale, and even a Papa John's pizza truck.
#comicbookcrawl on our way to Docking Bay 94!#FCBD Well with @amandastewart driving this is turning into X-Rated #adultcomics
OH:"Hey @DeepinURtonsils, are you coming with me or @amandastewart" - @mklopez #comicbookcrawl
I'm placing my trust in @sprint's navigation system to get me to the next stop on the#comicbookcrawl. If I'm never seen again…
Arguing between Wonder Women vs Supergirl with @amandastewart #comicbookcrawl #FCBD #Throwdown
Pizza, comics, music, bounce house? Free Comic Book Day party @docking_bay_94Â #FCBD
#comicbookcrawl Thank You! @Docking_Bay_94 #FCBD mmm Pizza N Comics! #greasyfingers #fatkid #comics
He draws Zim! http://yfrog.com/h07lhzkj #ComicBookCrawl
just bought Stephen Hawking book at#comicbookcrawl
All in all, I think this pretty much sums up the day nicely:
http://yfrog.com/h8vbtnsj #FCBD #freecomicbookday #comicbookcrawl
Once again, thanks to our sponsors @RadioShack, @tatescomics, and @Docking_Bay_94. Â This #comicbookcrawl wouldn't have been the experience that it was without your help.
In the end, everyone had a fantastic day and I cannot thank all of you enough for comingout . Â It was definitely a blast and can't wait to do it again next year.
Giving in to my star trek geek…#comicbookcrawl
I cant stop smiling! Thank U! #FCBD#comicbookcrawl #ecstatic
#comicbookcrawl Free Comic Book Day! My peeps and I are virgins no more… Luv it
Thank you to all that made #comicbookcrawlpossible @mklopez @amandastewart @sflsocialgeeks #FCBD #ALLSTARS
Such a super uber awesome day at the #comicbookcrawl. My #FCBD cherry has been popped. Lots of freebies & not so free stuff. #fulfilledgeek
@mklopez big hugs. I had such a great day AND evening W u. My month is complete!! Loves and kisses. :)Â #comicbookcrawl
Full Gallery of photos can be found here on Flickr:
05/07/2011 #comicbookcrawl, a set on Flickr.


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The Ocellate River Stingray!
This freshwater stingray is often referred to as the "Peacock-Eye Stingray" because of its distinct yellow-orange spots that resemble the eye of a peacock.
Come back every day this week for new interesting facts and photos of the Ocellate River Stingray. You can also see this creature face-to-face here at the Texas State Aquarium's Amazon exhibit!
Information gathered from sources including "eol.org."


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Hello Friends,
Nowadays search engine Google is updating its algorithm every 4-6 months(minor changes). So, i have now one question and i hope you all are giving me right suggestion for it.
What is the best strategy or technique in SEO to stick with Google's algorithm or in SERP?
Thanks in advance....
I think good content with updations and fair amount of backlink building would keep in high SERP.
hi, you know back links are the most important aspect for your web's life. so keep building back links and some quality content article submission .
Bar "real" links form same subject sites, Penquin pretty much cancelled the uses of artificially created links. The influence of spammy links has been cut out by Panda before that.
The best strategy is to provide lots of high quality useful content on a regular basis. The last few bits of artificial seo that are essentially nothing more than tricks to deceive the search engines are likely to lose their influence sooner than later.
What do you mean by the Artificial SEO.
Regular blog update, Press release, article submission and social media all these techniques are important to stay in SERP.
Most forums are now pointing to active social media optimization to stay in the SERPS.
It is very interesting topic and very hard to understand as nobody really knows what can guarantee you to stay at the top of SERP. I think the key success is constant promotion via known SEO techniques, like using article directories, social media, etc.
Follow Google's guidelines for webmasters, which haven't changed in years. Stick to those and you should do better and better, because every update that Google release is a step closer to them perfecting their algorithm and eliminating sites that use bad practice to try to subvert it.
Those aren't listed in Google's good practice guide, so I wouldn't hold out too much hope of them maintaining their value.
Follow Google's guidelines for webmasters, which haven't changed in years. Stick to those and you should do better and better, because every update that Google release is a step closer to them perfecting their algorithm and eliminating sites that use bad practice to try to subvert it.
Those aren't listed in Google's good practice guide, so I wouldn't hold out too much hope of them maintaining their value.
All techniques Used in SEO (Promoting and Advertising business Website ) Are Good . Now Important is What ,how to make use of them.Not going to place Back-links from low Quality Sources and Don't generate too Much Back-links Withing Short period of time . Everything is Looks Like a Natural Work in Building Back-links . Generate Quality , Relevant , Right Combination of Do-follow and No-follow Links .Article Marketing , Directory Submission , Forum posting , Slide Sharing , Video Sharing , Blogging , Social Sharing are Good techniques .
If you are doing whit hat seo technique to get rank on first page and build a quality link on high pr website and do-follow website and finale get rank for your target keyword then you not loss your rank for a long time but seo is a continue process to get rank on search engine.
How important is updating old content to get good ranking in SERPs?
fresh and unique contents, regular updates especially on the home page along with proper onpage and offpage SEO can help you stay ahead in the Google SERP
And what about updating old content - does it matter and does it help? If you have a page high already in SERPs would you update it or rather not? And what if you try to get there?
You easily can add more new unique content to your site and delete an old from time to time.More specific advices depends on niche.
Is deleting old content really good? Do you mean like deleting old articles? I guess Google does not like disappearing pages...
It is hard to always rank very high in SERP. But we can try to keep the sites not fall behind the top ten or top twenty. So more attention shall be paid to content when all the basic seo that need to do has done. Conten is always the key in seo. We cannot get expected result if there is low converation rate and high bounce rate of the site ranked high.
I think the best way is to constantly reading the latest SEO updates as well as following the maxims of panda algorithm.
As we all know content is king, so we have to more focus on quality content and quality back links.
Thanks to those who replied. As the OP has never returned, I'm closing the thread before it becomes too repetitive.


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iTunes App Store: Baseball Rule Quiz for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
So is it legal for a team to randomly change its name from something as catchy as the "Tampa Bay Devil Rays" to simply "The Rays"? Well, this app will test your knowledge of such minutiae along with hundreds of other tidbits . . . although it will not tell you whether or not new lefty pitcher Matt Moore is going to take the Rays bullpen by storm.


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Sony VAIO Pro 13 Battery Life with Windows 8.1: Largely Unchangedby Jarred Walton on 10/21/2013 12:23 PM EST
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willis936 - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkI'd like to request an article/chart of haswell laptops and C-state support much like you made recently for mobile device test suite cheats. It's a lot of work but I think it paints a clear picture for consumers and sends a strong message to OEMs. At the very least it makes choosing a laptop easier. Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkI can provide charts for the Haswell laptops we still have on hand, but most of the previously tested laptops have already been returned. I'll see about doing a follow-up to this post perhaps later today.... Reply
CecileWamsley - Monday, October 28, 2013 - linkGabriella got a nice twelve month old Nissan Sentra by working from a home pc... navigate to this website... http://smal.ly/8wUo2 Reply
andykins - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkGreat post. Thanks for this. Reply
sherlockwing - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkCan we have battery life test of Surface Pro 2 in future ultrabook reviews for comparison reasons? Reply
Rainbird01 - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkIt just occurred to me, as I don't recall seeing this information in your reviews, but when testing battery life, I assume you do so through the desktop on Windows 8(.1)? Or with the desktop open at least?
It would be nice to know if the battery tests would come out differently if one stayed entirely in the Modern UI (as that would intuitively be the case given the lack of resource control on the desktop).
Staying in Modern doesn't make much sense on a laptop necessarily, but it's something that's nice to know for x86 hybrids (Surface Pro 2 being a prime candidate). :-)
Otherwise, keep up the awesome work! :D Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkThe benchmarks we run do use IE10 (now IE11) in desktop mode. I can try doing a test using the IE Win8 app, but actually when Win8 first appeared I did a battery life test and the non-desktop IE10 delivered worse battery life. I think the Modern UI may actually put a constant (albeit small) load on the iGPU that's more demanding in terms of power than the desktop. Reply
Rainbird01 - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkIt would certainly be nice to know if that is still the case in IE11 and 8.1, and I would also be interested in knowing if it's the case with something like video playback. Just for accuracy's sake. :-) Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkIt will obviously take a bit of time to test, but I'll look into it. I think it might be a good time to do some pure video testing as well using MPC-HC, VLC, Windows Media Player, and the new Video app to see which does best in terms of battery life. It will take about a week, give or take, before I can test all those.... Reply
MarcAnton - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkJarred: Just as a sidenote, Sony is using heavily modified drivers for their Vaio Laptops and I would therefore take the above posted results with a grain of salt as long as there are no "real" Windows 8.1 drivers for the Sony Vaio Pro 13. Other than that I do agree on your statement that PC OEMs definitely need to step up their drivers and continued support. Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkI installed the latest Intel drivers on the VAIO Pro 13 for testing before the initial review, which is something we do on all laptops. I don't know if the Sony-provided drivers would have changed things, but it's possible. Reply
MarcAnton - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkThanks. Was not trying to invalidate your results, it just stems from my experiences with Sony Vaio drivers for my Sony Vaio Series S (SA) under Windows 8.1. Most drivers are not even updated for Windows 8.1. Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkNo worries. Installed drivers right now are 126.96.36.19916 -- I think that's the latest from Intel as of last week. The previous battery life testing was completed with the earlier 22.214.171.12457 driver. Maybe that accounts for the change in the Medium test result, but I'm retesting now just for validation.... Reply
Rainbird01 - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkThat would be very welcome as well. I don't know how far from the release the Modern VLC app is, but it might interesting to compare it to VLC on the desktop. Reply
skiboysteve - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkJarrod the video windows store app uses entirely different rendering APIs do I imagine the difference would be dramatic.
another thing to keep in mind is desktop and all its baggage is not loaded until you tap the desktop tile. So you might get different results if you never tapped it after boot or if you did Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - linkTrying to avoid the desktop is essentially impossible and I seriously doubt it's not loaded until used. Think about all the stuff that's on the desktop: Windows Explorer is one, most of the control panel stuff, any non-Modern app, Task Manager, etc. If you had to wait a few extra seconds for a bunch of "baggage" to load you would know it. Even browsing through a file open dialog in a Modern app is likely to use parts of Windows Explorer, so I would bet the desktop is always present in some form with Windows 8. In fact, testing that I did previously indicated that Modern Apps (Music and IE10 at the time) both were less power efficient than the "baggage" desktop IE10 and Windows Media Player -- and the Modern Apps always seem to take way longer to load than they should. Reply
skiboysteve - Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - linkJarrod, yes, according to Microsoft the desktop code is not loaded (in its entirety) unless you enter the desktop at least once. See here:
"You can use only new apps and never leave them if you want (in which case all of the desktop code is not even loaded.) "
I can attest to this because I have a HDD in my desktop running win 8 and now 8.1 and if I hit the desktop within a few hours after boot it takes a while and hard drive banging to load.
I also know that WMP and the Video modern app use different APIs to render video. You can see this in the task manager. one is called protected video pipeline and the other is something else. Back when I had a radeon 4850 in my desktop I had a driver bug where the modern video apps like netflix, hulu, and xbox video would leak ram and crash hard after a while but windows media player of VLC did not. Later I got a geforce card and all is well. This shows it is tied to WDDM more closely so I would assume better battery life Reply
tipoo - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkIt's worth mentioning too that this Vaio seems to fly in the face of the running theory that Windows is inherently bad at idle/light load battery life, and proves it's more down to manufacturers. Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkOh, it's almost entirely up to the manufacturers in my opinion -- maybe it's a bit more difficult to do with Windows than say OS X, but it *can* be done. Sadly, even laptops from the same manufacturer can have issues -- so the VAIO Pro 13 is really good on battery life, but perhaps another Sony has issues. Sony is usually pretty good about optimizing for battery life, but HP, Dell, ASUS, etc. are highly variable depending on the model. Budget laptops rarely get any TLC in terms of BIOS/firmware optimizations for example. Reply
tipoo - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkI bring it up because this codinghorror article is making its rounds around the internet, and everyone seems to just "know" windows is the culprit. But this seems like pretty clear evidence that is not the case.
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2013/10/why-does-... Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkI'd have to see if Anand used the "Balanced" or "Power Saver" setting for his Surface Pro 2 review, but it may have been Balanced -- which would mean it would a bit closer to the VAIO Pro 13 result on Power Saver. Also, Anand used our tablet battery life test, which at one point was less demanding than our laptop battery life test but perhaps the latest iteration changed things -- and depending on whether he used IE10/IE11 in Win8 mode or desktop mode, he could also see lower battery life.
But there are definitely advantages for the OS X side of things. Someone mentions OS X getting timer coalescing and expecting another 10-15% improvement, but I don't think it will be more than 5%. My bet is OS X is so optimized for the hardware that short of reducing the LCD brightness or something along those lines, it's the maximum we'll see in terms of battery life. Anand ran the MBA13 2013 Haswell model on Win8 as well as OS X and also saw markedly improved battery life with OS X, but that's partly because Apple doesn't have any real need to optimize the Windows side of their laptop story. Reply
jyotib - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkThis article makes for painful reading - battery life for my own Vaio Pro 13 has taken a real hammering after the Win 8.1 update. The culprit seems to be screen brightness - it immediately stretches out to full brightness, regardless of whether the machine is onw balanced or low-power mode, on mains power or battery, and regardless of what the actual screen brightness setting is. any thoughts on sorting this out? What intel updates did you carry out, Jarred? Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkI had the display brightness get stuck at one point, but a reboot fixed that. I have the latest Sony BIOS and updates from their VAIO Care software, and I have the latest Intel graphics driver. I don't think I did anything else noteworthy. Battery life is for the Power Saver profile, with the LCD set to 87% (200 nits). Incidentally, I did run a test on Balanced at one point and battery life dropped I think around 10%. Reply
ananduser - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkI honestly didn't believe OEM optimizations could carry so much weight. The Vaio Pro, which shares the same chipset, resolution with the Surface Pro, sporting even a slightly smaller battery, simply slaughters the latter. One would assume that by controlling the hardware and software, MS would provide an incredibly tuned machine. Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkNote that Anand used slightly different tests -- I will need to try and run his workloads to see what they do on the VAIO Pro 13. Reply
teiglin - Monday, October 21, 2013 - linkThanks for your amazing responsiveness Jarred, I'm really looking forward both to the tests that Anand ran on Surface, and the video player comparison you mentioned above. Reply
sorten - Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - linkThis is the first I've heard that Win 8.1 was supposed to improve battery life. What were they changing in order to optimize it? Improved low power state support? Thanks. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - linkI don't know -- someone posted a comment in the VAIO Pro 13 review and said, "I've heard 8.1 is supposed to further improve battery life" so I tested it and found that at best, battery life remained static and in at least one test it dropped 10% or more. Reply
juhatus - Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - linkThanks for the article :)
Ryan said it here:
"Among other things, Windows 8.1 will ship with support for Intel's Connected Standby technology for Haswell, Direct3D 11.2, and a revised DPI scaling mechanism that is better suited for driving the high DPI displays that are coming down the pipeline for both Ultrabooks and desktops."
and that links to this about connected power states:
Maybe we still need some chipset-driver from intel? did you install Sony's CPPC driver? (Intel Collaborative Processor Performance Control (CPPC) driver).
I hope there's no feature differences between i5-4200u and i7-4500u nor newly available i3-4010u for SVP13. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - linkConnected standby is only of use in increasing battery life while the system is asleep -- it allows portions of the system to wake up, download updates, then go back to sleep. In our tests, we're always on and never shutting of the display, so connected standby is not applicable. Reply
uncle29 - Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - linkRealTemp 4.00 reports the C8, C9 and C10 package residency time which some Intel low power CPUs support as long as manufacturers remember to enable these in the bios.
Something simple like one bad program or one poorly written driver can significantly reduce the deeper C State residency percentages. Too many laptops are shipped without enough attention being paid to the C States.
Disabling all of the C States used to be an easy way to improve SSD performance. CrystalDiskMark used to show some significant increases in performance depending on what C States were enabled. That might be the reason why Clevo decided to disable the package C States in the laptop you tested. Reply
Toblerone - Friday, October 25, 2013 - linkWalton, could you perform a similar test for Lenovo Thinkpad, please? Reply
Streamlined - Sunday, October 27, 2013 - linkAnd people wonder why Apple commands so much respect among the technical elite class. They have made battery life a top priority and they follow through on these details. Only an idiot thinks that people are willing to pay more for a crappy product just because of massive advertising. If that was true the Surface RT would be a top seller. Reply
Geryhold - Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - linkExcellent laptop, but Sony VAIO Pro 13 set there are many unnecessary applications and programs that load, price. I recommend to remove pre-installed Windows on a Sony VAIO Pro 13 SVP13, fully formatted SSD, and put a clean Windows 8.1 or the new Windows 10 and install all the drivers and utilities. http://sony-vaio-driver-download.blogspot.com/2015... Reply


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Law Students Teach Dynamic Human Rights Curriculum in Community High Schools
Successful First Semester of Speak Truth to Power (STTP) Human Rights Teaching Fellows Program Draws to a Close
Annandale High Schools students & STTP Human Rights Teaching Fellows Alli Assiter and Nicole Weinstock with Kerry Kennedy, president of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.
The Kennedy Caucus Room at the Russell Senate Building on Capitol Hill is a grand room. With tall ceilings, chandeliers, and deep red drapes, it has a commanding presence.
The room also has a rich history. If walls could talk, they would tell of events like the McCarthy Hearings and U.S. Supreme Court nominations.
In mid-November, guests gathered there for the annual RFK Human Rights Award Ceremony, an event recognizing those individuals striving for social justice throughout the world in honor of one of the room's namesakes – Robert F. Kennedy.
American University Washington College of Law JD students Nicole Weinstock '14 and Alli Assiter '14 were among the guests at the awards ceremony that day.
They are two of the first law students to participate in the Speak Truth to Power (STTP) Human Rights Teaching Fellows Program at American University Washington College of Law, a pilot program coordinated by the law school's Center of Human Rights & Humanitarian Law in partnership with the RFK Center for Justice & Human Rights.
Weinstock and Assiter and eight of their law school colleagues spent the fall 2012 semester learning about effective communication techniques for conveying human rights to diverse audiences in preparation for teaching this subject to high school students from a variety of communities in the Washington, D.C. area.
Raising Awareness, Inspiring Action
The STTP Human Rights Teaching Fellows began the first weeks of the fall semester learning about different types of pedagogies in human rights education. For example, the fellows discussed using facilitated discussion to address genocide.
The law students then spent seven weeks team-teaching high school students lessons from the STTP curriculum, a method developed by the RFK Center and used worldwide.
"The RFK Center has designed an incredible human rights education curriculum based on the stories and experiences of human rights defenders from around the world, including Nobel laureates and many other human rights defenders," said Melissa del Aguila, assistant director, Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law at the law school. "The lessons cover topics ranging from modern slavery, human trafficking and bullying, to political participation, the right to vote, the right to water, and the right to food."
According to del Aguila, the STTP curriculum is focused not only on raising awareness about human rights issues around the world, but it has also been specifically designed to inspire action.
"We've learned that every person that fights for human rights, no matter how little they do, does something that will impact the world in some way."
On the day of the RFK Human Rights Award Ceremony, Assiter and Weinstock were joined by their class of more than 30 students from Annandale High School.
Together, the fellows and students listened as prominent human rights defenders—Ethel Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, and Dolores Huerta—spoke of the progress made and challenges faced in promoting and protecting human rights around the world.
The students looked on as this year's human rights award was given to Librada Paz, a leader in New York's farmworker human rights movement and an advocate for the rights of farmworkers across the United States.
"These people have emphasized what we learned in class," said Nick Ursini, a senior from Annandale High School in Annandale, Virginia and one of Assiter's and Weinstock's students. "Human rights issues are faced by everyday people. We've learned how difficult it is to understand human rights and to fight for human rights, because it's sometimes hard to define what human rights are and when they're being broken."
"To see the room as packed as it is with such amazing people—and notable names—shows our students that one person can make a difference in defending human rights," said Weinstock.
"This event illustrates all of the things that we learned in the classroom," added Assiter. "Seeing the impact of these defenders proves that this is a big field, and there are many opportunities."
Beatrice Ohene-Okae, also a senior from Annandale High School said the class and experience has caused her to take other cultures into consideration.
"Coming from a school such as Annandale, I knew a lot about diversity," said Ohene-Okae. "Now I also recognize that there are people suffering, and problems actually happening, and there are things that we can do about it. And I think it's important for everyone to help out. Now I know that I want to pursue a college major related to human rights."
"With some creative methods to make information relatable to each individual, I can share my passion."
According to Weinstock, the fellowship has helped to prepare her for a career in the field of human rights after law school.
"Seeing the enthusiasm of the students reminded me why human rights work is so important and why I am so passionate about it," said Weinstock. "This class, and teaching, improved my communication skills and reminded me that everyone learns differently. Not everyone will start off with the same level of knowledge, or desire to make the world a better place. However, with some creative methods to make information relatable to each individual, I can share my passion."
Now at the end of its pilot semester, the Program envisions an innovative, replicable model for experiential learning and teaching of human rights, which will be expanded into additional law schools and school districts across the country in the coming years.
"Together with the RFK Center, we're very committed to making that happen," said del Aguila of expanding the program. "Law students have such unique skills and energy to bring to the schools. I think AUWCL students in particular have an incredible diversity of experiences to share with their students."


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On a recent Bee walk I encountered, or was encountered by, a large bee flying at speed across open ground. Instead of flying straight on above me as I expected, it did several turns around me which included coming close up to my face. I have noticed something similar when watching bees collecting nectar or pollen and flying out in a way that seemed almost deliberately 'in my face'. I wonder if anyone else has experienced this or has an explanation. Or is it just my paranoia?!
Hi Kit,
I suppose you might also have an attractive or memorable face !
But seriously and I'm going from memory here: but I suggest that you take a look at Prof Dave Goulson's book 'Bumblebees, behaviour, ecology & conservation'. This is a mine of information on bumblebees and technical but not too difficult to read.
ISBN 978-0-19-9553907-5 for the paperback version.
In it, if my memory is correct, he tells of something similar and thought that maybe the bee was treating him as a landmark, so swotting up his coordinates in the landscape !
He also thought that some species do this more than others.
I hope this might be useful. Yours Clive
PS. If you were to buy yourself the book from Amazon, don't forget to sign in via the BBCT link, then BBCT will gain a donation from Amazon and at no extra cost to you.
Thanks, Clive. I have started looking up for a reference in my copy of Coulson , which I'm lucky enough to own, but not found any so far - will keep looking! I was very interested by your posts on queen dispersal, watching queens speeding across the fields, and wonder if there might be a connection with possible checking out of landmarks?
Hi again Kit,
Since you wrote the above I've now found the information I was referring to.
It is in Dave Goulson's second book "Bumblebees behaviour, ecology, and conservation.
Page 97. And listed in the index under 'Landmarks'.
( I tried to find it in his first book too, but was not successful - but it might be there somewhere ! )
He says that B. pascuorum, pratorum and hortorum almost never circle humans; whereas lapidarius, terrestris and soroensis (this is a rare species) do.
And there's a reference to a 2004 paper about the behaviour.
And he proposes that the bee is "investigating and memorising the human as a novel landmark".
See if you can find it from the above !
Yours Clive
Many thanks, Clive.
It is Goulson's second book I have, so I have now found the reference on p.97. I'm fairly sure the circling bee was a lapidarius queen (but could be wrong), which makes a slightly different situation from Goulson's foraging bees. Anyway, plenty to wonder about. I like the idea of being a 'novel landmark'!
Thanks again


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|Loco Motives
|Evan Dunsky
|Kenneth Fink
|Original Airdate
|7 December, 2006
|Previous Episode: Living Legend
|Next Episode: Leaving Las Vegas
Loco Motives is the tenth episode of seventh season in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Plot OutlineEdit
A man found alive and up to his waist in solid concrete with a dead woman next to him proves extremely difficult to identify.
The third victim of the Miniature Killer is found at a chicken processing plant and a possible link to the first victim is discovered.
- Loco Motives is ironic because the term 'loco motives' would imply that someone has crazy intentions.
Main Cast Edit
- William Petersen as Gil Grissom
- Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows
- Gary Dourdan as Warrick Brown
- George Eads as Nick Stokes
- Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle
- Eric Szmanda as Greg Sanders
- Robert David Hall as Dr. Al Robbins
- Louise Lombard as Detective Sofia Curtis
- Paul Guilfoyle as Jim Brass
Recurring Roles Edit
- Wallace Langham as David Hodges
- Danny Bonaduce as Izzy Delancey
- David Berman as David Phillips
Guest Stars Edit
- Michael Rispoli as Ike Mannleigh
- Dayton Callie as Ernie Dell
- Matt Malloy as Max Sullivan
- Becky Wahlstrom as Suzy's Mom
- Alexandra Gold Jourden as Suzy
- Kendall Carly Browne as Max's Grandmother
- Lilyan Chauvin as Mrs. Aloyna Ivanovna
- Parker Goris as Young Max
- Joleen Lutz as Paula Sullivan
- Carla Orlandi as Bubbles Manleigh
- Nelson Pena as Raymundo Suarez
- Juliana Bellinger as Penny Garden (uncredited)
- David: You know, we're getting kind of backed up in here.
- Doc Robbins: The only one I hear complaining about it is you.
- Suzy (to Warrick): I like you. You're a giant.
- Warrick (laughs): And you're a princess.
- Suzy: Thank you. (giggles & playing with her hair)
- Catherine (to Max while he's stuck in cement): Are you ready to give me a name? You know, you are in a very deep hole, in every sense of the word, my friend. Think about that while we chisel you out. It's going to take a few hours. Assuming we're careful. See you!
- Sara (to Grissom): You look like the kid who just found the prize in the bottom of the Cracker Jack box.
- Greg: Unappetizing place to get your rocks off.
- Grissom: Not if you have a poultry fetish.
- Mannleigh (to Brass): I have no idea how Raymundo ended up dead. I liked that boy.
- Brass: Apparently, so did your wife. She was spending some quality time with Raymundo down at the plant.
- Mannleigh: If I killed every guy that banged my Bubbles, they'd be stacking up like cord wood.
- Brass: So you have no problem with it?
- Mannleigh: Look, Bubbles is an insatiable slut, but she's my slut and I love her.
- Brass: Construction crew found him this morning. Woman's dead and he's not talking. Wouldn't even give me his name even after I gave him my name!
- (Catherine is laughing in the background)
- Grissom: Did you, uh, pull his wallet?
- Brass: Everything is just the way I found him. (Catherine is still heard laughing) You know, I figured some knuckle head came in off the street, found him figured he had a free pass and picked his pocket. (Catherine is still laughing) Anyway, I'm talking to people on the street (starts to laugh) I'll let you know what we find.
- Grissom (smiling): Catherine, do you need a minute?
- Catherine (snickering behind her hand): Yes, yes, I mean...I mean no, Gil, I-I'm good. (to Max, the guy in cement) So how's your day going? (starts to laugh again)
- Max: Lady, the best day I've ever had is worse than the worst day you've ever imagined.
- Catherine (smirks): Oh, I doubt that.
- Catherine (to Max who is in cement): Look, you're not going anywhere. It'll be a lot better for you if you just cooperate and just tell us what happened.
- Max: You wanna know what happened?
- Catherine (trying not to laugh): Mmhmm.
- Max: Figure it out yourself.
- Grissom (smiling): That's the fun part.
- (Catherine starts to laugh again)
- Max: I'm the guy who buys his daughter a puppy for her eighth birthday, and the next day, he backs out of the driveway and...
- (Catherine, from inside the observation room, rolls her eyes and shakes her head.)
- Brass: No. No. Don't tell me you ran over the puppy.
- Max: No. I ran over my daughter. (Catherine's jaw drops.) Twenty years later, she still walks funny. (Catherine laughs quietly.)
- (As Grissom is watching the video email Ernie Dell has sent to him confessing to the murders)
- Ernie Dell: My name is Ernest Edward Dell, I was born in 1946, in Ames, Iowa. My life's been hard, but I don't complain, I never expected better. I'm good with my hands, I make things, I fix things. I'm a handyman. It's what I am. A man has a right to a... an honest day's pay. Me, I service the machinery of death, so that people can eat. If that makes me evil, then so be it. I'm not the sociable type, I... I know that. Spend any amount of time around people, you get your heart broke. Treachery, hypocrisy, promise of love. Look into the mouth of a person and you'll find lies, wriggling there like maggots, waiting to grow wings. The world has gone mad. A man could kill from sun up, to sunset, and still his work would never be done. (kills himself)
See alsoEdit
- List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes
- CSI:Crime Scene Investigation Season 7
- Category:Images from Loco Motives
|CSI:Las Vegas Season 7
|Built to Kill, Part 1 • Built to Kill, Part 2 • Toe Tags • Fannysmackin' • Double Cross • Burn Out • Post Mortem • Happenstance • Living Legend • Loco Motives • Leaving Las Vegas • Sweet Jane • Redrum • Meet Market • Law of Gravity • Monster in the Box • Fallen Idols • Empty Eyes • Big Shots • Lab Rats • Ending Happy • Leapin' Lizards • The Good, The Bad, And The Dominatrix • Living Doll


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Prayer to St. Theresa of the Child Jesus
O wondrous Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus, who, in thy brief earthly life, didst become a mirror of angelic purity, of courageous love and of whole-hearted surrender
to Almighty God, now that thou art enjoying the reward of thy virtues, turn thine eyes of mercy upon us who trust in thee. Obtain for us the grace to keep our hearts and minds pure and clean like unto thine, and to detest in all sincerity whatever might tarnish ever so slightly the luster of a virtue so sublime, a virtue that endears us to thy heavenly Bridegroom.
Ah, dear Saint, grant us to feel in every need the power of thy intercession; give us comfort in all the bitterness of this life and especially at its latter end, that we may be worthy to share eternal happiness with thee in paradise.
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LG launches flagship LG Optimus 4X HD and LG Optimus L5 in India
0. phoneArena posted on 20 Jul 2012, 00:21
LG has launched a couple of smartphones in India that are nearly polar opposites; on one end you have the quad-core LG Optimus 4X HD while on the other end is the LG Optimus L5 with a single-core 800MHz processor...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. nadar.bsm (Posts: 32; Member since: 13 Jul 2012)
hey... first...!!!!
will wait for couple or three months ... price will go down...
or will get next Nexus in Dec....
3. tanim (Posts: 17; Member since: 27 Jun 2012)
Nexus in December!!!!
Better buy Nexus one now. Will come a lot cheaper
2. Tjey007 (Posts: 86; Member since: 22 May 2012)
Optimus L5 - ($239 = INR 13,199)
GN7 - ($200 = INR 15,000) .....though GN7 isn't officialy realesed in india yet but in october the price will be approx 15000 (8 GB)..well its avaliable now in online for around 17000.
9. thinking (Posts: 130; Member since: 19 Jan 2012)
GN7 is a tab. and it's approx 12000 for the 8 GB version. 14000 should give the 16 GB version. But it's still unreleased in India. Who's selling it for 17000 now? Must be an imported one.
11. Tjey007 (Posts: 86; Member since: 22 May 2012)
yah i know GN7 is a tab..lol...indiatimes and ebay is selling it..yes imported...and the 8 gb will cost around 15000 and 16 gb will cost around 19000 after the official realese in india....you cant get it for 12000.
15. thinking (Posts: 130; Member since: 19 Jan 2012)
right, but why are you comparing it with LG L5 then?
16. Tjey007 (Posts: 86; Member since: 22 May 2012)
i am comparing the price converted into rupee
Optimus L5 - ($239 = INR 13,199)
GN7 - ($200 = INR 15,000)......why GN7 will cost more ??
if $239= INR 13199 then $200 equal to should be around INR 10,000.
17. thinking (Posts: 130; Member since: 19 Jan 2012)
oh, got it.
btw, these prices drop with time, so that can explain the difference. The $239 and $199 are MRPs.
4. aayupanday (Posts: 580; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
This device gets outshined by its Tegra 3 counterpart the HTC One X in almost each and every aspect.
5. Izzy_V (Posts: 216; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
I'd be surprised if the L5 would even turn on given the 154 mAh battery. ;P
6. FrostyDanny (Posts: 90; Member since: 15 Jul 2012)
Do you people even buy Lg phones? O.o
10. nicholassss (Posts: 368; Member since: 10 May 2012)
What do you mean "you people"?
14. OpTiMuS_BlAcK (Posts: 418; Member since: 04 May 2012)
Yes, is there a problem Mr. Danny?
7. xtplnet (Posts: 61; Member since: 03 Mar 2012)
LG Optimus 4X HD certainly has a impressive specification , will boost sell in India if come up with more competitive price range between 25000 - 30000 Rs.
8. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
oh fail by lg... sorry but hardware and software isn't lg's strong point! especially the L5! it cost too much and by its hardware like the chipset and its pixels its too much for its price! sorry but this is fail! it cost more than 10,000 philippine peso... you can already get a lenovo P700 on that price, at least it has dual sim capability ICS 4" IPS display and 1ghz of processor! same goes with acer's new leak phone the Liquid Gallant Duo same dual sim ICS 4" display and 1ghz processor! but im betting on the new acer phone! its more cheaper!
for the 3rd world countries, dual sim is a need now!
12. Mube1 (Posts: 153; Member since: 22 Sep 2011)
Price will not down bcoz we have to pay 56 rupees for 1 dollar,india is getting poor day after day
19. nadar.bsm (Posts: 32; Member since: 13 Jul 2012)
sad but true... dollar price is on a very high... :( :( :(
13. Cyan3boN (Posts: 446; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
The only reason why i would pick the lg 4x over the one x is the small form factor of the optimus 4x, none of the other specs make it stand out.
18. nadar.bsm (Posts: 32; Member since: 13 Jul 2012)
Optimus 4x has removable battery... microSD card slot... normal SIM card slot... & you say "none of other specs make it stand out." .... LOLzzzzzzz.....
20. Cyan3boN (Posts: 446; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
Sim slot is no big deal and 32gb of internal memory is sufficient unless u want to use your phone as a portable media player, and u should know that internal memories are much faster than SD cards, thats why HTC didnt allow the use of SD cards with ONE X. and most of all its the looks of the phone which everyone want for, and the ONE X is such a beauty over the brick like 4X
21. nadar.bsm (Posts: 32; Member since: 13 Jul 2012)
I do agree on what u said.... internal mermory are much faster than external one.....
One X polycarbonate design is superb -- no doubt...
but I still preferrer MicroSD card slot on a mobile phones...


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A high-flying male model has been "psychologically shattered" after ploughing his sports car into a house at 80mph, according to his mum.
Storm Burger, 21, crashed his Audi A3 Quattro into the house while driving down a residential road, Higher Drive in Banstead, last July - just days before a potential big break in Ibiza.
Last month Burger received a two-year driving ban and £3,300-fine after pleading guilty to dangerous driving and driving without insurance at Guildford Crown Court.
At his family home in Garendon Gardens, Morden, on Wednesday his mother Jenny Burger, 48, said although he escaped with relatively minor injuries, he has been traumatised by the crash.
Her eyes filling with tears, Ms Burger said: "He really took a dive. It didn't just break him in two places, it shattered him psychologically. I feel I lost him in this car accident.
"I know it will get better but I've still got all this ongoing therapy because it's blown my head so badly and it's caused such a wedge between us because he is so mentally damaged by everything."
After the crash, she said he did not board a plane for a job in Ibiza a few days later, which could have been his big break, and since then he has been at home a lot unable to work.
She said: "The shock from the day he had the accident has taken him nine months and he has still got a long way to get over this.
"It really affected him dramatically, especially emotionally and psychologically.
"We have been nine months going through this so it's been very traumatic for him and it's done a lot of psychological damage. We have had the court case now, so it's finished."
She described her son as a popular "city boy" who had worked in the modelling industry and at expensive clubs. He is currently staying with friends up in London.
She said: "He's a very smart, charismatic and charming boy, but he's taken a big knock.
"He's very much a lady's man, impeccable, he's known to do everything for everybody, he's known for his solidarity among his mates. He's the best friend that you could ever find."
Firefighters cut Burger and his friend, a passenger, from the wreckage after the crash at about 7.15am on Friday, July 26.
The car was mangled in the crash that caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to the house and another car.
Ms Burger said her son suffered head trauma as well as injuring his jaw, fingers, collar bone, pelvis, ribs and foot while the passenger broke his nose and injured his ribs.
The homeowner inspects the damage on the morning of the crash
She said: "I think we have been blessed considering what happened to him and how badly things could have panned out.
"I think the universe has been really good to us. The medical services were fantastic."
Of the verdict, she said: "I was very pleased and very, very grateful he had the judge he did. He could see Storm was a good boy, he was empathetic but he was also very firm - make no mistake."
Ms Burger, from South Africa, had her son in Cape Town and moved to Morden 18 years ago.


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Since I'm turning into a big of a "foodie," I love to learn about foods from around the world. I figure Paris is pretty much the epicenter for decadent food, so a Parisian's take on food in the city of love and in our own city carries plenty of weight!
Chef Philippe Schmit owns Philippe Restaurant + Lounge in the Galleria Area.
Although I can't wait to try his food here, I already love reading about his travels, his food adventures and even burgers! We know Texas is all about pizzazz and flare and he seems to have plenty, calling himself "The French Cowboy."
Bon Appetit!
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