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MORE efficient and speedy, in less than 12 months the Great Western Hospital's pioneering virtual clinics have transformed patient consultations, saving health services around £500,000 in the process.
Patients previously had to wait weeks and even months to receive the results of their blood tests, scans or x-rays following a consultation at a follow-up appointment.
Now the hospital has dispensed with the second often unnecessary appointment when- ever appropriate.
Instead GWH has introduced virtual clinics, meaning that consultants across a variety of specialties set aside time to analyse the results in their own time instead of discussing them at a face-to-face follow-up consultation. They then contact patients via mail or on the phone if their results came back negative – a process until then performed ad hoc and not systematically.
This has allowed staff to free up slots for and give priority to cancer patients or urgent cases.
The new system has allowed staff to make time to contact patients deemed 'in the clear' who too often were left waiting for months if their results did not require further action.
Thanks to the new virtual clinics – some of the very first piloted in the entire country – which have been rolled out to half the hospital's departments since April,12,000 out of the 350,000 patients normally seen in clinics will have received a virtual 'consultation' by the end of the financial year.
Rupert Beck, consultant urological surgeon, was one of the front runners of the virtual clinic movement at GWH.
"We see a fair number of people whose tests, we are certain, are not going to show anything, but they come to the hospital for reassurance," he said. "They then had to come back for the results. The difficulty was that we didn't have enough clinic slots to see the follow-up patients so it had a snowballing effect.
"And every week we get about 300 or 400 results just in urology.
"If we needed to see the patient, if they needed to get more tests, they got an appointment. If the results came back normal patients would have to wait and wondered what was happening. This meant that some people were waiting sometimes six months for their results.
"The virtual clinic is an attempt to do this follow-up system in a proper way. If we think we can make a decision on the basis of the test results, they get a virtual clinic appointment. We have 12 slots a week per consultant. They don't physically attend but I do what I would at a clinic, I look at the results and just send them a letter saying they don't need further tests.
"It allows us to see urgent cases and cancer patients more quickly and reduce risk."
On average each month more than 1,000 virtual contacts are made with patients.
The new process allows patients to receive their test results after just two or three weeks.
David Moss, deputy general manager for diagnostics and outpatients, said: "It is better for patients and we find that, with mobile phones and the internet or social media, people are accepting that you can communicate differently. It does not have to be face-to-face.
"We are looking at rolling it out to diabetes and rheumatology clinics next and in the future maybe using Skype for specialists like dermatology. It has been very positive."


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In the movie, "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," Chevy Chase sets up a Christmas light display of epic proportions.
For the real deal, one look no further than Thoroughbred Street in Rancho Cucamonga. While the film has just one spectacularly decorated home, dozens of homes up and down the street for a half a mile, are decorated with elaborate Christmas lights and holiday displays.
The scene is familiar to anyone who has been to Disneyland.
The brightly lit, festively decorated residential street draws thousands every year, some traveling hours to see the spectacle of holiday lights, animatronic displays, and messages of peace.
Some residents sell coffee, hot cocoa, churros, cookies and popcorn for the hundreds of people that walk up and down the street every night for a few weeks in the run-up to Christmas. The event has become a Southern California attraction which draws thousands to the street every year for at least the past two decades.
On a recent night, smiling crowds filed down the street. A procession of cars and buses slowly traveled down the lane, with occupants enjoying the colorful sights. The street is blocked off by deputies to one-way traffic. Residents say it takes 45 minutes to get home if they're arriving after dusk.
This event is so huge, it takes a special detachment of sheriff's deputies to divert traffic. Trash boxes are placed along the route by a local trash hauler. Some of the homes contract with a security company, though residents say the crowds are largely peaceful.
This year, residents say they've been required to get permits to sell food.
Isaias Solano owns a home on Thoroughbred near Sapphire and sells hot cocoa, popcorn and chips to the crowds.
"It's a good time for people to come, bring their kids, see the lights and enjoy themselves," he said.
Residents say despite traffic congestion that can happen every night, the event is a happy one. The point is to delight visitors, they say.
"A lot of people enjoy coming and getting in the Christmas mood," said resident Cheryl Fowler. "I love to see the little kids get excited. It's good for parents to get kids out of the house, instead of watching TV and playing video games."
Resident John Sommers said most visitors don't cause issues for the street.
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Ice Skating in June?Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
The variety of collectibles drew Nora Shekrie to the small, tasteful shop in downtown Hobart. The front window showed signed photos and equipment from at least eight different sports, none of which was baseball. Cricket, football (both soccer and Aussie rules), swimming, and surfing were all represented. Intrigued, Nora pulled open the front door, with a hearty "G'day" to the shopkeeper.
"G'day, mate. From the States, are you?"
Nora blushed. "Sorry; some of us have to be. What gave me away so soon?"
"Yer accent. Pure tourist, not that there's anything wrong with that. You're in the right part of the world now. What's yer fancy today?"
"Just browsing. You don't have any baseball stuff in the front window; it's nice to see. Can't find that at home."
"I would think not. But for the perfect souvenir for an American, I think I have just the thing. How about an autographed photo of Madame Harding with her Olympic medals?"
"Tonya Harding?" The shopkeeper nodded. "You mean, with her world championship medals?"
He shook his head this time. "No, ma'am, with her three Olympic medals." He had a twinkle in his eye, a secret of some sort.
"Tonya Harding didn't win Olympic medals, not even the year of the Nancy Kerrigan, um, incident. What's the catch?"
"Oh, no catch at all. It's a true, honest photo, and she brought home a silver and two bronze, sure enough."
The delight in his eyes held Nora for several seconds, while she searched the garbage scow of her mind, the place where she stored disconnected trivia, for some interpretation of his words.
Finally, she gave up. "I'll bite. Show me the picture."
He reached under the counter and handed over the shot. Nora frowned at it, then looked more closely, and finally chuckled at the utter *lack* of fraud.
"You're right; it's the perfect souvenir. Autographed by Harding, all right, and with the Olympic medals she won. How much?"
Nora got the photo, her change, and a good story. What was in the photo?
HintThe medals are from 1996, 2000, and 2004.
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Up to 20 firefighters from Easingwold, Acomb, York and Huntington were called out to the centre in Easingwold yesterday afternoon to tackle the blaze in a 'smoke house' - used to train firefighters how to deal with smoky conditions.
They donned breathing apparatus and used hose reel jets and removed ridge tiles before getting the blaze under control by teatime, but the second floor and roof were badly damaged.
A spokeswoman for North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said: "At this time we have no cause for the fire, however a fire investigation will be carried out."
Group Manager Carl Boasman said a group of staff, including auxiliary firefighters recruited to maintain the public's safety during strikes by firefighters, had been involved in an exercise in the building prior to the blaze.
He said instructors had noticed smoke was still coming from the empty building after the exercise was over, and efforts were made to tackle the fire, but firefighters had to be called in to help.
He said that although cosmetic smoke could be pumped into the buildings, fires could also be started in braziers to ensure trainees experienced heat and flames as well as smoke.
Measures were in place to prevent these fires setting fire to the building, and the investigation was looking into why they might have failed to work.
He added that the auxiliaries were all former firefighters who had been recruited to maintain the public's safety during a long running dispute between the FBU union and the Government over pensions.
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I have a friend based in the US who is almost single-handedly running an NGO to help support the re-establishment of Buddhism in Cambodia. The program has been running for more than a decade now and is doing good work, albeit on a limited scale.
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William Carey University's teacher education program has recently been approved by the Mississippi State Board of Education under the new Blue Ribbon Redesign for Teacher Education. Every college and university in the state of Mississippi must meet a certain criteria to receive Blue Ribbon status. The goal of the Blue Ribbon Redesign initiative is to increase the quality and quantity of Mississippi teachers, create an accountability system to link student achievement with teacher education and alternate route programs, increase teacher retention rates, and develop a better linkage between teacher education programs at junior and community colleges and universities. "I'm very proud of WCU's department of education," said Dr. Barry Morris, dean of the School of Education. "The members of our faculty and staff work extremely hard to make sure our school of education continues to offer top-notch programs and instruction."


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Entry-level GPS are a dime a dozen these days, but the TomTom XL 330S stands out for a couple of reasons. It updates the TomTom One XL with a better speaker and sleeker design, while keeping the things we loved about the One XL, including a spacious 4.3-inch touch screen and accurate directions. It's also incredibly intuitive and we'd even say more user-friendly and attractive than the Garmin Nuvi 200 series. However, we're disappointed that the company took out the integrated Bluetooth, especially considering the $299.99 price tag. For that much, we'd like to see it in there or perhaps the inclusion of free traffic updates, like the Garmin Nuvi 265WT and Navigon 2200T. Fortunately, you can find the TomTom XL 330S for less through online deals, and if it's a basic GPS that you're after, you won't be disappointed by this solid navigator.
The TomTom XL 330S is one of the more attractive GPS we've seen to date. While it's similarly slim (4.7 inches wide by 3.2 inches tall by 0.9 inch thick; 6.6 ounces) to the Garmin Nuvi series, the rounded edges add a nice touch, and its large display and classic silver-and-charcoal gray only add to its beauty.
The XL 330's touch screen measures 4.3 inches diagonally and displays 64,000 colors at a 480x272-pixel resolution. We had no major problems reading the screen, though it can wash out in really bright sunlight. You can, however, adjust the display's brightness as well as choose from different map colors and day/night/auto mode under the Change Preferences menu.
As we've seen on other TomTom devices, the user interface is simple and easy to understand with large icons and clear menu options. The touch screen was responsive, and the onscreen keyboard was nice and roomy, minimizing the errors when entering addresses. In addition, the XL 330S offers predictive text, so as you start entering letters and numbers, the system will automatically surface possible results. We also like that you have a choice between QWERTY, ABCD, and AZERTY formats.
The rest of the GPS is pretty simple. On back, you'll find the speaker and brackets for attaching the vehicle mount. There's a power button on top and a mini-USB port/power connector on the bottom. We have to say that the latter is set fairly deep beneath the surface, so we had some problems plugging in the car charger and USB cable.
The TomTom XL 330S ships with a car charger, a USB cable, an EasyPort car mount (windshield and dash), and reference material. Unlike our experience with the TomTom One 125, the EasyPort mount securely held the XL 330S in place during our road tests. The accessory is easy to install and doesn't involve any loose or extra parts, so that was also nice.
The TomTom XL 330S offers a basic feature set that's very similar to the TomTom One XL, though it adds text-to-speech functionality and an updated speaker system but loses integrated Bluetooth. For more information about the features of the TomTom XL 330S, please read our full review of the TomTom One XL.


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Ask the herd manager at Abel Dairy how much lead time he gains in spotting health problems with rumination monitoring, and he answers with little hesitation, "half a day."
What manager Greg Costello and others at the Eden, Wis., facility appreciate is the feedback it gives them in spotting possible problems. When a cow goes down in rumination activity — as determined by neck tags with embedded microphones — they can go back and look for visual clues that will confirm a diagnosis.
It's teaching everyone how to pick up health problems quicker, Costello says.
And with 1,500 cows in the milking herd, a "second set of eyes" is certainly appreciated.
Another farm with the SCR Dairy rumination tags — Majestic View Dairy in Lancaster, Wis. — is reporting similar results.
Herd manager Sarah Johnsen recalls working the fresh cows one day, but didn't spot health problems in three of the cows until looking at rumination reports.
"I remember thinking if I hadn't gone back and looked at the cows specifically because of the rumination reports, I would have missed them that day," she says.
Rumination monitoring is one of the new technologies to catch early signs of ketosis, metritis, displaced abomasum and other problems. Some of the technologies are quite innovative. One device measures a cow's eating time by monitoring head movement, while another gives rapid readings of leukocyte (or white blood cell) count in milk samples.
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Turn an iPhone sideways, and the screen changes to a horizontal perspective. Turn it up and down, the perspective is vertical. That bit of magic is accomplished with the use of an accelerometer.
An accelerometer inside a neck tag can tell what angle the cow's head is positioned at the feed bunk. That, in turn, provides a measure of eating time.
Normally, a cow is at the feed manger eating 400 to 500 minutes per day, says James Bringe, activity monitoring specialist at GEA Farm Technologies. When she falls below that number — or her own personal average — it indicates there may be a health problem, he adds.
"Feeding time can identify significant drops of feed intake, which can help determine if we have a rumen function problem," he adds.
The CowScout™S tag from GEA measures an animal's activity in two-hour periods. When that information is combined with milking parlor data, such as milk flow rates and conductivity (or concentration of minerals in the milk), it provides an even more precise picture of what may be going on.
Speaking of milking parlors…
A recent visit to Sweden turned up some amazing stories of producers who are using the Herd Navigator system from DeLaval to spot health problems early. (Herd Navigator will be introduced in the United States in the near future.)
The Herd Navigator system allows Swedish producer Patrik Boner to access the risk that certain animals have for mastitis, ketosis and other health problems.
For instance, the amount of BHB or beta-hydroxybutyrate showing up in milk samples is indicative of ketosis risk. If a cow shows elevated levels, putting her at high risk, Boner can treat her with propylene glycol. Similarly, if the samples show high levels of an enzyme known as LDH or lactate dehydrogenase, it is indicative of increased risk for mastitis. He can give those cows more "permissions" to stop at one of the robotic milking stations as a way to treat mastitis with more frequent milkout.
Herd Navigator can work with both robotic milking stations and conventional milking parlors.
At another company where the emphasis has been on robotic milking stations, the Lely Astronaut has sensors for conductivity, milk temperature and a host of other factors.
For instance, if there is low activity, high milk temperature and deviation in conductivity, the cow may have an udder infection. If the fat/protein ratio is higher than 1.5 — for instance, 3 percent protein and 4 percent fat — it could be ketosis or acidosis. High activity and lower-than-normal rumination may simply mean the cow is in heat.
The Lely Astronaut reads activity and rumination tags, combining that information with its own sensors.
Lab in a box
One of the new products to roll out at World Dairy Expo this year was the QScout MLD (milk leukocyte differential) Test.
In about three minutes, QScout MLD, which works with the QScout Farm Lab, will give you leukocyte (or white blood cell) counts from quarter milk samples.
But it's not just the raw cell count; it's the differential or percentage of each kind of white blood cell in each of the quarters that provides important clues. QScout interprets this information and gives the producer a color-coded report:
Red = infected, green = clean or uninfected.
"It's all about earlier, more accurate identification of subclinical mastitis," says Joy Parr-Drach, president of Advanced Animal Diagnostics.


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You're kidding right? This is a frontrunning sports town our stadium was composed of Bulls fans(mostly) in Game 4 you think they're going to greet the team coming home?
I take it you forgot the 11 people showing up when the Colts lost the SB and they came home.
(Personally I don't think you're less of a fan if you don't show up to greet them its a stupid tradition if I ever heard one not everyone has that kind of time)


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Q: Why do we get hives in a food-allergic reaction? And will they always appear?
Dr. Sicherer: Hives, also called urticaria, develop when allergy cells in the skin release chemicals, including histamine, that cause localized swelling, redness and itching. The response looks like a series of mosquito bites, often across an expanse of skin, but various shapes and sizes can occur.
The allergy cells are armed with proteins made by the immune system, called IgE antibodies. The IgE antibodies act like antennae that can detect the food protein to which a person may be allergic. When the IgE comes in contact with the food protein, it alerts the cell to release the chemicals, including histamine.
Therefore, hives can occur from direct contact of the food with the deeper layer of the skin (like an allergy skin test) or from the proteins being absorbed in the gut, and then circulating in the blood and reaching the cells in the skin.
It is important to realize that while hives are classic sign of an allergic reaction, they do not always occur during allergic reactions or anaphylaxis.
Indeed, a severe reaction could include gut, breathing or circulation symptoms but no rash. In fact some fatal food-allergic reactions have occurred without hives, with a delay in treatment with epinephrine being attributed, in part, to not recognizing anaphylaxis because the victim did not have hives.
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These scrumptious muffins come from Lidia of Air Eater, a gluten free vegan blogger living in Toronto, Canada. The intent of Air Eater is to educate readers about what a gluten free vegan lifestyle is like and provide easy to use recipes for those interested in becoming healthy.
Coconut Flour Double Chocolate Carob Muffins
- 1/4 cup Bob's Red Mill Coconut Flour
- 1 cup Almond milk
- 2 Tbsp Bob's Red Mill Flaxseed Meal*
- 6 Tbsp Water*
- 2 ripe medium Bananas*
- 1 Tbsp Bee-Free Honee
- 1 Tbsp Bob's Red Mill Carob Powder Toasted
- 1 Tbsp corn starch
- 1 Tbsp Bob's Red Mill Evaporated Cane Sugar
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 Tbsp Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Chips (non diary), or more if desired
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Mix flaxseed meal and water in a medium bowl and set aside. Mix all other ingredients in a medium bowl with a whisk, then add in the flaxseed with water. If mixture is too dry and not smooth, add water; if you've added too much water, add corn starch to thicken.
Grease muffin tray with sunflower oil and pour mixture into the tin. Set oven to 375°F, put in muffin tray with mixture poured in and wait 60 minutes. Muffins should be light brown, test for readiness by sticking one of the muffins with a toothpick, toothpick should come out clean. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes and enjoy with fresh jam or as is!


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Sew you want to add a little pizazz to your project but aren't quite sure what it's lacking? Today Design Team member Katrina Hunt shows us how easily the We R Memory Keepers Sew Ribbon can add spice to your project and help put a dent in the gorgeous ribbon collections we're all hoarding.
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Hey ScrapbookSteals.com fans, Katrina here with a fun little tool that I got to use for my design team assignment. It's the Sew Ribbon tool from We R Memory Keepers.
These are nifty little gadgets that come in a variety of styles that you can use. I used two for my project today, the Flower and Scallop. I actually had the Scallop in my stash of tools, so I had a pretty good idea of how these work. I also got the Sew Ribbon Purple and Violet ribbon packs.
On my first project I wanted to use the Flower tool. I used it to "cross-stitch" and this particular punch is just about like that, except you are using ribbon to stitch with.
The ombre trend (or graduation in color) is one of the hot trends right now, The ribbon packs are perfect to try this with. The tool is easy to line up if you just watch carefully and take your time. This is such a simple card to make, but packs a punch with the variation of color. I added a punched border strip with ribbon, a phrase sticker, and some butterflies I hand cut out of Little Yellow Bicycle Elizabeth Park paper I had.
I wanted to show these would also work on a layout. I used the Scallop tool for this one. I pulled out my Studio Calico Heyday collection (which I got on ScrapbookSteals and is available in the archive!) and got to work. I decided on my first couple of layers so I would know where I wanted to place my punch. Then I punched my holes and sewed my ribbon in place as the first step of my layout.
I added a small bow at the bottom because, well, I like bows! This ribbon is from my stash. It was a little wide by a smidge, but it worked.
That's all from me today and this is one of the last times I will be on the blog. I have had SO MUCH fun working with Kristy, Brittany, Regina, Kerys and the entire ScrapbookSteals.com team.
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Gosh Katrina! I'm getting a little bit misty thinking about this term coming to an end. It's been such a true delight to work with you. As always, it was such a treat to see your creations and I know you will continue to hang out and share with us. :) Good thing we will have one last hoorah with all three of you girls on the last Friday of the month!
I hope everyone has a great weekend! Be safe. Have fun. And get scrappy. :)


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Vastly improved Morse returns to Seattle
SEATTLE -- Michael Morse returned to Safeco Field on Monday for the first time as a Mariner since Seattle traded him to the Nationals in 2009. He comes back a different player, having hit more home runs (5) in his first week with the Mariners than he hit in his first four seasons combined in Seattle (3).
For Morse, the color and pageantry of the home opener meant a little more than normal.
"It goes a little deeper than just the game," said the 6-foot-5, 245-pound left fielder. "When I first got a callup here in 2005, I was a young kid and this was the biggest stadium I'd ever been in. There were a lot of 'oohs' and 'ahhs' coming from me.
"I feel like there's so much history here. I was turning double plays at second with Bret Boone, that's one of the greatest memories I've got. Besides all that, I get to come back here and now I have a role, a bigger part, and I get to try to help this team become a championship ballclub."
Morse was tied with Atlanta's Justin Upton for the Major League lead in home runs after the first week, so you'd figure he'd be more interested than anyone in Safeco Field's shorter outfield dimensions. He does recall hitting a ball against the Yankees' CC Sabathia in his first tenure in Seattle that clanked off the yellow line on the center-field fence.
"I swear that was the hardest ball I'd ever hit," he said with a smile. "I remember it stayed in, yeah."
But the big man has hit some bombs this year, including a 446-foot blast to dead center in Oakland, and the size of the park shouldn't matter if he gets hold of a pitch. Morse hit his fifth long ball in Sunday's 4-3 loss to the White Sox, but was more concerned about the four strikeouts that followed.
That is why he said he wasn't concerned about testing the new fences in batting practice on Monday.
"I'm not worried about that kind of stuff," said Morse. "But I'll try to hit some ground balls up the middle. Those score runs."
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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"The Bucks and Wolves have discussed a trade that would send Andrew Bogut plus the No. 10 pick to Minnesota for the No. 2 pick plus cap filler, sources tell 1500ESPN.
According to the report, the Bucks initiated the calls."
I for one am a big Bogut fan. I am not overly worried about his latest injury either although it appears the Bucks may be and I am just out of the loop. Hibbert + #15 and Rush for Bogut and maybe someone like Larry Sanders? I am down with something like this personally.
Beyond just learning of Bogut's potential availability the article gives a number of other speculative points about the #2 pick as a whole that are rather interesting IMO:
The Wolves are not making nearly as many calls as they're taking.
Multiple sources say the Wolves and Milwaukee Bucks have talked about a trade, with the main pieces being No. 2 for No. 10 and center Andrew Bogut. It's believed Milwaukee initiated those talks, probably because there is some uncertainty about Bogut's long-term health. He broke his right hand, dislocated his elbow and sprained his wrist in a nasty fall in April 2010 against Phoenix. "It's OK so far,'' Bogut told a newspaper in his native Australia last week after undergoing arthoscopic surgery on his elbow. ''But it's still hard to tell. I'm starting with a lighter load than usual because the next season is so far away. I will build it up from here. The real questions will be answered after I've been through four or five weeks of training.'' Bogut also reportedly suffers from chronic migraine headaches. He has three years and $39 million left on his contract -- a hefty load with so many questions surrounding a presumed new salary cap with a fresh collective bargaining agreement.
The Houston Rockets have been as aggressive as anyone, but do they have the necessary assets? Even with power forward Luis Scola or two-guard Kevin Martin available, I'll argue no.
The Charlotte Bobcats, who have the No. 9 pick -- Alec Burks/Marshon Brooks/Bismarck Biyombo territory -- have called the Wolves. But what other asset(s) can they couple with No. 9 that is worthy of a top-two pick?
The Washington Wizards think highly of Williams. Highly enough to offer big man JaVale McGee plus the sixth pick? Doubtful.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are salivating at the idea of introducing Williams and Irving to their fan base on Friday. Would No. 4 (Kanter) plus Anderson Varejao or J.J. Hickson be enough to get it done?
The Phoenix Suns, who want to move up from No. 13, have called. Phoenix center Marcin Gortat, presumably in the discussions, chimed in via his Twitter account: "About that trade for mr. Williams??? Its front office people decision but i will always be part of suns army. Its bizness its ok."
As always, don't be shocked if at least one potential move is there to be made that has never been bandied about.
In the end, I think Williams is the pick and, before the night is through, ends up wearing a different team's hat. Kahn's ability to make a successful trade -- Michael Beasley and Anthony Randolph -- trumps his college scouting acumen.
This is the first time in the Wolves' draft history they own a pick as high as No. 2. Even with Kahn's drafting record -- seven first-round picks and little to show -- it's hard to screw this one up. You take Williams, or Irving if he somehow falls, and decide from there.
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ARLINGTON, Texas — After crashing to 5-8 with a 52-27 loss to the New York Giants on Dec. 9, the New Orleans Saints were for all intents and purposes out of the postseason picture.
OK, maybe the computers that spit out the various playoff scenarios at the NFL offices each Monday morning said they were still in it — barely.
But it didn't feel like it to the Saints, who'd been part of a playoff chase for three consecutive seasons before an 0-4 start to this season and a three-game losing streak late did them in.
But tanking it, or even coasting a little, was never an option.
Not last week, when the Saints blew the doors off the Tampa Bay Bucs with a 41-0 victory that put an official end to the Bucs' flickering playoff hopes.
And certainly not Sunday, when they made it just a little tougher for the Dallas Cowboys to secure a playoff berth with a 34-31 overtime win in Cowboys Stadium.
Showing the resolve they've displayed in past seasons, the Saints had two opportunities Sunday to take the easy way out.
The first was when the Cowboys came back from an early 7-0 deficit to take the lead on two long touchdown passes from Tony Romo to a wide-open Dez Bryant.
The second came in the final four minutes when Romo ignited a rally that brought his team back from 14 points down to tie it with 15 seconds to play and send it to overtime.
That's when the resolve really kicked in for the Saints.
"Yeah, we've said it from the onset," wide receiver Marques Colston said. "We've got a great group of guys, and anytime you can put that together, you give yourself a chance.
"We're continuing to fight and really preparing ourselves throughout the week to go out and win football games. That's really what it's all about."
Colston, of course, was involved in the game's defining moment when he fumbled the football forward after a catch in overtime and teammate Jimmy Graham hustled to recover and set up the game-winning field goal on the next play.
"There's some luck involved with this game," said Colston, who found it hard to celebrate even though he had 153 yards on 10 catches. "We haven't had things go our way this year, and that's all right. It's not for lack of effort. … This team is still a group of prideful guys."
And, as interim coach Joe Vitt pointed out for weeks, together.
"It's a special team, to go out here and really have nothing on the line and play like we played ... we played for each other," Graham said. "We've really taken that to heart these last two weeks."
Which means playing for something even if there's not a whole lot to play for except an 8-8 record.
"We wanted to play our best football, that's what we want to be known for," Drew Brees said. "Regardless of our playoff options, it's about playing our best football in December.
"Regardless of how it shakes out, we understand that we built a foundation for our team's future."


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MIAMI - Talks of a merger between American Airlines and US Airways continued Wednesday. A merger would make the company the world's largest airline.
The talks have been held behind closed doors for months.
American Airlines is in better financial shape now then when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Nov. 2011. Last month, American Airlines pilots' union ratified a new contract with the airline.
But pilots, flight attendants, and mechanics have publicly said they've lost confidence in American's management. All three unions have made salary and benefit concessions as American Airlines emerges from bankruptcy.
"American's management has been skeptical but they now seem to realize that there will very likely be a deal one way or the other, so they would rather be a part of that process rather than having it all happen on somebody else's terms," said Seth Kaplan with Aviation Weekly.
American Airlines employs about 9,000 people in Miami-Dade, making it the county's fourth largest private employer. About 300 American Airlines flights fly in and out of Miami International Airport per day, adding up to about 2 million passengers each month.
"The reality is though is American is one of the bigger carriers of our groups in the United States and we don't want to get down to where we've got an oligopoly where we've only got a couple of carriers left, and that's what'll happen if they didn't survive," said John Nance, an aviation analyst with ABC News.
US Airways has a smaller presence at MIA, where 71 of its employees work. It flies about 10 flights per day. At Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, US Airways has 176 employees and 21 daily departures.
"When companies merge, they're doing it partly to try to eliminate a little competition, and let's be honest, they're not doing that to try to lower fares for everybody, but if the government does approve this, one reason it would do that is because it would believe that it's not going to be all that bad for consumers," said Kaplan.
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Hello, friends! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend – I know I did!*
*except for the fact that I broke my fucking iPhone and am now phone-less.
Cory and I made the trip up to Northern Virginia to see our best couple friends, Bobby and Whitney! We had SUCH a good time, per the usual.
Friday night was casual and laid back, as all Fridays should be. Saturday, though, we hit the ground runnin'.
Our first stop of the day was (Dunkin Donuts) a local farmer's market. I was so thrilled when Bobby mentioned it. Aren't farmer's market's THE best? Especially when you can make friends with little lambs?
You know why this is funny? (Hint: My first name is actually Mary.) Get it? 😉
We had lunch at Cory's favorite local place, District Taco. You guys know I'm all about the Mexican food, and when I say District Taco is legit, you better believe me. Anyone in NOVA care to chime in?
We also stopped by The Container Store, which if you ask me, is total paradise. Even though I'm not the most organized person, this store made me WANT to be the most organized person. Ever.
Before, heading home to comfy pants and the most delicious home cooked food, we stopped by a local distillery (of which I cannot remember the name!) for a short tour.
It was a small place, and we joked about it's semi-creepy location, but once inside it was neat. An employee explained the process of making liquor, which was actually quite interesting, but then there was the "liquid portion of the tour" which was terrifying.
I don't do shots (that often) so I was thankful that this tour was only $5 – because I handled one sip before I felt like I was going to vom everywhere. UGH.
Sunday morning we hit the road. I was anxious to save my doggy from the kennel, but you guys were right, he didn't even miss us! Other than being a little hungrier than usual, Campbell is doing just fine!
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Chiquita Brands International apparently is exiting the deciduous business — starting with grapes when California's season ends.
The decision, coming on the heels of the early October hire of Edward Lonergan as Chiquita's new president and chief executive officer, is designed to raise profits, according to an e-mail from Tiffany Breaux, spokeswoman for the Charlotte, N.C.-based company.
"While the deciduous business has been a part of the company's vision to expand its reach and impact, the transition is necessary to align efforts focusing on the core business," according to Breaux's statement.
She gave no details on volume or commodities affected by the change. She said in the statement that Chiquita "has other ongoing business" in Chile, Mexico and California which are not affected by the latest move, which Breaux called "specific to the U.S. and Canadian commercial markets."
Chiquita's consumer website highlights only bananas, pineapples, Chiquita Bites (baby carrots, cut pineapple and sliced apples), Super Crunchy Fruit Chips (dried banana, pineapple and mango) and Fresh Express salads. Chiquita has annual revenue of more than $3 billion and employs more than 21,000 people in 70 countries, according to the company's website.
One California grape source, speaking on condition of anonymity, speculated that Chiquita's grape volume in the state was less than 1 million cartons, and perhaps between 500,000 to 700,000 cartons annually. The source said he had been told that Chiquita was also exiting the Chilean and Mexican grape deals. He was not aware of Chiquita being a significant player in any other California deciduous commodities.
Statistics from Philadelphia-based Sermaco Inc. shows that Chiquita imported just over 900,000 cartons of grapes and stone fruit from Chile in 2011-12, up from 881,000 cartons in 2010-11 but sharply lower than 2.61 million cartons in 2009-10. Chiquita said in its latest quarterly report that it had previously advanced $32 million to a fruit grower in Chile who declared bankruptcy in late 2011. The company said it continues to seek recovery of the funds with the bankruptcy trustee,
The latest move is the latest in a series of decisions by the multi-national to concentrate on its core banana and salad business.
In 2010, Chiquita halted melon sales and earlier this year the banana company said it was exiting the California avocado business.
In its annual report released in late February, Chiquita indicated that sales of fresh produce other than bananas — mostly pineapples, grapes and avocados — have been falling in recent years. Sales of the "other produce" segment were $163 million in 2011, down from $261 million in 2010 and $253 million in 2010. Chiquita's banana sales, at $2 billion, amounted to 64% of sales in 2011, up from 60% in 2010, according to Chiquita's annual report.
In the company's most recent quarterly report, Chiquita said sales of other produce were $84 million in the six months ending June 30, down 23% from the corresponding figure a year ago.
Sales of "other produce" saddled the company with an operating loss of $9.4 million for the six months ending June 30, according to the company's quarterly report.


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Hi Everybody! In the two previous parts of this series, I changed the outcomes of selected matches at the Royal Rumble and the Elimination Chamber in hopes of getting at a Wrestlemania card people will think is better than the actual one. Part one didn't really do a lot and it seems part two has fallen on deaf ears. Oh well, try, try again. In the third and final part, I'll use the actual happenings
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An Interview with Ernesto Perez-Carrillo
Owner, El Credito Cigar Co., makers of La Gloria Cubana, La Hoja Selecta, El Rico Habano and Dos Gonzales cigars.
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Within months, orders for La Gloria Cubana outstripped Carrillo's ability to make them. He admittedly lost track of just how many back orders he had, as the stories among his loyal followers became legendary; some waited up to six months for an order to be filled. Many people, instead of giving up, made a pilgrimage to the El Credito factory on S.W. 8th Street.
Finally, the pressure in Miami became too great, and with the advent of new factories in the city, Carrillo knew that competition for rollers and skilled laborers would raise the already high cost of making cigars in America. He began looking for property outside the country, settling on a location in the Dominican Republic. In a wide-ranging interview last November with Marvin R. Shanken, the editor and publisher of Cigar Aficionado, Carrillo discussed the trials and tribulations of the past four years, and his incredible success.
Cigar Aficionado: When did you open your factory in the Dominican Republic?
Carrillo: We closed the deal in November 1995, and we began making cigars as of April 8, 1996. By coincidence, that is the same month and day I took over the factory in Miami in 1980. We've been rolling cigars there now for about six months.
CA: What motivated you to open a new facility in the Dominican Republic after you've had a very successful small business in Miami? Why did you decide to expand your business?
Carrillo: I'd been coming to the Dominican Republic to buy tobacco. About four or five years ago, I went to look at a site there and thought to myself, "If I ever was going to open up in the Dominican Republic, it would be somewhere away from the rest of the free zones," where, as you know, most of the cigar factories are. I went down in 1995 to buy tobacco, and the day before I was leaving I went to see Mr. Federico Dominguez, who's the owner of [an industrial park in the Pisano free trade zone], and he said, "Let me show you around the park." So, we looked around, and I saw this place. I fell in love with it right away.
CA: What was going on in your business that led to the decision to expand in the first place?
Carrillo: There was no room for growth in Miami. Miami is a very limited market nowadays, especially with all the new factories opening up. I decided if I wanted to grow, and reach more consumers, spread my cigars around more, I would have to do it somewhere else.
CA: In 1996, how many cigars in total were you able to produce in Miami?
Carrillo: In Miami, we produced about 1.2 million.
CA: How many of those are La Gloria Cubana?
Carrillo: La Gloria Cubana was about 80 percent of the production.
CA: Are you at a point now where you can't produce more than 1.2 million in Miami?
Carrillo: Right.
CA: Are you at your total capacity in Miami?
Carrillo: I'm at it now.
CA: In your factory in the Dominican Republic, how many different brands are you producing?
Carrillo: We are producing La Gloria Cubana, La Hoja Selecta, El Rico Habano and Dos Gonzales.
CA: How many cigars did you produce between April and December?
Carrillo: We ended up with 2.2 million cigars.
CA: What percentage was La Gloria Cubana?
Carrillo: About 60 percent.
CA: And the next largest brand?
Carrillo: Second was El Rico Habano and third was La Hoja Selecta.
CA: So in 1997 you'll produce 1.2 million in Miami and how many in the Dominican Republic?
Carrillo: In the D.R., about six million.
CA: You will go to six million?
Carrillo: That's what we're shooting for. The only thing that might hold us back is lack of tobacco, which is a big problem now.
CA: I think people are interested to know, first of all, is there a designation on the cigar band that says whether it's from Miami or from the Dominican Republic?
Carrillo: Yes. It will be on the cigar box or bundle. We have to mark that on the bottom.
CA: But not on the band.
Carrillo: No.
CA: Is the blend exactly the same?
Carrillo: The blend is the same blend that we use in the Miami factory: Dominican and Nicaraguan tobacco.
CA: Let's talk about the blend of La Gloria Cubana, just to make it clear. The wrapper is from where?
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David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
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Don't know. Just 2 guys at a local bar in London. They did an alright version but you could tell the Guitarist didnt really know the whole song but it was still good.
In The Colors (Live) - Ben Harper
Stir it up (live) - jack johnson
533 songs left
Pirate Looks At 40 (Live) - Jack Johnson
479 left
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23. General Degree - (1994) Ninety Degrees -Appetiser.mp3
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Blue Monk - Miles Davis + Thelonius Monk
"Every Car You Chase" - Police vs. Snow Patrol
This is the darkest timeline.
Symbol In My Driveway (Live) - Jack Johnson
Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you
It's on both Dime and Jungleland.......
Devil's Arcade (Live 9-25-07) - BS & ESB
Norah Jones entire newest album, then switched gears and went to Korn Unplugged.
Staple it Together (Live) - Jack Johnson
Still have a lot more Live Jack Johnson to go through so I am just giving her hard and not looking back.


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I wanted a simple DVD player for my bedroom - and because it was only going in my bedroom I really didn't want to spend a fortune. I had previously had an Alba DVD player in my room - a very very cheap one that I was really impressed with as it cost me less than £20.00, but as with many cheap products it didn't last an eternity. So, having looked on Amazon, I came across the Samsung DVD H1080 Player - and have to admit that the reason I predominantly chose it is because I liked how it looked. The Samsung DVD H1080 Player cost me £44.99 from Amazon and that included postage and packaging.
When the device arrived, it had everything in it that I needed for immediate set up and use. I didn't need to buy any cables separately - or even have to buy any batteries for the remote control. Setting it up was very simple and the instructions that were included were easy to follow for anyone who is not technically minded. It did come with a years warranty, but on Amazon you could opt to increase this to 3 years for around £10.00 (although I didn't take this option).
The DVD looks snazzy and it looks different to the typical oblong design of most DVD players. The is instead a curved design and it oval shaped and looks like something a little more space age or something that you might make a toasted sandwich in! It was entirely black with all lettering / logos in white so that the contrast makes it really stand out. It looks very sleek and sexy and it's one of the best designs I've seen to date. It's also not very big so it doesn't take up loads of room and can just be slotted somewhere quite unobtrusively.
The DVD player works well and I have nothing to complain about. The disk slots in the front of the player and inserts and ejects smoothly. Loading is never a problem and I've not had any problem with discs sticking - something which was an issue occasionally with my Alba DVD player. It is simple to use with all of the usual functions of play, stop, pause, fast forward and rewind. The remote control works well and the device is very responsive to it as long as there is nothing blocking the direction between the control and the DVD player. It doesn't do anything fancy and so if you want something that does extra things other than just play the DVD then this isn't for you - but for my purposes it's just perfect.
Overall, I can recommend this DVD player for anyone who wants something that looks a bit more modern and who just wants a simple DVD player. It was a good buy.
Ive had this product since the last world cup was on, as i bought a new tv, & you were gettin this for £59.99 (saving £30) at the time,
I couldnt wait to get home & get everything set up, (i really am easyily amussed) & couldnt believe it was touch sensitive, i wasnt too sure at first thinking it would no doubt be alot more technical but it really wasnt and i was pleased, overall look of dvd player is fantastic, its smart, a great size & not like normal players as its in a circle shape - perfect if its needing to fit somwhere small & looks alot better to.
In the box was the dvd player itself, the leads & a perfect sized remote.
*I have never had a problem with this product, untill this morning when i went too put it on for my son & the touch sensitive part doesnt seem to be working, as i have 2 young kids i cant say if it was them or a fault, but it still works through the remote so not a problem :)
Dvd player can play DVIX soo this was a big selling point for us aswell, & i would strongly recommend this product.
Samsung a name I felt I could trust, a name I had bought into a few times in the past and found every thing to be of the best quality. This is the Samsung DVD H1080, I bought this for my self and also for my family last Christmas, as I do tend to buy electronics around this time of year as I like to have something new in the house to enjoy on the big day. I always buy it early December as I don't want to have to be setting it up on Christmas morning, by that time I want to be familiar with it. The thing that really caught my eye with this particular DVD player over others was it's looks.
This is a very unusual, modern almost space age, futuristic looking machine. It sits like a highly polished stone right beside my large screen TV, my very expensive large screen TV. And all everyone seams to look at and comment about is this player. At fist glance you'd think this was going to be a very expensive device, but I got this on sale for only £45. For this I got a great looking DVD player that up scales the DVDs to a good quality 1080p. I know everyone will be thinking isn't 1080p the best resolution available at the moment? Isn't that the resolution of full HD? It is and it isn't.
Yes 1080p is the highest and yes it is full HD, but the words "up scaling" is the main difference. Blue-ray is true 1080p while this takes a standard definition DVD and "enhances" the picture to mimic that of a blue-ray. It does not succeed. If you, like I have, play an up scaled DVD in "1080p" and on another device play a blue-ray of the same movie in true 1080p, the difference is undeniable.
This beautiful, polished pebble does however make DVDs look better, brighter, crisper and sharper than they would look on a standard DVD player. Of course in order to enjoy this up scaling of your movies you will need a HD READY TV of at least 720p resolution to mimic that true HD effect.
This function works automatically once a HDMI cable is connected, there is no difference in how long a disc will take to load just because it is being up scaled. I found this to be one of the quickest and quietest machines when it came to loading a disc. It literally takes less than five seconds from the moment the disc enters the player to the time it is ready to be played. The disc tray extends out from the front of the player and returns back inside with a very smooth mechanism.
There are a selection of touch screen-like buttons on the top of the unit right above the disc tray. It's a little unusual that there is no display at all on this player, all information is displayed on screen as you navigate through the easy to use and understand menus using the simple to control remote.
The remote is small as you'd expect as the unit itself is so compact. I find the buttons a little too close together and a lot of the time I find myself getting frustrated when I intend to press one button and end up accidentally pressing another. This is most annoying when I jump forward a chapter in the movie and see something that totally spoils the ending.
Other than the fiddly remote I can't find anything wrong with this great value great looking "FULL HD" DVD player.
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I bought this for myself a while ago now because I was fed up of using the cheap rubbish one I got from Argos. I am so glad that I choose a reputable brand as this DVD player is excellent!
The DVD player is very stylish, and looks modern as it is in a sort of circular shape, unlike the ones that seem old which are in a rectangular shape. It has a glossy finish which makes it stand out from the rest. The player is black with a Samsung white coloured label on top.
The buttons on the box are all touch which makes it blend in and contrast better which give the box a better look as a whole.
The only thing that I do not like about this DVD player after about a year of using it is that the control is very small.
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About 2 days after I purchased this DVD player my parents stopped working, as it only cost £50 I recommended it to them. They were extremely overjoyed when I told them about how good the quality was they thought they would get one too, so I headed out to Currys and bought another one for them.
Thanks for reading! I hope this has been of interest to you and has helped assist you in your decision.
I bought this Samsung DVD H1080 in the middle of last year when I upgraded my TV to a new HD set and got Sky HD to go with it. I thought I might as well complete the set by getting a DVD player with HD features and not knowing much about DVD players, I had previously had my player for quite some time, so pretty much bought the first one I saw.
The first thing that appeals to me about this device other than the technical details is the way it looks. My whole TV stand is black and all the accessories on it are too so I wanted something that matched them. Secondly, the size of the device was handy as my Tv stand like I am sure many others are, is packed anyway so being small it works well in my unit. Plus at around £50 for the player, given the performance and general quality inherent here it is well worth the money!
The main feature though was the way in which this device upscales DVD's to 1080p thus giving you a high definition feedback. Is this noticeable? Of course it is. Watch DVD's on a normal player on a HD TV and then use one of these players and you will notice a huge difference. The device performs some of the bets up scaling I have ever seen and it has enhance my viewing quality and means I get the most of out my TV and DVD's. It does all these without any slowdown in speed or extra loading times too!
It connects to the TV via HDMI cable and being part of the anynet range gives you such an easy connection to a Samsung TV as I have. Its quick and simple to set up and gives you excellent feedback. The whole machine is silent and runs smoothly with a front opening tray. You can also control the device via touch buttons on top of the unit but mainly its going to be the remote you use. There is no LED display, thus no clock, timer, progress or anything...everything is done on screen via the remote and it does take a while to get used to all the options and ways to do things.
The remote is small and useful, but almost too small as I keep loosing it. Nevertheless it has all the functions you require without taking up the space of older remotes.
Also on handy feature people may use, but I don't, is the usb functionally meaning you can connect USB devices and play videos and music etc which some people may find handy and I must admit I haven't ever seen on a DVD player before.
Problems....only one fault with mine. If I stop a DVD to change channel it knocks the DVD player off and takes a good 30 seconds to get back into gear. It places the DVD in the place where I left it as it has some sort of memory built in there but sometimes this comes back on with subtitles which is odd and thus I am forced to turn them off!
Other than that minor issue I have been fully satisfied with this player and have found in terms of quality, value and all round performance it has been more than worth the money!
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I received this DVD player this Christmas. My previous one was a cheap and cheerful Philips version, which failed me in the space of six months, so I'd asked for a reliable (thus, more expensive) one to replace it. I received the Samsung H1080 DVD player, and here is my review:
The DVD player is packaged in a compact way to prevent movement and damage upon transit. There is a reliable image on the front with all product information etc. The standard DVD packaging! In the box, you have: The DVD Player, Remote Control, two AAA Batteries, an AV Cable, User Manual, Quick Start Guide and a Warranty Card.
The first thing that struck me about this DVD player was the unusual design. Instead of a box, this was circular. It begs the question, why do DVD players come in square/rectangular boxes if the actual DVDs are round!? Samsung describe is as the "pebble" and in my opinion it makes it ultra stylish and modern. The DVD player is black with a white Samsung logo on the top and white detail for the buttons. Its glossy finish gives it extra brownie points! It would be perfect against the traditional black television.
The DVD player is quite small - roughly 28cm across - which is excellent in terms of storage space and especially good if you like the minimalist look! The product is very lightweight too.
The DVD player itself has touch sensitive buttons, which is brilliant, but if you're lazy like me, a remote control is supplied too. Much like the DVD player, it is small and concise. Not good if you have big hands or limited eyesight! I have lost it so many times due to the sheer size of it!
The picture quality from this DVD is near perfect. I have a small Sony LCD screen to use it on, and find both the sound and picture quality brilliant. I am not sure how many pixels you can get with this because it varies depending on which medium you plug it into (e.g. HDMI or USB). The DVD player is quite easy to set up, but there are instructions should you need them! Nothing complicated. I was impressed at how fast the machine will fast forward if you need it to, anything from x2 to x64 which was a real bonus if you want to skip out the ads!
You may need to buy a separate HDMI cable with this DVD player, because it is not supplied in the box. These can be picked up pretty cheap off Amazon and Ebay though.
You can make this DVD player region free - which is great for watching overseas disks. The code to do so is listed below:
1) Turn on the DVD player with no disc in it.
2) On the connected display you will see the "no disc" message
3) Key in the following keys one after the other - Repeat, Fast Forward, UP, DOWN, STOP and RIGHT.
As I said, I received this product as a gift, so I can not comment on what price it was picked up for. However, you can get the DVD player from Amazon.co.uk now for £44.44 (free delivery) which is a steal for such a good DVD player! Alternatively, you can buy it from electronic retailers such as Currys, or large supermarket stores such as Tesco.
I love my new DVD player! If you want a quality, stylish product with a unique design you must buy one. It is so cheap to get nowadays too, especially as this is from a quality brand! Thoroughly recommend it.
I give the DVD player 4/5... it has its faults, but overall, a lovely machine!
If you are looking out for a bit of style and something a little different to the bog standard shape of a dvd player then the Samsung H1080 could be right up your street! At first glance, the H1080 appears very modern indeed and often that means complicated set-ups and lots of buttons and menu's to navigate - not with this model! Not only have Samsung designed an object of beauty, they have given the user the ability to set it up very easily with clear, concise instructions both on-screen and through the user manual. Also, the H1080 has 3 touch buttons on the front of the player making it simple to just pop a dvd in and play it immediately with minimum fuss.
This dvd player has the added ability to play cd's and the USB slot at the rear of the machine allows media or a USB stick of music, perhaps, attached to play your own music collection. The remote control is equally simple to operate - the whole package is simple to use. At around £45 I would have to say this is one of the better players around, although there are many more players offering loads more features. I would say this dvd player is targeted at people that are less 'tech-wise'. Positively, the dvd player is easy to clean with its sleek lines and this helps as the high-gloss finish isn't the easiest to keep clean usually.
On the downside there is very little to say. Perhaps the remote control could have larger numbers and pictures on it and those with poor eyesight will struggle to see the buttons but this is a minor point. I think on the whole this dvd player is superb value for money and you will struggle to find better style for this price.
Another great piece of hardware from samsung, this HD dvd player is small, very pleasing to the eyes and very easy to use. A little expensive however but the quality is superb. Plugged into a Samsung HD TV with a good HDMI cable and its like a home cinema. The only extra this i'd recommend as a good 5.1 surround sound system to complete the home cinema experience. 3 touch buttons on top make it simple to use. Has the abilitly to play CD's. A USB slot in the back allows dvds or vidoes or music to be play with ease by just plugging in to the back and using the small but very easy to use remote control. The cicular shape makes it different and eye catching, a deffinate must item to impress the guests. Will connect to a normal tv if you haven't yet upgraded! An excellent buy.
I was given this by my lovely (yet technology hoarding) uncle and immediately thought 'oooo, pretty'. I generally like Samsung for their simple, easy to use products and this is pretty much in keeping with that. However, the shape and size of the DVD player itself is very awkward for someone who has a portable television on top of a chest of drawers. It's pretty small, about the size of two DVDs laying together (not in thickness) but you can't really stack it. (I know, I know, you shouldn't really be stacking appliances, but who doesn't?)
It does look lovely, really modern - but like it should be made more of, I generally just have DVDs sat on top of it, kind of taking away it's modern touch. The touch screen feature again is really nice and modern, but it's slow. Perhaps this is just for me - but sometimes it takes up to ten seconds for the tray to actually come out, and sometimes not at all. Leaving you awkwardly waiting to see whether it's a ten second wait or not at all, often pressing it again and getting the annoying open and immediately close thing.
Aside from appearance - this little player is my only appliance that does not take a SCART lead, meaning an extra cable (and an extra purchase for some). There's a USB port (again hidden around the back with the cables - furthering it's nice appearance, but a bit awkward for my cramped chest of drawers), which let's you play music and such off a thumb drive (and rip music off CD I believe, though I haven't tried that yet) which is something I personally haven't come across before - but don't really need anyway as I do anything music related on my computer with perfect ease.
The remote is dinky! It's a hand held number taking the usual triple A's, again pretty simple, with easy to get power, eject and enter buttons. The actually quality of the DVD player is great, there's a lot going on to bring you high quality watching (okay, I'm not so sure what, I'm personally not a DVD player buff, but I know there's a lot notching up the quality - even on my portable telly).
I personally found it was more of an attractive thing, that was wasted in my room, and the extra features, though really good, were also wasted on me. But even purely as a DVD player, it's very good quality, and quite a bargain (at around £50).
So if you are like me you have probably amassed quite a large collection of DVD over the past ten years or so, and don't fancy buying them all again on Blu ray. So what can you do to get a better quality out of them so they do your nice HD telly justice, here's one solution.
This DVD player allows full 1080p up-scaling for your DVDs; this means they look better quality than they are, but not Blu ray quality. This stylish box which is certainly original looking does an especially good job of this. The unit is quiet and reliable, it is quick and full of features.
I bought this product for my bedroom and its small size allows it to fit on smaller tables than many other players. However due to its "pebble" shape you can't stack on top of it like you would on most other players. This is kind of bad as this has to be on top of all your other equipment or on a separate pile. The black smooth design looks great and fits in with most modern designs, but its design is eye catching enough for people who visit to go "what's that?".
The remote control is pretty bog standard, it obvious what all the controls are for. Its as stylish as a remote can be and its small enough to not get in the way but big enough not to get lost.
This particular model is part of Samsung's Anynet+ products which allow them all to sync together for better control. The player also acts as a USB dock which allows content from external USB devices to be played through the player. This means video, picture and music files are all accessible on your TV. Also CDs can be ripped to MP3 for your compatible player to store.
All in all this is a great little player which goes above and beyond what it needs to do, but then again any Bluray player worth its salt will have these features anyway. This players biggest strengths are its looks and its features, which is a good thing because the picture quality is never going to stand up against blu ray, so the feature help.


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DUNDEE, Fla. — Buyers should expect fewer navels but bigger volumes of grapefruit and tangerines as Florida's early season shipments move to larger volumes.
The season is also bringing smaller-sized fruit, grower-shippers say.
Grower-shippers began harvesting in late September and early October, about a week earlier than normal.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Oct. 11 initial season forecast, Florida is expected to produce 2.2 million equivalent cartons of navels, 17% fewer than last year.
Despite the predicted smaller volume, grower-shippers say retailers should see adequate volume of Florida navels and other oranges for winter promotions.
Additionally, navels could finish earlier than normal, said Matt Reel, director of sales for Vero Beach-based IMG Citrus Inc.
"We will see lighter volumes in late December and early January than we usually do," Reel said in early November. "That's because of the lower acid levels in the fruit. Primary Florida volume finishes by the end of December, but we will see a lot of shippers finish earlier. With the lower acid in the fruit, they won't hold on to the tree as long."
Al Finch, vice president of sales and marketing for Florida Classic Growers, the marketing arm of the Dundee Citrus Growers Association, said some early October rain slowed harvesting, but the season was well underway by late October.
He said retailers should do well with bag promotions.
"From the feedback from our retailers, they are extremely pleased with the eating quality of the fruit," Finch said in late October. "This has translated into their sales at store level. As we move further into November, lots of promotions have been established with major retail groups in the U.S. and Canada on bagged navels and tangerines and bulk grapefruit."
Seald Sweet International, Vero Beach, began harvesting light volumes of grapefruit in late September but bumped up production by mid-October.
In late October, Dave Brocksmith, Seald Sweet's Florida program manager, said the entire industry was in promotable volume.
He said the bigger volume should help promote bag sales.
"The grapefruit production forecast is basically unchanged but we will see more fresh-packed grapefruit in the market this year because processors aren't paying such a high price this year," Brocksmith said. "That is putting more grapefruit in the fresh marketplace and less in processing. It has taken some competitive pressures off supplies."
Last year saw a truncated grapefruit season, which ended in mid-March.
Typically, Florida grapefruit runs through May.
On tangerines, Kevin Swords, Florida citrus sales manager for DNE World Fruit Sales, Fort Pierce, said quality was high.
"For the most part, quality-wise, we have had one of our best fallglo tangerine years I can ever remember in terms of quality and arrivals," he said. "It's very encouraging the way the season is turning out. We want to continue this momentum."
Swords said volume isn't significantly up or down to affect promotions, and the year could be one where retailers could promote smaller sizes vs. larger sizes like last year on certain varieties. Even though navel production is expected to be down a little, we still will have promotable volume."
Noble World Wide, Winter Haven, finished harvesting early season fallglo tangerines on Oct. 19 and began packing sunburst tangerines on Oct. 22.
Quentin Roe, president, said sunburst quality is strong.
"They are just stunning," he said in late October. "The fruit is coloring up nicely and brix is building."
After hot temperatures and heavy rains brought an unfavorable start in September and October, Roe said the weather patterns changed and are bringing improved quality fruit.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture in early November reported these prices for 4/5-bushel cartons of U.S. No. 1 Florida navels in Boston: $22 for 36s, 40s, 48s and 80s; $20-21 for 56s and $20 for 64s.
Last year in early November, the USDA reported those same cartons of navels in Boston selling for $20 for 40s, $20-21 for 48s, 56s, 64s and 80s and $16 for 125s.


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A consultant will likely be hired to study the countys recreation facilities, after officials agreed Tuesday to contribute more than $50,000 to the cause.
The nearly $3 million fund derives from city sales tax money and is earmarked for economic development.
The donation gives officials all it needs -- $85,000 -- to hire a consulting firm from Colorado.
The process started when Dave Pederson, the president of the board at the Great Plains Regional Medical Center, gathered an informal group of community representatives to talk about recreation.
Pederson said the medical center board flirted with the idea of building a wellness center in the new hospital expansion, but decided a broader look at the needs of the entire community would be good.
In October, Pederson went before the city council to say that the study needs to be made.
With the council's encouragement, Pederson was back before the council March 5 to tell them bids had been received from consultants to study and make recommendations, and the low bid was $88,500 from Greenplay LLC of Lafayette, Colo.
Four other groups already pledged $33,500 of the cost the GPRMC ($10,000), the Convention and Visitors Center ($10,000), the Chamber and Development Corporation ($8,500) and the Mid-Nebraska Community Development Corporation ($5,000.)
Pederson told the council his group would ask the board of the Quality Growth Fund to contribute, and they did, and got the donation on Tuesday.
The advisory board's unanimous vote came after nearly 90 minutes of discussion and debate. The board became convinced that the business climate of the community would benefit, said Dan Mauk of the Chamber and Development Corporation.
Driving the issue is the age of the 30-year-old city recreation center, which is nearing the end of its lifespan.
And, the right mix of recreation facilities and workout centers will help residents stay in shape, boost productivity and attract people to the community, Pederson has said. School students could benefit from better facilities too.
Obesity is a drain on businesses, Mauk told the Bulletin.
A week ago, several supporters came to the council, including CEO Greg Nielsen of Great Plains Regional Medical Center, Executive Director Lisa Burke of the Lincoln County Visitors Bureau, Superintendant Kevin Dodson of the Catholic Schools, Bob Barr of the city recreation department and businessman Pat Keenan, who is on the advisory board of the Quality Growth Fund.
The $51,500 donation is just a drop in the bucket of the reserves of the Quality Growth Fund, which Mauk said has $2.6 million and will receive another $500,000 or so this year. The QGF has been growing since voters approved it some 12 years ago. The QGF takes a little city sales tax money each year, accumulating it for "quality growth."
Pederson said the next step is to ask the councils approval of the QGF grant. He and the supporters plan to do that soon.
So far, the only council member to express reservations is Larry Campbell, who wondered aloud if a local consultant could conduct the study.
Pederson told Campbell that a local consultant was considered, but no local firm was found to be qualified.
If the council approves the QGF donation, the study would be conducted in six months, Pederson said. Greenplay would analyze existing facilities, current needs and future needs.
Of course, if the study calls for new construction, more money would be needed. Pederson said major companies in town as well as public agencies could be approached for contributions.
And, if the council says this QGF grant is indeed for economic development, that could pave the way for more quality growth funds for construction.
There would be a lot of bridges to cross first, but Pederson said, were not going to let this set on the shelf.
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