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Easy removal and separated lashesI first received a sample of the Blinc mascara in a Birchbox. I liked it enough to purchase the full size at $24 from the Birchbox website. I am skeptical of "tubing" mascaras because the ones I have used in the past haven't delivered. This one really does. Once the mascara sets on your lashes, it stays put until you wash it off. It doesn't leave black rings around your eyes either when you r...read moreemove it. Just splash your eyes with warm water and gently pull tubes off. It'll seem like you're removing false lashes. It's odd but totally painless. This mascara is great if you want a separated, natural lash look. The downside of this mascara is that is isn't buildable. If you are looking for a volumizing mascara that will give you that lush lash look, Blinc is not for you. There is no point in layering the mascara to try to get that volume because once it sets, it is SET. The only other pitfall of this mascara is the price. I was willing to pay $24 for this product because I have been so aggravated by impossible-to-remove-mascaras. If easy removal and precise, separated lashes are not critical for you, I would recommend saving your money on this one. With that said, I think Blinc has a truly unique product that is worthy of its high end price tag. — 5 years, 6 months agoHeathRene | 285 reviews
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Tried it, tossed itI liked the idea of being able to take mascara off with water and my finger tips. It's true that this comes off in little tubes. However, when I put it on, it didn't separate the lashes; it clumped them together. If it doesn't look good on, it doesn't matter to me how easily it comes off. — 8 years, 6 months agoitaliaca | 257 reviews
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clumpyThis mascara went on really clumpy and smudgy. It gave me that awful "spider-eyes" look. The tube concept sounds like a good idea, but I think the applicator needs some work. I really didn't notice any volume or length, my lashes just looked clumpy. I'm going back to Cover Girl Lash Blast Fusion — 6 years agoLaurelJ | 153 reviews
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Good but not my favoriteI liked this product overall but did find that at the end of the day if I rubbed my eyes it would come off...which is good if you are trying to remove it but bad if you don't...then you just have black 'strings' all around your eyes. — 5 years, 6 months agoladyslipper | 170 reviews
Not what one normally seeks in a mascaraShine and definition, yes, this does deliver that. But no length or volume. It does stay on until you pull off the tiny tubes, but the difference in the actual look of your lashes is so miniscule that it seems more effort to put it on and take it off than it is worth. It does stay on, but at the same time, who cares? They look the same! I only use it if I am going camping, because it stays on overnight. — 9 years, 1 month agobecksstein | 160 reviews
Best MascaraThe only mascara that doesn't smear for Asian eyes. Easy to remove with plain water. Does not flake. — 4 years, 7 months agotaylorsgems | 70 reviews
Good but not for $25I really hate eye make up remover. Like a lot. So when I heard about this mascara I was really excited. And it is true, warm water & pressure gets this stuff off (however that does mean it also gives you weird clumpy mascara eyes if you have a good cry while wearing it, but I am not considering that in this review), this mascara is also basic, it doesn't add very much length and does not add vo...read morelume which is a plus for someone like me ~ I'm lucky to have pretty great natural lashes so volumizing mascaras are too extreme on my eyes for an everyday look. But this stuff clumps your lashes together so easily, and I really think it's because of the "fine bristles & spiral brush" - the brush sucks. I use a lash comb right after applying 90% of the time. I really do like the mascara itself, I just expect a better brush for $25. I get a more consistent and better result with my Maybelline mascara, but like I said I really hate eye make up remover... So I'll keep using it till I run out, but I won't buy it again. — 5 years, 7 months agosummer_yarbrough | 2 reviews
Apply It Right and Looovvvvee itThis it NOT your typical mascara! So don't try to apply it the same way. THE BEST thing about this is it will never come off all over your face. — 5 years, 10 months agoTheoracleiam | 21 reviews
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wouldn't buy itYes it does create a tube around your eyelash. I do not use makeup remover, only warm water and a washcloth so many mornings I awoke to have what looked like lashes on my face. It was the tubes. All this mascara did was darken my eyelashes so unless you have very thick or very long eyelashes, this mascara is a bust. — 5 years, 10 months agoeilee | 2 reviews
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So-soIt was just ok. It's comes off in tubes, sure...but doesn't really deliver on length or volume. In the end I tossed it and went back to a normal mascara formula. — 6 years, 3 months agorach7 | 7 reviews
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - At a time when health care jobs are a dime a dozen and there's always news about a shortage of nurses, students graduating from nursing school are having trouble landing a job.
A new survey from the American Society of Registered Nurses finds nearly half of newly registered Registered Nurses don't have jobs three months after graduation.
The Director of the Nursing Program at the University of North Florida said students graduating from the program are fairing a little better than the statistic the survey drew up.
She said last May's graduates are all employed now, but after a much slower process.
"The trends in our nursing students and job placements is probably five to 10 years ago, our students, every single one of them, probably had a job before they graduated," Director for the School of Nursing at UNF Li Loriz said.
The times are changing and the recession has truly affected everyone, including the nursing industry.
Since the recession, the health care sector has seen the most growth. But that doesn't mean it's not hard to get hired.
About 43 percent of newly licensed RNs do not have a job within 18 months of graduating, according to a new survey conducted by the American Society of Registered Nurses.
Loriz said the problem began before the recession, with news there weren't enough nurses.
"You had individuals that realized theres a shortage, we can get jobs," Loriz said. "Then that was a demand for more nursing programs so we have had a number of nursing programs that have opened throughout the state of Florida in the past three years."
The recession magnified the problem. More schools means more graduates. Nurses who were planning to retire or go part part time stayed on the job or increased their hours instead because of financial uncertainty, leaving less job openings for new nurses.
"The new graduates bring a lot of new technology, new ideas and enthusiasm, but they also lack the experience," Loriz said. "So that's why the hospitals like to have a good balance between your experienced nurse and new graduate."
Loriz said the nature of the market has just changed.
She's worked with nursing students for 16 years and said students used to have a job before graduation and now she said that's usually never the case.
But she also said the jobs are still there, especially in Jacksonville. The last graduating class all had jobs within three months of graduating.
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TEMPLE Guiting trainer Jonjo O'Neill maintained his magnetic grip on Cheltenham Festival races with three winners.
After Holywell's early Baylis and Harding Affordable Luxury Handicap Chase victory, the Cotswold handler swooped for a double success on the third day.
Unbeaten six-year-old More Of That (15-2), in only the fifth start of his career, and jockey Barry Geraghty landed the Ladbrokes World Hurdle by halting the well-supported 11-8 favourite Annie Power by a length-and-a-half.
O'Neill also claimed the JLT Novices' Chase with Taquin Du Seuil, who is rated at 25-1 by Paddy Power for next year's Gold Cup.
He admitted after the hurdle win: "It doesn't get much better than this. Barry gave him a super ride. If I can keep him safe and sound, then there are loads of options for him. He's a lovely, big horse who could go chasing."
Seven-year-old Taquin Du Seuil was among the leading contenders for the chase at 7-1 and won by three-quarters-of-a-length under Tony McCoy.
O'Neill continued: "We think he's a good horse, he jumped well and got the race run to suit him. You don't know until you run them over it, but if he does get the (Gold Cup) trip he's a proper horse."
However, the O'Neill-trained 10-year-old Get Me Out Of Here (12-1) was second for the fourth time at Cheltenham in a thrilling Coral Cup race, going down to Whisper (14-1) by a short head.
Irishman Willie Mullins clinched the leading trainer award at the Festival with four wins.
Cheltenham specialist The Giant Bolster (14-1) ran another honourable race to take third spot in the Gold Cup, beaten by just three-quarters of a length.
Stow-on-the-Wold trainer David Bridgwater's nine-year-old has now been placed in the last three big Festival races but is unlikely to run again this season.
Bridgwater said: "We were the top English horse, which I thought might be the case, and the only one to represent Gloucestershire, so it was another brilliant day. For the horse to be placed in three Gold Cups is now pretty phenomenal."
Balthazar King defied top weight with a short-head victory over Any Currency, trained by Martin Keighley in Condicote, in the Glenfarclas Handicap Chase.
Keighley said: "I'm gutted. He really deserved to win something like that."
The New One, trained by Naunton's Nigel Twiston-Davies, remains firmly on target for a second tilt at the Doom Bar Aintree Hurdle next month following his luckless run at the Cheltenham Festival when he finished third in the Champion Hurdle.
The six-year-old is set to be a hot favourite on April 3.
Double Ross put in a superb effort to finish a close third in Cheltenham's JLT Novices' Chase and will also be part of the Aintree team.
Same Difference is bound for the Crabbie's Grand National after finishing fifth in his Kim Muir title defence at Cheltenham.


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Fall is now in full swing, and after a relatively quiet several months my speaking schedule is about to jump into fairly-packed mode. Following is a list of where I'll be headed over the next couple of months:
Next week I'm really excited to be teaching a day of the Microsoft Certified Master: Microsoft SQL server 2008 program's beta rotation. I'll be teaching developer topics including ADO.NET, XML, and SQLCLR. Should be a good time!
November 12, the SQL Server 2008 Roadshow hits Boston, and I'll be presenting a half day on all sorts of SQL Server 2008 topics. This one is free, so if you're in the Boston area you have nothing to lose by checking it out.
November 19-21 is the PASS Summit, and I'm excited to be involved in three presentations. I'm doing a spotlight presentation on programmatic/application concurrency topics, a duo with Peter DeBetta called "[Anti]patterns and [Mal]practices", and a duo with James Luetkehoelter on performance metrics.
December 1 and 2 I'll be in Montreal, speaking at the always-fun DevTeach/SQLTeach conference. Aside from speaking in the regular conference program, on December 1 I will be doing a full-day preconference on SQLCLR development. In this preconference I will start with SQLCLR beginner topics and take you all the way through to some really advanced use cases. So this one should be of interest even if you've been using SQLCLR for some time. Best practices will be stressed, and you might just learn about some of the dusty corners you've not yet had a chance to touch. I'm also upgrading the content to cover what changes SQL Server 2008 brings to the table, so this will be a complete session on the topic. I think that SQLCLR, while not used much in SQL Server 2005, will really pick up adoption in SQL Server 2008 and beyond. So now is the time to pick up what will be a key skill going forward.
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Wow--I thought my travel schedule was challening. Looking forward to seeing your sessions at PASS!
Wow, props on the MCM gig. That is huge.


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The North Platte Community College mens' basketball team scored nine unanswered points in overtime on Thursday to get past Eastern Wyoming College 76-75 at the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium.
But Damon Brown stole the ball and the 5-foot-11 freshman raced down the court for a one-handed dunk.
Eastern Wyoming then turned it over again with Tim Simmons stealing the ball and passing it to Ben Wilson, who was fouled going up for a layup. Wilson made both free throws to give the Knights the lead for good.
Then with 1:13 to go, Brown made a three-pointer for a 71-67 lead. Simmons and Ethan Montalvo made two free throws out of four tries to close out the run with 29 seconds left.
Eastern Wyoming scored eight in the last half minute with six of the final eight being scored on a pair of threes by Slade Spoonhunter, the final coming at the buzzer. But with a pair of made free throws by Wilson and one by Simmons earlier, it didn't change the outcome.
NPCC coach Kevin O'Connor said that Brown, the starting point guard from Bloomington, Ind., showed that he wasn't afraid to take charge.
"The three he had was big," said O'Connor. "Damon's got a lot of confidence, which sometimes is a detriment, but tonight it was big for him."
The Knights were close to taking control of the game early on. They took a 14-7 lead with Casse scoring on a putback by Wilson seven minutes into the contest.
NPCC led as much as nine in the first half. But the Lancers switched to a zone defense that proved to be effective.
Eastern Wyoming took a 23-22 lead with just over six minutes left in the first half when Jason McClellen scored inside. From there, it was a battle.
"We were killing them and then they went to a zone and they found out we couldn't shoot," O'Connor said. "That just changed the tide of the game."
The Lancers led at halftime 33-30 and they were up for most of the second half, as well. With four minutes left, Ryan Wilson made a three that followed a dunk by Jordan Doss to give Eastern Wyoming a 60-55 lead.
But Casse came back for the Knights with two straight baskets and then Montalvo sunk in a three to give NPCC a 62-60 lead with 2:42 left.
Eastern Wyoming turned the ball over in the backcourt and Simmons was fouled going up to the rim. Simmons made one of two in his resulting trip to the charity stripe.
After the split by Simmons, Jordan Dick buried a three from the right corner to tie the game at 63.
Those were the last points of regulation. With six seconds left, NPCC called timeout to set up a play for the last shot. But Brown missed a runner and the Lancers called timeout with just over two seconds left.
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I was talking to some buddies that throw real long about their grip and they all said to put the thumb out on the flight plate. Wayy out on the flight plate. I gtabbe a disc to check it out and without a doubt it felt very awkward.
I did notice that it was comfortable to have maybe half an inch off the rim and my distance actually increased. But so did the height of the flight path. For about half the round I couldn't figure out why it was happening, then I remember the thumb on the rim helped with the nose down.
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Mastitis is the most costly disease of dairy cattle due to costs associated with treatment, milk loss and extra labor. According to the National Mastitis Council, reduced milk production represents approximately 66 percent of the total cost of each mastitis case. This reduced capacity for milk synthesis is more severe in chronic cases generally observed following contagious mastitis episodes, which can be caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus agalactiae or Mycoplasma spp. These cases of mastitis are characterized by decreased milk production, increased somatic cell count (SCC) and increased recurrences usually of the same previously infected quarter.
Among these bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus is the most prevalent contagious mastitis pathogen. In a 10-year retrospective study from UC Davis, researchers evaluated more than 300,000 milk samples submitted for microbiology analysis and diagnosed 5.6 percent S. aureus, 2.4 percent Mycoplasma spp. and 0.1 percent S. agalactiae; confirming the higher prevalence of S. aureus over the other pathogens.
The main reservoir for S. aureus is the infected udder. Bacteria are spread from the infected quarter to other quarters and to other cows primarily through milk from infected animals contaminating milking machines, milker's hands, towels, flies, or other items used in the milk parlor during milking.
Once infection is established, S. aureus colonizes in the mammary gland and destroys cell membranes and damages milk-producing tissue (alveoli). Bacteria are then encapsulated by scar tissue forming abscesses. Damaged milk-secreting tissue is then replaced by scar tissue. This abscess formation is one of the main reasons antibiotic therapies have poor cure rates against S. aureus. Moreover, S. aureus can live inside white blood cells and produce enzymes that inactivate most penicillin-based treatments, further increasing the inefficiency of antibiotic therapies.
Recently some extended therapies have been suggested to control S. aureus infection; however, these therapies are off-label and efficacies are inconsistent across studies. The most effective strategy to control S. aureus in the herd is preventing new infections and culling chronic animals. Eliminating conditions that allow infections to spread from cow-to-cow is important to decrease new infections in the herd. Such strategies include clean procedures during milking, usage of a single towel per cow, proper udder sanitation before and after milking, routine maintenance of milking equipment and the use of gloves by milkers during milking. In addition, minimizing stress and proper nutrition can enhance a herd's resistance to mastitis. Some studies have shown that supplementation with vitamin E and selenium, as well as vitamin A and beta-carotene can help prevent mastitis when coupled with proper diet formulation for other minerals such as copper and zinc.
Due to the low treatment response, many producers segregate S. aureus positive cows from the rest of the herd and milk them separately. This strategy can be accepted in some dairies where producers have total control over the herd. However, this strategy can jeopardize the entire herd if these cows are not handled properly. Most of the time positive S. aureus cows represent a small percentage of the herd that does not justify the risk. Even though these animals are identified with leg bands and colored ear tags, if one single infected cow is accidently mixed and milked with non-infected cows due to management problems; the risk of new infections increases. Many other cows can be infected until the resultant new cases are identified.
Designing a good mastitis prevention plan and tools to monitor mastitis are important strategies to control this costly disease. Consider culling animals that cannot be cured as a strategy to protect the herd from severe infections. Your veterinarian can help you design customized strategy plans for your operation.
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Changing Social Attitudes Toward Women's Health
It is estimated that one in four college students has a sexually transmitted infection (STI). And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 19 million new cases of STIs occur every year, half of them occurring in people between 15 to 24 years old. Women are disproportionately at risk.
Randi Saunders, BA sociology '14, is taking a look at this high-risk group to examine what factors influence the decisions college women make when it comes to STI testing. Saunders, who worked this past semester as a research assistant for the Center on Health, Risk and Society, is examining the ways in which her target audience discusses STI testing in various contexts. She will be taking this research with her to the National Council for Undergraduate Research.
"I have always been interested in sexual and reproductive health," Saunders says. "And as I started researching major issues in this field during my junior year of college, STI testing for college women stood out."
To gather her data, Saunders arranged interviews with volunteer college students recruited through email listservs, campus resources such as Today@AU, and word of mouth. Her IRB-approved line of questioning guided each interview. The interviews examined the processes by which women make their STI-related decisions. The use of qualitative data allows Saunders to garner richer detail from her study, without forcing people's experiences into patterns or binaries.
"Qualitative data lets me ask more and look at more holistic experiences, to see where things intersect and interact with each other," says Saunders.
Assistant Professor Michelle Newton-Francis, who advised Saunders during the project, describes Saunders as a research wunderkind. "I have worked with Randi in a variety of contexts and have watched her design research and present both her design and findings. When listening to her, it is easy to forget that she is an undergraduate student," says Newton-Francis.
While Saunders' work is still underway—the broader project continues to develop from her senior capstone—she has drawn some conclusions regarding those individuals most likely to discuss STIs, testing, and treatment.
"More data collection is needed before concrete results can be claimed," says Saunders. "That said, right now the interviews indicate that individuals who recognize they are at risk for STIs are more likely to seek testing, and that individuals who discuss STI testing with their friends, or whose friends treat STI testing as normal and/or healthy, are more likely to get STI testing. At the same time, these individuals may be cognizant of stigma or taboos surrounding STI testing outside the social group."
Saunders adds that without interviewing men, or people who identify as anything other than women, it is impossible to draw comparative data. Her focus now remains on women, and the changing social attitudes surrounding women's sexual activity.
"Even individuals for whom STI testing was taboo, sex itself was seemingly okay to discuss," says Saunders. "Attitudes regarding sexual health, however, aren't changing as quickly. For women, stigma is contextualized, and it's what their friend groups—what women they are close to—think that seems to matter the most. It's not yet clear if that is a gendered experience."
What are gendered experiences, she notes, are the health experiences that many women experience, such as interacting with gynecologists.
"If we want to make sexual health more normalized and encourage women to access health services, we need to encourage providers to be non-judgmental and not make assumptions about women's lives and behaviors," Saunders says. "When women feel safe, and do not feel judged by their health providers, they are more likely to be able to move past other social stigmas and take care of their own health."
"There is increased focus on the social determinants of health by researchers, policy makers, and public health practitioners," says Newton-Francis. "This focus covers a broad range of public health concerns, including HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections. Randi's capstone/honors project is situated within this focus and seeks to understand how the decision to get tested for STIs is gendered among college women, and how it has implications on intervention and treatment."


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The Beetle made Volkswagen (VW) a household name all over the world for more than 50 years. But in the early 1990s, the VW Group, with its Audi, Seat, and Skoda brands, was in bad shape: a high cost base, costly duplications between the different car brands, and a weak model line-up had led profits to decline by 85% in 1992. At this point, Ferdinand Piech, CEO of Audi, was asked to take over as CEO of the VW group. The company ended 1993 with a loss of almost 1 billion eurodollars. In 2001, the group's net income increased to a record-breaking 2.9 billion eurodollars. Between 1993 and 2001, sales were up from 39.1 billion to 88.5 billion eurodollars, with international sales increasing from 55% to 72%. VW Group's turnaround included making Audi a premium brand, saving Seat from near bankruptcy, and transforming Skoda Auto from a cheap eastern European car maker into a respected player. According to Business Week, VW was "one of the world's best car companies." Describes the transition from 1993 to 2001. Takes readers through VW's successful implementation of a platform manufacturing system, its globalization strategy, the move upmarket, and many innovations along the business system.
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Are you forgetting the Pistons played in Boston the night b4, and got into weather problems coming home so they didn't get any more rest than the Pacers?
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Are you forgetting the Pistons played in Boston the night b4, and got into weather problems coming home so they didn't get any more rest than the Pacers?
Thats a very valid question. Maybe Vogel has answer for it. What position players job, moreso than others, is it to get the ball to Hibbert?
Another thing was that Hibbert couldn't hold position when Wallace guarding him at times. This has always been a major weakness of Hibbert... lack of strength.
It just means that they had their own problems, but so did we and it appeared to bother us more for whatever reason.
I agree with Kstat and BillS - ball movement is far and away our biggest problem right now.
Hopefully, whenever Foster can finally be healthy enough to play, DWest won't have to play C, and can have more rest. I just don't feel comfortable enough counting on Foster to be healthy this season. I feel the Pacers need another C to b/u Hibbert. What happens if Hibbert gets injured? You can kiss the season off with Foster( when healthy), DWest, Amundson, and Pendergraph trying to hold the fort down. It's the one position the Pacers can ill afford to lose their starter w/o a valid healthy b/u player. It's not like the Pacers don't have the room nor cap.
Yep we need another back up center , if Roy goes down we are done and nope I don't consider West or Tyler centers.
I don't think we can count on Lance for any sort of immediate help though. He still looks very raw out there.
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Outside of Hill the Pacers dont have anyone that can initiate any ball movement and with Hill its usually because he beat his man on a drive. DC cant beat his man off a screen so that play is a dud 90% of the time and even if the help defender stays to long he is so small he cant make the pass back to the screener.
It all goes back to not having a good enough PG to run a complete offense.
The reason we lost this game is simple really, we didn't crash the offensive boards nearly as effectively as we had our last three games. When you shoot a poor percentage offensively you need to capitalize on second chance points, and we didn't even give ourselves the chance to do so this game. However as the year progresses I have no doubt that our shots will start falling, which will minimize our reliance on second chance points.
Happy New Year everyone! Hopefully we are due for a great year of Pacer basketball!
We have 15 million in cap space and 2 open roster spots. I'm certainly not willing to burn that flexibility for a mediocre backup C.
Ball movement and PLAYER movement without the ball.
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
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Dalembert cost 7mil leaving the Pacers with cap space still and he is better than a mediocre backup, Okur is also better than backup, he is a "former all star" who could be an starter just in case, now instead we have 3.7mil(Jeff/Pendergraph) seating, not a good decision.
Edit: Pendergraph 700k Foster 3mil.
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How much of that 15 mil would Frensko cost?
If Hibbert gets injured, which I don't want, the Pacers are out of the playoffs and will get a lottery pick. Then what, another 3 year plan?
When one thinks about it, Granger gets injured his replacements are PG and Dahntay. Maybe like UB says the Pacers bench just isn't that deep.
How do you come up with 7 mil?
Foster 3mil
why are we all worried about Roy going down?
Let's face it, if he is in, we forget to give him the ball, (see last 2 games in which he DID get the ball 1 qtr) and otherwise we ignore him anyway.
Either PG forgets his assignment and gets under Roy's feet on a rebound or it is the one i am not allowed to comment upon because he's the 2nd next coming we have on our team.
Our rotation beyond our starters sucks and of our starters PG still has a lot to learn, nd West is coming back from a major surgery, which normally takes 2 years to fully recover of, if ever.
We have one of the best 7.2 centers in the league, or he has it in him to get there, but we are not playing inside out.
we are running around like headless chickens playing 1 on 1, it wont work.
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Overall I'm pleased with Hibbert so far--If he can give us solid production in 3 games out of 4 the rest of the way, then we are going to have a special season.
Really not concerned about the offense, because I still maintain that our success this season is overwhelmingly dependent upon our ability to sustain a top 5 defense. If we defend the way we did those first 3 games, then we have a shot at being one of the top teams in the conference.... If we don't defend at this level, then we could just as easily miss the playoffs. The swings and the unpredictability of it all makes this season even more exciting for me and I'm sure most of you all feel the same way.
Everyone knew we were probably going to go 3-1 these first 4 games so I'm over last night. The real question is, what do we do in the next 18? My preseason prediction was 5-13... but I'll admit I've been impressed enough with the team overall to not rule out a complete flip of the script, 13-5 happening. (I'm hardly factoring in last night, because we knew the Pistons were desperate to finally get a win and that we were probably due for a loss since we should have lost the Cleveland game).
Edit: In terms of points allowed per 100 possessions, we are currently FIRST in the NBA, Milwaukee is second. And this is really the key issue--can we be an elite defensive team like the Bucks? If so, then we will definitely make the playoffs instead of them.
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Kander and Ebb's STEEL PIER Gets European Professional Premiere at Union Theatre, Oct 31
Fifteen years after its Broadway debut - when it was nominated for 11 Tony Awards - Steel Pier, a musical by Cabaret and Chicago composers John Kander and Fred Ebb, will get its European professional premiere at the Union Theatre from Wednesday 31 October. Press night is Tuesday 6 November at 7.30pm.
A high-energy, dance-heavy musical set in early 1930's Atlantic City, Steel Pier tells the story of a dancer, Rita Racine, and her quest to finally leave the dance marathon circuit of which she has been trapped for so long. It has a story based loosely on the film They Shoot Horses Don't They? Steel Pier is a tale of love and romance with a touch of bribery and deceit thrown in for good measure.
Director Paul Taylor-Mills and Choreographer Richard Jones collaborate again following their recent critically acclaimed, sold-out revival of Rent at the Greenwich Theatre. And they return to the Union Theatre where they were both nominated for Best Direction and Best Choreography in the OffWestEnd awards respectively for their revival of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Steel Pier is their third time working together.
Heading the cast as Rita Racine is American Sarah Galbraith, who was Christine's understudy in The Phantom of the Opera in Las Vegas and also appeared in the show on Broadway. Her other roles including starring as Ariel in a concert version of The Little Mermaid on tour in Japan with the Tokyo Philharmonic, and Johanna in Sweeney Todd.
The rest of the cast are: Jay Rincon, Aimie Atkinson, Ian Knauer, Ian Kirton, Samuel Parker, Clare Louise Connolly, Brett Shiels, Amy Anzel, Rob Lines, Lisa-Anne Wood, Ben Beard, Louise?Roberts, Natalie?Douglas, Eithne Bryan, Connor Macnamara, Sheila Grant, Simon Mayhew, Rebecca Orwell.
John Kander and Fred Ebb started composing and writing music in the early 1960's. With over 20 musicals in their repertoire, their most successful works – Cabaret and Chicago – are still being staged around the world today. Steel Pier opened on Broadway under the direction of Scott Ellis in April 1997. It has never been staged professionally in Europe.
Commenting on the production, Paul Taylor-Mills said: "I'm stunned that Steel Pier is practically unknown in the UK. I also love the challenge this presents. From a performer's perspective it's about the whole package. You have to be strong at all three disciplines – dancing, singing and acting – and it can be truly exhausting. As a director, especially at the Union Theatre where the audience and performers are so intimate, it's a challenge to ensure the story is told effectively amongst the heavy dance numbers. It's a great show and I'm very excited to be the first to bring it to the stage in Europe."
Paul Taylor-Mills presents Steel Pier with Music and Lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb and from the original book by David Thompson. Conceived by Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman and David Thompson. This production is directed by Paul Taylor-Mills with choreographer Richard Jones, musical director Angharad Sanders and producer Kylie Vilcins.
Union Theatre is located at 204 Union Street, Southwark, LONDON SE1 0LX. To book tickets, call the Box Office at 020 7261 9876 or go online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/uniontheatre. Tickets: £15.00 - £19.00
The show runs Wednesday 31 October – Saturday 24 November, Tuesday to Saturday at 7.30pm, Sundays at 6.00pm and no shows Mondays. Press Night: Tuesday 6 November at 7.30pm. Running time: 2 hours 30 mins with an interval.


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IntroductionSometimes I struggle with titles for my articles. For Korora all I could think about were the Kia-ora adverts from the 1980s that had the tagline "I'll be your dog".
I decided instead to go to Wikipedia to find out what Korora actually meant and I found out the following:
The Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) is the smallest species of penguin. The penguin, which usually grows to an average of 33 cm (13 in) in height and 43 cm (17 in) in length (though specific measurements vary by subspecies),[2][3] is found on the coastlines of southern Australia and New Zealand, with possible records from Chile.This is a website about Linux and therefore I am going to focus no further on penguins and adverts for a soft drink not seen in many a year.
Apart from Little Penguins, they have several common names. In Australia, they are also referred to as Fairy Penguins because of their tiny size. In New Zealand, they are also called Little Blue Penguins, or just Blue Penguins, owing to their slate-blue plumage, and they are called Kororā in Māori.
So in Linux terms what is the Korora project?
Korora is a Fedora Remix that aims to make Linux easier for new users, while still being useful for experts. We provide a complete, easy to use computing system that "just works" out of the box.I copied that quote directly from the Korora Project website and therefore the basis of this review is to determine whether Korora meets it's objectives.
InstallationI have already written a review about Fedora and I mentioned that the Fedora installer "Anaconda" has received some negative feedback.
At the time I was a little less critical about the Anaconda installer than some of my fellow bloggers. My opinion has changed. Everything works well until you get to the point of partitioning.
The developers of the Fedora (and therefore Korora) installer could do themselves a favour. Copy the installer from other projects. I am all for choice but it is quite clear that the Ubuntu installer works incredibly well and the Fedora one doesn't.
I ended up using GParted to create my partitions and even then I had issues getting Korora to map the partitions I had created to the partitions that Korora requires to run.
The above video shows you how to install Fedora and this is very similar to the Korora install. The main thing to note is that the video shows how to install into a virtual machine and therefore a blank disk.
Installing onto a computer that had any other kind of disk setup to begin with, is a much trickier experience. The one piece of advice I would give anyone is to get your disks ready prior to running the installer by running GParted from the live session of Korora.
First Impressions
I decided to choose the Gnome version of Korora and therefore the first boot brings up the standard Gnome 3 desktop with a taskbar at the top, a few icons on the left hand side and that is about it.
The wallpaper is a fairly plain blue colour (Korora - little blue penguin) but this is easily changed.
The taskbar has an "Activities" button (which brings up the menu) on the left side and on the right side there is a system tray with the following icons.
- Screen orientation - Be careful with this one as you can end up with the screen on it's side or upside down
- Accessibility - Zoom, large text, that sort of thing
- Language settings
- Audio settings
- Bluetooth settings
- Network settings
- Power settings
- User settings
Clicking on "Activities" brings up the main Gnome dash. On the left side there is a list of favourites and by default these are Firefox, Evolution, VLC, Shotwell, Libre Office Writer, File Manager and "Show Applications" which brings up a screen similar to the one shown above.
To narrow down the list of applications you can choose any of the categories on the right hand side.
Click here to find out more about the Gnome Desktop
Click here for a Gnome 3 cheat sheet
Connecting to the internet
Clicking on a wireless network brings up the security dialog. Enter the key and Bob will be your father's brother (or in my case my father).
The default browser in Korora is Firefox.
Flash and MP3Remember the claims at the beginning of the article. Korora aims to "Just work". On the desktop there is a "readme" document and in the "readme" document the following text appears:
To get Adobe Flash support, simply install the flash-plugin-helper package using the package manager. To remove Flash support, uninstall the flash-plugin package (this will also remove flash-plugin-helper)My initial thought after reading the "readme" was that I would probably have to install Flash myself but I decided to try Youtube first and was surprised to see that Flash did indeed work out of the box.
Likewise I was fully expecting to have to install the GStreamer plugins to get MP3s to play but upon loading Rhythmbox I was pleasantly surprised to find that all my songs played without having to pfaff around.
ApplicationsKorora comes with a full range of applications which complement the aims of the project which is to make an easy to use operating system that works just out of the box.
Under accessories there are all the tools you would expect including a disk manager, text editor, screenshot tool, contact manager and calculator.
There is an education menu but there are no items installed under that section.
The games section has about 15 games and more importantly Steam is installed. 2014 is going to be the year of Linux gaming.
The graphics section has GIMP for image editing, LibreOffice Draw, Shotwell photo manager and a scanning application.
The internet section has the Firefox browser, Evolution for email, Boxes for virtualisation, Ekiga Softphone, Empathy, Remote Desktop and Gwibber for managing online accounts such as Twitter.
Under the office section there is the full LibreOffice suite and a project management application called "Planner".
The sound and video section has a whole host of applications including Rhythmbox for audio, VLC for video playback, Audacity for audio editing, Sound Juicer to rip music from CD, Brasero for disc creation and Cheese for accessing the webcam.
The above list is just a subset of the applications installed. There are loads more.
Installing ApplicationsThe graphical tool for installing applications is called Package Manager. The Package Manager is launched from the System Tools menu by clicking "Software".
The first thing that you should do before installing software is to go to the software sources and update the repositories.
Changing the desktop background
And then of course there is Cinnamon
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CIRENCESTER TOWN showed that they are not prepared to concede the title to Merthyr Town with a magnificent win at fellow promotion candidates Shortwood United, writes Danny Hall .
And the key player for the visitors was Mark Pritchett on his return to a club where he had put up some many heroic displays in the past.
Pritch was involved in both Ciren's first-half goals and then missed neither a header nor a tackle as his side came under the cosh in the second period.
In the first half, however, it was all about Ciren's frighteningly mobile front three – Steve Davies, Lee Smith and Aidan Bennett – who never gave the Shortwood defence a moment's peace.
Their first goal in the16th minute was by no means their first chance. Centre back Mark Pritchett had gone forward to try and get on the end of a Glyn Garner free kick – and he did so not once but twice. Pritchett's second header made its way to Lee Smith and the striker found the back of the net with a firm shot.
Three minutes later it was 2-0. Pritchett, again adding his weight to the attack, launched a volley which looked goal-bound in any case before it took a deflection off Joe Shepherd's thigh and careered into the Wood net.
It was nothing more than Town deserved at the break as the home side struggled to keep them out.
A much-more-lively Shortwood finally got their act together in the second 45 and put Cirencester under persistent pressure, although the visitors still looked dangerous on the counter.
But Cirencester's success this season has been built on the frugal nature of their defence and again the back five stepped up to the plate.
Keeper Garner had to come for a number of high crosses but such was the work rate of the 10 players in front of him that he had only one save of note to make, and that was in the first half.
Shortwood did get back in the game in the 74th minute when Adam Price miscontrolled a cross and the ball broke kindly for Duncan Culley to hammer it home.
Cue more stout defending from Pritchett and his cohorts who simply would not be passed.
SHORTWOOD: King, Avery, Cant, Thomas, Coates, Richards, Hancock (Parrott 53), Price, Langworthy (Lawson 66), Bennett (Slack 53), Culley.
Unused subs: Martin, Herbert.
Star Man: Duncan Culley.
Cirencester Town: Garner, Hooper (Bond, 89), Dunton, Pritchett, Liddiard, Henry (capt), Shepherd, Mortimer-Jones, Bennett, Davies, Smith.
Unused subs: Bevan, Davidge, Wells.


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MIAMI - A victim in a double shooting in Miami was hit while pushing his 1-year-old baby in a stroller, according to a witness.
It happened near NW 62nd Street and 13th Avenue about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Police have not yet released information about the second victim.
Witness David McNair told Local 10 the first victim was Antonio Lucas, his best friend since middle school. According to McNair, he and Lucas were strolling along NW 62nd Street with their children when the gun went off.
"We was walking and then we stopped to talk to some friends and it just happened out of nowhere," said McNair. "I heard bang, bang, bang, bang. I'm thinking it's firecrackers, so I turn around, I see dudes shooting out of a car."
McNair said he saw the shooter drive off. He said Lucas was shot near his ribs.
According to McNair, the shooting was a case of mistaken identity because he and Lucas don't know the shooter.
Authorities have not yet confirmed McNair's story.
People inside one vehicle had been detained for questioning, police said. NW 62nd Street was shut down in both directions as police investigated Wednesday evening. No other details were released Wednesday night.
Lucas' grandmother said he is recovering in Jackson Memorial Hospital, and is expected to be okay.
"I just talked to my grandson Antonio and he's doing good," the victim's grandmother said.
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We know this: the next big thing won't be the last big thing.
I asked members of the Fresh Produce Industry Discussion Group about the "next big thing" for fresh produce, and already we have seen a number of insightful responses.
What's the next big produce department trend? What new commodity/variety or pack has a chance to take off this year?
More on that question later.
But to consider what is tomorrow's next big thing, it is revealing to look back and consider the big trends of yesterday and yesteryear.
I have a number of Fresh Trends publications on my library shelf. Fresh Trends is an annual consumer research publication of The Packer and it has been around as long as I can remember; I think 1986 was the first year Fresh Trends was published as an annual research project. At the risk of dating myself, that was just two years after I arrived at Vance.
I was leafing through the 1992 edition of Fresh Trends this morning.
Responding to the question, "What were your reasons for trying a new produce item in the past 12 months?", consumers surveyed in 1992 could choose "friend recommended," "household member requested," "needed for recipe," or "read/heard about in a magazine or newspaper."
Alas, the Internet did not emerge for commercial purposes until 1995, and thus food bloggers and websites exerted no influence in 1992. I think email was even a foggy notion at the time.
The majority of consumers surveyed that year had "heard of" bagged baby carrots but only 38% had ever tried them.
Likewise, three out of four consumers had heard of seedless watermelons but only three in ten had ever purchased a seedless watermelon in the year of our Lord, 1992.
Gala apples, now Everyman's favorite variety, were just beginning to emerge in 1992. Only 21% of consumers had "heard of" gala apples and a paltry one in ten consumers had ever purchased that variety.
Only 34% of consumers in 1992 said they had purchased blueberries in the previous year. In contrast, for the 2012 edition of Fresh Trends, 52% of consumers reported they purchased blueberries in the past 12 months.
As for avocados, only 25% of consumers in 1992 reported buying avocados in the previous year.
That percentage zoomed to 45% who reported an avocado purchase in the past year for the 2012 Fresh Trends.
There was nary a mention of the term "local" in 1992. My, times have changed.
By the way, here are a few reader responses about "the next big thing" discussion group question for the here and now:
"Multi-product fruit packs under a standardized brand-assigned multi-product UPC".
" Exotic fruit - fresh cut packed in a tray."
"The availability of Micro Greens. Vertical farming growing will provide the climate to produce superior quality, flavor, and longer shelf life. Providing availability at affordable prices."
"Organic Asian Vegetables Mix pack"
"More and more customers in the retail markets are looking for "CLUB PACK" savings. Flavor and nutrition continue to be drivers in the market place with price taking a, albeit close, back seat. Newer apple hybrid varieties and heirloom tomatoes continue to grow in popularity while the demand on kales is still growing rapidly. Also, convenience packs and ready-to-prepare items are an expanding category offered in the more innovative markets. "
TK: I welcome readers to second these speculations and/or put forward some of your own. What will be the next blueberry, hass avocado, baby carrot or gala apple? Indeed, what is the next big thing?
The Alliance for Food and Farming has put forward a clever dig at the folks behind the Dirty Dozen.
On their Facebook page, the Alliance for Food and Farming posted a picture of fruits and vegetables purchased for $10, which is the amount that the Environmental Working Group suggests for a donation to receive a hard copy of the Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 guide. Instead of giving $10 to the EWG, consumers were encouraged to go out and buy $10 worth of fruits and vegetables for their health.
That's a much better investment.


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Teach the Man to Fish – Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and he'll feed himself for a lifetime. Giving fish (or answers, advice, assistance) to a needy coworker may get him out of your hair today, but he'll be back for more tomorrow. Teach him how to fish by creating written documentation of your advice (print out the emails, for example). The next time he approaches you with the same request, refer him to those materials. Before you know it, he'll be fishing for himself (and you'll have documentation showing that you helped a coworker, which could prove fruitful at your next performance evaluation).
Kill Him (with Kindness) – Overly critical, often bossy coworkers are certainly annoying. Whether he is ridiculing your suggestion at a staff meeting or playing boss when the boss isn't around, it causes major distraction. Put an end to his reign of terror by killing him with kindness. Respond to every jab with saccharin sweetness. His words may be dripping with venom, but yours drip with honey. When he fails to get a rise out of you, he will get bored and move on.
Be Direct – Sure, dealing with an annoying coworker can be uncomfortable and inconvenient. But keep in mind that what you find annoying, your coworker may see as merely constructive, friendly or inclusive. If the annoying activity does not directly affect you, ignore it. If it does, address the issue with directness and sensitivity. Most people do not want to be considered annoying, and they'll be willing to modify their behavior to remedy the situation.
I suspect you all have encountered at least one annoying coworker in your career (you may even be one yourself). How have you dealt with them? Share your experiences in the comments.
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This is an original 1938 Hagenbeck-Wallace stone lithograph from my private collection of Circus posters. It is a 1-sheet measuring approximately 25" x 41" and is one of the more scarce posters from the Hagenbeck Wallace traveling circus. It is the only 1-sheet size of this image that I know of.
This poster has been in the family for over 4 decades and was severely damaged in a flood. As you can see in The "Before" and "After" photos above, I had this poster professionally mounted and restored and it is now in "A" condition, this is now a gorgeous poster! A simple but strong design for a Circus poster of its time.
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Others may look back on the years 2000 to 2009 and remember elections, wars, global warming and Michael Jackson, but for gearheads like us, this was the decade that mobile tech grew up.
During the first decade of the 21st century, we saw a whole slew of new mobile technologies capture the public imagination: the smartphone, the MP3 player, the USB stick, touchscreens, Wi-Fi, 3G wireless, pocket camcorders, digital SLRs and more.
Thanks to these inventions, people got increasingly plugged into an always-on, totally portable, always-connected existence. Where we stand now, notebooks outsell desktop PCs, people spend more on mobile phones than on landlines, and portable game consoles outnumber the ones plugged into your TV cabinet.
The products on this list exemplify that trend. While not every gadget here is portable (and many of them are gaming consoles — sorry, we can't help it if the most exciting hardware innovations are poured into the videogame industry), the arc of the decade clearly reflects an increasingly mobile world.
From the PlayStation 2 to the Kindle 2, what follows are the best gadgets of each year in the "aughts."
2000: PlayStation 2
Console gaming in the late 1990s kind of sucked. Sure, there was the Nintendo 64, the Sega Dreamcast and, of course, the original Sony PlayStation. But none of these rigs possessed the trifecta of deep game libraries, awesome graphics and multimedia functionality.
Then, at the turn of the millennium, Sony dropped a 100-megaton bomb it dubbed PlayStation 2.
Rich catalog of fun titles? Check. Top-notch graphics? Double-check. Multimedia functionality. Hello, hat trick. The PS2 also flaunted backward compatibility for OG PlayStation games, and it had easily upgradeable memory. Even mass shortages at launch couldn't hamper the system's popularity: Folks shelled out more than a thousand bucks for them on eBay.
A decade later the PS2 is the highest selling console in history with more than 138 million units sold. And it's still growing, even though it's technically obsolete. Case redesigns, price drops and seemingly unstoppable game-library expansion have virtually assured that the console will remain fresh for years to come. Hell, we just might ask Santa for a slimline PS2 this year. — Daniel Dumas
2001: Apple iPod — Gadget of the Decade
The original iPod weighed 5.5 ounces, had a tiny monochrome screen, and featured a mechanical wheel for scrolling through its menus. Physically moving parts — how quaint! Granted, it seems ancient to us when pitted against the touchscreen iPod Touch or iPhone. But the iPod, combined with the opening of the iTunes Store for purchasing digital music that same year, gave birth to a cultural phenomenon.
The portable MP3 player seamlessly integrated technology into our personal lifestyles, changing the way we experienced music (and eventually video) forever. The iPod grabbed as much as 90 percent of the MP3 player market, with no serious contenders to date (with the exception of Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch, of course).
More than any other gadget, the iPod opened the doors to the always-connected, always-online, all-in-one-device world that we live in today. That's why we're designating the iPod as the Gadget of the Decade. — Brian Chen
2002: Microsoft Xbox
When it launched in 2001, the original Xbox wasn't the most powerful console on the market, it didn't have a largest library of games and its hardware certainly wasn't the most refined. (Someone should be taken out to the woodshed and whupped for designing that controller.) But what made the Xbox the greatest gadget of 2002 was how it revolutionized playing videogames online, thanks to the launch that year of Xbox Live.
Cheap, fast and, above all, simple, Xbox Live transformed online gaming, tearing it from the hands of a few deep nerds with overclocked PCs and delivering it to anyone with an Xbox and a DSL line. Further bolstered by a handful of smart titles (including Halo: Combat Evolved) and hacker-friendly innards, the Xbox rapidly gained popularity and was outsold only by the PlayStation 2 in its first year of existence. — Daniel Dumas
2004: Nintendo DS
Editor's note: There wasn't much to warm a gadget-lover's heart in 2003, other than an array of middling MP3 players and a few slightly standout handhelds, like Sony's Clié line. So we're skipping that year and awarding two prizes for 2004 instead.
For the longest time, Nintendo had two distinct product lines: home consoles and the Game Boy. With the Nintendo DS these lines merged, putting a powerful, 3-D console in your pocket. It also brought the mad genius and Nintendo head designer Shigeru Miyamoto's crazy control systems to the handheld console.
With its secondary touch-sensitive screen and microphone, players could draw and blow their way to the high-score table, as well as doing the usual button-mashing. But it was the games that made the DS the best handheld you could buy. New Super Mario Bros. was the spiritual successor to the SNES classic Super Mario World, and Mario Kart DS did what even the Nintendo 64 and GameCube couldn't: It managed to equal what is possibly the best videogame ever made, Super Mario Kart. And then it put it in your pocket. — Charlie Sorrel
2004: Palm Treo 650
Before the Treo 650, smartphones were an ugly bunch, hard to use and generally clunky. Many people would even carry a PDA (remember those?) along with a "dumb" phone. Palm's Treo 650 may have been pedestrian by today's standards, with no Wi-Fi, just 32 MB of memory, a 0.3-megapixel camera and a stubby external antenna, but it was so popular that many owners only threw them out when the iPhone came along.
The combination of long battery life, a great QWERTY keyboard, a big (for the time) screen and compatibility with just about every piece of software in your office made the phone the hit that Palm needed to survive the death of the PDA market. It's just a shame the Palm Pre can't say the same thing today. — Charlie Sorrel
2005: Motorola Razr
Motorola's Razr, an impossibly thin clamshell phone, sparked the trend of anorexic mobile devices. The Razr was the biggest sensation that the mobile phone industry had seen before the iPhone came along.
The Razr was a design marvel for its time. Just 0.5 inches thick (about the same as an iPhone today), it had a keypad made out of a single metal wafer and an all-aluminum casing. It was initially marketed as a fashion phone. But Motorola was quick to realize it had a hit on its hands, so it slashed its price and widened the distribution.
The phone wasn't as beautiful on the inside as it was on the outside, as millions of Razr owners quickly discovered. Complaints about the phone's poor voice quality were plenty — we know someone who blames a broken relationship on being unable to hear the other person correctly while on the Razr. And who can forget the annoying, unstoppable low-battery warning beep, the terrible web browser, the merely adequate camera and the maddening contact manager?
Still, there's no arguing with success. The Razr went on to sell 110 million units over its four-year run. And it left us all with a permanent feeling that anything bigger is, well, just sorta clunky. — Priya Ganapati
2006: Apple MacBook
The MacBook was Apple's bestselling Mac ever, and it's clear why. It debuted in 2006 with new Intel chips and a complete industrial makeover, doing away with many design and performance flaws exhibited in preceding Mac notebooks. The MacBook's price, features and adequate power positioned it to appeal to a massive audience including consumers, professionals, students, creative hobbyists and more.
The MacBook evolved to become the single bestselling laptop of any brand in the United States for half of 2008, according to research firm NPD Group. The success of the MacBook helped Apple brave the economic recession without even delivering a cheap netbook. — Brian Chen
2007: Apple iPhone
Love it or hate it, it's incontrovertible that the iPhone changed everything. It started out at $600 as an overpriced luxury device with few features setting it apart from the competition: a multimedia player, a web browser, a touchscreen and a phone. But Steve Jobs was just getting started. Just a year later, with the second-generation iPhone, Apple opened the App Store, which opened the door to an army of third-party software developers, eager to add their own quirky capabilities to the device. This killer combination disrupted the tech world as a whole, and we're still witnessing the effects of Apple's everything-in-one device.
By completely controlling the design of the iPhone's platform and hardware, Apple was able to deliver the first phone whose primary purpose was providing enjoyment to the people using it (rather than generating boatloads of money for the carriers selling it). The customizable, intuitive interface, combined with the wealth of third-party apps available for the device, made the iPhone the first phone designed for any type of user: consumers, professionals, teachers, students, doctors, military soldiers, you name it. There's an app for practically everything the iPhone is technically capable of, and this is only the beginning. — Brian Chen
2008: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
In many ways, Canon's follow up to 2005's EOS 5D was incremental. It boosted the full-frame sensor from 12.8 to a whopping 21 megapixels, added a bigger, sharper LCD screen and generally did things faster. But the Canon 5D Mark II added one thing that made it the defining gadget of 2008: Full, 1080p HD video.
Indie filmmakers everywhere started to froth at the mouth at the prospect of using a camera with a 35mm-sized sensor along with Canon's lenses. They'd be able to shoot HD movies with Hollywood-style shallow depth-of-field (sharp subjects that pop out of the blurred background). And even at $2,700, it was a fraction of the price of the big, heavy cameras used by the pros. Add in crazy-sensitive ISO 25,600 sensor (which let it practically see in the dark), and you'll see why the 5D MkII had so many photographers' and videographers' heads in a spin. — Charlie Sorrel
2009: Amazon Kindle 2
In a decade when phones morphed into mini computers and millions of small, inexpensive netbooks were sold, a device built with the sole purpose of reading e-books seems almost anachronistic.
Yet e-readers defied skeptics and turned into one of the hottest consumer products of the year. At the crest of that wave is the Kindle. Amazon's Kindle wasn't the first to market — various companies have been trying to sell e-book readers since at least the 1990s — but the Kindle captured popular imagination and kickstarted the e-reader market in a way others couldn't.
The first version of the Kindle, launched in 2007, was a design nightmare, with an ugly white plastic casing and a finicky keypad. But what it lacked in form, it made up for in function, thanks to a black-and-white E Ink screen that was far more readable than an LCD, a battery that lasted for at least a week and enough storage to pack in 1,500 books. Toss in the ability to download books easily through the built-in 3G network, and the Kindle seemed like a very promising new gadget.
But it wasn't until the second-generation Kindle, released in February 2009, that the device truly hit its stride. A slimmer design, longer battery life and added features such as a basic browser and text-to-speech functionality made it good enough to get on everyone's wish list.
Amazon doesn't stop with the device — it lets you read your e-books on its free apps for the iPhone and the PC, adding a whole new dimension to the concept of "mobility."
And despite newer products emerging, such as Barnes & Noble's Nook and the upcoming Plastic Logic Que, the Kindle 2 remains the standard for other e-book readers to beat. — Priya GanapatiGo Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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The English version of Hearthfire will be available for download on PSN later today in North America and will be available in English language European territories tomorrow. Like Dragonborn last week, it will be available for 50% off for one week.
Looking ahead to next week, we're set to release the English version of Dawnguard for 50% off next week. Additionally we'll be releasing Dragonborn, Hearthfire, and Dawnguard to French, Italian, German, and Spanish territories on Wednesday, February 27th. In preparation for release, we are releasing the 1.8 title update for these territories later today.


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THE SHOT — Those 36-inch pants at H&M? They're actually a 37. And don't even get us started on Old Navy, which spins more fibs about your true pant size than Maggie Gallagher drunk at a marriage convention. Though I firmly believe high-end designers like Jil Sander and J. Lindeberg also lie, just in the other direction.
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November 27, 2012 5:00 am
A look at the monetary incentive players have to perform well in the postseason.
Incentive. At the workplace, it comes in many forms. For some, it's merely being able to keep your job. In other cases, one can receive a pay bonus. So whether for Clark Griswold in Christmas Vacation or players in Major League Baseball, bonuses can be used as a carrot for performance.
For players in Major League Baseball, bonuses come in a host of different shapes and sizes. From signing to performance to awards, a player's contract can have bonuses as a key element. One that often gets overlooked, however, centers on the postseason in the form of "shares."
February 10, 2012 3:00 am
The 2011 world champs have a much-improved farm system.
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November 15, 2011 9:00 am
The O's possess a pair of potential impact players, but they lack the depth of their AL East counterparts
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November 1, 2011 1:01 am
A look at how Tony La Russa was viewed throughout his career on the night of his retirement.
The newly-crowned and paraded World Champion St. Louis Cardinals called a press conference Monday morning. Initial speculation wondered if the Cards had somehow wrangled a long-term contract out of Albert Pujols. Other, more cautious spectators imagined that it was about a contract extension for catcher Yadier Molina. At least one person thought the Cards were making an announcement about the latest Wezen-Ball post.
Instead, the Cardinals shocked the baseball world by announcing the retirement of 34-year-veteran manager Tony La Russa. It would make La Russa the first manager in history to retire following a World Series victory. Considering that the announcement came less than 72 hours after the final out of the Series, it must not have been that difficult of a decision for La Russa.
July 13, 2011 9:00 am
In the first in a new series of weekly lists, the BP team compiles its nominees for most under-appreciated ballplayers of their times.
March 7, 2011 1:11 am
A 1912 article from Chief Bender gives us a surprising (and not-so-surprising) look at some keys to the Athetics' success.
From 1909 to 1914, the Philadelphia Athletics were quite probably the best team in baseball. In those six seasons, the A's went to four World Series, winning three of them. Their worst finish in that run was in 1912, when their 90 wins weren't even close to the 105-win juggernaut of the World Champion Red Sox.
That summer, Philadelphia hurler Chief Bender (who would go on to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1953) penned an article for Boys' Life magazine. The official Boy Scouts of America magazine had only started publishing the year before. In that August 1912 issue, Chief Bender "of the World's Champion Athletics" talks to the kids about why baseball "is the real game of the Nation" and why the sport is great for boys' body and mind.
February 4, 2011 9:54 am
Can even the dregs of the hyper-competitive AL East draw plausible comparisons to a World Series winner?
Just how good was the American League East in 2010? The New York Yankees and their $213 million payroll had to settle for second place, and the third place Boston Red Sox would have finished a spot higher in three of the other divisions—and that was just what their backups and still-green minor leaguers were able to accomplish filling in for the actual team that spent most of the season on the disabled list. Three of the top four (and four of the top seven) teams in Jay Jaffe's final Hit List of 2010 hailed from the AL East, and the second-best record of the last two months by any team in the AL came from the last-place Baltimore Orioles, who went 34-23 under new manager Buck Showalter.
How good will the American League East be in 2011? Those cellar-dwelling Orioles may be as good as a World Series winner. That is not a joke—the Orioles, who are likely to finish in last place in the East regardless of the quality of their team due to the four clubs in front of them, still project to put a quality roster on the field, one that puts them on par with a past World Champion: the 2006 St. Louis Cardinals.
January 6, 2011 9:00 am
While Mike Trout gets all the attention (and understandably so), the Angels have a deep, talented system with power arms and plenty of position prospects.
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December 29, 2010 9:00 am
Looking at players from two defensive positions on this year's Hall of Fame ballot.
Like ballotmate Roberto Alomar, Barry Larkin and Alan Trammell are overwhelmingly qualified for the Hall of Fame, but didn't gain entry last year. Larkin made a strong showing in his first year on the ballot, one which suggests he'll reach Cooperstown sooner or later, while Trammell continued to receive a puzzling lack of support and watched his odds of election grow even longer. Today, we'll use JAWS to re-examine their Hall of Fame cases, and with just a week until the ballot results are announced, we'll also take a brief look at the backstops on the ballot—catching up, if you will.
December 20, 2010 9:00 am
Bert Blyleven, in his final year of eligibility, makes his last stand for Cooperstown.
It's fair to say that in these quarters, the 2011 Hall of Fame ballot is the most hotly anticipated one in the eight seasons since I began covering the Cooperstown beat for Baseball Prospectus. That's because when the 2010 ballot results were announced back on January 6, Bert Blyleven fell just five votes short of enshrinement, receiving 74.2 percent of the necessary 75 percent. As disappointing as his close-but-no-cigar showing in his 13th year on the ballot might have been, Blyleven's tally represented a significant surge from the 62.7 percent he received the year before. After a long, hard climb from his having receiving less than 20 percent in each of his first three years on the ballot, his election is so close that the pitcher and all of those who have supported him over the years can practically taste it.
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November 19, 2010 9:00 am
The best system in baseball is close to turning the franchise's fortunes around.
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October 12, 2010 8:00 am
This Fall Classic wasn't just a thriller but a seminal moment in the changing of the baseball's culture.
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There really isn't much else you can say about the World Series of 1972, a Fall Classic that was among the best ever in baseball terms and perhaps the most meaningful ever in terms of the world that was revolving around it at the time.
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