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TREME - November 2012 Episode Info
Episode #28: "Promised Land"
- Debut: SUNDAY, NOV. 4 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT)
- Other HBO playdates: Nov. 4 (12:15 a.m.), 6 (10:00 p.m.), 7 (midnight) and 8 (2:35 a.m.)
- HBO2 playdates: Nov. 5 (10:00 p.m.), 9 (11:00 p.m.), 10 (9:00 p.m.) and 17 (8:00 p.m.)
It's Carnival time: Toni (Melissa Leo) finds Judge Gatling (Tim Reid) dispensing judicial orders and potables at Galatoire's. Janette (Kim Dickens) seeks counsel from Emeril Lagasse and deconstructs crawfish etouffée with Al Roker. Sonny (Michiel Huisman) falls on the wagon. As Nelson (Jon Seda) schmoozes, Annie (Lucia Micarelli) sits in with the Neville Brothers at the Washington, D.C. Mardi Gras Ball.
Story by David Simon & Chris Rose; teleplay by Chris Rose & Micah Kibodeaux; directed by Tim Robbins.
Episode #29: "Don't You Leave Me Here"
- Debut: SUNDAY, NOV. 11 (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
- Other HBO playdates: Nov. 11 (midnight), 13 (10:00 p.m.), 14 (midnight) and 15 (2:15 a.m.)
- HBO2 playdates: Nov. 12 (10:00 p.m.), 16 (11:00 p.m.), 17 (9:10 p.m.) and 24 (8:00 p.m.)
Desautel's on the Avenue opens softly. Sonny pawns instruments to buy jewelry. LaDonna (Khandi Alexander) gets threats from a stranger and support from Albert (Clarke Peters). Sofia (India Ennenga) gets evicted for her own protection. Terry (David Morse) finds a case collapsing and his popularity declining. Desirée (Phyllis Montana LeBlanc) confronts Robinette (Davi Jay).
Story by Eric Overmyer; teleplay by Tom Piazza; directed by Ernest Dickerson.
Episode #30: "Poor Man's Paradise"
- Debut: SUNDAY, NOV. 18 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT)
- Other HBO playdates: Nov. 18 (midnight), 20 (9:00 p.m.), 21 (midnight) and 22 (2:40 a.m.)
- HBO2 playdates: Nov. 19 (10:00 p.m.), 23 (11:00 p.m.) and 24 (9:00 p.m.)
Janette gets attacked by crawfish ravioli. Terry survives an assault; his position at the NOPD is "untenable," but his position with Toni is improving. LaDonna learns the meaning of those threatening gestures.
Story by George Pelecanos & Jordan Hirsch; teleplay by George Pelecanos; directed by Roxann Dawson.
Episode #31: "Tipitina"
- Debut: SUNDAY, NOV. 25 (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
- Other HBO playdates: Nov. 25 (12:15 a.m.), 27 (10:00 p.m.), 28 (11:00 p.m.) and 29 (2:45 a.m.)
- HBO2 playdates: Nov. 26 (10:00 p.m.) and 30 (11:00 p.m.)
Davis (Steve Zahn) and Cheeky Blakk go "full ghetto" on Davis' goodbye to the musician's life. Tim Feeny (Sam Robards) reveals himself and his intentions to Janette when he finds out that she's throwing an unauthorized benefit for Gigi's. Delmond parts ways with the powers that be. Toni sees hope that Joey Abreu's killer may be prosecuted.
Story by David Simon & Anthony Bourdain; teleplay by David Simon & Eric Overmyer; directed by Anthony Hemingway.
For more on the series, visit facebook.com/hbo and twitter.com @HBO #Treme.
TREME was created by David Simon and Eric Overmyer; executive producers, David Simon, Nina K. Noble, Eric Overmyer, George Pelecanos and Carolyn Strauss; co-executive producer, Anthony Hemingway; producer, Joseph Incaprera.
Check out HBO TREME videos and CDs at Amazon.com


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Many people buy Apple's products because there's "Apple" on it. So I was a bit sceptical after havin bought this one.
The first fact that you will notice is the iPod shuffle's size: It is really tiny. Some may like this, because it does not take away so much space, others might find it too tiny and too fiddly to use.
All buttons you are supposed to use are on one "ring" and in the middle there is the play/pause button.
A nice feature is the tiny clip, which you can use to clip the iPod to your clothing.
As to the sound quality and the usage I can say that the quality is really good, the usage is a bit tricky at first, you need to figure it out while using the iPod.
I don't understand why the memory's capacity is 2GB. I think every smartphone has an internal memory of 16GB today. Besides, like all Apple products, this one also does not give you the possibility to add any SD memory card.
Furthermore, the included Apple earbuds are really bad: They lack bass, do not isolate the sound from the outside and seem to fall out of your ear the next second.
So my answer to the question "Is it really indispensable to have an mp3 player by Apple?" is: No! There are way better mp3 players on the market for the same price. Apple may be an innovative brand, but mp3 players should just play songs. And others can do that better.
Although I have both an iPhone and MacBook Pro I often want something small to carry around with me to play my music on, especially if I am at the gym and do not want to get my phone damaged when I am jumping up and down. I therefore recently bought this iPod shuffle.
The iPod has a number of features including:
1.14 by 1.24 by .34 inches (29 by 31.6 by 8.7 mm) (including clip)
0.44 ounces (12.5 grams)
Up to 15 hours of music playback
On-device control pad (manages play, pause, fast forward, rewind, volume)
Charging via USB to computer system
Fast-charge time of around 2 hours (charges up to 80% of battery capacity)
Full-charge time of around 3 hours
VoiceOver supports 29 languages
I was first attracted to the iPod shuffle due to the large range of colours it comes in. Mine is a lovely metallic blue colour which looks great when clipped to my waistband, and it also comes in pink, silver and green. It looks very stylish and is made from a sleek and shiny aluminum. It is really tiny and very light and small so is easy to transport and is also quite robust so I do not worry about throwing it into a bag. It also comes with a pair of Apple earphones
The iPod has up to 15 hours battery life and I generally find that I only have to charge it occasionally although mostly I am only using it for short periods of time. My version has 2GB of storage which is enough for hundreds of songs and I have managed to easily transfer all of the songs I want from my iTunes account via the USB lead and still have not used up all of the capacity.
The sound quality of the iPod is excellent and I find that the both the treble and bass are clear and I can easily adjust the volume to the level that I require. I also enjoy the shuffle feature which means that your songs are played in a random order and leads to some interesting music being played that you might have forgotten you had!
One of the features I like most about the iPod is the ability to create different playlists. This is especially handy when I am at the gym when I want music that is going to be upbeat and motivate me. You can also put podcasts and audiobooks on the iPod to listen to.
The iPod is controlled by a large central button which is easy to use so you can choose whether to play or pause your music, or skip backwards and forwards. There is also a VoiceOver button you can press which tells you the title and artist of the music you are listening to.
The iPod only normally costs about £40 and is currently on sale at Amazon for £35 which is a real bargain. I definitely think that it is value for money for what you get as it looks great and has lots of features and is easy to use on the go.
***Why Apple iPod shuffle (2G) 2GB?***
As someone who is often on the go, I find it is almost essential to have something I can listen to music from. My options? Laptop - too big, Phone - would drain my battery that I'm saving more important things. An old mp3 player - looks too unfashionable and unusable due to bulkiness. I had always avoided Apple products because I didn't see the big deal with this iPhone craze and didn't think it was worth investing so much money when I could find something less expensive to do the job. It wasn't until I received an Ipod Shuffle as a birthday present that I opened my eyes to what I'd been missing out on all these years!!
It came in an almost clear box with a white chunky base, inside the box was the player itself with a pair of white Apple headphones. Sleek and portable, it was a perfect companion for me while I am on the go. Whether it be running, travelling or doing housework and especially if I don't have access for internet to stream music - it's ideal to have a playlist on the shuffle! Best of all, it was actually user friendly!
***How does it work***
Firstly, you need to have Itunes, via this application you can organize your music on your laptop or computer. This may involve copying music from your CDs, compiling a playlist from music you have downloaded etc. Then you can make a playlist. This playlist will be synchronized onto your ipod shuffle via usb wire which connects into your shuffle via the audio jack. This is also how you may charge up the shuffle. So it the whole process is not as complex as you may anticipate!
One thing that sets the shuffle aside from other Mp3 players is that is does not have a screen! But that's what makes it a shuffle. You have two options. You can either make a playlist on iTunes, transfer it to Ipod and listen to the music tracks in order OR you can listen to them in shuffle - random songs in any order. This is what makes the screen-less feature acceptable!! Because it isn't really required. Amazing how simple they keep it!
***Battery life***
This is very important for me, as I use my shuffle extensively and it is rechargeable - no worries about buying new batteries or hassles about replacing! Just use and then charge away and you're ready to go! It takes around 2-3 hours to charge depending on whether you want to charge it quickly or fully. With it being fully charged you can get up to an incredible 15 hour audio playback. The battery life is indicated by a little light - glows green when battery is charged and amber when running low and red when completely depleted.
This is for those who want to know what track it is, you can select this option to have the name of the track read out to you by an automated voice. This voice can be chosen to talk in many different languages. For me, I find this unnecessary because I know what music I have put on so if anything, it is an interference between songs to know what song is coming next, just play it already! But then again, it's not a problem as I don't use this feature.
***What does it like***
Looks would not be sufficient to describe the shuffle! It's everything about it - the shiny matte colours its available in, the lightness and sleekness and how compact it feels in your hand. The ease of using the clip to clip it onto your gym clothes or anywhere so you don't have to put it in your pocket. All in all, a great package
***Last but not least!***
Some nitty gritty facts: Pricing around £40 - and that's directly from the Apple Store online. Good pricing for 2GB which can hold up to 400-500 songs. (My playlists are only 100 songs but I have the comfort of knowing I can put more on it if I want to!
BEST BIT: If you're buying this as a present - you can get a cute little message engraved on the back, totally free which would make it so so special. I didn't get a message sadly.. But if I would've I'd have loved it! Gives a personal touch.
For more details eg tech specs, please visit the Apple Store online where you can find out! Hope my review was helpful about my experience with it as as a first time Apple user!
The best thing about this product has to be the small compact size. It makes it easy to use whilst doing activities including; walking, running, dancing, cycling etc. The built in clip compromises the small size, by allowing it to be fully portable: this is particularly useful for those using it for activities as there are no worries about the need for pocketed clothing or the risk of dropping the product.
I found the controls to be very efficient and easy to use, whilst on the go, without the need to stop or look at the mp3 player.. Although some may argue that the lack of a screen is disadvantages, once you have gotten used to the product and the controls, the screen is not missed at all. I also found that it was not needed whilst doing activities as you want to make quick adjustments movements, rather than stopping to see the screen to make adjustments.
I would say that lookwise the shuffle is very pleasing, it has a simple design for a simplel, easy to use product.
Cost wise i found this product to be well priced compared to other similar products, and being the cheapest of the apple products i would also say it was a good buy.
Finally the memory space of this product (2GB), i chose this because i thought the 1GB version wouldnt have given me enough space. I found that this size was perfect for me, as i wouldnt need any more space, this product can only be used for music and potentially audio books. However if you were purchasing this product purely for activity bases or feel you would only have a smaller selection of songs on the shuffle at a given time the 1GB version may be better suited for you.
The iPod shuffle is a polarising product, some loved it, some didn't understand it. Unlike the gps/phone/internet browser/music player/games console/note pad that is the iphone/ipod touch, the ipod shuffle has one function, and it does that well.
That function is 'being the smallest ipod in the world ever'. This leaves no space for a screen, and barely room for controls. No screen is the products gimmick, you never know what's coming next- only having 2gb of space actually works well in this case as you can usually keep skipping to find a song you like. With only 2gb you will find yourself replenishing your music regularly, don't use the ipod shuffle as a main music player, they're cheap enough to use it for a secondary 'specific purpose' music player.
For many people that 'specific purpose' might be walking to work, or for some (like me) it might mean a running companion. For this the clip is a life saver, as a heavy hard drive based ipod in your pocked bouncing up and down and crashing every 10 seconds is not as pleasant as the tiny, weightless, clipped-on-to-your shirt, flash based shuffle providing you with musical delights you've picked specifically for the task- shuffle works well when you just want hands free music.
They are really cheap, and they look great with the new aluminium fascia (much better than the white ones), so just get one!
The Ipod shuffle that I am reviewing is the 2nd edition version which has a capacity of 2GB.
I bought my ipod shuffle quite a few years ago (cheaply from ebay) with the intention of getting more into running and being able to listen to music whilst on the go.
===The Ipod===
The Ipod shuffle 2nd edition (as pictured) was the first ipod of this shape and size. The first edition shuffle was similar in shape to a USB stick without such an easy method to clip onto clothing as this one.
My shuffle measures just 41.2 x 27.3 x 10.5 mm and weighs in at 15.5g. This makes it an ideal lightweight MP3 player and at the time was the smallest available.
There is a standard 3.5mm headphone jack which means that you can choose your own set of headphones as opposed to being stuck with the standard apple ones.
The back of the Ipod is fashioned into a clip which can be clipped onto a sleeve or part of your clothing. I did find that the standard IPod headphone mean it has to be clipped to the upper part of your torso in order for the headphones not to be pulled out when running. I switched to a different set of headphones pretty quickly due to the terrible sound quality and short cord and regularly clipped the player onto the pocket on my shorts.
The Ipod is controlled using the ring on the front. You can skip to new tracks (forwards and back) and fast forward/rewind by holding down these buttons. The plus and minus symbols are for volume control (up and down) and the play button/pause button is in the middle of the ring.
Two switches on the side of the Ipod allow you to lock the ipod and set the play to a randomised track order.
===Storage Space===
The Ipod shuffle 2nd generation only has 2GB of storage space. This stores a few hundred songs depending on the file sizes. 2-300 songs is fine for running, but I do find I have to update the songs on the Ipod regularly as my tastes change or I get bored of the same music. Considering I have about 20,000 tracks on my computer that take up about 150GB it can be alittle hard to guess what I will want to listen too at a later date.
Tracks are put onto the Ipod using a standard Ipod USB wire and I haven't found a way not to use Itunes to fill it up.
===Battery Life===
The battery lasts for about 12 hours which is far better than some of the larger MP3 players I have used. I've used it sucessfully for days snowboarding and it never ran out (unlike when using my phone).
It's hard to put a price on this as it's quite old now. I believe I paid around £30 on ebay for it when the RRP was around £50. They appear to be on there for £25 still, so either they are now a rip off or they haven't lost a lot in value in over 5 years.
Issues that I have encountered include:
1. The headphone jack eventually wears out or corrodes. After a couple of years of use I found that the sound in my headphones started to deteriorate and then one of the earpieces stopped alltogether. After trying several pairs of headphones I looked online and found reviews telling me all about how bad the jacks are. I didn't get it repaired and my shuffle now lives in a draw in case I ever do decide to brae an apple store of so-called geniuses!
2. There is no display on the shuffle, so you have no idea what songs are coming and no way to tell which track you are skipping too. If there is an error there is no display and you have to reboot it.
In summary it s avery useful MP3 player although it has a small capacity, no display and will wear out eventually. It is the best I have come across for wearing during sports (unless you like the IPod classic armbands).
This Ipod is great for certain types of users but will be absolute hell for others. If you are a major music listener walk away now! The 2 Gig memory will not be nearly enough room for you to store your large music collection!
Now for the target market. This Ipod is for those on the move. One type of perosn that may particually like it is runners/ joggers. The small lightweight body is perfect as it will not be a hinderence. There is also a handy clip device which can attach to your clothes. This is great as it means you do not have to hold onto your Ipod while moving about.
The controls are easy. They are just simple buttons which you can use to play and stop and skip tracks. There is also a simple to use volume control.
The only issue is the lack of screen most Ipod users have become used to having. It is purely used for shuffle only. You can't go searching for a specific artist unless you keep skipping to find their songs.
Other than this it functions like any other Ipod. A great little buy for that sporty person you likes his running anthems.
They are also relatively cheap! Make good gifts!
I was the proud winner of this product in a raffle a number of years ago, and kept it exclusively for the times I went running or to the gym...I tell you that means it wasn't used every day!
I believe it is Apple's smallest product and it is the cheapest in the iPod range, I think it's around £45.
The iPod is clearly very small, less than 0.5 inches cubed in volume! Regardless of whether you are a mathematician, you can tell that is TINY and extremely light in weight.
The iPod has a simple series of buttons for pausing, playing and other controls with your music. There is also the on/off standby switch on the top. This makes it really easy to use, there are no complicated menus to work your way through. There is a 3.5mm jack on the bottom, for headphones but also for charging and docking. The entire reverse of the device is a flap or a clip which allows it to be attached to your trousers or your pocket.
Because the device is so petite, you will notice that there is neither screen nor any form of Display. This takes some time to get used to because you don't know what song is coming next, or how far through a song you are.
I believe the iPod shuffle is available in a number of colours, personally I was gifted the silver model, but if choosing myself I would choose the matt black, as in my opinion black looks much better on small electronics, but it's obviously personal preference!
The sound quality is quite good on the iPod Shuffle and basically it is just a simple MP3 player. There are no further features really, but for many people this is all they were looking for.
The battery life on this iPod Shuffle lasts about 12 hours, but charging is quite slow, it can take over 3 hours to fully charge this little machine, via your computer.
In terms of memory the 2GB model holds a few hundred songs, which for the majority of individuals this should be enough. It is compatible with iTunes, so you can easily move your media back and forward from your library.
Although on a personal basis, I prefer to have a product with more features, and a larger capacity, for many people the Shuffle is sufficient. It is one of Apple's more affordable products and for many people, why spend the extra money on a model with lots of complicated, unnecessary features that perhaps you will never use.
~Technical Info~
2GB Storage
Size - 4.1cm x 2.7cm x 1cm
Weight - 15g
Built-in Belt Clip
Battery Life - 12 Hours
USB Connectivity Through Dock
I purchased my iPod shuffle 4 years ago now and it is still one of my favourite pieces of electronic equipment. To have something this small that still holds up to 500 songs amazes me to this day! It was originally more of a novelty purchase at the time but has become something I use on a regular basis. For jogging, the gym or just walking about it fits on any of your clothing discretely and is so light you will forget it's there.
To download songs onto your shuffle you have to have installed iTunes on your computer and then connect your iPod to the computer. From there it is relatively simple to sync it and transfer your music. Through iTunes you can also purchase more songs and quickly transfer them over. However songs bought this way can only be used on Apple's mp3 players.
The battery life has reduced but is still pretty good, about 8 hours and it only takes about 4 hours to fully recharge. As this iPod doesn't have a USB socket it has to be charged in the dock that comes with the shuffle. This is not a problem and in my opinion it looks good as well.
Due to the size the buttons are also pretty small and a bit fiddly. However this is something you get used to and is expected due to the miniscule size on the iPod shuffle. The sound through the headphones is not amazing and won't win any awards but is perfectly acceptable.
There really isn't much more to say about this. The design is simple, the device is simple and the controls are simple. However the simplicity is the key to it's success.
When it comes to music I am definitely not a fanatic. I don't have lots of music that I listen to and I usually only have it to pass times of extreme boredom or quietness.
My parents bought my iPod shuffle many Christmases ago. 2nd Generation so gives you an idea of how old it is. The fact that I still own this product and it is still in full working order is a testament in itself of how good this little product is. Before I owned this device I was still stuck in the realm of CD Players.
What I find really interesting is that the latest iPod Shuffle (4th Generation) currently uses the same design as this iPod shuffle. Clearly Apple saw this as the most ideal design for these devices as they didn't stick with the slim 3rd Generation design.
This little music player is as simple as you can get in terms of design. All the buttons that you require are included and clearly marked. Nothing more, nothing less. Also comes with an LED which alerts the user to the remaining battery life. Ensuring the user has ample notice to be able to have uninterrupted music. The 3.5mm port doubles as a headphone slot and also for the docking station to charge the device and transfer data (more on this later). It is made of aluminium making it extremely lightweight but also durable. Its small size means that it can be kept almost anywhere and the handy clip allow it to be attached to something as simple as a belt loop. The clip is extremely firm and has never had it come off when attached to a belt loop. Dare I say the belt loop would probably have to break first. A final design note is that this device has no screen; therefore the user has no way to know which song they are listening to. Potentially extremely annoying if you can't remember and someone asks. However, after the amount of times I have dropped it I'm glad it has no screen. It would be in smithereens by now.
Sadly I can't comment much on the price at its time of purchase as it was a gift but certainly much cheaper than a complete iPod.
This is perhaps the biggest let down of this shuffle. The docking station uses a 3.5mm jack to connect to the shuffle, with a USB to connect to the computer. Therefore in order to charge the device or transfer music you had to have this unique cable with you. This would be much better if a universal cable such as a USB to mini USB was able to be used for these functions.
I found that the 2GB was more than suitable for my needs but this is really down to user preference. Will you really use all that 40GB storage space that you're paying for? Or is it wiser to save some money and compromise.
Great device, considering it's made by Apple and I usually wouldn't go near their products. But their iPod shuffle is one product I can't fault and if I ever need to replace it I will most likely buy an Apple iPod Shuffle
I bought my first iPod shuffle so I had a device to listen to music on a flight to Hong Kong. My first iPod shuffle was turquoise and I bought it for £32 from John Lewis. I uploaded music onto this one. Later I bought a second iPod shuffle, again for the same amount from John Lewis, this on was silver in colour. This one I used for my Chinese podcasts.
The Product
It's a dinky thing and easily fits in handbags and pocket as about 3cm long and 2 centre wide and about 0.5 cm thick. My friend made me a little purse for it, which stopped it getting scratched and was also big enough to put the headphones in which meant they didn't get tangled on other things in my handbag, this was very useful. Both my iPods are 2gb in size, which seems plenty big enough - the reason I bought two wasn't down to capacity, but I found that it was difficult to find what you wanted to listen to if there was too much stuff on it. The earphones are the standard Apple ones, which are good quality, however I find they hurt my ears, but this is a problem I have with all earphones which go into the ears. iPod shuffle comes in a cute little box and also has the USB lead you need to connect it to your computer.
It's a very simplistic device with just an on/off button and a shuffle/non shuffle button (ie. play tunes in a random order) on the side and a round button in the middle on the front which has forwards/backwards to the next song, play/pause and volume control. The sound quality is very good, especially considering the size of the device.
Using the iPod Shuffle
I found that if you want to just leave it running on its own it works well, but if you want to go to a specific song then you have a problem! You have to click though each song uploaded until you get to the one you want. Also there is no fast forward or rewind, so you can only start at the beginning of the piece, which can be a little irritating if you are listening to a long piece of classical music.
Loading Tunes to the iPod
You need iTunes set up on your computer to do this. It works in the same way as an iPhone or iPad and you can either upload tunes from your computer which you may have copied from a CD or buy them in iTunes.
I see a lot of people running and listening to on if these, I can see why, they are very small and light and if you are running you won't be wanting to choose a song, you will just be going with the flow! If you want to listen to something specific on your iPod then the thing is a bit of a pain as its not easy to get to the tune or podcast you want. Having said that i did use mine often until I got my iPhone which now acts as my iPod too.
Like many, I tend to listen to music everyday, via television, radio, pc or mp3, I consider it important. However when times get tough at school, college, work, whenever, you're average mp3 player dies and you need to replace it. The Shuffle is one to consider for a specific type of person - someone who's far less bothered about having all the music they love, but for a sturdy selection of new songs. This tiny little player is best left to those who couldn't ever be considered music enthusiasts but instead fitness freaks who need a pumping bass line while they cycle up a hill or leg it on the treadmill.
As usual, Apple deliver with supreme sound clarity and a decent volume. Thanks to the ever brilliant Apple earphones (often faulty, but I find them more comfortable then earbuds) your music is delivered with great efficiency. For me, this is the main attraction (along with size) of the Shuffle, because its an Apple product thats a cheap music player, incredibly portable with a fair amount of space. You're paying for music quality, shame there's not much else..
One of the first things you notice when shopping for a Shuffle is the range of colours they are available in. Look about and you can find chalky pastel turquoise to a lightning bubblegum pink, all with white elements in the buttons. Of course you can always get the default silver which looks clean and slick, suitable for showcasing the brand. It features an on/off switch which doesn't move when in your pocket so thats handy. Other than that you get the bare basics, rewind & forward, play & pause, volume up & down.. But that's about it, so you're missing out on what even cheaper models offer - there is no repeat function, which isn't a big miss, but when you name a product 'Shuffle' without the option to 'Shuffle' the tracks within it... kinda takes away the point. On the bright-side, the clip on the back is strong enough to clasp clothing while you exorcise or just be on the move, even under super sweaty conditions. The lack of a screen isn't necessarily a problem, but it causes them for apple, possibly the reason why the features are so limited. I find the lack of order in tracks a bit frustrating, but then again, you hardly have many tracks to scroll through in the first place. It's charger is a tad clunky too as its not your standard cable, but a specific plastic hunk of weirdness. The battery life is another one of its positives, easily lasting a day or two and charging with fantastic speed.
2GB isn't bad if you're only a casual listener, but when you use the device everyday, it quickly becomes an annoying burden of a tool that you have to keep updating with fresh tracks. Considering its physical size, 2GB seems rather unimpressive, as Philips have a similar sized mp3 for around the same price when released (£25-£40) which had an 8GB memory, along with a screen and more features. All mp3 manufacturers claim their products hold hundreds of songs and tend to exaggerate their true space - they usually base their claim on songs no longer than 3 minutes - in other words - short songs.
I really can't recommend this mp3, mainly because there are so many better alternatives for competitive prices. Its rather pointless to buy the 'best' brand 'small' mp3 player when you can get more for your money elsewhere. It seems you really are paying for the brand alone with the Shuffle.. if you're going to drop some serious coin on a music player, why not do it properly and get a different name, like a Nano or Classic.. or just stroll in any electronics shop and pick up a bargain.
I realized that it has been late to review about the Ipod Shuffle. There are many reviews about Ipod Shuffle but I do not think that everyone has already owned this cool MP3 player. So, I decided to tell what I think after almost one year I use this stuff.
Many friends of mine asked me why I bought Apple Ipod Shuffle. They said it was not nice and it has no monitor at all. Well, everyone has different point of view. All I can say to answer them is I do not use my eyes to listen to music.
If you ask me how do I know the title of the songs if I do not have the monitor. At first, I was kind of confused too. But when a friend of mine who is also a gadget maniac told me that there is sort of program named Voice Over.
What is Voice Over?
Voice Over is sort of program which enable us to pick the songs we want. Although we do not have monitor, we still can pick the song we want. When we connect the itunes, we can also install an add-on which is named Voice Over.
How do we use the Voice Over?
Upon the Ipod Shuffle, it has Voice Over button (the very small button). This is how it works:
Press the button once, it will mention the title and the singer of the song. Cool, right?
Press the button twice, it will mention the percentage of the battery.
Press and hold a bit longer, it will mention the list of songs one by one and after the song we want is mentioned we have to press the play button fast.
It will be very difficult if we do not install the Voice Over. Can you imagine if you have to press many times only to find the songs you want but the song is on the middle of the list. My friend said not many Apple Ipod shuffle's owners know this. There are many users of the Ipod Shuffle still press more than ten times to find the songs they want. So, I think he is very kind to share me this.
Is there a built-in speaker in Ipod Shuffle?
Of course, there is no built-in speaker. We use the earphone to listen the Voice Over.
If you want to listen to the songs randomly, you just have to move the top right button.
Move it to the right to turn it off, to the middle to play the songs consecutively, and to the left to play the songs randomly. Well, it's only that easy.
When I bought the Ipod Shuffle, the little box contained the USB cable, the earphone, the manual guide book, and sticker.
I have already tried to test the durability of the battery and the result is it can be played for 15 hours long. It is really a long life battery for a tiny cool MP3 player. Compare with the other MP3 players which are commonly have shorter life battery, Ipod Shuffle is the best.
About the price, I think price really can describe quality. If I compare the Ipod Shuffle with the other MP3 players, Ipod Shuffle is more expensive. But it is worthy of price. Ipod Shuffle is expensive (according to the price comparison), however, it is the best in producing high quality sound. It is pretty beautiful, pure, and real.
Am I too over about the quality?
Loud of Laugh. This is serious. It feels like the real artist is singing in the front of us. Really. I've got no doubt about the sound quality of the Ipod Shuffle.
What are the disadvantages of the Ipod Shuffle?
Let me list the bad side of the Ipod Shuffle. But don't worry. It will not stop your desire to buy this cool MP3 player.
1. To download the Voice Over add on, it needs 20 Mega Bytes of the memory.
2. Without the itunes, Ipod Shuffle can not be used. It is also applied when we want to download the Voice Over add on.
3. We can not use the Ipod at the same time when we charge the battery. What a bad. When I was not in the mood of watching TV, I can not use the Ipod when it was being charged.
4. This one, I have mentioned before. It is about the price. Ipod Shuffle is almost two times more expensive than any other MP3 player like this.
5. Limited memory. If we talk about the capacity, Ipod Shuffle does not have a satisfying capacity of memory.
So why did I still buy the Ipod Shuffle?
Ok. Beside the advantages that were mentioned above, I like this product because it is small, light, and cool. I can clamp my Ipod on my shirt and go to work. Ipod Shuffle is just a simple thing with a huge function. The limitation of the memory never bothers me. I can still change the songs whenever I want. Above all, the top advantage of Ipod Shuffle is the sound quality. Although it is small (compare the size with the older type of Ipod), its sound quality is same.
The iPod shuffle is very convenient and easy to use. There is a clip on the back so you can clip it on you anywhere. There are limited buttons so even if your not good with technology you will still be able to function it. I used to use this when I went for my morning runs or bike rides because its small and handy and doesn't get in the way as I used to clip it on my waist.
The iPod runs for about 25 to 40pounds depending on where u get it from and weather its first or second hand. 2 Gb holds about 250-300 songs depending on the size of the files you it on there. I think that it is a good amount of songs because I never used to get bored of listening to it and I only had about 220 songs on their.
To put music on an iPod you have to download iTunes and purchase song from the iTunes store. Once you have did that you need to plug the USB that comes with the iPod into the computer so iTunes can recognize it. Then sync the iPod then music will be on it. One thing I hated about getting music on it was that sometimes iTunes wouldn't read the iPod and connect it. To solve this I just logged off the computer and logged back on then it would work.
To charge the IPod you plug the USB in the computer and put the iPod on and it will charge. The charger is the same lead that you use to put music on it. I find that the charger is extremely delicate and breaks very easy. I had This iPod for about 6 months and had to replace the charger 3 times after that I just give up because they cost £20 in the apple shop and replacing any more than that is just not worth it.
There's a small light on top that shows you how full the battery is green means full orange means half and red means it will die in the next 30 minuites or so. I was happy with the red light feature when the battery is dying because 30 minutes before dying is a decent amount of time compared to other MP3s/iPod. It gives you time to either find a charger or realise its dying and turn down your music so it lasts longer. I found this so helpful because when I was on runs or bike ride if I seen the light flash red I would start to head home as I hate running with no music and didn't want it to die on me.
This is the smallest cheapest most convenient easy to use iPod for any age group I'd recommend it. The quality of of the music is good just like any other iPod which is the main thing.
If you enjoy running or going to the gym and want to listen to your own music then I can wholeheartedly recommend the iPod shuffle. It is very simple in design and unlike it's iPod cousins it is relatively cheap. I have had mine for a around six years now and I think I paid around £20.00. It has reduced in price since those time and you can pick one up now for around £10.00. Despite not been the most expensive model on the market, it looks sharp and is well made. The one I have has lasted me a long time and is still in excellent working order.
== Clip it on==
The best design feature of this iPod is the hidden clip at the back of the device that allows it to be clipped on to your belt or clothes with ease. It is so slight that you hardly feel it and it has never lost its grip and come off.
At the front of the iPod is the play, volume and skip controls. These can be slightly frustrating as they look very similar; however once you get used to the layout you will not have a problem with it. Underneath are two little sliding controls that alter the shuffle function and turn the device on. Over time these have worked loose and now I often find my iPod has switched on in my bag accidently as the sliding control moves around.
The iPod comes with Apple's signature headphones, but if you do not like these you can swap them for any other headphones that operate using the 3.5mm headphone jack.
To charge the ipod it comes with a little charging stand that has a USB lead from it to plug into your lap top, a plug is not supplied but you can buy these separately. The battery life of the little device is absolutely excellent and after charging the iPod can last up to 12 hours.
You can store up to 500 songs on the little machine which I think is impressive for the size. The transfer of songs on to the device is simple and easy to do. Once Itunes is open you can simply drag and drop songs on to the device folder and then voila they are magically copied onto the device.
The annoying thing about the shuffle is that if you have one favourite song you want to listen to, it can be pain scrolling through each song, listening to a bit of each song to make sure it is not the one you are looking for. It is so much easier when an MP3 player has a screen. However, if you just want to fill the device up and not worry about what comes on next, then this is perfect for you.
This is a cheap mp3 player that plays just as well as Apples other iPods; it is just smaller and more portable. A great invention that is just as good now as when it first came out.

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Subjects include types of invasive species, challenges they cause and how to prevent and control them. Invasive species detailed in the sheets include the quagga mussel, yellow starthistle and the Mediterranean fruit fly.
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Go for the visually interesting with the Peyton Collection by Feiss. Making use of contemporary curly cues, these pieces express their unconventional uniqueness with every curved angle. Choose from many options of this bold and daring take on traditional fare. Chandeliers are teleported into the 21st century and pendants seem to hang from vines from the ceiling.


text: Culture 2 April 2013 Reviews round-up The critics' verdicts on Maya Angelou, Charles Glass and Eric Hobsbawm. Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou In the latest instalment of her memoirs, Maya Angelou tackles her tumultuous relationship with her mother. Miserable in her marriage and unable to cope with motherhood, Vivien Baxter sent Angelou and her brother Bailey to live with their grandmother in Arkansas, where they remained for ten years. The Washington Post's Valerie Sayers describes Mom & Me & Mom both as a story "of how [Angelou] came to love the woman who had sent her away" and "of a dangerous time when she struggled as an unwed mother". Although she acknowledges a lack of detail in some instances, Sayers says it takes little away from the overall design: "As an account of reconciliation, this little book is just revealing enough, and pretty irresistible." Writing about Angelou's style, the Independent's Fiona Sturges praises the way in which some of the more harrowing incidents in the book are presented. "Angelou has never been one for florid prose, and here she maintains a precise and economical style which makes these bleak moments more vivid, like a film from which you can't look away." Both critics praise Angelou's perpetual optimism. Sayers describes Mom & Me & Mom as a book delivered with Angelou's "trademark good humour and fierce optimism", while Sturges describes it as a "profoundly moving tale of separation and reunion, and an ultimately optimistic portrait of the maternal bond". Deserter by Charles Glass The latest book by journalist, broadcaster and author Charles Glass provides accounts of three young men who were drafted into the infantry during the Second World War. As its title suggests, Deserter explores what motivated a group of British and American soldiers to make the decision to run away. While the Guardian's Neal Ascherson notes that not much of the book is actually about deserting – "most of it consists of the three men's own narratives of 'their war'" – he nonetheless regards the accounts as important contributions to the historical narrative of war: "Because they are the stories of individual human beings who eventually cracked under the strain of hardly imaginable fear and misery, they are wonderful, unforgettable acts of witness, something salvaged from a time already sinking into the black mud of the past." The Telegraph's Keith Lowe describes Glass's book as "sensitive and thought-provoking". Focusing on the story of an American coal miner's son called Alfred T Whitehead, who wrote a war-time diary riddled with lies, Lowe praises Glass for his nuanced approach: "Most historians would probably have abandoned it as a source. For Glass, however, this is exactly the point: why did this man tell such tall tales?" Simultaneously appalled and moved by the witness accounts in Deserters, both critics conclude with the same the same question: confronted with such horrific conditions, who wouldn't also have considered running away? Fractured Times by Eric Hobsbawm Writing in the Observer, Nick Cohen has high praise for Eric Hobsbawm's posthumously published collection of essays. This book, Cohen argues, "shows this revolutionary traditionalist at his best". Cohen praises the revered Marxist historian and asserts that none of his contemporaries was "better at deploying a killer fact to make an argument stick in your mind". The Telegraph's Alex Massie is careful to warn readers that anyone "hoping for the final showdown between Hobsbawm's unabashed communism and the reality of the Soviet Union's own failure will be disappointed", suggesting that although the articles may have been published at different times, the common thread throughout is "a nagging crisis of identity and a parallel fear of redundancy" as the author explores the evaporation of classical music and elitist high culture. This reading is echoed by the New Statesman's own Jonathan Derbyshire, who notes that Hobsbawm "evinces melancholy empathy . . . for the art and culture of the 'bourgeois society' that disappeared after the outbreak of the First World War". It was, Derbyshire argues, Hobsbawm's interest in "the social and historical significance of high culture marked him out from his distinguished colleagues" in the Communist Party Historians Group in the mid-1950s. 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Assessment of Ovarian Reserve in Female Cancer Survivors
|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|January 21, 2010
|Last Updated Date
|September 19, 2017
|Start Date ICMJE
|September 2008
|Estimated Primary Completion Date
|April 2018 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01062542 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Assessment of Ovarian Reserve in Female Cancer Survivors
|Official Title ICMJE
|Fertility in Female Cancer Survivors - Novel Assessment of Ovarian Reserve
|Brief Summary
|Chemotherapy can damage the ovaries and cause premature menopause. In women treated before the age of 40 years, menopause does not usually occur. We have very little information about the impact of chemotherapy on ovarian function in this particular group of women. In this study, we will check hormone blood tests and ultrasound tests of the ovaries to measure the reserve of eggs left in the ovaries after treatment in young survivors of breast cancer and childhood cancer. We will do the same tests in our comparison group. We can use these results to estimate the reduction in fertility in young cancer survivors.
|Detailed Description
As women across North America and Europe increasingly delay childbirth, fertility preservation is emerging as an important issue among young breast cancer patients. The dramatic increase in survival for the major pediatric cancers in the last 50 years has resulted in an expanding population of childhood cancer survivors. The information currently available to counsel these patients about the impact of treatment on their fertility is inadequate. A significant degree of subfertility can exist prior to the onset of frank ovarian failure, and current studies do not address this.
This study will adopt new technologies that have revolutionized the evaluation of female fertility to assess ovarian function in young breast cancer survivors. The results will provide new, more accurate and clinically useful information to patients and physicians about the impact of cancer therapy on fertility. The results have the potential to influence clinical decisions regarding cancer treatment, and the use of assisted reproductive technologies for contemporary patients and survivors. Further, insofar as treatment advances are designed to improve disease control while reducing toxicity, these results may serve as the basis for better understanding the toxicity of modern therapy and provide opportunities for improvement.
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Patients will have a Blood sample taken to check hormone levels. Patients will also have an ultrasound test done to examine the ovaries. The ultrasound test is done by inserting a cylindrical probe into the vagina. The test has to be done this way to measures the ovaries accurately.
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GDB 45: Vincent Lecavalier
Jonathan Willis
January 18 2009 01:04PM
As we wait for the game against the Coyotes to begin, let's consider two players over the past two seasons. Both are gritty, have good size, and are well-known and often mentioned as Top-10 players. Here are the numbers:
Player A
Player B
Player A is clearly superior to Player B. Outside of a slight difference in one season, he's been a far better offensive performer, and his +/- totals are well ahead of Player B. Yet everybody, bizarrely enough, thinks that these two players are identical in ability, despite the fact that the statistics don't support it at all.
The reason that everybody regards these two players as identical talents is because they are one player. Player A is Vincent Lecavalier, specifically his point totals against his own division, pro-rated over full seasons. Player B is Vincent Lecavalier against the rest of the NHL, pro-rated over an entire season.
I haven't gotten into the effect of the various divisions on player performance, but it is something that we as Oilers fans should be wise to. We've seen the effect on Erik Cole, and it isn't an illusion. The Southeast is the worst division in the NHL, by far, and it isn't surprising that some of the league's top goal- and point- scorers can be found there. It's something that GM's should keep in mind before making trades, at any rate.
It's something Oilers fans should keep in the back of their mind as they watch their team play the Coyotes and fantasize about what a new addition to the lineup could do to help the cause.
January 19 2009, 12:00AM
It's a damn shame you missed this game Willis. It was a perfect example of what Hemsky means to this team. He was flying all game and everybody had that extra spark because of him. This teams offence lives and dies by this man. He is a complete player now in that he shoots all the time and is scoring and putting up points like gangbusters on a marginally successful offensive team. If he were to play the whole season I have not much doubt that he would put up 90-100. He is in top form now and it is scary. I believe this team is turning it around now and he will be the one to bring them to the playoffs. Book it.
January 19 2009, 01:37AM
Jonathan Willis wrote:
moreau not being the first star is because he plays oldies when the kids want to hear hiphop
THe reason Moreau wasn't the first star is that the three star selections are normally voted on by a media panel. THey collect the votes with 5 minutes to go in the game. And up until then Hemsky was first star, but last night was one of those times where they should have made an executive decision and given it to Moreau. First career hat trick should give him first star. It doesn't really matter at the end of the day, because for the Molson Cup, 1st, 2nd and 3rd star are all worth five points.
Jonathan Willis wrote:
friends from out of town - i got out of eating at my parents' place when i got a real job - phoenix is in financial trouble - moreau not being the first star is because he plays oldies when the kids want to hear hiphop - the classic rock crew is losing the room as a result - macts always been a country guy, which is the only thing him and penner agree on - have I lost you yet or are you still reading
Willis, your Deep Oil'ish post is still much easier to read than DeepOil selling realestate in Arizona.
January 19 2009, 03:31AM
wow the oil won..Moreau proved why he is captain and Hemsky proved why he is awesome.. GOILERS
The Black frog in Van tonight was awesome !!!!!
January 19 2009, 08:27AM
Heyyyyyy 3rd Jersey/Retirement Game and a WIN! The curse is broken!
January 19 2009, 08:43AM
@ The Towel Boy:
I wouldn't say broken - but improving. .500 against Pheonix in retirement games now.
3 wins, 3 Losses, 2 OT Points in the retro uni's now.
Definately the best game I have seen @ Rexall in some time. I noticed they added a drum guy in the stands to pump up the fans. Music slightly improved as well, I laughed when the played Hungry like the wolf though...
@ Peso de Setenta y Cinco: Guess I should change my name back.
January 19 2009, 09:08AM
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@ Peso de Setenta y Cinco: Guess I should change my name back.
January 19 2009, 09:57AM
@ Jason Gregor:
Thanks, Jason - I didn't know that was how it worked. Good stuff.
Wanye Gretz wrote:
They need to keep the dressing room feed live. This is the most interesting post game I have seen to date.
No doubt. Absolutely priceless! Worth the PPV price in itself.
Did anyone PVR that game? Get that clip on YouTube.
*clap, clap*
Jason Gregor wrote:
Ender the Dragon wrote: JW makes the case that it would be a poor trade for the Oil. CurtisS thinks it's a no-brainer that the Oil do the trade in a second. I'm not sure what Gregor thinks; his answer is a bit ambiguous, but maybe he wasn't aware there was a question. I didn't know there was a question, but my answer is clear. If I'm starting a team, I take Lecavalier over Hemsky any day. There is a reason why Lecavalier is making the money he will make and what Hemsky makes, he has earned it. Hemsky has never been an 80 point player. Take out the salary and I don't care what division they play in, I take Vinny hands down. Anyone who thinks Hemsky is better is wearing coloured glasses. Lecavalier plays in any situation, scores more goals, it tougher and has put up more points. To say that a GM would take Hemsky over Vinny is only based on money. If the question is what player/salary would fit better on a team, that is different than who is flat out a better player. I asked 10 scouts at the game tonight, and 10 out of 10 agreed with me. My other point Jonathon, you talk about tough and soft minutes. Well it seems that all 1st line players are considered tough minutes. But if a team has a checking line that doesn't score, wouldn't they be harder minutes to play against as on offensive player? Just curious.
Maybe in the past. Not today.
This year Hemsky's ppg is 1.05.
Vinny's is 0.91.
Less points at half the price.
Also Vinnie is 28 and Hemsky is 25.
With the salaries being equal and you had to start a franchise today, you couldn't make a great argument for Vinnie over Hemmer today.
Last year maybe. Two years ago for sure.
With the salaries as they are, you take Hemsky and its not even close.


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This very well could be an internet-only fiction, but this rumor has been floating around a lot today. Personally, I think with running back depth being such an issue coming into the season and Keith having such a good showing, this would be stupid, especially in light of Hall's very questionable behavior in the past. But perhaps the Colt's think Clifton Dawson can handle #2 when Addai returns and Hall would help in a game vs. the Pats.:
The lowly Atlanta Falcons have displayed some interest towards former Roughrider Kenton Keith, who is now a member of the Indianapolis Colts. Sources in the Falcons front office stated that General Manager Rich McKay has been in contact with Bill Polian, Indianapolis' general manager about a possible trade, involving Keith and Falcons cornerback DeAngelo Hall. Hall, the Falcons star cornerback, has been displayed some displeasure with the team in the recent weeks and has demanded a trade after their most recent game, a 20-13 loss to the Tennessee Titans."


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Computers hauled out of Franklin County Public Works, concerns taxpayer money stolen
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Wash. -- KEPR is always looking into the use of taxpayer money -- and the allegation that some of that money was stolen has people off the job. In fact, nine people are on paid leave from Franklin County Public Works. This includes the head of accounting, Dennis Huston, 64. He's now in jail on fraud and money laundering charges. The State Attorney General's Office is digging into the county's books.
Car loads of files, laptops and hard drives were removed from the Public Works Department Thursday.
A shock to taxpayers and co-workers, as the Director of Accounting and Administration, Huston was recently honored with the Washington Professional Finance Officer award.
KEPR learned, not only did Pasco Police execute search warrants on Huston's office, but on his home as well.
In a news conference Thursday, Franklin County Commissioners explained this began as a typical audit. And it quickly became much more, as discrepancies were found.
Franklin County Commissioner Brad Peck released this statement to county employees, and told reporters, "The information that prompted us to contact state officials, that information came out of Mr. Beaton's office."
Franklin County Auditor Matt Beaton added, "Beyond that, I can tell you Franklin County Auditor's office will continue to work with commissioners to further improve our internal controls and make whatever changes are needed."
Commissioner Brad Peck says the theft was just uncovered in the last few weeks. It's still unclear how much tax payer money may have been stolen. But the Commissioner say it's entirely possible the theft has gone on for years.
"This is a lengthy investigation. I would not expect this to be done in days or even weeks. I would expect this to last into months," explained Franklin County Prosecutor Shawn Sant. "These type of cases do take some time, and we want to make sure that we get it right."
County officials made it clear the remaining employees on leave are not yet facing any charges, and we're told they are cooperating in the investigation.
KEPR found out the county is now working on new leadership for the Public Works Department. Huston is being held in the Franklin County Jail.


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LightSquared documents submitted to the FCC last week reveal that its transmitters were transmitting at only half power during the tests recently conducted in the Las Vegas area to check for interference with GPS receivers. This means that any interference detected by the GPS units could be as much as half that expected when the LightSquared transmitters operate at their eventual planned power levels. Subsequent investigation appears to indicate that LightSquared might have not yet developed a full-power version of the transmitters it intends to deploy across the U.S. for coast-to-coast 4G broadband service. Further, it is not clear when LightSquared will be able to offer a full-power transmitter for realistic testing of potential interference. Official comment from the GPS Industry Council is expected later this week, but independent observers suggest that the council will demand that the FCC review its special waiver given to LightSquared to complete its testing by June 15, a date that civil and military GPS representatives have stated was an unrealistically short period for a comprehensive test of LightSquared's interference characteristics.
Lower-powered LightSquared Signals Skew Test Results
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See a small world after all
With macro lenses and the right equipment, even the eye of an ant won't escape your gaze.
'Macro'' is a funny word in the photographic context, is it not? After all, macro is defined in the dictionary as ''long, large, great, excessive'', but when used as an adjective for a lens it means short, small, teeny and weeny. Why are these lenses not called micro lenses?
As a matter of fact, the Nikon corporation does just that. Its close-up lenses are called Micro-Nikkor. Very sensible.
Now, having cleared up that little semantic confusion, let's move along to another misconception, to wit, that a lens designated macro must be only for taking close-up photos of very small things. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The 60mm Micro Nikkor and the 105mm Macro Canon are both superb general-purpose lenses, particularly well suited to portraiture. It just so happens that the macro lenses are also engineered for extreme close-up photography, such as the M.Zuiko 60mm Olympus macro lens reviewed today. We would recommend to anyone thinking of adding a medium focal-length prime lens to their kit that they seriously consider the macro option, even if you don't have any immediate plans to photograph the eye of an ant. Sigma and Tamron also make excellent macro primes that surpass any zoom lens for their sharpness, contrast and colour fidelity.
We recently wrote about the technique of focus stacking to increase depth of field, and if there is one type of photograph where depth of field is a problem, it is with the extreme close-up. The closer you get to the fly, the harder it is to get its eyes, wings and tail sharp. Stopping down the aperture only gets you so far.
A tripod is essential for close-up work, along with a cable release.
And one other item of equipment makes the whole job a lot easier - a macro focusing rail or rack. These devices range in price from about $30 to several hundred, depending on how fussy you are about the engineering. We settled for the $30 job and haven't regretted it.
The purpose of the rail is to precisely position and steady the camera in relation to the subject. It also gives the option of changing focus by moving the entire rail-camera combination using the rack and pinion mechanism, rather than using the lens focus control.
The three cameras we use for macro work all have a form of manual focus-assist - that is, when live view is activated and the LCD is used as the viewfinder, the image can be enlarged by pressing the same button used for enlarging images in the review mode. What's more, the section of the image that is blown up can be manually selected by moving a bounding box around the screen. This makes precision focusing easy, and is essential when taking a group of seven or more exposures for focus stacking.
There's a whole small world waiting to be explored.
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Mike Ditka is coaching again, but can the steel will that drove da Bears raise the saints to glory?
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Around Ditka are murals of some of his personal heroes and legends of the Chicago sports scene--Stan Musial, George Halas, Vince Lombardi, Tom Landry, Gale Sayers, Dick Butkus, Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, Ernie Banks. "They put a picture of me up, too," Ditka says, almost apologetically. "Which they shouldn't have done." There are old Packers and a new one--Brett Favre--and baseball players, Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Enos Slaughter.
To fire up another Dunhill he pulls out a lighter that is is essentially a damned torch with a flame long and blue enough to weld pieces of alloyed steel. "I can light it under any conditions," he explains. "I play golf; you can light it in rain, snow, wind." And no doubt in a twister. "These Dunhills are great. It's probably the most consistent cigar you're going to get, in and out. The thing about cigars is, there's no bad cigars, unless you get one that offends you. That means immediately when you light it up you get that aftertaste--a sulfuric or acidic taste."
Ditka's cigar talk will be getting more authoritative.
In October he bought into the Little Havana Cigar Factory. Each of the four factories--with locations in Chicago at the Hyatt Hotel, The Navy Pier, 6 West Maple and 140 South Dearborn--will feature cigars made from long-leaf Dominican tobacco, rolled right out front on the premises. "There will be a Mike Ditka Signature line of cigars," says part-owner Richard Simon (the other owners are Ditka and Jim Limparis and the cigarmaker is Julio Ramirez). "Each shop will have six rollers," Limparis adds.
Hall of Fame tight end and coach of the 1986 championship Bears, restaurateur and cigar devotee, hard knocks philosopher and current coach of the latter day Saints, Mike Ditka is a larger than life personality in a game that desperately needs all the personalities it can get. Network cameras follow him, hoping he'll blow his stack at an assistant coach or player. It's a tried--if not true--television formula. Let's play "pigeonhole the personality." See Oprah as she brings her guests to tears, now watch Sally Jessy draw out the sleaze. "If you're going to put cameras on me, show the whole picture," he told ESPN in an "Up Close" interview. "When we were winning, [my actions] showed 'zest and fire and zeal,' when I did it when we were losing, you say 'he's being a bully.' I never understood that."
A fan comes over to Ditka's corner table to wish him well. "You're going to end up making me a Saints fan," the man says. "I've been a Bills fan all my life. But now I just got a feeling." Ditka thanks him. Best wishes notwithstanding, the Dictionary of Saints mentions none from New Orleans.
For most of their 31 years the New Orleans Saints have been--in the kindest of sports euphemisms--"rebuilding." This rebuilding has proceeded with all the speed of continental drift. A welcoming sign in the airport announces New Orleans as the birthplace of jazz. It has never been known as the birthplace of the gridiron. Since their arrival in 1967, the Saints have played a grand total of four playoff games and lost all four. In the past some of their fans referred to them as the New Orleans 'Aints and showed up at games with paper bags over their heads. The House of Blues was only rumored to be on Bourbon Street. It was really the Louisiana Superdome. The fleur-de-lis (flower of the lily) emblem on the Saints' helmets was apparently a big deal in the court of Louis XIV. But the difficult-to-pronounce flower hasn't exactly struck fear in the hearts of National Football League opponents. No wonder the front office sought a new coach to overhaul the team.
Ditka was one of 40 coaching candidates that Bill Kuharich, the Saints' chief operating officer, president and general manager, had researched. "I think the key to the whole thing was the winning factor," says Kuharich, explaining his choice of Ditka. "The fact that he's won as a player, won as an assistant coach, won as a head coach--that was really the deciding factor. To me the greatest indication of what someone might do is what they've done in the past."
That past includes 106 wins and 62 losses as a head coach. Before Ditka can repeat that success, however, a lot of ground work is necessary. Football is still a grind-it-out war, a game won by real talent chewing up real estate. The greatest players in football history ate up large chunks of it. Aside from his singular combination of speed and power, Jimmy Brown is the game's greatest back ever because he averaged 5.2 yards per run. Jerry Rice, the all-time leader with 154 touchdowns, has caught 1,050 balls for 16,377 yards--an average gain of 15.6 yards. Sid Luckman and Otto Graham, Johnny Unitas and Roger Staubach, Joe Montana and Dan Fouts, Dan Marino and Steve Young are in the pantheon of great quarterbacks because they could move the chains. Other teams--like the Packers and Steelers, Dolphins and Raiders, Redskins and Giants--won championships with defense, running and the occasional long ball.
On such talent victory depends. Right now none of the best offensive players in the game--Barry Sanders, Steve Young, Brett Favre and several others--wear Saints uniforms. Most of the league's 30 teams would be hard pressed to find one all-world talent on their rosters. Absent game-breaking talent, Ditka has tried to model a team in his own image. The word Ditka used for his type of player is a "Grabowski." What is a Grabowski exactly? Many analysts have taken a crack at it. Essentially it is a player like Ditka himself was--a guy with abundant professional skill coupled with undying will. In Ditka's words, it's a guy with a work ethic.
For Ditka, character counts. The temptation will be to evaluate his performance based on wins and losses. But this is too narrow and premature a barometer of success with a Saints team that went 3-13 in 1996. Ditka will earn the lion's share of his reported $7 million over three years by just finding the right mix of players and preparing them to win. If players don't want to be in New Orleans, he will oblige them. If they don't have the right attitude, he doesn't want them. He won't suffer fools gladly. He set the tone early, cutting quarterback Jim Everett ($3.2 million) and eight other starters from the 1996 squad well before the season began.
Ditka picks up his point about collisions. When Ditka emphasizes a point, his blue eyes widen and stare. He isn't going through the motions: he explains things with freshness, reaching deep as if making the point for the first time. "I know we're not supposed to say this in our society--you don't want to teach young kids wrong things; you want to teach them to play the game inside the rules, not outside the rules. But there's one thing that holds true. You hit the guy you're playing against harder than he hits you, more often than he hits you, you'll win every battle, and every battle has to be won before the war gets won. It's not a complicated thing and let's not make it out to be."
No, it isn't. Hall of Fame defensive end Deacon Jones once said, "Hard hits will make cowards of us all." But the Saints must hear his talk and then walk the walk.
Five weeks into the season, Mike Ditka is pacing the sidelines at Giants Stadium in the New Jersey Meadowlands. He bends, hands on knees, and peers at the action but pops up again before a play is run. He resumes pacing, applauds his players, pats their pads, reprimands them as they come off the field. Then he paces some more. He can't be busy enough. The time between plays seems too long. He goes to the Gatorade table, takes a sip and, like a guest in someone's dining room, puts the cup back down gently. Then he's back on the sidelines, pacing again. Maybe he wants to pop the enemy, bust them hard for short yardage as he did as a tight end in the '60s. He roams like a beat cop on caffeine overload.
Ultimately the Saints lose a close, "what if..." kind of game. Their record is 1-4. "We have to win some of these games," he mutters after the game, dressing quickly. He puts a handful of cigars in a gym bag and rushes to board the team bus.
Ditka and everyone in the New Orleans organization had to know it would be like this. Getting the Saints to march forward is a Sisyphean task. You roll the boulder up the hill and it rolls down even farther and you forget where the starting point was. Has progress been made? For a team that was 3-13 in 1996, what does progress even mean? Six wins and 10 losses? He won't accept it. Eight and eight? "That's mediocrity," he blares. The answer does not lie in any two numbers with a hyphen between them. "Fifty-three guys make up a team," he says. "One guy is not going to make the Saints win or lose. Many are."
Ditka coached the Bears for four years before they won the Super Bowl in 1986. The comparison is clear: if the Saints under Ditka are ever going to turn their luck around, they are going to turn it slowly. It's not terribly complicated.
Ditka doesn't overcomplicate very much in life. He was brought up in Pennsylvania in the 1940s and '50s, and life wasn't very complicated then, either. The oldest of four children, Ditka was born on Oct. 18, 1939, in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, and grew up in a housing project in Aliquippa. His father, Michael Sr., worked in the steel industry, which was booming at the time. "Without my father's main influence--which was creating the discipline and the order that had to happen--all the other stuff wouldn't have happened," Ditka recalls. "From him I learned a work ethic: you get out of life what you put into it. If you're willing to work, then you get something; if not, you probably won't get very much. Discipline. My dad was a great disciplinarian. There was only one way and that was the right way and there were no excuses and no getting out of it. If you did wrong you got your ass whipped, that was simple. In my family we never had anything but we never needed anything. We had clothes, we had meals and we went to good schools. What else did you need at that time? We didn't need anything. My father had a car; it wasn't a new car but he drove it. We had enough.
"Growing up I was very close to my mom, there's no question about it. Because my dad was tough; he was just tough. And then I think as we got older and we got out of college, we understood why he did what he did; he raised us tough because he didn't want us to go into the steel mill and work like he worked. So he did the things he thought he had to do. Our relationship became much greater and we sit around and talk now. From my mother [Charlotte] I got caring, love. I'm a very caring person, regardless of what people think--I don't care what people think, by the way. I went to church with her and she got me involved in the Catholic religion and that's the way I grew up and I'm very grateful for that. They've slowed down now; he's 79, Mom is 75. They're hanging in, they love to go to Vegas."
The youthful Ditka was a hypercompetitive kid who poured his energy into sports. "I played basketball and baseball in high school and college," he says. "My dad told me my opportunity was going to come through sports. He said I had to get good grades so I could get a scholarship for sports. One time he said, 'The mill is not for you. You don't want it.'
"I was a really good baseball player as a kid. I just wanted to be a football player and kind of grew into being a football player. I played whatever sport the season was. When people say 'Why didn't you run track?' 'Didn't you play golf?'--no, because there were only three seasons--football, baseball and basketball. It's all we knew; we were limited in what we knew. Stan Musial [the Hall of Fame St. Louis Cardinal outfielder] was my hero. He was Polish, from Donora, Pa. I thought he was the greatest baseball player that ever lived. I still do. No, I'm not going to argue; they can have their opinion. I loved Williams and DiMaggio and Mays and Mantle and Aaron, but if I had to pick one I'd want to get a hit, I'd pick Musial.
"College came down to the University of Pittsburgh, Penn State and Notre Dame. Notre Dame was the first school to contact me. I never went to visit until the summer, so I made up my mind I was going to go to Pitt or Penn State." Ditka's hatchet man basketball tactics at Pitt earned him the name "The Hammer" and later "Iron Mike." He laughs. "When I see Jerry West [the Hall of Fame guard from the Lakers who played college ball at West Virginia], I always remind him I was the guy who guarded him for six points and three fouls in a period of 51 seconds--his six points, my three fouls. He says, 'I thought you were going to kill me.' I say, 'I was trying but I couldn't get close enough.'
"I really wanted to be a dentist--that's why I went to Pitt, to get into dentistry." Fixing teeth would soon give way to bashing teeth, however. With his '50s burr cut and number 89, Ditka entered college a hale 6-foot-2, 215-pounder. "You played defense and offense then; we played 55 minutes a game," Ditka says proudly. "Those were the old days."
He didn't graduate, because he was missing a few credits in chemistry. "I played well enough that I made a lot of the All-American teams and I was drafted number one by the Chicago Bears [fifth overall in the first round in 1961]. Even then I wasn't sure [about it in the NFL].
Ditka found a substantial difference between college and pro players; being a college All-American didn't guarantee a successful pro career. "Pros were just better," he says. "I played against [Bob] Lilly and all the guys that were All-Pro in college and they were better in pro ball than they were in college ball. They had better coaching, they got bigger, they learned more, had better techniques."
The beginning of his pro career was also the beginning of his cigar smoking. "I smoked the Tiparillos, the
Roi-Tans, Phillies, White Owls," he says with a broad smile. "You get better and better and you change, you get more sophisticated. First of all, you smoke what you can afford to buy. In those days I was not making enough to smoke what I do now."
In 1961, he signed his first contract for $12,000 plus a $6,000 bonus. He asked his dad what he thought. "That's a lot of money," came his father's quick reply. "You work a long time to get that kind of money."
What made Ditka succeed is no secret to him. "I think a lot of it has to do with passion for the game, I really do. People approach it differently, you know. It was my goal [to succeed], that's all. I don't know how many people make it their goal. I worked my ass off; I became the toughest guy I could be on the field. A lot of people didn't like me playing the game but that's their problem. This wasn't a popularity contest."
The NFL was chock-full of stars when Ditka arrived. "I got to know people like Unitas and [Bart] Starr, who were truly great people as well as great quarterbacks. Gale [Sayers] came--I had already been with Chicago when he and Butkus came [in 1965]--and that was something to see, Gale's emergence. If he wouldn't have been hurt, I don't know that anybody would ever have been better. In his six-touchdown game in 1965, the ironic thing is the best catch I ever made in my life [a diving grab where he tipped the ball to himself] was in that game and nobody ever remembered, and they shouldn't because what he did was so much more spectacular. He was a thoroughbred and the best cutback runner of all time. Hugh McElhenny was good and I later played in Dallas when Duane Thomas was there, but nobody in my opinion could do what Gale did; he could start and stop on a dime."
The record shows Ditka was not intimidated by the galaxy of stars around him. In his rookie season he caught 56 passes for 1,076 yards and 12 touchdowns. Most surprising were the 19.2 yards per catch; rarely do tight ends average that many. In the early '60s the tight end position was viewed primarily as a blocking position. Ditka was one of the first tight ends to grab a large number of passes. Winning the Rookie of the Year Award and being selected All-Pro led to a raise. After much haggling with Bears owner George Halas, Ditka settled on $18,000 for 1962.
By 1964 Ditka had earned a permanent place in the annals of Total Football, grabbing 74 passes in 14 games--many of them while wearing a harness for a dislocated shoulder--a record for tight ends that lasted until 1980 and the onset of the 16-game season. He was All-Pro six consecutive years, from 1961 to 1966.
But his most memorable seasons were not those stocked with individual achievements. "Nineteen-sixty-three was great with the Bears, we won the championship. Whether we were the best team or not, we beat the Giants when we had to beat them. We beat them because we had a great defense." The game was played on a frozen Soldier Field in Chicago. A haunting black-and-white still of this titanic defensive struggle shows New York quarterback Y.A. Tittle kneeling, bloody and bruised after five interceptions. "That might have been the best defense," Ditka says. "Our 1985 defense was on a par with it, but those two defenses--and I know people will line up and say, 'What about Miami's?' 'What about Minnesota's?' 'What about L.A.'s?' 'What about Pittsburgh's?'--but those two in '63 and '85 were pretty good defenses."
In 1965, the Bears were knocking on the championship door again. They rode Sayers' 22 touchdowns and a stingy defense to a 9-5 record. "We should have won but we didn't," Ditka relates. "I thought we were a better team in '65 because we still had the guys from '63 plus we had Butkus and Sayers. But actually Baltimore [then in the Western Conference with the Bears and Green Bay] was better, a lot of teams were better, and that's why we didn't win. We were pretty darned good, but actually we lost a couple of people on defense and we weren't as strong on defense. And we really won in '63 because of our defense." Green Bay won the 1965 title game, beating Cleveland, 23-12.
The Bears won only five games in 1966, with Ditka catching just 32 passes. In 1967 he was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles for quarterback Jack Concannon. The Eagles won six games in 1967 and better things were expected the following year. But they lost their first 11 games on the way to a 2-12 record. "The whole year was a low point for me. I was a bum, I didn't take care of myself, I did all the wrong things. It was the low point of my life." In his autobiography, Ditka, he writes, "I'm sure if there is such a thing as purgatory on earth, I was in it there. Not that they served it on me; I served it on myself. Almost killed myself drinking."
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Indiana has no election in 2013, and the year off should give all of us a chance to focus on finding solutions to the problems facing our state and nation.
At a national level, we've had two years of partisan gridlock, with Republicans and Democrats finding themselves at loggerheads even on seemingly routine matters. Both sides blame the other, and both accuse their colleagues across the aisle of being unwilling to compromise.
Sadly, the result of Tuesday's election could spell more of the same. Democrats are again in control of the U.S. Senate, and Republicans are still in control of the House. This country can't take two more years of partisan warfare. It's time for a truce.
Here's the thing both sides need to remember: No one won election Tuesday with the promise of maintaining the status quo. The voters chose candidates who professed a willingness to work across the aisle.
The voters clearly didn't like everything that either party had to offer. They want the two sides to meet in the middle, to give as much as they take. If the past two years have proved anything, they've shown that neither party can solve this nation's problems alone. We need leaders who will undertake an honest search for solutions.
President Obama has said he's willing to work with anybody to find answers to the challenges facing this country. Now that the election is over, we hope Republicans will take him up on his offer.
There is a reason that voter perceptions of Congress are at historic lows. It's time for an end to the foolishness. Both sides must acknowledge that they cannot win every fight.
The political process relies on the occasional election, and campaigns are an essential part of the process. Now that the voters have spoken, though, it's time to give politics a rest and get on with the business of governing.
— From the Kokomo Tribune


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VILLA PARK - Two small earthquakes -- one in Orange County, the other in San Bernardino County -- shook Southern California Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the first of the two had a magnitude of 3.8 and occurred at a depth of 5.3 miles around 11:40 p.m. Wednesday, its epicenter 6 miles from Villa Park and 7 miles from both North Tustin and Corona in Riverside County.
There were no immediate reports of damage, although dispatchers and a police watch commander said they had received calls reporting the earthquake.
``We did feel the earthquake here, but there were no damages,'' a dispatcher from Corona said.
The second overnight quake, a magnitude-3.8 temblor, occurred at a depth of 1.1 miles 2.3 miles north of Fontana at 1.50 a.m. today, slightly more than 24 hours after a magnitude 4.4 shaker in the same area.


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Assessing trends in nitrogen (N) loss is much trickier than exploring how erosion and sediment transport in Iowa have been affected by changing precipitation regimes and extreme events. This article looks at studies of the Raccoon River Watershed in Iowa.
Although a lot of N data is available for the Raccoon River, the data is spotty until 1974, quite a while after large changes in river N loads began (load is the total amount of a substance transported by the river over a defined time period). And because nitrogen cycles into and out of the environment and is consumed by plants and microorganisms, linking river N levels to specific actions on the landscape is very difficult.
We know that production in the corn-soybean system is maximized when the landscape is essentially saturated with nitrogen. Because the most common form of N in the environment, nitrate (NO3), is very soluble in water, the system is vulnerable to loss. If we liken the Iowa landscape to a glass filled to the brim with nitrogen, it's easy to imagine disruptions causing the N to slosh out of the glass, escaping the farm into the stream network. Anyone involved with farming knows that N loss is closely linked to precipitation. And we all know that predicting weather is uncertain business. Even the pros are wrong much of the time. We try to manage inputs based on "average" weather. But average is not what we should expect in any given year; rather average is merely a mathematical construct that illustrates what the Iowa climate is like over time.
What we get from one year to the next may be far from average. About 2/3 of the N loss in Iowa occurs during only 1/3 of the year: April through July. We get about half of our annual precipitation during this period. If this four month period gets wetter relative to the rest of the year, all things being equal, N loss will increase. And as we have seen in previous segments of this series, the frequency of extreme precipitation events is increasing in Iowa.
To learn about N loss, we need to "follow the water." Can we learn anything from evaluating how N loss has changed with extreme precipitation over time? It's much harder to make conclusions about N than it is sediment and erosion. If a large rainfall follows a period of dry weather, there may be adequate water storage capacity in the soil and N may not move to the stream. On the other hand, even a moderate rain falling on wet soils can initiate or increase water flow through the soil profile and into tiles, causing large N delivery to streams.
When we look at the precipitation and nitrate-N data for the Raccoon Watershed dating to 1974, we can make a few cautious statements about river N loading as it relates to extreme precipitation. April-July N loss does not appear to be increasing, and may be declining some, in the wettest years (wettest 1/3 of 40 years, 1974-2013). It does seem that N loss may have increased in the other years (i.e. below-and near-average precipitation years).
There are many ways to interpret this and what exactly it means is not clear. These possible trends could be linked to the improvement and expansion of tile drainage in the watershed.
During dry and average years, one can imagine that tile delivers water (and nitrate) to the river that otherwise would have remained on the landscape. On the other hand, in very wet years, when overland runoff becomes a more important water delivery mechanism relative to tile drainage, expansion of the tile system may have had relatively smaller impact on N loss. This may explain differences in N loss trends for wet years versus the other years. It also appears that N loading is being increasingly concentrated into two months: May and June. This is important because it means that we may continue to see very high river N concentrations during these months (important from the perspective of downstream water utilities) while overall, annual N river loads are declining.
So what does this mean for N management? We know that what is best for one farm may not be best for others. That said, the 4R fundamentals of right rate, right timing, right place, and right form will always be important. Monitoring on the farm—soil N tests, cornstalk N testing, water testing, manure nutrient content assessment, and other types of analysis can help the producer efficiently manage inputs and reduce loss. Beyond input management, edge of field treatments such as bioreactors and wetlands
work effectively to reduce N loading to streams. Although published research shows that we can still lose as much as 70 pounds of N per acre at the drainage district scale during wet years, we will not achieve our water quality goals just by improving input management. This is because our soils contain so much nitrogen in the organic matter. Thus, we have to more effectively manage water. Cover crops clearly have potential to help us do this, buffering the effects of extreme events and trapping some nutrients. Drainage water management also holds potential.
Some are now imagining a future where climate change makes irrigation cost effective, and springtime drainage water is impounded and then used to water crops later in the summer. Most farmers instinctively know that solving the problem of nutrient loss is much more difficult than preventing erosion. To succeed, researchers and farmers must work together to collect solid scientific evidence about what works, and what doesn't work. This is crucially important as we try to cope with the uncertainties and extremes of climate that are characteristic of our mid‐continent location.