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The Minor Prophets
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Poem: "The Minor Prophets" by Michael Lind, from Parallel Lives. © Etruscan Press, 2008. Reprinted with permission. (buy now)
The Minor Prophets
None of the minor prophets
knew that he was minor, of course. Habakkuk, I imagine,
thought that his visions earned him
standing as Ezekiel's peer, if not indeed Elijah's.
Then there was Obadiah,
who could be forgiven if he thought he might be a Moses.
How they would be remembered
Providence concealed from them all, though they could see the future.
Maybe it doesn't matter.
If you're on a mission from God, sent to rebuke a city
or to redeem a nation,
where by canon-makers you're ranked may be inconsequential.
Nor is the voice within you
any less authentic for not having a distant echo.
Seers of the world, be heartened.
Even minor prophets can have genuine revelations.
Literary and Historical Notes:
It's the birthday of Carl Sagan, (books by this author) born in Brooklyn, New York (1934), who did more to promote space exploration than almost any other single person. He was a young astronomer advising NASA on a mission to send remote-controlled spacecrafts to Venus, when he learned that the spacecrafts would carry no cameras, because the other scientists considered cameras to be excess weight. Sagan couldn't believe they would give up the chance to see an alien planet up close. He lost the argument that time, but it's largely thanks to him that cameras were used on the Viking, Voyager, and Galileo missions, giving us the first real photographs of planets like Jupiter and Saturn and their moons.
Sagan also persuaded NASA engineers to turn the Voyager I spacecraft around on Valentine's Day in 1990, so that it could take a picture of Earth from the very edge of our solar system, about 4 billion miles away. In the photograph, Earth appears as a tiny bluish speck. Sagan later wrote of the photograph, "Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives... [on] a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam."
Carl Sagan, who created the TV show Cosmos, which is still the most popular science program every produced for television. He actually never used the phrase "billions and billions of stars," which is often attributed to him, but Billions and Billions is the title of his last collection of essays, which came out in 1997, the year after he died.
It's the birthday of the poet Anne Sexton, (books by this author) born Anne Harvey in Newton, Massachusetts (1928), who had a horrific childhood. She once said that she was locked in her bedroom until she was five years old. She ran away from home, eloped when she was 19, never went to college, became a suburban housewife, and then had a nervous breakdown when she was 28. After a suicide attempt, her psychiatrist advised her to try to writing poetry as therapy. She did, and within a few years of producing her first poems, she had published her work in more than 40 magazines, including The New Yorker.
For the rest of her life, she was in and out of mental institutions, on and off psychiatric drugs, and she said that poetry was the only thing that kept her alive. She said, "My fans think I got well, but I didn't: I just became a poet." Her collections include To Bedlam and Partway Back (1960), All My Pretty Ones (1962), and Live or Die (1966), which won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. She committed suicide in 1974. Anne Sexton said, "Poetry is my love, my postmark, my hands, my kitchen, my face."
Today is the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the night in 1938 when Hitler ordered a series of supposedly spontaneous attacks on Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues. The idea was to make the attacks look random, and then accuse the Jews of inciting the violence. In all, more than 1,000 synagogues were burned or destroyed. Rioters looted about 7,500 Jewish businesses and vandalized Jewish hospitals, homes, schools, and cemeteries. The event was used to justify barring Jews from schools and most public places, and forcing them to adhere to new curfews. In the days following, thousands of Jews were sent to concentration camps. The event was called Kristallnacht, which means, "Night of Broken Glass." It's generally considered the official beginning of the Holocaust. Before that night, the Nazis had killed people secretly and individually. After Kristallnacht, the Nazis felt free to persecute the Jews openly, because they knew no one would stop them.
It was on this day in 1906 that Teddy Roosevelt went against more than a century of tradition and became the first American president ever to leave the country while in office. He went to view the construction site of the Panama Canal, and when he saw a steam shovel for the first time, he stopped his train and hiked through the mud to take a turn at the controls.
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Things do not get any easier for Durham. Bottom of the first division and still without a Championship win, they slumped in difficult conditions before rain wiped out play after lunch.
At least Paul Collingwood, who has taken over the four-day captaincy from Phil Mustard, was able to lead the side having recovered from a broken hand but his luck did not extend to winning the toss. Durham were soon one for two after James Anyon struck with successive balls in his second over.
Will Smith fenced critically outside off stump and was well taken by the diving Mike Yardy at second slip. Gordon Muchall was bowled through the gate. Anyon now has 33 wickets and is on course to match last season's tally of 55, when he was also awarded his county cap.
It is due reward for the 29 year-old, who worked with former England bowling coach Kevin Shine to make his action more consistent and has rediscovered his pace in doing so. "I have always been able to bowl quickly but it's only in the last year or so that I have been given the freedom to do that," he said.
"Sussex want me to be a strike bowler, not a stock bowler, and to not worry about the consequences if a few edges fly through the slips."
Anyon dovetailed well with new-ball partner Steve Magoffin, who was rewarded when Stokes was tempted by extra width and Yardy took another outstanding catch.
Durham partially recovered thanks to a fluent half-century from Mark Stoneman, the left-handed opener who made 128 in the corresponding fixture last season. A flurry of seven boundaries in 20 balls took him to his second fifty of the season before Monty Panesar pinned him leg-before when he missed a pull shot.

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I'm wondering if such a player exist on the market.
A simple dvd player with an usb host port like i have but instead of supporting fat/fat32 it would read nfts partitions or maybe all of them.
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not likely. fat16 is royalty free. fat32 and ntfs are covered by microsoft patents and require payment to m.s. to use.
There's a couple of BluRay players that support NTFS, but I don't know of any DVD players
Some media players like the Western Digital models support NTFS, but again, we've not heard of DVD players that do. Given the limited playback support of DVD players (ie. MP3, WMA and Divx - no MKV, no H.264, etc.) NTFS support isn't really necessary.
Closest thing to what your asking for is the new 200 series Popcorn hour machine. It's not a dvd player but you can connect a dvd or bluray drive to it. It will play just about anything correctly. With the WD device, no player but it will play NTFs from a hard disk. It will also play just about anything but without any menus.
Originally Posted by jman98
I visited the WD site for the product and watched the promo video but I'm looking for info from users. For instance if it will play .mkv is it picky about the source aspect ratio? Will it play .avi source that's greater than 720x576 etc..
Sorry to OP for butting in.
Doesn't seem to be picky at all. I've played .ts .m2ts .mkv and BDMV. For the BDMV it searches thru the folders until it finds the .ts file and plays that.
Havn't done any AVIs so don't know. Just saw an active thread on this site listing modded firmware that will allow the WDTV to play disks thru a Usb DVD drive much like the popcorn 200 player. Downloaded it but haven't installed it yet.
That sounds very encouraging. Thanks for the info.
Originally Posted by MilesAhead
Anyway, yes, the WD plays AVI files greater than 720x576. 720p AVIs, for example, work fine. No, it doesn't care about MKV source aspect ratio. For example it will play MKV files at 1029x620 (should you have one in that size - this is only an example). Some BluRay players will only play videos at either 1920x1080, 1280x720 or 720x480/576 but the WD player has no such constraints. One warning - none of the WD models support any HD audio codecs. There's no support for HD-DTS or Dolby Lossless. It supports DTS and AC3 fine, but not the high def audio formats above those.
Yeah, I found a thread pertaining to WD later. Seems like it's always the way it goes. Thanks for the info.
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text: I recently sold my Aprilla, and I'm not set to get my 990 Adventure for another week or so, so Kim and I have been riding two up on her Versys. I wasn't super fond of the Versys when Kim first got it, but it really has grown on me. Anyway, this was our first long trip on it together, and although we didn't get off road, we still had a great time. We started out at about 7:30am on Sunday, and headed west on I-70. The temps were comfortable for me, but we stopped near Idaho Springs so Kim could put the liner in her jacket:  We jumped back on and continued on our way. Whenever I go west, I almost always take Loveland pass and this time was no exception:  We had a spirited ride down the pass, and I stopped at ABasin to check on the new lift. They have a shack built at what is going to be the base, but I didn't see much more going on. They better get a move on, winter's not too far off. We chewed up some miles, and I stopped in Eagle for gas, and to clean my goggles. Also, the temp had gone back up, and Kim wanted to get rid of the liner:   It didn't take us too much longer and we made it to Glenwood. We met an inmate that worked at the hot springs and was watching the lot. He called us over and showed us a primo spot to park the bike. It happened to be right next to his GS. We BS'd for a bit, before locking up all the crap and heading for the pool. By this time it was freaking HOT:  We swam for a few hours, and soaked in the hot pool for a bit. It's a nice way to break up a ride, that's for sure:     We jumped back on the bike, and headed over to the brewery for lunch:  Then we got back to the ride. We headed south out of Glenwood and towards Aspen. We made no attempt to stop in Aspen as it was only a means to an end. I was interested in riding Independence pass . We had to stop so Kim could put her liner back in, and then we made quick work of the pass:  When we got to the top, there were a few bikes, and a guy on a VFR took this picture:  Also, there were a few guys on Harleys, and one of them took the time to come over and give me shit about wearing my motocross boots while I ride. I informed him that I rode further than bar to bar, and even took my bike (gasp) on dirt roads. I also told him he should get a head start down the pass so he wouldn't be in my way. All three of them roared off in the rain. I gave Kim the camera, and she did some nice drive by photography:       I especially like this one:  Anyway, it took all of about 5 turns to catch up to the Harley road block. Pretty hard to ride when it's pissing rain in your face. I went and ahead and passed, and thought to myself..."and this guy thinks I look funny cause I wear big red boots"... We stopped in Leadville for a few minutes, and then jumped back on to I-70. From there it was pretty strait forward and we were home in no time. The bike did great, as did Kim. Can't wait to do it again. - - Rob


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March 8
DOOM for Motorola XOOM
First on my list of DOOM this morning (oops, afternoon):
The brainiacs who were responsible for the deal involving Motorola XOOM and Verizon. I'm inclined to believe this is Verizon's doing, but I'm also inclined to believe that whoever was handling this on the Motorola side signed off on it as well. And Moto has certainly dropped the ball on various OTHER aspects of this release.
SO. Let me break down this little scenario for you, for those who do not stay on the tippy-top of new technology releases.
Motorola XOOM: New tablet. Android. Touted as the "iPad killer".
Why?: It's generally the same size and weight. Other tablets were too small and also tended to be no-names. (Huawei? No. I do not buy knock-offs.) Hardware stats looked really good. We really like supporting Android over Apple.
BUT. Then as we crept closer to an actual release date, some information started leaking out that gave us pause.
1. An $800 price tag? (iPad 32gb with Wi-Fi only, was $599.) That didn't seem very competitive.
Then . . .
2. It HAD to be activated on purchase with a required $20 one month of 3G service? THIS is where I began to be annoyed. THIS is where they really began to shoot themselves in the proverbial foot.
Where was the Wi-Fi ONLY version? Now I had to compare this to the 32gb iPad with Wi-Fi AND 3G, which amounts to $729. But we don't WANT 3G service. These are nightstand tablets. They are used in-house only. We have no reason to take them out of the house . . . when we go out and about, we use our Droid phones.
But, you know, here we are, early adopters. Early adopters usually suffer. I tried to be positive about it . . . but piling extra ridiculous charges like a REQUIRED month of 3G service really bugged me. You might look at it as "what's $20 more when you're paying $800 for the device?". Instead, I think . . . "it wouldn't seem so blasted GREEDY and nitpickish if you just tacked that on to the price in the first place". The nickel-and-diming is NOT an endearing quality, Verizon.
But we will get back to that nickel-and-diming IN A MINUTE, readers. Oh yes, we will. Just you wait, Henry Higgins. Just you wait.
Let me take a line here to appreciate Apple, for confirming a nice solid RELEASE date on which one can count. iPad2? March 11. There it is. XOOM? We were left to waffle and check various websites repeatedly, relying on HEARSAY from the gadgetblogs. Moto THEMSELVES couldn't even decide on a release date.
One weekend night, Knobby read that the XOOM was released that day. We went straight to BestBuy. It couldn't be found. There were 10 in the stockroom, but the imbeciles in the phone department told us it wouldn't be sold until next Thursday. Now, our BestBuy has been proven to muck things up royally (remember the GoogleTV idiocy?), so we called the next store down the road. Which told us that yes, they were in stock, and Knobby specifically asked if they would sell him one that night. Yes.
So we drove an hour down the road. To find that mere minutes before we arrived at the store, an update had gone out adjusting the release until the next Thursday as we were originally told in the first store. This, after the incompetence of the GoogleTV release, didn't really surprise us (Knobby looked for an excuse to put some miles on his new Jeep and try out that Adaptive Cruise Control), but it WAS incredibly disappointing. They just kept shooting themselves in the foot! Once was not enough. Let's go for ALL the toes.
On Thursday, Knobby worked from home that morning, waiting for the store to open. We went down to the BestBuy, again, and we couldn't find the XOOM, again. Apple buys an end-cap display for easy iPad attention, but Motorola? Motorola couldn't be bothered. XOOM was hidden in a dark corner on the end of an aisle full of antiquated cheap netbooks, no fanfare, no special advertising to herald it's arrival . . . nope, there it sat, in the shadows, the furthest end from the main thoroughfare. An $800 NEW PRODUCT on it's release day, surrounded by $300 has-beens. At this point we were amazed they even bothered to power it up.
We stood there as Knobby tried it out, and as clueless parents who had no business buying any sort of technology were lead over to the netbooks . . . questioning the salesman if this was something their daughter could take to college next year. If it was enough to write papers. Oh clueless parents . . . Wow. The best present for your daughter would have been letting her go down to the store and getting to choose one for herself. I wanted to help them, but they had the salesperson, and I had to repeat to myself "this is not your job, this is not your job, they are not paying you to advise customers, this is not your job". So I overcame the parental pity and focused really intently on the shadowy Xoom.
Knobby decided to buy it. Early adopters and all, plus there had been some light obvious envy of the ease of the tablet (iPad) versus the "hassle" of firing up his nightstand MacBook Pro.
Purchasing. Our XOOM purchase: FAIL.
Perhaps this would happen as well, if you decided to buy the iPad with 3G . . . but my WiFi-only iPad had been so SIMPLE to purchase.
IPAD: We decided to buy on a whim, nagged a salesman who walked us up to the "Geek Squad" area where the boxes were kept. Box was brought out in less than two minutes, we were waved over to the Customer Service desk to bypass the people with "Geek Squad" issues. Box was scanned, card was swiped, we were done. I was home less than five minutes later, unpacking my beautiful pristine iPad. (I have to hand it to them — Apple does a really nice job of product packaging presentation. My Amazon Kindle2, as well . . . so much thought is put into the buyer's experience when unboxing his/her new purchase.)
XOOM: We walked back over to the phone section from the shadowy depths of the netbook aisle, and caught the eye of the salesman who had lead us over there. We indicated that we were going to purchase the XOOM (the stack of their boxes was there in front of him, still in the shipping container). People with phone problems were at all the kiosks, so we had to wait. Ok, we can wait, that's fine, we wait in line like anyone else. It is just one customer/kiosk in front of us, how long could it take. But . . . then . . . we had to wait . . . and wait . . . and wait . . . while someone's grandmother explained how her phone kept dying. And while a middle-aged couple had to get an explanation of HOW YOU TURN ON THE PHONE. (GOOD LORD, PEOPLE, if you can't figure out a cell phone these days, perhaps you should stick to the rotary dial.) I mean, we waited there a LONG. FRAPPING. TIME. We kept getting verbal apologies and apologetic looks from that salesman. As though he was worried we might give up and leave.
We just. wanted. to. purchase. this. tablet.
Here, please take our money.
Finally, FINALLY, one of the kiosks opened up. We sat down, and I should have been prepared, but instead I was rather Pixy-Horrified when the little phoneguy took the XOOM out of it's box and proceeded to unwrap it for us, AND get fingerprints all over it. "Taken aback" is probably a better term than "horrified". I know that this would likely occur with the iPad and it's 3G activation (yes?), but . . . the XOOM was not a virgin anymore. WE did not have the same pleasure of peeling away the packaging as I'd had with the iPad. WE did not have the "pleasure" of extracting a pristine $800 tablet from it's case and marring it up for the first time with OUR fingerprints. In the same way that we stipulated the plastic covering of that brand new ordered "great deal" car unwrapped IN FRONT OF US, so did we want to be the first people to lay hands on this new tablet. It's a nice bit of simple prestige factor. But whatever. Fine. He had to touch it in order to activate this REQUIRED 3G month of service that we didn't want OR need, but upon which Verizon greedily insisted.
And that Verizon activation proceeded to waste over an HOUR of our life. I can't see that most people would look on this process favorably. FIRST, people don't appreciate being forced into purchasing this bogus one month of mobile broadband. (A total waste.) This is clearly evidenced by scads of comments on the gadgetblogs. If they wanted it/needed it, they'd opt for it, and this cheap tawdry money grab just turns people off. SECOND, having to sit in the BestBuy for an hour and a half to activate this unwanted and forced month's service utterly ruins the experience. It was an ORDEAL. An ordeal during which one reflects upon how nice and easy it was to take my virgin iPad in hand and skip on home within less than five minutes of making my decision. Instead, we sat under flourescent lights on a cheap piano bench while accounts were pulled up, passwords demanded, we stared for ages at the phoneguy while he stared at a computer screen and put his hands all over our previously-pristine brand new tablet. Then it was clumsily crammed all BACK into the box and off we went . . . feeling . . . not so thrilled. We certainly didn't skip on home with glee like we had with the iPad.
Especially when the XOOM shipped without features listed on it's specs sheet (FLASH), and now HAS TO BE SHIPPED BACK TO MOTOROLA to have them install the 4G capability (which they claim will only leave you without your new purchase for what, six days? Right.). Somehow, all of this really sullied our acquisition pleasure. Imagine that.
But then . . . THEN we got our Verizon bill.
It wasn't enough for Verizon to nickel-and-dime this new sector of customers, no.
No, it wasn't enough for Verizon to nickel-and-dime this bogus unnecessary $20 for one month's worth of mobile broadband we didn't want or need, in order to purchase the XOOM.
No, Verizon wanted to take it one step further! On our bill, we now see that since the release date of the XOOM was two days before Verizon's monthly billing cycle flipped over, not only are we charged for the $20 one month of mobile broadband . . . but an additional pro-rated $1.29 for the TWO DAYS before the month began.
AND! Although we are already Verizon customers, with several Verizon accounts which carry data plans for our Droid phones . . . and although we were ASSURED these were the only fees that would be charged . . . Verizon has also charged us a $35.00 ACTIVATION CHARGE for Data Service.
Which, once all the little taxes and "Fed Universal Service Charge" and Administrative Charges and whatnot are all said and done . . .
No, we did NOT "just" have to pay $20 as a bothersome greedy way to milk money out of purchasers who did not want your service in the first place . . . No, we paid $57.81 for it.
I don't really take kindly to this, Verizon. In fact, it sticks in my craw. I don't see any evidence of subsidization of the product by Verizon, as is usually the case with cell phones and providers. Therefore, I don't see any reason to force this charge on us if not for sole greed. I suppose we'll see if there's a difference whenever you get around to releasing that WiFi-only XOOM.
I don't care if this is accepted standard procedure . . . from start to finish, the handling of this release was one giant fumble.
Shame on us for being early adapters who couldn't wait until you'd sorted yourselves out and offered the WiFi-only XOOM. Shame on us for giving in and paying b/c it was "just" an extra $20 (or so we were assured repetitively).
Shame on YOU for making your competitor look so good in comparison.


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Stock indexes worldwide tumbled on Monday, led by banking stocks in Europe and technology stocks on Wall Street on persisting fears of a global economic slowdown, while benchmark 10-year Treasury yields hit their lowest in a year on demand for assets deemed less risky.
European shares extended the previous week's big losses, with the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top regional shares falling more than 3 percent to its lowest in 16 months. Cyclical sectors such as banking and automobiles bore the brunt of the selloff.
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At the start of its tenth anniversary year, and with over three hundred million downloads recorded in total, the OpenOffice.org Community today announced the release of the latest version of its personal productivity suite. OpenOffice.org 3.2 gets to work faster, offers new and improved features and functionality, gives better compatibility with other office software, and fixes bugs and potential security vulnerabilities.
OpenOffice.org 3 is the world's leading free personal productivity software. The basic components, which include word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, graphics, formula and database capabilities, can easily be supplemented by extensions downloaded from the OpenOffice.org extensions repository. In just over a year from launch, OpenOffice.org 3 had recorded over one hundred million downloads from the central download site alone, and the number continues to rise. Users range from individuals with a single PC to corporates with many tens of thousands of users.
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Runes of Magic Secret of the Goblin Mine Coming Soon
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Runes of Magic 'Secret of the Goblin Mine' Coming Soon
Comprehensive Update Expands the Game World with a New Mini-Game and an Epic Weapon Quest Series
Frogster America Inc., today announced that it will soon deliver new content for Runes of Magic, with the large patch, 'Secret of the Goblin Mine.' The update expands the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) world with among other things, the 'Goblin Mine,' a new mini-game. There is also a new weapon quest series being added to the game. The anticipated release date for 'Secret of the Goblin Mine' is July 28th.
The 'Goblin Mine' solo adventure sends the adventurer into a cave full of pesky green creatures, as well as some weird and wonderful elemental beings. Players have 30 minutes in which to perform three tasks inside the dungeon. They are allowed just one attempt per day to do this, and anyone who dies during the adventure, loses their chance for the day. Those who succeed, receive rare armor recipes and handcrafted objects from the treasure chests at the end of the dungeon. There are also two new titles to reward particularly diligent Goblin hunters, one of which being 'Goblin Hero.'
Along with the 'Secret of the Goblin Mine' patch, an epic weapon quest series is also being implemented for all players. Tasks which demand everything from players and their companions are a part of the toughest quest series that Runes of Magic has to offer. But, the effort will be worth it. Players who manage to come out on top, battling against Taborea's most challenging opponents, will find themselves rewarded with some legendary weapons at the end of their travels.
Now, players in Runes of Magic have the chance to cultivate plants in their own homes. Seeds and pots of varying quality define the yield of the plants as they grow. So only those who regularly water and fertilize their crops will find they have a harvest in three to seven days. If players neglect their plants, they'll shrink after a few days. Once the plants have grown, players will see a reward for their labor. Together with ore and wood, there is even a rare blue handwork material which can be harvested.
Additional information about the content and improvements contained in the new patch can be found on the official website at: www.runesofmagic.com.


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Make yourself at home in one of the 112 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and LED televisions. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming provides entertainment. Private bathrooms have deep soaking bathtubs and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities, including a 24-hour health club, an indoor pool, and a sauna. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access and a hair salon.
Enjoy a meal at one of the hotel's dining establishments, which include 2 restaurants and a coffee shop/café. From your room, you can also access 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, a business center, and ATM/banking services. This hotel has 5 meeting rooms available for events. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and free valet parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Free self parking
- Business center
- Number of meeting rooms - 5
- Free valet parking
- Indoor pool
- Coffee shop or café
- 24-hour health club
- Total number of rooms - 112
- Bar/lounge
- Number of floors - 15
- Year Built 2011
- Meeting rooms 5
- ATM/banking
- Free WiFi
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Hair salon
- Spa services on site
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Elevator/lift
- Sauna
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Free wired high-speed Internet
Room Facilities
- Free newspaper
- Free WiFi
- Minibar
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Bathtub only
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Private bathroom
- Iron/ironing board
- Cable TV service
- Coffee/tea maker
- Room service
- Air conditioning
- Free bottled water
- Phone
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Premium TV channels
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Desk
- In-room safe
Hotel Policy
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Breakfast fee: CNY 108 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: CNY 200 per vehicle (roundtrip)
- Rollaway bed fee: CNY 200 per night
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I had a pair of Beyerdynamic DT550's for about 20 years until they started playing up. This was a disaster as I had grown to love everything about them.
I searched about and found these - good reviews, wireless, my friend had a set of Senhheisers -= decided to buy them. They are good but not a patch on the Beyers. I find them pretty comfortable to wear, I love the way they charge simply by placing the headphones on the stand but sound quality is only just acceptable. As stated in previous reviews it is too easy to hit the tune button when looking for volume button. When you listen to anything that has a quiet insert then I'm afraid you can hear a background hiss. In my opinion this is not acceptable but I accept it is probably part and parcel of going wireless. I have subsequently replaced the RS 130's with a pair of Grado's - what a difference!
I still have the RS 130's but they are used when someone listens to the PC. I have to admit I bought 2 additional sets for my parents [both in late 70's] - they love them and I'm glad to say they annoy the upstairs neighbours a lot less since I bought them!
After many years of satisfaction that I had with an older model of the wireless headphones from Sennheiser, I thought it was the right time for something new and a possibly better headphone. I did some research: I looked for the price / quality ratio, test results and reviews on several websites. After my little investigation, I decided to go for yet another Sennheiser, the RS-130. I very happy with my purchase! Especially if I look to the prices of other headphones, if you want an exceptional music quality like this Sennheiser (The Sennheiser RS 130 has a very good price / quality ratio). I like the fact that you can use AAA NiMH batteries. So you don't need a special device bound accumulator any more. You can listen to a whole day long without the need of recharging. It delivers a full (in terms of volume) and nicely detailed sound and a good suppression of interference and noise which can be sometimes unavoidable with FM transmitters. Charging through the keeper (also antenna) is a good invention and it works fine. The design is beautiful and timeless. There are no digital inputs available, but I don't need them. There is not a true Dolby Surround but that's not a great loss for me. I can recommend this set for everyone who wants to use it to listen to the TV or music.
RS130 headphones are comfortable open-air phones and very light. They with a base station that contains the 900MHz wireless transmitter. You recharge the headphones by resting them on the base. There are metal contacts on the top of the headphones and these make contact with the metal base. You will still need the two AAA nickel-metal-hydride batteries that are included. Sennheiser claims that the batteries last for about twenty hours after just one charge and so far this seems quite accurate although it may vary a little depending on the volume you use etc. The base/charger must always be hooked up either to your HTIB/receiver's analogue stereo outputs or to a headphone jack. All of the required cables and adapters come in the box.
Volume and tuning controls are situated close to each other along the right earpiece. One minor irritation I have found with this is that you tend to accidentally keep moving the tuning control while adjusting the volume. There is also a frequency jump button that is used if there is too much radio interference - a common factor with RF headphones. Most companies use some type of technology to get around this problem. These headphones incorporate a frequency jumping technology that allows you to manually jump frequencies. Sennheiser also incorporates an Intelligent Auto Tuning system that automatically selects the best of three available base-to-headset channels so as to ensure the lowest-possible distortion and noise. The is an On/Off button that is located along the left earpiece. The base station itself also has two buttons: one activates the SRS Surround mode, and the other is for switching between three channels.
These headphones feature Sennheiser's SRS virtual-surround-sound system. The SRS is compatible with two-channel audio sources such as CDs and DVDs. When you switch on the SRS the sound does expand a bit to give an environmental effect but this is accompanied by some reverberation which might not be to every ones liking. I have to say that at times reception is not immaculate. There is some very low-level white noise present during very quiet sequences. This might not be so intrusive when watching movies, but whilst listening to classical music CDs (Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata) one demands perfection. Pop/Rock CDs sounded great however, with lots of separation and a rich tonality. I suppose overall the residual background interference is the sacrifice you have to make if you want to avoid tripping over wires between the TV and the sofa.
One thing to note about these phones is that audio input arrives via an RCA cord so the sound reproduction is never purely digital. Another drawback is that the cord is permanently attached to the base station so perfectionists won't be able to replace it with a higher quality audio cable. When all things are considered, I would still argue that the overall quality of the audio performance is probably about right for a wireless head set costing in the region of £60.
Technical Details:
Max. Sound pressure level (aktiv): 104 dB
Powering: 9V DC (transmitter)
AAA batteries (receiver)
Weight (Transmitter): 430 g (incl. audio cable)
Weight (Receiver): 280 g (incl. batteries)
Range: bis zu 150 m (for 926 MHz up to 100 m)
Modulation: FM Stereo
Signal-to-noise ratio: > 68 dBA
RF frequency range: 863 ... 865 MHz or 926 ... 928MHz
Dimensions (Transmitter): 85 x 225 x 133 mm
Frequency response (headphones): 18.....21000 Hz
Transducer principle: dynamic, open
Operating time (Accupack): 20-25 h
THD, total harmonic distortion: < 0,5 %
Jack plug 3,5mm / 6,3 mm stereo: (863-865 MHz), cinch (926-928 MHz)
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The Principality side were in first gear for much of the encounter but ground out a victory with just three minutes remaining
Valenciennes may already have been relegated, but they almost scored after just 30 seconds when Aymen Abdennour misjudged the ball in the air and Abdul Majeed Waris forced a good block from Monaco 'keeper Sergio Romero.
Ariel Jacobs, the Valenciennes coach, had demanded his side finished this sorry campaign in "an honourable fashion" and the host club went about this match in the proper manner, forcing several corners in the opening exchanges.
In reply, Valere Germain clipped the crossbar with a shot, but this game felt like an end of season affair, with time ticking away on the 2013-14 season, and similarly, counting down on Claudio Ranieri's time in chage of the Principality.
With Champions League football secure, Monaco looked disinterested at times and toiled to find any structure to their play.
However, five minutes from half-time, the visitors took the lead. Yannick Carrasco worked an opening for Germain, and the visiting captain tucked his shot past the onrushing Nicolas Penneteau.
Given how impressive Monaco have been away from home this season, second only to PSG with 35 points claimed, there was a feeling that this encounter could be over at half-time.
Valenciennes stopper Lindsay Rose – who is expected to leave the club this summer - was booked early in the second period for one robust challenge too many.
The game lacked any sense of urgency, but on 70 minutes and out of nothing, Valenciennes produced an equaliser. Maor Melikson worked his way in from the left, his cut back flat-footing the third best defence in Ligue 1, enabling Tongo Hamed Doumbia to side foot a shot past Romero.
Within a minute, Carl Medjani - against his parent club - came close with a shot and Monaco, having looked unperturbed, suddenly appeared rattled.
Their defending became desperate at times as Abdennour and Uwa Elderson Echiejile were yellow carded in quick succession.
Abdennour's abysmal evening continued when his slip left Waris in the clear, but he fired wildly over when a winner looked on.
It proved a costly miss for the hosts, as three minutes from time Dirar ran at the Valenciennes back line, before cutting in on his left foot and firing a long distance drive high past the stationary Penneteau.


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From a distance, United Utilities' terminal pumping station in Penwortham looks just like any other farm building.
But up close, the sheer scale of the water giant's works becomes clear - especially when you're looking 30 metres down a shaft which resembles a huge underground cathedral.
Engineers will have been working on the landscaped site for four years this March, as part of a vast £160m scheme to enhance Preston's sewer system.
Enormous pipes, wide enough to drive a car through, and storage tanks the size of Olympic swimming pools have been carved out deep underground.
They connect the old Victorian network beneath Preston with a new network, passing under the River Ribble to the pumping station off Howick Lane.
There, giant pumps lift flows from the tunnel via twin rising mains, before the water crosses under the river again to Preston Wastewater Treatment Works.
During heavy rainfall once the sewer pipes are full, stormwater which previously would have spilled into local watercourses will now be diverted into a new 3.5km long underground tunnel, capable of holding 40 million litres of stormwater.
When the heavy rain stops, this stormwater will be pumped back into the sewer network, where it will go on its journey through a maze of pipes to the treatment works at Clifton Marsh.
There it will be cleaned until it is of a safe standard to go back into our rivers and seas.
Carl Sanders, senior project manager, says: "This is a massive engineering project and we're doing it for an environmental reason, that is the great thing about it.
"It's all about the River Ribble and the bathing waters off our coast and making it look as good as it can.
"We've got the river just behind us and before we did our work floods from Preston used to go in there.
"Now we've constructed a water storage system to prevent that and we've built it so it will only spill to the Ribble a maximum of three times during the bathing season and 10 times a year."
The site became active on December 17, yet despite all the rain and high water levels so far this year, the system is yet to spill to the river.
And when it occasionally does, Carl says the water will have first passed through a castellated weir, where all the debris is broken down in four slats like giant "cheese graters".
Carl says: "In a heavy storm, the flow keeps coming and we can pump up to 1,500 litres of water per second to Preston Wastewater Treatment Works."
Construction manager Nick Sharwin says it is hard to get across to people the "sheer scale" of the site and the work completed underground, which at the pumping station began by carrying out a massive dig.
Concrete, metal sheets and steel fixings were all delivered by wagons to the site, with workers battling against difficult wintry conditions, and at times working through the night.
He says: "In 2010, it was about -14°C and we were really struggling to pour the concrete because it wanted to freeze, so we had to use heaters to keep it at the right temperature.
"When we were working in the shaft we were quite lucky because you have a normal ambient temperature underground.
"We utilised all the excavated materials for the embankments we've built around the site. It has all been landscaped to look like farmers' fields." The site will be maintained on a regular basis, but it will actually become an unmanned operation, controlled by operatives at Clifton Marsh.
Carl says: "This isn't something you build every day - it's one of the biggest engineering works in Preston's history.
"It's extremely exciting when you're working on something so beneficial for the local area."
However, Carl is humble when describing the array of pipes and equipment installed by their team.
He says: "A lot of it is just the same as the plumbing you have in your house - just on a massive scale!"
The company says its 'reliability testing' has been a success and it is now ready to complete the final phase of work, to permanently connect the storm water tunnel into the existing live wastewater network. United Utilities is a partner of Love My Beach, a campaign which brings together various groups, including the Environment Agency, National Farmers Union, Marine Conservation Society, British Destinations, Keep Britain Tidy and local authorities, to keep the North West's bathing waters clean.You can find out more information about how you can help reduce pollution getting into the sea, as well as find out how the organisations are working together, by going to www.lovemybeach.org.


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What happens when, in launching a new product line, you tap into the culinary heritage of your family while adding your own contemporary sensibilities to the equation? If you create something truly original and delightful, you can hit the zeitgeist, delivering the unexpected in a familiar form. Shefalee Patel is doing just that with her confections company, Sweet Silk, introducing a new rendition of the traditional Indian desserts, commonly called burfis, in an elegant, petit four style.
Patel did not begin her career as a baker. For many years she was a civil and environmental engineer, providing planning and expertise for major building developments, a pursuit that kept her on the move to exciting locations such as Dubai. It was there that she was exposed to an international array of fine chocolatiers– Forrey & Gallard, Patchi, Jeff de Bruges and Al Nassma – and she was moved by the exquisite quality and decadence with which they presented their goods. Having been raised in a community that places importance on abundance and generosity in the context of hospitality, Patel felt a connection to and was inspired by these luxurious brands.
Almond Orange Chocolate
Her family hails from the Indian state of Gujarat, and she learned to cook in the kitchens of her parents, aunts and uncles and grandparents. She was especially drawn to baking and felt she had a talent for it; this affinity found its way into lovingly made holiday packages for friends and family. When the economy collapsed and Patel was laid off, she began making party favors for weddings and other celebrations while simultaneously looking to return to her industry full-time. Well, the sweets took off and she left engineering behind.
I met her at the Queens Economic Development Corporation's Entrepreneur Space in Long Island City where she runs her kitchen operations. We sampled from a box of confections picked up at Indian sweet shops in Jackson Heights, exploring the continuum of traditional recipes and flavors as they migrate across the globe and through generations. These goodies are fun, colorful and powerfully saccharine – friendly katli, little rolls of flour and simple syrup with spices, jelobi, an exuberantly orange funnel cake, varieties of khoya, milk-based sweets, such as gajjar halwa, refreshing ricotta-based squares featuring pureed vegetables like carrot or squash.
Coconut Cashew Truffles
Although the Patel family is from the western-most corner of India, she makes products that echo regional confectionary treats found all over the country – in the South, where nuts and dried fruits are prevalent, in the North, where different kinds of flours (wheat, lentil, chickpea) are blended with spices. There's also a selection of milk-based sweets. Through experimentation, Patel has been able to focus these flavors into pieces that are refined and intricate, appropriate for small portions. Part of this lies in a restraint from excessive sugar and butter, and also from a belief that the featured flavors should not overpower the base, whether flour, fruit and nuts or milk. She also introduces chocolate, not a traditionally Indian ingredient, very effectively. Depending on who you are and where you come from, you read these treats either as familiar flavors dressed up in fancy clothes or as fudges and truffles spiked with exotic new tastes.
Vanilla Chai Spice
From the Nut & Dried Fruit category, Sweet Silk offers Coconut Chocolate Ganache, a layer of chocolate on a base of coconut, exceptionally moist with an infusion of cardamom that brings its own refreshing essence, Medjool Date Pistachio, Apricot Honey Nut, and Fig Roasted Cashew, among others. From the Milk Based Sweets, you'll find Vanilla Chai Spice, which has a maple candy quality from vanilla cream infused with black tea, and a sophisticated blend of chai spices – ginger, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, and peppercorn – along with Mango Coconut Cream and Mocha Milk Chocolate. From the website, you can order boxed assortments of 6, 12 or 24 pieces. Sweet Silk will also design and package large orders for special events in beautifully adorned boxes customized for the theme, tone, and color scheme of the occasion.
Vegan Fruit Collection
Corners are not cut with ingredients or techniques. The Sweet Silk team makes its own ricotta to achieve just the right texture and flavor and branches its own pistachios, a step that assures a bright green color in the final product. Seasonal ingredients are featured at appropriate times ensuring maximum flavor – currently, this is found in the Mango Coconut Creams.
Look for the Vegan Fruit Collection – no dairy, eggs, preservatives or sugar – which combine dried fruits such as dates, apricots, and figs with spices, vanilla or a touch of honey with an added crunch of pistachios, cashews or pine nuts.


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A New Study to Follow-up Thyroid Cancer Patients Who Participated in a Previous Study, Which Compared the Success of Destruction of the Thyroid Remnant Using Standard Treatment or Thyrogen.
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Patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer are commonly treated with surgery to remove their thyroid gland followed by radioiodine ablation to destroy any remaining parts of the thyroid gland that may have been missed during surgery. It is thought that ablation with radioiodine destroys normal remaining thyroid tissue as well as cancerous cells either in the thyroid area or at other sites.
Following successful treatment, patients are then monitored by their physicians at regular intervals with testing to detect any recurrence of thyroid cancer throughout the body. If thyroid cells are detected by these follow up tests, the physician will decide the best method to re-treat the patient.
In 2001-2003 Genzyme conducted a clinical study to test if Thyrogen® can be used to accomplish radioiodine ablation treatment. This study aimed to determine that the success rates of radioiodine ablation were comparable when patients were prepared for ablation with Thyrogen® while being maintained on their normal thyroid hormone therapy, or, alternatively, by thyroid hormone withdrawal. Thyroid hormone withdrawal commonly causes uncomfortable side effects for patients, and these might be avoided by the use of Thyrogen.
Eight months after the initial Thyrogen plus radioiodine treatment to achieve ablation, all patients in both groups were given Thyrogen® to test for any remaining thyroid tissue. The results of this testing showed that all patients (in both groups) had successfully achieved remnant ablation and had no detectable thyroid tissue remaining.
In order to confirm these remnant ablation results we will conduct follow up testing in this study for all patients that were enrolled in the previous study and we also will determine if their thyroid cancer has recurred. Only patients who completed this previous Thyrogen ablation study are eligible for entry into this study.
|Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
|Drug: Thyrogen (thyrotropin alfa for injection)
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Follow-up of Thyroid Cancer Patients From Study THYR-008-00 Who Received Thyroid Remnant Ablation Using Either the Hypothyroid or the Thyrogen Method.
- To confirm the status of thyroid remnant ablation by using Thyrogen stimulated radioiodine whole body scans (WBS) in patients previously treated in THYR-008-00. [ Time Frame: Duration of study ]
- To learn if there was recurrence of thyroid cancer in any of the patients previously treated in the THYR-008-00 study. [ Time Frame: Duration of study ]
- To assess Thyrogen-stimulated serum Tg measurements in patients previously treated in the THYR-008-00 study. [ Time Frame: Duration of study ]
- To assess safety information on repeat exposure to Thyrogen in patients previously treated in the THYR-008-00 study. [ Time Frame: Duration of study ]
|Study Start Date:
|May 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2006
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Drug: Thyrogen (thyrotropin alfa for injection)
No reference therapy was given. All patients in this follow-up study received Thyrogen. Thyrogen 0.9 mg was administered intramuscularly (IM) in the buttock on 2 consecutive days.
For WBS and static neck imaging, each patient received 4 mCi (148 MBq) ± 0.4 mCi 131I PO.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Committed to follow the protocol requirements, as evidenced by providing written informed consent before any study-related procedures are performed and within 28 days prior to Day 1;
- Completed the THYR-008-00 study;
- A negative serum pregnancy test within 8 days prior to the start of the week during which the patient will receive Thyrogen and radioiodine (required for all pre-menopausal women of child bearing potential, with menopause defined as age >50 years with >2 years without a menstrual period)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who are currently taking amiodarone or other prescribed iodine-containing medication;
- Patients who received iodine-containing X-ray contrast material within the prior 3 months;
- Women of child-bearing potential, unless confirmed to have a negative pregnancy test prior to dosing;
- Women who are pregnant or lactating;
- Patients who are currently participating in another investigational drug study or who have participated in such a study within 30 days of their enrollment in this study;
- Patients with schedule or travel plans that prevent the completion of all required visits;
- The patient who by mistake received only one-half the intended dose of Thyrogen during THYR-008-00 (Patient 209);
- The patient in THYR-008-00 who was found to have lung metastases on her post therapy scan (Patient 204);
- A concurrent major medical disorder (e.g., documented significant cardiac disease, debilitating cardiopulmonary disease, advanced renal failure, advanced liver disease, advanced pulmonary disease, or advanced cerebral vascular disorder) that may have an impact on the capability of the patient to adequately comply with the requirements of this study.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00295763
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00295763
|United States, Colorado
|University of Colorado Health Sciences Centre
|Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80010
|United States, Maryland
|Johns Hopkins University
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
|United States, Ohio
|Ohio State University
|Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
|United States, Texas
|MD Anderson Cancer Centre
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Canada, Ontario
|LHRI Research Services
|London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 4G5
|Centre Rene Huguenin
|Saint Cloud, France, 92210
|Institut Gustave Roussy
|Villejuif, France, 94805
|University of Wurzburg
|Wurzburg, Germany, 97080
|University of Pisa
|Pisa, Italy, 56124
|Study Director:
|Medical Monitor
|Genzyme, a Sanofi Company
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Medical Monitor, Genzyme Corporation
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00295763 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Submitted:
|February 22, 2006
|First Posted:
|February 24, 2006
|Last Update Posted:
|March 18, 2015
|Last Verified:
|March 2015
Keywords provided by Sanofi:
papillary thyroid cancer
follicular thyroid cancer
recombinant human TSH
thyroid stimulating hormone
thyroid remnant ablation
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Thyroid Diseases
Thyroid Neoplasms
Endocrine System Diseases
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Head and Neck Neoplasms
Bone Density Conservation Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs


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Grimsley wins Becker County Board District 2 race
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Ben Grimsley has defeated Craig Fontaine, 59 percent to 40 percent, to become the newest Becker County commissioner.
Grimsley received 1,589 votes to Fontaine's 1,072 votes.
Grimsley will represent District 2, which consists of Detroit Lakes city wards 2 and 3.
"I'd like to thank the residents of District 2 for the confidence they've placed in me," Grimsley said. "I'm eager to get to work."
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Egypt's president reinstates MPs
Egypt's new president Mohammed Mursi has overturned a decision by the country's military rulers and reinstated the Islamist dominated parliament elected earlier this year.
Last month Egypt's military rulers last month upheld a Supreme Court ruling to dissolve the newly elected parliament and call fresh parliamentary elections on the grounds that most members had wrongly contested seats that were reserved for independents.
Islamist candidates, including members of the Muslim Brotherhood, won a majority of parliamentary seats and Mr Mursi - also a Brotherhood member - has annulled the military council's ruling and invited the new parliament to convene until new elections are held.
The state news agency MENA said the military council had held an emergency session to discuss the decree.
A member of the council, who declined to be identified, said the generals had not been given prior warning of Mr Mursi's decision.
Mr Mursi also called for an early vote once a new constitution was drawn up.
"President Mohamed Mursi ordered the reconvening of the elected parliament to hold sessions," according to a presidential statement read out by Mr Mursi's aide Yasser Ali.
An early parliamentary election will be held within 60 days of a new constitution being approved by the nation, Mr Ali said.
The Brotherhood has filed a legal suit in another court challenging the ruling to dissolve parliament, arguing such a decision should only be taken with popular consent.
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So, you want to buy a new computer … or tablet … or smartphone.
That's great, but what if you pull out your wallet today and find out a few days later there's a new model coming next month?
I get this question all the time: "When's the new iPhone coming out?"
You could substitute almost any hot gadget — Kindle Fire, Galaxy S4, iPad mini — as people are ready to buy, but they don't want to get stuck with last year's model.
When I do get asked if someone should buy now or wait for the next model, my usual answer is, "It's a quandary."
Then I try to ask them some questions to help them come to their own answer.
The buying decision depends on a lot of variables. Let's take smartphones as an example.
What's your current phone?
Is it working well enough now or is it broken? Is it prohibitively slow? Does it lack a feature you require?
Who's your carrier? What's your contract status? Are you eligible for an upgrade now or soon?
What's the phone you're wanting to buy and when was it introduced?
Do a little bit of research. Wikipedia is a great source.
Let's say you want a new iPhone.
Apple has introduced a new phone model every year since 2007.
The iPhone 4 was released in June 2010.
The iPhone 4S followed in October 2011.
The iPhone 5 debuted in September 2012.
Logic will indicate a new iPhone model in the fall of 2013, although it could merely be a "speed bump," akin to the 4 to the 4S upgrade.
If you dropped your old iPhone 4 and you need a new phone now, I'd say go ahead and get the iPhone 5 now.
If you are just eager to upgrade, but your current phone is still intact, I'd say flip a coin. If you've got the money to upgrade now (that new iPhone 5 will cost at least $199) then go for it. But know you'll probably feel a pang of regret in six months when people are lining up for the iPhone 5S or iPhone 6.
And no, I have no inside information on any future models, this is all speculation.
I think smartphones are different from tablets or computers. Smartphones are made to have a two-year relevant lifespan, where tablets and computers are made to be relevant for three or four years.
Being an early adopter pays off in these situations. I bought my iPhone 5 on launch day, so I know I'm locked into a two-year contract. I know I'll be skipping the next iPhone model anyway.
If you've got upgrade timing questions about specific gadgets, email me and I'll give you five cents' worth of free advice.
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London - Anger is an all-too-common emotion we tend to blame on the frustrations of everyday life. But emerging research suggests angry outbursts and even children's tantrums are actually medical conditions that can be treated with drugs - in some cases, even aspirin.
A recent study found that angry people may be suffering from an excessive inflammatory response in their bodies - in other words, there is a physiological reason why they lose their cool.
Inflammation is the body's normal response to injury and infection. It produces substances called cytokines, which trigger the immune system.
But in some people, the inflammatory response does not subside when danger has passed. Instead, it becomes chronic, with the result that high levels of cytokines keep circulating in their blood.
Now a US study suggests this inflammation may make people prone to outbursts of screaming rage. Researchers at Chicago University tested the blood of 70 people with intermittent explosive disorder (IED) - a psychiatric diagnosis for being very short-fused.
The condition, characterised as 'a failure to resist aggressive impulses', has only recently been identified. But according to a study by Harvard Medical School and the University of Chicago, published in 2006, up to three million Britons may suffer from it.
The latest study, published two weeks ago, found that people with the disorder had significantly raised levels of cytokines, compared with those not prone to outbursts.
The findings 'suggest a direct relationship between plasma inflammatory processes and aggression in humans', said the researchers, writing in the respected journal JAMA Psychiatry. In other words, the inflammation may be making people angry.
If it does trigger anger, the research suggests that rather than trying to calm yourself down, an aspirin could theoretically quell outbursts before they happen.
This is because aspirin blocks the chemical processes of inflammation, as do non-steroidal drugs such as ibuprofen.
However, as Professor Emil Coccaro, chairman of the University of Chicago's psychiatry and behavioural neuroscience department, who led the latest research, admits: 'We don't know yet if the inflammation triggers aggression or aggressive feelings set off inflammation, but it's a powerful indication that the two are biologically connected.'
Critics point out that this latest study is too small to tell us anything useful. But IED is not the only example where an inconvenient emotion is labelled as a mental ailment that should be medicated away.
An article just published in the British Medical Journal warned that half of the five million people in the UK diagnosed with mental illnesses such as depression or anxiety may just be a little sad.
Author Chris Dowrick, Liverpool University's professor of primary medical care, claims: 'Over-diagnosis is now more common than under-diagnosis.'
The move concerns experts. 'It is tempting to treat things that are part of normal everyday life as medical illnesses, because we often want to believe that professionals have the answers,' says Anne Cooke, a clinical psychologist and lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University.
'That's why we like it when someone in a white coat says they have the answer to problems such as anger.'
But, she warns, this can leave us feeling worse than before we got a diagnosis. 'It means we don't look for ways in which we can help ourselves to solve such problems, such as getting social support by talking to friends and loved ones.'
Furthermore, 'thinking of yourself as mentally ill may well be a huge blow to your self-confidence. You may conclude there is little you can do to help yourself except to keep taking the tablets'.
Pills are now being prescribed to help with children's tantrums. The latest edition of the 'psychiatrists' bible', the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (or DSM-V) has introduced a new illness, called disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, to cover intensive temper tantrums in children aged six to ten.
This is defined as severe temper outbursts at least three times a week, or feeling sad, irritable or angry almost every day.
Many parents may consider this to be a part of childhood. But British psychiatrists are taking this new diagnosis seriously.
For example, a report by Dr Argyris Stringaris, a clinical senior lecturer at King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, estimated that up to 3 per cent of children could be diagnosed - that's 360 000 British under-18s.
But not everyone is convinced. Psychiatrist Dr Allen Frances, who chaired the task force for the previous edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, says the new disorder may 'exacerbate the already excessive and inappropriate use of medication in young children'.
Dr Frances, emeritus professor of psychiatry at Duke University, North Carolina, explains: 'My fear is that normal children with temper tantrums will be misdiagnosed and given inappropriate medicine.'
Studies show that potential side-effects of drugs given to treat such conditions include obesity, raised cholesterol levels and a significantly raised risk of diabetes.
Meanwhile, social-anxiety disorder, as it's known, would once have been classed as mere shyness, but according to psychiatrists, 10 per cent of Britons now suffer from the apparently crippling condition.
Last year, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) gave the condition an official stamp of approval and published Britain's first clinical guidelines for treating shyness.
It defines the condition as 'persistent fear of or anxiety about one or more social or performance situations that is out of proportion to the threat posed by the situation'.
But when Professor Brian J. Cox, a psychiatrist at the University of Manitoba, Canada, studied adults diagnosed with severe social-anxiety disorder, only half said they were particularly shy.
Instead, as Professor Cox wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2008, the patients had other problems - such as low self-esteem. He concluded: 'It is important not to view shyness in young people as a form of mental disease.'
Yet figures compiled for Good Health by independent health data firm IMS Health show NHS spending on prescriptions for social phobia more than doubled from 1997 to 2002, to £189 million. Side-effects for the drugs include nausea, lost libido, agitation, insomnia and even suicidal thoughts.
Dr Maureen Baker, chairwoman of the Royal College of GPs, complains that family doctors are increasingly facing patients who demand drugs for everyday emotional problems.
'GPs often find themselves under pressure to prescribe,' she says. 'Awareness campaigns that promote low-value treatments, without fully informing patients about side-effects or non-medicine alternatives, contribute to this.'
Dr Baker says family doctors would love to talk patients through lifestyle diagnoses such as shyness and bereavement, but time pressures often make this impossible.
It seems therefore that we may be doomed to people increasingly excusing their bad behaviour as a 'medical condition' and demanding expensive drugs to treat it - rather than taking the old-fashioned route of learning restraint.
And if that makes you feel rather hot under the collar, you probably won't find any relief by taking an aspirin.
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Z's a Lazy Pitcher and Theriot is Sickly
Written by Joe Aiello, Posted in General
Quick Hits
- Carlos Zambrano admitted to the media that he was lazy (Source). Now if we can get Alfonso Soriano to admit he's mentally incompetent we'd be on a roll.
- Ryan Theriot has the flu and may be out of the lineup tonight. (Source)
- David Kaplan reported that the sale was just about done….yeah yeah yeah. (Source)
Scouting Tonight's Starters
Ted Lilly is expected to be activated from the disabled list for this start. The Cubs' lone All-Star, he had been sidelined because of inflammation in his shoulder. In a Minor League tuneup Wednesday for Class A Peoria, he threw 58 pitches over five scoreless innings. Lilly gave up two hits, both in the first inning, walked one and struck out two. He needed just four pitches to get through the fourth inning. This will be Lilly's first start since July 20. In that game against the Phillies, he lasted four innings, and gave up nine runs — seven earned — on eight hits over four innings.
Kevin Correia's 15th quality start of the season got him his eighth victory of the season on Wednesday, when he allowed three runs in six innings against the Brewers at Miller Park. Correia allowed six hits with two walks and four strikeouts and lowered his ERA to 4.51, though he was burned a two RBI singles after getting two strikes on the opposing hitter. It was the fourth consecutive quality start for Correia, who has allowed more than three runs once in his past eight starts. Correia got 10 ground-ball outs and didn't allow a home run for the sixth consecutive start. (MLB.com)
Has a good sinking fastball in the low-90's, plus a solid change-up and slider. Pitches with good command. Is aggressive against right-handed hitters. None of his pitches strikes great fear into hitters, so he needs his mechanics and command to be fine-tuned. Struggles to get left-handed hitters out. A decent bottom-of-the-rotation starter. (TSN.ca)
Minor League Notes
- James Russell pitched 5.0 scoreless innings
- Jay Jackson struck out 7 batters and pitched 6.2 scoreless innings
- Justin Bristow pitched 6.0 scoreless innings
- Brett Jackson hit 2 extra-base hits. He was also noted in the recent edition of the Baseball America Prospect Hot Sheet. "Tony Sanchez isn't the only '09 first rounder to get off to a hot start in low Class A. Jackson, the 31st overall pick from California, arrived in Peoria on July 31 and has put up a .328/.423/.574 line in 61 at-bats. An athletic, high-energy player with some pop in his bat, Jackson opened his week with a home run to lead off Peoria's game last Friday against Wisconsin, and then slugged two home runs in an 11-1 thumping of Burlington on Wednesday. Jackson is on an eight-game hitting streak overall, a stretch that includes five multi-hit games." (Source)
- Ryan Flaherty hit 2 extra-base hits
- Two prospects in the system have been suspended due to PED's (Source)


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Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 | 3:04 p.m.
A few bikes with back-end solar panels are on the street now, but only as tryouts.
During the first week of January, a bike-share program targeting Zappos employees who work downtown will be formally unveiled.
Jude Stanion, a Downtown Project employee responsible for the bike-share program, said the bikes from ViaCycle cost about $2,000 each and will be equipped with chains that registered riders can unlock with their phones.
An on-bike global positioning system device – not pedal assistance, though – is powered by a photovoltaic cell behind the seat.
Using a bike would work like this: You'd see on your phone or computer the location of a bike (several bike racks would be registered, first downtown); go to a bike and type in a number on your phone to unlock the chain; ride the bike to another registered bike station; chain the bike and go on your way.
People would register with a credit card and a fee would be charged. All the details aren't worked out yet, but Stanion wants a progressive pricing system with rents much lower for locals than for out-of-state users. Nothing is set in stone.
Eventually, Stanion said, the idea is to propagate the program throughout the city.
"I'd love to see 100 out here," said Stanion, a 22-year-old University of North Carolina graduate who moved to Las Vegas this fall as a Venture for America fellow working for Downtown Project.
Stanion said he was pleasantly surprised at how receptive local politicians and government staff were to the idea.
"The city and Regional Transportation Commission (of Southern Nevada) are pushing forward a bike agenda, putting in new bike lanes and bike racks downtown," he said.
He admitted that the biggest fear for bicyclists was safety. Las Vegas was designed for cars, not bikes.
"Las Vegas is one of the biggest offenders when it comes to pedestrian deaths, and we really do have a lot of bad drivers and drunk drivers, but it's also a failure of the public infrastructure that there aren't adequate sidewalks and crosswalks – and local governments know this," he said.
Work is needed, Stanion figures, to slow vehicles. It's an idea that "runs counter to what planners have done here for decades … what you get are people driving 10 to 20 mph over the speed limit."
Eventually, he'd like to see the bike-share program as "a small piece of a much larger paradigm: You have more people on bikes, fewer driving and you turn downtown Vegas into a place where you expect to see someone on a bike. There are cities where drivers check to see if there are people on bikes. We're not there yet."


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Bulls' Joakim Noah all about doing the dirty work
Is there an NBA player Charles Barkley never criticizes?
He's taken on LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade and Dwight Howard. He's called out many other all-stars.
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But, wait, there is a guy the Hall of Famer and TNT analyst doesn't take shots at. In fact, Barkley goes so far as to call him his favorite player.
That would be Joakim Noah, the Chicago Bulls center with the weird-looking shot but wonderful work ethic.
"That means a lot,'' Noah said about being No. 1 on Barkley's list. "Chuck was one of my favorite players growing up. He's always somebody who speaks his mind. And it's humbling.''
For basketball purists, it's hard not to like the former University of Florida star. Noah is one guy who really seems to mean it when he says winning is the only stat he cares about.
"I can see why,'' Miami Heat forward Shane Battier said of Noah being Barkley's favorite player. "He plays with heart. He gives it his maximal effort and so I can understand why.''
Trying to match Noah's energy was a key concern for the Heat entering their ongoing Eastern Conference semifinal. It didn't go too well in Game 1 as Noah had 13 points, 11 rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block while dominating Miami center Chris Bosh in a surprising 93-86 win.
It turned out much better for the Heat in Game 2. Noah, who had 12 points and six rebounds, didn't fill up the box score and the Bulls were crushed 115-78. Noah ran his mouth and was ejected early in the fourth quarter after picking up a second technical.
But Noah will be back. In fact, he's already given the Bulls much more during these playoffs than expected after having missed 12 of the final 15 regular-season games due to a case of plantar fasciitis in his right foot.
"The night before the Brooklyn series, he said he didn't think he was going to be able to play,'' Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said of the first round.
Noah did play. And he's typified the spirit of the undermanned Bulls, who were able to upset the Nets 4-3 and are 1-1 with Miami despite not having injured star Derrick Rose (knee) and being without Kirk Hinrich (calf) the past five games and Luol Deng (illness) the last four.
Noah saved his best for Game 7 at Brooklyn, totaling 24 points, 14 rebounds and six blocks in 41 minutes in a 99-93 win. By the latter part of the series, regular treatments had his foot feeling much better.
"I've never been so grateful and I'm not taking these moments for granted,'' Noah said of now having greatly improved. "When you really feel like everything you work for can be taken away from you from injury, to be able to play now I'm just so thankful to be in this situation because I know what it feels like to go though a lot of misery.''
If Noah ever has taken anything for granted, it's unclear when. He burst onto the scene with his gritty play as the Gators won NCAA titles when he was a sophomore in 2006 and junior in 2007.
Noah turned down being a very NBA high draft pick in 2006 to play another year in college, a rarity in this era. Joining him in returning to Florida for the second championship were big man Al Horford and guard Corey Brewer, and all three would be lottery picks in 2007.
"When we see each other, there's always much respect, much love,'' said Heat forward Udonis Haslem, who got out of Florida two years before Noah arrived in 2004 but was able to serve as a mentor to Noah during his college years. "After they won their first national championship, I had a conversation about whether he wanted to stay in school or come out. … (Haslem told Noah), 'Stay in school. You don't get those years back.'''
Noah said Haslem's advice played a role in his decision to stay.
"Haslem's like the big brother of UF basketball,'' Noah said. "He's a warrior. … He always took care of us and always gave us really good advice. He told me playing at the University of Florida was the best time of his life. Don't let anybody rush you into making your decision and I took it to heart and I came back.''
Since Noah entered the league as the No. 9 pick by the Bulls in 2007, Noah and Haslem have greeted each other regularly along the NBA road. But they're avoiding small talk now due to the importance of this playoff series and pretty much only meet up when they bang into each other on the court.
Both Noah and the undrafted, 6-foot-8 Haslem are known for their work ethic. But Noah combines that with being 6-11 and having coordination he no doubt got from his father, former French tennis champion Yannick Noah.
"His effort level is a talent,'' Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said of Noah. "Most NBA players don't have that.''
Told what Spoelstra said, Noah didn't appear impressed. He seemed to wonder why any player wouldn't always give maximum effort.
"I just go out and win the game,'' Noah said. "That's the only thing that matters to me. That's what makes me happy and that's what makes (the Bulls) happy as well.''
Chicago guard Richard Hamilton offered up why the team is so happy with Noah.
"It comes from within,'' Hamilton said. "Not everybody can do what he does. Everybody doesn't want to do what he does.''
That's doing the dirty work while not caring much about scoring. But those in the know realize it translates into making Noah one of the league's better players.
Noah was named an NBA all-star last February for the first time. It came during a season in which he averaged career highs in points (11.9), rebounds (11.1), assists (4.0), blocks (2.14) and steals (1.18) while also excelling in defensive areas that don't show up in the box score.
"I hope he continues to improve until the last year he plays in the league,'' Thibodeau said. "I want him to have that approach. I want him to remain hungry. I think there is a lot of room (for continued improvement) and that being said he's an all-star now. And I think if he keeps working on it, I can see him being a defensive player of the year.''
Noah has plenty of incentive. No doubt he'd like to remain a rare NBA player Barkley never criticizes.
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Early today and into this evening, you may have noticed that the Facebook "Share" button was not working for new articles on the blog (now it seems to be working). Why? N0t sure, but after a bit of digging, I discovered that Facebook is 'unofficially' dropping the Facebook "Share" button in favor of the Facebook "Like" button (and making a few new changes to the functionality of the "Like" button). This is a BIG FAT #FACEBOOK #FAIL in my view — read on and I'll tell you why.
There is a big difference between someone "Liking" an article vs. "Sharing" an article. I should also note that the "Like" button can also be displayed as "Recommend" — and as you can see this is what I have now implemented here on the Perpetuelle.com blog. This is only a marginally better option, because — as I was saying, there is also a difference between someone "Recommending" and article vs. someone "Sharing" an article.
The "Share" button has worked very well on this blog because it allows You as a reader to Share any given article with your friends on Facebook — whether you "Like" it, "Recommend" it or NOT. The very simple "Share" button works in any number of situations. The "Recommend" (or "Like") button does NOT. The whole dynamic changes.
For example, what if you strongly Dislike the watch I write about, but you Like my opinion and analysis of the watch — Would you click the "Like" button? Or, what if you completely Disagree with my opinion that a particular watch is ugly, and you think it is an awesome watch — do you click the "Recommend" button?
You see, the problem is this: When you click "Recommend" or "Like" — what exactly are you "liking" or "recommending"? The entire article? The editorial opinion? The watch itself? Who the hell really knows! That is why the versatility of the "Share" button has worked so well here.
I'd love to hear what you think on this topic — do you prefer the Facebook "Share" button, or would you rather we go with a "Like" or "Recommend" button — please leave a comment below!