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We've been hearing for some time now about the proliferation of drug-resistant staph infections caused by bacteria that are stronger than antibiotics. Today there's an indication that in at least one small portion of the universe, the infections are actually on the decline.
The rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infections from central lines (intravenous catheters) in hospital intensive care units (ICUs) dropped by half between 1997 and 2007, according to research in tomorrow's Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). It's unclear exactly how many Americans become sick with MRSA in ICUs every year, but an estimated 94,360 Americans contracted such infections in 2005, just over a quarter of them caught in the hospital, according to CDC research published two years ago in JAMA. MRSA is responsible for 5.6 percent of all central line-caused infections.
So it's good news, but there are a few catches: If you do catch a staph infection in the ICU, it was still more likely during the time period studied that you'd have MRSA, rather than the much more treatable methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA).
Nor does the research, by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers, speak to the chance of catching MRSA elsewhere in the hospital — never mind outside, which is where experts say the problem is worst.
"This is just a subset of the problem and we can't use it to speak to the whole problem," says study co-author Deron Burton, a lieutenant commander in U.S. Public Health Service. "But we are seeing success in reducing MRSA risk, because while ICU patients are smaller in number, they are highly vulnerable. To see we've had dramatic decline in high-risk patients is a very exciting finding about what's happening with MRSA in the healthcare facility."
Burton added that the data doesn't make clear why MRSA is more common in the ICU than MSSA. Overuse of antibiotics has been speculated as a possible cause.
Hospitals in recent years have tried to reduce bloodstream infections by implementing more standardized hand-washing procedures for staff, methods of inserting catheters and taking them out sooner. But the study doesn't show which of these infection-control methods, if any, accounted for the decline in staph and other bloodstream infections in the ICU, wrote Michael William Climo of the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA in Richmond, Virginia, in an editorial accompanying the study.
What's more, fewer than 6 percent of ICUs that submitted data to the National Healthcare Safety Network, a voluntary surveillance system that monitors the infections, contributed data for the whole length of the study. And it's unknown whether MRSA bloodstream infections transmitted through ventilators, or those in the skin and soft tissue, also decreased among those hospitals.
"Clearly, ICUs … have made substantial progress at reducing hospital-acquired infections, suggesting that real change is being made," Climo wrote. "Despite this progress, most ICUs are far from the goal of zero infections."
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Let's see, people in Intensive Care Units are contracting infections, and its good news?
"It's unclear exactly how many Americans become sick with MRSA in ICUs every year" - yet the number has dropped by half??
Sounds like a$$ covering BS to me.
Just out of curiousity... how does this decline compare to VRSA rates?
With medical institutions, and bacterial infections acquired within them, sometimes death is a good thing- for a vicious multi-cellular organism.
There are a variety of different types of bacterial infections one can get from many different sources, yet some locations are more common than others. If bacteria are not beneficial for your health, as many bacteria are, they should die in order to restore your health.
Bacteria are a simple life form, yet are incredibly productive and efficient. As with other life forms, they exist to reproduce, and does so about every hour. Bacteria mutate, evolve, and adapt according to the host in which they exist.
To do this, it fully utilizes all available resources and energy to develop the protein that is essential for its survival in their host. Bacteria need exactly 7 genes to produce the essential ribosomes for their existence. Any more or less genes than 7, the bacteria is not maximizing its efficiency to survive and reproduce. Amazing.
Strep infections are caused by what are called gram positive bacteria, and they are the most common bacteria that infect other humans. . Group A strep infections can cause diseases such as strep throat and pneumonia. Also, staph bacterial infections are gram positive as well that potentially infect humans, and do so often.
Of all pathogenic, or disease-causing bacteria that exist, it is the MRSA, the methicillin resistant staff aureus bacteria, that are most concerning to health care providers in particular. This is because MRSA bacterial infections are the most difficult to cure when a patient suffers from their damage from being infected by these bacteria.
Another difficult situation is when a patient is infected by VRE, Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci, which is another type of gram positive bacteria that exist.
These MRSA and VRE bacteria are difficult to eradicate due to the fact that most antibiotics that are available to rid the patient of other bacterial infections, MRSA and VRE are resistant to the effectiveness of these antibiotics.
MRSA and VRE infected patients are quite challenging for the health care provider who is attempting to cure patients infected with these particular bacterial infections.
In many situations, pathogenic bacteria infect a patient already within a medical institution for another disease. When this occurs, it is called a nosocomial infection.
Greater than 5 percent of nosocomial infections are determined to be MRSA infections, it has been reported. As a result, there are about 100,000 serious hospital infections, as well as about 20,000 deaths from MRSA infections annually.
Since there are several types of pathogenic bacteria that exist, a diagnostic test called a culture and sensitivity is usually performed at a clinical laboratory to assure the correct antibiotic is selected for treatment, as the bacteria are identified with this diagnostic method.
Typically, fluid from the area suspected of being infected is obtained from the patient suspected to have an infection and smeared on what is called a petrie dish. And then these dishes are incubated for 2 to 3 days. Gram positive bacteria stain during this process a dark violet or blue. Gram negative bacteria would be pink in color, and are capable of harm as well to a human being.
When the culture is complete, technology that is available offers recommendations on the appropriate class or brand of antibiotic to treat the pathogenic bacteria present in another person- presuming the bacteria will not be resistant to the antibiotic recommended, as this happens on occasion.
Usually, classes of antibiotics that are used to treat gram positive strep infections that are not VRE or MRSA bacteria are cephalosporins, macrolides, or general penicillins. If the microbe that is causing the infection is resistant to the antibiotic from such classes that are administered to the infected patient, other options should be considered for anti-microbial therapy.
With two very powerful antibiotics in particular, which are methicillin and vancomycin, their frequent use in infected patients has resulted in VRE and MRSA bacteria that are now resistant to these antibiotics.
When a patient is infected with VRE or MRSA bacteria, other selections for antimicrobial therapy that provide more efficacy should be selected for a patient infected with these types of infections. Such brands and types of antibiotics for MRSA and VRE bacteria include Zyvox, which has both IV and oral dosage options, and an antibiotic called Cubicin.
However these antibiotics for antibiotic resistant bacteria are given usually due to infections that have progressed to a more serious nature within a patient infected in such a way, so a cure is not immediate when these antibiotics are selected for such patients.
Progressive medical conditions with such infected patients include sepsis, or blood infection, osteomyelitis, or bone infection, as well as pneumonia, which is a serious lung infection. A hospital stay is normally required with such patients infected with MRSA and VRE infections that cause such diseases.
This is because when the antibiotics that potentially cure the patient of these microbes are selected, they are usually given via IV administration, and are administered normally for several days, if not several weeks.
There are numerous classes and types of antibiotics available, yet bacterial resistance to most of these antibiotics, with the exception of the two mentioned earlier, constantly remain a serious concern for the health care provider, and the MRSA and VRE infected patient.
With MRSA at the top of the list of concerns for the health care providers, this infection continue to occur progressively, which amplifies the concerns of others.
Medical institutions should possibly consider quarantine for those patients at their locations that have been determined to be infected with the MRSA and VRE bacteria more often in the future.
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Muskrat Falls Inuit Arrested Battling Churchill River Hydroelectric Project in Labrador
A 74-year old Inuit elder has ended a hunger strike and been released from jail after being arrested along with seven others protesting the controversial Muskrat Falls hydroelectric dam on the Churchill River in Labrador.
But another of the arrestees says the protesters, who have been fighting for decades to gain full national recognition as Inuit descendants in Canada's easternmost province, are undaunted.
"We've been pushed around for generations," said Todd Russell, president of the NunatuKavut Community Council (formerly the Labrador Métis Association), who was taken into custody along with Elder James Learning for blocking roads to protest the controversial Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project. "We will defend ourselves in the court system, but we will continue to assert our aboriginal rights to our traditional territory, and we will continue to mount protest after protest if that's what it takes to have our views known and our rights respected."
At issue is the Muskrat Falls power project, a $7.7-billion plan to build a hydroelectric power station and a new dam on the Churchill River. The project would also see massive transmission lines installed to supply power to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
Several months after a judge issued an unusual permanent injunction against disruption of dam construction, members of the community blocked the Trans-Labrador Highway on April 5 in protest over what they see as being shut out of any negotiating processes, the community council said.
"It's the area where we hunt, where we fish, where we have built homes, where our people have trapped," said Russell, a former Liberal Member of Parliament. "There are areas of a sacred, and very special, nature there. The government will not recognize that there are overlapping and conflicting interests with this hydroelectric development."
During his arrest Russell was dragged by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) after he lay down alongside the other protesters, all arrested on obstruction charges. Though seven were released on bail the same day, Learning refused to sign a written promise to stay off the land on the grounds that doing so would extinguish his aboriginal title and rights to his people's traditional territories.
Learning's family released a statement expressing concerns over his incarceration, not only because he has been on a hunger strike since his arrest on April 5 but also because the Inuit elder has prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. Learning was imprisoned at Labrador Correctional Centre, in Goose Bay. He was released on April 9.
"It is tragic that our father has had to risk death through hunger to protest the destruction of his homeland and culture, of NCC territory and culture," said Learning's daughter, Carren Dujela, in a statement before his release. "How do you tell your children their grandfather is in jail and on a hunger strike? With tears in your eyes and pride in your heart!"
The community council has been locked in a battle for government recognition for years. Also known as Inuit-Métis or Labrador Métis, the community traces its lineage to Inuit people living along the Atlantic coast in Labrador who signed a treaty with Europeans in 1765. When research revealed in 2006 that the Labrador Métis, though mixed blood, are direct descendants of the Inuit, the Labrador Métis Association renamed itself the NunatuKavut Community Council, meaning "our ancient land."
Now, the community council wants the government to enter talks over development on lands claimed as traditional territories. In Canada, though the courts have not granted Indigenous Peoples a veto over industrial projects, they have generally upheld the right to be consulted and accommodated. But the country is a signatory to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which guarantees aboriginal communities the right to "free, prior and informed consent" over development on their land.
"You can't keep putting our people in jail, or keep arresting our people, or forcing our people to go on hunger strikes to have our rights recognized," Russell added. "We know, and the government knows, that all of these things end in negotiations. It's about time the government realized it's better to do that now than put our people through these terrible experiences of being incarcerated."
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I think it's very sad that an elder, and a sick one at that, was treated in such a brutal manner. Everyone should be able to stand up for what they believe in without having to worry about being oppressed or mistreated.
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Canadian and Newfoundland government people are wrong to allow big business to get their own way in not only destroying the 7th largest river in Canada but by making the taxpayers foot the bill. 7.7 Billion and that will certainly balloon just watch, this going on while on the other the province has been making major cuts and well over a thousand job cuts in Justice, Education, Health and so on. Also the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is completely ignored when it comes to the Labrador Metis People. The way the governments work here is to talk with only 1 of 3 distinct aboriginal "leaders" give them some scraps to fight over and create resentment between the Metis, Inuit and Innu of Labrador. Its the old divide and conquer trick in a modern day context. It would scare the shit out of the Newfoundland government if only the 3 aboriginal groups could sit down together and unite for the benefit of all Labradors Indigenous Peoples. I hope they can get together, it could be possible. The sad thing is while strife and injustice happens here in Labrador SNC Lavalin and former Premier Danny Williams ( non-natives) are being set up for profits in the millions. Of course they have a few token Indians who are profiting just like in Buffy Saint Marie's Fallen Angles, crazy shit going on here.
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If I had to choose my favorite fashion item, something I have way too many of, it would be shoes. Like most women, I really can't get enough. Shoes always fit, they can really make an outfit and well…a pair of pumps has the power to make you look and feel like a supermodel.
Enter London-based shoemaker Terra Plana. If you're not familiar with the brand, you'll soon be obsessed. They use raw materials; vegetable tanned leathers and recycled elements for everything from the sole to the trim of your shoe. Oh, and did I mention their heels come with a bit of added comfort thanks to a memory foam foot bed? |
I'm sure you can only image my delight when I heard that the brand just opened an outlet store in SoHo with selections from their classic collection, Dopie sandal line and VivoBarefoot style at 50-70% off. The Melito style (pictured above) was originally $210 and is being offered for only $120. Sold!
While a listing of which styles will be at the outlet store isn't available, you can still log onto http://www.terraplana.com to view their collections and to learn more about the brand.
I'll have to keep this purchase(s) a secret from the boyfriend…he's starting to get annoyed that a portion of our closet-less bedroom (I know-gasp!) is filled with shoeboxes.
What: Terra Plana Outlet Store Sale
Where: 111 Thompson St (btwn Prince and Spring)
When: Now through October
Store hours: Monday through Saturday: 11am-7pm, Sunday: 12pm-6pm
Vivo Barefoot "Yukam" shoes – Not only are these little guys a cute simple slip-on to go with any casual outfit, but they are ridiculously comfortable. When I first heard that they were built to mimic walking barefoot, I thought, huh, that doesn't sound very comfortable, not to mention the price is a bit steep. The company is "based on the simple principle that being barefoot is the healthiest way for you and your feet to be. An ultra thin (3mm) puncture resistant sole allows your feet to be – as millions of years of evolutionary design intended – Barefoot!" Now, the barefoot vs. non-barefoot foot health debate is a whole separate issue, but what I can say is that my feet feel much better after I started wearing these instead of my other flats and for the amount of city walking I do each day, that's quite a feat (no pun intended!)
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We've noticed that Healthy Hollywood fans have a slight fondness for shoe giveaways. Well, you'll all be happy to hear that we've decided to give away a pair of shoes for our next Facebook Friday giveaway- and we're stepping it up with something quite chic from the eco-friendly and incredibly stylish line Terra Plana! One lucky fan will win a pair of Terra Plana beige Odette shoes (shown above), the same style worn by Cameron Diaz, who is a huge fan of the line. Become a Facebook fan of Healthy Hollywood by this Friday, August 7, to enter!
I was drawn to Terra Plana the first time I saw a pair of their Dida heels, which are made from the fabric of Pakistani quilts. Each pair of shoes bears a unique quilt pattern- and even within one pair of shoes, each is made with a different section of fabric, making the pair match and mismatch all at once. Trust me, it looks amazing!
Our giveaway shoe, the Odette, is part of a revolutionary collection from Terra Plana, called Vivo Barefoot, that simulates the feeling of walking sans footwear. The Odette has an ultra-thin (3mm!), puncture resistant sole that will return your feet to the barefoot feeling intended by nature.
The Dida and the Odette are just two of Terra Plana's covetable styles. Some are sexy (the Geta), others are futuristic (the Dopie), all are designed sustainably with minimal waste and maximum use in mind. I love that the high heeled styles are fitted with memory foam for comfort and support (yes, the same stuff that's in your mattress pad). What better (and softer) way to reuse bedding?
You'll quickly see that Terra Plana shoes embody the kind of look good/feel good fashion that we love at Healthy Hollywood. And we're not the only ones. Apart from Cameron (who knows a thing or two about eco-friendly fashion), eco chick Maria Menounosis a Terra Plana wearer.
If you are in the market for some smart, stylish, eco-conscious shoes for fall, give Terra Plana a try! To enter to win a pair of the cute Odette sneakers(shown above, with Vivo Barefoot technology that naturally realigns your posture) in beige, become a fan of Healthy Hollywood on Facebook by Friday, 8/7.
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The world of running, and especially running shoes, can be a confusing one. And now that many of us are considering running with minimal shoes (shoes that are close to running barefoot), it can become overwhelming. I've done a fair amount of research over the past month or so and want to provide you with what I've learned. Hopefully this will bring some clarity to you as well.
My aim with this post is twofold. First, I want to clearly outline the benefits of running barefoot, or at least with minimal shoes. Second, I want to provide you with a list of minimal shoes that are currently on the market. I hope this will help you save some time, or at least amuse you while you're here. As always, please provide feedback and additional content you feel I should include on the page in the Comment section below.
There are numerous running shoes out there, and a growing number of shoes that claim to be like running barefeet. Many companies, including Nike, are trying to jump on the barefoot bandwagon. Be wary of marketing spin. Don't purchase any shoes without doing your research and ideally giving them a test run first.
Before we look at some specific shoes, let's review a couple of definitions. First, barefoot running is just that, running with nothing on the feet, even socks. Running in minimal shoes means wearing something on your feet yet still allowing them to flex as they would if they were completely sod-free (no significant padding or arch support).
Here are some shoes I consider to be minimal:
Vivo Barefoot by Terra Plana
Root Sport Leather model shown.
These are arguably the most beautiful minimal shoes out there. They are at once fashionable and functional (though I have not tried a pair on). Of all of the minimal shoes I've seen, these win hands down for aesthetics (I drool over the keyboard every time I see them). The Root Sport Leather model also comes in white and green. An added bonus is that the shoes are made of much recycled material.
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Astrologers understand something about our solar system's design that astronomers do not. By studying the cosmic clockworks and coming to recognize the patterns these give rise to, star seers witness a Divine Order at work.
The following analyses show how the metaphorical T-cross composed of Jupiter, Uranus, and Pluto will influence specific areas of your life, as represented by the astrological houses. Discover what you're apt to personally encounter by referring to the section applicable to your Rising Sign.
Since the mid-1990s, the so-called "Vedic astrology" has experienced a remarkable boom in America and, with some delay, also in Europe. Indian Gurus and their western followers not only imported the Hindu sidereal Zodiac to the west, but also other techniques of Hindu astrology and even spiritual concepts of the Vedic culture. Excerpt from the third, extended edition of Dieter Koch's book: "Kritik der astrologischen Vernunft" (Critique of Astrological Reason).
India developed and carefully preserved an excellent system of astrology. In the 70s it gained popularity in America and eventually throughout the world as "Vedic Astrology," perhaps riding the coat-tails of a larger explosion of interest in Indian culture and spirituality ushered in by ISKCON (the "Hare Krishnas") and similar groups like TM ("Transcendental Meditation")...
In order to understand the origins of the different house systems and the problems connected with them, it is helpful to discuss a few terms of celestial mechanics which are important from an astrological perspective for the construction of the respective systems.
A horoscope is a snapshot of a single moment in our solar system as seen from a geocentrical point of view. Actually the luminaries and planets are not fixed but constantly rotating. These rotations can be translated into different swinging systems, amongst others into acoustically recognisable sounds.
A character in a novel who has a 'real' chart? Hard to imagine. Still, a character like Harry Potter whose story has been a bestseller for years, whose destiny is followed by many, is of interest to the astrologer.
Every month an invisible New Moon signals we can make a fresh start and, as the cycle progresses and the Moon waxes, we can learn, grow and invest. At the second half of the cycle, after the Full Moon, we may reap what we have sown, reflect on and eventually bring to a close that which was conceived at that beginning. In her excellent Moon Watching series[1] Dana Gerhardt introduced readers of the TMA to this monthly cycle.
Morin's method of determination, which is the foundation of his system, relies on astrological houses to show how influences enter individual lives. The method highlights the Ascendant as the basis of down-to-earth astrology.
How can we extend the method of the composite chart to more than two people? Unfortunately, the situation in this case is more complicated. Two techniques are at our disposal which result in different charts. With two people only, they result in the same chart: the ordinary two-person composite chart.
Could astrology help us to understand what lies behind the huge popularity of the Virgin of Guadalupe? Is it possible to get a meaningful horoscope from a legend? In the following discussion, I will sketch out some ideas from my book, The Secret Codes to the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Many astrologers and users of astrology are now concerned with the question which consequences the degradation of Pluto has for astrology. Do we have to exclude Pluto from our charts? Do we have to interpret it differently? Are Astrodienst's horoscopes still valid? To say it clearly: There is no reason for being concerned. The understanding which astrologers have gained about the astrological effect of Pluto since its discovery in 1930 is not changed by the new astronomical definition.
The position of Chiron's orbit, placed between Saturn and Uranus, is rather special. In spite of all attempts at classification, Chiron has, as it were, taken on the role of a planet. His path is severely eccentric, like that of Symbol of ChironPluto, so that he occasionally crosses the orbits of both Saturn and Uranus. Most astrologers regard him as a sort of "mediator" between these two, and as a link between the "Guardian of the Spheres" (Saturn) and the outer planets.
In the beginning was the Great Goddess, and the Goddess was the Earth, and the Earth was the Goddess. Lilith - Sumerian ReliefThe origins of the cult of the Great Goddess lie hidden in the dim twilight of prehistoric time. The Goddess ruled for hundreds of thousands of years. In the course of time, the Mother-Goddess was overthrown and driven under, and the triumph of the most patriarchal of archetypes - Jahwe, God the Father, Allah - was complete in the Judaic, Christian and Moslem worlds.
Harmonic horoscopes are based on principles of resonance, like overtones, which are present in every horoscope. The whole zodiac (360°) is taken as the basic tone, representing the number one (1). By using a higher vibration, we can 'cause' the circle to oscillate more quickly, so to speak, and investigate which planets work together in this particular pattern.
What modern psychiatrists describe as MPD, is - and this is our claim - not a special case in the development of the human psyche, but simply an outwardly noticeable view of what goes on inside every single one of us.
At astronomy's high point in antiquity during the hellenistic age from around 200 BC - 200 AD, the vernal equinox in the northern hemisphere was situated on the border between the fixed star constellations of Aries and Pisces. Astrologers at the time divided the circle of the ecliptic into twelve equal segments of 30° using this zero-point as a frame of reference.
Every few years we hear the same old news from critics of astrology, mostly astronomers and physicists who know nothing about astrology.
At first sight, with superficial reasoning, the rectification, or correction, of a given birth time seems appropriate and necessary: We certainly do need an exact and reliable basis for any astrological interpretation. However, none of the diverse methods of rectification provides the desired safety or assurance.
Dramatic horoscope changes can occur when we relocate, but there are also subtle ones. For instance, if you move only a short distance and yet that move has altered your house system such that it shifts your Sun or your Moon into another house, that is important.
The first consideration before delving into the symbolism of the luminaries is that they each in their symbolic self are not confined to one or other parent. To relegate the Sun to the father and the Moon to the mother at best oversimplifies the imagery and at worst distorts completely our understanding of the full human person.
Because we are exploring the half-Uranus cycle as the gateway to midlife¿s transition, the sign Uranus is in natally secrets characteristics of the opposite sign as its ¿unlived life¿. When any planet in transit comes to the opposition point to itself in the natal chart, a half-cycle is noted.
How can we find a profession that really fits our needs? How can we recognise our true vocation? It is not always easy to find the right job because in many cases circumstances confront us with difficulties that influence our choice.
The plants symbolise harmony and plenty, the rocks and stones stand for space and energy, and sand and gravel give simplicity and serenity.These considerations led me to develop the concept of astrological garden design. The garden offers the opportunity to physically represent the ancient principles and archetypes inherent in nature.
Astrology and Tarot are popular parlour games. All lovers are happy when their "star signs" make a good match or when they draw card "No.6-The Lovers"in a Tarot session.Which Tarot card corresponds to which planet or zodiac sign? Different astrologers and Tarot players have their individual assignments, but unfortunately, they are all different!
For decades, researchers have been baffled by the intricate bronze mechanism of wheels and dials created 80 years before the birth of Christ. The "Antikythera Mechanism" was discovered damaged and fragmented on the wreck of a cargo ship off the tiny Greek island of Antikythera in 1900.


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So many executives Westgate resorts CEO David Siegel is concerned about another four years under president Obama's leadership just before the election.
He sent an email to all employees saying in part quote.
Any new taxes are levied on me -- my company as our current president plans I will have no choice but to reduce the size of the company well.
Turns out -- Quite follow through on that -- fact none of his employees have been fired instead he never won an average of -- 5% raise that was raised.
So why -- change your hard joining -- -- David Siegel president and CEO Westgate resorts what happens.
Well first of all.
I never said I was going to lay off anyone if President Obama got reelected.
What I said is.
The additional taxes and obamacare.
Could cause layoffs down the road.
If in fact he got reelected him.
And I I still believe that's gonna happen.
-- to comment on your last guest.
Dole tax people who create jobs it's it's a recipe for disaster.
And that's what I'm hearing.
But but he had I mean it is targeted Justin just to bring you back I wanna let you will comment -- -- Christian -- said you know I mean he said.
Rich people have a lot of money so if you raise their taxes they're not gonna stop buying stuff for going out to dinner it's just less money that they're gonna I don't know stuff in their -- -- You know save for retirement whatever it is you don't believe that.
Well if they haven't stuff than their mattress.
That's fine.
But if -- -- unit to expand their businesses to to create new jobs that's terrible.
And we shouldn't be doing that.
And that's the problem with the economy right now.
Is the people who create the jobs are having a tough time.
Getting financing.
At -- expand their businesses.
But David -- I mean you you sent out this letter that some people thought was threatening to your employees saying.
You know in essence you should think before you vote for President Obama because you may lose your job if he wins he did win -- and now you gay people raises so it makes it seem like you know maybe the letter was disingenuous.
Well were very cautiously -- -- No one lost their jobs in fact that gave everybody.
A raise.
Effective -- immediately.
These people.
First of all I have the greatest employees in the world.
They've been with me.
Through thick and thin.
And I wanted to reward them -- the most profitable.
We've been in our history.
One of them this year in those profits there.
-- -- But how -- you the most profitable of invading your history having it if you're saying that -- -- -- had to lay people off is because the economy is bad -- -- so how -- -- -- out.
Let me explain four years ago.
We were doing a billion dollars a year in sales.
We were we -- two billion dollars in construction going on.
We were growing at a 218%.
Annual rate we were expanding we were building.
We were growing 20% a year.
Now we're doing half the amount of business -- back then I was fat dumb and happy as I call it.
Today -- were lean and mean.
And I had that we had to downsize.
To stay profitable.
And -- that you can't.
Get money from banks so you have to abuse your profits to grow your company order -- least keep it stable and that's what we're doing.
Are -- doing half the business we're not hiring anybody we're not growing we're not building can buildings.
Were not paying more taxes to the local municipalities.
Were were stagnant.
But war but were alive and healthy.
All right we're glad to hear that we're glad nobody got laid off David Siegel -- coming -- we appreciate it.
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"Very happy"
Very nice hotel, clean with friendly staff. Restaurants nearby. Boardwalk a few kilometers away but well worth the visit. Chesapeake Bridge tunnel is a great drive if you are heading towards the Williamsburg Historic area.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Great trip!!"
We went with my parents and my brothers family to see the Winterfest lights and couldn't have been happier with our experience at the hotel. Everyone was more than accommodating !!!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great deal!"
This hotel is a great deal for the price. The rooms are very clean and comfortable with a microwave. coffee maker, and mini fridge. The free breakfast was the best amenity! It is not just your usual continental breakfast....it includes scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuits, gravy, pancakes, as well as the usual muffins, bagels, and cereal. I would definitely […] stay again. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Comfortable, economical, and clean."
Our stay was short but sweet. We would have liked an earlier check-in time, maybe around 2? The desk and eating area attendants were very nice.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
Breakfast was great. We were staying overnight before a wedding during the fall and it was very nice. A clean room and friendly/ helpful staff.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Clean good rates but beds were horrible !!"
We have stayed there many times before. They must have changed their mattresses, my wife and I both work up in the middle of the night with extreme back pain.Will not stay there again.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Don't plan on surfin' here!"
We got a great rate on this hotel and it was everything advertised Except the WiFi. People were nice, room was spacious and clean, location was convenient. We enjoyed the complimentary breakfast and there was a wonderful restaurant out back. Our only complaint was the unreliable Internet access with slow speed and lots of drops. When speaking to the […] staff we received numerous promises that we're not fulfilled and were finally told to call the service ourselves. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
we enjoyed every moment.. from the ease of check in to the friendliness of the staff, it was a wonderful mini vacation. traveling thru hotels.com took all the pressure off of me to find the perfect hotel for us and they did an exellant time. we will be back..Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great North End OC Hotel"
The hotel included breakfast, which was excellent. It included eggs, bacon, muffins, biscuits, cereal, fruit, yogurt, and my favorite, pancakes. The pancakes were made fresh, while you wait, by a machine. The location of the hotel is perfect if you are looking for a North-end accommodation. Great location to visit Bethany and Rehoboth while staying […] in the area. Plus next to Northside Park so you can go for a run or a nice walk to start off your day. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Everything was good except the distance!"
You can't really walk to any of the good locations that I was there to visit. I came down for an event called H2Oi which is a big car show. It was an awesome weekend and the hotel was great, but it was away from most of the action. This was better for sleeping though as you couldnt hear the loud cars, but it was still not great because i couldnt walk […] over and watch the show. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Comfortable stay"
This hotel is a short drive from ocean city boardwalk. The room was very comfortable and clean room. Close to pizzeria , subway and other restaurants.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Clean, Well Maintained"
Next to the Municipal Park, a good place with extensive walking paths and fishing pier. Friendly staff.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"nice stay"
I only stayed one night, but the room was clean and the staff was pleasant. And they had free wifi.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"off season get-away"
Hotel was comfortable. Daughter loved the hot-tub and pancake maker.. Didn't have any issues checking in/out. Room was directly off of the stairs/elevator. Quiet!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
We had an amazing vacation,loved the breakfast will come again! Friendly staff.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Good Clean room - good access to beach"
Was a positive experience. Hotel slightly pricier than nearby Comfort Inn, but was cleaner and seemed to be more recently remodeled. Beach access was an easy, short walk. Was a good stay.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
The only disappointment was that the priority club reward card was not honored because we booked this hotel with Hotel.comGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Early riser gets to eat!"
Just briefly, the cleanliness of the hotel and rooms were outstanding! Room size was outstanding! Didnt get a chance to sample the complimentary breakfast, the wait (line) was too lengthy!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
our stay was wonderful. They only problem we had was for the price we paid we thought we could at least had a bay viewGenuine Expedia guest review
"My gate-away"
I very much enjoyed stay at the hotel. The room and bathroom was clean and comfortably furnished, the outdoor pool clean and breakfast very satisfying. I highly recommend the hotel.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Close to everything"
The service was great!! Love this hotel because its close to everything including the park. We go out for softball tournaments and we can walk to the room over during breaks.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"An upgrade would've been nice."
The hotel staff was very friendly, the room well cleaned (great when you have a busy 1 year old). It's great to see pictures on-line, but until you see the room in person you can't quite tell how big it was. Obviously they may not have had any available, but an offer of a single king room would've been nice once we let them know we needed a crib. The […] double queen room hardly had enough space for it, and the only place I could put it was too close to the A/C unit I thought. Also, it was advertised as a double queen room, but those beds were definitely doubles. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
We got to the hotel around 12 noon , we explained to the lobby desk manager that we have a 3 month old baby and we drove 4 hours and we begged him to let us check in so we can get some rest , his only answer was check in time is at 4 pm and your lucky if we check you in at 3 pm , so we had to wait around untill 4 30 . Once in a room wi fi never worked […] , we called at least twice a day every day and nothing was done , it caused us a lot of issues since we couldnt get any work done . I would just say that not everything should be based on smiley employees . Never again for me and my family on your hotels . Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
Response by Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Ocean City Thank you for taking the time to write a review. I apologize that we could not accomodate your request for an early check in. . Sometimes during our busy season we are unable to have the requested room types available early. With your comments you provide we know the areas where we need to improve and have since had the WiFi company correct the issues it was having during your stay. Thank you again for beling our guest.
"It was ok. JUST OK"
1st floor hallways smells like underarms. 5th floor smells like somebody doodoo all day long. Breakfast was MEH. Pool was too cold. But blue Ox had great porterhouse steaks!!!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
Response by Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Ocean City Thank you for taking the time to write a review. I apologize for the inconveniences you encountered during your stay. It is with your comments that we find out the areas where we can improve. We look forward to serving you again.
"Moderately Priced Hotel Close To The Beach"
The hotel allowed us to check in an hour early, which was nice. The room was very spacious, but was not totally clean. The linens had no stains (yay!) and the bathroom was clean. There was sand all over the couch, though. And the carpet was filthy. Nothing you could see just by looking down at it, but my son's feet were black from walking around barefoot […] on the carpet for 10 minutes. Close to the beach - about 2 blocks, which took us about 5 minutes to walk to. You have to walk across the major road that goes through the city, and the light takes a while. The hotel is about 10 minutes from the boardwalk (15 if you hit a bunch of red lights), so you can't walk there, but there are plenty of restaurants in walking distance. The outdoor pool at the hotel was a little dirty, but the seating area was very nice. The indoor pool was clean, as was the whirlpool. I would stay there again. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"the hotel"
this hotel was nice and it is close to the beach . The breakfast was good and the staff was very warm . Finally , I will come back this hotel for next time .Genuine Expedia guest review
"Holiday inn"
We enjoyed the staff and the breakfast. However I felt the hotel could have been a little cleaner. The rugs smelled and the sheets had stains.Genuine Expedia guest review
Our stay was wonderful. The Breakfast buffet was a big hit. Loved the location. The staff was excellent. Had a first floor room and it was very convenient. Did not want to leave. Plan to return soon.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Decent hotel close to the beach"
Booked this hotel last minute over the Labor Day weekend. Check in was easy and staff seemed friendly enough. Upon entering the room on the 5th floor we smelled the strong scent of bathroom cleaner and mildew. Since the hotel was fully booked, we could not change rooms. That was the only real issue we had. Otherwise, it was a clean hotel, staff was […] friendly, pool was nice (both indoor and outdoor), free breakfast was not bad, and proximity to the beach were all pluses. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
Response by Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Ocean City Thank you for taking the time & writing a review. We appreciate you letting us know how we are doing and the areass where we need to improve. Thank you for being our guest.
"Nice hotel close to the beach"
Friendly staff and good ambience, surrounded by good restaurant and a decent breakfastGenuine Expedia guest review
"Clean hotel a block from the beach"
We decided to stay off the ocean and off the boardwalk for cleanliness and noise concerns as well as price. Our Holiday Inn room was very clean. We are pretty particular about cleanliness. There was no signs of any bugs. The AC worked very well and had a setting where the fan could be kept on and the AC would cycle so there was background noise as you […] slept and not abrupt transitions between no noise and the AC coming on and breaking the silence. We were pleased with the location as it was high enough on the strip that it kept us away from the bad traffic further south but was still walking distance to some shops and food. Breakfast was pretty standard fare with fresh fruit and bread products out as well as juice and cereal. We went out for breakfast and just got fruit there. My only complaints are minor and easily fixed and there were three issues that stood out to me. One was the inside pool was dirty and the water was really cloudy, the outside pool was fine however. There were two phones in our room for local calls and both were broken. You would have to hit the line, and then take the phone off the hook and then press speaker to get it to work, however the person you called could not hear you and there was lots of static. Lastly the tub did not drain well, so as we showered the tub filled with water, not a whole lot but I found myself having to turn the shower off for a minute at the end to drain so I could rinse my feet. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
Response by Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Ocean City Thank you for taking the time to write a review. I am happy you found our hotel to be convenient and clean. I apoligize that you had some problems during your stay . It is with your comments that we know the areas t hat we need to improve. We look forward to serving you again.
"Great hotelf or last minute beach trip"
We had a last minute beach trip and this hotel had nice rates and a good location.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
Great location. Very little noise. Very clean pool and room. Staff great and helpful. Would stay there again!!!!!!!!!Genuine Expedia guest review
"Clean, quietier area, walk to beach"
Nice...1 block away from beach where it was less crowded than down by the Boardwalk...took about 15 minutes to drive down to Boardwalk area. Hotel was clean, quiet and had a great complimentary breakfast, there are places to eat, with nighttime entertainment, right across the parking lots and a great little park in the back. A little expensive but worth […] it! Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Close to the honky Tonkin main drag"
For a one night stay, the hotel and staff were very good.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Decent hotel near beach."
For the one night I stayed here, the cost was a bit more than I would have liked to have paid. In addition to that, there was a spider larger than a silver dollar that crawled across the bed. The room appeared clean but we discovered a water bottle under the bed that had been there for who knows how long.Genuine Expedia guest review
Response by Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Ocean City Thank you for taking the time to write a review. I apoligize that you encountered problems during your stay. Thank you for letting us know the areas where we need to improve.
Decided to take my two adult children and my 3 grandchildren for a couple of nights in OC, picked this Hotel because it offered breakfast and had the space for all of us in one room. I did not expect to be as comfortable as were were!! We all had a good nights sleep and enough room for each of us as there were my son and daughter a 6 year old and two […] 2 year olds!! The breakfast was great, had everythng! One of the 2 year olds likes to get up really early so we were nearly the first ones to eat breakfast which was good because the line was pretty long after 8am. The walk to the beach with the little ones was not bad at all, and having an outdoor pool to take a dip afterwards was great. For two nights it was perfect for all of us. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Very decent beach hotel"
We don't usually expect a lot from beach hotels, but this one was clean and held up to the Holiday Inn name. Breakfast was way too crowded and closed too early at 9:30am. The traffic on Coastal Hwy was bad, so being this far uptown made it a little inconvenient for getting to the boardwalk.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Nice hotel inconvenient to boardwalk and beach"
Rooms were great. Clean and roomy.staff were great except one midnight clerkGenuine Expedia guest review
"Nice rooms, good breakfast"
Good overall stay. Family of three. Nice park behind hotel. Beach across the highway. Both within very easy walking distance.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Great place great price"
clean hotel. great friendly staff. good food for breakfast. close to the beach. easy parking. easy to find on main drag. close to rehoboth beach, del. as well as bethany and dewey, del.Genuine Expedia guest review
"close to areas where you can walk/exercise outdoor"
excellent service, room very clean and comfortableGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"A wonderful experience"
This was one of the nicest hotel experiences we ever had traveling. The hotel staff all spoke to you and said Hi. They all wanted to know if they could do anything for you even if you weren't looking for help. Everything was clean, the rooms were spacious, there was an indoor and outdoor pool. The breakfast buffet in the mornings was very good and they […] kept everything well stocked and hot. The hotel was close to everything. Additional handicapped parking on the side of building came in handy. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"quiet area, but close to everything"
very nice employees and nice hotel. very large and tasty breakfast.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
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"Good hotel"
We needed something economical for a two day trip to the beach. My parents and my two young children rented a room with two full beds and a sofa bed. The room was clean and the hotel overall was clean as well. Its two blocks from the beach (short walk). It is a family friendly hotel and the staff were great. It is far from the boardwalk but you can […] take the bus if you don't want to drive. A bus stop is right about in front. We didn't want to be around the rowdy teenagers/college crowd and this fit the bill. Also, breakfast was good and so was the COFFEE! Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
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"Friendly and clean"
This is a nice hotel to use when visiting the beach. It is clean and friendly. The room was not large, but it was enough room to have a family of 4.Genuine Expedia guest review
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"good hotel close to beach"
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Piecemakers Quilt Guild meets Thursday for potluck at St. UMC
The Piecemakers Quilt Guild will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Luke United Methodist Church for a potluck supper.
Attendees are to bring a dish to share, their own drink and their own table service. If planning to participate in the gift change, bring a sewing or quilt related gift.
The group also will be cutting material for "Quilts for Kids," so cutting boards, rotary cutters, rulers and material suitable for children's quilts are needed. Please note the time change.
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We're positively thrilled to report that our favorite charity, Room to Read, has successfully built a library at a school in Nepal.
Shree Kisani Primary School is located in a village called Arman, located in central Nepal. Most of its students are very poor, and although parents and teachers saw an urgent need for a library the local school administration lacked the resources to build one.
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I splashed out a week or two ago, and bought a Samsung NC10 netbook – a bargain at under £300, and it runs Windows 7 really well.
Impressed with the size and utility of the thing, I recalled a forerunner of the netbook, so went rooting around in my "box of old technology that it pretty much useless but cost money so I can't ever throw it away", in the loft.
I came across an old laptop that in its time was known as a "sub-notebook": we got two of these machines courtesy of Sony, to demonstrate Exchange 2000, specifically the Conferencing Server version, at a big partner event in Birmingham. It was, to date, the biggest audience I've ever stood in front of, at about 1,400 people. I had a few minutes to demo the still-in-beta Exchange 2000, and would be doing it jointly with the host for the conference, Jonathan Ross (gulp).
Exchange 2000 Conferencing Server – aka "Jasper"
I'm now struggling to remember when this was, but since Exchange 2000 released in November 2000 (as discovered by the very useful Microsoft Support Lifecycle page), I reckon it must have been early/mid-2000, which would mean the little Vaio has to be at least 8 or 9 years old.
Sony Vaio PCG-C1XN
The two Vaios we had were great – well, great for the time anyway, although even then they were very functionally compromised even when new. The one thing you could say about the machine was it was small, and cool.
Certainly not fast – a 266MHz Celeron CPU (a cut down Pentium II, in essence, for our younger readers), 64Mb of RAM and a 6.4Gb hard disk.
The machines originally came with Windows 98, but we decided to put Windows 2000 on them for the demo; subsequently, I upgraded it to Windows XP and it's probably a bit too much for the little mite. Suffice to say, it won't be getting any further along the Windows evolutionary scale.
Other features of note were the webcam (one of – if not the – first laptops to come with one built in, which was the reason we wanted them for the Conferencing demo). A single USB port, FireWire (or iLink as Sony insisted on calling it), a PCMCIA slot, infra-red (you don't get that any more now, do you?) and a dongle which had composite-video and VGA, complete the mix.
So for our demo we had to install an early Wifi network (it might have been the very first 802.11b from Compaq, costing hundreds of pounds for the router and at least £100 per PCMCIA card). All of this for 8 minutes of Woss-y glory, swept away in the sands of time.
Sony never did ask for it back – I hung onto one, and Steve kept the other. I bet he's still got it somewhere too.
Dust the old girl off
Enough of this misty eyed nonsense. Amazingly, on plugging the machine in and powering up (apart from my going into the BIOS and setting the clock), it started to resume from hibernate – and dropped me back into the logon prompt for WinXP. I had some head scratching to do, to remember the password – but when I logged in, it was the first time for 6 years and 3 months.
Surprisingly, the Vaio is about the same thickness as my Samsung, so it doesn't look quite as archaic as you might expect a 9-year old laptop to.
It could even be called a "Netbook", except there's no networking on the thing – certainly no wireless, and even dial-up would have required an old modem like the Xircom PCMCIA card I literally just found in my office drawer.
Probably the biggest difference is the price when new. Adjusting for inflation and taking into account what the Vaio would have originally cost, it's probably nearer £3,000 than the £300 for my NC10.
That's Moore's law for ya.
It's funny how sometimes the little things can give you the most tactile pleasures. An example is one little device I picked up post-Christmas – we were in town trawling round the "sales" and the only thing I really wanted to find was a good Waiter's Friend. This one came from John Lewis and cost the princely sum of £2.90, yet it is the best corkscrew I've ever used, it feels great (quite heavy, nice & grippy, solid) and looks good too. What a bargain.
I'm finding out things about Windows 7 every day, that have that same sense of quiet satisfaction about them – you know, you just smile to yourself and are pleased about them. I started using Windows 7 on my work PC about a week ago, and it's just brilliant
See what Apple fan Don Reisinger over at ZDNet has to say about it.
Steve posted some more hot key tips last week, and the one I love the most is the Magnifier (key Win & + or Win & –) – it's a bit like a cross between the magnifier that's part of Intellipoint and the old Magnify "accessibility" function in Windows XP.
Some people use magnifiers because they have to in order to see, or because they're doing something that requires particular precision (like aligning items or editing pictures). I think Magnify utilities should be mandatory for anyone doing a demo to more than a handful of people – it drives me crazy the number of times I'll see someone running a laptop at some absurdly high resolution on a projector that isn't capable of displaying it, and even if it was, you'd need to be 3ft away from it to be able to read anything.
I ranted about magnifying before, a couple of years ago.
Win+ will bring up the magnifier UI in Windows 7…
If you select another window from the little options palette, it turns into an semi-opaque magnifying glass. If you minimise the little window, you can still use Win+ and Win- to zoom in and out with nothing overlaying the display. And, for best of all for some demos, change the view to "Lens" and you'll get an Intellipoint-style rectangle that zooms whatever is under the mouse, but leaves the rest of the screen as normal. The difference here is that it supports the Aero effects (unlike Intellipoint) and it allows animations of whatever is happening at the cursor (like menu flyouts, highlights etc) to carry on within the magnified area, unlike some magnifiers which just take a bitmap snapshot and zoom it in.
The new car smell in Windows 7 is a deep and rich, lustrous odour. And it's still got months of finessing and development left to go. I can hardly wait.
I put Windows 7 Beta 1 on my home PC the other day (as a dual boot config with Vista x64) to see what it was like; I was very pleasantly surprised, with the exception of the fact that Media Center - much as it looks nicer - didn't work out of the box with my Hauppauge Nova-T USB 2 tuner box that I use to record stuff on Media Center.
I have to admit to not using MC as the primary telly. I know some who do, but it hasn't - yet - passed the "wife" test. So we have Sky HD in the main room for most TV, though I've sneaked an XBox in there with wireless connection to the home network, and it happily picks up stuff that the main PC records... sometimes unexpectedly.
Hats off to Hauppauge for their almost peerless support forums, and to "Mr X" for his enthusiastic sponsorship of the forums. There were posts late last week on their forums saying that the Nova-T tuner was blue-screening Windows 7; he said he'd try to get a driver up and running for download early this week, and sure enough it's there and all is now well.
Today, I took the plunge and installed Windows 7 on my Lenovo Thinkpad X61 work PC - so far, so good - everything works, everything works well...
I came across ex-pat Brit and now Seattle-ite, Tim Sneath's blog earlier today - it has some great tips for what Windows 7 beta is already doing for the end user experience. Reading the list might sound trivial, but reading it on a Win7 machine (which appears to run more smoothly and quicker than anyone might expect), it's hard to stop the smile spreading across the face...
If you're going to experiment with Win7, definitely check out Tim's blog. Some great tips & tricks up there already, and hopefully more to come.
It seems this time of year brings out the soothsayer in lots of IT journalists and analysts, if the volume of "ten things to do" articles is anything to go by.
Mary-Jo Foley posted a couple of weeks ago on what she thought Microsoft might/should do this year.
Don Reisinger over at CNet gives his 5 predictions for home technology this year (no real surprises).
But, the funniest predictions article I've read in a while comes from Infoworld, regarding what Apple needs to do in 2009. Mitch Wagner compares Steve Jobs to Willy Wonka…
And that's the real reason Steve Jobs didn't attend Macworld this year. He hinted he skipped it for health reasons. But the real reason is that he's on an overseas excursion, looking for Oompa Loompas he can replace Apple's employees with.
Priceless :)
I made the decision to wait until the HD-DVD/Blu-ray format war had been resolved before deciding to give the winner a try. In the interim, about 18 months ago I picked up a new DVD player for about £120, which had HDMI support, did a decent job of upscaling DVDs to higher definition, and (the real reason for buying it), was a writer too.
Looking at CNet, Don Reisinger wrote recently on the various merits or pratfalls of moving to the new format. Now, the cost of players is starting to get to the £100-150 ballpark (instead of the crazy early-adopter £1000-odd mark), but the media is still a good bit more expensive - taking the Dark Knight example that Don talked about, the Blu-ray version commands a £3-4 premium in most outlets ... is it worth the difference? My TV "only" does 720p or 1080i resolutions (the 1080i is scaled to fit the 720-line display), and I'm not sure I'd really notice all that much difference over an upscaled DVD. Predictions are that Blu-ray will overtake DVD in about 2012: maybe in the next couple of years, the price of media will have to change - perhaps the studios should even put out Blu-ray content at a lower price than DVDs, if they really want to drive adoption.
Thinking back to other media changeovers, there are relatively few which have succeeded, and lots that went by the wayside. Remember 8-track tape? Or Digital Compact Cassette? Even DAT failed as a consumer option, and MiniDisc went the way of the Dodo when eclipsed by MP3 players.
What marks a successful change of media in almost every instance, isn't just better quality or size or whatever - it's a difference in the way of using the media. When CDs first started appearing in the mid-80s, sure the sound quality was better (as much as could be determined on a cheap HiFi anyway), but the random-access nature was probably its best feature - the ability to jump straight to a track without spooling through tape or having to hoick the stylus off an LP, especially combined with remote control, made arguably the biggest difference.
MP3 (and all the variants) succeeded because it was now possible to have your entire music collection a few button presses away - no need to even switch the CDs. iTunes has arguably changed the way people buy music altogether, choosing single tracks rather than whole albums.
Blu-ray or any successor to DVD is probably only going to succeed if it changes the game somewhere else, other than being "better". Distributing movies online seems one way of doing it, at least if you believe the commentators who tell us so. The trouble with that approach is that as quality improves, the sheer size of the downloads is going to get ungainly - even with multi-megabit internet connections, a 1080p encoded film is surely going to be 15Gb or more, and will take an age to download.
Maybe the business model for the future would be to sell Blu-ray players which also have huge hard disks that can legally cache all the contents of the media disc - that way you could buy a film on Blu-ray, take it home and add it to the library. Thereafter, you'd be able to watch anything you've previously bought without needing to fetch the original disc and load it up - would that be a reason enough for people to switch from DVD?
More pertinently, would the studios allow it to happen?
Another post from the "Random Stuff" category. Just over a year ago, I wrote on how to cook the perfect fillet steak, and amusingly, it's by far the most-read post on this blog - by a factor of more than two...
So here's another one for the New Year, and it's about one of those ordinary jobs which some of us don't do often enough, and others do it to a point of obsession: I'm talking about washing the motor.
There are few things more bonding between a man and his car than giving it a good clean. I mean, you get to see all the lines up close and from angles you wouldn't normally spend any time looking at. I know it might sound a bit sad, but hand-washing the car gives you a rare chance to check out there aren't problems with it up close - stone chips, maybe, kerbed alloys, unexplained dings etc.
Uber-petrolhead Jay Leno apparently likes to plonk a chair in the middle of his garage and enjoy looking at his extensive collection, with a glass of wine. I can totally see where he's coming from, though kneeling in a puddle next to your own Pride & Joy is probably the nearest most mortals will get to Jay's experience.
So, here are my own tips for car washing, culled from many car owners' forums discussions on detailing, waxing, washing etc. It might sound like something that's in the realm of the bleedin' obvious, but a few of these tips made a big difference to me in time, effort and end result.
Firstly, some do's & don'ts...
I know a guy who took his estate car through the car wash and when the up-and-over brush got to the back of the car, it ripped his rear wiper off. Then proceeded to batter the roof and bonnet with the wiper that was now embedded in the brush... ba-da-ba-da-ba-daaa... all the way through its return to the front. Cost his insurance company a fortune to put right. I've heard of the same thing happen with car aerials that people forgot to remove, and the aerial stayed wrapped in the brush, only to knock dents all over the next customer's car...
I know a guy who took his estate car through the car wash and when the up-and-over brush got to the back of the car, it ripped his rear wiper off. Then proceeded to batter the roof and bonnet with the wiper that was now embedded in the brush... ba-da-ba-da-ba-daaa... all the way through its return to the front. Cost his insurance company a fortune to put right.
I've heard of the same thing happen with car aerials that people forgot to remove, and the aerial stayed wrapped in the brush, only to knock dents all over the next customer's car...
Finally, here's my technique... what you'll need:
Start with one wash mitt and the hot water - working from the top of the car down to the bottom of the windows, apply evenly (not slopping too much water around if you can help it). After each panel, dunk the mitt into your cold water bucket and wring it out; you'll be amazed how quickly that water gets dirty. The key here is that we want to take the muck off the car, not simply spread it around - rinsing the mitt regularly helps enormously.
After doing the roof, glass and mirrors, clean the bonnet/front end, the boot and then the doors. Basically, do the dirtiest bits last (usually along the door sills or the very bottom of the car below the boot). Clean the wheels using the same soapy water and the brush.
Empty both the remnants of the soapy water and the now-murky "clean" water bucket and rinse the buckets. Fill one with cold, clean water and gradually splash it all over the car to wash away any residue of the soapy water.
Take the other (dry) mitt and go over the whole car, drying it off - don't worry too much about leaving streaks: the point here is to lift off the majority of the remaining water. Once you've done that, go over the whole car with one of the microfibre cloths and take the rest of the water off. Finally, take the remaining MF cloth and polish up the windows and go over the bodywork to ensure a streak-free finish.
This whole process probably takes 30 minutes, though it will obviously vary depending on the size and degree of filth of your car. It's best to do this when the car's not in direct sunlight and it's not too warm - otherwise you'll get evaporation to contend with, and all manner of streaks will appear before you finished even the first step of washing the car.
Right, that's that. I'm off to get my anorak off...


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