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Lee Schrager is the mastermind behind the nation's biggest food events, including the upcoming New York City Wine and Food Festival. Here's what he did on Saturday, Aug. 20.
6:00 a.m.: I was up and ready for the day in East Hampton, waiting for my yoga instructor to begin our morning class. I've been doing yoga at the house for the last three Summers with Corey, who is the ex-boyfriend of my regular yoga instructor in Miami. I've been coming out to the Hamptons since 1980, when I worked in the cheese department of the first Dean & Deluca on Newton Lane, and used to spend my days at the beach with Edie Beale (of Grey Gardens fame). We've rented this same house for the past six Summers — it's a gorgeous run-down farm house on a great piece of property, literally three minutes from the center of town.
7:45 a.m.: I headed over to Levain Bakery in Wainscott to pick up some goodies for our house guests. I try and keep away from Levain if possible, as it's truly addicting. This morning, I waited in line behind Russell Simmons, who literally buys every one of the mini brioche I wanted. I ended up bringing home some scones, blueberry muffins, Nutella-stuffed sourdough rolls and, of course, some walnut chocolate chip cookies for later in the day.
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PRINCETON — The Grace Performing Arts Center building in Princeton was dedicated on Dec. 14. Speakers at the event were Marge Albrecht, Mary Phillips, Terri Zearing and Festival 56 Executive Director Dexter Brigham.
The "Grace" is named in honor of Grace Albrecht, who, along with her nieces, JoAnn and Judy Albrecht, and her sister-in-law, Marge Albrecht, made the lead gift in the Princeton Theatre Group's 2008 capital campaign. The monies raised funded the transformation of the former Bureau County Republican building on South Main Street into a theatre space for Festival 56 and a venue for theatre arts education.
Grace Albrecht, born and raised in Tiskilwa, was a teacher and life-long lover of the theatre arts. Marge Albrecht currently serves on the PTG theatre arts education committee. Terri Zearing and Mary Phillips, with Dexter Brigham, co-founded Festival 56 in 2003 and are both past presidents of the Princeton Theatre Group (PTG).
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I also like the idea of a frontier type style. And also can i get a sig for my E4 position like ger
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Q: Is there a place that you know of where you can dispose of electrical equipment, power tools that quit working, an old computer printer and things like that? - J.D., Fayetteville
A: We know a great place for you to take all or some of those items, depending on how many you can pull together this morning.
The county is holding its third annual electronic waste drive from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. today in the parking lot of the Cumberland County Courthouse, which is downtown just off Gillespie Street.
Old electronics will be collected and recycled. Examples include lamps, vacuums, TVs, DVD players, radios, computer cords, computers, video game players. If it has a cord, the county's solid waste management department says, bring it - unless it's an appliance. They're not taking those.
They'll also be collecting old books.
For info, check http://co.cumberland.nc.us /Public_Info/news_releases /Third_Annual_Electronic_ Waste_Drive_on_May_11 __04302013.pdf
Q: Is there any chance of a stoplight being installed on Andrews Road at the entrances to the Patriot Park and Inverness subdivisions? There's a hill there and a lot of traffic from the homes and the two schools and the new fire station, and cars are on top of you before you can pull out. - L.B., Fayetteville
A: Sorry, but there's no chance of that at the present time.
There's not enough traffic on the road throughout the day to warrant a stoplight, according to the local office of the N.C. Department of Transportation. There may be a lot of traffic at peak times - when school starts and ends and when people leave for and come home from work. But the traffic volume is relatively light the rest of the day.
The traffic volume would need to be more constant.
To request a stoplight, call 486-1452. DOT would study the amount of traffic at the location and determine from there whether a light was needed.
Q: I have some cell phones that I'd like to give to a charity that supports victims of domestic violence. Can you tell me how to do that? - V.J., Fayetteville
A: Old working cellphones - and their chargers - are welcomed by the local Safe-Link program, which gives the phones to domestic-violence victims so they can call 911 in an emergency. Cellphones can do that even if they're not connected to a service provider.
Phones and chargers can be dropped off at Room 340 of the Cumberland County Courthouse on Dick Street from 8 a.m to 5 p.m. weekdays. For information, call 678-2902, ext. 3.
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INSIDE budget hearings The Mayor presented the 2010 proposed budget to City Council on Friday, September 25. The City Council will conduct three public hearings taking testimony on topics including the Mayor�s proposed budget and proposed revenue sources. Hearing will be held on Wednesday, October 7, Whitman Middle School, Auditorium; Wednesday, October 14, Northwest African-American Museum, Legacy Gallery; and on Monday, October 26, City Hall, Council Chambers, Floor 2. All hearings start at 5:30 p.m., but sign-up begins at 5:00, if you would like to speak. Some email messages received between 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. will be read aloud in Council Chambers at the October 26 hearing, so send your comments to firstname.lastname@example.com. All email messages are retained in a comment file included in the public record. Visit the budget committee site for detailed information. voters' guideLearn all about the candidates and ballot measures in order to make the best choices. Check out the Seattle Voters' Guide for the November 3, 2009 election. The Mayor, four City Council and City Attorney positions will appear on the November ballot, along with the Housing Levy Proposition 1. To get information on county and state issues, go here. You'll learn about candidates' positions on the issues, measures on the ballot, how to request an absentee ballot, early voting, and more. bill schriermakes cover
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"It was a wonderful experience!" "All the volunteers enjoyed it a lot and they are very happy that their time and efforts can make some difference to the local community." "I also would like to thank you for putting all this together! The whole event was greatly organized and went through really well." This was the general response from volunteers pitching in for the annual Day of Caring. Digital Promise held a Day of Caring on September 11, sponsored by United Way, AHMA Northwest, Microsoft, City of Seattle Department of Information Technology and the Philip Evans Scholarship Foundation. Volunteers from these organizations as well as from around the Sound helped out in 12 computer labs and other venues, donating their time and skills to nonprofits. Some of the accomplishments include an upgrade to Office 2007 for 180 computers, operating system upgrades and general repair and cleaning. For information on getting involved next year, contact Erica Ellis or call (206) 461-3644. free accessibility training
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A blaze that continues to burn out of control along the boardwalk in Seaside Park and Seaside Heights is being battled by 400 firefighters from across New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie said during a news conference just feet from the boardwalk.
Christie said 20 businesses have been destroyed, one apartment building was damaged and the flames were stretching from the end of the boardwalk in Seaside Park north to Lincoln Avenue in Seaside Heights, where a 20 foot-deep trench has been dug in an attempt to stop the fire from continuing its destructive trek north.
"The wind just one of the major major problems right now," said Seaside Heights Police Chief Thomas Boyd.
Strong south winds sent the fire whipping up the just-rebuilt boardwalk, which was destroyed during Superstorm Sandy in Oct. 2012.
Power has been shut off to the blocks surrounding the fire, and New Jersey Natural Gas crews were also on scene, as well as the state fire marshall and fire officials from around New Jersey.
In all, 35 engines, 15 ladders and 400 firefighters were on scene, Christie said. They came from as far as Cape May, Burlington and Union counties, though nearly every fire department in Ocean County was playing a part as well.
Water was being pumped directly from Barnegat Bay into fire hoses, Christie said.
Christie pleaded with the public not to enter the area of the fire on foot or by vehicle.
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Christie said he toured the scene before addressing the media.
"I said to my staff, 'I feel like I want to throw up,'" he said.
Firefighters on scene said they expect to continue battling the flames all night long.
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Just a little read on why and what we need ACHI enabled (either in the bios or a driver download)
(This is not my work but thought i'd share it in case like me any one ends up here looking for the info like i did)
What is AHCI ?
AHCI stand for Advance Host Controller Interface. AHCI is a hardware mechanism that allows software to communicate with Serial ATA (SATA) devices (such as host bus adapters) that are designed to offer features not offered by Parallel ATA (PATA) controllers, such as hot-plugging and native command queuing (NCQ). The specification details a system memory structure for computer hardware vendors in order to transfer data between system memory and the device.
Many SATA controllers can enable AHCI either separately or in conjunction with RAID support. Intel recommends choosing RAID mode on their motherboards (which also enables AHCI) rather than the plain AHCI/SATA mode for maximum flexibility, due to the issues caused when the mode is switched once an operating system has already been installed.
AHCI is fully supported out of the box for Microsoft Windows Vista and the Linux operating system from kernel 2.6.19. NetBSD also supports drivers in AHCI mode out of the box in certain versions. Older operating systems require drivers written by the host bus adapter vendor in order to support AHCI.
Advantage of AHCI
Will it slow down my computer
Several websites claim, NCQ (one of AHCI component) will cause performance degradation in single threaded benchmark, but other author claim otherwise. Let put our think hat here.
Their claims might correct at certain extent, but it is hard to prove that those single threaded benchmark will reflect real world application. Nowadays, hard disk is the slowest component in any modern PC (except we are using SSD). Antivirus, firewall, anti-spyware, windows update, background defragmentation, indexing (search), user applications (firefox, word, media player) ; all contribute to super multi-tasking, which I believe NCQ (AHCI) will show it advantage. So, in order to have better understanding on how NCQ (AHCI) could improve system responsiveness, let see what is NCQ actually is.
So, what is NCQ?
In principle, Native Command Queuing is relatively simple. It allows the drive to execute write /read commands that are transmitted randomly in order to optimise the movement of the reading head.
Speed is increased but there is also an impact on power consumption and noise level which is reduced. Of course, applications don't have to work simultaneously and don't have to wait for the previous result to send the next command. This of course isn't always possible. Another possibility in using NCQ is multitasking in the case where you run two very heavy applications simultaneously from the drive point of view.
To better explain this situation, imagine an elevator, in which two people enter simultaneously on the ground floor. The first pushes the 12th floor button and the second the 2nd floor. It would be counterproductive to go to the 12th floor and then to the 2nd floor. The principle of NCQ was already in the ATA norm since 1997 with TCQ (Tagged Command Queuing). This heavier protocol could sometimes lead to significant performance losses in the case of low loads (no or very little command reorganisation to do) and has been integrated in a limited number of controllers. Hitachi supports it on 7K250 drives, like Western and the Raptor WD740GD, while on the chipset side, we can count on NVIDIA but not Intel.
SATA 3.0 Gbits /s defines a new speed of data transmission for the Serial ATA interface. Initially, SATA reached up to 1.5 Gbits /s, which really corresponds to 150 mega-octets per second as 20% of information is dedicated to error correction. The transfer rate is now increased to 300 MB/s but we have to keep in mind that this is the interface speed. It has nothing to do with disc speed alone. At most, cache speed would be affected.
For NCQ to be enabled, it must be supported and turned on in the SATA host bus adapter and in the hard drive itself. The appropriate driver must be loaded into the operating system to enable NCQ on the host bus adapter. Many newer chipsets support the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), which should allow a generic driver supplied by the operating system to control them and enable NCQ. In fact, newer mainstream Linux kernels support AHCI natively. Unfortunately, Windows XP requires the installation of a vendor-specific driver even if AHCI is present on the host bus adapter. Windows Vista corrects this situation by including a generic AHCI driver.
This is how i have my bios set up with AHCI and "As Sata Type" ifyou want blistering lightning speeds then set up your SSD (if you can do it in the bios rather than a driver in windows) then do it! you won't look back.
Haven't had a chance to play with the "AS IDE" all though i hear that it will increase the drives performance.
Here's is the read speeds that i was getting from NOT having it set up as AHCI.
And then the same test after setting up AHCI.
Well i hope you all get the top end performance that these drives from Crucial make, once configured correctly, there an awesome piece of kit. !!
This article is all very nice, thank you, but since an SSD has no spinning platters, why would NCQ make any difference? I'm pretty sure it can't.
That said, *something* made your benchmarks better, so I guess it's a Good Thing.
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This article is all very nice, thank you, but since an SSD has no spinning platters, why would NCQ make any difference? I'm pretty sure it can't.
That said, *something* made your benchmarks better, so I guess it's a Good Thing.
It does. As you've seen. See here for why: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Command_Queuin
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Aha! And thanks for the scary-fast reply!
I've enabled AHCI (after finding the registry patch that I needed to apply, since I installed Win7 without AHCI enabled, so it just rebooted when I tried to enable it), and ran the AS SSD benchmark on it. My M4 128G is now getting ever so slightly better numbers. But better is better, right?
Yeah I'm busy compiling some code so sat lurking on forums when I ought really to be in bed.
I used to think the same thing about NCQ. When you know why it works on spinners it kinda makes sense it wouldn't benefit SSD's but it appears to just be a standard to allow the drive more independant control over what it does I guess and SSD's have found their own way to benefit from it.
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07-10-2012 06:59 PM - edited 07-11-2012 05:21 AM
Not to beat this to death, but I just re-ran Windows Experience Index (I know it's of questionable validity) and my "Disk data transfer rate" went from 7.4 before AHCI to 7.8 after. (And remember that, for whatever weird reason, WEI has a top rating of 7.9!)


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A second day of double sessions, a quick lunch at Ristuccia Arena, and the Bruins' rookies were bound for Coral Springs, Fla., where they'll participate in a 3-game rookie tournament that begins Friday afternoon.
The B's face the Tampa Bay Lightning at 2 p.m. Friday, meet the host Florida Panthers at 4 p.m. Saturday, and then face Nashville Predators at noon Sunday before heading home.
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- Despite the 3-games/3-days format, the Bruins didn't take many extra bodies. Only 22 players (13 forwards, seven defensemen, two goalies), just two over the minimum, are on the trip.
"They do it in the American League, and they do it in (Canadian Major Junior)," said Providence Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy, who'll lead the Bruins' rookies, of the 3-in-3 schedule. "That's going to be the schedule. Some of them will definitely be used to it.
"You hope you don't get a rash of injuries, but if you end up one (player) short, you know what? If I was in their shoes, I'd say 'This is a little bit of extra time, some extra playing time for me to show what I can do.' I don't think any of them would complain about playing more."
-- There's a two-fight maximum per player.
"After your second fight, you're out," Cassidy said. "Your (second) one, if that's what you do, you should make it in the third game, or you're not going to see a lot of ice time."
Cassidy agrees with the concept, reasoning that if the tournament turns into a three-day fight-fest, "it ends up taking away from what you're trying to do – evaluate players." The coach won't instruct his players to keep their gloves on all weekend, though.
"It's part of the game," Cassidy said. "Some guys, if (fighting) is what they're good at, and they can use it to their advantage, then you've got to let them do it, right?
"I think if you ask any coach or GM, when there's a guy out there who brings that element, and plays a good, solid game, it's just another check on the positive side of the ledger."
-- The second day of double sessions, like the first, was devoted largely to teaching the basics of the Bruins' system. Those who played last year for Cassidy have a handle on it, but several players on the rookie roster are unsigned free agents who are tryout candidates.
"We're trying to implement some things, as well, so that (Friday) we don't go out there and have five guys doing five different things on the ice," said Cassidy. "Then, no one's going to look good. If we can at least get them on the same page, and then let their individual talents come through, that's what we're hoping for.
"You kind of jam (teaching the system) into two days, but so do the other teams, I imagine."
-- Goalie Adam Morrison, who sustained a minor leg injury in Wednesday morning's fitness testing run, was able to practice for the second straight day,. and traveled with the team to Florida. Niklas Svedberg, who played last season in Providence, was on stand-by and also practiced with the rookies, but then stuck around to participate in captain's practices with the Bruins' veterans.
Morrison and Malcolm Subban, the Bruins' first-round draft pick in 2012, will share the goaltending duties.
-- Veterans held an informal captain's practice after the rookies used the ice, with center Gregory Campbell the most notable attendee. Campbell, whose season ended June 5 in the Eastern Conference Finals when his right lower leg was fractured by a shot, only recently received medical clearance to begin running and skating.
The Bruins' main camp opens on Wednesday, Sept. 11.
Mike Loftus has covered the Bruins for longer than he can remember. He uses his blog to keep tabs on them, but he also likes to get outside the Garden to cover other hockey stories. "One of the coolest things about covering hockey in this area is the number of players who take the game past the high school/prep level," he says, "many in the hopes of one day reaching the pro level."


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Electronic Eligibility Verification Toolkit
Did you know your practice can realize nearly $4,000 in cost savings per physician by using electronic eligibility verification?
Save money, reduce time, and improve service with electronic eligibility verificationHow much time and money does your practice devote to verifying patients' insurance eligibility and policy coverage? How much time does your staff spend on the phone with health insurers and other payers, waiting for responses, and filling out forms? If your answer is "too much," electronic or electronic data interchange (EDI) health care eligibility requests and responses may be the solution. By adopting this method, your practice can:
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- Apply your staff's valuable time and energy to revenue-enhancing activities, instead of spending time making phone calls to health insurers
- Save thousands of dollars per physician each year
Cost of handling paper eligibility verification: $3.70 x 1,250 = $4,625
Cost of handling electronic eligibility verification: $0.74 x 1,250 = $925
Average annual savings from electronic eligibility verification per physician: ≈$3,700*
* Based on an annual average of 1,250 verifications submitted for a single physician. Source: Milliman, Inc., "Electronic Transaction Savings Opportunities for Physician Practices." Technology and Operations Solutions. Revised: Jan. 2006
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By eliminating significant parts of the manual processes in an office's routine, physicians can free their practice staff to perform other revenue-enhancing functions. Access the following educational resources "Information technology solutions: consider the potential savings" and determine your practice's potential savings.
Access the AMA resource "Understanding the HIPAA standard transactions: The HIPAA Transaction and Code Set rule" for an overview of electronic health care transactions.
What is the purpose of the Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 5010 270/271 health care eligibility benefit inquiry and response transactions (eligibility request and response), and the enhanced patient benefit and financial information being made available by the transactions?
Access an archived webinar, "Electronic eligibility request and response: Much more than 'Yes, the patient is eligible," which discusses the use and value of the enhanced eligibility request and response transactions.
Why adopt and use the full suite of electronic health care transactions? View the archived webinar Beyond the Claim: HIPAA 5010 Administrative Simplification Opportunities to Positively Impact your Revenue Cycle Management to learn more.
- What are the eligibility operating rules, and how do these rules enhance electronic eligibility verification? The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) required all covered entities to support requirements of the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE) Operating Rules by January 1, 2013. Many health insurers already support the CAQH/CORE Phase I & II Operating Rule requirements. These operating rules enhance the information you receive from an electronic eligibility request. Access "What you need to know about electronic eligibility verification" to learn more about which requirements are included in the HIPAA-mandated operating rules.
- How can your practice use the information from an electronic eligibility response? The HIPAA-mandated Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 270/271 health care eligibility benefit inquiry and response transactions (eligibility request and response) and operating rules will benefit your practice in its effort to collect payment from patients at the point of care. The enhanced standards and operating rules for electronic eligibility verification provide your practice with robust financial information such as copayments, coinsurance, and patient-specific remaining deductible, which can be used to calculate accurate point of care price estimations for patients so that your practice can collect from patients at the time of service.
"Considerations for processing electronic transactions in the physician practice" offers specific scenarios of how your practice might adopt electronic transactions, and provides additional considerations for your specific situation.
- "Questions to ask a health insurer before enrolling in an electronic transactions program" outlines key issues with using electronic transactions that you need to carefully consider.
- "Questions to ask a billing service before enrolling in an electronic transactions program" provides key questions to discuss with your billing service to understand how it can assist you in using electronic transactions.
- "Questions to ask a clearinghouse before enrolling in an electronic transactions program" provides key questions to discuss whether your clearinghouse provides satisfactory functionality for electronic transactions.
Visit www.ama-assn.org/go/payerpolicies to access online resources from health insurers to help you move towards practice automation.
The suite of electronic health care transactions are designed to work together to create greater efficiencies for both physicians and health insurers. By adopting an integrated approach to using the electronic health care transactions, information gained from one transaction becomes useful information in the next transaction.
- Did you know that the increased use of electronic health care transactions in your practice, such as the electronic eligibility benefit inquiry and response transactions, has the potential to save physicians and health insurers nearly $30 billion per year? [1]
Access this case study to learn more about the savings your practice can experience using electronic health care transactions.
[1] U.S. Healthcare Efficiency Index, www.ushealthcareindex.com


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Everyone's favorite concentrated-liquid clothes remover is tequila, but what if there were another way to wake up feeling hungover and ashamed? Mezcal is similar to this well-known liquor but can come from various varieties of the agave cactus, unlike tequila, which only comes from the blue agave. Mezcal in San Jose boasts a good selection of its eponymous liquor, along with traditional Oaxacan food. Oaxacan native Adolfo Gomez owns the place, and his brother cooks the food, so the food and drink are authentic.
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I ran this course in 2012. It was very well organized, started on time. Aid stations where well stocked and the volunteers were attentive and knowledgeable. The course, running along the Potomac, was beautiful. The hills were challenging and the course muddy but it was an unexpected gem in the urban landscape that Northern Virginia is becoming. The post race party had plenty of food for all finishers. They even had a water truck for cleaning the mud off our shoes. Great race and highly recommended.
This was my first marathon and while it was put together very well, I don't recommend it to beginners. The starting area was all decked out by North Face and other vendors and had a very energetic vibe. However, I don't think many of the marathon runners knew what they were getting themselves in for. It was well advertised that the water stops were only spaced out every 6-7 miles, with a few more closer together towards the end. So most people had camelbacks or bottle packs to ferry water. That wasn't the surprise. The surprise was that the course was only about a foot wide for most of it and extremely uneven with muddy sections and horseshoe prints that you could roll your ankles in. The course was described as fast and flat, with a few quick hills. These quick hills were so steep, you could practically crawl up the trail. It was described as 'single track' so we shouldn't have been too surprised, but there were stretches where you literally couldn't pass someone without having to step into 5 foot grasses with nettles, which stung me several times during the race. At one point around mile 4, there was a stream too wide to jump. So you ran the 22 miles with wet feet which was...unpleasant. Compounding the difficulty, it was an out and back course shared with a 50k and 50mile race that were all going on at the same time, so you had to spend a lot of time dodging off the trail as they were coming back the opposite direction. They staggered the races so that they would all finish somewhat at the same time which was understandable. However, it meant starting the marathon at 9am in June. It got very hot, very fast and slowed everyone down. I think they could have put 1 hour between race start times to get the marathon started at a more reasonable time for a race that time of year. Just an idea. Not really any room for spectators except at the turnpoint and finish line, but they were very enthusiastic and helpful. Food and drinks were plentiful at the stops with sports drink, gels, fruit and more. The staff at those stops were fantastic. The finish line was a big party considering it was a relatively small event. Around 1000 runners if you include the 50k and 50 mile. Nice Tech shirts with a silk screening booth so you could get your shirt customized at the end of the race, and tents with hot meals and massages. This isn't an event I would recommend to anyone wanting to get a PR, because you won't. But if you really want to see how far you can push yourself, this race is for you. It is after all and 'Endurance Challenge.' Just dress like you would for a tough muddier race as opposed to a marathon. Overall, I would do it again, but I would train very differently.
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I watched, made notes, and reviewed your lesson on pot roasts numerous times.
I used a 2.5 pound piece of choice brisket, pre-seared it, and then braised it in the oven at 225 degrees. I turned it hourly. After ten hours braising, it is still not fork tender.
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GeorgeannGood, But Not Worth The $$Honestly, the straightener was good, but I really don't think it was worth the high-end price tag. I think I actually paid $130 for mine. It worked okay and I think I convinced myself it worked better than my last one (an $80 straightener from a mall kiosk) to justify spending more. It's been less than 18 months and it already broke. I don't think I should have to re-buy a $130 straightener every year. I got a $99 Chi Air this time and and am much happier with it than I was with the Sedu, plus it has a 2 year warranty so I know it'll last longer as well.posted May 5, 2010Link to this post
BrandonWorks Great But Breaks EasilyThis hair straightener is probably the best straightener I have ever used but the cord got cut a little bit and now it does not even work.posted May 3, 2010Link to this post
AllisaHairDry HairIt Works Wondersss :)I always felt like I had the worst hair. People have bad hair days..I had bad hair months!! I got my hair permanently straightened twice, so I kind of deserved it. I straightened it with my old straightener, and by the time I reached school, my hair always got back to its ridiculous,frizzy,wavy state. It sucked all my confidence :( I always thought the problem was my hair, not the straightener! Then,I read the reviews of sedu at folica, I was amazed to hear its results. But I was too scared to spend so much. I took almost a month to make my mind, and finally I ordered it. Trust me, it works wonders!!! It makes my hair look super straight,super soft and really healthy. My hair stays the same even in most humid weather. I am so happy I gave it a try. It changed my life for good! I wonder how I survived before it :) If you are planning on buying a straightener,Go for sedu..you will never regret it!! This will be your best hair investment :)posted May 1, 2010Link to this post
LonSedu Flat Iron Is OkI've been having my solia flat iron for five years now. I like it a lot; it really worked.I thought it was loosing some performance, so I decided it was time to purchase a new one, so I bought the sedu flat iron, 1 1/2", just for a change. It's OK. It didn't do anything different than a regular flat iron would do. I like my solia one better.posted Apr 30, 2010Link to this post
LonHairGreyCurly HairShort HairWorks Well-easy To UseBought for myself-Am 53 years old with short curly grey hair and an 11 year old girl with shoulder length straight blond hair. Works great for both of us. She uses it to add a little body and shape to her hair and I use it to style some straight bangs. Very quick and effective!posted Apr 30, 2010Link to this post
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David Pogue Why the World Doesn't Need Hi-Def DVD's WHEN did you first become cynical about the electronics industry? Was it when VHS went out of style, and you had to buy all your movies again on DVD? Was it the time(s) you never got the rebate you mailed away for? Or was it when your computer's 90-day warranty expired, and the thing croaked two days later? Doesn't matter. As it turns out, you didn't even know the meaning of the word cynical. This month, Toshiba's HD-A1 high-definition DVD player hit store shelves. It's the first marketplace volley in an absurd and pointless format war among the titans of the movie, electronics and computer industries. Just contemplating the rise of a new DVD format is enough to make you feel played. What's wrong with the original DVD format, anyway? It offers brilliant picture, thundering surround sound and bonus material. The catalog of DVD movies is immense and reasonably priced. And DVD players are so cheap, they practically fall out of magazines; 82 percent of American homes have at least one DVD player. To electronics executives, all of this can mean only one thing: It's time to junk that format and start over. Of course, the executives don't explain this decision by saying, "Because we've saturated the market for regular DVD players." Instead, they talk about video and picture quality. A DVD picture offers much better color and clarity than regular TV, but not as good as high-definition TV. The new discs hold far more information, enough to display Hollywood's masterpieces in true high definition (if you have a high-definition TV, of course). UNFORTUNATELY, this idea occurred simultaneously to both Sony and Toshiba. Each dreamed up its own format for a high-def DVD. Each then assembled an army of partners. Toshiba's format, called HD-DVD, has attracted Microsoft, Sanyo, NEC and movie studios like New Line and Universal. Sony's format, called Blu-ray, has in its camp Apple, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Pioneer, Dell and movie studios like Sony, 20th Century Fox and Disney. (Some companies, like HP, LG, Warner Brothers and Paramount, intend to create products for both formats.) The new DVD players will play standard DVD's, but that's as far as the compatibility good news goes. Movies in Toshiba's format won't play in DVD players from Sony's side, and vice versa. At first, pundits guessed that Sony's Blu-ray format might win, because it had signed up so many more movie studios, its discs have greater capacity, and the PlayStation 3, expected to top best-seller lists this fall, will double as a Blu-ray player. But Toshiba has two aces up its sleeve. First, its first HD-DVD player is available now, giving it a head start; Blu-ray players aren't expected until the end of June. Second, this new player, the HD-A1, costs $500 half the price of the cheapest Blu-ray deck. The HD-A1 is a pretty big box: 17.7 by 13.3 by 4.3 inches, more like an early VCR than a sleek modern DVD player. The $500 isn't the only price you pay for being an insanely early adopter; this baby is slow really slow. It takes over a minute just to turn on; menus are sometimes slow to respond; and a newly inserted DVD takes 45 seconds just to get to the F.B.I. warning. (And no, even the brave new DVD format doesn't let you skip over that tiresome warning.) The remote is a disaster; its buttons are identically shaped and illogically placed. Not only are they not illuminated, but their labels are painted on faintly and in what must be 4-point type. (A sibling model, the HD-XA1, adds minor goodies like a backlit remote for $300 more.) Finally, though, the movie begins and your shield of cynicism begins to waver. As you watch the brilliant colors, super-black blacks and ridiculously sharp detail up to six times the resolution of a standard DVD you realize that you've never seen anything quite this cinematic-looking in your home before. Even high-definition TV doesn't look this good; the amount of information HD-DVD pumps to your screen dwarfs what you get from high-def satellite or cable (36 megabits a second maximum, versus 19 or less). You need a big screen to benefit from all this picture data, however. The impact of the extra detail begins to evaporate at screen sizes below, say, 35 inches. Even on a small screen, though, you don't have to interrupt the movie to open the DVD menu (to get access to settings and extras); on a high-def DVD, the menu appears at the bottom or side of the screen as the movie continues to play. That feature makes it quick and easy to turn on subtitles during a mumbled scene, for example, or to tune in the director's commentary track without losing your place. I watched six beautifully made HD-DVD movies from Warner and Universal, including the gut-churning "Training Day" and a spectacular "Apollo 13." (It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it.) I quickly concluded that the new on-screen menu system makes the old DVD-menu system look confusing and crude in comparison. The new DVD generation is supposed to offer several other sophisticated features. For example, director and actor commentaries can now include video, not just audio (the director appears in a small picture-in-picture window). Similarly, the A1's built-in Ethernet jack is supposed to let you connect to the Internet for interactive features. No movies in the first wave include any of these goodies, however. (Shades of the Camera Angle feature that was supposed to be available on movies in the original DVD format? You decide.) 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(Most studios have said that they won't "down-res" those jacks, at least at first; they can begin doing so at any time, however.) The fine print also includes cautions that the A1 contains a fan (though it's mercifully quiet), that your TV may require tweaking to tame the more intense HD-DVD colors, and that the DVD extras are not, generally speaking, in high definition. Over all, though, the A1 does deliver the spectacular picture and sound promised by Toshiba. Should you buy one, then? Not unless you're an early-adopter masochist with money to burn. Reason 1: The average person can see the difference in picture quality, but only on a big, high-def screen, preferably side by side with a standard DVD signal. The leap forward is nowhere as great as it was from, say, VHS to DVD. Reason 2: For a brand-new technology, the A1 is a reasonably priced razor but it's got a serious blade shortage. 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MOST people don't even yet own a tv with the kind of resolution that would benefit from HD DVD or BluRay. And it's going to continue to be that way until broadcasters can come up with a standard.
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People buying 27+ inch TV's today are going HD. But there are plenty of people out there with old TV's. TV's aren't cheap and they last a long time. That's the main problem. Also the early HDTV adopters are screwed since they need the newer HDMI ports. In 10 years we'll all be using either Blu-ray or HD-DVD but that's a long ways off. And who knows, by then Blockbuster may be streaming movies into our homes, eliminating the need for physical media altogether. |
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Crappy resolution, but it gets the job done. Seeing as I'm on the 20 year education plan (aka graduate school), I don't think I'll be investing in any new tech for a while.
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Early adopters always get screwed. That is the 'tax' of being an early adopter. I, for one, am holding out until 1080p becomes more prevalent and affordable. How long has the DVD medium lasted? Ten years now? In ten years HD-DVD and Blu-Ray should be coming to the end of it's usefulness. If you haven't noticed, Apple is just inches away from adding movies to the ITMS if the studios get on board, and TiVo just partnered with Blockbuster to soon begin streaming movies. There's another thing out there right now called Movie Beam, that'll do the same thing.
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