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Betz cells are pyramidal cell neurons located within the fifth layer of the grey matter in the primary motor cortex. They are named after Vladimir Alekseyevich Betz, who described them in his work published in 1874. [1] These neurons are some of the largest in the central nervous system, sometimes reaching 100 μm in diameter.[2] Betz cells send their axons down to the spinal cord where in humans they synapse directly with anterior horn cells, which in turn synapse directly with their target muscles. While Betz cells have one apical dendrite typical to pyramidal neurons, they have more primary dendritic shafts, and these do not leave the soma only at basal angles but rather branch out from almost any point asymmetrically.[3] These perisomatic and basal dendrites project into all cortical layers, but most of their horizontal arbors populate layers V and VI, some reaching down into the white matter.[4] According to one study, Betz cells represent about 10% of the total pyramidal cell population in layer Vb of the human primary motor cortex.[5]
- ↑ Betz W. (1874) Anatomischer Nachweis zweier Gehirncentra. Centralblatt für die medizinischen Wissenschaften. 12:578-580, 595-599.
- ↑ Nolte, J. The Human Brain, 5th ed. Mosby: Missouri; 2002, p.527. ISBN 0-323-01320-1
- ↑ Braak H, Braak E. (1976) The pyramidal cells of Betz within the cingulate and precentral gigantopyramidal field in the human brain. A Golgi and pigmentarchitectonic study. Cell Tissue Res. 172(1):103-19. PMID 991201
- ↑ Meyer G. (1987) Forms and spatial arrangement of neurons in the primary motor cortex of man. J Comp Neurol 262:402–428. PMID 3655019
- ↑ Rivara CB, Sherwood CC, Bouras C, Hof PR. (2003) Stereologic characterization and spatial distribution patterns of Betz cells in the human primary motor cortex. Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol. 270(2):137-51. PMID 12524689 free fulltext article (PDF) Extended HTML version
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Consumers can Purchase an Unlocked Phone
In many cases, consumers can purchase unlocked phones outright. You can purchase them from a number of different sources, including importers. And many do. This opens up a LOT of options related to carriers and pay-as-you-go-plans. For example, you can get on a plan without purchasing a phone, but carriers don't always make it easy, nor do they like to do this.
The one thing you have to remember when working with a new unlocked phone i.e. one you're purchasing for use right now is you're not (necessarily) going to pay for the device over the life of your contract but your up front costs will be higher. However, you will likely save money over the usable life of the device.
How to Activate Your Unlocked Phone
There's a big problem with moving a phone between networks, especially in the U.S.: Different carriers use different network technologies and frequencies. You can't move a CDMA phone (from Verizon, for instance) to a GSM network (like T-Mobile's). Even LTE networks aren't directly interchangeable. As a general matter, unlocked phones work best with GSM phones on GSM networks. In such cases it's a fairly simple matter of swapping SIM cards. LTE networks also use SIM cards, but the networks use different bands and frequency ranges.
Apple unlocked iPhone won't work on CDMA, so don't think you'll take it to Verizon. Apple's site is somewhat cryptic about LTE support; on the one hand, it says it "only works on supported GSM networks," on the other hand it points you to a list of carriers that support iPhones on LTE. The intimation is that it can be programmed to work on different LTE networks, but we haven't tried this and don't know if it can be done.
The unlocked iPhone only works on supported GSM networks, such as AT&T in the U.S. When you travel internationally, you can also use a nano-SIM card for iPhone 5 from a local GSM carrier. The unlocked iPhone 5 is model A1428. For details on LTE support see www.apple.com/iphone/LTE. The unlocked iPhone will not work with CDMA carriers such as Verizon Wireless or Sprint. Learn more about the unlocked iPhone
Be that as it may, all four major carriers have slightly different, and in some cases complex policies regarding unlocked phones. Overall GSM networks tended to be more willing to work with customers with unlocked phones probably because SIM cards make changing carriers relatively straightforward. Because CDMA technology makes phones less reliable when brought to another carrier, CDMA network providers are willing to work with unlocked phones, but cautioned us that there may be problems. We talked with the four big carriers in the U.S. about their specific policies.
A spokesperson at GSM-based AT&T said in an email to BYTE that the carrier allows unlocking a smartphone under the following circumstances: "...if a customer's account is in good standing, and that the device can't be associated with a "current and active term commitment." The spokesperson went on to clarify, "[the customer] needs to have fulfilled their contract term, upgraded under one of our upgrade policies or paid an early termination fee. The statement also said AT&T is "happy" to sell a SIM card to a customer with an unlocked GSM phone.
BYTE's Steve Brier unlocked his AT&T iPhone. Click here to read about this adventure.
Interestingly enough, CDMA-based Verizon doesn't lock its phones in the U.S., a spokesperson told BYTE in an email. Internationally, it's another story. Verizon has "specific polices for international unlocking," the spokesperson said, and "is prohibited from locking phones in the 700Mhz spectrum." The issue, according to the company, stems from copyright law and "...isn't something that will change our policies or practices at all we don't lock our phones domestically..." the spokesperson wrote.
A spokesperson at GSM-based T-Mobile told BYTE in an email that customers should thoroughly understand the company's policy. Although different policies and specific details apply for each type of plan, generally customers who wish to unlock their phones must be in good standing, have paid for their device and have fulfilled any contractual obligations to the company.
With regards to bringing unlocked phones to the T-Mobile network, the company said it welcomes the practice but recommends customers contact their phone's manufacturer to request the unlock code for their device, according to the spokesperson.
Sprint, a CDMA network, locks phones it sells, claiming that the company does so to "... protect many of a device's features and functions against tampering and unauthorized re-programming," a spokesperson said in an email to BYTE. Sprint will provide customers with the device's "Master Subsidy Lock Code," a string of numbers required to unlock a device, once a contract term is complete and so long as the customer is in good standing.
Sprint is reluctantly willing to activate devices that are unlocked and from another network, the company spokesperson said, adding the caveat that while voice may function, other features and services may not.
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Nexus S and Android 2.3 Review: Gingerbread for the Holidaysby Brian Klug on 12/14/2010 4:08 PM EST
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tipoo - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkHTC then Samsung, I wonder who will be next to make a Nexus phone...Motorola, maybe? I think they went with Samsung this round because they have the most capable processor right now. Reply
blueF - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkWell the benchmarks show that the current iteration of the snapdragon are on par if not better than hummingbird. I think they chose Samsung for a few reasons, with the most important being they are the OEM of the best amoled screens available. Honestly I would have preferred another HTC nexus due to the superior phone shell. The galaxy phones and their stupid right side lock button is close to a deal breaker for me. Also the head phone jack on the bottom is beyond stupid. Reply
vol7ron - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkThis was me during this article:
"Nexus S... yes, yes.. good stuff. Whoah! Look at that myTouch!"
Can't wait to see that myTouch review, thanks for putting those figures up there. Reply
deputc26 - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - linkHmmm where'd the page load times for popular websites vs. other leading phones go?
That and battery life are the most relevant benchmarks as to whether or not I buy a phone. Reply
tipoo - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkYeah, the 1 definitely was constructed better. Reply
OscarGoldman - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - link"the head phone jack on the bottom is beyond stupid. "
Nope, not when the thing lacks an audio line out (which IS stupid). With the jack on the bottom, they can at least make a dock to drop the phone into in your car. That's a lot better than having to plug in a wire that's dangling across your dashboard, every time you want to listen to music.
Reviews need to call these phone manufacturers out for failing to provide an audio line out on the bottom of every phone. Even with the headphone jack on the bottom, you still have to screw around with two volume controls; the one on the phone, and the car radio. And you're running everything through the crappy headphone amp on the phone. Reply
tiredad - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - linkI'm a little confused by so many reviews being against the jack placement; usually giving the lame reason that it's not what everybody else does. You think Apple thinks that way?
I look at my phone to select a track etc. and then i put it in my pocket upside down so the placement is perfect. Not that this is much of a serious matter.
BTW since this is my first post i have to thank this site for providing the most consistent, unbiased and professional reviews i've found to date. When i read a review i want the facts and opinions separated and i don't want any pro one company or another and that's what you give... so cheers guys. Reply
daveloft - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - linkI prefer the connectors at top so I can throw my phone in the cup holder and not have to put it in upside down. Reply
steven75 - Thursday, December 16, 2010 - linkLack of line-out is one of those things that would be hard to give up if I decided to move from iOS to another mobile OS.
I use my iPhone for audio in the car at least twice daily and having line-out audio and charge capability through a single cable is simply awesome.
My stock radio even allows adjusting the level of the aux-in (separate from the volume) so that it matches the volume of all the other sources.
Unfortunately Bluetooth is still a sub-par solution because although you don't need any cables, sound is still inferior quality and you kill your battery on anything but a very short trip. Reply
daveloft - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - linkThose benchmarks you refer to are probably Quadrant and the reason why a Snapdragon device like the G2 performs better than the Galaxy S was because it had 2.2 while the Galaxy S had 2.1.
Also Quadrant scores are heavily influenced by file system speed. The file system on the G2 is much better than the Galaxy S. This why you see so many Galaxy S users applying lag fixes which change the file system. When Galaxy S devices use the lag fix to swap the file system for something like EXT4, their Quadrant scores jump by as much as 50%. Throw in 2.2 or 2.3 and you get the highest scoring device available. Reply
metafor - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - linkThat's a bit misleading. There are a few versions of the "lagfix" around and not all of them simply change the filesystem. A bunch actually turn on memory caching, which essentially uses DRAM to cache disk IO.
This is what causes the gigantic jump in Quadrant scores you see. In reality, while the fileIO portion of quadrant does artificially lower the Galaxy S's end-score, it's nowhere near by the amount many who apply the patch sees. Reply
daveloft - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - linkI'm running 2.2 which boosted my score from 800 - 1100.
I also use a lagfix to change my file system to EXT4 which boosted my score from 1100 - 1600.
It's by no means misleading. I know there's lots of other lagfixes and optimizations and custom kernels. It doesn't take away from my point that Quadrant is heavily influenced by file system and as a result of running a different file system on my Galaxy S I a significantly boost in my score. Reply
daveloft - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - linkThe people touting their 2000 plus scores on their Galaxy S are the ones likely doing what you said. But again that comes back to my point that modifying your phone for better IO performance will make your Quadrant score significantly better and any device with really fast storage will benefit from a high Quadrant score. This will lead people to say that the Snapdagron chip is better. Reply
metafor - Thursday, December 16, 2010 - linkA lot of people make a lot of claims without isolating the chip. I remember the "A4 vs Snapdragon" and all the wild conjecture that went into that.
As for the original comment, I think at least the 45nm Snapdragons are comparable, almost indistinguishable from the current gen Hummingbirds. With the exception of perhaps the FP/SIMD performance -- which no programs today use anyway.
One thing I would like to see is someone try to test these chips for power usage in isolation. A Hall-style current monitor and an integrating voltage monitor should be sufficient to know just how much power these chips use. Of course that means taking the device apart and still have it operating. Reply
zorxd - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkWorks just fine here with android 2.2. WPA2+PEAP+MSchapv2 Reply
Brian Klug - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkSo I think the story with the Nexus One was that it was working in 2.2, but disappeared in 2.2.1. I know that for some months now I've been unable to authenticate with that same network with the Nexus One.
Some of the other devices have better WPA supplicants too I guess.
-Brian Reply
Shadowmaster625 - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkIf you phone is laying on a book, the camera lens is about 3 mm away from the page and the viewing angle is about 3 of those letters. Not to mention there is no light getting under there. So how can the screen be showing all those characters? Reply
Brian Klug - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkOh so when I took that photo, I was worried someone would be misled, apologies, didn't mean to confuse. I just took a photo a few inches from the page, then set it as the wallpaper, then snapped the picture.
What's being shown isn't camera input. ;)
-Brian Reply
sabrewulf - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - link"Things like scrollback and sending cursor commands in connectbot (arguably Android's best SSH application) simply require having some directional controls - there's no virtual keyboard with arrow keys. "
Using the Swype keyboard, if you swype from the swype button to the sym button and release, you are given a virtual keyboard with arrow keys, pgup/dn, home/end, and a few other functions. Reply
Brian Klug - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkOh wow, I totally missed that in Swype. Awesome tip!
-Brian Reply
Manabu - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - linkFor who write in japanese, the Simeji keyboard loads by default in a mode with arrows, buttons for cut & paste, etc. Reply
evan919 - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkYou guys write some of the best mobile reviews on the web.
About the GPS performance. GPS w/ WiFi location works well on my Galaxy S Captivate. However, relying on standalone GPS is where the problems come. Is there a way you can just use standalone GPS on the Nexus S and report back on GPS performance using Google Navigation? Reply
Brian Klug - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkAwesome to hear, glad you enjoy them!
So I just turned WiFI-augmented location services off, reset the phone (powercycled), and then fired up GPS test in my office. It took under 10 seconds to get full 3D GPS fix and seems completely fine SNR-wise. Looks good to me.
-Brian Reply
HMTK - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkAnd how good does this thing sync with Exchange? I'm getting a new smartphone and if 2.3 is a lot better than 2.2, I'll wait. Reply
blueF - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkGreat review Brian. I always wait for the anandtech reviews before making a decision on buying a phone. Also I was wondering if the Nexus S has a gorilla glass screen. I have so far been unable to find any reliable info on that. Reply
Brian Klug - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkSo I've been trying to find out whether the Nexus S has gorilla glass myself, but haven't found anything definite. I'll update if I do find out, however ;)
-Brian Reply
tjcioffe - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkswype's keyboard has arrow keys. swipe from the swype symbol to the SYM key right next to it. Reply
vshah - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkhave you considered running battery life tests without task killers running? if android is constantly restarting processes only to have them killed by the task killer, it could be skewing results. if you ran the numbers without the task killer, i'd like to see those. is that standard practice for all android battery life tests?
Thanks for the review...i'm still not sure whether or not I should upgrade from my N1 Reply
Brian Klug - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkSo system panel doesn't constantly kill tasks like other task killers. I kill everything before I start the test, allow things to launch again, and then unplug them from the power and the test begins.
We've been pretty consistent doing this for all of our Android battery life tests. ;)
-Brian Reply
vol7ron - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkThat's good to know, I thought this was a new scanner feature of the phone. Thanks for clarifying. Reply
ltcommanderdata - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkI asked this in the previous LG Optimus 7 review and didn't get an answer. I was wondering if your benchmarks for the iPhone and iPad have been updated to use iOS 4.2.1? iOS 4.2.1 introduces Safari 5 compared to Safari 4 in the previous iOS 4.1 so I was interested in seeing what performance benefits there are. Reply
Brian Klug - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkOh interesting, I haven't updated them but will do so soon. I don't know if they'll go into this review, but definitely in the myTouch 4G and LG Optimus One pieces that are coming shortly. Thanks for pointing that out.
-Brian Reply
Brian Klug - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkThere we go, I've updated the web synthetics graphs (Brmark and Sunspider 0.9) with numbers from iOS 4.2.1. Looks like Brmark saw a nice jump, but Sunspider did virtually nothing.
-Brian Reply
DigitalFreak - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkI'd be all over a Nexus if they made one with CDMA and either WiMax or LTE. Reply
ltcommanderdata - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkThanks for the quick response.
Just a question on the charts. They mention the older iOS version as 4.2 while the newer one is iOS 4.2.1. Were the older results actually iOS 4.2 since I don't believe that was publicly released. They went directly from iOS 4.1 to iOS 4.2.1. Reply
Brian Klug - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkOops you're right. I got confused thinking - hmm, what's last the version of iOS I was running - since I played around with the beta for a while. Fixed now ;)
-Brian Reply
evan919 - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkAwesome, thanks! Reply
sprockkets - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkHe took the video with an iphone. Kinda ironic ;) Reply
samven786 - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkI was wondering did your nexus s had any random shutdowns? This is known issue on the captivate and the vibrant. Reply
Brian Klug - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkThus far no, it's been speedy consistently. I've been using it (somewhat brutally) nonstop since mid-Friday. I haven't seen it grind to a halt yet.
-Brian Reply
Alexstarfire - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkI've never heard of that despite owning a Captivate and spending quite a bit of time over in the Captivate forums on the XDA site. Reply
samven786 - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - linkAlexstarfire how long have you owned a captivate?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=7... Reply
Segnaro - Thursday, December 16, 2010 - linkOnly time my phone randomly shut down was when I was using a 3rd party kernel. Reply
Murst - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkThe samsung focus on the chart comparing the phones.... it also has a super amoled... Reply
Brian Klug - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkFixed! Thanks!
-Brian Reply
GTO_GUY05 - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkJust curious as to why the Droid X included in the benchmarks is still running Andorid 2.1? Is there anyway to get some updated benchmarks with the Droid X running 2.2? Reply
SoulShadow - Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - linkGreat article but this part is bothering me..
I use Swype on my Droid 1 and it has directional keys on a secondary keyboard, swyping from the the Swype key to the Sym key will bring up a directional pad with delete, backspace, backspace whole word and a bunch of other features, just thought i'd add that in :) Reply
Yomi - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - linkI'm likely to finally join the smartphone crowd with a Nexus S, so I've been following the news. This is by FAR the best review. Well done.
On the topic of the phone, sure the Nexus S isn't cutting edge hardware, but for someone who owns a dumb phone it doesn't look like a bad choice at all. No HSPA+ where I live and unlikely to come soon. Already with T-Mobile, but haven't been on a contract for years. Going to go no contract with this I think. Reply
sabrewulf - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - linkGlad to help. I found it useful for the exact same reason you mentioned (connectbot) Reply
Starcub - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - linkThe spec sheets say that the Nexus S has an FM radio but no RDS support for it. Were you able to test it? Is FM radio support still missing in Gingerbread, if so, would it be possible to download a third party app for it w/o having to hack the kernel or ROM?
I don't know how AMOLED screens work, but in the world of LCD's blacks are not any less power hungry than whites. Moreover the animations would require processing power, so they're shooting themselves in the foot with those, especially with that wallpaper where the animation appears to serve no useful function. Reply
metafor - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - linkAMOLED's emit light from each subpixel (diode). When it's displaying black, it simply doesn't emit any light. This results in true black; which is why you see their black level at 0.
This comes with some limitations, of course, compared to LCD displays. One particular drawback is lack of great bright levels as well as readability in sunlight.
They also take more power when all the individual subpixels are lit up. Reply
Chloiber - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - linkAlltough I really don't like most of the smartphones from Samsung (just too much cheap plastic), I really liked the review (and the video).
I'm really looking forward to Gingerbread - finally smooth Animations. You can already have those, but only with a good custom ROM. Gingerbread + custom ROM will rock the house! :-) Reply
Guspaz - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - linkI really hope that the phone number (1-408-505-xxxx) on page 6 is not a real phone number... Reply
tpurves - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - linkInteresting to see how little difference the 21MBits/s hspa+ made in your tests.
On Canadian HSPA+ 21 networks I've seen speed tests as much as 13 Megabits/sec down and 1.2-1.6 up. That's fast! and nearly twice your measured speeds. Bear in mind those speeds where achieved with a USB 3G adapter not a handset.
http://wirelessnorth.ca/2010/05/24/rogers-21-6mbs-... Reply
spaceboy33 - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - linkAny idea when the mytouch 4g review will be posted? Currently trying to decide between these two phones and another review as detailed as this one would be a big help. Reply
Ullteppet - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - linkFirst off, you guys deliver the hands down most thorough articles and reviews the internet has ever seen - and we're ever grateful for your unbiased, hard effort, keep it up!
I didn't fully get the video recording though. First page table says it has 720p, but the camera pages states it lacks 720p. Is the table wrong or does it only reflect the potential of the camera, since the limitation seems to be in gingerbread? Reply
Brian Klug - Thursday, December 16, 2010 - linkOops, you're indeed correct. The Nexus S lacks 720P video recording, at least out of the box with stock 2.3. I'm sure it'll be added in by the XDA-Devs within a few days at max.
-Brian Reply
sicofante - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - linkI know you're an American site and that Americans don't care that much about the biggest phone maker in the world (Nokia). However, since this is published in the worldwide web I believe your comparisons would be more useful to your worldwide audience if you included the newest phones from Nokia, such as the N8 or C7. Reply
ojisama - Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - linkI've also been refreshing the main page to see a review of N8 before Christmas, but apparently getting the review out in the time span between the release of the phone in October and Christmas was impossible. (Well, technically the article could still come out before xmas, but now it's too late to get the phone...)
Well, apparently there will be an update for the phone soon, so hopefully this will be installed and tested before the article is released... Reply
rcocchiararo - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - linkSwype has arrow keys
Swyping forom "swype button" to "sym button" takes you to that keyboard. Reply
Zingam - Thursday, December 16, 2010 - linkI agree I have a nokia and the phone jack is on the top side. I have wished many times that it is on the bottom Reply
cece74 - Thursday, December 16, 2010 - linkI also miss the trackball on my Galaxy S.
But I now use Swiftkey , a pretty good keyboard, and it also have arrow keys (press "123" then symbols : {&= key) to see it. Reply
JimmiG - Thursday, December 16, 2010 - linkBasically a Galaxy S (which was basically a Nexus One with a better screen and faster GPU), with a few extra features, unlike the Nexus One which was pretty revolutionary for its time.
Of course, the Nexus One isn't even a year old, which isn't such a long time.. but sometimes it feels like the N1 was released in another decade considering how fast things have moved. I hope the Nexus 3 or whatever at least as a dual-core out-of-order CPU and other improvements. Reply
blueF - Thursday, December 16, 2010 - linkWell I purchased my Nexus S, and am very pleased with the phone. Scrolling is not as smooth as I was lead to believe, but still glad I purchased one. Reply
bobshute - Thursday, December 16, 2010 - linkBrian, are you sure on the 3G radio.
The T-mobile Samsung Vibrant radio, although not advertised, is at least Quad band
It has the 1900 radio on by default for 3G on AT&T.
You can also turn on the 850 band in the service menu although it's not confirmed to work in 850 mhz only areas of AT&T coverage. Reply
Voldenuit - Friday, December 17, 2010 - link>Don't you usually have your phone in your pocket upside down anyway?
Not if it's in the shirt pocket. Or jacket inner pocket. Or on a belt holster.
I'm a lot more likely to use a headphone with the phone in these places rather than in my pants pockets, where walking, sitting or standing up is more liable to crush/damage the headphone jack. Reply
Inuit - Saturday, December 18, 2010 - linkA new on-screen keyboard for Android from Keypurr has directional keys, and it is in the main screen (no need to flip to another screen). I am using Keypurr on my Galaxy S - and love it!
In addition, it has large keys (almost twice as large as the standard keyboard) and very clever and up-to-date dictionary. I can type on it as fast as hardware keyboard, or type one handed. It also comes in black or white skins, has function keys, and more. I think Keypurr has some good short videos on their site: www.keypurr.com Reply
keypurrtech - Sunday, December 19, 2010 - linkKeypurr is a new Android keyboard that uses a full QWERTY layout with keys that are are almost twice the size of other onscreen QWERTY keyboards. It also has a dictionary that includes abbreviations, acronyms, and words borrowed from other languages. Best of all for Nexus S users (and anyone who's phone doesn't have a trackpad) it includes customizable function keys that can be used as directional controls.
Keypurr allows users to type with greater speed, confidence, and ease, than any Android keyboard! Check out our website: www.keypurr.com or our youtube channel: www.youtube.com/keypurrtech to learn more. Reply
teohhanhui - Monday, December 20, 2010 - link"... people want carriers to provide first-party support for devices, and people want to play with devices in stores before making the jump ..."
I wouldn't consider a carrier as the first party when it comes to providing support for phones (there is no doubt that they are the first party when it comes to network issues). As it stands, carriers are only worsening the experience by slapping on unwanted customizations and hindering roll-outs of OS updates.
What is stopping you from "playing with devices" in a retail store (either by manufacturer/OS vendor/authorized reseller)?
IMO the real reason for the prevalence of "carrier subsidies" seems to be consumers preferring to pay by installment, or simply unaware of the fact that they end up paying more in the end. Reply
ravenfq - Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - linkI'm always disappointed to find that no reviewers mention the fact that Android doesn't support WiFi proxy 'out of the box' - any suggested solutions to this lack of functionality require that the user 'root' their device, which is not necessarily acceptable to everyone (for all sorts of reasons).
This lack of functionality precludes student usage on campus, and crucially (in my opinion) any corporate in-house 'managed' usage, where any WiFI authentication is a pre-requisite.
As a CIO, I'm forced to eliminate Android-based devices from consideration as a corporate standard, and constrain my options to Apple, Microsoft and (hopefully) any upcoming HP WebOS-based devices.
This is deeply disappointing to me personally, as I applaud any attempt to separate the OS from the hardware, liberating hardware manufacturers to compete and innovate, and thus giving us, the end users, ever expanding and increasing capabilities in a portable device. I had high hopes for the relatively open Android environment in this regard.
I would also refer you to this (somewhat emotive) link that outlines the issue in more detail:
Thank you, Anandtech, for what is otherwise superb technical journalism. Reply
blueboy_10 - Thursday, December 23, 2010 - linkNow put this on a Verizon phone and we'll see some good competition. The Fascinate is good don't get me wrong, but I'm waiting for the dual-core (2012) and even triple-core (late 2013/2014) phones. The reality gap of seeing what's on your laptop/computer to what you see on your phone is closing fast! - BLUEBOY Reply
TareX - Sunday, December 26, 2010 - linkThe fact Google went for current-gen hardware for the Nexus S, means that they will also do the same for next year's Nexus (T?), arming it with a dual-core processor which will have already been available on phones for a year (LG Star, Olympus....etc). It's very unfortunate. Reply
smileman - Saturday, January 15, 2011 - linkagreed.
also, the design of the Nexus S also suits this placement. i'd rather have the Nexus S' substantial booty at the top of my pocket vs. the bottom. Reply


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Discussion of the nature of Ultimate Reality and the path to Enlightenment
Talking Ass wrote:Tell me, is Sex and Character a book that should be read straight through or is it the sort of book that can be read in parts? And if so, what is a good chapter to read? I have it but I haven't done much more than read random pages.
Cory Duchesne wrote:He certainly does not see women as stupid or simple
Cory Duchesne wrote:A man identifies with the underlying rational principles (the analysis) of life, whereas a woman identifies with the sensory world itself.
The prostitute aspect of woman (by Weininger's definition) can come across as very spiritual, and in some sense she is much more motherly to a philosopher, and will sacrifice herself to his benefit, because she has the intelligence to see genius, but not to embody it herself.
jupiviv wrote:The prostitute aspect of woman (by Weininger's definition) can come across as very spiritual, and in some sense she is much more motherly to a philosopher, and will sacrifice herself to his benefit, because she has the intelligence to see genius, but not to embody it herself.
To me the prostitute type means any kind of sex that doesn't result in children. Weininger was wrong to say that prostitution doesn't occur in the animal kingdom, because quite a few animals perform actions analogous to masturbation, and sometimes try to have sex with other species of animals if their sex drive is strong enough and no members of the opposite sex are present around them.
Talking Ass wrote:He has not really offered a definition of 'prostitute' that I can discern.
It would also seem that the sort of woman desired by the QRS type (those who have much ambivalence toward women generally, and possibly for reasons not known and not discussed...) is in fact the 'prostitute' type: Kelly Jones comes to mind. A willing slave to a dominant male idea...
Talking Ass wrote:You have a wildly different interpretation than I do. ;-)
I see your point of course. Where we differ is that out of the Prostitute type comes or can come a woman interested in and capable of defining her own emancipation. A woman like that, it seems to me at first blush, mistakes an escape from motherhood, and sexual adventurism and self-empowerment, with that emancipation.
But perhaps at a later stage it might shift to 'genuine emancipation' which Kelly certainly desires. In that sense I don't see Kelly as at all maternal. If she weren't constrained with religious or 'wisdom' considerations she might have moved in more Dionysian atmosphere.
Talking Ass wrote:But my point is that dichotomies are always problematic.
Later, when living and working in Britain, Bohm suggested to his students that they experiment with a new language that consisted only of verbs, which he called the rheomode, in an effort to do justice to the transcendental nature of the world. He recognized that our earliest perceptions of the world are of transformation and flow, but that something happens to us by the time we reach adulthood; in his opinion, the culprit was language. Bohm's ideas on the rheomode are fascinating, but the response from many professional linguists was discouraging. However, in the last year of his life, he met with a group of Native Americans (Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Ojibwa, Micmaq, and Soto), and was struck by their strongly verb-based languages and their "process-based vision of the world."
Now if it were a triune division, that would allow for more interesting.combinations. Not that I.do not think he is right, but it.is tantamount to.saying Either a.woman is and.remains what she biologically is (mother) or she chooses (consciously or unconsciously) to subvert her Destiny, and become a.'prostitute' which is a.perverse relationship to a man. Essentially a Christian dichotomy, and I gather this was his orientation. Even Mary Magdelena from the Gospels fits into this story-line. But you know, some say MM was a mystic in her own right. And what about the Teresa de Jesus, the St Joans? Or are.they just different manifestations of groupies?
I looked at Kelly's (typically and utterly stupid video, even if designed for a child) and think she is pulling the wool over everyone's eyes. I think she is almost cruelly cynical and so she is really speaking to some dull men she holds in her mind, not children. Still, no matter what, one has to respect her since she is attempting to do her own thing
Kunga wrote:He obviously was a sensitive man, so sensitive, he couldn't bear the negative criticism, and it drove him to suicide.
Cory Duchesne wrote:As he wrote himself - the artist is sexual, the scientist asexual. Weininger decided he wanted to see art prevail, with it's logic rooted in his science. So his spirit will undergo a synthesis, which is spiritual sexuality, and this was what he willed.
Talking Ass wrote:show me someone who is not 'mentally ill'. Who speaks only the language of verbs. ;-)
Talking Ass wrote:If you (one) trusts the underlying order, that there is an order there to trust, one can indeed.fling oneself into it with an unusual abandon and the results are often miraculous...and very interestimg too.
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" Brand: Tesco / Type: Vegetarians "
I bought these veggie sausages a week or so ago not because I am a veggie but because my mate is and he was coming to mine for a barbeque and my other half suggested these as a veggie alternative to my normal bangers.
I tried to cook them on the barbie but it didnt work mainly as they are frozen and they just went nasty. Instead I boiled them on the hob for 5 minutes and then transfererd them onto the barbeque and that worked a lot better.
I ate a couple of them and they were okay but a bit rubbery and they smelled quite strong of garlic which I was quite surprised at. My friend said he enjoyed them but I'm unsure if he was being polite. I served them with baked potato and salad and some salad dressing and they all went so something must have been good!
They come in a bag of 10 at Tesco and cost just short of two quid. They are a really funny orange colour which I think looks a bit artificial and is a bit off putting but they tasted okay just a bit rubbery. Not something I'd buy for myself but if he came over again I guess I'd get some more in
When I first tasted vegetarian hotdogs I thought they were great (I can't remember the brand) but very garlicy so they were renamed smelly sausages in our house. Over time we have tried different brands but now always end up with the Tesco ones, although the children don't seem to be able to tell the difference we adults prefer these.
They come frozen in a bag and contain 10 sausages.
When you first open the bag you will notice their colour is orange which is strange for a sausage and they have a smell which I can't really describe. I think it might be the seasoning, but as soon as you start cooking them you can smell the garlic.
They can be cooked on the hob. under the grill and in the microwave. I no longer attempt to cook them in the microwave as they always end up rubbery. I have never cooked them under the grill mainly because hotdogs to me should be boiled. So I always cook them on the hob and they only take 5 minutes in boiling water.
Once they are cooked and you start to eat them they don't taste particularly garlicy at that time but the sausage leaves an after taste in your mouth that is silmilar to garlic. Whilst eating them they taste really good and have a nice herby flavour. They are soft so they are not difficult for young children to chew (children not babies).
These can be eaten hot or cold and my children sometimes take them to school and nursery for their dinner with salad or pasta.
2 sausages contain 0.4g of sodium which is leaning towards the high but my youngest only ever has one at a time. So it would be 0.2g.
130 calories are in 2 sausages so these do have more calories than the normal quorn ones but they are so much tastier they are worth the extra calories. But be warned you will stink of garlic after.
A bag costs £1.98 or 2 bags for £3.
I tried these Hot Dogs from the Tesco Meat Free Range and was very pleasantly surprised. They cost £1.98 for a bag of 10 but at the moment Tesco has them on offer at £3.00 for 2 bags.
The bag is mainly a dark green colour and can be found in the frozen food section. It has the words "Tesco Meat Free, rich in protein, No artificial preservatives, flavours or colours" written down the left hand side. There is a picture of the hot dogs done in rolls in the traditional hot dog style and the words 10 Hot Dog Sausages above it.
They are described as "Delicious authentic tasting frankfurters" And I must admit they really do live up to that description.
The GDA is as follows:-
Per 2 sausages (60g) contains
135 Calories
0.6g Sugar
9g Fat
1g Saturates
0.6g Salt
I would really prefer a bit less fat in them .
On the back there is a list of ingredients, the cooking instructions which are so easy (I just microwave mine for 1 minute) and some allergy advice stating that they contain wheat, gluten,egg, soya and mustard. Also they cannot be guarantee a nut free environment.
The Hot Dogs are the same size as the meat variety but I think they are a slightly different colour. Tesco Meat Free Hot Dogs are paler. They taste and smell just like the meat version although they are a different texture (from what I remember, I've been a veggie for 10 years).
Apart from the taste the thing I really like about this product is how versatile it is. Of course they taste great as a traditional hot dog in a roll with onions and sauce but they can be used for so much more. I chop them up and add them to sweet and sour sauce or a stir fry. They are lovely in a quiche or omelette. Also I chop them up with onions, mushrooms and tomatoes and put them in a wrap. Really the flavour of them seems to go with anything! (Or may be that's just me!).
I totally recommend this product, its so versatile.
The fat content.
When I became a vegetarian, I thought my days of fast food were over. I had always enjoyed a burger or a hot dog once in a while, but accepted those days were over. I actually became a vegetarian overnight after reading a particularly harrowing book on animal cruelty. One day, I was a meat eater, the next I couldn't stomach the stuff. I therefore knew nothing about the vast range of vegetarian substitutes that were available. What a nice surprise I got!
Well I say I got a nice surprise, but quite a few meat free products I tried, tasted like rubber bands (not that I've ever had a thing for rubber, you should know!)
Tesco Meat Free Hog Dogs are different though, as they are so similar to meat hot dogs, it's hard to taste the difference. They have a similar texture and that slightly rubbery outside, that doesn't sound appealing, but is a feature of all hotdog/frankfurter sausages. They have a lightly smoked smell and flavour, giving them an authentic hot dog taste.
Tesco Meat Free Hot Dogs are quite small and slender, measuring in at approx. 4 inches long, which is the average size of a tinned hot dog. I find them a bit too small for the average hot dog bun though, as there is always empty bun at each end, which is a bit disappointing.
These hot dogs are made from a blend of soya and wheat proteins, with a list of ingredients shown below.
Rehydrated Wheat Protein (34%), Water, Vegetable Oil, Rehydrated Soya Protein (10%), Dried Egg White, Onion, Soya Protein Concentrate, Dextrose, Salt, Yeast Extract, Onion Powder, Hydrolysed Soya Protein, Garlic Powder, Stabilisers (Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum), Spices, Natural Colour (Beta-Carotene).
This product contains: Wheat, Gluten, Egg, Soya and Mustard. So is not suitable for anyone with those allergies.
*Nutritional Value per 2 hot dogs*
Calories - 135
Protein - 10.8g
Carbohydrate - 2.2g
of which sugars - 0.6g
Fat - 9.0g
of which saturates - 1.0g
mono-unsaturates - 2.6g
polyunsaturates - 5.4g
Fibre - 0.6g
Sodium* - 0.2g
*Salt Equivalent - 0.6g
Tesco Meat Free Hot Dogs are very quick and easy to cook and are best cooked from frozen. You just place them in a pan of boiling water, reduce heat and simmer for 3-4 minutes, drain well and serve. If wished, they can also be cooked in the microwave, in less than 2 minutes.
If you are looking for a meat free hot dog, which tastes like the real thing, then I'd recommend you give these hot dogs a try. I am sure you will not be disappointed.
After growing up with two dedicated vegetarians in the family (both my mother and sister) I got the opportunity to try several different types of veggie meals and meat substitute products. Tesco Meat Free Hot Dog Sausages were one of these products I had the fortune to try, and from day one, about 10 years ago, I fell in love with these sausages and have never had the urge to have the actual meat version again.
They taste like actual Frankfurter sausages and are made from a blend of soya and wheat proteins. I find the most off-putting thing about the real frankfurter hot dog sausages is you never know exactly what meat has been ground up and placed into them, and there are no shortage of horror stories about to put you off for life. However, at least with these sausages you can feel rest assured that there are no nasties contained within them as they are 100% meat free.
Where they seem to lack has to be they don't have the same texture of the real frankfurter sausages, tending to be slightly softer and don't really feel like a meat sausage, even though the taste is the same, or very nearly.
They are as easy as can be to cook, just 45 seconds in the microwave seems to do the job for an individual sausage although the packet says at least a minute, but I find anything over 45 seconds and the sausage starts to bubble. If you would prefer, they can be cooked on the hob by placing into boiling water for 3 to 4 minutes.
The packaging they are supplied in is a plastic flexible pouch which is ideal for being placed into a freezer straight from the supermarket. The size is a standard 300g packet which contains 10 Hot dog sausages.
The price is £1.76 at the moment and as these are purely a Tesco range product, they can't be bought for any cheaper, although I am not sure is Asda, etc. have a similar range for sale. Although, compared to the Princes canned hot dogs, these are relatively high in price, they are in my own opinion worth the extra, due to the nutritional reasons mentioned above.
Overall, fantastic flavour and a definite for any hot dog lover. This product is a 4 out of 5 star item for me, not reaching the top score due to the unrealistic texture of the sausages compared to real meat frankfurter sausages.
I could never be described as the world's biggest carnivore, and in fact I was vegetarian for about ten years.
Because of this, I am used to eating meat-free alternatives a lot of the time when it comes to preparing a snack or evening meal. I regularly buy vege-mince instead of beef or lamb - really just because I prefer the taste - and I do regularly buy 'Quorn' and other products instead of buying chicken.
It was whilst I was looking in the freezer compartments in my local Tesco supermarket, looking for some frozen bits and pieces, that my eye happened upon the packet of Tesco-own branded 'Meat Free hot dog sausages'. Having tried these in the past, but not for a year or two now, I remembered that I had enjoyed them in the past and with that, I opted to buy them on this occasion too.
The packaging is quite simple and plain - a green-coloured bag, with the Tesco logo on the top and the name of the product underneath. The package informs me that the 300g bag contains 10 hot dogs which seemed quite reasonable, given that the bag of hot dogs cost under £2.
The hot dogs are very easy to cook and very quick. I find that both of these points make them a very convenient item to keep in my freezer. They cook in just a few minutes - either in the microwave or on the hob.
I always cook them on the hob, which takes around three minutes. The hot dogs simply require to be plonked into a pot of boiling water and after a minute or so, you can adjust the heat and basically just leave them there, simmering away nicely. After testing one with a fork to make sure it is cooked all the way through (which they always are) I drain them on some kitchen paper and voila! Easy peasy!
What I couldn't believe though (and I had actually forgotten about this from when I have cooked these in the past) is the amount of grease or oil that comes from these hot dogs as they are being cooked! The pan of water is literally like an oil slick once we have finished cooking our hot dogs and I have to say that it is quite off putting to look at.
I also found that the sausages were very greasy to the touch, when removing them from the packaging. The package too got very greasy - so much so that after I had opened it and returned the remainder of the bag to the freezer, I had to re-wrap it using some freezer bags as I didn't particularly want hot dog-grease to get over other items in my freezer. Yuck!
Anyway apart from that little grumble I absolutely loved these! They were every bit as good as I remembered them being and my partner loved them too. He most certainly could never be described as the world's biggest fan of vegetarian food, but he loved these and actually commented on how he would have had a difficult time guessing that these hot dogs were a meat-free version if I hadn't told him so beforehand. This is quite unusual for him to be fair and he can usually detect straight away if I have used a vegetarian alternative like mince or sausages in a meal.
The texture of the hot dogs I have found to be on a par with those 'American' tinned hot dogs my mum used to buy - quite smooth when eating it! Also the taste is basically the same as any 'meat' hot dogs that I have had recently - a slightly smoked taste and really quite delicious!
The nutritional information on the reverse of the packaging informs me that 100g of these hot dogs will provide me with 225 calories and 15g of fat. There is also information on the packaging that tells me that these hot dogs are of course suitable for a vegetarian diet.
I would definitely recommend these, even if you are not a particular fan of vegetarian food - you really would be hard pushed to tell the difference! I am going to deduct one star because of the grease I mentioned earlier - I really did find it to be quite off-putting. Apart from that though, both my partner and I thoroughly enjoyed them and we will buy them again.
I decided to give Tesco Meat Free Hot Dogs a go, as I had read some good reviews and I found myself thinking about how much I had enjoyed hot dogs as a meat-eating child, and therefore started to have cravings for one! I was a bit uncertain about these, after a bad experience with Quorn bacon style rashers, and I thought these might be similar.
The hot dogs come in a pack of 10, priced £1.76 although Tesco very often have an offer of buy two of their meat free products for £3. The hot dogs are packaged in a bag, and are in the freezer section, and best stored frozen.
Having bought these, and decided one day on the way home that I would try them for my tea that night, I had a sudden worry - how do you cook hot dogs? I had a feeling they were to be microwaved, and I don't have a microwave. Fortunately, once I examined the packet I discovered that in addition to the microwave option there is an option of cooking them on the hob.
Cooking the hot dogs was incredibly easy. You heat up some water in a pan, put in the hot dogs (still frozen) and simmer for 3-4 minutes. And for once, I found the timing was spot on - I checked them 4 minutes later, and they were perfectly done.
So I put my hot dogs into finger/hot dog rolls, and added a little ketchup. Here goes for the taste test...I was really impressed! The texture was exactly as I remembered "real" hot dogs to be, as was the taste - which amazed me, because although I can't remember what meat tastes like, I know that the texture and taste of most meat free products is completely different to real meat. I may of course be wrong in this, it has been 12 years since I ate meat and who knows when I last had a hot dog, but I'm fairly sure these were just like the real thing. They certainly didn't disappoint me, and they were a lot better than I expected.
I'll definitely be buying these again. They were a quick and easy meal, and very tasty too. In terms of value, £1.76 seemed a lot to me but you get 10 hot dogs in a pack. I think the price is comparable to "real" hot dogs. I would recommend these to absolutely anyone, but I expect if you're a meat eater you'll probably ignore me and continue to buy real ones! Veggies of the world however, I would strongly recommend you give these a go!
I bought these last week when my granddaughter and her friend came to see me, hot dogs seemed an ideal quick supper before they both went home. The 10 year old has an enforced vegetarian diet as she has a medical condition which means she cannot digest meat properly so I thought I'd try these frozen Tesco Meat Free Hot Dog Sausages, assuming that as a vegetarian my granddaughters' friend would enjoy them even if me and my granddaughter didn't!
I needn't have worried though as I could not honestly taste much of a difference between these and the Ye Olde Oak hot dog sausages I usually buy. Admittedly these are much paler in colour with none of the usual reddish tinge that hot dog sausages usually have, these Meat Free ones have a salmon / cream colour which don't look terribly appetising if I'm honest but I cooked them anyway as the girls' needed something to eat and I reasoned that once inside a hot dog bun and covered in ketchup and onions then the colour would make absolutely no difference.
And it doesn't! These little sausages are delicious, they have a slightly more solidified texture than the meaty hot dogs I usually buy this is change in consistency is only really apparent when you're eating a sausage on it's own as by the time you've wrapped it in bread and dolloped sauce on it then there isn't very much difference at all.
It was the taste which surprised me though, considering these are made from a soya and wheat protein rather than gunky mechanically separated meat I wasn't expecting them to taste like hot dogs at all. What a surprise I had when I had one on a bun and instantly realised that there is very, very little difference in the two flavours. The smokiness is still there and that weird feeling you get when eating a hot dog sausage that the meat, or lack of meat in this case, is a little slimy but without actually being slimy. These manage to taste a little porky too, although this could be my imagination as there is nothing in the list of ingredients to suggest they have been made to taste like proper meat.
I thought they were lovely though and so did the girls', my granddaughters' friend asked me to write down the name of the hot dogs so she could ask her mum to buy some. The poor little mite told me she watches her brothers tuck into hot dogs quite regularly and although has never had meat to be able to miss it, she feels left out that they can eat things like this whereas she's stuck with 'hollible' (her word, not a spelling mistake) Quorn sausages!
Cooking these hot dog sausages is very easy, you can either pop them into boiling water straight from the freezer and simmer for a few minutes or microwave them for a minute. I have a 1000w microwave and this is usually too powerful for things like this so I boiled mine and they were fine, it was easy to see when they were done as the colour deepens slightly and the sausage goes nice and floppy. Then it's simply a case of fishing them out with a slotted spoon, draining the water off for a second and popping them straight into the bun.
Job done, and a very delicious job it was too.
Each sausage has 135 calories and 9g of fat, which is about the same as meat hot dogs so don't imagine that you're going to help your diet by ditching the meat in this instance but for a little treat these are lovely and not worth worrying about the lack of nutrients as hot dogs are not a regular thing in this house. They cost £1.76 for 10, which is more than a tin of meat hot dogs but there is less waste as I always find I throw away at least two sausages out of every tin whereas I can just keep the remainder of these in the freezer until next time they're needed.
I've been vegetarian for nearly twenty years but my husband and both of my boys are big meat-eaters. In spite of that, I actually bought these vegetarian hot dogs with the kids in mind, rather than myself. On days where I've been to work and picked up the boys up from kids' club or nursery, I don't tend to have much time to cook. They both have a small tea at school or nursery, so they aren't exactly starving but they still need a little something to see them through so usually look for something quick and easy that I can rustle up without too much hassle.
I did consider buying them traditional meat-based hot dogs but, to be honest, the contents put me off - even though it wouldn't be me eating them! I can remember reading an article on MRM (Mechanically Removed Meat) back when I was studying GCSE English! It really was a gross process and has stuck with me for all of this years. Basically, hot dogs (along with lots of other meat 'products') contain all the scrapings and edible tissue that are removed from animal bones. This mechanically removed meat can make up to 20% of the content of a tin/jar of traditional hot dogs. (Go on - check the ingredients on the back of that tin or jar in your cupboard. You could even google 'mechanically removed meat' if you want more info.) I'm not trying to convince anybody here to become vegetarian (which is good as I haven't managed to achieve that with my own family) but this is the honest reason why I give my kids vegetarian hot dogs!
So - the two key questions are what bizarre substance can the veggie ones be made from and what do they taste like? Well, these Tesco branded veggie hot dogs are made from a blend of soya and wheat proteins. This is, admittedly, not the most natural-sounding of foodstuffs but does mean that they are an excellent source of protein. They have the appearance of a traditional hot dog although are a little thinner than some brands. Each packet contains 10 individual sausages and I find that one or two served in a hot dog shaped bread roll is plenty for tea. As this is a frozen item, the unused hot dogs can keep for months and there is less waste than with tins or jars where you have to use the remainder within a couple of days.
Tastewise, I can't distinguish these from meat hot dogs and, more importantly, nor can the kids. They have the same traditional smokey flavour and the same texture as a 'normal' hot dog and can be served with all the traditional hot dog accompaniments (onions, mustard, ketchup, whatever you fancy!) I admit that I haven't eaten the genuine article for almost 20 years but I would challenge anybody reading this to take a blind taste of these and meat hot dogs and be able to tell the difference! Please let me know either way!
These are really quick and convenient to prepare. They can be cooked straight from frozen, either heated in a pan of boiling water for 3-4 minutes (just like the traditional sort) or microwaved for a little over a minute (depending on your microwave's wattage.) I tend to microwave for convenience but do find that these split before the end of the cooking time and that one end can sometimes be a little overcooked. I suppose it is trial and error to perfect the ideal cooking time!
If you want to try these, they are a Tesco branded product so, no surprises, only available from Tesco stores in the freezer aisle. I notice on the back of the packet that these are actually produced by Tivall. Tivall products are often available in independent health food shops so they may well produce their own version, but I haven't personally seen them. Pricewise, these currently cost £1.99 for a packet of ten.
If you have any preconceptions about 'meat-free' meaty products, I challenge you to try these! If you're a veggie, I'd definitely recommend these. They will give you a reminder of the lovely smokey taste of a traditional hot dog without having to think about the gruesome ingredients list!


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This year's must-sees
Updated 11:16 am, Friday, March 1, 2013
One of the cool (and frustrating) things about Luminaria is that it's impossible to see everything.
So, what should you make every effort not to miss? Here are a few suggestions:
Immersive installations: Meow Wolf and the Lullwood Group are constructing large-scale installations that allow visitors to come inside the Women's Pavilion and the Frida Kahlo Gallery of the Instituto Cultural de México, respectively, and interact with the artwork.
"The Literal Definition of Waste": The theater collective Aesthetic of Waste is creating a large-scale performance piece in which the actors will perform feats of endurance while reciting difficult theatrical texts. ("Hamlet," anyone?)
Everyday items transformed: Diana Martinez is creating a piece from recycled plastic forks; Doerte Weber is weaving together large tapestries from recycled newspaper bags, which she is shaping into kiosks that will be lit with LED lights.
Play that funky music: Youth Orchestras of San Antonio will give one of its "Pop Up" concerts, in which the classical musicians lend their well-honed musicianship to pop tunes.
Entertainment Channel
ARTheism: The San Marcos-based pair create breathtaking works in which Topher Sipes' evocative digital projections meld with Samantha Beasley's stirring choreography. They'll be presenting a new piece, "Thanatos," created expressly for Luminaria; they'll also be performing a more improvisational piece with Dixon's Violin.
"Light the Way": Playwright Rick Stemm has drafted five other writers — Ben Tremillo, Marisela Barrera, Sheila Rinear, T. J. Gonzales and Rachel Keeler — into writing six short plays based on San Antonio ghost stories. They will be staged at different locations, and work well as individual works or as linked narratives.
Seme Jatib and Erik Bosse: Their intriguing video/dance installation plays on the idea of watching and being watched. In it, video of Jatib dancing will be projected against the windows of one of the houses near the entrance to HemisFair Park.
Eduardo Garza and Jazz Poets: Garza is part of a three-man ensemble that will provide improvised musical accompaniment for dozens of poets. Writers taking part include Carmen Tafolla, the city's poet laureate.


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This article was published 21/1/2013 (1674 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A plague of drugs is fuelling deadly violence across northern Manitoba, Manitoba Keewatinook Ininew Okimowin Grand Chief David Harper said Monday.
"There's been a major wave of violence," Harper said in the wake of six homicides in the first three weeks of the year. "These drugs now, they're unforgiving.
"That's one of the biggest things -- people under the influence. Normal everyday people who are sober don't try to harm people."
The latest victim was 19-year-old Austin Monias of Cross Lake, who died early Sunday morning from injuries he sustained at a house party in the northern community. Monias was the nephew of elder Raymond Robinson, who is fasting in support of Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence.
"He's (Robinson) been affected big time. Luckily, we had some of our leadership there," Harper said.
"One thing we've been fighting for a long time is the lack of inspections of the highways for drugs reaching our communities. We need to mobilize law enforcement," the grand chief said.
Harper said First Nations need more help with security to stop drugs before they arrive on reserves.
Some bands have a ban on alcohol, and drugs are illegal everywhere, he noted.
"My staff met with Perimeter Airlines (Monday). You need checkstops to ensure drugs don't reach our communities and don't harm our people. There's a lot of drug involvement, influencing a lot of our young people.
"Crack cocaine is coming in, there's still ecstasy, and oxys (OxyContin)," Harper said.
Band councils are concentrating on educating children against drugs, but they need far greater resources, including more community police and more mental health services, he said.
RCMP spokeswoman Sgt. Line Karpish said the homicides are keeping investigators busy, but cautioned that no one should think the RCMP can't handle the workload.
"Yes, we're busy, but we have skilled homicide investigators in every corner of the province," Karpish said.
Justice Minister Andrew Swan said his office has noted the surge in rural Manitoba homicides at the top of the year.
"Any time there's a violent crime, especially a homicide, it's upsetting for everybody in Manitoba," Swan said. "Each one of them represents a victim and represents a family that is now grieving, and of course an offender that we now have to manage in the system."
Swan said the number of violent deaths represents how unpredictable homicide is and how difficult it is for police to prevent it.
He said the Manitoba First Nations deaths, particularly the young age of some of the victims and accused, justify the province's efforts to keep young people out of gangs and criminal activity.
Swan said the province supports a private member's bill tabled last year by Brampton-Springdale Conservative MP Parm Gill that would criminalize gang recruitment. The proposed Criminal Organization Recruitment Act, which has yet to go to committee hearings, would carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a mandatory minimum of six months if the person recruited is under 18.
"It makes sense that we target those people," Swan said. "If you're a young person, becoming involved in a gang, becoming involved in organized crime, it puts you at direct risk of death or serious injury, not to mention the impact of a young person being involved in gangs and organized crime on our community in general."
Swan said he believes "these series of tragedies" in Manitoba will be seen as an anomaly.
He said the total number of homicides outside Winnipeg was less than 20 in 2012 and less than 20 in 2011. There were 24 such homicides in 2010.
"It just points out how unpredictable homicides are, but it doesn't mean you stop doing everything you can to keep people safe."
He said the recent report by the domestic violence death review committee the province created in June 2010 as a way to prevent more women being killed by husbands and boyfriends is one example.
In one of its recommendations, the committee said it wants all police officers to have cameras with them when they respond to domestic violence calls. The committee said that would allow police to immediately photograph a victim's injuries for use in court.
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2013 Manitoba First Nations homicides
1. Jan. 1: Black River First Nation. Peter Richard Bird stabbed to death. Charged with second-degree murder are Jason Moar, 20, and Brandon Bird, 21.
2. Jan. 2: Long Plain First Nation. 24-year-old man killed. Cody Alexander Schmidt, 21, of Long Plain, charged with second-degree murder.
3. Jan. 3: Moose Lake. 24-year-old man killed in an altercation. Lott Campbell, 32, of Moose Lake, charged with second-degree murder.
4. Jan. 4: Keeseekowenin First Nation. Terrel Stewart Shorting, 34, shot dead in a residence. Terris Ronald Mintuck, 50, of Keeseekowenin, charged with second-degree murder.
5. Jan. 6: Gods Lake Narrows First Nation. Body of 15-year-old Leah Anderson found on a snowy path in the community.
6. Jan. 20: Cross Lake First Nation. Austin Monias, 19, died from injuries suffered at a house party.


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String Substrings
From ErlangCentral Wiki
Accessing Substrings
You want to extract part of a string.
Option 1: Generic Lists Module
The lists:sublist function is the most general solution. lists:sublist has two forms: (a) the first takes a string and a number of entries to return, and (b) a version that takes a string, a start index (indexed from 1), and an end index. For example:
1> lists:sublist("Hello, World!", 7). "Hello, " 2> lists:sublist("Hello, World!", 1, 5). "Hello" 3> lists:sublist("Hello, World!", 8, 12). "World"
lists:sublist always allocates a new string.
Option 2: String Module
There is also a string module, which contains many more string-specific functions. To take the substring of a string, use the string:substr function. This function has two forms: (a) the first takes a string and a start index (indexed from 1), and (b) a version that takes a string, a start index (indexed from 1), and an end index. For example:
1> string:substr("Hello, World!", 8). "World!" 2> string:substr("Hello, World!", 1, 5) "Hello" 3> string:substr("Hello, World!", 8, 12) "World!" 4> string:substr("Hello, World!", 8, 2). "Wo"
string:substr always allocates a new string.
As you can see, string:substr and lists:sublist perform largely identical functions.
More Information
An additional function in the string module that you should be aware of is sub_string/3. It allows you to get a substring when you know the start and stop index, but don't know the length of the entire string. This could be an efficiency gain for very large strings, since you would not have to call length to find the end point. For example:
5> FileName="C:\\This\\is\\a\\long\\file\\name\\path\\nameIwant.exe". "C:\\This\\is\\a\\long\\file\\name\\path\\nameIwant.exe" 6> Start = string:rchr(FileName, $\\) 33 7> End = string:rchr(FileName, $.). 43 8> string:sub_string(FileName, 33 + 1, 43 - 1). "nameIwant"


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It has never felt like a coincidence to me that the Mets report for spring training right around my birthday. (I turn 32 on Friday.)
But I did wonder exactly how enthused I'd be this year, over past years. Normally, I while away the winter days by playing baseball simulations like Baseball Mogul and Diamond Mind, throw cat toys off the front door I pretend is an outfield wall to see how my cats respond to caroms, and hassle my wife with the details of the hot stove.
This winter, for many reasons, has felt different. So what exactly did it take to get me excited about baseball season?
Really, this. in less than three weeks, the Mets will be on my television again. Shortly thereafter, I'll be in Port St. Lucie myself, writing about the Mets in person.
Real live baseball. Meanwhile, I think it is time to see how the smaller cat handles the cat toy bouncing around in the right field corner.


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Player InformationFlames Home > Cross Country Home > Cross Country Roster > Roster Detail
Jacy ChristiansenClass: Junior
Height: 5-3
Previous School: Mascenic Regional HS
Hometown: New Ipswich, N.H.
Cross Country Personal Bests
Sept. 28, 2013 – Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational
Earlysville, Va.
Nov. 15, 2013 - NCAA Southeast Regional Championship
Earlysville, Va.
Big South Cross Country Championship (5K)
2011 (Conway, S.C.): 16th place, 18:37
2012 (Rock Hill, S.C.): 8th place, 18:10.39 (All-Big South)
2013 (Buena Vista, Va.): 3rd place, 18:00.22 (All-Big South)
NCAA Southeast Regional Championship (6K)
2011 (Louisville, Ky.): 129th place, 22:45.7
2012 (Charlotte, N.C.): 118th place, 22:37.85
2013 (Earlysville, Va.): 57th place, 21:52.5
Top Track Times at Liberty
800: 2:20.08
1,500: 4:37.62
Mile: 4:58.44
2013 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Big South Presidential Honor Roll
• Her top two races of the season both came on April 20, the final day of the Big South Championship
• Recorded a 1,500-meter personal-best time of 4:37.62 for fifth place
• Less than three hours later, helped to seal Liberty's team title with a third-place 5K finish in a personal-best 17:26.20
• Came in seventh in the ECAC 3K final
2012-13 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• Big South All-Academic Team honoree
• Won her first Big South title, with a 10:00.65 time in the 3K
• Also placed third in the Big South mile final, in a season-best 5:05.97
• Dropped her 3K personal best to 9:48.91 at the ECAC meet, placing 14th in the race and moving up to No. 2 in program history
2012 Cross Country (So.)
• Made the All-Big South team in cross country for the first time after placing eighth at the conference meet with a season-best 5K clocking of 18:10.39
• Liberty's No. 4 runner and the 118th-place finisher at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championship
2012 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Earned a spot on the Big South Presidential Honor Roll
• Limited to five total races due to injury
• In the 3K, placed 13th at the ECAC meet and 15th at the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships
• Made the Big South 1,500-meter final, where she came in 11th
2011-12 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Scored 18 points in her three events at the Big South meet, placing second in the 3K, fourth in the mile and fourth in the 5K
• Came in 19th in the ECAC 3K final, clocking a Liberty freshman record time of 9:53.19
• Became the 6th Lady Flame ever to run a sub-5:00 indoor mile, with her 4:58.44 effort at the Valentine Invitational
• Led off for a distance medley relay team which ran 11:58.50 at the Hokie Invitational, ranking No. 3 in program history
2011 Cross Country (Fr.)
• Placed 16th overall and second among freshmen at the Big South meet, in a 5K season-best time of 18:37
• Served as Liberty's No. 3 runner at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championship, coming in 129th overall
• Opened her collegiate career in impressive fashion, placing fourth overall and second among collegiate entrants at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational
• Graduated from Mascenic Regional High School
• Won 11 New Hampshire Division III individual state championships, including cross country and track & field
• Owns the national age 5 record for the 5K at 23:39
• Personal-best times from high school included 2:18 (800), 4:57 (1,600), 10:38 (3,200) and 17:44 (5K)
• Daughter of Joshua and Marcia Christiansen
• Six siblings preceded her as collegiate distance runners
• Communications major
• Birthday is on June 15


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Above: Assoc. Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Dr. Clarice Ford speaks at the 2017 LGBTQA Lavender Graduation.
Make a Difference for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, and Allied Students
The LGBTQA Resource Office provides encouragement and support to our students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning. We especially want to challenge intolerance and promote affirmation so that we can have an even more inclusive campus.
You can give safely online to the Office of LGBTQA Services Fund by using the link below. As you consider the giving opportunities below, please remember that you need to specify where you want your gift to go in the comment box on the online giving form. Thank you!
- Office of LGBTQA Services Fund
- Safe Zone Fund
Programs of the LGBTQA Office
- Student Leadership Conference
- The Lavender Graduation
- The LGBTQ Library
- An LGBTQ Scholarship or Award
- Safe Zone
- Other LGBTQA Resource Office Programs
Student Leadership Conference
This past year we were able to send five students to the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference (MBLGTACC). Attendance at conferences such as this one can be an incredible growth experience for students, with a chance to explore challenges with other students from across the country, skill training on leadership, access to national leaders in social justice and human rights, and much more. And when students come back to UIS, they help make UIS more LGBTQA friendly. To take the five students to the conference (travel, registration, and lodging), we needed about $1,000. If you would like to support more experiences like this for LGBTQA students, please note your intention for the gift in the comment box of the online giving form.
Lavender Graduation:
The Lavender Graduation acknowledges achievements that LGBTQA individuals have done for their university over the academic year. Each year, following a presentation by a speaker, faculty and students receive awards for their contribution to the LGBTQA community. Students also receive lavender cords to wear at the UIS commencement ceremony.
Your gifts from $25 to $100 will help to support this event, help to purchase the cords, and possibly bring in a guest speaker from off campus. You might also consider a named award that could be given to a deserving student (you could set the criteria for this named award).
The LGBTQ Resource Library has books, newspapers, magazines, films, and other educational materials that students can check out or read at the Resource Center. We welcome your contributions to this collection, either materials or money.
Safe Zone
Members of Safe Zone agree that they will work to provide a personal space that is free from homophobia, heterosexism, and transphobia. They receive training to become better allies to LGBTQA students, and then hang a Safe Zone sign on their office door or living space. All students, staff, and faculty are eligible to join. Your gifts will help provide training and supplies.
Scholarship or Award
We currently do not have a scholarship that targets financial support for an LGBTQA student. You could be the first to create a scholarship fund for an LGBTQ student, either a current-use scholarship or and endowed scholarship. If you are interested in this giving opportunity, please contact our gift officer through the link at left or contact the Office of Development at 217.206.6058.
We welcome your inquiries. Please feel free to contact us.


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It's time for a tablet that's more than meets the eye.
Windows RT and Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 RT
Work anywhere, anytime with Windows RT and Office Home & Student 2013 RT2, which includes full versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. Keep tabs on news, friends, and entertainment with preloaded Microsoft apps. Visit the Windows Store3 to discover more apps and games.
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Integrated Kickstand provides uncompromised support and flexibility. Flip out the Kickstand for hands-free entertainment. Whether you're watching a movie, or shooting video, Surface stands on its own.
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Front and rear-facing 720p HD video cameras
Capture life from all sides with LifeCam. The rear camera is angled to shoot straight ahead when the Kickstand is flipped out. The Kickstand also enables hands-free Skype video chat or recording. Custom lens design and an ambient light sensor maximize light intake while providing sharp focus so you'll never miss a shot.
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Surface 2
Windows RT, Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 RT 2
Windows RT 8.1, Microsoft Office 2013 RT 2
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Weight: 1.5 pounds
Casing: VaporMg
Color: Dark Titanium
Physical buttons: Volume, Power
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Weight: < 1.49 pounds
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Screen: 10.6 inch
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Touch: 5-point multi-touch
Durable display
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Touch: 5-point multi-touch
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Wireless: Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)
Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy technology
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Wireless: Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)
Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy technology
Battery Life
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7-15 days idle life
31.5 W-h
Up to 10 hours 5
7-15 days idle life
Charges in 2-4 hours with included power supply
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Two 720p HD cameras, front and rear-facing
Stereo speakers and microphone
Two video cameras on front and back
3.5 megapixel front-facing camera
5.0 megapixel rear-facing camera
Two microphones
Stereo speakers
Full-size USB 2.0
microSDXC card reader
Headset jack
HD video out port
Cover port
Full-size USB 3.0
microSD card reader
Headphone jack
HD video out port
Cover port
Ambient light sensor
Ambient light sensor
1-year limited hardware warranty 4
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Surface Pen
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Britney Spears Needs to Stop Touring
"Yup, she's smuggling bacon again. Sonofabitch."
Britney Spears launched her Femme Fatale tour in Sacramento last night, and I seriously don't get how the state allows her parents to shove her onstage like this. How is this legal, but I can't have a diner staffed entirely by people with Down's Syndrome? (You bet your ass I was going to call it Corky's Kitchen.) It's bullshit, yet people somehow keep paying money to see a linebacker's body crammed into skimpy outfits lazily perform basic choreography because she's medicated into submission. If Britney's mic actually worked, I guarantee all you'd hear is, "Pizzer Hut, Pizzer Hut, Daddy says do good and I get Pizzer Hut, Pizzer Hut."
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"Shopping" for second-hand clothes…
About once a month, my friend C has a clothing exchange. About 6-12 women fill her living room with clothes and appetizers, not to mention camaraderie. Each person brings over garbage bags full of skirts, tops, coats, jeans and dresses they no longer wear: too small, too big, too pink… No matter the reason, I think most of us can use a good Closet Cleanse every now and then. (In my case, a storage cleanse – see my post from the other day, "Instead of Cyber Monday, Storage Sunday.")
These clothing swaps provide a feeling akin to thrift-store shopping: finding a "new," one-of-a-kind sweater or shirt – the only difference is, they're free. And whatever is left, we donate to Global Kindness & OPCC (Ocean Park Community Center).
It's funny how I used to not be excited about recycled, second-hand clothing when I was a child. When my mom was on the brink of her second divorce, she'd take me and my brother to the local church on Saturday mornings. Not for mass, but for their $1 Basement Bag Sale. There, we learned the art of stuffing as many clothes as possible into a brown grocery store bag. Instead of Carson Pirie Scott or JCPenney, our bags would read Jewel or Treasure Island. All for just one dollar! I remember how impressed I'd be. I also recall the way my brother and I would beg our mom for a second bag, trying to slip a G.I. Joe or Malibu Barbie into a pant leg when she wasn't looking (even though those were "wants" not "needs" like the school clothes and we were supposed to only focus on "needs").
I liked the shopping part but hesitated when it came time to the wearing part. I think when, at age nine, we are forced to don someone else's OshKosh B'Gosh overalls or pink jean jacket, it's different. I was always worried that the original owner would see me in their clothes at school and out me to the class, knowing my mom couldn't afford to buy me ones from the mall like their moms did. However, this fear was short-lived as we soon left the suburbs and moved back to the city where no kids would know about our second-hand clothes. There, everything was new.
These days, over twenty years later, my second-hand clothes still feel new and I wouldn't trade them for anything. Except with a friend at one of C's clothing exchanges.
P.S. L.A. peeps: There is a clothing exchange coming up… if you want to attend, let me know & I'll talk to the host! 🙂