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If you've ever stumbled onto something so great while traveling that you can't wait to tell all your friends, but then you pause to think, well maybe just my best friends, you'll have a good idea of how much we enjoyed our visit to Kauai's Salt Pond Park. Well, friends, here's what we found. (You're welcome.)
While Kauai's best known beaches lie on its north, east, and southeast shores, Salt Pond Park is located in the southwest of the island off Highway 50, just past Hanapepe Bay. The park is named for the still-active "salt farm" near it, which you can see from the entrance to the parking area.
If you plan to drive to Waimea Canyon during your stay in Kauai, Salt Pond Park makes a great stop along the way with easy swimming in fairly calm waters–particularly during low tide. Just be sure to bring your snacks and essentials as it's off the track and away from any restaurants, shops, or resorts (part of the magic).
With jetlag on our side, we were able to time our first visit to Salt Pond to coincide with an early morning low tide. This was absolutely the best timing we could have had, as there was only one person, a camper, at the beach when we arrived.
We discovered that the large rocky formation that broke the small waves coming in was like its own small planet teeming with marine life. We immediately spotted banded coral shrimp, crabs, pipe fish, anemones. We discovered three types of sea cucumbers within a couple of feet of each other. And as I tried to stay ahead of the kids taking pictures all the while, I suddenly froze in my tracks.
I realized this harbor seal was snoozing peacefully behind me in the sand! We hurried away to leave him alone.
As the tide slowly turned, it brought in more and more little fish and a perfect waveless wading area began to deepen between the rocky ledge and the sandy beach. To the kids' delight, a small waterfall began trickling of the rocks into their private swimming lagoon.
As the morning passed and the tide crept in, more people arrived on the scene, mostly local families coming to enjoy a beautiful Sunday at the beach. It had become one of those lovely places you can sit in calm water beside your splashing toddler and little kids afloat on their "looky boards" (highly recommended – available at Snorkel Bob's) watching for fleeting fish.
You should note that when we returned later that day, during high tide, the scene was quite different. Nearly every parking space was taken. The cove beside this lagoon was dominated by water sports enthusiasts, and the lagoon itself was awash with small waves and bobbing swimmers, while bigger waves splashed over the rocky ledge. Still, it was a beautiful place, and calm enough for mediocre swimmers. 😉 If possible, I strongly recommend visiting Salt Pond Park on a low-tide morning. Bring your kids, bring your snacks, bring your beach goodies, and definitely… bring your camera.
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A Controlled Study of Stem Cell Transplantation Medical Home Care Compared to Standard Hospital Care
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified October 2016 by Duke University
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Last updated: July 25, 2017
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The primary goal with this study is to document whether patients can maintain their normal bowel microbiota by staying at home compared to those who live at home but are treated in clinic, and those who are treated in the hospital. In addition, the investigators would predict that the quality of life will be higher for those patients treated at the medical home compared to those that stay at the hospital. The investigators also predict that the costs associated with this approach will be significantly lower compared to hospitalized patients. Finally, the investigators propose that the treatment related morbidities and mortality will not be different between the two groups.
|Hematologic Malignancies
|Other: Home Care
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
|Official Title:
|A Controlled Study of Stem Cell Transplantation Medical Home Care Compared to Standard Hospital Care
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Bowel Microbiota [ Time Frame: 100 days ]The bowel microbiota before and during the first 100 days.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Nutritional status using the PG-SGA assessment tool [ Time Frame: 100 days ]The assessment tool to capture overall nutritional status will be the Patient Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) which has been validated in other cancer patients.
- Incidence of acute Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD) [ Time Frame: 100 days ]All incidences of Grade II-IV GVHD will be quantified.
- Treatment related morbidities and mortalities [ Time Frame: 100 Days ]Both treatment related morbidities and mortalities will be quantified.
- Quality Of Life Assessment (QOL) [ Time Frame: 100 Days ]The QOL assessment will utilize the FACT-BMT (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Bone Marrow Transplant) assessment tool as well as other patient-reported symptom instruments to capture the patient reported experience.
- Costs of care [ Time Frame: 100 Days ]The mean, median and range of costs will be compared in the three arms.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|February 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|June 2019
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2018 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Home Care
This is the arm for patients who receive their transplant care in their homes.
Other: Home Care
This is the interventional arm where patients receive the transplant care in their homes.
No Intervention: Hospital Care
Standard of care for stem cell transplant recipients where the aftercare is done in hospital.
No Intervention: Clinic Care
Standard of care for stem cell transplant recipients who live at home but receive aftercare in the daily outpatient clinic.
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Subjects enrolled in the medical home arm and those serving as concurrent controls will have the following studies:
- Stool collection for analysis at time 0 (prior to preparatory regimen) and then weekly for the first four weeks, at day 60 and 100.
- The PG-SGA, FACT-BMT and other patient-reported symptom instruments will be collected weekly for the first 4 weeks, at day 60, 100 and patients will be required to complete a daily food diary.
- Other assessments for toxicities or GVHD will proceed as per current standard of care, for a total blood draw amount of 100 mls from home care subjects and concurrent controls.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Scheduled to undergo a hematopoietic stem cell transplant for any cancer or non-cancer illness from any autologous, related or unrelated donor source including bone marrow, peripheral blood progenitor cell, or umbilical cord blood
- Age 18-80 years of age
- Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS) > 80
- A home that is deemed, upon inspection, in suitable condition to serve as a medical home, within a 90-minute driving distance of Duke (home care group only)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Lack of a caregiver
- Pregnant women (It is standard of care to assess for pregnancy for all females of child-bearing potential with a serum beta human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) test within 7 days of starting the preparative regimen prior to transplant. No additional research pregnancy testing will occur.)
- Patients with a documented active infection prior to starting their preparative regimen. This includes grade 3 or higher viral, bacterial, or fungal infection.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01725022
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Many Paradise Valley residents fear the recent trend of razing old homes…
The Arizona Republic reports that some long-time residents of Paradise Valley are not happy with all the teardowns of older homes in favor or huge new houses that block views and take up more of the open desert. About 75 to 100 luxury homes in Paradise Valley are built each year, many of those tear-downs.
Buyers wanting large houses find the town, with its large lots, mountain views and close proximity to Phoenix and all of it's amenities (including major sports teams, arts and culture venues, and more) an attractive location. A typical one-acre lot in PV could accommodate up to a 10,890 square foot home. This tear-down trend is now spreading to parts of Scottsdale and Arcadia at an alarming rate. As teardowns continue, residents are becoming much more vocal about preserving the lifestyle that they originally bought into and have come to love. In the coming weeks the Town of PV will begin a series of hearings to examine these concerns and the future of Paradise Valley Arizona.


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Brooke Bosman had another successful day at the U.S. Collegiate Ski Association national championships Friday, placing third in the 15-kilometer freestyle for her first podium finish.
Bosman, who also runs cross country for Mesa State, finished in 47 minutes, 17 seconds, only four seconds behind Hillary Boyce of St. Olaf, who placed second. Western State's Jamie Woelk won the race in 44:32.
Kelsey Follett, another cross country runner/Nordic skier, placed 15th (51.47) and Dustin Wansrath was 19th (40.24) in the men's race. The women's team finished fourth in the freestyle race, the men's eighth.
Amanda Moore placed 25th (57.59), Megan McGrath 27th (58.37) and Ann Carlin 31st (1:04.17). In the men's race, Tre Anastasia was 33rd (42.21) and Louis Hotchkiss 42nd (48.24).


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There are a handful of players on this years Team Canada roster who would likely be in the NHL if the league and the NHLPA werent locked in a senseless labor dispute. While forwards Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Jonathan Huberdeau and Mark Scheifele have been receiving most of the press, there is a strong possibility defenseman Dougie Hamilton would be playing in the big league this season as well.
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Circus artists from Vietnam, Mongolia and Laos jointly launched a fantastic performance on the night of January 14 to commence their festival celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Vietnam Circus Federation.
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Venus to cross the Sun for the last time until 2117
Next week offers the last chance this century to view a rare astronomical phenomenon – and astronomers will be able to see it from Britain, clouds permitting.
The Transit of Venus – the passage of the Earth's neighbouring planet across the face of the Sun – takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday. And that's it until 2117.
Venus, the second planet from the Sun, will appear as a small black disc gliding across the face of our nearest star.
It will be best viewed from the Pacific region but it will also be visible from Britain just after sunrise on Wednesday.
Physics professor Peter Garnavich said the transit is one of the rarest events of the solar system. 'Venus has passed directly between the Earth and Sun only 52 times between 2000 BC and 2000 AD,' he pointed out.
'There have only been seven Venus transits since the invention of the telescope in the early 1600s. At the start of the transit of 1761, a ring of light was seen around the disc of Venus and it was realised that the planet must have an atmosphere.'
Nasa's Kepler mission now uses the same technique to search for planets outside the solar system – as distant planets cross a star, they temporarily dim its light.
Mr Garnavich said: 'At the time of the Venus transit of 1882, there were eight known planets, all in orbit around the Sun. For the transit of 2012, there are more than 700 catalogued planets, many discovered by their transit across the face of their stars by the Kepler satellite.'
The event should not be viewed by the naked eye. Information on how to observe it safely can be found on the Nasa website, sunearthday.nasa.gov .


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"Patient Engagement" is a big buzzword these days and can come in multiple forms, but too little is said about how to actually achieve it. From patient portals to patient loyalty programs — healthcare is seeing solutions similar to their cousins in the retail and banking sectors, all geared to incentivize patients in various ways to increase their consumption of healthcare. But do they work?
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As far as completion of an initial assessment was concerned, 51.38 percent of people enrolled (compared to 48.62 percent in the control group). Incentivizing patients to continue to use the program proved more difficult. Ongoing engagement was low in both groups and was found to not be influenced by rewards (older participants, female users, and people with modifiable risk factors did show progress in this area).
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New York, NY, July 8, 2013. Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that it is bolstering its technology advisory practice on the West Coast by relocating Sean Madnani, Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Advisory Partners, to the firm's office in Menlo Park. Mr. Madnani will lead Blackstone's technology mergers and acquisitions ("M&A") practice on the West Coast and Asia. He joins Ivan Brockman, Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Advisory Partners, who founded Blackstone's Menlo Park office and will continue to lead the firm's software, systems, and internet advisory practices.
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Vettel's racecraft
This topic contains 81 replies, has 15 voices, and was last updated by raymondu999 4 years, 9 months ago.
29th August 2011, 19:40 at 7:40 pm #177148
Well you have two extremes though; in Canada anyone who was in DRS range of someone else would be far ahead of the other before the braking zone. Spain wasn't super effective, but we did see a lot of DRS overtakes. Also, you're forgetting that Lewis was alongside Vettel 2 or 3 times in those last 15 laps; so I wouldn't class that as "no attempted overtakes"29th August 2011, 19:49 at 7:49 pm #177149
But, Vettel would have some confidence in the fact that his car is so much faster in the high speed corners. He maybe should have pulled out of the DRS zone, but he didn't. At Canada, he didn't have that comfort, was most likely fearful how he was watching a guy completly on top of his game pullong in at over 2 seconds a lap. Again, there was 2 DRS zones at Canada, so there was 1 more chance to overtake then Spain.29th August 2011, 20:06 at 8:06 pm #177150
Your argument was "he can't hold off a car with DRS" but in Canada, nobody could.
Also, in Spain, Hamilton's McLaren was clearly much faster in racing trim. He was catching Vettel by 1.5 to 2 seconds a lap in that last stint leading to their 15 laps of constantly being 0.5-0.7 apart. Vettel wasn't even able to pull away in Sector 1 with the massive turn 3, and could only pull 1 tenth out in sector 2 with Turn 9; where Hamilton should have been compromised by the dirty air in both sectors30th August 2011, 8:41 at 8:41 am #177151
Im not saying he can't defend a car with DRS, nearly no-one can.
He is a very quick guy, but i think he could improve under race conditions holding off quicker cars.30th August 2011, 8:58 at 8:58 am #177152
what's the point of holding off a much quicker car with DRS? You're defenseless anyway, so why trying to hold off?
The rain is another story. Never forget the constant G-forces, the concentration where he needs to go through every lap with a dry circuit (if you can read my topic about the drivers body to know what it really is to drive an F1 car for the human body). If the circuit is wet and there's only 1 dry line, it's verry VERRY easy to lose control over the car. Seb was a bit driving in the wet at the last lap, therefore he lost it all. Also, don't forget that he was leading the race from the 1st lap untill the lap before the last lap. Tyres were also going off verry quickly as you all know that tyrecontrol is nessecairy in Canada
There are so many factors which any team needs to get right for a race. Car needs to be fast and DRS and KERS need to work, setup needs to be the right 1, driver needs to be fit, the feeling of the driver needs to be good, the tyres need to be good,…
Don't know who said this but remember this quote: "The car may be the fastest on the grid, BUT somebody has to drive it over the line in one piece."30th August 2011, 9:07 at 9:07 am #177153
@EII If anyone has shown defending skills it has to be Vettel. He held Hamilton off for quite a while in China even though his tyres were off the cliff. In Spain he again held of Hamilton who was some 1.5s faster. In Monaco his tyres again were shot dead and he kept cars that were 2s a lap quicker behind for some 15 laps. Who else has done anything like that? Rosberg was really good in Spa.. but.. i don't remember any other people on the grid who has done something like that recently.30th August 2011, 9:29 at 9:29 am #177154
Exactly. Seeing Monaco and Spain reminded me of Imola 05 and 06 actually; though nowhere as dramatic.
As I said; his defensive driving is not very visible, but he has a way of beautifully reading the car behind and controlling their exits30th August 2011, 14:34 at 2:34 pm #177155
I think Spain was simply a case of the Red Bull's extreme traction out of the final corner which meant that the DRS wasn't enough for Lewis, and if he closed elsewhere on the lap the track meant he'd slip back again. No doubt Vettel drove well, but I wouldn't use it as an example of his supreme defensive skills n comparison to Imola 05 and 06.
And in Monaco again he drove very well, but his tyres weren't 'shot dead,' it was revealed that although they were very worn they were yet to reach the real drop-off that may have seen overtakes if not for the red flag.30th August 2011, 17:30 at 5:30 pm #177156
@matt90, in comparison to imola 05 and 06? he didn't even raced in 05, so it could only be at 06 where he was TEST driver for williams. Maybe you mean schumacher instead of Vettel.
You've got a point about monaco, but like I said before, somebody needs to pull it over the line…30th August 2011, 17:35 at 5:35 pm #177157
I mean people comparing the race to other great defensive drivers, like those exhibited in Imola 05 and 06 by Schumacher and Alonso. I was not confusing anybody.30th August 2011, 17:49 at 5:49 pm #177158
Oh no no no. It was nowhere near Imola 05/06. I just said it reminded me of these Imola races30th August 2011, 21:40 at 9:40 pm #177159
@matt, ah ok never mind then. schumacher is still a masterclass if it depends on driving defensively, that's for sure…30th August 2011, 22:16 at 10:16 pm #177160
Yes I suppose it was similar in having such a long and close finish. I didn't really mean your point though, I just meant to anybody considering Spain a truly great defensive drive, they need to look back to other ones. The great thing about Imola was that although both drivers defended brilliantly you still had a real sense that the other could still finally pass any time. Whereas, in Spain, after Hamilton sort of had a first go he couldn't get as close again, and you got the impression that no matter how good a run he got out of the last turn he would be relying on Vettel making a pretty big error to get close in turn 1. Vettel drove well, certainly though.
In many ways it doesn't help that I don't particularly like him, so it's hard to prevent my bias from coming through. But it's hard to fault him this year, and some of his races and poles have been great. I just don't want to heap praise on him until I've seen him in a slower car and I have to, lol. I definitely have to rank him among the 3 best drivers now though. It's like how you grudgingly have to accept how brilliant Schumacher was.31st August 2011, 7:20 at 7:20 am #177161
@matt90 "until I've seen him in a slower car" Ehmm.. yeah well.. because his 2007 BMW and Torro Rosso was definitely the fastest cars on the grid! As well as his 2008 TR or his RB5 in the first half of 2009.31st August 2011, 8:44 at 8:44 am #177162
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The problem sometimes with being the self-proclaimed "Worldwide leader in sports," is that when a mistake is made, it usually is pointed out by another sports media outlet.
Such is the life of ESPN, which pulled out of its collaborative relationship with PBS and "Frontline" over a documentary called "League of Denial." The documentary was an investigation into NFL head injuries, Deadspin.com reported.
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$13 at Cali Sandwich & Fast Food
: Cali Sandwich & Fast Food, 3030 Travis, 713-526-0112
What $13 gets you: The freshest food at the best value in all of midtown.
Figuring out how to drop $13 at Cali is no easy task. After all, the giant sandwiches cost a mere $2 apiece. That's right, $2. Meaning $13 at Cali can comfortably feed six. Take that, McDonald's!
I went a different route, ordering takeout for me and my gal. Our favorite entrees are the grilled pork and egg rolls with vermicelli ($4.60) and stir-fried tofu and vegetables with vermicelli ($4.60). But these are best eaten at the restaurant, somehow losing their appeal on the traffic-choked ride home. And, anyway, what's the point of getting takeout when you have to reheat? So instead I got two grilled pork sandwiches ($2 apiece) an order of spring rolls ($4) and a durian smoothie to split ($2).
Recommended? Goodness, yes.
The pork sandwiches – served on crusty French bread topped with picked carrots, fresh cilantro, homemade mayonnaise and a tear-inducing jalapeno spear – are filling and delicious. The slightly chilled, crunchy spring rolls pair nicely with a peanut dipping sauce. But you may want to steer clear of the smoothies, especially the durian – a fruit native to southeast Asia that I love but my gal insists smells like stinky feet.
Bonus point: The best $2 sandwiches in town.
Extra bonus point: Now open on Sundays. -- Todd Spivak
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Dr. Bruce McCarthy of Columbia St. Mary's on Adopting OpenNotes
Nov 4, 2013, 8:00 AM, Posted by Pioneer Blog Team
On Nov. 1, Columbia St. Mary's Health System in Milwaukee became the first hospital in Wisconsin to implement OpenNotes. Beginning this month, some 1,100 multi-specialty doctors, nurse practitioners, and others who write visit notes will be sharing them with more than 300,000 patients via a secure online portal. Columbia St. Mary's is part of Ascension Health, the largest nonprofit Catholic health system in the country. This month, it also becomes the first hospital system to share hospital discharge summaries with patients. Bruce McCarthy, MD, President, Physician Division, an internist who oversees the system's medical group, spearheaded the rollout of OpenNotes here. An innovator who "puts patients first," Dr. McCarthy talked to Pioneer about why it's time to make the idea of sharing medical notes a routine practice.
Why are you bringing OpenNotes to Columbia St. Mary's?
Ten years ago, a colleague at Henry Ford Health System in Michigan raised this idea of sharing visit notes and I called it "crazy." But I became a lot more intrigued as my own mom aged and started to develop signs of dementia. She would go to her doctor and when I asked about the visit she would always say "the doctor says everything is fine" when I knew that wasn't the case. Because I knew her doctor, I had a special connection. But not everyone has those kinds of ties. I believe everyone should have a connection to what their parent's doctors are saying. If we could read the notes of our elderly parent's doctor, it would really help us stay on top of their care.
What was the reaction to this idea?
About six months after I arrived here, I gave a presentation where I showed a slide showing someone holding a poster saying "Give Us Our Damn Data." The message I delivered to the group was pretty simple: doctors have always had the power in the relationships with their patient but that paradigm is shifting. We now work for the patient and their medical record is theirs. There were a lot of polite nods. They probably saw me as the new guy coming in with a far-fetched idea. Many doctors thought it would never happen.
How then did you convince them?
I liken it to academic detailing. I started giving talks to different specialty groups, participated in Grand Rounds, presented slides from the national OpenNotes study, and developed a coalition of champion leaders. For us, the strategy was about assembling evidence, making clear and convincing arguments, taking the moral high ground about the merits of this, and connecting on a personal level to someone's parent or relative. I also showed how this was going to help patients better remember their visit with their doctor. Having evidence from the OpenNotes study was key. For some doctors, it was all about the results and the impact. For others, it was a fait accompli. They accepted that this was coming and they might as well embrace it. They realized that the hospital won't gain anything in terms of market advantage by waiting.
How long did it take?
We talked for two years but a few months ago we decided to roll it out for this year's open enrollment on November 1. Some wanted to delay but others felt like moving ahead would help doctors write better notes. One group voted against this but the majority of doctors wanted this to move forward. It's important for dissenters to be heard, but in the end, we decided it was important to act as one group and all physicians participated.
Do you think patients will embrace this?
A lot of patients already have said they are excited about this. It is really interesting how it's playing out. One doctor who initially opposed the idea and thought his patients wouldn't even want it, decided to print out his office visit notes for patients to see if his theory would hold. He sent us a long e-mail after his experiment; he admitted he thought open notes were not worth it but he recognized that his patients thought differently. They gave him an overwhelmingly positive response when he shared his notes. He became a convert and we circulated the testimonial email to other doctors.
Was the OpenNotes study important to your case?
It helped a lot. This tipped the balance. Having Dr. Tom Delbanco talk to our leadership about his experience provided comfort that the world wouldn't end if we went down this path.
OpenNotes continues to expand, and now gives more than 1 million patients and families access to their doctor's visit notes. Funded in part through a $1.4 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Pioneer Portfolio, the 12-month OpenNotes project brought together 105 primary care doctors and more than 19,000 of their patients to evaluate the impact on both patients and physicians of sharing doctors' notes aftereach patient encounter.
This commentary originally appeared on the RWJF Pioneering Ideas blog.


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As part of our Android phone holiday buying guide, we're going to take a look at the Samsung Galaxy Tab, a new Android tablet that's out now from all four major US carriers. The Galaxy Tab with 3G+WiFi goes for $600 without a contract, and the on-contract price depends on the carrier. This is slightly cheaper than a 3G iPad, but there are inevitable comparisons to be made between the devices. So, does the Galaxy Tab hold up to the already well-established iPad? Let's take a look at some reviews around the web.
First, the specs. The Tab is a 7″ tablet running Android 2.2 with a 1 GHz processor, dual cameras and *gasp* FLASH support. It uses these features to set itself apart from the iPad, but it's also running Android, unproven at this point as a viable solution for tablets. iOS has a special iPad version, but the Tab is just running a customized Android 2.2, which isn't necessarily tablet-optimized.
Most reviews were pleased with the hardware of the tab, especially Endaget:
It's getting increasingly hard for manufacturers to differentiate the look of these all-screen gadgets, but Samsung's done a commendable job distinguishing the Tab from the others with its contrasting front and back surfaces…The overall build of the device is top-notch, and though it may appear to some like an enlarged Captivate or Fascinate, it feels more solid than those plasticy phones…
It seems that the 7″ could be a sweet spot for tablet size, as some have complained about the iPad being a little bit too large and heavy. However, the issue that arises with the Tab is with its software, where Android just isn't developed as a tablet OS. The problem that it runs into is that while the Samsung-provided apps on the Tab take advantage of the extra screen real-estate, most apps on the Android market were designed to be used on 3″-4″ screens. On the Tab they just look aukward and blown-up, reinforcing the idea that the Tab is just a huge Galaxy S even more than an iPad is just a big iPod touch.
Gizmodo's review goes more in-depth about the software problem. Calling the device a "pocketable trainwreck," they railed on the software experience:
the Galaxy Tab is small enough that apps simply blown up a little bit still fundamentally work. Which means, conversely, that there's almost no added benefit to using the Tab over a phone. It's not big enough. Web browsing doesn't have greater fidelity. I don't get more out of Twitter. A magazine app would be cramped…It's like a tablet drunkenly hooked up with a phone, and then took the fetus swimming in a Superfund cleanup site. The browser is miserable, at least when Flash is enabled. It goes catatonic, scrolling is laggy, and it can get laughably bad. When better browsing is half the reason to go for a larger screen, that's insanity.
While the Galaxy Tab might do a job of getting the idea of Android tablets out into the mainstream, it doesn't look like the software is at the point where it can be all that great on a bigger screen. Google has even acknowledged this, saying that Android 2.2 Froyo is simply "not made" for tablets. Future versions of the OS will work to make this experience better, but with Samsung's record of updating their hardware, will the Tab even see Android 3.0? That's not a risk I'm willing to take.
It's going to be hard to justify the $599 price of the Tab when you can get a WiFi iPad for $500 or a 3G iPad for $630. At this point, an iPad is going to be better supported, receive faster updates, and have a software experience much closely tailored to the device's form factor. It's a good effort from Samsung, but Android tablets look to be just not ready.


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Named one of the "9 Mysteries Every Thinking Woman Should Read" by Oprah Winfrey
The Story
Maisie Dobbs, Psychologist and Investigator—"one of the great fictional heroines, equal parts haunted and haunting" (Parade magazine)—returns in a chilling adventure, the latest chapter in Jacqueline Winspear's bestselling series.
Early April, 1933. Maisie's newest clients are the costermongers of Covent Garden, men who sell fruit and vegetables from horse-drawn carts on the streets of London. To the costers, Eddie Pettit was simply a gentle soul with a near-magical gift for working with horses, and when he is killed in a violent accident, the costers are skeptical about the cause of his death. Because her father, Frankie, had been a fellow costermonger, Maisie has known these men since childhood and remembers Eddie fondly, so she is determined to help, but it soon becomes clear that powerful political and financial forces are equally determined to prevent her from learning too much about Eddie's death.
Maisie's search for answers begins in the working-class streets of Lambeth—where Eddie lived, and where she grew up—but quickly leads her to a callous press baron, a "has been" politician named Winston Churchill lingering in the hinterlands of power and, most surprisingly, to Douglas Partridge, the husband of her dearest friend, Priscilla. As Maisie uncovers lies and manipulation on a national scale, she must decide whether to risk all to see justice done.
The story of a London affected by the march to another war years before the first shot is fired, and of an innocent victim caught in the shadow of power, Elegy for Eddie is Jacqueline Winspear's most poignant and affecting novel yet.
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"Like any typical PI, Maisie is preternaturally acute and given to noticing tiny details, but it's her compassion that allows her to illuminate some of the most pressing and staggeringly painful issues of her day, delivering unexpected answers and sense of peace to her clients—and her readers."
—Nathalie Gorman, Oprah.com (read the full review)
"This is what makes this series so good, so entertaining, and so different. The mystery is skillfully developed, and Maisie strives for a greater understanding of herself, the people around her, and how they all fit in the world they all share... Jacqueline Winspear has done nothing less than change the conventional mystery with Maisie Dobbs, a heroine who meditates, thinks deeply, and calls on her inner strength to live out the advice given to her by her mentor. It's hard to believe this series can get better—and then it does. Brava! Highly recommended."
—NY Journal of Books (read the full review (PDF))
"Winspear smoothly combines both Maisie's professional and personal quests in Elegy for Eddie, enhancing the complexity of a character that New York Times reviewer Marilyn Stasio has called 'a sleuth to treasure.'"
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Zaccheroni's side have kept just one clean sheet in their past nine matches, including needing a comeback to overcome Zambia 4-3 in their final pre-FIFA World Cup friendly.
The Italian, whose side face the Ivory Coast in Group C on Saturday, has no doubt about his team's overall capabilities, but called for defensive improvement.
"Our team is well balanced," he told reporters.
"What we need is concentration on marking. In the previous match, the forward and midfielders didn't defend enough.
"I just expect from the players what I've always expected. I will be careful about how the players prepare for the match, though.
"I'll tell them to focus on starting the match in good condition. Neither too relaxed, nor too tensed.
"As this team is well balanced in age and experience, I don't see any problems. Judging by the players' status, I believe our preparation is going smoothly."
Zaccheroni has instructed his players to embrace their creative instincts in the attacking third, but also to ensure they kept their shape.
"For four years, I've told them to play confidently in approaching the opponent's goal, but also to keep the balance of the team," he said.
"Every single player is required to cover the massive pitch. The midfielders and the forward also have to join in defence. All the players need to be responsible for any mistakes as a team."
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Mr. Rockwell is president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.
An earthquake or hurricane always generates an inspiring rush of private generosity. People are never more willing to help their neighbors than when they are casualties of nature. It's also inspiring when, as after the Midwestern floods, the victims adapt to their terrible losses and begin to rebuild their homes and communities without a whine, even lending helping hands to others.
What Leonard Read called "the miracle of the market" is also on display. Economic conditions are radically changed by a disaster. Resources that were once in great supply go into shortage. Materials and services once desired only in limited markets are suddenly in general demand. Yet free enterprise works rapidly to absorb these shocks. Through a system of private property and free-floating prices, the market coordinates people's needs and transforms tragedy into social cooperation.
Besides generosity and enterprise, something else seems ever-present in natural disasters: meddling government. Indeed, bureaucrats and politicians love nothing better than pretending to come to the rescue. Their usual do-goodism appears more plausible and sincere. Their favorite solution to social problems—controlling markets and pouring in other people's money—suddenly appears to be the only way out. Of course, the "solution" creates new imbalances, slows repairs, and skews the rebuilding effort.
Prices after hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods reflect sudden changes in supply and demand. Essentials like water and gasoline soar in price as if to inform people that they should use them sparingly. What is remarkable is not the high prices—which the media always ascribe to "gouging"—but that the market works so well in the face of catastrophe. When local bureaucrats put caps on prices, they create more shortages.
After Hurricane Hugo hit Charleston, the city punished price "gouging"—that is, charging the market price—with fines up to $200 and 30 days in jail. Hurricane Andrew, which hit Dade County, Florida, inspired bureaucrats to new heights of tyranny, with fines of $500 and 60 days in jail. When that didn't work, the state attorney general set up a Soviet-style "Economic Crimes Unit" and threatened fines of $10,000.
All this is folly. Businessmen will always charge as high a price as they can get away with, whether in the midst of disaster or not. Consumer sovereignty and competition, not fines, prevent them from "gouging." Those market forces are always in place, and especially so after a disaster. Businessmen know there are needs to be met, and rush in, sometimes from afar, to provide them. Entrepreneurs spend their lives looking for unmet needs they can satisfy. But these providers have to compete with each other, a process which results in prices that are neither too high, which would lead to underutilization, nor too low, which would lead to waste.
If government intervenes by mandating artificially low prices, it conveys misleading information to consumers, causing them to use more than they should of scarce resources, and making existing shortages more intractable.
Is it wrong for private enterprise to make money from disasters? Is this "profiting from other people's misfortunes"? If capitalists didn't benefit, it wouldn't make economic sense for them to provide people with what they want. The other beneficiaries, who seem somehow forgotten, are the people with whom the capitalists make their exchanges.
It's not only local government that impedes market adjustment. Natural disasters are boons to the central government as well. The Los Angeles earthquake, for example, inspired the federal government to unparalleled fits of "generosity." One high-ranking official asked that "Congress and the American people approach this situation with the same sense of compassion and concern for our fellow human beings that we've applied in other disasters."
He did not offer to clean up debris or have Congressmen repair the highways. He wanted the government to transfer $8 billion from its owners and earners, to non-owners and non-earners, the government and its selected clients. By the time the transfer was finished, the total exceeded $8.6 billion. The timing worked in the government's favor as well. The extra spending came too late to be included in the FY 1995 budget, so spending and deficit projections were even more off the mark than usual.
The central government did not route the money directly to the L.A. residents. That would have taken much of the fun and political advantage out of government compassion. Instead, much of the money went to agencies within the central government itself. The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) received $3.9 billion, the Small Business Administration $1.44 billion, the Education Department $245 million, the Transportation Department $1.4 billion, Veterans Affairs $280 million, and Housing and Urban Development $500 million.
The central government's infusion of cash provided a new lease on life not only for FEMA but for every other bureaucratic beneficiary. They all got budget increases they couldn't have negotiated through the usual political process. Not only did their budgets zoom, but they were offered the chance to appear essential to the commonwealth. "Good thing we didn't cut those agencies way back when," we are encouraged to think. "What would we do without them now?"
Most people hurt by the L.A. earthquake will never see a dime of the $8.6 billion. To get a small business loan, you would have to fill out a giant form, subject yourself to federal scrutiny, be politically correct, wait a surprising amount of time, and then rely on the discretion of bureaucrats. Even if you did get the money, you should tear up the check, since such wealth transfers are both immoral and socially damaging. Most of the money, of course, ends up in the hands of lower levels of government, who take their cut and disperse the remainder to favored contractors and other campaign contributors.
Henry Hazlitt, in his book Economics in One Lesson, encouraged us to look at the unseen consequences of government benevolence. The billions extracted from the private economy to clean up the Los Angeles earthquake could have been left in private hands to expand investment and jobs. Some of this capital would have flowed to Los Angeles, where people's needs are the highest. The private sector could have invested at a profit in a place with high consumer demand; instead private earnings were forcefully taken by government, which empowers that institution at the expense of society, penalizes work and savings, and rewards the socially unfortunate skills necessary to get loans and grants from politicians.
Oddly, wealth destruction (through either earthquakes or taxation) does not appear in the official data. In a strange statistical anomaly, wars and natural disasters appear to increase economic growth. The reason is the manner in which the gross domestic product is calculated. It counts only spending and production of goods and services. When flood waters engulfed the Midwest, for example, the result was not a declining GDP but an expanded one. The GDP also counts government spending as wealth, when in reality it subtracts from wealth, only one of many other reasons that the construct deceives rather than informs about the economy.
Government aid also squeezes out private solutions the crisis would have generated. Consider, for example, the highway system. In Los Angeles, several crucial highways collapsed, and everyone bemoaned the failure of their "earthquake-proof" design, and screamed for roads with more reinforcement. Why not use this golden opportunity to let private companies own and build them, and charge a fee for their use? The roads would have been built much faster, and because private companies could be held responsible for a future collapse, they would have added incentive to make them as strong as possible.
An added benefit of private roads would be reduced congestion. In Los Angeles, traffic jams cause billions in lost productivity and even lead to violent fits of rage. When road service is offered at zero price, as economists point out, the inevitable result is overutilized resources. If private companies ran the roads, prices would match supply with demand. The roads would be safer, in better repair, less congested, and taxpayers all over the country would have been spared higher taxes for Los Angeles "freeways."
Instead, Los Angeles will pay a heavy price for its reliance on federal aid. Newly built roads will be even more congested than the old ones. Schools will find themselves more subservient to Washington than ever before, since the Education Department will take credit for rebuilding classrooms. And businesses that do get money from the Small Business Administration and other agencies will shift their loyalties from customers to executive agencies.
After a crisis, the government rarely shrinks to its pre-crisis levels. This has been the pattern throughout this century, as Professor Robert Higgs has pointed out. After the Great Depression and the Second World War, for example, we never returned to normalcy. Similarly, the Cold War helped justify huge military budgets and expanded Pentagon power, but once it ended, the promised "peace dividend" turned out to be a tax increase so we could play vice squad to the world.
The only way to prevent government at all levels from taking unfair advantage of natural disasters is to keep it from intervening in the first place. Two months before the earthquake occurred, former Senate candidate Bruce Herschensohn spoke at the Claremont Institute near Los Angeles on disaster aid. In his speech, he urged that California turn down all central government aid when the next earthquake hit.
He cited the waste and unfairness of taxing people all over the country to pay for California's ills. And he noted that nothing in the U.S. Constitution gives the central government authority to bail out earthquake-prone areas. The Tenth Amendment reserves to the states and to private enterprise the responsibility for such disasters.
If California had tried such an experiment and rejected government aid, it would have set—as Mr. Herschensohn noted—a shining example for the rest of the country. And it would have been the first major step away from leviathan. Instead, we witnessed another bad example of the government pretending to rectify every ill in society except statism, and making us all worse off in the long run.


text: Ok, I can understand bad timing on a hit just after a receiver crosses the sideline or a player goes down and our D makes "sure". Although those are frustrating but I'm concerned on one we see more than I'd like. It is the blocking in the back like Andre Johnson had against Giants. That one was not even close. It is not a hold to protect your QB or even an offsides. It is simple stupidity to me. Illegal blocking on returns seems almost automatic by one team or the other. Are the players hoping they just don't get caught?


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MOST ATTRACTIE & SPACIOUS LICENSED RESTAURANT. At present Turkish cuisine, which could obviously be continued, however, in our opinion in view of the excellent trading position, there is potential for other types of cuisine.
Ground floor: Quality wood strip floor, wall and ceiling lighting. Tables and chairs providing seating for 26 persons indoors and 4 persons outdoors. Small bar area with single sink and drainer, 2 group coffee machine, grinder, counter, cash register,under counter fridge, 1 single door glass fronted fridge,charcoal barbecue and gril, 2 doner machine, fryer, cool display serve counter with storage, hot food display counter, stainless steel extractor.
Fully tiled cloakroom with w.c. and wash hand basin.
BASEMENT KITCHEN with tiled floor. The equipment includes, microwave, 2 upright double door stainless steel fridge, freezer, 2 deck pizza electric oven, dove mixer, preparation table, double sink and drainer, 2 toilets available for staff use, storage area.
Staff: The business is at present operated by the owner with 5 staff.
LeaseholdLease terms:We understand the premises are held on a secure renewable lease, the present lease having approximately 18 years unexpired at a rental of £14,000 p.a.with rent review at present time and thereafter every 4 years.
Uniform Business Rates: £5,000 p.a. approx.
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Monday & Saturday: 11.00am - 12.00pm
Sundays: Closed
PRICE : TO INCLUDE THE SECURE LEASE, GOODWILL, FIXTURES & FITTING £70,000 plus STOCK AT VALUATION
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