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Writes data to the specified file or input/output (I/O) device.
This function is designed for both synchronous and asynchronous operation. For a similar function designed solely for asynchronous operation, see WriteFileEx.
BOOL WINAPI WriteFile(
_In_ HANDLE hFile,
_In_ LPCVOID lpBuffer,
_In_ DWORD nNumberOfBytesToWrite,
_Out_opt_ LPDWORD lpNumberOfBytesWritten,
_Inout_opt_ LPOVERLAPPED lpOverlapped
- hFile [in]
A handle to the file or I/O device (for example, a file, file stream, physical disk, volume, console buffer, tape drive, socket, communications resource, mailslot, or pipe).
The hFile parameter must have been created with the write access. For more information, see Generic Access Rights and File Security and Access Rights.
For asynchronous write operations, hFile can be any handle opened with the CreateFile function using the FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED flag or a socket handle returned by the socket or accept function.
- lpBuffer [in]
A pointer to the buffer containing the data to be written to the file or device.
This buffer must remain valid for the duration of the write operation. The caller must not use this buffer until the write operation is completed.
- nNumberOfBytesToWrite [in]
The number of bytes to be written to the file or device.
A value of zero specifies a null write operation. The behavior of a null write operation depends on the underlying file system or communications technology.
Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP: Pipe write operations across a network are limited in size per write. The amount varies per platform. For x86 platforms it's 63.97 MB. For x64 platforms it's 31.97 MB. For Itanium it's 63.95 MB. For more information regarding pipes, see the Remarks section.
- lpNumberOfBytesWritten [out, optional]
A pointer to the variable that receives the number of bytes written when using a synchronous hFile parameter. WriteFile sets this value to zero before doing any work or error checking. Use NULL for this parameter if this is an asynchronous operation to avoid potentially erroneous results.
This parameter can be NULL only when the lpOverlapped parameter is not NULL.
For more information, see the Remarks section.
- lpOverlapped [in, out, optional]
A pointer to an OVERLAPPED structure is required if the hFile parameter was opened with FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED, otherwise this parameter can be NULL.
For an hFile that supports byte offsets, if you use this parameter you must specify a byte offset at which to start writing to the file or device. This offset is specified by setting the Offset and OffsetHigh members of the OVERLAPPED structure. For an hFile that does not support byte offsets, Offset and OffsetHigh are ignored.
To write to the end of file, specify both the Offset and OffsetHigh members of the OVERLAPPED structure as 0xFFFFFFFF. This is functionally equivalent to previously calling the CreateFile function to open hFile using FILE_APPEND_DATA access.
For more information about different combinations of lpOverlapped and FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED, see the Remarks section and the Synchronization and File Position section.
Return value
If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero (TRUE).
If the function fails, or is completing asynchronously, the return value is zero (FALSE). To get extended error information, call the GetLastError function.
The WriteFile function returns when one of the following conditions occur:
- The number of bytes requested is written.
- A read operation releases buffer space on the read end of the pipe (if the write was blocked). For more information, see the Pipes section.
- An asynchronous handle is being used and the write is occurring asynchronously.
- An error occurs.
The WriteFile function may fail with ERROR_INVALID_USER_BUFFER or ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY whenever there are too many outstanding asynchronous I/O requests.
To cancel all pending asynchronous I/O operations, use either:
- CancelIo—this function cancels only operations issued by the calling thread for the specified file handle.
- CancelIoEx—this function cancels all operations issued by the threads for the specified file handle.
Use the CancelSynchronousIo function to cancel pending synchronous I/O operations.
I/O operations that are canceled complete with the error ERROR_OPERATION_ABORTED.
The WriteFile function may fail with ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_QUOTA, which means the calling process's buffer could not be page-locked. For more information, see SetProcessWorkingSetSize.
If part of the file is locked by another process and the write operation overlaps the locked portion, WriteFile fails.
When writing to a file, the last write time is not fully updated until all handles used for writing have been closed. Therefore, to ensure an accurate last write time, close the file handle immediately after writing to the file.
Accessing the output buffer while a write operation is using the buffer may lead to corruption of the data written from that buffer. Applications must not write to, reallocate, or free the output buffer that a write operation is using until the write operation completes. This can be particularly problematic when using an asynchronous file handle. Additional information regarding synchronous versus asynchronous file handles can be found later in the Synchronization and File Position section and Synchronous and Asynchronous I/O.
Note that the time stamps may not be updated correctly for a remote file. To ensure consistent results, use unbuffered I/O.
The system interprets zero bytes to write as specifying a null write operation and WriteFile does not truncate or extend the file. To truncate or extend a file, use the SetEndOfFile function.
Characters can be written to the screen buffer using WriteFile with a handle to console output. The exact behavior of the function is determined by the console mode. The data is written to the current cursor position. The cursor position is updated after the write operation. For more information about console handles, see CreateFile.
When writing to a communications device, the behavior of WriteFile is determined by the current communication time-out as set and retrieved by using the SetCommTimeouts and GetCommTimeouts functions. Unpredictable results can occur if you fail to set the time-out values. For more information about communication time-outs, see COMMTIMEOUTS.
Although a single-sector write is atomic, a multi-sector write is not guaranteed to be atomic unless you are using a transaction (that is, the handle created is a transacted handle; for example, a handle created using CreateFileTransacted). Multi-sector writes that are cached may not always be written to the disk right away; therefore, specify FILE_FLAG_WRITE_THROUGH in CreateFile to ensure that an entire multi-sector write is written to the disk without potential caching delays.
If you write directly to a volume that has a mounted file system, you must first obtain exclusive access to the volume. Otherwise, you risk causing data corruption or system instability, because your application's writes may conflict with other changes coming from the file system and leave the contents of the volume in an inconsistent state. To prevent these problems, the following changes have been made in Windows Vista and later:
- A write on a volume handle will succeed if the volume does not have a mounted file system, or if one of the
following conditions is true:
- The sectors to be written to are boot sectors.
- The sectors to be written to reside outside of file system space.
- You have explicitly locked or dismounted the volume by using FSCTL_LOCK_VOLUME or FSCTL_DISMOUNT_VOLUME.
- The volume has no actual file system. (In other words, it has a RAW file system mounted.)
- A write on a disk handle will succeed if one of the following conditions is true:
- The sectors to be written to do not fall within a volume's extents.
- The sectors to be written to fall within a mounted volume, but you have explicitly locked or dismounted the volume by using FSCTL_LOCK_VOLUME or FSCTL_DISMOUNT_VOLUME.
- The sectors to be written to fall within a volume that has no mounted file system other than RAW.
There are strict requirements for successfully working with files opened with CreateFile using FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING. For details see File Buffering.
If hFile was opened with FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED, the following conditions are in effect:
- The lpOverlapped parameter must point to a valid and unique OVERLAPPED structure, otherwise the function can incorrectly report that the write operation is complete.
- The lpNumberOfBytesWritten parameter should be set to NULL. To get the number of bytes written, use the GetOverlappedResult function. If the hFile parameter is associated with an I/O completion port, you can also get the number of bytes written by calling the GetQueuedCompletionStatus function.
In Windows Server 2012, this function is supported by the following technologies.
Server Message Block (SMB) 3.0 protocol
SMB 3.0 Transparent Failover (TFO)
SMB 3.0 with Scale-out File Shares (SO)
Cluster Shared Volume File System (CsvFS)
Resilient File System (ReFS)
Synchronization and File Position
If hFile is opened with FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED, it is an asynchronous file handle; otherwise it is synchronous. The rules for using the OVERLAPPED structure are slightly different for each, as previously noted.
Considerations for working with asynchronous file handles:
- WriteFile may return before the write operation is complete. In this scenario, WriteFile returns FALSE and the GetLastError function returns ERROR_IO_PENDING, which allows the calling process to continue while the system completes the write operation.
- The lpOverlapped parameter must
not be NULL and should be used with the following facts in mind:
- Although the event specified in the OVERLAPPED structure is set and reset automatically by the system, the offset that is specified in the OVERLAPPED structure is not automatically updated.
- WriteFile resets the event to a nonsignaled state when it begins the I/O operation.
- The event specified in the OVERLAPPED structure is set to a signaled state when the write operation is complete; until that time, the write operation is considered pending.
- Because the write operation starts at the offset that is specified in the OVERLAPPED structure, and WriteFile may return before the system-level write operation is complete (write pending), neither the offset nor any other part of the structure should be modified, freed, or reused by the application until the event is signaled (that is, the write completes).
Considerations for working with synchronous file handles:
- If lpOverlapped is NULL, the write operation starts at the current file position and WriteFile does not return until the operation is complete, and the system updates the file pointer before WriteFile returns.
- If lpOverlapped is not NULL, the write operation starts at the offset that is specified in the OVERLAPPED structure and WriteFile does not return until the write operation is complete. The system updates the OVERLAPPED offset before WriteFile returns.
For more information, see CreateFile and Synchronous and Asynchronous I/O.
If an anonymous pipe is being used and the read handle has been closed, when WriteFile attempts to write using the pipe's corresponding write handle, the function returns FALSE and GetLastError returns ERROR_BROKEN_PIPE.
If the pipe buffer is full when an application uses the WriteFile function to write to a pipe, the write operation may not finish immediately. The write operation will be completed when a read operation (using the ReadFile function) makes more system buffer space available for the pipe.
When writing to a non-blocking, byte-mode pipe handle with insufficient buffer space, WriteFile returns TRUE with *lpNumberOfBytesWritten < nNumberOfBytesToWrite.
For more information about pipes, see Pipes.
Transacted Operations
If there is a transaction bound to the file handle, then the file write is transacted. For more information, see About Transactional NTFS.
For some examples, see Creating and Using a Temporary File and Opening a File for Reading or Writing.
The following C++ example shows how to align sectors for unbuffered file writes. The Size variable is the size of the original data block you are interested in writing to the file. For additional rules regarding unbuffered file I/O, see File Buffering.
#include <windows.h>
#define ROUND_UP_SIZE(Value,Pow2) ((SIZE_T) ((((ULONG)(Value)) + (Pow2) - 1) & (~(((LONG)(Pow2)) - 1))))
#define ROUND_UP_PTR(Ptr,Pow2) ((void *) ((((ULONG_PTR)(Ptr)) + (Pow2) - 1) & (~(((LONG_PTR)(Pow2)) - 1))))
void main()
// Function code
DWORD BytesPerSector = 0; // obtained from the GetFreeDiskSpace function.
DWORD Size = 0; // buffer size of your data to write
// ... obtain data here
// sample data
BytesPerSector = 65536;
Size = 15536;
// Ensure you have one more sector than Size would require.
SIZE_T SizeNeeded = BytesPerSector + ROUND_UP_SIZE(Size, BytesPerSector);
// Replace this statement with any allocation routine.
LPBYTE Buffer = (LPBYTE) malloc(SizeNeeded);
// Error checking of your choice.
if ( !Buffer )
goto cleanup;
// Actual alignment happens here.
void * BufferAligned = ROUND_UP_PTR(Buffer, BytesPerSector);
// Add code using BufferAligned here.
if ( Buffer )
// Replace with corresponding free routine.
Minimum supported client
Windows XP [desktop apps | UWP apps]
Minimum supported server
Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps | UWP apps]
Minimum supported phone
Windows Phone 8
See also
- CancelIo
- CancelIoEx
- CancelSynchronousIo
- CreateFile
- CreateFileTransacted
- File Management Functions
- GetLastError
- GetOverlappedResult
- GetQueuedCompletionStatus
- ReadFile
- SetEndOfFile
- WriteFileEx


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Everyone knows the quarterback is the most important person on a football team. Name a few offensive or defensive linemen on a football team and you'll often get blank stares. Name the quarterback of the local football team, however, and most will recognize his name. In baseball, the catcher holds a similar position, yet rarely receives the recognition that a quarterback does. The catcher must be ready both physically and mentally with every pitch and be prepared to make split second decisions. For this reason, you need quality equipment, such as your catcher's chest protection, as the last thing you need to be worrying about is equipment failure at a critical time.
Choosing the appropriate chest protection for catchers involves considering many factors. First and foremost, one must look for quality products, due to the amount of use they receive. Next, the needs and preferences of the player must be taken into consideration. Finally, one must look at price. Expect to pay more for quality equipment as it needs to last for an extended period of time, yet the catchers chest protection must be lightweight and capable of absorbing the energy produced by a hit ball.
One should never purchase gear the child can grow into, although this may seem to be a great way to save money. Children need to have properly fitting gear to protect their developing bodies from injury. When the pads are too big, they also inhibit movement and can lead to missed plays, which may reduce the child's confidence in his or her abilities and leave them with no desire to play the game. Take the time to read helmet, catchers chest protection, and leg guard fitting guides before making a purchase to ensure all fit properly.
When choosing catcher's chest protection, one needs to select one designed for the sport being played, as softball and baseball versions do vary in terms of their shape. In addition, a baseball chest protector comes with groin protection, yet a softball one does not. The child needs to be sized for the chest protector and the straps must be adjustable to ensure the proper fit. Shoulder pads should also be adjustable and all components need to be constructed using high quality materials. Take care when choosing as an injury can sideline a child for an extended period of time, if not permanently.
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Woman, 81, hit, killed by car in Warren
Police say Mari Juncaj was walking Monday night in curb lane on Ryan Road when she was hit
WARREN, Mich. – Warren police said an 81-year-old woman was killed Monday night when she was hit by a car on Ryan Road.
Police said Mari Juncaj, a Sterling Heights resident, was walking north in the curb lane near 13 Mile Road when she was hit.
She was taken to St. John Hospital in Madison Heights, but died.
The 20-year-old driver who hit Juncaj was not hurt. Police said alcohol wasn't a factor in the crash but didn't immediately say whether any charges would be filed.
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Once you achieve 100% Toughness with all your fellow members, Terry will be armed with a Carbine Rifle and an Micro Uzi (for Drive bys), Clay will be armed with an Assault Shotgun, and Molotov Cocktails. Jim will have an AK-47, and non-storyline characters will be armed with AK-47's, Molotov Cocktails and Uzis. Terry and Clay will upgrade to better weapons as they get tougher. Terry will start off with a Automatic Pistol, then a Micro-SMG, then an AK-47, and then an M4A1. Clay will start of with a Pump Shotgun, then a Sawn-off Shotgun, then a Combat Shotgun, and then a Assault Shotgun.
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Where does Francis and Jerome James, and the couple of other players we have come into it. The answer is they dont , and when Francis and marbury are on the court as well as crawford, it is way to congested. We need to trade these types of players but to who?


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Slemley necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 61 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
Down the Line
"Down the Line" is a radically different way to experience a baseball game at historic Wrigley Field in Chicago. Located just across the street beyond the right field wall and situated right down the first base line, this private viewing club separates itself from all its rooftop neighbors by providing a chic lounge environment rather than steeply pitched & tightly packed bleacher seats piled onto a roof. "Down the Line" offers spacious lounge seating on luxuriously landscaped decks with upscale amenities and food and beverage services... we even have hot tubs!
Chicago Cubs fans of all ages, booked in groups for the whole roof top, interested in experiencing the excitement of a roaring Wrigley Field Cubs game from the comfort of an all inclusive luxurious rooftop perch.
'Down the Line' is being positioned as the luxury roof top option amongst the existing traditional roof top clubs.
The logo must mirror Down the Line's balance between this chic Chicago rooftop lounge and the traditional Wrigleyville party scene while communicating where we get our name - "Down the Line" is how a radio broadcaster describes a smash line drive hit just inside the foul line, often resulting in extra bases.
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Denny Burk on What did Jesus think of homosexuality?
Erik Raymond on Unconditional love.
In one sense this is true, God's love for his people is not based upon what they do or do not do. But this does not mean that God loves us unconditionally. If God loves anyone he loves them conditionally.
Barnabas Piper on Are millenials less godly than previous generations?
So what is it young people are leaving behind? In many cases they are leaving a faux godliness. Millions of lost people, people hanging their hat on morality or mere attendance, populated the pews of the church in previous generations. They were just a lot harder to pick out than those who brazenly walk out the door, so hard we can't even be sure how many there were.
Aaron Armstrong on How should we talk about God?
While God is very comfortable attributing feminine characteristics to Himself, when He does so, it is typically in the form of a simile—God's love and longing for His people is like that of a mother hen's for her chicks. His anguish over sin is like that of a woman in labor. But when God chooses to reveal Himself, and when He gives us context for our relationship with Him, He does so in the masculine—as Father.
Mike Leake on Missional love.
Love is essential to who God is and it's out of this love that he sent his Son to die. God's love (and all true love) is not insular. It's not looking in and loving oneself. That's why the two greatest commandments according to Jesus are love God and love neighbor. That's also why God as trinity is essential orthodoxy. God has been and will always be a God who overflows in his love for others. This originates with his love within the trinity and overflows onto us.
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UNDP to maximize impact with new strategic plan, calls for more predictable fundingJun 10, 2013
New York — The UN Development Programme (UNDP) is making major contributions in fighting poverty and promoting good governance worldwide, Administrator Helen Clark said Monday, adding that the agency now plans to sharpen its focus, scale up partnerships, and streamline operations.
But the lead UN development agency requires a stable, predictable stream of "core" or non-earmarked funding to implement programmes and fulfill a new strategic plan that its 36-member Executive Board will review and approve in September, she said in a statement to the UNDP annual Board meeting in New York today.
"Core resources finance our long-term expertise, corporate management and oversight systems, country office network, and the substantial support we give to the Resident Coordinator system," under which UNDP acts as a lead UN agency on the ground in programme countries, Helen Clark said.
Proposed outcomes and areas of work in the draft Strategic Plan for 2014-2017 "should position UNDP to help developing countries transform their growth and development pathways, improve governance, and manage risk, with the aim of maximizing progress on poverty eradication," she said. "Sharpening UNDP's focus is a key objective" of the new Strategic Plan, she said, adding that it signaled "a higher level of ambition" and reflected UNDP's continual effort to meet fast-changing needs in global development.
"Feedback has been positive on the vision proposed, and on reducing the number of development outcomes—from the 25 we have at present to seven. This should help to improve the quality of what we do," with at most four outcomes planned for each country, she said.
"The draft plan also challenges us to break free of limitations imposed by our existing internal architecture. We must respond to development challenges in integrated ways," she said. "The plan signals a move away from the existing somewhat rigid practice architecture to a more flexible, solutions-oriented approach," focused on impact at the country level.
Despite fiscal challenges, UNDP's traditional funders have worked hard to maintain contributions, Helen Clark said, although the agency has cut US$50 million from planned spending in 2013 through a temporary hiring freeze and suspension or discontinuation of lower-priority activities.
Core contributions in 2012 fell to US$846.1 million, but this figure fails to take into account a substantial payment received after the end of the year, she said, adding, "That payment is recorded in this year's books, which then over-represents this year's figures." Non-core resources remained strong at US$3.79 billion, she said, showing that UNDP remains a partner of choice for many bilateral contributors. But a stable, critical mass of "core" funding—not earmarked for specific projects—is "bedrock funding for UN agencies, funds, and programmes," the Administrator said.
UNDP is funded entirely through voluntary contributions by member states. Its 2012 expenditures totalled some US$5.17 billion and 2013 budget is approximately US$5.8 billion.
Transparency and results
Following an Executive Board decision, UNDP has since January published 51 internal audit reports on its public Website and continues to enhance publication of information in accordance with the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), of which UNDP was a founding member. UNDP was recently chosen to host the IATI Secretariat in a consortium with UNOPS, Sweden, Ghana, and the UK NGO Development Initiatives.
A cumulative review of UNDP's work from 2008-2013 affirms that the organization makes an important contribution to advancing human development and responding to the needs of programme countries, Helen Clark said, with a focus on empowering women and girls integrated throughout its work:
- In poverty reduction, UNDP has focused on achievement of the anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), agreed in 2000 and aimed at galvanizing global action toward eradicating extreme poverty by 2015. UNDP has now analyzed MDG progress in 146 countries, identifying opportunities for further progress.
- UNDP has also worked in 49 countries on HIV responses, helping ensure that HIV is addressed as a development issue. With UNDP support, and in partnership with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, more than 1 million people have received life-saving antiretroviral therapy, and nearly 40 million people received malaria treatments.
- Over the past five years, 149 countries sought UNDP's support in democratic governance. Since 2011, UNDP's work has contributed to strengthening 10,250 institutions across all levels of government, legislatures, and civil society organizations advocating for greater inclusiveness. Since 2008, it has supported 70 national human rights institutions and electoral activities in more than 60 countries around the world every year.
- UNDP has worked in crisis prevention and recovery in 106 countries over the past five years, supporting vulnerable communities in more than 70 countries to prepare better for or recover from natural disasters. It also helped 47 countries mitigate and manage underlying structural causes of conflict and tension.
- UNDP further remains the largest implementer of environment and energy programmes in the UN development system, providing support to 153 countries in this area. It has supported strengthening the energy sector in 83 countries and brought access to clean, renewable energy for 3.5 million poor and vulnerable people. UNDP has engaged with climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies in 91 countries.
Feedback from an unprecedented global conversation led by the UN Development Group on what development goals should succeed the MDGs "has affirmed the importance of tackling the unfinished business of the MDGs, of which there is a good deal, not least in poverty eradication," Helen Clark said, citing calls for a sharper focus on jobs, inequality, governance, security, and quality of services such as education and health.
A preliminary report was issued in March, with the independent report of the Secretary-General's High-level panel issued in May, and a final report scheduled for September.


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Rick Perry's day: A mug shot, then ice cream
AUSTIN — What's a governor to do after getting booked on felony charges? Go for ice cream.
Minutes after he was fingerprinted at the Travis County Courthouse on Tuesday, Gov. Rick Perry posted a photo, from his official Twitter account, of him outside Sandy's Hamburgers in downtown Austin.
The photo shows Perry holding an ice cream cone, with his arm around an unidentified woman. His attorneys, David Botsford and Tony Buzbee, are standing nearby with their own ice cream cones.
Perry was defiant before and after being booked on two felony charges accusing him of abusing power when he vetoed money for a Travis County prosecutors' unit investigating public corruption.
Surrounded by dozens of chanting supporters, Perry called the indictment an abuse of power and said he was confident he would prevail.


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Serena Williams knocked off Tsvetana Pironkova in the first round at the Eastbourne Tennis Tournament today, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. There were two very good signs in the scandal-stirrer's first return to professional tennis in over a year: the first was that she won, despite a rough first set, and the second was that she threw a racket and had what we will call a civil conversation with the chair umpire. Any fear that Williams might have lost some of her competitive edge or ability during her twelve-month sabbatical from the sport shouldn't last; as Jon Wertheim pointed out this afternoon, "rust" for the younger Williams (even rust that's built up for so long) "means one bad set."
Williams reportedly slipped on the grass in the third and final set and said afterward that she "felt a little something in my foot" — a scare for someone who claimed, earlier in the week, to have "literally" been on her death bed during her hospitalization for a pulmonary embolism a few months back. And then she delivered the line that ensured, at least for now, that the 2011 Wimbledon ladies' champion is no different from the 2010 Wimbledon ladies' champion:
It's definitely not cool on my nails if I fall. I can potentially break one and that makes me really upset. I have three weeks to get through without breaking a nail.
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Logitech Harmony 688 Remote Control Review
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Features, Home Entertainment, Product Reviews
If there is one thing I have learned, it's that universal remotes are never truly universal. You can go through hours and hours of setup, and there will be that one little detail that makes it remain undone. Then I heard about the Logitech Harmony 688 remote. Thre is barely any configuration here, as the remote connects via USB through your PC to an online remote code database. After just 48 hours, I have seen the light. Simply put, the Harmony 688 is the absolute best remote control I have had the pleasure to use. Ever. Find out why after the jump.
Here's the thing - I have too many remotes for too many devices. Looking at my home entertainment center, I have a 46" Samsung DLP HDTV, a Pioneer audio receiver, a Pioneer DVR-810H TiVo/DVD Player/DVD Burner, a Comcast Motorola 6412 DVR, a Microsoft Xbox, and a Sony VCR. The TV, TiVo, and Motorola remotes all claim to be able to handle other devices. Unfortunately, they do, but very clumsily. I also bought one of those $80 All4One Khamelion remotes, which actually changes the button layout depending on what device you are trying to control. That, too, is not very intuitive and takes forever to set up. So for most of my entertainment viewing I still have to use two or three remotes depending on what I want to do. That is just unacceptable in this day and age. Then I got the Logitech Harmony 688 Remote from OfferCentric.
The Harmony 688 is one unique looking remote. Not to say that it's a bad thing, as to the contrary, it is very well designed. The major feature that stands out immediately is the 84 x 48 backlit LCD screen, but more on this later. Above the LCD are 5 colored buttons labeled "Play Video", "Play Music", "Watch TV", "Watch DVD", and "More". According to the box, these buttons are configurable so that when you press one, all of your components are set for you to do whatever the requested action is. At the bottom of the remote is an infrared sensor, used for manual training of the remote. On the top, where the signal comes out, is a mini-USB port. This is what makes the remote so cool. On the underside are two notches where your index and middle finger rest while using the remote, which is a nice touch. Lastly, the remote has all the "standard" buttons - a number pad, DVR/VCR controls, and a "Glow" key to activate the backlight.
So, I was excited to start using the remote. After all, the possibilities of this thing seemed endless. So, to get it set up correctly you need to install the Logitech Harmony Monitor. This is a small program that sits in your taskbar which senses when you have connected the Harmony 688 to your PC. When it senses that a connection has been made, it brings you to your personalized Harmony Configuration page. The unit requires 4 AAA batteries (which are included) to function. Once inserted, the LCD welcomes you with the Harmony logo.
Now, in the instruction booklet there is a nice table that you are encouraged to use to list all your devices including brand and model number. This is crucial to get everything set up perfectly. So I filled out the worksheet, and was ready to move on to the next step. The fun began, as I hooked up the remote to the PC via the USB cable. Drivers automatically installed, the Harmony Remote Setup web page came up, all without a hitch. I registered the remote and it brought me to the Create Configuration area. Now, depending on the complexity of your system, you can be here for about 30 minutes or so. It took me about 20 minutes to enter all of my components as I chose manual configuration over automatic as I prefer to see everything that it was going to program the remote to do. I did have to make some changes, such as telling it that I have both a TiVo DVR and a DVR from Comcast which I want controlled separately and view with two different TV inputs. The thing is, it is all visual on a screen in front of you as opposed to all the guesswork you usually have to do to set up universal remote controls.
When you put in all of your components, it set's up "Activities". For example, I set it up so that when I press the "Watch TV" activity button, the remote turns on the TV and sets it to the DVI input, turns on the receiver and sets it to the appropriate setting, and sets the Comcast DVR to the main menu. Now, this sounds like a macro, but it really is more than that. By pressing "Watch TV", it also sets all the buttons on the remote to the way that it needs to be for me to operate everything without switching devices on the remote. My volume buttons control the receiver, the menu/guide/channel/DVR buttons all control the DVR, etc. All of this is learned through the configuration process.
Once you are done configuring everything, the Harmony website gathers all codes and activities you will need to operate everything. It compiles it into a file, and then loads that file directly to the remote via the USB cable.
1. USB Plug 'n Play
After completing the Web Wizard set-up, program the remote by simply connecting the Harmony Remote to your computer with the supplied USB cable.
2. Help Button
One touch help for any problems you might encounter.
3. Activity Buttons
Easily start your favorite Activities with just one press of a button!
4. Interactive Display
Easy to read interactive display keeps you in control and informed of what's going on.
5. Backlight Glow
Backlighting makes the buttons and interactive display glow brightly for easy use in the dark.
6. PVR Control
Convenient access to transport controls (FF, RW, Pause, Play, etc.) makes using PVR/Tivo functions second nature.
7. Learning Ports
Just point your original remote at the Learning Port to capture and use any infrared command with the Harmony Remote.
So the remote should now be all configured. I disconnect the USB cable, and the LCD screen tells me that the remote is assuming that all of my components are off. Well, the TV, receiver, and DVR were all on. I didn't want it to mess with the power of the DVR, so I went back into the configuration and made that change so that the DVR is always left on. Okay, back to the testing. It still assumed everything was off. It instructed me to press the "Help" button if that wasn't the case. I pressed it, and in an instant all of my devices (except for the DVR) were powered off. Nice. I pressed "Watch TV", and everything that I expected to happen did happen. In fact, it worked even better than the actual remotes for the devices. One thing that impressed me was that this remote could change to any TV input on the fly rather than having to scroll through them or use the on-screen menu (which I have to do with the stock Samsung remote). I am impressed.
I then pressed the "Watch DVD" button which I actually set at the "Watch TiVo" activity. It changed the TV input from DVI to component, the receiver to TV/Sat, and brought me to the TiVo main menu all within 3 seconds. Now all the buttons that controlled the Comcast DVR a few seconds ago now controlled the TiVo. The remote buttons are intuitive enough that you can figure out within just a couple of minutes which buttons should be used to do the things you are used to doing with the TiVo remote.
You can also control each device individually by pressing the "Device" button. Once pressed, the LCD displays the names of three of your components. If none of these three are the one you want to control, press "Next" and it scrolls through the next three and so forth. Once you find the component you want, you press the button next to the line it is displayed on in the LCD and now the whole remote is dedicated to that device. If there is a button you just can't find, you can use the LCD screen and it will scroll through every function of the original factory remote for that device so you can access that function rather than play the guessing game.
The other nice thing about the LCD is that if someone changes, say, the TV input manually, you can press the "Help" button and it will ask you what the problem is. You answer a few questions and it figures out that the TV is on the wrong input and fixes it. I guess this is what Logitech means when it says the remote uses "Smart State Technology".
Now, I have been singing the praises of the Harmony 688, but there is one drawback that I need to address. Some of the buttons are just too close together. You can tell that a lot of the buttons were designed to fit the stylistic look of the remote. It isn't a problem throughout the device, but the "Menu", "Exit", "Info", and 'Guide" buttons do require just a bit of care when pressing them. I got used to it pretty quickly, but still, it shouldn't have been an issue.
Product Information
Aside from the button issue, I really can't find anything negative to say about this remote. It does what I have wanted a remote to do for years. It is easy to get it working, and once set up, it pretty much handles everything itself without the user having to switch from one device to the next like you would on other mid-range universal remote controls. It feels good in your hand, looks good on the coffee table, and it just works. That is enough for me.
Company: Logitech
Name: Harmony 688
Price: $147-250
Colors: Metallic Silver, Gun-Metal Black
Software: Current system requirements: PC with USB port, Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP or Mac OS X with Safari 1.0, Internet access, 10MB free hard drive space. Future support for Linux
Memory: 2 Megabytes Non-volatile flash memory.
Hardware: Backlit LCD 84 x 48 pixels, 56 top mounted hard buttons, Infrared sensor, USB communication, Speaker.
Infrared (IR): 3 wide dispersion high power LED's (Range > 40 feet, sending frequency > 60 kHz, sensing frequency > 60 kHz.)
Power: While connected: USB power from PC, when not connected: 4 AAA 1.5V batteries.
Dimensions: 8.1x 2.3 x 1.3 inches
Weight: 5.8 oz
Warranty: 366 day repair/exchange warranty for factory assembly defects only.
Box contains: 688, Harmony Software Installation CD, USB cable, 4 AAA batteries, Quick Start Guide.
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Families could save almost $11,000 per year on out-of-pocket expenses for long-term care if they started planning a little earlier, a report released Monday by Genworth found.
Genworth surveyed more than 1,200 caregivers and recipients for the "Beyond Dollars: A Way Forward" report. More than half of those who identified as caregivers said they had lost income because of those responsibilities.
Care recipients who use professional care were more likely to have planned for that eventuality. Forty percent of respondents who receive care at a day facility made plans ahead of time to meet those needs, compared with 23% of people who moved into a family member's home.
Long-term care is still a difficult subject for clients. Thirty-eight percent of care recipients said they didn't address their needs because they didn't want to admit care was needed, and 28% said they didn't want to talk about it. Twenty-three percent said they weren't sure where to start.
(Check out Top 10 Cheapest States for Long-Term Care Costs on ThinkAdvisor.)
Wendy Boglioli, national spokeswoman for Genworth and a former Olympic swimmer, has been in the long-term care industry since 1998. She says that sometimes, it's the advisors who don't want to bring up the subject of long-term care. "I'm seeing the shift more and more," she said. "Ten or 15 years ago, advisors didn't want to talk about it, but it has shifted. If they're a little leery, they just need to understand that they owe this conversation to every single client they have."
That reticence shifts a significant financial and emotional burden to family members. Thirty-eight percent of caregivers said they could have avoided a lot of stress if care had started planning earlier. Thirty-five percent of recipients agreed.
Boglioli stressed that young clients need to talk about long-term care just as much as older clients. "Long-term care might seem forever away," she said, but it's important to "fill in the blanks for them to be able to see what is coming down the road because it's all about being prepared."
Boglioli said most clients in their 40s, 50s or 60s already have "a long-term care story or situation" or are expecting one in their near future. "They're pretty in tune to needing that conversation."
It's important to include family members in long-term care planning. "Family is the backbone of caregiving in this county," he said, while adding that emphasis on family as caregivers is going to change. Older generations were more likely to have large families whereas younger families are more likely to have only one or two children. She recounted a story about her own family.
"My mother is going to be 93. She will have been in a nursing home in Wisconsin going on three years. I see my mother if not every month, at least every six to eight weeks. I'm one of seven and we all rotate through, so we're all spending a fair amount of money to fly and spend several days with my mother: you've got to get a hotel, rent a car, so there's those kinds of expenses as well as the cost of the nursing home. My mother is in a nursing home that costs $8,000 a month. Now, the good news is I'm one of seven children, so the seven of us are paying that bill. If I were a single child or one of a few, it would be astronomical."
She suggested approaching clients about bringing family members in for a meeting over the holidays when out-of-town guests are visiting. "I usually see it around Thanksgiving or early in January."
Many feel they made a mistake by not purchasing long-term care insurance. Almost 60% of respondents who didn't have a policy wish they'd purchased one. Of those, 59% feel it would have been easier on their finances and put less strain on their family.
"There are only four ways to pay for care," Boglioli said. The first way is through family and their support. Advisors need to "walk clients through what that looks like for them," Boglioli said, so they can understand how it will affect the care they receive.
Government programs are another possibility. While Medicare does not cover most long-term care services, Medicaid does. "Today Medicaid does if you are in poverty or indigent," Boglioli said.
Another way to pay for care is to self-pay, although Boglioli pointed out that this is where planning can get difficult. "What are the financial things we can do early on to build that nest egg, but as you build it, do you really want to spend that money on care?"
Finally, of course, is an insurance policy. "An [LTC] insurance policy is the least expensive way to go."
However, one of the biggest obstacles to long-term care planning is just putting it off, Boglioli said. "When it comes to long-term care conversations, there are physical issues — will I need care or be providing care — financial issues, emotional issues; how do I get that all together? How do I coalesce that into a plan?"
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The Swedish manufacturer Swedese launched a wide range of novelties at this year's Stockholm Furniture Fair. Amongst them pieces by Thomas Bernstrand – who received for his 'Ivy' shelf the Form+1 Award 2011 – and Claesson Koivisto Rune.
The sophisticated 'Spin' stool by Staffan Holm – you wonder how this complex shape has been produced.
The 'Ivy' bookshelf can be built straight or leaning – which makes bookends unneeded.


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The U.S. Open golf tournament is in the books and the Monterey Peninsula has come out the clear winner. Officials say 250,000 people came out to see the world's best compete on the links of Pebble Beach. That translates to $150,000 million to the Monterey area economy.
The Bay Area isn't going to have to wait long before it hosts another Open. It will be played at the San Francisco's Olympic Club in 2012.
Now to the golf and an amazing story of the first European to walk away with the trophy:
There was the group of players he beat and the group of players he joined.
With his whole career in front of him and a U.S. Open title behind him, 30-year-old Graeme McDowell now goes about trying to be remembered more as the guy who knocked off Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els and not merely the latest on an eclectic list of surprising champions at golf's most unpredictable major.
McDowell played a fourth straight round of unflappable golf Sunday at Pebble Beach and held off the sport's fearsome threesome to prove, yet again, that a great track record guarantees nothing when it comes to the U.S. Open.
He shot 3-over-par 74 to finish the tournament at even-par 284 and beat Frenchman Gregory Havret, the 391st-ranked player in the world, by a stroke. But it was the way McDowell kept the Big Three in his rearview mirror all day long that was so impressive. Els finished two shots behind, while Woods and Mickelson were another shot back, tied for fourth.
"Just very proud of myself the way I handled myself this week," McDowell said, after becoming the first European to win America's championship since Tony Jacklin in 1970. "And I just can't believe I have 'Major Champion' after my name from now on. It's a special feeling."
McDowell, from Northern Ireland, was also helped by the stunning collapse of Dustin Johnson, who also was in search of his first major. Johnson led McDowell by three coming into the day. He gave that away and more by making 7, 6 and 5 on Nos. 2, 3 and 4 en route to an 82 -- an afterthought who simply tried to stay out of McDowell's way on the back nine.
"As soon as Dustin made a triple, it was a wide open tournament," Mickelson said. "Many guys had a chance."
McDowell took advantage. He joined Geoff Ogilvy, Michael Campbell and Lucas Glover among the list of players who have used the U.S. Open to surprisingly break into the major-champion's category. And that's just the list from the last decade. The U.S. Open, with it's punishing rough, dry greens and close-to-the-edge setups -- all of which turned Pebble Beach into a beautiful monster this week -- proclaims itself to be the toughest test in golf.
It is, as this year's winning score of even par attests to, and because of that, it is a tournament that's every bit as likely to produce a Tiger Woods or Ernie Els as a champion as a Graeme McDowell or a Gregory Havret.
"When you have Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els there, you're not expecting Gregory Havret to be the guy you've got to fend off," McDowell said.
As it turned out, Havret was the closest competition. But when he bogeyed the par-3 17th, then failed to make birdie on the par-5 18th, all McDowell had to do was hit three shots to the green on 18, then two-putt from 20 feet to seal his victory.
He made only one birdie Sunday -- an eight-foot putt on the fifth hole, and his final round was the highest score by a U.S. Open champion since Andy North in 1985.
"I can't believe I'm standing with this right now," McDowell said, posing with the silver trophy. "It's a dream come true. I've been dreaming it all my life. Two putts to win the U.S. Open. Can't believe it happened."
He did it with four straight days of golf that leaned more toward steady than flashy.
Woods and Mickelson, meanwhile, were the ones who put the 'Wow' into the Open, and with the resurgence of Els, there was plenty of star power -- three of the biggest names taking three of the late tee times for a Father's Day round being shown during prime time.
Woods struck the ball as well as he had since his comeback during a round of 5-under 66 on Saturday that put him in third place, a threat to win his 15th major. But when he opened Sunday by three-putting No. 1 for a bogey, then teed off into the fescue on No. 3 and had to lay up, it was clear he would be in catch-up mode the rest of the day. He shot 75.
"Our game plan was just if we shot under par for the day we would probably win," Woods said. "The golf course was playing too hard, too fast, and you can get away from you pretty quickly out there."
Mickelson shot his 66 on Friday when his putter got hot and looked like a real threat to win the second leg of the Grand Slam. But he fell back Saturday and his birdie to open the round Sunday was the only one he made all day. He was in catch-up mode -- to the point of desperation. Trailing by three with three holes left, he went pin hunting on No. 16. Missed the green, and told his caddie, Jim Mackay, "I took a chance, it didn't pay off."
"All I had to do was shoot even par in the back, and I'm in a playoff," Mickelson said. "I wasn't able to do it. Obviously, it was tough."
Els got to 3-under par and briefly into a tie with McDowell midway through the front nine. But his tee shot on 10 went off the course, over the edge of the cliff, matted in the thick grass that leads down to the beach. He tiptoed down the hill but never found his ball. And when he came back to drop on the fairway, he chunked it, hit that ball into the tall grass, as well, and was lucky to make a 6 from there.
Els did not stick around to talk after playing the last 10 holes in 5-over par.
Instead, it was McDowell doing the talking. He came into the tournament with five victories on the European Tour, including one in his last tournament -- in Wales earlier this month.
He got into the U.S. Open by narrowly making the top 50 in the world at the deadline to avoid qualifying, which he said he probably would have skipped anyway. Good thing it didn't come to that. He's now No. 13 and won't have to worry about his spot in majors -- or on the European Ryder Cup team later this year.
And for all the talk about first-time flukes at the U.S. Open, he joins an impressive list of players to win the Open at Pebble, one of America's most celebrated courses: Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Tom Kite, Tiger Woods.
And now, McDowell.
"'I'm not quite sure if I belong in that list," he said, "but, hey, I'm there now."


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Few modes of transportation can be deemed romantic. Highway traffic is a pain, airplane travel is god-awful, and let's not get into the Segways that plague the sidewalks of Balboa Park.
But the steam locomotive? It's extraordinary.
A new film opening at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center's Heikoff Dome Theatre called "Rocky Mountain Express" blends IMAX aerial cinematography, archival photographs and maps to tell the story of the building of Canada's first transcontinental railway. It offers beautiful views of the Canadian Rockies as the camera follows the journey of the Empress, a steam train built in 1930 and now operated by the Canada Pacific Railway.
During a recent visit to the Fleet, producer Pietro Serapiglia explained that it wasn't an easy effort. Compared to the flashier topics he and filmmaker Stephen Low have covered through IMAX (like their 1993 film "Titanica" about the world's most famous ship), the train-based journey through Canada was a more difficult story pitch to potential funders.
"It took five years to make the film because we had to use our own funds. We'd sell other films and make some money on distribution. We slowly made the film because we didn't want to take the big risk immediately," Serapiglia said. "But we got it made."
And it has been a success.
"Rocky Mountain Express" won the 2012 Best Film award from the Giant Screen Cinema Association (a tie with "To the Arctic," also showing at the Fleet), and the film has opened in many theaters across the U.S. and Canada. When it opens at the Fleet on Saturday, it will be the first time the IMAX film will be shown in California.
Serapiglia took some time from his schedule to answer some questions:
A common aspect of IMAX films is that audiences are given the opportunity to see places they wouldn't typically be able to see, going deep into the ocean or to remote rainforests. What unique experience does this film offer?
"We put the camera on top of the locomotive so you have the point-of-view of seeing these huge mountains ... and you have the ride experience. No one's going to allow you to stand on top of a steam train. Nothing against the IMAX Hollywood films like 'Batman' but for me, the true IMAX experience involves nature.
"We were also permitted by the Canadian government to take the IMAX camera into places you're not usually allowed to set foot in because they don't want people trampling those areas of the countryside. That's another benefit to the film."
You worked on "Ultimate Wave Tahiti," another IMAX film that has been at the Fleet. I remember talking to one of the producers about the difficulties of shooting that film. What were some of the challenges involved with making "Rocky Mountain Express"?
"There was some extreme weather, but it wasn't as challenging as "Ultimate Wave" — that was riskier because we had sharks and those waves were pretty intense. In this case, I think the most dangerous part was the helicopter work. I was always worried when Stephen (the director) went out in the helicopter because I think they took a lot of crazy chances to get those shots. Every time I saw that helicopter leave, I'd worry about the mountains, the downdrafts, and whether or not a snowstorm would move in, but everything went well there."
And then you mixed in some historical photographs?
"We had a researcher who went to all the museums, like the Royal Canadian Museum, to find the images. Back then — even during the building of the U.S. transcontinental — there were photographers who went out and lived with these guys on location. We found these incredible black-and-white stills that we sent to the labs in Los Angeles at IMAX where they digitally enhanced or fixed them if there were any damages. Of course, the museums were afraid to let those out so they'd duplicate them, give us the duplicates, and then we'd restore them and film them with an IMAX camera on an animation stand, on film."
What was surprising about making "Rocky Mountain Express"? Did you already know a lot about trains?
"I wasn't a train person until I saw the train. Train fanatics are sometimes called "foamers" — I guess a reference to foaming at the mouth. Every little town, it was like the Pope came to town. Hundreds of people would stand out there with their cameras wanting to see the steam train.
"But when I first saw it, I was moved also."
What are you working on now?
"Stephen would like to make a film called the "City of the Future." The city of the future is going to be about light rail. I remember that he and I were driving through Toronto and we saw 40 kilometers of traffic and it was pretty depressing actually, one person per car. He wants to do a film about the importance of getting cars off the road and bringing the streetcars back. We're working on fundraising right now and we have a couple of interested sponsors so we might have that released in 18 months or two years."
"Rocky Mountain Express"
When: Opens March 9
Where: Reuben H. Fleet Science Center's Eugene Heikoff and Marilyn Jacobs Heikoff Giant Dome Theater in Balboa Park.
Phone: (619) 238-1233
Online: www.rhfleet.org/


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For the record, let me just say that I was for SIFMA's and NAIFA's position before I was against it. I'm talking about the responses of two of my favorite trade organizations to FINRA's proposal to require the disclosure of the bonuses that brokers are paid to change firms. In the interest of full disclosure, my Jan, 11, 2013 blog clearly stated that I thought FINRA's proposed rule change was a dumb idea: If brokers and their firms had to start disclosing the payments and fees that created conflicts with their clients, the list would be virtually endless.
But I have to admit that my resolve started to waver when I read that in their comment letters to FINRA, both SIFMA and NAIFA agree with me. Yikes! Fortunately, their reasoning is so typically convoluted that I can at least take issue with their arguments, if not their conclusion.
(See Melanie Waddell's latest article on the broker recruitment proposal.)
As best as I can tell, both organizations are arguing that FINRA is barking up the wrong tree because recruiting bonuses do not always present a conflict of interest. As a non-lawyer I may be a bit fuzzy on the legalities here, but it's my understanding that both SEC and FINRA regs identify areas of potential conflicts of interest, and then require disclosure of each occurrence, so that investors can make up their own minds about their comfort level with the specific circumstances. That would be the time for the broker or their firm to point out why they believe that no material conflict exists. Then their clients could be the judges. If the standard for disclosure was that a circumstance always created a conflict, it's doubtful if anything would qualify for disclosure (even some proprietary products are less profitable than their alternatives).
But that's not all. Gary Sanders, NAIFA vice president for government relations, sets the record straight in his March 1 letter: "The fact that certain incentives were received by the registered representative in connection with such a move should not, in and of themselves, call into question the motivation behind such a move or serve as an indication that any such move was made for any reason other than the best interests of the representative's clients." Really? Is that a sentence that could have been written by anyone but a lawyer? If brokers get paid big bucks to change firms, the reasonable presumption should be that the move was made for the clients' benefit? You just can't make this stuff up.
Not to be outdone, our friends at SIFMA brilliantly tied not disclosing the amount of the recruiting bonus with a fiduciary standard for brokers. Ira Hammerman, SIFMA general counsel, writes: "…consistent with SIFMA's support for a uniform fiduciary standard … SIFMA has a long-standing record of support for disclosure to investors of potential conflicts of interest. In the context of recruiting-related bonus payments, the most important and relevant information for the client is to understand the potential conflict associated with the payment. Accordingly, SIFMA believes that disclosure about the potential conflicts themselves should be the centerpiece of the proposed rule." After all, investors might be prejudiced into thinking the move to change brokers wasn't solely for their benefit if they knew the actual amount of the bonus.
After reading these arguments, I can't help but wonder if I'm on the wrong side of this debate. I guess it's times like these that really help us measure our convictions. I still believe that disclosing recruiting bonuses is an arbitrary concern intended to reduce recruiting bonuses—and can't help but think that SIFMA and NAIFA's lame legal caterwauling is just cover to look broker-centered.


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Will Donovan McNabb be a savior for the Redskins? Or will Philly fans just savor the moment they got rid of their longtime starting quarterback?
That is yet to be seen. But there is one thing that McNabb is certain about:
"I'm just happy that it's over," McNabb said Tuesday during his first press conference as a member of the Redskins. He was acquired Sunday for two draft picks.
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McNabb characterized his breakup with the Eagles as one he didn't necessarily want, but one he understood had to happen. He said he was also treated fairly by the fans and media in Philadelphia during his 11 years there.
"I always believed in finishing where you started," McNabb said. "But sometimes change is better. Sometimes you're forced into change."
McNabb said the Eagles are rebuilding and getting younger.
"I never knew 33 years old was old, but I guess I'm too old," he said.
But both he and head coach Mike Shanahan pointed out how the new coach meshed well with veteran quarterbacks in the past and found success. Shanahan first worked with Steve Young in San Francisco and helped get an immense monkey off his back (the shadow of Joe Montana) by winning a Super Bowl. He then went on to Denver, where he teamed up with John Elway for two Super Bowl wins in the twilight of the Hall of Fame quarterback's career.
"I'll be 34, just like (Elway) was at the time," McNabb pointed out.
Shanahan and McNabb met for the first time Monday night after owner Dan Snyder flew him in from Arizona on his private plane and then chauffeured him to Lansdowne Resort.
"He paid for dinner. That was good," McNabb joked.
Shanahan then turned to Snyder and said, "Thank you, Dan."
The two discussed philosophies and goals. Shanahan said McNabb has the characteristics he looks for in a signal-caller.
"He's an excellent leader," he said. "He's everything you look for in a quarterback."
When trade was completed, McNabb said he looked back at runs of Elway and Jay Cutler in Denver to see what style he can look forward to.
"It starts with the run game," McNabb said. "A lot of you from Philly don't know much about the run game. But we will run the ball here."
McNabb also talked at the press conference about taking over the starting job from Jason Campbell, who, by the way, remains on the roster.
Yeah, that's a little awkward.
McNabb said he called Campbell "after the dust settled" to discuss what happened.
"This wasn't one of my plans to come in and take his spot," McNabb said. "Jason is a great guy and a hard worker and a friend who I've continued to talk to through the years. I've tried to be a mentor to him. I want to see nothing but success for him and an opportunity to revive his career. We just reflected on a couple moments in his career so far. I said 'The sky's the limit for you.' Continue to have your head high. Every now and then in life you go through adversity."
Don't expect Campbell to be at Redskins Park to greet McNabb. In fact, the Redskins may not see Campbell around the facilities much at all. The Washington Post reported that Campbell will not participate in the team's voluntary offseason workouts, and he won't give interviews until after his situation with the team is resolved.
What will it take? The best both sides could hope for is a trade out of town. Shanahan said the Skins have granted Campbell's agent permission to work out a trade with another team.
Shanahan said he met with Campbell over lunch on Monday.
"Jason was very candid. He asked me if I could allow him to look for a starting job in NFL," Shanahan said. "I told him we'd definitely give him the opportunity to look for something. "If it doesn't work out, he'll come back to us. We're going to give him every opportunity to seek what he's looking for."
The St. Louis Rams are the latest team in need of a QB after releasing former West Virginia University QB Marc Bulger. The Rams are contemplating taking Sam Bradford with the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming draft, but may need a short-term replacement for next season until Bradford gets up to speed.
Other teams that may be interested: Buffalo, Oakland, Jacksonville and Carolina.


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Updated: Up to 50 in Berkeley Displaced by Morning Apartment Building Fire
As many as 50 people have been evacuated from a Berkeley apartment building that burned for nearly four hours early this morning and four buildings surrounding it, a deputy fire chief said.
Two walls of the building at 2227 Dwight Way were evaluated as unsafe and at risk of collapse by a structural engineer this afternoon, Berkeley Deputy Fire Chief Gil Dong said.
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How in the world can this happen? Nam Sang Ah [(f(x)'s Luna] is an ordinary girl. But her life is turned upside down when she mistakenly become the victim of a public witch hunt. Her friends, Han Ga Eul (Block B's U-Kwon) and Lee Yenny (SECRET's Hana), try to help Sang Ah. But Yenny also is busy working as the personal bodyguard to Seo Ah Shin (Block B's B-Bomb), a top idol star who is hiding a vulnerable side. Can Gong Joo Ri (Park Ha Seong), who has survived her own witch hunt in the past, help Sang Ah through this crisis and reclaim her life? "Jumping Girl" is a 2015 South Korean web series directed by An Sung Gon. It is based on a webtoon of the same title.
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FITNESS 2009 Sneaker Guide: The Best Walking Shoes
Brian Maranan Pineda
Winner: Best Road Walking Shoe
Asics GEL-Fluent LV
This flowery, well-cushioned shoe adds a spring to your step. Plus, its supportive heel and flexible outsole point your foot in the right direction as you stride, helping to prevent injury.
"They felt as comfortable as my running shoes," says one tester, a racewalking coach who has competed in an Olympic trial for the sport. "They're supportive, athletic, and light."
($85, asics.com for stores)
Brian Maranan Pineda
Runner-Up: Best Road Walking Shoe
New Balance 1200
The sturdy midsole on these shoes packs stability and cushioning from heel to forefoot, and the flexible outsole smoothes every stride. They are lightweight and durable and fit close to your foot, thanks to special cinch-it-in lacing.
"They felt like butt-ah," says one 20-miles-a-week walker. "I was propelled forward with each step and felt as though I could go forever."
($120, newbalance.com for stores)
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Winner: Best Trail Walking Shoe
Keen Genoa Peak
This hiker has a roomy toe box, giving you extra space to stabilize on uneven trails, and an upper made of both durable leather and breathable mesh to prevent overheating.
"These are my new go-to shoes," says one tester whose feet remained dry after trekking through a snowfield in Colorado. "Light and comfortable yet solid. I ditched my usual boots and took these on a 30-mile trip."
($100, keenfootwear.com)
Brian Maranan Pineda
Runner-Up: Best Trail Walking Shoe
Columbia Ashlane Low
More supportive than your average trail runner, these lightweight hikers are rigid enough to keep you stable on loose surfaces and supercomfy. The gusseted tongue shuts out pebbles, and the front rubber guard helps stop toe stubbing.
"Hooray for solid arch support!" proclaims one tester who wore the Columbias through soggy trails on an eight-mile hike. "These shoes are sturdy and versatile — they kept my feet dry over river crossings, but didn't lock sweat in."
($75, columbia.com)
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The White Sox are interested in Prince Fielder; it appears they probably can't make a deal unless they offer Gordon Beckham in the package.
UPDATE: Ken Rosenthal earlier:
Reversal from yesterday: White Sox trying to accelerate talks for Prince. Problem: Brewers want SP, and view Hudson as only a 3 or 4.


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