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Perhaps this lack of competition explains the less than convincing value that the GeForce 8600 series represents. Our recent performance review of the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS showed the newcomer struggling against older but competitively priced models like the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO. The obvious advantages offered by the GeForce 8600 GTS - its DirectX 10 pedigree and the new HD processing engine - is quickly offset by its limited 128-bit memory bus and predictably unattractive launch prices.
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Our first contender from Albatron is your standard GeForce 8600 GTS. NVIDIA's familiar green is preferred for the cooler shroud and the PCB, with Albatron stamping its own brand via a simple cooler decal. Clock speeds too are typical, with the core running at 675MHz and the DDR3 memory at 2000MHz DDR. Finally, the bundle reflects its mainstream segment; there is no game or applications included, though the minimum expected accessories are present.
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Every Saturday morning my little sister and I would bound out of our room, grab a big bowl of sugary cereal, and lose ourselves in the latest episode of AwesomeNauts. Man, those were the days that never really existed.
No, AwesomeNauts isn't a Saturday morning cartoon from the 80s, but it desperately wants to be if this Gamescom trailer is any indication. The press blurb accompanying the cinematic says it "merges the excitement from the A-Team with the elegance of Saber Rider," two great references that go great together. If this were an 80s cartoon, I'm sure I would have watched the hell out of it.
Instead, I'll have to satisfy myself by playing the hell out of Ronimo's 2D brawler when it hits the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade later this year.
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A Young Boy Named Joseph
1. A young boy named Joseph woke early one day
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To ask his Father just which church was right,
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3. The Savior told Joseph that no church was right,
That none of God's children had all truth or light.
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The Statesman returns to our favorite subject.
The small brewers, generally a young and passionate group, always have been better at creating hoppy and original brews than navigating the Legislature and the network of big-money lobbyists who are experts at quietly influencing politicians. The lack of political savvy among craft brewers has hampered their efforts to make Texas more friendly to craft beers, as Oregon, California and Colorado are.
"Part of our frustration in the past is we have seemingly been fighting against invisible enemies," [Freetail Brewing CEO Scott] Metzger said. "We never really felt like we got our fair shot."
They will try again during the next legislative session, which begins in January. But this time, they have a new tactic: befriend the two powerful wholesale beer distributor lobby groups that opposed their measures in the past: the Beer Alliance of Texas and the Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas.
"We're trying to build consensus with the stakeholders who have been in opposition in the past," said Metzger, founder and CEO of Freetail Brewing Co. in San Antonio and an economics professor at the University of Texas-San Antonio.
The lobby groups have said recently that they appreciate craft brewers and support them. Still, they have been reluctant to back the small brewers for fear that fracturing the three-tier system could threaten their ability to make money.
Craft brewers selling at breweries might take a small piece of distributors' business, but if larger beer makers somehow exploit exemptions to the three-tier system to self-distribute, then distributors could find themselves losing money.
Rick Donley, president of the Beer Alliance, said his organization is in the middle of "delicate negotiations" with the craft brewers and that his group might be on board next time. "We're not closing the door," he said. Still, he has concerns. He said he fears federal court challenges if the three-tier law is changed too much. He wasn't specific, but he said a federal case could open floodgate for legal issues that could hurt his clients.
Keith Strama, a general counsel for the Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas, said his organization sees "craft brewers as a strong ally to promote the industry in the state" and gladly will work with them. But, he said, "we're reluctant to support proposals that further deregulate the system."
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Prototypes of a new, smaller iPad have been delivered to Apple for verification and could enter production in the third quarter, a report has claimed.
Digitimes reports that Apple's manufacturing partners have delivered samples of a 7.85in iPad, according to anonymous industry sources.
Last month, reports that a smaller iPad was being tested emerged and Digitimes also reported late last year that an iPad with a 7.85in display would hit the market at some stage in 2012.
In the most recent report, Digitimes claims that sources think that new, smaller device would go on sale for between $249 and $299 (£156 and £188) in order to compete with Amazon's $199 (£125) Kindle Fire. Production would begin in Q3 which would make sense if Apple anticipated another pre-Christmas battle with Amazon.
However, a separate report from the same outlet published this week suggests that Apple has another low-cost option coming - an 8GB iPad 2, which it will announce next week.
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Willkie, Wendell Lewis, 1892–1944, American industrialist and political leader, b. Elwood, Ind. He practiced law in Ohio (1914–23) and in New York (1923–33) before he became president (1933) of the Commonwealth and Southern Corp., a giant utility holding company. Although a Democrat, Willkie became a leading spokesman of business interests opposed to the New Deal. He finally enrolled as a Republican in 1940 and in that year was nominated by the Republican party for the presidency. In his campaign he endorsed President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's foreign policy but attacked the New Deal at home. Although defeated in the election, he polled more than 22 million votes (the largest popular vote received by a defeated candidate up to that time). He later (1941–42) visited England, the Middle East, the Soviet Union, and China as the President's personal representative. He led the fight (1942–44) to liberalize the Republican party, mainly attacking isolationism. He wrote One World (1943) and An American Program (1944).
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First of all, no. I'm not changing the name of the blog. I realize I'm leaving the dangling WANG but I am only moving up to the scrotum, nestling my family somewhere snuggly in the vas deferens of this country. As long as I reside somewhere in the naughty bits of this great land, the name stays the same. I might CONSIDER changing it if I moved, oh, up to the liver or the spleen (you know who you are, DELAWARE). But for now........now. Wang it stays.
Second of all.
I'm moving.
Have I actually articulated how much I love Florida? I mean, summer of the hurricanes and all? In Florida I made some of the best adult friends I've ever made that I didn't work with. Which is really hard to do. Do YOU have any friends you don't work with, working "outside the home" moms? I also made some really good work friends. So, leaving them is going to be really hard. Which brings me to my point.
I ugh, I might have not seen you and the movers are coming this week and I'm leaving. And I'm excited about the new job, and the new town and the change. But I am not excited about leaving you. About only seeing you once a year or less. About not planning to do stuff, about seeing or hearing things locally to talk about. I am not excited to be the one exiting this life. Because your lives go on, as normal.
And if I see you, well.........it will be painfully clear that the things you talk about in the future tense do not include me. And you don't mean it spitefully, but it's going to hurt. I am bad at being disincluded. It makes me really sad. Like a 12 year old girl, sad.
And there is this part of me, that feels like, if I don't say goodbye to you.....then I'm not saying goodbye to you. Didn't I just see you yesterday, anyway? (See how this works....I'm already working it out in my mind.)
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Hey woman!! I'm glad your excited. Life does go on doesnt it? People come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime. Whichever you and I are I'm glad I was there. Although you have many here in Florida, remember "mi casa, su casa". Whenever my "windows Vista" catches up with the rest of the world, I'll see you in SL. Show those MFers what there missing, BAM. I Love ya..........Ronigamdhk
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A new website, dcmonitor (dot) com, was just created with the purpose of helping citizens put pressure on the government to exercise either eminent domain or compulsory licensing for the NiMH battery technology currently owned by Chevron. Please show your support by visiting it.
A little backstory (From the book "Two Cents per Mile" by Nevres Cefo):
GM destroyed the GM EV-1, an advanced electric vehicle (EV), as soon as they managed to get the Chairman of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), Alan Lloyd, to push for the end of the zero-emissions vehicles mandate (ZEV).
Shortly thereafter, GM sold the patents to the incredibly efficient NiMH batteries to ChevronTexaco, who successfully mothballed the large capacity and more powerful models necessary for full electric vehicles.
In the mid-1990s, before Rick Wagoner became CEO, GM acquired the patent rights for the NiMH battery from Ovonics, a company founded by the batterys inventor, Stanford R. Ovshinsky. This purchase appeared to be a smart investment move in response to Californias 1990 ZEV mandate that forced GM and other automakers to produce zero emission, battery-powered electric cars such as the GM EV-1. But General MotorsVice President of Government Relations, Andy Card (President George W. Bushs soon to be Chief of Staff), who had actively opposed electric cars for years, soon revealed GMs true intentions. On October 10, 2000, GM sold their control of the EV batteries to Texaco. Less than a week later, on October 16, 2000, only days after Texaco acquired control of the batteries, Chevron (formerly Standard Oil of California) bought Texaco in a $100 billion merger. The battery patents are now owned by Cobasys, a company that is 70% controlled by Chevron.
Shortly thereafter, the Toyota-Panasonic EV-95 product line of proven NiMH batteries (still running today in the Toyota RAV4¬EVs) was shut down when Cobasys and Chevron sued Toyota and Panasonic for patent right infringements. Cobasys (Chevron) prevailed to the tune of $30 millioneven though Panasonic claimed vital differences in the battery that advanced the thermo-electrical properties, longevity, and performance of the batteries. Although Panasonic had to pay licensing fees to Cobasys as a result of the lawsuit, Cobasys and Chevron have carefully excluded the right to produce batteries capable of powering EVs. Cobasys/Chevron will only make 8-10 Amh batteries available to the public and limits the licensing of hybrid batteries to auto manufacturers, controlling the scale in which improvements are made to this technology and who can use it. Chevron also maintains veto power over any sale or licensing of NiMH technology. In addition, Chevron maintains the right to seize all of Cobasys intellectual property rights in the event that ECD Ovonics (Energy Conversion Devices Ovonics) does not fulfill its contractual obligations.
Without access to the more powerful NiMH batteries, Toyota was forced to cancel the production of RAV4-EV vehicles. Unlike GMs EV-1, Toyota had actually sold the vehiclesnot leased themso they are a living testimony to the incredible technology in this battery. The legacy of this battery cannot be rounded up and crushed in the middle of a desert, as GM did with all its EV-1 vehicles in an effort to hide the successful battery technology in them. Cobasys/Chevron can limit access to new or replacement batteries only. The batteries cannot be sold or imported into the USA, according to one Toyota spokesperson. Only a few used Toyota-Panasonic EV-95 NiMH battery packs, salvaged from crushed vehicles, are available, and those are only for warranty replacements on existing RAV4-EVs. Unfortunately, for Cobasys/ Chevron, the NiMH battery keeps on ticking like an infernal Energizer bunny. With some owners clocking more than 100,000 miles and most with more than a decade of use, hundreds of RAV4¬EVs are still going strongmuch to the consternation of GM and the other automakers who contradict this reality with their claims of not having a viable battery.


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A Community Thanksgiving Day meal will be served in Morenci for the seventh year in a row in the high school cafeteria. Serving is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
As in the past, the meal is offered to everyone in the area—those in need of a nutritious meal, those looking for companionship on a holiday, anyone desiring a traditional Thanksgiving feast away from home, etc.
There is no charge for the meal because of donations of food and volunteer labor. Financial donations will be accepted to help defray costs not covered.
Reservations are requested to help with planning. Call Jim or Judy Heiney at 458-6869 by Friday.
To volunteer, call Rosemary Dickerson at 458-7511 or Renée Schroeder at 458-6829. Offers of volunteer help are lagging this year, Dickerson said, and assistance would be appreciated.
If anyone is aware of a person unable to attend the meal, contact the Heineys. Arrangements will be made to deliver food or to help bring people to the school.


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Defer Payment
Service members, veterans and dependents of veterans who are eligible for VA benefits or other governmentally funded educational assistance may submit an application to defer payment of tuition and fees until the final day of the requested semester.
Students who have been granted deferments are expected to make timely payments on their outstanding tuition and fees balance once education benefits are received. Students that do not comply with the conditions/date of the "Hold Agreement" will not be permitted to use the defer payment option again.
Students requesting a VA tuition deferment should complete a "Hold Agreement" each semester within the VA office.


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Roland Emmerich, who directed "The Day After Tomorrow", "2012" and "Independence Day", has bought the rights to "Emergence", a new heart warming coming of age story about a young boy's struggle to reconnect with his father. I'm kidding, it's an alien invasion flick that I'm sure will have all kind of crap blowing up and whatnot. Good old Roland doesn't care about kids! He doesn't care about love. He cares about people getting their faces blow up by giant ships and crap. I don't know where I'm going with this.
Well good for them! "The Purge", which was released this past weekend went ahead and earned back its budget this past Thursday night thanks to late night and midnight showings. The film was made for about $3 million and pulled in close to $3.4 million Thursday night, eventually bringing in over $36 million over the weekend. I can't do the math on what kind of profit that is but I'm pretty sure it's a lot.
No real surprise here folks, "Halloween" will get a special 35th Anniversary release later this year from the good folks at Anchor Bay. What is a surprise though is that director John Carpenter and star Jamie Lee Curtis will reunite for a new commentary track to be included with the release. A special special edition will also be made available with signed yogurt that helps ladies go BM regularly. I made that last part up.
Christina Ricci has been hand selected by the folks at Lifetime to play Lizzie Borden in an upcoming made for TV movie about the famous ax wielding daughter. I assume this means Ricci is only a couple years away from battling giant snakes with fish heads or something on Syfy so that really should be the news here. I'm pretty excited.
Between a half hour special on the gang activity in Chicago and this guy who just got arrested for having sex with a pit bull in a local animal shelter I'm starting to think I may have made a bad choice moving here.
Ever stayed in a really gross hotel room? Well it's nothing compared to this Motel 6 in North Carolina that had a rotting corpse under one of the beds. I wonder what kind of star rating that gets on Tripadvisor. I can't imagine a really good breakfast in the lobby could make up for that.


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- If Romney doesn't energize his campaign soon, somebody might actually try to win this race besides him."
"Occupy The White House" Now In Full Throttle
- Another victory for "smart power"
- On Reversing the Immigration Magnet's Polarities
- Ron Paul is nuts
- Will Congress try to duck the automatic cuts?
- Moonbats Still Blame Sarah Palin for Gabby Giffords Shooting
- Site of the Week: 2012Twit.com : Most social media platforms are only as good as those who use them, nut some are still better than others. For instance, Facebook is going through a transition which is currently making it less useful. Twitter is however becoming more and more valuable when it comes to gathering useful information without a ot of chatter. 2012 Twit is a platform that enhances the use of Twitter, especially in the area of political information. It provides a real time analysis of the 2012 presidential election on Twitter and if you don't know about it yet, you should.
- Sunday Morning News Programming: ABC -This Week With Christiane Amanpour: The deficit-reduction talks; volunteerism; and access to clean water. Guests include Sen. Pat Toomey (R.-Pa.); Colin Powell; Matt Damon; Gary White (cofounder of water.org); and Bill Gates. – Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace: One on One" series of interviews featuring the Republican presidential field with former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman.Then, with the super committee failing to reach an agreement to cut $1.2 trillion dollars from the nation's debt, how will Capitol Hill move to put our fiscal house in order? We'll hear from two key Senate party leaders. Sen. Dick Durbin, (D) Illinois / Majority Whip. Sen. Jon Kyl, (R) Arizona / Minority Whip. CBS Face the Nation: Authors Walter Isaacson, Michael Lewis, Condoleezza Rice and Kathryn Stockett. NBC – The Chris Matthews Shows: A panel discusses American politics and whether talk-show host Rush Limbaugh used racially tinged language about first lady Michelle Obama.
- File this under "I'm Sorry": If White House 2012 is anything, it is honest, and it is that honesty which allows me to share this reader comment from Lou who writes;
"Love your site, but I'm finding the "typos" and missspelllings disconcerting. For no charge, I'll review your copy before you post it. Isn't it worth five minutes more to get it out "clean and sober"? I'm serious, guys. I'll do it for no charge, in the interest of getting the message out without the annoying distractions. I hope to here from youse."
-Lou F.
Lou is right and while I can try to offer excuses, any such attempts would be just that……excuses. I myself have often found errors in the stories of others and thought to myself "how stupid". I recently read a piece from a prominent columnist who was writing about the flu season and wrote, "I hate how I always get dick". He meant "sick". That one slipped by (no pun intended….okay, maybe it is intended) the columnists, the editors, and the proofreader. And they all get paid handsomely for their work. Here at White House 2012, no one gets paid. Ours is a labor of love and done out of passion for our beliefs. However, finances or the lack thereof, are no excuse for sloppy work. So to Lou and everyone else out there, I offer my apologies for typos, and misspelled words. We may not be the New York Times but that is still not reason enough to not be better than them,……….which shouldn't be too hard to do.
- White House 2012′s Cinema Politico: This week's feature presentation is Atomic Cafe.
This 1982 flick provides a slight release of comic energy. The film recounts a defining period of 20th century history and serves as a chilling and often hilarious reminder of cold-war era paranoia in the United States. At least it's considered paranoia now.
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First 10 or so of my videos were made with Windows Movie Maker, and except for a few they really sucked. The newer ones I've made with Premiere are better, it seems like I'm starting to get a little better! :p
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My Palm Pre dialed 911 without my knowing it. "How did you find out," you ask? The dispatcher called me back to make sure I was all right. You don't see that in many product reviews, do you?
Well, forget about being first--I'm perfectly happy to write the last few words on the iPhone 3GS and the Palm Pre. I spent two weeks with each, using them as a normal human would--not as a reviewer sprinting to get first-posting bragging rights would. Which smartphone is really better (for me, anyway)? I'll tell you. But first, let me explain where I'm coming from.
By the day the Palm Pre launched, I counted no fewer than four reviews already up. Same story when Apple released the 3GS a couple of weeks later. We poor editorial saps maybe clock a few hours--one or two days, if we're lucky--using each phone at a breakneck pace before penning reviews. And you know what? I'm guilty of that with laptops.
That's the curse of journalism in this instant-gratification, feed-the-beast, Internutty world in which we live. People want a review yesterday! Well, Internet, today I'm pushing back. I needed a new smartphone, and I couldn't decide between the Pre and the iPhone. Reviews from the usual suspects (you always read our cell phone reviews, right?) hit all the major features--but in some cases, focused on finding new and exciting ways to be snarky. (Hint number one: If you're slicing cheese with a phone or slathering BBQ sauce all over a phone, you're not coming to my next party!)
So I put my money on the line and loaded up my dork holster with an iPhone 3GS and a Palm Pre (Nokia's N97 and the Android-loving G1 were not options, sorry). My plan: Spend a full two weeks using both phones simultaneously. The winner brandishes my personal number and stays in my pocket (if you call that winning). The other gets put on hold. The following are some of the knuckleheaded notes and observations that I made to myself--and on Twitter--in stream-of-consciousness order.
"Nerd rage: Double-fisting the Pre and 3GS ( http://twitpic.com/7u0zz )."
Outside the Apple store, my adventure began. Surprisingly, I didn't get mugged by the long line of folks waiting for the 3GS.
"It's nice to have a real, physical keyboard again. Didn't realize how much I missed it. (Sorry, 3GS.)"
The Pre's keyboard is one of the biggest things in Palm's favor right now. The 3GS's speed makes typing on the screen a whole lot quicker and easier than it has been on past iPhones, but my thumbs need more physical feedback.
Here's what really surprised me: I'm always complaining about how I hate small laptop keyboards, which would make the Pre's tiny pad seem like a prime hate target--but there I was, banging out texts and e-mail a whole lot faster than I could on screen with an iPhone. It took me a couple days to get used to daintily using the pad of my thumbs, but it worked. And I have goony sausage stumps for fingers.
While I'm on the subject, I found a bunch of neat little shortcuts for the Pre to keep your digits dancing.
"The 'S' is for speed? Try 'spensive!"
Have you looked at the data rates for AT&T's iPhone lately? It would cost me $50 for unlimited texting and data alone. And that's assuming I don't make any actual phone calls on my phone. Total max cost: $150 a month. Sprint's Pre plan--including voice and data--tops out at $100.
But since we're talking speeds, yes, the 3GS is faster than the Pre. The most painful example was when I tried to get some unoptimized Web sites to load on the Pre. (I typed 'www.msn.com' into both, and the iPhone popped up the mobile page. The Pre, on the other hand, opened the full MSN home page, a few seconds later.) The second biggest slowdown occurred when I tried opening the Pre's calendar. Was it because the Pre was looking to the WebOS cloud for my Google info syncing? Whatever the case, I needed to make an appointment just to see my appointments.
The iPhone booted my beefy 1500-plus-person contact list a second quicker than the Pre. Not a huge difference. Then came the Google Maps test (since both have an app for it), in which it loaded 2 seconds faster on the 3GS during my few on-the-street trials. I guess that's good if I'm sprinting down the street in a hurry, but that leads me to another point...
"Well I'll be--the 3GS compass feature is handy. Now I can get dropped off in SF's Hunter's Point and see if I can find my way out. Alive."
At first I thought that the 3GS compass was incredibly goofy--and it is--but when I got all turned around looking for a train station recently, it was a huge help. I opened Google Maps and then clicked the locate button in the corner for the map to reorient to the way I was facing. Only problem: The iPhone kept thinking I was a couple blocks from where I was actually standing (not so helpful). That wasn't a one-off problem at a single location, either. Meanwhile, the Palm Pre consistently located me within a half-block of where I was--in other words, it may be slower, but at least it's accurate. Guess it's a good thing I didn't try that little Hunter's Point experiment, after all.
"I'm digging Amazon MP3 integration on the Pre."
No way around it: If you're using a phone for tunage, the iPhone just sounds better. Whether it's the ear-blasting volume or the ability to set a simple equalizer, it beats the Pre's basic functions. Still, as much as I love the iPhone's iPod heritage, I hate the DRM lockdown on these things. It's authorized to plug into only certain computers. You need a written permission slip from the RIAA if you want to transfer songs. I want full control over my music. If I download a paid-for song onto my phone, I want to be able to transfer it wherever I please, with no strings attached. I want to plug the phone into any PC and grab my files.
Thanks to the Amazon.com hookup on the Pre, I can do that. The Pre reads as a hard drive--no jailbreaking required. (Okay, sticklers, I know that iPhone users can download WiFi HD Free as a workaround, but I'm still gonna run into the same music-extraction issues.) Now if only Palm could do something about the measly 8GB of storage space--would a MicroSD card slot have killed you guys?
Oh, and for all the multimedia fiends who need to take their video to go, check out the Leawo Free MP4 Converter for creating watchable, iPod-friendly or Pre-friendly videos. The default (and only) setting is perfect, considering its free status.
"Am I the only one annoyed by the Pre's USB port?"
Because the Pre has moving parts, a replaceable battery, and a flap to open, it feels flimsier than the unibody iPhone. Oh, and a note to Palm: Real smart move putting the data (and charging) port on the side underneath a dangling plastic cap. Like that's not going to be the first thing to get accidentally ripped out when someone's using it.
"Here's what matters: Which screen makes my face sweat less?"
Walking around outdoors, I found the Pre's screen a little easier to make out, while with the iPhone I occasionally had to slip into a shadowy doorway. Indoors, though, it was a little harder to decide. Obviously the iPhone's screen is bigger and pretty crisp--but the tightly packed pixels on the Pre's small screen are pretty appealing. Side by side, YouTube video playback loaded a hair faster and looked a little better to me on the Pre.
What I didn't like about the Pre is that it gave me face sweats. You might know what I'm talking about: You hold a phone next to your noggin for too long, and it can get uncomfortably damp. It was a hot day, the phone heated up--whatever--my Pre was forming puddles. Thanks to its new coating, the iPhone 3GS wasn't nearly as gooey after extended gab sessions. Then again, maybe I should just invest in a Bluetooth headset.
"Who needs apps when I've got NASCAR?!?"
If the Pre had come out earlier, this call would be a lot closer. After all, the iPhone's App Store is only a year old and here we are, a bajillion apps later, with the Pre lagging behind in sheer quantity. You know, like an iFart app. I will give Palm this: It is coming out of the gate with a few incredibly handy little programs already. It has a couple Twitter apps (they need better ones), LinkedIn, movie information, flight tracking, Pandora, eBooks, AP News. And here's where I'm loving the Pre--try listening to Pandora while using a Twitter app. And surfing the Web. You get the idea.
But then there's the NASCAR app permanently burned into the Pre. Really? Thanks, Sprint, you not only stick me with this dopey bloatware, but you also won't let me remove it? It may be time for me to do things the hard way. I'm ready to run the risk of bricking my phone just to ditch this app. If you're feeling equally foolhardy, follow the steps at the Pre Dev Wiki.
"I like how the 3GS's cut and paste is a 'feature' as opposed to what should've been there all along."
I've always complained that the iPhone's lack of cut and paste was a dealbreaker. Thanks for killing one of my main arguments, Apple.
"I took the Pre off its charger 2 hours ago. I haven't done anything crazy with it yet the battery is now at 80 percent. Is that normal?"
I always knew that the iPhone burned through juice, but I was surprised to see how quickly the Pre crapped out. Halfway through my day, and I had less than 50 percent power. It's not as if I hammered the Web with the thing. I did the occasional e-mail, read the news on the bus, and listened to some music. That's when it dawned on me: The Pre has a GPS feature. 'Improves accuracy but can impact battery life,' says the label by the toggle. Understatement of the year! Turning off GPS bought me a full day's worth of normal use. (And, by the way, with the GPS off, the Pre was still more accurate than the iPhone's locator.)
"When smartphones get too smart: Apparently, my Pre dialed 911 without my knowing. 911 then called me back. They know something I don't?"
I wasn't joking when I mentioned this at the beginning. Let me explain it a little better, though. I always PIN-lock my cell phones. When you do that, the phone offers a quick-dial button for emergencies. In the case of the panicky Pre, you're potentially just two button clicks away from calling 911. As I did. It was late at night, and an alarm was going off. In my sleep, I tried slapping my phone to turn it off. What I didn't realize is that my motions had hit the Emergency Call button and then grazed the call button. A couple of seconds later, the 911 dispatcher was hearing my snores. Or maybe the Pre was worried I'd go with the 3GS, and the Pre decided to call for help.
(The iPhone requires you to physically type 911. Emergency dispatchers all over can breathe a sigh of relief.)
"Caught in NYC storm & some drops got in my dork holster/phone pocket. 3GS shook it off, but the Pre...ruh-roh. Praying 2 tech gods now."
You've probably heard a lot of electronics wives' tales about what to do when your devices get soaked. While I was on the road, buckets of rain dropped and doused my phones--I was screwed, right? Actually, no--you just need to act quickly and intelligently.
I ducked into a drug store and bought Ziploc bags and a small box of dry rice. What kind of goofy MacGyver trick was this? Well, dry rice absorbs moisture. So I found a dry spot, turned off the phones, dabbed both to clean the spills off the surfaces, and put each one in a bag with some rice. I was back in business with two working phones a little later that day.
"Voice control? I don't need no stinkin' voice control..."
Congrats, Apple, on adding a neato feature that can cut through my faux Lawnguyland accent and thick Brooklynese. But honestly, how many people actually use voice-command features? Maybe I'm crazy, but I don't mind the extra 2 seconds to sift through my music manually.
And the Winner Is...
Okay, so Apple's iPhone 3GS is faster and more refined, has more apps and games, functions better as an MP3 player, and apparently walks on water. So of course that means I'm going with...the Pre? Yep, I'm stubbornly sticking with the Pre, for a handful of reasons. First, I like the physical keyboard. Second, I need my phone to plug into any PC and read as a normal hard drive so that I can drag and drop anything I want (even though it has only a lousy 8GB). Third, AT&T's monthly rates would kill me.
Don't think I'm ditching the dork holster just yet, though. I'm actually considering getting an iPod Touch just for the apps (Rolando 2!). Besides, that holster makes me look like a nebbishy Starsky (or) Hutch.
Need even more nerdity? Follow Casual Friday columnist and PC World Senior Writer Darren Gladstone on Twitter (gizmogladstone) for game-swag giveaways, odd links, and time-wasting tips.


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VANCOUVER - Patti Tubbs is a 48-year-old single mom from Abbotsford. Born without a hip socket, she supplements her $900 monthly disability pension by delivering pizzas.
But her real passion is the track. Tubbs comes from a horse racing family – her mom was a trainer at Hastings Racecourse, and her father and brother were outriders, who lead the post-parade at the track.
Tubbs used to be a horse trainer herself, but in 2002 her disability forced her to give it up. She had been through 37 surgeries, 34 of them on her legs, and "simply couldn't continuing doing physical work at the racetrack anymore."
But she missed the track, so in 2009 she picked up a camera and start photographing life behind the scenes at Hastings.
"I try to sell them around the racetrack," she explains. "The grooms and stuff buy pictures of their horses off me, of their horses and of themselves."
Last year she snapped a photo of jockey Frank Fuentes coming to the winner's circle. It was raining, and Fuentes was literally covered in mud – the only clean part of his face was where goggles covered his eyes during the race.
But the mud didn't deter Fuentes from flashing a thousand-watt smile, a classic "thrill of victory" image.
"The smile said 'I love my job, even in this kind of weather, covered in mud,'" said Tubbs.
Tubbs now has her own thrill of victory, because on April 11 her Fuentes photo won a Sovereign Award, a national honour bestowed by the Jockey Club of Canada in Toronto.
She flew back east for the awards ceremony with her daughter Amanda, with all expenses paid from donations by her friends at Hastings Racecourse.
"I've only been on a plane once before, so I was a little leery of going on it again," she admits. "But I managed. My daughter came along, I wouldn't have wanted to be there without her."
Her dad watched the ceremony online at his home in 100 Mile House. Sadly, her mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident at Hastings and Cassiar in 1999.
Tubbs didn't get any money for her win, but she did get a big trophy ("it's 20 pounds, I had to buy a special bag for it") and a tremendous boost to her photographic career.
"It's extremely important," she said. "It's voted on by people at the racetracks throughout Canada. It boosts your business."
Hastings Racecourse plans to designate a race in her honour when the track opens on Sunday, April 27.
"Are they?" she said when asked about it Tuesday. "I didn't know that. Oh wow, nice. I'll have to make sure my daughter comes for that."


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Professional Community for Car Dealers, Marketing, Advertising and Sales Leaders
I am hearing a lot of discussion about True Car and ZAG. I continually scratch my head and wonder if desperate dealers are doing the marketing limbo "How Low Can You Go?"
Are we so bad at what we do that we have to line up and pay vendors to lose money? AND, who is giving these people access to your data that is used against you?
Who owns these companies and what might be their ulterior motive? Sometimes I ask questions to which I already know the answer.
Am I wrong?
What do you think... JIM
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David, thank you for sharing the Compete.com traffic report for TrueCar... Although I have no insider information, I would imagine that this chart also reflects the reach and frequency of TrueCar's advertising media. It seems that as their advertising peaked in December, their traffic peaked in direct correlation. I personally no longer see the TV commercials that were so prevalent last November December and January for TrueCar.
Estimated percentage of global internet users who visit truecar.com:
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Welcome back Jim and I'm glad you're feeling better!
My apologies for my lack of visibility here recently. I had to deal with some issues following my March surgery which took precedence.
I am now back up at full speed and ready to continue to address the challenges we're all facing. I have painfully labored over my lengthy report I am writing titled... "Data Wars, Battle of Armageddon" addressing the vendors and data pirates in the auto industry.
Although TrueCar will be a centerpiece, it will go deep and cover the entire gamut of data misappropriation and misuses. I can predict with authority a bigger response than the TrueCar issues received originally. JIM
Ralph, I agree. Reviews used to happen at the kitchen table, in restaurants, get-togethers and social gatherings. Now they occur on Facebook, Twitter and other social media.
Manny - Where do you think Friends/Family/Word of Mouth comes from? Hint: the media used by friends, family and people who know each other to share opinions and product recommendations...
I am personally, for now, going to need to at least pause my discussions on this blog. I'm investigating a relationship with a vendor, and I don't want anything I write to be misconstrued in that process. There are no data issues with this other company, as they don't use 3rd-party data nor involve the DMS. Good luck to all of you, and if this falls through then I'll be back! Just being ethical. Thanks!
@ Jason: RIGHT ON, my brother. Well said. It's **TIME**.
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The majority of the Groundhog Day groundhogs are male. Why is that? At least here in Wisconsin we're trying to level the playing field. Wynter the Groundhog from Milwaukee is female.
This morning we read a book titled Brownie Groundhog and the February Fox. It's about a girl groundhog named Brownie who sees her shadow and complains about having to wait for spring.
"Shadows mean more winter, and more winter means waiting. Wait, wait, wait." Brownie stomped her foot. "Phooey!"
Brownie is so busy being impatient she doesn't see a red fox lingering nearby. The fox pounces on Brownie and plans to eat her for breakfast. What to do? You guessed it -- implement the old, ever reliable "outfox the fox" tricks. After some quick thinking, Brownie convinces the fox that he has missed breakfast time and now must wait for lunch. Brownie cleverly keeps the fox plenty occupied all day long with skating and looking for signs of spring. When suppertime arrives, both animals witness the first sign of spring and the fox hungrily devours a snack (a tasty wintertime treat, at that)!
Carmen Segovia's painted illustrations are really quite lovely with the striking contrasts of the red fox and red-scarf-wearing groundhog against the snowy winter landscapes. The story of how this book came to be is quite unusual. Carmen Segovia displayed a series of illustrations at the Bologna Children's Book Fair depicting a groundhog waiting for spring. The illustrations were discovered by Sterling Publishing and Segovia's editor sought out an author to write a story for the little groundhog. Susan Blackaby created this adorable tale of patience and friendship with the little groundhog sketches in mind. It's the perfect picture book for reading on Groundhog Day or really any cold, winter day that leaves you impatient, longing for some spring cheer!
Brownie Groundhog and the February Fox by Susan Blackaby, illustrated by Carmen Segovia. Sterling Publishing (January 2011); ISBN 9781402743368Related Links:
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Carmen Segovia - Website
Carmen Segovia - Blog
In the story, Brownie and Fox sit down for a picnic of cocoa and cinnamon toast. This morning for breakfast we had our own cinnamon toast treat shaped like a groundhog! We did not, however, pounce on our meal. No red foxes in our house.
The kids used Cheerios for the ears, mini chocolate chips for the eyes and mouth and a big, fat blueberry for the groundhog's nose.
"Only with winter-patience can we bring The deep-desired, long-awaited spring." - Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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Celebrating More Than 75 Years Of Service To The Community! Since 1934.
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Every foreigner living or working abroad is exposed to cultural shock. Whether it will be a really painful experience, fun or just confusion depends on the individual's ability to adapt to the new environment.
Do you think you have ever been touched by the effects of cultural shock?
Whenever you think that the local community is strange or is behaving in a weird way, it is a classical symptom of experiencing cultural difference, which in effect could lead towards a real shock. It is an alarm bell proclaiming that you are different.
If an Englishman who is living abroad tried to drive on the left side of the road as is the custom in his country, it would be a disaster and no doubt lead to a serious accident.
A cultural system like a language is a social product and is assimilated from our environment while we are growing up. It means that our lifestyle, our way of thinking, our value system, our communication strategy are assimilated as our natural codes from living in society. Usually, we are not even aware of it although it is the foundation of our identity.
Only the confrontation with a different social or ethnic group makes us conscious of the differences. It is natural that behavior different from our rules is considered strange. While it is strange for us, it is equally strange for the other side. While living among foreigners, we have the opportunity to conceptualize the differences and compare them with our system. Awareness of the differences is the first step of adaptation. The next one is to learn and understand the new system. The final step is to adopt it and to follow it up.
If you have problems with team building in Poland or with developing proper relationships with your Polish staff or colleagues, I will be pleased to help. However, in order to discuss the problem, I will need some information from you about your negative experiences. What caused the difficulties in communication? What kind of situation made you confused? What do you find most irritating in the behavior of Polish people? If you would like to share your experiences, I will try to explain the differences in the comments on my blog.


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What you need to know before you go
Iceland attracts many with its iridescent northern lights and a dramatic landscape of geysers, volcanoes, and mountains. The Nordic island's main destination is Reykjavik, where you get to explore world-class museums, galleries and exhibitions, all showcasing Iceland's cultural heritage.
Fans of the outdoors can enjoy an adventure-filled vacation of exploring ice caves and waterfalls along Iceland's ring road, which is over 1,000 km in length. If you're prefer soaking in Iceland's geothermal pools, the iconic Blue Lagoon is situated in the suburban town of Grindavik.
Top destinations in IcelandWhere will you go next?
Pulsing with energy, Reykjavik hosts over 40 festivals a year in celebration of its Viking culture and heritage. Music plays a huge part in this and there are events almost every month showcasing the best of folk, blues, jazz, and modern acts from Iceland and further afield. The city is famed for its high-octane nightlife, facilitated by round-the-clock daylight in summertime and the funky bars that line the lively Laugavegur. To recharge your batteries, pay a visit to the spectacular Hallgrímskirkja cathedral, whose striking tower is said to be designed to reflect the lava flows so characteristic of Iceland's landscape.Read more


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So I'm anti-gun.
Which is a little bit bullshit, because my dad always had a gun in the house and my grandpa had guns and I've known people who hunted and HELL Mrs Repressed and I had a .22 when we lived together.
What I am, is anti-gun near my children. Which again is a little bit bullshit, as far as the moral highground goes. It's sort of like being a smoker and saying my children can't smoke or joining the WTCU and swearing my children will never drink - while having a bloody mary at the country club (yeah Grandma Drake I mean you).
But I'm a product of Captain Kangaroo - and I heard "Remember boys and girls, only play with peace toys" way too often as a child to embrace weapons as toys or even as a presence in my home now that there are tiny humans living in it.
So as this NO-GUNS-AS-TOYS-MOM I've been resistant to the point of obstinacy when it comes to letting Lil Satchmo play any sort of shooter. Seems pretty reasonable of me, right? 4 1/2 year olds have no business PLAYING any sort of shooter in fact so I've felt pretty justified and self righteous denying him BIG BUCK HUNTER.
Or whatever the deer hunting game is called that he's begged me to play every time we entered an arcade for the past six months.
Which is ALSO fairly hypocritical of me, cuz people, I will shoot zombies or demons or whatever in your standard arcade shooter in a heartbeat (sans children of course). I LOVE to do it. But you know, Mom Hat comes on, rules change. And I become STAUNCHLY ANTISHOOTER.
Until tonight.
Tonight we're at a local pizza joint that has a fairly big arcade. So I take the biggest of the little boys to burn a couple of bucks in the name of time with mommy. And I'm thinking skeeball, Ms Pac-Man, Galaga....pinball maybe. Stuff of that nature is what was on my mind. What was not on my mind was big kids who were good at the games getting game after game extension because they are big kids and good at video games. Which leaves 4 year old boys to make the rounds with their mom ONCE "Mom can we play that shooting deer game?" "NO! We don't play with guns! Let's play this game." TWICE - circling, looking for something a 4 year old can play "Mom can we play that shooting deer game?" "NO! Now let's play this somewhat broken pinball machine." THRICE - circling and realizing that half the games are broken, half are taken up by the 10 year olds and what is left is BIG BUCK HUNTER.
"Please Mom?"
Big Buck Hunter.
With a gun.
I said fuck it, yes, let's blow this last token. And we fired it up for a hunting adventure in Montana. Of course, I didn't notice that the attached weapon was a pump action shotgun - which was too tight for a 4 1/2 year old to actually effectively pump for the reload - much less AIM.
So, let's just say that Mom bagged 4 bucks and about 10 turkeys.
Don't mess with me.
I'm anti-gun.
But I'm killer in a first person shooter.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
The End of the Parenting Moral High Ground - At Least on This Subject
Posted by Gidge Uriza at 9:01 PM
Labels: Intellectual Vacuum, Lil' Satchmo, Mommyhood


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The talk must now turn to action for Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens.
It comes down to one game between these two bitter rivals.
The rest of what happened in what has been a Round 2 series for the ages is history. If the Bruins are to win this they must remember their past experience and bear down for a victory.
The Bruins have been here before. They have done that. They have had to do things the hard way in the past; they view this as another bump on the road in an attempt to win the Stanley Cup.
Coming off a 4-0 loss in Game 6 on Monday, the Bruins returned home with their heads held high with a dramatic Game 7 set for Wednesday night at TD Garden in the Atlantic Division final.
While P.K Subban was talking tough after Montreal's victory Monday and Boston coach Claude Julien declared "I expect us to win," those words will all be meaningless once the puck is dropped.
"A game's going to be played (Wednesday)," Julien told reporters in Boston on Tuesday after an optional skate at the Garden. "What's being said right now doesn't matter. I think it's all about going out there and playing a game.
"We're not going to start the 'he said, she said' kind of thing at this point. It's winner takes (all)."
Julien will tell his players not to leave anything on the table.
"Desperation is going out there and giving the best shot you can," he said. "The last thing you want is regrets, and if you hold back and you don't do the things you know you can do and you don't leave it all out on the ice, then you have regrets.
"So that's what desperation is all about, is leaving it all out there on the ice, and you can walk away knowing you gave it your best shot.
The Habs looked more comfortable in Game 6 at the Bell Centre than they did in a 4-2 loss in Game 5 in Boston. A large part of that is due to the fact the club was on home ice. Bruins winger Milan Lucic said his club has to take advantage of the fact that Game 7 is at TD Garden. That's why winning the President's Trophy was important — to get home ice for this situation. "You know it's not going to be easy," said Lucic. "You fought all season long to get home-ice advantage in situations like this. We've got to go out and get it." ... Habs winger Daniel Briere doesn't believe Game 7 is for everybody. "You see two kinds of players in these deciding games: Those who crumble under the pressure and those who raise their games. I liked what I saw from the team on Monday. Everyone took charge of their roles and that was a great sign," he said.
Though defenceman Dennis Seidenberg (knee) has been taking part in the club's morning skates it doesn't sound like he'll miraculously play in Game 7. Julien was asked if there was any update on his status because the Bruins have been coy about whether the veteran might return this season. "No," said Julien. "Never has been." The way Boston defencemen Torey Krug and Kevan Miller struggled in Game 6 the Bruins sure look like they could use Seidenberg. Big Zdeno Chara wasn't at his best either ... Interesting to note there was plenty of police presence in the streets in Montreal for Game 6 because nobody was sure what would happen if the Habs lost. A camera man walking along St. Catherine in the afternoon noted some shop owners were boarding up their windows. There were riots here in 2010 when the Habs beat Pittsburgh in Round 2 and in 2008 when they knocked off Boston in Round 1.
Julien has no shortage of experience in this winner-take-all situation. He will coach his 10th Game 7 which ties him with former coach Mike Keenan for the most in NHL history. "A Game 7 is a Game 7. You go in there, you give it your best shot, and as a coach, as players, as a team, and you go from there. We've been through those many times and like I said, you hope that your experience is going to help you get through those," said Julien ... How important is getting the first goal? All six times in the series the team that scored first went on to victory ... Boston coach Michel Therrien was pleased with the performance in Game 6 but admits now is time to turn the page. "We played a hell of game (Monday), a hell of a game," Therrien said to reporters at the club's practice facility in Brossard. "The only thing we've got to do is make sure we reset, refocus and have another good game (Wednesday)."
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What does a bicycle-friendly community look like? People in Boulder Junction probably have a very different vision for their town than those who live in Milwaukee. Different communities have different assets and challenges when it comes to cycling, but at the most basic level, people want to feel comfortable getting around on bicycles and safe allowing their children to ride in their neighborhoods.
For the last hundred years or so, riding a bicycle has been a rite of passage that is as much a part of growing up in America as baseball and apple pie. It is hard to argue with the need for safe routes so kids can bike and walk to their friends' houses, to the park and to school. However, with today's traffic and distracted drivers, even many adults don't feel comfortable riding on the streets in their own communities.
The Bike Fed is the only statewide organization that represents the more than 2.5 million people who ride bikes in Wisconsin every year, from road racers, mountain bikers, touring cyclists and commuters to the occasional recreational rider. No matter what kind of bicycling you enjoy, from small towns to big cities, if you are interested in making your community more bicycle friendly, the staff at the Bike Fed can help, no matter where you live.
We have a number of self-help resources based on our experiences helping different communities with different cycling-related issues.
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Chris' 'Friday Night Lights' Season Premiere Scorecard: Julie Taylor & Landry Clarke Head To College!
Television's best show kicks off its final season by saying goodbye to two of its biggest characters — get out the handkerchiefs!
The fifth, and final, season of Friday Night Lights started right off with goodbyes. After watching her grow up and struggle with life in Dillon, TX, our very own Julie Taylor (Aimee Teegarden) is finally heading off to college — much to the dismay of her parents Eric (Kyle Chandler) and Tammy (Connie Britton), who isn't even allowed to drive her to school. Instead we have to watch as the normally stoic Coach and his wife both choke back tears as their eldest daughter drives off alone into the sunset. Break out the Kleenex kids.
Julie wasn't the only one heading off for higher learning though as after a quick stop by Grandma Saracen's (Louanne Stephens), a sparsely attended Crucifictorus concert, and one delightful lap dance from new friend Candy, resident braniac Landry Clarke (Jesse Plemons) was headed off to Rice — "the Harvard of the south."
We also got to visit the always amusing and never frowning Tim Riggins (Taylor Kitsch) who has now become emotionless and vacant after just a few months in prison. Watching the always exuberant Tim stare blankly as brother Billy (Derek Phillips) showed off photos of his son got the waterworks going a mere two minutes into the episode.
Then there were the girls of Dillon, who are now having to do everything on their own. Becky (Madison Burges) is stuck with her wicked stepmother and never home father while mom is away working on a casino boat while Jess (Jurnee Smollett) is forced to raise her younger brothers as dad is off opening BBQ franchises in Dallas. It seems like this plot development is more a result of Steve Harris and Alicia Witt's lack of availability, but both girls play their situations so well it works perfectly.
The real focus of the episode though was, as always, the Taylor family. Watching the always amazing Connie Brittion as she fought with her daughter about not wanting to stay and eat peach cobbler with the family and Kyle Chandler challenge Julie to one last ping pong match were the highlights of the episode. Television's two best actors were at the top of their games this week, as if they're ever not, and let's pray they finally, FINALLY, get those Emmy Awards that are so overdue.
It is bittersweet knowing we have only nine more episodes of television's most consistent, brilliantly acted, and perfectly written show, which has been saved from cancellation more times than we can count. Coach Taylor seemed to sum up our feelings perfectly as he looked at the breakfast table days before Julie headed to college : "I'm gonna miss this."


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I was going to aim this craft to all of the teachers and moms out there but after I made it I have to say it was a ton of fun and I urge everyone to try it! I am teaching a craft program at the local library next week and I thought it would be fun to do Chinese New Year. I planned on the kids decorating "lucky money" envelopes, coloring dragon masks {for the preschoolers} and for the big kids we could make dragon puppets:
Wow, it was so fun to make the samples. The lucky money envelopes are freebies. I used the SVG in the kit to cut my envelopes from red paper but there is a printable version too if you do not have a die-cut machine. Also There is a full color printable with a Chinese dragon (2012 is the year of the dragon) on the back if you just want to print them and not have to decorate. BTW {shameless plug} Everything at Lindsay's stamp Stuff is 40% off now through Sunday so after you snag that freebie be sure to have a look around at all of the new products I have added this month!
When I went looking for inspiration on making a dragon puppet I did an internet search and came across a cute template on the Martha Stewart website, well, there was no need to reinvent the wheel there!
Did you know you can cut PDF files with SCAL?
Oh yeah! I saved the PDF dragon template and imported into scal2 (click file-import-then pick the pdf file you want) and with a little tweaking (there is a rogue node on the dragon's head, just drag it over to the node next to it and click union to make it one shape) I had a great file to cut! Note: I enlarged it and moved it around on my mat to make best use of space. I'd love to share the SVG but I don't know if that would be cool with Martha. 😀 You can check out her template and instructions here.
I love how the body is jointed so it wiggles and moves when you hold the sticks. I made a few changes in my puppet: I added crepe paper party streamers, they fly wonderfully when you are using the puppet and the pleated crepe paper adds more bulk without weight. I used skinny sticks because I had no chopsticks and I added glitter, sequins would be nice too I think;)
Here is a look at the Lucky Money Envelopes Freebie:
In the preview you see the color version of the money envelope, for my project with the kids I am cutting them from red paper and they can stamp Chinese characters with gold pigment ink. The stamps I used are from About Art Accents. I heat embossed mine, I think I will let the kids try that too as long as I have an adult to man the heat gun 🙂
And be sure to snag lots of goodies at Lindsay's stamp Stuff for 40% off! Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!
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This benchmark measures the typical delay when the CPU reads data from system memory. Memory latency time means the penalty measured from the issuing of the read command until the data arrives to the integer registers of the CPU. The code behind this benchmark method is written in Assembly, and uses 1 MB alignment, 1024-byte stride size. Memory is accessed in forward direction.
Memory Latency benchmark test uses only the basic x86 instructions and utilizes only one processor core and one thread.
We can't confirm this but AIDA64 discussion forum leaked a piece of info claiming AIDA64 will soon completely drop all current memory benchmarks.


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I think you are confusing the exponential function with exponential growth. The particular term in question is simply part of a larger function that describes how yeast growth rate varies with temperature, the result of which is used in the larger model which incorporates an exponential growth assumption.
However, if so, can we than perhaps agree that your exponential dependence of rate on temperature (expressed as Tmax-T) is in fact a form of the Arrhenius equation? Arrhenius equation generally applies to simple chemical reactions, but is often used as a useful, if not necessarily exact, model to describe the dependence of microbial metabolism on temperature (such as the rate of microbial degradation of contaminants in soil dependent on soil temperature).
.05% IDY 16 hours at 66. Not quite there. More pics to follow later in day.
A revised, fine tuned chart is coming soon.
You might want to take off the 4.5 hours. I just looked at what the new model predicts, and it is about 27-28 hours.
Craig,Do you mean that after the 26 hours at 3°C, there should be about 28 hours left at 16°C ?
That is what the new model says right now.
Around .021+% ADY at about 73 deg,.... baked dough sample rolls at 22hrs. could have gone another 1 or 2. Fits right in there. It's so cool. I have some multiple temp balls rising now, baking tomorrow and Sunday. Will post. Thanks for this.


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Scientists: Genes, not sun, behind redheads' increased melanoma risk
Redheads have long been known to be at a higher risk for melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer, because their fair and sometimes freckly skin provides less natural protection against UV radiation from the sun - or so doctors had thought.
New research shows that genetic factors of the skin pigment that's predominantly found in redheads may be what's to blame for the increased melanoma risk.
Melanoma is the leading cause of death from skin disease, with more than 76,000 cases expected to be diagnosed in 2012 in addition to nearly 9,200 deaths caused by the cancer.
"We've known for a long time that people with red hair and fair skin have the highest melanoma risk of any skin type," study author Dr. David Fisher, chief of dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, said in a written statement. The new findings "may provide an opportunity to develop better sunscreens and other measures that directly address this pigmentation-associated risk while continuing to protect against UV radiation, which remains our first line of defense against melanoma and other skin cancers," he said.
Fisher's study is published in the Oct 31 issue of Nature.
Human skin contains different types of the pigment melanin, a natural substance that gives the skin its color. There's a dark brown/black form called eumelanin which is predominantly found in those with dark hair or skin, and also a lighter red/blond pigment called pheomelanin, which is the predominant pigment in individuals with red hair, freckles and fair skin.
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According to the researchers, skin type alone can't explain the rise in melanoma risk among redheads because this increased risk has also seen been seen in skin areas not directly exposed to sun. They tested that theory on two strains of mice that were genetically identical, except one group was bred to have a gene that would give mice more dark-colored pigment and the other group was bred to possess the pigment-producing gene that causes red hair and fair skin in humans.
The researchers used a method to activate a melanoma-causing gene that typically requires UV radiation to create melanoma cancer cells in a lab setting. However, they were surprised to find half of the red mice had developed melanoma within months without UV exposure, compared with only a few dark mice.
Next the researchers wanted to see whether the red pigment itself may cause cancer, testing it on a group of "albino redheads," which were fair-skinned mice who had their pigment production genetically disabled. They found that by completely removing the so-called "red-pigment pathway," the mice were completely protected against melanoma.
The researchers say melanoma risk for redheads might instead be caused by "oxidative damage," from molecules called reactive oxygen species (ROS) which damage cells' DNA. The researchers found higher levels of DNA damage caused by ROS in the skin of red mice, but not in the albino redhead mice.
"Right now we're excited to have a new clue to help better understand this mystery behind melanoma, which we have always hoped could be a preventable disease," Fisher said. "The risk for people with this skin type has not changed, but now we know that blocking UV radiation - which continues to be essential - may not be enough."
Since sunscreen may not offer full protection, the researchers recommend that redheads be especially vigilant looking for changes in their skin, and to never hesitate to get checked out by a dermatologist.
"The big danger here is that somebody will say, 'Oh, well if I can't do anything about it, then I can go to a suntanning salon and go tanning on the beach and just call it fate.' That's not the case," Dr. Meenhard Herlyn, director of the Wistar Institute Melanoma Research Center in Philadelphia, told The Los Angeles Times. "One still has to be very conscientious about not getting a sunburn and getting the damage."
Eugene Healy, a clinical dermatologist at the University of Southampton, U.K., however downplayed the findings to Nature News. He said while the mechanism reported in the study is interesting, it is probably a less common melanoma trigger than UV radiation. "You almost never see melanoma, for example, on the buttocks," said Healy.