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elcome to Elite Expression Dressage! Our facility is located at Tullamore Farm, a 200 acre facility located in Hunterdon County, NJ. The varied terrain surrounding the farm provides opportunities for conditioning to enhance each horse's training program. Our goal is to provide positive and correct individualied training and impeccable care for the horses, as well as a relaxing atmosphere for the rider.
Elite Expression Dressage is a personalized training center in which we pride our selves on our dedication to providing exceptional horse care. Each and every horse receives full service training and individualized care that is tailored around the needs of each horse and rider combination.
Our training methods bring a fresh approach to classical German Dressage. We provide diverse training packages and programs to fit the needs of every horse and rider. Whether you are looking for a correct start for your young horse, or fine tuning your Grand Prix mount, Elite Expression Dressage has a program that will bring success in a correct, honest and fun manner.
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Peters gives Stockton man a chance to shine in dressage
Marcus Orlob of Stockton on ET Voila was the subject of a demonstration clinic given last week at the Global Dressage Forum North America by top U.S. dressage rider and trainer Steffen Peters Nancy Jaffer/For The Star-Ledger
Olympic medalist Steffen Peters, the USA's top dressage competitor, had a serious question for up-and-coming rider/trainer Marcus Orlob after he worked with him for a few days last month.
"When do you get your U.S. citizenship? We really need you," Peters said to the Stockton-based horseman, who came to New Jersey from Germany four years ago. The U.S. definitely could use more talent with potential to help the country win team dressage medals at the Olympics and World Equestrian Games, something that hasn't happened since 2006.
"It wouldn't surprise me if I get to compete with him internationally," said Peters, who last week gave a demonstration clinic using Orlob and his mount, ET Voila, as his subjects at the inaugural Global Dressage Forum North America in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Although he has not spent much time with the 30-year-old horseman, Peters already sees him as a potential teammate.
A native of Germany himself, the California-based Peters has been a U.S. citizen for 21 years. One of the forum's panelists, Christoph Hess, head of instruction for the German national federation, jokingly asked Peters if he would consider repatriating. The Germans, however, have an abundance of talent, even without him. They won team silver last year at the London Games with a squad of three Olympic neophytes who had been well-trained in typical German style for the sport.
Orlob applied to do a demonstration ride for a trainers' clinic held in Florida two weekends ago. He was happy to be selected, noting, "It's very hard when you start from zero. I am new to the country. Nobody knows me; nobody knows my horse. This is my first season in Florida."
His acceptance led to an incredible break, the equivalent of winning a talent lottery, vaulting him from the ranks of the unknown. At the clinic he met Scott Hassler, the U.S. Equestrian Federation's young dressage horse trainer, as well as Peters, and then was selected to ride in front of the panel of world-famous dressage experts, along with hundreds of spectators during the forum at Palm Beach County's Jim Brandon Equestrian Center. The forum followed last weekend's World Dressage Masters, in which Peters finished third behind Swedes Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven and Patrik Kittel. Peters knew from the start that Orlob had something special.
"It's quite obvious when you watch Marcus ride that the talent is there," he explained. "What impressed me is how well he rides and how humble he is about it. He has a really good attitude toward his horses and I saw him interact with some of his clients. I think it's the whole package. I think it's wonderful that he's here in the States. I'm looking forward to working with him and it wouldn't surprise me if I get to compete with him internationally."
The two men have something in common besides their dressage connection. Each is married to an American named Shannon. Orlob's wife works with him at Elite Expression Dressage, which operates out of the 200-acre Tullamore Farm in Hunterdon County. Of her husband's work with Peters, she said, "It's amazing. I couldn't be more thrilled."
The two met at Warendorf, the German national training center, when Orlob was getting his rider/trainer certification and Shannon Stevens, a student at Johnson & Wales University in Rhode Island, was the first American to be accepted "into the program there; it was kind of like a co-op for completing my bachelor's degree for equine business management," she said.
Orlob was assigned to a horse named Rio Grande, a gelding with which Stevens had worked at Warendorf, and the two became acquainted as a result. She went on to open a business at Whiskey Lane Farm in Flemington, where he joined her. The couple then went on to start their enterprise in Stockton.
Jennifer Toulon, a freshman at Princeton University who trains at Elite Expression, says of Orlob as a teacher, "he can be very tough, but he's really fair. I'm excited to see where Marcus will go, because I think he's a great rider and trainer. The barn that he and Shannon run is really organized and they're really on top of it."
Under their direction, Foulon won the Great American Insurance Group/U.S. Dressage Federation Junior Team Championship on her Oldenburg mare, Little Granny, at the 2012 New England Dressage Association's Fall Festival in Saugerties, N.Y.
Orlob became acquainted with horses through his neighbors in Germany, and the first time he had a chance to interact with the animals, he recalled, "I was fascinated with them. That was basically it."
He went to college for interior design, with the idea of eventually working in his family's funeral home business, but the horses drew him instead. He rode with well-known German trainer Hubertus Schmidt and Johan Zagers, coach of the Brazilian Olympic team, who suggested he come to the U.S.
American citizenship would make sense for him, he believes. Then, if sponsorship is available, "I would look forward someday to riding on the big team," said Orlob, who competed in his first Grand Prix at age 22.
Orlob likes New Jersey, from the fields at his farm and adjoining trails to the fact that so many shows are nearby.
"It's a great area," he said, noting he hopes Voila can make his Grand Prix debut at the Horse Park of New Jersey later this year. This winter, though, he remains in the Sunshine State while his wife, who has developed several championship horses, stays at home in the cold to keep the farm running.
"It's tough," he conceded, "but we decided it's the best way to market our business and move forward. If you want to be professional and move up a level, you have to be in Florida during the winter."
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In a previous post linking to Greg Mankiw's cross-price elasticity of demand examples, I noted that the car park at my local railway station seemed fill up when petrol prices went up. I recently found the two data series and graphed the relationship to see if I could confirm this.
The graph below and the R-squared value of 0.76 indicate that the changes in petrol prices have in fact been quite strongly related to changes in Wellington train patronage. For each cent the average quarterly price of petrol rises Tranz Metro can expect to have seen patronage rise by just under 8,000 passenger journeys per quarter.
I downloaded the data series for the inflation-adjusted quarterly average price of regular petrol from here UPDATED on the New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development web site. The rail passenger numbers come from here UPDATED on the Metlink web site.
It would be interesting to see what the relationship is with respect to other urban rail passenger systems, particularly in Auckland.
Meanwhile another factor is currently influencing rail passenger demand in Wellington. Service disruptions, while the system goes through a massive upgrade, are driving down demand as some rail commuters resort to more reliable alternatives transport modes (see Dominion Post story dated 13 August 2010).

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Review: Mountain Hardwear Alchemy Jacket 31 October 2010Posted by magicdufflepud in Reviews, Skiing.
Tags: Alchemy jacket, Backcountry.com, jackets, Mountain Hardwear, reviews, Skiing
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What is the bomb? This jacket. This jacket is the bomb. I don't even know what metaphor means, but this jacket is it. If you enjoy being outside at all, ever, in any chilly circumstance, you will enjoy the Mountain Hardwear Alchemy jacket. You will not enjoy lesser, more expensive products.
Here's the deal: I spent an entire year as a ski bum wearing nothing but the Alchemy and the occasional onesie on the slopes and discovered that this jacket cannot be destroyed. After gloves, boots and pants all failed, it had refused to died. In fact, after 90 days of abuse the thing looks like it just came out of the packaging, save for the tiny (2mm) fray where I greeted a tree mostly with my side. Skis sharp enough to draw blood never left a mark on the Alchemy. No stitch has failed. Whatever this material is, it's tougher than chain mail.It might even stop a bullet.
But you don't buy the Alchemy to stop bullets. You buy it to stay warm. And when used to that end, it is worth every single cent. With the correct layering strategy (base, t-shirt, wool shirt, fleece pullover–for me) the Alchemy has proved comfortable when the wind chill drops below -20. Faces freeze at those temperatures, but the jacket keeps going strong. It is absolutely impervious to wind. If, in a gale, you feel the tiniest bit of cold leak through your zipper or a cuff, you are not wearing the Alchemy. The neck a waist cinches and the lined cuffs block any wayward air. On a bike, on the hill, or on the crag, the jacket will keep you warm.
But most of my experience has been on the hill, and there, the Alchemy performs better than even a hard shell. Its flexibility makes it feel like another shirt, important when you know exactly where you'd like to make your next pole plant. Its three external pockets provide easy access to keys/cell phone/chapstick, even when wearing a backpack. Mountain Hardwear, good folks that they are, thought of that. An internal pocket can holster an iPod. The material sheds snow and rain, too, and looks good doing it. If you think you need a hood, think for a minute about the last time you saw anyone–anyone at all–with his hood up on a hard shell. Then forget you were ever concerned.
In fact, only two things should give you pause: the lack of pit zips and the awkwardness of wearing the jacket around town. On the first point, the Alchemy's breathable, but armpits get hot even when the core is comfortable. Zips would help. On the second, the Alchemy looks good when you're out pursuing your "active lifestyle," and that's fine, but don't expect to wear it around town much. Pockets accessible with a backpack on, force you to explain that, no, you're not trying to grab your nipples, when you shove your hands into your pockets for warmth. So if you're in town wear something else.
If you're planning on doing anything outdoorsy, though, buy the Alchemy. It's on sale now at Backcountry.com and it's the bomb.
Maps is Hilarious 26 October 2010Posted by magicdufflepud in Random.
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7 Things to Love About Skiing 25 October 2010Posted by magicdufflepud in Skiing.
Tags: Arapahoe Basin, Colorado, Skiing, Summit County, Vail
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Loveland's lifts started spinning on Sunday. A-Basin opened this morning… in the middle of a blizzard. And this coming weekend, most Denverites will make their first pilgrimage to these white ribbons of death, careening and crashing and generally pleasing Ullr with their displays of dedication. No doubt I will find myself among them. I hope you will, too. To prepare, let's take a moment together to review what makes skiing great.
1. Ski Movies. Every sport has its movies—women's baseball even got A League of Their Own—but only in the ski industry is the start of movie season a cultural event. When the first chill arrives in the air and the first snow dusts the peaks, TGR, Matchstick and Warren Miller start rolling out footage featuring the best skiers our generation. The stoke starts building–and for that matter, people start using the word stoke again. And gnar, and all of that. These movies remind us all of what's ahead, what's possible.
2. New Skis. Okay, so it's practically never a good idea to buy new skis at the start of a ski season, but who can deny the pleasure? So many varieties exist, each one an expression of ambition and personality–who we are. We broadcast so much when we we step into our bindings, and although we may tell ourselves otherwise, form matters almost as much as function. No one's arguing that top sheet graphics are high art, but I'd still like to think my Dynastar Huge Troubles constitute my greatest contribution to the apartment's aesthetic value.
3. The Gaper. No matter how poorly you ski, someone is always worse. And that someone is a gaper, a singular point of ridicule on the mountain. The gaper makes wedge turns in blue jeans, if he turns at all. He wears a BMX helmet to the bunny slope. On the lift, he wonders aloud why Vail hasn't groomed away the powder yet. His Real Tree (TM) hunting outfit makes him a roving dealer of disaster in the glades he accidentally entered. The gaper is everywhere, and we can always laugh at his expense, so long as we remain well clear of his destructive path.
4. A-Basin. Arapahoe Basin is skiing. Better mountains exist, with more terrain, steeper steeps and faster lifts. None of them, however, so concentrates the spirit of the sport. And to tell you the truth, I don't know why that is. Colorado's true skiers chose A-Basin, the Pallavicini Face, the East Wall and the Beach. And they made them their own. The dogs and the beer run freely while the vacationers stay down the hill at Keystone or bypass Summit entirely, heading for the more well-heeled resorts of Eagle County. Well-heeled in a sense, I guess. I've seen scuffles at Vail, lift-line jockeying on a powder day–the kinds of behavior that never appear at A-Basin. No glamour. No glitz. Just skiing.
5. The Ski Bum. He's young, white and operating your ski lift. Or—wait for it—he's selling your ski vacation, driving your bus, tuning your skis, serving your dinner, ensuring the effortlessness of your visit. The ski bum is an American icon, plying the boundaries of socially acceptable irresponsibility. Ski bums run ski resorts, many of them sacrificing rewarding careers and sex lives for the opportunity to chase the 100-day season. Honor these idealistic young men. Skiing is their religion, and for it they give up sex. They give up money. So little of either exists for men in the mountains. Honor the women, too, for putting up with money-starved, sex-crazed men.
6. Apres-ski. Without skiing, apres-ski wouldn't exist. We'd just have to call it drinking. The apres scene unfolds differently, though, in front of a roaring fire with Irish coffees all around and stories of the day's successes and disasters. Yard sale in front of a bunch of kids? Re-live it. Huck a 15′ cliff? Remind your friends. The fire crackles and the mugs are re-filled. Another round of stories: the first time you all skied powder, the terrible falls taken under the lift, the near-miss at speed in the trees. Every moment is one of snow falling and lights twinkling and the epic powder days still waiting on the horizon.
Arapaho Basin Opens Monday 23 October 2010Posted by magicdufflepud in Uncategorized.
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Granted, I'll be at work.
Check out the rest of the photos at A-Basin's blog.
The Problem with Egoism 19 October 2010Posted by magicdufflepud in Philosophy.
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If you haven't checked out the New York Times' philosophy blog "The Stone" you ought to. It offers an easy introduction to most of the popular topics you missed if you never took PHIL 101. I bring it up now because if you ever subscribed to Ayn Rand's "objectivism" or an economist's theory of "rational self-interest" today's post on altruism by Judith Lichtenberg ought to give you pause. She lays out the problem here:
The logical lure of egoism is different: the view seems impossible to disprove. No matter how altruistic a person appears to be, it's possible to conceive of her motive in egoistic terms. On this way of looking at it, the guilt Mr. Autrey [who sacrificed his life to pull someone out of the way of a subway train] would have suffered had he ignored the man on the tracks made risking his life worth the gamble. The doctor who gives up a comfortable life to care for AIDS patients in a remote place does what she wants to do, and therefore gets satisfaction from what only appears to be self-sacrifice. So, it seems, altruism is simply self-interest of a subtle kind.
The impossibility of disproving egoism may sound like a virtue of the theory, but, as philosophers of science know, it's really a fatal drawback. A theory that purports to tell us something about the world, as egoism does, should be falsifiable. Not false, of course, but capable of being tested and thus proved false. If every state of affairs is compatible with egoism, then egoism doesn't tell us anything distinctive about how things are.
That's a good rebuttal to the egoist's argument, but it stops a bit short of explaining why egoism fails as the basis for ethical theory. In response to the above, the egoist might say, "I agree. People always act selfishly. I was simply explaining how the world works. We cannot act altruistically." Maybe he's correct. Maybe the world does work that way, but even if that's the case, then we find ourselves in need of a way to distinguish between good selfish actions and bad selfish actions. Or worse, between apparently altruistic selfish actions and apparently selfish selfish actions. Nonsense of course.
Selfishness remains the common denominator, so it drops out, and we still find ourselves looking for a theory that allows us to determine right and wrong. Certainly a gulf exists between the selfish entrepreneur who sees pleasure in helping stamp out malaria in Africa and the selfish executive who cheats his shareholds. How does knowing that each one acts in his own self interest help us here? It doesn't. Even if you believe egoism holds some descriptive power, it offers no path toward what we ought to do, so it's a hollow observation indeed.
Visiting Vedauwoo 19 October 2010Posted by magicdufflepud in Travel, Wyoming.
Tags: Cheyenne, Colorado, Laramie, travel, Vedauwoo, Wyoming
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You might recall from a high school history class that Wyoming is a US state. It's kinda sorta squarish, and is for the most part large, empty and brown. Detroit has twice as many people, which should make you think about the desirability of living in either place. Even Dick Cheney left. Here in Denver, though, we see a lot of commercials asking us to visit our northern neighbor, the plea usually following something about how wild Wyoming still is, and how buffalo roam everywhere, except those parts where ranchers don't want them. Then they get shot–which is also pretty standard fare for Wyoming but still never makes the commercials.
Vedauwoo doesn't either, and it's worth a look. Just a couple hours from Denver, it offers a landscape so far removed from Coloradans' expectations that its existence seems impossible. How could such a place have escaped notice when every other nook and cranny within a hundred-mile radius crawls with hikers? My first guess is that sites like this have something to do with it. That's the first thing that pops up following a Google search and it looks like mid-90s web vomit. "Land of the earthborn spirit." That page does a disservice to this place. Nothing deserves WordArt.
What Vedauwoo deserves, however, is an accurate depiction of its beauty and intrigue. The rock here, Sherman Granite, congealed deep within the earth 1.4 billion years ago, and 1.33 billion years later, during the uplift that created the Laramie mountains, that rock moved toward the surface, outlasting whatever surrounded it to to form the hoodoos and outcroppings marking the landscape today. It first appears about halfway between Cheyenne and Laramie. The rolling plains give way to forested hills, and the boulders loom over these, almost as if they were placed there by enormous hands. In places, they give the impression that they've been stacked like so many alphabet blocks, ready to topple with too strong a gust. But of course, erosion is and always has been the culprit. It's still working today, and with every passing moment, you're seeing a different landscape, one just a tiny bit closer to dust and sand. We found a boulder split in half on Sunday. It couldn't have been long since it fell open.
Try to find it.
The road that winds its way from I-80 discourages travel. At times, the washboard threatens to tear apart the car bolt by bolt. Stick it out, though, and the reward is a campsite unencumbered by fees and crowds. The aspens whisper. A mule deer forages on the boundary between forest and sage. And the granite beckons. Explore.
Or don't explore. Climb. According to that goofball website, the area features more than 900 named climbs, most of them some of the best wide-crack or "offwidth" routes in the world. So saith the site, anyway. But I'm inclined to believe them. The rock there is grippy if sharp, and any climb takes the climber out of the trees and into the views almost immediately. They probably involve some real puzzles as well. That's good enough for me.
Whatever you plan to do in Vedauwoo, the allure remains the same: this is not Colorado. This feels somehow more remote and more Western. You can run out of gas between Cheyenne and Laramie if you play your cards wrong, and the guy who'll pick you up isn't driving a Subaru, but a Dodge. He's not wearing a Patagonia fleece, but a cowboy hat. Maybe that's what those commercials were trying to say: come home to Colorado, but visit Wyoming. Visit Vedauwoo.
At the Ballot Box: Considering Trade-offs on 101, 60 and 61 10 October 2010Posted by magicdufflepud in Economics, Policy.
Tags: Colorado, Election 2010, Policy, politics, Voting
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Unless you've been living under a rock–which, in Colorado, is entirely possible–you've heard about Proposition 101 and all those two amendments in the 60s. If any of them passes in November, the nation's gaze will settle on our state. Someone Massachusetts will spit out his latte and ask "Dude, Colorado. WTF?" Around here, folks are calling the proposed changes the Armageddon amendments, but if you prefer "Ragnarok amendments" or the "amendments of the eschaton," I doubt anyone would stop you. The evangelicals out the might even support the idea. I guess it's cool if Colorado brings about the rapture. Anyway, point is that if you live in Colorado, you face a set of proposals that will, if enacted, turn Colorado on its head. I'll leave you to decide whether that's a good thing, but I'm hoping to give you a hand in assessing the impacts of each.
Because so much money is at stake here we need to understand taxing and spending and cuts thereto. We need a framework for making decisions.
Spending any time arguing with someone about tax cuts, and you'll eventually hear the line "Proposal X takes away Y dollars from program Z" followed shortly thereafter with a statement, always said with an air of finality, "And we simply can't afford to cut that much from program Z." And on the other side of the argument, you'll get, "Proposal X returns Y dollars to taxpayers' pockets." Both sounds reasonable, hence the finality, but rarely do you hear them addressed together. Let's take a moment to examine what's going on.
If we accept the argument that taxes exist in part to pay for government services (and set aside the arguments that they serve redistributive and behavioral purposes as well), then tax money looks largely the same as money spent purchasing anything else. We're buying roads, education, social services and so forth because we see value in the products. It's that kind of thinking that passed Amendment 23, mandating higher levels of funding for Colorado schools. Our tax dollars pay for things we believe we need to live in a civil society.
So when considering tax cuts, we can begin drawing analogies to the purchases we might make on our own. If we choose not to spend money on a new car, for instance, we might keep $350 a month to spend on other things we need or enjoy. Same with tax dollars. If we cut taxes, we'll now have Y dollars left in our pockets to purchase things other than roads, education, etc. That's the argument the tax cutters make. "More money in our pockets."
Taking both sides into account, we must decide whether the trade-off makes sense. Maybe our current car is a clunker with no hope for repair. It guzzles gas and threatens to fall apart at every other turn. $350 a month for a new car solves those problems. The same goes for state services. We might all be able put more toward repairs to our houses, for example, but is it worth it to take that money from higher ed? When we take tax revenue from the government we'll lose certain certain services, as well.
Cutting taxing and spending is a trade-off, not the one-sided disaster (or success) story so often offered against (or in support of) it.
With all that in mind, we ought to consider two factors when making our decisions: 1) the relationship between tax revenue collected and the quality of services provided and 2) the minimum level of services we're willing to accept.
To illustrate the importance, take a look a these two graphs:
In both these graphs, we're willing to to accept nothing below the same non-zero threshold of service quality. This is the level of service we expect from the government, irrespective of the money we pocket through tax breaks*. In the first graph, however, you'll see that our return on investment is much lower. More money to government improves government services only slightly. In the second graph, small increases in revenue result in large increases in service quality. To think about this more concretely, try replacing the x-axis with "spending per-pupil" and the y-axis with "test scores." In the first case, we get relatively little improvement when we spend more money. Maybe it would be better to spend it elsewhere. In the second case, we see enormous gains. Spending more money here gets us a lot.
Bringing this back to the original discussion, we need to consider exactly what we lose when we cut taxes and curtail spending. We need to know how effectively Colorado spends taxpayers' money. And then, we need to know, based on that relationship between revenue and service quality, whether the cuts proposed via Prop. 101 and Amendments 60 and 61 will take us below the minimums we expect from government. If we think those cuts will take us below our minimum expectations, then we need to oppose them, and if we think they'll remain above the minimum, then we need to weigh the service lost against our own gains. Not an easy task, but when so much money hangs in the balance, we need to base our decisions on something stronger than whimsy. This provides a framework.
But if all that sounds too time consuming and wonkish, then yes, all the ballot proposal mentioned will cut funding below those minimum expectations eventually and in some cases immediately, depending upon the program. But take the time. Make your own assessment.
* Despite the discussion of trade-offs, sometimes we require a minimum when making decisions. In your own life, you might be choose to live in cheaper and cheaper places so that you can afford to spend money on other things, but at some point you reach a lower bound. You have to live somewhere, so your trade-off becomes one between money and homelessness–not a realistic decision. Same with government: you expect police and fire protection, roads, some form of public education, etc. A minimum exists.
St. Charles Bike Ban Dies a Quiet Death 1 October 2010Posted by magicdufflepud in Cycling.
Tags: Bike Ban, cycling, Joe Brazil, missouri, St. Charles
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After so much uproar earlier this summer–really, nationwide uproar–over county councilman Joe Brazil's proposed biking ban in St. Charles County, MO, you'd think more fanfare would surround its death, inevitable though that demise may have been. At any rate, the ban's been voted down. Unanimously, I might add, which means that the bill's sponsor himself, Joe Brazil, decided that maybe he'd made a mistake. His ban did go against state law, after all. So it seems road biking will continue on the narrow highways through the rolling hills, and if things remain as they always were, no one will get hurt.
Still, a couple other bills remain.
The first would require cyclists to ride single file, with a mirror, fewer than 20 inches from the white line. Those requirements would exist on only a few roads throughout the county, presumably the same ones up for the biking ban in the original ban bill. Although in theory, such requirements sound reasonable, I can't imagine how to educate cyclists on exactly where they must be followed, especially for folks out of town who might not even know what the requirements were given that no they mirror nothing else in the US. And, as the Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation points out, they even contradict Missouri bike laws while ignoring standard practice like head and tail light requirements. Silly Missouri.
The second, on the other hand, requires cyclists to request permit with the county if they plan to ride in groups of twenty or more on any road. This makes sense. Even at 25mph, a mini-peloton can clog country roads because they stretch several car lengths and prevent easy passing. Working with the county, group ride organizers can likely find ways to accommodate routes each week, so long as the permit process isn't an attempt to create a de facto ban. A permit process does need to result in approvals from time to time.
Anyway, kudos to the St. Charles County Council for voting down a silly bill. Now comes the time to pass the right one.


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Intravenous (IV) sedation is designed to help you relax during your treatment. This is given by injection, either in the back of your hand or in your arm. While under IV sedation, you will feel deeply relaxed but you will still be able to understand and respond to requests from the dentist. If you are nervous about having dental treatment or you are having a procedure which may cause discomfort, IV sedation is an effective and safe treatment.
IV sedation has four main effects:
- It will reduce your anxiety and make you feel relaxed
- It will make you feel sleepy
- It will make you unaware of the procedure
- It will result in partial – or total loss of memory of the procedure
Following sedation, you will need to stay at the practice until the dental team is satisfied that you are safe to go home because your judgment may be affected for the next 24 hours. You must be accompanied home by a responsible adult.
What to do on the day of treatment
- All patients must be accompanied home by a responsible adult
- Do continue to take routine medicine unless the dentist advises otherwise
- Do tell the dentist if you have been to see a family doctor or attended hospital since your appointment was made
- Do give details of any medicines, tablets or pills which you are taking and have not previously told us about
- Do inform the dentist if you might be pregnant or you are breast feeding
- Do not have a heavy meal on the day of the appointment, but there is no need for you to starve
- Do not drink any alcohol on the same day
Intravenous sedation – Frequently Asked Questions
You will be sedated by a dentist specially trained in IV sedation. The dentist will be assisted by the dental nurse who has also received specific training.
Sedation by injection will help you cope with dental treatment and reduce your anxiety. Even people who do not feel anxious about dental treatment choose to have uncomfortable procedures such as extractions.
Your dentist. A consultation with your dentist will be undertaken and everything will be fully explained to you. Please dont worry, you are in safe hands.
At the end of treatment we will take you to a recovery area where your escort will be waiting. You will still feel drowsy and many people are clumsy and forgetful. For these reasons you will not be able to leave until you have been checked by the dentist. Most people spend about 30 minutes in the practice after treatment. Drowsiness lasts no more than eight hours. Very occasionally some patients feel drowsy the following day.
- Do rest for a few hours and take the rest of the day quietly
- Do eat light and easily digestible food for the rest of the day
- Do take medicines, tablets or pills which have been prescribed for you
- Do not drive any vehicle, operate machinery; use cookers, kettles or irons on the same day as your treatment. Your reflexes and judgement may have been affected
- Do not drink any alcohol until the following day
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Colour Psychology In Home Selling
December 28th, 2015
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Home Seller Ellen Brooker helps Tracey McLeod, founder of Presentation Sells, to prepare and present this award-winning Gold Coast home for sale interior using the featured colours of Maroon, Magenta and Brown.
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What is colour psychology in home selling?
According to colour psychology, we feel and interpret colour with all of our senses, as well as seeing it's beauty with our eyes. The 'personality' in each of the featured colours builds to a sophisticated look that is subtly packed with meaning and messages for buyers.
Featured Colours
Maroon, a dark, soft red, is the feature colour that greets buyers upon entry to the home. In the living room maroon suggests controlled and thoughtful action – an important attribute for both buyers and sellers.
In the formal dining area, maroon mingles with and morphs into honest and sincere brown. This colour brings with it the best of everything: great food, fine wine and loyal company.
In an adjacent bedroom, maroon meets magenta. It offers a perfect teenage room colour combination where considered action blends with universal love.
Magenta is surprisingly harmonious. It balances every aspect of life, through the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
Background Colours
A tour of our feature colours would be incomplete without mentioning the cast of background colours in our home for sale. Here, a warm and cosy blanket of colour supports the maroon, magenta and brown features in the form of Beige, Gold and Warm White.
Beige underscores brown's material security. It's constancy and unchanging loyalty reassures buyers of the soundness of their investment.
Success shines in the lounge area, as gold adds richness and warmth to the scene. Gold illuminates and enhances maroon's power to motivate buyers to action.
Warm White is perfect as a subtle, yet calm backdrop that offers clean lines and clarity to buyers. Once past the spacious entryway, the individual living and dining areas feel like 'rooms' within a room.
Over in the bedroom, warm white's simple sophistication gently encourages magenta's sense of balance and harmony.
The overall feel we aim for from space to space is a flowing sense of harmony, but we also want individual areas to feel nurturing and special.
Spot colours
Supported by the florals, sunlight streams in to give an orange tone to our featured colours, radiating warmth and happiness into the space in a natural, unforced way.
In addition, hints of red speak of desire and wanting; while green suggests a sanctuary that restores our sense of well being.
When brought together, our colour palette encourages buyers to take action using gentle, sophisticated cues embedded in a safe and comfortable environment that brings pleasure to the senses.
Want to see how it all began?
Many thanks:
To home sellers Ellen and Graham who worked tirelessly under direction from Tracey McLeod to create the design and interiors; and the team at Dan's PPM for painting, landscaping and loads more.
To the Housing Industry Association of Queensland for awarding Tracey McLeod 'Winner 2015 of the Gold Coast/Northern Rivers Award for Interior Design in Property Styling' for this home.
All of the colour psychology insights in this article come from Judy Scott-Kemmis' fascinating website.
Before and After Photography by the amazing Geoff Allen from Pro Vision Image.
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When I was a little girl, I always slept in my dance recital costume after the performance, I guess I just didn't want the magical experience to end. Well, last night I slept in the '04 Nats t-shirt I bought...
As I finally sit and try desperately to get my thoughts straight, East of Eden is playing on my CDplayer...everyone knows how special that song is to me, and the night before the free skate (it probably was the morning of knowing our slpeeing schedule!) we were too excited and chatty and so Kim (splits) said "We need East of Eden" so she got her little discman and played EoE as loudly as she could so that we could hear it through the little earphones.
That is how my free skate day began...and it ended like a dream. I will just make little notes now and come back later, I promise!
I can not find the words to describe our excitement this entire week. After looking forward to this for so long, its kind of overwhelming when its finally here. We found our niche with Schez, Liz and Barb rather quickly and went to every single practice with them, including the "OMG thats TANGO!" practice where we were just laughing and gasping and making fun bets with each other. "What has she got in store for us?!?!!" It was so much fun...
I'm telling you that I get joy just from watching Michelle in practice. She could just skate around the arena and I would watch because she is so HAPPY. I heard a story secondhand this week that Michelle said something about the feeling most people get in competition she gets every time she steps onto the ice she just loves it...well, it shows!
This was the difference. I could see it when the final ladies stepped out of the curtain ("Its orange!!!!" and then 30 seconds later "No guys....it's PEACH!!!!!!!") Sasha came to win, Michelle came to skate well and have a blast. We had no idea what we were in for, but we knew it would be fabulous because of how relaxed and happy MK was during the warmup. Yes, another Once in a Lifetime...and we just happened to be there...
I watched the broadcast last night and and when Terry said "after SLC, you wouldn't have been able to find a handful of people who believed that she would go to the next Oly, and now shes on her way..." Well, when he said that I looked at my sitas and said "I'm proud to be a member of that handful" I admit, the first few weeks after SLC, this was a purely selfish belief to protect myself, I simply couldn't imagine skating without her. But after COI, I knew. I just knew. I've always been a believer after all, Terry.
I'm trying to figure out how to put that "feeling" into words. As much as I want to watch the broadcast over and over again, I want to find a big bottle where I can keep my untainted memory of this week and of those four minutes. On the plane yesterday I wrote down everything I could remember because I knew that once I saw ABC's Tosca, my 4th row version would be tainted. Yes, the 4th row.
We originally had 23rd row center, but the cameras obstructed our view, so we had the tickets changed that day. Around 7pm as the ladies started to take the ice, Aggie realized that she couldn't find the tickets. We panicked and searched the floor of the atrium for several minutes until we figured out why she didn't have them- the man had given us MEN'S FINAL TICKETS in exchange for our ladies ones.... So here we are, WITH NO TICKETS! We tried desperately to keep calm, but I admit, with the lack of sleep and sheer panic, I cried a little bit. The man was so apologetic and came out to say "You are the luckiest girls in the world...hows 4th row next to the Kiss and Cry?!" Well, so happy that I cried and hugged him. We stared at the tickets and then we realized "Oh my gosh...the footwork is coming right AT US!!!!!!!"
This girl owned the warmup "This is how its done" and she smiled and actually laughed a little bit. I was at Worlds last year and, I have to say it-- this was better. The
As you know, we revamped the "KWAN 2006 We Believe" banner and contact paper-ed it in hopes of it surviving until '06...(word of advice, don't have 3 girls contact paper a 15 foot banner in a cramped hotel room at 2am, its not pretty ) Well, we ran out of contact paper and when we unraveled it we laughed. It ran out at the second "0" in 2006. Only "0" and "6" remained uncovered and we figured "At the rate shes going, we can easily change this to say "2010"
I'm trying to tell you what Tosca felt like...and all I can say is that she had us in a spell. This audience was hers and I mean that in every sense of the word. The first time I really heard it (aside from her introduction!) was during her Kwan layback...the noise just grew and grew and grew. The people that I made chit-chat with in our section were ALL MK fans and so I thought "Oh we're in the Michelle section!" but no, it was the entire arena. As we hung signs throughout the week, some people cautiously asked "Are those for Michelle or Sasha?" and when we said "Oh, Michelle!" they smiled and gave us high-fives...it was so funny. Even the supervisors we worked for all week just adored her.
I don't have an "I met Michelle!" story and truthfully, I like it that way. That is not what I went for. I have a feeling that Michelle knew who I was and that she appreciated the support from a distance.
Tosca was incredible, and MK added her own dose of magic. You know when a little bit of flour acidentally gets spilled in the kitchen and this huge foggy cloud remains? Thats kind of what she brought to Tosca.
I can't believe I was there...when I got home my mom thought I was getting sick "No" I told her with a giggle, "My voice is just gone from Saturday night"
I wouldn't have it any other way. Thank you, Michelle!!!!!!!!


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Choosing Wood for a Shop-Made Hand Plane
Forum Responses
From contributor W:
Walnut is not uniformly a soft wood - Carolina walnut is actually pretty hard. That said, I think hickory is harder. White oak is very good for many projects, but planes have been made out of many different kinds of hardwoods.
From contributor V:
Come to think of it, a lot of the old planes in my collection used beech.
From contributor Z:
Any straight grained hardwood should work fine. I agree with Contributor V on the white oak. I wouldn't use hickory because the grain might cause a problem.
From contributor B:
Historically, the most common wood used for making hand planes was beech and birch but those aren't on your list. Prior to the 1800's, all working craftsmen made their own planes and they made them out anything at hand. Don't feel bad about doing the same if you want to.
I think I would make the body of cherry because it's smooth to the touch and moderately hard. It won't splinter with wear or age like oak or hickory. Try laminating a hard, dark tropical sole to the bottom, like wenge or Brazilian cherry or just about anything that's really hard, smooth, and tight grained. Both the body and sole should have the grain set vertical or perpendicular to the face.
There are generally two types of guys making wooden planes today. The first guy is a real artist who cares more about the beauty of his homemade tools then any work he might ever do with them. His tools are fun to look at and don't have any scratches on them. The second guy is the one who cares more about the work and how to get it done. He's the guy who would reach into the dumpster, pull out a chunk of wood and have it made before I finish writing this blog. I am definitely the second type but I can still appreciate a well-made hand tool.
From contributor L:
As suggested of the woods you listed I would go with white oak. The Japanese make wonderful planes from it. The most important criteria is stability with humidity change unless you want to be flattening the sole every time the humidity changes for a while. The second most important criteria is hardness - at least of the sole. I'd rule out the cherry for both these reasons. I've used white oak, hard maple, padauk, and my favorite: cocobolo. Another consideration is a little heft so the cocobolo is good for that and provides some oil self-lubrication. Of all my planes it's the only one that I've not had to re-sole or add an insert to after wear and it's the one I use the most.
From contributor A:
I've made wooden planes on and off over the years, both for my own shop and as gifts. They're fun and not terribly difficult to make. I have a Japanese plane with a white oak body and it's perfectly ok. My own preference is to use a walnut body with ipe on the sole and sides. The reason for the walnut is stability. Walnut is prized for gunstocks because of its stability. Since walnut isn't hard enough to use on very hard Brazilian woods, simply glue on ipe. This adds a step to the process, but otherwise, no big deal. One last note, use a thick plane iron, like the Japanese do. Otherwise handmade wooden planes tend to have too much chatter.
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Sorry Justin Bieber
Dear Justin,
This week, in class, a student asked if I was going to celebrate your birthday. I made a joke that I was not because of your recent bad behavior. I did not think about the fact that some of my students are big fans. They took my joke personally, as if I insulted a member of their own family. Sometimes it is easy to forget, as an adult, just how important their crushes can be. This was a good reminder that I need to be careful with my words even if I am talking about a celebrity that has made some bad choices lately. I need to make sure that I am always modeling respect.
Mrs. Forest
P.S. If you could also work on being a good role model that would help too! Thanks!


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Knowledge Base
How do I use WGET for bulk downloading this data?
WGET Instructions - for command line in Mac and Unix/Linux
1. Configure your username and password for authentication using a .netrc file
>cd ~
>touch .netrc
>echo "machine urs.earthdata.nasa.gov login <uid> password <password>" >> .netrc
>chmod 0600 .netrc
where <uid> is your URS username and <password> is your URS password. Do not include the brackets <>.
2. Create a cookie file. This will be used to persist sessions across individual cURL/WGET calls, making it more efficient.
>cd ~
>touch .urs_cookies
3. Use a WGET command to download your data. Example WGET command:
>wget --load-cookies ~/.urs_cookies --save-cookies ~/.urs_cookies --keep-session-cookies --no-check-certificate
--auth-no-challenge=on -r --reject "index.html*" -np -e robots=off
WGET Instructions - for Windows
1. Create a text file to store the website cookies returned from the HTTPS server, called "mycookies.txt". Store this in the wget installation directory.
2. Use a WGET command to download your data. Example WGET command:
>wget --http-user=[USERNAME] --http-password=[PASSWORD] --load-cookies mycookies.txt --save-cookies mycookies.txt --keep-session-cookies --no-check-certificate--auth-no-challenge -r --reject "index.html*" -np -e robots=off "https://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/pub/DATASETS/nsidc0481_MEASURES_greenland_V01/"
As composed above, the WGET request will download files from the specified directory to a directory on your machine. The directory on your machine will have the title of the HTTPS host. For NSIDC, this will either be "daacdata.apps.nsidc.org".
Using the WGET flags
-nd (or --no-directories),
-nH (or --no-host-directories), or
--cut-dirs=number (where the number is the number of directories to cut, but doesn't include the host directory name - you'd need to include
-nH to remove that still), you can modify the directory name and hierarchy, where the files are written.
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This week the challenge at Frosted Designs is to incorporate fabric.
My fabric is the red/white checked and I covered the outside of the card and then stitched it on. The stamp is by inkadinkado and is colored with Copic markers and I added crystal white flower-soft for snow flakes. The jewels are Recollections and the ribbon tag is Making Memories. Paper is American Crafts.
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The WEEKEND has begun... (a little late today, but here nonetheless...) HAPPY SATURDAY!
WELCOME back to the *show some SATURDAY love* Blog Hop! this link-up will be hosted every Saturday. Let's meet new followers and make new friends each week!
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Press release
Government publishes new corporate governance code
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury and the Minister for the Cabinet Office today published a new Code for corporate governance.
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury and the Minister for the Cabinet Office today published a new Code for corporate governance which will apply to central government departments and will help enhance their transparency and accountability.
The Code draws on best practice in the public, private and charity sectors, such as the UK Corporate Governance Code issued by the Financial Reporting Council. It incorporates findings from a comprehensive review into corporate governance in central government departments and replaces the previous version published in 2005. This new Code will reinforce the importance of good governance as a pre-requisite for achieving good financial management.
The most significant changes in the Code are:
Providing for greater ministerial involvement in departmental business, with the Secretary of State chairing board meetings. This change aims to help ministers engage with their departments and enable them to lead their departments effectively. The established accountability of ministers and permanent secretaries to parliament remains unchanged.
Around a third of board members will be non-executives from outside government, primarily from the private commercial sector and with experience of managing large, complex organisations. It is expected that their knowledge and experience of good financial and risk management will play a significant role in enhancing scrutiny by, and accountability to, the board.
Even among the larger government departments, one size cannot fit all. The Code therefore provides for a 'comply or explain' approach, whereby the department can depart from the Code's provisions provided the reasons are explained in its annual governance statement accompanying the department's accounts.
In welcoming the new Code the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, said:
Effective corporate governance is essential to any well run organisation. This Government is committed to applying the highest standards and this new Code is a further important step in the Government's drive to increasing transparency and accountability in the use of public money.
Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude said:
The Corporate Governance Code published today sets out the role of the Government Non-Executives, and how they will provide challenge and support to ministers and officials through Enhanced Departmental Boards.
The appointment of experienced leaders from across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors as Government Non-Executives is an important step in the government's reform agenda and they are already working with ministers and officials to help ensure central government is operating as efficiently and effectively as possible.
Lord Browne, the Government Lead Non-Executive Board Member, said:
Good corporate governance is essential to effective organisations. The Corporate Governance Code draws on commercial best practice to set out clear roles for Departmental Boards and their Members. It also recognises that a one-size-fits-all approach to complex organisations does not work - through a 'comply-or-explain' approach, it allows Departments room to implement good corporate governance in a way which makes sense for them.
The principles in the Code apply across government and non-ministerial departments and arm's length bodies can adapt the detailed provisions to suit their own circumstances.
Notes for Editors
The Code is available on the corporate governance code for central government departments secton of this website.
The Code builds on efforts to make Whitehall operate in a more businesslike manner, including the announcement in December 2010 of the appointment of Non-Executive Board Members to Whitehall boards.
Non-media enquiries should be addressed to the Treasury Correspondence and Enquiry Unit on 020 7270 4558 or by e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com
Media enquiries should be addressed to the Treasury Press Office on 020 7270 5238.


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RockstarVisible precisava de um novo design de logo e criou um concurso na 99designs.
Um vencedor foi selecionado entre 115 designs enviados por 27 designers freelancers.
My Jewelry Boutique
We sell high quality costume jewelry (not Halloween) that consists of jewelry using Austrian and Egyptian Crystals. We have full time designers on our team that really try to incorporate trends from fashion into our jewelry. We try our best to make customers feel special!
Our current target audience seems to be older Americans. However with this new Online Jewelry Site, we want to go after a younger more diverse population, specifically the 18 to 29 year old market of females in the US.
Our name is My Jewelry Boutique.
Tagline: because you deserve it
Color Scheme: incorporating purple and pink and more feminine colors rather than the black or light blue.
we were thinking of calling ourselves just My JB for short, so maybe a logo that emphasizes My JB and the ewelry and outique go downwards below the JB respectively.
We do own the domain name: MyJewelryBoutique.com so maybe incorporating the .com would be good.
Saiba como um concurso de design funciona ou leia mais sobre nossos serviços de design de logo.


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. Of, near, or relating to the heart: cardiac arteries.
- adj. Of or relating to the cardia.
- n. A person with a heart disorder.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. Pertaining to the heart.
- adj. Pertaining to the cardia.
- n. A medicine that excites action in the stomach.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart.
- adj. Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant.
- n. A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to the heart.
- Exciting action in the heart; having the quality of stimulating action in the circulatory system.
- Hence Cordial; producing strength and cheerfulness.
- Pertaining to the esophageal portion of the stomach: opposed to pyloric.
- n. A medicine which excites action in the stomach and animates the spirits; a cordial.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. of or relating to the heart
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Detection of a 22q11. 2 deletion in cardiac patients suggests a risk for velopharyngeal incompetence.
The number of Internet searches, blog posts and amateur videos about Jackson — from heartfelt tributes to expressions of disbelief — have skyrocketed since the pop icon was found in cardiac arrest inside his Los Angeles home on Thursday.
And he basically said America's Gulf Coast is in cardiac arrest and the system is breaking down, not from one thing but everything.
Each year we receive more than 400 inquiries from families outside the U.S. seeking treatment in cardiac care, cancer care, endocrinology, orthopaedics, neurology, plastic surgery, urology and many other areas.
Plants that contain cardiac glycoside can cause changes in the rate or rhythm of your child's heart.
Every technological form of support and treatment available in cardiac care is available here.
A combination of rescue breathing and chest compressions delivered to victims thought to be in cardiac arrest, to save their life.
Think Progress » Health Care Industry Front Group Cheers Death Of The Public Option With Large Washington Post Ad
Ambulance arrives at 5: 38 to find child in cardiac arrest.
"Who, If I Cried Out, Would Hear Me?" On Twitter, Tales And Tragedy | Her Bad Mother
I wove through research about this syndrome, which is characterized by a cardiac electrical glitch.
I jog, or waddle, several times a week and it is miracle when upon conclusion I don't collapse in cardiac arrest.


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The artist who gave the comic-book world Mr. Natural, Angelfood McSpade and Fritz the Cat has a new cast of characters: Adam, Eve, Noah, Abraham and, well, You Know Who.
R. Crumb, the Albrecht Durer of the urban demimonde, has just published "The Book of Genesis Illustrated" (W.W. Norton), a profusely pictorial, surprisingly faithful version of the first 50 chapters of the Old Testament. In theory, the project may strike some as perverse, like having Charles Bukowski pen the script for a remake of "It's a Wonderful Life."
But as he writes in his introduction, Crumb conceived his work as a "straight illustration job, with no intention to ridicule or make visual jokes." Speaking by phone from France, where he has lived for two decades, the artist suggested that his source material needed no embellishment.
"The original is so strong and strange in its own right," Crumb said. "There's so much in there that's lucid and lent itself to comic book adaptation."


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The program has been designed to appeal equally to boys AND girls, and 98% of participants would recommend our programs to their friends and families.
Participants will learn how to program advanced robotic capabilities, such as speech recognition and visual tracking... they'll even program robots to recognize their faces and greet them by name!
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Why Taiwan is likely to set a first in Asia by legalising same-sex marriages
Tolerance among large number of Buddhists, Christians on the island and widely established feminist movement have helped gain acceptance for move, analysts say
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Su Shan and her partner are raising five-month-old twins together, but only one of the women is their legal parent. That could soon change as Taiwan appears likely to become the first place in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage.
"Now, if something happens to the child, the other partner is nothing but a stranger," said Su, a 35-year-old software engineer in Taipei. By contrast, either partner in a legally recognised marriage could make legal, medical and educational decisions, she said.
Taiwanese lawmakers are working on three bills in support of marriage equality, one of which is already listed for review and could be passed within months. Same-sex marriage also has the prominent support of President Tsai Ing-wen, the first woman who hold the post.
Taiwan pins same-sex marriage hopes on political change
About 80 per cent of Taiwanese between ages 20 and 29 support same-sex marriage, said Tseng Yen-jung, spokeswoman for the group Taiwan LGBT Family Rights Advocacy , citing local university studies. Taiwan's United Daily News found in a survey taken four years ago that 55 per cent of the public supported same-sex marriage, with 37 per cent opposed.
That is seen as a reflection of Taiwan's ready acceptance of multi-party democracy and other inclusive attitudes, as well as the fact that Taiwan's 23 million people largely follow Buddhism and traditional Chinese religions that take no strong positions on sexual orientation or gay marriage.
Gay and lesbian relationships began to find wide acceptance in the 1990s, aided by the already well-established feminist movement, said Jens Damm, associate professor in the Graduate Institute of Taiwan Studies at Chang Jung University in Taiwan.
"The elite became in favour of a kind of gender equality," Damm said.
Still, same-sex marriage still had to overcome traditional perceptions of gender roles and the strong pressure on children to marry and have kids. The self-ruled island also lacks many openly gay and lesbian celebrities to lead the way; the writer and television talk show host Kevin Tsai is among the few exceptions.
Taiwan would join Canada, Colombia, Ireland, the United States and 16 other countries that have legalised same-sex marriage over the past 15 years, according to the Washington, DC-based LGBT rights advocacy group Human Rights Campaign . But it would be a notable exception among Asian and Middle Eastern countries, at least 20 of which continue to ban same-sex intercourse.
"It's a big step forward for the history of human rights," said Yu Mei-nu, a ruling Democratic Progressive Party lawmaker who is sponsoring the same-sex marriage bill now in line for parliamentary debate. "If Taiwan can get this passed ... it will give other Asian countries a model."
Taiwan's justice ministry has not backed a specific bill, but pledged on its website last month to maintain an "attitude of openness" toward same-sex marriage. President Tsai said as recently as October that she supported same-sex marriage.
Divided Hong Kong won't pass gay marriage law 'in my lifetime', says equality watchdog chief
Domestic gays and lesbians have also formed an effective lobby in recent years. An annual Gay Pride march in Taipei last month drew tens of thousands of people, many pushing for gay marriage. About 100 people have separately formed a group pushing for the cause.
For Log Chen, a Tarot card fortune teller in Taipei, said legalised marriage would mean she and her partner of three years could make future plans with more confidence.
"In case something happens to my partner, I will not be left with nothing," Chen, 32, said.
While practical issues such as sharing assets and medical benefits are motivating factors, simple love and respect are also a strong impetus, said Jay Lin, founder and director of the Taiwan International Queer Film Festival.
"There are lots of people who have been loving and committed to each other for decades and they'd like to put a ring around their finger," said the father of four-month-old twin boys, who said he would consider marrying his partner.
Still, as legalisation grows closer, opposition to same-sex marriage is hardening among a small minority of fundamentalist churches and conservative politicians. That includes some members of the main opposition Nationalist Party's Central Standing Committee, party spokesman Hu Wen-chi said.
During their time in power, the Nationalists stopped earlier efforts to pass same-sex marriage bills, including one introduced in 2013 that met opposition from Christian groups that gathered signatures from about 400,000 naysayers.
Legalising same-sex marriages would burden Taiwan's welfare system and be tough on children, said Chen Chih-hung, chairman of the year-old political party Faith And Hope League, which has no seats in parliament.
Australian parliament rejects national vote on same-sex marriage
The death of a same-sex spouse would leave the survivor dependent on government support as many couples would not have children to support them in old age, Chen said. Children of such couples would find it difficult to socialise with children from more mainstream families, he added, although that argument has been refuted by many social scientists.
Su, the software engineer, said she and her partner, also 35, find little sign of such concerns among the people they meet. Most Taiwanese are highly accepting of their relationship and their right to raise children, she said.
"We go to the market with our kids and people say 'how cute,'" she said. "When they find there are two mamas, they feel intrigued. Maybe they have seen news about this type of family but don't have friends near them who are doing it."
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Meet Dr. Pete Sulack
As founder of one of the fastest growing chiropractic clinics in the nation, Exodus Chiropractic, Dr. Pete Sulack has a passion to see people healthy and whole in their bodies. But that's not his main passion in life. "My greatest joy, the reason I get up every morning, is to see people walk in all the abundance and health—body, soul, and spirit—for which God created them," explains Dr. Pete, as he is known to his friends and associates.
After graduating from Bethel University in Minnesota, where he met and married his wife Stephanie, Dr. Pete continued on to Northwestern Health Sciences University in Minneapolis, graduating in 2001 as a Doctor of Chiropractic.
In April 2002, Dr. Pete opened his first chiropractic clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee, and since that time has gained an international reputation as an expert speaker and writer on such subjects as proactive health, nutrition, exercise, chiropractic, and the important connection between health and faith in God. Dr. Pete is also a renowned motivational speaker, traveling to conferences and seminars to encourage and motivate men and women serving in the marketplace and business community.
In 2005 Dr. Pete founded Matthew 10 International Ministries, a global outreach that cares for orphans, widows, & the poor in India and other parts of the world. His travels frequently bring him to Asia, Africa, Latin America and throughout the world.
Dr. Pete has written The Joseph Blessing: Change the World with Your God-Given Dream. He is also the author of Unhealthy Anonymous: Exposing the Greatest Threat to Your Health and Happiness and founder of the 12 step program by the same name.
In addition to his extensive outreach through Matthew 10 Ministries, Dr. Pete continues his professional practice through Exodus Chiropractic in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he and his wife Stephanie live with their four sons, Isaiah, Eli, Ashton, and Ezekiel.


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Reviewing Capital Region crime numbers, protest over firing of Walmart employee, struggle over direction of Honest Weight
A look at 2014 crime numbers from around the Capital Region. [TU+]
Canned at Walmart
Protestors rallied outside the East Greenbush Walmart Friday calling for the company to restore the job of the man fired after he redemeed $2 in cans he found while collecting carts. Walmart has changed its story again about why Thomas Smith was fired -- it's now saying "he did not disclose certain serious criminal convictions during the application process." But Smith tells the Times Union he disclosed his conviction for a 2002 bank robbery on his application. [Troy Record] [WNYT] [TU]
The current snag in the roll out of new casinos around the state, including in Schenectady: the State Gaming Commission has yet to license the new casino operators. [NYDN]
Security at Planned Parenthood
Following the attack at a Colorado Planned Parenthood site, the Cuomo admin announced this past weekend that State Police will be increasing patrols near clinics in the state and working with the org on security measures. [Cuomo admin]
Following the story of the newborn found dead in a dumpster in Columbia County, some background on the Baby Safe Haven program. [WNYT] [News10]
Chase through Rensselaer and Albany counties
State Police say they pursued a Massachusetts driver through Sand Lake, North Greenbush, Troy, Colonie, and finally Guilderland early Saturday morning. NYSP says the pursuit ended when the man hit a State Police car where the Northway ends at Route 20. [NYSP]
Files open and closed
Why have allegedly incriminating statements made by the men charged in the Jacquelyn Porreca case been sealed, when that hasn't been the case in other high-profile local murder cases? [TU+]
Stockade solar
The chair of Schenectady's Historic District Commission, on opposing an application to put solar panels on a home in the Stockade: "If you want solar panels on your home to save energy, you don't belong in a historic district." [Daily Gazette]
Honest Weight
Chris Churchill on the current struggle within the Honest Weight Food Co-op over the status of the member worker program and the direction of the co-op. [TU+]
Cultural Brokers
A profile of Schenectady High School's Cultural Brokers team, which aims to help resolve student disputes and head off new conflicts. [Daily Gazette]
SUNY Poly CMOST
A look at SUNY Poly's plans to move the CMOST to the Fuller Road campus and expand the kids science museum. [TU]
Museum of Political Corruption
Where things are at with Bruce Roter's bid to open a Museum of Political Corruption in Albany. [AP/Daily Gazette]
Remembering founder of Brodway Restaurant, Blue Ribbon
Jimmy Menagias -- a founder of the Broadway Restaurant & Lunch and the Blue Ribbon Diner in Schenectady -- died last week at age 89. [Daily Gazette]
Stuff going on today
Goodfellas at The Palace
The Palace's movie series is screening Goodfellas. Monday 7 pm - $5
Dow House Power makes solar shingles that have a passing resemblance to slate. I wonder if they would meet with the commission's approval.
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Check out the organic cake, bread and cookie mixes at Marlette, 28 rue Charlot in the Marais. Sourced from France's best artisans and farms the savory, sweet and bread mixes are a nice gift for cooks and for you. Beautifully packaged (of course!) these products are divided into sweet, savory and 'bread' categories. If you love pain d'epices the shop sells an excellent mix that only requires adding eggs.
Marlette products are also sold at the Grand Épicerie at the Bon Marche and at other gourmet shops in Paris but this shop is in a hip part of the upper Marais and is solely for Marlette mixes.
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location: malden/revere/saugus lineavailable: now and in the futureparking: garage optionbrand new apartmentsso many optionswasher and dryer in unitwall to wall carpetdog friendly apartmentsvirtual tour there is so much out there when you look around the north of boston area and see that there is such a variety of pricing and what you get for your money. i can promise you that there is no community out there that can match this community when it comes to luxury and the price that they are offering right now. the one bedroom apartments at this community have it all. with a mixture of luxury, location and price these apartments are hard to compete with. having a washer and dryer in your unit along with surround sound speakers and a built in intrusion alarm! look at all the keys to this community and then give me a call to set up a private showing location: being right off of rt. 1 makes getting in and out of boston as simple as can be along with the many bus lines that come through the community to bring you to the door step of local train stops and right into boston apartnents: no money was spared when construction these apartments and now that they are done you can see that living in these brand new apartments is going to be a treat for those who are the first to live there. each apartment has large living areas, washer and dryer in unit, stunning kitchens that are fully applianced, along with the bedroom(s) that have ample space and generous closet space amenities: here you will feel as if you are on vacation all year round with the heated pool, community room, billiard room, movie theater, indoor basketball court full fitness center and complimentary yoga and pilates classes community: you will feel comfortable know that you have 24/7 maintenance in your apartment and along with what this community will now allow you to bring along your best friend since they are now pet friendly when it comes to cats and dogs options: there are so many options when it comes to this community with there being a new phase that is just opening up where you receive a brand new apartment with all new floor plans or ask about the two year old apartments that you get free directv and internet package with your rent virtual tour: if youâre still not sure take a look at the virtual tour look at all these photos then feel free to call me to set up a private showing showings all day call me to come in all i will need is a 15 minute heads up look forward to seeing you today contact
This residence is a 1 bedroom place offered for $1489 a month. The apartment complex boasts a great location in Revere. The unit includes hardwood floors, and, laundry. Wood floors give the apartment a more luxurious feel. The property features laundry and you can move in on November 1, 2012.
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This special edition about home design inspiration today come from luxury Victorian house which truly attracting our attention especially if we are take a look at the interior decorating ideas. The perfect and awesome home visualization called Victorian Gentleman's Virtual House designed by TheeDex studio. I say this is "luxurious home" because the house furniture with gold gilding, and green accents are selected from expensive material. TheeDex studio as the designer brings to life this classic abode style of a Victorian gentleman that absolutely wonderful. The particulars in the photos gallery here just keep hitting you from the twinkle of the interior lighting to the shadows of the modern pool balls to the puckers of the diamond tufting on the comfort leather chairs. Simply nitpick I have is that several of the pictures seem a little washed out. Maybe rather than going for right photo-realism the TheeDex studio were gunning for surreal grandeur. So, give your opinion about this home design! Are you agree with my sight of view?
Here, I collect ten photos design of Victorian Gentleman's Virtual House design:


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Here are the top 10 movies that in my opinion are the most quoted movies of all time. Did any of your favorite movie quotes make my list? Did I miss any movies? Let me know what you think in the comments section below.
Edit: I forgot to say, that these are movies that have a lot of great quotes, rather than a selection of the best quotes in cinema history.
And here we go, starting with number 10:
10. Pirates of the Caribbean (aka all of Johnny Depp's lines)
And remember to do all of these in a sexy-drunky type of voice.
"But why is the rum gone?!" – Jack Sparrow
"Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly… stupid." – Jack Sparrow
"You are without a doubt the worst pirate I've ever heard of." – Elizabeth Swann
"But you have heard of me." – Jack Sparrow
9. Billy Madison
This is just a fun movie, that I think is one of Adam Sandler's best works.
"Oh back to school, back to school, to prove to dad that I'm not a fool. I got my lunch packed up, my boots tied tight, I hope I don't get in a fight." – Billy Madison
"Shampoo is better. I go on first and clean the hair. Conditioner is better. I leave the hair silky and smooth. Oh, really, fool? Really" – Billy Madison
8. Wizard of Oz
Remember running around chanting "Lions and tigers and bears, oh my" after seeing this movie as a kid? I do.
"Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." – Dorothy
"Lions and tigers and bears, oh my." – Dorothy
"I'll get you, my pretty. And your little dog too!" – Wicked Witch of the West
7. Austin Powers
I can remember hearing people say "one million dollars" in Dr. Evil's voice all the time after this set of movies came out.
"Get in ma belly" – Fat Bastard
"ONE MILLION DOLLARS!" – Dr. Evil
"Mo-o-o-ole" – Austin Powers
"Oh, behave." – Austin Powers
6. Lord of the Rings
I remember when these movies came out I would hiss "my precious" whenever someone tried to take something of mine. And I would always shout "you shall not pass" whenever I was in someone's way…dorky – yes, hella fun – duh!
"My precioussss." – Gollum
"One does not simply walk into Mordor." – Boromir
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to." – Gandalf
5. Star Trek
This is a new show for me, but I knew all of these quotes by heart before I even began to watch it. That's how popular this show is, or maybe that's how dorky my friends are? I kid I kid. And even though this is a combination of shows and movies, I'm placing this here. Why? Because this is my blog silly and I want to. 🙂
"Beam me up Scotty." – Captain Kirk
"Live long and prosper." Spock
"I'm a doctor, not a ……" – Dr. McCoy
4. Star Wars
These quotes too I knew before even watching the first 3 movies. And I just love Yoda talk.
"Talk like this you do." – Yoda-talk in general
"I love you" – Princess Leia, "I know." – Han Solo
"Luke, I am your father" – Darth Vader (although this is actually a misquote)
"May the force be with you." – Han Solo and a few other people
3. The Shining
If you've seen the Shining, then you know that after watching the movie you most likely spent 2 weeks annoying your friends by saying "red rum" in that creepy throat-destroying voice. No? Was it just me?
"Red rum." – the creepy kid with the finger thing
"Here's johnny!" – Jack
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." – Jack
2. Forrest Gump
And of course whenever someone ran for any reason, since this movies release, you's hear "run Forrest (or Bobby, or Amy, or whoever), run!"
"Run Forrest run!" – Jenny
"My momma always said, 'Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.'" Forrest Gump
That whole shrimp thing that Bubba says
1. Princess Bride
I'm just going to say from the start that I absolutely love this movie, and can quote it entirely, so I might be a little biased in giving this the number one spot. You know what, no, it deserves that spot since the ENTIRE movie is quite quotable. Go, try to prove me wrong, watch the movie and see if any line is not worthy of repetition.
"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die" – Inigo
"Inconceivable!" – Vizzini, "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. " – Inigo
"No more rhymes now, I mean it." – Vizzini, "Anybody want a peanut? " – Fezzik
"Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while. " – Westley
And so many more wonderful lines


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Dear Lunatics,
Face it. There is something about marketing that turns the mildest mannered writer, previously obsessed with the cadence of each exquisitely wrought sentence, into a publicity-crazed doofus prepared to follow any old ridiculous promotional advice on the bouncy path to self-destruction.
And here I am, offering the most ridiculous advice ever! Is this perfect, or what?
For those sceptics among you who cry, "Wait, Clueless One, you have 79 people following your blog. Why in the name of all that is holy -- or (backup plan) reasonable -- should I listen to you on this critical topic?"
To which I reply, for Pete's sake, dog, since when is the dispensing of really bad writing advice limited to people who actually write? Extrapolate.
Anyway, these are not original ideas! No indeed, they are ripped off from actual gurus of book promotion, some of whom have even formulated their own ingenious pyramid schemes. Top that.
1.) You should trade follows (or membership, or friendship, or whatever) with vast numbers of random strangers who blog. You can find them everywhere: Conferences, Linkedin, accosting old ladies on street corners. Soon you will be following 600 blogs in which your interest level is somewhere between zilch and nada, and 600 similarly indifferent followers will swell your ranks. (BTW, this single piece of advice is worth at least bazillion dollars , but I will expand on it for free if you'll purchase my handy dandy book promotion boot camp kit. Yee-ha!)
Helpful hint: Anyone who searched for a link to the aforementioned handy dandy kit should immediately turn off the computer and get a friend to tie you to a tree for your own good.
2.) Express your desperation on every platform known to man. Tell everyone on Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, Tumbler et al that they must join up immediately. Hyperventilate as best you can in writing. It helps if you express a lot of bitterness, as obviously you would have thousands upon thousands of follows already if only a.) people weren't prejudiced against indies; b.) your publisher gave you a modicum of support; c.) people weren't so busy reading trash about vampires that they don't appreciate the beauty of zombies (reverse if you write about zombies).
3.) Offer a large bribe. Promise that the second you reach some totally reasonable six figure number of followers, you will do a giveaway of a classic Bentley/ your first-born child/ the deed to the Brooklyn Bridge. People love a large bribe. Oh yeah, definitely put your publicity budget into that.
4.) Post comments on other people's blogs that don't actually have much of anything to do with whatever the hell they're nattering on about, which you are to praise in a fulsome yet generic manner, given that you didn't actually read said nattering. Be sure to mention how they and all their followers should head on over to your blog and join up. Be sure to post a bunch of links and explain how your blog was once called the most moving and insightful thing he'd ever read while driving by J.K. Rowling's cousin's podiatrist when he was visiting Chattanooga.
Be sure to return often and post repeatedly with teensy weensy variations. There is no telling how many people will join just to get you to shut up.
But then, the more people hope and pray you'll shut up and go away, the better job you're doing!
Happy trails, and be sure to join my blog early and often if you want to win your very own exotic Middle Eastern country!
My work here is done.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
How to Get A Million Blog Followers Without Really Trying (Yes, it's more really bad writing advice. Seriously?)
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Your are so right: this is superbly bad advice. Point 2.) may be the bestest badest of them all.ReplyDelete
I don't know how I managed without these tips for the last few weeks. Keep 'em coming.Replies
The proof is in the pudding, Mirka! I, myself, have just leaped from 79 to 80 members, and all it took was a whole lot of whining!!!Delete
So if I like reading and writing, I should follow a blog that's all about knitting while riding camels? Dang... ;)ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousSeptember 26, 2013 at 6:38 PM
This post made me laugh, but then I went hmmm.....:)ReplyDeleteReplies
You laughed at my pearls of wisdom!!!!! Hmmmm......Delete
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Carnegie Library was opened to the public in 1916. It has undergone several
renovations in the 99 years since, including a major expansion in 1997 that
added 12,000 square feet. The library's collection now exceeds 75,000 items,
there are over 9,000 registered borrowers and it averages more than 141,500
visitors each year. The library has an automated circulation system as well
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library stands on the site of the former "Grandma Cline" residence. This
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was opened to the public on February 29, 1916 with 1,162 volumes and 680
borrowers. Marie Williams Roberts was the first librarian. Mark Woodley was
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text: In spring indebted nations such as Greece, Portugal and Spain nearly dragged the Euro zone into the abyss. It was only a seven hundred and fifty billion Euro bailout package that maintained the shaky balance. But many experts still believe what we've witnessed, is the beginning of the end. Some of them have gathered in Berlin. RT's Laura Emmett talks to Jurgen Elsasser, one of the organizers of the Euro conference.


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Study on smoking and stress during mothers' pregnancy
A 40-year study of mother-adult offspring pairs published in Biological Psychiatry in October, 2013 found a direct correlation between smoking and stress during mothers' pregnancy and daughters' nicotine use. There was a clear link between stress and smoking during pregnancy with daughters' nicotine use. The correlation was not found in adult male children.


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South Korean handset manufacturer LG has been struggling to get its withstand in the smartphone race since long. However, the company could not face the increasing competition from other companies including Samsung, the leading smartphone vendor in the world.
Speaking of LG's presence in the Indian market, it seems like the company has always considered the country not too significant. It can be said so as the smartphones and phablets from the company have always reached the shores of the nation only several months post release in other countries.
Recently, LG released Optimus G in India at Rs 34,500, which the tech world is awaiting for the launch of Optimus G Pro, which initially released in Japan and unveiled for the rest at MWC 2013 in Barcelona.
Speaking of specs, the flagship handset - Optimus G comes with a 4.7-inch IPS display with a 1280 x 768 pixel resolution, 1.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Krait processor, Adreno 320 GPU, 2GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, 13MP rear camera, 1.3MP front camera, 3G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and a 2,100 mAh Li-Po battery offering up to 135 hours standby and 15 hours talk time.
On the software side, Optimus G runs on Android Jelly Bean OS topped with Optimus UI. There are a couple of new features in the handset including QSlide, which allows users to use two different screens simultaneously on the handset. With QSlide users can also control the opacity of these windows.
Also, the camera interface as some nifty software enhancements including Cheese Shutter, which lets users to capture snaps by simply saying cheese, smile or LG. Further, Time Catch Shot allows capturing five photos and choose the best one.
On the whole, though it has arrived late to India, it can be said that the LG offering has some good traits. Moreover, priced at Rs 34,500 at the time of launch, the handset is available for sale online starting at Rs 30,990, which seems to be cheaper when compared to the price of competitors.
When talking of competition, how can one forget other flagship models including Galaxy S3, Lumia 920, BlackBerry Z10, One X+ and iPhone 5? Below is a gallery showing the details of Optimus G's competitors.
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BlackBerry Z10
BlackBerry Z10 comes with a 4.2 inch capacitive touchscreen display with 1280 x 768 pixel resolution, 1.5GHz TI OMAP 4470 dual-core processor, 8MP rear camera, 2MP front camera, 16GB internal storage, 2GB RAM, micro SD card slot, HDMI port, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, 4G LTE and a removable 1,800 mAh battery.
With an expensive price tag of Rs 43,490, Z10 comes with expandable storage support and superior battery backup is your requirement, however, Optimus G has better camera performance, big internal memory storage and quad core processor for increased performance.
Samsung Galaxy S3
Galaxy S3 features a 4.8 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display with 1280 x 720 pixel resolution and Corning Gorilla Glass 2 protection, quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 processor, 8MP rear camera, 1.9MP front camera, 16/32GB internal memory, micro SD card slot supporting up to 64GB expandable memory, Also, the handset is packed with features like NFC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 2,100 mAh Li-ion battery.
Priced at Rs 29,900, Galaxy S3 is relatively cheaper than Optimus G and comes with increased internal storage options and expandable memory support. However, Optimus G has improved camera performance.
Nokia Lumia 920
Nokia Lumia 920 sports a 4.5 inch IPS LCD touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels along with PureMotion HD and ClearBlack display technologies, 8.7MP rear camera with PureView branding, 1.3MP front camera, 1.5GHz dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 1GB RAM, 32GB internal memory, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, micro USB 2.0, NFC connectivity and 2,000 mAh Li-ion battery.
With a reduced price of Rs 35,000, Lumia 920 costs more than the LG smartphone, which has a better processor and backup.
Apple iPhone 5
iPhone 5 sports a 4 inch display with a resolution of 1136 x 640 pixels, a new Apple A6 chipset, 1GB RAM, 16GB/32GB/64GB internal memory, 8MP rear camera with iSight technology, 1.2MP front camera, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, 4G LTE, 3G, micro USB 2.0 and a battery with 8 hours talk time and 225 hours standby.
While iPhone 5 is priced at Rs 45,999, which is pretty costlier than Optimus G, hence, in the budget conscious Indian market, the LG handset could take over the crown.
HTC One X+
HTC One X+ boasts a 4.7 inch Super LCD 2 capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, quad core 1.7GHz Nvidia Tegra 3 AP37 processor, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS, 8MP rear camera, 1.6MP front facing camera for video calling, 1GB RAM, 64GB internal storage, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0, aptX, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi and a 2,100 mAh Li-Po battery delivering 6 hours of talk time.
Though there are some good traits, One X+ comes at a hefty price tag of Rs 38,500 and hence, Optimus G might be a good option.