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HTC reports back with an impressive smartphone. The gleaming beauty could represent the beginning of a comeback, but there's a catch. The past few years have not been easy for this long-standing company, which had such a decisive influence on the beginnings of the smartphone market.
Even after the rise of Apple and Google it managed to remain an important initiator for innovations. However, a misguided product policy and the competition from emergent Chinese manufacturers like Huawei have left their mark on the company. The year 2017 is meant to change everything: not only is it a double anniversary (HTC was founded in 1997 and 2007 was the production of the first touchscreen smartphone worldwide), but it also marks a product relaunch that is most visible in the fundamentally changed design language.
For years the manufacturer was well-known for its striking metal smartphones. Now it has changed to glass, which gives the devices some special features through the sophisticated manufacturing process. It is made from paper-thin layers that are coloured by evaporated minerals and melded together afterwards. This results in unique reflections of light which develop a special effect in every one of the five case colours. However, the striking reflections are the opposite of subtle and are not for people who like reservation.
That aside, the material is impressive haptically overall as well as being more scratch-resistant than metal, the importance of which in everyday use cannot be underestimated. We used our test device every day for numerous weeks and there was not a scratch to speak of on the body. We should take this opportunity to address the big drawback here: glass is very prone to showing fingerprints, particularly with such a reflective surface. HTC has not included a cleaning cloth and plastic cover in the box for nothing. Nevertheless, the workmanship is excellent with the case being IP67 certified, meaning it will survive a water bath. The smartphone sits well in the hand thanks to the glass being curved around the edges and fluidly going over the aluminium frame, but at 5.5 inches it is just too big to sit perfectly. Not to mention that the glass surface makes it really slippery.
- Elegant and unique design
- waterproof according to IP67
- High-end earphones with Active Noise Cancellation included
- Clever user Interface with extras like Edge Sense
- Excellent camera with lots of extras
- Dual SIM Option available
- No headphone jack
- Wireless charging (Qi) not supported
Top chipset and camera
The 5.5-inch LCD offers ultra-sharp QHD resolution with an excellent image quality. Both the luminosity and contrast ratio are at a very high level, too. A real beast is hiding underneath in the form of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835. The top processor of 2017 is the current state-of-the-art model in the semiconductor industry. It has outstanding performance figures and comprehensive connectivity up to LTE Cat. 15. The chipset easily masters the Android system: all apps run fluidly and quickly on screen. The 4 GB of RAM is totally sufficient and there are no complaints about the internal storage of 64 GB (54 GB free).
This means HTC is competing at eye level with most of the competition, but unfortunately misses out on surpassing them. Huawei offers up 128 GB with the P10 Plus, which is comparable in terms of technology and price. Users can expand this for both models with micro-SD cards.
HTC has gone for a 12-megapixel sensor from Sony for the camera, which, in combination with the high-performance chipset, provides an impressive variety of technical refinements. This includes the fast and precise dual pixel autofocus and "Always-on HDR".
This means that photos are permanently saved and discarded in the background in active camera preview. Only when the user presses the shutter release are three pictures used from this time slot and summarised into one photo. The video mode is particularly wobble-free thanks to an optical image stabiliser. The acoustic focus offers the option to use the microphone as a directional microphone aimed at a marked object in the camera preview.
Our test shows that there is a difference when there are disruptive surrounding noises compared to a normal video recording, but this difference is not particularly distinct.
More vital is the general camera quality, where the HTC U11 is able to impress in all areas. Resolution and brightness stay amazingly constant across the entire picture, while the powerful optics (f1.7 aperature) manage to capture an impressive amount of detail, even in poor lighting conditions. Together with the Galaxy S8+ and Huawei's P10 range, HTC forms the current cutting edge of camera quality. There is room for improvement with the user interface though. Compared to the competition, the visual design is not particularly appealing.
Edge sense & companion
The latest Android version 7.1.1 is installed on the HTC U11 and enriched by HTC's own user interface "Sense". In addition to a versatile gesture control, this also offers the personal news stream "Blinkfeed", which bundles together the latest news channels, social networks, and your own calendar into one summary. Both of these are well-known HTC features. What's new is the pressure-sensitive frame. With the help of numerous sensors embedded in the bottom third of the metal frame, the U11 registers when pressure is put on the sides. That means it is enough to simply grip the smartphone harder to start a new action. The user sets the pressure intensity during the initial setup. You can also configure the actions linked to the pressure. Operating the phone with a squeeze, which HTC calls "Edge Sense", really impressed us.
The app "Edge Sense Companion" is still to be released in the summer. This app will allow you to configure more complex sequences like "Start Instagram" or "Activate filter xy". We were less impressed by the personal assitant, "Sense Companion", which is meant to simplify everyday life with forward-looking tips. For example, if you have an appointment in your calendar for the evening it lets you know that your battery will not last or it informs you about weather conditions that affect your week's plans. We only received a few tips during the test, which were hardly useful. The Companion still has some learning to do.
Lab results and conclusion
The U11 supports Quick Charge 3.0 and a mains adapter with the corresponding output power is included. For the user this means that the battery is fully charged after an hour and a half.
The battery life comes in at 8:18 hours, putting it at the higher end of the mid-table. We were not big fans of the lack of Qi-standard wireless charging. The glass back provides the ideal technical conditions for this, meaning HTC could have offered an important different feature here. This continues with the wireless capabilities and the acoustics, where the results remain positive, but unremarkable. At least they were able to make a statement elsewhere: the U11 makes HTC the only manufacturer in the high-end segment to offer dual SIM. The second SIM takes the slot for the micro-SD with this option, which means you have to choose. This option is only sold via third parties, while unsurprisingly network providers only offer options with a single SIM.
All in all, HTC was able to make a bang with the U11. The unique design, clever user interface with pressure-sensitive edges, and excellent camera and multimedia features catapult the gleaming smartphone into the connect leader board's top 10. The striking reflective design is a real double-edged sword though, because this will rule out any consumers who prefer the classic smartphone look.


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Abit AN-M2HD mATX Motherboard
Published: 20th January 2008 | Source: Abit | Price: £52.01 |
To start testing the overclocking capabilities of the AN-M2HD I started by entering the BIOS and accessing the Softmenu. From here I could alter the (rather limited) options allowing me to reach the boards maximum potential.
From here, with the CPU Operating speed and Voltage Control settings, i had the ability to adjust the FSB, PCI-E clock, CPU and DDR2 voltages. For these tests I also set the RAM divider and HyperTransport multipliers to lower figures to make sure they didn't impede the CPU.
With a very low stock Vcore of 1.2V I really didn't expect to get much out of the little X2 4200 used in this test. I was reasonably impressed with the end clock however. While maintaining a 3 hour orthos session the AN-M2HD managed to keep the 4200+ stable at 2615mhz.
While this result is no world record for 1.2v Vcore its quite impressive. There was one oddity that I encountered that I feel I shout point out however. As you can see from the CPU-Z screenshot the FSB obtained was 237.5mhz, when the BIOS setting was 240mhz. The board would boot and operate up to 2.8ghz, but it wasn't 100% stable.
I encountered another oddity next. Unfortunately I can't tell whether it's the motherboard or the CPU restricting the overclock as this is the first AMD based board we've had the opportunity to look at. But increasing the voltage didn't improve the headroom on the chip at all. With an upper limit of 1.50v the chip wasn't at all Orthos stable over 2.6ghz.
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PHOTO: Airtel is a major telecom provider in India. Advertisement in a 'dhaba' (street fast food joint).
Update April 26, 2011
Very slow internet – tech, customer and email support. 5 days of pain. Airtel sucks but internet providers run monopolies in most areas. Details
Update March 11, 2011
Slow internet, tech support, speed returns. Details
Original article
Given internet's crucial place in the continuity of civilization, you can imagine my internet concerns before moving to India. Is broadband going to be fast enough? Will the connection in Gurgaon be reliable or will I spend all my time on the phone with Bob from Bangalore? Do they sell data cards so I can get my fix when I'm on the move?
Worry not. All your fan mail will reach me at lightning speed…
Internet at home
Everyone told me that it takes 24 hours to get broadband internet connection at home in India. Well, 24 hours really means 2 calendar weeks. Be prepared for the usual daily phone calls. First, a salesman will come with forms. He will also try and sell a landline phone connection to you. A few days later, a guy will drop off a modem (yes, you'll need it) and phone equipment (if the salesman succeeded in the upsell). A few daily phone calls and a week later, the 'installation team' will come and hook it all up. Broadband from Airtel runs on the standard telephone copper wires but somehow it delivers on the speed. Inside your apartment, you can have whatever you like – RJ45/46 Ethernet cable or Wireless (as long as you have a router).
I've had the connection for over a month now. It stopped working once due to non payment of bill (I used to be a Bihari, sorry Airtel). After going to an Airtel office and paying it off, it took 4-5 hours to get back online.
Outside of that, the internet connection has worked flawlessly.
You can sign up for many speeds. I signed up for the fastest offered – 4 Mbps download speed up to 50 GB of data for $40 (Rs.1800). Shockingly, that's the speed I actually get. I check it occasionally to make sure Airtel isn't screwing me.
They've turned out to be such wonderful people.
Note: Make sure to check the connection speed when the installation guy comes to hook up everything (http://www.speedtest.net). He had to call his internal Airtel contact to change the settings so I'd get the 4Mbps speed.
PHOTO: I actually get over 4Mbps broadband internet at home through Airtel!
Update April 26, 2011
Very slow internet – tech, customer and email support. 5 days of pain. Airtel sucks but you don't have another choice.
The internet at home started running slowly again. Videos wouldn't run, podcasts wouldn't download, nada. Airtel said that the speed had been downgraded to 250kbps on purpose because of the terms of my contract.
My plan gives me 4 Mbps speed up to the first 50 GB of data. After that, the speed will be slowed to 250Kbps. According to Airtel, I'd consumed 50 GB of data.
Said another way, I'd streamed a movie DAILY on the internet for the last 2 weeks and didn't remember. But Airtel's website said that we'd used 15, not 50 GB.
Meenal and I spent excruciating 4 hours DAILY on the phone for 5 days to get the problem fixed. I'm told that this is very common – Airtel will randomly claim usage on your end and start charging you for it. If you don't pay, they use BIHARI ways (wild wild west ways) to extract ransom money.
Update March 11, 2011
Slow internet, tech support, speed returns.
For the last 2 weeks, the internet was running very slow. I kept ignoring it until today. The suckers have been screwing me alright:
20 minutes on the phone with a very helpful technician, some DNS changes on my computer and a modem restart later, the speed is back. I guess I have to keep checking and keeping them on their toes.
Internet everywhere else – data card dongle
Service Providers
Tata, Reliance, MTNL, etc. provide data cards for getting online through the cellular network. MTNL is a government company – enough said. Online reviews for Tata and Reliance are mixed with complaints and praise on both sides. Everyone I called for advice in Delhi only knew of Tata Photon Plus. Also, Reliance only had 1 office in Gurgaon while Tata had several. So I went with Tata Photon Plus. Not very scientific, but there wasn't much to go on.
Take your laptop and go to your nearest Tata Indicom office. Make sure that they install the dongle on your laptop and have it working before you leave. The whole affair should take about an hour.
USB Dongle: $50 (Rs.2500)
Monthly costs: $5 (Rs.250) for 250 MB is one the cheapest. Many other plans are available. Some examples:
Too soon to tell. Will update once I've used it a few months.
You'll never ever get the advertised 'up to 3.1 Mbps' speed. I've tried it several times in 2 different places in the National Capital Region (NCR – Delhi and its suburbs). I'm not sure what causes the changes in speed – time of day, location, whether you're inside a building or outside … but it surely varies a lot.
PHOTO: 12 pm on Saturday in Gurgaon
PHOTO: 1 pm on Saturday on the way from Gurgaon to Delhi
PHOTO: 8 pm on Saturday in south Delhi
PHOTO: Who the hell is surfing at 12:40 am on a Sunday in south Delhi?


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Shnorhakalut'yun (thank you in Armenian) to all those who came out to the Racine Starving Artist Fair yesterday. I was so grateful for all the visitors and family who stopped by on their way to or from Armenian Fest. Below is a small sampling of Armenian prints for sale as I sold out of many of them quickly yesterday. Send me an email or inquiry with the title of the print and the preferred size if you would like to place an order.
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Following entirely possible (though wholly tenuous) casting news surrounding Jennifer Connelly and Saoirse Ronan, Deadline reports that Darren Aronofsky's Noah has found some players to support Russell Crowe. With this news, it's been said that Logan Lerman (Percy Jackson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower) and Douglas Booth (Romeo and Juliet) will be appearing as the titular hero's children; the former has signed to play his oldest son, Ham, while the latter is expected to be seen as the younger offspring, Shem.
It's fairly safe casting, all things considered, but neither are choices I would ever get up in arms over. In fact, you may recall Lerman showing real chemistry with Crowe in 3:10 to Yuma; the simple opportunity to rekindle that is something I'd like to see fulfilled. Booth, while not one with wide exposure (his biggest role was in LOL), is taking a lead role in Romeo and Juliet, alongside Hailee Steinfeld, and that could be a great proving ground.
This same story alleges that Connelly is, despite any prior confusion, a contender for the role of Naameh, Noah's wife. (Being a job that would reunite the actress with her Requiem for a Dream director and Beautiful Mind co-star, I wouldn't count her out for a second.) Other parts, such as a romantic companion to Ham — which I'm pretty sure Ronan would be taking, should that other story be true — and the primary antagonist — a role that Liam Neeson is, sadly, not grabbing — are still being filled. This is bound to be one of the more intriguing parts of Noah's pre-production process, and I'm glad to see that things are off to a good start.
Are Lerman and Booth smart picks for the epic?
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ingredient focus: hyaluronic acid
I've got two words for you. Hyaluronic Acid. I recently attended the American Academy of Dermatology Conference (AAD) in Orlando, FL, and there was a buzz over this super-duper skincare ingredient. Drugstore brands like Neutrogena were touting it as the fountain of youth, featuring it in everything from moisturizers to makeup. I've also seen popping up in more natural and boutique brands recently. So what is it?
It's in us already
Hyaluronic acid (HA), aka hyaluronan, is a naturally occurring carbohydrate in our body that helps trap moisture. It serves to cushion and lubricate joints, aids in wound repair, and gives our skin youthful suppleness by boosting the cellular volume, thus reducing fine lines and wrinkles. Able to hold 1000x its weight in water, hyaluronic acid lives all over the body, but we're concerned with the HA skin's epidermis and dermis. There, it sits both in between and within cells to aid in cell structure, development, and signaling. Unfortunately for us, environmental factors (like UVB rays, which degrade HA) and the natural aging process causes our inherent stores to diminish, decreasing the skin's plumpness, accentuating face creases and the skin's overall sagginess. By age 50, we've lost about half of these water-loving, glow-boosting molecules. So what's a woman to do?
There are plenty of sources of this miracle worker, ranging from topicals to injectables, to even edibles. More often than not, these products rely on laboratory-derived (aka bacterial) or animal-derived (rooster combs) sources of HA.
Plenty of popular brands have boosted their products with hyaluronic acid, and Neutrogena's new Hydro Boost line was a hot commodity at the AAD. From gel-creams to foundations to even concealers, they've infused a whole range of items with HA that you can find in your neighborhood drugstore.
Another topical product comes from celebrity esthetician and boutique facialist, Joanna Vargas. Her Daily Serum is HA-based and promises to boost the skin's resilience. I have yet to try it, but its cult following sings its praises.
For the natural beauty lovers, the vegan brand Youth to the People (which has no parabens, artificial color or fragrance, sulfates, or phthalates) offers an Age Prevention Moisture Cream with kale, spinach, green tea, and hyaluronic acid that they claim will give you skin that will make babies jealous. Recently, I started using Juice Beauty's Antioxidant Moisturizer with a bit of plant-based hyaluronic acid. I really love how it feels on my skin, and I swear it's even done a little plumping.
For more immediate and transformative results, there are HA injectables or fillers such as Restylane® or Juvederm™. Unlike the topicals above which sit on the surface and target minimal facial wrinkles, these fillers are multi-purpose and target severe wrinkles. Injected into the dermis, they diminish nasolabial folds (nose to lip wrinkles) and deep forehead and eyebrow creases, but they're also used to enhance lip fullness. Their plumping effects last anywhere from 6-12 months.
Can you get HA from your diet?
As much as I appreciate topical treatments, especially those that minimize controversial ingredients and their environmental impact, I also love trying to get as many skin-boosting nutrients through my diet. To boost our HA from the foods we eat, we can consume HA directly from foods or consume those nutrients that aid in the production and effectiveness of HA.
Animal broth houses a whole host of skin-boosting nutrients, HA included, as a result of the breakdown of bones and joints. The best kind is made from bones of grass-fed / free-range / local animals.
Consuming magnesium enhances the production of HA. Look for it in leafy greens, black beans, pumpkin seeds, quinoa, and coconut.
Vitamin C, collagen, and HA work together to create support and boost connective tissue formation. HA helps provide support for collagen (which relies on Vitamin C for formation) which aids in a youthful appearance and enhances HA effectiveness as an anti-ager. Look for citrus foods like oranges, grapefruits, and lemons in addition to strawberries and kiwi for vitamin C and humanely-raised animal protein sources for collagen.
And for those who love experimenting with the ever-expanding world of beauty edibles, there's Fountain's Super Hyaluronic Molecule, a beauty supplement that sources pure HA from snow mushrooms. Oh how I would love to see some before and after pics of a few weeks of consuming that!
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Faculty-Led 360: Guide to Successful Study Abroad by Melanie McCallon and Bill Holmes is the complete guide to developing, marketing, and leading study abroad programs. If you are a faculty member interested in education abroad programming, or starting a study abroad office at your college or university, this is the one book that will help you get there.
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Why do we take students abroad? Why should we take students abroad? Really, why should we? Why should universities support study abroad staff, insert international education into mission statements and strategic goals, and promote the idea of global citizenship? Why should faculty consider getting on a plane with 10 (or 50) students to teach a course abroad? What can students learn abroad that they can't learn at home? It's not hard to find a faculty leader who has been dealt a challenging program abroad—one fraught with lost luggage, delayed flights, and ill students. So, then, why keep going? Many of us have pondered these very questions and come back with the same answer: the reward is far greater than the sacrifice.
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Teaching on a study abroad program develops your ability to be innovative and creative. Striking a balance between the academics of the structured classroom and the academics of experiential learning can be challenging, but worthwhile. On the home campus, you have your classroom. When you are abroad, you have the entire city, culture, people, and more. Whether or not you have actual meeting space, you are forced to think outside the box when formulating the next 'lecture.' The city becomes the classroom and you recognize teachable moments throughout the program. The experiential component of learning allows your students to have their hands on the culture and learn from a fresh perspective. Sitting in a US classroom looking at slides of Monet's work is hardly the same as strolling through the Musee D'Orsay to see the real thing.
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Punishing Pandora And A Surprising Opinion On Anne Rice
|Punishing Pandora And A Surprising Opinion On Anne Rice
|Kayleigh Herbertson
|April 25, 2013
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|Punishing Pandora And A Surprising Opinion On Anne Rice; archive link; WebCite
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Punishing Pandora And A Surprising Opinion On Anne Rice is a 2013 essay by Kayleigh Herbertson.
Later Edit
Edit: It has come about that this post has been shared by Anne Rice herself, leading to a lot of angry comments (though also some very thought provoking ones). Please note that I am a small scale blogger, with less that 100 followers. Whilst I'm sorry to offend the masses of Anne Rice fans now flooding my page, please keep this in mind. My original intention was to buy a beaten up book second hand to turn into craft once reading it. This happened to be Pandora. I'm sorry for not mentioning this from the word go but I can't believe that Anne Rice has been so affronted to share this to her Facebook Page knowing how biased her fan base would be when reading my post and the result that this would cause. At this time I choose not to remove this post or the comments, the only difference is that a well-known author has singled out a single post from a tiny blog for her followers to demonize. Thank you for your time.
The Essay
See the original post for images of the book turned into art.
Last night, I took a craft knife to Anne Rice's Pandora and I took out every page. I was left with the gutted remains of the cover itself and threw that away. It's the first time I have ever desecrated a book in such a way and I can't deny that it wasn't made all the more enjoyable by how much I really and truly loathed that book.
Pandora is the second Anne Rice novel I have attempted to read and, as with the last time, I really did expect more. Novels such as Interview With a Vampire I'd always heard were excellent. I was a goth in my earlier years and learnt inherently that Anne Rice is an excellent novelist and I'd simply accepted such things without actually reading the novels myself. I've never even seen the movie of Interview With A Vampire, vampires simply never interested me when I was younger but I carried around the assumed knowledge that I would enjoy Anne Rice if I ever saw a copy in a charity shop (my main way of coming across the books I read).
So, It Turns Out I Was Wrong About Anne Rice
I don't want to offend any big fans of Anne Rice but I would be curious to ask… why? I read Pandora, which I've heard is certainly one of her weaker novels and that gives me some comfort. The story revolves around the high romanticized reminiscing of an ancient vampire called (funnily enough) Pandora, who was turned during the Roman empire. Of course, it takes a freakin' long time for this to happen, she isn't even turned until the latter half of the book. Most of the story seems to be about how freakin' amazing Pandora is. She's so cool and we should want to be her because she's clever and witty and also gorgeous. She has no flaws, I looked, unless you count her later unwavering dedication to the ancient god who helps give her vampirism. And Pandora is followed around (both in her mortal and vampire life) by Marius, who is so transparently going to become her lover that it's amazing Anne Rice believes herself to be dancing around the subject.
What staggered me the most about this vampire novel was the complete lack of… any vampiric behavior. Not only because Pandora isn't a vampire for the longest time but she only seems to crave blood when she's human. The dreams that pursue her thanks to this ancient god are the only time we experience a genuine blood lust that disconcerts her. I suppose this could be natural to her once turned but why would you do that? Blood drinking is quite possibly the MOST NOTABLE ASPECT OF A VAMPIRE! Later on she makes a throwaway comment about drinking from soldiers but that's essentially it. The only time we really see her as the monster is in our modern day, before her meeting with David, never after. She never seems distressed by her need for blood and the focus isn't even on her transformation. Why? Because it turns out that Pandora was tempted to this land so that she'd reunite with Marius, giving him a reason to continue his endless, eternal life. This is because they are meant to be, though they seem to do nothing but endlessly bicker once they are both vampires. He mourns her humanity, though Pandora clearly doesn't care about it. They struggle, talking in ridiculously flowery and contrary language when something straight forward might well end their relationship problems. And really, they're not presented as vampires, they're presented as eternal humans who will be able to love from whatever distance for all time.
There's a word I really want to start throwing around now, Anne Rice fans, and it begins with a T.
Don't be mad at me, even if Pandora really is one of the worst Anne Rice novels then it's still better written than Twilight. Just not by as much as you think. Whilst Stephanie Meyer traps us inside a character's head, dictating to us how this character thinks and that her interactions are good and even normal, Anne Rice traps us in these falsely grand environments that she won't stop describing in every detail. She forces us to see the world in the way she wants us to, unrelenting in the narrow vision we are seeing. And both Bella and Pandora are too blank and perfect, though Pandora much less so than Bella. Neither one of them is a complete character, she's a woman who is to be loved/ obsessed with by the leading male and little else. It may have taken a goddess to bring Pandora to Marius' side but the result is the same: eternal marriage thanks to being vampires. It's also not interesting. Their relationship is trapped in meaningless bickering and their apparent "devotion" to one another that Anne Rice demands we believe in but we never see any example of. It's meant to be a great romance but it falls flat for me just as much as Bella and Edward a la Twilight. If all her books are written in such a way then I'd even go so far as to say that Anne Rice was very fortunate that the internet wasn't widespread when she was this popular.
I also get the feeling that Pandora depends on the other vampire novels that surround it to give it substance. There are endless references in the opening chapter about what's been happening in the vampire world, which never really seem to matter to Pandora's own story so they don't seem relevant. Perhaps Anne Rice felt she didn't want to go over common themes that she'd visited in previous vampire stories but it certainly makes this one the weaker for it. There's no substance to the relationship between the characters or the world around them and when the book ended, I didn't care what would happen to them after.And that's why I took a scalpel to my copy of Anne Rice's Pandora and started making decopatch with it instead!
Fan Reactions and Commentary
- Author responds after blogger rips book to shreds—literally; archive link, Aja Romano, Daily Dot, April 29, 2013
- How Not to Respond to Negative Reviews: The Anne Rice Edition; archive link, Nate Hoffelder (April 29, 2013)
- Anne Rice Sics Her Fandom on Unaffiliated Lone Blogger for One Poor Review; archive link, Susana Polo, The Mary Sue, April 30, 2013)
- When authors clearly don't have enough to do….; archive link, Claire Simpson (May 2, 2013)


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Until four days ago, the town of Burgos in northern Spain was best known for a kind of blood sausage made with rice.
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I believe that God was truly working here, for when I read our church bulletin, lo and behold, there was to be a series of 'quiet days' coming up. I decided to phone and enquire, and I soon found that I had arranged to go there on the following Tuesday! (God does work in a mysterious way!)
I was met by Sister Mary Stephen and then Sister Mary Lucy - words cannot be found to express how I felt. It was just wonderful - exactly what I had needed in my life-peace, quietness, stillness, and it was such a joy.
I had been going to vespers for one year when I learned about their Oblates. I approached Sister Catherine, the Oblate mistress, and one year ago I began my journey. I have now been going to Brownshill for two wonderful years. Everything seems to have taken on more meaning in my life. Prayer is the essence of the relationship with God, and we are pilgrims on a journey leading to God and eternal happiness.
This has changed my life, finding the blessed silence in which to communicate one's thoughts and try to lead a better life. Silence is necessary in all walks of life, for it is only when we stop speaking that we can truly listen to the voice of God and be aware of His presence, which in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, may not be heard. We may not always see or feel His presence, but rest assured that he is always there and will always find us, as He loves us and will never abandon us.
Our journey towards God is not an easy one, but as His children, we know that at the end of our road, we will come face to face with Him, and what could possibly be better?
We therefore need to reflect on Psalm 462 'Be still, and know that I am God'.
I give a very big 'thank you' to the Sisters of Brownshill Monastery for all your help and kindness, and for taking me on!
Lynne Davis


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The Technical Reference Group (TRG) oversees industry priorities and technical focus areas of the Directorate.
qldwater's TRG is made up of Water Managers, Chief Engineers, Chief Executive Officers and Water Operators from nearly 20 urban water entities, representing small, medium and large service providers from all regions across the state
A broad range of topics are discussed at Queensland Water Directorate's Technical Reference Group Meetings. For more information on becoming a member of the TRG please contact Dave Cameron - [email protected]. The next TRG meeting will be held on Friday 8 September 2017.
At the TRG Meeting of 26 May 2017, qldwater farewelled Dick Went from City of Gold who concluded his term as TRG Chair. We wish him the best as he transitions into retirement. We welcome Steven Porter from Cairns Regional Council who steps in as the new Chair and Trevor Dean from Fraser Coast Regional Council who was elected Deputy Chair.
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|Ken Vaheesan
|Queensland Urban Utilities
|Moira Zeilinga
|Gympie Regional Council
|Shaun Johnston
|Burdekin Shire Council
|Arron Hieatt
|Simone Talbot
|Margit Connellan
|Australian Water Association
|Matt Dawson
|Australian Water Association
|Anthony Lipsys
|Banana Shire Council
|Scott Mason
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|Jason Plumb
|Rockhampton Regional Council
|Jeff Rohdmann
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|John Mills
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|Craig Ma / Lavanya Susarla
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Networking is the key to success in the 21st Century job market. Job Net is your key to building a network in your career pursuits.
- Get an inside line on exciting career opportunities that are hiring right now in the Rogue Valley.
- Learn about how you can benefit from On-The-Job Training programs.
- Keep up with news and updates from many of the Rogue Valley's best employers.
- Network with fellow job seekers, business leaders, and guest speakers each week.
- Conduct informational interviews with local employers to learn about their needs and make an impression.
- Obtain one-on-one work-readiness coaching that will help you maximize the tools you've gained.
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All businesses are required to pay their staff the national minimum wage.
Currently the national minimum wage is as follows:
- £7.50 per hour – 25 years old and over
- £7.05 per hour – 21-24 years old
- £5.60 per hour – 18-20 years old
- £4.05 per hour – 16-17 years old
- £3.50 for apprentices under 19 or 19 or over who are in the first year of apprenticeship
The Living Wage is a campaign that promotes employers paying their staff not just the bare minimum that they can live on, but a wage that has been identified by independent experts as an amount sufficient to live comfortably in our society.
At the time of writing, The Living Wage foundation promotes business providing a living wage of £8.45 an hour, and £9.75 in London due to the increased cost of living in the capital.
Unlike the minimum wage the Living Wage is designed to be paid equally to people of all ages. This is important as not only does it ensure young people can earn a decent wage, but it stops young people being the "cheap option" for employers, and puts older people on an even playing field when it comes to applying for jobs.
The difference between the National Minimum Wage and the Living Wage became somewhat confused after this year's budget as the Government changed the name of the National Minimum wage for over 25s to the National Living Wage. The National Living Wage of £7.50 per hour is much lower than the Living Wage identified by the Living Wage Foundation of £8.45 nationally and £9.75 in London.
For the sake of clarity in the rest of this article any reference to the Living Wage will refer to the rate of £8.45 nationally and £9.75 for London as identified by the Living Wage Foundation and all government defined rates will be referred to as the National Minimum Wage.
Why does the Living Wage matter?
Providing the Living Wage matters because it allows people to afford a good standard of living.
In a 2008, the Joseph Roundtree foundation undertook a study to find out what people identified as being required to have a basic standard of living in the UK. It included things like access to the internet at home, occasional nights out, and a modest self-catering holiday once a year.
The study found that this lifestyle, that was by no means extravagant, required a salary 24% higher than the National Minimum Wage at the time.
While there has been no similar study conducted in the last couple of years, organisations such as the Living Wage Foundation would argue that this disparity between the National Minimum Wage and the cost of living in the UK still exists.
As an employer, by offering the Living Wage you can ensure that your staff can at the very least experience a decent standard of living that is in line with people's general expectations.
How does the Living Wage benefit your business?
They ways in which employees benefit from the Living Wage are apparent, but how do businesses benefit?
There are already a number of businesses working with the Living Wage Foundation to provide their staff with the Living Wage, and the results from such efforts have been positive:
- Living Wage employers in London reported a 25% reduction in staff turnover on average
- More than 80% of Living Wage employers reported improvements in staff performance
- 70% of Living Wage Employers reported improved brand consumer awareness and benefits
These statistics suggest that despite the increase in overheads due to increased salaries, offering staff the living wage sufficiently boosts staff satisfaction and productivity to provide good ROI for the business.
How to implement the Living Wage
Ultimately when it comes to providing the Living Wage there has to be a 'bite the bullet' moment where you accept increased overheads on the belief that you will see the ROI from improved productivity.
You can of course prepare for this by making cost savings in other areas to find the extra capital to spend on staff salaries. This could be looking at everything from changing your suppliers to looking at your energy usage in the building.
Another option that can help to maximise the efficiency of your staff is outsourcing.
How outsourcing can help
There are some areas where providing the Living Wage in-house do not make economic sense – for example managing an emergency phone line overnight.
If your clients only use this phone line for a couple of hours a week then any salary spend, whether it's paid in accordance to the Living Wage or just the National Minimum Wage would not provide ROI.
That is where outsourcing can help.
When you outsource your 24/7 phone lines to CALLCARE, you only pay for the calls we answer. This is much more cost effective than employing someone in house, and means you aren't forced to offer low wages in order to try and reduce the negative ROI you can experience staffing this difficult shift.
To find out more about how CALLCARE can help you manage your 24/7 phone lines get in touch with us today.


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The other day I talked about the one card that never EVER leaves my wallet (and is even better now that it is flatter). If you don't hold this card, and travel, you will miss out on places like this:
The House Spirits Distillery (HSD) at Portland's PDX Airport near gate C6 is a Priority Pass Partner. There are, as of this post publish date, 4 partners in PDX. An Alaska Lounge plus the HSD and two other restaurants. At the latter 3 you can spend $28 free per person free via your Priority Pass card. The non-Delta Amex Business Platinum card gets you, via Priority Pass, the perk for you +2 guests.
This means you can do quite a bit of free spending if you are visiting with some friends. Notice what the T&C from PriorityPass.com say about the HSD:
"Conditions – 1. Cardholders can use their lounge visit entitlement to receive US$28 off the bill. Each US$28 deduction represents a single lounge visit within the Cardholder's existing lounge visit allocation for which the Cardholder will, where applicable, be charged. E.g. if a Cardholder registers 1 Guest they will receive US$56 off their bill which will be charged as 1 Cardholder visit + 1 Guest visit on their account. Only 1 card per visit per Cardholder will be accepted and at point of registration.
Additional Information – 2. The US$28 is valid for the purchase of any meal and/or drinks excl. bottle sales & merchandise. To be eligible, Cardholders must present a valid card before placing an order and must be 21 years or older. 3. US$28 is non-transferable & cannot be exchanged for cash substitute or refund if the final bill is lower than US$28 per person. 4. Cardholder is responsible for the balance if total final bill exceeds US$28 per person. Any remaining balance cannot be used towards gratuity." – PriorityPass.com – bold mine
Thus you can NOT get stuff to go. You are to enjoy the card perks at each location. I did not have much time during my visit (since I was on a Delta elite mileage run) so I tested the $28 sampler flight for myself and a friend.
In addition to the above, two other drinks were included as well. Yeah, way too much to finish and I just sampled a little bit of each one (other than the moonshine that just smelled awful).
One important reminder – tips are NOT included when you visit with your Priority Pass card so be sure to do the math and tip appropriately.
Bottom line is I love that Priority Pass is expanding beyond just lounge access in a number of airports across the country. I do expect this trend to continue and that just keeps adding value to high end travel cards I hold long term like the non-Delta Amex Business Platinum card.
Have you had a chance to visit this or any of the other locations in PDX that will pick up the tab for up to $28 per person in spending? – René


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Map of Medicine
Radically simple clinical information at the point of care
The Map of Medicine is a digital knowledge support platform for clinicians by clinicians used in the NHS and in health services across the world. At the core of the platform is a front-end user interface that delivers radically simple evidence-based information to health professionals at, and close to, the point of care.
For three years Jason worked on bringing the Map of Medicine concept to market, working within a large team to develop it into a product fit for use within the NHS. Following sales into Accenture, CSC, Fujitsu for the National Program For IT (NPfIT) it was procured at a national level within the NHS and sold beyond the UK.
Post NHS procurement, Jason continued to lead the design, user experience and innovation streams, refining an approach for ongoing R&D to develop new products and services including mobile versions, patient-facing versions and collaborative real-time collaborative versions.


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I am a critical thinking enthusiast, a designer of best-in-class healthcare user experiences, and a relentless advocate for Digital Wellness. I believe there is an enormous unmet opportunity today to expand our concept of what it means to create well-designed user experiences. Today's User-Centered Design guidelines need to be updated to protect the social, psychological and emotional well-being of our users, in addition to creating apps that delight them and help them accomplish their goals.
With almost 10 years of experience designing intuitive, research-validated user experiences on a variety of platforms, I am proud to have served the needs of users across industries from biotech and healthcare to finance, education and entertainment. I take a lean approach to user experience design, quickly gathering input from business partners, building networks of end users, and rapidly following the data to design solutions that capture new markets or re-engage users of established solutions.


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Tyrone who? Winless what?
All the ugliness of a completely lost season and sad run of Washington Husky football was swept away Saturday afternoon as a team that couldn't win a game a year earlier found a way to stun the college football world with a 16-13 upset of third-ranked USC.
A last-second field goal by sophomore Erik Folk provided the winning points for new coach Steve Sarkisian, who beat his former Trojan team and put a sudden stamp of success on the reviving Huskies.
The Huskies hadn't beaten USC since 2001 and lost to the Trojans 56-0 last year in Los Angeles.
It was the highest-ranked team the Huskies have beaten at home since Nov. 14, 1981, when they knocked off a third-ranked USC team, 13-3.
"It's a great moment, a great win for our program," said Sarkisian. "And hopefully it sends a message about where we're headed and what we're trying to do."
Folk hit a 22-yarder with three seconds remaining to complete a dramatic late drive by quarterback Jake Locker and Husky fans and the team stormed the field in celebration after USC was tackled on the ensuing kickoff as time expired.
Locker was so overwhelmed by the crowd at midfield that he eventually had to escape in order to regain his breath.
"It was pandemonium," Locker said. "I realized at that time the implications of what we'd done. It was crazy. It was great."
The win was a huge breakthrough for a Washington team that just snapped a 15-game losing streak a week earlier against Idaho.
Playing with backup quarterback Aaron Corp making his first start in place of injured freshman starter Matt Barkley, the Trojans' passing game came up lame and USC committed three critical turnovers.
"When you play football like this, your chances of winning are so difficult," said Trojan coach Pete Carroll, who accepted blame for his team's poor play and credited Locker with being the difference in the contest.
"He was able to come up and make the plays when they really needed on that last drive," said Carroll. "That's what a great player does."
Locker completed two huge third-down conversions in the game-winning drive: a 21-yard pass to Jermain Kearse on a third-and-15 early and then a 4 yard run of his own on a third-and-2 near midfield.
A 19-yard completion to Kearse on the right sideline took Washington down to the 16, with a roughing the passer penalty then putting the Huskies in position for Folk to finish things off.
Locker was 21 of 36 for 238 yards in the game, while Chris Polk ran for 71 yards on 25 carries.
Folk, a sophomore who sat out last year due to a hip injury, hit three field goals in the game, including a critical 46-yarder earlier in the final quarter.
Washington dodged two bullets in the third period when USC turned the ball over in prime scoring position.
UW linebacker Donald Butler recovered a fumble by Stanley Havili at the UW 16 on an early drive in the quarter, then picked off a Corp pass at the 18 later in the period.
The mistakes kept USC out of the end zone in the second half and allowed Washington to stay in position to upset the 19-point favorites.
Corp struggled to throw the ball against a UW defense that got sliced up a week earlier by Idaho. He completed 13 of 22 passes for 110 yards with one interception and no TDs.
The Trojans were able to run the ball much of the day, totaling 250 yards on the ground, but the three turnovers proved difficult to overcome.
USC jumped to a 10-0 lead and was running freely through the Husky defense early, but with starting quarterback Matt Barkley sidelined by a shoulder injury, the Trojans became one-dimensional offensively.
"Early in that game you'd have thought we'd get beat 50-nothing," said Sarkisian. "But we kept competing."
And in the end, the Huskies found a way to beat the big bullies from L.A., the guys who'd won seven straight Pac-10 titles, and Sarkisian had outdone his mentor, Carroll.
"It's amazing," Sarkisian said. "We've talked a long time about the things we want to get accomplished. We've talked a lot about moving on and it wasn't going to take us very long. And I firmly believed that."
Around him, Husky players sat in disbelief, however, particulary those who'd endured last year's bottomless pit.
"How long has it been since we've been 1-0 in the Pac-10?" asked senior tackle Ben Ossai. "How long has it been since we've beaten a Top 10 team? I'm not really sure how I'm supposed to feel, but this is the best feeling in the world."
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