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Television Sets
News about Television Sets, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Mar. 27, 2014
Molly Wood Machine Learning column notes that curved screens are the latest trend in consumer electronics; says screens work brilliantly in televisions but have so far failed to deliver in smartphones. MORE
Feb. 27, 2014
Personal Tech Q&A; television antenna, depending on where you live, could bring in a lot of free broadcast channels; adding punctuation to dictated text; Tip of the Week on adding an emoji keyboard. MORE
Jan. 6, 2014
Television set sales have been lackluster for several years as innovations like ultra HD and 3-D fail to catch on; TV makers at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas will be showing off a range of so-called smart TVs that can connect to the Internet and run apps. MORE
Dec. 24, 2013
Energy Department, environmental groups and cable television industry agree to reduce the electricity needed by set-top boxes and other devices even when they are turned off; agreement will save consumers more than $1 billion annually. MORE
Nov. 7, 2013
Tool Kit column; tips given on making adjustments to TV set for better picture. MORE
Sep. 5, 2013
Gadgetwise blog; SunBrite TVs are designed to work outside; Signature series borrows technology from industrial televisions to withstand the elements. MORE
Aug. 22, 2013
Tool Kit column; change is coming to the television set, but for now the best way to get access to streaming online video is through game consoles and other devices like Apple TV and Google's Chromecast. MORE
May. 7, 2013
Foxconn, electronics contractor in China that was criticized for poor conditions in factories making Apple products like the iPhone, is moving to develop its own goods, with an especially aggressive push into designing and manufacturing large, flat-screen televisions. MORE
Apr. 25, 2013
Amazon is developing a television set-top box and is talking with outside content providers to distribute their video services to device. MORE
Mar. 19, 2013
Advances in flat-screen technology have made older monitors and televisions obsolete, decimating demand for recycled tube glass used in them and creating vast stockpiles of useless material across country; bulk of waste is being stored, sent to landfills or smelters, or disposed of in other ways that experts say are environmentally destructive; in some cases, owners of such recycling centers have abandoned them. MORE
Mar. 5, 2013
Sonos's new Playbar fills what has been a major gap in the Internet-connected stereo service that the company offers. MORE
Mar. 5, 2013
The Apple TV set-top box can now work with wireless Bluetooth keyboards, but you do not have to use an Apple-branded model. MORE
Mar. 5, 2013
The WD TV Play media player from Western Digital focuses on streaming content stored on a computer or external drive to a TV. MORE
Feb. 28, 2013
Market Ready Q&A answers question of whether to conceal large television sets before showing your home to potential buyers. MORE
Jan. 7, 2013
Television makers, facing crowded field and competition from other devices, are trying to attract attention by supersizing screens and quadrupling the level of detail in images; manufacturers are also pushing the idea of 'smart' sets by adding apps and other interactive features. MORE
Dec. 6, 2012
European competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia imposes fines totaling almost 1.5 billion euros ($1.96 billion) on seven companies involved in two cartels that fixed the price of picture and display tubes for televisions and computer screens. MORE
Oct. 21, 2012
Anne Eisenberg Novelties column notes owners of high-definition televisions can use new wide-angle webcams to put their video calls on the screen; notes Logitech's TV Cam HD retails for $199.99. MORE
May. 31, 2012
Etiquette experts offer advice on how to share a television remote control with family members without conflict. MORE
May. 31, 2012
Television remote controls, originally invented in the 1950s as an effort-saving gadget, have evolved into a necessity that has transformed the relationships of viewers to their televisions and the style and content of the programs on view. MORE
May. 31, 2012
Television remote controls today are packaged in a number of novelty shapes and operate through a variety of gestures. MORE
Apr. 11, 2012
Energy-efficient flat screen televisions, along with other appliances, are being marketed for their cutting-edge technology rather than their merit as green products; advertisers shifted their focus after appeals to environmentalism failed to take hold among consumers. MORE
Feb. 9, 2012
Overview of the television set market observes that huge televisions, once an expensive oddity, are now the affordable norm; size of the average TV set sold in North America in 2011 was 38 inches; tips are noted on positioning set in room. MORE
Dec. 27, 2011
Television sets are much less expensive because of an oversupply and continued pressure on prices from low-cost manufacturers and online retailers; near fire-sale prices are great for consumers, but earnings of mainstay television manufacturers have been hammered. MORE
Dec. 27, 2011
Sony, in bid to streamline its unprofitable television business, will sell its stake in its flat-panel screen venture with Samsung Electronics; Samsung will buy stake in S-LCD for 1.08 trillion won ($935 million). MORE
Nov. 2, 2011
Stuart Elliott Advertising column; LG Electronics is adding an advertising capability to its internet-connected televisions through an agreement with video advertising technology company YuMe; Toyota has already signed on to join them as a charter sponsor in multi-year agreement. MORE
Oct. 13, 2011
Sony locks almost 100,000 online user accounts in its PlayStation Network hit by unauthorized log-in attempts; notifies owners of Bravia flat panel televisions that sets contain a defect that could cause them to melt and offers free repair. MORE
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His Psyche Lurks Inside His Scripts
"Penny Dreadful," a Showtime series set in the Victorian era, is the first television project for from the stage and film writer John Logan.
May 11, 2014, Sunday
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Comcast Gives a Nod to a Future Apple Set-Top Box
In papers relating to its proposed merger with Time Warner Cable, the company gives a nod to a future Apple set-top box, even though Apple hasn't introduced one yet.
April 8, 2014, Tuesday
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With Fire TV, Amazon Seeks a Beachhead in the Living Room
The company's new device, called Amazon Fire TV, will marry its video library with content from other providers.
April 3, 2014, Thursday
MORE ON TELEVISION SETS AND: Television Sets , E-Commerce , Amazon.com Inc , Television , Computer and Video Games
Where the Amazon Fire TV Fits Into the Living Room
The just announced device will stream Internet video to your television. But so will Internet-connected TVs and a host of competing devices. Can it stand out from the crowd?
April 2, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON TELEVISION SETS AND: Amazon.com Inc , Television Sets , Computers and the Internet
Grading the Curve in Consumer Electronics
Curved screens are the latest thing in TVs and phones, but while they work brilliantly in televisions, at least one phone model was a disappointment.
March 27, 2014, Thursday
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Watching TV Without Paying for Cable
Depending on where you live, an antenna could bring in a lot of free broadcast channels.
February 27, 2014, Thursday
MORE ON TELEVISION SETS AND: Television Sets , Cable Television , Mobile Applications , Federal Communications Commission , Aereo Inc , FilmOn , Television , Computer Keyboards
After Losses, Yet Another Overhaul for Sony
The company, struggling to keep pace in consumer electronics, said it planned to sell its Vaio PC unit to an investment fund and cut 5,000 jobs.
February 7, 2014, Friday
MORE ON TELEVISION SETS AND: Television Sets , Layoffs and Job Reductions , Electronics , Hirai, Kazuo , Computers and the Internet , Company Reports , Sony Corporation , Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
How to Make Smart Televisions a Little Less Dumb
Television makers still don't understand that consumers don't want a larger, thinner TV, but rather better software to help them manage the deluge of content now available on screens.
January 15, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON TELEVISION SETS AND: LG Electronics , Samsung Group , SONY Corporation , Apple Inc , Television Sets
At CES 2014, a Battle for the Next Generation of Computing
In the spotlight this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show, one of the largest technology trade shows: wearable computers, connected cars and smart TV's.
January 6, 2014, Monday
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Daily Report: 'Smart TVs' in the Spotlight at Consumer Electronics Show
At the 47th International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, scheduled to open on Monday, electronics manufacturers will be showcasing so-called smart TVs that they hope will reinvigorate languishing television sales.
January 6, 2014, Monday
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Hi.I need some help please .I am currently trying to register online with the MICT seta as a training provider .I am stuck on the field SDL number -I dont have one .I am a new provider and definitely below the R500 000 requirements to register for sdl .How can I bypass this field?Tks Ed
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Thanks Jamela .Will follow up
Yes and I asked the same question to the MICT Seta over email months ago, because our SDL number was not accepted online, but I did not get a reply yet ... :( . I wish they could make it more user-friendly - at least they are into IT or not?
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Curriculum links English
As visitors enter the Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru exhibition the following text is prominently displayed:
"Encounter the drama and beauty of the famous Inca Empire and its marvellous predecessors.
See the breathtaking ceramic sculptures, intricate jewellery, elaborate embroidered cloths, dazzling silver and gold treasures of ancient Peru".
As you read more about this exhibition, keep in mind that it celebrates the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Peru and Australia as well as being a highlight in the program of events for the Centenary of Canberra celebrations.
An integral component of the visitor experience for the Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru exhibition is the variety of interpretive information made available to the visitor. These include:
- Standard labels for every work of art in the exhibition. This label has a short amount of text including the culture associated with the work of art, title, the approximate date of making, material and loan institution.
- Extended labels that provide background information on thirty three works of art in the exhibition.
- Wall texts focusing on each culture represented in the exhibition.
- An exhibition brochure that includes the wall texts and further information about the exhibition. This is given to the visitors as they enter the exhibition.
- An adult audio tour which includes entries on thirty works of art in the exhibition.
- A children's audio tour which includes entries on twelve works of art in the exhibition.
- The Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru exhibition catalogue.
- Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru website which includes short label, extended label, wall text information and catalogue entries.
- A promotional film in the temporary exhibition foyer (duration 2 minutes, 33 seconds)
- An introductory film at the entrance to the exhibition (duration 10 minutes).
- Associated public programs including introductory sessions, curator's perspectives, films, a masterclass series and a community Fiesta in the NGA precinct.
- December 2013 media release under the heading National Gallery opens major summer exhibition from the NGA's marketing department.
- Family activity room that includes interpretive and hands-on activities for children and families.
- Printed children's trail.
- Exhibition reviews from newspapers, online forums and focus articles.
The Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru exhibition has strong links with a number of content descriptions across all Secondary School year bands of Australian Curriculum: English. The exhibition can be considered a text or series of texts that can be utilised to assist students develop a range of skills in the English curriculum.
In the Year 7 band of the English curriculum relevant content descriptions from the Literacy strand are:
- Analyse and explain the ways text structures and language features shape meaning and vary according to audience and purpose (ACELY1721)
- Compare the text structures and language features of multimodal texts, explaining how they combine to influence audiences (ACELY1724)
- Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, selecting aspects of subject matter and particular language, visual, and audio features to convey information and ideas (ACELY1725)
In the Year 8 band of the English curriculum relevant content descriptions from the Literacy strand are:
- Analyse and evaluate the ways that text structures and language features vary according to the purpose of the text and the ways that referenced sources add authority to a text (ACELY1732)
- Explore and explain the ways authors combine different modes and media in creating texts, and the impact of these choices on the viewer/listener (ACELY1735)
- Create imaginative, informative and persuasive texts that raise issues, report events and advance opinions, using deliberate language and textual choices, and including digital elements as appropriate (ACELY1736)
In the Year 9 band relevant content descriptions from the Literacy strand are:
- Explore and explain the combinations of language and visual choices that authors make to present information, opinions and perspectives in different texts (ACELY1745)
- Interpret, analyse and evaluate how different perspectives of issue, event, situation, individuals or groups are constructed to serve purposes in texts (ACELY1742)
- Create imaginative, informative and persuasive texts that present a point of view and advance or illustrate arguments, including texts that integrate visual, print and/or audio features (ACELY1746)
In the Year 10 band relevant content descriptions from the Literacy strand include:
- Identify and analyse implicit or explicit values, beliefs and assumptions in texts and how these are influenced by purposes and likely audiences (ACELY1752)
- Create sustained texts, including texts that combine specific digital or media content, for imaginative, informative, or persuasive purposes that reflect upon challenging and complex issues (ACELY1756)
In the Year 11-12 band there are explicit links between the Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru exhibition and Unit 1 of the Australian Curriculum: English where students explore, by responding and creating, to how meaning is communicated through the relationships between language, text, purpose, context and audience. For the full description of the unit and related content descriptions visit the ACARA site/English.
Receptive modes
- Do you think that the National Gallery of Australia has targeted any particular audience in its marketing of the Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru exhibition? If so, why do you think this is so?
- How could the addition of the Family activity room in the middle of the exhibition layout affect the audience demographic?
- What effect does the text at the entrance to the exhibition have in setting the scene for visitors as they enter the exhibition?
Productive modes
- Following your visit to the exhibition choose a work of art that inspires you and write a poetic response to your viewing experience. Consider the location of the work of art, the other objects in the vicinity and how it adds to the exhibition display.
- Research a work of art in the exhibition and write an extended label for it. Think about the most important points to include on your label and the style of writing you are going to use. Divide into pairs and edit your partner's work discussing your reasons for any changes you suggest.
- Listen to the children's audio tour to prepare for writing your own version for a year 3-4 audience that incorporates sound and musical elements. Choose 10 works of art that are not included on the Gallery's children's audio tour. Consider who you would choose as narrator and if you would prefer to have one narrator or a dialogue between two. Take into consideration the attention span of your audience in limiting the duration of the tour.
- Evaluate texts in the Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru exhibition to understand how combinations can enrich the audience's response to the exhibition. Choose from the following list of combinations, identifying the features of each:
- Adult audio tour and promotional film shown in the exhibition foyer
- Children's audio tour and extended labels for 10 works of art
- Room brochure and tour of the exhibition with a Voluntary Guide
- Wall texts, room brochure and promotional film
- Visit to the Family activity room, children's audio tour and 10 minute introductory film adjacent to exhibition entrance
Receptive modes
- Discuss the choice of Phillip Adams as narrator for the Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru adult audio tour. Research his professional background and determine how dramatically the narration can affect the listener's response to the exhibition. Take into account the audience's familiarity with particular media personalities rather than an unknown voice. Also consider the difference between the written and spoken word and the audience demographic.
- After your visit to the Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru exhibition your teacher could facilitate a class discussion on the interpretive method that each student found most valuable when viewing the exhibition and why this was so. It would be interesting to survey your classmates to discover one another's learning style preferences: visual learners look and read while aural learners might prefer the audio tour, and kinaesthetic learners, the family activity room.
Productive modes
- After viewing the Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru exhibition work in groups to develop a storyboard and script for an introductory video to the exhibition. Ask your classmates to consider the intention of the film, the expected audience, major themes of the exhibition and the most important works of art to reference in your script. Each group should present their ideas to the class.
- Create your own children's audio tour with six stops for an upper primary school target audience. Choose a theme from the list below to develop the script focussing on content, language and the duration appropriate to your audience.
- Status and burial
- Empire and the rise and fall of cultures
- Gold and silver
- Landscape and environment
- Materials
- Society – including the role of artists
- Beliefs – including duality and the Andean worldview
Collaborative class exercises:
- Divide into groups, choose a theme from the list above and write short texts about six works of art that address your theme. Each group will therefore develop a specialty area within the exhibition. Present your theme and group of works to the class using the Gallery's website to source the images for your group presentation.
- Once each group has presented to the class, work collaboratively to choose one work of art from each thematic area that most clearly highlights each theme. With your shortlist chosen you should now have a group of objects that presents an overview of the Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru exhibition.
Receptive modes
- View the promotional film on the Gallery website or in the temporary exhibition foyer en route to the exhibition. Once you have researched the objects in the exhibition discuss the value of this film as a contextual tool in both locations.
- Explore the Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru website and view the rotating images on the home page. Why do you think the four images were chosen to introduce visitors to the exhibition?
- Read the December 2013 media release under the heading National Gallery opens major summer exhibition. Explore some of the language features of this document and discuss the function of a media release and media preview in promoting the exhibition.
Productive modes
- Develop a written exhibition resource for 10-12 year old visitors to the exhibition which includes ten works of art. Consider the overall design of your resource including how you can incorporate motifs inspired by the exhibition to attract a younger audience. Once each group has completed their resource consider how you could share your work to make a number of different resources that cover all aspects of the exhibition. Each group could choose 2 works of art from their resource to include in a more comprehensive class resource based on the Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru exhibition.
- As a collaborative class exercise one group could write a ten stop children's audio tour; another could write extended labels for ten works of art, and another group could write an introduction to the exhibition for the media preview etc. There may be enough students in your class to enable a number of collaborative exhibition resources to be developed.
- Develop a promotional video for the Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru using ipads where members of your class are interviewed to reveal their impression of the exhibition and favourite work of art. Develop your introduction to the video as a summary of the show before crossing to your classmates for their personal insights. Consider what important information to include in the introduction and how varied your classmate's choices may be. Edit the video down to a three minute version for viewing by the whole class.
Receptive modes
Read reviews for the Gold and the Incas exhibition from a number of sources
Evaluate the tone of each review and highlight the language modes used in each. Which do you think was the most persuasive and why?
- If you have access to the exhibition catalogue discuss as a class the layout of the catalogue including the order of the entries and rationale for this order. Consider the content of the texts especially those written by the Minister of Culture of Peru, Minister of the Arts, ACT Minister for Tourism and Events, and Director of the National Gallery of Australia.
- Why is the Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru exhibition scheduled at this time on the Gallery's exhibition calendar?
- Discuss the signage for the exhibition as you approach the Gallery and enter the building and how signage develops as you make your way to the exhibition entry. How effective is this signage in developing anticipation and excitement as visitors move towards the exhibition?
Productive modes
- Write a review of the Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru exhibition to be included in your local newspaper. This review should entice readers to visit the show and provide the context of the display by highlighting a number of key objects as well as providing a critique of the strengths and weaknesses of the exhibition.
- Choose two types of texts from the exhibition and compare and contrast the use of language taking into consideration the target audience. Use either the Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru website, catalogue, exhibition brochures, and/or exhibition texts, adult audio tour, children's audio tour or December 2013 media release under the heading National Gallery opens major summer exhibition.
- Research the departmental structure of the National Gallery of Australia and consider the subtle differences between the writing styles used by the curatorial, learning and access, and marketing and commercial operations teams.
- Compare and contrast the voices and language used in the adult audio tour and children's audio tour and comment on how these features affect audience engagement.
An in-depth study of the variety of texts associated with the Gold and the Incas: lost worlds of Peruexhibition.
Receptive modes
- Discuss how the Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru catalogue includes information to confirm the close diplomatic relationship between Australia and Peru. Give examples of how and where this is articulated directly and indirectly through the catalogue.
- The adult audio tour, narrated by ABC radio presenter, Phillip Adams, compromises thirty stops where information about the works of art has been embellished with other background information to assist the visitor to gain a greater appreciation of the exhibition. How does the aural mode of communication affect the way information is delivered in the adult audio tour? Discuss the language features you have noticed when listening to the entries.
- Discuss the hierarchy of sponsors who are supporting the Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru exhibition as displayed in the catalogue or on the exhibition website. Why do you think these organisations are involved? Discuss how these relationships develop and consider their relevance to the cultural sector in Australia.
- Explore how art exhibitions are conceived and developed and discuss the factors that may be considered in approving exhibition proposals.
Productive modes
- Following the Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru exhibition media launch the exhibition curator, Christine Dixon conducted a number of interviews in the exhibition with local and interstate journalists. Imagine you are the arts writer for your local newspaper. After researching the exhibition prior to the launch, develop questions you would ask Christine that would allow you to write an informed and enticing piece.
- Develop a folder of information for the medial launch of the Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru exhibition. A folder will be given to each media representative as well as sponsors and foreign dignitaries. Each folder should include a media release, key images from the exhibition, curatorial overview and other related material.
- After visiting the Gold and the Incas: Lost worlds of Peru exhibition and learning about the burial practises of the ancient Andean peoples read the Guardian article by Kim MacQuarrie about a mummy on display in a museum in Argentina. In response, write an editorial piece about this display using a subjective tone.


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the reason it's "bleeped" is b/c that particular word is copyrighted by the company. we're not allowed to print it.
as for what to do when new baby comes, many families choose a variety of solutions. be confident that you will find the one that works for your family the best. when our 2nd was born, we had a queen and a full mattress on the floor, side-by-side. dh and i slept in the middle. the baby slept on the other side of me and our oldest slept on the other side of him. but i can tell you we've had at least 25 different sleeping arrangements since we've had kids. and yes, some of them have involved dh and i sleeping seprately, so i'm not sure what you mean about that not being good for marriage. IMO, sleep is good for marriage, everyone should go where they can get the most
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i was worried about that, too, but he did sleep right through. of course, i tended to baby quickly and if there were long boughts of crying, i'd end up leaving the room and pacing the floor in another part of the house.
When my 2nd arrived, he slept between the rail and me and our first slept between mom n dad since he pretty much always did that. When the 3rd arrived, it got complicated, but usually it is our oldest on a toddler crib bumped up against the bed, then baby and me then dh then our middle child since he is more of a daddy's boy and I don't want baby next to a kid. Other nights, dh takes #2 upstairs to the guest bed. You'll juggle things around until it works. Kids have a way if thwarting plans so just be open to "whatever works!" )
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I'm new to this forum and have a 21-month-old nursing co-sleeping son, and am expecting another son any day now (due October 2nd). I hope to tandem nurse and co-sleep with them both, but am wondering at the logistics of it.
PaxMamma, I'm relieved that your older child wasn't disturbed by the newborn's crying... that's been one of our primary concerns, because our toddler is a notoriously light sleeper. I'm hoping the wonder and novelty of having milk in the breasts again will be able to lull him back to sleep even if he does wake up...
We've been wondering how to physically set the kids up in the bed. Does anyone have any tips on how to keep the newborn and toddler on different sides of my body? (Hubby already sleeps on a separate bed in the same room.) The toddler likes to crawl around and switch sides in the night sometimes. And I probably want them to switch boobs through the night just for evenness' sake, anyway, right?
PaxMamma, things have been getting pretty tight on my full-sized mattress on the floor with just my big pregnant body and the toddler. We've been considering whether to put a twin-sized mattress alongside, or buy a king-sized mattress to replace the full-sized one I'm currently on. From your experience, was the gap between two adjoining mattresses an entrapment hazard for your newborn? How much space would you say you would have needed for you and the two kids if your husband weren't in the bed with you?
Thanks in advance to anyone who can offer any tips and tricks about how they managed the logistics (noise, physical arrangement) of co-sleeping with a toddler and a newborn!
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our queen and full were side-by-side, but we slept longways on it so that the crack of the bed ran along the knees or shins, depending on how short/tall you are. that way, no one rolled into the crack. honestly, i couldn't judge how much space it would have required because it was 5 years ago. once your kids get older, it's hard to remember them ever being that tiny. but i would think that if all four of us could sleep in that arrangement, then it would definitely fit you and your 2 LOs.


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As a family we love Disney's Frozen and all the fun associated with it. But Kevin & I have different opinions on whether it was, in retrospect, appropriate for Kyla and others her age. He thought some scenes and the death of Anna & Elsa's parents were too intense for youngsters. I thought that due to the film being animated and the way the deaths were introduced that it wasn't too traumatic. After all, I argue, there's nothing sweet & cuddly about Mufasa being killed in The Lion King. Kyla was not overly troubled by Anna & Elsa losing their parents, although she did ask why it had to happen. I explained why, as best I could, and that was pretty much the end of it.
With Maleficent opening this Friday, Kevin is eager to take another family trip to the theater. Now I am the one who is hesitant. With this being a live action film and not animation, my concern is that the scenes are extremely powerful and could be a bit much for Kyla to handle. Naturally Kevin feels otherwise.
We'll show her some trailers and judge her reaction. I'm willing to bet that ultimately we WILL see the movie together. If any point gets too scary that's what a hug and a cuddle in mom's lap are for.
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The first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature, Edith Wharton stands among the finest writers of early 20th-century America. In The Custom of the Country, Wharton's scathing social commentary is on full display through the beautiful and manipulative Undine Spragg. When Undine convinces her nouveau riche parents to move to New York, she quickly injects herself into high society. But even a well-to-do husband isn't enough for Undine, whose overwhelming lust for wealth proves to be her undoing.
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"Cannot recommend a better narrator!"
Edith Wharton's novel is deliciously enjoyable, especially if you delight in watching detestable characters crush one another and see people behave more brutishly and vulgarly than you could have expected. By "people" I primarily mean the wonderfully named Undine Spragg, a social climber who bulldozes as many people as she can to attain an ever escaping, ever elusive goal of social grandeur and wealth. Wharton's satiric, witty, whip-smart writing fairly sparkles here, and the entire novel has lighter touch, perhaps because about half of it is in the mind of a buffoon, rather than the plodding Archer of Age of Innocence, for example.
But I really want to write about Barbara Caruso here, who should narrate EVERYTHING. She reads with warmth, humor, wit, and imparts an incredible understanding of each of the characters. I wonder about the difficulty of being a reader—she has to play every role, and she does so splendidly. Conflicted characters like Undine, whom one would normally expect to hate, are given depth and conviction. Brava.
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"slow starter but picks up"
it's right up there with the best but didn't quite satisfy as much as eliot's mill on the floss.
the character undine never ceased to surprise but she got almost everything she wanted
kept an amused smile on my face and i came close to tears with the story of the unwanted child
"Not worthy to be called a "Classic" to me"
Someone who enjoys hearing about the manners and dress of that period of time for the rich and doesn't mind that there isn't a real story to frame it against. It seems more interest in telling the customs of a country like the title says than in telling a story.
No, though I don't think I would be interested in reading or listening to any of Edith Wharton's books.
It wasn't the reader's fault the book didn't come alive. She tried hard but you can't add interest with just the inflections of your voice if the story is so flat.
Boredom and disappointment. I keep waiting for the story to go deeper and some sort of plot to surface which it never did. It came as a relief when it ended. And I was very disappointed that it spent so much time on describing clothes, the way the rich would travel to place to place without opening the characters up so that they would seem real instead of the flat forgettable characters she wrote. Seemed to touch the surface of something that could be interesting and would bounce off in another direction.
"Thick and absorbing"
I was looking for another Edith Wharton and listened to all the 'samples' of 'The Custom of the Country' and thought that this one sounded like the best narration.
I often find the scruples of Wharton's characters rather difficult to sympathize with- so it was something of a relief to come across Undine Spragg- who has no scruples at all- she's just a naive, selfish monster battling (rather pathetically) towards a happiness that always lies just beyond her. Certainly she's repulsive but it makes for an interesting character. - and there is plenty of gorgeous period detail along the way.
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The bracelet, keychain hold medical and emergency contact information
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A local doctor has created a way to save lives, even if the patient isn't under his care, all with the use of technology.
Dr. David Wyatt has been caring for patients for 46 years and created the Life Locket two years ago.
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On Dec. 23, 1965, she married her sweetheart, Mark Edward Lofgreen in San Manuel, Ariz. They were sealed for time and all eternity in the Mesa Arizona Temple on May 26, 1967.
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I thought Black Widow changed as well. When it starts out, she's up to her usual tricks. When she's on the run with CA, I think that his virtuousness rubs off on her. In the end, she realizes she is going to have to face up to her past and accept the consequences. I think she also develops a little affection for him as well.
Your right that Nick Fury didn't really change. He's basically the same from beginning to end. His mistrust might be notched up a bit now.
Its not night and day difference, but I think its definitely there and its more than alot of movies show. A few lines of dialogue usually qualifies as development nowdays, but they took the time, specifically with the scenes with CA and BW, to make the dialogue more meaningful.
I liked how they kept TWS very mysterious at first. But I wish we wouldve gotten a little more info in the end. They're saving it for CA3. Correct me if I'm wrong, but in the comics, TWS becomes CA after the original CA is killed. If they go that route for CA3, I'd guess we'll get alot of the info then.


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I've always been an old lady at heart. I knit, I bake, I watch Agatha Christie mysteries on PBS. I wear LLBean sweaters, and avoid bars and restaurants where crowds of noisy, flashy people my age compete for attention. Pickling and preserving, making jam and decorating it with squares of gingham, seemed right up my alley. Who knew I was so trendy?
As this article in last week's New York Times describes, canning is all the rage among foodies and locavores. It's not just about saving money: as interest in eating seasonally increases, canning is a way to enjoy the bounties of summer farmers' markets all winter long.
First knitting became popular, and now home canning. Old lady is apparently the new cool. Will we see Michele Obama squirreling away sauces made with vegetables from her organic garden?
I began my first canning experiments this weekend, starting with Sunshine Rhubarb Juice Concentrate from the Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving. I used four pounds of rhubarb bought at Saturday morning's market, zest and juice from a lemon and a lime, and a heap of sugar. (It won't be good for your teeth or waistline, but I dare you to turn down a glass of liquid sunshine in the middle of February.) I got only three pints, instead of four as the recipe suggested. All my jars are tightly sealed, so here's hoping I did everything correctly.
My second go was Eugenia Bone's Pickled Asparagus. Here's an informative step-by-step slide show that accompanies the recipe. My jars are cooling on the countertop as I write. I just heard one of the lids pop, a sign it's formed a vacuum seal, though I won't know for four weeks whether I successfully preserved asparagus or created a botulism colony.
Canning, with its potential for food poisoning, is intimidating, especially if you're clumsy like me and tend to ignore directions. I finally decided to give it a try because the taste of Maine-grown tomatoes and berries in the dead of winter is enough to bring tears of gratitude to my eyes. I'm starting easy, with acidic fruits and pickled vegetables that don't require heating above the boiling point. I bought a pressure cooker for carrots and green beans, and learning to use it without blowing up my house is my next project. I can't wait for strawberries in late June, tomatoes and blueberries in August, and all the jam, sauce, soup, and pie filling I can handle next winter.


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Time on ice quality of competition and the Calgary Flames
Ryan Pike
August 20 2012 03:28PM
Our colleague Eric T over at NHLNumbers has put together a nice addition to the world of advanced stats – time on ice quality of competition (or TOI qualcomp).
The logic is rather simple: a team's best players will generally play the most minutes, the second-best play the second most and so on. As such, you can rate the quality of competition that a club's players face based on the amount of ice-time their opposition usually gets.
"Basically, what we're finding is that a team's best line tends to face opponents who get a lot of ice time, even if those opponents don't tend to outshoot their opponents."
What the time on ice quality of competition metric does is split up measures between forwards and defenders. While you'd expect a team's best forwards to be matched up generally against the other team's best forwards, what about defensemen? Will the best forwards also face the top blueline pairing? Or different players? This added dynamic is perhaps the most intriguing part of TOI qualcomp.
"Now instead of just a single competition metric that answers the question "how good were his opponents", we have a two-dimensional competition metric that answers the more complex question "what kind of opponents did he face?""
Looking at the Flames forwards, it unfolds roughly the way one would expect, albeit with one small exception. Olli Jokinen, Curtis Glencross, Jarome Iginla, Alex Tanguay and Mike Cammalleri all faced the opposition's top players. All of them are pretty closely clustered together. A bit surprising is that Mikael Backlund is pretty tightly grouped into the Flames top-six in this respect.
Group together further down the depth chart are Blake Comeau and Lee Stempniak, who faced comparable competition, but usually the lesser lights than Iginla and company faced.
Then you get to the guys that faced the other team's bottom enders: Blair Jones, Matt Stajan, Roman Horak and Tom Kostopoulos. Tim Jackman is separated out from this group, indicating that even among the Flames' bottom group of players, he faced the lesser, lesser lights.
A similar story is told in regards to Flames forwards against opposition blue-liners. Iginla, Cammalleri, Tanguay, Jokinen, Glencross and Backlund typically faced the other club's best.
After them, things get clustered into a pretty incomprehensible clump. Within that club, it appears that Roman Horak, Lee Stempniak, Matt Stajan, Blake Comeau, Blair Jones, Tom Kostopoulos and Tim Jackman, in roughly that order, faced increasingly weaker opposition.
Yes, again, Tim Jackman gets the soft underbelly.
Comparing TOI QoC to the commonly-used Corsi Rel QoC (corsi relative qulaity of competition, which uses shot based metrics rather than ice time and corrects for team strength). There is a lot of agrement between the two measures, so we see a similar pattern emerge.
The top six? Glencross, Jokinen, Iginla, Backlund, Cammalleri and Tanguay, in that order. The rest of the forwards stack up pretty close to where they did, with the forward time-on-ice metric rank matching up exact with the internal Corsi Rel rank. In other words, Tim Jackman faced really weak competition.
Let's face it, looking at ice time when evaluating players isn't exactly reinventing the wheel. It's logical, as Eric postulated, to look at ice time. The fact that ice time matches fairly close to the fancier metrics of player evaluation probably indicates that it's a fairly good tool to be using, as it provides a bit more depth than the other metrics. The fact that TOI qualcomp can be broken into two dimensions, forward and defense, gives it a lot of value as an analysis tool.
It will be interesting to see how the Flames will be grouped by this measures next year under Bob Hartley. Brent Sutter used his top-six almost exclusively against other team's big guns, while the bottom-six was reserved for other team's checkers and goons. As discussed by various people in VF's recent Glencross article, the Flames don't have any obvious PvP line or a checking line as things stand, so it will be interesting to see how the new coach organizes his match-ups.
August 20 2012, 03:33PM
Sometimes new metrics are valuable not just because they bring new things to light, but because they confirm exactly what you see with your own eyes.
The plots accord exactly with how we saw Brent manage the bench last year. It's interesting to look at other team's as well.
August 20 2012, 03:55PM
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I think we could do that.
From what I saw at the dome this year, it was lot of Brent. He went hard after the Parise line when I was there live with Iginla-Jokinen-Glencross. They got their heads beat in all night in terms of shots and chances, but he stuck to it. In part because every time they crossed the blueline, they scored on the Devils terrible goaltending.
How much can we attribute the opposing defense TOI stat for a given player to choices made by the opposing team's coach? e.g. If you look at the same chart made using the Canucks, you'll find that just one line (the Sedins + Burrows) faced the other team's top defense. Is that a sign that most teams, when playing the Canucks, try to match their top D pair with the Sedin line?
If that's the case, then the reading for the Flames would be that the Iginla line simply isn't seen as a top threat by other teams, so they pitted their top D evenly across Calgary's top two lines.
August 20 2012, 05:31PM
It's mix between the two coaches decisions. AV in Vancouver tilts the ice towards the Sedins in terms of zone starts to an abusrd level, so they tend to play a mixed bag of forwards. To compensate, Im guessing opposing coaches try their best to at least get the top defensive units out against the twins as much as possible, even if the forward match-up isn't ideal.
I like this idea. It's a good way to get people who are less Corsi-inclined interested in this sort of thing (and might also help people to stop dumping on players like Backlund and Bouwmeester for no reason).
August 20 2012, 06:16PM
I think there's certainly reason to dump on both JayBo and Backlund - just that folks must also be aware of factors like competition quality and luck.
Lowetide over at ON covered this for the Oilers as well.
Interesting looking at the names that show up at the top of the list.
It's mix between the two coaches decisions. AV in Vancouver tilts the ice towards the Sedins in terms of zone starts to an abusrd level, so they tend to play a mixed bag of forwards. To compensate, Im guessing opposing coaches try their best to at least get the top defensive units out against the twins as much as possible, even if the forward match-up isn't ideal.
Matching against AV and the Sedins is dead simple. Faceoff in our zone? Put out our top D, because here come the Sedins.
I think that is part of what you see in the Flames chart too. Brent used Glencross-Jokinen when the other team's top lines were out, but the other team used their top D pair when Iginla-Tanguay-Cammalleri were out there.
It is dynamics like that which make me so very sceptical of cries to give Iginla the high ground. You know there is another coach on the other team right?
August 21 2012, 10:49AM
The only way to give Iginla meaningfully higher ground would be to also reduce his ice time and role. This goes somewhat hand in hand with what I wrote about him recently, but because he's deployed as the Flames main big gun/threat, along with the attendant ice time, he gets the appropriate response from other coaches.
I wonder how much of that (Iginla's deployment) is self-fulfilling. He is the most potent offensive threat on the team, putting aside his play away from the puck. The rest of the roster is a supporting cast with only Glencross and Cammalleri as other potential offensive threats.
So even if the coaches tried to shelter him by getting him out against weaker lines, a coach could counter by putting his top lines out against the Flames lesser lights.
I know there are matchups and certain players who can nullify another's offensive potential by simply maintaining control of the puck and forcing play away from their net, but in the end, in the absence of an alternative threat, coaching against the Flames would appear to have become a much simpler task.
My interest this season won't be entirely in how Hartley deploys (and coerces, for that matter) the talent available to him, but rather the effectiveness of the talent that has been collected. There seem to be a lot of supporting actors in this cast while the leading man is soon exiting stage right.
August 21 2012, 03:32PM
You forget Tanguay, who doesn't drive possession anymore but is still a guy who raises the SH% of those around him. He's a legit offensive player at ES still.
You're right in that the lack of other big guns compels the Flames to keep acting like it's 2003 still, because they don't seem to have another option. It would strictly come down to them giving Jarome less minutes with lesser linemates - opposing coaches might chase Iginla out of habit, but eventually if he's played like a third liner, he'll see equitable competition eventually.
For example, this year it could be:
Tanguay - Backlund - Cammalleri
Glencross - Cervenka - Hudler
Baertschi - Stajan (sigh) - Iginla
That probably looks grotesque and foreign to most Flames fans because Jarome has been the fulcrum of the attack for so long, but that sort of depth chart is much more representative of the level of competition each player can probably handle without being a gross liability (the unknown that is Cervenka notwithstanding).
There still isn't a true heavy hitter crew in that equation, so it's probable that sort of change won't happen until the team is forced into it - either by Jarome leaving or another, undeniably superior option turning up.


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