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Chocolate, cereal, toys, stuff and economic panic
A movie that makes this much money (approx $1.1 billion USD) is going to have spin-offs galore, not to mention a gaggle of imitators. The licensing on the Batman character must be an important bedrock on which Warner Bros and DC Comics rest these days in an economy in downturn and everything going up in price (like the cost of a movie production). There is also the prestige of the positive critical acclaim and general good feeling towards director Chris Nolan's handling of this "intellectual property" with around the world ticket sales plus the USA domestic market crossing the $1 billion dollar mark.
Bat-Renaissance and Economic Panic
Batman's popularity seems to have been steadily mounting to higher and higher places since the turnaround from decline back when Frank Miller put the "prestige" format comic book mini-series on the map with his dystopian The Dark Knight Returns 4-issue comic book of the mid-eighties. That book came out under the leadership of Jeannette Khan, who had the unenviable task of righting the sinking boat of DC Comics when she took over in the late 70s. Bad economics of the time, rising production costs, terrible morale, all contributed to a bleak picture for the company (one ace they had in the hole: the Christopher Reeves' Superman film made $300 million in 1978 dollars for parent company Warner Brothers.).
And speaking of money, some years later comes something like a crown jewel of achievement with those Dark Knight movie profits hitting the plus-side of a billion in earnings.
But why has the character climbed up to be such a hit at taht moment in time? The fearful anxieties of the film's background (Gotham City, a pseudo-New York City without the overhead of a real city's baggage to keep straight) is a place of depressions and recession, corruption and lawlessness. How does that picture reverberate with ticket-buyers at a movie house? Is it merely a phantasy picture like the original King Kong movie which ran in 24-hour schedules because of fierce demand during the height of the 'great depression' of the early 1930s? Psychologistsand anthropologists analyze the meaning of this to be that it was diverting and comforting to contemplate the exploits of that enormous monkey as it ruled the savage idyll of Skull Island. Likewise that means following the travails of a man in a batsuit is also the same diversion in an economy taking a nose dive?
Maybe the real question should be: do some kinds of films benefit from an adverse economy? Are superhero fantasies (or any kind of mass-produced pop culture that deals with fear, helplessness, and fighting) simply a template that easily fits over the national mood of recession/depression?
The easy explanation is the psychobabble that people invest into establishmentarian (or even authoritarian) characters (real or not) when the going gets rough and people are scared. I don't subscribe to any of that, because I don't think people ever stop investing into such.
The classic example that is written of is the German people backing Adolf Hitler following the complete collapse of the German economy. Another example is the backing for Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal policies that turned the way things are done in American government (or at least the treasury department) upside down. No, those things were coming regardless of the economies, not that chaos doesn't help, but the ideas were on the ascendancy anyway, as they say in sociology. Hitler grabbed power because he could (he didn't have majority support in Germany, but enough to railroad his way into complete power) and F.D.R., though obviously not possessing dictatorial powers, had the moxie and skills to maneuver around his political opponents who didn't realize the rules of the game had changed.
This short list of leadership from the depression era of the 1930s could also include Mussolini (who gained power in the wealthier 1920s); and a whole long list of other premiers/presidents/dictators that came to power in smaller countries. Powerful men as ultimate leaders were "in." Instead of being a transitional move from the kings and queens that had stood atop so many countries from the 1800s, the 1930s instead consolidated vast power into even fewer people.
What's that got to do with Batman?
Born off the streets where crime can nail you at any time, but also born to aristocratic privilege and wealth, that's Batman's baby cradle. Batman/Bruce Wayne is an American synthesis of many ideas about wealth and responsibility, and the street-level awareness of lawlessness and corruption, all packed together inside a sausage of immigrant Jewish and New England ethical thinking.
Who really invented Batman? Bob Kane has been partially discredited as the sole author, but he clearly was one of the driving forces toward getting some kind of character with 'wings' off the drawing boards and into comic books. Bill Finger, Gardner Fox, and even Bob Kane's father (who cut a good legal deal for the younger Kane - - too bad he didn't know Shuster and Siegel, eh?) were all involved in the beginning. The early Batman comics veer about trying to find the tone that was going to work with a mass audience. Bat-Man, as he is called at the start, is a savage fellow who hurls bad guys off buildings and can handle a gun when its useful, all while accoutered in a sleek 1930s style deco-batsuit that emphasizes a stylized silhouette of a bat. Shortly this changed to an even more abstract bat-image and a beefier, pugilistic approach to presenting a bat-guy who beats up criminals with his hands. And then along came Robin, a marketing ploy to help attract younger readers and to be a shoe-horn to get some humor into the grim goings-on.
Many writers have put together the paternal literature and films that contributed to Batman's origins: certain films (The Man Who Laughs for the Joker, Phantom of the Opera when it comes to secrecy, gadgets and a big billowing cape) and pulp adventure writing that worked on the ideal of masculinity being about a man of action getting into a lot of confrontations, one way or the other.
There's not been a 'definitive' work that describes the history of the Batman character in its every facet of American life, but there are many histories of the character as pop-culture collectible. The former should be made, I think, though I think we'll get more of the latter.
Batman and 1970s decline
The character endures as a popular literary and cinematic creation, though there are deep dips in sales from time to time on the pamphlet comic book (the flagship title Detective Comics actually was in danger of cancellation for poor sales during the 1970s when the title was on a bi-monthly schedule and was packed out mostly with reprint stories. On the other hand, what was considered 'poor sales' in the 1970s for a comic book was defined as a book that couldn't move 100,000s of copies.
That those numbers were being compared to comics that had once been able to sell in the millions of copies month after month through dozens of distributors through a vast network of newstands and other retail outlets told the tale of accelerating decline all across the industry. Comics printed on gravure printing presses for high-speed were cost effective for producing millions of sheets of comic art, but not for what was happening when books were losing their places in a distribution conduit that was tightening because it was no longer worth the cost of shipping and displaying with a cheap 25, or 35, or 50 cent comic book with slim margins for the maker, the wholesaler, and the retailer. A whole industry was headed for the junkyard, only to be rescued by the networks of collector shops that paved the way for the "direct distribution" comic book, which was an anomaly at DC and Marvel, but then over time became the de facto cash cow of the business, only lately replaced by the emergence of the trade-paperback collection books that clog up the shelves at Barnes and Noble and other outlets.
Batman and popularity
There is an immediate irony when comparing comic books as pop-culture influence and then looking at the sales figures - - influence has increased while sales have gone down. The reach of the comic book creator and the "intellectual properties" they breed has never had had a longer reach. But a single best-seller through the direct distribution chain (say, 50,000 copies) is negligible compared to the numbers of the past.
It is through other avenues that the comic book has this world-spanning influence: movie adaptations, toy licensing, alternative literary circles, and the "graphic novel." Through them comic book ideas are put in to the pop-culture melting pot. And Batman has been riding on the cusp of the wave.
Batman Moviedom
Comic books have always been able to feed off movies, and its been the other way around for quite a while, too. Movie story-boarding are just comics that blueprint what needs to be filmed, and those story-board drawings and scribbled notes have been around for a very long time in film production centers, showing how the basic tool of imaging and coming up with a tale stems from apparently the same visual places.
But it is in the last several decades that Hollywood has been raiding comic books wholesale in an effort to grab the best properties; nothing can demonstrate how moribund is at least some of moviedoms creative skills when clearly comics are the more dynamic agency of new ideas, good ideas, or ideas at all.
Packaging Batman for the screen has been a real moneymaker right off the Bat when Tim Burton directed that first Batman feature film in 1989. The films do well when they take their source material seriously. They start flopping badly when the in-jokes and giggly Hollywood self-awareness is projected right at the audience - - its not the actors, and its not even the story necessarily, its the attitude of the film that seems to work (or not work).
Batman is a figment of economic collapse, crime-infested streets; corruption and fear. He's also a projection of economic responsibility, the privilege of wealth over law, and the privilege of daring and intelligence over lawlessness. And its also about bats somehow.y
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According to the latest data gathered by Gartner, Apple's global smartphone share shrank to 18.2 per cent in the first quarter. The rise of Samsung with its Galaxy S-series made the South Korean giant, a hot commodity in the global market. The makers behind the Galaxy S4 continue to rise on the cost of Nokia, BlackBerry, and Apple. The maker is abuzz with rumors of Apple coming out with the next-iteration of iPhone this July.
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Medicine is big business. We know that. Or maybe I should say — insurance and pharmaceuticals are big business. And both, when it comes to the little guy — that's you and me — are very short-sighted.
I won't subject you to the play by play, but here is the gist of my latest healthcare system misadventures, and why I'm miffed and also dismayed — for all of us.
Let's see… There's chasing after co-pay refunds for bucks that shouldn't have been collected in the first place… at multiple locations… Oh, the fun of the calls and messages and follow-up… And don't you just adore automated phone systems?
There's the expense and confusion of going doctor to doctor for what is routine, or used to be, and would once have been handled by a single GP with no muss, no fuss, and a quick-and-easy answer…
And now this latest entertainment, which is surely my new favorite. The prescription runaround over "corporate policy." In other words, pharmacies being chains (and big business), they enter into agreements to carry certain (medical) products. Just business, right? That means they may cease to carry a (routine) med that you (routinely) take, and then… drum roll please… you show up to pick up your prescription and they can't give it to you.
"Sorry," a smiling pharmacist says. "We don't carry that any more."
You blink and say "Excuse me?"
"We can offer you a similar med in its place. Our generic."
"I tried that several years ago," you say politely (but feeling your blood pressure rise). "It didn't work. One of the inactive ingredients. That's why we went back to the original that does work."
"I'm very sorry," he says again. "It's corporate policy."
"But this is a prescription," you say. "I don't see why you can't just order it because you've always ordered it before."
"Corporate policy," he repeats, and you feel your fists balling up and your nails pressing into your palms and you hear the pitch of your voice rise. And the pain you're in feels somehow more intense. Perhaps because your whole body is stiffening with anger.
"So what do I do? I have a prescription I need filled."
"Try other pharmacies."
Suffice it to say, I wasn't happy… I began what I suspect will be a multi-day process of locating a medication that I know works, that I can actually afford, and that agrees with my system (frequently not the case). So I left my usual pharmacy and tried another near by, only to be told the same thing after standing in a long line just to show them my prescription and ask about the med.
That particular pharmacist saw me misting up and said he would attempt to special order it, but he doubted the order would go through. (I have yet to hear back.) If the special order doesn't go through, I have to return to that pharmacy and take the physical prescription order and try somewhere else, and so on, and so on…
We won't discuss the hours I've already wasted in this pursuit (and the hours into the night that I've had to stay up and make up the time relative to my work tasks)… And we won't discuss my bewilderment and anger at the very thought of someone who might not have the flexibility I do — in other words, working into the night — much less a car to drive around the city looking for a pharmacy to provide the med.
I may indeed be forced to try several other "versions" and hope one works… If not, I will be required to return to the doctor's office (hello, $40 charge), if I can even get an appointment…
Allow me to add that every physician I've seen in the past years except one (for the many routine items) has said that I must reduce my stress.
Uh-huh. And if the physicians and the healthcare system are exacerbating my stress — how do I resolve that?
Silly me. Antidepressants, of course. After all, any woman over 40 who has a complaint should be drugged into smiling, right?
One last mention — and an upside. (Yes, there is an upside. More than one. But not yet…)
Let's all tsk tsk and furrow our brows as we note this country's absence of computerized systems when it comes to medical recordkeeping — not just from city to city (or state to state), but within a single city from clinic to clinic or hospital system to hospital system. Frankly, even within certain hospital systems.
Care to count the number of times you've written precisely the same details of name and address, insurance information, and basics of medical history — on paper, on a clipboard, over and over again? May I mention that I did so again this morning, having provided most of the same information on the phone to the same provider? Shall we mention how potentially inconsistent, inaccurate and inefficient this absence of automated systems is?
And now, for the upside. Three upsides, in fact.
Upside Number One: All the really scary reasons for my chronic pain turned up negative. (I couldn't be more thrilled and relieved and grateful.)
Upside Number Two: One of the meds that worked for me about six years back (and helped with pain besides) became too expensive for me to get. It was recommended again, but it is still too expensive. The PA gave me a pile of her prescription samples free of charge. On that one, I had to fight back the tears of gratitude.
Upside Number Three: Although the doctor was running late, that's usually not something I get upset over. It tells me that he or she actually takes time with patients, which is a good sign. When I was finally ushered in to see a PA first, then a technician, then eventually the doctor… I couldn't have been more impressed. All three were extremely professional, extremely thorough in asking questions (and not by rote), and very pleasant.
And the doctor himself took tremendous time and care not only in examining me, but in explaining what was going on.
I have seen a crazy number of crappy doctors in the past nine or ten years. You literally never know what (quality, skill level) you're going to get when you make an appointment, as many of the 'good' doctors may not take whatever insurance you have, or you're passed along through 'the system' to whatever specialist handles backs or arms or… Pick a part of your anatomy and fill in the blank.
A relationship with a doctor?
Very difficult. With few exceptions, in my experience… rare these days.
I find it shocking and mortifying that a so-called developed country has physicians who literally do not even touch a patient. Perhaps the number of mediocre doctors that I've seen (around chronic pain issues) makes a good doctor seem exceptional, or, I may have actually seen an exceptional physician today.
An exceptional physician with an equally superb medical staff.
What I know is this. For the first time in several years, I have a small amount of hope that there is a solution to some of the pain that I live with, which has been worsening steadily such that my usual process of compartmentalizing is not doing the job. But hope is a magical thing. I'm good with hope.
I can even deal (semi-politely) with chasing around for a damn prescription because the profit motive of some fat cat Big Pharma guy and fat cat insurance guy and all their fucking fat cat friends renders the lives of "regular people" like you and me and God knows how many millions of others unnecessarily complicated and expensive. Or simply, laced with pain.
What baffles me is this — how anyone in government and anyone with half a brain (whatever their role in our lives) doesn't realize that we would be a kinder, gentler, more productive citizenry if health were considered a basic human right.
You know. Like it is in real "first world" countries.
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Background of Aquatic Therapy
Aquatic therapy has been shown to provide relief of symptoms from a variety of arthritides, traumatic injuries, and other musculoskeletal conditions. This procedure uses the therapeutic properties of water (e.g., buoyancy, resistance). Aquatic therapy may necessary for a loss or restriction of joint motion, strength, mobility, or function which has resulted from a specific disease or injury. The medical record should show objective loss of joint motion, strength, or mobility (e.g., degrees of motion, strength grades, levels of assistance). Standard treatment duration is 3 to 4 times per week for 2 to 4 weeks. It is not necessary to have more than one form of hydrotherapy during the same visit (NHIC, 2002). Other forms of exercise therapy may be necessary in addition to aquatic therapy when the member cannot perform land-based exercises effectively to treat his/her condition without first undergoing the aquatic therapy, or when aquatic therapy facilitates progress to land-based exercise or increased function.
Harmer and colleagues (2009) compared outcomes between land-based and water-based exercise programs delivered in the early subacute phase up to 6 months after total knee replacement (TKR). Two weeks after surgery (baseline), 102 patients were randomized to participate in either land-based (n = 49) or water-based (n = 53) exercise classes. Treatment parameters were guided by current clinical practice protocols. Thus, each study arm involved 1-hr sessions twice-weekly for 6 weeks, with patient-determined exercise intensity. Session attendance was recorded. Outcomes were measured at baseline and at 8 and 26 weeks post-surgery. Outcomes included distance on the 6-min walk test, stair climbing power (SCP), the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities (WOMAC) Osteoarthritis Index (n = 85 English-proficient patients), visual analog scale for joint pain, passive knee range of motion, and knee edema (circumference). Planned orthogonal contrasts, with an intent-to-treat approach, were used to analyze the effects of time and time-group interactions. Compliance in both groups was excellent with 81 % attending 8 or more sessions. Loss to follow-up was 5 %. Significant improvements were observed across time in all outcomes at 8 weeks, with further improvements evident in all variables (except WOMAC pain) at 26 weeks. Minor between-group differences were evident for 4 outcomes (SCP, WOMAC stiffness, WOMAC function, and edema) but these appear clinically insignificant. The authors concluded that a short-term, clinically pragmatic program of either land-based or water-based rehabilitation delivered in the early phase after TKR was associated with comparable outcomes at the end of the program and up to 26 weeks post-surgery.
In a controlled trial with blinded 6-month follow-up, Rahmann and colleagues (2009) assessed the effect of inpatient aquatic physiotherapy in addition to usual ward physiotherapy on the recovery of strength, function, and gait speed after total hip or knee replacement surgery. Participants (n = 65) were individuals undergoing primary hip or knee arthroplasty (average age of 69.6 +/- 8.2 yrs; 30 men). Subjects were randomly assigned to receive supplementary inpatient physiotherapy, beginning on day 4: aquatic physiotherapy, non-specific water exercise, or additional ward physiotherapy. Main outcome measures were strength, gait speed, and functional ability at day 14. At day 14, hip abductor strength was significantly greater after aquatic physiotherapy intervention than additional ward treatment (p = 0.001) or water exercise (p = 0.011). No other outcome measures were significantly different at any time point in the trial, but relative differences favored the aquatic physiotherapy intervention at day 14. No adverse events occurred with early aquatic intervention. The authors concluded that a specific inpatient aquatic physiotherapy program has a positive effect on early recovery of hip strength after joint replacement surgery. Moreover, they stated that further studies are needed to confirm these findings.
Hillier and colleagues (2010) stated that aquatic therapy is an intervention for children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) that has not been investigated formally. In a pilot randomized controlled trial, these researchers investigated the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of an aquatic therapy program to improve motor skills of children with DCD. A total of 13 children (mean age of 7 years 1 month; 10 males) with DCD were randomly allocated to receive either 6 sessions of aquatic therapy (once-weekly session of 30 mins for 6 to 8 weeks) or to a wait-list (control group). The intervention and measures were demonstrated to be feasible, but barriers, such as limited appointment times and accessibility, were encountered. Analysis of co-variance indicated that at post-test, mean scores on the Movement Assessment Battery were higher for children who received aquatic therapy compared to those on the wait-list (p = 0.057). Similar trends were noted on the physical competence portion of the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance (p = 0.058). However, these differences were not significant. These preliminary findings need to be validated by well-designed studies.
Tinti et al (2010) noted that the process of hemoglobin polymerization and the consequent sickling of red blood cells that occurs in patients with sickle cell disease shortens the half-life of red blood cells. It causes vaso-occlusive complications as well as pain and pulmonary and cardiovascular dysfunction. In a case study, these researchers evaluated an aquatic rehabilitation program used for patients with sickle cell anemia and examined the possible benefits that exercise in warm water has for the circulatory system for relieving pain as well as for increasing lung capacity. The patient was a 32-year-old female. The parameters that were used in this study included respiratory muscle strength (which was calculated by measuring maximum inspiratory pressures and maximum expiratory pressures), the McGill and Wisconsin pain questionnaires (in order to evaluate the patients' characterizations and descriptions of their pain), and the SF-36 Health Survey. The treatment included warm water exercises, stretching, aerobic exercise, and relaxation, during 2 sessions of 45 mins per week for 5 weeks. The patient experienced a significant decrease in pain, a significant increase in the strength of respiratory muscles, and improved quality of life. The authors concluded aquatic rehabilitation can be used to improve the clinical condition of sickle cell anemia patients, and they stated that more research on this new treatment regime, in comparison with other types of therapies, should be encouraged.
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a debilitating condition characterized by the presence of widespread musculoskeletal pain. Moreover, there is inconsistent evidence regarding the effectiveness of various therapies developed so far, making FM a chronic disease that is difficult to treat.
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After two years of construction, Google Undersea Cable between the West Coast of the United States and Japan is now complete. Located between Oregon and in Chiba and Mei prefectures in Japan, the 5600 mile connection has a bandwidth of 60 terabytes per second. One terabyte is 1000 gigabytes. Read from PCMag.
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Thunderbolt Cables Are Still Expensive
Ever wonder why Thunderbolt cables are expensive. It's not because Apple sells it exclusively for $49. Not anymore. Now, a few companies are selling Thunderbolt cables at roughly the same price. Even worse, some manufacturers are charging for $10-$20 more.
So, what gives? Ars Technica explains why the Thunderbolt cable will stay costly for a couple more years. The Thunderbolt cable uses a Genum transceiver, which is made from silicon germanium, an expensive semiconductor process, typically found on telecom equipment.
The cost of making the transceiver is high, coupled with other chips found in the Thunderbolt design. The cable also contains a separate microcontroller, power management and voltage regulation chips, which provide 3 volts power internally and 15 volt to power other bus devices.
Currently, there are 4 chips found inside a Thunderbolt cable. Plans are underway to combine the transceiver and microcontroller chip, as well as combine the power management and voltage regulator chip into one. It will cut the number of chips from 4 to 2.
In addition, the cable also uses high quality copper cable to meet the 10Gbps bi-directional data rate requirement. As most know, copper is expensive, which explains why it is a favorite for thieves to steal nowadays.
Nevertheless, consumers are stuck with the current Thunderbolt cable cost, a cable that's still considered first generation. Costs will go down later as manufacturers find way to cut manufacturing costs, at the same time without sacrificing performance.


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- Yes. I've gotten hard from just looking at my crushVote A
- Yes. I've gotten hard from thinking about my crushVote B
- Yes. Both A & BVote C
- No.Vote D
Girls can not vote on this poll
Have an opinion?
Yep, A and B... many a time
Never had a crush.
Yes, and I would fantasize about her too
Or if I'm thinking about sex with just any girl, lol (assuming she's hot)
I also have gotten hard and even masturbate sometime.
Yes but only really if I then imagine us being together or intimate. Sometimes I imagine me cuddling with women I like and that gets me hard.
Yes, I've gotten hard thinking about her. And looking at her too, now that I think about it. I voted B but I should've voted C.
How long have you liked this girl?
Well, right now she's not my crush, though I sometimes wonder what she is doing with her life. She was my crush for one or two years; after that, we didn't see each other again.
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ZTE N799DBy ZTE Mobiles
- 4 inches
- 480 x 800 pixels
- ~233 PPI Density
- 3 MP Primary
- Digital Zoom
- Dual core, 1.2 GHz
- Android v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
- 1500 mAh
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Full Specifications of ZTE N799D ( Release Date: 20th November, 2013 )
|Screen Size
|4 inches
|Screen Resolution
|480 x 800 pixels
|Pixel Density
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|TFT Capacitive Touchscreen, Multi-touch
|Dual core, 1.2 GHz
|Rear Camera Resolution
|Video Recording
|Camera Features
|Digital Zoom, Face Detection
|General Specifications
|Operating System
|OS Version
|Android v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
|125.9 x 64.7 x 10.8 mm
|SIM Card Slots
|Dual SIM
|SIM Card Type
|SIM 1: Normal-SIM
SIM2: Normal-SIM
|Yes, v4.0
|3.5 mm Jack
|Yes, GSM 1800 / 900 MHz
|Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11, b/g/n
|Yes, with A-GPS
|Internal Storage
|Card Slot/Expandable
|microSD, Up to 32 GB
|4GB storage, microSD card slot
|Other Features
|Proximity sensor, Accelerometer
|Battery Capacity
|1500 mAh
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Key Features of ZTE N799D
- Medium Size Screen - 4 inches Medium screen size phone is easy to carry in hand. Good for browsing and reading but doesn't match the quality as that of big screen phones.
- Sharp Screen - ~233 PPI Higher Resolution provides clarity with sharp display images, videos and text.
- TFT Capacitive Touchscreen, Multi-touch TFT Screens offer good viewing angles and decrease battery life
- Dual core, 1.2 GHz More cores result in better multitasking. More tasks can be processed in parallel without slowing down the User Interface. Multiple apps can be operated simultaneously.
- Less RAM - 512 MB Having lots of RAM allows more applications to run at the same time making the phone faster.
- Has Dual SIM Multiple SIM Phones allow you to use multiple sims at the same time in the same phone without the need to carry multiple mobile phones.
- 3 MP Rear Camera Average Resolution camera captures less vibrant images without focusing much on details.
- No Front Camera You won't be able to take selfies with this phone
- No Flash Having a camera flash allows you to take photos in low light.
- No Autofocus Without Autofocus, the camera of the mobile is will not be able to focus on the subject automatically.
- Limited Storage Capacity - 4 GB Less internal storage: Limits the installation of more apps, storing songs, images, videos, etc.
- Supports Memory Card - microSD, Up to 32 GB Having no Memory cards restricts extra storage capacity. You cannot store more songs, photos and videos.
- Low Battery Life - 1500 mAh Lower battery life causes quick battery drain & results in frequent charging. The Battery life also depends on screen size, processor, OS, personal usage and other factors.
- Supports 2G With 2G connectivity option you can get all cellular features but stay limited to basic internet facilities.
- Supports WiFi Connect to wifi hotspots in your area or other devices to your mobile. WiFi lets you to get connected to internet
- Supports GPS GPS help you to track your current location. Get directions to a place or any destination using apps like Google Maps.
- Have A FM Radio Enjoy listening music, songs, etc from different radio stations even while travelling.
- Supports Bluetooth You can wirelessly listen to music and calls using bluetooth headsets or even share data.
- Has 3.5mm Headphone Jack 3.5mm Jack enables you to connect to large number of other devices such as speakers, headphones etc. Enjoy hearing music with headphones with 3.5mm jack compatibility
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Price of ZTE N799D in India today is Rs. 3,580.00, updated on 22nd January 2018
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by Molly Noble Bull
This month, I'd planned to post an interview with a country werstern singer who is also a cowboy and a lawyer. But I was unable to get all the info I needed in time. So make a note to meet right back here on June 27, 2011 to read that interview and hear some great country werstern songs. My days here are the 27th and the 28th of each month.
In the meantime, stop by Writers Rest and read some of my other articles.
Below is a photo of me taken in front of a red barn at the Santa Rosa Ranch in South Texas. I am the girl in your right and was twelve years. My friend, Barbara, was eleven.
May 28, 2011
3 comments:
- Molly Noble Bull said...
It was windy on the day that photo was taken of me at the ranch. In fact, it is always windy in South Texas because we are so near the Gulf of Mexico.
- May 28, 2011 at 12:23 PM
- Teresa Slack said...
Love seeing old pics. Esp those that show the old town or surrounding area. An old friend of ours has one of her as a baby in a set of hanging scales they used in apothecaries. Anyone know which ones I'm talking about?
- May 29, 2011 at 5:49 AM
- Caroline said...
Molly, always enjoy your posts, & today the pic. Love old pictures; get my imagination soaring. :)
- May 29, 2011 at 1:37 PM
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Where does this leave experience and expertise? Are all opinions equally valid, or are some, to paraphrase George Orwell, more equal than others? I don't know about you, but I'm more likely to trust the verdict of a Philip French or Derek Malcolm (both of whom have been reviewing films for years) than those of someone who has just graduated with a degree in media studies. There is room for new perspectives - and even iconoclasm - but I tend to turn to people who have earned my trust as a filmgoer.
The same is true of wine criticism. The hacks whose opinions I respect (Anthony Rose, Joanna Simon, Oz Clarke, Andrew Jefford and Jancis Robinson for instance) tend to be people who have been tasting the stuff professionally for a long time and, once again, have performed reliably, at least as far as I'm concerned. Length of service isn't always a guarantee of reliability - one vainglorious former national newspaper columnist is widely regarded as a joke by his colleagues - but it generally means you deserve to be heard.
Do we wine writers taste wine in the same way as the man, or more likely woman, in the supermarket aisle? If you believe the recently published The Wine Trials by Robin Goldstein, a self-styled "fearless critic", we do not. Or at least we don't much of the time. Goldstein did a series of blind tastings with punters and found that 41 out of 62 tasters preferred a bottle of Domaine Ste Michelle Cuvée Brut (retailing at $12) to an unspecified vintage of Dom Pérignon at $150. His non-professionals generally preferred cheap wines to expensive ones when they tasted them blind.
The same thing happened in the disjointed "investigative" documentary about wine on Channel 4 recently. The Sun journalist Jane Moore, who presented the programme, discovered that 10 out of 20 members of the public preferred a bottle of £6.99 sparkling wine to Moët non-vintage when bearded in the street. Moore's no-shit-Sherlock conclusion about Champagne was that "people don't always buy it because they prefer the taste".
Goldstein, whose take on the world of wine is considerably more interesting and informed, calls this the "placebo effect", adding that "the experience of sipping a wine you know to be expensive ... is a real taste experience. It is the taste of money." This is not a novel point of view. Goldstein quotes from Wines: Their Sensory Evaluation published in 1976 by two American academics from UC Davis, Maynard Amerine and Edward Roessler. "It is surprising," they wrote at the time, "how many so-called wine experts are label drinkers. Their sensory judgement is based on the source or reputation of the wine, or its producer, or the year of production." They added that "some famous vineyards, secure in the knowledge that they have an established market, often charge whatever the market will bear".
I don't have a problem with the second part of this statement. If an offer of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
is over-subscribed 20-fold, the owner (and importer) is justified in pricing the wines accordingly. But I tentatively disagree with the first. It suits some members of the
public - and even academics - to suggest that wine writers don't judge what's in the bottle. But I think we do, most of the time. I do my best to bring the same critical faculties to bear on a bottle of Château Lafite as on one of Blossom Hill.
Nevertheless, Goldstein is right to say that, in order to be sure you have taken personal bias out of the equation, you have to taste blind. People whose judgement is hopelessly erratic hate blind tastings because they reveal as much about the taster as they do about the wines in question. I am more than happy to put my palate to the test as it forces me to reassess my own prejudices and confront my own weak spots.
I like Goldstein's book, but for all its merits it encourages an element of inverse snobbery: a chippy reluctance to acknowledge that you usually get what you pay for. Yes, some wines are over-priced. Yes, some wines are over-hyped. Yes, some regions offer better bargains than others. Yes, some people view wine as a form of "conspicuous consumption". But wines that are considered great, and are priced accordingly, are considered great for a reason. Over time, they have demonstrated that
they offer something
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Chocolate Eclair Dessert
toni coleman
Got this from a co-op worker while living up north - I've made it now well over twenty years and it gets rave reviews.
★★★★★ 1 vote5
15 Min
55 Min
- 2 pkg
- vanilla instant pudding
- 12 oz
- frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 4 c
- milk, regular or low fat
- 1 box
- honey graham crackers
- 1 pkg
- premade chocolate frosting
How to Make Chocolate Eclair Dessert
- 1Mix instant pudding according to directions and set aside. Place whole graham crackers in single layer over bottom of 9 x 12 pan, breaking some to cover bottom as completely as possible. Fold whipped topping into pudding; pour half of mixture over grahams. Top with another layer of crackers and repeat with last of the pudding. Top with grahams. Set in refrigerator for approximately 30 minutes before finishing.
- 2Once pudding is thoroughly set, open frosting and spread a generous portion over top layer of grahams, carefully sealing all sides and top of the dessert.
Return to refrigerator and cool for 8 hrs prior to serving. Awesome dessert!!!!
About Chocolate Eclair Dessert
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Lyrics Depot is your source of lyrics to In Our Darkest Hour by Phantom Planet. Please check back for more Phantom Planet lyrics.
In Our Darkest Hour Lyrics
Artist: Phantom Planet
Album: The Guest
Oh yeah it started today in a cloud If I was the sun I would shout
I've got so much shining left before I'm out
Yeah it began with a spark then a flame grew into a fire and spread out again
And I just woke up here surrounded by the whole thing
Well, we have got to get out of here
In our darkest hour
When we may not make it
I can't see a thing through the smoke and if I could breathe
I'd try not to choke
No where to run no where to hide no where to go
Sometimes I get stuck yeah I get so upset
I burn at the ends I learn to regret
Just one toss of that faithful cigarette
Well, we have got to get out of here
In our darkest hour
I think the end is near I can feel it
We have got to get out of here
In our darkest hour
When we may not make it
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Just a quick note on Barbara's progress with her shoulder. When she came home from the hospital, she needed to do therapy that involved her sitting in this bizarre chair that looked like something out of a medieval dungeon The purpose of it was to slowly raise and lower her arm, as well as to rotate her forearm out and back in, at first with small motions and later with larger motions.
Well, yesterday she went to see her doctor (by herself , I should say; she drove herself!) and was given such a good report that the company came by today to pick up their chair. She starts regular physical therapy next week, but her doctor was very pleased at her progress (just like the other doctor with her knees).
On another subject, sort of: Tomorrow morning, I go in for some outpatient surgery on my left knee. Pthpthpht…it's been locking up on me and Barbara's knee doctor suggested that I let him "get in there and see what's going on" and "trim any loose cartilage". So, I'll probably be whining about how much it hurts tomorrow evening. NOT!


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Anyway, be warned: Iâ<80><99>m not being completely serious here, and you shouldnâ<80><99>t take it as such. Now, with apologies to Sean Oâ<80><99>Mac – who has already expressed his distaste with this storyline – here we go.
â<80><9c>Forgetting Katie Vick – The Paul Burchill Storyâ<80>
First, he was the â<80><9c>Most Dangerous Man in OVW.â<80> After that, a nondescript Englishman with a Fujiwara armbar. Then, he was a pirate. Next, he was a pirate with William Regal in a dress. Once more, he was the most dangerous in OVW. Now, finally, itâ<80><99>s time for Paul Burchillâ<80><99>s big push on the Raw brand. And heâ<80><99>s a few weeks away from kissing his sister.
Yes, I know that Katie Lea Burchill isnâ<80><99>t really Paulâ<80><99>s sister. Heck, theyâ<80><99>d be a great wrestler / valet pairing if they werenâ<80><99>t being given this awful storyline. I mean, theyâ<80><99>re both British, and, normally, thatâ<80><99>s enough for WWE. Still, this is what theyâ<80><99>re being given to work with. And any of us who keeps up with the newsboards here on WrestleZone has read about what turns this angle is expected to take. We all probably hoped that this was one of those rare â<80><9c>bad reportsâ<80> from a bad source. WWE wouldnâ<80><99>t really go through with such a storyline, would they?
Believe this: they would, and they will.
It all began this week on Mondayâ<80><99>s Raw, with a remarkably unsubtle debut for Burchill / Sister Burchill. Katie Lea, by the way, used to wrestle under the name â<80><9c>Nikita, Queen of Chaos.â<80> Sheâ<80><99>s not to be confused with indy wrestler, Nikita Fink, who was previously set to be unveiled as Vince McMahonâ<80><99>s illegitimate daughter. Anyway, this segment didnâ<80><99>t get the crowd to boo or do much of anything. It was, really, just another loss for Brian Kendrick.
Why is WWE going through with this storyline which, while it will generate heat, is entirely inappropriate, offensive, and, to paraphrase Sean Oâ<80><99>Mac, about as far from entertaining as anything could be? Well, Iâ<80><99>ve got a theory: WWE wants to appease Triple H.
Oh, come on, Kev! Sure, 99% of everything Vince McMahon does is to inflate Triple Hâ<80><99>s blimp-sized ego. But why would Triple H want to see an incest angle?
Well, hypothetical reader(s), Triple H doesnâ<80><99>t want to see an incest angle, specifically. What he wants is the burden off his shoulders – you know, the one thatâ<80><99>s been there since 2003, when he participated in another infamous â<80><9c>Katieâ<80> angle. Since that time, Triple H has had to carry the burden of being involved in possibly the most disgusting wrestling segment of all time. Katie Vickâ<80><99>s ghost still haunts him. Literally. Okay, not literally.
Triple H knows full well that brother-sister tonsil hockey might just be the thing gross enough to make him forget his necrophilial worries. So thatâ<80><99>s why, over the New Yearâ<80><99>s holiday, Trips goaded a drunken Mr. McMahon into abusing Paul Burchillâ<80><99>s God-given talents once more. â<80><9c>Come on, Vince,â<80> he said. â<80><9c>Itâ<80><99>ll be funny.â<80> â<80><9c>Funnier than when D-X dumped feces on my head on the entrance ramp?â<80> Vince asked. â<80><9c>Far funnier,â<80> Triple H said, meaning it.
And so, weâ<80><99>re left with this awful, awful angle. Doo doo butter does it not contain, but itâ<80><99>s every bit as unpleasing to the senses. In fact, maybe more so. It may serve to get Burchill and Lea over to some extent but, ultimately, it will be a horrible stain on both of their careers. Also, itâ<80><99>s pretty obvious where itâ<80><99>s going to end.
Remember Beaver Cleavage? Remember how â<80><9c>greatâ<80> that angle was, and how close to incest it veered, only for it to be revealed that Beaver and his mother were actually boyfriend and girlfriend? Wow, what a twist! Then, after that, Beaver (formerly Mosh) became Chaz. Remember when Marianna Komlos (Mrs. Cleavage) accused Chaz of hitting her, only for Chazâ<80><99>s old tag team partner, Thrasher, to reveal that Marianna had been lying?
This is exactly where the Burchills storyline is headed, folks…save for the domestic abuse part. The backpedaling will be in full effect, though. Paul and Katie will, eventually, be revealed as boyfriend and girlfriend, who concocted this â<80><9c>cleverâ<80> scheme to get to the top of WWE. Thatâ<80><99>s EXACTLY what will happen. Sorry for teh spoilerz.
WWE will expect us, of course, to forget this storyline at some point. In the meantime, weâ<80><99>ll have to watch it every week. You have to wonder, though…would it even exist if Triple H hadnâ<80><99>t climbed into that coffin, making sweet, masked love to a mannequin?
Here endeth the satire. This is where you come in, loyal readers. Next week, Iâ<80><99>ll be writing a column devoted to some of the worst storylines in the history of wrestling. I want your help. What are your picks for some of the worst storylines ever? In my next column, Iâ<80><99>ll share some of yours, along with my own personal picks. Due to the mentions this week, the Burchills, Katie Vick, Chaz / Marianna, and anything to do with D-X and dookie are disqualified from the running.
Kevin McElvaney is also a contributing writer for Pro Wrestling Illustrated and The Wrestler / Inside Wrestling. Send questions or comments to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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For many years, the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart were known as educators and nurses. Today, we continue in those ministries in modified roles and a variety of settings. Here we share some of the more creative ways our Sisters meet different needs in our modern world.
"For even the Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister…" Mk 10:45
"Giving the blind a chance to read…every day."
Sister Ruth Penksa reads books, magazines and newspapers to the blind through Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Service in Buffalo, New York. "The joy I have is three-fold. I am able to continue to serve God; I am able to serve the poor and needy among us, and heck…I just love to read aloud!"
Helping those who dream of a home of their own
Sister Rita Margraff, President of the Board of Interfaith Housing Development Corporation of Bucks County (Pennsylvania), pictured with Mr. Martin Brill, treasurer of the Board of Interfaith Housing
"Marguerite d'Youville opened her heart and her home to those who did not have a home. My ministry allows me to follow her example in modern times, providing homes to those in need."
Helping young people grow in faith
Sister Eileen Spanier, Catholic Campus Minister, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
"Young people want opportunities to share their faith, energy, time and talent with those in need. Students have welcomed me into their midst and I am in awe of their generosity, their trust and the candidness of their conversations."
Driven by love
Sister Joan Marie McCann, 2011 transplant recipient and volunteer driver for the Gift of Life Family House, Philadelphia
"I want to give back, to support the transplant community. I drive transplant patients to and from their appointments. I don't just drive, though. I reach out to them with reassurance and hope, compassion they need at this often frightening time in their life journey."


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Various tests are carried out on motor cars to increase safety and comfort by the Motor Industry Research Association. We see a car in the tethered vehicle test, where it is attached to a lorry and men monitor the steering. Another test shows a man getting in a car which has been in minus 30 degree temperatures and is covered in ice, the engine starts first time, the empty shell of a car is tested for vibrations and noise resistance.
Various shots of suspension and steering tests over bumpy roads, and simulated dust storms and monsoon conditions for when they are exported. M/S as a car skids to a stop on the road.
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In this post, We will demonstrate Pure CSS Image Slider with Thumbnails. We recently created Pure CSS Content Slider, and it's time to share you a slider with Thumbnails without using any Javascript or jquery. We do use the similar technique but code in a different way to achieve this.
It has impressive features including Next/Pre and thumbnail clickable. It is responsive and works well on all type of browsers and devices. It's beautiful slider and has four different examples. You can take a look here.
Why CSS only slider need attention? The answer is simple they are light weight and easy to customize. It reduces the page load time and stays the way you from the js errors or conflict.
You can quickly implement and play them as you want. It allows to change some images quickly and allow to add more or fewer images.
This slider is just like any javascript or jquery slider and works in the same way. You can add your animation quickly if you know the advance command of CSS3. Ok, let's have a look how it works.
If we look at the HTML, we will find it's straightforward and easy to understand. All the slider HTML code hold inside a main div class name
csslider. You also noted that it also have another class infinity and an ID
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Next we need to define the radio buttons, as similar other many CSS image slider do. Each radio button has unique ID also important thing to be noted is to
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<input type="radio" name="slides" checked="checked" id="slides_1"/> <input type="radio" name="slides" id="slides_2"/> <input type="radio" name="slides" id="slides_3"/> <input type="radio" name="slides" id="slides_4"/>
Now you need to define the unorder list and place your image inside. The CSS support a total number of six images, so if you need to add more, you need to change the CSS.

Last but not least, we need to define the arrows by adding the label element. We will set six labels, but you may think why six? Yep, we have four images, but we also need to set the labels for go to first and go to the last slider.

In the end, we need to add the thumbnails, and we do this by using an again label with unique IDs. The ID names should be similar to radio button ID names wich we define above.
We will place each image thumbnail inside label to get it done.

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My by of 3 years texts a female friend from the time He wakes up until she goes to bed. If I ask him what they are talking about he says nothing. He deletes everything from his phone about every 5 minutes or so. When I try to tell him how I feel about all this he gets mad and says what don't you trust me?. Should I be worried about this?
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People either want to be with one person or they don't. There are only two decisions that he can make 1. respect you and make you feel more comfortable or 2. disrespect you and make you fell less comfortable. There should not be anything wrong with him having a friend that is a girl as long as he and she respect you. If he is hiding things from you then he is making the decision to make you uncomfortable for his own selfish reasons which in the end is disrespecting you.
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Hey all,
I traded in 5 games towards a PSP Vita at the EB Games closest to my house, since they were qualifier games I ended up getting the promotion $25 each for a total for $125. With the long weekend just around the corner I'm totally up for getting a First Edition Bundle now but that store is sold out. There are 3 other EB Games in my city that have it in stock, is there any way I can take my in-store credit from those trade-ins to another EB Games to get a First Edition Bundle?
Thanks for your time!
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i was offered to do that when Jak collection was sold out at my store.
i was offered to do that when Jak collection was sold out at my store.
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I was going to let my Vita pre-order expire, but then I realized that they bumped up a few oldies to qualifiers so I paid it all off. If you aren't in a hurry to get a Vita and EB is going to allow you to keep your TIV, I think you're better off getting it elsewhere. Buying the regular Vita on the 22nd or 23rd at Future Shop will get you a 4 GB memory card and also $20 off any game $29.99+.