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Biographical Information
Full Name: Vovnok Okinsawa
Callsigns/Nicknames: "Vov" "Steel Curtain"
Gender: Male
Age: 32 Years of Age
Species/Race/Skin Color: Zabrak/Mandalorian/Black & Green
Homeworld: Mandalore
Birthplace: Bralsin
Current Residence: Coruscant
Title(s): Lieutenant General
Professions/Skills: Covert Operations/Reconnaissance
Siblings: Unknown
Spouse: Malia Okinsawa (Human)
Children: Johann Okinsawa
Parent(s): (Adopted) Henvrik Vau
Physical Characteristics
Height: 6' 10"
Weight: 321 Ibs.
Eye Color: Left Eye: Black, Right Eye: Deep Blue
Hair Color/Style: Bald, 9 Horns (5 inches in length)
Body Description/Condition: Robust, extremely muscular in frame. He has black and green skin with the usual stripped patterns on his face. The grey horns on his head are accented with a dark green tip on all nine horns. Feet are fairly large, well toned legs, massive thighs, sturdy hips, Herculean upper body muscles, mighty muscles in the arms. His body is in pretty good condition, still recovering from a war wound.
Facial Appearance: Stately, Confident. Fairly pointed nose.
Distinguishing Features: His left eye is black and his right deep blue. On his head, nine horns stick out, signifying Zabraki power. A blackened scar runs from behind his left ear, down to his right hip (from a fight with a Krayt Dragon).
Pure Black Specialized Mandalorian Armor: Since Vovnok's Armor was specialized, it was made of actual Mandalorian iron, which can also deflect blaster bolts, making it lightsaber-resistant. To continue on his heritage, Vovnok decided to keep the Mandalorian warriors tradition of decorated their armor to reflect personal accomplishments, clan affiliation, or simply personal preference.
Vovnok's armor has intricately engraved the faces of his wife, son, father, and their home on the shoulder and arms of his suit. On the back, the symbol of the Mandalorian Clan of Vau is beautifully engraved and platted with Gold. On the left side of his helmet, the rank symbol of Lieutenant General is lightly engraved. Vovnok had his armor permanently painted black, signifying his pursuit of justice. His armor is also fitted with a jetpack, two rocket dart launchers, and two miniature flamethrowers on both wrists.
His helmet serves as the control center for most of the suit's abilities. A rangefinder is attached to the armored helmet. It could track up to thirty targets at one time. A battle computer was installed inside the helmet and allows Vovnok to control the suit's weapons, sensors, and jet pack through verbal commands. The dark macrobinocular viewplate offers a variety of vision modes, including infrared. A pineal eye sensor on the helmet combined with an internal overlay display to provide tracking information within a 360-degree radius.
Motion sensors, an encrypted internal comlink, and a broad-band antenna completed the helmet's devices, all of which are linked to the Vovnok's weapons and his personal starship. His helmet also acts as an environmental filter system, with a two hour reserve tank providing breathable air.
Clothing: When not in combat but in the Republic's Base, Vovnok wears a White and Olive Green Camouflage t-shirt with tan cargo pants. When home, Vovnok usually wears a dress t-shirt and casual shorts.
Political and Chronological Information
Allegiances: Republic, Mandalorian
Known Subordinates/Apprentices: Eymaa Do
Known Instructors/Commanders: Various Officers
Squad: Mando's Finest, Royal Rampants
Rank: Lieutenant General
Spoken Languages : Galactic Standard Basic, Zabraki, Mando'a, Huttese
Spacecraft: Davaab-Type Starfighter "Bes'uliik"
Optional Statistics
Mannerisms: Very protective, if any disorder or disrespect is done or said in his presence, he sheds light onto the fault.
Habits: When in battle, Vovnok always sings lullabies as if he was singing to his son.
Speech patterns: Speaks with a Mandalorian accent.
Hobbies: Politics, Sightseeing, Smashball
Goals and Ambitions: Vovnok had two goals in life. One was to help the poor, weak, and helpless. This was why he was so attracted to Malia. Two was to fight for freedom. This was also why Vovnok joined the Republic forces.
In his life time, Vovnok really only had one ambition. And that ambition was to be a loving husband and a great father. His family was the number one, most important factor in his life.
Personal Quotes: "Pride is something that you can get easily. Honor is a thing that can only be given."
"Life is short; so live it out to it's fullest extent. So that when you are old, and you look back on your life, you will not be ashamed of what you did."
Personality: Vovnok is a bold, but humble trooper who has many a disaster in his time. Driven to protect and nurture life, Vovnok has a heart for the poor and helpless, this is why he entered the ranks of the Republic. Vovnok was surprisingly kind and humble given the natural ability and aggression shown in more theoretical work.
One of his many faults is his aggressive attitude. He usually can keep it under control, but when it blows, his aggression blows sky high. His aggression never falls on his family, but it usually blows on an enemy trooper.
Vovnok was orphaned from birth and lived in an orphanage just outside the capital city of Mandalore until the age of five. He was thankful to his birth parents for his existence, but he always had a little bit of anger that they didn't keep him. No one knows who his biological parents are, but after Vovnok, at the age of 11, came back from a mission on Gorgon, a high Mandalorian Official named Henvrik Vau.
During his many years as a trooper for the Republic, Vovnok met a great number of people from many planets. On one of his tours in Agon 9, he meet a young human women named Malia, the founder of a local orphanage and got to know her. Every day he would stop by the orphanage, play with the kids, and talk to Malia. After a couple of weeks of visiting Malia, Vovnok fell deeply in love with her. After his tour was over, he went back to Agon 9 and married Malia.
Malia and Vovnok also had a son, Johann. Vovnok loved his son like no other. The bond between him and his son was extremely strong. Tears formed in Vovnok's eyes if he had to leave his family for a mission.
Primary Weapon: X-7 Custom Sniper Rifle
Secondary Weapon(s): A SL-7 Long Range Pistol, Vau Family Sword of Honor, given to him from his father. The two rocket dart launchers and two miniature flamethrowers attached to his armor.
Miscellaneous Items(s): 2 Advanced Med Packs, 2 Frag Grenades, 2 Chemical Load Grenades, 2 Cold Grenades, 2 Thermal Detonators, and a Bright Green datapad.
Not much is known about Vovnok's childhood on Mandalore. The first two recorded evidence of his existance was recorded in a hospital and police archive. The first set of evidence was a hospital birth certificate, saying that he was born in Bralsin. The second piece of evidence was on the police archive. Vovnok one day at the age of 8 stole a large sum of money from a wealthy, local merchant in Bralsin. He was able to sneak into his house, find the code of the safety vault, and slip inside. The only problem with Vovnok's plan was that he left the vaults door open.
The merchant found the door open, looked inside, and saw Vovnok stuffing credits inside a bag twice his size. The merchant grabbed Vovnok and took him to the authorities in the capitol city of Sundari. It turned out that Vovnok was told to do this by a bounty hunter by the name of Yaho Dobi, a Gungan from Naboo.
The police let Vovnok go free when they found Yaho Dobi in the Wo'lia Chunga cantina, unconscious on the floor from too many Chakilian Cocktails. The police reported this event to the Mandalorian Secrurity Board. This triggered multiple events that found Vovnok in the service of the great Mandalore.
After the whole ordeal with the stolen credits blew over, Vovnok was put in an orphanage, which he escaped from an hour after he was dropped off. When the orphanage finally figured out that he was gone, they contacted the Mandalorian Secret Service about the missing child. The search for Vovnok went on for a couple of weeks, but it ended when a night guard found Vovnok sleeping at night in his small barrel of a home.
Bringing him before the jury, the judge sentenced Vovnok with either four years in the Detention Center or be drafted into the Mandalorian Military Academy. I didn't take long for Vovnok to come up with his answer. Only bringing the clothes on his back, Vovnok and a Mandalorian guard set off for the Mandalorian Training Center, only a couple klicks to the east from Sudari. Once there, Vovnok was knocked unconscious and brought into the compound so that he would know how to escape.
When he finally woke up, found himself in a room with nine other boys, all of them at least five years older than him (15 years old). They too had been either forced or kidnapped.
Training and First Action
Vovnok, now ten years old, then went through a series of brutal test which would then qualify him for further training in the Mandalorian Art of War. Some of these tests included daily torture trials, starvation tests, mental manipulation, and battlefield mock ups which were all done in the most savage way.
Making it past all of these, the final initiation was to fight and kill a starved Krayt Dragon. In the first thirty seconds of the fight, the Krayt dragon had killed off seven of the training boys. As the Dragon slammed one of the unfortunate boys into the wall of the initiation arena, Vovnok closed in on the monster with a dagger. Jumping on top of it's back, Vovnok plunged the dagger deep into it's skull.
The dragon flared about, throwing Vovnok off it's neck. With the tip of its claw, the dragon cut open Vovnok at the ear all the way down to his hip. This gash would prove not to be fatal. Out of the starting 10 boys, only three survived the intiation, and Vovnok was one of the boys who stayed alive and past the initiation. From this point on until the age of 13, Vovnok was trained in the art of infiltration and recon, two things he already was a master at doing.
From the age of 13, Vovnok was assigned to a Recon Squad titled "The Royal Rampants". This squad was known for its awe inspiring acts of duty such as taking on suicide missions and extracting a POW from a hostile camp, oh, and making back alive. Vovnok first saw action with The Royal Rampants in The Bandomeer Invasion of Gargon. He was deployed after the planet was captured by Bandomeer's forces. He, at the age of 15, with the help of the Technology Specialist "Mapper" from his squad, snuck through the enemies Headquarters and stole vital info for the taking back of Gargon.
Taking the information back to camp, he was hailed as a Mandalorian hero and given his first Mandalorian Ribbon of Honor. Since Vovnok was still an orphan and now, with the ribbon, was in need of a guardian, a high Mandalorian Official by the name of Henvrik Vau adopted Vovnok.
MRITP (Mandalorian Reconnaissance Intensive Training Program)
In the next 4 years, Vovnok was put into the Mandalorian Reconnaissance Intensive Training Program which gave him the best stealth, interrogation, investigation, and infiltration training in the galaxy. In this Intensive program, Vovnok trained by Soldiers and Smugglers alike in Dashomir, Dac, Tatooine, Mandalore, Ord Mantell, Nar Shadda, and Taris.
Throughout the training, Vovnok was instructed by various Republic officers who took a very interested glance at his keen sense of infiltration. Even though his adopted father wasn't fond of having his son being trained by the Republic trainers, he allowed it for a short period of time. These officers told their commanding officers about Vovnok's brilliant abilities. And then those officers told their commanding officer, who then looked into seeing if Vovnok would join the Republic's RSF. They, the Republic, did this because they found Vovnok to be a great asset after he was tested.
Multiple times over the course of the 4 years Vovnok was in the MRITP the Republic offered Vovnok great amounts of money to come join the RSF, but he resisted because of his Mandalorion heritage and pride.


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The Devils are enjoying a rebound season and a big reason for that is the play of left winger Patrik Elias. One of the quieter superstars in the league, Elias continues to get it done at the age of 35. With 55 points in 57 games, one could argue that this has been Elias' most impressive season to date. The Devils have some high powered offensive talents like Ilya Kovalchuk and Zach Parise that Elias has the benefit of playing with on the power play. Elias is averaging 3:35 seconds of power play time per game, so it's no surprise he has some solid production in that area.
You can see 19 of his 55 points have come with the man advantage, but he doesn't have the luxury of playing with Kovalchuk and Parise at even strength. Instead the Czech native plays on the Devils second line to help balance out the offensive attack, as opposed to stacking a top line.
When it comes to five on five Elias typically plays with Petr Sykora and Dainius Zubrus, who have just 63 points between them. That's quite a drop off compared to the 109 that Kovalchuk and Parise have. Despite that disparity Elias has been able to consistently produce at even strength recording 22 points without Kovalchuk and Parise. I would suggest that Elias' production has come at the hands of several point streaks, but when your streaks are so lengthy, streakiness becomes consistency. He started the year off by posting 20 points in his first 20 games, and recently had a run of 19 points in a 15 game stretch. In fact Elias has only been held pointless in 14 of his 57 games this season. That's death and taxes consistent. The above chart gives a better illustration of how reliable Elias has been, but how does he compare with the rest of the NHL's elite? Here is a chart from Frozen Pool that breaks down points per game, games played with a point, and average number of games played with points.
Elias ranks second in the league behind Evgeni Malkin in percentage of games played with points at 75.4%. He ranks ahead of names like Phil Kessel, Steven Stamkos, and Henrik Sedin. This stat is really telling as far as production goes because it takes into account games players may have missed due to injury. The more games a player plays the more points they are typically going to accumulate, but the above list shows how productive a player is game in and game out. For example it would be unfair to compare production between someone that has played 60 games, to someone that has played 30. Like a fine wine Elias is just getting better with age, and it feels like he has been 35 for the past five years. If you are lucky enough to have him on your fantasy squad you may want to consider protecting him as he isn't showing any signs of slowing down. Write comment
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1. | deuces | ||
when someone holds up two fingers symbolizing "peace" when leaving an establishment, "deuces" is often said. roscoe: ite, shan'quenetta see y'all tomorrow.
shan'quenetta: ite, deuces!*holds two fingers up* |
2. | Deuces | ||
When you flip that middle finger, and that index finger follows. Giving the "peace out" when you're done with a person...physically, mentally or spiritually. My girl always be on some B.S. so I had to give her the deuces.
3. | deuces | ||
1. way of saying bye or peace
2. on a long 100 cigarette, the way of asking for the last few drags (less than asking for a short) 1. A; dude i gotta go
B; ight deuces 2. A; lemme get shorts on that square B; its my last one A; at least let me get deuces then |
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1. A common way to say Goodbye. Mostly used in New Jersey/New York/California. It resembles getting throw of two in dice, thus throwing a peace sign (two fingers) 2. Getting the next drag/pull/hit on either a cigarette or a bong. 3. Another way to say a "shit". Pauly- Ay man, my girls waiting for me at the crib, ill hit you up later.
Rocco- Aight then man, "Deuces" -------- Pauly- Fuck homie, this is my last cigg Rocco- Damn I was gonna ask for one to! Aight, lemme get deuces on that then. -------- Pauly- Bad fucking idea eating 100$ worth of food at taco bell. Rocco- Seriously, I needa take a deuce like, RIGHT NOW! |
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The act of holding your peace sign fingers sideways while simultaneously saying "deuces" to another individual. It can be meant as both a friendly and unfriendly way of saying goodbye or peace out to someone else. Friendly way; Mark threw up deuces while leaving the epic party last night.
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when someone holds up two fingers symbolizing "peace" when leaving FCC Brackenville. On my last day of work I left the facility yelling "DEUCES!"
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another word for taking a shit oh men I need to drop some deuces badly


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Dear Diary,
*I don't know Pilar, Deion, or Tracey so this blog entry is based on assumption and not fact!
Today was a crazy day on Twitter. Hell, when is there ever not a crazy day on Twitter? People are for sure losing their mind online and the main people who are bugging out is these damn celebrities. Well, these semi celebrities.
Football Hall of Famer, Deion Sanders, posted tweets along with pictures stating that his estranged ex–wife Pilar Sanders (who I think he still isn't legally divorced from), had attacked him and that he was pressing charges and sending her ass to jail. When I heard this, all I could think was damn, another pretty girl bites the dust.
What is the dust?
Well the dust is when a girl and her man breaks up and he moves on a little faster than she expected. We women hate to admit this to men but we don't like for them to move on before we do. Hey, I think that is people in general. We want to seem like the ones who are popping and who moved on with our lives first.
Everyone looks at Pilar as such a sex symbol and expected for her to move on with her life rather quickly but that is not the case in this situation. Pilar isn't handling the divorce very well because she was tricked into the divorce. She was the one going around telling the media that she was going to file for divorce first; Deion must have found out and convinced her to stay only to REALLY file for divorce a little bit later. That action threw Pilar for a loop and made her feel very crazy.
Now the dust is the female's ego. Whether you are cute or not, everyone woman has a ego and they don't want their feelings to be played with no matter what. Pilar knew that Deion was getting it popping with Babyface's ex-wife, Tracey. She even placed that she wanted Tracey to take the stand in their divorce trial as one of Deion's mistresses. Now Pilar is no saint herself; I heard rumors that she was getting it on and popping with a rapper/mogul while she was still married (but you didn't hear that from me) but she never got sloppy and let her ish hang all out. Note: A lady never gets sloppy. She cleans up her mess after she is done (literally).
What drove Pilar over the edge is the fact that now Deion (once again one step ahead of her) has decided to go public with his affections for Tracey. Now I don't know if Tracey and Deion was getting it on and popping while he was with Pilar but knowing what I know about men, my guess would be yes. I say this because Tracey shouldn't be so happy to go on the red carpet with a man who is still legally married. Like I tell all my male friends who are separated who want me to hook them up with my single friends: "Separated is still married; call me when you get a divorce." Pilar is shocked and appalled that Deion would bring her out in public. She felt like it was a smack in her face and it really hurt her ego and that is why she reacted the way she has did (which is with violence).
Granted Tracey is not as pretty as Pilar, but she has one thing Pilar doesn't have and that is work ethic a.k.a a CAREER. Tracey is what we call a Boss Chick. She has been making moves on her own since for ever. Pilar claims that Deion never allowed her to work so I guess it comes in deep shock to her that he is now open like a token for a chick who works hard and has her own "name". I believe Pilar misunderstood what Deion was saying. He claimed he didn't want a reality show chick who hosted club parties as his wife. Tracey has not yet to appear on a janky ass reality show or host a club party and I don't believe she would in the future.
Pilar has to do what I am telling women to do in my next book and that is "take your L like a real chick." You can beat love into a man who doesn't wants to be with you. I know this because back in 2005, me and the "love of my life" broke up and he moved on and wifed some Spanish chick in the Bronx up. I broke into his Sprint PCS phone and saw all the messages he wrote to her and I threw up in my mouth. He was calling her ass 'princess' and shit. Hell, he ain't never call me a princess, LOL.
One night I called his phone to speak to him about how I was feeling and he happily said, "you broke up with me and I decided to move on. So take it for what it is." Me being a crazy ass 21-year-old, Brooklyn chick, I decided to put on my green Juicy sweatsuit and walk over his house to start an argument. Needless to say he dissed me and closed the door in my face. I was very embarrassed because the whole 'hood was outside, so my dumb ass decides to punch in his door. After I punched in the door, I fall on a sheet of ice that was on his stoop and my whole ass falls out of the sweatpants. Yes, I forgot to put panties on. SMH.
Needless to say, I moved on after that situation and realized that no dude was worth me going that hard for. He didn't want me back and he made that very clear (Crystal). He moved on and didn't owe me anything. I think as women we believe that men belong to us even after we break up but really that is not the case. When it's over, it's over. Pilar should never had fought him with her hand, fight him with his pocket. Deion showing up on the red carpet with Tracey would have been the proof Pilar needed to show the court that he was unfaithful during their marriage and that would have helped her get more money in her divorce settlement. Instead she played herself like a bird and put him a position of power to now make her look mentally unstable and like a bad parent (if she did do the things he accused her of doing in front of their children).
See this is the advantage the WG (white girl) would always have over us BG (black girls) and that is we fight with our hearts and not our minds. Now her pretty ass and her ego is going to the big house. My only advice to Pilar now is…
Don't Drop the Soap!
Leave a comment about this Deion/Pilar/Tracey mess and definitely share with your peoples who can't get over their exes!


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Annual Report 2001
02/01/2002- 1. Introduction
- 2.1 Priorities of Inspections Performed in 2001
- 2.2 Overall Surveys of Results of Control
- 2.3 Results of Controls of the Microbiological Requirements
- 2.4 Results of Analyses for Contaminants
- 2.5 Controls of Labelling and Quality
- 2.6 Thematic and Extraordinary Inspections
- 2.6.1 Inspections focusing on food safety
- 2.6.2 Inspections focused on adulterations
- 2.6.3 Complex and other inspections
- 2.7 Inspections in production
- 2.8 Inspections in trade network
- 2.9 Suggestions
- 2.10 Penalties
- 3 Laboratory Activities
- 4 Certification Activities
- 5 Internal Information System
- 6 Personnel Training
- 7 Activities in the Field of Legislation
- 8 Cooperation with Other Authorities and Institutions
- 9 International Relations
- 10 Public Relations
- 11 Conclusion
- 12 Abbreviations and Explanations
This field of activities includes inspections carried out the retail establishments and wholesale warehouses.
The system of inspections performed in the retail establishments underwent a great change in 2001. The change consisted mainly in the systematic inspections carried out in hypermarkets of the big shopping chains that have their premises all over the territory of the CR. The main reason for such an organisation of the inspections was the fact that the big shopping chains had lately become (in terms of the quantity of food sold) the most important retail establishments selling food in the Czech Republic.
Inspections in smaller shops as well as sampling for the laboratory analyses were performed on the basis of a plan of inspections compiled in the individual Regional Inspectorates.
The high number of inspections in the retail establishments was also performed on the basis of complaints and suggestions of consumers. In most cases when CAFIA carried out an inspection on the basis of a complainant notification, the compliance with other requirements was inspected, too, in addition to the subject of a complaint itself.
From the perspective of the requirements laid down in the legal regulations, inspections carried out in the retail establishments focused on the observance of selling hygiene, on equipment of the shops in dependence on the food assortment offered, and on respecting the minimum-use-dates and minimum durability dates, adequacy of labelling, packing and shipping documents delivered with the goods, etc. Within the scope of the warehousing conditions control, the inspectors focused on the compliance with the temperature regimes set for the storage of refrigerated and frozen food, as well as on other foodstuffs with fixed temperatures in terms of their putting into circulation.
With respect to control of the individual food commodities, inspections in the retail establishments focused mostly on fresh fruit and vegetables, meat products, dairy products, wine, liquors, bakery products, pastries and cold meals.
Inspections carried out in wholesale warehouses focused especially on the imported food and on additional examinations of nonconforming food samples identified in the retail establishments.


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We stayed here whilst visiting family in Rimini this August and I did not know what to expect! I need not have worried as this hotel, the lovely hospitable family who run it and their welcoming staff were so Fantastic!! The Combination of excellent food, wonderful staff who will go out of their way to help, lovely newly refurbished rooms,... More
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Disneyland Candlelight Ceremony Narrators Announced
Disneyland Resort have announced their expanded schedule for the 2012 Disneyland Candlelight Ceremony and Processional.
This year's Candlelight Ceremony is being extended to a total of 20 nights at Disneyland park, for the first time in its history, with two performances each night.
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Dec. 1-2: Dennis Haysbert (actor)*
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The good: The new 13-inch Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display adds a screen that's nearly as high-res as the 15-inch version, making for incredibly crisp text and images. The slimmer body feels much more modern, and the excellent keyboard and trackpad remain.
The bad: Considering that this looks and feels a lot like the 13-inch MacBook Air, you may be in for a bit of sticker shock, especially as the base model only includes 128GB of SSD storage.
The bottom line: While the Retina MacBook Pro is easily the most desirable 13-inch Mac laptop to date, the high price and lack of discrete graphics make it a tough call versus either the more powerful 15-inch Retina Pro or the more affordable 13-inch Air.
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Just purchased this laptop: best I've ever owned.
by bmmayhew on March 2, 2013
Pros: Screen is gorgeous. SSD makes this laptop extraordinarily fast. Owned an SSD Lenovo prior to my MacBook and there is no comparison. Coming from a series of windows-based laptops, the security is top notch but not intrusive to my day-to-day use.
Cons: Had to buy Office for Mac software (in addition to Pages, Numbers, etc) because of my work documents. Lack of DVD/CD drive is a drag but much of what my data is already digital and this will only continue to be the case going forward.
Summary: Overall, best laptop I've ever owned. The speed, screen resolution, security and battery life are tremendous. I am a heavy user and this laptop handles it and then some. ...
Summary: Overall, best laptop I've ever owned. The speed, screen resolution, security and battery life are tremendous. I am a heavy user and this laptop handles it and then some. Added bonus is the ability to sync across my phone, tablet and laptop.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
An all around great computer.
by jjrsk on March 1, 2013
Pros: Battery life
Dual thunderbolts
Usb on both sides (For a right handed mouse)
It is light!
Amazingly fast
HDMICons: Price (It went down to a more affordable $1499)
Base storage (Nothing a hard drive can't fix)Summary: Okay... I admite there is some flaws, everything has flaws, but it is nothing that you cannot fix. A simple hard drive or a flash drive does make the problem ...
Summary: Okay... I admite there is some flaws, everything has flaws, but it is nothing that you cannot fix. A simple hard drive or a flash drive does make the problem go away. If only the terabyte flash drive was cheap! If you are looking for a work computer for school or work this is perfect. Gamers find it less appealing, but they still like the computer for non-gaming tasks. It is also a great computer for the movie industry because of it's display and features. It does look kind of look like a macbook air, but I like the look. It is sharp, and unlike my old computers has never over heated (Don't take my word, I have not played and heavy duty games or programs yet, but I bet it can easily handle it). Overall an amazing computer.
Absolutely amazing.
by alekzandrbryant on January 26, 2013
Pros: Display (Of course)
Battery life
PerformanceCons: Pretty expensive... okay... really really really really expensive.
Summary: I can run as many applications as I want with no drops in performance. I love the track pad gestures and dictation. Screen and speakers are great for media, Also ...
Summary: I can run as many applications as I want with no drops in performance. I love the track pad gestures and dictation. Screen and speakers are great for media, Also love AirPlay. If you can afford it, it is well worth it if you need to run many intense applications. Its also my first Apple computer, and it has exceeded all of my expectations.
Awesome battery life, fantastic screen, super fast.
by sdjkfjdjfjsafdjsj on December 28, 2012
Pros: Love the 6 hour battery life. Everyone else at Starbucks is scrambling to find power outlets. I don't even bring my power adapter with me anymore.
SSD is very fast.
Screen is absolutely amazing. Crisp text with zero pixelation. Awesome machine.Cons: Only two USB 3.0 ports. Would like one more.
Summary: Best machine I've ever owned. The combination of ultra fast performance, 6 hour battery life, and amazingly sharp and clear screen can't be beat.
Summary: Best machine I've ever owned. The combination of ultra fast performance, 6 hour battery life, and amazingly sharp and clear screen can't be beat.
0 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
Mislabeled 13" MacBook Air!
by CJW2.0 on October 27, 2012
Pros: Dual Thunderbolt ports and bult in HDMI are a positive step.
Retina is an additional bonus!Cons: Where do I start?
1:The lack of an upgradable ram (being stuck at 8GB) for a so called "pro" model is simply stupid.
2: The next HUGE negative is the lack of the discrete graphics card.
3 Price. FAR too expensive for the missing hardware.Summary: Do not buy this computer. The drawbacks outweigh the positives.
Sure it's got a "retina display" and Dual thunderbolt connections. However for Apple to call this a professional level ...Summary: Do not buy this computer. The drawbacks outweigh the positives.
Sure it's got a "retina display" and Dual thunderbolt connections. However for Apple to call this a professional level laptop is simply mind blowing. This is a moderately beefed up MacBook Air with a Retina display and nothing more. If you happen to do 3D modelling or working in the world of 2K or Full HD video, You're going to want a laptop with a GPU.
VERY disappointed Apple!6 out of 16 users found this user opinion helpful.
Do yourself a favor and Avoid buying this computer!
by frogimo99 on January 18, 2013
Pros: USB port on both sides of the computer (did not have this on my old one).
Retina is really nice.Cons: Not enough GB! (Less than my old white MacBook, which means i could not back up all my documents) I do not understand how this computer can be called a MacBook "PRO"!
Way too heavy for not having a CD player
Way too pricy for what it's worth!Summary: I have only had troubles with this computer since I first opened its package.
I only regret buying because I have to use it everyday and when I look at ...Summary: I have only had troubles with this computer since I first opened its package.
I only regret buying because I have to use it everyday and when I look at it, it just reminds me of everything I have had to go through.
I would have never thought i would miss my old white MacBook.
There are more CONS than PROS, just remember not to buy this computer, you would be better off with a MacBook Air!0 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
Great quality at a premium.
by wjpreston on November 3, 2012
Pros: This product offers a superb display. No questions asked, the retina lineup is leading the industry of laptop displays at the moment. It offers performance of high caliber and is great for anyone who wants to get work done, in a multiple locations.
Cons: Unfortunately this device is expensive and is possible only suited towards the business market as using high end aesthetically pleasing MacBooks give a better impression to their clients. The 13 inch model may feel a bit small at times.
Summary: In conclusion we see that this is a great product released from Apple, however it comes at a premium. Some would argue that it's too big, but that is ...
Summary: In conclusion we see that this is a great product released from Apple, however it comes at a premium. Some would argue that it's too big, but that is what you have to pay to be on the Apple float. The laptop is reasonably customisable (at purchase) in the way you can upgrade RAM and SSD sizes. However unfortunately, like most new Apple products the ability to customise it after being built is becoming ever increasingly difficult or expensive.
In conclusion we see that this product once customised to tailor your requirements, is a great device. However it's price would put many people off. However, lets not judge how good a product is just on its price, lets judge it on what it actually is. If your buying a Mac in itself, you clearly have spare cash in your pockets. Overall another great product to join the Mac line-up.0 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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- Description: MacBook Pro has a screen as vivid as your imagination. A screen where everything you see is remarkably vibrant, detailed, and sharp. What they created was the world's high-resolution notebook display - and their most jaw-dropping Retina display yet. When you pack over 5-million pixels into a 13.3-inch display, the results are positively stunning. The pixel density is so high, your eyes can't discern individual pixels. Images take on a high level of realism and text is pin sharp. And with a 2880-by-1800 resolution, you can see more of your high-resolution images onscreen with pixel-for-pixel accuracy. So your best ideas can become your best work. The Retina display reduces glare while maintaining incredible color and quality. In fact, it has a 29-percent higher contrast ratio than a standard MacBook Pro display. Blacks are blacker. Whites are whiter. And everything in between is rich and vibrant. IPS technology gives you a wide, 178-degree view of everything on the screen, so you'll see the difference at practically any angle. And you're going to love what you see. A long battery life is impressive for any notebook. But for a high-performance notebook with an ultra-high-resolution display, top-of-the-line processors and graphics, and a superslim design, it's absolutely remarkable. The built-in battery gives you up to 1000 full charge and discharge cycles. Which means you can put your MacBook Pro to sleep, and it'll come back on instantly - after a day, a week, or even a month. You haven't heard it all until you've heard the speakers inside the MacBook Pro. For something so thin and light, the sound is huge. And with a wide dynamic range, optimal balance, and a crisp, expressive quality, these speakers might sound too good to be true. That's because they labored painstakingly over the design to maximize the quality of every decibel you hear. Dual built-in microphones are great for when you want to be heard. If you're making a FaceTime call, for example, the microphones reduce background noise from behind the notebook. And when you use dictation, they create an adaptive audio beam that intelligently adjusts to detect your voice - instead of the noise around you.
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The story of Mission-Net actually begins in the 1970s with the International Congress on World Evangelization in Lausanne, Switzerland. From there originated the strong wish to mobilise young people from all nations for a missionary and missional way of life. In Europe this finally culminated in the first Mission-Net Congress that took place in Oldenburg, Germany, over Easter in 2009 - with more than 3000 young women and young men from 47 different countries.
At that congress the young participants learned about way in how to be active citizens and to demonstrate God's love. They were encouraged to write letters to the EU with the help of Micah Challenge. The participants collected clothing for Latvia and donated money to a Ugandan and a Latin American youth project. They also went out in Oldenburg and cleaned parts of the city, visited the elderly people's homes and played soccer with kids on the street.
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Mission-Net is a network. As the name implies, we exist to join the dots between an individual, their passion and calling, and an opportunity. We are not promoting any one organisation. We are merely a platform where individuals can be linked to a group that can help them fulfil the purposes of God for their life.
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The Givin' Back Youth Sports Camp recently held its awards ceremony.
Jaquaid Clayton was given the Victor Hampton 110 Percent Award. Gracie Woodard was recognized for her seven years of dedication to the program. And Cedar Grove Baptist Church was given the award they earned at the "He's Worthy To be Praised" Extravaganza.
The second annual Givin' Back 2-on-2 basketball tournament will be Saturday, Sept. 1, at Hampton Park. This tournament is for boys and girls with age divisions in 5-8, 9-12 and 13-16. Awards will be given out for first, second and third place. Registration begins at 10 a.m. and the cost is $5 per participant. Concessions will be available. For more information, contact Jae Allison at 893-5838.


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Kitimat residents are being asked to choose between naughty or nice as the town debates whether they want to allow an escort service to open shop.
At the centre of the tempest in a 'C' Cup is Pastor Don Read of Kitimat's Mountain View Alliance Church. Read has voiced opposition to the possible opening of the service in the town of about 8,300.
In a letter written to the town's politicians, Read predicts that a bylaw change to allow the service could have long-term consequences.
"With the recent application for licensing of an escort service, we are gravely concerned that this kind of business erodes the very foundation of what makes Kitimat such a great place to live and grow," Read wrote. "A community is only as strong as its ability to care for the most vulnerable and it is sad to say that such businesses have a reputation of preying on the most at-risk members of (a) community. We also believe that any deemed benefits would be heavily outweighed by the damage to our families, safety and (the) community as a whole."
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"I have already got a lot of feedback in a negative way," said Read. "We're trying to be suppressed. I have been portrayed as a radical, right-wing individual."
Municipal manager Ron Poole said there has been heated debate about the escort service. There has been no formal application submitted to city staff, he said.
"We are kind of going through the growing pains on this," he said. "Is it going to go away? No."
Poole said with thousands of jobs in the works as the Kitimat region booms, the issue of escort services does need to be addressed.
"They may not actually set up an office here," said Poole of an escort service out of Prince George. "We know it is a touchy issue."
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J.B. Short was born July 8, 1937 in Harris County, GA, and attended Chipley High School and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. He spent his career in the engineering of the installation of glass tempering systems worldwide and spent much of his time in Eastern and Western Europe, Far East, Near East, Australia, United Kingdom, and all of North America, Mexico, and other locales.
After his retirement, J.B. and his wife returned to Harris County to restore and operate Sunnyside Farm. Mr. Short, a lifelong Christian, practiced the teachings of Christ by placing the needs of others before his own. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jesse Bishop Short and Ellie Reid Short and a grandson, Jesse Short.
Mr. Short leaves behind his loving wife of 52 years, Barbara; daughter, Elizabeth Sims (Scott); two sons, Michael (Michele), Christopher (Shannon); four granddaughters, Ashley Short, Grace Short, Allison Sims, and Anna Sims; sister, Adrienne (Eugene) Bowers; and several nieces and nephews.
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KARATE instructor Harry Cook was jailed for 10 years on Friday after admitting a string of sex offences against children dating as far back as the 1980s.
Cook (62), formerly of Castle Hill Terrace, Haltwhistle, was a world renowned expert in martial arts.
He pleaded guilty to a total 49 charges, spanning four decades and involving five victims.
He was also found in possession of over 55,000 images of children and over 600 films.
At Newcastle Court, Judge Roger Thorn sentenced Cook to 10 years in prison. He will be on the sex offenders' register and be barred from teaching children for life.
One of Cook's victims described him as "the lowest form of predator" who abused his position of trust.
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I spent Wednesday afternoon walking around Manhattan and dropped into 9 East 53d Street with a friend to visit bespoke tailor Leonard Logsdail (no web site). A transplanted Londoner, Logsdail has been offering New Yorkers a Savile Row styled suit (many of them cut and sewn in England) since 1991.
Logsdail's use of remote Savile Row tailors pioneered a system similar to the one London's Kilgour uses today to make bespoke suits in China. The pattern is made near the customer and sent to the tailors, wherever they may be. Garments are returned needing only minor finishing.
The advantage of this system is that the work can be done where the skilled tailors reside, a considerable advantage for recruiting and training compared to firms like Oxxford whose staffing strategy relies on relocating tailors thousands of miles to higher cost locations.
It makes a lot of sense to me that the garment should travel instead of the customer. And if the results are consistently as good as the tartan smoking jacket in the photo, bespoke customers everywhere may owe Mr. Logsdail a debt of gratitude.
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- mark said...
If I can afford to buy a bespoke suit, I can afford to do so without having it made of the sweat of poorly paid and overworked Chinese laborers.
Style is a way of acting as much as a way of dressing. - October 30, 2008 at 7:04:00 AM PDT
- Lord Best said...
If only some of the Savile Row tailors would work in or visit Melbourne, Australia once every now and then. It is dashed hard to find a decent tailor in the antipodes. There is atleast one decent English cut bespoke tailor in the city but I have not had a chance to personally appraise their quality, and even if it is good, it is not Savile Row.
- October 30, 2008 at 7:38:00 AM PDT
- pabloj said...
Agree with mark
- October 30, 2008 at 7:52:00 AM PDT
- Paul F. said...
Mark and PabloJ,
So you'd rather the Chinese laborer not work at all? - October 30, 2008 at 8:14:00 AM PDT
- Turling said...
So, Mark/pabloj, I can see two choices. First, pay more in hopes that the "poorly paid and overworked Chinese laborers" will have some of that money handed to them, or don't buy the suit in which case the "poorly paid and overworked Chinese laborers" will become "unemployed Chinese laborers." Or, we could let the free market system work as it does.
- October 30, 2008 at 8:50:00 AM PDT
- Will said...
Fortunately, poorly paid and overworked laborers of any nationality cannot make men's tailored clothing. Skilled tailors in emerging economies have a better life relative to their peers than do most tailors in the United States.
- October 30, 2008 at 11:25:00 AM PDT
- John said...
That is one nice looking jacket....
- October 30, 2008 at 12:14:00 PM PDT
- initials CG said...
John always make an intelligent comment...
A tailor is an artisan, not an engineer, nor an artist. He is a craftsman that that sweats years of his life to learn his trade...if he is good he also learns salesmanship,marketing, fashion (gads!), and is a businessman. In effect, a rare breed.
Like, great barbers, tailors get to know you...you exchange jokes, stock tips, talk about women, and yet, keep it all professional....
My best tailor told me that an informed, passionate, and liquid client is important to keep the world afloat... Gotta agree. New York needs its own Saville Row. London's is a drag and the food is bad. - October 30, 2008 at 4:15:00 PM PDT
- pabloj said...
I'd say pay better (and probably more) supporting great artisans everywhere rather than sweatshops. - October 31, 2008 at 4:18:00 AM PDT
- Arctic Penguin said...
I was under the distinct impression tat 'bespoke' was supposed to mean that the suit was as hand made, hand cut, hand stitched, etc., as possible... This method seems to stray from the original intent, though I do remember reading a bit about a recent lawsuit regarding the term 'bespoke' over at Simon Crompton's Permanent Style blog.
And as far as third-world tailors go, I've met a few and had the opportunity to meet their families and dine with them in their homes, and in places like Cambodia they stand to make (with overtime, which puts them in the 60 hour/week range) over four times what a policeman makes in the same month. I guess that helps to explain government corruption at least. And frankly you'd be surprised how far 80 dollars a month can go in places like Phnom Penh if you're a local, though that is likely to change drastically very soon. - November 5, 2008 at 5:26:00 AM PST


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"We're half the band we used to be," joked Michael Roe before he and bandmate David Leonhardt—playing as a duo for the first time in 15 years—started into the first song of a show on the Seventy Sevens' recent tour, supporting the re-release of their defining album, 1990's Sticks and Stones.
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Roe's guitar chops are as good as ever, and his voice is remarkably unchanged after 30 years. But it's the bittersweet picture of watching a still-brilliant musician sing still-vital rock songs to a small crowd of largely fortysomethings, backed by a drum machine instead of Aaron Smith, passing the bucket for a love offering before the encore. The songs are still phenomenal. But the band—it's the Seventy Sevens, for crying out loud!—should be so much more.
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This is the band whose third album—intended to be their "breakthrough"—released in 1987 on Island Records just a few weeks before one of their label mates, an upstart Irish group called U2, unleashed a little record called The Joshua Tree. Both albums met with rave reviews from Rolling Stone magazine.
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Stylistically, Sticks and Stones is all over the map, from Europop to blues to jazz to jangly '60s rock, sometimes in the same song. But a theme emerges. If nothing else—and perhaps unintentionally?—it's an album of startling honesty and naked brokenness, of the sort rarely found in Christian music. From the heartrending plea of "Don't, This Way," to the internal wrestle of "The Lust, The Flesh, The Eyes, and the Pride of Life," to the theology-in-plain-clothes of "This Is the Way Love Is," it is a remarkable collection of songs. Rebellious, penitent, hopeful.
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Twenty-two years ago, the Christian music scene was more diverse than the worship-dominated market of today, but it struggled even then to find a place for the rebel and the misfit. And here was a band that had little to offer Christian radio—with a "Jesus-per-minute" quotient of precisely zero—and a band that talked about lust and flesh and sin. They apparently didn't get the memo about being "positive and encouraging."
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Just a note to Clay Anderson. I don't mean to be ultra picky, but "The Joshua Tree" was far from some debut release from U2 which had already had major hits from Boy, War, The Unforgettable Fire and two major videos (the aforementioned UFF and the amazing LIVE performance at Red Rocks). So trying to say that the 77's album (which would have been the self-titled one) was debuting on any kind of equal footing is just silly. That the music has stayed in my cars and computers as much and as long as U2 is the real story. I actually knew the band prior to Aaron Smith's joining when they were "The Scratch Band" back at the 1st Warehouse Ministries. They were a punk band that quickly morphed into the serious musical entity they are today. The key was always the lyrics, which was easy to miss with Roe's slashing guitars and bold onstage theatrics. I think the real issue from the beginning was this was serious music and not "Christianized" product. Thus the comparison with U2 always comes up
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This really is a timeless album. I have listened to it over the years, wearing out copy after copy. Every song is rich with meaning and musicianship. Love that this has been remastered. David
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