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The selfies may have been on pause Saturday morning when Instagram went down but the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival played on.
As the Empire Polo Field gates opened at 11 a.m., the crowd was ready to take in music from Day 2 acts, including Muse, Lorde, Cage the Elephant, Warpaint, Graveyard, and Future Islands. They were also ready to try some of the 100 beers available at the Beer Barn, sample lots of fest-style eats — crab fries were particularly popular, but finer dining alternatives were available this year, too — and start back up with those Escape Velocity selfies and celebrity sightings.
Meanwhile, the desert heat continued but with it came the wind. A wind advisory was in effect for Indio and surrounding cities for most of the day, which had festival-goers channeling thoughts of Coachella 2013's sandstorm.
The dust affected some of the artists, too. Pharrell — a crowd favorite with special guest appearances by Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, Diplo and Gwen Stefani — commented several times during his set that the wind was stifling his performance, but promised to make up for it during the festival's second weekend, even "if I have to wear a gas mask."
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Rangers continue playoff push with SO win over Toronto
New York, NY – Mats Zuccarello scored the lone goal in the shootout to give the New York Rangers a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in a key late-season clash from Madison Square Garden.
Carl Hagelin and Ryan McDonagh each recorded a goal and an assist in regulation to help the Rangers bounce back from a 4-3 setback to the Leafs in Monday's opener of the home-and-home series between the clubs and move New York into a tie with Ottawa and the New York Islanders for the final three playoff spots in the Eastern Conference standings.
The Rangers will face the Islanders in Uniondale on Saturday.
"I'm happy they grinded away and found a way," Rangers head coach John Tortorella said of his team. "It's a good team we were playing, but I'm happy they found a way to get two points."
Henrik Lundqvist came up with 23 saves before turning back all three Toronto skaters in the deciding phase.
Fresh off a two-goal, one-assist performance in Monday's triumph, Phil Kessel potted both Toronto markers in the loss. James Reimer finished with 26 saves for the Maple Leafs, who had won five of their last six coming in.
Toronto still managed to register a point for the 11th time in 12 outings, having gone 7-1-4 over that strong stretch.
Kessel's second goal of the night, a tap-in off James van Riemsdyk's centering feed during a Toronto rush, forged a 2-2 tie with just over eight minutes elapsed in the third period, and Reimer sent the contest into extra time with several critical saves during the final stages of regulation.
Lundqvist produced a big stop of his own in overtime, stoning Nazim Kadri from point-blank range with less than two minutes to go to bring about the shootout.
After both teams failed on their initial opportunities, Zuccarello put New York ahead with a wrist shot through Reimer's legs. Kadri then got Lundqvist out of position on Toronto's second chance, but had the puck slide off his stick.
Reimer kept the Leafs alive with a diving rejection of Ryan Callahan with his left skate, but Lundqvist got his pads down in time to block Mikhail Grabovski's try to give the Rangers the two points.
"The save he made in overtime was just humongous," said McDonagh of Lundqvist. "I think after that he in himself wanted to make sure we got that second point in the shootout, and he did a great job there as well."
The Rangers trailed 1-0 at the midway stage of the second period before pulling even on Hagelin's ninth goal of the season. Reimer made a kick save on a McDonagh shot from the left point, but the Swede was perfectly positioned at the doorstep of the net to bang home the resulting rebound into an open right side with 9:05 remaining in the frame.
McDonagh put New York on top just under six minutes later with a long wrist shot that beat Reimer glove-side through traffic.
Toronto owned an 11-8 shot advantage in a scoreless first period, then went on top early in the second when Kessel forced a turnover in the New York zone and chipped the puck over Lundqvist's glove 1:42 into the middle session.
Game Notes
Zuccarello's goal was his first in the NHL since March 19, 2012 against New Jersey. He began this season playing in Russia's Kontinental Hockey League before rejoining the Rangers in late March ... Rangers center Derek Stepan assisted on Hagelin's tally to extend his point streak to six games (four goals, five assists) ... Van Riemsdyk now has notched two goals and three assists during a four-game point streak ... Lundqvist permitted two goals or fewer for the 11th time in 12 starts, having gone 7-3-2 over that span.


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BALTIMORE (AP) Boston Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington remains convinced the defending World Series champions can rebound from a disappointing start without a massive roster overhaul.
The Red Sox entered play Tuesday with a 28-35 record after losing six of seven games. They were in fourth place in the AL East, 10 games behind front-running Toronto.
''That's not up to our standards and it's my job to make it better,'' Cherington said. ''We believe it's going to get better. We believe we have a very good team. We just have to get some guys back performing to a level they are accustomed.
''At this point in the season, we're focused on the guys that are here and have to find a way to play better with who we have. I'm betting on the players we have in there.''
Boston obviously expected more from outfielders Daniel Nava (.174 batting average), Jackie Bradley Jr. (.203) and Grady Sizemore (.218).
''We just haven't gotten production from the outfield,'' Cherington said, ''and ultimately it's my responsibility to figure that out.''
Worse, Stephen Drew was 1 for 14 since signing a prorated one-year contract on May 21.
''It seems pretty early to make a judgment on that one,'' Cherington insisted. ''We all know that Stephen Drew is a very good major league player. We didn't think it would take him much time in the minor leagues to be ready to play and help us up here.''
Injuries have played a part, too. Will Middlebrooks, Felix Doubront, Shane Victorino, Clay Buchholz and Mike Carp are among the notable players on the disabled list.
''It's a variety of things,'' Cherington said. ''We've had some injuries. We haven't been good offensively. I can't point to any one thing. Hopefully, we can get our full lineup out there. We think we have a lot of wins in us with our core lineup. We just haven't had that core group out there consistently.''
The Red Sox had a team meeting Sunday in an effort to turn things around. But after beating Detroit, they lost 4-0 to Baltimore on Monday.
''What we control is our effort and preparation, and I've had no problems with those areas,'' manager John Farrell said. ''Our effort and preparation have been consistent.''
For now, Cherington is reluctant to make any changes. But he won't play a pat hand for long.
''I'm not saying we wouldn't consider moves down the road,'' Cherington said.


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The Music Industries Association is a UK trade association, the only one servicing and representing the interests of all UK businesses selling musical instruments and associated products. Manufacturers, importers, publishers, retailers and supporting businesses (i.e. music media) all come within our scope. Together we undertake activities to stimulate our market and make the industry's views and needs known and appreciated in Whitehall, Westminster and Brussels.
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Over the past century, NAMM has proudly represented the industry that brings the gift of music into people's lives. What started in May of 1901 as a small, grassroots organization of 52 founding Members has since blossomed into an international association representing nearly 9,000 retailers and manufacturers of musical instruments and products from 85 countries worldwide.
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Mango Chow-Chow
Makes 2¾ cups
What a terrific way to spice up broiled chicken, beef, or pork! You'll think you're in the tropics! You can also serve this colorful, tangy relish with chips as an appetizer.
Find this recipe and more in Chef Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana Tastes.
2 medium-size ripe mangoes, about 1 pound total, peeled and chopped, about 1½ cups
½ cup shallots, cut into ¼-inch pieces
¼ cup fresh Anaheim peppers, cut into ¼-inch pieces
¼ cup fresh jalapeño chile peppers, red preferred or use green, cut into �-inch pieces
2 tablespoons Chef Paul Prudhomme's Magic Pepper Sauce®
3 tablespoons rice vinegar
¼ cup cane vinegar, or your favorite vinegar
½ cup finely loosely packed chopped fresh cilantro leaves
½ cup red bell peppers, cut into ¼-inch pieces
¼ cup green bell peppers, cut into ¼-inch pieces
½ teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
¼ cup cane syrup, or your favorite syrup, such as fruit or maple (but not pancake syrup)
how to prepare
Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and stir until well blended. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight, before serving, and refrigerate any leftover relish.
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MEDFORD, Mass. - The Brandeis track and field teams produced three winners and two NCAA qualifying performances at this weekend's Tufts University Stampede. The meet was a non-scoring event.
The highlight of the meet for the Judges was the women's triple jump, where Brandeis competitors took the top two spots. Senior Anat Benun (Haifa, Israel/Ironi-Hey) produced her third NCAA Championship qualifying performance, improving her distance by one centimeter to 11.67 meter (38 feet, 3 ½ inches), while classmate Ali Sax (Lincoln, Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury) earned her first-ever NCAA qualifying mark with a distance of 11.26 meters (36 feet, 11 ½ inches). Benun is now ranked fourth in the nation, while Sax is 13th.
There were parallels in the Judges' other two victories on the day, a both the men's and women's mile run were captured by competitors from the same high school. Junior Beth Pisarik (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford) captured the women's mile by a margin of six seconds in 5:10.04, topping a field of 28 runners. Rookie Kate Warwick (Box borough, Mass./Acton-Boxborough) placed third in the mile with a time of 5:18.35. Meanwhile, for the men, rookie Chris Brown (No. Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford) outpaced a foe from Division II UMass-Lowell by just over a second to take the mile in 4:22.70.
Other top performances for the men came in the 1000-meter run, where senior Matt Jennings (Sudbury, Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury) came in third in 2:32.10, one second ahead of sophomore teammate Devon Holgate (Cumberland, R.I./Cumberland).


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FLORIDA -- I was in my office in June of 2007, a small business with a small budget. I created business cards for my clients among other things, and on that day a Xerox representative stepped in my office unannounced to talk to me about printing. As of now I outsourced all my print needs, and was doing well. This salesman, who couldn't speak English all that well, told me that getting a Xerox DocuColor machine was the way to go as with the volume of print I was doing would actually save me money.
I then showed him the type of printing we do in the office and he assured me that this printer could handle it, no problem. He picked up my cards and felt them and again reassured me, YES this machine can do it all. Including tri-folds. Not only that but it has a built-in paper folder. Now that is impressive, and so we signed up for this miracle machine for a 5 year lease, the shortest time frame I could get.
The only problem is, we found that it did not fold tri-folds but that it only folded once. We continued to use the machine for a while and it worked great for the cards, but all of a sudden it was breaking at least once every 2-3 weeks. Each time the tech came and repaired until the last time. He told us the type of paper we were using (the same paper we showed to the salesman before he told us we were good to go) was too heavy and that this machine was never meant to print business cards, that it is a copier.
So to my surprise I said that can't be right because the salesman told me different. We were then warned that if we continued using this paper, we would be charged for any future repair visits. Now what am I supposed to do as I cannot use the printer for the purpose in which it was sold to me? I am still forced to outsource and pay for the prints as well as pay for this printer.
I call and complain to Xerox and all they have to tell me is, Why did I wait so long to say something, and that I had a 6-month window, which we did and the printer worked great, again until it broke and we received the news. At this point Xerox takes 0 responsibility for this, and we are having trouble keeping up with the bill monthly. I was told that their salesman are not authorized nor are they qualified to talk about paper weight in regards to the machine, yet, this is exactly what I was told.
So now they simply want to cancel the contract and collect the ENTIRE amount due on the lease, an amount of $23,000.00, for late payment on the contract. Not only that but I was met with snide remarks like "No one else has a problem making money with our machines".
I am all for taking responsibility as I did sign a contract. But I signed for a machine that can do business cards, and I feel I should get a machine that does business cards. Either that or give me my money back. All I was told at this point was, "No we do not have another machine we can put you in, sorry". And as I'm sure you know, sorry has never paid a bill in my lifetime, much less printed a document for me.
The higher executives at XEROX only care about the bottom line and not about resolving customer issues. The only thing they said was to provide proof this is what their salesman said. I'm sorry but that day my voice recorder was left home, and who really makes a salesman sign a statement of items they've said to you?
I personally used to work for Best Buy and I remember I gave some bad information on a product I sold. The customer came back 6 months later to return the item and complain about the misinformation. Best Buy returned the item at a full refund and the customer was happy, and I was reprimanded. This is how a a business should operate.
I am about as dissatisfied with XEROX as I can be. I feel I've been scammed, tricked and fooled into buying a worthless XEROX machine in which I am forced to pay on. Not only will I NOT be renewing my lease, and yes I am aware of the other scam of giving 6 months' notice to cancel your contract before it is over, otherwise XEROX assumes you would like to continue for another year. I guarantee I will do everything in my power to spread this story to everyone even remotely interested in buying a XEROX product so that all will be educated in the matters of how XEROX conducts their business and what to expect.
ARCHBOLD, OHIO -- Thursday February 6, 2014 I reached out to Xerox customer service and was connected to a nice woman but who was hard to understand because of her accent. I explained my issue: we seem to get a frequent jam in the same spot. The lady asked me to power down the machine, wait three minutes and then turn on the machine and print something. So I did and of course my one silly little print job didn't jam. I was told that must have fixed the problem!
Friday February 7, 2014 I reached out to Xerox again when the frequent jam that we are so used to seeing appeared again...in the same spot: "open 2A, 2B, turn 2C, shut the door, open the finishing door".The lady, who spoke clear English, asked me to check the machine's status for a pattern of error codes that she asked me to read to her. She stated that the person I spoke to on the 6th should not have told me to power down the machine because that was not a proper resolution. I felt like I was getting somewhere! This lady then stated that my problem is common and she would send a tech out Monday and this tech would arrive by noon.
Monday February 10, 2014 - no tech by 11:30 a.m. EST. I called to see if the tech was still coming, clearly I wasn't at my desk and missed the call! Nope. I was told by a gentleman who didn't speak clear English that it wasn't noon yet - at least that's how I understood him. So at noon on the dot, I called Xerox again and was connected with a lady named ** (and I'm not kidding)! I did not understand one single word that came from her mouth (except her name because I aced my map test my senior year of high school) so when I heard a pause I said something to the effect of, "do you know when our tech might arrive?"
I believe she said "sorry" at one point and something about 'escalated'. About 3 hours later, an American in the state of Nebraska called me to apologize and said that he was swamped in our area and had no idea when a tech would be our way. Great! Now, I'm in the business of customer service and the whole time I'm thinking to myself, 'How are you even in business?' But wait, it gets better...
Monday February 10, 2014, 4:00 p.m., I get a call from **, or as I now call him, Dug. Dug told me that he would be at my organization around 8 or 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday February 11, 2014. Great, and he spoke English!! Tuesday February 11, 2014 8:30 a.m., Dug arrives! I showed him the machine and I explained briefly what was happening. I offered to run some copies for him and he said he would just run some of his own reports. So I let him do his job because he seemed to be confident and let's be honest, I have a job to do and can't just babysit Dug.
Dug came over about an hour later and said, "I just ran 1100 copies!" (YEP, you just heard that correctly, 1100!!) Anyway back to the story, "I just ran 1100 copies, double-sided, stapled and nothing happened, that machine runs beautifully!" I said (and this is really what came out of my mouth), "You cannot leave, I can't let you leave!" Dug, "Honey, I have bigger problems out there that I need to solve!" Honey?!
But wait, there's more. He continued to say, "You have another machine back in the corner that works great!" Yep! He said that! Oh and he said this too, "I did notice that it appears someone has been loading the paper incorrectly." Me, confused, "How does one properly load the paper?" Dug said, "The reams have a natural curve to them and you want the curve to be smiling at you when you load the paper!" News to me! Imagine the responses I received when I asked my co-workers to load the paper and to make sure it is smiling at you!!!
At this point my blood was boiling! My hands were so sweaty and I began to shake! So I told a little lie. I told Dug that our contract was expiring in a couple months (okay that part was true) and that I needed to talk to someone about renewing our lease (that part is a blatant lie!) - but I wanted to speak to someone who was familiar with our account, maybe a rep?? Dug fell for it! He said, (and I'm not kidding) "Yeah, I have a great team you can call and they even speak English!"
So Dug, and the rest of the Xerox team, thank you for the entertainment these past couple days and in the end, my organization will never ever be in business with you. Additionally, I do not recommend to anyone to ever work with Xerox. Definitely do not ever sign a contract with Xerox!
BRISTOL, ALASKA -- Hi to everone out there looking at Xerox equipment. I am in the UK and have been in a lengthy battle with a Premier Partner of Xerox (UK). To shorten the story, it is very similar to IDocu's article. I bought a DC250 in June 2006 to print our calendars. I already had a DC12 which did the greeting cards. I needed a machine capable of printing colour double sided A3 on 135 GSM coated stock of up to 60% colour photo (not solids).
In June 2006 after a long meeting at Ipex, with Xerox reps, (Ipex printing show) and on Xerox's own recommendation and a print test just prior I purchased a DC250 but was forced to buy via one of their premier partners. Something about office equipment and Xerox no longer sell direct. Xerox introduced me to their preferred Partner in our area. I also took out a service contract with Xerox.
By August 2006 the machine was jamming to such an extent it was not usable for calendars although it would print on bond paper OK. No use for what it was bought for. By September after numerous visits by so-called specialist engineers and entries in the machine log book, we were still uable to use the machine for calendars. As we are a calendar and greeting card manufacturer, this was disastrous as we had sold our litho machines in June.
Had a meeting with head of Sales for the Partner and the head of the Service Department of Xerox. The machine by now had only done 45,000 clicks. DC250 specifications were: Up to 220gsm - SRA3 - Duplex - Coated stock - Duty cycle 200,000 per month. Like IDocu, they said it was the paper. Unknown to them the last engineer had tested Xerox's own coated 135 GSM stock with even more severe jamming experienced. By the time of the visit, all stok was being affected by a severe deformation (like too much heat).
After the meeting, more engineers. Entries like jamming, severe curl, known fault - no known repair available. This was when Xerox directly got involved. I had a meeting at the end of September. Xerox offered to print some of our now severely behind schedule orders and put a loan machine in on the 16th October. 16th October arrived and I get an email from Xerox (UK) saying no machine avaialble and that they were not going to honor the contract I signed for the loan machine. % days of trying to get either the Partner or Xerox to tell what they were going to do for me. The answer was nothing and by November 23rd 2006, I instructed a solicitor to take action.
I has taken until now December 2011 to finally arrive at a position to get into court. We have our date in April 2012 for 5 days. The law in the UK prevents Xerox being responsable under the sale of goods act. The person or company that sells the item and you pay is - that is for everything including any adverts or recommendations. I have a letter from the government saying this. Here is where the costs make taking action against these pirates are prohibitive. Well that's what they thought in 2006.
I have invested over £124,000 in legal bills and mediation meetings and still both parties resist accepting that the machine was faulty. They have used terrible tactics since 2006 to ruin our chances of getting this to court. What they did not take into account was my training. I will explain!
I was in the military for 12 years and we were trained as senior officers to take notes including dates, times and names just like the police if we have an issue. This I did. We have a log book and letters that agree there is a serious issue with the machine. I logged all this with our solicitor, instantly they were engaged. I also each week logged a copy of my notes so as they are verified as a true and actual reference to the events.
What I now tell you all. Xerox do make some very good machines. The DC12 I he was exceptional. It was this machine that convinced me that digial was the way forward. Please note: if an agent/partner/sales representative says the machine will do this that and the other, get them to fully state what you are asking the mcahine to do and that it will do this. If they will not, then it more than likely will not.
We have another digital press now and the manufacturer did state on the contract what the machine was purchased to do. So they can do this! If you have a service contract, make a note of who (full name) they are, what company sent them, engineer's number, what time they were there for and what it was for. I have a log book which was used by Xerox engineers and now Xerox are saying the 2 most damaging entries are not their engineers.
Make sure you do not trust them and get them to verify who they are and give some form of identity. If they do not have any Xerox identity, do not let them touch your machine. The two engineers in our case were from Xerox but we failed to get them to prove it.
At no time buy from a Partner unless Xerox fully support the sale. Get a solicitor to read the contract, do not rely like we did on trust in such a large company. You only have to look at the internet to see the problem some people are having. I could go into much more detail but in short, I will never buy a product made by Xerox again. I suggest if you do then be very careful! No solicitations please.
I would have to concur with the widespread reports doing the rounds at the moment, of Xerox refusing to honor their commercial obligations let alone their widesweeping marketing promises. We had the misfortune of buying a Xerox Phaser 7400 from a Xerox concessionaire in Limoges in France almost exactly 3 years ago, confident that our satisfaction with this marque in the past, would be repeated. Not so by a long way and then some.
The printer arrived damaged and unworking. It was fixed but started going through consumables at twice the rate advertised. The suggested monthly cycle of 150,000 was absolute nonsense. It was impossible to order consumables via the French Xerox website at the time and everywhere we tried to get the necessary consumables to meet our typical output of merely 30,000 - 50,000 copies a month, we received the response of 'out of stock' or the order could only be partially completed.
The service delays were deplorable. The suggestion that a technician would come out in under a day was once again, total nonsense. Typical down-time in reality was 3-5 days, depending upon whether a weekend was looming. Technical competence varied from OK at best to downright useless, with ourselves having to diagnose and fix problems on more than one occasion.
However, much more seriously was Xerox's attitude to replacing those consumables which were either defective or failing to give the necessary output either in terms of quality or quantity. According to Xerox (France), they will only replace defective consumables if they are less than 3 months old. This seems to be irrespective of the actual consumption realized, whether corroborated by the machine's own usage readings or not.
This, in our view, is an out-and-out scam; at 3 months, a consumable can still be showing a considerable amount of life left and should be replaced if defective even after 12 months, let alone 3. Nor is this subject to interpretation; the machine will obligingly print out a usage sheet for you which states in black and white (or colour, if you are lucky!) what the position is.
This is particularly problematic where there are as many consumables as you will find in a modern printer and in our case, with only just over 150,000 copies on the counter over 2 years - a fraction of our normal output - we have gone through more than 30 'hard' consumables, excluding toners. The cost is significant, as Xerox well knows. It's where their real profits come from.
Yet, after almost exactly two years of our badgering the company with requests to replace faulty consumables, Xerox arbitrarily reneged on the 3-year extended on-site warranty we had taken out with the purchase of the printer; to this day, the machine stands there, awaiting repairs and of no use to man nor beast. No refund of the money paid for the guarantee was offered or any other arrangement in lieu. Another scam, therefore, as the refusal to undertake further servicing was clearly premeditated and is well-known to both Xerox and their concessionaire.
We eventually took our complaints right to the top of the Xerox complaints hierarchy in France but to no avail. Although they sent out a so-called 'inspector' who confirmed to us that just about every necessary working part in the printer was defective and needed replacing, the matter ended there, despite us sending a reminder letter to Xerox by recorded delivery, 4 weeks later.
At one time, we were offered a second-hand replacement printer by the concessionaires but it had a long history of breakdowns (which they tried to conceal) and it was immediately apparent the machine couldn't handle our workload. It was sold with a maintenance agreement which once again was just a sheet of lies and so incompetent was the servicing, that it took almost two months for Xerox to get the thing fully up-and-running.
We then received an invoice for a fictitious set of counter-totals, which we had to engage a public notary to contest, followed by our solicitor, to persuade the company, who dragged their feet for six months, to get their garbage off our premises.
In the latter stages of these events, we received a statement from the concessionaires which includes - hang on for this - a bill for an extended on-site maintenance warranty which we paid for when we bought the machine, plus amounts for consumables - also already paid for at the time of purchase - plus various sums for a handful of defective consumables, seen by the concessionaire, yet still awaiting collection.
Although we have over 100 pages of correspondence with Xerox and its concessionaire relating to this disgusting affair, let alone dozens of reams of wasted output, we do not see that Xerox has any intention of exercising any goodwill in this matter and so we are passing our file onto the French Public Prosecutor for a fraud investigation. Serial incompetence can only go so far before it blurs into criminality, in our view.
If there are any other Xerox users who feel they may have suffered from similar circumstances, we will be more than happy to hear from them at ** to pass their statements onto the French and UK authorities, if they so wish. Apart from the forums, we will also be circulating our file to consumer bodies in France and also, the UK, where Xerox maintenance contracts are administered and who are aware of their default in this matter. I could conclude by saying good luck to all but that shouldn't have to play a part. We have subsequently found HP and Ricoh to be everything that Xerox isn't.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- Xerox used to be one of my favorite companies - years ago. I have the misfortune of working where the director will only purchase Xerox because of the service/products agreements. However, I am the one who has to deal with calling the service dept. and I have had nothing but grief. First of all, it is obviously just another call center, where people are not invested in the job. It's a 50/50 chance if I get someone on the line who is good at customer service or someone who is rotten at customer service.
I just got done talking to someone (yet another call for service on one of their machines that is constantly breaking down, jamming, etc.) to have a tech come look at the machine (again). He asked me what the error was that came up on the screen when it jammed. I work in a different office - just happen to be responsible for calling in for repairs. I told him this & that I don't know for sure what it said & he said, "Can't do it." Silence.
And I said, "Can you just put it in & have the tech call me, so we're on the schedule? They call & confirm anyway, so I will check the machine in the meantime." He laughed (not a ha-ha laugh, it was a "whatever!" laugh) & said, & I quote, "If I put it in like that, it would bounce back faster than a Globetrotter's basketball. Nope, can't do it." I said, "Really? I will go check it before the tech calls." And he said, "Nope, can't do it."
I hung up on him and called back & got someone who was much nicer & better customer service. So I looked online all over the place for a customer service complaint department at Xerox & of course, I can't fine one. Xerox has lost my respect - & all my co-workers as well.
I recommend to everyone who talks about getting new copiers, etc. not to go through Xerox. They need to take the time to train their employees on the importance of good, solid, respectful customer service & get rid of the everyday, run of the mill, call centers - make it worthwhile for people to work there & care about their job. Seems like their employees have no pride in their work or their employer. Or respect for the customer.
PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA -- We purchased a Xerox Phaser MFP 8560 about 3 years ago, and a few months back it stopped working. Just out of warranty, of course. The machine began giving an "Add Black Ink" message, but when we added more, it still would not work. We tried all the fixes - removing the solid ink cubes, and so on, but nothing worked. Finally, we contacted several local Xerox-authorized service companies, but none of them would work on it.
We were advised that the failure was most likely due to our using non-Xerox compatible Solid Ink - which apparently clogs the injectors. The ink was purchased at Staples! A support call to Xerox revealed they would charge about $400.00 a half hour ($400.00 X .5 hours) to come and work on it, with no guarantees. That means that if they spent 1.5 hours on it we would be better off purchasing a new one...
This is our position: Hundreds of printers on the market for years have accepted 3rd party ink, and Staples is not necessarily a knock-off outfit. Even if the Staples ink was the culprit... we would have paid a reasonable rate to get it fixed. But the absolute outrage is that the 8560 is apparently so crappy that authorized service vendors won't even touch it.
Then there is the issue of Xerox charging the ridiculous rate of $400.00 per .5 hours to service their own printers!!! How is $400.00 for a half hours work reasonable? Brain surgeons don't charge that much! Our opinion is that they know the MFP 8560 is a lemon, and they're simply trying to wash their hands of responsibility. They know it. Their authorized service vendors know it. And now we know it.
Struggling with part time jobs and trying to keep our home business running without our flagship $1700.00 printer is intolerable!! Now it's just a piece of junk taking up space. A little history on our grand purchase: it came with no instructions. We had to make several calls to get a manual on CD. The vendor didn't know how to install it locally with USB. We were never able to make the fax or scan functions work.
In short, Xerox created and sold a lousy product; with terrible support; and made servicing it impossible. They ripped us off for $1700.00 and from what we've seen in the forums on the web - we're not alone. We plan to take them to court, and possibly Staples too. If anyone else has had a similar experience, especially attorneys, please contact us at **. Thanks.
Following our previous posting, the text used for that particular history was reproduced and copied to Xerox in the USA (using the search phrase 'Xerox complaints' on Google and the address for unresolved customer complaints officially provided by the Xerox website at: **). We also approached Customer Services at Xerox UK who appear to administer the maintenance contracts for France. (Ours, you will remember, was simply abandoned by Xerox after just one year, with two years left to run.) Both complaints were faxed and sent by post on the 5th of June 2009.
We did not consider it worthwhile re-sending the complaint to Xerox France, the originating cuplrits, who were sent a letter by recorded delivery on 15th October 2008 and to which we have not received any reply. An interim statement of damages and losses incurred for the period 01/05/06 - 31/05/09 as a result of misrepresentation, technical failure and serial incompetence, dishonoured contract of maintenance, fraudulent invoicing, etc., etc. was sent by recorded delivery and by fax on the 8th of June 2009 to Xerox concessionaires, Document Concept 87/23 of Limoges in France.
The outcome of these complaints was as follows: Xerox USA. No reply. Xerox France. No reply as before and ad nauseam. Xerox concessionaires, Limoges, France, Document Concept 87/23. Telephone call; to investigate further. Since, no reply.
Xerox UK. Letter dated 9th of July 2009, eventually received from Mr A. C., Managing Director, Xerox UK and Ireland. Mr Charnley wrote, "I can assure you we take these issues very seriously. I will investigate the matter and respond to you as soon as possible." Since the 9th of July 2009, no further response. As one complainant in a consumer complaints forum puts it: (Xerox) "Total Satisfaction: my butt!"
We have since replied to A. C. at Xerox UK to indicate that we are not prepared to wait for him further and that we will move on with our file on Xerox. As we suggested before, if any of you have any negative experiences of Xerox, then please do not hesitate to get in touch with us at: **. Clearly, we are looking at substantial issues of public interest and any help you may want to give us to pursue matters against Xerox collectively will be of help.
This was my first Xerox purchase and I am disappointed. I finally set aside time to install the printer one night and when it was time to connect the RJ45 Ethernet cable, it wasn't in the box. I did not scour their website looking to see if this was included since it IS needed to make the printer actually work, I DID think it was included. But I was wrong. This is a waste of my time and I should have just ordered a Brother's laser printer like I did last time. This was on sale for Black Friday so I ordered for this reason and now am regretting this purchase.
Xerox - why don't you just pack everything up in the box that is needed and try making people happy so they will continue buying your products? I tried to call Xerox only to get on that usual "menu merry-go-round" and told I had to call another number then press #1 and then press #1 again. I don't have the time to sit on the phone calling all over the United States. I did try your "chat" which was not live at the time even though I did call within the hours that "chat" was supposed to be live.
It all amounts to a loss of time for me and when I am running my business and don't have all this time to spare, it just makes me not want to buy anything else from Xerox if I have to worry about parts that are NOT included in the box.
I will buy the cable this time since that is easier than returning your printer, but I don't think I will buy anything else from Xerox (whether on sale or not). The money I saved on this sale was lost in the extra time I wasted making phone calls, buying the necessary cable and reviewing this product so other people would be know this cable was NOT included with the printer. After I use this printer I will review functions, usability and features, etc.
DEKALB, ILLINOIS -- Xerox and COTG mislead our company when advising us to update our copier. In addition they gave us incorrect information regarding color copies. Since we have tried to address these issues with the billing who refused to help. We contacted our service representative and she has been of no help as well. She is very well-trained in stating phrases intended to calm us down but NEVER solve the problem, in addition to not getting back to us in a timely manner when stating she would.
We have been getting the run around for several months now and would rather pay extra money and buy out the remaining 24 months of our lease to get rid of these two companies and the crappy machine and then go with another company to pay more money just to stop this hassle.
I am highly unsatisfied and disappointed but this has been the level of service and standard we have come to expect. I will never recommend any one to go with any Xerox brand or any machine managed by COTG. The company does not wish to correct our problems and does not seemingly care about bad reviews because I have done 3 different surveys over the phone telling them the same problems, and no one has ever tried to contact our company regarding the surveys to try to rectify the situation. Their final solution is they are not going to do anything and it must be our fault.
We purchased a new Xerox Phaser 8860MFP (serial number CXF349050) last December and left it in the crate until we moved into our new office in Jan 2011. Much to our dismay, the printer was not compatible with Windows 7 and has been nothing but a headache for our small office. The scan function does not work, it's broken down at least three times during which we were completely unable to print until a tech could be sent over (average of a 5-day wait). We've spent countless hours and a fair amount of money hiring technical folks to try to get the issues resolved and we still don't have a working printer.
We are a small, one-agent real estate office and our inability to print has not only caused us embarrassment, it's cost us business. We've spoken to at least thirty different Xerox reps--all very polite and empathetic, but here, 9 months later, we're still struggling with the same problems. To add to the frustration, each time we call in, there seems to be no record of our file so we have to go through the entire story again and again.
Additionally, one of the reasons we purchased this printer is that it as advertised as a 'green machine' in reality it is an energy hogsucking down a lot of electricity to melt the solid ink. False advertising and a faulty product...we need help getting Xerox to make this right.


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Source: CBS, and TMZ
Katt Williams was detained by police in West Hollywood on Thursday night when he was on his way to pick up Suge Knight.
The comedian was not taken to jail and explained what happened while still on the scene. "I got stopped for being black on the gayest street in America," he told TMZ. "There were eight officers that were everywhere and I came to pick up Suge Knight who was getting a manicure."
He joked about the officers finding his weed and his guns as he was released. Williams was cited for parking too close to a fire hydrant and Suge was ticketed for outstanding traffic warrants, According to TMZ. But officers did find an empty .45 caliber magazine.
Suge Knight was indeed in the passenger seat of Katt's car.
While Suge Knight has maintained a low profile, the latest legal encounter with Williams comes after a series of run-ins with the law. He has been arrested for reckless driving and allegedly caught on tape slapping a Target employee


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Fluphenazine Side Effects
What should I watch for?
Visit your doctor or health care professional for regular checks on your progress.
You may get drowsy, dizzy, or have blurred vision. Do not drive, use machinery, or do anything that needs mental alertness until you know how this medicine affects you. Do not stand or sit up quickly, especially if you are an older patient. This reduces the risk of dizzy or fainting spells. Alcohol can increase possible dizziness or drowsiness. Avoid alcoholic drinks.
This medicine can reduce the response of your body to heat or cold. Dress warm in cold weather and stay hydrated in hot weather. If possible, avoid extreme temperatures like saunas, hot tubs, very hot or cold showers, or activities that can cause dehydration such as vigorous exercise.
This medicine can make you more sensitive to the sun. Keep out of the sun. If you cannot avoid being in the sun, wear protective clothing and use sunscreen. Do not use sun lamps or tanning beds/booths.
Your mouth may get dry. Chewing sugarless gum or sucking hard candy, and drinking plenty of water may help. Contact your doctor if the problem does not go away or is severe.
Common and Rare Side Effects
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Phenothiazines can sometimes cause serious unwanted effects. Tardive dyskinesia or tardive dystonia (muscle movement disorders) may occur and may not go away after you stop using the medicine. Signs of tardive dyskinesia or tardive dystonia include worm-like movements of the tongue, or other uncontrolled movements of the mouth, tongue, cheeks, jaw, body, arms, or legs. Another possible serious unwanted effect is the neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS). Signs and symptoms of NMS include severe muscle stiffness, fever, fast heartbeat, difficult breathing, increased sweating, and loss of bladder control. You and your doctor should discuss the good this medicine will do as well as the risks of taking it.
Stop taking this medicine and get emergency help immediately if any of the following effects occur:
Symptoms of neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Confusion (severe) or coma
difficult or fast breathing
fast heartbeat
high or low (irregular) blood pressure
increased sweating
loss of bladder control
muscle stiffness (severe)
trembling or shaking
trouble in speaking or swallowing
Check with your doctor immediately if any of the following side effects occur:
More common
Inability to move eyes
increased blinking or spasms of eyelid
lip smacking or puckering
muscle spasms of face, neck, body, arms, or legs causing unusual postures or unusual expressions on face
puffing of cheeks
rapid or worm-like movements of tongue
sticking out of tongue
tic-like or twitching movements
trouble in breathing, speaking, or swallowing
uncontrolled chewing movements
uncontrolled movements of arms or legs
uncontrolled twisting movements of neck, trunk, arms, or leg
Irregular or slow heart rate
recurrent fainting
Check with your doctor as soon as possible if any of the following side effects occur:
More common
Blurred vision, change in color vision, or difficulty in seeing at night
loss of balance control
mask-like face
restlessness or need to keep moving
shuffling walk
stiffness of arms or legs
trembling and shaking of hands and fingers
Less common
Difficulty in urinating
skin rash
sunburn (severe)
Abdominal or stomach pains
aching muscles and joints
agitation, bizarre dreams, excitement, or trouble in sleeping
bleeding or bruising (unusual
confusion (mild)
constipation (severe)
convulsions (seizures)
dark urine
fever and chills
hot, dry skin or lack of sweating
itchy skin (severe)
muscle weakness
pain in joints
prolonged, painful, inappropriate erection of the penis
redness of hands
skin discoloration (tan or blue-gray)
sore throat and fever
sores in mouth
unusual bleeding or bruising
unusual tiredness or weakness
yellow eyes or skin
Phenothiazines may cause your urine to be dark. In most cases, this is not a sign of a serious problem. However, if your urine does become dark, discuss it with your doctor.
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
More common
Constipation (mild)
decreased sweating
dryness of mouth
Less common
Changes in menstrual period
decreased sexual ability
increased sensitivity of eyes to light
rough or "fuzzy" tongue
secretion of milk (unusual)
swelling or pain in breasts
watering of mouth
weight gain (unusual)
After you stop using this medicine, your body may need time to adjust. The length of time this takes depends on the amount of medicine you were using and how long you used it. During this time, check with your doctor if you notice dizziness, nausea and vomiting, stomach pain, trembling of the fingers and hands, or any of the following signs of tardive dyskinesia or tardive dystonia:
Inability to move eyes
lip smacking or puckering
muscle spasms of face, neck, body, arms, or legs, causing unusual body positions or unusual expressions on face
puffing of cheeks
rapid or worm-like movements of tongue
sticking out of tongue
tic-like or twitching movements
trouble in breathing, speaking, or swallowing
uncontrolled chewing movements
uncontrolled twisting or other movements of neck, trunk, arms, or legs
Although not all of the side effects listed above have been reported for all of the phenothiazines, they have been reported for at least one of them. However, since all of the phenothiazines are very similar, any of the above side effects may occur with any of these medicines.
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.


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Pikachu bento
May 24, 2012
Hello everyone!
Coming back and cleaning up the dust (*cough cough* look out for the allergies!) from the blog! I disappeared for a while, yes I know… too much of everything happening at the same time.
But hey! I am here and with a new bento! Wow!!!!
My 6yo had a "Spring celebration" at her pre-school today, lots of outside activities for the kids and parents. Mr Mies joined her and I stayed home to take care of little daughter who was still sick from flu she caught earlier this week from her big sister (ha! complicated stuff! Well hmm, we´ve been sick…). I prepared these bentos for us to eat when they´d get back home. You can notice the portions are quite big, to be shared properly among four not-so-hungry people :).
And… the theme: Pokémon! As for normal children, my girls keep changing what they like every now and then. They had seasons of adoring Anpanman, Kirby, My Little Pony and lately it is Pokémon… partly my fault this time… I allowed them to play my DS game "Pokémon Diamond Version" and they were introduced to the world of the pocket monsters… (blame me blame me). Their favorite ones at this moment are Pikachu, Jigglypuff and Squirtle.
So Pikachu bento, that is!
Contents of the boxes: Round onigiris (rice balls), tamagoyaki, raw carrot sticks, steamed broccoli on a lettuce bed. Nectarine slices, cucumber, green grapes, strawberries and raspberries. Pikachu made with cheese, nori details, carrot cheeks and pepperoni mouth. I also crafted a pokéball sticker to decorate the onigiri wrap ^_^, nice isn't it?
* Gotta Catch 'Em All!!!*
Oops, no ketchup this time! ;)
This post was written by karaimame exclusively for Acquiring Taste. All writing, images and other materials in this blog remain the property of Acquiring Taste and cannot be used without permission.


text: My LO is 6 months old and weighs 18.10 lbs. At his well baby checkup today, the pediatrician was concerned that his weight gain seems to have hit a plateau. He has always been in 75th percentile for weight but he has dropped down to the 55th percentile according to the growth chart she showed me. She wants me to start supplementing with formula and return for a weight check in 6 weeks. I work full time and pump every 3 hours while at work, otherwise he is breastfed. I would really like to avoid giving him formula if it is unneccesary. He has plenty of wet/poopy diapers. I did read online that it is common for breastfed babies to even out in their weight gain around his age. Is supplementing truly neccessary? Thanks for any help!!


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The University of Chicago medical campus includes Comer Children's Hospital, Bernard A. Mitchell Hospital for adult inpatient care, Chicago Lying-in Hospital, and the Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine, as well as outpatient locations throughout the Chicago area.
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A colonel in the Soviet Air Force, Georgy Mosolov worked as a test pilot at the Mikhoyan Experimental Design Bureau from 1953 to 1962, when a supersonic ejection from a prototype E-8 fighter effectively ended his career. In 1960, he was declared a Hero of the Soviet Union, and in 2007 he was named an honorary member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. Rodney Rogers and Vitaly Guzhva, faculty members at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, interviewed Mosolov in September 2008.
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Air & Space: From 1953 to 1962 you flew the first flight in 16 Russian airplanes, including the MiG-19 Farmer and MiG-21 Fishbed. Was one of these airplanes your favorite?
Mosolov: I would have to say that the MiG-21 is the airplane that sticks in my mind above all the others. First, the MiG-21 was my "child." By that I mean I didn't just pilot the airplane. I also helped engineers perfect the design of the MiG-21. Second, the MiG-21 was a great performer. The plane set world speed and altitude records. I was lucky enough to be at the controls during these record flights. Finally, I felt greatly rewarded by all the hard work we at Mikoyan and Gurevich put into bringing the MiG-21 to an operational status.
Air & Space: In its time, the MiG-21 was the world's fastest, most maneuverable fighter. Did you know how good it was at the time you were flight-testing it?
Mosolov: We knew we had a great airplane. However, we also knew the American F-104 was very fast. We learned only later exactly how good the MiG-21 really was.
Air & Space: In 1954 you were flying the MiG-19, the first Soviet supersonic fighter, on just its 7th flight. When you reduced throttle at Mach 1.06 to reduce speed, the MiG's nose began to pitch violently up and down. The pitching was caused by a transonic control design problem that was later corrected. The airplane entered a steep dive. You lost over 15,000 feet of altitude in 21 second, and recovered the airplane just before it dived into the ground.
Mosolov: The violent forces on the airplane threw me around the cockpit. Negative G forces pushed my head against periscope bolts on the top of the canopy. In those days we didn't wear crash helmets. The impact with the bolts opened large wounds in my scalp. The violent pitching forces smashed my face into the control stick again and again. These injuries resulted in a lot of blood in the cockpit.
Air & Space: When you regained control of your MiG-19 only 1000 feet above the ground, you narrowly escaped death. But then there was another problem you had to solve very quickly.
Mosolov: During the pitching dive, both engines quit. Before I could recover from the dive and get an engine restarted, the airplane was barely 300 feet above the trees. I was literally one second from death. I started the second engine during climb out.
Air & Space: After you got the engines restarted, you had yet a third pretty serious problem to overcome.


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Capture NX 2 makes it even easier to make quick and powerful photographic edits so you can spend more time making photographs and less time editing them on the computer. The original Capture NX software introduced the world to direct on-image editing. This revolutionary new development was the basis of the Color Control Point tool which enabled photographers of all levels to easily adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, color and warmth on specific elements of a picture such as sky, skin, grass, etc. This made it possible to choose any area of a photograph forediting without the need for complicated selections or masking techniques.


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Jacqueline Banerjee. You may use these images without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]by Sir William Goscombe John, 1860-1952. 1891-92. Gilded stone. St John the Baptist, St John Street, Cardiff. Photograph (2009) and text (2011) by
"And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God" (Genesis 14, v. 18). In the architect John Prichard's beautiful designed neo-Gothic canopied reredos, Goscombe John illustrates the sacramental tradition, showing Melchizedek at the centre, holding aloft the communion wine and host, with Abraham looking towards him on the left (it was Abraham whom the priest blessed in this passage from Genesis). Beside Abraham is the young Isaac, and on the extreme left is Aaron. On the right are Isaiah with a scroll, and, from the New Testament, St Peter with a large key visible by his knee. This unusual work is one of the treasures of St John the Baptist, the city of Cardiff's ancient parish church.
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Published on 02-06-2015 02:51 AM
Hey everyone. HyperMatrix here. I decided to make use of this website to share some information regarding GSYNC and FreeSync. There appear to be tons of differing opinions on various aspects of the 2 technologies all over the internet. I'm here to share a bit of what I know, and a bit of what I think. As there are currently no FreeSync monitors out there, anyone who writes about it is merely speculating. I too, have the power of speculation and I intend to use it.
WHAT IS IT: Adaptive Sync
Adaptive Frame Synchronization sounds simple enough, and makes you wonder why we're only seeing it now. NVIDIA actually drew up a pretty good graph demonstrating how it works. I don't have any fancy graphs, so I will try to explain it in words. Your standard LCD monitor has a 60Hz refresh rate. That means that every second, the image you see on the screen is updated 60 times. Or rather, every 16.67ms the display is refreshed with a new image. (For the purpose and intent of this article, we're not going to get into pixel response time, which is how long after a new image is sent to the monitor, the pixels can actually transition to show it).
So every 16.67ms, your screen displays a new picture. The problem can be seen here. Below you see the 5 refreshes and the time at which they update on your screen
0 Seconds - Refresh 1
16.67ms - Refresh 2
33.33ms - Refresh 3
50ms - Refresh 4
66.67ms - Refresh 5
Now here is an example of what frame generation looks like (how long between each frame, based on your current FPS):
0 seconds - Frame 1
12ms - Frame 2
30ms - Frame 3
40ms - Frame 4
53ms - Frame 5
So what does this all mean when you try to match up when a frame is generated on your computer, and when the display is updated with the current frame? Well look here (note: the delay between frame generation and the previous display update time is shown between < and > below)
0 seconds - Frame 1
<0ms delay>
0 Seconds - Refresh 1
12ms - Frame 2
<4.67ms delay>
16.67ms - Refresh 2
30ms - Frame 3
<3.33ms delay>
33.33ms - Refresh 3
40ms - Frame 4
<10ms delay>
50ms - Refresh 4
53ms - Frame 5
<13.67ms delay>
66.67ms - Refresh 5
So what you can see is that there is no correlation between when your computer generates a frame, and when your monitor updates the display with the new frame. In fact, depending on how the timing works out, your display (what you're looking at) could be anywhere between 0.1ms to 16.6ms behind what your computer has generated. This directly adds to input lag, and can also result in mistimed frame generation and fluctuating fps to cause the same frame to fall on to 2 or even 3 refresh cycles, which takes away from smoothness in motion.
Now...on to Adaptive Sync. It's really quite simple. Your monitor still has a maximum refresh rate. Whether that be 60Hz, 120Hz, or 144Hz. But your monitor no longer needlessly updates every 16.67ms as was the case with the 60Hz monitor example above. Adaptive Sync waits for your computer to generate a frame, then sends just that frame to be updated and displayed on your screen. Whether you are getting 30fps, 45fps, or 60fps, your monitor will update your screen instantly, as soon as a frame is generated! This eliminates screen tearing, for sure, but also reduces input lag. You no longer end up with that variable 0.1ms to 16.6ms delay between frame generation, and screen update. This...is huge.
GSYNC: What the heck is it?
GSYNC at its core, is simply Adaptive Sync. But it's also more. But only sometimes. Ok here goes. In order to get your GPU and your Monitor to play nice together, Nvidia had to create a module that they named GSYNC. But when you go to the trouble of creating your own monitor scaler (GSYNC), you ask yourself if there's anything else you can do with this opportunity. And in this case, the answer is absolutely there's more you can do. Nvidia borrowed a bit from its Nvidia 3D Vision supported monitors. Certified Nvidia 3D Vision monitors had a feature called "Lightboost" that was intended for use in a 3D environment. With some driver hacks, some very clever people realized they can activate Lightboost to help reduce motion blur in 2D gaming. Nvidia also saw the benefit of this. And they've added support for an enhanced version of Lightboost, called ULMB (Ultra Low Motion Blur). ULMB is a strobed backlight that seeks to simulate some of the benefits of old CRT monitors. If you check out the BlurBusters website, Mark Rejhon has some great tests and articles showcasing the amazing benefits of ULMB.
The downside to a strobing backlight, is that it is most beneficial at higher refresh rates. Current monitors have a minimum 85Hz requirement to enable ULMB. This means that while the GSYNC module supports ULMB, if you have a 60Hz monitor, ULMB will not be active. A backlight strobing at 60Hz could actually be quite annoying to see for many people. So this feature will be of great benefit in the 120Hz+ suite of monitors. It should be noted that due to the nature of strobing backlights, there is currently no way to activate ULMB at the same time as GSYNC. The general idea is that for games where you have lower fluctuating FPS, you keep GSYNC on. For games where you have the GPU power to run at high FPS, nothing can beat ULMB. But the important thing to take away from this is that the GSYNC module doesn't just give you Adaptive Sync, but also gives you ULMB. And also potentially support for Nvidia 3D Vision (such as with the ASUS ROG Swift).
AMD FreeSync: So what's the difference?
Nothing! Well...we don't know for sure. The basic functionality of AMD's FreeSync is just Adaptive Sync. However, it is absolutely imperative that I mention the following about FreeSync. FreeSync is NOT FREE. This was a brilliant bit of marketing by AMD by calling it "Free" sync. Just like the GSYNC module, FreeSync requires a custom asic scaler. The difference is that unlike Nvidia, AMD is not charging a licensing fee to use it. And FreeSync doesn't include any stereoscopic 3D support or ULMB, which means the basic hardware should be cheaper to make than GSYNC, and not have a licensing fee to add to the cost. Although that also means for enthusiast level gaming, your *standard* FreeSync monitor will fall short of what GSYNC offers.
PRICE: So will FreeSync be cheaper?
Probably...but likely not as cheap as you may think. There are a few issues. This gets into "business/economics" speculation. So here is what we know about FreeSync:
Why it may be cheaper:
- No Licensing Fee
- Less expensive hardware due to fewer features
- VESA DisplayPort support (it is an OPTIONAL component of DP. This is a very important fact)
Why it may NOT be cheaper:
- Basic integration doesn't cover ULMB support. Manufacturer can add ULMB on their own, but as a separate module which adds to cost/complexity (Note: Nvidia currently works with manufacturers to integrate GSYNC)
- Nvidia has no current plans to support FreeSync. Why is this important? Because it limits the market for FreeSync monitors, which is an important consideration for manufacturers
- Intel does not/cannot currently support it. There has been no communication from them about whether they will or will not support FreeSync in the future.
- AMD is only sitting at 30% of the discrete gpu sales market
My thoughts are as follows. Even with GSYNC monitors, the cost of the module is $100 or less for the bigger manufacturers. However, if you take a look at pricing, the difference between standard and GSYNC monitors is far more than $100. The reason for this is that in business, when you spend time/invest in/take a risk with a feature like GSYNC, you're thinking of how much more you can earn on the feature. So Nvidia tells ASUS "Hey...I've got this awesome module that will make your monitors rock" and ASUS thinks "Hmmm...if I pay an extra $100 per monitor to buy this module for enthusiasts, I need a return on my $100 investment as well. So let's up that price by another $100. This is common practice and is not some greedy move by Asus or anyone else.
When making Niche products you take into account the cost of development and manufacture of a much smaller run. So when Asus decided to make the ROG Swift, they took the cost to develop the monitor, spread it across the expected number of sales, and voila. Now with GSYNC, they were making a product that technically 70% of new gamers could use (due to Nvidia market share). So let's say the development of the monitor cost just $1,000,000 (completely arbitrary numbers here). And Asus estimated they would sell 25,000 units in the first year. That means they could distribute the cost of development across 25,000 units at $40 a piece. So the cost of GSYNC integration would be $100 for the module/license, $100 markup for having integrated this niche feature, and $40 for development. That's a $240 premium over the same monitor without GSYNC. Now if Asus were doing the same thing with FreeSync (which they are doing right now, but haven't released prices for yet) then you could say a $50 custom asic scaler, $100 markup for niche feature, and based on 70%/30% split between Nvidia/AMD market share, an expected 10,800 units sold within the first year, bringing the development cost distribution to $92 per monitor. So $50 + $100 + $92 = $242 premium over the same monitor without FreeSync.
The example above is important to note, because until Intel and Nvidia sign on to support DisplayPort with Adaptive Sync, all these "FreeSync" monitors will be seen as a standard monitor to them and no one is going to pay the premium for a feature they can't use. Even if the manufacturers decide to stick to a $50 markup instead of a $100 markup, that's still only a $50 price difference between the GSYNC and FreeSync. And if the FreeSync monitor also adds in ULMB integration, then that $50 price difference is gone yet again.
So...FreeSync is pointless?
No. Absolutely not. There are still a lot of variables in play. Even if Nvidia doesn't sign on to DisplayPort with Adaptive Sync, Intel could. If Intel supports it, you're going to see FreeSync monitors come down in price a lot, as tons of people will be able to use them. That means easier returns on investment to recover development costs, and less risks associated with launching a FreeSync product. I envision FreeSync could become a fairly standard feature in monitors if Intel supports it. But I can't see Nvidia giving in to FreeSync or giving up on GSYNC. Unless, of course, Intel does. And don't forget...if you're an AMD user, FreeSync is your only option. And vice versa with Nvidia users and GSYNC. Which actually makes it funny when you see people arguing or fighting over GSYNC vs. FreeSync, when people on either side of the argument don't really have a choice to use the other technology anyway. We are all just taking what they hand us.
Both FreeSync and GSYNC are going to bring a much needed feature to LCD monitors. Adaptive Sync. And while AMD has won a major marketing battle over the naming of FreeSync, making people think it is going to be substantially cheaper than GSYNC when similarly equipped, that isn't the case. And with ULMB support baked in, GSYNC will be the better option for gaming, even if it turns out it may not be the best option for your wallet. Nvidia is betting that the same people paying the big bucks for its more expensive GPUs will line up and pay the premium for the GSYNC monitors, while AMD and its Value approach to CPUs, GPUs, and now Monitors, is hoping the lower cost of implementation could help it steal some market share away from Nvidia.
All I know for sure is...Adaptive Sync is amazing. Whatever package it comes in.
Monitors of note:
ASUS ROG Swift (GSYNC, 27", 144Hz, 1440p, TN)
Acer XB270HU (GSYNC, 27", 144Hz, 1440p, IPS)
Acer Predator XR341CK (GSYNC, 34" Ultrawide, 144Hz, 3440x1440, IPS)
ASUS MG279Q (Adaptive Sync -unbranded FreeSync-, 27", 120Hz, 1440p, IPS)
Asus thinks we're insignificant.
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Published on 01-28-2014 05:29 PM
So as you may know, I was a big fan of the new ASUS ROG Swift PG278Q. For those who aren't familiar with it, it's this 27" 1440p 120Hz+ beast with Displayport and GSYNC and etc. It is absolutely beautiful, as you can see:
Now the problem is two-fold. One is that it's a TN display. I consider that a tradeoff. You get lower image quality, for a faster and more fluid panel. And it's a native 8-bit panel, instead of the traditional 6-bit TN's. This one fact I can try to overlook. However...the main issue, is that the monitor is being released with a heavy Matte panel. So you go from an IPS or PLS glossy display currently, with rich vibrant colours, to a matte TN display.
That's a complete no-go for me. So I posed a question to Asus. The first thing they replied with is general marketing BS:
"Based on the feedback of ownser of IPS/PLS and TN panels we have produced the majority of users have not had negative feedback about the Polarizer used ( and generally are not even aware of it ). "
Now...you'd think that he's saying people like us have barely even noticed the matte polarizer used. But he doesn't mention users of Glossy displays. He only mentions IPS/PLS/TN users. They may have surveyed only people who have Matte displays. Either way I still don't buy it.
He then goes on to compare the difference between Matte and Glossy displays with PWM lighting preference, as you can see here:
"All in all this something specific to users and does not have a consistently present level of feedback across the majority of users. This similar to how many users are not bothered by PWM flicker but there are some users very sensitive to it. As a whole feedback on the current type of AG Polarizers has been solid with minimal negative feedback."
When I mentioned that the screen being both TN and having a Matte Anti-Glare filter will discourage many people who have purchased the various current gen 1440p overclockable displays from moving over. He replied:
" From a volume perspective that quantity of user transitioning form those other monitors is very small and not representative of the majority of the market."
That response seems odd to me as currently, those users (us), happen to be the majority of the $500+ 1440p gaming monitor market. Which is who they are obviously targeting with this monitor. Your average joe blow doesn't spend $800 on a monitor. And people who do spend $800 on a monitor, often have a lot of money invested in their computers. We are enthusiasts. And we care about things like glossy displays.
So at this point I make a recommendation to at least do a limited run of Glossy displays that would be available only through a limited number of channels. He gives me a rather odd response regarding it:
"As to your recommendation of running concurrent models this is complicated as it requires double the investment in the initial design and development and validation. As such it is not a realistic approach. As of now the SWIFT will come with AG Polarizer that i feel confident the majority of users / gamers will be satisfied with. "
I have no idea how they run their business and how they handle development. But we've been dealing with monitors in the same housing, using both glossy and matte ag coatings with no issue. That should be the only difference in the builds. However, they don't seem to see it that way.
So in conclusion...as excited as I was for this display...I am going to have to pass. From what I understand, Nvidia will be designing a displayport gsync board for our LG panels. So there should be an option to upgrade our displays in the future. I had been ready to proclaim the ROG Swift monitor the new king of gaming displays. But due to its price point, and rather severe reduction in image quality due to the use of a TN panel, and a heavy Anti-Glare coating, it will have to remain a "Don't Buy" in my books so long as plans for a GSYNC board for our monitors don't get scrapped.
Thank you, Asus, for making a Niche product (due to the price) while ignoring what the majority of people who have been buying these types of displays at this price point want.
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4k 39" Seiki monitor for under $500, shipped?
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Published on 11-25-2013 06:44 PM
A heck of a great deal. Seiki's 39" 4K LED-Backlit 120Hz resolution display for just $489 through Amazon. Unfortunately, as you may know, this runs through HDMI 1.4, and not 2.0. So the bandwidth is limited. That means you only get 30Hz at 4k resolution. However, you do get over 120Hz at 1080p. And 4k at 30Hz for video content or other work is still amazing at this price. Personally, I'm waiting until an HDMI 2.0/DisplayPort model comes out that can run full 60Hz through a single input. I think I could settle for some 4K60Hz gaming with prices this low. Check it out here if you were interested:
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And this is why I love Microsoft
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Published on 11-20-2013 09:16 PM
Ok so I don't love everything about Microsoft. I hated that they took away my Start Menu. I hate that they're overcharging for an inferior Xbox One. I hate them for being so slow with Windows Phone updates. And I hate them for creating a unified Win8 system, that isn't really unified...but rather is fragmented across Desktop, Tablet, Phone, and TapTop/DeskLet combo monstrosities. But all of this has been due to their ineptitude. They do have a few brilliant ideas though. They've just started selling "Don't get Scroogled" merchandise on the actual windows store. Check it out here:
I am definitely going to buy this when it's back in stock:
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Put your Rig Building Skill to the test! [challenge!]
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Published on 11-19-2013 04:43 AM
Ok so I had a really fun time watching this video of PC Gamer's new superfluous gaming rig. On the surface...you may think nothing of it. I'm guessing they have a budget of around 12k for that rig. What caught my attention though, were the number of amateur mistakes I could spot. Have a look and see how many things you can spot that you'd never do if you were building the "ultimate gaming rig" (in terms of performance) and had 12k and your reputation to blow. After a few days I'll share my observations with you! Remember, don't be an Alienware gamer. Flashy lights don't increase your frame rate or kill/death ratio. - HyperMatrix
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Nokia and Apical - Assertive Display Technology - Future of Mobile Displays
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Published on 10-30-2013 01:01 AM
As many of you know, I've been anticipating the arrival of the Nokia Lumia 1520. It is the first Windows phone with a 1080p display. It is also the first 6" Windows phone. The first quad-core Windows phone. The first Windows phone with 4x HAAC microphones for superb audio capture even under loud conditions such as a concert, and also stereo/positional audio capture. It is the first Windows phone that has that has attracted so much attention since the Lumia 1020 and its massive 41mp camera. But, alas, it is also one of the last Lumia devices to be made by Nokia prior to the takeover by Microsoft.
Most of the amazing features of this phone were known to me throughout the many leaks that have come out over the past few weeks. 12 hours of Wifi browsing? 25 hours of talk time? Windows 8 GDR3? Built-in wireless charging? All great features. There's one bit that eluded me. Most rumours were claiming that Nokia would equip the Lumia 1520 with a Samsung-made Super AMOLED HD display. There are pros and cons to that. Over-exaggerated colours and deep blacks do make the screens more fun, even if inaccurate. But the downside is less realistic colour reproduction. Movies and pictures would be off as a result. And visibility in sunlight would be quire poor unless even more power was pumped into the backlight, which again means less battery life.
Nokia caught me off guard by using an IPS display, using their own deep black technology and the ever wonderful PureMotion 60hz tech, and by introducing a technology I had read about years ago during the release of the iPhone 3GS. There was a company back then that posed a question. And that was...why are we just increasing backlight power to increase visibility? It really doesn't help too much, and it kills the battery. They then did a demo of a screen that had the entire content of the display adjusted on a per-pixel level, to look best under various lighting conditions. This is all some very magical stuff that should become standard equipment on most high end phones in the near future.
The best way I can explain it is this way. If you're playing a dark game that's intended to be dark, with monsters hiding in corners and jumping out at you, increasing the brightness on your monitor doesn't help you much. Because you're just shining even more light behind a set of black pixels. But once you increase the gamma or brightness through the in-game menu, all those dark black areas become gray and quite visible as a result. Apical does that same sort of adjustment, but in a far more sophisticated manner, and on a per-pixel level as opposed to a full-screen effect, in direct response to the light hitting the screen. This is yet another reason to be excited about the upcoming Lumia 1520!
Nvidia's Game Changer...ShadowPlay
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Published on 10-30-2013 12:10 AM
I was quite excited a few weeks ago when I heard Nvidia talk about using their onboard NVENC h264 hardware encoding system for game capture with next to no hit on performance. Normally I'm skeptical of such claims, but this is exactly what the PS4 is doing as well. And now, I can't believe this wasn't done sooner.
To use Nvidia's "ShadowPlay" feature you have to download the Nvidia GeForce Experience app which many people generally avoid as it may feel like bloatware to those are already adept at customizing 3d settings on a per-game basis. But this makes it all worthwhile.
ShadowPlay is currently in Beta so there are some limitations. Currently you can select recording quality between Low, Medium, and High settings. However, the capture resolution and frame rate are currently locked in at 1920x1080@60fps. There are also 2 recording modes. A Manual mode that allows you to start/stop video capture at will, and the Shadow mode which automatically records the last X minutes of gameplay, where X can be anywhere from 1 minute to 20 minutes long. A key combination can be pressed to save the last X minutes of gameplay at any time. So you can game as you normally do, and if you happen to see or do something epic, you can save it. Just like your PVR. Simple as that.
The software requires 7.5GB of data is required for 20 minutes of "Shadow" mode recording at high quality. Recording gameplay of Batman Arkham Origins for 60 seconds in manual mode took up only 180MB of space. This is a far better recording platform than any software solution or even hardware solution you may currently be using. Now let's hope there's some way to enable higher resolution recording, even if at a lower frame rate.
You can download GeForce Experience and access ShadowPlay through here:
This is only for GTX 600 series cards and above. Happy Recording!
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Idiots in the gun control debate
Yeah, I've read some real stupid shit in teh interwebz today in regards to gun control, but this one just deserved a public answer. It's from some shithole called Balloon Juice written by a guy named John Cole who explains that he was supposedly in the 11th ACR stationed at Camp Doha between the wars with Iraq;
So why am I telling you this? Because in the middle of one of the most dangerous regions in the world, even with clear Rules of Engagement, every time I went on gate duty, there was a piece of tape over my ammo clip on my M-16 and M1911 .45. Why? Because the most heavily armed military in the world did not want accidental shootings. If a situation arose, I would have to eject my ammo clip, remove the tape, and reinsert and work the action before I could fire.
This was in a combat zone. Yet I have spent the last two fucking days dealing with armchair commandos telling me they need unlimited firepower to be safe in… Connecticut.
If there are bigger pussies in the world than gun nuts, I don't know who the fuck they are.
So, because he was such an incompetent boob that he needed to have his ammo taped in his magazine, gun nuts are pussies – yeah, I don't see the connection either. Besides, he calls them "ammo clips" – who, with more than a day in the Army, calls box magazines "ammo clips"? So, I'm thinking that John Cole was a cook, or anything except someone his unit would allow to guard something. And, I'm pretty sure that between the Iraq Wars, the Army was using 9mm Barettas and not the M1911A1 .45 cal pistol.
And the reason any magazines were taped wasn't to prevent the ammunition from loading. The Army did that when ammunition was passed between guard shifts for accountability. But, of course, any dingus who thought they're called "ammo clips" wouldn't know that.
So why do I call Balloon Juice a shit hole? Because all of their writers are gun grabbing facists, apparently. They write shit like this;
Bernard Finel: If it were in my power, I'd seize every fucking firearm in the country other than revolvers, shotguns, and bolt-action rifles and melt them all down.
mistermix: If you must own an AR-15 or Bushmaster or AK-47, it should stay locked in your personal gun cabinet at the range, never to leave. If you change ranges, a bonded courier can take it to the new one. The same is true of the high-capacity clips for your Glock, your 100-round drum magazines, and all the other expensive toys that let you bang off a couple of dozen rounds in a minute. Yeah, that's expensive and a nuisance. So are the laws surrounding other potentially unsafe pursuits.
Mistermix, my Glock uses high capacity magazines, not clips. The ammunition for my M4 is in clips until I put the bullets in the magazine. If you're going to talk the language of gun control, learn the language of guns first.
After posting the Wikipedia entry for events leading up to the UK's gun ban, Imani Gandy (ABL) posts this;
Am I suggesting that we ban handguns? No, not really. I am suggesting we have a sensible discussion about gun-control laws that leads to, as President Obama put it, meaningful action.
If you weren't suggesting that we ban guns, why did you have to tell us that the UK banned guns because of an incident somewhat similar to Sandy Hook? Every leftist gun grabbing fascist on the internet is talking about "a sensible discussion", but their discussion of a sensible discussion is senseless.
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Fab 5 Reunion in the works?
Our favorite really motivational and sometimes secret leaking (see the "YESSSSSSSSSSSS" tweet that was removed just before Mitch McGary's committment went public) assistant basketball coach Bacari Alexander is at it again, tweeting "Stay Tuned. We will reunite soon...... Juwan Howard and Jalen Rose share a Fab Five moment" with a link to the Youtube Video embedded in the first comment.
There's been a lot of speculation already with the rededication of Crisler Arena and the "10 Year Ban" coming off the books in 2013 that the Fab 5 would be recognized in some way. 4 of the 5 (Not CWebb) have already been welcomed back in some form, most notably Jalen's "Rose Garden" section of seats that he buys for children.
I don't want this to turn into another "They cheated, I hate them!" "I love them!" thread, so what would your perfect "Reunion" be? I'd take having all 5 of them back at Crisler, maybe Jalen speaking to the crowd, and a new display case on the Crisler concourse showing the whole history - The baggy shorts, the final 4 banners, the downfall, the scandal, the cultural impact, etc. Lay it all out there. It's history, to be celebrated and scorned and most importantly remembered.
Oh, also, Juwan should do the Cabbage Patch again.


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5 No-Sew DIY Table Runner Ideas
I've always appreciated how table runners looked, but they're something I've never bothered to buy. In the hopes of decking out my own dining table, I've assembled a few easy DIY projects.
1. This wrapping paper table runner idea from Martha Stewart Weddings would be a good way to use up a leftover roll or two.
2. Consider borrowing Loft & Cottage's idea of joining colorful napkins into a runner using fusible bonding.
3. Weave together strips of jute garden webbing to make this pleasantly natural-looking runner from Tara Dennis. The original project calls for you to sew along the ends, but a bit of hot glue should do the job.
4. Make a straightforward runner by finishing the edges with fusible bonding. To be even more festive, try something like the red ticking stripe that Hi, Friend used.
5. Let Borrowed and Bleu lend you their idea — hide raw fabric edges by adhering ribbon or lace with fusible bonding.
Images: As linked above.