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|2011-04-14, 20:58
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Nintendo Wii U
Hopefully posting some rumors isn't a problem. I will add that a lot of people think these rumors are likely to be true (but of course are still rumors nonetheless).
First, rumor about Wii going down to $150 in May. Two links about this rumor below:
Now, bigger than that news (for sure) is a Wii successor launching in 2012, and being more powerful than XBox 360 and PS3, which would be no surprise since they launched in the middle of last decade. It is just a question of how much more powerful will it be? The rumor states that the Wii successor will debut at E3 in early June.
|2011-04-15, 01:22
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IGN is now reporting on this, and hasn't labeled it as a rumor, for what that is worth. Although there is still speculation and unknowns.
One of the sources says that the Wii successor will be "significantly" more powerful than the PS3 and XBox 360. Also, sources say that Nintendo wants to "recapture the hardcore market". Also, there will be a new controller unveiled. Rumor is that it'll have a touch screen. Hmm, we'll see about that last one.
Also, the console is said to support 1080p and backwards compatibility with Wii games. IGN says Nintendo will announce something this month, and will unveil it at E3.
Lots of rumored information. We'll see if Nintendo will indeed make an announcement about this console later this month. I would bet on an unveiling at E3, though. Different sources have said that will happen.
|2011-04-15, 01:28
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Wow, I wasn't expecting a Wii successor for another couple of years or so.
I dunno how I feel about a touch screen controller, I know Nintendo likes to make games feel like "experiences" more than "entertainment" though so I trust they know what they're doing.
I'm glad they're going to try and get hardcore gamers back into their camp, they can start by rejecting all these horrid promotional shovelware games.~
I guess we'll see if it's true or not eventually, but I'm still intrigued.~
|2011-04-15, 01:39
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I hope they offer more traditional controls out of the box, too. Whether that would be traditional controls on this new controller, or the new controller and a traditional controller bundled with the system, I hope they offer this. It is the only way they will get better 3rd party support, as it'll make it so much easier for companies to port PS3 and XBox 360 games to this new Nintendo machine.
|2011-04-15, 02:45
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The only way Nintendo get more 3rd party support from western devs is to use technology familiar to them. Most developer are still struggling with the TEV, so ditching that and going with more common shading architecture will already see devs queuing up, to off load their port onto nintendo's next console.
|2011-04-15, 03:04
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | PSP | 35.834 | 58.075 | 31.592 | 678.494 | 749.397 | 17.328.706 | | 3DS | 32.910 | 42.979 | 0 | 868.843 | 0 | 868.843 | | PS3 | 22.431 | 27.453 | 28.973 | 405.055 | 492.065 | 6.492.545 | | NDS | 16.935 | 19.901 | 36.459 | 347.878 | 723.839 | 32.498.577 | | WII | 8.825 | 10.249 | 25.345 | 227.992 | 552.713 | 11.507.627 |
I think Nintendo are going to have a lot of troubles backing up the success of the Wii... A couple in their 30s who picked up a Wii because Wii Sports was fun could care less about a new Nintendo console. Also this certainly won't be a PSX > PS2 situation due to the nature of the fanbase they picked up in addition to the core Nintendo market. And yes the Wii is winning this gen comfortably but it's nothing compared to the previous two winners... as you can see below....
Wii = 86 million
360 = 53 million
PS3 = 50 million
PS2 = 142 million
XBOX = 24 million
Gamecube = 21 million
Dreamcast = 8 million
PSX = 102 million
N64 = 33 million
Saturn = 8 million (Saturn outsold the N64 in Japan lol)
It makes sense to choose the PS360 over the Wii for a lot of companies since their combined powers are stronger and their userbase is more hardcore.... the Wii winning this gen is nothing like when the ps2 and psx totally dominated everything.
|2011-04-15, 05:59
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This gen was a mix bag, mainly because of the introduction of HDtv and the confusion of HD standards, i.e. HDready, FullHD, transmission standard aso.
People keep saying that keeping the Wii as at a SD resolution was a gamble, but if you think about it, PS360 games still looks crap compared PC version at 1080p. The coming gen won't see a big step, 1080p@60fps will be standard, both can be achieve by modifying both 360 and PS3 easily, it would saves R&D and manufacturing costs and help developers save money. However i reckon Sony will ditch home console and go for a portable hybrid market, just slap on a hdmi onto the NGP and problem solved, for at least a whole generation.
|2011-04-15, 06:11
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I give up.
|2011-04-15, 09:24
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|2011-04-15, 13:01
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Everyone who wanted to buy the Wii already did, so there is little room for growth.
For instance, let's say everyone in a city bought the DS in one year. This means no one (generally) in that city will buy the DS the next year, so the sales for the year would go down. However, would you say that the DS is dying?
Maybe you could, but just saying that the situation as a whole is not bad.
|2011-04-15, 14:28
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Nintendo wanting to recapture the hardcore gamers? Yeah, right. Not after the success they've gotten going casual.
These rumors sound more like some fanboy's wishes.
A more powerful console is the last thing that this ill industry needs.
|2011-04-15, 14:50
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however the main possible reason why nintendo need new wii is because the stock is keeping down for couple of year
|2011-04-15, 17:38
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And why would you say "A more powerful console is the last thing that this ill industry needs". Would you expect Nintendo to not make a more powerful successor to the Wii, which is basically as powerful as a GameCube? And since they are making a more powerful successor, it only makes sense to make it more powerful than the competition, being that it is not too expensive to make a console more powerful than the X360 and PS3 in 2011. Plus, Nintendo will probably bring something new to the table, like how they did with the DS, Wii, and 3DS. Wouldn't that be something that "this ill industry needs"?
Also, I'd like to add, it would seem that Nintendo is being more aggressive with this system, in terms of marketing products (the console and controllers) with pretty good tech and smaller profit margins than the Wii (which has always had a large profit margin). If Nintendo is going to be more aggressive in this regard, it wouldn't be too surprising. They have made A LOT of money with the DS systems and the Wii.
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|2011-04-16, 01:27
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If Nintendo released something like Pokemon or another Mario for the Wii for instance, no doubt there will be a good boost in sales. Speaking of Pokemon, there have been rumors that Genius Sen. is making another game...
Definitely going down, but when you get to the top, you can only go down. Rather, if Nintendo's stock went up any more, the pie chart of the stock of game companies would turn into a pac-man again.
My puny mind cannot fathom their greatness.
No problem with more powerful systems, but I just hope it doesn't come with a cost (like the PS3 or FF14).
|2011-04-16, 03:26
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Until this latest generation I was always a fanboy of the nintendo consoles, but when I bought the Wii, I didn't know that the type of video game player I was was being left behind in their marketing and had to make a full transition to the PS3.
I'm too skeptical to go dip in for another Nintendo system just yet, despite what they are saying.
Well, I'll always have my PC games...
|2011-04-16, 03:46
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Overall I haven't been too impressed by this generation. There's been some games I wanted to play, but I'm not spending hundreds of dollars just to play a handful of games.
I'd love to see a "serious" Nintendo console, but that hasn't existed since the SNES imo. N64 did have some gems, but outside of a few games, mainly first party, I spent more time with my PS1/Saturn. Ditto for the Gamecube vs Ps2. Never liked Xbox (or the 360).
I'm sure Nintendo will make money with the next console, but it's been a long time since I've felt the "magic". Motion controls and other gimmicks are neat, but I think the new console shouldn't reinvent the wheel again. Imo, the market doesn't need a "better" Wii, it needs another Super Nintendo, metaphorically speaking.
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|2011-04-16, 13:43
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Nintendo's pretty savvy when it comes to making money. If I remember correctly they've never sold a console at a loss, which is a stark contrast to their competitors. Plus the system specs aren't that outlandish if you think about it. Something a little more powerful than a PS3? Not only do PS3/360 games still look good, but the technology to surpass them is rather cheap compared to five-six years ago.
On the other hand, the controller will probably eat into those cost savings, since it sounds like it'll be crammed with technology. Not that I mind, I just hope they go for something a little more traditional. None of the current gen controllers are overly cheap anyway.
That said, Nintendo almost needs to refocus on better graphics/audio for their next console. The Wii has aged too much, and the PS3/360 still have a few years of life left. Combined with slowing sales, it's easy to see that the marketing and the Wiimote just aren't a big enough draw anymore, and the library is saturated with "casual" games. The lack of good third party support is once again creating a drought like it did with the N64 and Gamecube, which isn't good for their "ocean" philosophy of expanding the market. Hardcores are turned off by Nintendo these days and the casual market is tapped out. Plus, Sony and MS have both made great strides in catching up to Nintendo's casual gaming niche and both offer superior online services.
In any case, I'm sure whatever they do, it'll print money.
|2011-04-16, 14:28
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Lets put it this way, the Wii wasn't built with planned obsolescence the way Sony consoles did and resulted in a massive civil lawsuit over it because people had to constantly rebuy faulty products
Anyways, am anticipating E3 even more than ever now!
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String of bombs targeting Iraq Shiites, security forces leaves at least 26 dead
BAGHDAD Bombs striking Shiite neighborhoods, security forces and other targets across Iraq killed at least 26 people Sunday, officials said, in the latest instance of coordinated violence to take a sectarian bent and undermine confidence in the beleaguered government.
The deadliest attack came in the town of Taji, a former al Qaeda stronghold just north of Baghdad, where three explosive-rigged cars went off within minutes of each other. Police said eight people died and 28 were injured in the back-to-back blasts that began around 7:15 a.m.
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Somewhere in a quiet corner of the White House tonight, Barack Obama is no doubt weeping after learning that Amber Lee Ettinger, who became famous as "Obama Girl" during the 2008 campaign, has said she's just not that into him anymore. Sigh. She told the Daily Caller, she's "not as excited as I was the last time, that's for sure." Welcome to love, Amber. It starts off as a mindblowing crush and after four years you realize that the person you were once unconditionally smitten with is actually a human being with major faults and a totally uncooperative Congress, er, I mean a habit of leaving his socks all over the apartment.
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Lil' Gabe is 3 and a half now and so it's very important that we always have a ready supply of fruit snacks. If we're out shopping or at the bank or whatever, fruit snacks have the ability to soothe the savage three year old. We like to let Gabe pick out his own fruit snacks and he usually will choose Spider-Man or maybe SpongeBob. However I came home recently and found these in the pantry.
I would love to know what sick bastard at Kellogs came up with this genius idea. I just spent the first three years of my sons life trying to get him not to eat blocks, and now you're telling him they taste like fucking strawberries. Thanks a lot assholes. Seriously, how in the hell did this ever get past their legal department. You can't tell me that this isn't a lawsuit just waiting to happen. I can only assume that their next product is fruit flavored thumbtacks.
It's an interesting problem from a products-safety-law point of view. The Lego Fun Snacks are harmless in themselves. They just make Legos dangerous.


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Harold J. Wanebo, MD, FACS, attended the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine. Following his graduation in 1961, he went on to intern at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and serve his surgical residency training at the University of California, San Francisco, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where he trained in tumor immunology. Dr. Wanebo is a board certified in general surgery with the American Board of Surgery. He is an active member of the American Head and Neck Society, the Society of Surgical Oncology, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Wanebo is an extensively published author and has spent 2 years in the army with 1 year in Vietnam. He feels that his success is attributable to the support of his wife and his love of medicine. As a result of his outstanding performance in the field of surgical oncology, The International Association of HealthCare Professionals (IAHCP) has selected Harold J. Wanebo, MD, FACS, to be featured in the premier publication of The Leading Physicians of the World. When he is not tending to his patients, he enjoys skiing, playing the piano, and cancer research. For more information about Harold J. Wanebo, MD, FACS, please visit http://www.rwmc.org/.
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A Dallas rabbi invoked a scripture lesson from Second Samuel Thursday for modern-day Texans to ponder as they struggle over a new budget.
A rich man with a massive flock of sheep enriched himself further by taking the single, prized lamb of a poor man. King David flew into a rage when he learned of the injustice and made things right, noted Rabbi Asher Knight of Temple Emanue-El, largest synagogue in the South.
The groups are fighting against budget cuts for education, health care and job training. They are lamenting a budget that the Texas Senate approved this week – even though it spends about $12 billion more than the House version.
Dozens of leaders from San Antonio's COPS Metro, Houston's TMO (The Metropolitan Organization) and their affiliate organizations across Texas want lawmakers to pull more money out of the state's $9.4 billion Rainy Day Fund than the slightly over $3 billion maximum endorsed by leaders including Gov. Rick Perry
"It's raining!" the Rev. John D. Ogletree, Jr. said as he opened an umbrella. "Not only is it raining, it is thundering. It's pouring."
Ogletree, founder and senior pastor of the First Metropolitan Church, is also president of the Cypress-Fairbanks ISD school board.
Many Texans are still absorbing the budget and trying to assess the impact of steep budget cuts, he said. The Senate budget would cut about $4 billion from public education; the House version would cut more than $7 billion. Massive cuts also are in the works for health care.
Ogletree speculated that "rational people" don't want to jeopardize the state's future and predicted that many Texans will respond in next year's election.
"I would hate to say, 'don't give us any more money out of the rainy day fund – see you at the election' because people are going to get hurt,'" the pastor and school board leader said.
Massive budget cuts will rally people, he said.
Several lawmakers joined the group.
"We need working families coming to the Capitol to let their views known," Sen. Chuy Hinojosa, D-McAllen, said. "We have to fight back. We have to speak out for the simple reason that (the budget) will cripple education, damage health care and risk the safety of the general public. We have the money, but we don't have political will to access those (rainy day) funds."
Rep. Dee Margo, R-El Paso, voted for the House budget bill and was the only Republican lawmaker who attended the Industrial Areas Foundation meeting.
The "only hope" of developing a better budget rests on taking money out of the rainy day fund, Margo said.
"We need to use more. That's where the debate will be. How much are we willing to use? That will be the debate for the next several weeks," said Margo, who sits on the House Appropriations Committee.
Last session, the Texas IAF Organizations worked with Comptroller Susan Combs and Lt. Governor David Dewhurst to create the $25 million Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Fund. This includes the $10 million Launch pad Fund for successful nonprofits such as Capital IDEA in Austin, Project QUEST in San Antonio, Project VIDA in the Rio Grande Valley, and ARRIBA in El Paso. These projects train adults earning on average $10,000 before entering the program for jobs which pay $38,000 on average after graduation.
The jobs training programs are in danger of being abolished.
That would be a dark day for Texas, said Gloria Aceves, 25, of San Antonio who will graduate next week from San Antonio College as a registered nurse thanks to the Project QUEST program. She had been earning minimum wages at a grocery store, struggling to raise her son. Now, she is close to getting a $40,000 to $50,000 a year job.
Her message to lawmakers: "Continue to invest in those (job training programs). If it wasn't for Project QUEST and JET, I wouldn't be able to do it – to find work part time and also trying to raise my son on my own."


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It's important to learn how to read sexual energy in the world. In our busy lives we get hit by so much, so fast. Sexual vibes are a major part of that assault (especially relevant if you're an overwhelmed empath). Many of us don't realize we're exposed to them everywhere, are clueless about what we ourselves give off. Some vibes invigorate: a sweet good-night kiss; an acquaintance flashes you a winning smile; a friend admires how sexy you look. In contrast, negative vibes abrade: a construction worker's cat whistle on your way to work; a business associate calls you "babe"; another passenger on the train keeps ogling you. Signals come in. You're the receiver. Get accustomed to reading them.
As an Energy Psychiatrist, part of knowing my patients is reading their energy, from emotional to sexual. This doesn't require touching or even talking. Here's what I do: A new patient sits in my waiting room. I open the door. The first few seconds, I quietly notice my body responding as a kind of litmus paper registering their vibes. Some people exude a natural balanced sexuality. But, often, in our culture, both men and women are taught to lead with sexual energy, whether they're aware of doing so or not. Pow! In some people it's downright obnoxious, not respectful of boundaries. I read other patients' sexual energy as anesthetized, mummified, or withheld, particularly with the abused. Here an awakening is called for.
I'd like you to begin to notice the effect of sexual vibes in small and large interactions. The knack is to identify them, especially the dicey ones, so you won't protectively glaze over in the daily hubbub. Sometimes, in the bank line or car wash, you may feel someone's vibes just by being near their energy field. The person need not specifically "do" anything. On the other hand, think about flirting, an erotic energy exchange which is often intentional. A provocative word. A come-hither glance. Your energy meter may register such gestures as positive--a possible prelude to romance--or negative, a smarmy imposition. No right or wrong about your intuitions. What matters is how you feel around a persons energy.
For scooping out vibes, here are some trusty indicators:
Now you're going to put the above signs to work. The gist of this exercise is to notice how your body intuitively responds when gauging the vibes of someone new or familiar. It could be a romantic interest or not. Get used to tuning into this aspect of people. Pay special attention to sensations in your sexual energy center. I intuitively sense this area as a flower: around some people it opens, around others it tightens up. See what your response is. In addition ask yourself: Am I generally relaxed with how he or she projects sexuality? Repelled? Neutral? Rate the intensity. Is the energy too much? Just right? Not enough? Don't make excuses for the person. When it comes to intrusive energy, a cigar is usually a cigar. Call it like it is. Practice self-care by moving toward vibes which suit your sexual wavelength.


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UPDATE: The Staples campaign plopped down a whole lot more on media buys than previously reported. A campaign spokesman late Tuesday said via email the Staples camp filed an amended report reflecting statewide media buys totaling $2.5 million, up from the roughly $590,000 listed in the report originally released online. That changes previously reported spending totals for three of the candidates from a combined $4.2 million to more than $6 million.
AUSTIN — Three of the four Republicans running for lieutenant governor dropped big sums of money during the first three weeks of 2014 — a total of more than $6 million — as the GOP slugfest for the state's second highest elected office girds for the home stretch.
Fundraising reports for candidates running contested races in the March 4 primary were made publicly available Tuesday. They cover the period between Jan. 1 and Jan. 23.
The reports show Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, facing the toughest re-election campaign of his career, again out raised his three opponents. He reported bringing in about $253,000 and spending a little more than $1.1 million during the period.
Dewhurst's campaign has roughly $648,000 left in the bank (the caveat: Dewhurst can tap his vast personal wealth at any point and loan his campaign millions, if necessary).
State Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, raised $150,000 in the same time frame but spent a whopping $2.3 million. About $2 million went to TV ads, according to his filing.
He has $289,000 left in the bank. Patrick has loaned his campaign a total of $1.25 million, according to state filings.
Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples raised $159,000 and spent about $2.5 million on TV and radio ads (the campaign originally reported spending $780,000 but has filed an amended report to reflect total spending of about $2.7 million). He reported having $600,000 cash on hand.
And Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson said he raised $36,000 during the three-week period. He has $448,000 in the bank and spent the least of all four, dropping just $151,000.
The lite guv race has proven to be the feistiest of all the GOP primaries. Dewhurst is leading the race but trying to avoid a run-off.
With a full month before the primary, the four still have a combined total of about $2 million left to blow and will report fundraising figures again on Feb. 24.
The winner of the GOP primary will face San Antonio Decmocrat state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, who is running uncontested in the primary and did not have to file a report for the period.


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Texting Celebrates 20th Anniversary
(NEW YORK) -- Monday marks the 20th anniversary of the world's first text message.
Exactly 20 years ago, on Dec. 3, 1992, 22-year-old British engineer Neil Papworth sent the first-ever SMS -- Short Messaging Service -- from his computer to a friend's Orbitel 901 mobile phone. The message read: "Merry Christmas."
Little did Papworth know that that one little SMS would become known as a text, with billions of them being sent around the world.
An SMS is sent from one phone to another on a narrow slice of cellular bandwidth called the control channel. That's an always-there connection that's used to inform phones of incoming calls and signal strength.
The control channel's small size is the reason for the strict character cap on a text message's length. The limit is 160 characters, which is why Twitter, which was originally based on SMS, limits tweets to 140 characters. That allows it to include the text plus the sender in a single message.
On its 20th anniversary, SMS usage is declining worldwide and being replaced by a wide range of alternatives, including Apple's iMessage and Facebook messaging. SMS will likely continue to decline as more people buy smartphones.
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Sgt. Boggs has posted part 1 of his interview with an Iraqi general. The general is in charge of security in the area where Sgt. Boggs is serving and Sgt. Boggs believes that General Ali's story represents a success that should be more widely known.
Part 2 of the interview with Gneral Ali is coming Wednesday. Sgt. Boggs writes us that in part 2 "General Ali lets loose on the American media without me even prompting him to do so. He calls them a tool of the terrorists." Thanks to Hugh Hewitt, who has forwarded the message from Sgt. Boggs and whose site is down until Wednesday while it moves to Hugh's new digs at Townhall.


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I just hate hate hate the breathless hysteria of the media every single time a new "hot zone" bubbles to the surface. Be it Bird Flu, SARS, Salmonella-flavored spinach, MRSA or what have you, it's panic first, think later. I only wish I could program my browser to automatically mark read every article containing the word "swine."
On the advice of the Committee, the WHO Director-General decided on the following.
The Director-General has raised the level of influenza pandemic alert from the current phase 3 to phase 4.
The change to a higher phase of pandemic alert indicates that the likelihood of a pandemic has increased, but not that a pandemic is inevitable.
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The Chernobyl disaster (also referred to as the Chernobyl accident or simply Chernobyl) was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the city of Pripyat, then located in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union (USSR). An explosion and fire released large quantities of radioactive particles into the atmosphere, which spread over much of the western USSR and Europe.
The Chernobyl disaster was the worst nuclear power plant accident in history in terms of cost and casualties. It is one of only two classified as a level 7 event (the maximum classification) on the International Nuclear Event Scale, the other being the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011. The battle to contain the contamination and avert a greater catastrophe ultimately involved over 500,000 workers and cost an estimated 18 billion rubles. During the accident itself, 31 people died, and long-term effects such as cancers are still being investigated.


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A person who makes a group's work easier by structuring and guiding the participation of group members. The Facilitator Excellence Handbook, Fran Rees
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We got a great response. Armed with your questions, and a few of our own, we sat him down with one of his colleagues, Heinrich Huchtkoetter who, it turned out, knew even more. This guy, also German (With a name like that? Surely not! - Ed.), first started working on LSDs in 1988, starting with the front-drive system on the Ford Escort RS turbo. He's been at it ever since.
Remember, these guys are engineers. A simple answer is rarely the right answer. The whole interview was supposed to last 15 minutes but went on nearly an hour. If you've ever got into a discussion about LSDs and felt a bit out of your depth, this is essential reading (even if you might have to do it twice).
Thanks to all those who submitted questions and apologies to those whose didn't make the final cut - as you can see it went on a bit!
So, let's start with an easy one: what is a limited-slip differential?
A differential balances the torque between the wheels. A standard open differential essentially delivers the same amount of torque left and right. A limited-slip differential creates inefficiency by adding friction to transfer torque to one side or the other.
Why would you want an LSD?
First reason of all is traction. If one wheel is spinning, for example on split mu [different surface grip], an LSD can redistribute torque. If, for example, you have 1,000Nm available, you can have 100Nm on one side and 900Nm on the other side, instead of 500Nm on both sides.
Cornering is also improved. If you go through a bend at high speed the inner wheel becomes lighter and lighter until it begins to spin. An intelligent or passive torque-sensing differential can distribute torque to the outside to give an oversteering yaw moment to help you into the bend.
When you accelerate out of a bend you typically understeer because the front axle becomes light. If you add additional torque to the outside via an LSD (it doesn't matter whether it's on the front or the rear), that pulls the vehicle in and gives less understeer.
Another advantage is the opposite. Every LSD reduces throttle-off [lift-off] oversteer in a bend to a quite significant extent. Same goes for lane changing manoeuvres. If the vehicle becomes unstable the LSD more or less automatically reduces torque to stabilise and that's yaw damping.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the traditional so-called mechanical or passive systems, ie, viscous coupling and torque-sensing LSDs?
An example of a firm who likes viscous coupling LSD is Subaru. Now they've replaced more of less all their LSDs with brake intervention but until 2007-2008 it was in basically in all of them, both in the centre and the rear. It's still the cheapest technology both in four-wheel drive coupling and a fairly simple limited-slip diff, albeit with limitations. Japan is really the only remaining market for viscous coupling and that is declining.
Torque-sensing gave its name to Torsen [a branded LSD now owned by Japanese engineering firm JTEKT]. All the Audi Quattros had Torsen centre diff and the rear as well.
In the Lancia Delta Integrale, the centre LSD was a viscous coupling and the rear was a Torsen.
The main disadvantage of torque-sensing LSD is that immediately the wheel is in air you totally lose the drive force. It's just gone. If a race car is driven hard over a kerb, forget it.
On the other hand, if all four wheels are on the road and the given torque bias gives a relatively reproducible behaviour you can steer the car by sliding on the throttle, which many people like.
You've heard of torque-biased ratio in LSD. For speed-sensing LSDs like viscous couplings you will not find it, because it's dependent on the wheel speed difference. If you're accelerating in the bend you need some speed to make the inner wheel spin and that's what some people don't like.
But you can't really say, this is good, this is bad. Put people from Audi who love Torsen LSD together with, 10 years ago, Land Rover, who loved viscous coupling, and they would kill each other.
Both systems have advantages and disadvantages and you cannot say one is definitely better than the other.
Will brake-steer [ie ESP] systems replace mechanical diffs in the coming future?
[Thinks it bit]
OK, to a certain extent, yes.
If you are on a split-mu gradient with a front-wheel-drive vehicle and you try to start, the wheel on the ice or mud starts to spin and maybe you go backwards because you don't have enough driving force.
So what the traction control/ESP people do is they brake the spinning wheel, meaning half the power coming from the gearbox is braked away. It could be that the remaining torque cannot move the vehicle. What ESP does is brake specific wheels, you feel it and it's a bit intrusive. If you are a little bit too fast ESP can brake the whole vehicle. It's not just braking individual wheels but also reducing engine power.
I wouldn't say it would never replace LSD. They are becoming better. But the problem is that brake power can be more than 1,000hp. So you have much more power in your brakes than any engine. But a slipping wheel maybe has 10-20hp, so if you have to control a wide range like 1,000hp, you're not very accurate. That's why it's so intrusive.
So you say, why don't they just apply a little bit? Well they can't, it's not sensitive enough. But that's improving, from each generation of ESP to the next.
Can LSD/diff technology help very powerful front-wheel drive cars in the future? Application so far has been a miss and hit (head-on) affair!
The Megane Renaultsport is a good example. It has a helical LSD through the front axle [a GKN product], which is very similar to a Torsen.
The good thing is that you can give torque-sensing LSD a torque bias but, once you have fixed it, every car is the same.
To define the torque bias ratio on a front-wheel-drive car is always a compromise between torque steer, traction, vehicle dynamics, throttle-off reaction and ABS compatibility. If you accelerate on split mu you want an infinite torque bias ratio, more or less, but that will give a lot of torque steer. You get the ABS and ESP people saying, 'oh, don't make it so high because you make it difficult for us.'
On an electronic diff, especially with the Twinster [a stunning GKN front-drive LSD that replaces the standard vehicle clutch with one for each driven wheel], you can have one coupling completely open and the other one actuating. That's not possible with the torque-sensing one. Having two independent units gives you a lot of freedom.
What's next technology-wise for mechanical diffs? The E92 M3 uses the same diff (slightly modified) as the E46 M3's which is 'old technology'. Is there anything new on the cards or are electronic diffs the future?
[Note: GKN makes the speed-sensing viscous coupling Visco Lok LSD for BMW M cars, a product that ends with the current M3. GKN has confirmed the new M3 will have the M5 and M6's electronic diff.]
You have competition from two sides. Brake (ESP) systems are getting better and the makers are promoting eLSD and torque vectoring by brake. Basically it's an offer for free. If a vehicle has ESP, it has that functionality without that additional cost.
That's for the OEMs. That's the most important point. Every time you demonstrate cars with a limited-slip diff it's pretty easy to convince the vehicle dynamics guys. But the marketing guys, they say, 'OK, maybe brake intervention or mimicking LSD by brakes it's not that comfortable and the vehicle dynamic people don't like it so much, but ... I have it for free!'
And even if a passive limited-slip diff is, let's say, 100 euros, they say why should we spend it?
Where does that leave electronic diffs?
Electronic diffs are more expensive. The benefits outweigh the additional cost, but the biggest hurdle is not the piece price but the cost of integrating it into the vehicle. They can run into several hundred thousand euros for a single model.
PHer rhinochopig asks:
Electric motor-in-wheel technology, will, in all likelihood, kill off the diff as four independently controlled motors can provide the ultimate in torque vectoring. Given that, where do you see the future of GKN?
[Note: LSDs are a very small part of GKN Driveline's 2.8bn euro revenue (2010 figs), but the future role of in-wheel motors is an interesting point.]
They're very much like a twin-clutch electronic LSD in that they individually control both wheels. However, the wheel becomes much heavier so you have problems with suspension, with unsprung masses. Also, how do you get the current in? The wheel is moving, the rest of the car isn't, so you need cables to get 400-600 volts in that are absolutely reliable. I wouldn't say it will never come, but not in the near future.
PHer RenesisEvo asks:
What is your view on the impact of the increasing complexity of LSDs on issues such as reliability, servicing and maintenance? Do you think the new technology is contributing meaningfully to a significant level, or just another feature that could go wrong?
Before you get into serious production the carmaker will get the reliability he wants to have. If you're talking about safety in terms of software failures there's a specific procedure called automotive safety integrity level [ASIL], ranging from A to D. If it's D, you have to make everything redundant, like in an aircraft. ESP is the best example.
Wouldn't a mechanical system be more reliable than an electronic one?
I don't think so. In particular the torque-sensing differential's reliability was a big issue. Because they create friction, they create noise and they have wear.
With old-fashioned torque-sensing plate differentials, depending on driving style, after 60,000-80,000km the effect is just gone. Years ago we had an Opel Omega with a ZF differential, we bought it with 80,000km on the clock and measured the torque bias ratio. In one direction it was 18 per cent and in the other direction it was 13 per cent. Even an open differential, a new one which is a little bit sticky, has similar figures to this.
Doesn't it completely cheese you off when some company programmes the ESP and then describes it as an electronic limited-slip differential?
Yes, it does, I think that's wrong. The first pure traction control was before ESP was available and that was VW and they called it EDS, an acronym for a German word that meant electronic limited-slip differential. Which it isn't. But who defines what a limited-slip differential is? It's not a protected device. So if they call it an electronic LSD then it is, but for me a limited-slip differential is something with a differential and not with brakes.
What is the advantage of GKN's ETM [electronic torque manager] diff on the new M5 and M6 over the old viscous coupling system [Visco Lok]? How will drivers feel the difference?
Visco Lok was purely passive. For BMW test drivers it was OK, but for the average M customer it will be much easier to drive the new M5 on the limit than with the older system. It's easier to accelerate out of bends closer to the limit, because the torque is more controllable. For example, with the Visco Lok if you step hard on the throttle, you can also the spin the outside wheel too much and that can bring it into a drift. If you don't want a drift you have to control it somewhere in between.
We can do that because we are looking at steering angle, what gear the automatic box is in, we have signals from the Canbus telling us how much torque the engine is currently delivering, we can look at the throttle position to see how much power the driver is requesting.
So what about drifting? Is this going to help or hamper those who want to?
When BMW approached us before Visco Lok it said do you have a limited-slip differential that allows the driver who wants to to keep the vehicle in a constant drift on a circle. For drifting you need the differential almost closed, like the two wheels are connected to each other. Visco Lok is a speed-sensing system, so you need some slipping on the inner wheel before it can cut in. There's a delay. When you step on the throttle you feel that the inner wheel is spinning and the locking torque is building up. Before that there's a slight ramp in the torque in the outside wheel. And that reduces the side forces on this wheel relatively quickly.
The guys who were used to it could deal with Visco Lok. I personally am a reasonable driver, but rear-wheel drive with 500hp is not my special area, so when I drove the old M5 accelerating out of a bend on the handling track with Visco Lok I was almost afraid to push the throttle, the transition from neutral into oversteer is quite quick. With the new one the transition from one situation to another was softer and I felt much safer.


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Backstage Diary: Autumn/ Winter 2013-14
05 Mar 2013
THE catwalk may be where we first see the autumn/winter 2013-14 collections in full, but backstage is where all of the action happens. From hair and make-up to last-minute fittings - as well as a chance for models to catch up after a season apart - the atmosphere behind the scenes is always electric. So, from Cara Delevingne and Jourdan Dunn striking a pose backstage at Jason Wu to Tammy Kane showing off her baby girl at Christopher Kane, we've collated the best moments from backstage at the shows.


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This thread has no topic...well technically that isn't true, but the topic is free form, and completely open. What I would like to see is a jumble of random thoughts, pictures, or whatever else you want to post. I will not set any rules because that would go counter to my belief that any topic in any form is acceptable so long as it does not violate the policies of the forum. I would like to see anyone who quotes a post of another person not reply specifically to their post, but riff off of it. This should be kind of like improvisational comedy or jazz. Just post whatever, and it doesn't even have to make sense.
I will start.
I'll bet unicorns taste like zebra without the dark meat.
My ear itches.


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10. My kids laughing about "Adventures with the Mom-Mom" which means one of the many times I hauled them off to a cemetery to find some ancestors! :)
9. Leaving a "message in a bottle" on the headstone of an ancestor buried in an unmaintained country cemetery and being contacted within a year by the direct descendent who had purchased the new headstone that had peaked my interest.
8. Finding my great great grandmother's grave after she wasn't were she was suppose to be according to her will. It just happened to be a cemetery by the same name just in Oklahoma City where she lived instead of Pennsylvania with her father's family like she had requested.
7. Digging up a receipt for a bronze vase that my great grandfather purchased for my great grandmother's headstone c. 1960, faxing it to the cemetery forty years later, and having them replace the missing vase free of charge.
6. Finding the original land warrant in the Virginia archives that belonged to my father-in-law's ancestor and framing a copy of it and giving it to him for Christmas.
5. Having my Dad selected to be a DNA baseline for a subgroup of the Wells surname because my line was well researched. I was on top of the world when he matched the other men from all over the country who were also selected as the baselines.
4. Tracing a man from a letter written around 1940 in which he expressed his fear of being murdered. Using census, birth, marriage, and divorce records as well as current Intellius and property records I found him alive and well and living within 20 miles of me. I spoke to his son on the phone to verify that he was the same man.
3. Meeting a cousin who grew up without her father and being able to email her a link to our family tree. She had no idea about anyone in her ancestry. She had so many questions and I actually had the answers. Every sleepless night, every moment spent researching and recording actually made a difference to someone in my lifetime. I gave her a family :)
2. Retracing my great great grandfather's footsteps. Finding his company's office building in a 1918 city directory. Visiting the building that was still standing. Finding the one person in the building that had an original floor plan and locating my great great grandfather's office. The floor that his office was on was closed to the public for renovations. However, since that time the building has been converted to a high class hotel and last year I walked into the room that was his office 90 years ago.
1. Being inducted into the DAR after finishing my grandmother's work she never had the opportunity to finish. I remember her unfurling a family tree on a large brown piece of paper with circles traced from quarters. I was about 12 years old. She pointed to the man at the top and said, "One day you will be a member of the DAR." It all began in that moment...


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1948 Eclectic
Hunters Paradise
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- 1st Floor Bath
- 1st Floor Bedroom
- Bonus Room
- Den
- Dining room
- Finished Basement
- Kitchen
- Laundry Room
- Living room
- 2 Car Garage
- Driveway - Paved
- Guest House
- Patio
- Built-in Bookcases
- Ceiling Fans
- Ceramic Tile
- Fireplaces
- Wood floors
- Slate Roof
- City water supply
- Dishwasher
- Range
- Diesel heat on ground floor.
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The Evans House
The houses sit on top of a 3 acre parcel surrounded by pines and hardwoods. They are in a private, serene hilltop location.
The property is located approximately:
1 mile south of Butler, AL.
45 minutes drive east of Meridian, MS.
100 miles north of Mobile, AL.
6 miles west of the Tombigbee River.
30 minutes drive north of Bladon Springs State
30 minutes drive north of the Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge where visitors can enjoy sport fishing, boating, hiking, and big game archery hunts. Wildlife includes wood ducks, winter waterfowl and bald eagles.
The guest house has been rented four months of the year for 13 years to the same hunters from Louisiana.
The area offers:
World class whitetail deer and turkey hunting.
A local country club with 18 hole golf course.
A new public school in Butler.
Archived in June, 2012
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Medicinal Action: Clove relieves toothaches, flu, sore muscles, arthritis, colds and bronchial congestion. It destroys intestinal parasites and is a good addition to a heating liniment.
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Don't forget to take a look at the new Daisy & Friends at Christmas CD by Joanna Sheen featuring artwork by Linnie - it's packed full of Linnies cute, hand-drawn character illustrations and there are coloured and non-coloured digistamp versions of every topper .
You can have a look inside the CD HERE and you can see lots of lovely samples HERE and of course you can purchase a copy HERE.
The winner of last weeks challenge, chosen at random, is:
Our Top Three from last week has been chosen by Daisy Diva May, no easy task again with so many stunning entries, she has chosen the following three gorgeous entries:
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LONDON (Reuters) - An elderly woman was found beheaded at a house in a north London suburb on Thursday, British media reported, in an incident that police said did not appear to be terrorist related.
Officers said they were called to the house in Edmonton following reports of a man armed with a knife, and found the woman's body in the garden. She was named as 82-year-old Palmira Silva who detectives believe is of Italian descent.
"Whilst it is too early to speculate on what the motive behind this attack was I am confident, based on the information currently available to me, that it is not terrorist related," said Detective Chief Inspector John Sandlin who is leading the investigation.
He declined to confirm reports that the woman had been beheaded, or say what weapon was used in the attack.
Police said a man, 25, had been arrested on suspicion of murder by armed officers at the scene after they used a stun gun. One officer suffered a suspected broken wrist during the arrest.
Earlier, there was an attempt to attack two other people at a house on the same street but they escaped unharmed.
The reported nature of the killing had prompted speculation that the murder might be a terrorism incident after last year's gruesome murder of a British soldier in London, and the recent release of videos by Islamic State jihadists showing two U.S. journalists being beheaded apparently by a British national.
"This is was a highly visible attack in broad daylight on a residential street," said Sandlin in a statement. "I can understand why this may cause people concern, however we are confident that we are not looking for anyone else at this stage."
Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by Stephen Addison and Dominic Evans


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The Roto-Spin tool strips the jacket of electric or communication cables and facilitates and speeds up cable preparation for electrical or fiber-optic connections. The tool features a swiveling blade to ring and straight-cut cable jackets in one easy operation. A foolproof system accurately sets blade penetration using a rotary cam that has 16 depth-of-cut settings to precisely set blade penetration. Cable-stripping length is set with a sliding cable stop. The tool allows easy-blade replacement with blade storage provided in the cable stop. Seatek Co. Inc.
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Strøget is the longest car-free street in the world and the most popular shopping area in Copenhagen. But in addition to a large number of shops, Strøget also offers numerous other attractions and is the perfect place for an afternoon stroll.
In the 1960s, Copenhagen gradually became busier and more congested and the small streets were unable the handle the amount of traffic. The region was made a car-free zone and named Strøget. The zone runs from Radhusplads to Kongens Nytorv and encompasses various streets, alleyways and squares. The selection of shops ranges from expensive brand stores to small boutiques and everything in between. The great advantage of Strøget is that one can easily combine shopping with some sightseeing. The region boasts many fine examples of Danish architecture. A variety of street artists create a lively atmosphere.


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Scandella's late goal leads Wild past Blackhawksby Dan Myers
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota Wild defenseman Marco Scandella picked a good time to score his first goal of the season.
Scandella's wrist shot from the point went through traffic and beat Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford with 1:48 remaining in regulation, lifting the Wild to a 4-3 victory Thursday night. The win was Minnesota's second in three games against the defending Stanley Cup Champions this season and marked the Wild's first regulation victory at home over the Blackhawks since Oct. 27, 2008.
"We were relentless tonight," Scandella said after the Wild rallied in the third period after blowing a 2-0 lead. "It was a great test for us, especially going down [in the third period], and against a team like Chicago, to come back, it's a great feeling."
Both teams coughed up third-period leads in an exciting - and sometimes sloppy - sprint to the finish.
After Jeremy Morin's goal with 16.6 seconds remaining in the second period pulled Chicago within 2-1, the Blackhawks tied the game 43 seconds into the third period when Brandon Saad picked Ryan Suter's pocket at the Wild blue line and beat Josh Harding with a snap shot just under the crossbar. Saad's unassisted goal was his eighth of the season.
The Hawks (20-6-4) went ahead for the first time almost six minutes later. With Nino Niederreiter off for holding, Marian Hossa cruised down the left wall and beat Harding just inside the far post for his 12th of the season.
But the Wild (17-8-5) were able to capitalize on a late power play of their own when defenseman Jonas Brodin's shot deflected off Chicago defenseman Johnny Oduya and past Crawford with 5:39 to play in regulation, setting up Scandella's late heroics.
Brodin leads the Wild defensemen with five goals.
"A couple penalty kills off us and that's the differential tonight," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. "It's a game we had right where we wanted it. We needed a kill and we didn't get it done."
Wild coach Mike Yeo said his team got what it deserved despite having to work a little harder to get the victory that for most of the night appeared inevitable.
"That was probably 57 of the best minutes we've played all year," Yeo said. "You're not going to play perfect against that team. They have a boatload of skill and they find ways to make plays. But I thought we did a really good job of limiting them, for the most part."
The Wild went ahead 4:23 into the game when Matt Cooke took a nice feed from Torrey Mitchell and snapped a shot over Crawford's glove for his fifth goal of the season and second in three games. The goal snapped a six-game streak in which the Wild had been held scoreless in the opening 20 minutes of play.
Minnesota pushed its lead to 2-0 at 16:59 of the second with a power-play goal that started on a shot from the point by Jason Pominville. The puck hit Dany Heatley in front and caromed right to Zach Parise at the right post; he slammed his 12th of the season past Crawford.
But Morin's goal late in the period changed the complexion of the game and gave Chicago life.
"That goal at the end of the second period sure gave them some life and they came out [in the third] and capitalized right off the hop," Yeo said. "There was a few minutes where we weren't on the top of our game or at our very best, but other than that, I thought we were very solid tonight."
The Wild improved to 13-0-3 when leading after 40 minutes this season. Josh Harding made 16 saves for his 15th victory of the season. Crawford, the NHL leader with 17 victories, stopped 19 shots.
Chicago has lost back-to-back games for the first time since Oct. 24-26. Their lead over third-place Minnesota in the Central Division standings is five points. The Blackhawks are three points ahead of the second-place St. Louis Blues, but the Blues have three games in hand. Chicago heads home for the second half of back-to-back games Friday against the Anaheim Ducks at United Center.
Minnesota, winners of two straight, will also play the second of back-to-back games Friday at the Columbus Blue Jackets.


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Phone contracts with a free Fitbit Charge 2 HR explained
When you agree to a mobile phone contract, some contracts come with a free gift. This means when your new handset is delivered - as part of your new mobile contract - you'll also receive an additional something.
This gift could be anything from a gift card or an iPad to a stereo or a games console. It all depends on what that particular mobile provider is giving away.
You can see all the free gifts currently available with mobile phone contracts by searching our deal table. Use the 'Free Gift' dropdown menu to filter on a particular gift - such as, for example, an Amazon Echo or a PS4. Filter by the Advanced Options to search by Network such as BT, EE and Vodafone.
Use the additional filters to make sure you find the mobile contract that is right for you. You can filter by handset, monthly cost, contract length, as well as minutes, texts and data allowances.
What are the benefits to choosing a free gift deal?
Whatever your free gift is, whether it's a tablet, TV or gift card, you don't have to pay upfront for it. So, as well as receiving a new handset, you also get a lovely extra with it - hopefully something you want. Or maybe something you can use as a gift for a friend or family member.
Bear in mind the old adage about there being no such thing as a free lunch - in some cases, the cost of the 'free' gift can be spread over the life of your contract. Take this into account when comparing mobile phone contract prices.
Will I have to pay extra shipping costs for my free Fitbit Charge 2 HR?
Most mobile contract providers will offer free delivery with your free gift, but if you�re worried about this, you should double-check before you take out a new mobile contract.
How do I find a cheap mobile phone contract with a free Fitbit Charge 2 HR?
It's easy to find an affordable phone contract that works for you and one which comes with a free Fitbit Charge 2 HR.
Search our deals table and use the various filters to find the right deal. You can search by handset and by minutes, texts and data allowances. Filter by monthly cost and handset cost - and most importantly, search by free gift!
Networks which offer free gifts with contracts
Not all networks offer free gifts with their mobile contracts. Some aim to keep your costs to a minimum and so avoid extras that can push the average monthly cost up, while other networks avoid free gifts but offer other benefits around data rollover, international calls and free social apps etc.
Here are some networks that do offer free gifts:
BT Mobile
If you take out a mobile contract with BT Mobile, you'll receive a BT Reward Card of a certain value - £10, £30, £50, £70 or £90. You can spend this card - pre-loaded with money - on shopping and everyday purchases. Most BT Mobile contracts are for 24 months and include unlimited calls and texts. As a general rule, the more you spend on a BT mobile contract, the higher the value of the BT Reward card you will receive.
Offering a great range of extras with contracts that include lots of different handsets, EE are worth checking out if you're determined to get your hands on a free gift. Most of their deals offer unlimited minutes and texts with varying data allowances over 24-month contracts. EE's extensive range of free gifts include an Acer laptop, Amazon Echo, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV Stick, Amazon Kindle, Beats Headphones, Fitbit Alta, iPad Mini 4, PS4 or Sonos Play 3. At the cheaper end of EE's mobile contracts is a deal that includes Amazon Kindle with a Nokia 3310 handset, while a more expensive contract could get you an Xbox One with a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 handset.
O2 offers a range of free gifts with their contracts such as an Amazon Kindle, Beats Headphones, Fitbit Alta, PS4, Sonos Play 3 and Xbox One. Depending on your call, text and data needs, find the contract that�s right for you - including the right handset, whether it's a Motorola Moto C or an Apple iPhone 7. Most of O2's mobile phone contracts available in our deals table are for 24 months.
Depending on the type of mobile contract and handset you go for, you could be walking away with some Beats Headphones, a Fitbit Alta, an Amazon Kindle or a PS4 when you sign up with Vodafone. Choose from a wide selection of handsets from Nokia and LG to Sony, Samsung and Apple, and see if you can get your free gift of choice, depending on your call, text and data requirements.
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London Wasps have won numerous trophies and leagues in the last decade - the question is: how much of it can you remember?
To help jog your memory we've pulled out a few Wasps statistics from over the years and the odd quirky "Did you know?".
Did you know for example that Wasps used to be part of Hampstead Football Club, but the club split in two, creating Harlequin F.C. and Wasps?
Indeed, Wasps was one of the earliest and well established clubs, so much so that they were invited to become a founding member of the RFU. However, a mix over the address for their inauguration ceremony led to them missing the ceremony and being excluded as a founding member of the RFU. Rumour has it the club representative spent some time in a pub of the same name as the venue and after one too many, couldn't find the correct venue.
Wasps are currently struggling to find form for a team that have all the major honours over the years. Since the turn of the Century they've won the English Championship four times and the Heineken Cup twice.
Over the last decade their team sheets have read like roll calls for the England Team, Dallaglio, Dawson, Haskell, Lewsey and Vickery to name a few.
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For months, House Republicans have been trying to wriggle out of the agreement they made in August that will force deep cuts in military spending. Now we know how they propose to do it: They will take tens of billions out of programs for the poorest Americans, particularly food stamps, along with health care for the middle class.
The House Agriculture Committee voted on Wednesday to cut $33 billion over the next decade out of food stamps. That would immediately end benefits for two million people, and reduce benefits for the remaining 44 million people who use the program. A family of four would find their benefits lowered by $57 a month beginning in September, according to an analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The committee trimmed job training for food-stamp recipients by 72 percent; 280,000 students would no longer be eligible for free meals.
To understand how callous this vote was, consider the choices the committee and the full House could have made. The budget deal reached last August — the one Republicans triggered with their disastrous debt-ceiling crisis — calls for a painful sequester of $600 billion to both military and domestic spending over a decade. The Republicans could have accepted the military cuts they had agreed to or they could have joined with Democrats in reducing the cuts by raising taxes on the rich.
Instead, the 2013 budget, written by Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, put all the cuts on the domestic side. Representative Mike Conaway, a Texas Republican, explained that the Constitution requires Congress to pay for defense but that food stamps and other domestic programs were lower priorities.
Agriculture was one of six committees ordered to find cuts to protect the military budget. The Ways and Means Committee has to cut $53 billion, and its members have already begun taking most of that money out of health care reform, starting with subsidies for insurance exchanges. The Financial Services Committee is planning to save $35 billion by eliminating the F.D.I.C.'s ability to take over failing banks, and hobbling the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a $5.4 billion cut.
The agriculture committee, told to find $33 billion in cuts, could have substantially reduced the farm subsidies that now amount to more than $15 billion a year. Instead, the entire amount is coming out of food stamps.
The Senate and the White House have said they would reject all the proposed cuts. Earlier this month, the White House budget director told the House that the president would not sign any appropriations bills until it agrees to abide by the spending levels in the budget deal.Continue reading the main story
The extremists who run the House budget process seem willing to force a shutdown later this year to get their way, but they may find themselves isolated. On Thursday, Senate Republican leaders said they would abide by the spending targets in the budget deal. There is still time for them to persuade the House to come to its senses.Continue reading the main story


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Where Is My Mind?
The way I see it, there are two ways to build a computer that can pass this test. The first way is to understand each one of the brain's functionality and implement it by software. This means we must fully comprehend each aspect of human thinking in order to copy these successfully and fool the judge that the computer he's talking to is actually a human. I don't know why, but it seems all the A.I. scientists are trying to go this way when it's clear we will need a full understanding of human psychology, logic, emotions, humor, etc. Seems like passing a Turing test this way is centuries away.
The other method is to focus on how a single brain cell works and interact with other brain cells, and then simply scan a human brain in great detail and recreate the whole neural network in software code. This seems to me like a much easier task since we don't actually have to understand how humans think. We already understand pretty well how a neuron works and the mechanism behind brain cells interaction, so I think it can be achieved in a few decades. One problem with this method is that it may be necessary to slice the brain to small pieces while scanning, meaning the physical scanned human will be killed, but I'm sure there will be plenty of volunteers. Think about it, moving from a carbon-based existence to a silicon-based implementation will make you almost immortal; no aging, no diseases, no car accidents, and you will always be able to backup your brain somewhere and restore it if needed. In addition to that you will have many extra bonuses like almost infinite number of virtual worlds to visit, lightning-fast thinking and more. I believe in a few decades, many people, myself included, will take this leap into virtual-only existence on a hard disk and live in a matrix-like world - probably on some Google hosting server :-)
While uploading the human society, will we take the opportunity to omit old "negative" human behaviors like aggression that was once necessary for human carbon-based biological evolution on Earth, in order to create a "better" human civilization? I don't think a scanned human will agree that a good-behavior-only filter will be applied to his personality while uploading it because it won't be exactly him anymore, so it seems like our new society will be just as good (and bad) as the current one. So what will we do with all this virtual aggression? How about nuking you, the original human society… The existence of a physical civilization outside of our Google server will jeopardize us virtual inhabitants (somebody can push the "off" button on the server), so it's only a matter of time when we (the virtual people) will try and destroy you (the physical people). Since us virtual humans will control every computer in the world and will be able to make decisions and take actions in a matter of nanoseconds – I'm afraid that if you won't agree to give up your physical existence and join us - you're doomed. Sorry, get uploaded or be terminated. Resistance is futile.
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Many of us proudly developed calluses on our fingers as children courtesy of old-school stand-up arcade games. This was a time before every household had the latest console. Relive those long-lost days. Wear this shirt on your next trip to the bowling alley, which is probably the only place in your neighborhood that still has arcade cabinets.


text: History Delta Epsilon Sigma, the national scholastic honor society for students, faculty and alumni of colleges and universities with a Catholic tradition, began at the suggestion of Reverend E. A. Fitzgerald, Dean of Studies at Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa, who in October of 1938 surveyed Catholic colleges and universities concerning their interest in initiating such a society. In 1939 the Committee of Founders, under the chairmanship of Father Fitzgerald, was appointed to draw up a general plan of organization. Subcommittees on Constitution, on Name and Motto, and on Insignia were also appointed. A constitutional convention was held at the Hotel President, Kansas City, Missouri, on March 29, 1940; a provisional constitution was adopted. National meetings between 1941 and 1945 were infrequent because of the war, but the society was kept alive through the efforts of Father Fitzgerald, the National Secretary-Treasurer. In 1947 the Society initiated its official publication, the Delta Epsilon Sigma Bulletin, now known as the Delta Epsilon Sigma Journal. The first major revision of the constitution and bylaws was adopted on April 2, 1959. On May 28, 1976, in the bicentennial year of the United States of America, a new constitution, bylaws and induction ritual were approved by a National Conclave held at Rosemont College in Philadelphia. Minor amendments were made at the Second National Conclave held at the College of St. Rose in Albany, New York, on April 18, 1986, and by mail ballot in 1996. The Alpha Nu Chapter of Delta Epsilon Sigma at Saint Michael's College was established in 1941, one of the first chapters after the initial organization of 31 college chapters in 1940. Currently, over 100 colleges and universities have received charters to establish chapters of Delta Epsilon Sigma.


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I'm using the command line to export a diff using the documentation info: https://sourcegear.com/diffmerge/webhel ... ofile.html
But I would like to export to the new HTML unified format not to text format, but I can't see an option, in the commands. there is a way to do this?
Why I need this, because i'm comparing 2900 files and need to export the result for all the files, and the UI only allows going file by file.
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You only read part of my message, I ask for HTML unified format, not text unified format.
I can do it via UI but I don't see a Command Line switch to do it.
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That's all I have to offer currently. I'll put in a feature request for this functionality.
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