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This week, we published Caregiving journey changed my life, Jacqueline Marcell's poignant tale of the lessons she learned while providing care for her elderly parents. Her difficult, painful but ultimately rewarding experience as a caregiver caused her to write a book called Elder Rage. Marcell discusses first hand the difficulties in getting an accurate diagnosis of senior dementia or Alzheimer's, the conflict that can arise when the roles change in the parent-child relationship and how to manage your own stress when providing care for loved ones.
Have you had to be a caregiver for an elderly relative who was diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer's? What was your experience like? Do you have advice for others in this situation?
July 20th, 2010
5:32 am
I have a father who is very abusive to my husband and I and, all the family who live overseas are treated as gold bullion . My mother is in a nursing home and, even though she has been divorced from my father for 37 odd years, she is allowing him to have contact and influence on her.When they where married he abused her and caused her terrilble emotional harm.My father likes to rule with his money but he can,t buy love – what a pity.
January 29th, 2010
2:32 am
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December 1st, 2009
6:49 pm
I have been taking care of elderly parents 8 years now, and it doesn't get any better…My Dad passed in 2005 and now Mom is at that combative, abusive stage. The only way to get a verbally abusive elder is with humor or to tell them you would like to talk to them about what is bothering them. Maybe the next time your Mother is accused of having affairs SHE needs to speak up and say, "thank you for the compliment, but I really don't have the energy to have any affairs."
If you have chosen to set your life to the side and take care of family matters at hand, I applaud you. But combative abuse cannot be tolerated. It will not get any better, trust me. What you should do is put up hidden cameras to record his behavior because this evidence will come in handy when and if you are ever drilled by the local police department for elder abuse. His loud and or obnoxious comments will be recorded and if he ever physically abuses someone, that will be recorded also. It will also prove that you did not retalliate, if he so claims.
November 8th, 2009
1:04 pm
My 75 year old dad, who is pretty much physically active, has become (sporadic) verbal abusive towards my mother and accuses her of having affairs with other men. They have been married 55 years. This is clearly not his normal personality nor is there any signs of truth to the stories. The verbal abuse is obviously a controlling means and has me perplexed. Any suggestions or help, I don't know which way to turn.
October 21st, 2009
11:32 pm
My mother was placed in a nursing home about three months ago from a hospital stay percipitate by continued falling and memory loss. She is diagnosed with dementia. At first she was fairly calm, but now she has full rage all directed at me. She thinks she can care for herself and that I have placed her there because I don't want to take care of her. First of all, I have a job and secondly, I did take care of her for six years in a little house I bought and placed in my yard so she would be near by. I am trying to let it go as my husband tells me to and realize where it is coming from, but it is very hard. I believe I will stay away for a while to see if the rage will lessen. I don't know what else to do. She threatens violence to me when I go and even threatened to kill me. It is very draining.
October 6th, 2009
9:38 am
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August 3rd, 2009
2:17 pm
my grandfather has dementia. he's 90 years old. about a month ago he fell while going to the bathroom during the night, and a couple other falls during the day due to dehydration. he was in the hospital for a couple weeks and then sent to a convelescence home for another couple of weeks. and he's home and is required to use a walker.
this is where it gets difficult. my grandfather is the most stubborn man i have ever met in my entire life. that is apart of his personality and it makes it more difficulty when it ties into his dementia. we feed him all throughout the day. 5 minutes after he is fed, he asks someone "i need to eat, i haven't eaten all day." when told he was fed, he immediately yells out "i never ate a damn thing all day!" followed by accusing everyone of being a liar and name calling. this has been going on for a several years and getting worse. his memory is becoming and issue. he's lived in his house for over 60 years, and he doesn't believe it is even his house. he thinks he's living in someone elses household and continueously asks when he can go home? where he sleeps? where i sleep? where his wife is (she passes away 5 years ago)? where his brothers are (they've all passed away over the years)? where his mother and father are (they passed away 30 years ago)?
now his leg is not fully healed, and he looks at his walker and thinks its a piece of furniture and is constantly thinking he has to put it somewhere, so he leaves it in his bedroom, or the kitchen, or the living room, and he's walking around the house without his walker.
his attitude towards his family is also a difficult matter. he is constantly forgetting stuff, and automatically if he can't recall something during the day, its not because he can't remember it, its because someone is lying to him. not only that, but he gets angry and yells out mean things to his family, calling us all worthless and that he doesn't need any of us is his life, when he clearly cannot survive without us for no more than a week. he is my grandfather and i love him, but it becomes a burden because i work during the week and am still in school, my other brother still living at home doesn't spend much time at home, and my father can't leave the house for a second, even to start working again, so money is tight as well. we're not only worried that he might fall again, but we're worried for his life. he does not even know how old he is. he told me he thinks he's in his 40's. some of his falls were because he climbed on a chair to clean the top fo the refirgerator and he lost his balance and fell off the chair. his balance is what worries us all because he tends to wobble when he walks, and he's leaving his walker everywhere, and he's getting angry with everyone because we tell he forgets things, but is completely unaware of any of all this
August 2nd, 2009
3:08 pm
I went to go live with my grandmother over a year ago,she was fine..then. I did notice some memory loss,but I did not think that it was Alzheimer's or dementia. She then slowly started becoming more paranoid and anxious. She became combative and cursing at people for no reason. She was not like that before. She even hit me. My family tried to get her help so she would not have to leave her house. We had a home health agency come out and she ran them off saying she was fine and was not sick in any way. She always told us not to put her in a nursing home,but that might be her only option or an assisted living center. I just wish she was the grandmother I once knew.
August 2nd, 2009
2:56 pm
I went to live with my grandmother over a year ago to help out,and she was fine..then. I did notice some memory loss,but I did not think at that time that it was alzheimer's or dementia. Then she started being more paranoid and anxious. I even witnessed her trying to attack people for no reason. She even hit me one day. I was only trying to stop her from hitting my dog,(the dog was doing nothing). Sometimes I just think that her true colors are coming out,other times I just think that it is the disease. I wish she was the grandmother I once knew.
June 6th, 2009
6:56 am
New Memoir Details Affects of Alzheimer's on Family
Daughter Recounts Time Spent Caring for Parents with Alzheimer's in Heartfelt New Book
In her new collection of memoirs, 36 Days Apart: A memoir of a daughter, her parents and the Beast named – Alzheimer's: A story of Life, Love and Death (published by AuthorHouse), Deborah Ann Tornillo chronicles the time spent taking care of her mother and father, both of whom were diagnosed with Alzheimer's in February 2006.
"I didn't know when I would tell this story, I just knew I would," Tornillo writes. "Both my mother and father had Alzheimer's; my Mom was further along in the disease process than my Dad. It was an incredible journey spending the last year and a half of their life with them, slowly watching the disease take its toll."
36 Days Apart recounts this painful, enlightening journey, and Tornillo writes candidly about the struggles and fears she faced as her parents' caregiver. When the diagnosis came in 2006, Tornillo bravely faced the reality that she would need to take care of them full-time. At first, this entailed monthly flights back and forth to her home state, but it quickly became apparent that the Alzheimer's was progressing in both parents much more quickly than first anticipated.
As their disease progressed, Tornillo was faced with the difficult task of learning how to be a parent to her own parents. Through the year and a half of caring for them she extensively researched Alzheimer's in order to provide the best care possible, all the while knowing that the disease would eventually win in the end. She found herself saying goodbye to her father first, but little did she know that her mother would pass away just 36 days later.
36 Days Apart gives an honest, unflinching look at the realities of caring for and losing loved ones to Alzheimer's. Tornillo gives the reader an inside look into the day-to-day life she faced during her heartbreaking, difficult time. "The two most important things I learned from my parents as we traveled this road together was how to stay strong in faith and never lose compassion for others or myself," she writes. "I was blessed to have learned from them their wisdom of life and death. I have faith that as you read my parent's story you will gain the strength and wisdom needed to guide you."


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Bluebell garden featured
David & Angela Judge
Shuttifield Cottage
The wonderful bluebells in David and Angela's garden are at their peak right now. If you're in the area and fancy paying them a visit, they're open this weekend for the National Gardens Scheme. Please click on the link below for more information about opening times.
Shuttifield Cottage (www.ngs.org.uk)
Jobs for the weekend: Weed your borders
Now is the perfect time to do some handweeding in your borders. This means getting down on your hands and knees and pulling out what you don't want. If you're not sure what is a weed and what isn't, leave the seedlings to grow on a bit longer and deal with them then.
More on controlling weeds (www.rhs.org.uk)
Jobs for the weekend: Support peas
It's important to stake peas before they get all tangled. Brushwood is the traditional thing to use, but any twiggy prunings will do the job or even netting. As long as you have plenty of material for the growing tendrils to entwine, they'll happily support themselves.
How to grow peas (www.rhs.org.uk)
Jobs for the weekend: Deadhead daffodils & tulips
Although daffodils and tulips are fading fast now, it's important to allow the foliage and stems to die back naturally over the next few weeks. It's tempting to cut them back as they look so ugly, but resist the urge if you can! It's a good idea to cut off the old flower heads, however, to avoid energy being wasted in the production of seed.
More on bulb aftercare (www.rhs.org.uk)
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Hi. I'm a scientist. Still confused by LOST's series finale? Think there are too many questions left unanswered or that it was purgatory the whole time? Well, I "respectfully" disagree. Send me your questions and I will answer them. I will write in complete sentences and support my answers.
Try not to ask too much about Walt.
Namaste or Whatever,
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But woe betide anyone who gets pissed off by that bigotry. Plus ca change, Metafilter.The problem isn't that you get pissed off by bigotry. The problem is that the stridency and vitriol with which you react to things that piss you off get in the way of people listening to you.
The two literal senses of nauseous, "causing nausea" (a nauseous smell) and "affected with nausea" (to feel nauseous), appear in English at almost the same time in the early 17th century, and both senses are in standard use at the present time. Nauseous is more common than nauseated in the sense "affected with nausea," despite recent objections by those who imagine the sense to be new. In the sense "causing nausea," either literally or figuratively, nauseating has become more common than nauseous: a nauseating smell.posted by Sys Rq at 8:38 PM on January 4, 2010 [10 favorites]
The effective diagnosis and treatment of pedophilia is threatened by three key developments going into the new century. The 1994 (Fourth) edition of the professional therapists' bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), adds another (controversial) criterion for diagnosing pedophilia. It includes, in its diagnostic definitional criteria, that the fantasies, urges, or behaviors "...cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning." This latest definitional criterion has met with considerable resistance, due to the fact that so many pedophiles deny that their conduct is harmful. The denial serves to assuage any guilt, and therefore may significantly mask or otherwise repress any distress or impairment on the part of the perpetrator.This isn't saying we can find pedophiles from people who have "who's your daddy" fantasies, but that a pedophiles fantasies can be seen to cause distress or impairment in the pedophile - and treatment based on this can be difficult because pedophiles mask this distress. It has absolutely nothing to do with your ridiculous hypothesis.
... more often than not, pedophiles have no gender preference in prepubescent children.One of these things is not like the other.
Sys Rq, it took me a long time to figure this out so, if you're reading this (and for anyone else who's puzzled), here's the answer:Something about this - maybe the scare quotes, maybe the latter two blocks of text - that gives it a certain rhetorical flavor not unlike that of, say, Severus Snape being forced to say something nice about Harry Freakin' Potter; I'm sure there's a proper term for this on the same wavelength as "damning with faint praise" but as I'm not totally awake yet, one of you boffins'll have to remember it for me
The mods are truly serious about this "community" business. Really, they're absolutely serious about it. I know. It took me a long time to wrap my mind around it.
So they want to keep their community nice, and have a nice little community. That's the highest value in MetaFilter. Once you understand that, it really explains a lot.
One could speculate endlessly as to why this is the case, but I won't. It's just the way it is.
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Oh, I've had that happen. What really worried me was not knowing whose hand it was, or where the rest of him went.I Hold Your Hand In Mine


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A recent shoot with singer/songwriter Gary Hellman (Many Things Untold) in the run up to his latest release. Cambridge shoot.
It decided to rain. So i decided to listen to Thursday as i braved the hour long storm to meet my girlfriend from work. This little guy decided to stay at home. I'd have dry clothes if i thought like he did but then we took pictures in the rain, so it was worth it.
Check out my photography page on facebook. Can't wait for my actual website to be finished.
Wow. So i've not been on tumblr in a long old while. Blame moving house, setting up internet, lots of work and generally not being bothered.
I'm back though to make an effort. Here's me whilst at work, looking knackered.
2 model shoots coming up, some PR work then fresher's week starts in under a month. September is going to be hectic for me. So bigger bags under the eyes, more twitching eyes and brief insanity are all on the way but money is money and next month there's a lot of it!
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I love Ghibli.
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First shot from my shoot with Danny Lyons. Expect more on my facebook, probably tomorrow at Daniel Gable Photography
The Sound Of Settling - Copyright Daniel Gable 2012
Another photo from our day out at Botanic Gardens in Cambridge.
This is Tom. We did an artist profile shoot for his upcoming website. In the mean time, you can find his little old tumblr here.
Studio lighting in shot for it's purpose, not as a mistake by the way. I like the idea of taking the shoot back a step and showing it's working some times.
Bamboo shooting. Love for this photo. Good times with Kirsty
Kirsty likes to think she isn't a poser. This is a delusion
Kirsty and I went to Botanic gardens a week or two ago and got locked in. We took lovely photos and then went for dinner. The end.
I've been so busy the last few weeks so i've not been on tumblr. I can't complain though.
I'm now self employed as a photographer and working for some pretty prestigious corporations when not working clubs or doing shoots.
So expect more photos coming in the next few weeks and a new website.
Here's a photo from my facebook page…
House Shows are awesome.
Hangs with Kirsty as well as some familiar faces like Arooj and Benji made for a fun night.
My photo of Ezio has been submitted to Icanhascheezburger.com
Lewis is a shy kid but was ridiculously cute. Managed to get a few pictures of him and this one was my favourite. I hope his parents like it.
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Reasoner Re-Signs!! (Updated June 8 @ 12:35 pm)
Just moments after posting this blog, I learned that centerman Marty Reasoner re-signed with the Thrashers.
Marty will be a Thrasher for two more years according to Ben Wright on the team's website!
This, obviously, is very good news, indeed…now let me call again for giving him an "A" to wear on his jersey this year!
Update June 8 @ 6:36 pm - The word I'm getting now is that the Reasoner deal pays him $1.1 mil this season and $1.2 next season. This is a bargain…especially when you consider the money Holik was paid.
The Fat Lady Prepares For Her Last Performance Of The Spring NHL Tour
The Fat Lady's spring concert tour is coming to an end this week. So far this spring she has performed for St. Louis, Columbus, Montreal, San Jose, Calgary, the New York Rangers, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Washington, Vancouver, Anaheim, Boston, Carolina and Chicago.
The only question is if she'll be bellowing out her song Tuesday night in Pittsburgh or a possible game seven on Friday evening in Detroit.
Regardless, if Saturday's game five is any indication, she will find herself performing once again for the Penguins who find themselves a game away from being defeating by the Red Wings in the Stanley Cup Finals…and for the second year in a row return home for a must-win game six.
Detroit also has history on their side as 14 of the previous 19 teams who have come out on top in a game five when the series was tied 2-2 going into it have ultimately prevailed to lift the cup. And…as if the Wings needed any more help… one more thing playing into Detroit's favor is the fact that the teams will have two days of rest between games five and six instead of just one. "The biggest part is the extra days off. That's the best thing that we've got to this point", Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said, "We'll be a better team."
As for Saturday night's game five…once again, Detroit's stars came up big for the Wings in the 5-0 smack-down of the Pens over the weekend…Henrik Zetterberg notched goal number eleven for the playoffs and also added an assist on Niklas Kronwall's third goal of the postseason…Chris Osgood, (2.00 GAA and .927 SV%), continued his strong bid for the Conn Smythe with shutout number two in 21 games this spring…and Pavel Datsyuk returned to the lineup to chip in with a pair of helpers.
For the Penguins, both Malkin and Crosby were held to but one shot on goal apiece. The Penguins' captain has only one goal and three overall points so far in the Finals going into the must-win sixth game of the series. Malkin has a pair of goals and five assist versus Detroit so far.
Marc-Andre Fleury had to be pulled after Zetterberg made the score 5-0 on the Wing's third power play goal of the second period. Making his first playoff appearance since 2004, backup Mathieu Garon stopped all eight shot he face…but by that time, the damage had been done.
Tuesday is do-or-die time for the Penguins…just like last year.
Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch…
With last week's announcement that defenseman Anssi Salmela has been re-signed, the blueline in Thrasherville looks something like this going into the draft and free agent signing season…
The starting six would be Hainsey, Bogosian, Enstrom, Exelby, Salmela and Valabik, (pending contract as he's an RFA this summer). Arturs Kulda, Chad Denny and Grant Lewis will probably be vying for that open seventh spot in training camp and preseason.
Nathan Oystrick and Clay Wilson are UFAs on July 1, so I exclude them from consideration until and unless they re-sign.
But, like I said, that's the way it looks now… prior to any moves that would be made over the course of the next couple of months. If the Thrashers were successful in his bid to bring in a top-four defenseman via free agency, that would skew the depth chart to where Hainsey, Bogey, Toby and (insert name of desired top-four defender here) would round out the top pairings with XLB, Valabik and Salmela rotating around the third. Thus leaving Kulda, Denny and Lewis in Chicago again.
And with that, I leave you with the following question. Of the following players, which do you believe could help bring the highest return in trade value ..whether alone or couple with other players, prospects or draft picks… if Waddell wished to shop them around for a top-line forward?
Exelby…Valabik… Kulda…Denny or Lewis?
Puck Daddy writes about mixed messesages from NHL on the Olympics. He also wants to know if Evgeni Malkin has been good enough for the Conn Smythe even if Pittsburgh falls short in the Finals.
Mucking and Grinding's Kevin Allen opines that "Don't Stop Believin'" isn't just about red Wings hockey to him.
SI.com's Allan Muir equates Avalanche president Pierre Lacroix to … get this… Vladimir Putin. Appearently, Muir thinks Lacroix has am issue in regards to "power".
Jay feaster, former GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning, remembers his summer with Lord Stanley's Cup in his blog for The Hockey News.
June 9th, 2009
10:06 am
Bill, you know my feelings on Clay. He must be resigned!! Just for the excuse to buy my son his jersey.
June 9th, 2009
10:49 am
Rawhide… I'd love to see Waddell tack on 2 more years for Kozlov this summer. Like we've said before, the guy's in great physical condition. Probably better than most of the twenty year-olds on the team… I'd be more than comfortable having him play until he's 38 before I start evaluating him on a year by year basis… IMO.
June 9th, 2009
11:01 am
Mr. T. I think both agree on that (as long as it doesn't impede taking care of "the core").
BTW: How many of yall think SCF is going to game 7? and WTF decided to go up against the NBA? I swear Bill Simmons' (ESPN guy) theory that Stein sent Betteman to run the NHL into the ground just keeps getting more traction the more you step back and look at Gary's run as commisioner.
June 9th, 2009
11:14 am
Well, this is me speaking to ownership… I think you need to lock up whatever is working… there's only $13 million on the books for 2010/2011… nobody coming up out of the minors or free agency is going to put up Slava's numbers especially at only $3.5 million a year.
June 9th, 2009
11:55 am
"I would think Colby Armstrong will get more than $2.25 million. He scored over 20 goals and averaged a point every other game. I wouldn't be stunned to see 3-years/$9 million for Armstrong. It's Atlanta."
Brendan, while I think Colby can expect a significant raise, I do not see him getting anywhere near $3M per unless another GM tries to poach him off our roster. But I think it's more likely he'll get in that $2.2 – 2.4 M per year range as an avg salary. Consider this list of comparable RW and their PPG over the last 3 seasons:
Player Name Age Salary PPG Other Notes
Cole, E. 29 $4.0M .69 Won 2006 Stanley Cup
Hagman, N. 28 $3.0M .49 Career net of -27!!
Cleary, D. 29 $2.9M .59 Former 1st rounder & SC Champ
Kozlov, V. 33 $2.5M .64 Never scored more than 25 goals
Kobasew, C. 27 $2.33M .52 Former 1st rounder in 2001
Moss, D. 25 $1.3M .42 7th Round pick in 2001
Samuelsson, M 31 $1.2M .55 Cup winner and career +38
Armstrong, C. 26 $1.2M .47 1st Rounder in '01; career .53 PPG
After putting together this list of RW it's easier to see what Colby's true market value may wind up being. Without a Cup victory on his resume, I don't think he can expect Dan Cleary type money just yet. They are similar in that they are both middle 1st round selections who haven't lived up to the Top 6 potential they were expected to have. Of course, Colby may still have more upside at only 26, but generally speaking, most players are what they are going to be by the age of 26.
I would say that Kobasew is a bit overpaid while Samuelsson is probably the most underrated RW at that salary. I would also say that Colby is probably on track to be as good as Samuelsson if not a bit better in 4 years. So he is most definitely "worth" somewhere in the neighborhood of $1.75 – $2.5 M per year.
My guess is that he will get extended at 4 years with an escalating salary worth an avg of $2.3 M per year. I'm thinking it will look a little something like this:
Yr 1) $2.0 M Yr 2) $2.2 M Yr 3) $2.4 M Yr 4) $2.6 M
June 9th, 2009
12:32 pm
Thrashers sign Andrew Kozek. (AtlantaThrashers.com)
June 9th, 2009
12:53 pm
Everytime I see Waddell's picture against the black background on the Atlanta Thrashers website, I think of Darth Vader.
June 9th, 2009
1:05 pm
Stroz… you mean like this?
June 9th, 2009
1:10 pm
I hope you're right, Smoothie. I'll extend Waddell some leniency on the Armstrong contract. He knows he's got to get it done, or people will freak out about, "What happened to the Hossa exchange?" If Waddell lands Colby for $2.5 million, I'd say he's done very well. Armstrong's agent will argue that his value, on the open market, as a UFA after next season, will be higher. So, he'll ask for a higher value contract, if the length of the contract extends beyond 1-year. If Colby wants out of Atlanta, he'll only agree to a 1-year deal. If he's amenable to a 3-4 year deal, Waddell has to look at his future earnings potential and be fair about it.
When Vanek got his $7 million deal, he wasn't worth anything NEAR that figure. But the poaching team, Edmonton, thought he would grow into such a player. Plus, they had to make a hyper-inflated contract in hopes Buffalo would not match it. Buffalo did match it. Colby is not a Vanek-like player. I'm not making that comparison. Nor am I suggesting an RFA offersheet will be forthcoming. I am merely pointing out that a player's agent will argue for his client's "potential" when making the best deal he can. Armstrong is a former 1st round pick, whose productivity isn't atrocious. But his agent will argue beyond that of points, and will point to his role on the team, in areas like leadership, toughness, faceoffs, winning puck battles, and his capacity to potentially be among the team's top 5 scorers, and a visibile member of the hockey community in Atlanta etc., etc., etc. Ad nauseum.
Hokie, I hope I lose, too. I hope I lose BIG!!! But Kovy doesn't have any other options to make his team better than to leverage his contract to make that happen. He's trying the best he can to effect change. He'll still have that power after April 2010, if he's still a Thrasher and still wants to remain a Thrasher. That's the final point of player retention, in terms of holding his rights. After July 1, 2010, Atlanta can only hope to outbid the other teams. I don't think Kovy cares when he re-signs with Atlanta, so much as he cares about what kind of team he re-joins in Atlanta. But what kind of team Atlanta fields … is all about ownership. Ownership installs management, who in turn hires coaches, scouts, trainers, equipment managers, etc. The GM is responsible for signing players. To quote Kovalchuk, "I have to do what the little slip of paper says." In other words, he has to honor his contract. He won't sign another contract, ANYWHERE, until or unless he likes what he sees. And who can blame him for that?
But wait!! Just wait!! People will blame him for it! They'll say, "C'mon, Kovy. Don't be a D*CK! Sign already. Don't be a distraction for the team! You're hurting the team by not re-signing!" I understand that frustration, on the part of fans. And management. And ownership. I truly do. I hope he re-signs early, too. I wish he'd jump on board for the "building project," too. But it's up to him. And he's the one who has been waiting since 2001 to be on a team that poses a real threat to winning the Stanley Cup. I can't blame Kovalchuk for following his dream, when the choice of where he plays becomes his alone. And I didn't blame Hossa for opting for the Red Wings, either. Players want what they want. If ownership cannot persuade such players to stay, it's unfortunate. For them. For the fans. For the remaining players of the Atlanta Thrashers. But there it is. In a nutshell. Players want to win. And players want to get paid. The players have the most power to achieve both of their objectives once they reach unrestricted free agency.
June 9th, 2009
1:10 pm
"Thrashers sign Andrew Kozek".
Ze Cup, she iz ours!
June 9th, 2009
1:14 pm
Bob's famous quote was, "Stanley Cup, here we come!"
June 9th, 2009
1:39 pm
BTW, anyone seen this nugget yet? Funny how life works isn't it? (I'll give you a hint – it's about everyone's favorite former Thrasher.)
June 9th, 2009
2:02 pm
Heatley is simply a POS.
June 9th, 2009
3:23 pm
Is it too much to ask that they at least misspell Hossa's name on the Cup?
June 9th, 2009
3:49 pm
Heatley. Boo! Hossa. Boo! Waddell. Bah.
June 9th, 2009
3:50 pm
Since it's a rather slow summer day, here's a poll question:
Who's name would you rather see on the Stanley Cup?
Your Choices: WHossa or Crotchby. Pick One.
June 9th, 2009
4:07 pm
I think Crybaby needs to wait a bit longer… I'd like to seem him in his 30's before hoisting the Cup.
At least if Hossa wins the Cup and Detroit can't resign him, he might shake-up the free agent market some.
June 9th, 2009
4:24 pm
Wow! Giving DW a lot of credit there huh Stroz?
June 9th, 2009
5:35 pm
Hey gang, look who's the "Player of the Day" at NHLPA.com. Check it out. http://www.nhlpa.com/PlayerOfTheDay/index.asp?Date=6/9/2009
June 9th, 2009
5:43 pm
marty reasoner is gonna sell a lot tickets, ain't he? snickersnickersnicker
June 9th, 2009
5:56 pm
I'd say I'd rather see Hossa's name on the Cup. He's put in more time in this league … and he's a very complete player. One of the 10 best in the whole world, I might be willing to say. I'm not mad at Hossa. Through no fault of his own, he got traded here. He gave us two pretty decent years. And he tried to effect change here, like like Kovalchuk is trying to do. When the organization wouldn't trade him after the playoff sweep, it got uncomfortable. I wish Hossa the best. Hossa never said anything bad about Atlanta. So, I don't boo him. And I don't blame him for pursuing his dream, in Detroit. I think he would have been perfectly fine in Pittsburgh. But the heart wants what it wants. Perhaps, Hossa's ALWAYS wanted to play for Detroit. If he does, indeed, sign a significantly devalued, longterm contract with Detroit, how can people continue to question him?
If Hossa's value is $8 million, or more, and he takes $5 million, he's left $3 million on the table, for every year of that contract. And if it's 7-years long, that's $21 million. How many people would turn DOWN $21 million to follow their dreams? Sorry. I didn't mean to get that philosophically laden this late in the day.
June 9th, 2009
9:05 pm
To the jerk whose username is "Don Waddell"…..
you wish you had half the character of Don Waddell.
You know, all of you can sit on here all day long and tell everyone how you "would have done it" but reality is that he is was qualified to be the General Manager of this NHL team. Get over it. People make mistakes and they learn from them.
Second of all, this team is young. Yes we've come close at times and fell short, but lets give them some slack. The pressure is on for the Thrashers. Everyone knows it.
Everyone loves to criticize, but I doubt ANY of you have the chops to have done a better job.
June 9th, 2009
9:22 pm
Wait … that's not really Don Waddell posting?
June 9th, 2009
9:50 pm
Looks like one of Waddell's relatives can't take the heat. I wouldn't be surprised if it's not the same relative complaining about the FIRE DON WADDELL club on Facebook.
BTW, we've given Waddell years of slack. If Waddell hadn't BS'ed the fan base for years, we probably wouldn't be as critical.
Would you like the list of BS lines we've heard over the years?
June 9th, 2009
10:07 pm
It's 2-0, Penguins!! 3rd period.
June 9th, 2009
10:19 pm
Detroit has cut the lead in half, it's 2-1. There's 8:30 left in the 3rd period now.
June 9th, 2009
10:41 pm
That was a hell of a game! Scudari is raising his value I would say.
June 9th, 2009
10:44 pm
Hossa goes O-ssa again.
June 9th, 2009
11:02 pm
Thanks mom.
June 9th, 2009
11:19 pm
In the postgame show, Darren Pang and Mike Milbury opined that Hossa has to turn it up a notch, because he's been a "no-show." Their words, not mine. Maybe they meant just in Game Six. Or maybe they meant in the series. I'm watching "On the Fly" now. Penguins outplayed the Red Wings. Pittsburgh played … like a team whose SEASON was on the line. Detroit played like a team that thought, "no worries, Game Seven is in our building." Okay, that's not fair. Detroit did pour it on in the 3rd period. But through two periods, the Penguins doubled up the Red Wings on shots. How did that happen?
June 9th, 2009
11:19 pm
I doubt they will wait for the Pens to be up 2-0 late in the 3rd before the first penalty gets called on the Pens in Game 7.
Is it possible that one day we can have officiating so incredibly biased in our favor for just one playoff series? I doubt it.
June 9th, 2009
11:24 pm
Oui, I do love eet when a mother comes to the aide of her leetle boy.
But you know, maybe zhe haz a point. Do we really theek anyone heere could do az well being GM as Donnie boy? Who here could have general maneeged ze Thrasheirs to as many playoff wins az Donnie haz, no?
June 10th, 2009
1:03 am
I'm fairly confident that Don Waddell will, eventually, get one playoff win as a GM in the NHL. Whether he can assemble a roster that can go 3-4 rounds deep in the playoffs is quite another matter. Especially with this ownership. In a way, isn't having this poor ownership the greatest excuse a GM could ever hope for? "My hands were tied! I wanted to keep Audette, Brunette and Savard. Ownership said, "No, to increased payroll." And so forth. The most telling stat, is not the budget. It's the eight, soon to be nine, Top 10 overall draft positions the team has enjoyed as a building point for the franchise. In the end, it's the GM's job to build the franchise. Yes or no? Most GM's would consider 10 years and eight Top 10 picks something close to a "fantasy come true" for building a team. Tempered, of course, with the realization that eight Top 10 picks means the team has underachieved for quite a prolonged period of time.
June 10th, 2009
2:54 am
Obviously I am biased. But when you get outplayed in a game like that, I think will settle for a 2-2 PP tie with the other team. No penalties called in the 2nd period. I think Detroit got away with more than what Pittsburgh got away with in that second period. SO I would not cry about penalties if I am a Detroit fan., This is why I think Pittsburgh should go back to dressing 7 D. If the refs are lenient, you play more of Gill who is good at clutching and grabbing crap. If they are not , and you need offense, let Boucher eat up some of Gill's ice time (while also providing Gonchar some relief on PPs).
June 10th, 2009
5:32 am
Found this interesting bit in The Hockey News… Interesting !
• Pierre LeBrun reported during a recent Hockey Night in Canada broadcast that Atlanta Thrashers superstar Ilya Kovalchuk had a good meeting last Thursday with GM Don Waddell, which will set the stage for a possible contract extension for the Russian superstar later this summer.
Kovalchuk is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2010 and has been the subject of trade rumors for months. But as LeBrun noted, the club has surrounded the skilled Russian with good young talent that will be an incentive for Kovalchuk to stay.
Waddell has insisted he won't trade Kovalchuk even if he doesn't re-sign him, but that won't stop the speculation. Signing him this summer would be a promising message to the club's shrinking fan base.
June 10th, 2009
7:50 am
Alotta people on this blog want Waddell fired, but it's not their call. That will all go away when he signs Kovy to an extension.
The tide is turning for the Thrashers-we hope
June 10th, 2009
8:13 am
"Is it possible that one day we can have officiating so incredibly biased in our favor for just one playoff series?"
lol, the siren call of losers everywhere. I guess it was the refs fault that the Pens outshot them 3-1 during the beginning of the game as well?
"Alotta people on this blog want Waddell fired, but it's not their call. That will all go away when he signs Kovy to an extension."
No it won't. We already have Kovy and we suck. There's a boatload of additional work that needs to be done to this team, re-signing Kovy just leaves us at status quo, they need to move forward.
June 10th, 2009
9:32 am
No it won't. We already have Kovy and we suck. There's a boatload of additional work that needs to be done to this team, re-signing Kovy just leaves us at status quo, they need to move forward.
Exactly. Oh, and Banana cream? If you have any pull with A.S., LLC, you let 'em know that I *do* have the chops to do so, and to prove my point I'll take DW's job for $15k/year less. That should get their attention.
I mean really what chops do I need to trot out a new uniform every few years as the "exciting new-look" of the team.
June 10th, 2009
9:35 am
I see no sign that they aren't, though, at this point. I mean, come on, the playoffs aren't even over yet. It would be stupid from a PR standpoint to sign Kovy before they are.
Let's see…we resign Kovy, Reasoner, Valabik, Thorburn (because that's not negotiable to management. That is what will happen if their plans materialize.) I suspect we resign Lehts, and we deal him or Pavs out of camp. (I don't have the list before me — I'm sure I'm leaving someone out.) We get Kane or someone better (though I want Kane), and hopefully we secure 1-2 elite types. I'm guess we let Oystrick go, and we replace him with more established talent. I'd like us to lose Ex, but I expect to see his ugly mug next year.
Also, a lot of the work will fall to John Anderson. Unlike our previous coach, he's quite good at fast-tracking young talent and developing it. I'd suspect that anyone we see taken in the 2nd round will be a possible slot filler, depending on how the rest of the team shakes out.
As to UFAs I might like to see in Atlanta: Staal, Talbot (Pittsburgh needs to shed salary), Gaborik, think Detroit's ok salarywise or I'd say Samuelsson. The UFA crop isn't great this year.
More work does need to be done…but it's not time to judge that work when the time for doing it isn't here yet.
June 10th, 2009
10:47 am
Well… the ratings from last night are in…
CBS 7.5 …NCIS and The Mentalist
ABC 6.9 …NBA Finals
NBC 3.7 …NHL FInals
FOX 3.0 …House (reruns)
June 10th, 2009
10:49 am
Nikita, all three of the Staal brothers are under contract in '09-'10. Perhaps we can draft the youngest brother out of the 4 this year and start him at RW! And I think DET is going to have just a little bit of difficulty bringing everyone back next year unless Hossa bolts or takes a $3.5 M pay-cut.
June 10th, 2009
10:50 am
If the rumors are true that the Wings and Hossa have reached a 7 year deal then I suspect they would have some cap issues and need to shed players.
When is Malkin UFA? Can the Pens afford to keep him and Crosby?
June 10th, 2009
11:06 am
Smoothie — Jared Staal was drafted by Phoenix last season. He's the last of the hockey playing Staal brothers.
TableHockey — Malkin is a UFA in July of 2014. Crosby will be a UFA in July of 2013.
June 10th, 2009
12:01 pm
Until the Staals start having baby Staals who will ultimately start playing hockey as toddlers! We can draft Eric's first born son hopefully no later than the 2030 draft!!


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This is a thing of beauty. The old visual cliches with new buzzwords. A masterpiece.
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No, the shocking thing is, that Israel kills in one day, more people than what Palestinians kill in three years. And that the media still reports it like this.
Also, the comic is titled "Eurabia", Yaakov Kirchen can be filed in the nutcase folder.
[edit.] Also, this comic was posted three times on Cagle. Mistake or spamming, you be the judge.
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No, the shocking thing is, that Israel kills in one day, more people than what Palestinians kill in three years. And that the media still reports it like this.
Also, the comic is titled "Eurabia", Yaakov Kirchen can be filed in the nutcase folder.
[edit.] Also, this comic was posted three times on Cagle. Mistake or spamming, you be the judge.
1. A few thousand votes would not actually swing the elections.
2. There's a lot more cases of soldiers getting exemptions to election rules than their votes being supressed.
3. America's military hasn't fought an enemy to US democracy since they fought their last war against the British Empire.
4. Fuck you, Ramirez
OH NOES! A loving couple holding hands! An adult free to ingest a substance of their choosing! Contraceptives that will prevent unwanted pregnancies being provided to students!
Yes, Chuck Asay thinks these are all bad things.
(Oh, and has there ever been two people walking and talking about the debt as an ordinary conversation topic?)
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I've been on record several times to call Chuck Asay one of the worst hacks in the business. He simply has no idea how people function. He presents his own extremist views as the most wholesome and down to earth there are. Little surprise, the people in his comics also have haircuts and clothes decades from the past.
I notice that the stoner and gay couple appear to be middle aged, while the comic is set on a college campus. Maybe Chuck can't get over the 70's stereotypes of gay people. Also, yeah, he seems to assume that a same sex couple walking hand in hand in public is a bad thing, that the majority, that his wholesome art style appeals to, would unanimously object to. And "Moral"? Try bigoted. Narrow minded. THat's the language people who oppose the republican base would use.
Also I love how he thinks "small government" is the universal value every single American supports, because apparently the emount of spending and debt is an intrinsict value. And he ignores that most republican presidents have been a lot bigger spenders than their Democratic counterparts, and not the least because the biggest expense under any president has been the wars the US wages all over the world.
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Yes, this is biased agianst conservative cartoons, but then again, so is decency, good writing, and reality.
Bringing this back.
Leaving this as my favorite legacy of this blog.
The Big Gov't answer to poverty v. the Free Market answer.
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Hahaha, fuck you Asay. Fuck you Ron Pauldroid who posted this. This whole current mess the economy is in? It's that so called "freedom". Freedom of enterprise; the freedom to cut your employees pay to poverty level. Freedom to charge whatever the hell you want from your customers. Freedom to pollute. Those freedoms Created a huge class of working poor in the US and Europe, they raised the cost of living, created the housing bubble that started the collapse of dominoes that is the current economical crisis. Hastened global warming and poisoned the air and water.
It is a simple economic fact, that the more economic freeodm" you provide, the deeper the gap between the rich and the poor grows. The rich get richer, the poor stay poor, but have to pay more for everything.
Also, the utter fucking irony of a Ron Paul fanatic, calling themselves "end prohibition" posting a Cartoon by Asay, one of the notoriously socially conservative cartoonists is just staggering.
This is why I want the fuck out of running this blog anyway. The shit you people post in the Political Cartoon tag. Bad scans, edited text, no credits or attribution. Years old bullshit the point of you lot miss, half the time. The fucking liberarian kids who don't fucking understand politics at all. The conservative assholes who unironically enjoy some of the worst hack work out there.
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While the war waged between the Allies and Soviets -- from the sunny Florida Keys to a frozen Moscow -- Yuri was quietly scheming, planning, testing, and devising. History went on without him - Russian Premier Romanov signed a historic peace treaty with the Allies and the free world remained free. Now it's Yuri's turn to make history, and wreak vengeance on his foes.
In hidden bases and underground labs, Yuri has been perfecting his own means for his turn at world domination. Refining his mind-control technologies, he's created an army of terrors, from mind-controlling tanks to long-range psychics, whose brains are their biggest weapons. After all, a mind is a terrible thing to waste. It's time for Yuri's Revenge.
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Baby box's spread sparks fierce debate over societal attitudes-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
The Jusarang Community Church is also planning to build another facility to accommodate abandoned babies in Goyang, Gyeonggi, because it currently receives about 20 babies per month.
The new facility in Gunpo, however, has not been as warmly received by residents living nearby.
"Construction is being delayed because local residents are protesting," said Jeong Yeong-ran, a missionary at the church. "They're saying they don't want unwed mothers to come here to give up their babies."
Yet despite this growing trend, authorities have yet to take measures and say that leaving infants in the baby box may not actually be a crime.
"If babies are left in remote areas or life-threatening environments, then it is an illegal form of abandonment," a police officer from Gwanak District said.
"But we aren't actively cracking down on unwed mothers who abandon their babies in a baby box, because the law doesn't clearly stipulate that leaving babies in open protection facilities, like the Jusarang Community Church, is illegal."
Song Jun-heon, an official at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, added that it would be difficult to mandate the shutdown of those services.
"It would be hard to make them shut down all baby boxes right away given that there are so many unwed mothers who can't afford to raise their babies," he said.
"When prejudice against single mothers diminishes and the social support system for them is strengthened, the number of people who turn to the baby box will naturally decrease."
Adoption organizations, on the other hand, have taken a more hardline stance on the issue.
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Two things:
1) Consumer facing social media companies are not representative of the New York tech scene generally; they're just a very small slice of it. So for the people suggesting that if this is what New York tech looks like, we're fucked, this is not what New York tech looks like. There are tons of companies that do b2b apps and, godforbid, develop technologies that have nothing to do with Internet, but you're not going to read about them the way you will social media. Why? Because they're not sexy, because the journalists putatively covering tech don't use the technologies themselves and because they don't think that readers in a mainstream magazine are going to be particularly interested in a startup that does, say, email deliverability improvement. (And Return Path is a great company. One of Fred Wilson's, in fact.)
2) For the people complaining that there aren't enough women running tech companies: the problem isn't funding, it's a lack of female entrepreneurs. (And it's a little ironic that some of the people complaining aren't willing to start—or at least haven't started—companies themselves.) Every female entrepreneur I know shopping for funding right now is getting meetings and commitments. But there aren't too many of them.
I think one reason for this is that women are socialized to be more cautious about risk taking. And setting up the average startup is usually a lot more risk intensive than starting a blog and putting up some Google ad sense links. It's being responsible for a weekly payroll, dealing with crap like benefits administration and renegotiating your leases, managing investor expectations while doing additional fundraising, and so on.
It's a lot of work, but in my opinion, it's totally worth it—and I'm doing it again as soon as I decide what my next project is. So my feeling is, if you're a woman and unhappy that the tech scene looks the way it does, go start your own company. Put up or shut up.


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Matt Lauer is not a gentleman. At least, not according to banished TODAY co-host Ann Curry and her Annimals. Or that's the storyline we've picked up from bits and pieces of headlines, anyway. We can't say that we've been following this story; we're too busy around here throwing body parties to acknowledge morning shows are here for anything other than the promotion of pop stars' latest material. Cue: PSY!
Today (May 3), the Korean pop star gave Lauer a chance to be a gentleman for a few fleeting minutes, when he taught the host the "Gentleman" dance — which is not nearly as memorable or fun as that other dance PSY had, whatever it was called. Watch it up top.
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Prague To Introduce Dating Cars on Subway
By James Kirchick, Der Spiegel, May 22, 2013
An initiative by the Prague public transport system intends to give new meaning to the phenomenon of speed dating: singles-only "love trains."
Starting later this year, select carriages on each of the city's three underground train lines will be designated as singles-friendly. The idea was hatched as a way to increase ridership on public transportation, according to Filip Drapal, a spokesman for Ropid, the city's public transport authority. "This idea is just part of a new long-term campaign whose aim is to show what activities can you do in public transport that you cannot do inside your car (like reading, studying, listening to music, playing e-games and checking emails)," Drapal told SPIEGEL ONLINE.
Of course, there are many things one can "do in public transport which you cannot do inside your car." Why stop at dating?
Promoters of the plan believe that the scheme will serve an important societal function beyond the reduction of automobile traffic and its attendant pollution. "Simultaneously, we realize a negative trend of more and more people being single or not married," Drapal says. "So we would like to help these people and generally draw attention to this social phenomenon as well." Cognizant of the fact that many people may be hesitant to enter a car where they will immediately be subject to propositions from other passengers, Drapal says that the "love trains" will not operate during "morning rush hour" so as not to overcrowd other carriages. The city does not expect the plan to cost any money, and it will cooperate with dating agencies that will sponsor the demarcation of carriages.
But are subways really the best place to encourage lonely hearts to strike up a conversation that might lead to true love?
There is, after all, the practical matter of time. Prague is a small city, and the average metro ride usually lasts no more than five minutes. Contrast that with Berlin, which is spread out over a space of nearly 900 square kilometers and where a train journey from one side of the city to the other can last up to an hour. Singles hoping to get a date on the Prague subway will have to be incredibly deft if they ever hope to catch the attention of a possible mate.


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Apple plans to include tap-to-pay technology in its coming smartwatch and next iPhone, as it seeks to crack into digital payments. But the new watch is unlikely to ship until next year. WSJ's Greg Bensinger and Scott Austin report. Photo: Getty Images
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The gadget's use of near-field communication, or NFC, reflects Apple's broader ambitions for the so-called iWatch beyond health and fitness tracking, the most commonly cited use. Apple also is expected to add the wireless technology to the next versions of its iPhone, people familiar with the device said, potentially simplifying the process of connecting, or pairing, the two devices.
NFC wireless is central to Apple's plans to offer so-called tap-to-pay into its mobile devices, allowing users to pay for goods and services using credit cards stored with iTunes, people close to Apple said.
The smartwatch would be offered in two sizes, each featuring a curved organic light-emitting diode screen, those people familiar with the device said. It will include sensors to track and monitor health and fitness data, the people said.
An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment.
Apple is expected to unveil the new phones and smartwatches at an event next week, the people familiar with the matter said. But it wasn't clear when the new smartwatch would go on sale.
People familiar with Apple's plans said it is unlikely that Apple would release the smartwatch this year, because the Cupertino, Calif., company is still working out engineering kinks in production. Earlier in the year, Apple had targeted a November release, these people said.
One person familiar with Apple's suppliers said there is "no way" that it will be able to ship the watch this year. However, Apple hasn't changed its timetable for component suppliers that are shipping parts as scheduled to Taiwan's Quanta Computer Inc., 2382.TW -0.90% Quanta Computer Inc. Taiwan NT$77.20 -0.70 -0.90% Sept. 30, 2014 2:40 pm Volume (Delayed 20m) : 6.47M P/E Ratio 15.76 Market Cap NT$300.90 Billion Dividend Yield 4.92% Rev. per Employee N/A 09/24/14 China's Tech Factories Turn to... 09/04/14 Apple 'iWatch' to Allow Mobile... 08/24/14 Robot Wars: Why China Is Outma... More quote details and news » the proposed device's manufacturer. Technology website Re/Code reported earlier that the watch won't be available this year.
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Despite Apple's string of successful debuts in new product categories including the iPhone and iPad, a new smartwatch isn't a sure hit. Other companies' wearable devices have struggled to break into the mainstream because they offer a limited set of features typically found on smartphones or work only in conjunction with a phone.
World-wide shipments of wearable devices—including smartwatches and activity trackers—totaled about 2.9 million units in the first quarter, according to market watcher ABI Research. That is about 1% of the 300 million smartphones shipped during the same period.
The coming watch is the first product overseen from its inception by Apple Senior Vice President Jonathan Ive, who assumed control of hardware and software design earlier this year.
Apple CEO Tim Cook, shown at the company's developers' conference in June, is under pressure to fulfill a pledge to get the electronics maker into a new product category this year. EPA
If the watch's release is delayed to next year, it would likely mean that Chief Executive Tim Cook failed to deliver on a pledge to push Apple into a new product category in 2014—something it hasn't done since introducing the iPad in 2010. However, Mr. Cook has said repeatedly that Apple will take its time to make sure it gets new products right before offering them for sale.
A later-than-projected launch of the watch should have minimal impact on Apple's business. The company's finances are largely driven by the iPhone and anticipation for new larger-screen iPhone models is high.
NFC works by transmitting a radio signal between the device and a receiver, when the two are fractions of an inch apart or touching. Apple likely would have an extra security feature in the phone and possibly the watch that employs a different set of security codes each time it is used, so that credit and loyalty card information is encrypted, according to one person.
By adding NFC to its wearable device and the coming iPhone, Apple is throwing its full weight behind the wireless technology. The company has been a notable holdout on NFC as rivals including BlackBerry Ltd. BB.T -2.28% BlackBerry Ltd. Canada: Toronto $11.16 -0.26 -2.28% Sept. 30, 2014 4:21 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2.98M P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap $6.02 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $548,504 09/26/14 U.S. Stocks Rise Sharply 09/26/14 BlackBerry Posts Smaller-Than-... 09/26/14 HEARD ON THE STREET: BlackBerr... More quote details and news » , Nokia Corp. and Google Inc. GOOGL +0.10% Google Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq $588.41 +0.60 +0.10% Sept. 30, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1.47M AFTER HOURS $588.15 -0.26 -0.04% Sept. 30, 2014 4:37 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 60,438 P/E Ratio 29.89 Market Cap $393.72 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $1,321,030 09/30/14 China iPhone 6 Sales to Start ... 09/30/14 Android and iPhone Keyboard Ap... 09/30/14 EBay's Biggest Auction Yet More quote details and news » promoted the technology.
Many smartphone makers now equip handsets with NFC chips. It has been slow to catch on as a payment option in the U.S. because many consumers don't see waving a device in front of an NFC reader as an improvement over swiping a credit card, and few stores accept the technology.
Only one in five U.S. smartphones in use include NFC technology, according to Jordan McKee, a senior analyst for mobile payments at 451 Research; the technology is more prevalent in Asia and Europe.
"Apple's entry could be a tide that raises all ships," he said.
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By waving a device in front of a reader, NFC could potentially be used in place of transit tickets, to turn on lights, sync devices to automobile in-dash display software or to download information about artworks at a museum, among other uses. The Clarion hotel chain has tested NFC as a replacement for room keys.
At Apple, the technology also may be useful in its HomeKit, a software system allowing Apple devices to communicate with and control home devices such as network-equipped light switches or smoke detectors.
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There are hundreds of things to see, do, and talk about at the World Pork Expo this week in Des Moines, Iowa. But one subject eventually surfaces in virtually every conversation: Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus, or PED. The nasty nature of this new disease has everyone talking, and that's one of this week's big stories in ag.
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