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BlackBerry Z30 review: Is the biggest BlackBerry the best yet?
Has BlackBerry cracked it by jumping on the 5-inch smartphone bandwagon? Paul checks out the BlackBerry Z30 to find out
It feels a bit weird to review the BlackBerry Z30 at such a turbulent period for the Canadian phone maker.
Bigger wheels are turning right now which will be more signfificant in determining the company's future, than whether or not the BlackBerry Z30 is a successful handset.
Thorsten Heins, the man who spearheaded BlackBerry 10 and its devices such as the Z30, is now gone, and analysts are predicting a wide scope of possibilities for BlackBerry, ranging from the idea that it could settle for Google's Android software, to it transforming into a dedicated software and services company.
Naturally, these floating question marks will probably make you think twice about the possibility of buying the BlackBerry Z30. How long, after all, is it going to be officially supported? That's an important question, but unfortunately not one I'm in a position to comment on without a time machine.
What I can do, is let you know what I think of the phone as it is right now and whether it's actually any good or not.
Design and build
With the BlackBerry Z30, BlackBerry hasn't gone for anything too bold or outrageous, with a fairly conservative shape. The handset has rounded corners akin to the most recent models in the Samsung Galaxy S family and from the front looks more-or-less like any other generic slab.
I can't say I think the BlackBerry Z30 is a particularly attractive smartphone, it's quite thick and chunky and there are a few features which just leave me thinking "who thought this was a good design decision?" The silver "chin" at the bottom of the front fascia looks jarringly out of place, though it's actually part of the metallic surround separating the front and back panels which houses its various buttons and ports.
The back panel itself is probably the biggest eyesore, resembling something a boy racer might use as the bonnet for his Ford Escort in a bid to emulate 2 Fast 2 Furious.
I actually like the soft-touch rubberised feel and the fit and finish throughout is superb with no flex or creaking. The Z30 is a solid bit of kit – aside from that ugly back panel. It could have just been plain with no texture. Even Motorola has dropped that sort of nonsense with its Kevlar-backed Razr range, because nobody likes it.
The BlackBerry Z30 feels a little on the heavier side, not so much as to make it unwieldy and the balance in the hand is fairly good, but it's noticeably weightier than rival devices if you hold them side-by-side.
I'll get on to display quality in a moment, but in terms of scale the 5-inch panel can be a bit of a stretch for the thumb at times, though on the whole it works just fine. The larger screen is also advantageous for interacting with the BlackBerry 10 software, but I'll cover this in more detail further into the review.
The back panel is removable, though it's a bit tough to take off, but at least this means it's secure. You can't remove the battery, but this is where you access the SIM and microSD slots. On the left-hand side of the handset there's a microUSB port and an HDMI port.
Button placement is...odd. On the right-hand side you've got a volume rocker in the usual accessible place, about a quarter of the way down the device. This works well for use with either hand, however, the volume rocker buttons are either side of a central button. Logic would say this is the power button.
But it isn't. It's a button for activating the voice control features and I found myself instinctively tapping it as if it was the power button far too frequently. The actual power button is on the top, unusually placed in the middle, which means you can operate it with either index finger, but again it's a bit of a stretch and I did not find it particularly intuitive.
As well as being not very good-looking as it stands alone, I'd argue the BlackBerry Z10 actually looked nicer. It may also have been conservatively styled but at least it had its own character. The BlackBerry Z30 is just dull.
This is one of the main features of the BlackBerry Z30, as it's the largest screen on a BlackBerry handset to date and is considerably bigger than the other touch BlackBerry 10 device, the 4.2-inch BlackBerry Z10.
The 5-inch Super AMOLED display sports a 1280x720 pixel resolution, giving it a pixel density of 294 pixels-per-inch (ppi). While it might not be a 440ppi 1080p behemoth, 294ppi (near enough to 300ppi) is certainly sharp enough to provide excellent image quality.
Being Super AMOLED, colour and contrast are also top-notch and as with other BlackBerry devices text in particular is very clear. Viewing angles are also relatively wide and the phone performs reasonably well in bright sunlight.
For web browsing and multimedia this is a pretty good offering which will likely please most users.
Processor, software and performance
Software: BlackBerry 10
My impression of BlackBerry 10 hasn't changed much from my experience with the BlackBerry Z10, so I still think it's one of BlackBerry's best OS offerings to date, makes a lot of very sensible moves in terms of the UI and features, and provides some of the best multitasking around.
The main appeal of BlackBerry 10 is the BlackBerry Hub, which neatly aggregates email accounts, social networking accounts, calendar events, calls and messaging platforms (including texts and BBM) into one easy-to-use place.
Another cool multitasking feature is the way active apps are minimised into small preview tiles on the homescreen, which is arguably more instantly accessible than Android's (and now iOS 7's) carousel setup.
The majority of interaction with BlackBerry 10 relies on gesture control, which is really where the BlackBerry Z30's larger screen real-estate comes into its own. While larger displays can present complications in terms of reach, on balance using BlackBerry 10's gestures is far easier on the Z30's 5-inch panel.
Describing the software simply as BlackBerry 10 isn't quite accurate enough though. This is actually BlackBerry 10.2. Most of the additions in BlackBerry 10.2 are back-end tweaks which may sound mundane but are largely quite useful and welcome.
Things like Wi-Fi Direct, Miracast and USB Host support (which amongst other things lets you hook the phone up to a mouse, keyboard and monitor for a desktop experience), Bluetooth 4.0 low energy, more lock screen notifications, multiple alarms for the clock and enhanced audio and codecs. These are all very nice to have.
There are a few changes which do stand out though, BlackBerry has added a Priority Hub to the BlackBerry hub where you can set your most important content to appear and there's also the inclusion of custom quick SMS replies for rejecting incoming calls. BlackBerry has also enhanced the text selection and copy/paste features (though these were already pretty good) and the keyboard itself remains excellent - it's easy to use, accurate and features predictive text suggestions you can swipe up into your message.
One thing which jumps out as being significant is the Android app capabilities. BlackBerry 10 could side-load Android apps quickly and easily but this has been expanded to include Android apps from 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and below.
This sounds great, because although BlackBerry 10's selection of apps is relatively robust (there are plenty of big name brands) there are a few notable omissions and on the whole the ecosystem lacks depth compared to its rivals. So, tapping into Android's rich vein of content seems like a winning solution.
If you can find the .bar files required to side-load, that is. This can be a time-consuming and tricky experience, but there are some absolute goldmines for these files, such as BB10Bars.net and apps.goodereader.com.
You might be surprised at what you can grab from Android, even the Gmail app, Google Play Music and Google Play Books to make the transition easier for those coming across from Android and who want to bring their content. I was disappointed that I couldn't find Google Play Movies though, but maybe it will appear in time. In short, you won't find everything you need just yet.
I'd like to think this will continue to expand as it appears to be one of those things with an enthusiastic community behind it, but with BlackBerry's future (and therefore BB10's) hanging in the balance it's a tricky one to judge.
Before leaving BlackBerry 10 it has to be said that, like the exterior of the BlackBerry Z30 itself, it's not the most attractive piece of software around. Granted, it is much nicer than its predecessors, but there's something quite archaic and clunky about it with an abundance of dark menu bars. It's generally quite crowded and team KYM agreed that something as simple as ditching the dark boxes around the app icons would go a long way to making the whole setup look nicer and less cluttered.
Processor and performance
Talking about processor speeds and performance outside of Android does feel a tad like so many wasted words. As with iOS and Windows Phone, BlackBerry 10 is very well optimised to its app ecosystem and processor hardware.
I'll simply say that I experienced no slow-down, stuttering or problems running the BlackBerry Z30, it's very smooth and reliable to operate the BlackBerry 10 system with. I did notice the back panel was prone to heating up a bit during more intensive tasks but this didn't last long and nor did it impact performance.
For those who like to know the nitty gritty, the processor is a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro dual-core chip, specifically the MSM8960T which is a slight upgrade from the BlackBerry Z10's chip and around 200MHz faster with a clockspeed of 1.7GHz. It has the same 2GB of RAM and an upgraded Adreno 320 graphics processing unit (GPU).
For benchmarks I managed to side-load Quadrant, which gave a score of 4497, coming in below the HTC One X and a wee bit faster than the Asus Transformer Prime TF201 tablet – both of these are older devices, of course, but then the chip itself is no longer a spring chicken.
The BlackBerry Z30 is easily capable of handling intensive multitasking and any content you throw at it from BlackBerry World. Side-loading intensive Android games could have mixed results. The likes of Angry Birds, Jetpack Joyride and Temple Run 2 all work reasonably well. Things like Dead Trigger aren't currently available but I doubt you'd get flawless performance for such a graphically demanding title.
Hardware, connectivity and web
As with other BlackBerry 10 phones I've tested, web browsing on the BlackBerry Z30 is a thoroughly enjoyable experience with some surprisingly fast speeds, fluid operation and excellent readability thanks to the bigger display. Sunspider benchmarks place the Z30 with a score of 1187.9 milliseconds, just slightly outside of those superfast 900ms or lower scores increasingly seen from recent rivals, but still towards the top of the tree nonetheless.
Connectivity options include 4G and 3G/HSPA+ for mobile data and the handset is able to maintain a consistently good connection with fast speeds. There's also dual-band Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, microUSB and HDMI.
Special mention must be made of the BlackBerry Z30's stereo speakers, which produce fantastic sound quality with incredibly loud top-end volume for calls, music or other multimedia. Call quality is also great.
There's only one storage option with 16GB onboard but it also supports microSD cards up to 64GB, so plenty of options for music, film and work documents.
The camera setup is identical to that of the BlackBerry Z10, an 8-megapixel back-illuminated sensor (BSI) with an f/2.2 aperture, 1080p video, digital stabilisation and LED flash, while the front-facing secondary is a 2-megapixel sensor.
While that might not sound earth-shattering, as with the BlackBerry Z10 I was actually quite impressed with the imaging quality, to the extent that I'll let you in on a little secret...I've used BlackBerry's imaging hardware to shoot other phones for KYM's own pages before. Shhh.
The big deal is the detail, snaps and video are absolutely stuffed to bursting with it and on the whole it's incredibly crisp and sharp too. Colour reproduction is very good and it handles vibrant colours well – check out the snap with the bright red windows.
Picture quality remains great even when you zoom in a good way on a photo – sure it's not the Nokia PureView's lossless zoom, but it's still better than most others in this regard. In good lighting conditions, white balance, dynamic range and contrast are all great, although as you can see from the image of a tree against the sky, extreme contrast can cause a bit of a problem.
It seems a significant factor in the above average picture quality is the Z30's digital image stabilisation, and it appears to be to a similar high-grade to devices such as Samsung's Galaxy S4. It works well enough that you can snap a photo while walking and it'll still turn out reasonably well – that's not something which can be said of every handset on the market.
Particularly impressive is the Z30's ability to handle close-up shots, I should point out that I did not toggle a Macro mode for the close-up of the chrome bollard, this was in auto mode and the sharpness, detail and focal depth all look fantastic.
Video is just as capable as the stills and has smooth capture and playback.
Another bonus feature is the ability to capture in a multishot mode allowing you to pick the best moment and even pick the best face for a chosen shot from the sequence.
If your subjects are moving around loads this can result in some weird stuff like floating heads, but for your standard shot where everyone's fairly static it's really useful for getting everyone smiling (convincingly) at once even if they weren't necessarily doing so in reality.
Again mirroring the BlackBerry Z10, low-light performance on the BlackBerry Z30 simply isn't there, it still gets the detail but whether the flash is on or off you still get a muddy, washed-out image.
While this means the BlackBerry Z30 isn't the sort of phone you can rely on for, say, capturing stills and footage of a gig at a nightclub, I don't think this detracts from the fact that overall, in most other areas, it's a truly excellent cameraphone.
As with the processor, putting the battery under prolonged and intensive strain was somewhat problematic due to the lack of high-intensity applications.
It's rather similar to Windows Phone in this regard and I got the distinct impression I was never really pushing the phone to its limits with what activities I could do with the handset.
At its core it is a browsing, social networking and messaging phone first (again like Windows Phones) and a smartphone with apps second, so low-intensity tasks are its bread and butter.
With light use I found the BlackBerry Z30's 2,880mAh battery pack was easily capable of lasting a couple of days. More moderate usage saw this come in consistently at around a day and a half, leading me to believe that really intensive use will see you through a full day on a single charge.
But, crucially, it should get a day's use rather more comfortably (ie: from waking to bedtime, rather than getting into the office to just making it home) than other phones with smaller power packs.
Certainly the BlackBerry Z10 was something of a nuisance which required you to keep close tabs on the battery indicator and to never stray too far from a charger – that's not really a concern here, and it's more or less in-line with other circa 3,000mAh handsets.
I still really rather like BlackBerry 10 as it offers some neat tricks you simply won't find anywhere else, however, it's far from perfect with a fairly ugly UI and a less robust app ecosystem than its rivals.
As far as touch-only BlackBerry 10 devices go, the BlackBerry Z30 is unquestionably the best so far, but then of course it only has one rival, the BlackBerry Z10. The BlackBerry Z10 suffered from poor battery life, some teething problems with the first-round of software and a slightly pokey display. The BlackBerry Z30 deftly tackles all these problems and is a far more usable beast.
But a beast it certainly is, like the UI on the inside, on the outside it's an ugly brute with its ghastly back panel and hefty design.
The BlackBerry Z30 typically retails for around £400-£470ish SIM-free, over £100 more than the Nexus 5 and in the same ballpark as the 16GB iPhone 5C.
Is it worth the price?
It packs a fantastic camera, good performance and battery life, a great display and some decent software.
But, it's limited – you will not find as much high-end content as with rival devices and the processing power is tailored to its own narrow ecosystem with little scope for truly intensive apps or games even if you could fiddle them on from Android.
It's also boring and uninspiring, on the whole. Unlike some phones which make their way through KYM towers, I've no particular desire to keep using it or to even show it off to anyone when they ask "what phone are you using at the moment then?"
Ultimately, considering what it offers compared to similarly priced or cheaper rivals I find the idea of stumping up £400+ for the BlackBerry Z30 more than a little difficult to come to terms with.
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It all depends on what's installed on the host that you're connecting to - whether you connect via SSH (PuTTY) to a Unix/Linux machine or RDP to a Windows machine.
Try running zip, gzip, bzip, or tar - those are usually installed on most Unix machines.
as mfinni says, it requires that zip is installed on the remote system. Assuming that you are on a unix system and that zip is already installed, the command to unzip a file is:
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19 ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ εὐδόκησεν πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα κατοικῆσαιThe translation says: "For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;" or "For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell" But the word 'God' and 'Father' isn't in the Greek.I'm not smart enough to decipher the literal meaning by myself, so I would like help from some greater minds than I.
The point of the literal translation is to use it in a study of Christology.But, it's fine if I cannot have a literal translation. I found a 'better' verse.9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, 10 and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.9 ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ κατοικεῖ πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα τῆς θεότητος σωματικῶς, 10 καὶ ἐστὲ ἐν αὐτῷ πεπληρωμένοι, ὅς ἐστιν ἡ κεφαλὴ πάσης ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας,
Despite the words being italicized, some form of Greek suggesting the Father might have been in the original manuscripts, because St. John Chrysostom mentions this verse containing reference of the Father. What makes you say that the concept of the Father was not "in the Greek"?
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It's ironic that a film with this title should be among the most vital, alive, and challenging cinema experiences of the year.
Sarandon delivers one of her very best performances; her shock at encountering the wrath of the victim's family is registered beautifully. And Sean Penn, who for too long has suffered with the label of being a "bad boy," gives an Oscar-caliber performance.[12 January 1996, Friday, p.B]
A bold, searching, wrenching experience. It may be the most complexly impassioned message movie Hollywood has ever made.
A complex, myriad-faceted work of art.
Dead Man Walking drops a massive, writhing knot of sorrow in your lap and then doesn't tell you what to do with it. If that doesn't sound like entertainment to you, you're right. It does something far more profound: It finds the tragic universal core of a contentious issue.
Their (Sarandon, Penn) performances and Robbins' drive to ask questions without offering easy answers make Dead Man Walking a thought-provoking drama not to be missed or dismissed.
It is a measure of its complexity--and of the forces Penn and Sarandon have held in reserve during their hypnotic struggle for his soul--that its final moments leave us awash in emotion.
An intimate chamber piece for two, superbly acted by Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, this is a mature, well-crafted movie.
What this intelligent, balanced, devastating movie puts before us is nothing less than a contest between good and evil.
Robbins' direction and script are nearly flawlessly rich. There are no easy answers on death row, and Dead Man Walking makes this painfully, powerfully clear.
No simple diatribe against capital punishment, it's a strong film, made stronger by two terrific performances.
Unusual in both its subject matter and its approach, this film guides us on a pair of intertwined paths American movies rarely venture down.
This isn't a crowd-pleaser in terms of subject matter -- you've got a convict and a nun, with no love scenes -- but Robbins keeps it interesting.
The movie is often preachy and self-conscious, especially in long dialogue scenes, where Robbins's inexpert scriptwriting makes people talk at instead of with each other. Yet the picture's solid assets enable it to soar above such problems, both intellectually and emotionally. [29 December 1995, Film, p.13]
Has its awkward and square moments directorially, but it's also uncommonly honest and serious.
Sarandon is terrific and Penn is in top form, but the film is an achingly earnest message movie with a curiously muddled message.
Overpraised, intellectually soft, narratively unfocused, and thematically ambivalent.
The picture is cloudy in intent. That cloudiness is deepened by Susan Sarandon's performance as Sister Helen. If she were giving the role what it seems to demand, a glow of true religious light, the film would have some organic cohesion, a strong spiritual cord running through it. But Sarandon does little more than present her face. [Feb. 5, 1996]
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Aug 11, 2014Dead Man Walking has great performances, relevant messages about life and controversial topics like the death penalty, and a fine story.Dead Man Walking has great performances, relevant messages about life and controversial topics like the death penalty, and a fine story. However, the movie can be overly sentimental at times, plus it could've been cut a good 10 minutes. Nonetheless, it's worth a watch.… Full Review »
Apr 23, 2013Challenging, affecting, and uncommonly well-performed, "Dead Man Walking" earnestly displays a worthwhile and incisive loyalty to its powerfulChallenging, affecting, and uncommonly well-performed, "Dead Man Walking" earnestly displays a worthwhile and incisive loyalty to its powerful source material.… Full Review »
May 30, 2012Its was not an easy watch. Sean Penn's character almost never moves from the cell and talks to the nun from through bars. Structuring the filmIts was not an easy watch. Sean Penn's character almost never moves from the cell and talks to the nun from through bars. Structuring the film like this leads to a very boring script where nothing happens, it is predictable from start to finish. I would recommend this movie to someone who wants to consider the pro and cons of the death sentence, but it is definitely not an entertaining movie.… Full Review »


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were you able to keep the sway bars or are they gone?
Side skirts or front bumper?
I have a Forge 007 DV with box and all springs. Around 500 Miles on it. I took it off because I am selling the car. Payed $135. Will ship in original box for $100
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Hey I have a bad ABS module in my 2000 A4 Quattro 1.8t 5-Speed. Looking for a direct replacement in working condition. Let me know what you have.
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Clean title?
How is the interior?
Did it run before headgasket issue?
I am a very motivated buyer.
Ok I'm very interested and local. What is included for $1600 at this point? Clean title? Any rust?
I'll give you $800 cash.
Interior pics? Clean title? How is the floor/undercarriage? I'm interested for the right price. :thumbup:
So for $1000 you get a jetta coupe in boxes or just the body?
Interior pics? I'm local and interested. Do you have clean title?
Post a price.
Clean title?
Mileage on body?
Would you sell it as a rolling shell/no engine or boxed parts?
Ok very cool.. I still wouldn't daily it, just wanted to make sure. :thumbup:
How many miles on the VR6?
I don't drive daily as it is but please explain why you wouldn't daily this Corrado. I am assuming to preserve it's condition. However, are there any intermittent problems?
Interested. What engine/trans do you have? Also, will you subtract $500 and $1000 for the hood and coils respectively?
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Caldecott Medalist Allen Say presents a stunning graphic novel chronicling his journey as an artist during WWII, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan's premier cartoonist
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Part memoir, part graphic novel, part narrative history, DRAWING FROM MEMORY presents a complex look at the real-life relationship between a mentor and his student. With watercolor paintings, original cartoons, vintage photographs, and maps, Allen Say has created a book that will inspire the artist in all of us.
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Allen Say was born in Yokohama, Japan, in 1937. He dreamed of becoming a cartoonist from the age of six, and, at age twelve, apprenticed himself to his favorite cartoonist, Noro Shinpei. For the next four years, Say learned to draw and paint under the direction of Noro, who has remained Say's mentor. Say illustrated his first children's book -- published in 1972 -- in a photo studio between shooting assignments. For years, Say continued writing and illustrating children's books on a part-time basis. But in 1987, while illustrating THE BOY OF THE THREE-YEAR NAP (Caldecott Honor Medal), he recaptured the joy he had known as a boy working in his master's studio. It was then that Say decided to make a full commitment to doing what he loves best: writing and illustrating children's books. Since then, he has written and illustrated many books, including TREE OF CRANES and GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY, winner of the 1994 Caldecott Medal. He is a full-time writer and illustrator living in Portland, Oregon.


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Thigh gaps and bikini bridges
Basically, these are unhealthy ideas that no-one needs to worry about. I don't have either and don't want them. Anyone who has one naturally is good to go, but there's no point in starving yourself to achieve one as it's unhealthy and not good for you at all.
I'm not a skinny minnie, but even I can create a bikini bridge if I suck my stomach in for five seconds. I have other things to worry about apart from striving for an impossible ideal. Any guy worth hanging on to will love you for what's between your ears, not for having a thigh gap.
I personally think bikini bridges look unhealthy and make a girl look to skinny. Not to make fun of anyone who has one of course, but I always have felt it looks better to look fed rather than starved.
I have. bikini bridge if I lay flat on my back and suck in. XD
Thigh gaps and bikini bridges are just part of the whole desire to be thin campaign. I do think thigh gaps can look good, as long as it's not too extreme and the woman is HEALTHY and toned, but both of these 'fads' can make a women look too thin (note, usually the ones who do appear too thin do so unhealthily).
Yeah, a thigh gap is fine if your natural build means you have one, but starving to get one just makes you look scrawny and knock kneed.
I think there is a huge difference between starving yourself which is obviously extremely unhealthy... but then there is the other side which is working hard the right way to achieve a nice body (working out, eating right). I really do think thigh gaps and bikini bridges are really nice to have! I'm about to renew my ymca membership so I'm looking forward to hopefully getting near to that.
I had to google bikini bridge.lol I thought it was a new style of bikini before I saw the images. I honestly don't give a rats about what people think of me when I got to the beach anymore. I guess it comes with age lol. Gosh the thigh gap lol no thanks I like my Brazilian curves ;)
I have a natural thigh gap due to being quite thin as a result of my lung condition, but i'm filling that out with all the squats i've been doing ;) but I don't mind. Bikini bridges just look awful and unhealthy.
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you should change the font color in the blockquote - or the bgcolor... Now it's impossible to read it!
Probably depends on your screen - but you're right. It could be lighter or might not need a bgcolor at all.
I've got the oldest dimmest monitor surfing the Net, I'm sure, but I have no problem reading the blockquotes (but the member names in this forum is a separate matter entirely ;-)
Well, I've looked on three different machines now: on my laptop, it's very readable because the bgcolor is a very light gray. On my wife's laptop, you can't even tell the bgcolor isn't white! And on my CRT display, the gray is a little darker but still very readable.
And Beel, you're right - the same can't really be said for this page!
I think I'll just dump the bgcolor and leave it at that.
rdsms@ - in IE 5.5 the posts are on the same green background as the whole page, not on white as in FF.
If you want a screenshot contact me at moshu at transycan dot net
I believe you. A while ago, before I really got my site running, I ran across a page (probably referred to from the WP forums somewhere!) that would generate shots of your site with different browsers so you could check for compatibility issues. Does anyone know what the URL is of that site? I'm not sure I bookmarked it, and probably should have.
It does appear that Moshu is correct - under IE5.5 SP2, the posts actually show up with a green background and white text. Thanks to Moshu for bringing it to my attention - I haven't dug into fixing it yet, but I assume it's some sort of CSS issue in IE5.x. I just need to find the appropriate workaround.
Now, for anyone interested in checking their sites with older versions of IE, the folk(s)at Skyzyx.com have done the web world a tremendous service by providing downloads for 'standalone' versions of Internet Explorer (check out http://www.skyzyx.com/downloads/ and scroll down to "Standalone Internet Explorer". Download the zip file, unzip it into its own directory, and run the iexplore.exe file in that directory and BAM - you're running the old version of IE. I did that with 5.5, and confirmed what Moshu reported.
One note: I had to do what was suggested in Comment #113 on that site, and that was to rename the .EXE file and its associated .local file so that IE5.5 came up instead of IE6.0. But it worked! (and exposed the problem...) And its a real easy way to check out your site with older versions...
I think I fixed the IE 5.5 problem. Apparently the 5.5 CSS parser didn't like the location of a particular comment in the CSS file.
Yeah, you fixed :)
Thanks very much for catching the problem - and verifying the fix!
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Gender Effects on HIV-Associated White Matter Alterations: A Voxel-Wise DTI Study
- Clifford A. SmithAffiliated withRush University Medical Center Email author
- , Glenn T. StebbinsAffiliated withRush University Medical Center
- , Russell E. BarttAffiliated withRush University Medical CenterJohn H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook CountyRuth M. Rothstein CORE Center
- , Harold A. KesslerAffiliated withRush University Medical CenterJohn H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook CountyRuth M. Rothstein CORE Center
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Sexual dimorphisms within the human brain are well-documented. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is associated with atrophy and microstructural white matter alterations, yet sex-specific dimorphic brain alterations in persons living with HIV have not been systematically examined. To address this issue, we evaluated regional differences in normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) in adults with and without HIV utilizing diffusion tensor imaging. Through a voxel-by-voxel analytic approach, sexual dimorphisms in NAWM anisotropy and diffusivity were identified. In comparison to seronegative men and women, HIV infection contributed to a decline in the distribution of anisotropic differences between the sexes. Alterations in diffusivity were more complex, with seropositive women demonstrating an increase in regional diffusivity, while seropositive men demonstrated a reduction in regional differences. Sex by serostatus interactions within the left frontal lobe and bilateral thalamic region were identified. These results suggest that HIV contributes to sex-specific microstructural NAWM alterations, such that sex and serostatus differentially alter the integrity of the neuronal matrix.
KeywordsDiffusion tensor imaging Neuroimaging HIV/AIDS Gender
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- Gender Effects on HIV-Associated White Matter Alterations: A Voxel-Wise DTI Study
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- Harold A. Kessler (1) (2) (3)
- Oluwatoyin M. Adeyemi (1) (2) (3)
- Eileen Martin (4)
- Roland Bammer (5)
- Michael E. Moseley (5)
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- 1. Rush University Medical Center, 1653 West Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA
- 2. John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL, USA
- 3. Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center, Chicago, IL, USA
- 4. University of Illinois—Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Smoked glass
The term smoked glass refers to two different types of glass. It can be either of the following:
(1) Smoked glass is a flat sheet of glass held in the smoke of a candle flame (or other inefficiently burning hydrocarbon) such that one surface of the sheet of glass is covered in a layer of smoke residue. The glass is then used as a medium for recording pen traces in scientific instruments. The advantages of using the glass are that the recording medium is easily renewable (just re-smoke the glass), and that the trace obtained can easily be magnified by projection onto a suitable surface.[1][2][3] A variation on this scheme is the use of smoked paper in early seismographs.[4]
(2) Smoked glass is glass manufactured with darkening materials incorporated, such that light passing through the glass is decreased in brightness. It can be used aesthetically, for example, in the manufacture of coffee tables with smoked glass tops. It can also be used in scientific instruments as a filter, as in the use of smoked glass in cross-staves and sextants, allowing operators to make sun sightings without damaging their eyesight.
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- ^ "188.8.131.52 The Tomlinson Surface Meter:". Retrieved 2008-11-03.
- ^ Janet R. Stein-Taylor; Elisabeth Gantt; Johan A. Hellebust; J. S. Craigie. Handbook of Phycological Methods: Developmental and Cytological Methods. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-521-24915-7.
- ^ "Development-Inspection of Gas-Turbine Components at D. Napier & Son, Ltd.: Recording Profiles on Smoked Glass: Equipment and Technique". Aircraft Production (Iliffe Production Publications) 12 (139): 161–166. May 1950.
- ^ Jens Havskov & Gerardo Alguacil. Instrumentation in Earthquake Seismology. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-4020-2968-4.


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Skip to comments.Word for the Day, Wednesday, August 31, 2011-- sequacious
Posted on 08/31/2011 4:42:37 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Wednesday, 8/31/11
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
sequacious; adj.
following with smooth or logical regularity. 2. Archaic . following, imitating, or serving another person, especially unreasoningly <1. Conformist, following others in thought and behavior rather than leading. 2. Following a logically consistent direction, as a sequacious argument or line of reasoning. Sequacious is both lovelier and more descriptive than conformist, making it the perfect substitute, "The tattoo trade thrives on a sequacious youth trying to be iconoclastic." Don't forget that this word also refers to consistency in thought and behavior: "Trying to diet over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays doesn't strike me as completely sequacious."
Etymology: Today's word comes from Latin, as do so many English words. This one is based on the Latin sequax (sequac-s) "following, pursuing", the present participle of sequi "to follow". In Sanskrit, the ancient ancestor of Hindi and a language related to Latin and English, it became sak- "to follow" and sakis "friend". The original root also took on the suffix -ondo- (sekw-ondo-), becoming secundus "following, coming next, second" in Latin, whence English borrowed it for our word second.
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It doesn't appear to me that there is any sequaciousness of thought with regards to choosing a republican nominee. I really wish that FR would do a poll, i would be interested to see how FR shakes out.
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No pushing at the door please!
dang, didn't mean to post it twice!
thought of you on my way in, Ceej, bc Sweet Home Alabama came on my ipod, after Freebird. You 'bama you.
I hear them talk about Perry fizzling and Romney coming back and i think, how delusional. They have no idea that no one WANTS Romney, that the only reason he had any traction at all was because of the weakness of the field. Perry entering it changed that. No way that the novelty is going to wear off Perry and that Romney will surge, that's just crazy talk. A+++
Sequacious Posting! LOL!
The "Audacity of Hope", it turns out, is nothing more than the Sequacity of Liberalism—the same old policies, the same old ideas, the same old prejudices, the same old tactics, adhered to and applied with drone-like consistency.
Does anyone besides me recall hearing Shemp refer to katherine Herridge as the TERROR PIXIE once on his 3pm show? i was APPALLED, and in light of this suit, i can't imagine him being so stupid as to say something like that. It was several years ago now, as i recall.
i shoulda thoughta that as an excuse!!! A+++
A+++ are we sure it wasn't a typo and that he meant the Audacity of Dope?
If she wishes to appeal to the public, the first lady must realize that imitating wookies and sasquatches, is not sequacious.
A+++ well look at it this way, Obams has the sasquatch vote all sewn up! in these days of dwindling base, that's a plus!
Why Thank You! (takes bow)
Aww thanks xs. Turns out the new Apple CEO went to Auburn. I think I gave him a wedgie once. Still not going to get me to switch to a Mac. 10% of the marketshare, 90% of the crazies.
I heard Skynyrd live back in the 70's at an outdoor concert in B'ham. Awesome show!! Also one of my frat brothers went to high school with them in Jacksonville, FL and had Leonard Skinner as a coach!
That's who the band is named after.
Inquiring minds ponder the question daily until they tire,
as to whom our sequacious, stalinistic, slavedriving,
slavesupporting, (undocumented) tyrant does most admire?
cool inside info. Lordy did i know you were in a FRAT???
How many takes did she need - 5?
The rapid prliferation of the same catch-phrases and talking points among the Media indicate they 'think' with their sequacious glands...
A+++ i don't even want to know where those glands are located!
Il Dupe?
Homework, sort of: My vacation wasn't long enough. I need a sequacion.
A+++ your family would prefer you have a sequestration... ; )
Give me three steps
oooh that smell.....
i continue to love you despite your slavish devotion to the Palin woman ; ) A+++
The sequacious flow of grandchildren continues for the Truthy Clan. Truth'sBabyGirl'sBabyBoy was born at about 6 this morning, making 8 grandchildren in 7 years, all single births spaced among our three kids.
I must have mentioned it at some point. I was actually elected Alumni of the Year in 2009 by my Chapter. When my child went to Florida State, she asked me which one I belonged to. When I told her she was amazed, because apparently I don't fit the mold for FSU. I don't have a 19" neck.
I know she's never had a photo op with ACORN or addressed La Raza, and she didn't become a millionare in real estate while serving as governor but we can look past all that
People sequaciously voting Democrat just because their ethnic group or family "has always" done so could sink this country forever. That's because the Democrat party has become the Dictator Party, and reelecting obama would be a disaster that America could never recover from!
Congrats on being a grandad, again.
That's quite the fecund family you got there.
prodigious reproducers, the progeny of Truth!!! CONGRATULATIONS!
Shoulda figured there was something GREEKISH about you... ; )
typical palinbot slandering other candidates, my only beef with palin is that she simply cannot win.
and i say that in total love for you ; )
A+++ my brother and i broke from the sequacious Dem voting pattern of our upbringing. my father was blue collar union dem, dems were for the LITTLE GUY, republicans for the rich. My brother and i, sole offspring of my union dad, are antiunion republs.
As an attorney you know that the truth is a total defense against charges of slander.
Thanks much. (Assuming that's a compliment.) :)
Of course :)
as a member of the electorate i also know that the palinbots are not garnering any new voters from the undecided by their cultish devotion to their perceived savior.
my gripes with Sarah are nonexistent. her followers from Tammy Bruce on down are extremely hard to stomach. How many people have posted THAT sentiment on FR? i'm seeing it more and more often. i anxiously await a FR poll to determine how many of the cult of personality voters there are.
Thanks. I think they are starting to figure out a cause and effect relationship, a methodology which escapes democrats. My kids are all right-wing nuts, like their daddy.
the right wing SHOULD be fruitful and multiply, as the surefire way to outpace the aborting leftists.
Yes. We have discussed that Tammy Bruce is obsessive as are some others. It's kind of unfair though to blame a candidate, or in this case a potential candidate, for their supporters.
It's kind of like with Ron Paul. No one has been righter on stuff than he for years and that gets clearer every day, but he attracts some very young, enthusiastic, bat guano crazy supporters. He's like a magnet for "crazy".
And hey I do not rag on Perry supporters for being a sort of overnight generated invasion of the body snatchers like phenomena, one that has even infected my friends.
the most obnox trait of palinbots is to assume that those who don't think she is the second coming are committed to and flogging for another candidate. my candidate is Marco Rubio and since he's not in the race i am uncommitted. but were i to go on a sarah thread and explain why i think she has ZERO CHANCE of being elected i would be trashed as a mittbot, a perry supporter or relentlessly hounded by the question of WHO IS YOUR CANDIDATE, always looking for some nefarious motive behind criticism of the sainted one. i am telling you i have lots of conservative friends NONE OF THEM wants sarah palin. not a single one. and none of them is enamored of anyone else, they keep saying OMG who is going to be our nominee, who can BEAT OBAMA??? none of them think that sarah can. that's why i don't see her winning the nomination.
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Skip to comments.They've Lost That Lovin' Feeling (Peggy Noonan)
Posted on 07/29/2011 7:06:12 AM PDT by chickadee
But that actually is not what I want to talk about. I want to talk about something that started to become apparent to me during the debt negotiations. It's something I've never seen in national politics.
It is that nobody loves Obama. This is amazing because every president has people who love him, who feel deep personal affection or connection, who have a stubborn, even beautiful refusal to let what they know are just criticisms affect their feelings of regard. At the height of Bill Clinton's troubles there were always people who'd say, "Look, I love the guy." They'd often be smilinga wry smile, a shrugging smile. Nobody smiles when they talk about Mr. Obama. There were people who loved George W. Bush when he was at his most unpopular, and they meant it and would say it. But people aren't that way about Mr. Obama. He has supporters and bundlers and contributors, he has voters, he may win. But his support is grim support. And surely this has implications.
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What fun would that be?
Actually I click on on all of the Peggy Noonan and George Will threads just to see how the Freepers are reacting to these turncoat bozos. My view: Most Freepers have figured these guys out and pretty much discount anything they write. It's not universal but it's a pretty good majority.
"it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails."
Niccolò Machiavelli (The Prince)
But, I think old Peg is a good windsock in this instance. As one of the biggest Obama fawners, she is now calling him a "loser". That alone gives this piece credibility. Notice, she is not whispering this to a friend. She has put it in print.
Accurate and concise. You get two bonus points:)
Thank you! :)
That's a factor for folks for sure. But IIRC, he got that in Vietnam, for which I have the most respect for.
OTOH, backing Obama in 2008? If he wasn't a WIA vet, I'd say he belongs in a toilet.
The only accomplishment of the Cash for Clunkers program was to get 95% of the Obama bumper stickers off the road.
And drugs.
I agree, chick. People who I know who loooooved Hussein are oh so quiet now. I do know one or two who got brave after Hussein's continuation of Bush's policies led to the death of Osama.
I really enjoy reading Peggy. It's a somewhat perverse joy like putting a penny in a glass of Coke, eating a Milk-Bone or a spoonful of Tide.
I believe this is a correct analysis of the way those who support Obama think. This makes the entire situation VERY dangerous.
You put plenty of love on him, Peggy.
She can test her thesis by standing between Obama and Chris Matthews.
Peggy loved Obama up until a couple of weeks ago.
**** the Boehner bill on the debt ceiling because it goes in the right directions, contains spending cuts but not taxes, and is viable. ****
That is simply, factually wrong. There are no spending cuts. Period.
I don't know who Noonan talks with, but she's wrong about this, as usual. My liberal facebook friends are still gushing about him and "heart"-ing him all over the place.
We need to get it through our heads: liberals will never change or see reason. They don't want to and they fight reality. We have got to take control and crush them without their approval, understanding, or help.
Rise up, America. Wise up, America.
What? Peggy had nothing snide to say about Sarah Palin?
"Yeah, but Hussein IS a socialist."
and an alien!
Are they really your friends?
I stopped reading her in 2008 after she soaked herself with excitement and slid off her lounge chair. Despite cleaning herself, she's irrelevant.
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I don't at all disagree with you. What frustrates me is that Noonan was so easily charmed and duped in the 2008 cycle yet refuses to even acknowledge that she was an "Obama fawner". If she'd show a little shame or even chagrin I might be more forgiving. I will always be grateful to her for writing some of Ronald Reagan's greatest speeches but since 2008 Peggy Noonan has been dead to me.
Do they let Elitist Snots in Wrigley?
Ms. Noonan has been a middle-aged Obama groupie and indefatigable re-worder and interpreter of Mister Obama's actual meanings and intentions since 07, and there's no calling any of this back.
She concludes her typically schizophrenic (covering her criticisms with compliments) piece by writing...
He is not a devil, an alien, a socialist. He is a loser. And this is America, where nobody loves a loser.
Ms. Noonan surely knows she's wrong about the "socialist" statement; however she has so much emotional capital invested in the man that she provides a counterexample for an article about how little emotional attachment people have w Obama.
There's some 50th b'day nonsense on FB that I chose to visit . . . like playing with a loose tooth. About 10 'friends' faces popped up as 'liking' it. They were the same insufferable d'bags from '08 that made visits to FB unbearable.
More unfortunate? He'll have EVEN MORE if the tea party blows it for the GOP this weekend.
The only thing I'd disagree with is to point out that she is well past middle age.
"he has failed to organize it to their satisfaction"
The key. When you're dreaming of your Federal Government giving you alot of free stuff, what happens when the dream's deferred?
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
-Langston Hughes
Exactly, Peggy. And he told everyone that in 2005 when he said, and I quote, "The kind of education I received makes you confident in your ability to understand problemsnot necessarily to have good answers but at least understand the nature of the questions."
Barack Obama doesn't have the ability to provide solutions. He has only the ability to analyze the problem and complain about the solutions that others provide.
Exactly, Peggy. And he told everyone that in 2005 when he said, and I quote, "The kind of education I received makes you confident in your ability to understand problemsnot necessarily to have good answers but at least understand the nature of the questions."
Barack Obama doesn't have the ability to provide solutions. He has only the ability to analyze the problem and complain about the solutions that others provide.
Hey Peggy,
Barry is doing exactly what he planned to do to this
country.Many of us sounded the alarm when we first saw him
and read about his qualifications. We are not surprised at
Too bad you got fooled.
P.S. There's no Santa Clause either. Deal.
Peggy Windsock. I like it.
At that time, you were probably so buzzed with booze and 'bama that you didn't notice that there were no long-term friends of Obama, no girlfriends, nobody who could even remember him from Columbia. We out in Flyover noticed and knew. No proud professors. No affectionate neighbors. His only friend, Jarrett, seems to function as a kind of nanny.
Nothing but an endless line of grifters who held the next door open for The Guy With So Many Teeth.
Posting this to you will serve to remind me that I, once again, read a Peggy Noonan article, but, it was worth it to post this: You write well. Keep it up.
Some good lines in her article. Still, hard to take her seriously when, during Obama'a campaign, she experienced the female equivalent to Matthews' "tingle up his leg".
Now this? What... did she go on the wagon or something?
I had one of those "grim" Obama supporter incidents again yesterday. Obama's name came up and the lib said, "who else would you want to be President" (as if PeeWee Herman couldn't do a better job, lol.) Since the person was cranky and on the verge of rage, I let the matter drop.
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