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March 26, 2004: Sooner or later, the reign of Einstein, like the reign of Newton before him, will come to an end. An upheaval in the world of physics that will overthrow our notions of basic reality is inevitable, most scientists believe, and currently a horse race is underway between a handful of theories competing to be the successor to the throne.
Whatever theory replaces Einstein's Relativity, it is being made very sure, today, that it can be measured and that both measurement and measurers of causes are opposite to Reality, just like Einstein's theories were.
In the running are such mind-bending ideas as an 11-dimensional universe, universal "constants" (such as the strength of gravity) that vary over space and time and only remain truly fixed in an unseen 5th dimension, infinitesimal vibrating strings as the fundamental constituents of reality, and a fabric of space and time that's not smooth and continuous, as Einstein believed, but divided into discrete, indivisible chunks of vanishingly small size. Experiment will ultimately determine which triumphs.
Right:According to Einstein's theory of general relativity, the sun's gravity causes starlight to bend, shifting the apparent position of stars in the sky.
A new concept for an experiment to test the predictions of Einstein's relativity more precisely than ever before is being developed by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Their mission, which effectively uses our solar system as a giant laboratory, would help narrow the field of vying theories and bring us one step closer to the next revolution in physics.
It may not weigh heavily on most people's minds, but a great schism
has long plagued our fundamental understanding of the universe. Two
ways of explaining the nature and behavior of space, time, matter, and
energy currently exist: Einstein's relativity and the "standard model"
of quantum mechanics. Both are extremely successful. The Global Positioning System (GPS), for instance, wouldn't be possible without the theory of relativity. Computers, telecommunications, and the Internet, meanwhile, are spin-offs of quantum mechanics.
But the two theories are like different languages, and no one is yet sure how to translate between them. Relativity explains gravity and motion by uniting space and time into a 4-dimensional, dynamic, elastic fabric of reality called space-time, which is bent and warped by the energy it contains. (Mass is one form of energy, so it creates gravity by warping space-time.)
Quantum mechanics, on the other hand, assumes that space and time form a flat, immutable "stage" on which the drama of several families of particles unfolds. These particles can move both forward and backward in time (something relativity doesn't allow), and the interactions between these particles explain the basic forces of nature -- with the glaring exception of gravity.
Astronomers use the light-bending properties of gravity to view very
distant galaxies--such as the arc shapes in this image--in a technique
called "gravitational lensing." [More]
Astronomers use the light-bending properties of gravity to view very distant galaxies--such as the arc shapes in this image--in a technique called "gravitational lensing." [More]
The stalemate between these two theories has gone on for decades. Most scientists assume that somehow, eventually, a unifying theory will be developed that subsumes the two, showing how the truths they each contain can fit neatly within a single, all-encompassing framework of reality. Such a "Theory of Everything" would profoundly affect our knowledge of the birth, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe.
Slava Turyshev, a scientist at JPL, and his colleagues have thought of a way to use the International Space Station (ISS) and two mini-satellites orbiting on the far side of the sun to test the theory of relativity with unprecedented accuracy. Their concept, developed in part through funding from NASA's Office of Biological and Physical Research, would be so sensitive that it could reveal flaws in Einstein's theory, thus providing the first hard data needed to distinguish which of the competing Theories of Everything agree with reality and which are merely fancy chalk-work.
The experiment, called Laser Astrometric Test Of Relativity (LATOR), would look at how the sun's gravity deflects beams of laser light emitted by the two mini-satellites. Gravity bends the path of light because it warps the space through which the light is passing.
The standard analogy for this warping of space-time by gravity is to imagine space as a flat sheet of rubber that stretches under the weight of objects like the sun. The depression in the sheet would cause an object (even a no-mass particle of light) passing nearby the sun to turn slightly as it went by.
In fact, it was by measuring the bending of starlight by the sun during a solar eclipse in 1919 that Sir Arthur Eddington first tested Einstein's theory of general relativity. In cosmic terms, the sun's gravity is fairly weak; the path of a beam of light skimming the edge of the sun would only be bent by about 1.75 arcseconds (an arcsecond is 1/3600 of a degree). Within the limits of accuracy of his measuring equipment, Eddington showed that starlight did indeed bend by this amount -- and in doing so effectively impeached Newton.
LATOR would measure this deflection with a
Above:The curvature of space due to the sun's mass caused signals from the Cassini probe to curve on their way to Earth. [More]
"I think [LATOR] would be quite an important advance for fundamental physics," says Clifford Will, a professor of physics at Washington University who has made major contributions to post-Newtonian physics and is not directly involved with LATOR. "We should continue to try to press for more accuracy in testing general relativity, simply because any kind of deviation would mean that there's new physics that we were not aware of before."
Solar laboratory
The experiment would work like this: Two small satellites, each about one meter wide, would be launched into an orbit circling the sun at roughly the same distance as Earth. This pair of mini-satellites would orbit more slowly than Earth does, so about 17 months after launch, the mini-satellites and Earth would be on opposite sides of the sun. Even though the two satellites would be about 5 million km apart, the angle between them as viewed from Earth would be tiny, only about 1 degree. Together, the two satellites and Earth would form a skinny triangle, with laser beams along its sides, and one of those beams passing close to the sun.
Above:A schematic diagram of the proposed LATOR mission.
Turyshev plans to measure the angle between the two satellites using an interferometer mounted on the ISS. An interferometer is a device that catches and combines beams of light. By measuring how waves of light from the two mini-satellites "interfere" with each other, the interferometer can measure the angle between the satellites with extraordinary precision: about 10 billionthsof an arcsecond, or 0.01 µas (micro-arcseconds). When the precision of the other parts of the LATOR design are considered, this gives an overall accuracy for measuring how much gravity bends the laser beam of about 0.02 µas for a single measurement.
"Using the ISS gives us a few advantages," Turyshev explains. "For one, it's above the distortions of Earth's atmosphere, and it's also large enough to let us place the two lenses of the interferometer far apart (one lens on each end of the solar panel truss), which improves the resolution and accuracy of the results."
The 0.02 µas accuracy of LATOR is good enough to reveal deviations from Einstein's relativity predicted by the aspiring Theories of Everything, which range from roughly 0.5 to 35 µas. Agreement with LATOR's measurements would be a major boost for any of these theories. But if no deviation from Einstein is found even by LATOR, most of the
current contenders--along with their 11 dimensions, pixilated space,
and inconstant constants--will suffer a fatal blow and "pass on" to
that great dusty library stack in the sky.
Because the mission requires only existing technologies, Turyshev says LATOR could be ready to fly as soon as 2009 or 2010. So it may not be too long before the stalemate in physics is broken and a new theory of gravity, space, and time takes the throne.
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NASA's Office of Biological and Physical Research (OBPR) supports studies like Turyshev's for the benefit of humans in space and on Earth
Laser Astrometric Test Of Relativity (LATOR) -- technical paper by Turyshev and colleagues about the LATOR concept
Many of the candidates for a "Theory of Everything" predict the existence of a scalar field that permeates the universe. Einstein first proposed such a field when he introduced a cosmological constant into his equations for gravity. He later changed his mind and removed this term, but recently the idea has garnered renewed interest among physicists. Such a term could account for the surprising discovery that the expansion of the universe is actually accelerating, not slowing down as physicists previously thought. Like the famous Michelson-Morley experiment in 1887 that sought to detect the existence of the "aether", LATOR will be able to determine whether the scalar field exists -- a finding that will be pivotal in the search for a Theory of Everything.
Einstein's Relativity and Everyday Life -- Physicist Clifford Will explains how the Global Positioning System depends on the theory of relativity.
The Theory of Everything-- article about the search for a theory to unify relativity with quantum mechanics, by physicist Michio Kaku
A Pop Quiz for Einstein -- (Science@NASA) The Gravity Probe B mission will test two important aspects of Einstein's theory of General Relativity.
The Elegant Universe-- Watch a 3 hour series from PBS's Nova about the quest to find a unifying Theory of Everything
"Laser Astrometric Test of Relativity (LATOR) Mission Studies" is just one of many fundamental physics research grants recently awarded by NASA's Office of Biological and Physical Sciences.
General Relativity-- Introduction to general relativity, from the Wikipedia
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WINDSOR, Conn., Aug. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for August 2016 measured 3.86%, up from 2.95% in July.
"SS&C GlobeOp's Forward Redemption Indicator for August of 2016 rose slightly on a year-over-year basis to 3.86%, up from 3.46% reported a year ago for August 2015," said Bill Stone, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, SS&C Technologies. "Given seasonal patterns, this result is in the normal range of historical variation."
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Type 2: Oramed Sends Oral Insulin Test Request to FDA
Israel-based Oramed announced that it has sent an application to the Food and Drug Administration for permission to enter Phase 2 trials of its oral insulin product. The company has been working on developing a means of delivering insulin orally, which would allow people with diabetes to avoid having to inject themselves with the hormone.
If the FDA gives the go ahead, Oramed will conduct a 12-month trial and 10 different locations across the United States. The test will involve 147 type 2 diabetes patients who will be divided into three groups: one receiving placebo and two who will take the Oramed drug at different dosage levels.
Developing an insulin that can be taken orally has been a long-sought goal among pharmaceutical companies. Because of the hormone's delicate molecular structure, the problem has been to find a way to shield it from the corrosive effects of the digestive system's highly acidic environment and deliver it intact to the bloodstream.
Although type 2 diabetes patients who use insulin benefit from extremely thin needle technology that has taken much of the sting and pain out of injections, an oral form of the hormone would remove all pain from the dosing process as well as eliminate the cost of needles and syringes.
The company also announced that it is ready to begin testing its oral exenatide product on type 2 patients, with results expected by the end of the first quarter of this year. Exenatide, a GLP-1 analog, is the basis of the popular and widely used brand-name drugs Byetta and Bydureon (Amylin Pharmaceuticals). Both drugs are taken by injection; Byetta twice daily and Bydureon once weekly.
Oramed is also experimenting with a therapy that combines oral insulin and oral exenatide. The company presented preliminary results of the therapy at the scientific sessions of the American Diabetes Association last June, saying the two drugs provided greater benefits working together rather than by themselves.


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The first and potentially the most valuable thought when scaling down is to get in the correct personality. The individuals who carry on with a moderate lifestyle are more gainful and more joyful. Cutting back is not really going to be a trial in agonizing trouble with the correct considering. Alright, perhaps I didn't depict that privilege, yet it can be a trial disposing of your belonging when scaling down.
We have discovered seven approaches to help in your scaling back move. At whatever point or any place you are in your voyage, the initial step is very basic. It is simply to begin.
Presently is the Best time to begin
When attempting to decide when to begin the occasionally overwhelming assignment of scaling back, you may feel that you don't have sufficient energy, you would prefer not to begin until you as of now have your RV or think the errand of getting sorted out is recently excessively. Regardless of where you are, whether you have chosen to roll out an improvement in life to carry on with the RV way of life, regardless of the possibility that you have not settled on your RV (Motor-mentor or travel trailer), the best time to begin is currently! Simply get appropriate to it. Presently is the best time!
Have a dream as a primary concern
Having a thought of what you need to achieve is critical to your general objective. Having the capacity to envision your objectives will prop you up. Your vision does not need to be a strict. Most objective dreams wind up being a perfect, a complete line that you will reach toward the finish of your venture. We had a photo of our RV on our telephones (it appears a little senseless now since we could have effectively gotten a print to put on the ice chest while we cut back). Having the capacity to really observe the RV kept me ready to see my complete line. I could see I was consistently heading towards it with each room, storage room, or drawer I purged. Since I had never lived in such a little zone before I had no genuine thought of what I ought to clutch and what ought to go. It worked out that not knowing made me clutch to much. When it went to my garments, it turned out my significant other couldn't generally help me. I did a little research and discovered the garments I would need a moderate closet carrying on with the RV way of life had on board. Along these lines I could start my moderate closet. My vision was to have a moderate life,but with the solaces I had come to love.
Stock your stuff
Set aside the opportunity to make a rundown of the considerable number of things that you have,the things you need to keep and the things you require. It will make everything go all the more easily. The vast majority are visual, not just with learning,but being visual assists with association too. Make your rundowns when you start and it can make the whole venture go all the more easily.
Rationally Prepare
A few people can do well under weight and settle on choices rapidly, yet for whatever is left of us, choosing to give the porcelain duck given to us by incredible close relative Elma when we were twelve can not be made in flurry. I realize that I am that individual that will murmur and haw over each choice (truth be told, that is the thing that I did). My better half was exceptionally understanding with me considering the measure of both memorabilia and futile things I needed to dispose of. We had a timetable to keep and he ensured that I utilized the time that I had (when not at work) carefully. He instructed me to take as much time as is needed and make certain of what I was giving and what I was destroying.
Think Positively
Positive deduction will be useful. Energy will prop you up when you are supposing it is too difficult to relinquish your things. Sooner or later in our procedure, this will happen. We have made connections to our belonging. We would prefer truly not to part with them, however we have to for scaling back. Keep in mind that you are not disposing of your cherished recollections. Consider it like this, you are preparing for your new free and sorted out life out and about.
Offer or Donate Items
Offering or potentially giving undesirable or utilized things is one of the principle approaches to scale back. This is one of the less demanding things on our rundown to do. Remember that an extraordinary aspect concerning giving your things is that it might profit others. Offering your things is a decent approach to have more cash for your future way of life. It regards have some additional cash. The nearest store to our old place that acknowledged gifts was our neighborhood Goodwill. I made a few outings forward and backward (it was great exercise too). Presently, in the event that you are one of the numerous that can order their charges, bear in mind to get your assessment receipt for gave things. It might help you recover somewhat more in April.
Having the capacity to dispose of all my paper and digitize was critical. My significant other was determined about expecting to control our general weight when moving into our RV. Our weight must be low. So my numerous times of keeping expense forms and any and each receipt I was offered needed to stop. I had a great deal of work to do. With the little help and a ton of work, I could compose, output, and name a large portion of my things. Despite everything I had a little to do when we moved into the RV.
Today there are numerous gadgets that can help you arrange paper items. You no longer need to do it the hard and monotonous way. At the time we were moving in it was 2015. I mined by hand since I picked not to buy the fundamental programming. On the off chance that I needed to do it once more, I would take the money related hit. It would have spared me so much time. Obviously it was less time for me, on the grounds that from that point my significant other was responsible for destroying my papers. He was less excited about this.
I couldn't have done my cut back without my significant other. With help I could dispose of a larger part of my messiness. Having someone else to be responsible to assisted with really completing things. I was by and by ready to do two particular things.
I Donated a lot of things I would have no utilization for in our RV home.
I had a lot of memorabilia, books and things go to me from my mom. This was my wellspring of impressive mess. I could send the majority of these things to one of my sisters.
I think these two helped me the most. I had been giving things to the neighborhood goodwill for a considerable length of time. The issue was I would give, then go to the store and shop. I would wind up with more mess. This is the place my great spouse came in. Since he had lived in a few full-time vehicles. He has changed over his own transport, lived on an extraordinary watercraft and furthermore lived in another RV. He has carried on with this way of life for a long time. So it was evident he would be my go to for any inquiries concerning our move.
He helped me with the thought to check my photos and any archives I might need to keep. We have a case with our essential documentation, similar to birth declarations, marriage authentications and Bank information. As we as a whole know there are a few papers that we need to keep unique documentation for. For all the others he helped me change over them into computerized shape.
I didn't understand the amount I really had until I began vigorously placing everything all together. I required a little direction. I couldn't see the issue until we discussed the real measurements of our new RV space. We had put our up front installment and was well on our approach to possession. Despite everything I had a loft brimming with mess and a capacity we were making regularly scheduled installments consuming an opening in our wallet.
These two things alongside the assistance of my better half helped me significantly when scaling down in planning of moving into our RV. It's essential to recall why you are scaling down. The vast majority transitioning into the RV way of life will have 50 percent less space than in their past home. Another key indicate recollect is that once you have finished scaling back, you will need to keep it straightforward. Your square film will change, so you won't have space for things not totally vital. When you are in your RV home, mess will amass effortlessly, so you need to remain up on what you have. I propose you effectively remain up on it.


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Oracle customers will now be able to deploy a range of Oracle software on Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service in production form, the companies announced Monday at the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco.
Oracle is fully supporting and certifying E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, Siebel CRM, Fusion Middleware, its flagship database and Linux distribution on EC2, albeit running inside Oracle's own Oracle VM virtualization technology, not Amazon's.
Amazon's virtualization engine had been a sticking point against customers who wanted to run production versions of applications like E-Business Suite on EC2, since it lacked Oracle's stamp of approval. Instead, Oracle suggested customers could use EC2 for development and testing instances.
Customers can migrate Oracle licenses to EC2 for no additional fee, or buy new ones. Deployments will be aided by upcoming Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), with the first batch covering Oracle's Linux, database, E-Business Suite and Fusion Middleware.
The announcement dovetails with Oracle's own cloud-related announcement on Sunday. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison unveiled the Exalogic Elastic Cloud, a combination of hardware and software that, much like EC2, provides a virtualized pool of infrastructure that can shift resources to applications in response to demand.
But Oracle intends Exalogic to be run behind customers' firewalls. So far, the company has made no indication it plans to open a public cloud service like EC2 on its own.
Other aspects of Oracle's cloud computing strategy could be revealed Tuesday, during a keynote by Thomas Kurian, executive vice president of product development.
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This story (from November, 2008) comes from Matt, our GM/Shared Services:
Matt was in Orlando, attending the "What's New Theater," which is more or less the kick-off ceremony for the week-long IAAPA Expo industry trade show. It includes a great production involving, as the name implies, the new rides and technology to watch for in the industry throughout the coming year.
As our animation for Pilgrims Plunge came on the huge screen, Matt heard someone sitting behind him mumble the following:
Those people just ain't right.
We're still laughing about that!
Fast forward to today, and this Pilgrims Plunge video has been viewed by more than 2.3 million YouTubers:


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After blasting Microsoft's attempts to set Edge as the default browser in Windows 10, Mozilla is enjoying some sweet revenge by steering Firefox users away from Bing.
With the newly-released Firefox 40, users no longer have to use Bing for web searches from Cortana on the Windows 10 taskbar. Instead, Firefox will show results from whatever search engine the user has chosen as the default.
Using Firefox isn't the only way to replace Cortana's Bing searches with Google or another search engine. But Firefox is currently the only browser that does so without the need for third-party extensions. (It wouldn't be surprising, however, if Google follows suit.)
The story behind the story: Mozilla may be responding to Microsoft's own attack on third-party browsers in Windows 10, as the installation process sets Edge as the default browser for anyone who chooses "Express" settings. This resulted in a scathing open letter from Mozilla CEO Chris Beard, who said the move was a "dramatic step backwards" in respecting users' choices. While Microsoft is clearly using Windows to establish Microsoft services, competitors like Mozilla aren't going to let that happen without a fight.
What else is new in Firefox 40
Search engine drama aside, Mozilla is embracing some aspects of Windows 10. The new browser includes "thoughtful tweaks" to the user interface, with bolder icons that are more in line with the look of Microsoft's new operating system. Menus also take up a little less space than previous versions, leaving more room for the actual web content.
The other big change is creating a controversy of its own: With Firefox 40, Mozilla is starting down a path of mandatory security checks for browser extensions. As of the latest release, users will see a warning if they try to install an unsigned extension, and Firefox 41 will block these extensions outright unless users trigger an override in the browers's config menu. In Firefox 42, the override will go away, and all unsigned extensions will be blocked.
Mozilla says the change is necessary to protect users from extensions that inject advertisements or malicious scripts, and tracking these malicious extensions from outside the official add-on repository has become too difficult.
However, the comments in Mozilla's blog post on the changes are largely negative. "It is essential that I continue to be able to use add-ons that may no longer be supported and which may not get the signing treatment," wrote one user. "Therefore, I strongly request that you make it possible for advanced users to adjust about:config settings to keep current functionality."
It seems, then, that even Mozilla believes the freedom to make your own choices has limits.


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Ullah, a Bangladeshi national who worked at an electrical company, was "wearing an improvised low-tech explosive device attached to his body" when it accidentally went off as he walked through passageway between the IND line at 7th Avenue and the IRT at 42nd Street and 8th Avenue around 7:20 a.m., city Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill said.
"The device is based on a pipe bomb, affixed with a combination of velcro and zip ties," NYPD spokesman John Miller said.
The ISIS-inspired Ullah had wires running to a 5-inch metal pipe bomb and a battery pack strapped to his abdomen under his jacket, O'Neill said.
Ullah, who came to the U.S. seven years ago and most recently lived in Brooklyn, was seriously injured, with burns and cuts to his hands and abdomen, the commissioner said. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital.
"He did make statements," O'Neill said, "but we're not going to go into that now."
Three other people were injured, none of them seriously, the NYPD said. Two took themselves to the hospitals, while the other was treated at the scene, authorities said.
The Port Authority bus terminal in midtown Manhattan was reopened around 9:30 a.m. Monday.
"This was an attempted terrorist attack," Mayor Bill DiBlasio said at the scene. "Thank God the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate goals.
"There are no known additional incidents at this time. There are no known additional activities," he said.
There will be added security throughout the city on Monday, the mayor said.
"The NYPD is on full alert and out in force, and that means you're safe," he said.
The stations and subways were evacuated, and trains were initially bypassing the Port Authority and Times Square stations, after the explosion, the department said.
No cars were allowed to exit the FDR Drive from 59th to 42nd streets — 45th to 40th and 7th to 9th Ave remained closed as of 9 a.m., the Port Authority said.
"This is New York. The reality is that we are a target by many who would like to make a statement against democracy and freedom," Gov. Cuomo said. " We have the Statue of Liberty in our harbor, and that makes us an international target."
Anyone can go online and find "garbage" that helps them make an explosive device, the governor said.
At the same time, he said: "This is New York. We are a savvy people. We keep our eyes open. And we have the best law enforcement on the globe."
Responders included city police, the FBI, the Joint Terrorism Task Force, New York State Police and the ATF, authorities said.
New Jersey Transit bus service was being diverted to Secaucus and Newark Penn Station for rail service to the city (Follow @NJTransit and @PANYNJ for updates as they come available).
PORT AUTHORITY BUS SERVICE: http://www.panynj.gov/bus-terminals/pabt-carriers-routes.html
Streets have been closed in both directions in the vicinity of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in midtown Manhattan after an apparent pipe bomb explosion Monday morning.
The possible pipe bomb detonated in a passageway below ground at the Port Authority at 42nd Street and 8th Avenue near Times Square, according to WABC-TV, citing police sources.
One person has been taken into custody, and at least one injury has been reported.
There are subway disruptions as a result of the incident, including no 42 St shuttle service in both directions.
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How Not to Honor St. Patrick
Ah, St. Patrick's Day is upon us.
That means but one thing: time for Americans to over-celebrate the Irish tradition.
I speak of the goofy Leprechaun hats, the gaudy green buttons and scarves and the propensity to drink excessive amounts of alcohol at fake Irish pubs while trying to be authentically Irish.
Though I'm not entirely without guilt.
Eight years ago in a gentrified section of Washington, D.C., I visited a fake Irish pub a few weeks before St. Patrick's Day. My group included my cousin, my friends Bergen, Bell and Reid, and a woman we'd just met who bore a striking resemblance to Paula Jones (of the Clinton-era scandals).
Our efforts at pretending to be authentically Irish were going well until Bergen ordered up a fresh round of Guinness. That's when the disaster occurred.
"Paula Jones" was wearing a white sweater – her favorite white sweater, which she'd paid $80 for at bebe's in Chicago. Bergen, in his eagerness to get at his Guinness, knocked a full pint of the oil-black brew onto what quickly become a chocolate-white sweater from bebe's in Chicago.
Having five sisters, I knew we had to get that sweater soaking in something or it would never see whiteness again. Bell ran off to get a bucket. I got the manager to supply a free Leprechaun T-shirt so our guest could change. My cousin trembled visibly, while Bergen was clearly saddened by the loss of his full pint.
Just as we managed to get our female guest dry, get her chocolate-white sweater soaking in soda water – we set it on a table behind us – and continue to pretend we were authentically Irish, all heck broke loose again.
Drug dealers, who had been openly plying their trade across the street – we watched them through the window – were suddenly the target of police, whose cars came roaring down the street from every direction.
So curious were we about this scene, we forgot about the sweater. Thus, we failed to notice that the busboy had picked up the bucket in which the sweater was soaking and proceeded to fill it with dirty glasses, silverware, greasy napkins, etc.
Thankfully, my cousin saw him and began shouting. This headed off the busboy's subsequent actions, which would have involved the swabbing of dirty tables with an $80 chocolate-white sweater from bebe's in Chicago.
There was no time to savor our success, however, as another crisis was under way. Our female guest was suddenly overcome by itchiness, an affliction, apparently, that results when Guinness dries on the skin. (Sunburn she'd received during a recent vacation had also contributed to her malady.)
So loudly did she complain – she had passed through "denial" and was well on her way to "anger" – that our efforts at pretending we were authentically Irish were in jeopardy yet again.
I quickly began searching the pub for mayonnaise, which, I'd thought, would remedy her itching. I didn't realize until afterward that my reasoning had been muddled by an abundance of Guinness and my hopes of rubbing mayonnaise all over her skin had more to do with my needs than hers.
It was about then that the cook came running out of the kitchen, shouting about shots being fired in the alley. Our group had had enough. We rose in unison, grabbed our sweater bucket, hailed a cab and got the heck out of there.
The Irish celebrate St. Patrick's Day in a more dignified manner than Americans do. Most people go to Mass, take in a parade, then enjoy the rest of the day with family – they don't get out of hand the way we do.
It is true that one out of four Americans can trace his heritage back to the rolling green hills of Ireland, but do we have to mock our fine heritage by wearing gaudy hats and scarves, getting rip-roaring drunk and singing supposed Irish tunes, such as "The Unicorn Song"?
"The Unicorn Song" illustrates my point perfectly. It was written by Shel Silverstein. He was Jewish.


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- 1/4 cup pecans
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for shaping dough
- 6 tablespoons butter, ice cold
- 2 to 3 tablespoons ice cold water
- 1 egg, plus 1 egg yolk
- 1/2 cup dark corn syrup
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 cup canned pumpkin filling
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 cup pecans, chopped plus 24 halves for garnish
- Special equipment: 2 (12-cup) mini muffin tins
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Spray the bottoms and sides of the mini muffin tins with cooking spray.
Spray the bottoms and sides of the mini muffin tins with cooking spray.
In a food processor, pulse pecans with the sugar, salt, and flour, until the nuts are ground and the ingredients are combined. Add in butter and pulse until dough resembles coarse meal. Slowly pour in ice water through the feed tube, pulsing, until the dough comes together. Remove from processor bowl onto clean work surface sprinkled with flour.
Form dough into a ball and divide evenly into 24 pieces. Roll each piece into a ball and evenly press into each cup, until the bottom is covered. If the dough is sticky, dip your finger in flour first.
Bake 15 to 18 minutes, until the crusts are very golden. Check periodically to make sure they don't get too brown.
Meanwhile, make the filling: In a medium bowl, whisk the egg and yolk with the corn syrup, sugar, pumpkin filling and vanilla. Stir in the chopped pecans.
Remove dough from oven and spoon 1 tablespoon of the filling into each cup. Top each with 1 pretty pecan half. Return the pans to the oven and continue baking, for 12 to 15 minutes more, until the pumpkin filling is set. Allow to cool before removing from the pans.
Source : cookingchanneltv.com


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Number CrunchingIf yesterday had begun as any other day, then perhaps the today George was presently cursing would not have ended in the way it had. In short, George had found himself in a predicament. The outcome of which, had put George in the sort of discomfort that would keep most men's frown firmly the right way up. The pain killers had given some relief, but regret had been incessantly poking at the back of his brain, as if delighting in the particularly irksome position this unwelcome squatter had claimed for its own. So far no doctor had offered him something for that complaint.
George began to count the number of times the word "baby" was being used by the teenie-bopper pop-tarts that forced their way into his room via the hospital radio. He smiled for the first time that day as a pattern began to emerge. Stretching out his squat and hairy arms above him and gingerly placing his hands in between his pillow and head he assumed what he imagined to be a smug expression and waited.
As expected, in walked a nurse, George's nurse to be precise. George had been a touch disappointed by her. Given the nature of his injury he had rather hoped for a healing angel, but he had been charged into the care of something more akin to a breeze-block that had, unlike most breeze-blocks, the evident ability to make itself obese. George took a deep, but silent breath and tried to sound blasé.
"Don't you love making a discovery?"
"Eh…?" The nurse had to turn bodily to face him on account of her thicker than average neck.
"Don't you love proving something new?" George tried to reiterate.
"Say what, my dear." She rolled her eyes and resumed rearranging his charts.
"I'm willing to bet you…"
"Oi, now stop that! It's that kind of talk that got you here in the first place!" The curtailer of George's grand scheme took a purposeful step into the room. "I am special constable Veronica Brentwhistle. I am here to collect a statement from you. I would remind you that we know practically all the details at this point. Lying would prove fruitless, and would land you in more trouble than you want. Though, probably less than you deserve."
The policewoman, at 5 feet 10 inches tall towered rather over the reclining George. With dark hair neatly bobbed and spotless uniform she managed to combine the image of authority with a strong air of fastidiousness. Her expression was taught. The slight smile was more a part of the uniform than any attempt at real civility. George, quickly deciding that offence was the strategy to employ here decided to take control of the conversation.
"Look here, I am in a delicate position and a fragile state. You are interrupting my nurse and further more if you think I'm going to talk to a…"
"A woman, Mr Stouton?"
"Exactly, given the personal nature of…"
"Mr Stouton, I am aware of your 'injuries'. Believe me, I am deeply sorry for your loss, but I am here to do a job. Collecting your statement does not, correct me if I'm wrong, require the use of your testicles does it?"
"Well I…"
"Good. Then despite their absence shall we begin?"
"I understand Mr Stouton that bereavement for 'the boys' must make this difficult, but if you will be careless with the financial details of your pimp associates then I think you can consider a boxer-brief filled with quick-drying cement quite a let off."
"That's easy for you to say! I have…"
"I know Mr Stouton, you have suffered. Well frankly, I'd call the doctor's inability to remove the concrete 'sans sex organs' a poetic justice. A justice that makes me think there may be forces in this world that do a better job than us at giving you guys what you deserve."
"Hey I don't pay my taxes to be treated like…"
"Actually Mr Stouton, your 'talent' for numbers has meant you haven't paid taxes for 12 years. You may not like the treatment, but in this life you get what you pay for. I would also point out that the more irate you become, the more you are what I can only describe as squeaking. Nurse Friar has already had to leave the room. She was quite unable to bear it, and I am no more fond of it than she. Now do be a good boy and tell me what I need to know."


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As I finished up the manuscript to my most recent book, I decided to add this story to the welcome page. As you open the book, the first thing you will find is this little tidbit from my childhood.
When I thought about what I wanted to write to you here first, I thought I might start you off with the same story as I did in the book.
I am glad to share this creative journey with you and hope that you enjoy our site and work.
Happy Creating,
This is a little story that my mom recently reminded me about. I had all but forgotten it ever happened but knew that it was a good as place as any to start a story about me…
Apparently the very first time I visited the United States and thus found myself on a very long trans-Atlantic flight, I was 3 ½ years old. Suffice it to say that I was a bubbly and extroverted little girl who wanted nothing to do with sitting in a plane seat for hours at a time. As the story goes, my mom searched frantically for something to occupy my time. Finding nothing better, she handed me a small bag of mismatched buttons and a needle and thread and sent me on my way. What happened next entertained not only me but the entire crew and all the passengers I could get my hands on. For the next 5 hours, I meticulously sewed buttons to the pant legs and sleeves of any aisle customers who would give me the time of day. I intently tried to use every last button in my little bag. Apparently, no one objected and I was mesmerized and entranced by the process. Before I knew it, the plane flight was over and all of my neighbors had more buttons on their clothes than they had started off with! A sewer might well have been born that day.
It would be a long time before I would remember that story and I am not quite sure exactly why I wanted to share it with you here. I thought at the very least it would give you one more insight into how much our lives can come full circle without our slightest knowledge or planning. Who knows where you started out and where you might land. In some small way, I hope to be a part of that journey for you as you work through the "pages" of this site. Welcome.
Many of you have asked about our story, about how it is that we're "figs" and about how we started out. So here's a bit of the story...
My parents always told me that it was clear that it was in my blood, making art and selling things! What a seemingly odd combination... When I was 8 years old, I held my first backyard art show where I convinced all the neighbors on our street that they each had to have a Joanna original for their walls. Apparently my pitch worked and I made $5.00 that day which was a fortune to me at the time! Not only did I finish the afternoon with more money than I had ever earned but a little mustard seed had been tucked deep inside my soul. I could make art, and I could sell it. People would buy it.
From then on it seems that regardless what else I was doing or studying at the time, I was also doing some kind of art. As I grew older the art changed- paintings changed to drawings & sketches, to cards & stationary, to jewelry, to pottery. In college I became fascinated with graphic design and the art of papermaking & printmaking. I worked on huge handmade paper canvases that wove in a variety of other mediums. I created my own prints with abandon. But when I discovered fabric and quilting, I knew immediately that this was the medium for me. It drew me in from the moment I sat down with needle and thread. It was a coming home kind of experience for me that was different from any other I had experienced before.
My company first started off as "Figlets", selling small quilted pillows, wall hangings and other accessories in local boutiques, art shows and street fairs. We worked hard to keep up with demand but as a young mother I quickly realized that I couldn't manage the pace. Soon after I began working at my local quilt shop, first as an employee and then as a quilt and sewing teacher. The need for good patterns propelled me quickly down the path of designing my own quilt and sewing patterns. It wasn't long before that itch to make art and sell it, resurfaced for me and FIG TREE was born. The rest is a whirlwind of good timing, good people and, we think, good design.
Why "Fig Tree" many of you have asked? Is it a particular fondness for the fruit? A Biblical reference? A childhood memory? Actually, it's not all that profound. Instead its all about my husband Eric [at least that's what we like to tell him]! Being that our last name is Figueroa, his friends have referred to him with the nickname of "FIG" ever since Junior High School. And since we often call our kids the Figlets and Eric runs all the background and production work of the company, we couldn't think of a more appropriate name than FIG TREE. And so FIG TREE & COMPANY was born.
So now you've read a little bit about our history and where we've come from. Today at FIG TREE & COMPANY, we produce over 150 quilting, sewing and children's patterns and thematic booklets. We focus our quilting designs on classic patterns with fresh and innovative methods so that they are accessible to every level of sewer. No complicated templates here! Our sewing patterns are made with the beginning and intermediate sewer in mind and focus on using quilting terminology so that quilters do not have to be intimidated to cross over into sewing projects. We compliment our quilting and sewing designs with whimsical and charming accessory and children's patterns. We love to make little animals and other fun goodies. Think- mice, snails and goldfish! We are addicted to making pincushions as well as purses so you will be able to find something that suits your needs for sure!
Each year we design 3 fabric collections of licensed designs for MODA Fabrics and we are currently working on our 24th fabric collection if you can believe it! It hardly seems possible when you look at the numbers! To read a bit more about our fabrics and how to find them, please see our FABRICS page or read through our Fabric FAQs.
We publish Fresh Vintage™ which is our quarterly style magazine with color and style advice, book reviews, recipes, ideas and at least two full size patterns per issue. At its unbeatable price, Fresh Vintage™ is perfect for anyone who is a Fig Tree fan. If you are interested, you should email us for auto ship information.
We organize year round trunk shows and trade shows of our products and collaborate on books and magazines with our favorite publishers. We work on the Fig Tree Club, which is available in dozens fabric stores both online and brick & mortar stores nationally. If you are a store, contact us if you are interested in any of the above.
We travel several times a year to do national and international teaching engagements and seminars. Unfortunately due to our design schedule and our commitment to our family, we decline more invitations than we accept. If you are a store, guild or retreat venue that is interested in having Joanna come speak, please contact us to see our availability. Please see the calendar for our upcoming engagements.
We are always working on new projects so who quite knows where we might go next!
When I bought my first antique quilt at a garage sale (for $7), I fell in love with the art of quilting. But when I made my first simple quilt, I fell in love with the process of quilting. After that I was hooked! It was as if something inside of me had "clicked". For me, quilting is a perfect combination of art and practicality. I can be totally creative and totally utilitarian at the same time, knowing that what I create is both beautiful and can be used to keep my kids warm!
Vintage quilts and unusual vintage color combinations seem to inspire most of my designs. I can't seem to go anywhere without seeing patterns or color combinations for potential quilts--in nature, in greeting cards, in wrapping paper, or in dishware & pottery. My favorite quilts utilize a patchwork design that shows off the fabric and color. I am not drawn to complex quilt or pattern designs unless they truly showcase a fabric combination or palette in a way that another pattern would not. Whether vintage, soft, bold, contemporary, warm and cuddly, masculine, or romantic, I believe that any feeling or emotion can be communicated through a well-chosen palette of color, pattern, and texture.
The possibilities are truly endless and I love working in an industry that is constantly reinventing itself as it creates new beauty. As both a fabric designer and a pattern designer, I feel like I get to play in both worlds. As I work on fabric designs, I am able to think about what patterns would go best with each collection, how the prints are going to work cut up and how the various designs will work together in the quilting process. As I am working on the flip side, the quilt and sewing patterns, I am always thinking about what fabric designs will work best with the next set of pattern ideas in my head, what colors and tones would add that extra "pop" to a particular kind of project and what scales of prints we need for visual interest. It is a good symbiotic relationship as far as I am concerned and I love the interplay of the two worlds. I feel blessed to be doing my job.
Besides quilting, I am passionate about searching for vintage textiles of any kind, antique toys, painted furniture, and ceramics--anything that seems loved and well used…anything with personality you might say. In any spare moment that is not already dedicated to something else, you will find my scouring flea markets and junk sales to see what textile or vintage treasure might be around the corner. My husband says I have an unnatural love of bowls and painted chairs!! Can you relate? My husband, Eric, and my three kids [ages 7 to 14] are my truest inspiration and the core of the "Fig Tree team". Besides being in charge of all production, Eric is truly my right hand man when it comes to marketing, bookkeeping, trade shows and the website. Now that you've read about me… I'd love to hear about you. I'd especially like to hear what you enjoy about quilting or sewing and what you enjoy about our designs. If you want to receive regular updates about Fig Tree & Co., our new patterns and whatever else we happen to be thinking about, then add yourself to our mailing list. We look forward to getting to know you and serving you as best we can.
At this point we really are a team effort and I wanted to thank each one of you who work to help us quilt, piece, applique, edit, construct patterns, and generally assist us in creating the best possible products for our customers.
Thank you Vickie, Diana, Cheryl, Kathleen, Caeli, Gabbie, Sherri, Valerie and Kayli.
We couldn't do it without you, with much gratitude, Joanna and Eric
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A team from the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, NDORMS found that a blood test that looks for antibodies that recognise the protein tenascin-C could reliably show those who will contract the condition.
When inflammation occurs in the body, some proteins are altered in a process called citrullination. These altered forms can prompt an immune response from the body, which can see it turning antibodies on itself – causing rheumatoid arthritis. For that reason, tests that spot antibodies to citrullinated proteins are already used to diagnose the disease. While tests for individual proteins usually have a relatively low diagnostic sensitivity, a more general test called CCP, that detects a synthetic citrullinated peptide, identifies a lot more RA cases.
Lead researcher Dr Anja Schwenzer said: 'We knew that tenascin-C is found at high levels in the joints of people with RA. We decided to see if it could be citrullinated and, if so, whether it was a target for the autoantibodies that attack the body in RA. That might also indicate whether it could be used in tests to indicate the disease.
'When we looked at results from more than 2000 patients we found that testing for antibodies that target citrullinated tenascin-C (cTNC) could diagnose RA in around 50% of cases, including some cases not identified by CCP. It also has a very low rate of false positives – it is 98% accurate at ruling out RA.'
The Kennedy Institute's Professor Kim Midwood said: 'What is particularly exciting is that when we looked at samples taken from people before their arthritis began, we could see these antibodies to cTNC up to 16 years before the disease occurred – on average the antibodies could be found seven years before the disease appeared.
'This discovery therefore gives us an additional test that can be used to increase the accuracy of the CCP assay and that can predict RA, enabling us to monitor people and spot the disease early. This early detection is key because early treatment is more effective.'
Stephen Simpson, Research Director for Arthritis Research UK said: 'When it comes to rheumatoid arthritis, early diagnosis is key with research showing that there is often a narrow 'window of opportunity' following the onset of symptoms for effective diagnosis and control of disease through treatment. Furthermore, current tests for rheumatoid arthritis are limited in their ability to diagnose disease in different patients. This latest research provides the basis of tests that could improve diagnosis and, importantly, detect disease at a very early stage, with the promise even that people at risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis can be followed before the disease begins. This could have great potential to help patients with rheumatoid arthritis get the right treatment early to keep this painful and debilitating condition under control.'
Further information
Identification of an immunodominant peptide from citrullinated tenascin-C as a major target for autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis
A Schwenzer et al, Ann Rheum Dis, December 2015 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208495


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We all want to be happy, isn't that the truth?! In fact, we all want to be happy all the time; it's the way living beings are wired. But are we happy all the time? And if not, given our wish and the 24/7 effort we put into it, why not? Buddha Shakyamuni and many meditators since him have taken this question pretty seriously and, luckily for us, come up with some answers.
What is our problem?
This article dealt with how self-cherishing ties itself in knots to cherish a real me that doesn't even exist. This gives rise to all our problems, misfortunes and painful experiences.
We all seem to have loads of problems all the time which obstruct our happiness. But what is a problem? What is our problem?!
Here's just a mini illustration. Flying back from San Francisco late the other night, I tottered tiredly to the back of the plane to use the restroom and then entirely forgot where I was sitting – I thought it was 32E (like my previous flight) when in fact it was 28E. (I am a little directionally challenged at the best of times – once, while visiting a friend in his semi-detached house on a long street in South London, I went off to get his kids some sweets. I forgot to note his house number and spent the rest of the morning spying through every letter box in the neighborhood …) So I was peering through the gloom into Row 32, wondering who could have stolen my bag and who this stranger was with his feet up on my seat, and then looking down all the rows in the vicinity of 32, when I noticed that some of the other passengers were looking at me as if I was a mad woman. I felt self-conscious for a moment there, wondering what they were thinking. Later, safely back in seat 28E, the following thought occurred to me: If someone looks at me in a funny way and I get embarrassed or unhappy, where's the problem? I could reply: "Well, this is a horrible situation as they're looking at me in a funny way. The atmosphere is really weird. I need to get out of here." (Usually not an option at 37,000 feet). Generally we think the problem is out there. But if we check, our actual problem is the agitation in our mind. If I don't care how they are looking at me, if I stay peaceful, I have no problem.
So where is that agitation coming from? I might still conclude, "Well, they're making me agitated." They're not making me agitated, actually. No one can make me agitated unless I let them. If we can control our minds and stay peaceful, we're not agitated, and we have no problem. They're not causing our problem, we are.
Specifically, we become agitated and lose our happiness due to some unpeaceful, disturbed, uncontrolled state of mind. We call these in Buddhism, "delusions". For example, any agitation in this case could be coming from attachment. We are very attached to our feelings, we want to feel good all the time, we don't like people offending us, we're attached to our reputation, we want people to like us, we have strong attachment to the way we think things should be. So maybe it's coming from attachment. Or maybe it's coming from aversion — we don't like that person, they feel threatening to our happiness or sense of self in some way. Our mind is troubled because we have the unpeaceful, uncontrolled mind of anger.
Losing our freedom
This attachment or anger is coming only from our self-cherishing. Geshe Kelsang says in Transform Your Life:
We often feel that it is someone else who is making us unhappy, and we can become quite resentful. If we look at the situation carefully, however, we shall find that it is always our own mental attitude that is responsible for our unhappiness. Another person's actions make us unhappy only if we allow them to stimulate a negative response in us. Criticism, for example, has no power from its own side to hurt us. We are hurt only because of our self-cherishing. With self-cherishing, we are so dependent on the opinions and the approval of others that we lose our freedom to respond and act in the most constructive way.
We think things like, "He's really upset me. I'm the victim here." And in doing so we disempower ourselves, disengage from others, and thus lose the freedom to respond with patience, for example, or loving-kindness, or generosity.
Buddha's answer in a nutshell
So, our happiness is constantly interrupted by problems, misfortunes and painful experiences. These come from our delusions; our delusions come from our self-cherishing; and, as explained in this article, our self-cherishing comes from thinking that our me is the only real me, namely self-grasping ignorance. (More on the dynamic of these two ego-minds in the next article.)
Start small
Clearly, we will not be able to remain happy in big horrible situations unless we practice first with mild examples like the one above. We can start to overcome our self-cherishing and other delusions gradually, starting with situations that we can transform, and working our way up to more challenging problems.
Over to you: Do you have any personal examples of restoring your happiness by overcoming a delusion?
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While Apple's original iPod derivative, the iPod mini, was a mixed bag of sorts, and suffered from spotty availability during the first half of its lifetime, the mini replacement, Apple stunning iPod nano, has been a winner since the first version appeared in late 2005. The nano, and its even better second generation successor were preternaturally thin, gorgeous, and, perhaps, most important, desirable as upgrades from repeat iPod customers. The second generation nano also fixed the only major issue with its predecessor--its scratchtastic exterior--making it, perhaps, the greatest portable music player ever created. As I noted in my review, the iPod nano was as close to perfect as is imaginable, given its small form factor, and was the perfect companion for any music lover.
Apple, of course, decided to overhaul the nano in major ways. The result, the third generation iPod nano adds a number of features that iPod owners have apparently been clamoring for, including video support, a larger and brighter display, CoverFlow, iPod games support, more storage, and a "full metal" design that eliminates any plastic vestiges that remained in the previous version. I say "apparently" above because it's unclear to me that anyone was actually asking for some of these changes. But the result is the best nano yet, so it's hard to quibble with what Apple's done. As was the case a year ago, the nano is the best small-sized portable media player ever created, even if Apple has eschewed the device's previous focus on music to reach for a wider range of functionality. Let's take a look.
Introducing the new nano
Compared to the previous nano, the new 3G nano is wider but also shorter, resulting in a completely different shape that is more squat and less like an oversized stick of gum. Contrary to spy photos of the device that were posted to rumor sites in the weeks leading up to Apple's "Beat Goes On" event, where the new nano and other late 2007 iPods were introduced, the 3G nano isn't fat looking at all. In fact, it's quite nice looking, and it retains the super-thinness of its predecessor while adding a slightly curved front fascia (somewhat like the new iPod classic). Fans of the discontinued Rio Carbon will recognize the basic form factor immediately.
Like its predecessor, the 3G nano comes in a number of bright if different colors. This year, we get black, bright red, silver, blue, and green, but no white, which was admittedly my favorite. Thanks to the new and wider form factor, the iPod nano now sports a much bigger screen (well, for the nano): It's a 2-inch wonder that packs 204 pixels per inch, thus providing the same QVGA (320 x 240) resolution as the iPod classic, but in a smaller area. The results are interesting. While I may argue that watching video on such a small screen is an exercise in futility, which may depend on how you use it. Yes, the iPod nano's screen is too small for viewing TV shows, movies, or other videos while working out at the gym. But in a cramped commute, I suspect it would work quite well, and the picture quality is nothing short of amazing. Apple's slogan for the iPod nano is "a little video for everyone," and I think that's apt: The nano isn't a pure video player at all, but for occasional video use, it should work just fine.
As with previous nanos, the new nano includes a standard iPod dock connector and a headphone jack on the bottom of the device, which I still find odd. (This placement also makes the nano even less useful for in-gym video watching, as you can't rest it on an elliptical trainer when the headphones are plugged in.) The bottom edge also houses the hold switch, which used to be found on the top edge. The top edge of the device, meanwhile, is now unmarred by any ports or buttons. The back of the device is a scratchtastic as ever, like all iPods.
A new user interface
Aside from the introduction of video support, the big news with the new nano is its new user interface, which this device shares with the new iPod classic. Apple hasn't, to my knowledge, announced a name for this new UI, but I think of it as the Halfie, since it cuts the screen in half and presents the standard (read: suddenly long in the tooth) text-based iPod UI on the left half of the screen. Text on these menus is crisp and easy to read. Meanwhile, the right half of the screen now displays a scrolling image that changes based on what's selected on the left. So, for example, if the Music option is selected, you'll see album art slowly animating by on the right. Select Photos and you'll see some synced pictures. The effect is pleasant, if pointless. I mean, how much time do you spend staring at a menu?
Sadly, the problems with this new UI are many. First, it's slow compared to the old purely text-based design, and I suspect that has a lot to do with the underlying hardware. It's particularly bad when you move from Halfie into a full-screen list view that's reminiscent of what's available on the iPhone (see my review). These full screen lists are located a few levels deep into the menu system. So, for example, if you navigate from the main menu to Music, the Halfie style menu remains on screen. But select anything in there and the menu switches to an iPhone-style full screen menu: Playlists and Artists are plain text lists, while Albums are plain text lists with small album art displays. All are decent looking, but the transition between these menus and Halfie is notably slow.
Also slow is the new CoverFlow view, another UI style taken from the iPhone. On the nano, you don't have to manually turn the device sideways to view CoverFlow, which is nice, but the performance is miserable: If you scroll too quickly in any direction, the album art display can't keep up and you'll see plain gray icons until the CPU catches up. That said, CoverFlow remains a wonderful way to browse a music collection, and its addition here is appreciated.
The new nano is the first in this family of iPods to support iPod games, but that support comes with a huge caveat: To this date, Apple offers almost 20 iPod games for sale from its iTunes Store, so the addition of game support to the nano would seem like a good thing. Sadly, that's not the case: Not one of those games is actually compatible with the new nano (or with the new iPod classic for that matter). Instead, those games only work with the iPod with video 5G, as before. And as of this writing, Apple only plans to port three of these games (Ms. Pac-Man, Sudoku, and Tetris) to the iPod nano 3G and iPod classic. They're not available yet. Cue the deflating balloon sound.
To somewhat offset this disappointment, Apple actually bundles three iPod games with the new nano, iQuiz, Klondike, and Vortex. As with previous generation iPod games, they're all slow to load on the little nano, and the smallish scroll wheel on the little device isn't exactly a great way to interact with games. (Though the circular Vortex is an interesting match for that form factor.) In short, game support is like video support, an interesting addition but clearly not a focus.
Facts and figures
The new nano is available in two versions, a 4 GB version that comes in silver only and costs $149, and an 8 GB version that comes in all of the available colors and costs $199. These storage allotments are considerable improvements over the 2 GB and 4 GB sizes offered last year. This allows for more music--which I still feel is the best use for a nano--or, at the very least, a small selection of TV shows, movies, and other video content.
Apple claims the new nanos will garner a whopping 24 hours of battery life for audio-only usage and 5 hours for video. While the company's battery life claims are always suspect, the audio rating is identical to what the company claimed for the 2G nano and my experiences with that were incredibly positive. I have worries that the new Halfie UI will unnecessarily drain the battery--and no, there's no way to turn that off--but that doesn't appear to be the case in my testing.
The iPod nano ships with what is now the expected small collection of doo-dads, including ear buds, a 3G nano-compatible iPod Dock adapter, and a USB sync/charge cable. No installation disk is provided, but that's for the best as Apple updates iTunes so often these days that downloading the software online advisable anyway. You can use the iPod nano 3G with an iPod Dock (available separately) to output video to a TV. No case--even a cheap slipcase--comes with the device.
One thing that's always an issue when Apple ships any truly new iPod is that there are precious few accessories available when the device first becomes available. This is certainly true of the new iPod nano 3G : Do a search for accessories on Apple's online store and prepare yourself for disappointment.
Final thoughts
While I've raised a few issues here, it's important to remember that the new iPod nano provides everything that made the previous version best of breed, but adds a slew of new functionality. Indeed, the nano is now essentially a very small version of the iPod classic with much less storage. Though Apple is wise to highlights things like video playback and CoverFlow support, I'd argue that the new nano is instead the ultimate portable audio player and that those with typical portable player needs should look first at this device. It's an attractive, functional device with plenty of storage (for audio at least) and some new if somewhat esoteric features that make it even better than before. The iPod nano 3G once again raises the bar, and I suspect that Apple will sell millions of them, and deservedly so. Highly recommended.


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Friday, December 21, 2012
Does it feel a lot like Christmas to you?
Having said that, I am taking a break from blogging. Two weeks. Some may say I began my break about a month ago, so sporadic have been my posts. But this is the start of the official Official Break.
So I'll be back on January 7, all rested up and raring to go. I'm hoping to do more writing-focused posts next year, and to bring back the Q&As with industry experts. Let me know in the comments if there's anything else you'd like to see at the Fibro in 2013.
In the meantime, here's wishing you and yours a happy and peaceful festive season. Look forward to seeing you all at the Fibro next year.
Is it beginning to feel a lot like Christmas to you?
PS: I'll probably pop into Facebook and Twitter over the hols, so come and say hi!
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Merry Christmas to you and yours too, Al. Christmas has snuck up on me a bit too, and to be honest I'm looking forward to getting a bit of work done while my husband's off work for a fortnight! And eating lots. xxReplyDeleteReplies
Hope you get a small break in - and I'll be eating right alongside you!Delete
- AnonymousDecember 21, 2012 at 6:58 PM
I actually finished my Christmas shopping two weeks ago. Everything is wrapped and ready. I put up my tree on the second weekend of December, which is completely unheard of until now. But it still doesn't feel much like Christmas, probably because I no longer have small children writing wish lists or letters to Santa, finishing a school term or counting down the days till the BIG ONE. It's just not the same.ReplyDelete
Merry Christmas to you. Enjoy your {short} break.Replies
Thanks Lisa! You're right about that Christmas feeling. The boys are SO EXCITED! I just need to let that rub off on me...Delete
I'll be seeing you in the Fibro. xReplyDelete
Enjoy your break! Have a happy and safe Xmas!ReplyDelete
I've just about reached the point where I'm wishing it was all over already.ReplyDeleteReplies
Me too River, me too.Delete
Merry Christmas Al. I look forward to you sharing more writing posts, but really you could write about the dust on your side table and I'd still read it!ReplyDelete
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Thanks for the blog post idea for 2013 Jodi! :-)Delete
Enjoy your break from blogging! I have been so busy these past months that I haven't had time to read or write anything! Merry Christmas.ReplyDeleteReplies
I know the feeling! Hope you enjoy your break too.Delete
Yep it is feeling a lot like Christmas here! My daughter reminded me this morning that it is 3 sleeps until Christmas Day!ReplyDelete
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Yep, counting sleep here too!Delete
Merry Christmas Al, thanks for all your support and encouragement for new writers like me this year, it's been hugely appreciated and has helped so much. Enjoy the (sort-of) break and look forward to more Fibro tales in 2013ReplyDelete
Merry Christmas Allison. Thanks for all of your insights this year - yours is a blog I come back to time and again and am always interested and satisfied in equal measure. Christmas is a little different for me this year as I gave up my full time job in October and have been freelancing sporadically since then. Work and children have still kept me busy, which is lovely, but the release from the stress of full time work and management responsibility has been the best Christmas gift I could have given myself. A good, proper break and a clear head to enjoy my family freely on a good, proper holiday! Hope you can do the same in your self-imposed break. Rest, Refresh, Revive and can't wait to see what the new year brings! Best wishes.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 24, 2012 at 11:25 PM
Its Christmas Eve ALREADY!! Merry Christmas. Enjoy your break.ReplyDelete
Hope you had a lovely Christmas.ReplyDelete
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If you've actually followed along for this entire review, my apologies: This darned review takes up almost 30 pages in Word, and that's before I added any screenshots. There's just a lot going on here, and I'm sure I left out huge chunks of stuff. In fact, I'm sort of stressing over it.
If you simply skipped ahead to the conclusion, no worries. I'm going to sum everything up here as concisely as I can.
It goes like this.
Windows Phone 7 is a game changer, for both Microsoft and the broader smart phone industry. I have no idea whether this platform will be successful in the market, but it's already the most user-centric system out there, putting the iPhone, in particular, to shame. Mark my words: Windows Phone will make Apple, Google, and others change their software to be more user-centric as a result. The old "app-a-mole" model (as I call it) is simply too tired and dated. Windows Phone makes that obvious.
Windows Phone isn't perfect. It hits the high notes wonderfully but suffers in the details. Fortunately, it's much easier to fix or add individual features--copy and paste, promised for early 2011, multitasking, or whatever--than it is to fix broader, endemic problems (like the iPhone's broken app usage model). But for the short term, you need to know going in that Windows Phone is beautiful but flawed. Hopefully this review and other articles here on the site will give you the information you need to make an educated decision.
I didn't discuss this explicitly in the review, but I just wrote separately about Windows Phone's lack of key enterprise features. I believe that Windows Phone is a wonderful solution for consumers (i.e. individuals) and small businesses, and for those businesses of all sizes that don't care about very tightly controlling the mobile devices used by their employees. But it might be a year or more before this thing catches up, management-wise, with Windows Mobile. It will get there. But it's not there now.
Taking a step back, and looking at the user experience innovations here, the hubs, and the wonderful photos, music, video, and gaming experiences, especially, I see the future. I see an interface that was thoughtfully designed with users and their needs and wants in mind. I see a platform that is every bit as elegant as the iPhone, but not so anally locked down and over-protected. I see a platform that offers all the choice of Android with none of the anarchy. I see a platform that real people are really going to want.
Oddly, the toughest sell with Windows Phone is the name. Folks, this software has absolutely nothing to do with Windows, and while I understand Microsoft's desperate need to cling to this aging icon of software goodness, my advice here is simple: Just call it something else. You've successfully created new brands like Xbox and, heck, even Zune. You could do it again with Windows Phone too. I wish you had.
Criticizing Windows Phone is like tripping a small child learning to walk. It's cheap, and it's easy, and it's mean, because all the problems you're highlighting are going to be fixed with maturity and time. Yes, Windows Phone doesn't have multitasking for most third party apps, yet. It will. Yes, copy and paste won't be implemented until early next year, but I've seen it, and it works just fine, sorry. Yes, yes, yes.
Microsoft made the right tradeoffs, for the most part, by opting to get a solid foundation so that it could be in market this quickly. It will add new features and fix problems over time, and if it can do this quickly enough, all the handwringing we're seeing will seem foolish just months from now. This is a product that will effectively rollout over many months as Microsoft adds new locales, languages and CDMA support. There will be ongoing software updates. And a year from now, the Windows Phone 7 software will be quite improved, I think.
But most important, Windows Phone is great just the way it is. And the most compelling argument I can make about this platform is this: I use it, every single day. And I have used it, every single day, since early July. I've never once considered going back to the iPhone. In fact, aside from app availability--another temporary condition--the very arrival of Windows Phone instantly obsoleted the iPhone, in my opinion. There's just no need for closed, choice-less platforms.
Looking ahead, I will stick with Windows Phone, and when Microsoft asks for these review units back as they must, I will gladly buy my own.
I love Windows Phone. And I think you're going to love it too.


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Who are we ?NetCV has been active on the online CV creation activity since 2003, in France and abroad.
We are proud to provide you an innovative and professional service to create and broadcast your CV on Internet easily.
Several actors have been participating in NetCV since its creation. The founder is Antoine Leclercq, TELECOM Lille1 graduate. He carried out the entire conception, development and design of the site. Ahmad Saif Eddine, graduated from the same school, and deals with the users relationship in the Middle East. Hélène Christiaen is in charge of content management and partnerships development.
MissionThe recruitment market is evolving at a rapid pace. The evolution of technologies, user frame of mind and experiences is rendering obsolete the historical online recruitment solutions. The classic job boards haven't engaged strong changes in recent years, and instead installed commercial fights that force the jobseekers to multiply the number of CV he should deposit online.
Over the years, NetCV's mission has always been the same: innovate on the online recruitment market to provide jobseekers innovative services to create online resume.
Very attentive to the market, NetCV was improved regularly to ensure the its users' satisfaction .
NetCV fights for a standard CV format, and this is why we provide our users with different formats for exporting their CV (including PDF, HR-XML), so that their profiles can be imported in other applications.
HistoryStory of Antoine Leclercq, Creator of NetCV
Birth of an ideaNetCV has emerged for the first time in 2003 during my training as an engineer at TELECOM Lille1.
I had already published my resume online on my personal website (a Free "Personal Page" at the time) and I had developed a statistics module as a PHP to see who visited my CV and when.
When I spoke around me, I realized that people were really interested. The idea was innovative, never seen so far. This led me to push a little further my thoughts. Why not provide a site where anyone can simply create a CV on his/her personal web address? The concept was there.
After a few days of thinking and project's foundation defined, it needed a name ... Brainstorming session in action... After a few hours of thinking and discussion, the name was found: NetCV. Simple, effective, clear.
NetCV.ORG : 2003 - 2006
Birth of an online service
I released a first version of NetCV.ORG at the end of October 2003. With a rudimentary but functional interface, NetCV.ORG quickly attracted interests among students and jobseekers.
I fixed bugs and updated regularly the service until 2006 and the site, originally developed in french, has been translated into 3 languages: English, Spanish and German.
But in more than 3 years, there has not been any major improvement because of a time issue as the development of NetCV was done exclusively in my spare time.
NetCV.FR : 2007 - 2008
Moving towards a better service
I defined a new strategy for the service: to become the online CV reference on the Internet. Yes. Just that.
The positioning was there: professional and innovative.
On the technology side, I decided to develop the new version of NetCV using a new scalable, maintainable and powerful technology : the Symfony framework.
I started developing in 2007 and a first version of the service was open to the public in September after a closed beta test from June to September. NetCV.ORG became NetCV.FR for identity reasons.
New visual identity, PDF export, new CV templates, optimized search engine positioning and richer CV were the first improvements to the service which was first developed in french.
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With the help of LetsCod, a development company specialized in Symfony, and Ahmad Saif Eddine, the site has been fully translated into English and will soon be in other languages. A new design in line with market expectations has been integrated and a Facebook application has been developed to enable users to easily broadcast their NetCV using their social network.
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Clovis AYSO to host ninth annual tournament
Clovis' American Youth Soccer Organization is hosting its ninth annual Clovis Festival touranment this weekend throughout the city.
Registrar Lisa Houfek said 43 teams are playing from 6-and-under to 14-and-under in boys, girls and coed divisions. The teams come from as far as El Paso, Houfek said.
The tournament gets underway 8 a.m. Saturday at the AYSO fields on Echols Avenue, near Bob Spencer Park, and near 14th and Norris streets, adjacent to the Guy Leeder Softball Complex.
Play goes through 6:30 p.m. and continues Sunday. Admission is free to all games.