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Is access beyond the what's available in the driver interfaces required to get timing signals onto gpio pins?
You need to get the signals from the GPIO pins and use it to control the timing of the video output, that is something that is not available in the high level drivers.
Do you have a source for that information?
QuoteDo you have a source for that information?Have you seen the high level driver?
There appear to be at leat three interfaces, a 3D, a 2D, and a general lower level interface.
I assume you're not just assuming
While not 100% sure I am 99% sure.
One reply interested me, talking about not processing the HD at all. Would this be possible, it's something that crossed my mind when I was originally thinking of this project- would this at all be possible with what I'm doing?
The HD signals are I believe compressed think MP4
I'm fairly new to this whole arduino thing, so I'm not really sure which one to go with.I have ordered the starter pack to introduce myself to it and teach myself how to use it ...
No, not at all.Think baseband.
Any other suggestions of where to start?


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Is there any reasonable geometric meaning of the L-genus for smooth manifolds? or perhaps easier, for complex algebraic surfaces?
The question came up after a friend and I realized that we don't understand why one would expect to have such a formula for the signature in terms of Pontrjagin classes (i.e. the signature theorem). Any insights about this will be appreciated.

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Foods and presentations will reflect an image of light & healthy fare consistent with the natural décor of the park and garden-house feel of the new Parkview Restaurant
Lunch (Everyday from 11.30 -14.30) 599฿ net/person
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The business lunch will feature a combination of cuisines tailored to the corporate diner and convention guest. Speed of service and a large variety of "lunch" food items shall be the feature of the Parkview Business Buffet Lunch. The executive lunch will focus on Local delicacies & Thai Flavours, Sandwiches and filled rolls, Luncheon pizza from the buffet's pizza oven, Daily changing a la minute menu, that will provide table service, Healthy Choices and vegetarian, Limited Seafood
Gourmet Dinner Buffet (Everyday from 17.00-22.00)
- * 1,500฿ net/person (food only)
- * 1,650฿ net/person (includes free flow of fruit juices and soft drinks)
- * 2,100฿ net/person (includes free flow of wine, beer, fruit juice and soft drinks)
The Parkview dinner buffet will be positioned as a high quality good value dining experience. The buffet itself will have a heavy focus on seafood and the restaurants new open kitchens. Food stations, whether within the kitchen or in the restaurant will offer a variety of cuisines and foods from the hotel's specialty restaurants. Kacho will feature with a sushi/sashimi selection and Imperial China shall have a changing menu selection. As well as the static buffet range, diners will also have the option to select a la minute items that will be prepared fresh and then delivered to their table.
Executive Chefhas teamed up to present our tasty international favorites with tantalizing fresh seafood – Alaskan King Crab, Lobster, Oysters, New Zealand Mussels plus our sizzling BBQ of succulent imported and selected local meats grilled to perfection.
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I have finally managed to join Hay Hay it's Donna Day! I have wanted to take part ever since I first read about its inception at Barbara's. I had been charmed by Donna Hay from the very first time I came across her cookbooks in my favorite bookstore. Her simple yet luscious sounding recipes, always accompanied by brilliant food styling and photography, reeled me in. And then came those cupcakes that I, and many others, could not get enough of (it was in fact the theme of the very first Donna Day). And then I finally gave in to fate and got my own subscription. During all this time I tried to join HHDD, but as life, timing, and weird chance would have it, I never made it.
Until now! I was getting more vigilant about checking the HHDD announcements and came upon Cenzina's posting for HHDD # 8…risotto! I couldn't believe my luck. As I had started making my own stock, I had been wanting to try my hand at risotto. It would be my very first time to attempt it! So my first risotto and my first Donna Day coincide...
You can find the original recipe at Cenzina's beautiful blog il cavoletto di bruxelles. She's the host this month and the winner of last month's HHDD. Her photos are fantastic!
Choices, choices…what would I do for my maiden risotto (and my first HHDD entry)? I decided to make a mushroom risotto because I seriously heart mushrooms and can eat them for days on end. Unfortunately, this tropical paradise is not exactly teeming with them, so I used a mix of dried forest mushrooms (although next time I will try this with fresh shitake or oyster mushrooms, as those are readily available here). As I had to reconstitute (I love that word…make me feel like Dr. Frankenstein) the mushrooms, I decided to replace some of the stock with the mushroom liquid as it just smelled so good and woodsy. Also, because I was in a celebratory-risotto-initiation mood, I decided to use cava (a sparkling wine from Spain) instead of white wine. Cheers to me! And cheers to Donna Day!
Forest Mushroom & Cava Risotto
(Click here for original recipe)
- 200 grams carnaroli rice
- 750 ml chicken stock
- Dried forest mushrooms, reconstituted in hot water (1 ½ cups mushrooms when reconstituted)
- 250 ml liquid from the mushrooms
- 200 ml cava
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 50 grams grated parmesan cheese
- 25 grams butter
- 4 Tablespoons olive oil
- sea salt & cracked black pepper
Place dried mushrooms in a bowl and pour hot water (just boiled) over them. Let rest until soft (30 minutes to one hour). Squeeze liquid out of mushrooms and roughly chop. Save the liquid!
Get on with your risotto:
- Place your stock and the mushrooms' liquid in a heavy bottomed saucepan over low heat and bring to a simmer.
- Put the oil and chopped onion in another heavy bottomed saucepan and let cook for one minute over medium-high heat, until the onion is soft.
- Toss in the mushrooms and stir.
- Add the rice and stir until all the grains are coated with the oil.
- Turn the heat to high and add the Cava, letting it evaporate (watch it bubble and fizz!)
- Gradually add the hot stock one cup at a time, adding new stock when the previous cup has been absorbed, stirring constantly.
The whole cooking process should take 18 minutes. To be sure, taste the rice at the end, it shouldn't be hard but definitely not too chewy either (al dente). I think I cooked mine a bit too long and that's why it came out a little dry.
Once risotto is ready (al dente), take it off the heat, and stir in the butter and parmesan cheese. Add salt & pepper to taste, stir well, and let it rest for a few minutes.
Aside from my risotto coming out a tad on the dry side, everything else was just lovely and thrilling. I gently stirred the rice with a wooden fork (as I read here that using a fork avoids crushing the grains) and watched in wonder as it all came together. Pour in the stock…rice sips it up…repeat…watch the little white grains getting fatter and fatter. The smell was just amazing, and the flavor was wonderfully, intensely mushroom, with a mellow depth from the cava.
I'll definitely be repeating this. Donna's The New Cook has some interesting risotto recipes...
Thanks Cenzina for choosing such a smashing theme!


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Saturday's game was a classic case of statistics not exactly telling the entire story of a match. For the most part, numbers do a good job of illustrating the nuances of a game and identifying patterns of play over the course of 90 minutes.
But this weekend, the story was more about capitalizing on chances and benefiting from Zac MacMath's late-game heroics.
1. Opportunity
We talked a lot about possession, passing, and shot attempts through the first four games of the season.
This was the first game of 2014 in which the opposition put more shots on goal than the Union. The possession was fairly close, trending 52 percent to 48 percent in favor of Chicago. And the passing accuracy for both teams was down – 73 percent for Chicago and 65 percent for the Union.
Let's look at the three road games the team has played so far:
At Portland (1-1 draw)
10 shots, six on goal, 43 percent possession, 335 passes, 77 percent accuracy
At Columbus (2-1 loss)
19 shots, four on goal, 47 percent possession, 415 passes, 80 percent accuracy
At Chicago (2-2 draw)
Seven shots, two on goal, 48 percent possession, 302 passes, 65 percent accuracy
Philadelphia put up lesser numbers this weekend, but scored multiple goals for the first time in 2014. In fact, both shots that were on target found the net. Just goes to show that if you continue to get the ball on frame, it's going to go in eventually. It shows the quirkiness of numbers in soccer.
2. Fullback activity
When you look at the OPTA Chalkboard following a game, fullbacks usually have the most "activity" next to their name. They have the highest interaction numbers in the team filter.
Part of this is a little misleading. If you look at Lovel Palmer for example, 17 of his 99 interactions were either successful throw-ins or unsuccessful throw-ins. If you remove that parameter from the filter, you're looking at 82 interactions, which is closer to the activity of midfielder Jeff Larentowicz or forward Conor Casey.
Wide play is probably better determined by looking first at a fullback's individual heatmap, then filtering their pass attempts and defensive numbers accordingly. Especially in a system where you want your fullbacks to get forward, the field positioning of their interaction statistics probably tells the bigger story on which team was able to press, which team was able to play high, and which team had better overall positioning.
Ray Gaddis is a great example of this because he played one half at right back and one half at left back. At right back, he was able to get forward a bit more. At left back, he spent more time inside his own half, as Chicago started to shift momentum as they got closer to an equalizer.
3. Zac's save
People could argue that this could be considered one of the most important saves of Zac MacMath's career.
Just looking at the circumstances, the fact that he preserved a point for the team, and did it on the last kick of the game, will always be more important than any save that comes earlier in the game or during a run-of-play situation.
There are really three different parts to the play:
- A. the initial stop, diving low and to the right
- B. the second stop, with the rebound hitting him in the side
- C. the spin and recovery, in which he catches the ball out of the air
Which of those did you think was the most important? Which was the most difficult?
I think C might have been the most tricky part of the play. After diving right, then making himself "big," which is a common soccer term explaining a goalkeepers ability to show more of himself than the goal to an opponent, he rotates 360 degrees and snags the ball before it can hit the ground. With players closing down, you have no idea where that ball ends up if he doesn't catch it.
It was only the second time in history that a Union goalkeeper has made a penalty save. The first was the PK stop from Chris Seitz in the very first game at PPL Park against Seattle. There was a situation in 2012 where D.C. United missed a retaken penalty kick, but that shot was driven over the bar by Dwayne De Rosario.
Since 2011, opponents have converted five of seven penalty kicks against MacMath. Faryd Mondragon was 0-2 in penalty saves, and Chris Seitz saved one of the five PKs he faced during the 2010 inaugural campaign. Make no mistake, stopping a penalty kick is one of the hardest things to do in soccer.
Credit to MacMath for a huge save, and also credit to defender Sheanon Williams for rushing into the box to help. That save really changed the narrative of the game and those are the kinds of plays that are confidence builders for goalkeepers.
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CR's English Dubbed AnimePost Reply
well give english dub roster voices are in 4 sets of area of texas, new york, canada, & california areas as known place for english dub anime.
besides give how many dubs come in per year from each of 4 areas dub zone.
give wonder is crunchy going give in show lots of dub anime?
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well give english dub roster voices are in 4 sets of area of texas, new york, canada, & california areas as known place for english dub anime.
besides give how many dubs come in per year from each of 4 areas dub zone.
give wonder is crunchy going give in show lots of dub anime?
Just wondering, but is English your first language?
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When I first started anime I was only watching dubs. Hated subs. Now all I watch is subs. Can't stand dubs now as none of the voices truly seem to fit the character. So im perfectly fine with just subs.
Of course there are some dubs that fit perfectly with the voice like full metal alchemist. But most of them dont have a nice voice fitting the characters. Atleast that what it seems like to me since I got into subs.
The dubs coming out today are of a good quality. I don't think they lose out to subs at all, any more.
It would be nice to see CR get access to dual audio Anime in the future =3
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My husband is dumb and cant read well, so he NEEDS dubbed anime XD
Hit me up on Xbox live. Think I'ma play MW3 while jammin' to some Muse<3
I would love more dubbed anime - it would allow me to multitask better. With writing for my website, keeping up on a dozen communities, gaming, and other tasks... multitasking is important lol
I love dubbed anime. I really believe the reason that subbed anime beats out dubbed anime because people get subbed anime faster than they get dubs. as far as if one is better than the other that's a matter of opinion. though I will say that dubs don't suck like they used to. and I prefer dubs over subs. But lately I've been watching more subs than dubs here on crunchyroll.
I want to watch Spice and Wolf but i can't enjoy the subs or the dubs... :/
Would it be nice if CR had some more English dubbed stuff? Yeah, but I'm not gonna be too disappointed if they'll never get any more dubbed stuff. Not that I'm a dub-hater (I'm actually a huge dub supporter), but I guess it's just I've always associated with CR being the go-to site if I ever wanted to watch the new shows that are coming out in Japan, that I just don't really think about dubs all that much.... if that makes any sense.
Unless the dubbers really step up their game I don't see anything good coming from it. There are some older shows and movies with really good dubs, but even big shows like Naruto can't justify employoing good voice actor it seems.
The culture and tradiition of voice acting is huge in Japan and actors can make or break shows by themselves. Unless a show is known to have put the required resources behind (like Hellsing or Cowboy bebop) it I don't see any reason why dubs should be sought out.
Okay, I have seen my fair share of bad dubbing. Nothing ruins an anime then bad dubbing. Hell, there are anime I cannot even watch more than a few minutes because the dubbing lags.
Still, I got to ask, "Why ever pick subtitles over good dubbing?" Is it a purist "thing"? Sort of cool to watch anime that is subtitled in Japanese? Sort of a bragging "thing"? Don't get me wrong, I am a purist with so many things and will definitely watch anime that is subtitled if dubbing is not present or poor quality. I have watched a GREAT deal of subtitled anime!
So here is my complaint with subtitles, women do not sound sexy and they all sound sort of the same! Hey, it sounds like I am knocking the language, but it is just the way my English ear picks it up! The "boys" sound weird also. It is like preferring to watch Metropolis (the 1927 movie) with the original elevator music that all blends together instead of the remake with a better sound track! Because I speak English, I sense the differences in tones far better when in my native language.
I know CR's collection is mostly subtitled, and that is cool. Still, this question is for all those purist that prefer subtitles to good dubbing!
Always have preferred subbed over dub.
I appreciate english subs and sometimes I prefer it if the Dub is done poorly. However most of the time I prefer Dubs since not having to read and watch helps with the immersion factor especially modern Dubs because there are a lot more good dubs now then say 12 years ago. Funimation for example almost always does fantastic dubs. I also like the Dubs of Key Anime and Madhouse Anime. Point is I like to see more dubs everywhere because it shows there becoming more accepted by the anime community as a whole which I gladly welcome.
english dub always sucks. Sub all the way!


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I really can't believe it. Even Obama, I've always assumed, doesn't want to do the SOTU but feels bound by a basic rule of politics in the age of mass media, that when television offers you a free platform to reach many millions of voters, you've got to take it. There's no way to redeem a laborious 45-minute run-through of your party's current policy wishlist, so don't sweat it when it lands with a thud. Just show up, if only to show your party that you're still trying.
And yet, here's a line from his former speechwriter about the SOTU-writing process. What are we to make of this?
President Obama always wanted the speech to "sing," as he put it
O does realize that not only have all five of his previous SOTUs been essentially the same, they're also essentially the same as every SOTU delivered over the past 30 years, no? Watch the two clips below, or revisit Matt Welch's guide on how to write an SOTU in 10 minutes using the same platitudinal flotsam that's been salvaged and recycled by every president since JFK. Trying to make this speech sing is like trying to make a rendition of "Happy Birthday" sound transcendent. If you're approaching it that way, you're missing the point.
The long march begins at 9 p.m. ET but there's usually some red-carpet-type stupidity happening half an hour or so before that on the cable news nets or C-SPAN. One of the "Duck Dynasty" guys will be there; so will pro basketball player/notable gay man Jason Collins; so will that kid who claimed to be one of the first people in America to sign up for ObamaCare before everyone realized that he hadn't really signed up. In a few years, as the see-and-be-seen value of this spectacle completely overwhelms its news-making value, members of Congress will start inviting A-list celebrities for fun and the White House Correspondents Dinner-ization of the event will be complete. Which, actually, would be fitting: As Kevin Williamson writes, the SOTU long ago devolved into a dreary imitation of monarchy. Might as well have all the aristocrats there to watch.
The annual State of the Union pageant is a hideous, dispiriting, ugly, monotonous, un-American, un-republican, anti-democratic, dreary, backward, monarchical, retch-inducing, depressing, shameful, crypto-imperial display of official self-aggrandizement and piteous toadying, a black Mass during which every unholy order of teacup totalitarian and cringing courtier gathers under the towering dome of a faux-Roman temple to listen to a speech with no content given by a man with no content, to rise and to be seated as is called for by the order of worship — it is a wonder they have not started genuflecting — with one wretched representative of their number squirreled away in some well-upholstered Washington hidey-hole in order to preserve the illusion that those gathered constitute a special class of humanity without whom we could not live…
The State of the Union is only one example of the deepening, terrifying cult of the state that has taken root here. Many heads of state — and some royals, for that matter — fly on commercial aircraft. Presidents of the Swiss federation and members of the federal council receive . . . an unlimited train pass. They have occasional access to a Cessna maintained by the air force, but are known to use mass transit — just like the people they are elected to represent. An American president stages a Roman triumph every time he heads out for a round of golf. The president's household costs well more than $1 billion annually to operate. The president's visage is more ubiquitous than was Vladimir Lenin's in his prime, his reach Alexandrian, his sense of immortality (they call it "legacy") pharaonic. Washington has become a deeply weird and alien place, a Renaissance court with armored sedans and hundred-million-dollar paydays.
Excerpts from Obama's speech have been released as I write this but I'm not going to go looking for them because who cares? You've heard all this before. The only somewhat new element, in perfect keeping with Williamson's point, is that O will assert his royal prerogative to carry out his agenda via executive order if Congress refuses to comply. He's semi-formally dispensing with the trappings of republican democracy at an event tailor-made for the occasion. Beyond that, the speech is Groundhog Day: It's gonna be cold, it's gonna be gray, and it's gonna feel like it'll last you for the rest of your life.
If you somehow make it all the way through, stay tuned for three — yes, really — GOP rebuttals. Cathy McMorris-Rogers will deliver the official one, doubtless featuring a specific appeal to women. Mike Lee will deliver a tea-party response blaming government for inequality and proposing new opportunities for the middle class. And Rand Paul, as is now tradition, will deliver a response of his own emphasizing Americans' perennial top priority, jobs. Enjoy.


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An article in the Wall Street Journal this week tells the story of 68-year-old Norway resident Karin Johansen, an insurance adviser whose company tried to force her retire. "Depressed" by the idea, Johansen fought back, taking the case all the way to the Norwegian Supreme Court. But the court sided with her employer, Norwegian insurance company Gjensidige, and Johansen was forced into a "mandatory retirement." It's a situation, the Journal says, that's happening across Europe. But for those of us in the U.S., is there anything to worry about?
The answer: It depends.
For the most part, U.S. companies do not — and legally cannot — force you to retire based on your age. But there are a number of exceptions. State and local police and firefighters typically must retire between the ages of 55 and 65, air traffic controllers at 56 and commercial airline pilots at 65. These occupations have mandatory retirement ages, "primarily for ensuring their safe and effective conduct," writes Jagadeesh Gokhale, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a nonprofit public policy research institute.
Many U.S. law firms also force partners out at a certain age. A report by the American Bar Association found that mandatory retirement policies for partners existed in 57% of law firms with 100 or more lawyers. The reason law firms (and companies) can do this is because of a loophole in the age discrimination laws that exempts some high-level, well-paid senior executives from the mandatory retirement protections. But this may soon change: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued at least two law firms in recent years accusing them of discriminating against older partners with policies like these, but these policies still haven't been eradicated from all firms.
Most workers, however, won't ever encounter a "mandatory retirement" policy since. Still, that doesn't mean companies aren't sometimes trying to force out older workers — even though there isn't an "on paper" policy. Age discrimination claims have increased 61% over the past decade, according to the EEOC. And with a tight job market and more workers postponing retirement, experts say, aging at in the workplace may only get harder.
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Spreading hate?
I never have watched an episode of "Duck Dynasty." According to columnist Susan Estrich in her article in The Hays Daily News, Duck Commander Phil Robertson is spreading hate.
As I understand it, all he did was quote from the Bible. If repeating text from the Bible is considered spreading hate, we are sunk as a society.
Like it or not, our basic human rights come from God's laws as outlined in the Bible. Society and judges can try to change what is accepted or even what is legal, but that doesn't change the Ten Commandments or divine word given to us by scripture.
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I figure it's been a while since my last post, and since today is shaping up to be a good day, I wanna tell everyone why I am so happy! Lucky me, I ran across a blog that promotes just that! A HAPPY LIST! SO without further ado:
I am happy to see some significant change in the basement! I have painted the office down there and chosen fabric for the curtains. Now to just acquire a sewing machine to finish those curtains and all will be well! (pictures to come eventually...)
I am happy with my new couch! It's so perfect for us. And it looks nice. And it smells nice (gotta love leather).
I am happy with this weather. Nothing like some sunshine and a little rain. The temps have been cool, but not too cold.
I am happy to be mother to three adorable miscreants. They are so much fun!
I am happy with Lilia's report card. It was the 1st grade equivalent to straight A's.
I am happy to hear Lacey's prayers at night (where she prays to be "almost cute" and asks if she can "go to school every day" like her sister).
I am happy to see my little man, Matthew, healthy. And to see him fold his arms on demand. It's pretty cute. See?
Attempt #2 complete with bowed head.
I am happy to finally have the fabric for Matthew's blanket all ready to go! Now, to get me that much needed sewing machine...
I am SUPER happy that Joe and I have finally decided to become a TWO CAR family! After 10 years, it's about time.
I am happy to be married to such a marvelous and funny man. He really does make life that much better. :)
I am happy for beautiful things. Like the peacock at the zoo last week.
I am happy. Yup- that's all there is to it.


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In the heart of the Mekong Delta, Saigon, officially known as Ho Chi Minh City, is Vietnam's largest cosmopolis and its economic center. The nation's capital until 1975, Ho Chi Minh is a feast for the senses and one of Southeast Asia's liveliest cities. Beyond the urban bustle is the world of Old Saigon, complete with centuries-old pagodas, French colonial buildings, and ancient traditions.


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Forced gift giving, employee editionComments
The law school that employs me as a tenure-track faculty member has what I hope is a fairly unusual practice: Each year faculty members — I'm unclear whether this includes the non-tenure-track faculty, who are full-time employees but paid quite a bit less than the tenure-track people — are asked to contribute to a holiday gift for the law school's staff. I understand the ratio of faculty to staff has become roughly 1:1 (this helps explain skyrocketing tuition among other things) so in effect it's as if each faculty member is buying a holiday gift for a staff member.
Of course this ends up turning into pretty much a straight cash transfer, in the form of a "Christmas bonus" from the faculty to the staff.
I find this practice distasteful, since:
(a) The faculty are employees not employers. If the powers that be want to take some of the money currently being paid to the faculty and pay it to the staff in the form of higher salaries this should be done directly, not through informal social pressure.
(b) The whole thing has an unpleasant and rather absurd air of noblesse oblige, especially since every year the faculty ends up getting a bunch of cap-doffing thank you emails from the staff, which staff members no doubt feel pressured to send because the social dynamics of the situation.
I suspect a bunch of other people on both sides of this awkward transaction feel the same way, but nobody wants to be that guy (or gal) who says so.


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The pop star flies from L.A. to Philadelphia to visit her fiancé, who is shooting Paranoia
The warmth of love kept Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth happy on a cold night Monday in Philadelphia, as she flew in from Los Angeles to visit her fiancé on the set of the upcoming thriller Paranoia.
Cyrus, 20, was sporting a green overcoat with a fur collar and a black cap pulled over her blonde pixie cut.
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Cyrus arrived in Philly from L.A., where she performed at the VH1 Divas concert on Sunday evening.


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Setting the record straight: salaries at the Ben Gamla charter schools
A story published online on Dec. 10 and in print on Dec. 11 about charter schools incorrectly reported that the salaries of the principal and several teachers at the Ben Gamla schools in Hollywood and Plantation were significantly higher than those paid at other charter schools.
The story listed principal Sharon Miller's salary at $225,000 and said 11 teachers make more than $100,000 yearly. According to documents from the school, Miller was actually paid $106,505 last year and the teachers were paid in the $40,000-to-$50,000 range.
The salaries reported in the story came from a database published by the Florida Department of Education, which says its salary information is provided by the local school districts, which receive the information from the schools themselves.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
From December GQ – Luca Rubinacci
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It is difficult to find thin horizontal socks like that – did you get the brand of the socks by chance?
I like the whole look. Looks good.
This falls into two categories: 1.) do not try this at home, and 2.) the difference between "a" style and "my" style. He is clearly a man of his own mind with a great sense of himself and how things work together. Any one of these elements — from the bold suit, to the socks, to the bracelets, could be a tragedy if in the wrong hands, but he takes all these quirky and bold elements and uses one to subdue the others. Kind of reminds of me of Lincoln's "Team of Rivals."
What is he wearing around his right wrist? And why this belt? The square pattern on his suit, the tie, the pink shirt and the pink socks are joyful enough. All these bits and bobs are making him over the top – modest, simple, unpretentious clothing with only one single outstanding piece would suit him much better.
Looks like a costume to me. Not a business suit.
Oh, golly! He is gifted. Clever, clever, clever and it looks brill.
that is a simply gorgeous outfit. The first time I've really liked a window pane style suit as well.
You are truly a sartorialist. I'm loving the new insight I'm getting from you on masculine elegance. Very inspiring!
And may I just say I LOVE THE BRACELETS!!!
man-bangles! phenomenal!
I love windowpane check. This colorway of the check is one of my favorite color combinations.
This man dresses outside the limits of typical men's "style." Guys don't have as many options as women, so I suppose that the fun is found in the creative combinations of texture, pattern, finish, cut, etc. At least they have shoe options!
I like what he's done here. I find it refreshing.
The world would be a better place if more men dressed like this!
A beautiful single breasted peak lapel. Working buttons on the cuff. Can't see the jacket pockets. Are they hacking? And the surcingle belt makes this. It's out there but I admire the guy's style and minerals.
Wow! Talk about coordinated.
Other socks and other tie (dark colored) and it would have been 10 points. This is just over the top, not much, but a bit too far.
Oh! socks!..!..!
Just look at those details. What a suit. What a dress. Magnifico.
so good,
and yet
SOO much thought went into that look it almost announces itself too much.
How I wish that all men looked like this. This suit is something that 99% of the men who wear it will get horribly wrong.
Beautiful photos, Scott! Wonderful suit, superb pattern and colour. I am a sucker for plaid suits.
I love the details here: peak lapels, ethnic bracelets, surcingle belt, striped socks, suede (and scuffed!) brogues, pocket square.
This gentleman is hitting all the right notes. Okay, maybe there is just a bit too much going on. But, I still love it. I have to admit, this young gentleman looks like me, but with a lot less hair.
Wow. Rockin' the windowpane plaid!
Why can't ALL men look like this?! The world would be such a beautiful place.
Then again, I suppose I wouldn't appreciate it as much if it was commonplace.
I think he looks too affected and the whole look is forced, unlike the vested gentleman a couple of scrolls down. I wouldn't want to have brunch with him.
What a cutie! Now this is not for the amateur – you have to really know your color, texture and be willing to go for it. Luca is my favorite guy of yours this season!
…I love this blog, really!!!
Great outfit, I love that belt!
wow…menswear doesn't usually do too much for me but…he really looks stunning
I have been following your site since a friend introduced me to it,and you are very talented.
To have the eye you do is a gift –
and sometimes a curse!
NO ONE dresses like the Milaness male. This is a perfect example.
I still have the image of the purple/navy blue store window in my head
I live in N.Y., which one would
hope is quite sophisticated, but all I see is one badly dressed person after another — except
for the European visitor.
wow, nice details!
impeccabile direi..
Really great mix of color… well done.
The loose pantcut is nice.I do like the belt,shirt and tie,but the bracelets, the socks and the shoes are a bit too much.Not so sure of the checked suit either.
I love the way the gentleman brings a sublte patern to life. I have to give it a 10
This really is one of my favourite posts. I love, love, love this suit. The braided belt was a little unexpected but so brilliant!…and those socks…with those shoes. This gentleman is obviously innately cool.
looks overdone to me, in my opinion of course…
Very nice. Bold choices. The socks and bracelets are nice touches.
The belt, unfortunately, looks like he's traveling and forgot to pack his dress belt, but that's why it's called personal style.
It's overdone in your photo series, making him look somewhat like "The Playful Pimp." You know, the one that's new to The Game and won't slap you in the face if you don't have his money.
In real life, however, if you saw him walking down the street there would only be glimpses of his "extras."
A peek of his sock as he moves past you. A glimpse of his man beads when he looks at his watch or scratches his head.
He's quite the spectacle.
This guy is one of the coolest cats I've ever seen. Suit is impeccable, textures of light flannella, against the casualness of the belt and other wrist accoutrements. Perfect.
absolutely fabulous.
Bravo Mr Rubinacci!
I really like Luca's style and his interpretation of the famous Neapolitan silhouette.
Lovely. I hope the GQ has the detail shots as well, you can really see how he pulls everything togeher. I love the whole ensemble but really love the bracelets and the socks, chic, timeless with a slice of wit. Nice. Happy Thanksgiving.
I love that his isn't afraid of colours!:) /Sophie♥
since the suit's check is so bold the rest should be calm. overdone.
I think it does look overdone, too much thought into a look or an outfit can result in looking a bit like a manequin; which I feel he does.
Love the mix of patterns: Spectacular!!!
I heart window pane.
Pink shirt and pink striped socks — great.
Belt — not so sure.
what can I say! YAY what a man ;) love the combination of shirt and socks
The striped socks and fabric knotted belt are a surprise to me. I don't know if I like them with the suit but they are definitely interesting details to the mix.
Playful but elegant, masculine but youthful, brash but modest. For me the point of transcendence is the suede shoe. Fantastic!!
Clearly the best fitting suit that has been featured on this site. It really blows almost everything else away. The shirt and tie are lovely in concert with the suit, but everything else strikes me as a bit much.
It is interesting to contrast this suit with some shown at the various shows on the reps from some of the "sartorial" companies. This one is obviously the real deal, and the others not so much.
let's see more guys like him with some good sartorial style!
ahhh!! he's so cute. i want to bump into him on the street so i can see this first hand.
The outfit looks overdone to me.
The cut of Luca's suit is absolutely perfect. I would expect nothing less from the son of Mariano Rubinacci. This is the quintessential Neapolitan suit…and Scholte's English drape cut is quite evident.
Thank you for showing such a beautiful bespoke suit. What men should take away from this is that it all comes down to cut. I love the fabric of the suit, but the cut is everything here.
The belt is not even an issue because, as a gentleman, Luca keeps his coat buttoned at all times, thus concealing it. Likewise the socks are hardly visible, and relate to his shirt quite well. I love that his pocket square has nothing to do with anything else he is wearing. The only thing I dislike are the bracelets, but that's because I wouldn't wear them…I dislike things on my wrists.
This doesn't look "too overdone"? You must be joking, Scott.
Great Pic, Sartorialist! I like the cut of the suit even though I prefer flatfront trousers. Also, I've been getting more and more into turn-ups – these days they seem to fit narrow trousers perfectly. The bracelets are pure spezzatura – the rule for men is three, I think, but this works well. And brown suede brogues with a blue suit are pretty much the pinnacle of sartorial style to me.
I love it. Dressed up but with a fun twist. The different patterns shouldn't work but they so do…The men in black suits and white shirts at my office would hate this!- which makes me love it more… a rebellious businessman.
I love the socks!!
Am I the only one who finds laguna beach trad's comments creepy?
That suit is to freaking nice! The rest is periphery to that suit, awesome colour, perfect fall material, lovely.
I think he looks like a clown. The suit pattern is bold and quite wonderful but the rest of it is just a mix of colors. Coordinated you say? look again. None of the palettes go together, which would be fine if it made a point but he has just chosen things with bold color for that only reason. The suit is an italian bs number, and this gentleman surely knows very little about balance in a mans suit. look at the lapels. as fs said, he is clearly a man of his own mind and strong personal style – too bad that the personal style is of a very low taste level. 2/10
Great shot, great outfit. A true dandy.
You wouldn't happen to have a better view of his pocket square?
I love that there's so many great details in this outfit–even down to his bracelets–but as a whole its looks far from overdone!
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This can't be right. I'm sorry don't like the look. I can't believe everyone actually likes this whole look. I have already been snubbed on one comment. I hope this blogged isn't being censored. It would take away from the truthfulness, and credibility.
This is the way men should dress !!
Love the look, love the photo's.
These pics inspire me and are one of the reasons I keep on surfing The Sartorialist.
Well spotted Scott !
You should book a trip to Paris soon. With the strikes, they are using the bikes more than ever before, and being everlasting cool as usual!
Very detaild – but still low key. That`s difficult to obtain.
GREAT JOB, I always LOVE THE NYC SHOTS, I used to live there for years, SO LOOKING AT ALL TH STYLISH people in your NYC pics, i miss it even more.
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I dont like it at all. Too much.
i disagree, he does looks a little overdone, doesn't him? it is either the belt or the socks but both…?
Less IS more
bellissima la foto con i braccialetti. un dettaglio giovanile, quasi eccentrico. Mi piace :)
Rubinacci is not a brand…..
Rubinacci is a life style………
What flair. Interestingly enough, the public portion of the belts are thoroughly conservative but hold hidden surprises. I agree with fashion senseless, do not try this at home.
Isn't "K.I.S.S." a guideline to dressing up?
This just has too much going on for me.
Sooo much better than the typical men's suit. <3
I like this man's great style. It's what makes him unique!
Personally, I love the suit, the shirt, the shoes, the "Rasta-like" bracelet on his wrist, the irreverent humor in the socks; however, I find the tie and belt a bit inelegant. I would have done a nice brown belt and a nicer tie that could have helped to unite the entire look.
Sart you are so right. This look could quickly slip into affectation and overly styled. It doesn't and just works perfectly. I love that suit! I'm going to show my husband and tell him to get one.
I love bracelets on men, i think they're very sexy and cool on beach bum/urban hippie types. It is rare, though, to see a man who has the guts to wear them with a suit.
Well, I'm never going to be able to dress like that, but the whole look of the outfit on this particular man is just so good. I can feel in my soul the quality of the material of that suit.If I saw this person anywhere I would just stare, stare, stare. Can you lust after clothes?With these, I certainly can!
I think the sock is by Paul Smith
even though it will be looking nice and fashionable with fancy and colorful socks like Paul smith…
But at least we need to wear classcial socks when we are in suit…..
Just my thoughts….
But the guy is exellent!!!
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It's been a season of great losses in the opera world, the most recent one being Margaret Price, who died of heart failure on January 28 at her home in Wales. She was only sixty-nine. Why does her relatively early passing make me so sad? Maybe it's because her career never quite seemed to reach the heights that many of us thought it should. I don't mean to suggest that Price was underrated, certainly not by anyone who ever heard her live — at least not by anybody I knew. But she never maintained a highly aggressive approach to her career, and her appearances in the U.S. were relatively rare. She always left us wanting more.
I was there for her Met debut in 1985, as Desdemona. The company was chastised for not having her sooner; after all, she had made her professional debut twenty-three years earlier, as Cherubino at Welsh National Opera. Belated or not, her Desdemona was widely discussed as one of the most important Met debuts in years — another being Jessye Norman in Les Troyens in 1983. Price gave a superb performance. The sound she poured out was ample yet with an exquisite fragility and femininity. She was all we could ask of a Desdemona, and even though she loomed large onstage physically as well as vocally, I don't remember anyone I knew saying a word about her size. Her degree of vocal artistry made it seem crass even to suggest that she was too hefty to be "convincing."
She returned to the Met in 1989 as Elisabetta in Don Carlo. This is the performance of hers I will always carry with me. She was a study in torment as she sang "Tu che le vanità," her ravishing voice filling the house. In the years that followed, I remember thinking it was odd that this performance wasn't commented on more feverishly when people I knew were recalling great performances. Perhaps this was simply her own shyness and reticence coming through to the rest of us. Perhaps we perceived somehow that she didn't want us to demand too much of her: she just wanted us to listen and leave her alone.


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No breast cancer is purely ER positive or ER negative. Patients can assume that all breast cancers contain some ER+ and ER- cells, and that there is a continuum. The fact is, that tumors that are ER- have a higher recurrence rate than those that are ER+. If you have an ER- cancer: strategies to increase or decrease estrogen levels will have no bearing on your recurrence risk. You need not take special dietary steps to change your recurrence risk.


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"Christian, conservative, white male" Doug Giles on feminism
In his April 24, 2004, column on The Heritage Foundation's website Townhall.com, columnist Doug Giles claimed that, according to "the feminists," his opinion, that of a "Christian, conservative, white male," "no longer counts." Giles continued:
According to the feminists ... not only does the WASPy man know nothing, but he better not say things like:
- The feminists spit on everything that's based on Judeo/Christian ethics.
- The feminists will gladly get rid of your church or synagogue.
- The feminists live to walk on our flag and everything for which it stands.
- The feminists would love to hit the delete button on our nation's collective memory.
- The feminists are more than willing to re-write history.
- The feminists are adept in messing with our kids' minds.
- The feminists hate anything that's normal.
- The feminists hate anything that is decent.
- Feminism has now become a synonym for lesbianism.
- Or, he'll have hell to pay.
Doug Giles writes a weekly column on cultural issues that appears on The Heritage Foundation's website Townhall.com. He is the creator, host, and director of ClashRadio.com, a Christian radio station heard in Miami, Palm Beach, the United Kingdom, and via satellite and the Internet. His 2003 book, Ruling in Babylon, was published by Xulon Press (a Christian self-publisher).
Giles is also a pastor at His People Miami Christian Church in Miami, Florida. According to the Clash Radio website, "This fall Pastor Doug Giles is serving STEAK [Serious Theological Education Advancing the Kingdom] ... An all beef discipleship course covering the majors of the Christian Faith."


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In the south transept of London's Westminster Abbey—where for a thousand years the kings and queens of England have been enthroned—sits a crowded collection of statues, plaques, and engraved flagstones. Geoffrey Chaucer, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Charles Dickens are buried there; dozens more are commemorated there. On November 22, 2013, 50 years to the day after his death, C. S. Lewis will join them.
Poets' Corner may seem like an odd place for a writer whose poetry is largely overlooked (though his first two publications were volumes of verse, and Lewis's poetry is far better than many remember or realize). But you needn't be a poet to join Poets' Corner. Musicians like George Frideric Handel and actors like Laurence Olivier mingle with Tennyson and Chaucer. The Corner is devoted to poets in the older, deeper sense of the word. They are "makers" who assemble words (or musical notes or dramatic performances) for artistic ends.
In this older, deeper sense, there is no place Lewis more rightly belongs. Indeed, perhaps we should think of the celebrated Oxford novelist, literary critic, and apologist above all as a poet. For Lewis believed that knowledge itself was fundamentally poetic—that is to say, shaped by the imagination. And his poetic approach to commending and defending the Christian faith still lights the way for us today.
Of course, everyone recognizes Lewis's great imaginative gifts. Often people will say that his great strength was his ability to present Christianity both rationally and imaginatively.
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Liu Xiaodong, Jincheng Airport, 2010. Oil on canvas, 300 x 400 cm. Courtesy of the artist.
opened one of its last exhibitions of the year (Nov 17, 2010 Feb 20, 2011), Hometown Boy by Chinese painter Liu Xiaodong. With 26 new oil paintings, over 200 pages of framed diary entries and an in-depth documentary film by famed Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Hometown Boy offers UCCA visitors an intimate and unprecedented look into the life and artistic practice of one of Chinas most acclaimed artists.
The body of work that fills these three rooms
UCCA has always been committed to breaking new ground with innovative exhibition methods, and Liu Xiaodongs Hometown Boy is no exception. For this exhibition in three parts, co-curated and co-produced with Minsheng Art Museum and The Institute, UCCAs Big Hall has been divided into three separate spaces, each highlighting a different facet of Liu Xiaodong's work.
The first space is devoted to over 200 framed pages of Liu Xiaodong's diary entries produced during his return to his hometown of Jincheng. Written on paper produced by the local paper mill and filled with notes, captions, sketches and photos, the dairies are a record of Liu Xiaodong's daily activities, plans, encounters, thoughts and impressions. Within these pages, visitors will find amusing anecdotes, keen observations, background stories, recollections and biographical sketches of the artist's childhood friends.
The second space is the painting room, where Liu Xiaodongs 26 new Jincheng paintings are displayed. The smallest canvases (33 x 38 cm) are mainly studies for larger paintings, or still-lifes of some detail that triggered a memory of the past. The medium-sized canvases (140x150 cm) are paintings of Liu Xiaodong's childhood friends in settings that reflect their lives today: Xiao Dou smoking a cigarette in a pool hall, Chengzi hanging out at the karaoke club he runs, or Liu Xiaodong's former martial arts teacher Master Xiao on duty at the police station where he currently works. There are also four large canvases (300 X 400 cm) depicting groups of people in settings that hold a special significance for the artist because they illustrate how time has altered the face of his hometown. Jincheng Airport, for example, shows Liu Xiaodong's friends playing cards in front of a decrepit fighter plane that was once Jinchengs pride and joy, the centerpiece of its (now neglected and weed-choked) public park.
The third and final space is the black-velvet-curtained screening room, where Hou Hsiao-Hsien's documentary film, also titled Hometown Boy, will screen at regular intervals with Chinese and English subtitles.
UCCA Director Jé rôme Sans designed Hometown Boy as a multifaceted exhibition because he felt it was the best way for audiences to understand the range of Liu Xiaodong's artistic practice. Liu Xiaodong approaches his work very much like a filmmaker, Sans writes in his introduction to the exhibition, documenting each step of the creative process and recording his methods, motives, observations and impressions, so that each component forms an integral part of the final work. He is the artist-as-director: the people he paints are his actors, and we, the observers, are the audience the result of his homecoming is the body of work that fills these three rooms.
This time, Ive decided, Im really going home
This time, Ive decided, Im really going home. Thus begins Liu Xiaodongs artist statement, which explains the reasoning behind his Hometown Boy project. In 1980, when I was seventeen, I left my hometown... [Now it has] been invaded by high rise buildings, and the friends I knew in childhood have gotten fat. I once painted their portraits because I was hoping to get into art school. Now, thirty years later, I am painting them again, hoping that I can finish their portraits before all of them are laid off.
Liu Xiaodongs hometown of Jincheng is a small town located in Liaoning Province in northeast China. Life in Jincheng has always revolved around the local paper mill, built during the Japanese occupation and later retooled to meet the needs of the newly-established Peoples Republic of China. From the 1950s to the 1980s, the mill employed thousands of workers and produced paper used to print everything from schoolbooks to the quotations of Chairman Mao. In recent years, however, economic competitions, industrial restructuring and environmental issues have led to massive layoffs at the mill and other changes that have fundamentally altered the life of the town.
Exhibition co-curator Guo Xiaoyan, Chief Operating Officer of The Institute and Vice-Director of Minsheng Art Museum, writes: Hometown Boy is in no sense a nostalgic narrative or a remembrance of things past. It is a somber ode to the here and now. By going home to paint, sketch and observe the people and places of his childhood, Liu Xiaodong must confront a range of complex emotions and questions. The landscape is familiar, but the people have changed.
UCCA Art Department Director Zheng Yan characterizes Hometown Boy as Liu Xiaodongs most conscious effort yet to create a dialogue between past and present. His boyhood years in Jincheng will always hold a special significance for him, but the home he returns to is not the home he remembers: thirty years of socioeconomic change have altered the face of Jincheng, not necessarily for the better
A documentary homecoming by Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien One of the most unique aspects of this exhibition is the related documentary project by Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien, who accompanied the artist to Jincheng to record his homecoming experience on film. For Liu Xiaodong, documenting his artistic process is nothing new: he has collaborated with many filmmakers in the past, and is comfortable working in front of the camera and painting, as it were, on set.
[UCCA Director Jé rôme Sans] suggested that we find a really great Chinese director, and Hou Hsiao-Hsien is about as talented as they come, Liu Xiaodong explained in a recent interview. I have tremendous respect for him as a director, and as someone who has a deep understanding of people, life and art. His involvement really increases the power of these paintings, because they all have a ―back story‖ that needs to be explained. The film helps deepen our understanding of the paintings and makes the project much more complete.
Hou Hsiao-Hsien describes the process of making the in-depth documentary homecoming: In May 2010, everyone involved in the project met up to discuss the plan for shooting the documentary film Hometown Boy. That included Liu Xiaodong, the exhibition curators, the film crew and Yao Hung I, who I had appointed to be location director and cameraman. From there, the crew did a reconnaissance in July, and started shooting in August. Everything was based on seeing facts objectively, with a straightforward yet lighthearted viewpoint. Yao would act as Liu Xiaodongs ―third eye,‖ recording the whole amazing process
Painting from life gives local subjects a global resonance
For over two decades, Liu Xiaodong has been crisscrossing China and the globe, travelling to familiar and exotic locales to paint from life. In the process, he has amassed a body of work that Jeff Kelley, an independent art critic and curator, has described as the psychic landscape of the new China. Kelley writes that although Liu Xiaodongs settings are often commonplace, the occasions he paints banal, the pedestrian faces and prosaic postures of Lius subjects testify to a China filled with hope, ambition, cunning, bewilderment, anger, indifference, longing, and despair. They are the old faces of the new China, and they embody the weary countenance of history.
Alexandra Monroe, senior curator of Asian art at New Yorks Guggenheim Museum, writes: Liu takes road trips to far-flung placesthe unofficial sites of national or communal identityto become immersed in the act of seeing. He sets up his transient studios in the open air, laying out his screen-sized canvases on the ground of his chosen sites, and, walking barefoot over the expanse of his compositions, palette in hand, paints directly from life. [ ] His paintings are imbued with the immediacy and informality of the documentary snapshot, trained on the unpretty sights of bleak but strangely prophetic communities.
These Jincheng paintings, concludes critic Jeff Kelley, provide a familial content for all the other psychic landscapes Liu has painted as an artist. They remind us that his paintings, however global their resonance, are profoundly local.
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As we take a look back at the new technology that helped us run our businesses, we can't help but comment on some of the best. John Brandon, contributor with Inc.com writes about the best business gadgets of 2012 in the following article.
This past year was one of the best in recent memory for innovative new gadgets to help you run your operation smoothly, keep employees happy, and stay connected. Check out these nine products–all stand-outs in their respective categories.
Sony Bluetooth Headphones MDR-1RBT, $399
Most earbuds sound like electrified tin cans. This high-end set lasts for 30 hours on a charge and matches the quality of home stereo headphones. The 40mm diaphragms are made of a polymer film to make sure Arcade Fire sounds crisp and clear. You can sync with your phone using near-field communication by tapping the devices together, which joins Bluetooth signals.
Samsung Series 9, $1199
This 27-inch monitor runs at a higher resolution than most: 2560×1440. Photos pop off the screen, and text in Word is much easier to read than an older, lower-res monitor. The monitor also supports the industry-standard Mobile High Definition Link cable for connecting a tablet or smartphone.
HP Envy X2, $849
This hybrid tablet and notebook offers the best of both worlds. The tablet, held in place by magnets on a hinge, snaps off to help you be more mobile. The X2 weighs 3.1 pounds and has a 11.6-inch screen, plus there's a high-end 8-megapixel webcam for videoconferences. Both the tablet and base have a battery that last a total of 14 hours (the tablet can charge off the base).
BISTRO b.over Coffeemaker, $250
Complement your offices gadgets with this pour-over coffeemaker. A 1450-watt heating element heats up the water in a tank, then flows through a glass tube to pour over the grounds. For office workers, the design is ideal: There's a vacuum-sealed thermal jug you can grab for meetings.
Samsung Galaxy SIII, Pricing Varies
By all rights, the iPhone 5 should dominate in business. But this past year, the SIII made some serious inroads, partly due to some nifty hardware perks. Using near-field communication, you can tap phones together to share a contact. The 4.8-inch AMOLED display is super-crisp. The phone knows when you are looking at the screen–set it down, and the display will dim to save battery life. Also, it has an 8-megapixel cam.
Google Chromebox, $329
My top pick among small form factor models, the Chromebox is designed for people who only need access to the Web. You can't run Photoshop or the desktop versions of Word, but this computer is blazingly fast, requires little maintenance or set-up, and sips power. It has six USB ports, supports two monitors at the same time, and comes with 4GB of RAM and a 100GB solid-state drive.
Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Keyboard, $60
This full-size keyboard is sculpted–but not too sculpted. My typing speed went up a notch thanks to the springy keys. There are hotkeys designed for Windows 8 so you can quickly switch between apps and pull up the Start home screen. The palm rest is, thankfully, soft and comfortable.
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Today, there are some 2.5 million veteran-owned businesses, and these firms employ nearly 6 million individuals. And in the private-sector workforce, veterans are more likely than those with no active-duty military experience to be self-employed.
At the U.S. Small Business Administration, we are committed to ensuring that our nation's veterans have access to the capital, counseling and federal contracting opportunities they need to start, build and grow successful small businesses.
In fiscal year 2013, the SBA supported more than $1.8 billion in lending to over 3,000 veteran-owned small businesses. In Western New York, the SBA backed 39 loans to veteran-owned businesses totaling $7.2 million. This was a 22 percent increase over the number of loans and an 18 percent increase over the dollar volume that the region's veterans received in the prior year.
Also in 2013, the SBA worked with top national, regional and community lenders to collectively increase their lending activity to veterans by 5 percent a year for the next five years through the SBA Veteran Pledge Initiative.
The SBA also offers special assistance for small businesses owned by or employing activated reserve and National Guard members. For example, military reservist business owners and companies that employ a military reservist in a key position may qualify for the SBA's Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan program when an active duty call-up results in a financial hardship on the business.
SBA Administrator Jeanne Hulit recently announced new measures to help get small business loans into the hands of veterans by setting the borrower upfront fee to zero for all veteran loans authorized under the SBA Express program up to $350,000. This initiative will start on Jan. 1 and continue through the end of the fiscal year.
Of all SBA loans that go to veterans, 73 percent are $350,000 or less. The SBA Express Loan program, which supports loans under $350,000, is SBA's most popular loan delivery method, with nearly 60 percent of all 7(a) loans over the past decade being authorized through the program. Since the program's inception, it has also been one of the most popular delivery methods for getting capital into the hands of veteran borrowers.
We also provide counseling for small businesses as they look to take their business to the next level. Research shows that small businesses with a counselor see increased sales and longevity and have hired more workers. The SBA supports a nationwide network of Veteran Business Opportunity Centers, which, along with the SBA's other resource partners, provide business counseling and training. To date this year, with our resource partner network, SBA has helped train and counsel more than 107,000 veteran business owners.
SBA also connects veteran-owned small businesses with another important source of funding-federal contracts. Veteran-owned small businesses won more than $12.2 billion in federal contracting business in fiscal year 2012. And for the first time, the federal government exceeded the 3 percent goal to contract with service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.
The SBA's Buffalo District continues to work day in and day out to reach out to and connect with veterans in our communities to make sure they are aware of the SBA tools and resources that can help them start and grow a business.
After World War II, our nation's veterans helped reshape the American economy-contributing to one of the longest periods of economic growth in our country's history. At the SBA, we know that with the right tools and opportunities, our nation's veterans can continue to build our economy for the long-term.
For more information, contact the SBA Buffalo District Office at (716) 551-4301.
Bernard J. Paprocki is acting administrator for Region II of the U.S. Small Business Administration, covering New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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