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Are you still using the mouse and keyboard that came with your computer? Or maybe you've tried something new but you've got some nagging RSI strain, cords tangled everywhere or a lagging mouse that's left you unjustly fragged into oblivion? If your mouse and keyboard aren't working for you, it's time to buy new ones. Here are the things you'll want to keep in mind as you shop.
There are some great cheap, simple, two-button mice out there, but you'd be surprised how much easier a nicer mouse can make your day. Sure, a nice mouse can be a bit pricier than the $20 two-buttoner you bought at Officeworks, but whether it's getting rid of wrist pain or just saving you endless clicks on the scroll wheel, they're well worth the money. In fact, the $US75 I spent on my mouse is some of the best money I've spent on my entire rig — and since you use these items every time you sit down at your machine, you should make sure they're of good quality. If you're ready to trade in the old beater for a new model, here are some things you'll want to consider.
Size and Ergonomics
Undoubtedly the most important factor in choosing a mouse is how it feels. While you can prevent a lot of strain by merely rearranging your workspace, having a good mouse that works with you can still make a huge difference. For the most part, this involves two things: size and grip. Size is mostly personal preference (plus how portable you want your mouse to be), but certain mice are better for certain types of grips. The three main grips are:
Palm Grip: With this style of a grip, you lay your entire hand on the mouse, using your palm to move the mouse around. You'll feel this most in your wrist and forearm. It's faster than the other grips, albeit less precise, so not always the best for gamers that require very precise movements. It's also the more comfortable of the two, so if you have RSI problems, you're probably better off with a mouse that encourages this type of grip. Usually these mice have a bigger bump on the back end for your palm to rest. Examples include the Razer Lachesis and the Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer.
Claw Grip: The claw grip gets its name from the way your hand looks when you hold the mouse — your palm may still rest on the back, but your top fingers are arched in a claw-like fashion, and you may use your thumb, ring finger and pinky to give you a bit more control over the mouse. It's more precise than the palm grip but can be a bit more straining too. These mice are usually longer and have lipped edges, so you can pick the mouse up and move it. This is kind of in-between the palm and fingertip grip, though, so you can use a ton of different mice with it, depending on where you fall in the spectrum. The Razer DeathAdder and Logitech G9x are popular gaming mice for this grip, while the Logitech Performance Mouse MX (my personal mouse of choice) is great for regular PC users.
Fingertip Grip: This is the complete opposite end of the spectrum to the palm grip. With this, your palm doesn't rest on the end at all, you control the mouse entirely with your fingertips. This is the most precise of all the grips, but can also be the most taxing. Many people find it also has the steepest learning curve (since the palm grip is what most people use naturally), so if you have issues with RSI, you might want to avoid this grip. These mice tend to be smaller and flatter, like the Razer Abyssus or the Logitech Marathon Mouse M705.
The above images are from Razer's mouse ergonomics guide, which I recommend checking out. It's mainly written for gamers but can apply to anyone. I also recommend checking out NCIX Tech Tips' guide to mouse ergonomics if you want more information on figuring out your grip and what mice are good for it. Note also that the mice listed above are just guidelines. Everyone's hands are different, and you probably use a combination of the above grips or lie somewhere in between. The size of your hands can also influence which types of mice work with which types of grips. If you have smaller than average hands, for example, don't be afraid to venture outside the above recommendations to see if your claw grip works with a mouse designed for a palm grip. The best advice I can give is go to the store and try them out — these aren't the kinds of things you can tell when ordering a mouse online.
Wired vs Wireless
One of the other big deciding factors in your mouse decision is going to be whether you want a wireless mouse or one with a cable attached. In general, wireless mice tend to be more convenient, since the cable can't catch on your desk or get in the way. However, wireless mice can also carry some lag (usually about 8ms), which can feel like an hour if you're in the middle of an intense gaming session. Furthermore, they can sometimes interfere with other wireless devices in your home, like a wireless G router or 2.4GHz cordless phones. Wireless mice also require batteries, which can be a pain if you forget to charge them or pick up some AAs at the store.
Also keep in mind that if you're going to go wireless, you have a few different choices — namely Bluetooth and RF. RF mice are usually a bit more responsive and have a longer range, but they require a USB receiver, so they'll still take up a USB port on your machine. They're also more likely to interfere with other wireless devices, as I mentioned before. Bluetooth mice are a bit rarer but will pair with many computers on their own (if your computer has Bluetooth built-in). Finding a good Bluetooth mouse can be hard, since RF is much more common — so unless you're really short on USB ports, I wouldn't recommend being too picky about Bluetooth versus RF.
Extra Buttons
Extra buttons aren't just for gamers anymore, folks. You can map your spare buttons to any function, like back and forward in your browse, or to a function like Mac OS X's Exposé. Some Logitech mice even have an awesome "fast scroll" button that'll make your scroll wheel move fast, smoothly and with momentum, which is great for scrolling through long pages quickly. I wouldn't base my entire decision on how many buttons a mouse has, but getting something with a few extra buttons on the side can be really nice for those features you use extra often. Have to copy and paste a lot of text in your day? Map those to some of your extra buttons. Switch between a ton of virtual desktops to manage your windows? The arrow buttons on the side of many Logitech mice are perfect for that. You're only limited by your imagination with this, so think of the more painstaking keyboard shortcuts you use and map them right to your mouse buttons. You'd be surprised how much of a difference it can make.
I briefly mentioned this above, but if you're doing something that requires precise movements — like gaming or image editing — make sure you get a mouse that has relatively high sensitivity. Your mouse's sensitivity determines how small of a movement you need to make for your cursor to move. Perhaps you've noticed that with some mice, your cursor will get "stuck" if you move your mouse to slightly, and you have to jerk it out of place. High sensitivity mice don't have this problem, since slighter movements yield small movements in your cursor.
Sensitivity is calculated in dots per inch (DPI). Most medium-end and high-end mice come with high sensitivities, usually 1200DPI or higher, which should be more than enough. Just make sure that you aren't getting a cheap 400DPI mouse if you're doing precision-oriented tasks. Some mice even have buttons on them that let you switch between different sensitivities without opening up their control panel, which is great if you want to quickly switch to a high sensitivity for image editing or gaming, then switch back when you go to do normal work.
What We Use
While we encourage you to do your own research and shopping, here are a few of the Lifehacker staff's favourite mice to get you started:
- At least four of us use the Logitech Performance Mouse MX (formerly known as the MX Revolution), and we're all in love with it. It perfectly contours to your hand, has a few extra buttons that you can remap to whatever you want, and has the amazing momentum scrolling feature I mentioned earlier. While it's designed for more of a palm or claw grip, it'll really work with any grip you want, in my experience. This is a great place to start if you're looking for a good wireless mouse (though it isn't exactly portable, as it's huge).
- On the other end of the spectrum is the Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000, which is Dachis's favourite external mouse (he's usually a trackpad kind of guy). It's simple, inexpensive, wireless and portable enough to carry around with you.
- For gaming, Jason is currently digging the Razer Naga, who's main draw is a big panel of 12 — count them — thumb buttons. It's designed for massively multiplayer games like World of Warcraft, but you can map them to functions in any game you want (or even on the desktop, if you're the adventurous type).
While you primarily use keyboards for typing — and while a $20 keyboard will type just fine — they can do oh so much more. A nicer keyboard gives you extra buttons for quick media control, volume control or even app launching, and if you experience any RSI, a new keyboard can help eliminate that by forcing you to use good posture. When you're ready to bite the bullet and pick up a new keyboard, here are some things to watch out for.
Just like mice, your keyboard is something you use all day at your desk, so you should make sure it isn't going to cause you any strain. Keyboards with adjustable height and tilt are always a good idea, so you can get it at just the right level for where you're sitting. It's also great when a keyboard includes a wrist rest, but you can also buy these separately if need be. Some people love "ergonomic" keyboards like the Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite or the Logitech K350, since they force you to align your wrists in a more comfortable, friendly position. However, they can take some getting used to if you prefer more traditional, flat keyboards, so be ready to make a commitment to your new posture if you buy one of these.
The other half of the ergonomic factor is the feel of the keys. Some keyboards have more traditional raised keys, though laptop-style keyboards are becoming very popular for desktops, like the Logitech DiNovo Edge or even chiclet-style keyboards, like those from Apple. If you have the money to spend, though, mechanical keyboards like the SteelSeries 6Gv2 have become very popular as of late — that is, keyboards with a mechanical spring inside instead of a rubber dome. These keyboards have a bit more resistance to the keys. It takes a bit more effort to press them down, and they'll spring up faster, but overall they have a better and more consistent "feel" to the keys. They don't wiggle around like traditional keyboards, and you're less likely to get one key that sticks down more than the others. If you can find one to try out, it's worth a look — many people who use mechanical keyboards say they'll never go back to the standard rubber dome. They do tend to be a bit louder and more expensive, though, so keep that in mind as you shop.
Wired vs Wireless
Like mice, the main draw of wired keyboards is the responsiveness, which can be important in gaming. In my opinion, however, wireless keyboards hold less of an advantage over their wired counterparts than wireless mice do. Since you move mice around a lot, that wire can get pretty annoying, but your keyboard generally stays in one place most of the time. As such, the only thing that really matters is how the keyboard looks with a wire coming out of it, unless you're prone to losing your keyboard on your lap. Wireless keyboards have the same downsides as wireless mice, too: they're more expensive, require batteries, often take up a USB port on your machine anyway (unless they're Bluetooth), and generally just cause one more link in the chain where something could go wrong. Still, if you want to move your keyboard around (or if you ever plan on using it for a home theatre PC), getting rid of that wire can be convenient.
Extra Function Keys
Lots of keyboards nowadays have extra function keys that usually correspond to launching apps, controlling your music player, controlling your volume, and so on. Often, they come as either separate buttons above the normal F1-F12 keys, or as extra actions on the F1-F12 keys that you can access with a FN key. They can be very handy, and you can usually remap them to pretty much anything you want with the the software that comes with your keyboard — though if your keyboard's software suite isn't very good, you can always just create your own global keyboard shortcuts with something like AutoHotkey, too.
Other Considerations
Keyboards come with all sorts of different features these days, so it's hard to cover them all here. For example, some keyboards come without number pads, some come with alternative keyboard layouts like Dvorak, and some even come with extra USB ports for your other peripherals. And if you're a gamer, you have a whole other set of features to deal with, like add-on panels with gaming hotkeys and anti-ghosting features. Illuminated keys are also a popular feature for gamers, or just those that spend a lot of time in the dark. As with most hardware, the best thing you can do is shop around, and shop around in person. The more you can try out keyboards and get a "feel" for them, the more informed your decision will be. Don't just tap on the keyboards, though, go through the kinds of actions you'd go through in a normal day. I'll usually bang out a fake news article, pretend copy and paste some links with my remapped shortcuts, and move my hand between the mouse and keyboard to see if there are any annoyances that will drive me crazy after a few days of use. Plus, the more you shop around, the more you'll discover new features like illuminated keys, which could change your decision significantly.
What We Use
Again, we encourage you to check out different models for yourself, but if you're feeling a bit overwhelmed, here are some of our favourite keyboards:
- Alan and both Adams are fans of Apple's keyboards, for their low profiles and good key action. Despite what you think about Apple and their computers, their chiclet-style keyboards are actually pretty fantastic. The wired version even contains a USB port so they don't "waste" one in your machine.
- When gaming, Alan uses the Logitech G19, which has a ton of extra keys across the top that you can program to different actions in different games (or, again, actions on the desktop). It also has a handy little LCD that can display information in different games, which is super useful. Plus it lights up in different colours. How could you say no?
- Jason's a keyboard hoarder, but right now his favourite is the Microsoft Comfort Curve 3000, which he's written about before. If you're a sufferer of RSI, this is a great keyboard to check out. It's got a nice ergonomic "wave" design that doesn't feel awkward, but forces you to keep good keyboard posture.
- I've used a few keyboards over the years, but I can't pry myself away from Logitech's slim-profile keyboards. As a guy who sits in the dark a lot, I'm currently loving the Logitech Illuminated Keyboard, which has just enough function keys to keep me happy. Logitech's diNovo line is also great though, if you're willing to spend a bit more money for a bunch of other functionality.
Remember, comfort and health comes first. You probably spend lots of time sitting at your desk with these peripherals, and the less likely you are to develop strain injury, the better — the rest is just a matter of convenience. Got any of your own favourite mouse and keyboard features (or just favourite models you want to share)? Sound off in the comments.


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The Harvard fencing program competes for the NCAA Championship this week in San Antonio, Texas (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
Everything is Bigger in Texas
National titles and All-American honors are on the line for the 11 Harvard men's and women's fencers headed to San Antonio, Texas to compete for the 2013 NCAA Championship in Freeman Coliseum. The Crimson brought home six accolades a year ago and captured the national crown in 2006. The men will open the competition from March 21-22 and the women will conclude the event with two days of action on March 23-24.
ESPN3 will film and recap some of the preliminary bouts, in addition to streaming the semifinal and championship bouts live. The men's medal round is slated for Friday, March 22, at 2:45 p.m. The women's medal round will be shown at the same time on Sunday, March 24. Click NCAA.com or ESPN3 to access the stream. Live stats will also be available by clicking here.
The Crimson
Harvard qualified the maximum number of student-athletes (2) in five of the six weapons: men's epee, foil and sabre and the women's epee and sabre. Two schools (Notre Dame and Princeton) will send 12 entrants, while Penn State, Ohio State, Columbia and St. John's will also send 11.
The Crimson men will be represented by juniors Eric Arzoian (sabre) and Michael Raynis (epee), sophomores Peregrine Badger (epee), Brian Kaneshige (foil) and Alexander Ryjik (sabre), and freshman Michael Woo (foil). The Harvard women will consist of junior Alexandra Kiefer (foil), sophomores Kara Lee (sabre) and Emma Vaggo (epee), as well as freshmen Aliya Itzkowitz (sabre) and Nina van Loon (epee).
Returning All-Americans from Harvard
Four fencers that earned an All-American accolade at the 2012 NCAA Championship are returning to the NCAA Championship this season. The Crimson men return three honorees, while the women bring back only one. Badger finished in sixth place in the 2012 NCAA Championship, earning second-team All-American honors in the epee. Ryjik and Kaneshige received an All-American honorable mention after placing 12th in the sabre and foil, respectively. Kiefer took 11th and was a honorable mention All-American at the national tournament in 2012. Kiefer won an individual national championship as a freshman in 2011.
Title Defense
Both the genders return only one national champion from 2012. Men's foil Zain Shaito and women's epee Katarzyna Dabrowa, both of Ohio State, will put their titles on the line.
More Hardware
Twelve student-athletes who medaled at the 2012 NCAA Championship will make another appearance at the event this year. The men's epee sees one medalist back, while the women's foil brings back three. Each of the other specialties have two medal-getters return for another chance to collect hardware.
Over their respective two days, the men and women will compete in a round-robin format of 23 five-touch bouts. Each victory counts as one point towards the team total. The top-four finishers in each weapon will vie for individual championships with 15-touch semifinal and final rounds. The closing rounds do not contribute to the team point totals. The team title is awarded as a coed team.
The Toughest Region in Fencing
The Northeast Region is sending more competitors (52) to the NCAA Championship than any other region. The men's field includes 27 student-athletes from the northeast, while the women's count is at 25. The Mid-Atlantic/South Region is second with 45 fencers, followed by the Midwest (32) and the West (15). Including Harvard, both the men's and women's sides had three ranked programs compete in the Northeast Regional. Additionally, the Ivy League will be represented by 51 student-athletes.
Regional Recap 2013
At the 2013 Northeast Regional hosted by St. John's University the Crimson collected five medals and 13 top-10 finishes. Brian Kaneshige captured gold, Emma Vaggo and Alexander Ryjik claimed silver, while Michael Woo and Alexandra Kiefer earned bronze.
Related Links: Men's Regional Recap :: Women's Regional Recap
The Crimson men collected six All-Ivy honors in 2013, including sophomore Brian Kaneshige's second straight First-Team All-Ivy League accolade in the foil with a 10-5 record. Fellow foil, freshmen Michael Woo (13-2) and Jerry Chang (10-5) also picked up first-team honors. In the men's saber, senior Thomas Kolas was 9-5 on the weekend, garnering second-team All-Ivy status, while junior Michael Raynis (9-5) and senior Ben White (8-5) received All-Ivy second-team nods in the men's epee.
Three Harvard women earned All-Ivy honors this season. Emma Vaggo also earned a second all-conference accolade. The sophomore went 16-2 in the women's epee to garner first-team honors. Picking up second-team nods were senior Felicia Sun (epee) behind a 9-5 record and freshman Aliya Itzkowitz (sabre) with a 14-4 mark. Harvard's leading foil was junior Alexandra Kiefer, who went 11-7 on the weekend.
Punching Their Ticket to the Alamo
The qualification for the NCAA Championship is based on a formula comprising a 60 percent weight on regional performance and 40 percent regular-season meets. Regional champions for each weapon automatically advanced, with remaining bids going to fencers based on performance and the region they competed in. Twenty-four spots in the epee, foil and saber for both the men's and women's competitions are distributed.
In the Polls
Carrying momentum from the Ivy League Championship they captured on Sunday, March 2, the men jumped from No. 7 to No. 3 in the latest CollegeFencing360.com Coaches Poll. With 117 points, they are tied with St. John's in the national poll. The Crimson women improved one spot to No. 7 before the Northeast Regional.
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Timothy Taylor's Brewery Staff at the Knowle Spring brewery in Keighley. The team brew all Timothy Taylor's beer the traditional way, from 6am–1pm every day.
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Timothy Taylor's Brewers outside the Knowle Spring brewery. They still brew Timothy Taylor's beer the traditional way starting at 6am every day. Between the five of them our brewers have over 153 years experience.
Our beers are known for their balance of flavour and clarity. They need a bit more care and looking after to achieve this. When you find a great pint of Taylor's beer you know the landlord knows their beer.
It's down to this hardworking team to make sure our beer gets to the pubs across the country. Getting up at the crack of dawn every day they deliver casks and firkins across the country.
We only use the finest quality ingredients in our beer from suppliers we have exclusive and long standing relationships with. They work hard to ensure we have the best barley and hops in our beer.
Named after the year Timothy Taylor started brewing, 1858 is our modern, beefed-up take on a brown ale.
Our 5 highly trained brewers still brew all our beer by hand and taste test every batch at least three times.
Our Knowle Spring brewery sits on a natural artesian well, which provides a constant supply of pure Pennine spring water, unique to Taylor's, that has been filtered through layers of limestone and black rock. Knowle Spring water is naturally soft and very pure. Its consistency is one of the reasons we are able to produce beers of such reliable quality and flavour.
We only use Golden Promise barley. It's the most expensive barley you can use for brewing beer, but we think it's worth it.
We're one of the last brewers in Britain to still use whole leaf hops. They cost more, are harder to store and take more looking after but we think they're vital to the flavour of our beer.
A beer is only as good as its ingredients, so our farmers are an important part of the Taylor's family. Our barley and hops are challenging crops that demand an expert farmer.
Our unique strain of yeast is over 1800 generations old and combines perfectly with our water and barley. It's appropriately called Taylor's Taste.
It's quite rare these days, but we still use a hop-back stage. This allows us to extract the most subtle flavours and aromas from the oils of the hops.
We think the human senses of taste and smell are still better than a computer when it comes to beer. So our brewers test every ingredient, and every brew is tasted at least three times for quality and consistency.
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A winner was selected from 88 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
Were a Swedish Rollup producer and we're about to change our name and is therefore in need of a new logo. If we find the right designer we have more business for you.
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For everyone who don't know what a rollup is or how it looks have a look at this image. And for those of you not familiar with Swedish the company name DinRollup translates to "YourRollup†in English.
We need a logo that communicates reliability and professionalism since almost all of our sales go through our website or over the telephone without ever meting the customer in person. We want colors in the logo but not to many and keep them subtle since we don't like to screaming colors. The logo will be used on a dark gray background on the webpage and on a white background on our invoices.
If possible we would like to incorporate a vector rollup in the logo to make the logo self explanatory so that our customers never have to think about what we do.
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Yesterday, along with the rest of America, I learned that Elizabeth Edwards revealed her breast cancer has come back. After pain in her left rib compelled her to visit her doctor for tests, cancer was discovered on her right rib. The prognosis is that Elizabeth Edwards will live with treatment to contain cancer for the rest of her life. Senator Edwards told us during the press conference that there is no cure, only treatment, and likened it to having a chronic condition like diabetes. They both then assured the public that Senator Edwards is staying in the presidential race with his wife by his side.
This brings up two glaring issues for me. One, I hate to disagree with the Senator, but I am convinced that we will find a cure during Elizabeth's lifetime. Secondly, and even more importantly, it flags the issue of discrimination against someone with chronic cancer. How will the public perceive her? Is she an invalid in their eyes? Will they attempt through voting to make the decision for the Edwards that the Senator and his wife need to be out of public view? Will they even know that Elizabeth Edwards is the same vibrant intelligent woman, a devoted wife and mother still holding a place in her heart for her predeceased son Wade, yet with strength and a conviction that her husband and family have been called to a public life?
All of us survivors understand that Elizabeth is willing, capable and eager to continue her life just as it is. We also know that there will be difficult and draining days for her as there are for all of us. We will be able to forget that she has cancer and focus on her vibrancy and message. After all, cancer is not who Mrs. Edwards is. The fear for many of us is that if the rest of the public can't see past her having cancer, then those who battle with chronic cancer are in danger of being discriminated against for jobs, relationships, housing, promotions and more. Cancer is a scary subject; being denied what we deserve from life because of it is even scarier. Both are something that we cannot control, for now. A cure will change all that. Educating those around us about living with cancer can also help change public perception.
We need to ensure that Senator Edwards is not politically marred by his beautiful wife's new battle. We need to be American about it and see it for what it is; just a condition Elizabeth Edwards is dealing with, and admirably. This is for all our sakes.


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By Henry Allen
The proof that there is no afterlife is that Christopher Hitchens is not sending us columns, essays, books, perversities, aperçus and polemics from it. The closest we have so far is the 104 pages of "Mortality." He wrote them while knowing that he would die soon of esophageal cancer, which he did last Dec. 15, at the age of 62. Not a word from him since. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444812704577605110400199868.html
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By Colm Tóibín
He was the best company in the whole world; he had read widely and because he was an industrious man and filled with curiosity, he hoped to read much more. He would stay up late drinking and talking, moving with judicious and delicious care from the large questions of the day to the small sweet business of invective, anecdotes and gossip.
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Christopher Hitchens began his memoir, "Hitch-22," on a note of grim amusement at finding himself described in a British National Portrait Gallery publication as "the late Christopher Hitchens." He wrote, "So there it is in cold print, the plain unadorned phrase that will one day become unarguably true." http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/books/review/mortality-by-christopher-hitchens.html
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We are pleased but saddened to introduce our third book of the month: Mortality by Christopher Hitchens. The posthumous book represents the last work of the great journalist, polemicist, and thinker. http://bigthink.com/book-of-the-month/book-of-the-month-mortality-by-christopher-hitchens
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Mortality, a posthumous collection of Christopher Hitchens's short essays on living with terminal esophageal cancer—"a distinctly bizarre way of 'living,'" he emphasizes, "lawyers in the morning and doctors in the afternoon"—is an odd little book, neither fully a cancer memoir nor a meditation on the meanings we attribute to the disease.
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Libretto by Alan Jay Lerner after Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion
The Stage Director of the original production is Moss Hart
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Stage Director: Ago-Endrik Kerge
Set Design: Liina Keevallik
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Choreography: Eduard Korotin
Sung in Estonian, no subtitles
Musical in two acts with one intermission
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One of the most popular musicals of all times may almost have not been written at all. In the 1930s the leaders of the American musical industry tried persistently to convince Loewe and Lerner that the source material is incapable of following the rules for the construction of a musical. The project was abandoned for twenty years until the musical theatre changed. In 1956 Lerner and Loewe reunited and their cooperation resulted in the most popular performance of the U.S. musical history that has been repeatedly staged world-wide. The musical has also received a popular film production in 1964 with Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison in the title roles. At the premiere Eliza was sung by Julie Andrews, Professor Higgins was sung by Rex Harrison, Eliza's father was sung by Stanley Holloway and Colonel Pickering by Robert Coote.
On the 3rd of April in 2008, Frederick Loewe's musical My Fair Lady, based on the humorous and witty play Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw, will premiere again at the Estonian National Opera. My Fair Lady was previously staged at the Estonian National Opera in 1963, staged by Voldemar Panso.
Henry Higgins, a Doctor in Phonetics and a bachelor bets his friend Colonel Pickering that he can make a cockney flower girl speak like a Duchess. A witty chain of events follows, where an amazing result is reached through tears and laughter.
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It's too soon for the Federal Reserve to begin thinking about raising interest rates despite a strengthening U.S. economy, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher said on Sunday.
Mr. Fisher, a self-described inflation hawk who opposed the central bank's latest round of bond purchases, said the weakness in first quarter U.S. economic growth, which nearly stalled according to the latest gross domestic product reading, was due to "weather-related one-off events."
Encouraged by a report on Friday showing a gain of 288,000 new jobs, Mr. Fisher said the better trend is likely to continue.
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by Anna Sadler
Should anyone harbor any doubts about the popularity of bi-color and calico Persians, a glance at any show catalog should put them to rest. For proof positive, though, a look back at CFA's registration statistics for the brief (by other color standards) 20-year history, tells the tale. By decade:
The early history of bi-color and calico Persians has been chronicled in post CFA Year book and Almanac articles. The debate about whether the piebald gene has always been present in Persians, or whether it represents something less than "pure" rages even today, and will likely never be settled, The fact remains that the earliest record of the organized cat fancy do list bi-colors and calicos, and that, despite efforts at culling these "spoiled Persians," the gene stubbornly survived, probably masked by white.
The tenaciousness of the gene is matched by the spirit of the pioneer bi-color and calico breeders in the.American cat fancy who have struggled against decks stacked with old wives' tales (some of which persist today) to accomplish recognition and advancement of these, the flashiest, most colorful of the Persians.
Calicos were accepted for Championship in CFA in 1953, thanks to the efforts of Dorothy Anderson Jay-Kay), but drowned in obscurity until the beginning of the decade of the Seventies, where "Firsts" for bi-colors/calicos came fast and furious:
Enter, the decade of the Eighties. While Bobara Pendergrast pursued her next goal, the acceptance of the tabby & whites, and while Bill & Gayle Lee continued their dominance of the Grand Parade's bi-colors and calicos (with a cattery total of 17), other breeders across the country were becoming enchanted with the Persians in fancy dress, and the trickle of bi-colors and calicos in the show rings became a surge and then, before the close of the Eighties, a flood.
Those breeders who took up the bi-color torch in the late 70's, and who remain today, are as dedicated as their predecessors. They owe much to the pioneers who paved the way, and realized that their challenge was to develop the same consistency of type to be found in the solids and particolors. And what better way to accomplish this than to draw heavily on that winning solid gene pool? When we asked those breeders to tell us what cats/lines had the most impact on their breeding program, the answers read like a veritable Who's Who of Persians - national winning lines and DM's galore.
While the piebald patterning is reasonably, predictable within a range, these breeders had to face the frustrations of trying to achieve both type and pattern - preferably on the same kit. They can tell you how often best type in a litter is in direct inverse proportion to the best pattern. And they can outdo one another with stories of breeding beautifully marked bi- colors to beautifully marked bi-colors, and get- ting litters of all solid kittens, The old maxim, "You must build your house before you paint it" must, for bi-color breeders, read instead, "You must paint your house as you build it."
From CFA's records of Grand Champions and Grand Premiers , we find a dramatic annual increase in Grands from 8 in the 1979-80 show year, to 68 in 1988-89. Almost a full third (27%) of the 364 bi-color and calico Grands in the decade came from seven breeders who built their foundations in the 70's, and who hit the 80's with winning cats, with one from each region to accomplish the most consistent success.
Of this group, all continue to actively breed, with the exception of Bernard's P.T.S, after Janet Bernard's untimely death last year. Other Catteries in the eighties to enjoy considerable success with bi-colors and calicos in the show rings include: Arahn, Bar-B, Biloe, Charcrimson, Fleurelaine, Heathcliff, Harwood, Kitty Charm, Pajean, Shemlon, Toshika and Waymars.
Thirteen bi-color and calico National wins were recorded in the Eighties, including two Cats of the Year and two Kittens of the Year, Bill and Gayle Lee's beautiful cream & white male, GRC, NW Lee's Let the Sunshine in, swept into Cat of the Year in 198l with his immense, flowing coat and burnt orange eyes.
GC, NW Rambo's Rocky Mountain Sunrise captured Best Kitten in 1985, followed by Best Cat in 1986. Rocky's massive bone, incredible tophead and extreme type could not have been denied had he been purple instead of red & white.
Kitten of the Year, to close the decade of the Eighties, was Capodicapi Fruit Loops of Khaszar, bred and owned by Jill Marie Spero & Wayne McTighe. Fruit Loops displayed perfect balance, and sported a coat of many colors in the vivid patching hoped for in every calico.
Other landmark events of the decade included acceptance of the tabby & white for championship in 1985, followed quickly by the first Grand of this color, GC Kashrnur's Candi Dancer, a brown tabby & white bred and owned by Beverly Cain.
As more and more bi-colors and calicos were being shown, breeders and judges alike were chasing under a too-restrictive pattern standard. The 1988-89 show year saw implementation of standard changes passed by Breed Council and Board, that said in essence, "There is no such thing as too much white.' and while there can be too little, less white than what is described as a "preferred minimum" should be penalized proportionately with I 0 of the 20 points for color being allotted to pattern of white, and the other 10 to color," The mistaken impression still exists that there is a designated percentage of white ... this has never been a part of the standard. Nor does the standard call for symmetry, ideally, a bi-color or calico could be viewed from any angle with no mistaking what it is.
In February, 1989, the first bi-color/calico Distinguished Merit cat was confirmed, CH Brannaway Etch-a-Sketch, a calico van bred and owned by Anna Sadler. During the next two years, GRC Myshadows Miss Markie (a calico bred by Anne Sones, owned by Anne Waddington) and GRC Brannaway Cherry Bomb (a red mc tabby & white female bred and owned by Anna Sadier) were the 2nd and 3rd DMs, CRC Anz Nicholas Nickleby, (blue & white male bred and owned by Anne Waddington) was the fourth and the first male bi-color to DM, and GRC Thistledown Summer Candy (a van dilute calico bred and owned by Joanne Pringle) became the fifth.
The decade of the Nineties kicked off in grand fashion, with three National winners in 1989-90, including the first tabby & white to claim the honor, GRC, NW Kikikat's Answered Prayer, a silver tabby & white male bred and owned by Larry and Joann Miksa, CFA's 25th Best Cat. Second Best Kitten was Jorien's Southern Belle of Rambo, a calico bred and owned by Doreen & John Spencer, Jim & Anne Rambo and Ashley Reynolds, and Fourth Best Kitten was Anz Betty Boop, a black & white female bred and owned by Anne Waddington.
We asked a group of 25 bi-color breeders questions about how they viewed the Eighties, and what they see ahead for the Nineties.
The consensus is that overall type and refinement in both their own cats and in bi-colors as a whole has made enormous strides, but some bemoan the loss of the preferred pattern.
How can good pattern be built into a line? Responses to the survey range from "Use good pattern to get good pattern," to "It's just the luck of the draw," and "There is no predictable way, no consistency." It's "luck," Jim Rambo insists, so why worry about it? ... Go for type and body over pattern."
While the breeders we polled were almost evenly divided on whether there remains resistance from solid breeders to using cats from bi-color stock, they unanimously debunk the old bugaboo that the piebald factor is an extension of the gene producing lockets, and that solid kittens from bi-color parents will have/carry lockets. "Complete hogwash," Bill Lee calls it, and adds, "I can, however, make a good case for the fact that early English breeders may have used the bi-color to cover the fact that the locket genetic was prevalent in their lines."
Our respondents for the most part opposed this year's separate bi-color division. Edna Field says, "There are less Divisional points available, and a good bi-color can compete in the regular particolor class and receive more points." Joann Miksa feels that "by dividing the two divisions, you have ended up with two weaker divisions rather than one very strong division." Other breeders, though, liked the fact of "equal recognition."
The consensus seems to lean, though, toward the fact that the time has come to divide the colors into separate color classes.
We asked these breeders about their personal goals for the future. Never people to shirk a challenge, we received these answers.
"Nearly an entire cattery with national winning type and wonderful color," is Dorothy Perssons' ambition
"To see the bi-color class as large and competitive as the solid class," is what Darlene Feger hopes for.
Wendy Edwards predicts, "We are going to see a lot of the old, strictly solid breeders going into bi-colors and calicos because of the variety and the "flash" that can be had ... It must be so boring to see the same color and pattern over and over."
For these people, there are yet more challenges in the future, as the current Breed Council poll identifies. Again up for vote is a division of color classes. The tabby & white van pattem is looking for championship status, as is the smoke & white.
Perhaps most fascinating of the new possibilities is the request for championship of odd-eyed bicolors, which are cropping up in widely scattered litters. Fairly common in conjunction with the piebald pattern in other breeds, this appears to be a new phenomenon in the Persian bi-colors. One odd eyed black & white van male from two cats of Edna Field's breeding is being shown AOV in Canada and creating quite a stir. The pedigree shows the nearest solid white cat to be seven generations removed. Did the blue-eyed gene carry through the solid cats and wait for the piebald gene to manifest? Or was it carried through on the piebald gene?
Receiving somewhat less enthusiastic response from our survey respondents are the shaded bi-colors and pointed bi-colors, but breeders are currently working with these color combinations. In a brief article in which so many landmark Firsts, Mosts and Bests must be cataloged, it is nearly impossible for a writer to describe the years of dedicated effort necessary to produce the results that appear so matter-of-factly in show reports today. Or to describe the eager anticipation of and thrill of seeing each "Easter Basket" litter, every kitten's pattern being unique to itself. Because of the continuing challenges, breeding bi's seriously is not for the faint of spirit. But as more and more jump onto the bandwagon that began rolling with the determined breeders from the 70's and 80's, watch out, Solids ... here we come!
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Microsoft Recycles Waste to Provide Clean Power for Data Center R&D
Sean James, Senior Research Program Manager
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Microsoft is excited to announce its research and development of the first zero carbon data center - called the Data Plant - that will be completely independent of the grid and will recycle common waste bi-products to sustainably power cloud services. Microsoft has been committed to developing more efficient and sustainable data center infrastructures that support our customers' growing demand for online services since 1994. With this Data Plant pilot project, we are taking another step in that important journey, while also working to address some of the global challenges facing us all regarding energy, waste, and water resources today.
We have crucial questions to address as a global community. Where will we get our future energy? How will we eliminate our increasing quantity of waste? How do we ensure abundant access to clean water for all? To help address these challenges, Microsoft is investing approximately $5.5 million in R&D on this pilot project for developing sustainable data centers. The project will be located at the Dry Creek Water Reclamation Facility in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It provides an exciting, first-of-its kind opportunity to develop viable capabilities and best practices for capturing and reusing natural bi-products like biogas directly from wastewater treatment plants, agricultural farms, fuel refineries, and waste landfill sites, etc. in the future. In general, biogas fuel sources are typically uneconomical to recover and convert to grid energy and are usually flared-off. By capturing and reusing biogas on premise with our data centers, we will be able to significantly reduce their carbon emissions while producing beneficial uses at the same time. This project will study new methods for providing a stable, clean, scalable, and economically efficient power source for data centers that could become a best practice for use by other industries in the future as well.
In April 2012, we introduced our latest sustainable data center concept, known as the Data Plant,that combines the virtues of a power plant with the high energy demand of a data center. This Wyoming R&D pilot will help to concretely demonstrate the benefits possible by integrating the collection, treatment, and consumption of biogas at the source to create an extremely efficient use of renewable energy. This project will show:
- Transformation of a liability into an asset by using waste to power a carbon neutral data center.
- Increased total system efficiency by reusing waste heat.
- Microsoft's flexibility in locating future data centers.
How Biogas Works. Biogas is produced by the anaerobic digestion or fermentation of biodegradable materials such as biomass, manure, sewage, municipal waste, green waste, plant material, crops etc. Biogas comprises primarily methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) and may have small amounts of hydrogen sulfide (H2S), moisture and siloxanes. (From Wikipedia) At wastewater treatment plants, anaerobic digesters accelerate the decomposition of organic material with the use of specialized microorganisms. These microorganisms must stay warm to be effective in treating sewage. (I'll share more on that process later).
Methane, from an anaerobic digester, contains many impurities and diluents including siloxanes and CO2 making it tough to capture, handle, and reuse. Many waste-to-energy projects fail because of the lack of adequate methane supply at the site that limits the scalability of the project and prevents the energy from making it to real market application uses. Microsoft's modular data centers are uniquely suited to take advantage of this opportunity. Our team has been sharing information on our modular data center strategies since 2007, and recently we blogged about how this allows us to rightsize our facilities in smaller units to better match our data center capacity with customer demand. Combined with another modular generation technology like a fuel cell, this Data Plant project will demonstrate the ability to capture a previously uneconomical resource through this new approach. Also, being able to rightsize our data center ensures that almost any volume of available biogas can be efficiently utilized.
The Data Plant Design. This infrastructure design is specifically optimized to consume waste gasses wherever it's located. First, trace contaminants such as siloxanes, as well as moisture are filtered out. Next, a Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell converts the remaining methane and CO2 into electrical energy without combustion and the associated pollutants. Lastly, the energy produced is used to power the modular data center. Electricity that is not consumed by data center is returned to the wastewater treatment plant to minimize any wasted capacity in the system and will provide an additional benefit to the plant as well. Earlier, I talked about the microorganisms that need heat to be effective in treating and cleaning up sewage. Going one step further, heat generated in the Data Plant's energy generation process will be sent back to the treatment plant's anaerobic digesters to increase the effectiveness of the microorganisms, further reducing energy costs, and maximizing the community's wastewater treatment plant's capacity and return of recycled water to the environment.
So as we consider the benefits of this project so far, we have:
- Captured and redirected a greenhouse gas (methane) for productive use.
- Generated electricity with that gas through a highly-efficient fuel cell that results in significantly reducing the CO2 per unit of power produced than power purchased from the grid.
- Reused the waste heat from the system to improve the efficiency and further reduce the amount of energy loss per unit of power produced.
At the end of the process, we are still left with some CO2 as a byproduct of the fuel cell's electrolytic process. An added benefit of the fuel cell is that the methane gas is reformed into clean, pure hydrogen and high quality CO2. The quality of the CO2 is now high enough for reuse in industrial applications. In other words, this Data Plant will be turning a pollutant into a valuable commodity by capturing and transporting it for use by the marketplace.
This is a very ambitious project. The pilot will test a small scale 200kW Data Plant with non-production computing applications with a fuel cell that can produce up to 300kW. Although, this is of course only a fraction of the size of our typical data centers, the knowledge acquired will allow us to model how a large facility will react. Also, any unused power generated (that is not consumed by the Data Plant) will be sent back to the treatment facility to further reduce their energy costs.
The Test. In the end, this highly efficient modular data center must be capable of sustaining reliable online services, independent of the electrical grid. It must be able to handle all the sudden spikes and dips of online services' traffic that our current data centers manage, while maintaining high availability. Load management is easy when connected to the grid; when demand spikes or drops faster than the fuel cell can respond the grid typically acts as a shock absorber to provide energy or consume any surplus energy produced by the fuel cell. The Data Plant, however, will use a sophisticated power management system to manage the load internallywithoutthe aid of a utility grid.
At the end of the R&D pilot project, Microsoft is donating the Data Plant (including the fuel cell, clean-up equipment, servers and modular data center) to the City of Cheyenne and the University of Wyoming for further research into this technology. This pilot project site will be used to further advance other clean technology research and development projects by these groups.
Due to the unconventional nature of the Data Plant project, you can imagine that our team receives a lot of questions! Here's a few of the most common ones:
Why a wastewater treatment plant? In a sense, wastewater treatment plants can be considered distant cousins of data centers - they are mission critical facilities with high availability infrastructure built into the plant. These plants cannot go offline any more than a community can stop flushing. The result ensures a very consistent and reliable flow of biogas to power our Data Plant.
Hasn't this been done before? Fuel cell-powered data centers running on biogas?There are examples of fuel cell powered data centers from 'directed' biogas. In these systems, natural gas is used to power the fuel cell on site, while biogas is injected into a natural gas pipeline somewhere else on the natural gas pipeline. This injection may occur within miles of the facility, or it may be on the other side of the country. This Data Plant pilot will be the first direct integration of a data center with a biogas source. It will lessen the need for high quality biogas filtration and reduces the demand on the natural gas pipeline.
Burning methane produces carbon dioxide. How can biogas be considered carbon neutral?Biogas does not add carbon to the total balance of carbon in the air because it is immediately recycled; plants naturally pull CO2 from the atmosphere (sequestration). Plants are used to produce food either directly or as feed for livestock. When we consume the food, it is turned into methane. The methane is then burned at sewage treatment plants converting back to CO2. Plants consume the CO2 and the process starts over again. Traditionally, methane at wastewater treatment plants across the country is flared (burned off) as a standard practice to reduce the potency of greenhouse gas emissions. Using methane to power a Data Plant will not change the cycle of the carbon, but will add an additional benefit of reducing through the efficient electrochemical process of a fuel cell, recycling it to power and deliver cloud and online services, while also providing heat for the wastewater treatment plant. As the chart below shows, different methane burning generation types offer significant savings in CO2 over grid power options. But this project also offers a net-zero method for powering data centers and other industries in the future.
Comparing Different Fuel Generation Types to Grid Power in Wyoming
Why Wyoming? Wyoming's natural energy resources include coal, oil, and natural gas. Given its increasing need for renewable energy sources, Wyoming has been investing in advanced energy technologies that include both renewable and clean carbon conversion processes. The state and its local organizations have been very proactive in partnering with companies like Microsoft and FuelCell Energy to research and develop methods that will help provide sustainable resources for their energy portfolio. In addition, Wyoming's industries will also be able to benefit from the clean CO2 that is produced from this Data Plant. Wyoming has a large demand for clean CO2 and today a CO2 pipeline intersects the state with expansion projects currently in planning.
At Microsoft, we are continuing to deeply invest in addressing the challenges that face our global community. Through the development of innovative new technologies, software applications, and cloud services, we are working to integrate sustainable energy sources with our customers' need for highly available online services. With the Cheyenne research and development project, we are moving closer to the goal of a highly-available, net-zero CO2, scalable, and cost efficient data center. This Data Plant project will help provide a bold new paradigm for future data center infrastructures that will recycle waste to power delivery of cloud services.
In closing, our team would like to thank everyone who has been working hard to make this pilot project a reality, including the City of Cheyenne, Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities, Cheyenne Light Fuel & Power, Cheyenne LEADS, FuelCell Energy, the University of Wyoming, Western Research Institute, and the Wyoming Business Council.
- Sean James, Senior Research Program Manager, Datacenter Advanced Development


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Our Town asks you to be patient. Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic documents, in such thorough detail that it dares you to feel oppressed, the anatomy of a town — its roads and residents, its birthing and loving and dying.
And just as in our own lives, grand themes and patterns don't become apparent until decades later. So too, does it take the full three acts for Wilder's by then devastating scheme to emerge. We reserve our closest attention for our own petty concerns. For the course of the play Wilder asks us to transfer that absorption to the characters onstage, as though they were part of ourselves. By curtainfall, they have become so.
Jenny Sullivan's production of Our Town at the Rubicon marks the centerpiece of the theater company's 15th anniversary season of the same name, and the 75th anniversary of the play itself.
Set designer Thomas Giamario has reinvented the performance space, adding a catwalk and onstage seating and utilizing the theater's choir loft and enormous stained glass window. Consequently, the audience, too, becomes integrated into the performance area; entrances and exits take place around them, and audience members occasionally have to crane their necks. The actors themselves perform on a nearly bare stage with minimal props.
The most powerful production tool, apart from Marcy Froehlich's fine costumes, becomes Peter Hunt and Jeremy Pivnick's lighting, washing the characters in purples and golds, in the rays of early morning, the glow of an extinguished candle, or the stillness of starlight. Stripped of excess, the scenes become set pieces conjured by the play's Stage Manager, Artistic Director James O'Neil, who adds to the fluidity by occasionally stepping in to portray minor characters. The scenes are creations of memory and mood, delicate and evocative.
In the hands of a less able director and cast, this popular revival could become trite or dull. The first act doesn't entirely escape this latter fate, despite Wilder's noble intentions. But by the second act the characters and plot are sufficiently established to permit distinct themes to start emerging in the lives of the Webbs and the Gibbses, next-door neighbors whose children eventually grow up and fall in love.
Heading up the 30-member cast are the kids in question, the bookish Emily Webb and gadabout George Gibbs, played by The Diary of Anne Frank's Lauren Patten and Dillon Francis. Both still young actors, they display impressive maturity and onstage chemistry, particularly in a soda-shop scene that changes the direction of their relationship. Patten is a live wire, commanding, with her luminous, forthright performance, all the attention the supposedly unbeautiful Emily doesn't.
Stephanie McNamara and Elyse Mirto complement each other as the matriarchs, deliberate echoes who gradually resolve into distinct women. McNamara's transformation in act three is especially powerful. Their husbands are played with gentle humor by Remi Sandri and Tom Astor. Astor in particular mines his character's comic potential in a pre-wedding chat with Francis. Hamlet veteran Joseph Fuqua gives a compelling turn as the town drunk.
Little may "happen" in Our Town in the traditional sense, but ultimately Wilder asks us to bear witness to a town — to recognize that even the unremarkable moments of our lives are fraught with beauty. The Rubicon's exquisite staging ensures we do just that.
Our Town, Rubicon Theatre Company, through March 31, 1006 E. Main St., Ventura, 667-2900 or rubicontheatre.org.


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Hot Harry and Drunk Girl
Hot Harry is back in London and hit up The Brompton Club last night. At some point during the evening he was talking to a blonde who was smoking in a stairwell. There's a photo of her here (scroll down) that shows her leaving with her boots off. In other words, Drunk Girl. Or, more accurately, Rich Drunk Girl.
Because you don't just get to roll up on Prince Harry alone at The Brompton Club if you're not already a member of a certain social class. Last year, I was in London for several weeks to prepare footage for and cover the royal wedding. We did a few shoots on the royal night circuit, interviewing owners and staff of the establishments they like to frequent. They're selective about the people they let in, and certainly in the exclusive areas in the bars were the royals hang out.
That's the difference then between Drunk Rich Girl and most of us: can you imagine being sh-t off your face, squatting on an exposed step, blowing smoke at him without feeling totally mortified?
Look at her. That's the body language of privilege. Of a girl who doesn't need an introduction to the 4th in line to throne in the hopes it might one day help supplement her father's pension and get her family out of the one bedroom flat they're all forced to share.
In the end it was just a conversation. Harry left after 1am and she stumbled home with some friends in a cab. Which means he's still single. That Brazilian girl, Helena Bordon, with whom he was seen at an afterparty in Rio the other day - click here for a refresher - denies that anything happened, that they just "talked", like about restaurants (source - thanks Juliana!) In other words, she tried and he wasn't into it.
I guess when you're Harry, you can pretty much smell it on them, the girls who have certain motives, and have his picture tacked up in her locker, and the ones who don't give a sh-t. Helena apparently belongs in the first category.
Chelsy must be looking better and better these days.
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Topic: iPhone Software 4.0
WWDC 2010 banners focus on iPhone OS 4 features, App Store success
06/05/2010, 03:06 pm
Apple has hung even more banners inside the Moscone Center in San Francisco for its forthcoming Worldwide Developer Conference, but they don't reveal any details about what the company plans to announce on Monday.
Apple's latest iPhone OS 4 beta adds customizable user dictionary
05/19/2010, 09:05 pm
Users will be able to add and edit their own words to the iPhone's dictionary when Apple delivers the iPhone OS 4 software upgrade to the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS this summer.
Apple issues iPhone OS 4 beta 4, may support AT&T US tethering
05/19/2010, 02:05 am
The next beta of iPhone OS 4 has dropped, inching Apple toward its final release, which is expected to coincide with WWDC in June.
Apple adding Facebook features to iPhone OS 4 - rumor
05/12/2010, 08:05 pm
Apple's iPhone OS 4 could sport built-in integration with Facebook, including contact syncing and social connectivity to App Store software, according to a new report.
Apple's next-gen iPhone could record 720p high-def video
05/05/2010, 03:05 pm
Potentially lending support to the rumored "iPhone HD" name, new evidence in the iPhone OS 4 SDK suggests the camera in Apple's next-generation handset could record 720p high-definition video.
AT&T restricting employees from taking vacations in June
04/16/2010, 12:04 pm
Apple's fourth-generation iPhone could go on sale as early as June, according to a new report which mentions that AT&T has blacked out the month for vacation days in apparent preparation for the handset's launch.
Canadian wireless carrier claims next-gen iPhone to arrive in June
04/15/2010, 11:04 am
Apple will stick with its June launch for a new iPhone this year, with the next-generation handset scheduled to be released in just a few months, according to one Canadian wireless provider.
Evidence of possible Apple-branded car kit found in iPhone OS 4
04/13/2010, 07:04 pm
The pre-release beta of iPhone OS 4 contains a new application that could be used to simply control the device when used in an automobile.
A closer look at new Photos, iPod, Folders features in iPhone OS 4
04/13/2010, 03:04 pm
Packed with more than 100 new features, Apple's forthcoming iPhone OS 4 update brings changes both major and subtle to the existing integrated applications. Included are a look at changes to the Photos and iPod applications, as well as the new Folders feature.
Apple's iPhone 4.0 beta includes linked contacts, iChat sounds
04/12/2010, 12:04 pm
A couple of new discoveries were made this past weekend by developers familiarizing themselves with the first external beta of Apple's iPhone 4.0 operating system, namely the addition of a linked contacts feature and the presence of iChat sounds in the resource files.
Steve Jobs defends Apple's changes to iPhone developer agreement
04/11/2010, 02:04 pm
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs allegedly responded via e-mail to a developer who expressed his unhappiness with changes to the developer program license agreement for the iPhone 4.0 software development kit.
Apple removes Google branding from iPhone OS 4 search
04/10/2010, 03:04 pm
The "Google" button that appears on the soft keyboards of existing iPhones when conducting a Web search has been changed to simply read "Search" in the beta of iPhone OS 4, removing a reference to Apple's rival.
Hackers 'jailbreak' Apple's pre-release iPhone OS 4 beta
04/09/2010, 03:04 pm
Less than 24 hours after Apple had revealed its preview of iPhone OS 4.0 and made it available to developers, hackers revealed they had successfully manage to run an unauthorized VNC client on the mobile operating system.
Apple adds Web, Wikipedia to Spotlight search in iPhone OS 4
04/09/2010, 11:04 am
iPhone users will no longer have to load Safari to initiate a search for content on the Web or within Wikipedia, when links to both are added to Spotlight search in iPhone OS 4.0 this summer.
On-demand video of Apple's iPhone Software 4.0 event now available
04/08/2010, 07:04 pm
Apple has published a standard-definition QuickTime video stream of Thursday morning's iPhone Software 4.0 preview event hosted by Steve Jobs, Scott Forstall, and Phil Schiller.
iChatAgent, Note syncing over MobileMe discovered in iPhone 4.0 [u]
04/08/2010, 06:04 pm
Developers working with the new iPhone Software 4.0 beta report the existence of a new background process named iChatAgent, the same process used by iChat on the Mac [Updated with alleged evidence of forward-facing camera as well]. Meanwhile, Note syncing via MobileMe and a handful of other enhancements have been highlighted in a series of screenshots.
Apple's iPhone Software 4.0, multitasking demoed in videos [u]
04/08/2010, 04:04 pm
Apple on Thursday said that this summer's iPhone Software 4.0 release will include long-awaited support for multitasking, which can be seen in action via the following video. [Updated with walk-through video].
Apple's iPhone Software 4.0 suggests next-gen iPhone will have camera flash
04/08/2010, 03:04 pm
Apple's plans for its forth-generation iPhone, due this summer, appear to include the addition of a camera flash that will improve the quality of snapshots and videos taken in dark scenarios or dimly-lit venues, AppleInsider has learned.
Apple's iPhone 4.0 to support multitasking via Expose-like interface
03/31/2010, 12:03 pm
The upcoming 4.0 reference release of Apple's iPhone OS will deliver new support for running multiple concurrent third party apps, and allow users to switch between them using a windows management mechanism similar to one made popular on the company's Mac OS X operating system.
Apple's iPhone 4.0 software to deliver multitasking support
03/11/2010, 08:03 am
Apple this summer will go a long way towards silencing critics and catering to one of the most prevalent demands of its iPhone user base, when it introduces a multitasking solution through the handset's 4.0 software update that will finally allow several third party apps to run concurrently and in the background.


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Humboldt County residents are mourning three members of a Eureka family who were swept into the waves Saturday at Big Lagoon, including a 16-year-old Arcata High School student who remains missing.
Eureka residents Mary Elena Scott, 57, and her husband Howard Kuljian, 54, died after being swept into the ocean at Big Lagoon near Orick, according to the Humboldt County Coroner"s Office. Their bodies were recovered Saturday. The couple"s son, 16-year-old Arcata High School student Gregory "Geddie" Kuljian, is still missing.
Students at Arcata High School honored Gregory Kuljian and his family today by starting a Facebook campaign for people to "Wear Green For Geddie," —his favorite color.
A daughter, identified as Olivia Kuljian on a Facebook memorial page, and a friend who was with the family, survived.
U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Bernie Garrigan said the search for Gregory Kuljian was officially suspended at 6:45 p.m. Saturday due to the fog and cold water temperatures. He said the U.S. Coast Guard is reminding people to always keep an eye on the water, especially at a location like Big Lagoon.
Preliminary reports indicate the family of four was walking along the beach with a friend when their dog entered the water. Seeing the dog in trouble, Gregory Kuljian entered the water. The father entered the water after him, and the mother followed. All were unable to make it back to shore, according to the coroner"s office. The dog survived.
Sean Ledwin, a Hoopa Valley Tribe senior fisheries biologist, said he was walking along the beach at Big Lagoon with his dog and girlfriend when the tragedy struck. He said the family had thrown a stick into the water for their dog to chase, but the dog got swept up.
"The dog was kind of getting rolled in the waves," Ledwin said.
He said Gregory Kuljian went into the water and grabbed the dog"s collar, but it fell off. The youth got swept up in the waves.
"The father then went in after his son, and he got swept up," Ledwin said.
Ledwin said his girlfriend called 9-1-1, as he, the mother, daughter and a female friend of Gregory Kuljian"s stood on the beach. He said they were waiting to see if there was an opportunity to grab ahold of the youth and father.
"They were getting rolled in the ocean, in a circular motion," Ledwin said.
The mother went in to try and grab her husband from the water, but also got swept up. Ledwin said those remaining on the beach tried to track where each of the three people were in the water. He said he stopped the daughter before she attempted to try to reach her mother in the waves.
One police officer arrived at the beach, and Ledwin said he and the officer were able to eventually drag an unconscious Scott out of the water. He said the officer started doing CPR, and he took over when the officer tried to see if he could grab the father from the water.
Howard Kuljian"s body was located farther up the beach, and Ledwin said the dog was able to climb out of the water shortly after Scott entered the waves. He said he and his girlfriend drove the young female friend to a friend"s house, and dropped off the dog at a neighbor"s house.


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Survey shows slowed private sector job growth in Florida
ADP says only 8,580 private sector jobs added
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A new employment survey says Florida's growth in private sector jobs is slowing down.
Payroll provider ADP reported Wednesday that the state added 8,580 private sector jobs during the month of October. ADP's survey is separate from the one that is conducted by government agencies.
That's a little more than half the number of jobs ADP reported that Florida added in September.
ADP reported that job growth in construction, transportation and utilities.
Florida's official unemployment rate in August was 7 percent. But state officials reported that the state actually lost more than 5,000 jobs that month.
The state has not reported new unemployment numbers since then because of the partial federal government shutdown. The state will release jobless numbers for both September and October on Nov. 22.
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Drew Brees wore a uniform — and even a eye black — but never played. Ryan Tannehill also watched from the sideline, laughing at the Kiss Cam when it showed during a timeout on the scoreboard video screen.
The final preseason game for the Saints and Dolphins was for reserves, and Miami third-string quarterback Pat Devlin led his team to a 24-21 victory Thursday night.
Devlin threw for 259 yards, including a 56-yard pass to Marvin McNutt on fourth-and-4 with 3:02 left for the winning score.
Many of the players who took part will be out of work by Saturday, when teams must reach their 53-man roster limit. The fans knew it, which is why the stadium was two-thirds empty.
The Saints (3-1) open the season Sept. 8 against Atlanta eager to rebound from a 2012 season that went wrong from the start following their bounty scandal. The Dolphins (2-3) open at Cleveland the same day, hoping to end a streak of four consecutive losing seasons.
By the start of the season, the final exhibition game will be long forgotten. A neutral zone infraction by the New Orleans defense on the first play signaled the quality of what was to come.
The game was the Saints' first in Miami since they beat Indianapolis in the Super Bowl four years ago, but this New Orleans team bore little resemblance to that one. The only first-teamers to start were receiver Marques Colston and center Brian de la Puente.
Backup quarterback Luke McCown played one series, directing a 14-play touchdown drive. He went 4 for 7 for 44 yards.
Rookie Ryan Griffin went 15 for 31 for 198 yards and one interception to end the Saints' final scoring threat. Undrafted rookie Khiry Robinson ran for 115 yards in 22 carries and caught six passes for 50 yards, while Mark Ingram scored on an 8-yard touchdown run but lost a fumble.
Right guard John Jerry was the only Miami first-teamer to start. Devlin, just hoping to make the roster, went 22 for 38 with two touchdowns and two interceptions.
Rishard Matthews helped his chances of winning the No. 4 receiving job by making three catches for 37 yards. Rookie Dion Sims, who is challenging Charles Clay for playing time at tight end, caught four passes for 36 yards, including an 8-yard touchdown. McNutt caught four for 99.
Rookie Mike Gillislee ran for 47 yards in 14 carries. Rookie kicker Caleb Sturgis, who won a job in training camp, went 3 for 3 on field goals and finished 9 for 9 in preseason.
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PackPanther posted a article in Carolina PanthersBefore final game, Gregg Williams urged Saints to injure 49ers Before his final game as defensive coordinator of the New Orleans Saints, Gregg Williams stepped before his players and urged them to physically hurt players on the 49ers. Audio of Williams' speech to the Saints' defense was captured by filmmaker Sean Pamphilon, who is working on a documentary about former Saints player Steve Gleason, who is suffering from ALS. Pamphilon has put part of the audio of the profanity-filled speech on YouTube. Pamphilon also passed on the audio to Michael Silver of Yahoo Sports because, he said, he was extremely uncomfortable with what Williams said about trying to hurt 49ers quarterback Alex Smith and other players. Audio of the speech: I know it doesnt have anything directly to do with the Panthers, but now we do have a good idea of the things he said about Cam, Smitty, DWill, and company. We also know that it wasn't a performance system. Clearly they were head hunting. Really interesting audio, actually shocked me a little bit how intense he was.
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I asked a few questions on twitter this morning after a friend of mine said they were have problems downloading RC1 of SQL Server 2012 – I wasn't aware there was an RC1 which prompted my question and after some discussion on twitter it seems that I was right. If anyone knows to the contrary please leave a comment below. Thanks to @retracement @fatherjack and @onpnt for taking the time to answer my question.
The twitter conversation did bring up some other interesting comments too. Tomorrow is the first 'launch event' of SQL Server 2012. I'm not sure yet whether we are going to get an RTM version, another release candidate or nothing at all. From my twitter conversation it was obvious that nobody knows for certain when we will get an RTM of SQL Server 2012. Some thought it would be very soon with first launch event tomorrow, others remain unconvinced that it will be tomorrow, maybe later in the month or even later in the year. I guess time will tell.
The 'virtual' launch event that is taking place tomorrow is still open for registrations, if you would like to attend then you need to register. This link should have all you need to get yourself registered
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We've heard of women delivering their babies in all sorts of strange places, but a Maryland woman may have found one of the most awful ways to usher a new life into the world: In an airport, on the bathroom floor, during one of the busiest travel days of the year. The woman had just stepped off a flight at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, so she was actually lucky that she didn't have to give birth in the aisle of an airplane. The mom isn't releasing any personal details, but she and her son are healthy.
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Over 8000 plastic bottles were found on UK beaches during just one weekend last year.
On average, 99 bottles were picked up along every kilometre cleaned at 340 beaches from Orkney to the Channel Islands during the Marine Conservation Society Great British Beach Clean last September.
These shocking figures have led to calls for a 'deposit return system' (DRS) to be introduced to cut back on the amount of plastic we now throw away.
Many people will remember taking pop bottles back to the shop and up until last year the makers of Irn-Bru returned 30p on glass bottles. Currently DRS schemes are run successfully in a number of countries in Europe.
The MCS report revealed a 34 per cent rise in beach litter overall between 2014 and 2015, with the largest amount of litter foundper kilometre – a staggering 3298 pieces.
More than 6000 volunteers took part in the beachcleaning project which carefully recorded the litter collected from a 100 metre stretch during each clean. This allowed MCS to build up a picture of the state of our beaches by comparing litter levels year on year.
In Scotland, plastic bottles on beaches rose by 21.3 per cent.
Lauren Eyles, MCS Beachwatch manager said: ''In recent years plastic bottles have become a lifestyle accessory. As the need to keep hydrated has been acknowledged as one of the keys to good health, more and more of us are buying bottles of water on the go, resulting in more needing to be binned. But is there a better way of ensuring they don't reach our beaches?''
MCS say the introduction of DRS on all single use drinks containers - plastic, aluminium and glass - would see a massive increase in recycling and a change in people's behaviour from simply throwing items away.
MCS is a founding partner of the 'Have you got the bottle' campaign led by the Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland. They are confident that a Scotland-wide roll-out of a DRS would lead to reduction in the number of drinks containers that blight our beaches.''