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Gene Loves Jezebel's Jay Aston Discusses Crowdfunding New Album: frontman discusses PledgeMusic campaign for new Gene Loves Jezebel with Jay Aston release and much more in our exclusive interview.
Gene Loves Jezebel always stood out from the pack of rock bands in the 1980's. A unique mix of goth, glam rock and New Wave, they basically created their own niche. Their sound was mysterious, exotic, dark and lovelorn, which made them an instant hit with moody, hormonal teenagers the world over.The group's personal dynamic was often as melodramatic as their music, with friction brewing between the dual frontmen, Jay and Michael Aston. The twin brothers' mercurial relationship led to a falling out in the late 80's, with Michael leaving the band, and Jay continuing on with his core lineup–guitarist James Stevenson, bassist Peter Rizzo and drummer Chris Bell.
Things continued to sour however, when the twins became embroiled in a lawsuit for ownership of the name. In the end, a truce was struck: Michael could be Gene Loves Jezebel in America, while Jay would retain the title in the UK.
But more confusion was caused by this caveat: in America Jay's band was called Gene Loves Jezebel with Jay Aston, while the inverse applies for Michael's band in the UK. What's a GLJ fan to do?
For hardcore fans, Jay's incarnation of the band is clearly the most authentic as it still includes the aforementioned core lineup, whereas Michael works with a rotating cast of musicians.
Whew! These events have caused Jay and his band mates much consternation, but they're finally gearing up to release a new album with producer Peter Walsh, who helmed their classic 1987 album The House of Dolls (which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year).
I recently had a chance to chat with Jay about the PledgeMusic campaign to finance the new album, the novel perks they're offering to donors, why it's been so long since the last GLJ with Jay Aston album, his creative legacy, where his current standing is with his brother, and much more.
Enjoy the full Q&A (edited only for content and clarity) below:
SLIS: So tell me: when did you decide to work on a new album, and why so many years between your last studio release?
JA: Well we decided last summer to work on a new album–we're all great friends, James, Pete, Chris and I.
Apart from being in a band together, we like to get together and hang out and have a lot of fun. And we did a festival in Portugal, which was really good. We've all developed as musicians and we've all been doing separate things.
We all bring that to the table and one of the things we bring is that (bassist) Pete (Rizzo) sings now. Which he could never do before but he sings brilliantly now. It's quite weird when we were doing Ugly Buggs stuff he played some of it back and I was like "I don't remember doing that vocal?" And he'd just done a brilliant backing vocal which sounded just like me.
I'm not saying his voice sounds like mine, but a voice is a tool and you can sound like anyone you like basically…If you know how to use it. So that blew me away. And he did solo stuff on his ukulele and I was like, wow! Just brilliant stuff, very high energy. He has such a pure voice. It hasn't been messed with–never smoked, never abused it, so it's in great condition.
James can sing, he's already done backing vocals on The Sweetest Thing. Quite a few Jezebel things actually. And Chris can sing too. He's done backing vocals on Why Cant I and other stuff too. So I like singers.
So being able to mess around with harmonies will be very exciting, it'll be a new place for us. And I've developed as a musician, Pete's a great musician, he's played several instruments. His guitar playing is phenomenal.
So all these things, these are brand new little tools we have. New experiences we can bring to the table as they say. So it was like yeah…we need to do an album. The reason why its taken so long? Who knows. With the problems with my brother–the other entity as they say–well we're not an entity, we're GLJ! Always have been. I formed the band, I thought of the name. It's my language–my songs–the way the band looked. I hate to say it, but its a long line.
So that's why its taken so long. My brother's been out there doing gigs, and totally destroyed our careers in the USA. And he's been to loads of different countries and these promoters are unscrupulous: they will literally hire local musicians, they'll send our greatest hits over, and he'll just jump on stage! It's quite shocking really. But that's what goes on. It's not unprecedented, but that's why, it just got in the way.
Ironically of course its made us do lots of different things. I've worked totally on my own. Solo performances, which is weird to say. But its been very exhilarating. Very exciting for me. I never know what's going to happen. And I feel very connected to my solo thing. But doing this will be interesting. To find discipline within a band again. So we'll see what I have learned.
SLIS: You mentioned in your PledgeMusic page that you're working with Peter Walsh who produced The House of Dolls. You noted that album is turning 30 this year: did you plan this new album as a companion piece to Dolls?
JA: We don't see House of Dolls as being a companion to this album. That is a weird record. It was supposed to be called Suspicion and had a different cover. But my brother didn't like the way he looked on the cover, which was actually the photographer's most favorite shot that he'd ever taken.
Click here for Albums Revisited: GLJ's 'The House Of Dolls'
And then he changed the title of it which kinda pissed us off. So it was very weird period House of Dolls. I had written all the songs either on my own or with Pete and James and Chris. My brother wasn't around for most of it.
Peter and I were just going to leave the band. So it was all a really weird record, and we were like Fuck You, off we go. And then my brother left. So it was a weird record to look back on. But obviously a lot of my heart went into that record.So I don't see it as a companion piece. Maybe after we make this new record it will have something in comparison to it? I don't know, we'll see.
SLIS: Is there any overall lyrical theme to the album, and what's the creative process been like this time around? Any hints you can give to fans as far as what they can expect from your new material?
JA: As far as what fans can expect? Well as a singer I've learned so much. Vocally and lyrically too. My concerns are…well I still like girls (chuckles). So they'll be in there (laughs). But there'll be a lot more political themes: I'm concerned with things happening in the world like Palestine for instance. This is something that worries me–and we all know what's been happening in England and the US.
So these things will come into my lyrics. But I'm not the kind of guy that writes songs that are overtly political.
I use an extensive use of metaphors…usually my political writing is masked in there somewhere. But I will probably have a song called Palestine…because its something that concerns me. But it wont be like a "fuck you Israel!" kind of song. That's not the point at all, and it's not going to help anybody, is it?
So yeah, these are songs I've been developing live on my own. And Pete's got songs and James has songs and with Chris, I mean so much comes from drums, the drum rhythm is just so important and can be so inspirational when you're doing songs. So we'll see.
When I did a song like Stephen for instance. I wrote the song, but without Steve Marshall playing the bass he played, I wouldn't have been inspired to sing about the Southern kind of feel that whole song has. So yeah, everyone contributes a sound. That can spark off a really inspirational thing. So we're really excited.
SLIS: How has the crowdfunding been going so far, and what's your take on the process versus the days of record label advances? Also, you're offering some pretty intriguing items on your Pledge page including vintage instruments, home concerts, studio time and even a walking guide service! Was it difficult selling some of your favorite gear, and what can fans expect from an intimate acoustic performance and the other interactive services you're offering?
JA: The crowd funding has been interesting–in many ways we've become more involved, obviously with like social media, we're pretty active these days, (Pete, James and I) the three of us are, Chris not so much. So it's nice to connect with people. You really do connect. And I think it's a very interesting era we're in where people say things they shouldn't say…but there's a lot of discussions that go on you know? People change their mind and its very strange. It can be a very divisive period right now, with the political things that are happening. But the fact that we have to get so involved where people get to know you and they pledge and they're very generous, it's incredibly supportive.
When we used to do the albums where you got an advance, you didn't really connect to your fans unless you were on tour. They'd send you mail on occasion, but you didn't connect all that much. And then we got the internet together on the last album we did, we'd do odd things that were done at the time, we'd all get together and you could talk to us for an hour at 6 o'clock Eastern time somewhere. We'd do that kinda thing but not much beyond that.
These days its very active so yeah we enjoy it you know? We're fun people. We're fun to hang out with. My band is smart, but we do like to laugh. And that's a big plus about being around the Jezebel's I think.
The things we're offering–Pete thought about the Jaywalking thing. People have always suggested I start a company called Jaywalking because I like walking and hiking so much. I don't know how that's gonna work, but Pete put it out there and I said yeah try it, why not? I walk a lot. I mean I can walk like 20 miles a day. Sometimes 30. But I don't expect people to spend that long walking with me (laughs), but we'll find out won't we!? So I'm thinking 3, 4 or 5 miles? We'll see.
It depends on what they want! We'll discuss it. I know people have bought into it which is great.
Other stuff? I'm not materialistic. So I don't mind giving stuff away–you can't take it with you, you know? I mean all I need is a guitar and I'm on my way. So if people want to put them on their walls to collect it…I don't mind giving things away. And neither does Pete obviously. Now I'm not sure about James or Chris, but I'm not worried about it.
The intimate acoustic performance will be very powerful. As I've said in the last year or so I've done gigs on my own and I've made huge leaps. Every gig I do I learn something new. And it has quite the profound effect on the next gig as it were. So yeah I think it'll be, especially with Pete's ukulele and his guitar stuff and his keyboards and his backing vocals, and James is a brilliant musician and if Chris is around…or if it's just me or 2,3 or 4 of us, it'll be very different and it'll be exciting for us I think.
One of the major things with doing a new record is it'll be all brand new, these things we'll be bringing to the table are exquisite I think. So I think the acoustic performances will be fun and funny and quite dark and quite moving in places. So I'm excited, I think we'll enjoy it, because we do love music (laughs).
James will be giving guitar lessons, because people ask me all the time, how do you play this, how did you play that and I say well that's James Stevenson's technique, you'll have to ask him that!
Click here for my 2013 interview with James Stevenson
So we put it to him and he was like oh, I don't know. But we're all making sacrifices, because this record is very important to us. So he's done the right thing. And James is very fun guy to talk to. I mean he's got more friends than anyone I know! He's well-loved so he'll do great at that. And people who get to chat with him will have a friend for life too, I reckon.
SLIS: So while you'll be revisiting your classic sound, will you be exploring any contemporary elements either compositionally or production wise as well?
JA: As far as contemporary, compositionally or production wise? Well Pete and James worked on their music away from the band, as Chris has as well, so they bring things with a different angle now. Back years ago when I'd bring in and strum a new song and James would go oh let me put this little part, and that'll be good, and put this chord in there. And Pete would come in with his amazing bass, and Chris would try different rhythms. So we'd just jam together. So there's tons of experience there. So it'll be very different this time I think.
Because there's a brand new palette you know? It's huge, so it'll be exciting. So I don't see us using any studio trickery. I think it'll be organic hopefully.
When we played together last summer in Portugal I got the guys to do Hurricane by Neil Young and I got Pete and James to sing and I just loved having these harmonies behind me. It was absolutely brilliant so it would be quite an amazing thing if we can develop something there and it could give the Jezebel's a whole new richness.
SLIS: You also mentioned in your press release that the new album will be a "long overdue step in their tumultuous history." How do you feel about the band's legacy after all these years–has it been a roller coaster ride, and do you have a different perspective after all the friction regarding the two entities of the band?
JA: When Billy (Corgan) from Smashing Pumpkins invited me up to sing Stephen–which he was a big fan–he told me a little story that when they first formed he took them to see us in Chicago and my brother started singing (I think we were doing Flame or something)…and he said to the band "that guy cannot sing." And then I started singing, and he said the guy with the red hair (which was me), he said that "now HE can sing," (laughs) and that was in front of a big audience in London when I got up and sang Stephen with them.
And that was nice and we have other different bands, like Blur and bands out there that seem to mention us these days–Lady Gaga for instance, so that legacy is good. Some people don't like us as well but either way–I mean I know we're a very unique band.
There's no one like us. We didn't fit into the Goth thing. I mean we did for maybe like 20 minutes at the beginning. But we don't fit in anywhere, we're kinda like Darryl Hall and John Oates you know? (laughs) We just don't really any fit in anything, we just have our own thing.
And there's an advantage to that and a disadvantage to that…I mean its very difficult to put us on a bill with anybody else because there's no one quite like us really–I suppose you could put us and The Psychedelic Furs together and those types of bands–because they've got their own thing too. Or even Echo and the Bunnymen, even though Ian McCulloch is a wanker of the highest degree.
But bands like that, anyone that has their own identity, that's not part of a wave. We're not part of a wave.
SLIS:How does it feel to be playing with your core lineup again and what makes the band dynamic so special after all these years? And what are you expecting Walsh to bring to the table this time around?
JA: Has my perspective changed? Well it's a strange thing: I'm proud of so many of the songs. I wish I hadn't given people credit for a lot of the songs I wrote. I should be more selfish. But I was manipulated, I was naïve. As we all were. So I don't like people ruining my songs. And pretending to be me. I don't like that at all.
But I'm proud of the songs, I mean when I pick up an acoustic guitar, and sing something like Stephen for instance, I go wow, that's actually a really strong song…so I know it's unique, I know its my Jezebel, it's all my invention and the language of it all, so it's cool. I'm proud of it.
It's always special when we get together. I mean we just plug-in and we sound like Gene Loves Jezebel. And people are like oh fucking hell, wow! (Laughs). Musicians, bands we've played with, they tend to get blown away. We're good!
And Peter Walsh is amazing, he's always been a phenomenal producer, and a first class engineer. There's not many people in his league you know? He's worked with so many artists, I mean who knows what new ideas he'll have for us. We shall see!
Hopefully we'll inspire him and make him go wow! That's always the thing, I mean if we can get him excited by what we're doing then we are going to make a great record (laughs).
SLIS: You haven't toured the states in ages: do you have plans to support the album in America?
We'd like to tour America obviously. The difficulty is when we tour its Gene Loves Jezebel with Jay Aston, which should just be Gene Loves Jezebel because that's what we are, but we'd probably need to do "Gene Loves Jezebel with Jay Aston, James Stevenson, Peter Rizzo and Chris Bell" so people know it's us! That's what's on the tin. The problem as I said before is there is another Gene Loves Jezebel out there who will use our pictures, and our music and it won't be us! And they don't sound anything like us, and if you look on YouTube you might be able to work that out.
So it's difficult, but we will try to obviously tour over there, but there's been a lot of damage done to our name out there for the last 10-15 years or however long he's been doing it. But yeah we love touring America.
SLIS: Going back to that performance with Smashing Pumpkins you mentioned–how did that come about and what was that experience like?
I was contacted by Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder, who is friends with drummer Joel Patterson, who plays with me and GLJ on occasion and he said that Billy was a huge fan and asked if I was in London and could I come up and sing a song with them. Which was like, Yeah, of course! And the weird thing about me is that a lot of my songs can be dark and moody, but I'm actually very upbeat as anyone will tell you.
I'm a very outgoing person and I like to laugh and so I have a lot of energy for gigs, so doing a song like Stephen where Billy played Mellotron on, which was great by the way, I just want to dance and move around and smile and yet the song can be really dark, so it was weird to play with someone of that caliber. He's a great writer and they're a fantastic band aren't they? So it was brilliant and I really enjoyed it.
SLIS: Well that wraps up my questions–is there anything else you'd like to tell the fans in regards to the new album and are there any other projects you'd like to promote?
JA: I will say that we're excited about it, we've got no reason to do this apart from we want it to be special. We're obviously not doing it for the money because there is no money (laughs)! We're doing it because we love music. And we're great friends. And we love our audience. As Bauhaus once said right?
Pete's doing his Rizzo stuff on YouTube, check it out its amazing, James has his solo stuff and he obviously plays with The Alarm and The Cult and tons of other stuff including Woody Woodmansey's Holy Holy. Chris plays with Hugh Cornwell and records with a bunch of other acts. And me I've got my solo thing. Which has been very good for me, I love doing it.
Thanks to Jay for taking time out for the interview. You can donate to the band's PledgeMusic project by clicking here, and stay updated with all things GLJ with Jay Aston via their official Facebook page.


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Obama, GOP Differ on More than Just Bush Tax Cuts
Wisconsin families with children could lose $139 million in tax credits next year – nearly $900 per affected family – unless expansions of two tax credits aimed at working families are preserved. President Obama and Congressional Democrats have proposed extending the expanded credits, and Congressional Republicans favor letting the expansions expire.
In jeopardy are the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit, both of which were expanded by the Recovery Act in 2009. The effect of expanding the credits was two-fold: the credits helped pump more money into the economy to boost consumer demand, and they also helped mitigate the worst effects of the recession for the families receiving the credits. The expansions are set to expire at the end of 2012, at the same time the Bush tax cuts expire, the temporary payroll tax cut expires, and the federal unemployment program ends.
President Obama has proposed to make the expanded versions of the tax credits permanent. He has also proposed extending the Bush tax cuts for the first $250,000 in income. In contrast, a bill proposed by U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), which could come up for a vote in the Senate this week, continues the Bush tax cuts for all income levels but does not continue the expanded versions of the tax credits for working class families.
If the expanded versions of the credits are allowed to expire, more than 150,000 Wisconsin families would see their tax refunds shrink by an average of $898 per family, according to a new report by Citizens for Tax Justice. One out of four children in Wisconsin live in families that would be affected by the loss of the expanded tax credits, and the total amount lost to Wisconsin families would be $139.2 million next year.
There has been a lot written about the differences between President Obama and the GOP approach with regards to the Bush tax cuts. But we should realize that there are also large differences between the parties on proposals about whether to extend expansions of tax credits. The outcome of upcoming budget decisions about these tax credits could have a significant effect on the economic well-being of Wisconsin families.
Tamarine Cornelius

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Roundup: for the week ending 21 September 2014
A roundup of ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 15 September to Sunday 21 September 2014.
Monday, 15 September 2014
Dominican Republic to study antenna site sharing
Dominican Republic – The president of the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel), Gideon Santos, has announced the creation of a commission to conduct a study on antenna site-sharing in the mobile industry… more
Digicel: Approval For Caribbean Fibre Network
Guadeloupe – Digicel has received the required approvals from Government and regulatory authorities with regard to its purchase of a submarine fibre network across the Caribbean region… more
Digicel Business Helps Jamaica's Business District Deliver World Class Service
Jamaica – The Business District is Jamaica's first private serviced office complex. Renting fully-furnished offices – physical and virtual – as specified by its clients… more
Tuesday, 16 September 2014
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Wednesday, 17 September 2014
US banned Chinese telecoms giant looking at Antigua-Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda – One of the world's largest telecommunications company, Huawei of China, which has been banned from doing business with United States companies as a result of spyware discovered in some of its devices, has expressed an interest in doing business in Antigua and Barbuda… more
Columbus Business Solutions Levels the Playing Field for Students
Barbados – After receiving 60 new Samsung Galaxy 3 tablets from The Aron & Christina Foundation, Class 3 students from St Joseph Primary, St Bernard's Primary and St Elizabeth Primary were able to go digital last Friday for the new school year… more
Digicel Doubles the Value for Grenadians
Grenada – Following Digicel's successful launch of 4G Data technology in Grenada, Digicel is doubling the Value for Grenadians when it comes to prepaid data and postpaid smartplans… more
Education Ministry records noteworthy traffic on new website
Guyana – Having launched a refined website in July of this year, the Ministry has recorded an increase in the number of users accessing the site… more
LIME's 'rip and replace' project interrupts mobile service
Jamaica – TELECOMMUNICATIONS provider LIME has recorded its highest increase in complaints over the last year… more
Moneague College Offering Training In Call-Centre Operations
Jamaica – FACED WITH reduced enrolment, Moneague College in St Ann has broadened its curriculum to include training in call-centre operations, with the likelihood of job placement immediately upon completion… more
Editor's Pick: The Coolest Mobile App Builders in Latin America
Regional – "Mobile has been a blessing for nearshore companies." These were the words of Alex Robbio, co-founder and president of Argentine software factory Belatrix, in a previous interview with Nearshore Americas… more
LIME committed to region
Regional – Barbados is to get a share of $2 billion in new investment telecommunications company Cable & Wireless (C&W) plans to spend… more
Thursday, 18 September 2014
Digicel Completes Acquisition of Telstar Cable Limited
Anguilla – Jamaican business is Digicel's fourth Caribbean cable acquisition in the last number of months and will increase its cable footprint to six markets… more
CEO: LIME here to stay
Barbados – Telecommunications company LIME has not ruled out the possibility of an acquisition of, or collaboration with, its competitors in the future… more
LIME pledge
Barbados – Barbados is in line to receive a significant share of $2 billion in new investments that longstanding telecommunications provider Cable & Wireless has in store for the Caribbean… more
GT&T Telecommunications Licence prohibit others – Dr. Mahadeo
Guyana – "While iNet Communications Inc has said that it has had a Telecommunication License for many years, I do not know any company other than the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) or Digicel that received a Telecommunication Licence." … more
University of Guyana's GT&T-funded Internet Resource Centre commissioned
Guyana – President Donald Ramotar today congratulated the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Company for their contribution to enhancing the social development of students, as a result of their decision to renovate the Information Computer Technology Laboratory's Resource Centre at the University of Guyana (UG)… more
Columbus Enables Live Broadcast of Exciting Guinness Concert
Jamaica – Columbus Communications, operators of the Flow and Columbus Business Solutions brands, announced this week a partnership brokered with Guinness Jamaica for the regional broadcast of the annual Arthur Guinness Day Concert… more
Draft cyber security strategy to be finalized
Jamaica – The Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining is now finalising Jamaica's draft cyber security strategy, according to junior minister Julian Robinson, who anticipates that the document will be completed within two weeks of the ministry's recently-concluded two-day cyber security validation workshop… more
Regional ICT Week in St. Kitts, to focus on Security and Inclusion
Regional – The Federation is preparing to host Information Communication Technology (ICT) Week 2014 from September 22-26… more
Threat To Ban OTT Services On CTU Meeting Agenda
Regional – Dealing with threats by Caribbean telecom networks to ban 'over-the-top' (OTT) services would be a priority for telecommunications ministers, who meet in St. Kitts, Sept. 22 to 26, for the annual meeting of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)… more
TSTT's acting CEO resigns
Trinidad and Tobago – Acting chief executive of majority state-owned TSTT, George Hill, has tendered his resignation to the board, amid reports that some of the telecommunication provider's local directors want to replace him with Digicel's former country manager in Tobago… more
Friday, 19 September 2014
New Employment Opportunities for Young People in Area of Information & Communications Technology (ICT)
Barbados – Barbadian Prime Minister Freundel Stuart expects new employment opportunities for young people in Barbados will be found in the area of information and communications technology (ICT)… more
St. Ignatius students take learning anywhere with new tablets
Cayman Islands – Forget pencil and paper, a stylus and touchscreen are the new tools of school. Thursday (18 September) St. Ignatius Catholic School issued 155 new tablets to students… more
Curaçao Company Fuuzle: New Supplier Of Information From Across The Globe
Curaçao – The digital world is teeming with information, yet a lot of it cannot be found via search engines or only after many hours of painstakingly surfing the net. The innovative company Fuuzle fills this gap… more
Chief Justice wants increased use of technology in court
Dominica – Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Dame Janice Pereira wants improvements in the preparation of transcripts in the court system… more
182 Information Technology Centres Established
Jamaica – A total of 182 information technology (IT) resource and skills training centres have been established across the country, as the Government continues to provide Jamaicans with access to information technology (IT)… more
Digicel turns major content provider following cable TV acquisitions
Jamaica – DIGICEL has bought a majority stake in the parent company of regional sports broadcaster, SportsMax… more
LIME employees rise to CEO's challenge
Jamaica – WHEN LIME CEO Garfield Sinclair challenged employees to come up with an innovative idea to reduce the telecoms firm's utility expenses, little did he know he would have been richly presented with a wide array of recommendations… more
LIME to begin network upgrade in MoBay in November
Jamaica – LIME is set to begin upgrades to its mobile and broadband platform in Montego Bay come November… more
Movements – LIME Switches Company Secretary
Jamaica – Senator Kamina Johnson-Smith is giving up the position of company secretary at Cable & Wireless Jamaica, which trades as LIME… more
CWC inks managed services deal with Comverse for LIME unit
Regional – LIME, the Caribbean unit of UK-based Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), has selected Comverse to provide managed services for a range of Comverse and non-Comverse products… more
Digicel acquires International Media Content
Regional – Digicel has acquired Saint Lucia-based International Media Content (IMC), parent company of regional sports broadcaster SportsMax, and North American broadcaster Ceen-TV, for an undisclosed amount… more
Digicel Buys SportsMax
Regional – Digicel has acquired majority ownership of International Media Content Limited, the parent company of regional sports broadcasting company, SportsMax, and North American broadcaster CEEN-TV… more
BrightPath Foundation brings TechLink to T&T
Trinidad and Tobago – Secondary school teachers and students will be immersed in a day of technology gadgets, spacemen and science experiments when the BrightPath TechLink program comes to T&T this month… more
Loss affected TSTTStories
Trinidad and Tobago – Chairman of the Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT), Everald Snaggs, said the loss the company suffered in the last financial year was because of the huge undertaking of a five-year strategic plan… more
'TSTT's long-term plan to improve performance'
Trinidad and Tobago – In defending the telecommunication giant's performance, TSTT chairman Everald Snaggs said had it not been for the long-term, five-year strategic plan initiated last year, the company would have been making a lot of profits for NEL… more
Saturday, 20 September 2014
Phone fires
Barbados – A Fire official has linked some house fires to the careless charging of cellphones, warning that it was like playing Russian roulette… more
Online Security Strategy
Jamaica – The Organization of American States (OAS) says it has concluded a two-day event in Kingston with the government of Jamaica during which a draft of Jamaica's National Cyber Security Strategy was presented and discussed publicly for the first time… more
IDB Launches Digital Platform to Promote e-Governance in LATAM
Regional – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has launched a digital platform aiming to promote a more transparent and inclusive form of governing in Latin America by bringing citizens closer to their governments… more
MPs concerned about TelEm-Digicel accord
Sint Maarten – Members of Parliament (MPs) have expressed concern about the signing of a financial information sharing contract between the St. Maarten Telephone Group of Companies TelEm and regional telecom company Digicel… more
TSTT appoints new CEO
Trinidad and Tobago – State-controlled telecoms provider Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) has appointed Ronald Walcott its new chief executive officer… more
Walcott new CEO of TSTT
Trinidad and Tobago – The Board of Directors of Telecommunications Services of T&T (TSTT) yesterday announced the appointment of Ronald Walcott as the new CEO of the company to take place with immediate effect… more
Sunday, 21 September 2014
Laptops for Huntley residents
Guyana – The Government of Guyana on Friday continued its One Laptop Per Family programme by distributing 191 more laptops, this time to residents of Huntley, Mahaicony. In this GINA photo Huntley residents wait for their laptops… more
What's happening with the fibre optic cable project? – Harmon asks Ramotar
Guyana – A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament, Joseph Harmon, is calling on the Project Manager of the E-Governance Unit, Alexei Ramotar, to be respectful towards the citizens of Guyana and at least let them know the status of the Information Communication Technology (ICT) project, commonly referred to as the Fibre Optic Cable Project… more
Cable theft plagues landline, Internet service
Jamaica – Dear Claudienne, I live in the Boscobel Housing Scheme in St Mary, and for almost one month now the entire scheme has had no landline or Internet service from LIME… more
PSOJ, CBS join forces to put on tech-solutions workshop
Jamaica – POWERFUL private sector lobby group, the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), will join forces with Columbus Business Solutions (CBS) to help entrepreneurs "transform their businesses through technology" in a SME workshop on Thursday in St Andrew… more
Cashing In On Social Media
Jamaica – Are local businesses cashing in on social media? A few, are, but most are barely scratching the surface in unleashing its potential to enrich their businesses… more
DL750 enhances customer's smartphone experience: Digicel introduces the latest addition to its own brand smartphone range
Regional – Digicel just launched its DL750 – the next generation in its line of affordable smartphones which will offer customers the best value as it comes loaded with cool new features that will sure to suit their varying tastes and lifestyles… more
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Wedding Day
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Yes, yes you are. So, how are things shaking in the real world?
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Roasted Garbanzo Beans
Lillian Russo
This is a recipe I found on another site, but I changed it to suit my tastes! With the spices I used, along with cooking them til they're crunchy, results in a delicious fried chicken flavor. But these are more healthy than fried chicken! Makes a great snack! The photo is my own.
- 2 Tbsp
- olive oil, extra virgin
- 1 pinch
- cayenne pepper
- sprinkle
- evenly with seasoned salt
- sprinkle
- evenly with garlic powder
- sprinkle
- evenly with onion powder
- sprinkle
- evenly with smoked paprika
- 1-15oz. can(s)
- garbanzo beans, drained
How to Make Roasted Garbanzo Beans
- 1Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- 2Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- 3Pour the drained beans onto the lined cookie sheet and pat dry.
- 4Add all the remaining ingredients.
- 5Toss to coat.
- 6Bake on middle rack uncovered for 20 minutes.
- 7Then stir beans and bake another 20 minutes.
- 8Keep doing this til the beans are nice and crunchy. It will probably take over an hour.
- 9Serve warm or room temp.
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Length: 72.5″
Thickness: 10 oz. or about 4 millimeters or 5/32″ (thickness may vary slightly)
Width: 28 millimeters
Finish: Semi-matte and waxy
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This is what we consider a Second Quality piece of leather because of the slight "imperfections" on the surface of the hide. These may include scars from barbed wire and insect bites, as well as creases, growth marks or freckles . Second Quality should be equated with nature's signature. These marks enhance the character of your finished product while revealing the authenticity of the leather.
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- Date of birth: April 7th, 1948
- Date of passing: October 8th, 2015
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How CDNs Improve Your SEO
Ranking high in the SERPs is a priority for all online businesses. Getting there depends on many factors, most of them are related to your search engine optimization (SEO) techniques. The algorithms used to determine which sites are ranked where are complicated, and based on many different variables. Previously, small to medium sized businesses could work their way to the top of the SERPs by steadily implementing their SEO plan, now, Google wants more. They want high quality, they want consistency, they want speed and they want performance. While this does is improve the user experience, which is the ultimate goal, but it makes it a bit of a challenge for some internet marketing entrepreneurs who may be struggling with some of the technicalities involved.
One way in which a search engine marketing firm can help these small to medium sized businesses show up better in the search engine results is by implementing a content delivery network (CDN) as a search marketing solution. This solution involves the use of multiple delivery servers, located worldwide, each receiving data from one server and transferring it. This transfer allows for multiple copies of a web page to exist at once and be viewed, allowing for much faster loading speed and improved performance.
Here are three reasons to consider working with a search engine marketing firm to get CDN services for your website:
1. Improved Speed and Performance: Because the load is reduced on the original server, loading speed and performance is improved. Slow loading speeds are known to increase bounce rates, which will have a negative impact on your SEO. Having multiple copies from different servers allows the site to load faster because there is less work involved for the primary server.
2. Cost Effective: Implementing a search marketing solution like a CDN does cost money, but the return on your investment is very reasonable. The initial setup is not difficult or costly, and ongoing management by a search engine marketing firm may cost a couple hundred dollars a month but be well worth it when you consider the improved speed and performance.
3. Limited Down Time Good for SEO: Using a CDN as a search marketing solution is smart because it nearly completely eliminates the possibility of having down time. When Google is indexing sites, it will automatically pass over sites that are not live. If your server is down at the time of indexing, your site misses out on being properly indexed. Sites that rely on one server alone are at a much higher risk for having excessive downtime.
Using a content delivery network is a wise choice because of the many benefits in terms of both the users' experience as well as the ability of the search engines to properly crawl and index the site. Consider this search marketing solution when you are trying to get to the top of the SERPs with your site. Investing in these options can help you secure a top spot and make your company stand out.


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I use a program that requires two letter shortcuts, rather than Ctrl, Cmd, Alt.
For instance, we would type SY to execute a specific keyboard shortcut rather than Ctrl+S. Is there any way to get this working within Actions?
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Yes you can! With Flows you can create an action with multiple steps, which automatically fires both keys in sequence.
In this case, you should create this steps:
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Info concerning Egerton University job placement rate, and registering for discussion sections. Which college degrees give you the best chances of finding employment after graduation? Given a business management degree, you may find your niche in operations, human resources, sales, or advertising. Concentrating on Egerton University job placement rate, for example, you may gain an advantage in corporate recruiting being done on-campus. Check with the workforce development department for course registration deadlines, and career training program requirements. Please use the form above to request admissions info for Egerton University.
As the economy improves, many firms are beginning to hire. Companies are in need of candidates that can fill a particular job position, so set up an introductory meeting to ask questions about the firm's history, and current business opportunities. Review your prior work experiences, internships, volunteer experience, interests and hobbies. For each item on your list, identify the skills and knowledge you developed, because many skills are transferable to the job you're applying for.
Before a first interview, analyze the open position that you are applying for. Review the job description carefully, and highlight both the employment qualifications and job responsibilities. At the same time, learn as much as you can about the company's mission, corporate services, product lists, and main competitors. Start your research on the company's website, then do an article search on Google, and attend career information sessions and job fairs that are held on campus. Beyond major requirements within the workforce development department, you may consider Humboldt State University ACT composite as a complementary elective to your primary course of study.
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CT: NY Graphic Society, 1965. Very Good. First edition. Very good hardcover with similar dustwrapper. First edition. Pages are clean. Illustrated. Dustwrapper clean. Spine and edges of dustwrapper yellowed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. (Inventory #: 172094)


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Nail fungus (Onychomycosis) is prevalent worldwide and up until now, has had very limited, ineffective, and undesirable treatment options. These options include topical antifungal creams, oral antifungals, or permanent removal of the nail. Many of the oral medications also have unwanted side effects eliminating them as an option for treatment.
Scition's technology heats the nail and the nail bed with laser energy resulting in a decrease of nail fungus and temporary increase in the growth of clear nails. For optimal results, multiple laser treatments are required, and some home care regimen is recommended. This makes it an easy treatment to perform with no downtime. *FDA cleared for the temporary increase of clear nail in patients with onychomycosis. We cannot claim a permanent result as patients can always be re-exposed to fungus and have it come back.


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Although a company may have done well in the past and is still doing well today, does not mean that it will still do well tomorrow. To ensure that a company does continue to do well, a business plan for its future must be detailed which hopefully, if followed, will assure them continued success. A dilemma facing many Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) though is; who is best placed within the company to design its future plans. Although some may argue that it would be the head of a department, perhaps production or sales, others have argues that the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is the only one capable of making such a plan. One of the supporters of the view that the CFO is best placed to make these plans is Maureen O'Connell, the CFO of the Scholastic Corporation. If you find Maureen O'Connell Scholastic current portfolio, you will find that she is the one that does make the future plans for Scholastic and may be doing a very good job, especially considering that Scholastic continues to be one of America's leading publishers, certainly where children's books are concerned. This is a large corporation that publishes many of the text books found in classrooms around the country and is responsible for publishing over 600 new children's books annually. Some of the books that they have published in the past include the Harry Potter series and Hunger Wars but two of its largest endeavours are a book club which is subscribed to by 80% of the schools in the United States and over 130,000 children's book fairs that occur all over the country. Making future plans for such a large and diverse corporation is no mean task and although O'Connell may certainly be up to the task, it is perhaps her past experience that makes her qualified rather than her position as the company's CFO. Graduating from New York University with a B.S. in Accounting and Economics, O'Connell immediately started on a varied and impressive career which included being CFO of both Barnes and Noble and the Publishers Clearing House but perhaps what made her more prepared for drawing up future plans for a company, was her experience as Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Chief Operations Officer (COO), Chief Executive Officer CEO) and President of other companies. There is little doubt that a CFO could make a good choice for planning a company's future as they can give unbiased opinions, based on each department's performance, as to which is their best way forward. If one particular department head was given the task, there is the possibility that they may be biased towards their own department, which may not always be in the company's best interests but the CFO owes no allegiance to any one department. Although a good point, a CFO without a good deal of experience in the field in which the company operates; may not be adequately aware of all the trends and upsets that a company could face in that field.
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Things To Concentrate On As A Company Leader
If you want the company that you're leading and also yourself to succeed in becoming the best, you should know what things to concentrate on. Instead of just taking on whatever trouble comes across your path or simply putting your attention to some things that may not actually worth focusing on, you should know what subjects are worth concentrating on. Because your company needs to serve in order to gain income and due to the fact that it needs to have funding in order to get operations going, some of the things that you have to bear in mind are production and money. Since humans differ from robots or machines in the sense that people are capable of choosing, you should also put some of your attention on retaining seasoned or best employees since without them you may not be able to make your company do well or survive. Please keep on reading for some more of the things that may enlighten and assist you in leading your group well.
You have to deal with money matters independently instead of just leaving them to your subordinates or to those professionals whose work it is to manage finances. That's because money is sought after by many and can be stolen. Once it's lost, work has to be done in order to replace it. Because you have to make sure that you keep on gaining money and that you have to save some from time to time, you have to know how to do budgeting. Take note that you have to know how to not only earn but also save. Even if you're not tasked at using your company's resources, as a leader, you should know how to invest so that you'd be able to do so when given the chance to get hold of money and have the obligation of making profit. You also have to learn how to save properly because the value of money relies on the economy and it would be useless for one to just keep resources knowing that their value can become reduced greatly at any time. If you wish to know more about these things, you could try to review Maureen O'Connell or know how a chief financial officer does things so that you would find out how financial management is done.
Being a leader of a company doesn't only mean making orders. You're also responsible in maintaining order. Instead of just focusing on telling people how to do their job or what needs to be done, you could also find ways on how you could gain the confidence of your individual workers. When your workers love you, they'd think twice of leaving you or your company.
Take note that you don't really have to make your staff members feel strongly attached to you. However, you have to make an effort to let them feel that what you're saying to them aren't just orders but something that they could benefit from. Tell them that they'd actually have advantages when they'd believe what you're saying and when they'd perform well better for the company. Since words alone won't suffice, you could also try giving employees certain privileges. Doing so would give you the opportunity to let your staff members be more close to you.


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SVG library for visualising protein annotations
This is the library behind the Protein Feature View at RCSB PDB.
![Screenshot of Protein Feature View at RCSB] (https://raw.github.com/andreasprlic/proteinfeatureview/master/images/P06213.png "Insulin receptor - P06213 (INSR_HUMAN)")
The Protein Feature View requires a browser that supports SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics). Mouse over tracks and labels for more information.
Data origin/color codes
The vertical color bar on the left side indicates data provenance.
Data in green originates from UniProtKB
Red: potentially disorderd region
<li> Blue: probably ordered region.
Hydropathy has been calculated using a sliding window of 15 residues and summing up scores from standard hydrophobicity tables.
Data in lilac represent the genomic exon structure projected onto the UniProt sequence.
Data in blue originates from PDB
Data in red indicates combined ranges of Homology Models from SBKB and the Protein Model Portal
An event model allows to register "listeners" that get triggered when certain events occur. A listener can get registered with:
currently supported events:
GPL 3.0 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
At the present, there is no primary citation yet, however Protein Feature View got mentioned in the most recent RCSB PDB Nucleic acid research database issue paper.
Andreas Prlic - RCSB Protein Data Bank
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text: So today is laundry day. We have an issue with easy child/difficult child being lazy and leaving things in his pockets so I had him separate his clothes and told him nicely at least 12 times to check every single pocket. He assured me he did. Well as I was taking the laundry out of the washer an old cheese stick fell out. Yes - a cheese stick!! It was wrapped still but sopping wet. So gross! He started crying and saying it's not his fault. Hmmm well I'm pretty sure it is his fault bc not only do we have a no food upstairs rule but I asked him to check his pockets 12 times. So yeah - totally 100% his fault. He's punished now. And I'll be serving him that very cheese stick for dinner tonight. I won't actually make him eat it but I'm pretty sure he'll get my point when he comes down expecting a good meal and finds a soggy old cheese stick on his plate instead Yup I'm officially the meanest mom ever but I'm so done with the bs.


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Musician friends celebrate Thielemans' 90 years
NEW YORK (AP) — Jazz harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans quips that his legs don't work but his mouth does.
Thielemans was pushed onstage in a wheelchair during the first of two Jazz at Lincoln Center concerts this weekend celebrating his 90 years. Thielemans had canceled all his other U.S. dates because of poor health, and up to the last minute, producers were not sure if Thielemans would even be able to play.
But energized by an enthusiastic audience and musical friends such as pianist Herbie Hancock and Brazilian guitarist-vocalist Dori Caymmi, the Belgian harmonic player rose to the occasion at Friday night's concert.
He played highlights from his lengthy career — the Gershwins' "I Loves You Porgy/Summertime," the Brazilian bossa nova classic "Chega da Saudade" and his own swinging jazz waltz "Bluesette."
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basically is using your LAN lines to make phone calls. Some benefits are that long distance calls are cheaper. Drawbacks are that if your LAN goes down, so does your phone system. Power-outs, same thing, all communication stops.
Some companies have both in place, with instructions to use long distance (when available) through the VOIP instead, and have setups on the computer for dialing/receiving and the external phone for local/LAN problems (usually just managers).


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Most Reverend Bishop Richard Stephen Seminack was born on March 3, 1942 to Raymond and Anna Cwiek Seminack in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His paternal grandparents emigrated from Ternopil, Ukraine while his maternal grandparents came from Peremshil, Ukraine. The oldest of seven children, Richard attended St. Martin of Tours Catholic Elementary School and Father Judge Catholic High School in Philadelphia.
Bishop Michael Wiwchar was born to Wasyl and Anna Chajkowska Wiwchar on May 9, 1932 in Komarno, Manitoba, Canada. He grew up with two brothers, Nicholas and John, and his late sister, Sister Anita Olya Marie, SSMI. His early schooling and aspirations took him to a Redemptorist minor seminary in Roblin, Manitoba where after his novitiate in Yorkton,
Nov.3, 1915 Born to Stefan and Maria Tytyn in Petrykivci Stari, Buchach region, Ukraine, the youngest among two brothers and two sisters.
In 1928 Entered the Gymnasium of the Basilian Fathers in Buchach where hir religious vocation was affirmed. In 1932 Completed the Gymnasium of the Basilian Fathers in Buchach and
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Barcelona – colourful, beautiful and DELICIOUS! We were surprised to fit into any of our clothes after the sheer volume of tapas and wine we managed to consume, not to mention the sangria… oh, and the paella… uhhhh! (in the immortal words of Homer Simpson).
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Tank Bassike
Jeans J Brand
Blazer Little Jo Women
Shoes Scanlan Theodore
Belt Peter Lang
Sunnies Rayban
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Wearing a Vineti Bolaki draped dress, Bipasha attended a recent pageant held in Bangalore. Playing off of the toga vibe of her dress, she finished out the look with a wispy updo, statement earrings and open-toe sandals.
While the dress lacked novelty, it was the fabric we took bigger issue with. It made the dress look, for a lack of better word, rather inexpensive. Ms. Basu sure could do better!
Bipasha Basu At Femina Style Diva 2014
Bipasha Basu At Femina Style Diva 2014
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Back on October 1, the Plain Dealer's Regina Brett opened a column with these two paragraphs:
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason could end up opening the door to open discovery in Ohio.
I met with him on Monday for nearly an hour and a half on the ninth floor of the Justice Center. The most important thing he said was: "I am not against open discovery."
That was then. Apparently, something occurred to change his mind, like perhaps the fact that it was actually going to happen. The judges voted it in last week, and yesterday's fishwrap came emblazoned with a front-page article entitled "Prosecutor Bill Mason rejects open discovery rule."
This wasn't a surprise, given what happened in his meeting with the judges last Wednesday, which I chronicled here. What is surprising is that Mason's latest position gives slighting mention to what has been up to now his predominant reason for urging caution on open discovery: the possibility of threats to witnesses or victims. A smart strategy here would be to take a case where there was good potential for intimidation, and use that as a vehicle for attacking the new rule. Making a broadscale attack on the rule just makes it look like his office is trying to hide something.
Which doesn't play well politically. There was a meeting yesterday between the OACDL and the Ohio Prosecutor's Association, with the item on the agenda being the defense bar's proposed amendment to the discovery rules, which you can read here. The Court rejected this rule just two years ago, but even some people with the OPA acknowledge that the climate's changed, what with the spate of reversals by the 6th Circuit and even Ohio courts because of failure to disclose exculpatory evidence. Something needs to be done to protect witnesses and victims, but if you look at the evolution of criminal discovery rules, you'll find a steady expansion which is gaining speed. It's going to happen, and giving a Dick Cheney response to it instead of a measured one means that it's going to happen that much sooner.


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Having a newborn is both exciting and exhausted. Lots of preparation need to be done before labour day. In this post, I am going to talk about preparing clothes for newborn.
Clothes Types:
There are many options of clothes for a newborn. It includes fully covered, with hand covered, feet covered or we buy them separately.
- Shirt
- Onesie
- Long-sleeve shirt
- Long-sleeve onesie
- Coveralls
- Sleepers
- Long-sleeve shirt with mittens
- Kimono top
- Sleeping gown
- Sleep sack "Wearable blanket"
- Long-sleeve onesie
Despite these types of clothes, we have to be aware of our baby's comfort. So, you may avoid clothes that hurt the baby when they are laying like shirts with big buttons, or shirt with back tie because they will lay on their back and feel very uncomfortable.
Preparation clothes for newborn:
It is highly important for parents to wash the new clothes with baby detergent before letting their child wear the clothes for the first time. Do not confuse to use the adult clothes detergent. Dry them separately from adult clothes.
When all is dried up, you may want to put a mitten in one another just to avoid losing one.
Cut the label:
A few clothes brands make the label outside the frabic since they are aware of baby's comfort. However, if you happen to buy shirts with the inside labels, you will have to cut them because the child might find it itchy.


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The Wii U version of Breath of the Wild is great, but could have been glorious
The reimagined land of Hyrule is teeming with so much to see and do that even now, weeks after the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, people continue playing. I'm hours upon hours into the game, and I still feel like I've just barely scratched the surface of my adventure.
I've been enjoying Link's latest quest on the Wii U as a sort of fitting swan song for the underrated, underutilized Nintendo console. And in case you were wondering, yes, Breath of the Wild is every bit as incredible on the Wii U as it is on the Switch.
No Switch? No Problem!
If you've been holding off on playing Breath of the Wild because you still don't own a Switch, but you have a Wii U just sitting there like a lonely reject next to your other consoles, you should just play the game already! The only real reason to pick the Switch version over the Wii U version is if you're actually interested in taking the game with you on bus rides or family visits. Personally, I think an adventure of this magnitude is best enjoyed on a giant HD set.
Graphically, the two editions of Breath of the Wild are practically identical, with the only difference being the Switch version's slightly higher resolution. Both versions are also prone to frame rate drops in the same areas, though Nintendo recently released a patch to fix some of those issues on the Switch. Even so, I've encountered dips in frame rate a few times on the Wii U, and I would hardly call these instances game-breaking or even all that distracting.
Ultimately, what you get with Breath of the Wild on the Wii U is an incredible journey across all of Hyrule. And, honestly, the fact that it's displayed in a lower resolution shouldn't dissuade anyone from playing this remarkable accomplishment in the open world genre, even if it is on older hardware. Whatever your reason may be for not owning a Switch at this time, if you're itching to play Zelda and you have the means, then you should really just play the game on the Wii U posthaste.
A Missed Opportunity
My biggest gripe with Breath of the Wild on the Wii U is its lack of touchscreen functionality. And if I'm being honest, I think this version of the game very well could've been the definitive way to play, but Nintendo kind of screwed up. One of the biggest grievances with Breath of the Wild is its inventory system. Going into the pause screen to get rid of excess weapons and items because your stash is full is tedious.
It would've been great to be able to just access your entire inventory on the GamePad's touchscreen. After all, wasn't the whole purpose of the device to create fun, intuitive, and unique ways to play games? Instead, all the GamePad's screen does is provide off-TV play. Seriously? Well, if the argument is which version of Breath of the Wild does portable gaming better, then yeah, the Switch wins that one, because not only can you play while lying in bed, but you can also take the game with you anywhere using just the tablet.
I can't help but wonder if Nintendo purposely sabotaged the Wii U version of Breath of the Wild by not including a function that's essentially a no-brainer. Remember ZombiU? That game's use of the second screen was magnificent, and it added a degree of ingenuity to the gameplay. There's no reason Breath of the Wild couldn't be just as awesome, unless Nintendo was really hoping to sell those Switch units. But I'm not trying to vilify Nintendo, because at the end of the day, we still got one of the best games in recent memory on not one, but two platforms.
System Seller or Grand Finale?
Breath of the Wild is already being talked about as one of the greatest games of all time, and with good reason. It offers an incredible range of freedom in how you explore its grand world. It reinvents the Zelda series while retaining a lot of the conventions that put that series on the map in the first place. And it's just really, really fun to play. If you're a fan of Nintendo's epic fantasy franchise, you should totally play Breath of the Wild if you're one of the 11 or 12 people on this planet who haven't already.
If you already own a Switch, well, I can't try and argue against that version. Because, yes, the resolution's a tad better, and you can take the game with you anywhere you go without lugging around an entire console. Not to mention, you'll need something to tide you over while you wait for the Switch's upcoming big releases. And what better way to stay busy than with a sprawling Hyrulian journey?
But if you don't already have a Switch hooked up to your TV, if you're saving up your hard-earned cash to buy Nintendo's newest console, or if you're just waiting for more games to become available before taking the plunge, then there's really no reason to delay any longer. Play Breath of the Wild on your Wii U. It's a worthy version of a great game, and it plays well on the older hardware and is just as much fun.
Switch. Wii U. It doesn't really matter how you play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. All that matters is that you play it.


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AETAS residence - Bangkok,Thailand - Hotels.com
- Free WiFi and free parking
Main amenities
- 215 apartments
- Restaurant and bar/lounge
- Outdoor pool
- Breakfast available
- Free area shuttle
- Fitness center
- Spa services
- Business center
- Airport shuttle
- In-room childcare
- Terrace
- 24-hour front desk
- Free WiFi and free parking
Feel at home
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Children's pool
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Kitchen
What's around
- In Bangkok Central Business District
- Lumpini Park (23-minute walk)
- Siam Paragon Mall (29-minute walk)
- Pratunam Market (30-minute walk)
- Patpong Night Market (33-minute walk)
- Siam Square (35-minute walk)
- MBK Center (37-minute walk)
- Jim Thompson House (43-minute walk)
- Central Embassy (13-minute walk)
- Embassy of Pakistan (16-minute walk)
- Amarin Plaza (20-minute walk)
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Hotel size
- This hotel has 215 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 18 floors
- 24-hour check-in
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- One child (12 years old and younger) stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- Babysitting/childcare *
- No pets or service animals allowed
Extra people
- Rollaway beds available, charges may apply*
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Airport shuttle (available 24 hours) *
- Free train station pickup *
- Free valet parking
- Free area shuttle within 1 km
- Shopping center shuttle *
In the hotel
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop/café
- 24-hour room service
- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Fitness facilities
- Spa services on site
- Steam room
- Pool sun loungers
- Sauna
- Pool umbrellas
- Business center
- Meeting rooms 2
- Conference space size (feet) - 645
- Conference space size (meters) - 60
- Computer station
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built 2010
- Elevator/lift
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Terrace
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Bathrobes
- Slippers
- Iron/ironing board
- Washer/dryer
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Turndown service
- Premium bedding
- Pillowtop mattress
- Balcony
- Private bathroom
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Rainfall showerhead
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- 40-inch LCD TV
- Premium TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
- Microwave
- Kitchen
- Stovetop
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
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Special features
DiningZee restaurant - This poolside restaurant serves breakfast only.
AETAS residence - Bangkok,Thailand - Hotels.com 's small print
Also known as
- AETAS residence
- AETAS residence Aparthotel
- AETAS residence Aparthotel Bangkok
- AETAS residence Bangkok
- The Aetas Residence Hotel Bangkok
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Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
Children under 12 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool or fitness facility without adult supervision.
Guests under 13 years old are not allowed in the spa tub.
Parking height restrictions apply.
For transfers, guests must contact the property 72 hours prior to arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Optional extras
Breakfast is offered for an extra charge of THB 470 for adults and THB 235 for children (approximately)
Babysitting/childcare is available for an extra charge
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of THB 1500 per vehicle (one way)
Dial-up Internet access is available in guestrooms for an extra charge
Shopping center shuttle service is offered for an extra charge
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
What's around AETAS residence - Bangkok,Thailand - Hotels.com
- In Bangkok Central Business District
- Lumpini Park (23-minute walk)
- Siam Paragon Mall (29-minute walk)
- Pratunam Market (30-minute walk)
- Patpong Night Market (33-minute walk)
- Siam Square (35-minute walk)
- MBK Center (37-minute walk)
- Jim Thompson House (43-minute walk)
Getting around
- Bangkok (DMK-Don Mueang Intl.) 27-min drive
- Bangkok (BKK-Suvarnabhumi Intl.) 32-min drive
- Bangkok Makkasan Station 9-min drive
- Bangkok Hua Lamphong Station 10-min drive
- Bangkok Railway Station 12-min drive
- Chit Lom Station 15-min walk
- Chit Loms BTS Station 17-min walk
- Silom Station 26-min walk
- Free self parking
- Free valet parking
- Free area shuttle
- Free train station pick-up
- Airport shuttle (surcharge)
- Shopping center shuttle (surcharge)
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Building your own dealership site.
I had a debate with a dealer once because he felt it was best for dealers to outsource a coder and build their own website. My argument against it was to hire one of the website companies who specialize in building sites for dealers. My reasoning was that it takes a special focus on engineering to build a great site, and to keep up on the technology trends, tools, plugins and SEO that it takes to build and manage a great site. A dealership doesnt need this distraction, a dealership should focus on selling cars and leave the technology up to the technology people. Find good partners and nurture the relationship. Thats my advice.
I agree. For most dealers, partnering with a dealer website company is going to be your best bet. It's unlikely that most dealerships will need to develop their websites in-house. If you have a large/complex enough online operation to merit in-house development, be prepared to spend a significant amount of money on it. When it comes to web developers, you get what you pay for. Find good talent; people who live and breathe technology are going to give you a better product.
Not to mention the time suck of having to manage a technology R&D team while trying to run a store. You would also loose all the advantages of scale that the big companies have. All in all I dong thing it a good bet for most dealerships.
Still disagree with you, but we can agree to disagree... The challenge with ALMOST all of the automotive website vendors is that they build websites that look pretty much alike. I would rather have a different "look and feel" even if that means losing some SEO impact (although I would debate that because SEO is NOT the rocket science many make it out to be)... While it very well may be a "time suck," for some advanced dealers I believe building and maintaining one's own sites makes really good sense... Just sayin'
I'm stuck in the middle here. I agree with Tom in that everyone's website seems to always look the same (or very similar) and that, if you are able and have the staff, to build and manage your own website you would see monetary savings BUT I also agree with Jared in that if you DON'T have the staff with the "know-how", you're probably better off hiring a company to do it. I've seen some dealer websites that they created themselves (either truly by themselves or hired out as a one-time thing) and they looked horrible. You have to be unique and the website has to be pleasant to look at with easy navigation. If you can do that on your own, why not?
Great subject matter Tom. If you want a black and white answer, I think that it would be great for dealers to take creative control of their websites and maintain it themselves. The "cookie cutter" template based websites that MOST automotive website vendors have been shoving down dealers throats for years have resulted in a "same is lame" mentality from consumers as well. However, I'll say that the majority of dealers aren't ready to tackle a project as big as building their own website. Heck...most dealers don't even do a good job of maintaining their big box website that was created by an automotive website vendor. Just go to 10 dealer websites and click on the "SPECIALS" tab to see what I mean. 7 of 10 will say "No Specials Available". A sad but true fact.
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Ah, E3, otherwise known as 'video game Christmas' or 'the most wonderful time of the year' due to its glorious abundance of new shiny games to lust over is in just a few days. But what about the games that we missed out on? The Editor's award receiving, high review score garnering blockbusters that for whatever reason, we didn't get a chance to play? With the sequels to some of these cracking titles set to be revealed at E3's LA-based event in a few days, there's no better time than now to pick up the brilliant games that came before that further helped to cement as franchise's status as 'ace' and buy the games on a budget as Ubisoft's massive pre-E3 sale has now gone live. Find out more after the break.
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Sales Hit 11 Million
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag brought us the man with the plan, the big ol' boat and more tattoos than you can shake a Kat Von D forearm at after Edward Kenway's grandson, Connor Kenway, starred in a less than stellar turn in Assassin's Creed 3 which was a likeable but mediocre romp as the Native American protagonist took on everyone including America, Britain and even his poor old dad. AC3 was a bit rubbish (although I did like Connor Kenway who you lot apparently hated so maybe you'll disagree with me on the game's quality) but this didn't deter anyone from buying the next game as some mightily impressive Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag sales figures have been released by Ubisoft. Find out more after the break.
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Jackdaw Edition Announced by Ubisoft
Where there's a pirate captain with a thirst for rum and a penchant for golden booty (as well as a journey to free enslaved peoples and help rid the world of Templar presence), there's a way. A way to get you in on the Assassin's Creed fun that is, as Ubisoft have now announced the Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Jackdaw Edition, the definitive edition of the game that took to our consoles last year. This version of Edward Kenway's path from frivolous pirate captain to unlikely dogooder comes with more DLC and extra content than you could shake a Man O' War* at and if that comparison doesn't make any sense to you, read on and find out more about the Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Jackdaw Edition.
8 Games That Would Make Brilliant TV Shows
Video game consoles aren't 'video game' consoles any more, they're fully fledged media boxes, with TV shows, movies, games and music ready to sap away our free-time and attention like a leaky dam at the touch of a button and a flick of an analogue stick. We shouldn't have to decide between a quick gaming session or catching up on our favourite show when both are available in the same package. So with that in mind, what would happen if the two types of media merged and 20 hour gaming epics were whittled down to concentrated 40 minute bursts of television entertainment? It would be incredible, that's what. Read on to find out our top picks for the best games that would make brilliant TV shows.
Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry to Be Released as Standalone Title
"I was born into slavery, deprived of any right, of any faith. I was sold, traded for labour, forced to watch the suffering, treated like a beast and burden. With no future ahead of me, I forged my own and I knew blood would be the price". This is Adewale's tale, a man who escaped the hands of vicious slavers after being born into the slave trade to become Edward Kenway's right hand man and an esteemed member of the Jackdaw's crew. His story is an important one and it's being told in Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry, which is now being released as a standalone title, after a stint as DLC. Find out more after the break.
9 Huge Assassin's Creed Changes That Ubisoft Are Considering, According to Official Survey
Breathing fresh air into the Assassin's Creed series is what Ubisoft needs to do to keep the series original, because eventually, sticking yet more daggers into the backs of even more Loyalist Lobsters is going to grate on us. That's likely the reason why they've recently put out a survey asking players for their thoughts. But this isn't your average run of the mill 'did getting blasted to smithereens by a Man O' War in Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag make you cry like a wimp or spur you on?' as Ubi's suggested changes could be completely mind blowing or utterly disastrous for the series. Having taken the survey, I've rounded up the juiciest bits of info from it, which you can read about here.
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Accolades Trailer Boasts Review Scores
Have you yet to take interest in Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag's pirate antics and shanty singing? If incredible sea-based battles and the most rich, diverse landscape the series has ever seen aren't enough, Ubisoft have released the Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag 'Accolades' Trailer, to give you at least three good reasons to buy the critically acclaimed title. You can watch the video after the break.
7 Diverse PS4 and Xbox One Launch Games You Can Play Right Now
With new console generations brings new specs, the new scent of 'fresh console' (that they really do need to consider making an air freshener out of) and more new types of games than we can shake an upgraded processor at.
The PS4 and the Xbox One are now upon us and we're all eager to see what's changed. Specifically, have the cries for diversity in our games paid off? Or are we still subject to straight, white, male protagonists? Thankfully, those shouts have been of use and you can find our list of 8 diverse PS4 and Xbox One launch games after the break.
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Story Trailer Finally Offers a Look at the Plot
Think that last week's glimpse at Edward Kenway's tattoos in the game's TV spot was all that we'd get to see of the Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag story? Think again as Ubisoft's pirate themed sandbox epic is back to explain the historically accurate tale that will make up the game's plot.
In a brand new trailer from the game's publisher, we're learning about the Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag story from a trailer that can only be described as 'incredibly intriguing' and 'graphically delicious'. Main character Edward Kenway (grandfather of Assassin's Creed 3 protagonist Connor Kenway) is the pirate turned assassin at the helm of this fine and sturdy open world ship and the game fully intends on showing you just how he became the stealthy killer that we'll soon know him to be. It's likely as insightful as we're going to get before the game's release so it's definitely worth a watch after the break.
Click 'Continue Reading' to watch the Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag story trailer.
Assassin's Creed 4 : Black Flag TV Spot Invites You to Become a Pirate
Have you ever wanted to fight for your freedom? Have you ever wanted to be respected so much that even aristocracy take their hats off to you when you pass? Well then the plight of Edward Kenway, the protagonist of Assassin's Creed 4 : Black Flag might be just up your street as these are the very same principles that him and his ragtag bunch of pirate friends are sailing the seven seas for.
In a brand new television spot for the game, Ubisoft are revealing Kenway's morals from the peculiar medium…of his tattoos. Thought cheesy hearts with 'MOM' written across them were just for the 21st century? Think again. Kenway's tats actually tell a far more interesting tale than maternal love and as you'd expect from a TV ad, all of the main Assassin's Creed 4 : Black Flag features are shown off.
Unlike in its predecessor, Assassin's Creed 3, the main character can now dive, substantially, rather than the last game's 'diving' which was the equivalent of holding your breath in a paddling pool. Also depicted is the ship to ship warfare, which, after being one of the only parts of AC3 that people didn't criticise, has now been doubled down on and you can now direct your crew to attack opposing ship crews, whilst taking on other salty seadogs yourself to take the cargo from their vessels.
Click 'Continue Reading' to watch the Assassin's Creed 4 : Black Flag TV spot.


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SINGAPORE, Feb 22 (Reuters) - U.S. 10-year Treasuries slipped on Friday, giving back some of the gains made the previous day, when bonds rose on worries about Europe's economic outlook and data pointing to a tepid U.S. recovery.
* Ten-year notes fell about 3/32 in price to yield 1.986 percent. The yield rose 1 basis point from late U.S. trade on Thursday and pulled away from Thursday's intraday low of roughly 1.957 percent.
* Later on Friday, Treasuries could take their cues from a reading of German business morale, said Tomohisa Fujiki, interest rate strategist for BNP Paribas in Tokyo.
"If the numbers are poor, we could see a renewed acceleration in moves toward avoiding risk," Fujiki said. Such a heightening in risk aversion can give a lift to safe haven assets such as Treasuries.
To be sure, business confidence in Europe's biggest economy is seen likely to have improved this month. The German Ifo business climate index is seen ticking up for a fourth straight month to 105.0 in February, according to a Reuters poll.
* Treasuries had risen on Thursday as surveys showed an unexpected worsening in business conditions across the euro zone this month, undermining hopes the region might soon emerge from recession.
In addition, a raft of U.S. data on Thursday pointed to a still tepid recovery and supported the argument for the Federal Reserve to maintain its monetary stimulus.