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(NEW YORK) -- Bounce house injuries can quickly deflate a party. And according to a new study, they're on the rise.
More than 11,300 children were treated for bounce house-related injuries in 2010, double the number from 2008 and 16 times the number from 1995, according to the study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.
That "equals a child every 46 minutes nationally," wrote the authors from the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. "This epidemic increase highlights the urgency of addressing the prevention of inflatable bouncer-related injuries among children."
More than half of the bounce house injuries were fractures, sprains and strains, according to the study, followed by injuries to the head, neck and face. Falling was the most common cause of injury, followed by collisions with other jumpers.
The type and frequency of injuries lands the colorful castles next to trampolines in terms of safety concerns, according to the study.
"In 2012, the American Academy of Pediatrics reaffirmed its recommendation against any home or other recreational usage of trampolines and recommended use only as part of a structured training program with appropriate safety measures employed," the study authors wrote. "Policy makers must consider whether the similarities observed in bouncer-related injuries warrant a similar response."
The reason for the rise in bounce house injuries is unclear, but the study authors suggest a jump in popularity, as well as changes to their design might be to blame.
In June 2011, strong winds lifted three bounce houses off the ground at a youth soccer tournament in Oceanside, N.Y., injuring 13 children.
The study authors say the rise in injuries "underscores the need for guidelines for safer bouncer usage and improvements in bouncer design to prevent these injuries among children."
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Are you thinking about buying or renting a property in Purley? Located within the borough of Croydon, Purley offers a more affordable option than central London and good transport links into the city. You can get to London Bridge in less than thirty minutes, making the area ideal for commuters.
Other benefits include the schools, the open green spaces and Gatwick airport, which is just 15.3 miles away.
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Purley is well serviced by local transport links, with Purley and Purley Oaks stations on the London-to-Brighton railway line, and Reedham station on the Tattenham Corner Line.
Purley is a great place to live if you want good food on your doorstep. There are a number of highly rated restaurants, such as Bueno Aires Restaurant, which serves Latin cuisine, Las Fuentes, a Spanish tapas bar and Mekan, which serves Mediterranean food. And don't miss Dexter Burger, they serve the best burger in town.
Purley also has a number of local bar and pubs, although many residents go to neighbouring Croydon especially if you're into late-night clubbing!
Purley Leisure Centre is located on the High Street in the centre of Purley, and has gym facilities, a learning pool for young children, a swimming pool and group fitness classes. There's also Purley Downs Golf Club and Cumnor House School Sports Ground.
If the sun is shining in Purley, there are plenty of open spaces to choose from. The Roundshaw Downs are a 52.7 hectare Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation. There is also Purley Park, which often hosts funfairs, circuses and other attractions. And Riddlesdown Wood and Common, is a hillside of meadows and woodland that is open to the public all year round.
With central London just 16.1 miles away, you're never going to be short of world-class attractions to visit. Alternatively, if you'd like to stay in the local area, there's a cinema to the north of Purley, in Croydon. There's also Purley Way and Valley Park Leisure Complex, which has a Vue Cinema, bowling arcade and children's play centre.
Purley offers a number of large chains, including Tesco, Tesco Home and Laura Ashley Home.
Purley has a small, yearly music festival called Purley Festival. For the kids, there's a swimming pool at Purley Leisure Centre and Kidspace in Croydon, which is an indoor adventure park.
Purley Library is centrally situated and offers WiFi, free use of PCs and internet access, children's activities and reading and writing groups. There are also a number of health centres in South Croydon.
Purley offers its residents an impressive array of schools, with 22 primary schools and eight secondary schools within a one mile radius. There are three notable Catholic schools, two of which are in Peaks Hill, Surrey – The John Fisher School, a high-performing Catholic all boys state school (formerly an independent and then highly selective state school), Laleham Lea Primary School, a co-educational prep-school and Oakwood School, a co-educational Catholic primary.
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CONWAY, Ark.—In a game that was close throughout, with neither team ever leading by more than nine, the Birmingham-Southern women's basketball team lost on the road to Hendrix, 77-69, Friday evening at Grove Gymnasium in Conway, Ark.
The Panthers fall to 9-11 overall and 5-4 in the Southern Athletic Association; the Warriors also move to 9-11 with a 3-6 mark in the SAA.
The game started with the teams playing to five ties in the first six minutes, and stayed close throughout the remainder of the first half, with Hendrix leading 41-37 at halftime. The Warriors kept the lead for the rest of the game, although BSC kept things close, cutting the lead to one, 60-59 at the 6:38 mark, and never trailing by more than nine. It wasn't enough to overcome Hendrix, however, and the Warriors won by seven, 77-69.
BSC sophomore Kelsey Brown led all players with 19 points, and senior Elizabeth Bromirski recorded her seventh double-double of the year with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Brown also led with three assists, while junior Kayla Ford and freshman Jasmynn Batts were also in double-digits in scoring with 10 points each off the bench.
Hendrix held the rebounding advantage, 39-35, and BSC turned the ball over 16 times, once more than the Warriors. Hendrix also out-shot the Panthers from the field and from three-point range.
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Three decades ago, biologist Robert Edwards perfected a procedure called in vitro fertilization, bringing joy to millions of infertile parents who would not otherwise have been able to bear a child.
Not everyone was pleased with the progress. Leon Kass, who served as chairman of President George W. Bush's Council on Bioethics, argued that the risk of producing an abnormal infant was too great for IVF to be justified. When Edwards was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2010, the Vatican claimed the procedure "undermined the dignity" of human beings and ran contrary to the "child's right to be conceived" through marriage.
As far as I know, no product of IVF has claimed any human rights violation. Instead, more than 3 million children have been conceived by IVF, and their risk of birth defects is no greater than when a child is produced through sexual intercourse.
Now comes another new fertility procedure, and the religious and ethical objections are strikingly similar. Aided by a media intent on sensationalizing a technology that could free children of inherited diseases, detractors of so-called "designer babies" are quick to offer dire predictions of genetically engineered superkids and a brave new world of presorted, perfect embryos.
This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration held meetings to learn more about the procedure, called mitochondrial manipulation technology. Scientists believe it could help women who carry mutations for conditions such as blindness and epilepsy by ensuring the defects would not be passed on to their children.
The technology, nicknamed "three-parent IVF," involves taking defective mitochondria from a mother's egg and replacing them with healthy mitochondria from another woman. After being fertilized by the father's sperm, the egg would be implanted in the mother.
The potential is enormous. Just like embryonic stem cell research, the medical advancement could help relieve human suffering and pain. A woman whose eggs have mitochondrial abnormalities can have miscarriages, stillborn children, or sick infants unlikely to live past childhood.
So far, the procedure has been performed successfully in monkeys, and some scientists believe that there haven't been enough animal trials to proceed with human trials. That's a legitimate concern, and the FDA's job is to determine safety issues and not ethical ones.
In the meantime, though, let's try to refrain from knee-jerk, worst-case-scenario dread of something new. And let's ignore the slippery-slope hype offered by news anchors such as CNN's Ashley Banfield, who Wednesday wondered whether "Frankenbabies" would soon populate the planet and custody issues would clog the courts.
"I don't think we should be motivated by a fear of the unknown," Susan Solomon, chief executive of the New York Stem Cell Foundation, told The New York Times. "There are no designer babies here. We are trying to stop a horrible, horrible disease."
But that noble goal won't stop religious-based objections about how God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Eve and Eve. It won't stop those who claim that humans shouldn't play God, even though that same argument was raised after the first human kidney transplant in 1954.
There's a big difference between technology that could reduce birth defects, and genetic engineering intended to create beautiful blue-eyed little brainiacs. And there's a big difference between safety and sophistry.
As we ponder the potential and drawbacks of yet another medical breakthrough, it makes no sense to throw out the baby with the holy water.
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Hi Seppi,
are the sources for zedlock v0.1.0 available online? Please update the package on opkg.org, it seems to be broken.
zum Gruße ;-)
--ChrisPZV 06:39, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
it's a very long time ago I created the package but I will try to find the source and will upload it somewhere.
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A Riverside, Calif., entrepreneur has won a $17.5 million judgment from a former employer who broke into his personal computer because his boss suspected he was pilfering company secrets, court documents show.
Dallen Trealoff, who with his wife, Joanne, founded Eclipse Recreational Vehicles Inc. six years ago, was working as a sales manager for national RV manufacturer Forest River Inc. in 2002. According to court records, the company allegedly removed the hard drive from the laptop Trealoff owned, according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise.
Forest River, in turn, countersued Trealoff, alleging he was storing confidential information about Forest River with an eye toward starting his own company.
A San Bernardino County jury last week, after a seven-week trial, ruled in Trealoff's favor on almost all counts, and a Superior Court judge awarded Trealoff just over $17.5 million from Forest River and its president and CEO, Peter Liegl. The judgment includes $15 million in punitive damages.
Trealoff was hired in 1995 as sales manager for Elkhart, Ind.-based Forest River, which was then a start-up company. Working out of a factory in Rialto, he was in charge of developing a sales network in 11 Western states.
Forest River was bought out by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in 2005.
Trealoff said Forest River personnel did not deny helping themselves to his laptop, which included sensitive personal financial data.
According to court records, Trealoff used his spare time to develop a software program that kept track of Forest River's sales and production information, and that was what the company was after.
Trealoff said in an interview it was the only time in his long career in the RV industry he's been in a lawsuit, and his tenure with Forest River is the only time he's ever been fired from a job.
"Big business has a philosophy of putting an employee in court and making him spend the money on legal fees," Trealoff said. "But no boss should get to abuse an employee."
Liegl could not be reached to comment. One of his attorneys, Erin Donovan, said post-trial motions are being prepared and an appeal was likely. Donovan would not elaborate.
Forest River's countersuit entered into a gray area, especially in California, where attorneys who practice employment law agree that companies usually have a tough time proving an ex-worker used privileged information.
Jeff Tidus, Trealoff's attorney, said Trealoff never signed a noncompete agreement with Forest River, and he added no employer can tell a worker he can't use the information gleaned from years of experience.


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More than a century ago, Louis Pasteur said, "Chance favors only the prepared mind." By this he meant that sudden flashes of insight don't just happen— they are the products of preparation. Preparation, therefore, is the key to a successful and fulfilling scientific career. Whether you take the "traditional" academic route and become a professor or the "non-traditional" route and become a science writer, policy analyst, venture capitalist, etc., you should identify your career niche and prepare for it.
I trained as a graduate student and postdoctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health, but, at the same time, I did a lot of volunteer work. Because I enjoy doing outreach, especially to underrepresented groups, I gave presentations to middle and high school students, taught science courses at area colleges, wrote science curricula for my local church, provided laboratory supplies and gave presentations to students in Nigeria and mentored undergraduate students in my laboratory. One day, while I was a postdoctoral fellow, I read an advertisement for a science administrator position at the NIH and realized that many of the required duties and responsibilities were similar to the activities I already was doing. Thus, I decided to leave the lab and focus on science administration, incorporating my love of science and passion for training young scientists.
Currently, I work as a program official in the Minority Opportunities in Research Division at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. We administer research and research-training programs aimed at increasing the number of underrepresented minority biomedical and behavioral scientists. I get enormous satisfaction when speaking with students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty members and individuals in leadership positions at academic institutions across the country about our programs and their benefits. I often think, "I can't believe I get paid to do this!"
A career as a science administrator can take place in academia, industry or government. The NIH employs numerous science administrators to meet its mission of supporting research and training in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. The primary responsibility for planning, directing and managing the evaluation of these activities rests with health scientist administrators (HSAs). Typically, HSA duties include:
• organizing and managing peer-review groups to evaluate research proposals on the basis of their scientific merit;
• managing extramural research and research-training programs and identifying gaps in research and research training areas warranting either increased or decreased funding emphasis;
• developing funding opportunity announcements designed to elicit research and research-training grant proposals from the scientific community;
• providing technical assistance to applicants and grantees;
• conducting site visits to applicant and grantee institutions to determine the adequacy of research and research-training facilities;
• serving as a spokesperson for agency programs dealing with the scientific community, Congress and other federal agencies.
Typically, HSAs attend graduate school, do postdoctoral training, obtain faculty positions and create well-established laboratories before transitioning to science administration. Thus, they have both an appreciation for and the ability to work with faculty applying for research and training support. However, there are other means, albeit much less common, of transitioning to an administration job at the NIH. For example, I did not have a faculty position before entering program administration. Instead, my first-hand knowledge of the NIH helped me to land the job. However, people coming from outside the NIH with only postdoctoral research training experience may find it more difficult to transition to a HSA position before establishing a lab. Furthermore, regardless of the type of organization you join, the likelihood of getting a position increases with postdoctoral research training, as the experience, in part, is designed to develop your independence and leadership skills.
The first step to preparing for an administrative career in science is conducting a self-assessment to determine the activities you enjoy, the skills you possess and the skills you lack. This information can help you determine whether a science administration position is right for you. You may want to ask family members, friends, colleagues and mentors to describe your strengths and weaknesses to help facilitate your assessment. Armed with this information, look at the position descriptions in science administration career postings. Are the duties and responsibilities appealing? Do you currently perform or have you performed some of the required duties?
You may surprise yourself and find that you posses the skills employers are seeking. First, science acumen is paramount: You must demonstrate competence in science and have proof of what you have contributed to your field of study. Other desirable skills that science administration recruiters seek include the ability to communicate effectively, leadership and management skills and the ability to work effectively and cooperate with others. Do you have these skills? Well, you may have them and simply not realize it. For example, if you've mentored people in the lab, ordered and organized lab supplies and equipment, organized data clubs, journal clubs or other seminars or worked with collaborators on research projects, you probably possess leadership, management and team-player skills. Other ways to obtain these skills include taking leadership or management classes, teaching science courses, editing research papers or grant proposals, attending career advice workshops and speaking with science administrators about their job duties.
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Now that you know what a scientific administrative position might entail and you know the skills involved, conduct your self-assessment to see if that career is for you. If so, try to acquire the training and skills you need to transition to a science administration position. The shift in focus from your specialized research area to guiding decisions that affect the allocation of research and research-training support is definitely achievable if you prepare yourself.
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In his childhood Leonard had a serious illness and, though his recovery was complete, he was not sent to school. Mr J Griffith, of Jesus College, himself a well-known Oxford mathematician with a strong interest in elliptic functions, noticed Rogers' marked mathematical ability, and taught him during his boyhood.
In 1879 he was elected to a Scholarship in Mathematics at Balliol College, and he matriculated in October, 1880. Besides first classes in the Mathematical Schools, and the Senior and Junior Mathematical Scholarships, he took a second class in Classical Moderations in 1882, and the degree of Bachelor of Music in 1884.
In the period 1888-1919 he was Professor of Mathematics at Yorkshire College, now the University of Leeds. A serious illness obliged him to retire in 1919. He made a remarkable recovery, however, and returned to live in Oxford, where he continued his mathematical work, did a little teaching and examining, and increased his fame as a gifted musician.
Rogers was a man of extraordinary gifts in many fields, and everything he did, he did well. Besides his mathematics and music he had many interests; he was a born linguist and phonetician, a wonderful mimic who delighted to talk broad Yorkshire, a first-class skater, and a maker of rock gardens. He did things well because he liked doing them. Music was the first necessity in his intellectual life, and after that came mathematics. He had very little ambition or desire for recognition.
Rogers is now remembered for a remarkable set of identities which are special cases of results which he had published in 1894. Such names as Rogers-Ramanujan identities, Rogers-Ramanujan continued fractions and Rogers transformations are known in the theory of partitions, combinatorics and hypergeometric series. The Rogers-Ramanujan identities were discovered in the papers On the expansion of some infinite products, Lond. Math. Soc. Proc. 24, 337-352; 25, 318-343 (1893/94) and published in 1894, and rediscovered by S A Ramanujan in 1913 and I Schur in 1917 (cf. [2], [4], [6], [9]). We can quote Hardy who wrote in 1940 on page 91 of [2]:
The formulae have a very curious history. They were found first in 1894 by Rogers, a mathematician of great talent but comparatively little reputation, now remembered mainly from Ramanujan's rediscovery of his work. Rogers was a fine analyst, whose gifts were, on a smaller scale, not unlike Ramanujan's; but no one paid much attention to anything he did, and the particular paper in which he proved the formulae was quite neglected.The above neglect can be gauged by the fact that in 1936 the future Fields Medallist, Atle Selberg, published a "generalization" of the Rogers-Ramanujan identities which turned out, in fact, to be another special case of Rogers' original result.
Ramanujan rediscovered the formulae sometime before 1913. He had then no proof (and knew that he had none), and none of the mathematicians to whom I communicated the formulae could find one. They are therefore stated without proof in the second volume of MacMahon's "Combinatory Analysis".
The mystery was solved, trebly, in 1917. In that year Ramanujan, looking through old volumes of the Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, came accidentally across Rogers's paper. I can remember very well his surprise, and the admiration which he expressed for Rogers' work. A correspondence followed in the course of which Rogers was led to a considerable simplification of his original proof.
The Rogers inequality was proved in 1888 in his paper An extension of a certain theorem in inequalities, Messenger of Math. 17 (1888), 145-150. The inequality
Rogers published over thirty papers in mathematics.
Article by: Lech Maligranda, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden.


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Friday, September 30, 2011
Facebook is Deciding What We Should See
I discovered recently that we need to click the upper right hand corner of status updates to control our News Feeds. This is what you'll see:
Notice all the new settings, particularly - All updates, Most Updates and Only Important? Facebook is deciding for us what we shall see. I have been going in and changing the setting to All Updates for people I don't want to miss.
I did an experiment where I went to the wall of one of my Facebook friends. I noticed that she posted a link 30 minutes earlier. When I went to my News Feed her post was no where to be found. The problem is the option box that you see above is not available when viewing a post on someone's personal wall. It's only available from the News Feed. If I can't find her in the News Feeds then I can't change the setting to subscribe to All Updates.
I'm getting a bit frustrated with Facebook. I'm finding that I need to actively visit certain people's walls so that I don't miss their posts.
If anyone knows the way to fix this please let me know. I'd like to get my friends back!
I've just discovered that you can get to the same options by clicking the subscribed button in the upper right hand corner of your screen (see below). This is visible from your friends' walls. I'm still not convinced this is going improve what I can see.
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I've been noticing this too Marian and it's really frustrating. I have lost a lot of interest in Facebook because of it.ReplyDelete
One way that I have found is to open a list say family. Then in the upper right corner there is a button, MANAGE LIST, this opens a drop down list where you can add people and also chose the update types,(this take two clicks). long and laborious but will allow you to see your friends and their posts.ReplyDelete
Try moving to Google +!! This way you can add the genealogists to your circle and see their posts as they update. You can create a separate circle for family and friends. Facebook is trying so hard to compete with Google + and instead they're frustrating everyone and driving them away.ReplyDelete
Ah, it wasn't my imagination, I've been thinking there hasn't been much activity on Facebook lately, but clearly I'm not seeing everything.ReplyDelete
I'd like to know how they decide what's important. My mom called the other night asking what I did to my hair. Apparently, a post had showed up on her news feed in which I was complaining about my husband not noticing my hair was a different color. It took a few minutes for me to figure it out, but I finally remembered posting that over a year ago.ReplyDelete
Really, they expect us to go through all this nonsense?? Really??? Not happening here, not right now, have to wonder if I will ever do all this silly stuff to use FB effectively again. FB, it just ain't looking good for you.ReplyDelete
This is just one more reason why I am saying buh-bye, facebook! Hello, Google +! Can not stand the new changes and I have lost patience with learning the latest Zuckerburg trick.ReplyDelete


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ANDERSON, S.C. – The Georgia College softball team (8-4) gave No. 20 Anderson University (11-1) its first loss of the season and ended their 11-game win streak Saturday at Smethers Field. The Bobcats dropped the first contest 7-5, before winning 7-3.
Two key innings in the first game decided the contest. Collectively in the third and sixth innings the Bobcats recorded four runs and eight hits, however it would be the five runners left on base that would make the difference in a game Georgia College out-hit its opponent, 9-8.
Sophomore Kristen Brooks (Brunswick, Ga.) did all she could to spark her team going 2-for-3 that included a home run that started a third-inning rally with the Bobcats down 5-0. Senior Whitney Horton (Acworth, Ga.) also had a pair of singles as five different Bobcats scored. Freshman pitcher Faith Flanders (Dublin, Ga.) took the loss in relief of sophomore Marisa Boyette (Marietta, Ga.).
Game 2 saw the Bobcats rally in the fifth and sixth innings after falling behind 2-0. This time Georgia College would get all its runs and hits in consecutive innings. Seven different players would score as the Bobcats registered eight hits highlighted by junior Kristen Humphries' (Columbus, Ga.) three-run homer to left center that chased starting pitcher Augie Pena and gave the Bobcats a commanding 7-2 lead in the sixth.
Flanders added a pair of hits, as did winning freshman pitcher Carly Lewis (Seymour, Tenn.). Lewis went the distance getting five strikeouts and allowing six hits in seven innings. She went 2-for-3 at the plate including a double and scored a run.
Georgia College next hosts Brevard College in a doubleheader at the Peeler Complex Tuesday, Feb. 25 beginning at 3 p.m.
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The home of former Palo Alto city manager Frank Benest was destroyed in a three-alarm fire Saturday.
Benest's teenage daughter Leila Rose and a friend were inside the two-story house at 2257 Bryant St., which the city partially owns, just before noon, when they smelled smoke, according to Deputy Fire Chief Catherine Capriles of the Palo Alto Fire Department.
Leila Rose went to investigate and found the laundry room filled with smoke and fire. She and her friend left the home and called 911.
Firefighters arrived to find the kitchen and most of the first floor engulfed, according to Capriles. Crews managed to knock down the fire on the first floor but it had spread to the second floor by then.
The attic was also found to be on fire when a ventilation hole was opened in the roof.
Santa Clara County and Mountain View fire departments were called to help fight the fire.
Embers blew onto the shake roof of an adjacent home at 2277 Bryant St. and ignited a second fire, according to Capriles. A woman and two dogs were evacuated from the home while crews extinguished the flames.
Benest's home was ultimately left uninhabitable, but damage to the second home was minimal and limited to the roof, according to Capriles. The cause of the first fire is under investigation.
No injuries were reported, a fact that Capriles attributed to the quick actions of Benest's daughter and her friend.
The city owns 57 percent of the home Benest bought for $1.6 million in 2001 after he moved to Palo Alto from Southern California. The city also gave him a $500,000 loan, which has an interest rate of 5.5 percent or the city's portfolio rate plus one-quarter percent, whichever is lower.
The home is now worth more than $2.6 million, according to Zillow.com.
In 2005, the City Council approved changes in Benest's employment agreement that allowed him to live in the home from his retirement until 2017, or until his two children leave Palo Alto schools. The agreement also called for the city to pay its share of the property taxes.
Benest, who stepped down as city manager in 2008, receives an annual pension of about $176,440, according to a public employee salary database compiled by the Bay Area News Group.
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Without the ability to use normal search engines, at this point, for locating family in the 1940 Census, I found that having relatively good Citations really helped me find folks in these images that can be scanned. I knew where to look.
I posted a number of posts on my genealogy database management software:
I was able to use my 1930 Data, to locate the Enumeration District for the 1940 Census. Using the Steve Morse Unified 1940 Census Tool, the identification was easy.
I used the Residence Fact for this tool. As you can see, I generated a printout, by Location, and the residence fact included the Enumeration District NUMBER so I could easily mark this page when I looked at the 1940 Census Tool. That is where I started. Who knew, who might have moved.
The Citation information, would verify for me, the ED #, Page Number, and Line Number from the 1930 Census.
That first entries Citation looks like this:
1930 U.S. census, Chester county, Pennsylvania, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 3, page 1-A (stamped), lines 8 to 11, Birmingham, Wilmington Pike – Family 3, John Marshall Highley, digital image, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, (http://www.ancestry.com, 12 April 2012), NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 2019, Image: 34.0; FHL microfilm: 2341753
Within my genealogy database software, I can easily see the 1930 Census image, if I need to look at the image. For example, to verify who might have been in the household in 1930, but not in 1940.
Finding the image for 1940 may have taken a few minutes, but I had a very good start.
Here is the Citation for this person in the 1940 Census.
1940 U.S. census, Chester county, Pennsylvania, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 15-3, page 3-A (stamped), Birmingham, lines 31 to 34, family 49, J Marshall Highly; digital image, Archives.gov (http://1940census.archives.gov: accessed 04/06/2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 3467
So, when the 1950 census comes around, I have a great starting point.
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Camden International Film Festival kicks off, features 70-plus films
CAMDEN, Maine (AP) � Documentaries about a Maine organic milk company and a now-defunct lobster processing venture are among the films featured at this year's Camden International Film Festival.
The four-day festival kicks off Thursday with a showing of "Betting the Farm," the story of a group of Maine dairy farmers who formed their own milk company. The showing will be followed by an opening-night party.
In all, more than 70 feature and short films will be shown in Camden and Rockland. The festival includes a two-day conference where independent documentary filmmakers can network, attend panel discussions and workshops, and pitch their films to broadcasters and distributors.
Another Maine documentary, "Downeast," focuses on a Massachusetts man's unsuccessful efforts to open a lobster-processing plant in eastern Maine.
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The Iranian government made a video of the British sailors and marines it is holding hostage, and showed it on Iranian state television. I assume it is likely to be played on other Middle Eastern stations as well, if it hasn't been already. The British have protested the video; a report is here.
The video features the one woman who was seized, Faye Turney. It is, as you would expect, creepy:
Here are some excerpts from the letter by Turney that is depicted in the video:
I have written a letter to the Iranian people to apologize for us entering into their waters.
This "confession" is the main point of the video.
I am being fed 3 meals a day and have a constant supply of fluids.
I would guess that the letter was dictated by someone who speaks English very well, but not exactly in the idiom of a British sailor.
Hopefully It won't be long until I am home to get ready for Molly's birthday party with a present from the Iranian people.
As I said, creepy.
UPDATE: There is a vigorous discussion of these events going on at the Forum; follow the link below. A reader noted this article in The Independent, titled "US troops 'would have fought Iranian captors'":
A senior American commander in the Gulf has said his men would have fired on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard rather than let themselves be taken hostage.
In a dramatic illustration of the different postures adopted by British and US forces working together in Iraq, Lt-Cdr Erik Horner – who has been working alongside the task force to which the 15 captured Britons belonged – said he was "surprised" the British marines and sailors had not been more aggressive.
Asked by The Independent whether the men under his command would have fired on the Iranians, he said: "Agreed. Yes. I don't want to second-guess the British after the fact but our rules of engagement allow a little more latitude. Our boarding team's training is a little bit more towards self-preservation."
The executive officer – second-in-command on USS Underwood, the frigate working in the British-controlled task force with HMS Cornwall – said: " The unique US Navy rules of engagement say we not only have a right to self-defence but also an obligation to self-defence. They [the British] had every right in my mind and every justification to defend themselves rather than allow themselves to be taken. Our reaction was, 'Why didn't your guys defend themselves?'"
The same article suggests that "British intelligence had been warned by the CIA that Iran would seek revenge for the detention of five suspected Iranian intelligence officers in Iraq two months ago but refused to raise threat levels in line with their US counterparts."
Another reader linked to this commentary by Tammy Bruce, which questions the seemingly ready cooperation of the British hostages with their captors. Some may think it harsh, but I believe that Tammy accurately sets forth the traditional expectation of soldiers who are captured in combat:
People are already claiming she did not write the letter. That is belied by the fact that she has given this interview, saying essentially the things she says in the letter. Is she under pressure. Yes, of course. But the question becomes, exactly how much pressure is required to get a British sailor to cooperate with the enemy these days?
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Look forward to ideas.
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I also try to buy organic citrus fruits and only organic peanuts (and peanut butter) since they are heavily sprayed.
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Dear Jeff,
While wishing you a Happy New Year, I am sending you a video analysis of mine I released yesterday:
I am sure you realize that if, as you say,"that's how it was given to us" (the WNYW FOX5 9/11 footage), the question is: WHY did FOX's Dennis Swanson give you a truncated / blanked out version of their very own 9/11 footage? What exactly is going on here? And what does this say about your 9/11 TV archives credibility?
Thanks for a kind reply.
Simon Shack
SmokingGunII wrote:Simon - the chopper screenshot above with the blob; How many seconds from impact is that allegedly taken?
Equinox wrote:
full link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTnkljzg-9c
Farcevalue wrote:Equinox wrote:
full link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTnkljzg-9c
Isn't the perspective if the towers way off in this wide shot? Did they really loom like that over the rest of the buildings? In the tight shots the heights look much more similar.
Also, do smoke clouds hang together for miles? That's a lot of smoke....
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My new video about the whole WNYW FOX5 affair:
full link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls0CRXEVO34
The very first all important 58 minute archive clip, shows the initial 15 minutes of the broadcast whereafter which it goes blank for 43 minutes!
Verify this for yourself,
So just what 9/11 Imagery does Rupert Murdoch not want us too see?
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Sun Scholars over at Come Together Kids, I wanted to include some of Lily's handwriting. Instead of using a sharpie to create the notebook lines, the pocket is made from the same stitched notebook fabric that I posted about here. The words are simply written using a permanent fabric marker.
Lily wrote out one of the verses to Raffi's "All I need is a song in my heart" which happens to be one of our family's favourite songs, but also a song which she performed at the graduation ceremony.
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Minutes before a gunman opened fire in a Los Angeles International Airport terminal last fall, killing a security screener and wounding three other people, the two armed officers assigned to the area left for breaks without informing a dispatcher as required.
The Los Angeles Airport Police Department officers were outside Terminal 3 when authorities say Paul Ciancia opened fire with an assault rifle in an attack targeting Transportation Security Administration officers, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. The officials requested anonymity, saying they were briefed on the shooting but were not authorized to speak publicly about the ongoing investigation.
As terrified travelers dived for cover, TSA officers — who are unarmed — fled the screening area without hitting a panic button or using a landline to call for help. It took a call from an airline contractor to a police dispatcher, who then alerted officers over the radio — a lag of nearly a minute and a half, the officials said.
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When the shooting started, the two officials say one of the armed officers assigned to the terminal was at or just outside an adjacent terminal. One of the officials said the officer was on a bathroom break and the other foot-beat officer was in a vehicle on the tarmac outside Terminal 3, headed for a meal break.
The new details about the whereabouts of the two officers come as authorities review the overall response, including whether emergency medical personnel were forced to wait longer than necessary to remove Hernandez so he could be taken to a hospital. The AP earlier reported that Hernandez did not receive medical care until 33 minutes after he was shot. A coroner's release said he was likely dead within two to five minutes.
Departmental procedures require that officers notify a dispatcher before going on break and leaving their patrol area in order to ensure supervisors are aware of their absence and, if necessary, a relief unit can be brought in to cover their area.
Airport police union chief Marshall McClain said the two officers assigned to Terminal 3 still were in position to quickly respond to the shooting. He said he'd spoken with both and confirmed one was "going to the restroom or coming back from the restroom" and the other was headed out on a meal break but still within his patrol area.
"He hadn't gone on break yet. He was going to go on break," McClain said. What typically happens is, "if you're going to go on a lunch break, you get to your location and you tell them that you're there." Officers often do this in order to maximize their lunch break so they don't lose time while traveling.


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Bruce sent in a link to this cool picture of a very old display in this 1901 picture (top of the tallest building in the picture). It looks to be a primitive 16 segment display. The building is The Great Coal Mine, Coney Island. I wonder what the display was used for? Below you can see the modern version of this display.
"The Great Coal Mine was a 1,500-foot-long dark ride that enabled visitors to travel on coal cars through several levels of a dimly lit simulated mine. It opened in 1901 on the north side of Surf Avenue at West Tenth Street, was not very popular, and was soon replaced by L.A. Thompson's Oriental Scenic Railway."
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They're also know as starburst displays; the Speak and Spell uses them.
Interesting 🙂 I wonder when the '16 segment starburst display' was patented?
This is a total Photoshop! The close up shows IC chips, and is obviously a modern photo – the vehicles in the picture are horse-drawn. IC's were many, many decades later.
The company I worked for years ago used large, electronic displays that drove solenoid operated segments that were brightly colored and illuminated for use in truck scale application. This allowed the driver to see the weights from their vehicle cab.
Lew *cough* 'Below you can see the modern version of this display.' *cough*
You can tell by the power lines its old guys. there is a post card on ebay that's color that you can see it as-well.
Not sure what (or if) they used it for on the ride, but I would guess that a real mine could use it as railroad signals, perhaps they just included it for accuracy?
In this particular location on the building it could be used for nothing else but advertising. But even though I don't believe it could actually be a dynamic display (they probably had to patch every message manually with cords), it is darn impressive! I had no idea people thought of segmented displays this long ago. I guess, it really isn't exactly rocket science, just never occurred to me they had the need. But here's an illustration of the need, too: how would you like to climb ontop of the roof every time you need to change the message?


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This is the first recipe I tried on my October Cookbook Challenge and it was so good I had to share it with you. As with most smoothie recipes this takes no time at all to make so is perfect for a fast, delicious and nutritious breakfast. It is so creamy I'm also going to try freezing it for ice lollies/ popsicles which I just know everyone in the family will love.
Serves 3-4
225g/ 8oz strawberries, trimmed and cut in half
1 banana, roughly chopped
140g/ 5oz natural yogurt
1 ¼ cups/ 300ml milk
1 tbsp honey or to taste
Simply put all of the ingredients into a blended and blitz until it is smooth, creamy and delicious! Perfect for breakfast or a morning snack and great for when you are in a rush and need something to go.
*This recipe is part of my October Cookbook Challenge and was taken from The Meat Free Monday Cookbook.


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Darkrai (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky)
Darkrai (Japanese: ダークライ Darkrai) is the true main antagonist of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. Though he mainly appears in the post-ending plot, he is revealed in the end to have orchestrated the events of the entire game.
Although normally genderless, this Darkrai is referred to as a male; however, during gameplay it is treated as genderless.
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Darkrai first appears disguised as Cresselia in the player's dreams, telling them that they are causing a distortion in the fabric of space that could plunge the world into darkness and never ending nightmares. He tells them this is because they came from the future and thus shouldn't exist in this place and time. When Azurill falls into a never ending nightmare, Wigglytuff's Guild has the player and partner go to find a reformed Drowzee to send them into the young Pokémon's nightmare to find out what's wrong. There, they encounter Cresselia, who tells them the same as the player was told in the dreams as well as blaming them for Azurill's nightmare and tries to destroy them but is interrupted by Drowzee and flees.
The partner is discovered to be having similar dreams, only being told it was because they'd been to the future and came back that's causing the distortion. Now very confused and upset, they decide to go see Palkia for an explanation. However, before they can do so, Palkia arrives in their base and takes them to its domain, the Spacial Rift. He then attempts to destroy them, claiming they're distorting the fabric of space. The two manage to defeat it in battle, however, it then becomes trapped in a nightmare. Cresselia then takes them into Palkia's nightmare where he tries to destroy them using Palkia, who he told the team was purposely distorting space. Before Palkia can finish them off, a second Cresselia arrives and exposes the first "Cresselia" to be Darkrai, who she'd been pursuing for a long time. Darkrai then tells them that he was the one distorting space. Darkrai escapes but offers them the chance to stop him at Dark Crater.
Cresselia reveals to the team it was Darkrai who was behind the near destruction of Temporal Tower and the dark future the player came from. He was seeking to make a dark world that he could rule as his own. Although the player and their partner do cause a distortion, it is not large enough to be a threat on its own. Darkrai wanted to try to destroy the team because they stopped his last plan and stood in his way. She is concerned that Darkrai's challenge may be a trap, as he normally flees when confronted, but the group decides to travel to Dark Crater with Cresselia to stop him.
At the bottom of Dark Crater, they confront Darkrai, who reveals it was him that caused the player's memory loss and transformation into a Pokémon, by attacking him and Grovyle in the time stream. Despite this, the team prepares to battle Darkrai but he offers them the chance to join him and rule the world. It appears the partner takes it, having given up all hope of defeating Darkrai. However, when the player realizes how uncharacteristic the partner's actions are, they attack Darkrai, revealing it was a nightmare induced by Darkrai. Darkrai summons a group of Pokémon to assist him in eliminating the group but it proves to be useless.
Following their victory over Darkrai and his followers, Cresselia moves in on the defeated Darkrai to finish him off but Darkrai tries to escape through a Dimensional Hole. Though he is unsure of where, or even when, it will take him, Darkrai is confident that he'll be able to complete his plan in another place and time. Right before Darkrai can enter the Dimensional Hole, Palkia arrives to end Darkrai's meddling once and for all. Tired of Darkrai's threats to the fabric of space, Palkia attacks the Dimensional Hole right after Darkrai enters it, shattering it.
Darkrai is not killed but like the player, has his memory erased and is moved to somewhere else in the world. With his thoughts of world domination erased by this, Darkrai is left to wander the world. He can be encountered in several places after this, similar to other Pokémon players can find in a dungeon. He can be recruited after this.
Darkrai is a dangerous and cunning foe, preferring mind games and deception using his nightmare powers to outright battle. He also showed a great deal of planning, even preparing an escape route in the event the group defeated him in the final battle. He appears to be somewhat cowardly, as Cresselia says he normally flees if he's confronted and when finally confronted for the final showdown, he summons his minions to assist him instead of fighting them alone. He is evil and has dreams of world domination, not caring if he has to destroy all of space and time if he must, so long as he gets a dark world to rule in the end. After his memory is erased by Palkia, he is reformed into a good and noble being, due to his evil personality being erased in the process, giving him a second chance at life.
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I have not posted (on my Facebook page) anything political in the previous months leading up to the election on Tuesday. I voted. That's it.
I was raised in a "blue" state by "blue" parents (although I did not know what their political affiliation was while I was growing up. They allowed me to make my own free choice when the time came for me to register to vote the first time.) I just recently moved to a "red" state. As I have grown and learned over the years, I find that I am not totally "blue" or "red" but some shades and hues of purple. I cannot align myself with either side 100 percent. I see the good on both sides. That being said, I see the bad on both sides as well. This country needs to pull
together as one, united. Stop all the politicking and mud-slinging. Stop all the negative thoughts. Now, more so than any other time in our history, is the time to pull together and show the world what America is made of. We are strong, intelligent, innovative, imaginative, and proactive people that can and will stand together. We have problems that need to be solved, both here and abroad. We no longer live in a world that is not affected by decisions made by other nations around the earth. So yes, we need to start solving some difficult problems here, which will hopefully affect other nations in a positive manner. We need to lead the way. We need to show the world that living in a democracy, where we, the people, can and will produce a better world. We need to listen to and learn from each other before making the same mistakes. Bi-partisan politics - that's a novel thought.
Let's stop being totally red or totally blue - let's blend our differences into a shade of purple. What is absolutely best for one, may not be absolutely best for all. We need to find what is best for most and lend a helping hand (not just a giving hand) to the least. We need to pull together, stand tall and proud and show the world that we are leading the way.
Whether you are "Red," "Blue" or some shade of purple, like me, let's do this right and do this now. Stop the whining and/or gloating. Your vote did matter on Election Day. A loud message was sent to Washington.
This was not a landslide win or embarrassing loss for either candidate. It was as tight as they get. I know many of you reds and blues and purple agree that you are not happy with the Electoral College. But, for whatever reasons, our forefathers voted to conduct our presidential elections this way. Have we out grown this? Maybe we have. Now is the time to grow up and grow together as a nation.
Many of you may think you know which candidate I voted for and many of you would be surprised by who I actually chose. I am not saying either way. The important thing to note is that I voted. A privilege that was not available to my great-grandmothers.
We know we are the best nation in the world, let's show the world what we can get done now. God bless you and God bless the USA.


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"best family vacation"
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This Beautiful 12 storey building is located at the best beach at the South end of Cancun Hotel Zone by Playa Delfines. Between Hilton Cancun and Royal Resorts. 15 minutes Cancun's International Airport.
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"best family vacation"
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I was on vacation at the resort with my family so it was a warm and a love filled holiday for me, everyone enjoyed it including my parents and my sister. At check in, there was a little misunderstanding but it was sorted out immediately and before you know it, everyone was in their rooms and that was all about check in. I loved how the reception staff presented themselves, they kept apologizing for the misunderstanding and kept assuring us that things will be sorted out soon and kept us calm until everything was okay, that is professionalism. The rooms we finally were given had ocean views but we were charged extra money but my parents didn't mind as it was explained properly to us. The beach area here was something else, it was beautiful, the pool area was also as beautiful. They have 3 huge infinity pools that were always filled with people, I and my sister loved the pools but my parents preferred to stay off water during our stay. They have a swim up bar that was pretty cool since I and my sister were adults; it was fun for us the whole time with a couple of nicely mixed drinks. The barman was more than capable and talented, he knew his job well, and he is the best mixologist I have met. There was just so much to do when it comes to activities that have been planned out; it was really a great experience for us.
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Spent seven days (7/10/11 - 7/17/11) Met our two grown children and their spouses, ages 39 and 43, and a total of seven grandchildren, ages 8 to 16, and a son-in-laws parents, for a total of 15 people. The hotel was chosen because of the availability of a family style room that sleeps five or more. Traveled a scheduled Continental Airlines from Cleveland to Cancun, on time with no problems. Apple Vacations arranged transport from the airport to the hotel, again no problems other than a 30 minute wait for the van to show up.
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Check in was smooth with no problems. We arrived at 12:30 and room was not supposed to be available until 3:00. Apparently they were overbooked as we were offered a free upgrade to the Grand Parnassus and future stay voucher. We declined since our children and grand children were already at this hotel, and the Grand Parnassus is about a 10 minute ride away. We we returned at 3:00 the room was ready and bags were quickly delivered to the room.
Room was adequate, nothing special. Noise from the Hilton air conditioner next door was audible but not offensive. Odd number rooms would have been quieter but did not have as good a view of the ocean. Rooms were adequately cleaned, but bed linens and bath towels need updated to better quality. This is the first all inclusive we have been to that did not have a mini-bar in the room. However, 24 hour room service was offered.
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Bars were OK. House beer was Dos Equus. Service was fast and good. Restaurant service was very good, but food choice was lacking in the buffet, the same food choices every day. Specialty restaurants were never over crowded, and reservations were not required. All restaurants lacked original Mexican food. Ate twice at the Grand Panrassus (adults only) which was very good. Free shuttle van between the two hotels
Beach was great, one of thebest we have been to in Mexico. Plenty of beach chairs and palapas. Breaking surf at the beach was a little strong at times. Pools left a little to be desired, expecially the swim up bar. Very young crowd that drank too much. Some even vomited in the pool.
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For only being 6 years or so old, hotel needs lots of updating. Hotel was clean, but showing some wear and tear, chipped and cracked tiles, paint going bad, etc. There were a lot of unaccompanied 18-21 year olds from South America. They were there to party and were very noisy when returning to their rooms about 2am or 3am. Probably would not stay at this hotel again.


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Music is a huge part of a lot of people's lives.
The rise of Apple's iTunes, the iPod, and even the iPhone has allowed anyone to carry thousands upon thousands of songs right in a pocket. There haven't been many challengers that stood a chance, until Spotify arrived in the U.S. a few years ago.
Spotify and iTunes each have individual benefits making it often difficult to choose between the two.
If you prefer physically owning your files then iTunes may be for you, but if you want access to a ton of songs at any time then maybe Spotify is worth a shot.
Here's what you should consider when choosing between iTunes and Spotify:
Song selection:
iTunes maintains over 28 million songs across almost any genre. Apple sells individual songs or full albums for roughly the same price through iTunes. After you pay, the songs are yours to keep and you can do what you like with them. There is no fee to access iTunes.
With Spotify, users have access to over 20 million songs from almost any genre. Users don't own songs, but can stream them as many times as they want. Premium users that pay $9.99 per month can download songs to smartphones, tablets, and computers.
Spotify is much more social than iTunes, it also has the added benefit of its own free app store. Users can download apps that recommend new songs to check out and apps that tell you when your favorite artist is coming to town. But you still need to pay a monthly fee to get some of Spotify's best features.
The bottom line: iTunes wins this round simply because it has more songs available. Fans of owning music and burning it to CDs or saving the files to an external hard drive may also see iTunes as a better fit.
iTunes is free to use, but if you want to listen to a full song you have to buy it. But before you buy you can listen to a 90-second preview. Albums can be bought in full or individual tracks can be downloaded. These songs are yours to keep. Albums range from approximately $7.99 to $13.99. Individual songs range from $0.99 to $1.29.
For $29.99 per year you can add your entire music library to the cloud. It's called iTunes Match and allows you to listen to songs that you've already purchased on your iPad or iPhone without having to sync with a computer.
Spotify works just like iTunes, except you don't need to buy any songs. All you do is pay a monthly fee to use the service. It's $4.99 per month for desktop-only access and $9.99 per month to use the desktop app and mobile app for your smartphone.
The bottom line: If you spend more than $120 per year on music, you should consider trying out Spotify's premium service. But if you spend less than $120 per year on music, picking and choosing what your want via iTunes may be a better option. You also get the added benefit of owning the songs and can listen to them whenever you choose with or without the internet. But because Spotify has whatever you want on demand we like it as a better option.
Audio Quality
iTunes songs are available in a format called AAC, which is better than MP3 in terms of quality. Files can also be downloaded in the MP4 format too. iTunes AAC files are encoded at 256kbps, this is good quality. There is only one music service that encodes at a higher quality and that is Google Music, which encodes at 320kbps.
Spotify streaming quality is a little tricky. If you are a premium user and using a desktop you can listen to songs at 320kbps which is very good quality. Unfortunately if you are a non-iPhone mobile user then your songs will only be available at 160kbps and when compared to iTunes that's not very good.
The bottom line: If you are a audiophile and demand the best quality music you can get your hands on, iTunes is the way to go.
The Verdict:
The decision boils down to if you actually want ot own your music or if you are all right with simply streaming it and downloading it for offline listening.
Besides allowing users to download full albums and individual songs, iTunes also provides digital booklets reminiscent of old CDs and even has music videos available too.