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Which phone has the best battery life? Galaxy S4 vs Xperia Z vs HTC One vs iPhone 5 infographic
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1. hateftotti (Posts: 218; Member since: 03 May 2011)
Actually I read this article 20 days ago!!!
But it is not bad to remind haters S4 is the king :)
2. pyradark (Posts: 895; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)
for now lol!!!
4. tech2 (Posts: 3487; Member since: 26 Oct 2012)
Yes for now ! Later it'll be replaced by Note 3 :P
11. pyradark (Posts: 895; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)
If Note 3 has the "WOW" factor, then grab the crown, coz they deserve but if "NOT" hahahaha I feel sorry for sammy
12. Tsepz_GP (Posts: 1110; Member since: 12 Apr 2012)
Samsung have plenty cash in the bank, loads of other lucrative businesses, a great amount of control in hardware production etc.... Don't feel sorry for them, they'll be perfectly fine ;) rather feel sorry for companies like Sony, Nokia, Htc etc... Who barely make any money. Even Sony's CEO said they don't have much money, feel sorry for them.
21. jackhammeR (Posts: 1548; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
you should feel sorry for yourself as you give them your or your parents cash.
23. pyradark (Posts: 895; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)
Well, they have billions but they dont used it to make premium phone like their laptop, i starting to feel sorry for sammy as they are starting to lose money once the note 3 is an epic fail
24. zero1 (Posts: 12; Member since: 17 Jun 2013)
Sammy haters go charge ur asses quickly
28. Potao.rises (banned) (Posts: 29; Member since: 08 Jul 2013)
On GSM Arena HTC One topped the chart with longest internet browsing time followed by iPhone.
So haters are probably laughing.
3. Tsepz_GP (Posts: 1110; Member since: 12 Apr 2012)
No surprises here, GS4 is the benchmark for 2013 flagships in almost every area and has proven over and over again why Samsung are the No. 1 Phone and Smartphone manufacturer, despite all the haters.
Thoroughly enjoying my S4. :)
14. sbw44 (Posts: 433; Member since: 04 Dec 2012)
What would have happened to Samsung if Nokia made android?
16. Tsepz_GP (Posts: 1110; Member since: 12 Apr 2012)
They'd probably lose a few customers, nothing major. Nokia would probably become the No.2 Android maker after Samsung.
19. katuss (Posts: 11; Member since: 18 Feb 2013)
actually bro most of the Samsung users are X Nokia users so i think Nokia would have dominated it they had joined Android from the begining anyhow we can never know
17. Jason2k13 (Posts: 1420; Member since: 28 Mar 2013)
no one can predict the future, if nokia joins android and shows off their hardware, other companies will step up aswell especially samsung who has billions to spare.
5. Genersis (Posts: 219; Member since: 29 May 2013)
Hmm, Seems to match the mAh of their batteries pretty closely.
The Nexus doing better than the HTC One due to lower drain components.
The Lumia 920 is an anomaly, it drains like crazy even though 2000 mAh seems respectable for its display and specs. I wonder if Windows Phone 8 is power inefficient...
6. Arman (Posts: 47; Member since: 08 Jul 2013)
260 minutes for iphone internet ??? seems legit.. Im very sorry for the source(which.co.uk) because its obviously an advertising infographic with wrong data.
iphone 5 LTE battery is over 480 minuts and for wifi its above 10 hours.. same for HTC one.. ONE has more than 9-10 hours of battery life for wifi.. and more than 7 hours for LTE
8. alterecho (Posts: 1106; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
Thought something was fishy with those charts.
10. Arman (Posts: 47; Member since: 08 Jul 2013)
yep. 2 truth and one lie in between.. the classic strategy to conceal a lie..
seriously its a shame for a journalist to post such a wrong data. people can go to websites like anandtech.com or engadget or gsmarena .. or whatever to see that iphone and ONE are the best smartphones in terms of internet battery life..
my problem is their numbers.. seriously!! 260 minutes??? only 4 hours for iphone??? the industry standard for internet browsing battery life for both wifi and LTE??
15. alterecho (Posts: 1106; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
Just cross checked and Phonearena needs to pull down this article!
The iPhone 5's battery performs considerably better here:
And these readings don't match those with GSM Arena's:
31. Stuntman (Posts: 843; Member since: 01 Aug 2011)
These articles don't measure the same thing. The laptopmag article measures web browsing on LTE which is different than on 3G. The PhoneArena article uses 3G. The GSMArena article does not mention what type of connectivity (3G/LTE/WiFi).
The talk time as measured by GSMArena is 522 minutes. That is close to the PhoneArena article which is 499 minutes. Also, the phones that are compared are not the same save for the iPhone.
32. alterecho (Posts: 1106; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
Since LTE is supposed to drain more power, the 3G should provide higher battery runtime. Which still means the results here seem to be skewed.
34. androidfanboy (Posts: 162; Member since: 24 Jun 2013)
Apple fanboy
18. katuss (Posts: 11; Member since: 18 Feb 2013)
it depends on the connection strenth so it may be true
7. MachidoDen (banned) (Posts: 202; Member since: 30 May 2013)
again HTC one is left behind
9. _Bone_ (Posts: 2155; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
The S4 winning like a boss, and that WITHOUT video playback time, which is AMOLED territory.
13. roldxx (Posts: 50; Member since: 27 Mar 2013)
charging time is a function of the charger -_-
20. justsayit (Posts: 256; Member since: 09 May 2013)
how about optimus g pro? :P
22. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
So now youre talking bout the Xperia z pa? GS 3 actually have the biggest battery. Xperia z 2nd as always HTC battery sucks in last place
26. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10457; Member since: 14 May 2012)
The GS3 has a bigger battery... Have you not seen the battery capacity of the S4 or One yet?
25. horsecock (unregistered)
S4 Bitches!!!!

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PODs and HR sensors
Pair your Suunto Ambit3 Peak with Bluetooth® Smart compatible bike, foot and Power PODs to receive additional information during exercise.You can pair up to five PODs at a time:
- three bike PODs, these can be speed, distance and/or cadence bike PODs, but only one can be connected at a time
- one foot POD
- one power POD
The Suunto Smart Sensor included in your Suunto Ambit3 Peak package (optional) is already paired. Pairing is required only if you want to use a different Bluetooth Smart compatible heart rate sensor.
Pairing PODs and HR sensors
Pairing procedures may vary depending on the POD or heart rate (HR) sensor type. Please refer to the user guide for the device you are pairing with your Suunto Ambit3 Peak before continuing.
To pair a POD or heart rate sensor:
- Activate the POD or heart rate sensor. If you are pairing a Suunto Smart Sensor, see Putting on Suunto Smart Sensor.
- Keep pressed to enter the options menu.
- Scroll to Pair with and select with .
- Scroll the options with and and press to select a POD or heart rate sensor to pair.
- Hold your Suunto Ambit3 Peak close to the device you are pairing and wait for Suunto Ambit3 Peakto notify that pairing was successful. If the pairing fails, press to retry, or to return to the pairing setting.
If you pair a power POD, you may need to define additional parameters in your Suunto Ambit3 Peak. These include, but are not limited to:
- Left crank or Right crank
- Left pedal or Right pedal
- Rear dropout
- Chainstay
- Rear wheel or Rear hub
Using foot POD
When using a foot POD, the POD is auto calibrated by GPS at short intervals during exercise. However, the foot POD always remains the source of speed and distance when it is paired and active for the given sport mode.
Foot POD auto calibration is on by default. It can be turned off in the sport mode options menu under Activate, if the foot POD is paired and is used for the selected sport mode.
For more accurate speed and distance measurements, you can manually calibrate the foot POD. Perform the calibration on an accurately measured distance, for instance, on a 400 meter running track.
To calibrate foot POD with Suunto Ambit3 Peak:
- Attach foot POD to your shoe. For more information, see user guide for the foot POD you are using.
- Choose a sport mode (for example Running) in the start menu.
- Start running at your usual pace. When you cross the starting line, press to start the recording.
- Run a distance of 800–1000 meters (about 0.500–0.700 miles) at your usual pace (for example two laps on a 400 meter track).
- Press when you reach the finish line to pause the recording.
- Press to stop recording. After stopping the exercise, save the log by pressing . If you do not want to save the log, press . Scroll with through summary views, until you reach the distance summary. Adjust the distance shown on the display to the actual distance you ran with and . Confirm with .
- Confirm the POD calibration by pressing . Your foot POD has now been calibrated.
If the foot POD connection was unstable during the calibration exercise, you might not be able to adjust the distance in the distance summary. Make sure that foot POD is attached properly according to instructions and try again.
If you are running without a foot POD, you can still get running cadence from the your wrist. Running cadence measured from wrist is used together with FusedSpeed (see FusedSpeed) and is always on for specific sport modes including running, trail running, treadmill, orienteering, and track and field.
If a foot POD is found at start of an exercise, running cadence measured from wrist is overwritten by foot POD cadence.
Calibrating power PODs and slope
Suunto Ambit3 Peak automatically calibrates your power POD when it finds the POD. You can also calibrate the power POD manually at any time during an exercise.
To manually calibrate a power POD:
- While you are in a sport mode, keep pressed to access the options menu.
- Stop pedaling and lift your feet off the pedals.
- Scroll to Calibrate Power POD with and select with .
Suunto Ambit3 Peak starts calibrating the POD and indicates if the calibration succeeded or failed. The bottom row of the display shows the current frequency used with the power POD. The previous frequency is shown in parentheses.
If your power POD has an auto zero feature, you can turn this on/off through your Suunto Ambit3 Peak.
To set auto zero on/off:
- After the calibration is completed, press .
- Set auto zero On/Off with and accept with .
- Wait until the setting is completed.
- Repeat procedure if setting fails or power POD is lost.
You can calibrate the slope for power PODs that use Crank Torque Frequency (CTF).
To calibrate the slope:
- After the power POD calibration is complete, press .
- Set the correct value according to your power POD manual with and accept with .
- Wait until the setting is completed.
- Repeat procedure if setting fails or power POD is lost.


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stubby wrote:You were inb4beluga.
Silverdream wrote:I don't understand why your average Redneck Pwny should get five supernatural dice. I'd rather spend the cp on more pwnies.
I don't mean to sound like a kissass but Arkbrik had simple yet elegant rules for the pwnies.
Warhead wrote:my head burns with War.
You are correct, I wont deny that. But on super natural dice, if you have 3d6 for example, you can roll for range once (unless you get a crit it may as well be CC) and then you have 2d6 for damage, which is basically any above average weapon, and that would probably be more cost-effective and have longer range. I hope you see my point, any offense is useless without at least 5d6. besides, who uses CP anyways?IVhorseman wrote:Sam just flips his shit over huge dice piles. Haven't you all caught on to this by now?
Arkbrik wrote:Dude. Telekinesis is how you kill stuff with supernatural dice. With 2d6 you can lift an enemy into the air, shift them an inch, and drop them on another enemy, possibly smashing them both.
Otherwise you can add one or two dice to the Horny Pwnie's natural bolt to get a UR 4/5 Rng 6" Dam 2d6/3d6 weapon.
IVhorseman wrote:Sam just flips his shit over huge dice piles. Haven't you all caught on to this by now?
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26:50... ACE. then here comes the negative energy from Derek.... then plays a good point and tighens up for the winner just hitting it out. that pressure of winning is what my game does to players. Breaks Them!
and to put alcohol on a open wound at 27:40 backhand Miss-hit lob winner.
( this happens again to derek when we play the broken wooden squash racquet vs graphite tennis racquet tie breaker for $10....and after reviewing the video i think i won that tie breaker. )
at 27:58 i remind him of his net cord winner in the first set.
at 29:11 is a perfect example of defensive tennis. Derek has me running all over the place. and I am pretty much hitting everything back hard. Derek advances forward but i don't really go for a winner. I am not in position to go for one. but when he comes in he leaves a small opening at his feet which i can hit with my backhand and do. still its no winner, but that was my first attack to prevent him from scoring = defense. if Derek would have gotten the ball over it would have floated and bounced high, then it would have allowed me to go on the offensive.
at 36:40
three consecutive aces
OMG! I've never heard so much yacking during a match in my life. Yack-yack-yack! Which reminds me of a joke by Pat Summerall a few years back during a Becker/Edberg match. The legend is that Becker and Edberg were playing a few practice sets, and, after over an hour of play Edberg hits a great stop volley to which Becker replies "good shot." Edberg, who was on his way back to the baseline, stops, turns and asks: "do you want to play, or talk?" Badaboom!
oh you must have missed the first part.
read this first then this thread will make a better viewing.
I'm not sure which part you wanted me to read. I did see where DerekD rates himself as a 5.0 level player. No offense to Derek, but, I don't think so. Around here, 5.0 level players include former D1 college players and former Futures and Challenger level players with ATP points and rankings. Derek looks like a fine rec level player, but, not at that level. That's why I'm not a big fan if the NTRP system. The USTA description of the ratings bear little resemblance to the players actually playing at these levels.
Well, there's that difference between the original written definition by the USTA and then the USTA players changing that definition partly through the practice of sandbagging. College level, former Futures and Challenger level players should've rated themselves 5.5 or above, but for the sake of winning a trophy, they lower their rating.
I am not a fan of the NTRP system either. Using a numerical system from 1-7 is bound to fail. Better use a video or full narrative description of background, technique, etc..
There's also the problem of there being no 5.5 level tournaments or leagues. I don't know how it is in other parts of the country, but, around here, if you want to play NTRP, 5.0 is as high as it gets. After that, there's men's open. But, a 40+ year old who may be a genuine 5.5 level player isn't going to have much success against the mostly under 25 year olds in men's open.
derek is a 5.0, but old now. I have gotten better im around 5.5(or 6.0 if i train.) im 35. and between 5.0 5.5 & 6.0. at dereks age and being a 5.0 he will have plenty of success against younger players who are not 5.0
but consider this. lets say that derek is a 5.5 or a 6.0 but because of his age he drops a level to a 5.0, he will still beat other 5.0's even if they are younger. but not consistently. he will beat 4.5 younger guys like cake.
mens open varies, you can get a good draw. FL is the Same as NYC. as in PLaying wise. maybe off set by the amount of open players.
Let's put it this way, this year I'm playing on a 40+ 4.5-5.0 team (the new USTA age group format). Our usual #1 singles player, 41 years old, was formerly 600's ATP. And there are more at his level. Just sayin'.
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All-in-all a solid product that is worth the money and time to build. I would definitely recommend but only wish there were a few more options to add a little more variety.
I've been going nuts making paper terrain lately and have ordered probably 30 3d paper models from this site including most of Dave Graffam stuff (awesome), Fat Dragon stuff etc. but these amazing hills just blew my mind with their ingenious design. I had a blast assembling them and spent 5 hours straight at it having a ton of fun. It's really clever how the designer put these things together and the textures were kick ass. Love it!
Awesome!!, This is what i was looking for some time ago. Many variants of great textures, let you ambient the lanscape for any rpg or wargame. Great work!!


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Dr. Abusaleh Shariff is the Chief Scholar at the US-India Policy Institute, Washington D.C, USA. He is an economist and demographer, works on various aspect of human development and inclusive growth He was a Senior Fellow/Chief Economist with the National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi between 1994 and 2012. He was on the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India 'Committee for the Consultations on the Situation in Andhra Pradesh' during 2010. He was on sabbatical / lien appointment as a Senior Research Fellow with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) from March 2008 to March 2010. His research focus at IFPRI is in the areas of food and nutrition security, social safety nets with a special focus on rural and agrarian communities in Asia; labor markets and income diversity. He was member-secretary of the now well know PM's High Level Committee report on Muslims in India, also known as Sachar Committee Report.
He has over 30 years of consistent record of academic research in the field of development economics, rural development, human development, demography and health economics, food policy and nutrition, poverty studies, labor and social security, social sector budgetary analysis and micro-impact of economic reforms. He has undertaken a number of large scale evaluatory representative sample surveys in India. He was a recipient of the Rockefeller Foundation International Family Fellowship to undertake research at Economic Growth Centre of Yale University, USA during 1991-2. He has secured a PhD (1986) from Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Dr. Shariff has worked extensively on various empirical dimensions of poverty especially the impact of economic reform on employment, income vulnerability and food security. He prepared a methodology to undertake the `Program / Project Sensitivity Analysis of the UNDP Funded Interventions to promote Sustainable Human Development', in 1995. He prepared district level profiles entitled 'Poverty, deprivation and levels of living in Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal' in 1998 for DFID-India office. He prepared at the instance of FAO, Geneva and the Association of Food Marketing for the Asia–Pacific Region, Bangkok, a report - Food Security for Sustained Poverty Alleviation in the Asia–Pacific Region: The Forgotten Gender Dimension in 2003.
His empirical research focus on social-group analysis influenced the Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh, who appointed him as the Member-Secretary of a Committee for the preparation of a report on the 'Social, economic and Educational status of the Muslim Community of India'. This report was tabled in the Indian Parliament in November 2006 and currently is a source of extensive debate on inclusive development in India. His consultative work on establishing linkages between macro economies, health and education outcomes, human development and human rights in Sudan and Maldives has been well appreciated by the United Nations System.
He was selected as one of the India Today Magazine 'faces of millennium (Economist)' in January 2000 issue. He is on the 25 identified in the Outlook Magazines' Alternative Power List (23rd April, 2007 issue) as a recognition of his ability to influence public policy in India. He has published 8 books and over 100 research articles in refereed journals and seminar proceedings. He is a panelists on various Indian TV channels and has been interviewed and quoted in magazines of high repute such as the Times of India, Hindustan Times, New York Times, The Economist, Financial Times of London, La Monde, Paris, Washington Post, India Today and Outlook. He was a member of the award selection committee of the Global Development Network in its annual meetings held in Senegal in 2006 and also a member of numerous official committees of the Government of India. He has addressed a number of professional bodies such as the Annual Global Development Conference at Dakar, the Global Forum for Health Research in Mexico City, World Health Organization at Geneva, UN Headquarters in New York and the World Bank Headquarters at the Washington DC, Harvard University, Duke University, Cambridge University, Oxford University, University of Maryland at College Park, London School of Economics, and many other universities both in India and abroad. Being an expert on various issues of development economics, rural development and demography he evaluates a number of proposals seeking funds, evaluate and asses PhD theses and reviews a number of journal articles for example for World Development. He has been an advisor to a number of graduated students in India and abroad. Abusaleh Shariff has deep interest in understanding causes and mechanism to alleviate vulnerability amongst people who living rural and remote areas. In this context he has recently completed a study of the impact of food price inflation on the vulnerable communities in India. He is also involved in policy level debates with respect to appropriate mechanism to target benefits to the poor through public works programs, direct supply of food products to women, children and to pupils through school feeding programs. He is on the Planning Commission/UNDP panel working on the role of conditional cash transfers to achieve higher human capital formation of girls in India.
Selected Publications: He has authored and edited 7 books from the Oxford University Press, (one more authored and other edited volumes are in press with OUP). Rural INDIA: Human Development Report (June, 1999, pp. i - xiii and 1-370) is the first human development report for India, and is a landmark methodological and empirical reference material. The most recent (March 2007) book State, Markets and Inequalities, edited jointly with M. Krishnaraj, pp784, is published by the Orient Longman Press. A jointly coauthored book entitled India Human Development Report: at the Beginning of the Millennium is in press with the Oxford University Press, New Delhi. He is instrumental in finalizing the Government of India Prime Minister's High Level Committee report entitled 'Social, Economic and Educational Status of the Muslim Community in India (November 2006)'. Selected journal articles and book chapters are listed below:
'Rural Income and Employment Diversity in India during 1994 and 2005', Journal of Developing Societies, 25(2):165-208, June 2009.
'Assessment of Outreach and Benefits of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme of India', Indian Journal of Labor Economics, 52 (2):243-268, June 2009.
Handbook of Muslims in India: Empirical and Policy Perspectives; Edited jointly with Rakesh Basant; January 2010, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
India Human Development Report: at the Beginning of the Millennium, jointly with Sonal Desai, Amaresh Dubey, B.L. Joshi, Mitali Sen and Reeve Vannaman (forthcoming in 2009), Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
Growth and Equity in India: Does governance matter', jointly with Adity Pany in Shylendra H. S (ed.), New Governance and Development: challenges for Addressing Poverty and Inequality, New Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2009
Preliminary Evidence on Internal Migration, Remittances and Teen Schooling in India', jointly with Valerie Mueller, IFPRI-DP 00858; Washington D. C, 2009. (accepted for publication in Contemporary Economic Policy).
'Contributions of the Informal Rural Sector: Structure and Share of State's Rural Household Sector' Indian Association of Social Science Institutions Quarterly, 15(3): 89-110, 1997.
Antipoverty Programs in India: Are they pro-poor?, jointly with Kirit Pakikh and Mahendra Dev, in Ashok Gulati and Shenggen Fan (eds.) The Dragon and The Elephant: Agricultural and Rural Reforms in China and India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press. 2007
Rural non-farm employment in India: Access, incomes and impact on poverty, jointly with Peter Lanjouw, Economic and Political Weekly, 39(40), October 2004.
State-adjusted public expenditure on social sector and poverty alleviation programs, Economic and Political Weekly, 37(8), Feb. 2002). Re-edited and published as "Indian public expenditures on social sector and poverty alleviation programs during the 1990s, Oversees Development Institute - Working Paper 169: September 2002.
'Human Development in India During Last Century;' Yojana (National Planning Commission) Vol. 51, August 2007 - Special Commemorative Issue to celebrate 150 years of Indian First War of Independence; pp51-61.
'Employment and Wages in India: Pre and Post Reform Scenario', The Indian Journal of Labour Economic, 42 (2):195 – 216; April - June, 1999.
Dynamics of food intake and nutrition according to expenditure classes in India since 1973, jointly with A. C. Malick, Economic and Political Weekly, 34(27) July 1999.
Determinants of child heights in Uganda: A consideration of the selection bias caused by child mortality, jointly with Namkee Ahn, Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 16(1), 1995.
Mother's education effect on child health: an econometric analysis of child anthropometry in Uganda, jointly with Namkee Ahn, The Indian Economic Review, 30(2), 1995).
Socio-Economic and Demographic Differentials between the Hindus and Muslims in India', Economic and Political Weekly, 30(46), 1995).


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Silvio O. Conte
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Born to Italian immigrants in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, he represented Massachusetts's first congressional district for seventeen consecutive terms.
Conte attended Pittsfield Vocational High School, graduating in 1940. He served in the United States Navy from 1942-44, during World War II, then attended Boston College under the G. I. Bill, and went on to receive a law degree from Boston College Law School in 1949.
Conte returned to Pittsfield and immediately turned his attention to politics. Conte was elected to the Massachusetts Senate in 1950 and served from 1951 to 1958. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1958, defeating James M. Burns, a professor at Williams College. Conte was appointed to the House Appropriations Committee, a seat which he would keep for his entire congressional career.
Conte was known for taking care of his district, which covered most of Western Massachusetts. He helped to win defense contracts for the General Electric plant in Pittsfield. An avid fisherman and environmentalist, he introduced legislation to bring back Atlantic salmon to the Connecticut River .
The Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge in Turners Falls, Massachusetts is named in his honor. He also secured funding for a polymer research center at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. The Silvio O. Conte National Center for Polymer Research at UMass Amherst was named in Conte's honor, as was Building 49 of the National Institutes of Health. The National Archives located on Dan Fox Drive in Pittsfield is named after Conte, and West Side Elementary School in west Pittsfield was renamed Conte Elementary School after his death.
Conte never lost an election. He is somewhat infamous for wearing a pig mask in a 1983 press conference, as a protest against pork barrel spending. Although a member of the Republican Party, Conte was known as a liberal. Conte voted against U.S. involvement in the 1991 Gulf War. The future Speaker of the British House of Commons, Betty Boothroyd, worked for him briefly in the early 1960s.
Congressman Conte died at age 69 of prostate cancer in Bethesda, Maryland on February 8, 1991, and is buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery in his home town of Pittsfield.
He was survived by his wife Corinne, and their four children. John Olver, a Democrat, succeeded him in Congress.
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Anyone who knows me knows that I have no lack of opinions or positions. I am rarely swayed by popular opinion, non-issues, or negative campaigns.
While watching the Republican National Convention on PBS last week, mention was made of a Pew Research Center political party quiz. I decided to take it – perhaps it would help me decide where I belong politically. You may want to try it too – it's just 12 questions.
The initial results were no surprise – my views are most closely aligned with the "average independent" – I was right smack in the middle. But I thought that odd, as I selected "strongly agree," or "strongly disagree," on most questions. (Again, I tend to have opinions.) So I dug further.
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Most of all, I believe that everyone is entitled to their own opinions. When did our political parties (and their candidates) become so polarized in their views? The problem with the Pew political party poll (and perhaps with our two party political system) is that it's missing an axis. Individual beliefs (at least mine) can't be accurately characterized on a single left-right dimension. Where do you fall?


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Along the shore on Friday there has been minor beach erosion following the afternoon's high tide according to the Jersey Shore Hurricane News Facebook page.
Inland areas, meanwhile, have received heavy rain as the bands move from east to west off the ocean. Overall, the rain from the nor'easter has not been as heavy as anticipated. "It's definitely not going to be a steady rain event, it's going to be more periods of rain," Valerie Meola, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Mount Holly told the Star Ledger. "It's going to be cloudy, drizzly, kind of misty much of the time. We're not really going to be seeing the sun much at all."
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February 15, 2013 - On March 18, the SPLM will hold an extraordinary convention to pass the basic documents required for it to be registered as a political party, such as the manifesto, constitution, code of conduct, internal and financial regulations. This meeting is expected to be proceeded by the meeting of the Political Bureau on February 14 and the National Liberation Council on March 11.
These meetings will also set the agenda of how the SPLM will democratically govern and provide leadership. Another convention, to be held in May, will be a litmus test of how the SPLM will put into practice its basic documents, elect its new leadership and prepare an election agenda that will cherish democratic governance.
In early October 2012, I attended a high-level workshop in Italy, hosted by the Brenthurst Foundation and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, under the theme "From Liberation Movement to Government: past legacies and the challenge of transition in Africa". More than nine case studies of countries that are governed by liberation movements were discussed in this workshop. They included South Africa, Zimbabwe, Eritrea, Uganda, Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania and Ethiopia. I was asked to make a contribution on how to implement the lessons of transition from liberation to government in Africa's newest state.
The liberation struggle, whether armed or non-violent, has proven to be one of the effective ways of bringing political change in the world. Africa in particular provides many inspiring cases of liberation movements that fought prolonged and often painful struggles, with great heroism and often at great cost, in order to achieve the liberation of their people from oppressive
In some rare cases, this resulted in the establishment of a new state, as in the case of South Sudan. But in most cases, it resulted in reforming the existing state. It is always anticipated that such change will provide the basis for a viable government. The trend in Africa seems to suggest otherwise as limited number of liberation movements have succeeded to transform themselves into a viable national government.
Prof. Christopher Clapham of Cambridge University started the workshop with a paper titled: 'The Curse of Liberation'. He highlighted the virtues of liberation movements as well as their challenges in governing. He identified a common pattern that seems to be the same across various liberation movements. Prof Clapham smartly and analytically showed that the very virtues of liberation movements pose real challenges for providing a viable government.
One of the virtues of victorious liberation movement is that they inherit from the struggle a powerful sense of legitimacy. In fact these liberators have risked their lives for the cause, and have come to power with a living memory of the selfless sacrifices of their comrades who have died. With such sacrifices and legitimacy, they have the right to run the new government.
Besides this sense of legitimacy, the liberators bring into government ideals and values such as a common purpose, commitment and discipline that shaped their liberation struggle. Also the success of most liberation movements is that they are people-centred and grassroots-based so as to ensure the support from ordinary people on whose behalf they were fighting.
Despite these noble virtues, Prof Clapham argued that all liberation movements have experienced enormous difficulties in making the transition from the struggle to government. These problems according to Prof. Clapham are structural, rooted in the experience of struggle and common to every liberation movement. On top is the mindset of the liberators as they assume a sense not only of the rightness of their cause but of their entitlement to the power that follows.
Prof Clapham argued that it is very hard for liberators to recognise that anyone else could have any equivalent right to rule as their selfless sacrifices in the struggle confer a virtually permanent and exclusive claim on state power. When liberation movements are in control of state power, Prof. Clapham observed that there is a temptation to use that power to repress dissent, while reliance on popular support can frighteningly swift to reliance on organised state power.
Another problem faced by liberation movements is the fact that waging a liberation struggle is completely different from running a government. While fighting a war is an enterprise with a single and clear goal to achieve victory that calls for unity, commitment, discipline and top-down structure of command and control, running a government is an exercise with multiple and competing goals that require consensus-building in setting agendas and identification of priorities. Subsequently, the rigidity that is dictated by the liberation struggle may not be appropriate in running a government that requires a high level of flexibility.
Other challenges faced by liberation movements include the difference within its ranks between pragmatists, power seekers and ideologists, as well as rivalries between those "in", who have gained important positions, and those "out" who were left out of the new government. Interestingly, Prof. Clapham observed one universal pattern where the top leadership is strengthened with a new group of individuals, personally associated with the leader but without the same credentials from the struggle and at the expense of other leading figures in the movement. Because of these problems faced by the liberation movements in government, some voices started calling for the second liberation from liberators after the first liberation from colonial and racist governments.
On the basis of this account, I used some indicators to assess the implications for the SPLM in governing South Sudan. The statistics of the population living below the poverty line and income disparity indicate that most liberation movements have not been successful in fighting poverty and inequality. Also using the corruption perception index, most liberation movements have not been able to combat corruption. Based on civil liberties and political rights index, most liberation movements have not been successful in creating a free political environment.
The long list of challenges in transforming a liberation movement into a government is not intended to convey a sense of hopelessness. On the contrary, it provides a solid basis for addressing them. This would require, as mentioned by Greg and Herbst in their book titled "Africa's Third Liberation", a new liberation from political economies characterized by graft, crony capitalism, rent-seeking, elitism and social inequality.
Although it is too early to judge the performance of the SPLM in the transition from liberation struggle to government, some early indicators strongly suggest that the SPLM is at the early stage of being affected by the "curse" of liberation. Various reports and internal evaluations indicate that the SPLM is depleting its political capital and losing its grass root support.
After the series of meetings, the SPLM is expected to become more united, firmer in championing democratic transformation and capable of winning the Third Liberation. They should do so with a clear agenda of making the people of South Sudan feel freer, safer, more secure and more able to feed themselves, educate their children, access clean water, health services and jobs.
Considering the history of the SPLM, the selfless sacrifices of its martyrs and the country's enormous resources, the SPLM cannot let down the people of South Sudan. SPLM has no other option but to secure for them a better and more prosperous future.
The author is a Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School. He can be reached at email@example.com
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When it comes to more traditional media, anchor text links have always been a sticky issue. However, the journalism profession is coming under increasing scrutiny of late for a number of reasons, including the:
- Increasing backlash against low quality syndicated content.
- Propensity for large media to simply recycle a lot of press release material (churnalism).
- Adjunct of media-activity-meets-search-results-quality in the recent Panda update.
Here is some advice on how (and when) to approach the press with an anchor text objective. Also, we'll examine why this is becoming more difficult, what is happening in journalism and public relations (both pre- and post-Panda), and how this may impact you.
Crafting a Well Written, Tailored, Newsworthy Press Release vs. the Churnalism Backlash
As recently as a few months ago, I would've argued that writing a good, individually tailored, and newsworthy press release was perhaps one of the best ways to ensure your content (including anchor links) would appear on a traditional media site. It has been quite common in the past for even extremely high-profile media to reproduce large chunks of press release material, proving to be a great bonus for search engine optimization (SEO) professionals as well as PR.
On the flip side, this leads to swathes of replicated content all over the internet, plus a decline in investigative standards.
Media Standards Trust recently launched a website, Churnalism.com, which allows the user to paste chunks of content into a "churn engine," which compares the text against a database of articles from the UK press and BBC, providing a "churn rating" output. The Guardian were given access to Churnalism.com pre-launch and found "that all media organisations are at times simply republishing, verbatim, material sent to them by marketing companies and campaign groups."
While I would still advocate using the press release as a medium to communicate a story to press, my point is that there is increasing focus on quality in the media. Syndicated and replicated content is now firmly under scrutiny and drawing criticism.
Consumers want interesting, original, informative content. It's good that we're seeing search engines seek to downgrade farmed content, at the same time as a spotlight on related poor quality content, from those that control and disseminate.
The PRD (press release distribution) Industry and the Panda Update
At a Social Media Week event in early February, I saw Rob Shepherd, MD of UK based global press release and online news specialists Press Dispensary, speak about the importance of creating newsworthy, bespoke press release content for distribution. At the time of the event, Google had just announced algorithmic changes were coming, to combat duplicate and low quality content, specifically content farms (this was the Panda update warning shot).
Shepherd maintains that Press Dispensary had always advocated creating tailored press releases to be distributed to quality sources. When we spoke, Shepherd told me that in the past Press Dispensary had actually lost business by refusing to distribute identical press releases to content farms, so strong is their position on this.
In today's climate, this message is now somewhat justified. Shepherd maintains that we get the best results in terms of both message and links "by creating professional, newsworthy press releases; which are distributed by sometimes traditional PR outreach methods, combined with quality channels."
Interesting that it seems the press release is still a well-received device and that the PR industry is well in tune to the objectives of the SEO industry and extremely aware and up to date with Google's stance on poor quality unoriginal content and content farms.
How to Ask for an Anchor Link (After the Fact)
Setting aside the merits and issues surrounding press releases in the current climate, I wanted to get the PR professional perspective on approaching traditional media for an anchor text link, when a story has already appeared. I asked PR expert Claire Thompson, my business partner at SEO PR Training, for her advice.
Thompson states that the most important thing to remember is that "it is absolutely not the job of a journalist to assist you in your marketing activities in any way." It's a journalists' job to inform, educate, entertain, while offering something of value and interest to their readers.
With that in mind, approaching a journalist for an anchor text link may only be advised when you really do have something of additional value for those readers or an excellent relationship already.
An example Thompson gives is, if your client offers a therapy service which a journalist has written about, do you have any additional information on your site (such as quantifiable facts and figures or a case study that proves the efficacy of the service) that the journalist could link to, thereby providing greater depth of information and credibility for their readers?
Thompson also advises that a thorough understanding of your media target is of utmost importance. Tech writers and bloggers tend to be more SEO savvy and more likely to consider a request, providing it is positioned correctly. Something that Bas van den Beld, editor of State of Search, would certainly agree with.
"In general I don't mind people asking me to change an anchor text link, as long as it is relevant, said van den Beld. "I am not changing a link from a brand name to 'UK SEO' for example, that is just too obvious. It should be a relevant request which doesn't have 'linkbuilding' written all over it. Important with that is also how they ask the question: do I know them already, are they polite?"
I wrote a post once about what linkbuilders shouldn't do when asking for links and surprisingly enough many still don't get it, even though I tell them how they should approach me. Too many aren't even being nice.
The best chance you have with me is if you know me (really, don't just add me to IM and think you know me that way). So build up the relationship.
How to Ask for an Anchor Link (Prior to Publication)
If you genuinely have a great piece of content to promote, offering an exclusive with one media source is often a good way to help develop a good relationship, whilst putting you in a slightly stronger position to be able to make desired anchor text requests known at the outset. Again, the relevance and additional value of the anchored content is still of paramount importance.
Thompson advises that you set a deadline for exclusivity, as some press may verbally agree to an exclusive, though fail to publish in favor of another story. Cover your bases by offering exclusivity if published before "X" date, and if not then offer the story to additional identified targets.
In Summary
Approaching press and more traditional media for an anchor text link is becoming even more of a relationship-led exercise in today's climate. Scrutiny surrounding the wholesale reproduction of press release content, plus increased awareness from within media and PR service providers as to the impact of syndicated and farmed content, means that a one-to-one approach is becoming increasingly favored.
Positioning an original, newsworthy, quality piece of content in a way that is tailored to your target media and their respective audience is becoming the favored option. In short, the methods used by link builders and PR professionals are becoming increasingly aligned.
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So I'm waiting for approval to lurk on the Yahoo raw feeding forum... But I thought I'd solicit some info here.
Right now the adult girls are getting Nature's Variety patties in the evening until I can sort out my home-prepped raw feeding. They'll get morning kibble meals at least until our bags run out, and at that point, we'll decide whether to go full raw or not-- one reason we'd wanted to keep up kibble was so we could board them easily. But I'm pretty confident that the place we use will feed my guys raw for me, so I'm less concerned now.
Anyway, I'm also awaiting some info on a lead for an affordable chicken neck and back supplier. The chicken outlet stores here don't carry them. Until then, chicken leg quarters are my best deal. We also haven't decided whether we'll grind or feed whole, and I know all the arguments in favor of each-- it's going to be a matter of how we feel most comfortable.
If I can't get backs and necks at a good price around here, and I end up using primarily leg quarters, do I need to add some bone meal or egg shell? The other meats will be probably pork necks and ground-meat-only beef or turkey (any exotics will likely be NV patties or freezer-burned meats from friends). I'm having a really hard time getting my head around making sure the ca/phos ratio is correct. Some sites and books suggest that leg quarters are just right, others say they're too meaty, and so you need to be sure that they or any meat-only meals in the rotation are supplemented by Ca. And if we're still feeding kibble for another couple of months, I'm not sure it's much of an issue, really... But after that?
Ugh. I'm so confused. They love it so much and I think it will be cheaper for us in the long run and better for their health, but right now, trying to get my head around the many many MANY differing opinions on it is tough.


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Spectacular Porcupine Mountain Photos
Photographer Ron Strong shares his memories from a trip to the Porcupine Mountains. All photos are by him. This article was featured in the October 2009 issue of Traverse, Northern Michigan's Magazine. Get your copy for more travel ideas!
Back in 2007 I had the honor of being selected to photograph the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park as part of the inaugural Artist in Residence program there, sponsored by The Friends of the Porkies. The program is in memory of Dan Urbanski, a wonderful photographer who loved and captured thousands of beautiful images of the Porkies.
My two-week residency started in late September and went through the first week of October. Peak color! Fall is one of the most beautiful times of the year in Michigan, especially in the Porkies.
I could see why Dan fell in love with these mountains. The hills themselves and all the other pieces of this landscape are magical. Lake Superior, the Presque Isle River, Big Carp and Little Carp Rivers, Lake of the Clouds, the escarpment, old growth hemlock, I could go on and on. There is so much beauty to discover, there was just not enough time to photograph it all.
Fortunately for me, my adventure with the Porkies continued. The Friends of the Porkies—my friends, whom I met and came to admire during my first residency—invited me back for the fall residency in 2008. They told me they loved the way I captured the Porkies and thought I brought passion to the creation of my images.
And so, there I was again in the fall of 2008, tossing and turning in the bunk of my wilderness rustic cabin, looking at the clock and waiting for 3 a.m. I had to get an early start to capture the best light, and I was just plain excited. The Porkies can do that to you. Thinking about the new images, new trails, new friends, my mind just kept spinning.
Sometime in the future, you have to visit the Porkies and discover the same feeling I experienced. Drop by the Artist In Residence cabin, Dan's Cabin. It's in the Union Springs camp area. You will feel his spirit and his energy when you are there. You'll lose your heart to the Porkies just as I did. It is such a special place you just have to go there to see for yourself! I hope these images will inspire you to visit.
Ron Strong is a commercial photographer who works from his home in Cedar, Michigan. ronstrongphoto.com, [email protected]
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text: Former Leavenworth High School tennis player, Jesse Sherer, won his second Labor Day Men's Open title in a row, sixth overall Labor Day title and three championships overall. Sherer defeated former high school teammate Bobby Miller, 6-0, 6-1, in the finals. In Men's Open doubles, Sherer teamed up with Todd Chapple, a teaching pro out of Topeka, Kan., and they defeated Blake Thorne and David Pendleton out of St. Joseph, Mo., 6-0, 6-1. Sherer and Chapple defeated Alan Crute, of Leavenworth, and Scott Enge, of Olathe, Kan., 7-5, 6-4, in the semifinal. Sherer's highlight of the day was in the father-son division when Sherer and his 10-year-old son, Alex, defeated Ted and Dominic Fabiano of Olathe, Kan., 2-6, 6-4, 11-9. Ted Fabiano is the high school coach at Blue Valley Northwest and his son Dominic has been a two-time class 6A state qualifier. Besides Leavenworth, Fort Leavenworth and Lansing, there were players from Topeka, Kan., Lawrence, Kan., Olathe, Kan., Overland Park, Kan., Kansas City, Mo., St. Joseph, Mo., and Marshall, Mo. The Women's open division had five entries. The round robin format was used to determine the champion. Ann Broxterman, of Topeka, Kan., was the overall champion, Meagan Brucker got second, and Sun Baker, Cheyenne English and Megan Warner tied for third. Other local champions were Katie Rathjen, of Lansing, in girls singles; Joe Lorenzen in boys singles; George Morton and Jim Richter, of Leavenworth, in men's 35 doubles; Donna Brown and Sun Baker, of Leavenworth, in women's doubles; Sydnie Lundy and Meagan Brucker, of Fort Leavenworth, in girls doubles; and James Cha and Phillip Hernandez, of Leavenworth, in boys doubles. There were about 120 entries in 13 divisions. There were two rain delays on both days of the tournament.


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Hey guys, it's another day, another catalog title coming your way here at Curnchyroll! This time, we have the supernatural comedy series, Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up!
Ghastly Pirnce Enma Burning Up will be available to Crunchyroll audiences in the US and Canada, starting TODAY, January 30, 2013 at 5:00pm PST! Premium users will be able to watch the whole series right away, while free users can catch the first 2 episodes today, with the rest of the episodes being released each week 2 episodes at a time.
The original manga was by Go Nagai, the man behind other famous hits such as Cutie Honey, Devilman, and Mazinger Z, to name a few, so if you're a fan of those works, be sure to check out Ghastly Prince Enma as well!
Synopsis from NIS America:
Meet the Demon Patrol: a hotheaded demon prince; a sultry, half-naked ice princess; a lusty frog-demon spy; a talking wizard hat... Plus a little girl shows up. This rag-tag group has been charged with the protection of Earth from a multitude of demons who would love nothing more than to bring their world crashing down around them. They'll face off against a vengeful squid, a somnambulant kittycat, a pot full of snakes, a night-stalking deciduous, a hater of crotches, and even a literal butthead! Descend into an unreality filled with pratfalls, lewd behavior, and enough obscure cultural jetsam to drown us all!
Don't forget to check back to Crunchyroll as we continue to announce new catalog titles this week!
1/29 - Arakawa Under the Bridge
1/30 - Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up
1/31 - ??
2/1 - ??
2/1 - ??
Seems like so much of the catalogue is US Canada only, is Europe really that much harder to get the licenses for when it comes to older series?
Maths is hard
another NIS title huh, gotta feeling I know what another one might be.
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Seems like so much of the catalogue is US Canada only, is Europe really that much harder to get the licenses for when it comes to older series?
NIS America only has North American rights for this(and in media markets North America means U.S and Canada). Crunchyroll doesn't seem to have the kind of relationship with UK licensors to get UK rights for catalog titles. That could change some day. Perhaps if Manga UK or one of them get enough people to ask them to do a package deal for a bunch of titles that they'd have the UK rights to, you'd see Crunchyroll expand its back catalog to those in the UK.
Similarly, for those in Australia and New Zealand, Hanabee or somebody else would have to work something out with Crunchyroll to get more catalog titles to those in Australia and New Zealand.
nah this one looks a bit too cutesy for my tastes
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I hope they add Sailor Moon..
Or hopefully Junjou Romantica :/
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Or hopefully Junjou Romantica :/
It appears to be licensed by Nozomi Entertainment, and they have their own YouTube channel for streaming:
Yes, that's my real age
Ok! I'll watch it there then. Thank you!
One of the reasons I cancelled my subscription was because of things like this. I do not blame CR I believe they're doing the best they can, but when they released Pandora Hearts it just broke my spirit that I couldn't watch it here in Sweden.
avoiding doing any work today
I really like all these NIS titles getting added to CR's catalog, they usually pick up some of the shows I liked the best.
Arakawa is an excellent show and I really liked Enma as well.
So far behind on anime... need to catch up
After checking MAL and TV Tropes to get a better idea of what kind of series this is, I have decided to add this to my queue. Go Nagai + ecchi comedy = WIN
Looks like I may have to look at buying the Standard Edition of this from NIS America(and the Standard version was released yesterday). Much thanks to NISA for adding this(I already plan on buying the Premium boxes for Hanasaku Iroha when they come out[April is going to be brutal on my wallet] and NIS America is rapidly becoming one of my favorite anime companies along with Sentai).
Never heard of this show until now, I'll give it a try
What even
Oh! I read the manga a long time ago. I'm surprised to see it here now
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