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Enclose Your iPad with GP Approved Cases
25 Best iPad Cases
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There are few greater ironies on this earth than buying a super sleek gadget like the iPad only to let the fear of scratching or damaging it cause us to mummify them in cases, sleeves, et al. Since we're doubtful the trend will change or relent anytime soon though, we've scoured our offices, the web, and the generally overwhelming world of iPad cases to find the 25 Best iPad Cases (as of this August, 2010). Hit the jump to read on.
Book for iPad
Who's It For: Best iPad case for the literary covert.
Buy Now: $89 (Available for Kindle)
Manufacturer's Description: Each BOOK is hand-crafted to order in a small Minnesota studio. Every exterior detail of BOOK has been considered, from the linen book cloth to the decorative book headbands for an effect that provides bibliophiles with tangible protection for their electronic information. On the inside, a tailored 100% wool felt sleeve provides a snug fit for your device when BOOK is closed with the integrated velcro edge. The natural German felt is a sustainable and renewable material that has an innate durability and timelessness. BOOK is a secure sleeve combined simply and elegantly with a hard case to provide double protection for your device.
Sebastien Kauffman iPad Case
Who's It For: Best iPad case for the Canadian nationalist.
Buy Now: $45
Manufacturer's Description: Protect your iPad from scratches and dust with these handmade sleeves made of fleece, cotton and vinyl. Items are handmade in Montreal, Canada. The closing tab folds over to secure the computer.
Fossil Becket Tablet Cover
Who's It For: Those who see school as a way of life, not a hurdle.
Buy Now: $40
Manufacturer's Description: carry your iPad in this vintage-inspired, two-tone genuine leather sleeve with subtle texture and a synthetic suede lining. Holds the standard Apple iPad device. Material: Rich full grain leather, Interior: Synthetic suede lining, holds standard iPad device, Measurements: 9-7/8″H x 1″W x 7-7/8″L
Clare Vivier iPad Sleeve for Steve Alan
Who's It For: Fashion forward technophiles with who demand their gadgets match their attire.
Buy Now: $100
Manufacturer's Description: These Clare Vivier iPad cases are made in California of soft Italian, naturally dyed leather. The iPad fits perfectly inside. Each case comes filled with a blank notepad inside.
Byrd and Belle iPad Sleeve
Who's It For: Men in search of hand-made quality that won't cost an arm and a leg.
Buy Now: $48
Manufacturer's Description: This modern and simple sleeve is made of 1/8″ thick felted wool offering great protection for your iPad. Snug fit and simple closure with a hand-dyed leather strap that is riveted on the back and snaps in the front. Snap and rivet locations are lined to keep your iPad from touching anything but soft, thick wool felt. Original design by Byrd & Belle. Felted material is 100% wool felt and is around 1/8″ thick. This high quality felt is a sustainable and renewable material and offers strength while remaining soft to the touch. Leather strap is hand-dyed here in the studio using environmentally friendly, low v.o.c. dyes. Each piece is handled and studied and minor variations in texture and color, though they are slight, are part of the unique character of each piece.
Bill Amberg iPad Case
Who's It For: iPad owners who love the song Money Ain't a Thang because it's biographical.
Buy Now: $220 (Approx)
Manufacturer's Description: Designed for the Macintosh iPad users in mind, a perfectly designed leather case, available in navy, tan, brown or black smooth bridle leather with colour contrast trim. It also features a whole at the base for docking your gadget while keeping it safe.
Alkr iPad Protection Sleeve
Who's It For: iPad owners in search of the perfect accessory for their neoprene tuxedos.
Buy Now: $39
Manufacturer's Description: Our iPad Protection Sleeve protects your iPad with a cushioned interior and a soft, but durable neoprene exterior. It can be used as a stand alone case or placed inside a backpack or bag.
Byrd and Belle Simply iPad Sleeve
Who's It For: Those who bought the iPad to simplify their life and expect its accessories to do the same.
Buy Now: $32
Manufacturer's Description: This modern and simple sleeve is made of 1/8″ thick felted wool offering great protection for your iPad. Snug fit and simple design; no closures, no snaps, just thick wool felt. Perfect for protecting your iPad while you tote it around in your bag. Sleeve also makes a nice thick pad on which to lay your iPad when using it on a hard surface. Felted material is 100% wool felt and is around 1/8″ thick. This high quality felt is a sustainable and renewable material and offers strength while remaining soft to the touch. This sleeve is made to fit the Apple iPad. It is available in three different colors.
Dicota PadCover
Who's It For: iPad owners who still think blue means boy and pink means girl.
Buy Now: TBA
Manufacturer's Description: The Apple iPad has arrived and DICOTA offers the ultimate in snug protection with its new PadCover. The protective sleeve has a high quality outer material made from 40% wool and 60% acrylic and is coordinated with the finest leather details. The inner material is made from finest nylon. The PadCover is tailor-made for the iPad and has an extra small feature: a flap allows you to retrieve the iPad from its sleeve simply and easily. The PadCover is optionally available in either grey with a pink interior or grey with a blue interior.
Hanakapiai ColcaSac iPad Sleeve
Who's It For: Anyone whose iPad is Iditarod bound.
Buy Now: $35
Manufacturer's Description: The Hanakapiai beach is about two miles in (or 9 miles back) as you hike along the Kalalau trail in northern Kauai. The place is incredible, and is a nice resting spot for your tired feet. Curious thing, however, is the wooden sign with etch marks keeping tally on the 83 and counting deaths from the particularly capricious waves and currents. This may be the most convincing warning sign I've ever seen. The Hanakapiai is made with dark brown, heavy-duty 18.5 oz basketweave hemp canvas. The hemp is grown and harvested in rural China, where it grows quickly and plentifully. Hemp is grown naturally without pesticides, is easy on the soil, and is nature's strongest natural fiber (if you don't count the spider web). ColcaSac iPad Sleeve Features: Solid protection from dents and scratches, which allows you to travel about without worrying for your iPad's safety. A Velcro closure that is thinner and quieter than traditional Velcro. Velcro allows you to quickly load and unload your iPad. It will fit your iPad perfectly. This is probably more important than you think. A snug fit will make the sleeve + iPad much more comfortable to carry, and also looks much better. A functional pocket that keeps your adapter in place. Worried that it will fall out? It won't.


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MWC 15 Special
the weekend I - and even more important - my site developer (the technical brain
behind everything you see here) spent some time for some important forum
maintenance and house keeping.
First of all, we faced some serious spam problems during the past weeks where
spam bots and zombie PCs posted a huge amount of spam into the forums.
Basically, this is pretty easy for spam bots and zombie PCs because they fake
the submit command in HTML codes without being physically on the site.
Nevertheless, this works - for spammers - pretty successful and I had a lot of
work to get the spam cleaned out again since it was annoying and sometimes even
As a result of this spam bots and Zombie PCs, I've locked the forum last week to
only allow posting for registered users. However, I'm not a big fan of locked
forums, especially if it comes to article comments since you have to create an
account first to add a valuable comment to a story. I prefer anonymous
commenting way more and therefore we've worked on a code change to make
anonymous posting available again but still keeping bots and zombie PCs away.
Well, we have the code running for 3 days now without a single spam and
therefore I think it's safe to say, that the code change works! :-) For sure,
I'm not going into details but if you are just a normal reader of the::unwired,
you shouldn't care anyway.
In addition, I'm also unlocked the other discussion forums again (which I locked
some time ago - also because of the spam) which means you can access all forums
now again, to post your questions, tips and tricks - without registering first;
even if registration has some benefits but it's up to you if you like to do so
or not.
By the way: The changes were also tested with Windows Mobile devices and it also
works fine in the mobile version of the forum. :-)
While we did some house keeping, we have merged some of the old forums. In the
past, I had dedicated sections for different HTC Pocket PC Phone Editions and
Smartphones. However, while some of the old forums weren't used anymore (who is
still using an HTC Wallaby or Canary today) some others were used even more. Now
we have merged everything into dedicated HTC Pocket PC and Smartphone forums as
well as merged some other forums. Nevertheless, we haven't deleted a single
posting so you should still find older information you might still want to
Last but not least we have added an auto close functionality for postings. This
means, that from now, a topic is closed 30 days after the first posting was made
(it also includes article comments) and I would like to get your feedback: Is 30
days enough or should I extend it to let's say 45 days or 90 days?
The reason, topics are auto locked now is that older postings were "hijacked" in
the past and visitors posted their question into any threads - doesn't matter if
appropriate or not. To keep the forum clean, I've decided to auto lock older
threads to make sure a new thread has to be created. At the end it means
information is way more structured and easier to find. What do you think?
Finally I've also added a new category for Windows Mobile based Palm Treo Pocket
PCs which is empty now (especially because the Palm Treo 700w is on sale in the
US only) but with the soon awaited release of the Palm Treo 750, I'm sure we
will fill up this forum soon as well. Nevertheless, if you already have a
Palm 700w, feel free to start using the forum already.
That's for now. Please let me know how the changes works for you.
Cheers ~ Arne
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Verizon: Sorry for the 4G Downtime, but It Really Wasn't That Bad
In the wake of its third outage this month, Verizon today defended its network performance.
The carrier noted its overall 99 percent uptime, and characterized the outages as the growing pains that come with the territory as it pioneers a new 4G LTE network.
Each of the outages, Verizon said, had distinct causes.
Here's the full release:
Statement From Verizon Wireless on 4GLTE Network
In light of recent events, Verizon Wireless shared the following statement about its 4GLTE Network:
The Verizon Wireless 4GLTE Network is BY FAR the largest and the most advanced 4GLTE wireless network in the world. It is available in 190 US markets and covers more than 200 million people, providing the fastest 4G Network in the US.
Being a pioneer comes with growing pains. The recent issues that affected our customers' 4GLTE service were unforeseen despite careful, diligent planning, deployment and ongoing upgrade programs.
Problems customers experienced affected connectivity to the 4GLTE Network and data service. Several times, we have proactively "moved" 4GLTE customers onto our 3G Network to ensure all would have a data connection. For brief periods, such as on Wednesday (12/28), 4GLTE customers could not connect to the 3G Network as quickly as we would have liked.
Nonetheless, we estimate that 4GLTE connectivity has been available approximately 99 percent of the time this year.
Why have these issues occurred with our 4GLTE Network? Each incident has been different from a technical standpoint. Our engineers have successfully diagnosed those past triggering events, and they have not re-occurred. We also work diligently to rectify technical problems in the Network before they affect any customers.
Our 3G and 1X Networks continue to reliably process calls, texts and data for customers with 3G devices and, when necessary, 4GLTE devices. It continues to perform at the high level that established it as the nation's largest and most reliable 3G Network.
We are taking a number of steps, working closely with our network suppliers, to ensure the integrity of our 4GLTE Network. We continue to fortify and improve its performance, and our goal is that our 4GLTE Network meets the same high standards that our 3G Network has set for performance and reliability.
Among the numerous measures we have taken or will take are: geographic segmentation, which enables us to isolate, contain and rectify network performance issues, and maintain service to the majority of customers when an issue does develop; and software fixes that we have developed, tested and applied regularly – and will continue to do so. Both will improve performance and reliability.
And finally, we are learning from these issues and applying the same gold standard to our 4GLTE Network that make our 3G Network the nation's largest and most reliable.
Verizon Wireless is a leader and pioneer in this cutting edge technology that provides very fast wireless data speeds, enabling customers to enjoy the best experience in video and other wireless data usage. Clear unbuffered streaming video, super fast file downloads and wide availability are among the advantages we offer to customers. The capabilities of 4GLTE have exceeded many expectations.
We will not rest until our 4GLTE network performs at the very highest levels that our customers have come to expect from us.


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If you thought your days of model training ended after a housecleaning while you were at college, take heart. Today's buffs inhabit a new golden age of unsurpassed quality and scales that range from desk drawer trains to garden railways. Many of us caught train fever as kids with a Lionel set at O gauge or an HO scale train. Venerable Lionel still offers a steam freight set for under $200. But the company also pitches its Premier line to serious collectors. The top range includes the 1934 Pioneer Zephyr, the granddaddy of streamliners, and Amtrak's Acela high-speed Boston-Washington train. These retail for up to $2,000.
With tiny Z scale, at which several locomotives can fit in the palm of your hand, you can operate a freight train during boring phone calls or tedious presentations. High-quality models are produced by appropriately named Märklin Mini-Club and Micro-Trains Line.
Garden railways, with cars some 10 inches tall and 2 1/2 feet, long appeal to train buffs with space. Germany's LGB is one popular make. Jan Kucsma, of the Big Little Railroad Shop in Hillsborough, New Jersey, notes that "large-scale" couples garden together, one raising tulips, while the other constructs trestles.
An investment banker we know has worked for years to re-create the Colorado Rockies and its railroads in HO scale. The scale's delicate craftsmanship even duplicates handholds, brake gears and locomotive controls. Kadee freight cars and Athearn's "Genesis" locomotives and rolling stock are standouts in the gauge.
Commuters who have little patience with local transit ironically snap up models of their 5:15s. Lionel's New Jersey Transit set quickly sold out. Railway Classics makes HO-scale brass models of Connecticut's New Haven Railroad, vintage 1954. The individually powered cars are expected to retail for just over $700 apiece.
Highly detailed brass models are the premier collectibles. Railway Classics recreates the 20th Century Limited ($3,660) in which Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint coupled in a Pullman in North by Northwest. You might dream of an after-dinner smoke in the Century's observation car. Either way it re-creates a golden age.
Visit www.alliedmodeltrains.com, www.caboosehobbies.com, www.thecaboose.com, www.biglittle.com, www.lionel.com, and www.railwayclassics.com.


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If your kids have completed college or you have paid off your mortgage, you might be wondering if now's the time cash out whole life insurance — and you might be right. Taking the cash value from your whole life insurance is a big decision and it can have lasting impact on your financial life. We'll help you weigh the benefits and drawbacks of cashing in your policy.
Face Value Versus Cash Value
Making this decision starts with understanding how whole life insurance works. A whole life insurance policy has two components. The first is the face value, or the amount that will be paid to your beneficiaries when you die. The second is the cash value. Your cash value is a savings account that's funded by a portion of your premiums. When you cash out a policy, you are not getting back your full premium contributions; you will receive the full cash value of the policy.
How to Access Cash From Your Whole Life Insurance Policy
Likely, the longer you've owned your policy, the larger your cash value will be and the more options you'll have for receiving a cash payout. The cash value of your life insurance policy offers you the opportunity to access cash accumulations within the policy through a surrender of the policy, withdrawals or loans. You can even use the cash value to pay for premiums. Below, we'll outline those options and what they may mean for your situation.
If you've had your policy in force for a few years and your policy has accumulated some cash value, you can cancel the policy and take the surrender value in a cash payment. By surrendering your policy, you are giving up the insurance policy and, in return, you'll receive the cash value less any fees. When you cancel your policy, your heirs will receive nothing from the policy when you die. Although surrendering your policy might get you the cash you need, it should likely be a last resort unless you have adequate insurance coverage in place elsewhere.
If you still need your life insurance policy, you have other options to withdraw cash and keep your life insurance policy in place: withdrawals, loans and premium payment are all options you should consider.
Generally, you can withdraw a limited amount of cash from your whole life insurance policy. In fact, a cash-value withdrawal up to your policy basis, which is the amount of premiums you've paid into the policy, is typically non-taxable. Any withdrawals that exceed your basis, meaning you're dipping into gains, will be taxed at your ordinary income rate. Your death benefit will be reduced based on the amount you withdraw.
A cash withdrawal shouldn't be taken lightly. Life is unpredictable, and removing any cash from your life insurance policy may leave you vulnerable to life's uncertainties.
Most cash-value policies will allow you to borrow against your policy with a loan. However, you won't be borrowing against your policy. Instead, you'll be borrowing money from the issuer and using your policy as collateral. Depending on the terms of your policy, the loan might be subject to interest. Unless you pay the interest out of pocket, it will be added to your loan balance. If you don't repay the loan or only pay a portion of it back, the balance of your remaining loan would be deducted from your death benefit. There will also be a maximum loan amount you can receive from your policy; talk with your local Farm Bureau agent to find out the maximum loan amount you can receive and learn more.
Premium Payment
If you end up short on cash and are having a difficult time continuing to pay your whole life insurance premium, you may be able to stop paying the premium out of pocket, and, instead, use the cash value of your policy to cover the premium.
We're Here to Help!
A whole life insurance policy can provide you with several options. Every situation is unique and we're here to help. Your local Farm Bureau agent can sit down with you and help you create a plan that fits your needs. Don't have a Farm Bureau agent? We can help. Use our find an agent feature to connect with an agent near you.


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Openmind (www.openmindnetworks.com) has now emerged as one of the world's leading vendors of messaging solutions who has commanded a leading position in the area of RCS and IMS based messaging solutions. For the mobile operator, the transition to IP will introduce new technology and use cases to their messaging network. There are many facets of messaging that make it sufficiently distinct from other parts of the IMS core, which justifies investment in a specialized solution from an experienced messaging vendor.
Openmind, with its long heritage in messaging, is the ideal partner to guide operators through this transition. The company has recently published a White Paper that contests that Messaging is not a core competence of IMS core vendors and they are assuming that a basic 'vanilla' offering will be sufficient to meet operator needs in this area. According to its author, Cathal Fitzpatrick, "Using a vanilla messaging component provided as a "tick-the-box" option by an IMS-core vendor will ultimately prove to be false economy. It will limit the Mobile Operators' ability to launch more advanced IP messaging services, and will cost more money in the long run as they will inevitably replace it with a dedicated messaging solution designed to meet all of the mobile operator's needs". The White Paper addresses:
– Why is there a clear need for Specialist Messaging Providers?
– How to eliminate unnecessary complexity and functional duplication in your network
Openmind will present this case at the IMS World Forum, (http://worldforum.imsvision.com/) stressing the prudence of selecting a Messaging Vendor to help guide the mobile operator through the transition to IP messaging.
About Openmind
Openmind has been enriching the messaging industry of over 10 years, providing leading messaging solutions to a range of customers – Mobile and Inter Carrier Operators as well as Social Media/Internet based Communication providers. Traffic Control is a highly flexible and scalable platform, deployed in over 130 installations worldwide. It comprises an SMSC, MMSC, IP SM GW, RCS Messaging Application Server, USSD, Content Gateway, Anti-Spam Filter, Message Personalization Server, Missed Call Notification and FDA Router. Our IP Messaging Solution, Access, is an extension to the Traffic Control 4000 product and provides a fully consolidated solution for all IP messaging requirements. Visit www.openmindnetworks.com
The Whitepaper is available at https://www.openmindnetworks.com/uploads/documents/pdf/building-the-ip-messaging-network.pdf
Media Enquiries: Lorraine Fahy, email@example.com


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Managing Director & Partner
Philippe Plouvier is a member of Boston Consulting Group's Industrial Goods practice. He leads BCG's aerospace and defense topic for the CEMA/WESA region.
During his career, Philippe has worked extensively with clients in the aeronautics and defense industry, including equipment suppliers, engine and aircraft manufacturers, electronics manufacturers, and defense system providers.
Philippe's experience covers mergers and acquisitions, transformation and global competiveness programs, program management, postmerger integration, manufacturing and supply chain, and engineering efficiency across a range of sectors. He has worked on numerous due-diligence efforts, strategic analyses, portfolio reviews, and cost improvement programs, as well as a worldwide recovery project for a multibillion-dollar European defense program.
Before joining BCG, Philippe worked in the French Ministry of Defense and the Paris office of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, where he was head of the global aerospace and defense practice.


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[First published February 3, 2006] I've had the most respected academics in peace research tell me flatly that the United States is the most violent nation in the world. And after I've given lectures and speeches on the democratic peace, some questioners have said or implied the same thing. This myth has been widely believed among peace researchers and is a matter of religious faith on the left.
In response, I would point out the bloody wars in Africa and Asia not involving the U.S., including the Iraq-Iran war which cost about a million lives. Then, I would note the worst domestic democides, including that of Soviet Union, China, Cambodia, Vietnam, and so on, and compare the top annual domestic democide rates (the percent of the population murdered per year of the regime) to that for the U.S. (I always had a special page in my notes with the figures):
Communist China = .12 (if 1959-1962 famine treated as nondemocidal)
Hitler's Germany = .09
Pol Pot's Cambodia 8.16
And, I would add, here are the average overall domestic democide rates (average percent of the population murdered) for types of regimes.
Democracies = .043, of which the U.S. = .001
Authoritarian regimes = 1.1
Totalitarian regimes = 3.9, of which communist = 5.2
Particularly note how small the annual rate is for the U.S. even compared to the average for democracies.
But, the leftist mind assumes that there has to be something bloody wrong with the U.S. (in addition to its raging imperialism, blood sucking capitalism, and ardent support for right wing dictators), and so they fall back on the civil murder rate. They say, "No one is secure in America, since Americans murder each other at a rate greater than any other nation, and that's why it is the most violent nation in the world."
Well, this can be easily checked on the Internet, such as through The International Crime Victim Survey and here. From the latter source, I reproduce its rank ordered list of murder's per nation per capita.
Note that the U.S. is not only 24th, but that its murder rate is tiny compared to the top four nations. It is 6.9% of Colombia's, 8.6% of South Africa's, 13.2% of Jamaica's, and 21.2 % of Venezuela's.
The next time a so called "anti-war" activist, self-righteous "peace researcher," or blathering leftist declares that the U.S. is the most violent nation in the world, kindly tell them that their ignorance is only exceeded by their ideological blindness.


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Nothing screams fall like a side dish of squash (at least that is what our Mom thinks)! This is one squash recipe my whole family will eat. I am sure the brown sugar and butter have a little to do with that, but at least there is some squash in there, too!
Related recipe: squash but hate how long it takes to cook?! Try making in it the Instant Pot with this recipe!
Serves: 8
Sweet Spaghetti Squash Recipe
1 hrCook Time
1 hrTotal Time
- 1 medium spaghetti squash
- 6 Tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Cut squash in half lengthwise. Scoop out the seeds then place the halves cut side down in a baking dish filled with enough water to cover the bottom of the dish. Bake at 350 degrees for an hour or until the shell of the squash is flexible and the inside is tender. Let the squash cool for 10-15 minutes. Using a fork, scrape out the inside of the squash to form strands. Place all of the squash strands into a large bowl and toss with butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, pecans, salt and pepper. Serve hot.
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Burrata with Heirloom Tomatoes from 'Di Bruno Bros. House of Cheese'
Caprese salad is a summertime classic for good reason, but the trio of mozzarella, tomato, and basil can grow tired when it's featured on every restaurant menu in town. This twist from Di Bruno Bros. House of Cheese perks up the staple with sensuous burrata and pungent garlic oil. Author Tenaya Darlington adds the requisite balsamic and basil in full force for bright sweetness and herbal bite.
Why I picked this recipe: With heirloom tomatoes finally coming into their own, I couldn't say no to pairing them with creamy burrata.
What worked: The garlic oil was a particularly nice touch to the salad. Save a little to drizzle on top of the halved burrata.
What didn't: There is far more balsamic listed than necessary. Give the tomatoes a hearty drizzle and call it a day.
Suggested tweaks: This recipe can easily be scaled up or down. For a more substantial portion of tomatoes, go up to 2 pounds and keep the burrata as written.
Reprinted with permission from Di Bruno Bros. House of Cheese: A Guide to Wedges, Recipes, and Pairings by Tenaya Darlington. Copyright 2013. Published by Running Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group. All rights reserved. Available wherever books are sold.
- Yield:Serves 4
- Active time: 15 minutes
- Total time:15 minutes
- 1 pound heirloom tomatoes cut into bite-size pieces (or about 2 cups halved cherry tomatoes)
- 8 basil leaves, sliced into ribbons
- 3/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
- 2 burrata, about 12 ounces each
- 1 loaf rustic Italian bread, cut in thick slices and grilled or toasted
Toss the tomatoes with the basil and balsamic. While they sit, make a quick garlic oil—just heat the olive oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat for about a minute, then add the minced garlic. You don't want it to brown, so as soon as the garlic begins to sizzle, remove the pan from the burner.
Pour the hot garlic oil over the tomatoes and season with salt and pepper. Arrange the tomato mixture on four plates, and slice the burrata vertically in half. There's cream inside, so make sure you do this on a cutting board or plate. Arrange the halved burrata on top of the tomatoes. Serve with thick slices of grilled or toasted bread.
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Golden Globes:'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' wins best TV comedy
Los Angeles, Jan 13 (IANS) "Brooklyn nine-nine", single-camera series, has won the Golden Globe for best TV series comedy. The awards function is being held here.
Set in the fictional 99th precinct of New York City Police Department in Brooklyn, the focus is on an immature detective and his relationship with his strict new captain. It stars Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher, among others.
The other contenders included "The Big Bang Theory" and "Modern Family".


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Definitive Technology DI 6.5STR Disappearing 6.5 inch In-wall speaker (Each)
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You want great sound everywhere in your home, but you may not always have room for or want the visual intrusion of free-standing speakers. Built-in flushmount speakers seem to be the answer but in practice they don't exactly disappear in the room, in fact many "in-wall" speakers call attention to themselves and create friction between your decorator and your audiophile sensibilities. Worse yet, most built-in speakers fall short on the performance end as well. Would Definitive allow you to suffer with bad sound? Oh no, no, no!
The DI 6.5STR is a "stereo" speaker, both left and right channels are fed into a single speaker. Dual angled tweeters disperse the sound in broad area to approximate the spaciousness of two speakers. The STR is the perfect solution in spaces where you want sound but where using two speakers is not practical or economical-such as hallways, kitchens, bathrooms and offices.
Definitive's Disappearing™ In-Wall series speakers feature near-invisibility thanks to their small diameters, hidden flange design, and low profile micro-perf grilles. They are as easy to install as traditional flanged flush-mount speakers, and don't require custom sheetrock/spackle skills to install yet they are practically invisible. The DI 6.5STR grille is a mere 8-5/16" (21.04 cm)in diameter, about the same visible size as competitive 5-1/4" in-ceiling speaker. With Definitive's DI Series you get more sound per square inch of visible speaker.
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SpecsDriver Complement
Quantity 2
Diameter 3/4" (1.91cm)
Type Pivoting Pure Aluminum Dome
Mid / Woofer
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Diameter 6 1/2" (16.51cm)
Type Dual Voice Coil BDSS Midrange Driver
Tweeter/Mid Array
Type Stereo Direct Radiating 2 Way Coaxial
Environmental EQ
2 Way Switch User Selectable
Audio Inputs
Speaker Level 1 Pair (Heavy Duty Spring Loaded)
Maximum Sensitivity
1 watt @ 1 Meter 90 dB
Total Frequency Response
Overall 26 Hz - 30 kHz
Nominal Impedance
Compatible with 8 ohm
A/V Receiver Crossover Setting Small (60 Hz)
Power Handling 10 - 125 watts per channel
Cut Out Dimensions
Diameter 7 1/4" (18.41cm)
Mounting Depth 3 5/8" (9.21cm)
Internal Clearance Required for Mounting Dogs (add to each side of Cut Out) 1" (2.54cm)
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Diameter 8 5/16" (21.11cm)
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Speaker Enclosure Infinite Baffle
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Out of Box 4.4 lbs
Included Accessories Wall Template; Paintable Magnetic Grill
Optional Accessories Rough-In-Kit; Fire Can (Both Available Separately)
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Height 6 1/8" (15.56cm)
Width 10 1/16" (25.56cm)
Depth 10 1/16" (25.56cm)
Shipping Weight
One per Carton 7 lbs
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Parts and Labor 5
Pre-construction Brackets for DI 6.5STR
Model: RBAD
14/2 Oxygen Free In-wall Speaker Cable
Model: 14/2OFC-WT


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As soon as I saw the trailer for Sucker Punch I correctly guessed that it would be another adolescent boy fantasy masquerading as a pseudo-female-empowerment film. What I was surprised about however was how the mainstream media and the blog-o-sphere called Zach Snyder out on his disaster of a movie.
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Please join us on Monday, January 28 at 4:15 pm in Spiro 4 for a presentation by philosopher David Benatar, author of "The Second Sexism: Discrimination against Men and Boys," published last year by Wiley-Blackwell. This program, part of the Academic and Cultural Enrichment Series, is free and open to the public. Students enrolled in gender studies, sociology, psychology and philosophy are especially encouraged to attend.
Does sexism against men exist? What does it looks like? And why do we need to take it seriously? These are the questions Benatar addresses in "The Second Sexism," which draws attention to the discrimination against men and boys, where it exists, how it works and what it looks like, and responds to those who would deny that it exists. Challenging conventional ways of thinking, the book examines controversial issues like sex-based affirmative action, gender roles and charges of anti-feminism. Benatar offers an academically rigorous argument in an accessible style, including the careful use of empirical data, and he includes examples and engages in a discussion of how sex discrimination against men and boys also undermines the cause for female equality.
David Benatar is a philosophy professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is also the author of "Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence," published in 2006 by Oxford University Press.


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|Opening Day HRS2013
First, we should acknowledge the efforts by the Heart Rhythm Society to limit the bling at the meeting. There were fewer large advertising displays, trucks driving through the streets with ads on top of them, and late-night rendezvous. Heart Rhythm Society handbags were like paper-thin grocery bags or recycled from prior years. Technology was used to a much greater extent, especially for smart phones, with an iPhone app meeting organizer that showed promise, but still needs some fine-tuning, especially in its scheduling functionality. As a result, aside from the Bill-Fest, the meeting felt more like a scientific session rather than a trade show.
Next we saw the evolution of thinking about the most common arrhythmia that electrophysologists treat: atrial fibrillation. Work on our understanding of atrial fibrosis via MRI assessment as it might pertain to long-term success of ablation was intriguing. Even more, since the introduction of the mystical focal impulse and rotor modulation (FIRM) mapping several years ago, attention is clearly returning back to understanding of the electrophysiology of atrial fibrillation from one of just approaching the disease anatomically. Many of the abstracts and studies presented revolved round (pun intended) an understanding of rotors or point sources (or both) for the genesis of atrial fibrillation. With this comes an entirely new vocabulary of cardiac electrophysiology with terms like "clockwise or counterclockwise rotor," "phase mapping," "frequency gradients," and "singularities." The black box nature of Topera Medical's FIRM mapping technique with it's 1960's music box-like maps (video) (that are difficult to interpret) adds to the mysticism of the moment, but it was clear that there was an appreciation that they are on to something.
|Medtronic's version of the leadless pacemaker
|Boston Scientific's version of the leadless pacemaker
|"Physician in Social Media" participants (L to R)
Mr. Bob Coffield, yours truly,
John Mandrola, MD, and Edward J. Schloss, MD


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