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After offseason of unknowns, Cubs will be playing meaningful games this summer and will likely add at the trade deadline.
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"I don't put any much thought into [rumors]. It's wasted energy," the Cubs' Kris Bryant said. "Whatever happens is going to happen."
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There was no telling how the Cubs' front office would handle what was thought to be a "year of transition". Following Theo Epstein's departure, Jed Hoyer's promotion to team president and the team's superstars entering the regular season with no contract extensions, it appeared as if things were going to be drastically different in 2021.
Many were resigned to what was thought to be the fate of the team, blowing up what remained of their core and starting a rebuild. But what was going to happen at or near the July trade deadline was always going to be up to the team's play on the field and being somewhere in the middle wasn't going to make the decisions any easier.
But with a 35-27 record through 62 games and sitting atop the National League Central in a tie for first place with the Brewers, the Cubs have been pointing upward for over a month.
"I think we're pretty damn good, yeah," manager David Ross said last week. "I think these guys believe that. I think they know that."
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The Cubs entered this month playing some of the best baseball in the league before embarking on what was going to be a tough West Coast trip against the NL West-leading Giants and second-place Padres. The road trip didn't start as planned, as the Cubs went 1-3 in San Francisco and after dropping the first game in San Diego, it didn't look like they would have much luck.
But after winning the last two games against the Padres with a fraction of their lineup to finish the trip with a 3-4 record, they have to be returning to Wrigley Field this weekend feeling pretty good.
"It was a nice way to finish up [the road trip]. We know we got a lot of good teams in this stretch," Ross said. "I think the goal every time you play a series is to get a win and try to win that series. That's what we did here in San Diego. . . . That's a nice finish after the way the road trip started."
It'll be interesting to see what happens over the next month as it appears that the Cubs' superstars aren't going to be on the move this season. And if the team isn't looking to subtract from the roster, it makes adding the only real alternative. Increased capacities at Wrigley Field and improved revenues make possible additions more realistic.
"I don't put any much thought into [rumors]. It's wasted energy," Kris Bryant said. "Whatever happens is going to happen. But, it's cool to hear, when I'm running out to the outfield in Wrigley, all the fans saying they want me. It definitely makes me feel much better."
"As far as flexibility, we've had these projections for a little bit and feel like we're a bit ahead of schedule," Hoyer said last month. "There's definitely flexibility to make moves in-season if the right thing presents itself."
All throughout baseball this season teams have had to navigate a barrage of injuries, and when it comes down to who will win the division, it's who stays the healthiest will likely be a major deciding factor.
The Cubs and Brewers, who are tied for first place in the division, both have managed to stay afloat despite dealing with major injuries. The Cardinals, who start a three-game series next against the Cubs, have had injuries to their starting pitching and are in a downward spiral.
For the Cubs, the fact that they've been able to win consistently and do it against quality opponents without having their full lineup shouldn't be ignored.
And while they've found success with the help of rookie sensation Patrick Wisdom's red-hot June, some bounce-back performances from the starters and continued success of the bullpen, things won't stop with a series against the Mets in New York and one with the Dodgers in Los Angeles before closing the month against the Brewers.
"I feel like we're just starting, honestly," Bryant said. "We kind of just started and then we were done [in 2020]. Last year was a completely different situation than we have right now. It's cool to compare the two and realize that, 'Hey, we still have over 100 more games.' "
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These 10 Longest-Standing Restaurants In Kansas Have Served Mouthwatering Meals For Decades
If something's been around for a long time, it's bound to be there for a reason. In addition to being old, these restaurants are tasty staples of Kansas history and cuisine. However, the fact that they're still running well in this day and age, means that these longest-standing Kansas restaurants are serving mouthwatering meals every day. Though these aren't all necessarily the oldest restaurants Kansas has to offer, they're all pretty old.
1. 1857 Hays House - 112 W Main St Council Grove, KS
Though there's a few naysayers who prefer other eats in town, the historic nature of these meals is true to time. As the story goes, it's the oldest restaurant West of the Mississippi. In addition to great, classic, food, their fried chicken buffets on Wednesdays are sublime.
2. 1870 Brookville Hotel - 105 E Lafayette Ave Abilene, KS
Though it's not the original location of this hotel, it's been operating for a very long time, compared to the rest of our restaurants. My personal favorite is their fried chicken and homemade pickles, which just can't be beat. It's been going this long for a good reason, believe me.
3. 1879 The Beaumont Hotel - 11651 SE Main St Beaumont, KS
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The Beaumont has been around since the 1800s as well, serving classic meals like chicken fried steak and homemade pies. Their breakfast is also stellar, if you're going to stop in earlier.
4. 1910 Livingston's Diner - 9747 E 21st St Wichita, KS
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This amazing BBQ sandwich is from Livingston's Diner, a fantastic place to dine since 1910. They've been serving home cooked meals since they started, and they don't plan to ever stop! Every meal I've had here is stellar, and it's no telling when they'll stop.
5. 1922 The Cozy Inn - 108 N 7th St Salina, KS
Cozy Inn and their classic sliders have been traveling in sacks since... forever. Well, 1922 to be exact. Burgers with onion and mustard, classic flavors that created a burger joint to rival White Castle's fame.
6. 1934/1958 Olpe Chicken House - 8 E Hwy-99 Olpe, KS
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Though it's not famous like Hays House or Brookville Hotel, this spot is a favorite of many Kansans, especially in the Southeast. With chicken like theirs, I'm surprised they don't have more restaurants open across the state!
7. 1935 Idle-A-While Cafe - 201 S Vine St, Cherokee, KS
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Though my go-to meal here is a modern steak and onions, this old cafe in Cherokee is an oldie but a goodie. They've been serving since the 30's, and don't show any sign of stopping!
8. 1938 Dagwood's Cafe - 1117 Sw Blvd Kansas City, KS
Any breakfast here is a breakfast for champions, and you'll feel like one when you taste the food at Dagwood's. Pictured above is the biscuits and gravy combo, my ultimate breakfast dream.
9. 1948 Bobo's Drive-In - 2300 SW 10th Ave Topeka, KS
If you're a fan of steakburgers, you'll fall in love with these. Bobo's is a cornerstone of Topeka dining, and in my opinion, no one should leave without having a shake or malt. However, there's not a lot of seating space, so I wouldn't try visiting during peak times unless you're okay with a wait.
10. 1949 Al's Chickenette - 700 Vine St Hays, KS
Al's is the newest of the old restaurants on this list, but the chicken here is made as if it's been here for as long as the Hays House. Fried chicken is a must at this eatery, so don't even think about getting anything else!
In addition to these old restaurants, why not try this "antique weekend" road trip where you can find some old furniture?
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Everything You Need to Know About the Coming 5G Revolution
5G technology will help lay the framework for the coming age of the smart city.
Donovan Alexander
| Mar 19, 2020 11:58 AM EST
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So, what's the big deal about 5G? You hear a lot about the coming age of 5G networks alongside terms like artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and big data. But why? For the uninitiated 5G is the next generation of wireless technology. Experts and businesses are extremely excited about the capabilities of 5G technology as it will change the way people live and work.
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Not too long ago, we jumped from 3G networks to 4G networks, however, there was not as much hype around the switch as there was for the era of the 5G. Some people have gone to describe the switch like moving from riding in a horse and carriage to driving a car. Or, some would say that it is like switching from using a typewriter to using a computer. In short, the 5G will be revolutionary.
As stated by Eben Albertyn, Chief Technology Officer at VodafoneZiggo, "The network of the future is already being built as we speak. 5G is an important part of that. The speed of technological developments that bring about countless new, smart opportunities enriching our lives is unprecedented." And, this is not an overstatement. 5G networks will affect the way businesses operate, help us build more connected cities, smarter vehicles, boost gaming capabilities, help live streams, augment the way we communicate and even push the possibilities of virtual reality and augmented reality."
How you play, work, and travel will be affected by the 5G network, with countries around the world competing to deploy 5G fully functional nationwide 5G networks as soon as possible. As you probably guessed, today we are going to answer some of the questions you may have surrounding 5G networks, look at how it will affect our lives, and see what experts have to say about the "the next big thing".
Introducing 5G: connection, speed, and access
5G infographic: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/what-5g-infographic
So let's do a quick refresher. 5G technology is a new cellular-network technology. Almost every major industry will be affected by 5G, becoming an important part of the way we build infrastructures, manufacture goods, experience entertainment, receive healthcare, and of course, communicate with each other. In short, it will become the lifeblood of the global economy for the next decade and beyond. Much of the hype surrounding 5G centers around three major takeaways: faster connections, faster speeds, and faster access to the cloud. And, when we say fast, we mean it. 5G will make 4G seem almost archaic.
Ericsson said it perfectly in a blog post stating, "With connectivity at the heart of industry transformation, 5G will have a key role to play—not just in the evolution of communication but in the evolution of businesses and society as a whole. On the road to 5G, operators will need to do more than just evolve networks; they will need to transform their business to address new opportunities."
5G will offer you breakneck speeds
Again, one of the biggest promises of 5G is the faster speeds. Even more so, the new network promises lower latency. But how fast will 5G be? These next-generation networks can be up to 100 times faster than the 4G network that you are probably using right now or on average about 20 times faster. If you managed to come across an 8K video that you wanted to stream, you would have no issues doing so on the 5G network. Or maybe there is a new 3D movie you would like to download? No problem. Your new 5G network will download it in approximately 3 seconds compared to six minutes on the standard 4G.
As mentioned by Motorola Product Vice President, Dan Dery, in an article for Digital Trends, "By 2025, 5G networks will strengthen mobile connectivity and radically improve the smartphone experience for billions of mobile devices. "5G will deliver lower latency, higher bandwidth, faster data sharing, and...faster than existing wireless technology."
5G will have greater bandwidth
A lot of the excitement around 5G centers around its impressive speed, however, there are a lot other great benefits from using a 5G network. The next-gen network will have much greater bandwidth, allowing it to facilitate many more connected devices at the same time and also making service much more reliable. Due to this, 5G goes far beyond just no more spotty services and smartphones. Next-generation smart homes, manufacturing facilities run by robots, smart hospitals, farmers, and virtual reality systems will all utilize this zero-latency and expanded bandwidth. Information will be processed at breakneck speeds.
Can I use 5G networks today?
Major telecommunication companies and governments are working hard to put together fully functional 5G networks. In places like the United States there are limited neighborhoods that have access to 5G. According to AT&T low-band, 5G networks are now available in over 80 cities in the United States.
Some smartphone makers like Samsung, LG, Huawei, and Motorola have already started offering their customers 5G compatible phones with Apple expected to follow later this Fall. But, we have yet to see the full potential of 5G and will probably not for another year. Nevertheless, you will definitely start seeing the rollout of 5G throughout 2020. According to CNN, to get the wireless network fully functional wireless companies are going to need to install thousands or maybe even millions of miniature cell towers on top of lamp posts, on the side of buildings, and inside homes.
5G will help the IoT reach its full potential
Another buzzword that you are sure to have heard in the past few years is the IoT, which stands for the Internet of Things. The Internet of Things or IoT for short is an ecosystem that consists of web-enabled smart devices that use embedded processors, sensors and communication hardware to collect, send and act on data they acquire from their environments.
The IoT will bring forth more interconnected cities, places driven by real-time data. The cities will help autonomous vehicles communicate with people's smart devices, and their smart devices will be connected to their homes, and their homes will be connected to the rest of the city, using real-time data to improve the quality of life for its residents.
For the IoT to work at its peak, we need 5G. The next-generation network will allow us to connect all of these devices at once with no issue. As stated by Ericsson, "5G is the foundation for realizing the full potential of IoT...5G is much more than just fast downloads; its unique combination of high-speed connectivity, very low latency, and ubiquitous coverage will support smart vehicles and transport infrastructures such as connected cars, trucks, and buses, where a split second delay could mean the difference between a smooth flow of traffic and a 4-way crash at an intersection."
5G will help us create safer autonomous vehicles
Some people are calling 5G the air in which future autonomous vehicles will breathe. For fully autonomous vehicles to work in the near future, vehicles need to be able to communicate with each other and its surroundings effectively making split-second decisions. The bandwidth and zero latency of 5G will allow manufacturers to produce safer autonomous driving systems for vehicles, connecting transportation to other people, building, street lights, etc. 5G could also accelerate the coming age of flying cars.
5G could change healthcare for the better
Again the speed and bandwidth of 5G allows it to be used to make split-second and even life-saving decisions based on data. Now, robotic surgeries are nothing new in the world of healthcare, yet 5G could make them far more common. Even more so, some experts have argued that 5G will open the gates to better healthcare across the globe for people.
According to IBM General Manager Steve Canepa in an article for Digital Trends, "5G will make it possible for surgeons to operate remote robotic surgery appliances, and conduct secure remote video-enabled patient interactions. It has the potential to eliminate massive barriers and improve access to quality health care around the globe."
Will 5G really change the world?
The general consensus at the moment is yes. However, like with any new technology they are going to be some concerns and a long adoption time. We still might not see the full benefits of a 5G network until 2025. 5G will help create an even more interconnected world and interconnected infrastructure. The next generation of hospitals and transportation will be built on this network. What happens when someone hacks this network? Robert Spalding, the Senior Director for Strategic Planning at the National Security Council, voiced his concerns in an article for the New Yorker stating, "5G is not just for refrigerators."
"It's farm implements, it's airplanes, it's all kinds of different things that can actually kill people or that allow someone to reach into the network and direct those things to do what they want them to do. It's a completely different threat that we've never experienced before."
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Learning and development (L&D) professionals across the UK are welcoming a new strategy from the government which places importance on skills and training.
The proposed strategy commits £170 million towards creating Institutes of Technology around the country as it hopes to bridge the current skills gap that is restricting businesses. The Prime Minister's strategy also hopes to restructure technical education, replacing many qualifications that are low quality, with just 15 core technical routes.
Skills will be focused to boost expertise specifically in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects.
As people are beginning to work longer, the strategy also prioritises lifelong learning to keep up with the accelerating pace of technological change.
Chris Jones, chief executive, City & Guilds Group, commented on the proposals: "Placing skills at the heart of the industrial strategy can only be a good thing for our economy. The government must tread carefully.
Currently a consultation on the strategy is underway and a conclusion will be reached on April 17th.
It is hoped that the government delivers on its promises as the skills gap in certain sectors is so large that unless the industry acts now to train young people to take up apprenticeships and graduate positions, Chris Wood, chief executive, Develop Training believes "we face the very real possibility of the UK's national infrastructure failing as current workers retire".
Mr Wood argues that a new approach to training is needed, blending traditional classroom-based education and hands-on learning with "e-learning, the need for self-and peer-supported development, and the development of both digital and personal social skills".
Schools in the UK that offer low-quality careers advice should be downgraded in Ofsted inspections, according to a report from the Commons Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and Economy.


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Miami ranks among 'selfie' capitals of the world
MIAMI – Miami's palm trees and sandy beaches make for the perfect "selfie," and it seems many take advantage of the backdrop.
According to TIME magazine, which published a list of the "top 100 selfiest cities in the world," Miami ranked third, with 155 selfie-takers per 100,000 people.
New York City's Manhattan ranks second among selfie-takers, with 202 per 100,000 people.
Makati City in the Philippines is the "Selfie Capital of the World," with 258 selfie-takers.
TIME compiled the list using a database of more than 400,000 Instagram photos tagged "selfie" that included geographic coordinates.
"For every city in the world of at least 250,000 residents, we then counted the number of selfies taken within 5 miles and divided by the population of that city," TIME said of its methodology.
The magazine admits the methodology is far from perfect. Not everyone who takes a selfie tags it as one, not all photos tagged as "selfie" are selfies, and most do not include a location.
TIME says the selfie data is not being permanently stored on its servers, per Instagram's terms of service.
The Top Ten Selfiest Cities in the World
1. Makati City and Pasig, Philippines (258 selfie-takers per 100,000 people)
2. Manhattan, N.Y. (202 selfie-takers per 100,000 people)
3. Miami, Fla. | 155 selfie-takers per 100,000 people
4. Anaheim and Santa Ana, Calif. | 147 selfie-takers per 100,000 people
5. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia | 141 selfie-takers per 100,000 people
6. Tel Aviv, Israel | 139 selfie-takers per 100,000 people
7. Manchester, England | 114 selfie-takers per 100,000 people
8. Milan, Italy | 108 selfie-takers per 100,000 people
9. Cebu City, Philippines | 99 selfie-takers per 100,000 people
10. George Town, Malaysia | 95 selfie-takers per 100,000 people
Click here to see where other cities rank on the list.
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Q: Idiom for someone "not from this world"? Are there idioms (or single words) in English for people who behave like they have come from another world where everything is perfect and know nothing about the reality? They usually come up with ideas that can never work, but look attractive if you don't analyze them properly. They know nothing about science, and it seems they don't know that people lie, cheat and get violent.
PS in Russian we usually use the word "эльфы" (elves) for such people, and they are supposedly visiting our world from the "world of elves". It's usually considered pejorative.

A: Such a person is sometimes called a "Pollyanna" or they are said to be behaving "pollyannaish".  It comes from the Eleanor Porter novel of the same name.  The main character is a young girl who develops a life philosophy of always seeing things from the best possible light, even in spite of considerable evidence to the contrary.  It can be used in a positive way if someone is seen to be rightly "looking on the bright side", but more often it's used as a negative term for someone who is being unreasonably optimistic -- akin to the way the word "childish" is typically used in the negative.

A: The phrase "live a sheltered life" may be what you are looking for.
Cambridge dictionary says this phrase is "used in a negative way" and defines it as:

to have a life in which you are protected too much and experience very little danger, excitement, or change

Merriam-Webster defines "sheltered" as the following (and gives "a sheltered life" as an example for it):

protected from the troubles, annoyances, sordidness, etc., encountered in competitive situations

A: A person who has little experience in the ways of the world may properly be called a naïf ("a naïve person," according to Merriam-Webster) or a babe in the woods ("a naive inexperienced person," again per MW).
My favorite idiomatic expression (from about 20 years ago) for describing a person who seems "spacey"—out of touch with reality and unacquainted with the practical calculations that help a person avoid being cheated or otherwise misused by others—is "He's [or She's] from Zone Z." Unfortunately, I couldn't find a single Google Books reference to "Zone Z" in this idiomatic sense, so its area of use may be (or have been) rather narrowly circumscribed.

A: There is, of course, unworldly that conveys this idea in a single world. It is closer to being unsophisticated.

Having or showing little understanding of the ways of the world; naive or impractical [TFD]

This word has other meanings as well. It can describe someone who is not concerned with material values and mundane things. It also has a literal sense to define things that doesn't belong to this world, things that are supernatural like ghosts, spirits etc. and things that does not seem to belong to this planet like strange formations.

As an idiom, you can consider seeing the world through rose-colored glasses (or rose-tinted glasses). It means seeing only the pleasant sides of life and being overly optimistic.
Apparently, happiness is looking at the world through rose-tinted glasses.

A: naive [nah-eev]
adjective

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*having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.

*having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous: "She's so naive she believes everything she reads. He has a very naive attitude toward politics."

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/naive

A: space cadet: someone with little grasp of reality. Also spacey or spaced-out.
E.T. or Extraterrestrial -- commonly used to refer to those from outer space. Commonly used to refer to actual residents of other worlds, but also applied to those that act like they are from another planet.
Eggheads: intellectuals that have little in the way of social skills or awareness. Also absent minded though this is a weaker term.
Airhead: Perhaps not stupid (though that may be implied), but lacking in reasoning skills and common sense.
Living in a dream world. Generally clueless re: reality.
Likely any similar term will be pejorative.

A: Such a person could be described as 'having their head in the clouds'.
A question regarding the meaning of this idiom has been posed and answered on this very website:
"his or her head in the clouds" meaning
In specific relation to your example, saying that one of your elves had his head in the clouds would convey a frustration with his naive, overly simplistic, facile or optimistic view of the world, his misaligned priorities, and his general lack of self-awareness and of focus on the issues surrounding him that actually matter.

A: Adding to the good answers so far: Living in la-la land, and perhaps more BrE than AmE, in cloud-cuckoo land

A: You and your pie in the sky ideas. Not everything is rainbows and unicorns. Get down to earth. Stop dreaming.

A: The French words ingénu (masculine) or ingénue (feminine) have been incorporated into English, usually with the accent, but you sometimes see them without. The meaning corresponds more or less to what you're after, as described by the Wikipedia entry for Voltaire's novella L'Ingénu.

A: Ideal word would be Utopian. I can imagine myself using many words with similar connotations such as
alien, Extraterrestrial, celestial being, time-traveler, fusspot, visionary, romanticist , chimerical etc.

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*idealist (n.) /idealistic (adj.)

*utopian

*naive

A: Not a single word, but away with the fairies is possibly the closest UK English idiom to your Russian 'visitor from the elves'

A: I'd go with offworlder.
It conveys a lot of the meaning you mention in the question. However, no pejorative meaning.
Alternatively I would consider already mentioned alien. This would underscore the alieness (complete difference in everything), but, again, would not necessarily be pejorative.
We have saying in Poland: One from different fairytale. Close to yours :). And this one is pejorative. Also, contemptuous.
And, last but not least, there may be something to be said about good old American Tourist... But this one is downright nasty...

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Q: Configuration file for an application in C# Could somebody walk me through the ins and outs of a configuration file: what is it, how to make it, what to do with it.
I was given an assignment by my senior to have a configuration file that will do the ff: remembering the file location of an xml file and logging it into the configuration file.
For instance: upon opening the winforms, there's already a textbox with the file location written in it, when user open the filedialogbox and selects another file it would be written in the text box. user closes the winform. next time the user opens it, the last selected file location would be in the textbox.
Is this possible? My senior told me I could do this with the configuration file, as he is terribly busy, he cannot explain it to me further on what to do with it. Based on his short explanation, am I correct to think that this config file is like an XML file? Any examples you could provide for easy understanding?
I saw this and this but I can't really understand much from it. Is there like a "Configuration Class (C#) for Dummies" out there?

A: You can create your own class that contains all the user settings you want to save and then use XmlSerializer to read the file when the program first starts, and write when the program exits.
I gave up trying to use the built-in Settings. The main difficulty was trying to get the settings file to read from and write to the desired folder.

A: Configuration file is the file which comes with the exe after compilation.
In this file whatever values we are giving can be read from the application.
So if there is any change in the values inside the application we can set those values in this configuration file.
 For example, your application , the path of xml file is changing ,this can be set from configuration file
First right click the project file from your solution explorer and select Add new item.
From the window select Applicatiopn COnfiguration file and give the the name app.config and press ok
Inside the app.config . inside the config section add
<appSettings>
    <add key="Xmlpath" value="C:\temp\xmlfile.xml" />

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Add System.Configuration to your references
Add using System.Configuration; to your form
In page load
string path = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["Xmlpath"];
textbox.Text=path;

Even after compilation the xml path can be changed ,as app.config will is accessible from outside the exe.
To change this path dynamically , you need to do more coding
check this link
1. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/14465/Specify-a-Configuration-File-at-Runtime-for-a-C-Co
2. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/14744/Read-Write-App-Config-File-with-NET
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On a scale from 0 to 10, Cypriots are 6.2 happy with their lives overall compared with an EU average of 7.1 out of 10. The happiest bunch in the bloc are the Swedes and the Finns, scoring an overall 8 out of 10, and the least happy are Bulgarians with an overall life satisfaction rate of 4.8. The new figures were released on Monday by Eurostat, accompanied by an interactive infographic. The publication 'Facts and views about quality of life in the EU' is a multi-dimensional measurement of well-being. Traditionally official statistics describe economic and social developments by using indicators such as GDP. However, today it is widely accepted that GDP alone is not enough to show how well or badly people are doing, the report says. "The objective is to shed light on what could impact upon the quality of life, ranging from the educational level, to activity to health status to the family and financial situations". As people's life satisfaction cannot be reduced to one single aspect, the publication provides a multidimensional measurement of the quality of life," said Walter Radermacher, Director-General of Eurostat. The areas covered include material living conditions; employment, health, education, leisure and social interactions, economic and physical safety, governance and basic rights, natural and living environment; personal relationships and overall life satisfaction.


Strength is a major attribute of healthy hair – the stronger, the better (and the more styling options!). But all that styling can diminish hair's strength, and even worse, cause breakage. So to avoid the tell-tale signs of weakened hair: lack of shine, irregularity and split ends, here are our top tips for getting stronger, you can do anything with it, hair.
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The United Nations has verified more 21,000 violations committed against children in 2017. The United Nations has reliable reports of more than 10,000 children killed or maimed in armed conflict last year. The Secretary-General is outraged at this number, a significant increase compared to previous years and documented in his Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict published today. Children are also affected by other verified violations, including the recruitment and use of children by armed forces and armed groups, sexual violence and attacks on schools and hospitals.
Boys and girls have once again been overly impacted by protracted and new violent crisis. Despite some progress, the level of violations remains unacceptable.
The Secretary-General reiterates that the best way to address this horrific situation is to promote peaceful solutions to conflicts. He calls on all parties to exert maximum efforts in this regard.
The Secretary-General reminds parties to conflict of their responsibility to protect children, in line with international humanitarian and human rights laws. He calls on all parties to conflict to engage with the United Nations to develop concrete measures to end and prevent grave violations against children and to provide support and relief to affected children.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2018 by Mohammed Al-Zuhairi.


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Middleburg Gets Some Signage For Their AVA
Courtesy of Boxwood Winery
The Commonwealth of Virginia is home to a number of American Viticultural Areas (AVA) such as Monticello (1984), the North Fork of Roanoke (1987) , the Northern Neck George Washington Birthplace (1987), Rocky Knob (1987), and Virginia's Eastern Shore (1991), as well as sharing the Shenandoah Valley AVA (1987) with West Virginia. As you can see, the last AVA from the above list was Virginia's Eastern Shore in 1991, with the remaining acquiring a designation in the 1980's.
In terms of the contemporary Virginia wine making industry, that's ancient history and quite a lot has changed since those early petitions. For instance, the petitioner of the North Fork of Roanoke AVA, Woolwine Winery, was the precursor to Chateau Morrisette and this AVA as well as Rocky Knob are currently home to very few commercial vineyards. In contrast, the number of vineyards in Northern Virginia have escalated rapidly in the past two decades particularly in Fauquier County and its northern neighbor Loudoun County, where there are now over 60 wineries operating between the two.
Back in 2006, Rachel Martin, Executive V.P. at Boxwood Winery thought there was enough similar characteristics in geology, soil, climate and geography between many of these wineries that warranted a petition to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) to designate a distinct AVA. The TTB defines an American Viticultural Area (AVA) as
A viticultural area for American wine is a delimited grape-growing region having distinguishing features as described in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 27 CFR part 9 and a name and delineated boundary as established in part 9 of the regulations. These designations allow vintners and consumers to attribute a given quality, reputation, or other characteristic of a wine made from grapes grown in an area to its geographic origin.
According to Martin, the designation matters for a number of reasons, first because it will allow wineries within the AVA to label their wines as "estate bottled" if the wine meets these conditions as stated by Steve Heimoff:
Take the term "estate bottled." Up until now, a wine can be called "estate bottled" only if (a) it is labeled with an appellation of origin, and (b) the bottling winery is located in the labeled viticultural area, grew all of the grapes used to make the wine on land owned or controlled by the winery within the boundaries of the labeled viticultural area; and crushed the grapes (there are some additional restrictions).
Second, an AVA designation gives a wine a place of origin, even if it doesn't meet the estate condition. Since 85% of the grapes must be grown within the AVA, it gives consumers confidence that a particular wine labelled with an AVA contains fruit grown in that jurisdiction. Perfect for the locapour movement.
Finally, an AVA designation provides a huge marketing advantage to the area and even the state, particularly when the Virginia Wine Board and the Secretariat of Transportation and the Secretariat of Agriculture and Forestry get involved. These agencies have developed the Virginia Wine Region Sign Program which, as you would expect, road signs promoting the various AVAs and wine regions within the state.
View Midleburg AVA in a larger map
In September of 2012, the TTB announced that Martin's petition had been approved and the Middleburg AVA was officially created. The AVA boundary is quite detailed and maps to 46 unique points bounded by the Potomac River to the north and mountains to the east, south and west. The TTB lists these map points in detail here. In total, the Middleburg AVA covers approximately 190-square miles (121,600 acres) and contains 229 acres of commercial vineyards and 14 wineries. I've created a map of these wineries that is also embedded above. It includes many of our favorite NOVA wineries, but is also interesting in terms of those that are outside the boundary. For instance, the borders exclude eastern Middleburg and Chrysalis Vineyards as well as the western slope of Short Hill Mountain and Breaux Vineyards. Other neighboring wineries may feel disappointed, but all should expect to benefit from the designation as well as the Virginia Wine Region Sign Program.
And yesterday, March 26, First Lady Maureen McDonnell and Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Todd Haymore unveiled the Middleburg Virginia AVA sign at a ceremony hosted by Boxwood. Both the sign and AVA designation will assist in the continued expansion of the Virginia Wine Industry. In the words of Rachel Martin, "This AVA designation promotes Northern Virginia as a recognized US wine growing region further placing Virginia in a national context of making wine and allows us to tell a more comprehensive story of Virginia vineyards, wines, viticulture and winemaking practices."
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Location: Burrland Lane, Middleburg, VA 20117, USA
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Actually, he didn't. He interviewed anti-vaccinationist Jenny McCarthy. Which is worse.
In light of all the executive branch changes people are hoping for, I wonder how much longer CDC Director Julie Gerberding has. I'm guessing she's there until late January….
Trying to have it both ways on autism and vaccines.
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The 1000th program participant, Kate Ryan from WTOP Radio, Washington D.C., was welcomed in Berlin September 2008. The visiting U.S. journalists celebrated this in front of Brandenburg Gate.
The more than a thousand participants of the RIAS Berlin Commission come from all parts of Germany and the United States, creating a diverse and comprehensive German-American network of journalists.
The creation of a transatlantic network of journalists is one of the main objectives of the RIAS Berlin Commission. Therefore all former program participants, so called RIAS Fellows, are very much involved in the present program activities.
There is an annual meeting of Fellows in the United States as well as in Germany dealing with important transatlantic topics. Furthermore many RIAS Fellows are active as hosts for participants for the current programs, providing opportunities for personal exchanges between German and American journalists.
The number of RIAS Fellows has grown to more than 1500 from all parts of Germany and the United States.
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Michael E. Hansen, the German-born CEO of Cengage Learning – an American educational content, technology and services company for higher education, spoke to RIAS zoom talk about the key issues facing the Biden Administration, especially the coronavirus crisis. Hansen, a trained lawyer in Germany, also offered some interesting insights into U.S. higher education and the differences between the United States and Germany. ... Read MoreRead Less
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Please join us for a talk with Michael E. Hansen, the German-born CEO of Cengage, in a RIAS Zoom Talk today January 18 at 1700 (Berlin time) and 1100 (EST). Cengage is an education and technology provider serving millions of learners in 165 countries. A majority of Cengage's business is in the U.S. higher ed market; the company also serves workforce training, primary school and library markets globally. Hansen, who grew up in Germany and has a law degree from the University of Bonn, will speak about the expectations and priorities he sees for the incoming Biden Administration in the U.S, as well as other issues facing the education and business landscapes. Hansen's work is focused on transforming education to empower all learners to achieve their dreams. During his tenure at Cengage, this has included evolving what was a traditional print publishing company to a dynamic digital learning leader. As a German who moved on to a successful career in the United States, Hansen will also address some of the important differences between the two countries when it comes to education, as well as more broadly in business, politics and society.
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Netflix will triple its London office space after the international success of UK productions like 'The Crown,' 'Sex Education,' and 'Rebecca'
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Claire Foy, Matt Smith and Vanessa Kirby at the premiere of Netflix's "The Crown" Season 2 Karwai Tang/WireImage
Netflix is tripling its total office space in London to around 100,000 square feet, a source close to the deal told Business Insider.
Some staff will move to a new office in the city's West End, the source said, but the company will also retain one of its two existing London offices.
The new office space won't be ready until 2022 at the earliest, according to the source.
The streaming giant plans to create jobs in its business operations and original productions, building off the success of its UK productions such as "The Crown," "Sex Education," "Rebecca," and "Too Hot To Handle."
Netflix plans to triple its London office capacity as it expands its UK operations.
The streaming giant will move to an 87,000 square-foot site in the city's West End, a source close to the deal told Business Insider.
Netflix already rents space in two buildings in London totaling around 30,000 square feet. One of these will be retained, meaning the company will have around 100,000 square feet of office space in total.
But Netflix will refurbish the new West End office and doesn't plan to move employees in until at least 2022.
Read more: Exclusive data shows traffic to Netflix's US cancellation web page spiked after the controversial film 'Cuties' was released on the streaming service
The company also plans to "invest heavily in the British creative economy," the source told Business Insider. Netflix will create jobs in its business operations as well as cast, crew, and extras involved in its original productions, according to the source.
The streaming giant currently has 269 employees in the UK, where it filmed more than 50 productions last year. Some have had international success, like "The Crown," "Sex Education," "After Life," "Rebecca," and "Too Hot To Handle."
Netflix is one of the major tech players to boom during lockdown. Nearly as many subscribers signed up to the streaming service in the first half of 2020 as did in the whole of 2019, including more than 10 million between April and June alone.
In the three months to June 30, it recorded an operating profit of $1.36 billion – a 42% jump from the previous quarter, and nearly double what it recorded in the same period last year.
But in its quarterly statement, Netflix warned that the number of new subscriptions may dip in the second half after so many new members joined in the year up to June. The company is also facing increasing competition from streaming services by WarnerMedia, Disney, NBCUniversal, Apple, and Amazon.
"As part of our ongoing commitment to the UK, we are excited to expand our operations in London," a Netflix spokesperson told Business Insider. "It will ensure that we can better serve our members and the local creative community, including investing in stories … that are made in the UK and watched by the world."
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Vaccination Policy, Delayed Care, and…
Vaccination Policy, Delayed Care, and Health Expenditures
Erkmen G. Aslim, Wei Fu, Chia-Lun Liu & Erdal Tekin
Issue Date June 2022
Revision Date August 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected the United States healthcare system, resulting in major disruptions in the delivery of essential care and causing crippling financial losses that threaten the viability of millions of medical practices. There is little empirical evidence on the types of policies or innovations that are effective in shaping healthcare seeking behavior during a public health crisis. This paper evaluates the effect of COVID-19 vaccination on the individual propensity to delay or skip medical care. Our research design exploits the arguably exogenous variation in age-specific vaccine eligibility rollout across states and over time as an instrument for individual vaccination status. We find that receiving a COVID-19 vaccine reduces the likelihood of delaying care for any medical condition by 37 percent. Furthermore, our analysis reveals that children are significantly less likely to delay or skip healthcare as a result of their parents becoming vaccine eligible, indicating the presence of a positive health spillover within households that extends beyond protection against infection. We also find evidence to indicate that vaccination affects healthcare seeking behavior by easing concerns about contracting or spreading COVID-19. Our results highlight the important role that vaccines play in, not only protecting against coronavirus, but also safeguarding against the worsening of health due to delayed or foregone medical care. The decline in delayed or foregone care caused by vaccination is particularly strong among minorities and those with a low socioeconomic background, revealing an important role that vaccination efforts can play in narrowing inequities in health and healthcare. In supplementary analysis, we use novel data on debit and credit card spending to demonstrate that increased vaccine uptake has a positive, albeit statistically insignificant, effect on consumer healthcare spending in the short run. Taken together, our findings imply that advancements in vaccine development coupled with a regulatory process that accelerates the availability of vaccines to public in a safe manner can have the additional benefit of tackling unmet healthcare needs during a public health crisis.
We have no financial or other relationships to disclose for this paper. We thank Amanda Kowalski, Joshua D. Gottlieb, Maria Polyakova, and Sumedha Gupta for helpful comments and suggestions. We also appreciate comments from seminar and conference participants at the NBER Meeting on COVID-19 and Health Outcomes, Eastern Michigan University, and Applied Microeconomics and Policy Workshop at MEF University. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Gulf Air to restore over 90% of India schedule this summer
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain has started to ramp up its operations to the State of India beginning with 49 weekly flights this month. As the summer season approaches, the airline announces that by mid-May, Gulf Air will increase its weekly flights to 75 which is more than 90% of its pre-pandemic schedule to India.
Commenting on this network restoration, Gulf Air's Acting Chief Executive Officer Captain Waleed AlAlawi commented: "We are very excited to restore such an integral part of our airline's operations. The national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain never stopped flying during the peak of the pandemic making it one of the most experienced and safest airlines to fly during these times, and today we are growing closer to our full network with some new additions coming online this summer such as Milan, Manchester and Rome. We are working on frequencies and connectivity to offer more choices and more convenience to our passengers and are confident that the months ahead will feature more milestones and success stories to tell".
Gulf Air has been operating direct flights between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Republic of India since 1960 and its network of Indian cities has always been key within the Gulf Air's global network. Being one of the few airlines that continued scheduled commercial operations, Gulf Air continuously works closely with the governments authorities throughout the destinations on its network to resume its operations as pandemic restrictions ease and the aviation industry recovers. Updates are constantly added on gulfair.com/covid19 including travel advice, network and new health and safety procedures.
Being one of the few airlines that never stopped flying during the pandemic, Gulf Air has recently received the Skytrax Five Star COVID-19 Airline Safety Rating after a vigorous audit by Skytrax Research that took place between November and December 2021, in flying safely throughout the pandemic and enhancing its airport and onboard protocols to combat the spread of COVID-19. The airline also received APEX's Five Star Major Official Airline Rating; an award based solely on certified passengers' feedback.
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Razer Lancehead Review
Hey, gamers!! Welcome!! In our Razer Lancehead Review, we will explore this EPIC performance gaming mouse inside out!! It was a piece that I've been burning with the desire of making a review about because it's DEFINITELY one of the BEST gaming mice that have ever been made with exclusive design factors and features which open up new opportunities for gamers who want an improvement in their gaming flow...
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It's actually the equivalent of Logitech G900 with its ambidextrous and all-sides-customizable design. Both of these mice are sharing the set of TOP TIER gaming mice and they're the sharks of their genre. Both of these babies are known as killers among all the high-tech gaming mice with their extended performance. There is no doubt that they're BADASS with their ultra precision and performance-oriented design. Now we're going to explore what Razer Lancehead is offering to us in detail.
I'm leaving a video review down below for the ones who like some eye candy. Actually, this one is a double review of Razer Lancehead Tournament Edition and Razer Lancehead Wireless. The review you're reading at the moment is the Razer Lancehead Tournament Edition review and by watching the video that I've presented down below you can easily compare these two babies. I've pointed out where you can buy it at "Where To Buy It From??" Section, so you can scroll down to check out the buying section:
True 16,000 DPI 5G optical sensor - PixArt PMW 3389
Up to 450 inches per second (IPS) / 50 G acceleration
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Gaming-grade tactile scroll wheel
Ambidextrous form factor suitable for both right and left handed gamers
Wavy rubber side grips with extended grip factor
Razer Chroma lighting system with true 16.8 million customizable colors
Inter-device color synchronization
Nine independently programmable Hyperesponse buttons
1000 Hz Ultrapolling Rate
Razer Synapse 3 (Beta) Software
2.1 m / 7 ft braided fiber cable
Approximate size: 117 mm / 4.6 in (Length) x 71 mm / 2.79 in (Width) x 38 mm / 1.49 in (Height)
Approximate weight: 104 g / 0.23 lbs(Excluding cable)
Razer Lancehead is one of the gems that Razer has decided to work on with attention. It's one of the most exclusive gaming mice in their updated mouse lineup. Actually, Razer has done a GREAT JOB in updating their mouse lineup and I wasn't expecting this much of an improvement, to be honest... Razer has built EPIC gaming mice until now, which have had both left-handed versions, wireless versions, exclusive features but Razer Lancehead is the newcomer cool kid.
This is the first AMBIDEXTROUS modern Razer mouse (as far as I remember) and it's special for filling a major gap for many people. Razer Lancehead couples an ambidextrous ergonomic form factor with an ade high-level technical performance and all the pretty lights! I don't even have to mention the epic exterior looks of it which remind me of a sports car more than a gaming mouse.
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Razer Lancehead can be perceived as a hybrid mouse within the Razer mouse lineup, and it actually is! I can comfortably tell you that it's a mixture of Razer Deathadder and Razer Mamba. Think of an ambidextrous Razer Deathadder mixed up with the exteriors of Razer Mamba - WOILLA!!! You have a RAZER LANCEHEAD!!
There are some specific differences of course. First of all, the front grill of Razer Lancehead is a little bit different and it's one of the most beautiful mouse grills that I've ever seen. It was an eye-catching detail for me! And in general, the exteriors of Razer Lancehead has amazed me! Curves of the ambidextrous form, leaking RGB lights from the sides of it wavy side grips and everything in general!! It's a pretty eye-catching piece of art and no one can doubt it. Don't even have to mention that it looks great on your gaming desk!
Razer Lancehead Tournament Edition is a wired version of the Razer Lancehead Wireless gaming mouse, which is also a great alternative to Razer Mamba Wireless, so t comes with a mouse cable. The mouse cable of the latest Razer gaming mouse lineup is one of my favorite due to its high-quality flexible and durable materials. The cable is great, but some people dislike mouse cables in general. It's because that the mouse cable usually gets in the way during our fast-paced action-packed gaming sessions. Also, people don't want to give up on the benefits of a wired mouse... That's why there exists something called a MOUSE BUNGEE!
A mouse bungee is the ultimate gaming peripheral support gear which eliminates the mouse cable that floats around your gaming desk giving you a hard time during your gaming sessions. If you want to meet with the comfort of a wireless mouse but still don't want to give up on the benefits of a wired mouse, then you should check out our "Mouse Bungee" Page!
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Razer Lancehead weighs 104 g (excluding the cable) and this is probably one of the most optimum weights that you can come across. I personally like my micee heavy with a weight value around 110-115 grams but Razer Lancehead has a great weight balance that made me like it even more. It feels like your own limb when you take the Lancehead into your palm and the slight heaviness makes you feel that you're actually controlling the mouse and this feeling of handling is EXACTLY what I'm looking for in a gaming mouse.
Ambidextrous Form Factor
Razer has worked with seasoned ESports professionals in order to create the BEST ambidextrous experience that a gamer can have! The curvy and custom tailored ambidextrous ergonomic form factor is one of its kind and Razer has obviously put some great time and effort in order to create this exclusive design...
Razer is also known for its specific ergonomic structures of ALL their gaming mice and they have been working on for many many years to develop the BEST ergonomic shapes that can boost the performance of gamers SKY HIGH! Probably the BEST example is the epic Razer Deathadder Elite, which is a MULTIPLE AWARD WINNER gaming mouse with its LEGENDARY ergonomics and top-notch performance.
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Razer has been constantly developing their mice to get better and better with every update and now it seems like they're receiving the results of their efforts. Lancehead is one f the TOP COMPETITORS for people who are looking for a high-quality ambidextrous gaming mouse and it's an ESports grade performance mouse which is one of the best choices for the competition.
This is the feature that stands out the most. Razer Lancehead has an ambidextrous form factor which means that it's suitable for both right and left-handed gamers! This feature is unique for Razer gaming mouse lineup because it's the only ambidextrous high-end gaming mouse in the lineup.
To be honest, I'm not a constant user of ambidextrous mice, but Razer Lancehead has performed a great job in assisting me during long hours of gaming sessions! I've felt pretty comfortable and everything was exactly in their right places. Especially for left-handed gamers, the experience will no doubt be way better!
The button design of Razer Lancehead is unique because of its double-sided button layout. As a convention, all other Razer gaming mice have additional buttons on their thumb placement area and at the back of the scroll wheel. Razer Lancehead changes this concept by adding TWO MORE BUTTONS to the opposite side! This way Razer Lancehead has become a great candidate for left-handed use!!! Left-handed users were always complaining about not being able to find a suitable gaming mouse for themselves and that was actually quite a problem among our left-handed mutant friends.
All my lefty friends were suffering from unsuitable gaming mice for left-hand rockers and now with the ambidextrous and dual-sided design, the problems have come to an end! Here is the button setup that's expecting you in Razer Lancehead:
Right/Left Clicks
Two rear buttons (DPI Switch)
Two side buttons (thumb area)
Two side buttons (ring finger area)
Button placements are pretty similar to other Razer gaming mice and they're as great as always. The side buttons are pretty comfortable to reach and all buttons are quality built. Click buttons are equipped with the brand new Razer-Omron mechanical mouse switches which are custom developed for extended performance and ultra-high durability. They have probably the fastest response time, a great feel of mouse click and a lifespan of 50 million clicks!!! The button quality and durability of Razer Lancehead is off-topic and I can comfortably tell that especially the new Razer mouse lineup has one of the best button quality practices together with Logitech. These two brands have never let me down when it comes to button quality and durability.
I don't have to talk much about the buttons, they're as good as always! And this time they're combined with an ambidextrous form factor. The feel of this combination can be a new taste for the ones who aren't acquainted with ambidextrous mice. Speaking personally, I'm not an ambidextrous mouse user by convention, but when I tried out Razer Lancehead it felt pretty good. It actually felt like that I'm driving a sports car. It felt professional!
Lancehead is not a left-handed only mouse. It can be used by ANY gamer who likes an ambidextrous form factor and two extra buttons at their service. The two extra buttons at the ring finger area are actually not so usable, at least they're not so comfortable to press just as you press the thumb buttons. And you shouldn't be expecting them to be comfortable to use because they're meant for reverse use by left-handed users. But if you're comfortable using them, no one will stand against your decision 🙂
Side RGB lights
Yes, there we are back again with the epic RGB lights that complete the "coolness" factor of Razer Lancehead! There are RGB light strips installed at the sides of Lancehead and there's no doubt that they make Lancehead look BADASS!! This side strip lights concept is actually adopted from Razer Mamba, which is the GLOWING and DEADLY venomous snake of the Razer mouse lineup. The only difference between these side strips of Razer Lancehead and Razer Mamba is that Lancehead has these LEDs installed right under the side buttons and they're slightly buried inside the mouse while Razer Mamba has them installed right at the side from bottom to the top, all the way through the side.
Also, Razer Lancehead's RGB lights don't go the whole way of its side which makes me like Lancehead more when compared to Mamba. Razer Lancehead is way better than Mamba with its optical sensor and etc.. but this is not a comparison review, so you can check out our Razer Mamba Review to get a better understanding between their diversities.
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If you're experienced with Razer mice and Chroma lighting system, then you probably already know about all the cool stuff you can accomplish with the RGB lights of Raze Lancehead! As any other Razer gaming mouse with Chroma lighting system, you can choose from a vast variety of 16.8 million RGB colors to light your gaming space up with. You can use these colors in various animations and light effects such as Breathing, Reactive, Static, Spectrum Cycling, and Wave light animations!!!
You can adjust the brightness options, duration of lighting time during spectrum cycling, color shifts and many more through the Razer Synapse 3 software!! And the things you can do with the Chroma lighting system are not limited to these specific pre-set animations... You can create your OWN lighting profiles to customize the lighting cycle. This means that you can create your own lighting patterns by combining these lighting animations in a layer-like approach!!
Also, there is the new gizmo that Razer has come up with which allows gamers with developer skills to actually hack their gear and create outstanding stuff with the Chroma Lighting System!!! It's the Razer Chroma SDK which allows you to actually develop new experiences with the Razer Chroma supported gaming peripherals.
So, now you know that Razer Chroma lighting system offers you a vast variety of options to help you transform your gaming space into a raving disco party!!! Chroma lighting system is one of the best RGB illumination systems that I've come across in the gaming mice industry and I'm more than satisfied with it.
The only gaming mouse which has equivalent BADASS RGB lights that I know is the SteelSeries Rival 600 which comes with one of the BEST optical sensors that I've ever known, the TrueMove 3+ custom optical sensor, and the most detailed weight tuning system that I've ever seen!!! I think you ALL should check it out...
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Technical Side Of Things
Razer Lancehead use one of the BET optical gaming mouse sensors that you can come across on the market! It's the same sensor that the epic and LEGENDARY Razer Deathadder uses - the well known PixArt PMW 3389!! It's the Razer exclusive optical sensor of PixArt, the company which produces one of the BEST line up of gaming mouse sensors. If you're experienced with the DeathAdder Elite, then you probably already have understood what I'm talking about.
PixArt PMW 3389 is that badass 5G optical sensor which comes with true 16,000 DPI and true tracking at 450 inches per second(IPS) /50G acceleration. With a resolution accuracy of 99,4 % there is no doubt that you'll enter into killing blows and headshot sprees with it. When I tried out the Lancehead I felt like I'm at home because I had enough experience with the sensor of Deathadder. The high precision and pixel-to-pixel tracking have never let me down!!
In terms of the sensor, I don't have any negative expressions to state. IT'S AWESOME!! No jittering, no smoothing, and no tracking issues. It's one of the fastest optical sensors in the whole gaming mouse market and I MEAN IT!!!! In the average user DPI intervals (below 8,000 DPI) the sensor had no issues and I've been more than satisfied.
The 16,000 DPI is actually a ridiculous value because you probably will never use that much DPI. My personal DPI interval is between 1,200-4,000 MAX. I don't even remember if I've used a higher DPI value in my entire life. Unless you have some ridiculous setup with multiple 4K monitors dialed with SLI, you probably won't exceed the average user DPI intervals, but it's good to have if you ever feel like using that much DPI. Razer Lancehead also has 1000Hz Ultrapolling rate, a value which has already become an industry standard.
The lift-off distance and mouse surface calibration automatically come within the latest Razer gaming mouse lineup as far as I know. So, by using the Razer Synapse 3 Software, which is still running the beta version, you can fine-tune the lift-off distance, surface calibration and a vast variety of technical parameters such as DPI, polling rate and etc...
The technical side of Lancehead is pretty bright and the performance it provides to gamers is WAY above the standards!! I give 5 STARS!!
Razer Lancehead uses the latest version of Razer peripheral software - Razer Synapse 3 which is still in the Beta state but works like a charm! You can use it to customize the hell out of your Razer peripheral. Be it creating personal macros for various games or programs, changing the technical parameters of your mouse, customizing the button setup, assigning new profiles or changing the Chroma lighting effects, you can personalize the hell out of your Razer gaming peripheral with Razer Synapse 3.
One of the best improvements that Razer has integrated into their latest mouse lineup is the onboard profiles!! The previous Razer mouse series have lacked this feature (at least the most of all) and in order to access your mouse profiles you had to be connected to the internet and have a Razer account. It was fine if you were gaming from home only, but it wasn't handy when you wanted to go and kick some butt at LAN parties. You had to install Razer Synapse and hold an internet connection to access your profiles.
But now you have the option of carrying your favorite profiles around with you!! The on-board profiles feature you can choose specific profiles to be stored in the brain of your Lancehead. By simply clicking the profile button under your mouse you can switch between these profiles. The little light right next to the profile button can be customized through the Razer Synapse software to indicate the color of your choice!
I don't have to mention the ability of customization of your buttons. You can customize your buttons in the exact way you want, be it assigning chain command macros or DPI shift or etc.. The options you have with Razer Lancehead is limitless.
But there is one feature that I have to point out... It's the Hypershift Buttons!! It's the button system which actually doubles your number of buttons!! Hypershift buttons profile is that set of button commands that you can activate by pressing a pre-determined hypershift button. By keeping your hypershift button pressed you will activate the hypershift button profile which is a completely new side profile that hosts a new set of commands that you can assign your own macros.
The hypershift profile enables you to actually DOUBLE the amount of your buttons and improve your game flow by parallelly keeping an additional set of button commands ready at your service! It's a GREAT feature and it's a giant plus for performance gamers!!
Where To Buy It From??
Amazon is the best place to buy a Razer Lancehead due to its great prices, quality delivery service, and the AMAZING customer care! Also, I don't have to mention that millions of people are using it. I've bought almost ALL of my gaming peripherals from Amazon.com and I've always been satisfied with its service. Else of the great price options, you may occasionally come across pretty charming discounts, especially during special events and holidays!
Razer Lancehead Tournament Edition can be yours for a pretty reasonable price tag of $59.99 just by clicking the button down below and navigating to the Amazon page! So, if you think that Razer Lancehead is a great choice for you, DON'T HESITATE TO BUY A RAZER LANCEHEAD!!
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What Do Others Think??
Razer Lancehead is Amazon's Choice in its own category and it's rated 4.3 STARS OUT OF 5!!! It's a pretty DECENT rating and by judging that %80 of the voters have voted 4+ STARS, we can easily understand that %80 of users of Lancehead are EXTREMELY SATISFIED with their weapon of choice...
To get a better understand'ng about what other users think about Razer LAncehead, I present you the real user comments! If you want to check out all of them you can click the buy button at the Where To Buy?? Section above. Here are some of the real user reviews to give you an idea of what other real users think about Razer Lancehead Tournament Edition:
Razer Lancehead Review - Conclusion
We've come to an end of our Razer Lancehead Review and now you know EVERY bit of detail about. You can easily decide on your own whether Razer Lancehead is the right choice for you or not. If you think that Razer Lancehead Tournament Edition is the right choice for you, then scroll up to our Where To Buy It From section to get one for yourself!!!
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2 Responses to Razer Lancehead Review – PERFORMANCE Is Now AMBIDEXTROUS
I already have one of these and they are amazing. Its so smooth and perfect for my hand, I don't like really small or really large mice but they aren't meant for me anyway. Recently i bought the Logitech mouse, the one that's wireless, its pretty good but i mainly use it for my laptop and not my monitor, on my laptop i just play league.
Hey Ty!!
I'm glad that you're happy with your Lancehead. Is that Logitech mouse Logitech G703??? If it's the 703 then I'm so happy to state that you've made a GREAT choice! Or is it the epic Logitech G903?? Both are BEASTS!!!
It sems to me like you're a fan of ambidextrous mice. Have you CHECKED OUT our SteelSeries Sensei 310 Review?? It has one of the BEST optical gaming mouse sensors.
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The funds under the five-year loan programme will be onlent for various SME investments, NIB said in a press release on Friday. Loan allocations are expected to fulfil the eligibility criteria for a good rating for loan programmes to SMEs.
As a segment, SMEs produce approximately three quarters of the total added value of Estonia's economy, which is more than the EU average.
AS LHV Pank is part of AS LHV Group, a financial group established in 1999. LHV is the largest domestically-owned banking group in Estonia, and the fourth largest in terms of assets. LHV has a strong focus on lending to SMEs in sectors such as real estate, financial services, manufacturing, and transport and logistics.
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Owing to a series of unfortunate events I currently have three Midges. However it is not my fault and I can explain if you will bear with me for a moment.
I was born on a farm and consequently have a weakness for Land-Rovers and Machinery. Traditionally farmer's sons are generalists and have to turn their hands to anything needed to save money.
As a result of my upbringing I was able to build a sort of 'Special' made from bits and an Opus chassis that I found in a scrap-yard. It failed in the end, but taught me quite a lot before I left the farm. Arriving in Edinburgh a few years later I bought a Land-Rover for no particular reason and drove that around for a while. A local Land-Rover specialist (Alex Lindsay of Broxburn) supplied me with a part built Ford based Midge. That's the red one. Part way through completing the Red Midge I found a green one in the deepest south of England and thought that it would do to keep me driving while I finished the red one. Driving it up 400 miles from Somerset was startlingly uneventful, and I started using it to pootle around the neighbourhood, at the same time as modifying it of course, and eventually both cars were functional and on the road.
At about this point the identity of the red Midge's donor became a little vague and a couple of rather intractable mechanical problems arose which made me think of swapping the Red Midge body onto a Triumph Chassis. I found a part built example in Essex and, equally accidentally, bought a Mk4 Spitfire and a trailer full of bits as well. Having extended the garage to cover the Spitfire and the Ferguson tractor, I have managed to get the third Midge started and am now contemplating the fairly major exercise of a whole body transplant. The new Midge has a few significant problems in the body, so I shall not feel too bad about stripping it down, and the mechanicals seem quite well sorted. It will probably become known as 'The red Midge' but alternatives would be Lazarus, Frankenstein or Borg. If the red body won't go onto the Herald chassis I might end up with three again. The saga continues.


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Dolly Parton opens first retail store in Nashville March 12
By CMP on March 15, 2010 in Contests
She's an icon, whether it's for her singing, her movies, or her… curves. And now country music queen Dolly Parton has opened her first-ever retail store in Nashville, Dolly Parton's Trinkets & Treasures, and plans to be on hand and in person for the official grand opening and pink ribbon cutting on Friday, March 12.
"When I was growing up in the backwoods of the Smoky Mountains, any trinket was a treasure to me," says the vivacious singer, songwriter, author and entrepreneur. "The mail order catalog was my wish book. I wished I could have everything I saw. Those childhood memories inspired my new Trinkets and Treasures store. Come on in and wish and dream…and I will make them come true."
Dolly Parton's Trinkets and Treasures is located in historic downtown Nashville on 2nd avenue. The 1,000 square foot space is a colorful reflection of the singer's eccentric "Coat of Many Colors" taste and is filled with the singer's music and videos. The store offers a mix of Dolly-centric items for fans of all ages including a music section stocked with Dolly Records' releases–including the November 2009 two-disc DVD/CD set "Dolly: Live from London" –and a listening post to preview the tunes, t-shirts, hats and a collection of children and tween items.
For the store, Dolly has also created fun items like a "Burpin' 9-5" baby bib and special limited-edition "Coat of Many Colors" customized guitars, hand-painted and embossed with rhinestones at her Nashville studio.
Dolly Parton's Trinkets & Treasures is located at 126 2nd Ave North, Nashville, TN (next door to Wild Horse Saloon) and store hours are 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Sunday through Friday, and Saturday from 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. This marks the first retail store for the internationally renowned superstar who launched her own Dolly Records in 2007 with her Backwoods Barbie CD.
For more information, please visit http://www.dollypartonmusic.net.
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