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What's hot: Super high res Retina Display, 4G LTE and a real camera.
What's not: No innovations here, just evolution.
Reviewed March 20, 2012 by Lisa Gade
Editor's update, Nove. 2012: Read our review of the iPad with Retina Display (4th gen) that replaces the new iPad.
Another year, another Apple tablet and ensuing craze. Though Android tablets are slowly gaining market share, the iPad still rules in terms of units sold, and by a large margin. This year's model is simply called the new iPad, or simply iPad. Blame Apple for that rare misstep in branding. Case in point: when your spouse says he wants a new iPad, what does he really mean? Maybe this is Apple's way of getting us to have long and meaningful conversations with each other instead of Siri.
Can You Tell the iPad 2 from the iPad 3?
The new iPad looks nearly identical to the iPad 2. It's just a hair thicker (0.34" vs 0.37") and a few ounces heavier. Ports and controls are in the same basic locations, though the mic is shifted just a tiny bit and the camera lens is larger and that means form-fitting cases will partially obscure them. The existing SmartCover works fine, and the iPad uses the same 30 pin dock connector they've been using on iOS devices for years so your existing collection of accessories that plug into that connector should work fine.
The iPad 3 differs notably in heat generation, particularly when playing high quality 3D games. The bottom left corner (when held in portrait mode) reaches 95F, which isn't hotter than your body but is warm enough that on notebook computers we and other publications set 95 as the turning point where a notebook might feel a wee bit warm on your lap. Apple has already released a statement that the iPad 3 thermals are within their design specifications, so I guess we won't have to fear its untimely demise.
What's Better?
You've no doubt heard that the new iPad, or iPad 3 as we like to call it, has a triple play of improvements: a much higher resolution Retina Display, 4G LTE wireless and a much better camera. The new rear camera is 5 megapixels, and is not unlike the excellent camera in the iPhone 4. It can shoot 1080p video, and in fact it can only shoot 1080p video; Apple doesn't mess with lower quality settings. Apple avoided stating the resolution with the iPad 2--that gives you an idea how poor it was. The front VGA camera however, isn't anything to write home about. It does decent FaceTime video chat over WiFi (not allowed over 4G) and Skype but folks won't notice your facial blemishes or hairs out of place in the fuzzy feed. Photos taken with the iPad 3 are really good though, and the new display is the perfect way to show off those sharp and colorful photos.
The 2048 x 1536 IPS Retina Display boasts a crazy number of pixels, especially compared to the 1024 x 768 iPad and iPad 2. Apple uses the same dual core 1GHz CPU in the third generation iPad, but the A5X has a quad core GPU to push all those extra pixels (the iPad 2 with Apple A5 CPU has a dual core GPU). Despite Apple's extreme marketing claims, you won't see that much of a performance difference over the iPad 2 because the iPad 3's high resolution display needs that much more graphics processing power.
Are Your Eyes Retina Display Certified?
How is the Retina Display? Extremely sharp and clear. You'll notice it when looking at text in Retina-optimized iPad apps like Apple's own apps (Safari and iBooks) and the updated Kindle app. Colors are richer and seem to pop more thanks to increased contrast and color saturation. It's a very, very pretty display. Is it an earth shattering difference over the iPad 2? Not so much. Assuredly it's sharper with somewhat richer colors, but if you head to an Apple store and look at the iPad 2 and new iPad side-by-side, I'll wager you'd have trouble saying which is which at first and even second glance. The difference is more obvious when you get less than 12 inches away from the new iPad. From a more natural viewing distance, it's harder to spot. And you'd best have good eyes to really enjoy that clarity!
For those of you who wear glasses, it's something like that feeling you get when you get a new eyeglass prescription: everything looks sharper and pops. Graphical applications like games and video apps that are Retina optimized pull ahead, while apps designed for lower res iPads and the iPhone look less different. Higher resolution graphics mean larger resource files, and iPad 3 apps can be up to twice the size of their non-Retina counterparts. That means you'll eat up storage space more quickly than you did with older iPad models. The 16 gig model is just barely adequate if you intend to load up some HD video (full 1080p is so tempting when your screen is higher than 1080p resolution) and 3D games. Apple still offers 16, 32 and 64 gig options. Given how quickly we filled up our 32 gig iPad, we wouldn't mind a 128 gig option, even if we're entering the laptop SSD storage realm.
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Pricing and 4G LTE Options
Pricing is same as it ever was: $499 gets you the 16 gig WiFi only model, $629 nets you a Verizon Wireless or AT&T 16 gig WiFi + 4G LTE model, and each storage increment adds $100. The most expensive is thus the 64 gig 4G model for $829 (enough to buy an Ultrabook on sale). As ever, there is no contract subsidy and you won't be locked into a multi-year agreement with a carrier for the 4G models. Just buy the thing and pay for your data month by month. In the US, Verizon and AT&T offer the new iPad, and both support LTE 4G. While Verizon has 200 markets covered with LTE, AT&T's network is much smaller and younger, so you can fall back on 4G HSPA+, which is a pretty decent consolation prize. LTE download speeds vary by market and carrier, but we've seen an average of 10Mpbs down and 9Mbps up on LTE and 5Mpbs down/1 Mbps up on AT&T HSPA+. Verizon 3G uses the same EV-DO Rev. A as on the iPad 2. Interestingly, if you buy the Verizon iPad 3, you can use it with an AT&T micro SIM, at least for 3G. Since LTE micro SIMs on AT&T are very rare, we can't speak for LTE, plus there are LTE interoperability issues.
Plan pricing between the two carriers is similar, but only Verizon offers the mobile hotspot feature where you can use your iPad as a mobile WiFi hotspot for your other tablets, notebooks or other devices. Verizon offers the mobile hotspot feature with all their current tablets, this isn't an Apple specific feature.
The iPad has always felt fast and responsive, and Apple tweaks iOS to make it responsive to your input. The new iPad feels as fast as the iPad 2, and while that might not be an improvement, it's impressive since the tablet is pushing 4x more pixels around. The A5X uses the same 1GHz dual core CPU as the iPad 2 (both are significantly faster than the original iPad). The new iPad has a gig of RAM, up from 512 megs, and this should help multi-tasking and allow for more graphics caching. The CPU benchmarks the same as the iPad 2, and falls behind the quad core Tegra 3 CPU used in the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime. But the iPad 3 pulls ahead of older iPads and the Prime in graphics benchmarks, thanks to the quad core GPU used in the A5X. Granted, the Tegra 3 has a quad core GPU too, but Apple's squeezing more performance from their chip.
GLBenchmark 2 Scores (3D Graphics Benchmark, Cross-Platform
Sunspider Javascript Benchmark (lower numbers are better)
Battery Life
Extra GPU cores and a 4x higher resolution display are bound to eat more power, especially when the chip architecture remains the same (Apple will likely go to a lower power, lower nm process with the A6 chip). Thus the battery is larger, and that's why the new iPad is a tiny bit thicker and a few ounces heavier than the iPad 2. It achieves the same excellent runtimes as the iPad 2, and we easily got 8 hours of use from the tablet.
The new iPad is a lovely evolution of the world's favorite tablet. It has an absurdly high resolution display (your eyes might not be up to the task of fully appreciating it), much faster cellular data courtesy of LTE 4G and a camera that takes lovely shots and good video. If you have the original iPad, this is a no-brainer upgrade. If you own an iPad 2 and money is dear, then the case is less clear unless you frequently use cellular data and wish for better speeds. The display is nicer, but for those of us with average eyes, it's probably not worth the upgrade of your 1 year old (or less) iPad 2 unless you're a tech enthusiast or an Apple lover who wants to have the latest and greatest from Cupertino. If you've got the cash and are eager for the new iPad, nothing stands in the way of my recommending it though. Even with my mediocre eyes, I can tell you it makes other tablets look a little jaggie and fuzzy.
For those of you who prefer Android tablets, I can tell you that Apple hasn't brought any new innovations to the table that push the iPad farther ahead. It hasn't made my Transformer Prime suddenly obsolete, and for resolution mavens, the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity 700 will bring a 1920 x 1080 display to Android later this year.
Price: $499 to $829
Web Site: www.apple.com
Display: 9.7" Retina Display. LED backlit glossy IPS widescreen with multi-touch. 2048 x 1536 resolution (264 ppi). Fingerprint resistant coating. Supports accelerometer and has ambient light sensor and 3-axis gyroscopic sensor.
Processor: 1GHz Apple A5X dual core CPU with quad core GPU. 1 gig RAM.
Network: Wi-Fi model: Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n; AT&T Wi-Fi + 4G model: UMTS/HSPA+ 850/900/1900/2100MHz, LTE 700MHz, GSM/EDGE quad-band, data only. Verizon Wireless model: CDMA dual band digital EV-DO Rev. A 3G and 4G LTE. All models have Bluetooth 4.0 and Apple 30 pin dock connector to USB.
GPS: Cellular models have GPS as well as digital compass. WiFi models use WiFi-based location triangulation.
Cameras: VGA Front camera and 5MP rear camera. Back camera can record up to 1080p 30fps video.
Storage: 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB internal flash storage.
Audio: Built-in mic and speaker, 3.5mm stereo headphone jack. Audio formats supported: HE-AAC (V1), AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV.
Video: Video mirroring and video out support: Up to 1080p with Apple Digital AV Adapter or Apple VGA Adapter (cables sold separately). Video out support at 576p and 480p with Apple Component AV Cable; 576i and 480i with Apple Composite AV Cable. Video formats supported: H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format.
Size: 9.50 x 7.31 x 0.37 inches. Weight: 1.44 pounds (Wi-Fi model), 1.46 pounds (Wi-Fi + 4G model).
Battery: Rechargeable 42.5 watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery. Not user replaceable. Claimed usage time: Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music; Up to 9 hours of surfing the web using 4G data network.
Expansion: No storage card slot.
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A Worksop man has beat out other entrants to become one of four male finalists in PETA's Hottest Vegan Competition 2016.
Jak Elmore, 24, has been vegan for a year and is outspoken about the benefits of a "cruelty-free life".
He said: "I'd always been vegetarian because I love animals.
"But I realised this wasn't enough to stop cruelty.
"I couldn't live with knowing that animals are suffering for me.
So I had to eliminate animal-derived foods and things tested on animals from my life. It was just the right thing to do."
Voting on the finalists to help PETA determine the winners will run until 17 June.
Winners will be chosen by PETA based on several factors, including vote count, and will be announced on 21 June.
To vote for Jak, visit: http://www.peta.org.uk/living/peta-uk-hottest-vegan-competition-2016/contest-details/

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|A simple exercise in doing an underwater work, depicting Harper Goff's iconic Nautilus from the Disney film.
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|A simple exercise in doing an underwater work, depicting Harper Goff's iconic Nautilus from the Disney film.
Paperback book covers have always been a source of inspiration in my life and I think the 60's to the 80's were a golden age for that art form. I'm sure that's partly where this image derives from. I love the work of Michael Whelan and I think I was subconsciously trying to channel him in this one.
This piece more comes from a work I did about 20 years ago fav.me/d4b0a6l , when I worked in the RPG illustration field. It's kind of funny how cyberpunk imagery has become so dated in the face of the real world manifestation of digital culture, but it's still cool imagery to me. Many of cyberpunk's themes were accurate predictors, but the way those themes played out in reality were a bit different - less dramatic, I guess
Most of the set materials here are from the immensely talented Stonemason (Stefan Morrell). DAZ Studio render w/ Photoshop.
We here I am again… after another loooooooong absence. For whatever reason I just haven't felt driven to create much art this year, and something in me feels guilty about coming to DA purely as a spectator. All I can say is that I sure hope this lull passes because I'm much happier when I'm creating!
I'd be lying if I said political anxiety here in the U.S. wasn't part of the problem and with the outcome of the last election I find myself driven to become even more politically engaged to preserve the progress made over the last couple of decades. But I'll attempt to minimize bringing my political baggage into the DA sphere which is about art, entertainment, and escape. I know that barrier won't be 100% impermeable, but I'll do what I can.
I'd like to shout out a BIG thank you to whoever gave me the anonymous membership boost! That was a joy to discover… and joys are a valuable commodity of late. I'll try to participate more and make the expense worth your while… but "try" is the best I can promise and clearly doesn't pass Yoda muster.
My first book cover of 2017 just rolled out this week! It's not precisely a "new" work, but it's a tuned up older image and it's on James Cambias' first self-published e-book, "Outlaws & Aliens". This is affordable entry into Jim's work, if you haven't already read him. He tends to write good SF adventure with a solid science underpinning. I hesitate to actually to use "hard SF" to describe it since, to many, that implies dry, concept driven work. Jim's work ain't dry and it won't require a calculator to appreciate. He has two fun novels already published by Tor Books: "A Darkling Sea" and "Corsair". I can heartily recommend both!
And how about that "Rogue One"? I haven't enjoyed a Star Wars film as much since "The Empire Strikes Back"! As always let me close with a selection of neat DA stuff you might have missed… and my personal wish for ALL of us to have a happy, fulfilling 2017.
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I am a child of the Space Age and a largely self-taught artist.... but the best way to learn is by doing, and I've been at it since I could lift a pencil. Throw in a lifelong passion for astronomy, sci-fi, and scale modeling, and there you have it - the ingredients for Caswell Stew. Though my educational background is in hard science, my professional career has been a meandering path through many graphics/creative roles (illustrator, writer, editor, computer game design, photography, web design, etc, etc...). For the time being I've settled on "digital print maker".
I live in a beautiful corner of the US Northeast with my wife, two hamsters, and a constantly changing cast of wildlife in the yard. I have no super powers… that I can reveal.


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Bryan Perdue
Bryan Perdue was born in Frankfort, Indiana. He started playing guitar around the age of 15. His early musical influences were the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Dubliners, Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor, and Jim Croce who can still be heard in his style of music.
As his skills increased Bryan began to seriously study the guitar in the mid 1970's beginning at the University of New Hampshire, Plymouth State in New Hampshire and moving to Knob Noster, Missouri, he studied at the University of Central Missouri.
His interest in Christian/Folk began while he was living New Hampshire and noticed an lack of music to support the liturgical services. He began listening to other Christian artists like Don Francisco, Phil Keagy, Dameans, and Brother Gregory Norbet. Bryan found an niche in writing scripturally based songs. Bryan's style is fairly distinctive. It has a focus on the guitar and on the narrative of the song, using ballad styles that interpret scriptural events or Biblical lessons. Bryan uses his adaptions and interpretations as a means to reinforce the Gospel and to reach out and teach the lessons of the scriptures.
What makes Bryan exceptional is the way he balances his original expression and musicality with virtuoso guitar technique. The unique blend of these qualities produces an affectionate yet refreshingly vibrant sound.
His goal is to share his vision of sound with audiences and to interpret the deepest message that lies hidden within the music. He possesses a natural gift of establishing an intimate atmosphere between his guitar and the listeners, always with the most honest emotions.
He considers the guitar a major source of inspiration. As he states: "It's a natural instrument that allows me to incorporate and display a wide range of emotions and moods." The guitar allows the artist to paint a rich palette of harmonic or melodic tones drawing the audience into the musical landscape.
Bryan's debut CD 'Peace' was released in May 2012. The original compositions on 'Peace' offer Bryan's interpretations of scriptural events spanning the church year and culminate with a supplication for peace. His second CD 'Here I Am' was released in April 2013 is a continuation of Bryan's insight and interpretation of scripture. Followed by 'One Voice' in 2014. The latest adventure, Quiet Reflections' is an instrumental venue of his songs both new and old developed by request from several fans.
His modern day hymns have been well received at churches around the world giving a message that is at times both charming and captivating and at other times lends itself for quiet reflections.


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FULLY RENOVATED UNIT IN MAY OF 2018. Up for sale is an absolutely spectacular 1 bedroom and 2 bathroom condo located in the W South Tower. This open floor plan also features a large flex room which can easily be used as an office or a 2nd bedroom. Home upgrades include: Floor to ceiling windows, oversized terrace with panoramic views, smart home ready, electric shades, new wood, marble and carpet flooring read more throughout, Sub-Zero and Kuppersbusch appliances, fresh designer paint, 1 patio storage unit and 1 assigned parking space. Residents of the W enjoy 24 hour "Whatever, Whenever" concierge service which includes valet parking, room service, two resort style pools, two fitness centers and the iconic Bliss Spa.
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Lauren, from From My Grey Desk, has a fun weekly post in her blog. It's called High Five for Friday and it's about stating five favorite things from each week. Check out Lauren's top five for this week! So, you can link your own post in hers too and participate in this great idea, like I am in this post. This is my first time doing so, and hope to continue to do it. I'm not taking pressure for myself though as some Fridays will be really difficult for posting, if I'm out of town for the weekend. But here goes!
1. Summer vacation!
This week has been my first vacation week for this summer! I'm happy that I have accomplished stuff and not just been lying around. This is my first whole summer on paid vacation too, yay!
2. Sewing a skirt
Mine didn't turn out anything like the original, The Socialite Skirt by Leann Barrow, but once I got past the disappointment that it didn't look the same, I think I still made something nice and useful out of it. And it still met my criteria of being easy to throw on. Another post coming up from my skirt later on.
3. BBQ and sauna
Our new home is very cozy, but we don't have our own yard or sauna in this apartment. So we went to my in-laws' to barbecue and have a sauna this week, always fun!
4. A picnic blanket!
I've been wanting to have a proper picnic blanket for a little while now. There isn't a whole lot of use for it, but it's so welcome when there is. So when I found one on sale at Hemtex yesterday, I jumped at the chance. Hope this comes to good use this summer! And especially tomorrow, as my fifth and last thing on the list is...
5. Karkkugospel
This is not until tomorrow but I've been looking forward to it, so I'm going to add it to my list anyway. This is my 4th year attending this open air Christian youth event. It feels incredible that only my 4th, because now it's such a tradition. For my husband it's a really long-standing tradition and I've been going ever since we got married except one, because I was in Germany for my studies at the time. But tomorrow it is again, and I really hope the weather is fine!


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Some plant pathologists have turned to genetic engineering to devise new ways of responding to botanical diseases. In fact, there was one plant pathologist in particular, William Powell, who teamed up with forest biologist Chuck Maynard to restore North America's population of American chestnut trees, which was decimated in the early 1900s by a fungus known as chestnut blight. A fungus, C. parasitica, contributes to the growth of cankers on the trees' trunks; these cankers, in turn, prevent trees from transporting water from their roots to their branches and leaves. To render American chestnut trees resistant to the blight, Powell and Maynard experimented with altering the genetic makeup of the trees. The resultant genetically engineered trees are called Darling 4 American chestnut trees, and during the first 15 weeks after infection with chestnut blight, they grow cankers that are much smaller than those that grow on American chestnut trees.
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The Commission of Inquiry into the Post Election Violence (CIPEV) – The Waki Report 2008
Submitted by William Ang'awa Wednesday, 5 November 2008
The Waki Report – The mandate of the Commission of Inquiry into post –election violence (CIPEV) was to investigate the facts and circumstances surrounding the violence, the conduct of state security agencies in their handling of it, and to make recommendations concerning these and other matters.
The Commission of Inquiry into the Post Election Violence (CIPEV) began on 23 rd May 2007 with an announcement published in the Kenya Gazette Notice No.4473 vol.cx-no.4.
The report is known in the media and by Kenyan citizens as The Waki Report – after the Chairperson of the Commission.
The members of the Commission as appointed were its Chair, Mr Justice Philip Waki, a judge of Kenya's Court of Appeal and two Commissioners, Mr Gavin McFadyen (New Zealand) and Pascal Kambale (Democratic Republic of Congo). Two Kenyans, Mr David Majanja and Mr George Kegoro, were appointed the Counsel Assisting the Commission and Commission Secretary.
Commission work was funded by the Government of Kenya (GOK) and the multi donor Trust Fund for National Dialogue and Reconciliation, managed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The Commission took an oath of office before the Chief Justice on 3rd June 2008 and held its first press conference the same day.


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Winchester, Hampshire
£35,000 to £40,000 plus pension, healthcare
Our client, a manufacturing market leader in its niche field within the Instrumentation sector, require a QHSE Manager / Quality Management Systems Manager to support compliance for H&S, legislation, risk assessments & Management Systems.
Joining a small, friendly team, & reporting to the UK Compliance Manager you will be a "change influencer" supporting the compliance requirements of the UK & European business in regards to all appropriate management systems, current legislation, internal processes & guidelines.
You should be a highly organised Quality, Health & Safety & Quality professional, ideally with a technical, manufacturing or engineering based background, with confident communication skills. You must have exposure to H&S, risk assessments, legislator compliance & QMS, & be fully IT literate with a full, clean driving licence.
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The Hamas leadership cancelled a trip to Aman in protest at the Jordanian government's refusal to welcome Khaled Mashaal in the country, the London-based al-Hayat newspaper reported Monday.
The relationship between Hamas, Jordan & Israel (the two countries with strong ties) will be one of the more interesting dynamics that play out once the Hamas Terrorist Govt takes full charge of the PA..
Jordan is truly caught between a rock, and a very ugly terrorist place, holding the critical role of sharing a border with the West Bank in Israel.
Unsurprisingly, I also read the ultra Islamic Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has pledged to help finance Hamas. Mubarak is going to have his hands full with local elections in Egypt coming, the Bortherhood is gunning for him.
All in all, WHAT A MESS THE PALESTINANS HAVE MADE..
They now deserve a good smack, not a state.
And yet, Kofi Annan and his corrupt UN are already 'Kaving' telling Israel to fund Hamas!
Fat chance of that happening Kofi, but it sure is doing wonders for your almost entirely depleted credibility!


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I feel bad everybody can't win, but Happy Joe Control can only give away so many copies of an actual book.
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On September 10, Brightcove -- a video cloud services provider with 6,300 customers in 65 countries -- announced that Viacom is using its service. My September 10 interview with Brightcove CEO, David Mendels, suggests that this deal could accelerate the company's growth.
More specifically, Viacom -- that broadcasts MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central -- is using Brightcove Video Cloud to deliver videos on "device platforms" including Apple iOS, Google Android and Xbox. The videos will help Viacom measure audiences and deliver in-stream advertising.
Brightcove is helping Viacom deliver what its consumers want. According to David Kline, SVP at Viacom, "Consumers today want to access their favorite shows from any device at any location. Brightcove makes it easy for us to expand our second screen and TV Everywhere offerings."
Mendels explained that the Viacom service will make it easier for consumers to choose more of the video content they want. As he said, "If a consumer is watching a two minute video of comedian, John Oliver, and she wants more, she can click on the video and it will seamlessly deliver another 30 minutes of Oliver's routine." And of course, Viacom can deliver more advertising on this 30 minute segment.
Before joining Brightcove Mendels spent 16 years at Macromedia and Adobe where one of his jobs was to do acquisitions . "One of the companies we acquired was Allaire [for $360 million] in 2002. Jeremy Allaire, its founder, became chief technology officer and was part of the team (based on Adobe's acquisition of Macromedia) that added video to Flash. This turned out to be very popular because it meant that people no longer had to download a video player each time they wanted to view a video," said Mendels.
Allaire left to found Brightcove. "Jeremy came to the conclusion that every company would be a video company. And in order to satisfy that need, he wanted to build a public place where companies could go to build their video libraries. Brightcove would be a complete video publishing system in the cloud -- video as a service like Salesforce," explained Mendels.
Brightcove focused on landing high-end clients. According to Mendels, "Our accounts included the New York Times, Le Figaro, and the UK's Channel 5. And our channels included Home Depot, Oracle, Toyota, and Puma."
And Mendels is promising profitability next quarter. "We will post $107 million in 2013 revenues -- getting paid through annual subscription fees based on the number of video streams and some professional services, are growing at 24% year-over-year, are generating cash and will be profitable next quarter. But it's early days -- even though video on smart phones is growing in popularity, more people still watch TV."
And Brightcove will win because of its ability to manage complexity. Mendels argues, "We are competing with companies doing what we do themselves and three or four others in the U.S. But we are the only one that operates globally and we deliver on many platforms and handle the complexity of many functions -- such as playing videos on many platforms, security, digital rights, social sharing, advertising, close-captioning and analytics."
ABI Research agrees with Mendels' assessment. It used several factors -- market share, geographies and pay-TV businesses served, support for live and VOD video, ability to integrate with existing systems, ability to serve all types of devices, and other features to meet changing consumer video behaviors -- to conclude that Brightcove was the market leader "followed by Ooyala and Akamai."
Until it achieves profitability, this is one that looks like it's worth watching because it could boost its customers revenues and profits -- but I am not yet sold on whether to invest until it demonstrates fast profit growth.


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Judson Moon, or the kid who became President, decided to run for President. He said that people should vote for him because he didn?t know how to ruin the economy or raise taxes.
All of the chapters are funny and at the same time cool. I enjoyed this book because some of the chapters are full of action. Also, some of the chapters really had your heart pounding. In one chapter, his bodyguard tried to teach him a ninja move and accidentally made him faint. In another chapter, someone tried to shoot him, but his bodyguard dove in front of him. give an example of "hearpounding" chapter or part?
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This week I've been working diligently on some new design aspects to almost all of my social networking hubs. This blog was the first to get a makeover. For a while now I've had my sights set on Blogger's new dynamic templates, and so I decided to give it a shot.
So far, I like how the daily posts are set up so you can see the last week at a glance, and then scroll down to see older posts. That's in the Magazine view, and if you want to change how you view the blog, you can click on the drop down menu near the top left of the blog and change it to something else. I have it set at Magazine by default though. You can hover over the right side of the blog to bring out tabs that show info about me, my blog followers, the post archive, and other things. The only drawback to using the dynamic template is that I'm limited in the number of Blogger gadgets I can use, but I like this new design enough to put up with it for now. And you can still access my pages at the top of the blog to find out more about me, my books, and the genre I write in.
The next design element I'll be rolling out is a new logo – for my writing empire as a whole, and for me as an author. I know it's usually frowned upon for authors to brand themselves with a logo, but I've never been good at following the status quot. Besides, I sort of already have a logo – the white oak tree – at my main website, I'm just sprucing it up a bit and putting some more meaning behind it.
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Olympia - The elected officials of the new decade were sworn into office Tuesday during a jam-packed ceremony at the Thurston County Courthouse.
Thurston County Auditor Kim Wyman administered the oath to 35 newly elected officeholders, including Thurston County Commissioner Karen Valenzuela, who faces election for a four-year term next year; two Port of Olympia commissioners; two mayors; and numerous council members for the county's cities and towns. Also present were commissioners for parks and recreation, fire protection and cemetery districts.
It was a standing room only crowd within the courthouse's largest courtroom as friends and family shared in the celebration.
Voters elected to office more than 70 people last month. Some of them have already taken their oath because their terms start earlier than Jan. 1, Wyman said.
State law requires that election winners take an oath of office to be qualified to hold office.
If change was the mantra of the 2008 presidential election, it was reflected in local political circles the following year. Tumwater has a new mayor for the first time since 1994, with longtime Tumwater mayor pro tem Pete Kmet succeeding incumbent Ralph Osgood. The Lacey City Council saw three new members, its largest turnover in a single election in the city's 43-year history. The Olympia City Council also saw significant turnover.
Many of the new officeholders will begin their terms in uncertain times as the bad economy is forcing public agencies to make tough choices: raise fees, ask voters to raise taxes or cut services.
In brief remarks, state Rep. Sam Hunt, D-Olympia, read the famous beginning of Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" – "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" – to illustrate the competing demands that they will hear from their constituents.
"Government may be going direct to heaven or it might be going direct the other way," he said. "A lot of that will be determined by the people in this room who are elected officials."
Lacey City Councilman Virgil Clarkson, who won a fourth four-year term last month, and Lacey fire commissioner Skip Houser joined Hunt in offering their pearls of wisdom to the political Class of '09.
Clarkson advised his peers to do their homework and be available to their constituents.
"Whether you know it or not, you've made yourself very conspicuous in your communities," he said.
In a pointed remark, Clarkson also urged the nonpartisan officeholders to avoid "the certain creep of partisan politics around the council tables."
Houser encouraged them to get to know the employees of their respective agencies. He advised them to listen "until your ears fall off," including the criticism that he said can contain kernels of truth they need to hear.
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CDI and Spring living in harmony
Update: The CDI to Spring bridge works with CANDI, OpenWebBeans and Weld. The Spring to CDI extention works with CANDI and Weld.
The Spring to CDI extention partially works with OpenWebBeans (just the @SpringLookup).
Spring is very popular. CDI is very new. Although CDI is the standard for DI and Interception (light weight AOP), it is not as ubiquitous
and Spring.
Part of CDI success will be probably be indicative on how well it can play and integrate with Spring.
Realizing this, we took a Roo generated application, and fooled around with it until we were able to inject CDI beans into Spring objects. This effort is called the Spring CDI Bridge.
This basically allows you to inject CDI managed beans into Spring. We also had to go the other direction. We need the ability to inject Spring beans into CDI. This effort is called the CDI Spring Extension.
The golden ticket, is to be able to inject Spring beans into CDI beans that are then injected into Spring beans ad infinitum. This is tricky due to the different lifecycles and typing systems involved in Spring and CDI. We have achieved this as well.
Bridging from the CDI World into Spring
In order to bridge from the CDI world into the Spring world, we created a BeanFactoryPostProcessor.
This CdiBeanFactoryPostProcessor looks the CDI BeanManager in JNDI and uses it to find beans in CDI and map them as Spring bean definitions as follows:
applicationContext.xml example configuring a CdiBeanFactoryPostProcessor
<bean class="org.cdisource.springintegration.CdiBeanFactoryPostProcessor" />
If you do not want to configure a BeanFactoryPostProcessor, you can also use CdiFactoryBean's to individually create bridges to CDI. CdiFactoryBean is similar to JndiObjectFactoryBean. In fact the CdiBeanFactoryPostProcessor configures bean definitions that are really CdiFactoryBean configured to look up a class in CDI.
applicationContext.xml example configuring a CdiFactoryBean to lookup a TaskRepository
<bean class="org.cdisource.springintegration.CdiFactoryBean" name="taskRespository" > <property name="beanClass" value="org.cdisource.springapp.TaskRepository"/> </bean>
CdiBeanFactoryPostProcessor is fairly powerful. Just install it into Spring and then all of your CDI beans are available to Spring. No fuss. This works with Resin Candi, JBoss Weld, and OpenWebBeans http://openwebbeans.apache.org/owb/index.html.
You can find CdiBeanFactoryPostProcessor at CDI Spring Integration which is part of the CDI Source efforts to advocate the use of CDI. Please review CdiBeanFactoryPostProcessor and the test cases for it and the example roo based application that uses it. We are seeking feedback.
Bridging from the Spring World into CDI
We can also bridge from the Spring world into CDI. To do this we created two annotations: @Spring and @SpringLookup. @SpringLookup is the simpler of the two. It works in all three open source CDI implementations Resin Candi, JBoss Weld, and OpenWebBeans http://openwebbeans.apache.org/owb/index.html. The @Spring annotation is more complex (has more advanced features), and only works in Resin Candi, and JBoss Weld.
(We plan on filing bug reports against OpenWebBeans and trying to work with that team to improve OpenWebBeans so that the Spring annotation can work there as well.)
Examples of using Spring annotation
package org.cdisource.springintegration; import javax.inject.Inject; public class CdiBeanThatHasSpringInjection { @Inject @Spring(name="fooBar") FooSpringBean springBean; @Inject @Spring(name="fooBarnotActuallyThere", required=false) FooSpringBean notActuallyThere; @Inject @Spring(type=FooSpringBean2.class) FooSpringBean2 injectByType; public void validate () { if (springBean==null) { throw new IllegalStateException("spring bean was null"); } if (notActuallyThere!=null) { throw new IllegalStateException("notActuallyThere should be null"); } if (injectByType==null) { throw new IllegalStateException("injectByType should be there"); } } }
The form
by name
@Inject @Spring(name="fooBar") FooSpringBean springBean;
will look up the bean in Spring at the appropriate time given the appropriate name. The extension we wrote will create a Bean that has a @Named qualifier when it sees this type of injection. OpenWebBeans rejects this named qualifier. This works in Weld and Resin Candi (4.0.17 and later).
The form
@Inject @Spring(name="fooBarnotActuallyThere", required=false) FooSpringBean notActuallyThere;
If there is a chance the bean will not be there, i.e., the injection is optional, you can specify a required=false. This means if we can't find the bean in Spring, don't throw an exception.
This works in Weld and Resin Candi (4.0.17 and later).
The form
by type
@Inject @Spring(type=FooSpringBean2.class) FooSpringBean2 injectByType;
The above form will look up the type in the Spring application context by type instead of by name.
FooSpringBean2 can be an interface or a concrete type.
Thus you could have a concreted implementation in Spring as follows:
<bean name="fooBar3" class="org.cdisource.springintegration.FooSpringBean2Impl"/>
The form
by type by name
@Inject @Spring(name="foo2", type=FooSpringBean2.class) FooSpringBean2 injectByType;
This is form will look up bean in the application context uses the name and the type. Spring throws an exemption if the types don't
When developing this injection, using @Spring annotation was the ideal. Then we realized since the implementations did not support all of these
features (OpenWebBeans at this point). This is where the @SpringLookup came into play. In our minds it is not ideal, the implementations
should support the features in the @Spring annotation. @SpringLookup works in all three CDI containers. You use it as follows:
package org.cdisource.springintegration; import javax.inject.Inject; public class CdiBeanThatHasSpringLookupInjection { @Inject @SpringLookup("fooBar2") FooSpringBean springBean; @Inject @SpringLookup("fooBar2") FooSpringBean springBean2; public void validate () { if (springBean==null) { throw new IllegalStateException("spring bean was null"); } if (springBean2==null) { throw new IllegalStateException("spring bean2 was null"); } } }
Using @SpringLookup never uses types and it always required. @Spring and @SpringLookup work with Candi 4.0.17 and Weld.
The SpringBridge (CDI to Spring) always worked on all containers. It worked right out of the bat. I created something similar for Presto a
precursor to Crank. It would ask Hibernate for all of its managed beans and then registers a bunch of DAO, Controllers and Services on
your behalf for CRUD. The SpringBridge works the same way except instead of asking Hibernate for entities, it asks CDI for managed beans.
That part was easy. I had done it before (more or less) and am familiar with Spring after writing two large frameworks that sit on top of
Spring (Spring is my home court).
CDI is not my home court (yet). Here I needed a lot of help. The Weld reference guide to CDI was a big help. You can see the Extention uses
the lessons quite extensively (you may even see a bit of copy and paste in there). Also working with Andy Gibson and Rob Williams has
greatly expanded my CDI knowledge. I am more of a CDI enthusiast than a CDI expert.
Early version of the Spring Extention (Spring to CDI) did not work at all. We have friends on the Resin Candi core engineering team who
pointed us in the right direction. They whiteboarded a solution for us. They helped direct us what to do and then patched Resin Candi
so what we did would actually work with Resin 4.0.17. This would not exist without their help.
Initially, it only worked with Weld not Resin Candi 4.0.16. Then after Resin Candi 4.0.17, it worked better on Candi then Weld.
Then we had to rework it so it worked the same on Weld and Candi. Eseentially, we had to remove uneeded features so it would work with
Weld. Since the feature were uneeded, it was not a big deal (see Occam razor).
As I write this, Mark Struberg and I are on IRC chat #openwebbeans at ircfreenode. Mark is woking on the OpenWebBeans project.
He has forgotten more about CDI than I know and works from half way around the world from me in Austria.
He is going to see what is what with OpenWebBeans and @Spring annotation.
Perhaps @Spring Integration will work with OpenWebBeans really soon.
I guess what I am trying to say is, we could not have done this without a lot of help from a lot of people. Whatever bugs you find are mine,
whatever coolness you find is what we built on top of the shoulders of giants. We are seeking code reviews and feature requests.
What should Spring to CDI integration look like? This is our vision. What is yours?


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So I called the office again and they said the paperwork was never submitted so we set another date again which would be another 2 weeks so I called them the day before the installation and they gave me another excuse saying they don't know what happened and that it would take another 10 more days to get my internet installed. Do yourself a big favor. Never do business with this sorry company. They're the worst and you wonder why they only get 1 star out of 5. They should just shut down.
Have been with Broadstripe or Broadwipe as I call them. Horrible internet. Having traveled the world and only lived in third world countries for years on end because of State Department duties and various embassies overseas, I can firmly say, Internet speeds in West, Africa/India/Philippines are better than what we experience here in Lothian, Maryland UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Online gamer well you can forget about that or anything online... Horrible service. Sometimes it's impossible to watch Netflix without it going into 240p resolution... YouTube... no chance of ANY video being fully loaded... It's expensive and we are being held hostage. This is why internet should be FREE. It makes me so mad to think that this "company" is legal and is still in business when literally every state in the country has rated it no more than 2 stars. Please people do not get Broadstripe... They need to burn to the ground.
How can this be the ONLY ISP in the area? Is America really regressing this badly? Are business practices this shady? Where does the money go? Certainly not to improve the SERVICE... Boils my blood to think some goop out of college gets hired to piss around people's basement and say "it's fixed" or some goop in India Saying "Have you checked your router?" Just piss your way through college, that degree means you know something... Yeah right! What a bunch of freeloading scoundrels. I hope they get what they deserve. When I can I will launch a war with this company. I don't care how long it takes or how much it costs. I will see this company to the end. If you don't do anything about it these people will continue on taking money and lollygagging around in some expensive car pretending.
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Broadstripe is the worst service provider I have ever had and I mean any service provider. I have been with them for over 2 years (only service in my area). They recently offered me a lower price which I gladly accepted. I knew Verizon was entering the area real soon so I figured this was to keep me from going with Verizon when they activated the area. I just called to cancel my service to go with a real company but I was told that when I accepted the discount I agreed to a 2 year contract. In no way was I told that I would be locked in for 2 years and have to pay a $400 cancel fee. I have immediately opened a complaint with Maryland's Better Business Bureau.
I would never agree to such terms knowing Verizon would be available in a few months. I have demanded a copy of the recording. PLEASE be careful when dealing with Broadstripe. Please read other reviews. Many are very similar to mine. This is the 2nd time I had to go to the BBB. The last time was for my service being completely out for a week with 3 missed service calls and numerous unreturned phone calls asking to speak to a supervisor. Even if their customer service was better their internet stinks (when it works). They have an expensive top speed of 50mbps. Verizon's lowest available speed is 50mbps and goes up to 500 mbs. No matter how this turns out I will not be a "BS" (funny how BS is also short for Broadstripe) customer much longer.
I have been with wow cable for 2 years now and every month they add money on to my bill that was paid off the first of the month. Do not get this company. They like to rip people off, take their money and cut the service off.
My 86-year-old father is not computer savvy, so when he said he didn't have email I looked into it for him. Myself I am not an IT person but I work on and with computers every day. Dad said that they were upgrading his email. I read the email that they sent with the info on it. It was a list of servers etc. and what to enter at those areas in your account. Nothing else! Just the list, not where to go to put in this info, nothing. So I call CUSTOMER SERVICE! HA! What a joke. I was on the phone for 2.5 hours and nothing was done! He kept saying that I wasn't typing in the info correctly! Hello, I can type and read and see that I am putting it in right.
Broadstripe thinks everyone is a computer genius! If you want to upgrade your horrible email service then do it! And don't leave your customers holding the bag, with no email and a "SERVICE" (I am using that term loosely) REPRESENTATIVE that is rude and disrespectful. At one point he said "I don't want to go through all of that again." Well excuse me, I thought this was your job. There was no supervisor to speak to (of course) and nothing this guy could do for me. If this would have been my 86 yo Dad who is hard of hearing and not computer literate he would have been totally upset. I AM UPSET! If you are going to upgrade, do it! That is what we are paying for. Not to be treated like idiots.
Also I asked MR. PERSONALITY about the video in the corner of the email (the online email through BS.com) how could I turn it off. I CAN'T! It is for advertising! Are you kidding me? I believe that is what the upgrade is for! So they can bombard you with stupid ads that are constantly streaming on your email. I am looking into changing my Dad's provider, he hates to lose his email address but that is better than paying a company money that thinks so little of their customers. I wish I had gotten the guy's name! By the time the 2.5 hours were over I hung up on him and his sarcastic attitude. Thanks Broadstripe! Your track record is still as good as ever!
Storm tore cable wire from service pole outside house. Cable is supported only by a tree branch between house and pole. Cable is hanging 8-9 feet off of road. Called WOW (Broadstripe), got India on phone, Hajji told me they can get it repaired Saturday. Today is Tuesday. Then Hajji tells me to contact my fire department for a downed wire so that WOW will dispatch an emergency crew to repair. ** 'em! When the wire ends up tangled around someone's neck and the service is ripped all to hell, they will send a crew, along with their attorneys for the lawsuits. I see why they call them "WOW"!
It's been 2 months since we have subscribed with Broadstripe. Nothing but problems from the install date. First it was not getting all channels on various boxes that went on for 2 weeks. They had to keep resetting the boxes. Then the boxes stopped working one by one. I've had one replaced and the second was just recently looked out to tell me it's fine. After the tech left it stopped working again. I called they told me it would be a week before someone could come out. I said "no that's unacceptable." The rep told me she would try to see if they could come out by Friday the latest she would call me to let me know.
Here it is Sunday not one word from them and no one came as of yet. I'm being charged for something I can't use??? No, this is insane. Their customer service via phone and techs are unprofessional. I've only had ONE good customer service experience in 2 months. Unfortunately the only reason I'm using them still because Broadstripe and Verizon service my area. Verizon is expensive, however, I'm strongly considering using them. Broadstripe isn't worth all these non-stop issues and give nothing back to their customers for the hassles. Oh, I'm sorry they gave me a $20 credit off my first month's bill. Yeah somewhat insulting considering having barely any use of my services for 3 weeks.
Disconnect for late balance $24 and some change. WOW... How petty. I was told it was the length of time the fee was owed. The bill is always paid after the 3rd of the month. If $143.00 of balance was paid with June bill why not wait to see if the $24.00 would be paid with July bill? It's paid every month over the phone. That is very bad customer service and it's not like you have the best service. I'm helping my daughter hopefully she will be doing better soon and won't need your service. There are lots of people doing badly and you are also. If you weren't you would be upgraded to Comcast and Verizon.
I would Never say Anything Good about Broadstripe! Their service is by far the worst ever! I have a Bundle Deal & the internet is always very slow & keeps shutting down! I ask for my number to be changed on my phone on Thurs & today 5 days later have not heard back with the new number! I can't receive any calls, can only make them! My old number still comes up, but I can't receive calls! I have now called BS 6 times with no help to this problem! I tell all of my neighbors to never go with Broadstripe! I'm moving soon, that is the ONLY reason I keep them! I have nothing good to say about this company!
Broadstripe has been nothing but trouble since my family decided to use it. With the television, it's alright but I'll lose sound and the picture will get all distorted. With the internet, it's slow and unreliable. I am a gamer and I also like to use Skype with friends when I can but I just can't hold a connection on servers and in calls. On a scale from 1 to 10, Broadstripe gets a 1. I'm not pleased.
They are the worst internet provider I have ever worked with. Customer service and the management are very rude. I tried to change my due date for bill payment online and my bank cut two checks for them. My bank was going to cancel one of the checks but Broadstripe told me they would only clear one. After checking my account they cleared both. When I called they said they could give me a refund check and I could get it Tuesday and they would call me. They never called me so Wednesday they said I could get the check and again no call and no check. Now they are telling me Thursday. When I spoke with the manager in billing he acted like he didn't care and laughed at me and placed the blame on me even though I tried to get this taken care of two weeks ago. Do not use their service. They do not stand by their word and they think it's okay to play with people's money. I hate this service.
I decided to bundle with this outfit after receiving way too many offers in the mail from them over the past five years. Dish and Century Link kept raising their rates. Just recently, Wave offered bundles that appeared to best services I had through Century Link (phone & internet) and Dish (satellite tv), so I decided to make the switch. For the last three weeks, Wave has been here on and off "fixing" the install so that it lives up to their advertising hype. At the moment, things are working, but this is after going three weeks with sporadic, if any, phone service. This was only "fixed" by chance when a dish installer just happened to be in the neighborhood checking what he called "reception" and noticed that my location was lacking. The "fix" was to NEVER turn off my outlet strip into which Wave's router and modem are plugged. I will never understand why this simple fact was not addressed or mentioned during the three-day install.
Furthermore, the guy who did the installation spent a lot of time complaining about Wave as an employer while he was here numerous times. One day in particular he was here and in and out (and in the crawl space) of my home until 7 p.m. At the moment, everything seems to be working, but it took so long to get it right and many calls to them talking to phone reps who were cranky and either not able to grasp the problem or bored with fielding so many unhappy Wave customer complaints. At this point I am not able to say that bundling with Wave was a smart move and I am waiting for the next problem to crop up with their bundle. I am also waiting for a sub-contractor with Wave to lay a new cable from my home to a utility box across the street from my home and I have a sickening feeling that this is probably not going to go well either, based on previous problems with switching to Wave's bundle.
I signed up with Broadstripe for $64.95 a month. I was paying $83.99 with taxes. My bill jumped to $99.95 after being with them for 5 months. I called the customer service several times about the bill but it was always waste of time. My neighbor had warned me about them before I signed up but I didn't listen. If you are reading this, please don't get caught in their web.
I tried calling Broadstripe about my internet not working. I get their answering services in Michigan. Problem is I don't live in Michigan, I live in Maryland, so here's the problem. It's Saturday February 15 2014. I'm told I have to wait till Wednesday February 19 to get my internet fixed. I believe there is an internet outage but because I'm the only one who may have Broadstripe and not Comcast I don't classify as an outage and have my service fixed right away. I use to work for this company and did on call and was called out on Saturdays to help with cases like this; however, they say they don't do this anymore. Broadstripe says they're the hometown company and their customer service is supposed to be so good. In reality they suck just as much as other companies. They don't have a problem getting my money every month and quick to take money off your bill; however, I want my internet working and I should not have to wait 4 or 5 days for them to come to my home to fix my problem.
I have been dealing with this unreasonable, ridiculous company since before 2009! I have tried, tried and tried to resolve the issues that Broadstripe has created - overcharging on my bills, being billed for over a year after I was disconnected, and never being able to speak to a manager. In addition, after paying them over $1,200.00, they insist that I still owe them $448.30! I just want this to be over and done with as it's been such an unreasonable and crazy situation. It's affecting my credit score. If you can believe that! I honestly feel that this company owes me money, in all truth. I would love to speak to an attorney regarding this blatant form of fraud and stealing.
Broadband provides awful cable services and charges way too much. The monopoly in the county outside the city of Bellingham allows them to do so. They really are awful. I am switching to Dish Network soon (tried to avoid it because of the price) but there is no other non-Dish cable network available in this area. Also, internet is slow! DSL runs like dial up. I can't watch any Netflix, although they charge you as if you hold the fastest running internet on the planet. If you are at all concerned with speed of internet and value, you will not use broadband. I am very, very unhappy with this company's services.
Well, Broadstripe is now officially Wave Broadband. I would have hoped that with the new ownership, there would be some customer service skills coming along with that. The cable has been out now for 5 hours. I have called, and been told "sometime between 6 or 7 (3 hours away)." The person on the phone was "nice enough"; however, the responses to the issues is still the same. It's the only game in town, you'll have to wait, "nothing further we can do."
Customer care? Billing and overall picture quality is poor. I am experiencing loss of sound, snowy and puzzle video picture quality. I paid a year in advance and your billing department sends me bills for me to pay.
I was a customer of Broadstripe for a couple of years, 2007 and 2008 I think. I lived close to Bellingham, WA. I have an overall impression of this company as undisciplined and corrupt. I wouldn't sign up for their services again if I had the option. One thing that struck me as odd was that when I went to turn in the unscrambler/tuner box, the customer service lady over the telephone told me to be sure to keep my receipt of the transaction in case the techs try to scam me.
Then they re-billed me for the final payment several months after I paid it. Customer service seemed unconcerned until I told her I had access to my bank records online and could prove that I had already paid it, then she quickly resolved the matter in my favor. I am amazed that these types of incidents are so widespread and yet the company is still in business.
I have been with Broadstripe for about 5 months and for some reason, the price is ridiculously high for a very mediocre service. I was signed up for a package at $64.95 per month and have yet to see the bill below $85.00. I've been shut off twice in my retaliation to not pay my bill and the second time they said they reset my box in February. When the tech came out in March and pulled the info from the box, they still had it disabled and the office in Charlotte, MI refused to do anything about it. Instead, the girl on the phone was very arrogant and rude.
We have tried to contact other subscribers but the area in Marshall is limited and this is where Broadstripe makes their money with no regard to service. This company needs help badly in the area of customer service. The techs are nice with the exception of the con artist that failed to explain all the service fees that came with the package, cable modem $5.00 and Digital Terminal $6.95. We asked to have the digital terminal removed and the idiots told us it would increase our package.
Their website hardly ever works correctly to pay online and it seems they do not really care for the inconvenience they cause their customers. Just a bunch of people working for a CEO who is there strictly for the money and doubtful if he or she even has the service. There is an easy way to get rid of companies like these who claim to have so much better service than satellite, boycott them and file your claims with the BBB because they can't ignore everyone.
By the way, who does a 13 month contract? Just another way to keep you in or have the next tenant experience 1 month free cable because most leases are 12 months. Companies like this set you up to fall because they are so shady on explaining in the beginning how and what charges you will incur but are almost happy to tell in a rude demeaning little way over the phone when they interrupt your service.
Broadstripe is the worst cable provider in Maryland. They do price gouging on their customers. I used to be an employee and my bill was $11 and changed once I was fired. I got my bill and it was $387. I called Broadstripe to explain this. Their answer was you get billed a month in advance and I had every channel there was on their system. If I was just a customer, I might have believed this however I worked for this company and knew their pricing structure. Having everything with 4 TV outlets phone and internet does not even come close to what they said my bill would be. Broadstripe, I think, is price gouging their customers. I was fired. If they bill a month in advance then after the bill for $11 and change, my next bill for the next month should have been no more than $150. If that much instead, they are charging me $387. Something needs to be done about this
Broadstripe keeps raising my prices even though I am in a "contract" that they don't adhere to but I will be charged $250 if I don't. They need to be shut down because they are constantly scamming people & have apparently paid off the B.B.B. to get some kind of rating upgrade that they post on their homepage.
They have poor customer service and poor installation. The day I was scheduled, the technician was late & it was obvious that it was almost quitting time on a Friday. He kept talking on his cellphone, and told the other person to buy the case of beer, and he would be there as soon as possible. He rushed the installation, and my internet was not even working before he left. I called customer service, and was transferred to 4 different people, but nothing was resolved. I ended up solving the problem myself, and was even charged a service fee for calling in to ask when someone would be back out to complete the job. They had no problem taking my deposit. I only had the service for 1 1/2 months, and when I called to cancel, I was transferred 3 times, and then told I would be charged $39.99 to disconnect the phone service, and would get a prorated bill, even though they bill 1 month ahead. Thank God I was not on a contract with them, and I would suggest anyone to never ever use FraudStripe Cable Company!
Broadstripe is the worst cable company I have ever had service with. They charge extrusive rates for below average service. I have to make a service call at least every other month, and if it gets cold, your service drops. When you call them, they're not concerned, they just pass you to other departments. The last time I called I got passed around on hold for 1.75 hours. If you want good service, do not use Fraudstripe!
I've never dealt with a more underhanded company. Their 13-month contracts, horrible call service, HD channels that consistently do not work, and "accidental" extra fees on my bill that would have remained if I didn't call. I could go on.
In short, I'm amazed that a company this terrible is still in business. Without these exclusive contracts with apartments, they probably would have. I will never sign a lease on a place that forces its tenants to use this horrific service.
Broadstripe is charging their current customers with prices much higher than their advertised prices. If you are a current subscriber, you cannot get the promotional packages as advertised and you cannot change the name on the account to get the lower, new account prices. They get you on a plan, take advantage of you, and try to get you out of your account for $250 more. I am completely dissatisfied with their service as the Internet goes out a lot.
I retired in the beautiful Sedro Woolley area. One of my concerns in moving here was whether there was High Speed Internet Service. Broadstripe was the only SP that said yes. I ended up with 1 mgb rather than 16 mgb which I assumed it would be. The original modem included phone which I didn't want but have been paying for ($55.00 monthly X 12 months = $660.00 yearly X 4 years = $2,640.00)
I have been paying for services that I never received. I have been lied to and stolen from and I plan on looking for a class action law suit.
Broadstripe Cable expert review by ConsumerAffairs
Broadstripe Cable was founded in 1998 and bought by Anne Arundel Broadband in 2012. The company offers telecommunications services to residential and business customers in Maryland.
Large TV packages: Broadstripe offers a catalog of 195 channels, including commercial-free music stations.
Free HD programming: Broadstripe does not charge customers extra for HD channels.
DVR available: Digital video recording allows customers to save live TV shows for later enjoyment.
Parental controls: Parental controls let parents limit viewing of TV content based on their ratings and other content restrictions.
Bundled services: With Broadstripe Cable, customers can purchase high-speed Internet, telephone services and cable TV programming together.
Best for: Television fans who watch a range of programs, households on a budget and businesses who provide entertainment to customers or staff members.
Broadstripe Cable Company Information
- Company Name:
- Broadstripe Cable
- Year Founded:
- 1997
- City:
- Dallas
- State/Province:
- Country:
- United States
- Phone:
- (410) 987-9300
- Website:
- www.broadstripe.com


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John Lewis Christmas ad 'brandjammed' by anti-racism campaigners
The campaign Stop Funding Hate 'brandjammed' the department store's classic annual commercial by launching their own mock Christmas ad.
"Every year there's another beautiful story with a message about looking out for others, even if they are distant strangers, even if we've been told they're our enemy," the ad reads.
"But once the tinsel has been taken down everything changes.
"And millions of pounds we spend at Christmas at John Lewis, Sainsbury's, Waitrose and [Marks and Spencer] is used to buy adverts in papers with another message."
The film then shows a series of front pages from newspapers such as the Sun, the Daily Express and the Daily Mail, with headlines about banning migrants or associating British Muslims with jihadists.
"Retailers spend their Christmas profits advertising in newspapers whose values are the antithesis of 'peace on earth and goodwill to all,'" Stop Funding Hate's Facebook page reads.
"While John Lewis market their products by harnessing positive human emotions, and positive human values, newspapers like the Daily Express, Daily Mail and the Sun tap into our most negative fears to boost their circulation and thus their advertising revenue.
"So this year we're asking John Lewis, Waitrose, Sainsbury's and M&S to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas - and the social impact of advertising in newspapers that deal in fear, demonisation and division."
The unveiling of the John Lewis annual Christmas ad has over time become part of the British holiday festivities. A countdown to the day is shared across social media for weeks and many newspapers review the highly polished short films. The 2016 advert reportedly cost £1 million (US$1.25 million) to put together.
Stop Funding Hate said the Co-op has agreed to review where it advertises.
A John Lewis spokeswoman told RT: "We fully appreciate the strength of feeling on this issue but we never make an editorial judgment on a particular newspaper."


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For getting high quality of yarn, one extra process is introduced which is called combing process. Combing is an operation in which dirt and short fibers are removed from sliver lap by following ways.
- In a specially designed jaws, a narrow lap of fiber is firmly gripped across its width
- Closely spaced needles are passed through the fiber projecting from jaws.
The combing process is carried out in order to improve the quality of the sliver coming out of the card. The process eliminates short fibres, it achieves better parallelisation of fibres, it straightens curls, and it removes neps and residue impurities. It is clear from these functions that the combing process is essentially aimed at obtaining excellent quality yarns and to fulfill this objective raw materials with above average physical and mechanical features must be used from the very beginning of the spinning process.
Depending on what is being produced, waste from combing varies from 12% to 25%, and this can be employed to obtain yarns with a medium coarse count using the open-end process.
As far as parallelisation of curls is concerned, when curls are combed they tend to behave in a very similar way to short fibres and therefore if they do not straighten they are removed, and this produces a notable amount of waste fibres; it is therefore necessary to reduce the curls before the combing stage. Some of the .curls. straighten when drawn in the combing preparation stage.
Furthermore, it is a good idea for the curls to be presented head first to the combing machine, as the latter are to a large extent straightened by devices on the combing machine. The direction of the curls depends on the number of passages the material is subject to following carding, as between one passage and another the direction of the material is inverted and consequentially the curls are too. Therefore, considering that mainly tail curls come out of the card, in order for them to arrive at the combing machine as head curls, it is fundamental to carry out an even number of preparation passages, usually two, one to the drawframe and one to the lap drawing frame.
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text: > I worte a c driver for parsing xml pieces. The driver works , but when the > c driver invoked , the erlang emulator will be halted until the execution > of c driver completed. One way around this would be to use the latest release of EDTK (Erlang Driver Toolkit). http://www.snookles.com/erlang/edtk/ (For an overview read http://www.snookles.com/erlang/edtk/pli2002-edtk-paper.pdf and then look at the README files in the tarball.) When enhancing EDTK to support Berkeley DB I added the ability to call the wrapped C code from a private thread pool, so it won't block the Erlang VM. This was essential for using Berkeley DB as that library frequently blocks caller threads on database page locks, and also does blocking disk IO. The learning curve may appear steeper at first, as you have to learn how to write an XML file that declares your API. But there are a lot of docs and examples, and once you get past the initial bump it is quite flexible and powerful. e.g. BDB is a big, complex library and EDTK can now handle almost all of its features. One caveat: EDTK only runs on Linux and Solaris at the moment. I know some folks are close to having an Mac OS X port running. I don't know of anyone porting it to Windows yet. I hope this helps, Chris


text: Absolutely in love with the fuzz (or overdrive) on the bass in this song. Any idea of a fuzz that could come close to or they might be using? I know the bass being used is a fender P bass, but thats about it...it's a pretty small band. The song is Phantoms: http://www.last.fm/music/Paik/Monster+Of+The+Absolute


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The fire sale of Cordiant Communications Group assets began in earnest last week, with the company confirming it intends to sell pan-European ad network Scholz & Friends, financial public relations firm Financial Dynamics International, as well as its 25% holding in Zenith Optimedia and a part of George Patterson Bates, Australia's biggest ad firm.
"By selling off these companies we'll be able to reinforce and grow our core business," said Cordiant CEO David Hearn.
A top Cordiant shareholder, Chicago money manager Harris Associates, has given up and sold its stock. Harris was the biggest shareholder with a 9.8% stake last June but cut that to 3% by December before unloading the rest.
David Herro, Harris' managing director-international equities, cited weak performance at flagship Bates, which has lost such accounts as Wendy's International. Among major holding companies, Cordiant had the worst performance in 2002 in wins, adding $207 million in new billings, and net new business (wins minus losses), losing $516 million in billings, according to William Blair & Co. (AA, Jan. 27). Mr. Herro said he has "no faith in Hearn."
Cordiant still must grapple with activist shareholders. The U.K.'s Active Value Fund Managers last year began buying shares and by November was top holder with an 11% stake.
Mr. Hearn told analysts, "The Bates Group accounted for 85% of our revenue base and its performance was relatively strong." Revenue in 2002 fell 11% to $849 million.
Committed to core
Bates Group comprises Bates Advertising, marketing services firm 141, branding/design group Fitch and specialist shop Healthworld. A skeptical Cordiant executive sees the disposal program as the first step towards "prettying the pig" for an eventual sale, though Cordiant claims it's committed to the core business.
Mr. Hearn described the series of divestitures, starting with a 77% stake in Scholz & Friends, worth an estimated $18 million. Agency executives plan a management buyout.
PR firm Financial Dynamics International, known as FD Morgen-Walke in the U.S., is also set to be sold to its management for an estimated $31.8 million. The company was originally acquired as part of the Lighthouse Global Network purchase in 2000, which cost Cordiant $592 million. Mr. Hearn said Cordiant would continue to hold a stake in Australian agency George Patterson Bates, even though its management is considering a $60 million buyout bid. Separately, Publicis Groupe is expected to pick up Cordiant's 25% stake in Zenith Optimedia by January 2004.
Numis Securities in London last week estimated Cordiant could get about $238 million from asset sales. Mr. Hearn said proceeds would go to pay down debt; average 2002 gross borrowings were about $350 million.
Cordiant is currently negotiating with an unnamed executive to be CEO of Bates North America.
Cordiant stock peaked at $32.25 in 2000. It hit a nadir of $1.95, or 94% off the peak, Feb. 19, the day before Mr. Hearn disclosed Cordiant's plans.
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Figuring out how much your car payment is going to be is something that you'll want to do before you actually get the payment. That way, you know whether you can afford to get the car that you want or whether you'll need to wait. If neither one of those options work for you – if you absolutely need a car right now, for example – it might be worth considering a car that doesn't cost as much so that you can afford to pay for it without breaking the bank.
There are many sites that offer you a calculator that will tell you how much a car or other item will cost you. When you find one, put in the price of the car that you want to buy. If you're not sure, go with the amount that you're planning on spending – you should already know roughly what that number will be.
Next, put in what you'll be using for a down payment. Not every car dealer will require a down payment, but the more you can put down the better chance of getting the loan and the lower your payment will be. You can usually get a lower interest rate this way, as well. Enter the loan term – how many months you'll finance for, the interest rate, and the total amount you'll finance (price minus down payment, but add in a little bit for taxes). After that, just click calculate. At that point you should see your new car payment.


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Sarah Chien '10 and other alums of Barnard Dance Department appeared in The New York Times in light of their upcoming performance with Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance. An excerpt from the listing:
""Turbulence," a new work for six women to music by Quentin Chiappetta, attempts to transform patterns of air disturbance into choreographic shapes. It's inspired, in part, by the experiments with billowing costumes associated with Loie Fuller (1862-1928), one of the pioneers of American modern dance."
More information about the performance available here.