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Sources: The Seattle Times, CNET
quote: Who wants Windows 7 machines at this point?!
quote: Win 8 is for touch interfaces and content consumption
quote: It takes an extra click to get into desktop mode
quote: No 'Start' menu in the desktop mode
quote: No 'Aero' theme in desktop mode, no rounded windows either
quote: why would anyone choose to use Windows 8 if what they care about is primarily desktop usage
quote: Fixed by http://www.howtogeek.com/118258/login-to-windows-8... or http://www.howtogeek.com/118106/go-directly-to-des... or http://www.7tutorials.com/how-boot-desktop-windows......Solved by a lot of Start Menu third party utils by third parties
quote: Which improves battery life so it's a good thing overall.
quote: Win 7 is the better platform for the typical keyboard-and-mouse interface, particularly if you need to use your system to do any heavy content creation. Win 8 is for touch interfaces and content consumption.
quote: 1. It takes an extra click to get into desktop mode (or registry hack to disable Metro).2. No 'Start' menu in the desktop mode (without registry hack).3. No 'Aero' theme in desktop mode, no rounded windows either.
quote: I suppose you had the same criticism for anyone who preferred XP over Vista?
quote: Um, I do. Probably so does anyone who doesn't have a touch-screen and who also has an understanding of the differences between Win 7 and Win 8.


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Cubs & Giants Split at Fitch
The EXST Cubs and EXST Giants split a simultaneous doubleheader played at Fitch Park this morning, one game on Field #1 and one game on Field #3. Both games went seven innings.
Unfortunately, I watched the game that was played on Field #3, and that was the one the Cubs lost 9-1.
I don't have much information about the game played on Field #1, other than the Cubs won, Cedric Redmond threw one shutout inning, Josh Lansford Gian Guzman, and a 4th pitcher threw two effective innings each, Chris Weimer blasted a HR, Robert Bautista hit an inside-the-park HR, and Jae-Hoon Ha smacked a triple over the centerfielder's head.
In the game played on Field #3, three of the four Cubs pitchers struggled, and the only Cubs run scored on a bases-loaded walk, while the Cubs could not score after loading the bases with one out in one inning, and with runners at 1st & 3rd and one out in another inning.
Also, catcher John Contreras had a really bad day defensively. (Contreras was converted to catcher at Minor League Camp, and although he also still plays 3B and 1B on occasion, he's really a DH who is dangerous no matter what position he plays in the field). .
The (good) defensive play of the day on Field #3 was shortstop Dwayne Kemp's spectacular diving stop & throw from behind 2nd base, cutting down the batter 6-3. Kemp has shown he has the range and arm to play SS and 3B in addition 2B (his "natural" position), and he can play LF, too (he played there some last season), which means the Cubs could move Kemp up to Peoria if they decide to promote "supersub" IF-OF Josh Harrison to Daytona at some point in the near future.
Here is the abridged box score from the game played on Field #3 (Cubs players only)
1. Hak-Ju Lee, DH: 0-4 (K, 1-2 FC, E-4, 1-6 FC)
2. Dwayne Kemp, SS: 1-4 (1B, 5-4 FC, 6-3, K)
3. Matt Cerda, 2B: 0-3 (BB, 4-3, F-8, 1-3)
4. John Contreras, C: 1-3 (5-3, 1B, F-8)
5. Sean Hoorelbeke, 1B: 1-3 (6-3, 1B, P-6)
6. Jesus Morelli, LF: 2-3 (1B, 6-4-3 GIDP, 1B + 1 R)
7. Kevin Soto, CF: 0-2 (BB, K, K)
8. George Matheus, 3B: 0-2 (BB, F-9, 3-1)
9. Sean Williams, RF: 0-1 (BB, 3-U, BB + 1 RBI)
1. Cody Hams - 2.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1/3 GO/FO
2. Adam Spencer - 2.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 2 K, 4/1 GO/FO
3. George Pineda - 0.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R (4 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 3 WP, 1 BALK
4. Rogelio Carmona - 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 2/2 GO/FO
1. 2B Matt Cerda - errant throw to 1st base, allowing runner to reach base safely, eventually leading to unearned run scoring.
2. 1B Sean Hoorelbeke - attempted pick-off throw bounced off glove and into right-field foul territory, allowing runner to advance to 3rd base.
John Contreras: 0-3 CS, 3 PB
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Yikes, sounds like a tough one to watch.
Speaking of Harrison, what's your take. He's got that great BA, a little lucky on batted balls (only 14% LD's), and he doesn't seem like much of a base stealer, but is he a little guy that puts a charge into the ball or just someone who's got on a hot streak?
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I do wish Harrison took a few more walks. That said, it's not like he has bad discipline, so this is probably, like Vitters, a case of the pitching in Peoria not being challenging enough for him. He makes me think Mike Fontenot (in a positive way). Not the best athlete out there, a smaller guy, but a guy with pop in his bat and a smart baseball player (for that matter, that sounds like Dwayne Kemp as well, but I'm assuming Kemp is a bit more athletic than the other two guys, although Harrison did handle shortstop while at Cincy, IIRC). I'll be curious what AzPhil says - for me, I think his numbers are "real" in Peoria in that he's too good for the level (thus, more than just a hot streak), but in comparing him to Fontenot, I also don't think Harrison is a guy who's as good as his numbers in Peoria, if that makes sense. If the Cubs aren't planning on giving him regular time at a MI spot (and with Flaherty/Lake, that's unlikely), I'd like to see him at Daytona. First, he'd give a charge to that Daytona lineup. 2nd, he might see more IF time there.
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Az Phil, is Cerda still doing some catching or is he now a 2b? Thanks.
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Phil, one more thing. Have the Cubs had any prospective draft picks at Fitch for workouts?
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Thanks. Hope your wish comes soon, and hope he brings Vitters with him.
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I wouldn't mind if the Cubs swapped Marwin Gonzalez and Josh Harrison if they don't feel Kemp is ready. I'm glad the Cubs gave the toolsy Gonzalez a chance to break out, but he hasn't done it yet, and sending him to Peoria might not be the worst thing if they don't think Kemp is ready.
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From ESPN.com, Glavine cut by Braves, is pissed off, wants to pitch...
Cubs might be able to use a veteran lefty starter for added depth...
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I doubt Glavine would sign anywhere that he doesn't have a clear shot to the 5th starter's job. As well as Wells has pitched, along with Marshall in the background, I just don't see it. Not against it (Wells could be used as a trade asset to fill something else perhaps), but I don't see us going after him.
I could see the Phillies take a run at him for depth, and I think Glavine would be intrigued about staying in the NL East. Maybe the Brewers (good mentor for Manny Parra perhaps)?
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But Carpenter's better than both of them, so it all worked out!
McLouth to Braves...
for Charlie Morton, Gorkys Hernandez and Jeff Locke...
Re: McLouth to Braves...
I think it's a fairly solid deal for both sides. I like Gorkys Hernandez enough. I'm a fan of Jeff Locke and think he has "2/3" potential. Not so big on Morton, but he's an upper level "ready" arm. I guess I'd give the Braves a slight edge for not overpaying this early in the juncture, but I think the deal makes enough sense for both sides.
Re: McLouth to Braves...
Wasn't Hernandez one of the guys they labeled (laughably) untouchable when they were after Peavy?
Are the Braves gonna play McLouth in center? That's going to make them yearn for the fat Andruw Jones.... now that I think about it, why didn't they just trade for him?
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Don't think Texas is going to move Andruw right now.
Gorkys, best that I can recall, was available. One package suggested that he would be going there, along with a "ready arm" like Charlie Morton and perhaps another piece or two. It was Jordan Schafer that was untouchable.
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There was one article out of the Journal that listed 5 guy as 'untouchables'.
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Without knowing the article, I'd guess it was Tommy Hanson, Julio Teheran, Freddie Freeman, Jason Heyward, and Jordan Schafer one ... it might've been referring to Yunel Escobar, who was featured heavily in Peavy rumors. Just guesses. Hanson and Heyward are two of the top prospects in the minors, Teheran was a big time Latin American upside arm, Freeman came off a huge year as a first baseman (although I wonder if he has plus power), and Schafer was viewed, even with the PED suspension, as a top tier talent. For comparison's sake (just my opinion, as rankings are really as much for discussion purposes as anything else) - Heyward/Hanson, entering the year, were above Vitters (both have had excellent seasons, although Vitters has closed the gap somewhat), while entering the year, guys like Schafer/Freeman would've challenged for top 3 in our system, if not ahead of Vitters, and Teheran probably would've slotted in the top 7 -10 based on upside.
Maybe there was an article that said Gorkys was off limit, but I don't recall it at this moment.
Re: McLouth to Braves...
"The Braves also would like to keep elite center-field prospects Jordan Schafer and Gorkys Hernandez, possibly envisioning a future outfield of Heyward and Schafer flanking speedy Hernandez.
It remains to be seen whether the Padres would deal Peavy without getting at least one of those prospects."
Google is your friend.
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read the article
the above sentence
"Five-tool outfielder Jason Heyward and 17-year-old pitcher Julio Teheran are considered close to untouchable prospects, and pitcher Tommy Hanson and slugging first baseman Freddie Freeman might not be far behind in terms of being off limits."
They specifically note the guys that are considered untouchable, and then comment on these two later. I know there were several news articles that said Tommy Hanson was untouchable, which was understandable after his electric AFL. I don't rule anything out, as winter rumors are still rumors, but check the winter news on Braves sites, from DOB's blog to other places. Most indications were that Gorkys was being shopped, with one package with him being a key element involved involved.
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btw, yes, I know that was a DOB article, but it was from October, when people were just speculating.
Tom Krasovic (one of the beat writers out there)
"As part of Jake Peavy trade talks in November, the Padres and Braves were far along on a 4-for-1 plan that included shortstop Yunel Escobar and center fielder prospect Gorkys Hernandez. The Padres wanted the Braves to include starting pitcher Charlie Morton instead of Jo-Jo Reyes and pushed hard for either pitching prospect Jeff Locke or catching prospect Tyler Flowers to be substituted for reliever Blaine Boyer. Talks regressed from there, and the Braves later traded Flowers to the White Sox. According to mlb.com, the Braves now would be unwilling to deal Escobar, described by teammate Chipper Jones as the best shortstop in the National League. Whether Peavy would consent to a trade to Atlanta also remains in question, though if the Cubs are out of the picture, it can't hurt those chances."
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From Dave O'Brien, Braves ajc beat writer whose article you used above
"The Braves need him. The Padres need to trade him. The Braves have offered the best package for Peavy including a very good young, affordable player in shortstop Yunel Escobar, who could turn out to be a star and will almost certainly be no less than a solid major leaguer for many years to come. They would also likely give up center-field prospect Gorkys Hernandez, who is at least two years away but who has legitimate big-time potential, according to every scout I've talked to and opposing managers in the low-level minors."
There was this obviously wrong report from Scott Miller of cbssports
"Under terms of the deal discussed by the Braves and Padres, San Diego would receive shortstop Yunel Escobar, Class A outfielder Gorkys Hernandez, one of two starting pitchers -- Charlie Morton or Jo-Jo Reyes -- and either reliever Blaine Boyer or one of two minor-league left-handers (one of which is believed to be Jeff Locke)."
From Ken Rosenthal - suggests Gorkys was not untouchable
"The Peavy Sweepstakes (cont.)
The Padres again have asked the Braves to revise their proposal for right-hander Jake Peavy, requesting that the team substitute Single-A catcher Tyler Flowers for Single-A center fielder Gorkys Hernandez, according to major-league sources.
Yunel Escobar's stock might have fallen in the Braves' eyes. (Jeff Gross / Getty Images)
Flowers, 6-foot-4 and 245 pounds, is tearing up the Arizona Fall League, and the Braves probably are unwilling to part with him in the same package as shortstop Yunel Escobar and either right-hander Charlie Morton or left-hander Jo-Jo Reyes. Frankly, they're not thrilled with trading any of those players."
Buster Olney - Gorkys was a key part of the package.
There's probably other articles, so if your still not certain, I'll try and dig through and spend a minute or two and find some more later.
Re: Cubs & Giants Split at Fitch
Glad to see McClouth out of Pitt.
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I agree. Nice to see he is out of the division now. Great trade by ATL.
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I am too, but I think the kid they're bringing up tomorrow is going to be a huge pain in our ass for quite some time.
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If they all hit their potential the Hernandez/McCutchen/Tabata OF will be pretty sick. For a guy that has had only 1 good season it is a great haul for the Buccos.
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Gotta love the fundamentals of this team. Why can't we get bunts down?
Via Rotoworld
Sammy Sosa said Wednesday that he's ready to announce his formal retirement from baseball.
"I will calmly wait for my induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame," said a delusional Sosa. "I always played with love and responsibility and I assure you that I will not answer nor listen to rumors. If anything ugly comes up in the future, we will confront it immediately, but with all our strength because I will not allow anybody to tarnish what I did in the field."
Re: Via Rotoworld
He sort of tarnished what he did on the field with the bat incident, but unless someone comes up with some actual evidence that he was juicing... well it's going to be hard to keep him out of the HoF.
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most likely.
bonds and palmeiro are out...mcgwire took himself out of the mix by being very a very fringe candidate to begin with...they don't got sosa.
he doesn't even have a credible rumor tied to him though almost all of us here, and almost every non-cubs fan overall, have our own opinion on the subject that paints sosa as a probable user of PEDs.
still...unless something happens it's gonna be hard to keep him out too long if he doesn't go 1st voting.
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yeah, at some point the consensus will become "well, 50% of hitters took it, and with that benefit these were the best guys". Sort of like Shoeless Joe memory of the alleged crime will fade. It will certainly be interesting.
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Sosa will never get in, as much as it pains me to say it.
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I've got a question that makes me sound like a Noob, but is the password we use to log into TCR the same one we should use to get into the parachat? And, why can't I get Mozilla to work in parachat, is it because of Java? Thanks to anyone who can help my clueless ass.
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Parachat and TCR passwords are separate....and of course parachat doesn't require a username or password although if you like going by the same name you can register.
Firefox seems to work fine for me with Parachat and Java. I guess make sure you have the latest version of Java if you're on a PC.
My Mac never asks for it, but when I had a PC it was always updating it.
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I have had similar issues with Firefox. Google Chrome won't load it at all, even with all the Java updates.
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-edit- doh, redundant post...yeah, it's java...either not installed or enabled.
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Go HOFF!!! GW RBI. Good job by Gregg to close the door.
Nice to be back above .500.
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Another very nice job by Lilly.
Nice rebound by the bullpen.
Much appreciated.
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Was I the only one cursing fiercely when Lilly went back out for the 7th? That goose was cooked in the 6th.
A quick chat with Michael Wuertz
Went to Sox game tonight against Oakland.
I went down to bullpen bar before game and sat by RF fence as A's took batting practice.
Wuertz was shagging and a ball came over by the fence.
I said "Michael, Cubs could have used you last night."
He stopped and leaned against the fence, smiled and shrugged his shoulders.
I said "you wouldn't have thrown a cock high fastball to Francour." He laughed.
And then I said "How's Oakland treating you?"
He said "They are letting me pitch here."
I said good luck and he waved and went back to shagging.
The Braves for the first time since 1987 do not have Smoltz or Glavine in their organization.
~tip of the cap~
re:A quick chat with Michael Wuertz
Thanks for the anecdote, jacos! Good stuff.
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Nice one, Jacos.
But...uh...wtf are you doing at a Sox game?
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Before I forget. That was one helluva a play Theriot made tonight.
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Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales
Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness

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It's Time for Businesses to get Serious about BYOD
By Greg Jensen-Oracle on Jun 16, 2014
Klaus Bergius, Director of Technology Marketing EMEA at Oracle
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is a corporate reality that is already affecting virtually every business operating today. In some ways BYOD is inevitable, with businesses having little choice but to adapt to it. Consumer smartphones, tablets and laptops may eventually end the corporate mandating of employee devices. But currently, there is widespread concern and even denial in enterprises, while embracing BYOD could create new opportunities. This is what the Oracle European BYOD Index Report, based on research carried out in January and February 2014, reveals.
This Index assesses the opinions of Chief Security Officers, Chief Information Security Officers or other personnel responsible for information security at 700 businesses in the Nordics, Germany and Switherland (DCH), Benelux, the UK, France, Italy and Iberia (Portugal and Spain) – across all major industry verticals. It seeks to understand where in the deployment of key BYOD technologies and processes European businesses are and what their opinions are with regards to the future of BYOD.
Barriers to Adoption
The latest research from Oracle suggests that few businesses in Europe have fully warmed to BYOD, with 44 per cent of businesses stating that they dislike BYOD and only allow it in exceptional circumstances. A further 22 per cent have a complete ban on data or information residing on a BYOD device and – perhaps most worrying – 20 per cent have no rules in place at all. Half of organizations are not managing smartphones as part of BYOD, and there seem to be big concerns around security. Device security (45 percent), application security (53 percent) and data security (63 percent) were all listed as areas of concern. Full BYOD Index Report
The Awareness Gap
This issue, however, is not a technological or process one – it is an educational one. For me, the main thing hindering further adoption of BYOD across Europe is a lack of awareness of what exactly it is and what can be done to secure it. Fortunately the technology already exists to cost-effectively deliver secure BYOD. Containerization, or sand-boxing as it is sometimes referred to, illustrates this point perfectly. But in our survey the majority (37 percent) of the IT professionals we asked had never even heard of it, let alone deployed it (only 8 percent reported that they have deployed containerization). Full BYOD Index Report
Device vs. Application Management
Functions such as locking or remote wiping the device content or doing firmware upgrades are the domain of MDM (Mobile Device Management). Managing applications on devices typically is in the MAM (Mobile Application Management) area. But why should we continue to separate them from each other, thus fragmenting the overall solution into small pieces that are addressed by multiple vendors? Why shouldn't we view MDM and MAM as overlapping areas, and moreover, treat it as 'just' an extension of corporate Identity and Access Management, by simply extending this solution to include device and application management features? This is exactly what Oracle Mobile Security Suite does. Full BYOD Index Report
In an attempt to widen this research and find out what the readiness and opinion towards BYOD is in other parts of the world, Oracle is currently preparing a second version which shall cover North America, South America, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa as well as Asia Pacific countries. And in addition to the aspects of data security, device security and application security, we will also include cloud security as an additional aspect. It will be extremely interesting to compare results, so stay tuned for an update!


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Apple Updates iMovie HD
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Software
For all you do-it-yourself home movie publishers, Apple has releases an update to iMovie HD. Of course, you need a Mac in order to benefit from the news - but with the very affordable Mac mini on the market, maybe it is time to consider "the switch".
The iMovie HD Update addresses issues related to video and audio synchronization for DV projects and other minor issues, including:
- audio in PAL widescreen
- Sharing/exporting HDV to videocamera tape
- compatibility with some analog-to-digital converter boxes
- importing video from a DV videocamera, such as when using analog passthrough or recording live video.
Grab it here.
Russound's New Multi-Room Audio A-Bus System
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Home Entertainment
Imagine if you will be able to send audio signal from one location in your house to six other locations in your house. Now keep imagining, imagine you could control each room individually. Now, imagine if each room could choose what it wanted to listen to. With a tuner, CD, Sonos unit that streams your PC audio or Television Audio you have an endless selection. I know it sounds like a nice dream, but it's a dream Russound has made come true. They have this wonderful 6 inputs, 6-room audio distribution system using A-Bus technology. As one of the best selling multi-room audio systems, how could it get any better? Well the old CAV system has been replaced with the new CAM series. It features LCD keypads in every room, a built in tuner and your choice of AM/FM or AM/FM/XM. How easy is it to setup? Simple, cat5 runs from the distribution point to the keypads and speaker wire from the keypads to the speakers. What about noise from amplified signal being dragged across every light and electrical line in the house? Not to worry, there is none. Russound uses cat5 to get signal to the amplified keypads at 50watts per channel. I hope you are adding these things to my birthday gift list.
Read More | Russound
DVD Release List: 2/1/2005
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Movies
This week's DVD release list is highlighted by the absolutely brilliant Ray, which comes in the normal flavor as well as a Limited 2-Disc Special Edition. If you haven't seen this one yet, do yourself a favor and give this one a rent at the very least. I am gonna wait for it to be available on HD PPV. Of course, if you are more in the mood for something that will make you feel like tearing your eyes out, go for The Grudge for its spookiness - or Mulan II for its, um, ungoodness. Here are the rest of the week's releases:
Ray (Widescreen Edition) ~ Taylor Hackford
Charmed - The Complete First Season ~ Les Sheldon
Wonderfalls - The Complete Series ~ Katie Finneran
Shall We Dance (Widescreen Edition) ~ Richard Gere
Ray (Limited 2-Disc Special Edition) ~ Taylor Hackford
Mulan II ~ Lynne Southerland
Frasier - The Complete Fourth Season ~ Kelsey Grammer
I Love Lucy - The Complete Third Season ~ Lucille Ball
The Grudge ~ Sarah Michelle Gellar
Oz - The Complete Fourth Season ~ Lee Tergesen
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WowWee to Introduce 3 New Robo Models in 2005
Posted by Hector Martinez Categories: Misc. Tech
We're pretty fond of WowWee's Robosapien which was introduced this past year. We figured it was only a matter of time before we saw an updated model shown here, "cleverly" named Robosapien V2. This taller model, due out in December for $200, will feature the ability to pick up, drop and throw objects, bend over and twist from side to side, sit, lie down and stand up. It also comes equipped with an infra-red radar vision, and blue LED lights to detect obstacles, track movements and take objects that are handed to him. It will even be able to control two additional products due out next year, the Roboraptor ($100) and the Robopet ($70), due in August and October 2005 respectively.
Read More | Gadget Madness
Apple Updates PowerBook Line
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: PC / Laptop
Many expected a PowerBook G5 announcement at MacWorld - but that didn't happen. Then people expected it would come any day, but that didn't happen either. Finally, today, Apple announced an update to their PowerBook line - but the G5 processor remains out of the equation. Instead, what differentiates the new PowerBooks from the older models are increased processor speeds on (up to 1.67GHz on the 15 and 17-inch models, and up tp 1.5GHz on the 12-inch), and the availability of 100GB drives on the 15 and 17-inch models. You also have the option of adding an 8x SuperDrives to any of the new PowerBooks. Lastly, the ATI Radeon card has been bumped up from 64MB to 128MB, and the notebooks now support Bluetooth 2.0. While that is a mouthful, we would still have preferred a G5 processor to be thrown in.
Read More | Apple PowerBook
TiVo Releases Software Development Kit
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Corporate News, Home Entertainment
It took them long enough, but TiVo has finally released an SDK which will allow developers to program web services and other applications for TiVo DVR's over a network. The basic JavaHMO is an example of a program that is written to give the TiVo more functionality, but was a labor intensive project since there was no SDK at the time of its development. The first kit available to developers includes three applications - a weather module, an RSS reader, and some sort of game. Time will tell if this will be another one of those "too little, too late" deals, as Microsoft's Windows Media Center 2005, Comcast, and others have been gaining on TiVo with much success.
Read More | The Motley Fool
DOOM: The Board Game
Posted by Hector Martinez Categories: Misc. Tech, Video Games
This one's for those folks who can't afford a new NVidia card every 3 months. For a fraction of the price, you and up to three friends can take part in a board game recreation of last year's scare-fest from id Software. Included in the game are 6 custom dice, 66 plastic miniatures (HellKnights, Zombies, Marines, etc), a rule book, and a scenario guide. I bet most scenarios involve you being in a claustrophobic boiler room, unable to hold a gun and a flashlight at the same time.
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Turn Mac mini into a PC
Posted by Oscar M. Cantu Categories: PC / Laptop
Do you like the design of the Mac mini, but don't like Apple's software? Why not just make your own version of Apple's latest innovation. Kevin Rose, G4 Tech TV TSS host, took a Mac Mini case, ripped it apart, and made it a PC Mini by replacing the Apple motherboard with a yet to be released Nano-ITX board. Now if only someone would make a 2Ghz+ mini system.
Read More | Kevin Rose
Opera's Vocal Browser
Posted by Oscar M. Cantu Categories: Software
Opera Software will be releasing its newest Internet browser at the end of next month. This latest version talks back to the user. It also accepts voice commands. This version will have many features other than "speaking" the text on a web page for people with vision problems. This browser will also have the ability to magnify text up to 10 times, (no more fine print?) Even though this browser has many features to help visually impaired users, the company says that these features are not just for visually impaired users. Their goal is to take a first step in making human-computer interaction more natural. A nice feature is that, unlike most voice recognition software, Opera does not have to be "trained" in order to recognize the user's voice. As technology improves, we are seeing steps in making computers smaller, more portable, with less wires, and now more interactive.
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Are Small Form Factor Machines the Future?
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Miniature computers, often referred to as Small Form Factor, or SFF, computers, are cropping up everywhere in the industry. With the recent release of the Mac Mini, consumers are also taking a look at other manufacturers to see what the offerings are. Dell and HP have both offered SFF computers in the past, with mixed results. Many are hoping that the Apple Mac Mini will generate industry buzz and get consumers more interested in the applications of a small computer. I know that I have wanted a small computer for some time, but have actually considered building my own. The parts are out there, and if the revolution takes off, prices will start to become more competitive. So if you need a computer to go in the living room or to sit on an already crowded desk, take a look at SFF computers.
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quote: Can you please tell me how flat sales from both Apple and Samsung during the same period that Nokia sales dropped nearly 20% means that Apple created a "bloodbath". In fact it wasn't until after Nokia went full windows that Apple and Samsung started taking sales. If anything it was all the other companies jumping into Android that killed Nokia.With the entire market growing, 4m sales of Apple phones does not directly equal the 4m sales lost by Nokia. If Nokia went Android they would have grown with the rest of the market, especially with the attractive hardware they have.Nokia had world support and name recognition that was still outselling the iPhone in every market except for the US. They might not have maintained the massive market lead, outselling every other phone manufacture combined, but they certainly wouldn't be loosing sales like they are now.
quote: Just because a multi billion dollar company is throwing money at you doesn't mean that long term it was the right choice. Choice C was joining up with a company that has been consistently the worst selling phone OS on the market. RIM, as much as everyone has declared them dead, is still outselling Microsoft as a whole, not just Nokia. The only reason that MS has been able to maintain the Phone segment is because they use the resources from their other very successful divisions to support it.
quote: OS interface is more a thing of preference then anything else. I really do not like the interface of the Windows Phone OS. That's great that it works for some people and works well for them.Ecosystem is what a smartphone is all about, if you can't expand the functionality to suit your needs, that's a problem. What good is the OS if you don't have access to the tools, toys you want.This is nothing against the Phone OS, but pidgin-holing your entire company into a very small niche, is going to get you a very small niche of the market. I think it was a bad decision now, and I knew it was then.
quote: Hey, while we're on the topic, check out Nokia in 2009 compared to a decade ago. Their rivals have all bounced positions, former number 2 is now number 6, current number 2 was once number 5. Nokia held market share all decade as number one, at every time, every single year, they were at least 50% bigger than number 2 and every year as big as number 2 and 3 put together, often as big as numbers 2, 3 and 4 put together. Thats not bad performance in an industry that was so volatile, that it grew 5 times in size in only ten years.
quote: 1 Symbian (Nokia) . . . . . . . . 38% 2 Android (Google) . . . . . . . . 23% 3 Blackberry (RIM) . . . . . . . .16% 4 iOS (Apple) . . . . . . . . . . . 16% 5 Windows Mobile (Microsoft) . 4% 6 bada (Samsung) . . . . . . . . . 2% 7 LiMo (LiMo Foundation) . . . . 2% 8 Phone 7 (Microsoft) . . . . . . . 1% 9 Palm WebOS (HP) . . . . . . . .0%


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4 Reasons to Forgive Yourself for Being a Bad Speller
#2. English Has No Regulatory Body
The central problem here is that, much like a rampaging elephant or the sea, no one's in control of the English language. There's no central committee that meets in a big room decorated in an alphabet motif deciding how English words should be spelled. And although the very concept of a group of bureaucrats who determine the way we talk sounds kind of Orwellian, it turns out to be a pretty common thing. Basically every language other than English has some group officially in charge of it, groups that I imagine have some pretty crazy meetings.
But for English, the only people in charge of how words are spelled are the users, and as established, we're idiots. And if you've ever tried to get a bunch of idiots to agree on something, you'll know that consensus is pretty hard to reach, and the consensus that is reached isn't always the wisest choice.
But whether non-decisions made by a crowd of idiots are better than well meaning decisions made by lone idiots is debatable, when we see the impact of ...
#1. People Deliberately Screwing With English
I'm not (astoundingly) the first person to have noticed these spelling issues. In fact, people have been trying to reform English spelling for nearly as long as there's been English spelling. Typically these approaches have been to simplify vowel sounds, or to remove extra letters (e.g., "have" would become "hav"), or to just get rid of "Q" altogether. They're all well-meaning measures that would lead to some pretty crazy-looking writing:
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Not a joke.
Now, if you don't see how an effort to fix spelling could make spelling even more complicated, I want you to, just for a moment, imagine you're a Canadian.
Here's one.
So now that you're a Canadian, I want you to imagine that your dictionary has been taken from you because of Socialism, and that you have to figure out the proper spelling for the word "defence"/"defense." This cannot be done -- until I looked it up for the purpose of writing this article, I had no idea which was right. It turns out that "defence" is the preferred English/Canadian spelling, and "defense" is the preferred American spelling. (Incidentally, an easy way to remember this is to think of American football fans, who, being Americans and masters of American English, would never, ever make a mistake when spelling the American version of "defense" ...)
Except when they do, all the time.
Where did this split between the two spellings come from? Well, it turns out that Americans used the "defence" version right up until about the early 20th century, when something caused them to change their minds:
This is a pretty justifiable switch, in truth; "defense" is probably derived from the Latin root "defensus," so it makes a bit more sense to spell it with the "S." Noah Webster, famous for the dictionary he made and the heartwarming 1980s sitcom it inspired, was a big advocate for spelling reform and probably advocated the "defence" -> "defense" switch on this basis.
But, justified or not, can you see how confusing this is as a hypothetical Canadian? Depending on the website or newspaper or book you read, there are two different, totally valid, totally reasonable and defensible spellings of a word. Heck, even if you're a well-read American -- I'm confident you exist -- you'll have seen both these spellings when you read foreign websites. And all because 100 years ago some asshole tried to fix a problem and other assholes didn't listen.
Let's take another example where you don't even have to pretend to be Canadian. let's look at, oh, let's say, the word "scissoring."
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"Scissoring" doesn't have a "C" sound in it, does it? In fact, it probably used to be spelled "sissouring" or something similar. But some time around the 16th or 17th century, some dink decided to put the "C" back in to re-link it to its Latin root -- "scindere" -- which, whoops, turned out to not be "scissoring"'s Latin root at all. The spelling actually got harder because someone fucked with it!
So there you go, Internet. Not only do you now have a ready-built excuse when someone accuses you of spelling things wrong, but you've now got something fun to talk about while scissoring. You're welcome.
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Dear Kay, This will be a five-minute note today. I am going to type as fast as I can. How are we feeling about the Olympics? Why do they feel so polluted? Have you noticed the posture of elite athletes? It is kind of spectacular. I have concluded that pairs skating is one of the most dangerous activities in the world. And all weekend long, every time I looked at Bob Costas's runny left eye, I immediately got itchy in my own left...Read More


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One of my most vivid memories of kindergarten is when I convinced another little girl (I won't say whom, but I do remember her full name!) that I could write and she had me write a message to her little brother on a coloring paper. When the teacher saw my scribbling (seriously, I thought I was writing!) she scolded me. I think she thought I was trying to ruin her paper, when really I only had the best of intentions! I was only 5!
In first grade I remember having to go to the bathroom SO very bad it hurt- and I raised my hand to tell the teacher but she wouldn't call on me. I remember raising my hand with tears coming down my face and as I tried to hold it in, and I ended up having an accident right there in my seat, in my new gray outfit with balloons on it, so utterly humiliating. Of course then I was sent to the bathroom (finally!) and then to the office to wait for my mom to bring me clean clothes, and feel further embarrassment then. I couldn't help it!
One of the only things I clearly remember about second grade was being called out to the hall, and my mom was there, and she told me that my Gram had passed away. At that time I think I was closer to Gram than any other person in the world. I won't ever forget that hallway, the cold, dingy white-tiled floor and fluorescent lights on the ceiling. I missed a whole week of school and a neighbor made me a homemade Cabbage Patch Doll to make me feel better.
Oh, I do remember one other thing about second grade- my teacher Mrs. Gaddis had a fun way to get rid of your hiccups- when you didn't expect it she would yell, "BOO!" really loud and scare them out of you, but really she only did it for a kid once and thereafter every kid mysteriously always had the hiccups and wanted her to do it to them.
In the third grade, we moved and I went to one school the first semester and started a new school the second semester. That was a very rough year for me. My only friend for a while was my teacher, Mr. Green. No one else liked him because he was very strict, but since I didn't know anyone, I was very good at only concentrating on my schoolwork and would rather stay inside during recess to do my work or help the teacher. I think that was the grade I saw the plus of becoming a teacher's pet and I fit into that roll pretty much every grade after that.
In fourth grade I won the spelling bee (in my class) and had a really cool teacher who would let us have reading time and we could sit on the floor or on a couch in our room. I found a writing exercise from this grade: (I am having troubles inserting the picture.)
Hi. My name is Stephanie. I am eleven years old. I like to play the piano, sing, and act. I have one mom, one dad, two dogs, and one brother. When I grow up I want to be a singer or a secretary. But I really want to be an actress.
And from fifth grade, I found that I had big plans for the future-
The Year 2013
It's the year 2013. I'm living in a beautiful 4-story cabin in the Rocky Mountains. I married a brain surgeon who makes $64,000 a month. At the age of 23 I had twins: Rebecca & Kirstin. Every summer we visit my parents in Wyoming and my husband's parents in Washington. Our parents take us to Hawaii every spring break. We go the whole way by boat cruise. This summer we're moving to Hawaii because my husband is getting a better job for brain and cancer. Most surfers there hit their heads on surf boards and have brain damage. We already bought a 7-story mansion in Honolulu. I'm going to visit my friends Tanya & Erin in New York, New York when my husband works days.
By Stephanie, 5th grade, 1988.
I think I like just how my future has gone, but if hubby makes $64,000 a month by 2013, I won't mind at all!


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Everyone knows of the usual phobias like fear of heights, small spaces and public speaking. But here are 35 lesser-known phobias from which you may suffer and just not know what to call that uneasy feeling.
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on January 3, 2013 - 5:09 PM
A new year implies a clean slate, a fresh start and a good time to evaluate how we are doing as citizens of our fragile planet. As gardeners, cooks, office workers, parents or teachers, we make hundreds of small choices about the products we purchase and the trash we create that align us as part of the solution or part of a very big problem.
Recycling appears in the American consciousness cyclically, with a big surge starting in the 1970s. Depending upon where you live, recycling glass, plastic and paper may be routine, or it may be ignored. When you recycle plastic or tires, they are cleaned, melted and re-formed into other products made of plastic or rubber. Recycling can be expensive – a reason some townships have dropped their programs – and often requires active commitments to make it happen.
"Repurposing" is a relatively newer term that describes simpler, less costly ways to use something in its existing form but for a new purpose. Gardeners do it all the time: A lampshade frame becomes a peony support. Popsicle sticks are seedling markers. Bottomless cat food cans thwart cutworms. Gallon milk jugs are mini-greenhouses for little plants. Storm windows make cold frames. Stakes are made from broom handles and rusty rakes, compost bins from window screens and pallets. For more ideas and fun reading, look for the older Yankee or Rodale "tips books" like "Now, That's Ingenious" (2003), "Shameless Shortcuts" (2004), "Vinegar, Duct Tape, Milk Jugs and More" (2005) and "1,001 Ingenious Gardening Ideas" (2007). You'll never put torn pantyhose in the wastebasket again.
Moms and elementary school teachers have been repurposing since cave children first banged rocks together. Cardboard boxes are playhouses, pots and pans are drums, and worn-out clothes, scarves and hats offer infinite dress-up and theatrical potential.
Artists also repurpose; just walk through any museum with modern art. In Buffalo, now famously, artist-gardeners (or gardening artists) provide surprise, whimsy, humor, beauty and fresh perspectives using repurposed objects. Our creativity is endless once we look at discards for their possible functions.
Reuse the Christmas tree
From the simplest repurposing to complete recycling, here are possible final acts for your tree:
• Stick the tree upright, outside, still in the stand if you wish, to form a wind block for the bird feeder or door. Tie on suet treats, pine cones or popcorn balls smeared with peanut butter, or orange peels packed with fat and seeds.
• Put the tree in the woods, where it benefits wildlife in several ways and eventually decomposes.
• Put your tree (or several trees from the street) into your hedgerow or the row of trees along the side or back of your lot. The trees provide shelter and browsing for animals, and the needles will be good for the soil. (They do not make it too acidic; our soils are rarely acidic enough in this area.)
• Cut off branches and place them (on the snow) over roses, perennials, or any garden bed. At planting time these boughs can become "pea-shrub" or "pea sticks" – the traditional gardening term for twiggy branches you place in the ground to prop up peas or other floppy plants.
• Mulch it if you have access to a wood chipper. (Be extremely careful.)
• Find out what your town is doing to collect and recycle Christmas trees. The City of Buffalo will collect trees for one week (Monday through Jan. 11) and will recycle them. Do not bag them, and remove all garland and ornaments. Three locations will also accept your trees until Jan. 18 (7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday): Cazenovia Park, Shoshone Park and 1120 Seneca St. (www.ci.Buffalo.ny.us).
The rest of the holiday stuff
The "greenest" people use the least wrapping paper, Styrofoam, bubble wrap, boxes and bags. But these materials are part of a typical holiday and add to huge garbage pickups. We can reuse them many times over if somebody under the Christmas tree folds the salvageable paper and winds up the ribbon. (Admittedly, that person is sometimes mocked, but we get the last laugh: My family continues to use some truly vintage wrapping paper that includes the handwritten names of boyfriends and relatives long gone.) Old Christmas cards become gift tags. Gift bags are easily reused. Some mailing businesses accept your foam peanuts, bubble wrap, shredded paper and even boxes; ask around.
Garden uses of post-holiday debris is limited, but we have some options. Some Styrofoam pieces and foam peanuts can fill space in the bottom of planters, but we'd be better off not acquiring it at all. Shredded office or wrapping paper is great in the compost, in the worm bin or in the soil. Stop getting unwanted catalogs. Most of you know all about putting cardboard and newspaper on the garden or on paths to block weeds. Why not flatten the boxes and stash them until spring? Yarn and ribbons can be snipped into 4-inch lengths for nesting birds to use when the mating season comes.
Mother Nature is a perfect model as she recycles every organic molecule. Recycling and repurposing are common sense choices. If you haven't yet, start with the Christmas tree.
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I work at National Olympic Committee of Iraq and at Iraqi Olympic Academy as a Parapsychological Expert, in sport department, psychological laboratory. My job is use psi abilities in sport. The experiment has been applied with many games such as handball, basketball, volleyball, fencing and other games, from through the application of psychoanalytic and counseling through using precognition of these variables ( the degree of concentration, energy, tension, anxiety and willingness in the game). Many competitions have been analyzed from 2005 to present, I am analyzed many athletes by using precognition abilities before and after the match for the purpose of solve player's problems by diagnosing the weakness.
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AT some stage this week, a GAA county panel, their manager and selectors will listen attentively to a voice which sounds persuasive and authoritative.
Register with the Parapsychological Association website to participate in the discussion, or sign in if you already have an account.
The Parapsychological Association is an international professional organization of scientists and scholars engaged in the study of psi (or 'psychic') experiences, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, psychic healing, and precognition. The primary objective of the PA is to achieve a scientific understanding of these experiences.
First established in 1957, the PA has been an affiliated organization of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1969. The PA is a non-profit, non-adjudicating organization that endorses no ideologies or beliefs other than the value of rigorous scientific and scholarly inquiry.


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MARTINSBURG - Shoney's restaurant at 201 S. Viking Way in Martinsburg was closed Sunday by the franchise owner, along with restaurants in Hagerstown, Harrisonburg and Staunton, Va.
"We had no warning - it was shocking," Randy High, the restaurant manager, said Thursday, while he and his wife, Vickie, who also worked at the restaurant, waited for vendors to remove their equipment from the restaurant.
High said the franchise owner is Rick Stone of RFS Enterprises of Virginia LLC.
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The Martinsburg Shoney's unexpectedly closed Sunday after more than 30 years of operation.
A phone message to Stone was not returned by press time. A recording at the company's telephone number said the voice mailbox was full and to try later.
The Martinsburg, Hagerstown, Harrisonburg and Staunton restaurants are listed as closed on the Shoney's corporate website. A message to Shoney's corporate offices in Nashville, Tenn., was not returned by press time.
Shoney's has several hundred restaurants in 17 mostly southeastern states, according to the company's website. Alex "Shoney" Schoenbaum opened his first restaurant in 1947 in Charleston. The Shoney's name was coined in 1953.
High said Stone came to the restaurant late Sunday morning and told him to lock the doors at 6 p.m.
"He didn't give a reason," High said. "Business was not bad. We turned it around. We made a profit last year."
The restaurant opened in 1981, he said.
High said 40 people were employed at the Martinsburg restaurant.
One employee had worked at the restaurant for 30 years, Vickie High said.
"Each has a story," she said. "There were a lot of long-term employees here. It was like a family here."
Randy High had been with RFS Enterprises for 27 years, he said.
"I started when I was 16 years old as a bus boy," High said.
He had been at the Martinsburg restaurant for one year and three months, moving his family here from Harrisonburg, he said.
"We have no family here," Vickie said. "We don't know what we're going to do. We've already started putting resumes in."
The couple has three children.
"We like it here," she said. "The kids are adjusted. We have one graduating from Musselman High School this year. We'd like to stay."
Randy High said they had met many nice people whom they talked with every day.
"The regulars, they were family, too," Vickie High said.
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That's the news out of England, where Duchess Catherine's younger sister, Pippa Middleton, is said to have broken up with boyfriend Alex Loudon, who accompanied her to the Royal Wedding in April.
"It is common knowledge in their close circle of friends that Pippa and Alex have recently split up," a friend is quoted as telling the Times of London.
Middleton's newfound celebrity put a strain on the relationship, though the pair will "stay good friends," the Sun reports.
Loudon, 30, is a former professional cricket player turned broker.
Lately, Middleton, 27, has been spending quite a bit of time with George Percy, an old roommate from her college days.
She and Percy, the son of the Duke of Northumberland, recently partied in Spain together and also watched some tennis together at the Queens Club.


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Bilski's growing up, and smacking down some bad software patents | Opensource.com
Bilski's growing up, and smacking down some bad software patents
When the Supreme Court declined to speak to software patenting in the Bilski case, there was wailing and gnashing of teeth in the open source software world. The new Bilski test for patentable subject matter looked at first like the status quo for software patentability. But, being the sort of person who tries to check clouds for a possible silver lining, I noted a possibility that courts and the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences would read the test to invalidate some software patents. Later I noted that there were a number of early decisions finding software unpatentable.
That trend is continuing in a good direction. A new study of the first full year of decisions applying Bilski to software confirms that the direction of the case law is toward finding software is not patentable subject matter. The study by Robert Greene Sterne and Michelle K. Holoubek is titled The Practical Side of §101 : One year post-Bilski: How the decision is being interpreted by the BPAI, District Courts, and Federal Circuit. [PDF] It contains brief summaries of 182 decisions of the BPAI, 6 federal district court decisions, and 3 Federal Circuit decisions. The majority of the BPAI and district court decisions concern software. And many of those software decisions apply Bilski to find that the subject matter is too abstract to be patented.
Sterne and Holoubek found that before the BPAI, in the 182 cases involving challenges on the grounds of non-statutory subject matter, the decisions rejecting patentability outnumbered those finding statutory subject matter by 2.5 to 1. Of the four district court decisions addressing software, all found the patents non-statutory. None of the Federal Circuit decisions plainly addressed a pure software claim.
The market for software patents is hardly dead. Indeed, as shown by recent transactions, including the princely sum ($4.5 billion) bid for Nortel's portfolio by Microsoft, Apple, and others, it's acting very healthy. But it could be coming down with something serious. Stay tuned.
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All software programs are algorithms. This is a proven fact. The copyright law clearly states that algorithms can not be patented. All software patents are illegal. When are your courts going to recognize this fact?
> The copyright law clearly states that algorithms can not be patented.
Which copyright law is it that makes statements about what can be patented? I think at least one of us is confused about the scope of such laws.
All software programs are implementations of algorithmic approaches to a given problem. The problem is that patents tend to be on the algorithm, broadly conceived, and not properly conceived in fine-grained focus on the implementation.
Most software patents, in U.S. anyway, are broadly defined as process patents using an algorithms as a methodology. Algorithms are not generally patentable, but business processes are. Thus, the claims are substantiated based on the concept of owning a process.
Public Radio's This American Life just aired an excellent show on the state of software patents in the U.S.: http://bit.ly/pMHkPF
Take away: the ramp up is just beginning. Trolls and massive mafia-like extortions are just another way for VCs to make money.
Whatever the ultimate consensus of the courts in regard to the legitimacy of software patents, perhaps concerned parties should begin discussions on how to create a software patent that works for developers. For instance, instead of the usual costly, 20-year patent, maybe it's time for an inexpensive, limited, 5-year software patent that reflects software's low overhead and rapid obsolescence? Some other countries offer multi-tiered patent systems; I think it's time the U.S. started discussions in that area.
"A software patent that works for developers." Hmmm, you must not be a developer.
So my 5-year patent on a javascript routine that dials 911 from my computer (along with the 50 other identical patents) is somehow less of a simpleminded extortion??


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Your Confidence Level in Justin Morneau
Started by mini_tb , Feb 06 2012 03:21 PMconcussion morneau
22 replies to this topic
Posted 06 February 2012 - 03:21 PM
There have been a number of Justin Morneau related articles lately outlining his health maladies and his ongoing recovery from post concussion syndrome. How has reading these articles affected your outlook on Morneau's 2012 season and his career? Please refrain from posting any of the "Morneau is faking it" types of comments.
Posted 06 February 2012 - 03:46 PM
I have to be honest. I have no concerns about Denard Span or Joe Mauer, but right now, I feel anything that the Twins get from Morneau is a bonus. As Gleeman pointed out a couple of weeks ago, when Morneau said (on about January 16th) that he hadn't had any concussion symptoms since December, that was just 2-3 weeks. Man, I hope I'm wrong because he was so good!
Posted 06 February 2012 - 04:37 PM
Is it positive that he has been symptom-free dating back to December? Yes. Will it mean he's good to go from here on out? Who knows. What we do know is that he is working hard and that's a good sign - particularly because of the wrist, shoulder, etc - but the concussion is such a hard injury to pin down.
Posted 06 February 2012 - 05:06 PM
If he plays 140 games at his previous level of effectiveness, it'd basically be a miracle. The concussion alone might be enough to end his career, but on top of that he's got an apparently severe wrist problem, not to mention the litany of more minor injuries he's recovering from. At this point the Twins need to be planning for life without Morneau, which is truly unfortunate.
Posted 06 February 2012 - 05:29 PM
I want to see Justin do well but I think anyone hoping for him to return to his pre-concussion self is in for a major disappointment. I do think he can eventually get back there but it won't be anytime soon. The fact that he has missed so much time has to throw his timing off big time, something that seemed apparent last year when he was in the lineup. I agree with Seth in saying that I am not worried about Span or Mauer but I am worried about Morneau. I think it's going to take him a while to get his timing and swing back. hopefully something a full Spring Training will help out with this year. You can hit off the pitching machine and BP all you want but he is going to need a lot of in game action and live pitching to get back to where he needs to be. How long it will take I have no idea, I am just hoping he can stay healthy this season and be somewhat productive in the beginning of the season to the point where he is not hurting the Twins by taking some time to re adjust to major league pitching.
Posted 10 February 2012 - 01:35 PM
50% that he's even average. 10% that he's the old Justin. Let's ponder this - what if he is just an average 1B, or slightly below average? Where does he bat in the lineup? It takes Gardenhire at least 2.5 months to move him our of 4 or 5, right? I assume Willingham and Doumit move up a spot, and then Morneau goes 6th with Valencia following him. And if any of those guys are hurt, Plouffe is the next option? Fine against LHP, but vs RHP...ugh.
Posted 11 February 2012 - 06:11 PM
you guys negativity is unbelievable to me. What is he supposed to do retire, he is only 30 years old and is still very talented. There is nothing that I have heard that tells me he can't get back to where he was. Bottom line the Twins owe him 30 million over the next 2 years and trust me he is not going to retire and walk away from that money. So Twins fans we are stuck with Morneau so why be negative when there is nothing to say he can't be good again. His concussion problems appear in the past and the wrist problem is the only thing that gives me pause to guarantee a 30/120 type of year. I am not worried at all about the concussion symptoms anymore, but I know that none of you are going to believe in him. I realize it is easier to be negative than positive when it comes to Morneau, but I am not wired that way so I truly believe that Morneau will make it all the way back and be good again. I have 99.99 percent confidence taht he will play 130 games in 2012. I have 80 percent confidence taht Morneau hits 25/90 and 70 percent that he hits 30/120.
Posted 11 February 2012 - 06:23 PM
Geek, I would assume that they will (and they should) give Morneau 200-250 plate appearances to get back. He deserves that. He's got the history. It would be great to see him at 100% and just see what happens. I think that Gardy would be willing to flip Morneau and Willingham between 4 and 5 based on matchup. Travis, I think each and every one of us who have commented hope like crazy that you are right.
Posted 12 February 2012 - 10:10 AM
I feel like Twins fans owe Morneau the benefit of the doubt. He has brought many great moments to Twins Territory and is our best power hitter. So the thought of him hitting 6th behind journeymen Josh Willingham and Doumit is inconceivable and disrespectful to Morneau. I guess I am more loyal to players than some as I don't forget what they have done for organization. I am not as quick to cut the cord on players as some. The ones that are critical of Morneau are the same that said Joe Mauer was a team cancer and would like to get out of that contract. Both Mauer and Morneau have been key cogs for years and I for one am not going to forget that and turn on them. Thats just me though everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
Posted 12 February 2012 - 10:16 AM
I admire Morneau for trying to play through this injury. However, it's clear to me he will never even be a small fraction of the player he was in 2006. What a tremendous loss! He has a wife and daughter to think about and baseball is not worth being paralyzed the rest of his life. If he retired the Twins could get back the last two seasons of his salary because the contract is insured. I honestly believe Chris Parmelee is going to be very good for many years to come. (Snip) Nothing wrong with being positive but at some point reality has to set in. (Snip) The team will lose 90 games again this season, but with Ryan in charge, the draft should go well, and good trades will most likely put the team back into contention around 2014.
Edited by Seth Stohs, 12 February 2012 - 10:38 AM.
Edited by Seth Stohs, 12 February 2012 - 10:38 AM.
No need for personal attacks.
Posted 12 February 2012 - 10:24 AM
Actually no I don't agree with every move the organization makes as I was disappointed they traded JJ Hardy. However, I don't see the point of always being critical its not like it is going to change anything. I am going to support the guys they put out there and not criticize every move they make because it is not worth it. Jack actually if Morneau retired he wouldnt get a cent. That is why regardless why he won't retire because he has a family to think about. He is 30 years old and if it was me i would continue trying until i couldnt do it anymore. The Twins would have been fine in 2011 if Mauer, Morneau, Span wouldnt of missed so many games and Liriano wouldnt have been a disaster. Yeah but I should have known that when I said they would be fine. I am a positive guy that is just how I am and think positive not just on the twins but everything i do in my life. I am not asking people to agree with that philosophy just give people the benefit of the doubt before you call them bums that should be cutting your grass.
Posted 12 February 2012 - 10:40 AM
Travis, saying that there is a strong chance that Morneau doesn't return to his 2006 or 2008 form doesn't in any way say that people have forgotten what he did. As I've written above, I think he should start the season hitting 4th or 5th. The question was... if he's hitting .180/.250/.300 in mid-June, will Gardy be willing to drop him in the order, and the answer to that has to be "I hope so." Willingham is a pretty good on-base guy and a power hitter. Even if Morneau was coming off of a 100% healthy season, it's fair to ask if they should hit 4th and 5th.
Posted 13 February 2012 - 11:21 AM
Come on, let's not start finger-wagging and claiming that holding a realistic viewpoint on Morneau's situation is somehow disrespectful to the guy. I think we all appreciate what he's done for the Twins, but if team management followed your approach and decided to simply "give him the benefit of the doubt" against their better judgment because of his past accomplishments it'd be hugely irresponsible. They need to be preparing for life without him while hoping like heck that he can make an unlikely comeback.
Posted 19 February 2012 - 10:54 PM
I really really hope that Morneau comes back and crushes the hell out of the ball every day, and plays well enough to make Parmelee sign a long-term lease in Rochester. However, concussions are scary as hell, and very complex. I can't help but think about Koskie, and worry that that is where Morneau is headed. No one wants that.
Posted 20 February 2012 - 08:55 AM
Why risk it? If Morneau's bat is there, he's most valuable as the team's MVP. His last concussion came in the field diving for a ball hit down the line. I know he's only 30, and if he hadn't gotten the concussion, talking this early in his career about moving him to DH would be unheard of (unless there was a Doug Mientkiewicz-style glove waiting in Triple-A with a 2006-Morneau-bat to boot) but I think taking away one area of focus of his game (the glove) would allow him to focus on an area the Twins need him to bounce back in more than the other (his bat.) Gardy, Morneau, the team, everyone should have learned from last year that bringing him back too soon is just going to make him frustrated, and that is not good for a concussed brain either.
Posted 20 February 2012 - 10:05 AM
Why risk it? If Morneau's bat is there, he's most valuable as the team's MVP. His last concussion came in the field diving for a ball hit down the line. I know he's only 30, and if he hadn't gotten the concussion, talking this early in his career about moving him to DH would be unheard of (unless there was a Doug Mientkiewicz-style glove waiting in Triple-A with a 2006-Morneau-bat to boot) but I think taking away one area of focus of his game (the glove) would allow him to focus on an area the Twins need him to bounce back in more than the other (his bat.) Gardy, Morneau, the team, everyone should have learned from last year that bringing him back too soon is just going to make him frustrated, and that is not good for a concussed brain either.
Agreed. I think what Seth said above makes a great deal of sense...he's not "worried" about him because you'd have to be nuts to EXPECT a full season of top-level production out of this guy. I think Morneau's quote from a few weeks ago shows that he's beginning to "understand" the gravity of his situation. He was asked if he would just switch to DH if playing 1B was too much of a risk for him, and his response was to the effect of "Look, if I'm so fragile that I can't even play in the field, talking about DH is basically pointless because I probably shouldn't be playing at all."
It'd really be one of the great tragedies of Twins history if this guy were to hang it up so soon because you recognized that Hrbek's number hangs in the rafters, yet Morneau's star potential was so much greater. Unfortunately, the seeds of this thing may have been planted in that one moment in Seattle 2005, along with any other cumulative head trauma he may have picked up playing hockey, etc. in his youth. I really wish he could play and not suffer any effects of this - the only Twins jersey I own with a number on it has the "33" on the back.
Posted 20 February 2012 - 10:42 AM
Synptom free since December doesn't seem like that long a time. I don't know how long "symptom free" he's been previously. If his training is the same as it's been, he may hit well and play well, but then you never know when the symptoms will come back.
Posted 20 February 2012 - 10:58 AM
The other thing is that Morneau has a number of other issues beyond the concussion that he's trying to bounce back from. It sounds like the left wrist problem might be just as big of a concern at this point. If he has no feeling in his index finger... that's not good.
Posted 20 February 2012 - 11:05 AM
I have little confidence he will play more than a few weeks. It seems like he could be done for the year (or his career) if he sustains any kind of trauma to his head at all.
Posted 20 February 2012 - 01:25 PM
Is it positive that he has been symptom-free dating back to December? Yes.
I'd say that it'd be a lot more of a positive if it was, say, September or October.
"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein
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It's been said the only constant in our lives is change. Not the kind you find under your couch cushions – the kind that takes us from one state of being; one point of view; one condition to the next. Last week my wife celebrated her 32nd birthday. Folks have asked me what I got for her – what present did I buy. I gave her the gift of change. Up until last week one of my wife's favourite wines was made by the late Colvin Vineyards of Walla Walla – their Allegresse. Not a lot of folk I've met realize how good that juice was; it's a shame the winery is no longer around. The Colvin Allegresse is a wine my wife and i use as a measuring stick. It's generally asked like this:
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I believe our new question may be more like "…how does that compare to the Lynfred Zin?"
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Thoughtfully included with the wine for this review was an information sheet which contained background information about the wine, as well as a suggested recipe – Savory Beef Stroganoff. Thus, armed with an open bottle, a plate of Stroganoff, my wife and I sat to enjoy her Birthday dinner.
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- San Diego International: Silver
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Last weekend I had the privilege to attend the ASH 2012 (American Society of Hematology) in Atlanta, Ga. A conference attended by over 25,000 hematologists, oncologists, nurses, research investigators and pharmaceutical companies from around the global. I was a member of a special group, 10 Support Group Leaders and Teresa Miceli, RN from the IMF Nurse Leadership Board . Group members were invited to attend by the IMF and very special donors who specifically targeted their donations to permit MM Support Group Leaders from around the country have this first hand opportunity to learn what cutting edge research is being conducted currently to move the treatment and understanding of the biology of Myeloma forward.
The Friday night kick off to the conference was a well organized IMF's Myeloma Symposium. The program was a huge success - probably over 700 attendees, at least, came to learn about the advances in Myeloma. Most of the attendees were hematologists and oncologists - who were quizzed during the program using a remote control found on each chair. Once again, we learned that many of those in attendance were not well informed about the latest diagnostic tools and treatment regimens for Myeloma. Of course, these doctors were not Myeloma specialists and at least their attendance was a positive indicator that they wanted to learn more about Myeloma. So what did we the patient learn from the quiz? Clearly, Myeloma patients should make every effort to obtain the medical support and guidance from an experienced Myeloma physician. Why? Their life depends on it!
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Our days were packed with programs to attend - learning about the latest research from Myeloma specialists and researchers from around the world. Even for me, a 13 year veteran of Myeloma and familiar with Myeloma terminology these scientific presentations were heavy with medical jargon--- often quite dense and tough to slug through. But once again Robin anticipated this challenge and invited Teresa Miceli to join us on the trip to help us sift thru the medical complexities. Teresa, a very experienced RN from Mayo Clinic - Myeloma Center in Rochester Minnesota helped us each day at lunch, dinner and in between interpret and understand more fully the information we were gleaning from these presentations. Thank heavens for Teresa!
Sunday evening we all were invited to attend a Foreign Journalist Workshop. Journalists from around the globe attended, curious to learn from Dr. Durie and other MM specialists - What is Myeloma? What are the new and emerging therapies? The program was sponsored by the IMF and Myeloma Canada.
I was honored to share my 13 year journey with Myeloma at this event - along with my current success on a new exciting drug called Pomalidomide, available to me via a clinical trial. However, the highlight of the evening was the revelation shared by a Brazilian physician that they recently diagnosed a 8 year old boy in her country. The room grew instantly silent - the shock and surprise was palpable. What do you do? Why was someone so young diagnosed with a disease generally for people of advanced age? How do you treat someone so young? Where do you start? Does anyone have a protocol for a patient so young? Other than words of empathy and concern - no definitive guidance was forthcoming. To intensify the problem, we all soon learned that in Brazil very few MM drug regimens are available - Brazil like other South American countries does not even have Revlimid - a drug approved in the United States 7 years ago. A glimmer of hope was provided when the IMF South American representative assured all journalists that when cases such as this are brought to her attention, she will work very hard with the patient, doctor and government agency to gain special approval for life saving drugs such as Revlimid.
Back at the conference the next day, lots of new information was offered about the positive results of two of the newest drugs for Myeloma, Carfilzomib recently FDA approved this year and the Pomalidomide, not yet approved but hopefully it will be shortly - perhaps even in early 2013. Data on these drugs and others such as MLN 9708, a pill form of a proteasome inhibitor (Velcade, Carfilzombi like) showing much promise.
Many more combinations of drugs are being conducted than I can list. Which translates into a great reason for MM patients and their loved ones to be very hopeful. We have many more drug options than ever before - drugs with positive outcomes - such as; Velcade, Revlimid, Carfilzomib, Cytoxan, MLN 9708, Dex, Prednisone, Cyclophosphamide and now waiting in the wings Pomalidomide.
These new combinations provide MM patients with a hopeful future - we all want to know that when we relapse - new treatment options that have been tested and proven effective are readily available.
The conference was a wealth of hope, inspiration and creative minds working to understand more thoroughly the biology of the disease, how genetics plays a role in the outcome of a patient's disease progression and making sure the door stays open for new ideas to lead the way in the treatment of Myeloma.
I am immensely grateful to the IMF for advocating that patients and support group leaders have the latest information on how to live their lives, while coping with the effects of Myeloma and treatment challenges .......all while "hoping" that a cure is not far off.
Programs like ASH bring all of us - one small step closer to calling Myeloma a chronic - treatable - non fatal disease.
With deep appreciation to all the members of the IMF and of course the generous special donors who made our trip to ASH possible.
Paula Van Riper
Central Jersey Multiple Myeloma Support Group


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Add Eva Longoria to the list of Hollywood's cat ladies.
While the former Desperate Housewives star is too busy to parent one right now, she tells PEOPLE, "I always found that I identified with them. Cats are feminine and independent and playful, much like a woman."
Her affinity for felines is why she's partnered with Sheba cat food to kick off the Feed Your Passion campaign, in which cat lovers are encouraged to visit the brand's website and share a photo of themselves and their pet, or a video of their greatest passion.
"It's great because cat lovers are pretty passionate about their cats and about life, so we thought we'd engage them," says Longoria of the contest, which will award $5,000 to a winner every month until May.
For the star, who is also executive producing a new dating show called Ready for Love, it was one cat in particular that stirred her own fandom.
"I grew up with a lot of cats, but one in particular, her name was Cindy," Longoria says. "She was like a member of our family. I swear she lived for 20, 25 years because every childhood photo, she's in it with all my sisters and me."
In fact, so close was Longoria to the pet that when Cindy passed away, her mom shielded her from the truth.
"That was in college," she says. "My mom didn't even tell me she died. She told me she ran away ... I believed her in college."
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