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WASHINGTON, May 31, (Agencies): US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, held for nearly five years by the Taleban after being captured in Afghanistan, has been released and is now in US custody after years of on and off negotiations, US officials said on Saturday As part of Bergdahl's release, the United States is turning over five Taleban detainees at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody of Qatar, the officials said. Bergdahl's freedom followed a renewed round of indirect US-Taleban talks in recent months, with Qatar acting as intermediary, the officials said.
President Barack Obama announced the release, saying he had called Bergdahl's parents to let them know. US special operations forces took custody of Bergdahl in a non-violent exchange with Taleban members in eastern Afghanistan, the officials said, adding that he was believed to be in good condition.
He was now undergoing a medical examination in Afghanistan. The exchange took place at about 6 p.m. local time on Saturday, which was at 10:30 a.m. Washington time, a senior official said. Bergdahl, who is from Idaho, was the only known missing US soldier in the Afghan war that was launched soon after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States to dislodge the Taleban from power.
He was captured under unknown circumstances in eastern Afghanistan by militants on June 30, 2009, about two months after arriving in the country. "Today the American people are pleased that we will be able to welcome home Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, held captive for nearly five years," Obama said in a statement. "On behalf of the American people, I was honored to call his parents to express our joy that they can expect his safe return, mindful of their courage and sacrifice throughout this ordeal."
The Bergdahl family was in Washington when news of the release broke, a senior US defense official said, without giving details. Obama announced this week that he would keep 9,800 US troops in Afghanistan, mostly to train Afghan forces, after NATO combat operations cease at the end of 2014. The last soldiers, aside from a small presence at US diplomatic posts, will leave at the end of 2016. Bergdahl's release could be a national security boost for Obama, whose foreign policy has come under widespread criticism in recent months. But some members of Congress have in the past criticized the potential release of the five Taleban detainees, particularly Mohammed Fazl, a so-called "high-risk" detainee held at Guantanamo prison since early 2002. Fazl is alleged to be responsible for the killing of thousands of Afghanistan's minority Shiite Muslims between 1998 and 2001.
Reuters first reported the potential swap of Bergdahl for the five Taleban detainees in December 2011. Bergdahl's release on Saturday was the result of years of and off negotiations that a senior US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said revived last November when the Taleban signaled it wanted to resume talks on prisoners. No direct US-Taleban talks were involved, officials said, and messages were past via Qatari officials. The final stage of negotiations, which took place in the Qatari capital of Doha, began one week ago, the US officials said.
Role In his statement, Obama thanked Qatar for its role in Bergdahl's release, as well as the Afghan government. The US defense official said Bergdahl was able to walk and became emotional on his way to freedom. "Once the was on the helicopter, he wrote on a paper plate, 'SF?'" the official said, referring to the abbreviation for special forces. "The operators replied loudly, 'Yes, we've been looking for you for a long time.'And at this point, Sergeant Bergdahl broke down." Bergdahl's release was celebrated back home. "We were so joyful and relieved when President Obama called us today to give us the news that Bowe is finally coming home!" Bob and Jami Bergdahl said in a statement released through Idaho National Guard. "We cannot wait to wrap our arms around our only son." It was not yet known when he would be coming back to the United States.
But in his hometown, Hailey, Idaho, news of the release prompted celebration. "Once we heard about it. We were pretty excited," said 17-year-old Real Weatherly, who was making signs Saturday morning and blowing up balloons to hang outside the shop where she works. "We want to let people know he's free. " Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, traveling in Asia, said in a statement that Bergdahl would be given "all the support he needs to help him recover from this ordeal, and we are grateful that he will soon be reunited with his family." Hagel said Qatar would take steps to ensure that US national security would not be endangered by taking in the five Taleban detainees.
The five Guantanamo detainees were still at the base as of Saturday morning, but were being transferred into the custody of Qatari officials. Under the conditions of their release, the detainees will be banned from traveling outside of Qatar for at least one year. Obama and the emir of Qatar spoke last week about the conditions of the release, which have been codified in a memorandum of understanding between the two countries, officials said. The detainees are believed to be the most senior Afghans still held at the prison.
They are believed to be: Abdul Haq Wasiq, who served as the Taleban deputy minister of intelligence Mullah Norullah Nori, a senior Taleban commander in the northern city of Mazare- Sharif when the Taleban fought US forces in late 2001 Khairullah Khairkhwa, who served in various Taleban positions including interior minister and had direct ties to Taleban leader Mullah Omar and Osama bin Laden Mohammed Nabi, who served as chief of security for the Taleban in Qalat, Afghanistan, and later worked as a radio operator for the Taleban's communications office in Kabul Mohammad Fazl, whom Human Rights Watch says could be prosecuted for war crimes for presiding over the mass killing of Shiite Muslims in Afghanistan in 2000 and 2001 as the Taleban sought to consolidate their control over the country.

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Southampton defender Jose Fonte has called on the club to show their ambition by keeping their best players and manager Mauricio Pochettino this summer.
Defender Fonte wants Southampton to build on their productive season next term and push for a top-six finish.
As a result of Southampton's success this season a number of their best young talents, including Adam Lallana and Luke Shaw, have found themselves in demand, while there remains uncertainty over the long-term future of Pochettino.
Fonte now hopes the Southampton board can match the ambition of the players by pulling out all the stops to keep their best players and also bring in new talent for next season.
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"Of course [top six] is the aim, but we need to see what happens this summer. If the club decides to go for it or not.
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Sciatic Nerve Injury Associated with Acetabular Fractures
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Sciatic nerve injuries associated with acetabular fractures may be a result of the initial trauma or injury at the time of surgical reconstruction. Patients may present with a broad range of symptoms ranging from radiculopathy to foot drop. There are several posttraumatic, perioperative, and postoperative causes for sciatic nerve palsy including fracture–dislocation of the hip joint, excessive tension or inappropriate placement of retractors, instrument- or implant-related complications, heterotopic ossification, hematoma, and scarring. Natural history studies suggest that nerve recovery depends on several factors. Prevention requires attention to intraoperative limb positioning, retractor placement, and instrumentation. Somatosensory evoked potentials and spontaneous electromyography may help minimize iatrogenic nerve injury. Heterotopic ossification prophylaxis can help reduce delayed sciatic nerve entrapment. Reports on sciatic nerve decompression are not uniformly consistent but appear to have better outcomes for sensory than motor neuropathy.
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- Title
- Sciatic Nerve Injury Associated with Acetabular Fractures
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Volume 5, Issue 1 , pp 12-18
- Cover Date
- 2009-02-01
- 10.1007/s11420-008-9099-y
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- 1556-3316
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- 1556-3324
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
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- sciatic nerve palsy
- acetabular fracture
- hip dislocation
- heterotopic ossification
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- 1. Orthopaedic Trauma and Adult Reconstructive Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
- 2. Orthopaedic Trauma Service, Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, USA


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With twin boys who will soon cross the 15 year mark, I am constantly on the lookout for good reading material. The boys have always been voracious readers (we joke that our decorating style is Modern American Book, complete with shelving in every room), and through the years we had no problem finding great literature for our boys. Right up until they hit the tween and teen years.
That�s when we found out we�d have to really keep an eye out for good books. Because many books written for middle and high schoolers tend to focus on typical teen problems like identity, boy-girl relationships, drug use and bullying, they often introduce worldly concepts in the spirit of informing curious minds.
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Yelling 'Fire' on a Crowded Runway (NY Times)
"Without question, we can count on Miuccia Prada, Raf Simons at Jil Sander, Karl Lagerfeld at Fendi and, at times, Tomas Maier of Bottega Veneta to say something with fashion, and not just offer approachable clothes. But there should be many more designers in Milan with that driving ambition. Otherwise, the future of fashion will be in jeopardy."
LVMH says it controls 98.09 pct of Bulgari (Reuters)
"LVMH , the world's biggest luxury group, said it controls 98.09 percent of Italy's Bulgari after minority shareholders tendered their shares as part of its 3.7 billion euro ($5 billion) offer for the high-end jeweler. The deal will double LVMH's watch and jewelry business to make up around 10 percent of its sales and about 6 percent of operating profit, according to analysts."
Magazines Begin to Sell the Fashion They Review (NY Times)
"While the glossies have long had a reputation for accommodating the designers they cover, sometimes guaranteeing coverage to those who advertise in their pages, a wave of new ventures and partnerships suggests they are willing to go even further by selling the designers' clothes."
A Glimpse Into the Lesser Known (On the Runway)
"While New York and London have built reputations for discovering new talent, making their Fashion Weeks more exciting, Milan's fashion calendar is dominated by what you could describe as a council of village elders, leaving little room for upstarts to be noticed. That's starting to change, season by season, with events like Who Is On Next?"
Ready To Wear: In fashion, to tweet or remain discreet? (Independent)
"How best to showcase a forthcoming collection when even the most well-heeled of Western consumers must surely be tightening her belt?… In the red corner, we have Burberry. This is a brand that upholds democracy with pride. With this in mind, the company staged what it described as the world's first-ever 'tweetwalk'… In the blue corner: Tom Ford… decided that he doesn't want any pictures and/or reviews of his clothing to appear until it goes on sale at the beginning of next year."


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As everyone has no doubt heard by now, reality star and world-famous "momager" Kris Jenner has filed for divorce from her once respected husband, former Olympian Bruce Jenner. They have been married for 23 years. However, his split should not come as too great surprise, not only for those familiar with Jenners's relationship but also anyone familiar with reality TV.
A tacit requirement of participating in a reality TV show, its seems, is accepting the fact that reality TV has killed more marriages than adultery, money issues, and snoring combined, and you're probably next. Let's quickly review our long history of busted relationships: Newlyweds Nick and Jessica; Jon + Kate; Bethany and Jason of Bethany Ever After…; Kathy Griffin and her husband; Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries; Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro; Clint and Dina Eastwood; Chuck Woolery and his wife after he did the Game Show Network's Naturally Stoned show, and a whole lot of Real Housewives (NY's Countess, DC's Cat and Atlanta's Portia and Phaedra, et al).


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As we all listen to those in media, wanting to tell us what they believe, others mean, based upon their own bias or understandings. I have to laugh. I also have to avoid getting wrapped up into their limited understanding. Talking points, that if the right bait is tossed, they switch off the point of any argument, to lose the real meaning of, where they were heading.
As I listen to all the talking heads chiming in on what the President said, and then what he meant, I found the new line that switches the conversation from what could be a real debate, into just another dust up or fodder for those who need to pick sides. The new line, that switches the Mosquedebate, to nothing more than biased talking points is: "Well how far away from ground zero would be appropriate?" It's this phrase that suggests not only a lack of sensitivity, but the bait to switch the conversation away from where it should really be going.
Its not the distance we are talking about, the issue is the insensitivity of those building it. To those who dont wish it to be built there. It seems that a piece of one of the planes, actually hit that building. Which for some, would also suggest a wound reopened. We dont hear much about that, but it might be just another thought to consider?
Two blocks away, is not the real issue, and we all know that. The real issue is, where is the Muslim sensitivity , or their Compassion, to the needs of others? Or is that only a Judeo-Christian thing? Have they not seen, how long it has taken for anything to be built, on ground zero? Not becuase we dont want to build, but becuase of the deep sensitivity, of those who see that place as hallowed ground. Is that not enough to at least give pause to what you intend to do? Or does that have little meaning to your mind or heart?
After the President told us, what we as Americans all know, that those who wish to build the Mosque near ground zero, should remember who we are, and the principles upon which we abide. Maybe our President should have gone just a wee bit further, when he said he wouldn't comment on the wisdom of those who choose its placement. What I believe we might all have to ask ourselves is this? What are the principles that Muslims base their religion on? Most of us, have little understanding about the Muslim religion? And all we know now is, what we see. And what we see when it comes to this Mosque being built, is intolerance. Tolerance expected by us, by allowing indifference from others.
Many people dont want to be reminded, that our Country was indeed founded on Judeo-Christian principles and values. These faiths were based upon religious tolerance, and many of our laws came from these beliefs.
Now we are being introduced to a religion that is guided by another law? Its called Shira. Something we Americans, know little about. And what we do see, we dont like. And although Muslims have the right to worship as they please, does that also include a belief system, that demeans women, and is intolerant of the beliefs of others? I dont know what Muslims are asked to believe? Nor do many Americans.
As a Christian, I know that Christ stopped the stoning of a women, said to be a prostitute. He asked those who were without sin, to cast the first stone. Does Shira Law, ask that same question? And though we are all told, that the Muslim religion , is one of peace, is it also one of Love? Are all Muslims bound to the practice of Shira? We who gave up stoning 2000 years ago, dont wish to cast stones, but need to know the answers to questions like that?
The practice of religion, up until this point in our country, was based on the people who had basically the same roots, and the same principles. So I believe the questions we should be asking those building this Mosque is, if your purpose is to show religious tolerance, then why not show some tolerance to those who oppose it? At least open up a dialog that says, you care about the feeling of others? Show us your tolerance, your humanity, your compassion. For we know little about the Muslim faith, other than what your most extreme members gave us a taste of, on 9/11.


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Vijay Zol shines in Quadrangular Series
Maharashtra batsman and India U19 skipper Vijay Zol (103) was the lone survivor among a pack of falling cards with a valiant hundred as India U19s conceded a 10-run defeat against South Africa U19s in the Quadrangular Series Youth ODI at Visakhapatnam.
Earlier, India U19s won the toss and elected to field against South Africa U19s. The South African openers Clyde Fortuin (65) and Aiden Markram (25) got off to a flyer, putting up 83 runs for the 1st wicket. Aamir Gani (1/38) then broke the partnership, getting rid of Markram.
The middle order departed cheaply, but it was Yaseen Valli who smashed 6 fours and 2 sixes on his way to a 49-ball 64. His 84-run 5th wicket stand with Greg Oldfield (35) helped their side get past the 200-run mark. However, Abhimanyu Lamba (1/51) struck just in time to dismiss both batsmen, one of them being run-out by Lamba. At the end of 50 overs, South Africa U19s managed to put up a total of 257/6.
In response, India U19s lost opener Akhil Herwadkar (0) in the 2nd over, thereby putting further pressure on themselves. Shubham Khajuria (36) held on from one end, with captain Zol coming in just when needed. The duo added 67 runs for the 2nd wicket, but Khajuria soon fell in the 17th over. Zol then strung two 50-plus partnerships with the middle over, but it wasn't enough to help his side reach the target. The lower-middle order collapsed towards the end, eventually leading to a narrow loss for the India U19s as they finished with 247 runs, only 10 away from a win.


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Rabindranath himself was a little worried, because he translated it and to translate poetry is always a very difficult affair. To translate prose is simple; to translate poetry is immensely difficult, because prose is of the marketplace and poetry is something of the world of love, of the world of beauty, of the world of the moon and stars. It is a delicate affair. And every language has its own nuances, which are almost untranslatable. Although the poet himself translated his own poetry, he was doubtful about the translation. So he showed it to one of the Christian missionaries, a very famous man of those days, C.F. Andrews - a very literate, cultured, sophisticated man.
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Distimo polishes the Android Market turd
April 28th, 2011
Daniel Eran Dilger
Mobile app analytics firm Distimo used a particularly wild amount of spin to suggest Android apps were headed toward global domination. They're wrong, here's why.
Under headlines that gasped "There are now more free apps for Android than for the iPhone" and "Android Market to outgrow App Store by July," figures collected by Distimo were twisted and folded and stretched like a Thai massage by a variety of press release blogs.
To be fair, Distimo is just trying to drum up attention for itself by generating sensational headlines attached to its name. There's nothing particularly noteworthy or eye catching or link-baiting about reporting that Apple remains in a league of its own in terms of its App Store; it has been ahead since it launched three years ago, and has maintained a large, obvious margin that has only widened since.
How is it that Google has turned around the App Gap?
Until Distimo's report, it seemed pretty clear that Android Market was distantly behind the App Store, not just in the number of apps, but also in app sophistication, freshness, and in its generated revenues.
While customers don't really care who is making money as long as they have access to the apps they want, the fact that the App Store is generating billions in revenues for developers while Google's Android Market does at best a tenth of that does have a huge impact on how much developers are motivated to create and support apps for each platform.
In the 90s, while Microsoft Windows had a huge lead in the installed base of PCs, Apple's Mac users were still able to get apps for nearly anything they wanted to do, with a few prominent exceptions. That's because it was still profitable to develop Mac apps despite the huge disparity in market share and the installed base. Even Microsoft maintained Office for the Mac, because (and only because) it was very profitable to do so.
Today, Google's Android platform is widely used by smartphone vendors — so much so that the entire installed base of all Android-based smartphones collectively appears to be slightly higher than that of iPhones. But Android Market does not reflect that parity, nor does it suggest that Android users, like the Mac minority during the 90s, have roughly the same choice of apps.
Mac Users Spend More Money, iOS Gives Biggest Bang For The Buck
Why is this the case, and why is Distimo arguing that it isn't?
The simple answer is that Google has no real interest in promoting Android as a strong development platform. Google is an ad company, and got behind Android to ensure that the smartphone market wouldn't be overtaken by RIM and (particularly) Microsoft, an event that would likely have locked the search giant out of mobile devices just like Microsoft once threatened to do on the PC with Vista and its ties to Windows Live/Bing Search.
The "Google Way" among Android apps is to push ad-supported content, which may involve Android's Java-like apps, web apps, or web+ apps along the lines of its Chrome OS initiative. Apple is motivated by very different goals that revolve around Cocoa, which is the basis for both its Mac and iOS platforms. Cocoa apps sell Apple hardware. At Apple, ads are just a minor icing on the cake, not the cake itself, as is the case at Google.
The result is that Apple built the world's most successful consumer software market, while Google has worked to simply tie the Android platform to its services and build out tools to monetize Android apps with its ads. What Apple did sounds easy but it is not. Microsoft, RIM, Sun/Oracle's Java, Qualcomm's BREW, Adobe's Flash/Flex/Air, Palm and HP's webOS, and Nokia have all worked to build similar app stores that have gained very little real traction and don't amount to any real competition for Apple.
So how is it that Google has suddenly turned the market around and has tied Apple? Well it hasn't. While Apple initially advertised its app numbers as milestones of the App Store, it has recently reigned in simple "growth in numbers" to focus on app quality. Just look at the company's app guidelines, which now state that if you're just pooping out junk apps or even stuff that is already well represented, your app is likely not to get accepted.
"We have over 250,000 apps in the App Store," Apple said last September in its app review guidelines. "We don't need any more Fart apps. If your app doesn't do something useful or provide some form of lasting entertainment, it may not be accepted."
Google has no such policy because it does nothing to approve apps in Android Market. All one has to do is pay a fee and shovel junk into its online listings. Suddenly it's obvious why Google is "beating" Apple in free titles: 134,342 to 121,845 according to Distimo: they're only comparing Fart Apps, ringtones and wallpapers. Of course Google is winning in that regard.
Inside Apple's App Store Review Guidelines: 'We don't need anymore Fart apps'
Inside Google's Android and Apple's iPhone OS as software markets
More tellingly, what is the proportion of paid apps on Android to iOS? Again, according to Distimo (but not highlighted in its press releases), Apple's App Store has 211,369 paid apps while Android Market has just 71,801. That's not "brilliant" apps, nor top selling, nor even good apps, just a comparison of apps that are proud enough to charge at least 99 cents for a download.
So in reality, Google's Android Market represents about 25% of the combined number of paid apps for Android and iOS, despite ostensibly being the larger platform in terms of market share and installed base. And how is it going to catch up to iOS by July?
It isn't of course, unless you are comparing shovelware turds against real apps somebody might want enough to throw down a dollar. The problem for Android as a platform is that nobody does want to throw down a dollar for anything, and conversely, nobody wants to build anything worth throwing down a dollar to get.
Note that these numbers exclude 75,755 paid and free iPad apps, but include the couple dozen Android 3.0 Honeycomb apps for that "avalanche" of Honeycomb tablets that now on shelves or coming real soon now.
Also, note that the iPad App Store, which Distimo pulls out as a separate store just to be able to generate the "Android bigger!!!" headline, is by itself the third largest app market, requiring that everyone else (Nokia, RIM, and Microsoft) require a change in scale on the chart. The iOS iPhone App Store, Android Market, and the iPad App Store are the only three stores (never mind that two of those are actually the one top App Store unless you have Distimo gerrymandering figures to generate completely silly headlines) selling apps in the 100,000 and up library level; Nokia, RIM and Microsoft are in the 6 to 26k range in terms of app catalogs.
Also note that Nokia, RIM and Microsoft were once scoffing at the iPhone as being an upstart that had little chance of success just four years ago. But lets ignore these also-rans to focus back upon Android. How does it eclipse the iPhone by July? By maintaining its past relative growth percentage of 16%! The Apple iPhone App Store is growing at just 6%, in part because Apple isn't throwing open the floodgates to ringtones and wallpapers masquerading as apps, and isn't welcoming scores of new waves of Fart Apps.
The supposedly separate iPad App Store is growing at 12%, likely because the iPhone market is relatively well filled out and the iPad is relatively new. Again, by taking the iPad out (while leaving Honeycomb tablets in), Android can claim impressive growth numbers, and you can draw a predictive line suggesting that Android will be in knocking distance of the iPhone App Store library this summer (again, only if you exclude iPad apps, which Distimo itself estimates will balloon to more than 102,000 titles by that time.
If you separate Apple's (Distomo-projected) 371,675 iPhone apps from the 102,690 iPad apps, things look flattering for the potential 332,114 Android apps that should be available by July. Again, these aren't separate figures, they're more statistical hoop jumping along the lines of IDC and Gartner insisting that toy 5 inch netbooks are PCs while the iPad isn't, the only possible way that those companies can flex their number twisting skills to denigrate Apple and make broadly licensed platforms look more attractive than they are.
Is bigger, better?
Mac users have long voiced a concern that were their platform to get much larger, it might start suffering from the same malware and spammer ills as Windows. While there is some basis for concern in that regard, smartphones are a little different, because with the iPhone, Apple developed a secure software channel that prevents unauthorized software from being installed, sharply curtailing any potential for the spread of malicious code.
The iPhone thus became about as difficult to target as game consoles, which are widely deployed but rarely fall victim to exploits. Apple also made it very easy to distribute rapid patches for security flaws, and has worked to keep iOS up to date. There have been no significant malware incidents related to the iOS, despite an installed base of almost 189,000,000 devices, which is around 6 times larger than the installed base of Macs and about a fifth of the global installed base of Windows PCs. There certainly isn't a fifth of the viruses of Windows on the iOS platform.
Android devices have a smaller installed base, because Apple's number includes iPod touch and iPads, and Apple has been selling more iPhones for longer. It's hard to say exactly how many Android devices are out there with certainty, but lets assume Android is just a little smaller, and catching up (at least in smartphones, where it is currently collectively outselling the iPhone).
Android has been hit with regular malware exploits, ranging from broad collection of user data by "not necessarily malicious" Android Market apps to clear malware attacks from apps on alternative stores (as side-loading is permitted by most Android models) to even direct, malicious, damaging exploit incidents by apps in the official Android Market. Google's only response to this is to delist (and in some cases, remotely kill) apps that are known to be malicious. It does nothing to approve apps in the first place. Android Market is a dangerous place.
Google rewarms Android Market, still half baked next to iPhone App Store
Piracy problems undermine Android's growth against iPhone
Google "not happy" with slow Android app sales
Android Malware Sees Explosive Growth | PCWorld
Size is not the problem Google needs to address
But that's not the extent of Android's problems. There's a huge rash of intellectual property theft. One can argue that buyers don't care if Disney's or Nintendo's trademarks are being misused, but the reality is that if you search for something in Android Market, you'll be hard pressed to find the real thing because for every legitimate title there are scores of shovelware garbage pretending to be affiliated with Angry Birds or Disney princesses or iTunes.
That is a problem for users, and it's also a problem for developers. Why create something new for Android if it's only going to be ripped off and buried by tons of shovelware weeds competing for attention?
Even in cases where legitimate, significant developers have brought their titles to Android Market, the quality of their apps is rarely on par with their iOS equivalents. Android apps look poor and unrefined. They're less likely to be updated or accorded all the features of their iOS cousins. It's the poor man's dump market. That's not going to change just because Android licensees dump out a million more handsets and shovelware developers load up another few tons of ringtones and wallpaper apps requesting to use location data and display ads. It's simply going to get worse.
Absolute size is not the problem facing Android Market. Boasting a larger volume of free titles by July (when excluding the iPad to engage in hysterical statistical acrobatics) is not going to fix Google's quality problem. GM isn't a fine car maker just because it pooped out lots of models and has generated a large aftermarket for seat covers and sun shades. The simple reality is that Apple has nothing to worry about in the App Market but pleasing its own customers.
Rather than trying to postulate where Android's shovelware freebee pile will be by July, how about we pick a date when Google decides to drop Android's Java-like platform entirely and convert its mobile business model to a web centric Chrome OS one instead? I'm betting that should happen by 2013.
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- 1 gus2000 { 04.28.11 at 1:25 pm }
Oh please. Everyone knows that the Android Market is *open*, which overshadows any and all deficits. Hey, that malware stole all your private info and bricked your phone, but at least it was open malware.
Death before walled gardens!
- 2 warlock7 { 04.28.11 at 2:17 pm }
This is the real question everybody should be asking:
"…when Google decides to drop Android's Java-like platform entirely and convert its mobile business model to a web centric Chrome OS one instead?"When will the Oracle/Java behemoth crush the Google thieves? I really do hope to see Larry Ellison get his wish and see all copies of the Android OS destroyed. It would serve them right for stealing like the Microsoft of the nineties.
- 3 John E { 04.28.11 at 4:00 pm }
good post. one point in Google's favor tho is that most of the good iOS apps do get ported to Android too. yes they may have more ads, or be slightly compromised in design due to Android fragmentation, but the functionality is there. and Android does support convenient widget apps, which Apple has yet allow.
it will be interesting to see if Android can support universal apps for both smartphone and tablet formats like iOS does now.
the Chrome OS point at the end may be prescient. Android really may not survive all the patent suits. it will take a few years to be resolved, but one day there will be a decision and Google could lose. having Chrome OS supplant Android in that event may already be secret plan.
- 4 nextguy { 04.28.11 at 8:30 pm }
gus2000, maybe if apple actually screen their apps, Steve Jobs wouldn't be pissed off at the fact that the ipad was confirmed before release.
The walled garden is a lie.
- 5 jmfree { 04.28.11 at 9:43 pm }
As always, Daniel, well said in the face of hype from elsewhere in the blogosphere.
The shameful pile of trash that is the Android marketplace is what ultimately drove me from the Droid (two successive models) into the arms of the iPhone 4 (on the horrendously expensive Verizon network, when they finally got around to it).
The freetard world that worships at the altar of anything free misses the point. Dollar cost is just the very teeny tip of the iceberg of the personal economy.
We have entered the age of the "attention economy", where people loathe wasting their time on stuff that doesn't work — because heightened competition and expectations cause them to believe (often correctly) that there is an alternative one click away that works just fine. The cost of my time and attention actually supersedes a dollar cost — especially when we are talking about 99 cents or $2.99.
Taking that just a little further, if I must choose between a) spending a couple of hundred dollars or b) wasting days or weeks of my time being irritated and lied to, which do we think today's consumers might conclude is a better choice?
I mean, there's a reason most people would rather enjoy the heat from natural gas than go out and split wood twice a day.
For the post-depression generation (1930s forward), dollars seemed comparatively scarce and time cheap. The opposite is true today, even to those with little disposable income — it is practically unthinkable to just about anyone not to have a mobile phone, even if the expense only results in a relatively trivial convenience.
Thinking of time and attention as the most valuable resource we have explains why half-hearted and scatterbrained efforts like Android will simply disappear, as they deserve to.
- 6 ronhip { 04.29.11 at 1:52 am }
… "GM isn't a fine car maker just because it pooped out lots of models and has generated a large aftermarket for seat covers and sun shades." …
Maybe so, but GM just produced the Volt. Possibly one of the most Apple-like products a car manufacturer could possibly conceive. And given the waiting list to buy one, it also reminds me of lines around the block at Apple stores to buy a quality product! It just took a visionary at both companies to figure out that making products that PEOPLE want rather than what the bean-counting spreadsheet-wielding MBAs want will drive sales.
- 7 TheMacAdvocate { 04.29.11 at 7:00 am }
Very well thought-out as usual, Dan. I did think that, in addition to the Market's inability to compete with the App Store qualitatively, there were also some questionable statistical practices.
- 8 relativity { 04.29.11 at 10:04 am }
"To be fair, Distimo is just trying to drum up attention for itself by generating sensational headlines attached to its name." -Dan
Maybe so but reality may not be far behind. I do agree that the spit and polish of both the Chrome and Android App Markets doesn't yet match the fluid experience of iOS App stores via desktop iTunes.
But having seen what people can do with the new frameworks for HTML5/CSS3 like WebGL and Canvas I believe that web UIs will eventually match that of iTunes UI.
Apple is reportedly moving in this direction too (hint: iCloud?) and will have a web-centric iTunes mechanism for cloud sync and streaming. No more unnecessary tie-ins with Mac desktops.
App numbers are like market share numbers. They are meaningless as both platforms can do pretty much the same. The one that really matters will come down to which platform satisfies one's needs and what price. The Mac-vs-PC anecdote is a good example, as you pointed out.
Use the right tool that does the job. How the tool does it's thing is up to the user's erstwhile subjectivities.
- 9 thibaulthalpern { 04.29.11 at 10:08 am }
Loved reading this analysis!
Daniel, I wonder if you have interest at all to write an article or two about how the iPad/iPod/iPhone devices can be improved, and and article or two about how the iPad/iPod/iPhone + iTunes ecosystem can be improved. Now, I don't know if that is up your alley because I don't recall you have too much to say in terms of the finer points of design but given how astute you are with your Android & iOS analysis, I thought perhaps there are some design points you might want to suggest and encourage Apple to make.
Anyhow, my only comment about this article actually is wondering why Distimo wrote its report in such a way. Why are some reporters so eager to hear an "Android is winning and beating up Apple" story so much?
Time and time again, I'm baffled that so many analysts and bloggers cannot get out of the childish mentality that there can be only one success story in the smartphone and tablet markets. Are these mostly young men whose model of the world is either to conquer it all and reign as Lord or to give up? Markets do not only have to have one success stories. Many markets have multiple success stories. In the land to television, Sony isn't the only success story. Others like LG and Samsung are also.
- 10 gslusher { 04.29.11 at 11:08 am }
"Again, according to Distimo (but not highlighted in its press releases), Apple's App Store has 211,369 paid apps while Android Market has just 71,801."
The chart shows Android with slightly more paid apps than the iPhone.
- 11 gslusher { 04.29.11 at 11:10 am }
"The chart shows Android with slightly more paid apps than the iPhone."
OOPS! Sorry, I can't even read the chart. My eyes aren't as good as they used to be. I had to blow up the graphic to see the tiny print at the bottom.
- 12 kdaeseok { 05.03.11 at 6:38 pm }
Developers make Android apps because (and only because) they are profitable to do so. Angry Birds or Pocket Legends for example, The developers earn more from its free Android version than iOS ones.
In addition, 'the gap' between these two OSes isn't as big for some people as you think. It all comes down to one's need. The best way to watch BBC on your mobile? BBC iplayer app. The difference between iOS and Android version? None.
iOS might be winning, but so is Android.
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Traditional beauty and contemporary style in modernized Hanok
Jul 03, 2012
In Hyehwa-dong, Seoul, you can find Hyehwadong Community Office, Korea's first Hanok community office. With some extension remodeling works, the Hanok building constructed in 1940 has been renovated, modernized, and officially opened in 2006. Civil servants at the office wear Hanbok once a month to greet visitors, giving them a lasting impression. A dental clinic located in Gahoe-dong opened in 2005 in a Hanok building. Patients say laying down on a dental chair in the clinic makes them comfortable as though they are visiting a country house in their hometown.
From public institutes to restaurants, coffee shops, and hotels, as well as residences, the Hanok has been one of the most popular architectural designs. In Jongno-gu or Seongbuk-gu, it is common to see guesthouses in renovated Hanok, which have become a popular accommodation among tourists to Korea. The representative Korean traditional architecture, Hanok, is reborn with modern adaptations and new architecture methods.
As a Hanok is built with natural materials such as soil, wood, and stone, its interior smells of nature. The floor of the building, which is built higher than the ground, maintains coolness inside of the building even in summer, without the need for air conditioning. In addition, ondol, an underfloor heating system, maintains warmth in the house in the winter time. It is no surprise to see Hanok architecture, which was scientifically built according to Korean geography, becoming especially popular among young Koreans who are tired of a stuffy life in apartment complexes.
A café in Tongui-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul has been built in an old Hanok building. It maintains the traditional figure of the Hanok with the addition of a western garden and furniture. A chandelier hangs from the rafters of the Hanok called seokgarae, and wine bottles are displayed in a wine rack placed on the wall made out of hwangto, or yellow soil; the western items and traditional figure of the Hanok are well harmonized, creating a unique atmosphere of the modernized Hanok. Those cafes and restaurants built in Hanoks in the Tongui-dong district have attracted young people, who are impressed by the elegance and refined interiors of the modernized Hanok.
A Hanok has a triangular ceiling, enabling natural convection of heat which helps to maintain an appropriate temperature inside regardless of seasons. As slight gaps on the Daecheong, or wooden floor, circulate the air, it also helps the convection of heat. This, of course, contributes to heating the entire building in the winter from a furnace. These scientific structures are preserved in most modernized Hanoks no matter how much the exterior designs are modernized and westernized.
Hanok guesthouses or hotels are especially popular among foreign tourists to Korea. One of the representative Hanok hotels, Rakkojae, located in Bukchon Hanok Village, has been a must-visit tourist spot as it not only allows visitors to stay in a traditional Korean house but also offers some traditional cultural experiences such as tea ceremonies. Visitors to the hotel are impressed with the antique and elegant style of the building and the ondol experience that heats their bodies up. In Deokchung-dong in Yeosu City, the Hanok hotel Ohdongjae was opened to welcome visitors to the Yeosu Expo 2012. The building was decorated with traditional walls and pavilions along with modernized interior designs.
Recently, a contemporary Hanok model has been proposed by the Hanok Technique Research and Development Group. Matching the quality of life of apartment buildings, it can be built with half of the original costs of constructing a traditional Hanok. The government has invested over 5 billion won into research and development of Hanok in the last four years to improve comfort and reduce the construction costs of the Hanok, and the model is the group's first result. After final testing, it will be built as a trial house in a Hanok village which is planned in Eunpyeong-gu, a district in northwestern Seoul.
The future Hanok will be built in the form of a townhouse rather than a single house, experts say. They prospect that it will also be combined with modernized designs and contemporary interior designs. "Future Hanok will focus on the concept of community and the use of space as well as add contemporary convenience and functions," said Director Lee Hyeon-su of the Korean Contemporary Hanok Society.
Meanwhile, several Hanok villages composed of more than 700 Hanok buildings are slated to be built in Seoul and the metropolitan area. The Hanok village in Eunpyeong-gu will have 158 Hanoks, while 300 Hanoks will be built in Dongtan New Town in Gyeonggi-do (Gyeonggi Province). Some future-oriented Hanok models such as Hanok town houses and two-story Hanok buildings will be constructed in the Eunpyeong-gu Hanokvillage. The Hanok will soon relive its golden age when it's properly standardized and generalized according to experts' prospects; they expect that construction materials for a Hanok will soon be mass-manufactured so that they can simply be assembled on site.
According to Jongno-gu Office, the number of Hanok guesthouses in Jongno-gu increased from 25 in 2010 to 51 in 2012. "We need various inducements such as incentives to property owners to increase the amount of Hanok architecture," said Director Lee Gang-min from the National Hanok Center in the Architecture & Urban Research Institute under the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs. "It is also important to develop such techniques to reduce construction and maintenance costs of Hanok architecture."
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I am a Sagittarius woman who once dated a Sagittarius man. The relationship rocked because we had a lot in common and were able to get to know each others likes and dislikes easily. Our relationship sucked because neither one of us was willing to compromise when in came down to sacrificing small things for the relationship.
He had many goals that he wanted to reach, however I had my own goals that I wanted to reach, and shortly after beginning our relationship together we realized that our goals would be reached separately.
I would recommend him on a dating show because I feel like he has a strong personality and would work well with someone who is not as opinionated and stubborn as me, however I would not recommend him to anyone I know because I feel that he might ruin the relationship between me and that person. He likes to be in control of many things, including who is in and out of his circle of friends, I would not like it if my friend started to date him and suddenly our friendship suffered.
Although we had a lot in common, one thing we didn't have in common was that I was content with one person while he felt the need to find attention outside our relationship. In hindsight, I think he knows he should have just ended things with me first however I do not think that was his first, or will be his last time, cheating on a girlfriend.
hm that's interesting. Ive noticed Sag men are better at attracting attention from the opposite sex than Sag women and probably unfaithful as a consequence. he probably never liked you and was trying to destroy your life maybe? I love Sag men though and I'm a Sag! they have a really unique sense of humor and they understand me the best I think. would love to be in a relationship with one. :D
Im a sag woman now involved with a sag man. My first one. It is true, the passion is there and we have not even had sex yet! He can be a bit controlling but then go back to being very sweet and sensual. Kinda freaks me out sometimes. I like him a lot, but I notice that we are definitely both impatient about things, but we seem to communicate very well, for now anyway. We have an intense attraction and my Mom made the comment that we are soulmates cause he is Dec 5 and I am Dec 10. Well, that is yet to be seen. But I can say this, he has the potential to be one of the best friends in my entire life.
Insane?.. in a sexy good way. a little bad about meeting in the middle each will probably be too into their own world and explorations to settle down long enough but then again both sexes can appreciate seeing their partners desire for freedom. so its hard to say if this would work or not. FUN. HIGHLY INTELLECTUAL. EXCITING. NEW THINGS. all sounds good to both sides of the partnership. fiery tempers can defiantly clash though and both are mutable signs so they wont be able to make up their minds about what they really want.
I am sag women. I see people very different I k now my enemies and they know me very well. revenged is not really my thing. only when they pushed my button. I get more challenging. when they are very pushy. my man is a rabbit. we are very happy a sailor man are real guy for me. the only real man that works for snake like me.
I am a Sag who dated a sag man and although we still talk till this day, it seems we're perfect for each other but also wrong for each other as we're very similar. Which most of the time worked in our favor since we don't have to break things down ~ we just get each other.
I would love to think we would end up together (as he believes) but he's still on that sleeping around trip, which doesn't work for me. He's a great friend & we share all our sexual encounters
No matter how wild they may be & he never judges...
I am a Sagi woman and loveeeeeeee my Sagi man...he is the first Sagi I have been with, we are 5days apart him being older by 5days....
We have decided to get married and I can't imagine a perfect person for me...
He's sweet and cares for my needs more than his own, family orientated and opens up easily...
I am more fiery than him and in turn his calm ways bring me down a little.
We've been together 2yrs and I cant wait to be his wife x
I am a Sag woman I was married to a sag man for almost 11 yrs when he decided that he would cheat on me with my then best friend. We where 22 days apart I was older by 22 days. He was just going to string me along behind him while he was off sleeping with her. Sag man and Sag woman not the best match in my books
I'm a Sag male I've dated a Sag women. We were abruptly ended due to being in military lifestles. Yet when we were together we clicked very well, hardly anything ever needed to be said to one another. We definatly had great times sexually and doing family rated activities. Our main problem was when we were apart from one another and actually had to say something. We never truely fought about things but I did have a hard time accepting how she handled things and she felt the same about me and this normally ended up with put downs from both of us which from as she tells me now truelly hurt as they did for me, but we always made up the next day or week or whenever he could physically be together. I still talk to her a lot and we share everything with each other. Just being as location keeps us apart at times we lose patience with one another and don't talk till we cool down again. I truelly love her and the time we spent together. But I don't know for sure if we could ever live together forever. We'll always be good friends though.
My first love was a sag man (I am a sag woman) We dated for 2 1/2 yrs and he was the love of my life, however at the end of out relationship he became abusive so I had to break it off... if he'd never done that I'd still be with him going on 4 years. He taught me so much (I met him when I was 17, he was 22, and we broke up when I was 19 going on 20) He has been the only guy that I've given my all to to this day. We had so much fun together and traveled so much! We had sooo much in common, however I'd say he was bad with his money but he wanted to manage it, me on the other hand was more logical with it, but He'd seldom take my advice on it, which irritated me, like one time he told me we were saving money and he bought a pair of Louis Vouton glasses for 600 bucks!!! I was sooo pissed! Anyway The sex was legendary and unforgettable. And he'd try to act like he wasn't romantic by acting tough and masculine, but every valentines day he would buy me stuff and for my bir thday he bought me a very expensive ring and christmas took me to Catalina Island. To this day we're still great friends and have a lot of respect towards each other. We can still talk about everything to each other and I can ask him for advice about guys anytime. :)
Well....I am a Sag woman and I married a sag man who I went to school with, AND OUR MARRIAGE IS GRRRREAT!!! We have 3 beautiful intelligent kids, and our relationship stays PEPPER HOT LOL. We are about to celebrate our 5year anniversary in a couple of days. I feel that sag's are really made for each other, as long as you wait until you are settled down and ready to be faithful your relationship with a sag can be MINDBLOWING(IN A GOOD WAY)
Im seeing a sag man and im also sag. I really feel connected with him and I think he does too. The problem is,that in in a relationship with a Gemini for three years. We had realy bad fights before and him whole family and I don't get along. What should I do?
I have been with a Sag man for 8 years, I am also Sag. from day 1 it was like we were made to be together. He was not so into commitment when I first met him and I was always frustrated coz I loved him so but as time went by he changed for the better and made me feel like a little princess until today. He has always loved spoiling me which I loved.
We are still together but unfortunately he has become very possessive and controlling and I still need my space and time. I have met another guy and just found out he is also a Sag. We are only friends but we get along so so well.He seems so into me. He visits and calls every chance he gets.
If things do not work out with my old Sag boyfriend I feel safe somehow knowing I can actually be with the Sag friend that I have now. I think Sag man and woman is just fireworks..
I am a sag dec.5 I am female my other half is also a sag.hes dec.18 and I can honestly say ive never been with anyone like him though many times weve bumped heads cause we r just alike fighting arguing cause we want things are way we have learned to comptomise we r now content with each other and we are still together till this day there is no man I want to be with but him so though they say sags cant be together we r living proof that it works and I will love this man.the rest of my life as he will do so just the same!!!!
Ladies be worn! In the beginning, the relationship will seem to flow so naturally. The thing that is best is the mutual give and take...it lasts for a while.. and then they begin to take you for granted.. Soon you will both be pointing out things your partner has to fix in the relationship until it gets to the point where you realize, your partner is asking too much out of you. It can be fun, but SAG man does not provide the security that SAG women need. They are not serious in the household and eventually you realize its best to find someone more compatible.. even though you feel like you will always deeply care for them..because you know them so well. TRUST ME. I married one (our spontenaiety), and it was a BIG MISTAKE. Im getting divorced and moving on!
Hi I'm a Sag woman dec 3 and him nov 29th he's eight years older than I am & at first I really wasn't attracted to him but as time has progress I so love my sag man. He does seem a lil lazy at times and because of a divorce 13 years ago I think he's slower to commit but I'm cool with that. He is very family oriented and he's open and up front as I am also and we both can handle it. We have only been dating now for 11 months and I'm just now starting to see and feel him putting his guards down. He has verbalized the importance of his freedom and has gauranteed me that he's faithful and in my heart I believe that. Sex is awesome but because he's so much older than I am I think it's not all that it could be. Nevertheless it's so refreshing to be in a stress free relationship whereby I'm loved for being me, I'm not put down or critized just loved !!!
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All research groups have built up considerable expertise in their fields, producing fundamental and policy-oriented research that finds an outlet in top general and specialized journals. The CES research groups also participate in many European, national and regional research projects. Professors are often called upon by national and international policy makers to give scientific advice. The Center attracts international guest professors as well as research assistants.
Nieuw Leuvens Economisch Standpunt (Short): "Hoe CO2-emissies terugdringen: belasting op de wagen of op de brandstof? van L. Grigolon, M. Reynaert en F. Verboven
The Prize of the "Vlaamse Wetenschappelijke Stichting" has been awarded to professor Laurens Cherchye, for his joint research with professor Bram De Rock and Frederic Vermeulen.
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The Gaston Eyskens Chair was founded in 1975, on the occasion of the promotion of Prof. Dr. Gaston Eyskens to professor emeritus. This chair is intended to promote the teaching of theoretical and applied economics by organising bi-annually a series of lectures to be given by outstanding economists.