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SF – Mission: Comics Signing
September 12, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Animation, California, Comic Books, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Television
Mission: Comics welcomes Michael DeForge, Simon Hanselmann, Patrick Kyle and a special addition of local favorite Ed Luce on Tuesday, October 7th at 5:00 pm!
+ MICHAEL DEFORGE currently lives and works in Toronto as a cartoonist, commercial illustrator, and as a designer for the hit Cartoon Network program Adventure Time. His one-person anthology series Lose has received great critical and commercial success, having been nominated for every major comics award including the Ignatz and Eisner Awards.
+ PATRICK KYLE lives and works in Toronto, Canada. He is the co-founder and editor of Wowee Zonk, a contemporary comic book anthology featuring up-and-coming international artists. He has been previously nominated for Doug Wright and Ignatz awards for his self-published comic book series Black Mass and Distance Mover.
+ SIMON HANSELMANN was born in Tasmania in 1981 and lives in Australia and on girlmountain.tumblr.com
+ Ed Luce (pronounced "loose," like the opposite of tight) has made a huge splash in the comics scene with his self-published comic book series. Since 2008 he's been traveling to conventions and comics festivals all over the U.S. Wuvable Oaf has garnered a huge following of fans both in the comics world and in the queer art world. Luce lives in San Francisco with his partner and collaborator, Mark, and their kitty, Luna. He can regularly be found either under a pile of drawing paper or at a local comics festival. His WUVABLE OAF will be published by Fantagraphics in March 2015
Mission: Comics & Art
3520 20th St. Suite B, San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 695-1545
2014 MoCCA Arts Festival Schedule Announced
March 24, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, New York, Webcomics
The Society of Illustrators is proud to announce a robust and distinguished programming schedule for the 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, taking place April 5-6 at the 69th Regiment Armory and featuring more than 50 artists, designers, critics and scholars. Highlights of the program will include individual Q+A sessions with honored guests Robert Williams and Fiona Staples, honored guests Howard Cruse and Alison Bechdel in conversation, Art Spiegelman and Joost Swarte in conversation, a presentation by Drew Friedman, and a discussion about comics and design with Chip Kidd and Françoise Mouly.
In a special site-appropriate presentation, scholar Tad Suiter will trace the participation of cartoonists in the 1913 Armory Show that established Modernism in America at the very site of the MoCCA Arts Festival just over a century ago.
Performative reading of comics for children and a panel on comics and education will address the growing significance of children's comics. International participants in this year's programming include Marion Fayolle (France), Brecht Vandenbroucke (Belgium), Frederic Coché (Belgium), Nimrod Reshef (Israel), Ville Ranta (Finland) and more. North American artists including Sam Alden, Mike Dawson, Michael DeForge, Edie Fake, Drew Friedman, Sabrina Jones, Peter Kuper, Sophie Yanow, and many more will all discuss their work.
Admission to all programming events is included with MoCCA Arts Festival admission. To manage anticipated demand, first priority seating for the Bechdel/Cruse and Spiegelman/Swarte events will be given to registrants who have reserved free tickets for these events via the Society of Illustrators' website, with any remaining seating to be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets for these two events can be reserved at the Society of Illustrators website.
This year's programming schedule was curated and organized by MoCCA Arts Festival Programming Director Bill Kartalopoulos. The full programming schedule can be accessed online here.
The 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival will be held on the weekend of April 5 – 6, 2014 at the 69th Regiment Armory in Manhattan, running from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm each day. Tickets for the Festival will be available to purchase at the door for a flat fee of $5 per day.
About the Society of Illustrators
The Society of Illustrators, founded in 1901, is the oldest nonprofit organization solely dedicated to the art and appreciation of illustration in America. Prominent Society members have been Maxfield Parrish, N.C. Wyeth and Norman Rockwell, among others. The Museum of American Illustration was established by the Society in 1981 and is located in the Society's vintage 1875 carriage house building in mid-town Manhattan. In 2012 the Society acquired the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art. It's mission is to promote the understanding and appreciation of comic and cartoon art along with the artistic, cultural, and historical impact of what is the world's most popular art form. The MoCCA Arts Festival, begun in 2002 and continued by the Society, features a selection of independent comic and cartoon artists and includes programming, gallery space, and an Exhibition Hall. The Society is open to the public Tuesday, 10 am-8 pm; Wednesday-Friday, 10 am-5 pm; and Saturday, 12-4pm. To learn more about visiting the Museum, Admission and the Society go to www.societyillustrators.org.
NYC – Ant Colony Signing
February 11, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, New York, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Cartoonist Michael DeForge signs at Bergen Street Comics on Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 8:00 pm.
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Please join us at Bergen Street Comics on Saturday, February 15th at 8pm for the launch of Michael DeForge's darkly existential graphic novel Ant Colony! In just a few short years, DeForge's singular, idiosyncratic style has made him an important new voice in alternative comics. Here, he will present a slideshow with a signing to follow.
Ant Colony follows the denizens of a black ant colony under attack from the nearby red ants: from its opening pages, DeForge immerses the reader in a world of false prophets, unjust wars, and corrupt police officers. On the surface, Ant Colony tells the story of this war, the destruction of a civilization, and the ants' all-too-familiar desire to rebuild. Underneath, though, Ant Colony plumbs the deepest human concerns – loneliness, faith, love, apathy, and more. DeForge's striking visual sensibility – stark lines, dramatic color choices, and brilliant use of page and panel space – stands out in this volume.
Bergen Street Comics
470 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217
PA – An Evening With Michael Deforge
February 3, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Pennsylvania, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Cartoonist Michael Deforge signs Ant Colony at Locust Moon Comics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at 7:00 pm!
Locust Moon Comics and Movies
34 South 40th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
MD – Ant Colony/Friend-Love Signing
January 31, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Maryland, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Webcomics
Cartoonist Michael DeForge and Yumi Sakugawa appear at Atomic Books on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 from 7:00pm until 9:00pm!
Atomic Books
3620 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD 21211
IL – Ant Colony Signing
January 22, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Illinois, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Michael DeForge signs his new book at Quimby's on Saturday, February 8th, at 7:00 pm!
Quimby's Bookstore
1854 West North Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622
MO – Ant Colony Signing
January 15, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Missouri, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Cartoonist Michael DeForge signs at Star Clipper Comics on Sunday, February 9, 2014 from 4:00pm until 6:00pm!
Star Clipper Comics
6392 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63130
Phone: (314) 725-9110
ON – Very Casual/New Comics Signing
June 12, 2013 by Colin Solan
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Michael DeForge and Patrick Kyle appear at The Central on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 from 7:00pm until 9:00pm.
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All are invited to the official Toronto launch of new work by hometown heroes Michael DeForge and Patrick Kyle! The boys will be forced on stage to discuss these new works and their impressive young careers with TCAF's Christopher Butcher. Books New And Old available at the event!
VERY CASUAL: New from Mr. Michael DeForge after a very successful preview at TCAF. VERY CASUAL is an important new collection of DeForge's short works, including the Doug Wright Award-winning SPOTTING DEER–it is basically impossible to get everything DeForge does, so get this handy and attractively designed compilation! $15
LOSE #5: The latest installment of Deforge's one-man anthology, featuring 3 awesome self-contained short and more, you basically absolutely need this, come get it. $8
NEW COMICS #1: 3 all new stories by Patrick Kyle (Black Mass, Distance Mover). Awesome stuff. $8
These works as well as a selection of previous releases by these fine gentlemen will be available for sale at this event.
Presented by Koyama Press, The Beguiling, and TCAF
The Central
603 Markham Street, Toronto, ON M6G 2L7
Scene on Video: Toronto Comic Arts Festival – Pencil it In
April 29, 2011 by Brian Pate
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A Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2011 preview video featuring graphic novelists Chester Brown, Michael Comeau, Steve Charles Manale, Vicki Nerino, Michael Cho, Michael DeForge, Seth, Fiona Smyth, and Britt Wilson.
TO – Scott Pilgrim Midnight Release Party
July 2, 2010 by Colin Solan
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Bryan Lee O'Malley (!) Monday, July 19th, 9pm-Midnight Scott Pilgrim v6 Midnight Release Party @The Beguiling, 601 Markham Street, Toronto, Canada
Presented by Oni Press and The Beguiling With special thanks to The Central, Rocco's, Butler's Pantry, Suspect Video, and Mirvish Enterprises. The final volume in the 6-book series, SCOTT PILGRIM VOLUME 6: SCOTT PILGRIM'S FINEST HOUR will be released at midnight on Monday July 19th and we're doing the celebration up right!
The Beguiling is proud to be the official location of the Worldwide Premiere of SCOTT PILGRIM VOLUME 6, and to celebrate author Bryan Lee O'Malley will be on hand to sign copies and meet fans, and a there are a ton of great events for fans to participate in! Here's a quick line-up:
AT THE BEGUILING, 601 MARKHAM STREET: Open Until 1am – Bryan Lee O'Malley will be signing for fans throughout the evening, and The Beguiling will be selling copies of Scott Pilgrim Volume 1-5, assorted Scott Pilgrim merchandise.
– Poster artist Michael DeForge will be on hand with copies for sale of the awesome Launch Party Poster!
– At MIDNIGHT, exchange your copy of Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour!
– The band SISTER will be giving away copies of their new EP to the first 50 people in line at midnight!
AT THE CENTRAL, 603 MARKHAM STREET: 8pm-2am
– A full-line up of great bands for fans of Scott Pilgrim, starting at 9pm! Featuring HURRY HARD, CHANG-A-LANG (featuring Joel from "Crash and the Boys"), SISTER (featuring Lynette and Carla Gillis, formerly of the band Plumtree, composers of the original song SCOTT PILGRIM!), and SOFT AND WET.
AT ROCCO'S PLUM TOMATO, 585 BLOOR ST. W (at Markham) 8pm-2am
– The Chill-Out space! Rocco's will be adding a special menu this evening in addition to their regular. In addition, a live DJ will be spinning chill music all evening and maybe some very special music too!
AT (the former) DAVID MIRVISH BOOKS, 596 MARKHAM STREET 11pm
– COSTUME CONTEST! Come dressed as your favourite Scott Pilgrim character! All participants will receive a free prize, grand prize for the best costume!
AT BUTLER'S PANTRY, 591 MARKHAM STREET 8pm-Midnight
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After an eight-month hiatus, hsbj.org is back with a new year-end News Literacy PSA Contest called REALLY?
REALLY? is the first word that should come to mind when your students receive information -- from a text, a Tweet, their best friend, the New York Times, their mothers.
After that there are five quick questions that can help separate truth from fiction in the the deluge of information we have today. Before you believe (and expecially before you pass along) any information, ask REALLY? Then ask:
1. Who Said It?
2. Can I Trust That Person?
3. Is That Person Prejudiced on This Subject?
4. Am I Biased on This Subject?
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We've put together new lesson plans to go with the Al Tompkins REALLY? Webinar -- with lots of good video stories that would have never been broadcast if someone had just asked REALLY?
Contest Deadline is December 20, 2011
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Candace Bowen of Kent State University has produced a new, NewsU course using the REALLY? approach. There are interactive lessons and lots of examples. Check it out.
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You could watch this video a dozen times and see something new each time.
At its most basic, this is a simple two-interview story, but just look at what Hillcrest High School did with the B-roll. There are in-school and out-of-school shots here.
Black and white shots start to appear in the early interview with Nicole. That black and white theme will be played out in re-enactments -- some of them very dramatic -- throughout the story.
Note the use of still photos, including photos from Nicole's day with her family.
But there's a surprise here, the story isn't just about Nicole. As a matter of fact, the deep emotion here comes from the interview with her teacher.
Right to the last frame, there are topics to discuss. Just consider the very last freeze frame. What does that say?
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When should you use background music in a video?
The basic rule of thumb is that news stories don't use background music – unless the music is natural sound that is part of the story. Some features can use a bit of background music, but it has to be the right music – at the right volume – and it shouldn't last through the entire segment.
No amount of music – whether it fits or not – takes the place of including solid facts as Voice Over or as graphics in the video.
On Monday, S C Lee Junior High uses soft dissolves between well-read items. These dissolves may give a more dynamic look to the show, but adding graphics showing times and places would add more information. The music plays on. The math segment is solid, but barely can be heard over the music.
On Tuesday, Wakeland High has a terrific interview with a former student from Frisco, TX, during segregation when there wer black schools and white schools. The sound bites and historic photos are strong. Loved the use of sepia. Music in the lead-in works, but it should have been dropped when the former-student started talking. Is there any nat sound that could have been used instead? Could the script have been written to eliminate the questions-as-graphics approach?
Wednesday it's a season classic: football highlights. Pleasant Grove High School's video is first rate and it needs some first-rate voice over explaining what's going on. Some lower-thirds showing us the changing score would have added a lot. There's some nat sound at the beginning, very good. But in the big plays you don't hear any cheering, just the music going on and on.
On Thursday we feature another sports story – this time an overview of the Track& Field team at James E Taylor High School. This shows enterprise in the number of interviews. Is the music necessary through the interviews? Could the interviews have been done outside the parking garage or could the interview shots be closer (with the mic out of sight, held by the reporter).
Finally on Friday, the right music in the right place. This is a PSA for National Principals Month from Ladue Horton Watkins High. Nice job. Good B-roll and sound bites from principal.
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One anchor? Two anchors? What works best? Each format can work with the right mix of camera angles, graphics and strong stories. Here are four examples:
On Monday Lee's Summit West High School shows how to shoot swimmers in the water. Note the last shot at water level.
Tuesday's announcements show from Whitney High School in Rocklin, CA, features two anchors and coverage of that morning's pep rally – from the local station. You can hear some of the behind the scenes conversations. Nice credits. Good teaser for the video magazine show.
Wednesday features a single-anchor announcement how from St. Thomas More Prepatory School. The single-announcer format puts a lot of pressure on the announcer. Graphics add interest, but these should include the time, date and place for each item. Recording some out-of-studio interviews would add interest. Loved the final seconds when the anchor broke a smile.
On Thursday, Lopez High School offers a mix of announcements and features that lets the single-anchor format work. The "Open Mic" story showed off lots of student talent, but it needed a reporter's voice to give context and tell us what's happening.
Friday's video is the Carlsbad High School Live Show. Two anchors add energy to the show. Nice story on Student of the Week who creates apps for iPhones. (Listen closely to the teacher's interview about the student. You expect him to say what an outstanding student he is, but he puts him in his to 100.) Music piece at the end had good sound and camera work.


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The Tigers (2-0 overall) scored the game's first 30 points en route to a 37-13 victory Friday night at Buc Stadium. The Trojans (0-2) cut the deficit to 17 points in the third quarter, but by then it was too late.
"We had some big plays early," Carroll coach Terry Morris said. "When you have the athletes, it happens."
The Tigers looked solid on the first drive of the evening, a seven-play, 66-yard series that ended with a 12-yard touchdown pass from Tim Hawkins to Jared Dural. The two hooked up three times on the possession, the first a 13-yard completion on second down that moved the offense near midfield.
After an illegal block in the back by Carroll and an incompletion by Hawkins, he went back to Dural for a 41-yard strike to set up a first down at the Moody 18. Three plays later, Hawkins found Dural open in the end zone to give the Tigers the lead less than three minutes into the opening quarter.
Carroll struggled the next two series, the first a 12-play drive that ended in Moody territory with an incomplete pass on fourth down. The Tigers punted after only three plays their next time with the ball but quickly made up for it.
A bad snap on a punt attempt by the Trojans at their own 15-yard line forced David Castillo into a quick pass to avoid a safety. The incompletion left Carroll with a short field midway through the second quarter.
On first down, senior transfer Alonzo Cumby took the handoff around the right side and went untouched before hurdling across the goal line. Troy Lewis kicked his second extra point to give the Tigers a 14-0 lead.
Carroll's Kenneth Perry ended Moody's ensuing drive when he picked off Castillo and returned the interception untouched 85 yards for a touchdown. The Tigers weren't done scoring.
With time running out in the first half, Carroll pinned Moody at its own 14. Another bad snap on a punt attempt resulted in a safety, which increased the lead to 23-0.
Hawkins helped put the Tigers in front 30-0 four minutes into the second half when he scrambled 46 yards for a touchdown. Moody then retaliated for two quick scores later in the third quarter.
Castillo capped a five-play, 81-yard drive with a 17-yard touchdown pass to Martin Saenz. Less than two minutes later, the Trojans scored again on a 1-yard run by Nick Hinojosa set up by a 76-yard punt return by sophomore Christian Garza-Gallegos.
Carroll's offense went cold during Moody's spurt, including two interceptions and a punt. However, the Tigers recovered in time for a 13-play scoring drive in the fourth quarter that Cumby ended with a 10-yard touchdown run.
The series used up nearly nine minutes of the clock and ended any chance of a Moody comeback.
"We had some opportunities to slam the door and didn't," Morris said. "You have to give Moody credit. They came back and made a good game of it. If there's anything to smile about, it's the out drive. That's what you want to be able to do."
Carroll running back Ed Clark led the team with 92 yards on 21 carries, followed by Cumby with 55 yards on 10 attempts. Hawkins finished with 45 yards rushing and completed five passes for 76 yards, most of that in the first half.
Carroll 37, Moody 13
Carroll 7 16 7 7 - 37
Moody 0 0 13 0 - 13
C - Jared Dural 12 pass from Tim Hawkins (Troy Lewis kick)
C - Alonzo Cumby 15 run (Lewis kick)
C - Kenneth Perry 85 INT return (Lewis kick)
C - Safety (David Castillo tackled in end zone)
C - Hawkins 46 run (Lewis kick)
M - Martin Saenz 17 pass from Castillo (kick failed)
M - Nick Hinojosa 1 run (Alex Diaz kick)
C - Cumby 10 run (Lewis kick)
First Downs 17 10
Rushes-Yards 39-192 26-54
Passes 5-17-2 9-20-2
Yards Passing 76 130
Punts-Avg. 3-49 4-28
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 4-1
Penalties-Yards 7-46 9-90
Rushing - Carroll, Ed Clark 21-92, Hawkins 8-45, Cumby 10-55; Moody, Castillo 9-3, Hinojosa 10-33, Markeith Smith 3-16, Raul Galvan 1-1, Christian Garza-Gallegos 3-1.
Passing - Carroll, Hawkins 5-17-2 - 76; Moody, Castillo 9-20-2 - 130.
Receiving - Carroll, Dural 4-71, Christen Mack 1-5; Moody, Galvan 1-36, Garza-Gallegos 2-12, Hinojosa 3-49, Saenz 1-17, Josiah Rodriguez 2-16.
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Posted by Mike & Michele on 01/26/2005
Mike and I eat here about 3 times a year. It is alway's delish'. We start with a couple of margarita's then move onto to a pitcher of sangria. I eat a 2lb and Mike a 4lb lobster. The potatoes are srombousous, and the flan (we reserve it when we walk-in, since once they were "sold-out") is the perfect way to finish the meal. One of our favorite places.
Posted by Anonymous on 12/06/2004
Went there for a birthday party and was amazed how good the food was. Started off with apps, shrimp, baked clams, and oysters. All top notch. Most of the people in my party ordered the surf and turf which looked very tasty. I went went the lobster tail with a side of crabmeat stuffing and melted cheese. The Sangria was the best that I've had. Needless to say I will be going back. The table next to us had 6 in their party and they ordered a 16lb lobster. The tail was probably as big as my forearm.
Posted by Anonymous on 11/01/2004
I went to this restaurant once because of a friend, now I am taking my wife to check it out. In two words: simply magnificent.
Posted by maineguy on 06/02/2004
When I asked the waiter where the lobster (2 lb, steamed) came from, he quickly said Maine and Rhode Island. I was really surprised since the lobster had nothing of the taste and sweetness of a Maine lobster - and I've eaten a lot of them in Maine and Cape Cod, MA. It was steamed nicely - the meat was easily removed. But it was tasteless. I ended up dipping in the butter (which I don't usually do) and that didn't help. All I could taste was butter. The shrimp cocktail appetizer was very good and the caramel flan was delightful. I will go back because I hope this was a fluke.
Posted by Anonymous on 04/17/2004
I went to this restaurant for my birthday and it had delicious lobster. The service was good, it was a bit pricey, but no more than any other lobster place and the atmosphere was fine but not amazing. Definetly a good seafood place. Try it!
Posted by Lobstertrician on 03/10/2004
If you like lobster this is the place. I've eaten there at least 8 times. Always good always consistent and reasonable price.
Posted by Anonymous on 10/24/2003
One of the best places for lobster in NYC. Exceptional value for the money. The lobsters come in all sizes (up through 13 lbs.) and a excellent.


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Did you ever wondered that y its always Iphone ??? Y not something else. Yeah I am talking about marketing buzz which anyone is able to create by doing something for Iphone. Want to be in news over all the top blogs, then do something for Iphone. Well, these were the views expressed over a nokia blog.
Do you want your S60 browser to behave like an iphone??You might ask why or whats the need ?? With more and more sites creating an iphone optimized pages, (latest addition are google services) , you can enjoy a cleaner and new user friendly UI.
So here is the solution. Head over to this Nokia blog where the guy hacked S60 browser and now his s60 phone disguise itself as Iphone while browsing. Quoting from the blog,
Sometimes I envy iPhone owners. It doesn't help that my phone – unlike iPhone – has an open platform, tons of 3rd party applications, embedded GPS, good camera, 3,5G connections etc. What my phone doesn't have is the marketing buzz that pushes major web sites to make special optimized pages for iPhone users. I'm a big fan of Google's solutions and when they launched a special service for iPhone, I made a quick software hack and changed the N95 browser to introduce itself as iPhone's browser.
Download the installation file from nokia blog or directly from here.
Nokia is going to do it
I sometimes used to wish that I could shout to the mobile companies that being so long in mobile field, have you given up in front of iphone. Come on , and design something creative and more innovative than Iphone, and guess what Nokia is going to do it. Rush to the article at symbian freak which talks about the upcoming Nokia UI .
A quick excerpt
The good thing is that the Finnish giant promises that the upcoming S60 touch interface will offer much more than vibrations and click sounds. Nokia is working on a real button-like response enabled with the two small piezo sensor pads under the screen that provides a "0.1 mm movement in the screen itself with exactly the same sort of fingertip feedback as with a conventional keyboard.
I hope you are aware of iphone effect 1 and Iphone effect 2 .
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Ultra Phase 1 Lineup
Ultra Music Festival announced the first phase of the lineup for the 2014 festival. True to form and living up to the huge expectations, the lineup boasts some of the biggest names in dance music.
Coming in from the Casablanca roster, we have Tiesto, live sets from Sub Focus and Chase & Status, and Martin Garrix making his Ultra Music Festival debut.
See the full lineup below and head to UMF website for full details.
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Revenge Season 2 Spoiler: Ashley Davenport's Scandalous Origins! Was She a Stripper?
We all know that Ashley Davenport is working her way to the top on Revenge, but just how far did she have to climb?
Thanks to some scandalous new spoiler photos for the Nov. 25 flashback episode,"Lineage," we now know that Grayson Global's best assistant definitely had some experience — ahem — assisting.
The flashback episode will take us back to 2006, when Emily Thorne goes on her first mission for Satoshi Takeda. It looks like Em's mission takes her to a sleazy-looking club of some sorts, and who else is there? Ashley Davenport!
In the photos, we see Ashley in a lineup of promiscuously-dressed ladies wearing an incredibly short, metallic bandage dress. Yowza!
Ash isn't exactly looking like her glam, polished self, so we have to wonder if she got her start working on the street. This attire could be a "uniform" for anything from an escort to a stripper.
And speaking of employers, actress Ashley Madekwe recently teased, "We don't know how she got to the Hamptons, what she's doing there, or who she's really working for."
And though we were originally told that Em and Ash met at a fundraising event the year before Emily moved to the Hamptons, show creator Mike Kelley was recently quoted saying, "There's a reason Emily chose her to be her entree into the Hamptons world."
We have a feeling that these two met up in this mystery club, but was Ash pulling a Fauxmanda and sliding down the pole in her spare time? Or is there more to the story? Hint: there usually is.
What do you think? Was Ashley former a woman of "easy virtue"? Tell us your theories below!
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Dear readers,
After 5 years in Better Place, I left the company for the new challenges. I still cannot disclosure what I'm going to do (but promise, that you'll hear about it very soon). This also means, that those days I have some time for consulting and community. So, welcome me back and, hopefully, make me happy to see your cheerful smiles.
February 16th, 2013 · Comments (3)
Book review: C# 2008 and 2005 Threaded Programming
A couple of weeks ago, Packt publishing asked me to review Gastón C. Hillar book "C# 2008 and 2005 Threaded Programming: Beginner's Guide". They sent me a copy of this book and today, I'm ready to write a review for it. But before I'll start reviewing it, I want to apologize to the publisher and author for the impartial review.
First of all, you should understand, that this book is about how it possible (for this book author) to write four programs (with awful user interface) using different classes from System.Threading namespace to perform tasks, rather then what is multithreaded programming and how to achieve best performance by utilizing multiple CPU power. Your own programs will not run faster after reading this book, but you'll probably know (if you did not know before) how to use BackgroundWorker, Thread, ThreadPool, AutoResetEvent and WaitHandle classes. Also, there is a small chapter about thread context switching for UI thread delegates invocation and parallel extensions.
There are some technical misconceptions and errors in this book. But it is not the major problem of it. The problem is that while reading this book I question myself whom this book aimed at? Language style is somewhere between blog chatting (better then mine) and MSDN style documentation. I admit I don't know quite how to categorize this, the author writes in a style that is just bizarre (even more bizarre then mine in this blog ) Overall, it sounds like I'm reading a conversation between two beginner-level programmers trying to explain one each other why they are using certain coding convention in C#.
Another half of this 395 pages book is just copy-paste stuff from Visual Studio (including it default tabulations and indentations). Here one of representative examples of such copy/paste
// Disable the Start button
butStart.Enabled = false;
// Enable the Start button
butStart.Enabled = true;
// Some very useful property, which used as private member for another public property
private int priVeryUserfulProperty;
public int VeryUserfulProperty
return priVeryUserfulProperty;
priVeryUserfulProperty = value;
Verdict: Not very exemplary introduction to some classes inside System.Threading namespace for fellow students who like to read blogs, rather then books and documentation and do not want to understand how it works under the hoods, but write something and forget it.
3- of 5 on my scale. This book is not all bad, though, but apparently suitable for very specific audience, which definitely excludes me.
March 20th, 2009 · Comments (9)
Math world, simple mental calculations or what's going on with education?
Today, I want to write blog post which is absolutely not related to programming. It related to math and education in general those days. During work interviews, I see a lot of people, who was absolutely unable to calculate mentally. They just can't understand, that it's possible to do without calculators. When my kids (2nd, 6th and 7th grade) were small I taught them to play with numbers, and until 4th grade (bigger kids) they were able do it. but then school teachers "killed" this ability. Why people should use calculator for simple math operations, if he can do it mentally? Shame you, the modern educational system. Let's go back and try to understand how people were able to live without devil devices, such as calculators…
Following the paint of Nikolai Bogdanov-Belsky "Counting in their heads". This painting is dated 1895.
As you can see at the painting, peasant kids trying to solve following exercise mentally:
(102 + 112 + 122 + 132 + 142) / 365
This is not very simple exercise, especially when should be solved without your favorite calculator. However, when I was 4th grade I learned to square two-digit numbers mentally (my, and I think, yours too): First, find the nearest multiple of ten, by raising or lowering your number, then add and remove the rest to each of numbers and add the square of oddment. For example
45 * 45 = (45+5) * (45-5) + (5 * 5) = 50 * 40 + 25 = (5 * 4) * 100 + 25 = 20 * 100 + 25 = 2000 + 25 = 2025
14 * 14 = (14+4) * (14-4) + (4 * 4) = 18 * 10 + 16 = 180 + 16 = 196
So, now it can be solved easily:
102 = 100
112= (11+1) * (11-1) + 1 = 12 * 10 + 1 = 121
122= (12+2) * (12-2) + 4 = 14 * 10 + 4 = 144
132= (13+3) * (13-3) + 9 = 16 * 10 + 9 = 169
142= (14+4) * (14-4) + 16 = 18 * 10 + 16 = 196
And so on… but wait, 100+121+144 already equals 365, which is our denominator. Next sequence will bring us 169+196, which is also 365. So the answer to this black board brain teaser is 2.
However, it can be rather complicated to calculate 862 for instance:
862 = (86 + 4) * (86 – 4) + (4 * 4) = 90 * 82 + 16…
Let's try another way – multiple the difference between the number and 25 by 100, then add the square of the difference or excess of the number and 50. For example
862 = (86 – 25) * 100 + (86 – 50)2 = 61 * 100 + 362 = 6100 + (36 – 25) * 100 + (50 – 36)2 = 6100 + 1100 + 142 = 7200 + 196 = 7396
Isn't it really simple and fun to calculate squares of numbers?
Bonus: how to calculate multiple of two digit numbers with the sum of its unity digits equals to 10?
- Multiply first digit of the first number by 10
- Add 1 to first digit of second number and multiply the result by 10
- Multiply results of step 1 and step 2
- Deduct second number and the result of step 1
- Multiply second digit of the first number by the result of step 4
- Add results of steps 3 and 5
Looks complicated? Let's make it easier. Assuming that first number is X = 10x + z and second number is Y = 10y + (10 – z), the formula for quick multiplication calculation is: 100 * x * (y + 1) + z * (Y – 10 * x). For example:
96 * 84 = 100 * 9 * (8+1) + 6 * (84-10 * 9) = 100 * 9 * 9 + 6 * (84 – 90) = 8100 – 6 * 6 = 8100 – 36 = 8064
37 * 93 = 100 * 3 * (9+1) + 7 * (93 – 10 * 3) = 3000 + 7 * 63 = 3000 + (100 * 6 * 1 + 3 * (7 – 60)) = 3000 + 600 – 3 * 53 = 3600 – 159 = 3441
Have a nice day and be good people. Also, throw out all hardware calculators and uninstall all software
February 8th, 2009 · Comments (8)
Line-Of-Business vs. Beautifulness or two dogmas comparison as exemplified by two Twitter applications
Today I want to speak about two dogmas: design and functional driven programming. As the example of those two approaches, I want to introduce two Twitter clients: *Chirp by thirteen23 and TwitterFox by Naan Studio
As you can see, *Chirp is state of art application with outstanding user interface, and well-defined usability studies. While TwitterFox is wacky grey boring kind-of-grid only. However, you cannot judge app by only how it looks like. Let's try to understand first what's for you need twitter client?
Defining application goals by user story
I'm using twitter as quick and handy business tool to write my thought, feelings and everyday events. It is not my main (not even secondary) task during the day, so I want to be able to open, write and forget. Thus, I need an application, that can be invoked by one click and dismissed after writing. Also, I do not want background application to gasp valuable space in my screen, when not in use. Thus it should be background process with reduced workset and one textarea, to be focused when the main window become active. Also the application should hide itself when unfocus, yet be able to notify me about events without disturbing.
Let's see how it done in *Chirp:
- 140MB workset
- No ability to hide
- Bouncing thingy at left upper corner to disturb you – it designed as you main desktop beautifier.
- No ability to know that new twittes arrived without showing main window
- Twit process required to click additional button (named "Update" for some reason)
- If you not finished typing, you can either dismiss all text of post it.
- Strange 140 characters countdown on background absolutely esthetical, yet very disturbing.
- You cannot type more, then 140 characters – this restricted by textbox. If pasted bigger text all additional characters truncated.
- You need mouse to operate an application
Now TwitterFox:
- 10MB workset
- You can hide it by hitting escape or clicking X button
- Small and portable without disturbing elements – it not designed as your main everyday app.
- New twits counter over small icon in browser tray, all other notifications can be disabled
- Once focused text are become active, expanded automatically and ready to write
- If you're hiding it without clearing area, all un write text remains – you can clear it by one click
- Small 140 characters countdown which is visible only when typing
- You can type more, then 140 characters – counter becomes red, and you cannot post, however you're able to fix, by dismissing unnecessary spaces or characters.
- Can be operated by only keyboard.
Bottom line: *Chirp designed to show how good it looks, while TwitterFox to twit only. Thus for my specific user story TwitterFox won!
Defining functional specifications
Next task defined for Twitter is read other twits. I used to read all my following and followers when I have free minute. Sometimes I retwit things, rather often reply followers and read replies and rarely send direct messages.
*Chirp provides twit area without scrollbar, yet not restricted to number of twits. Other words, you can scroll with mouse wheel only or by holding somewhere inside and dragging unlimited up and down. When the mouse is over specific twit, it fades and show three buttons: reply, direct and retwit. Also each twit contains the name of the client was used (just like in regular web interface). When clicking user avatar it brings to special internal screen with last twit of the user, information and statistics about him, three functional buttons: UnFollow, Fave and Block and huge button Get User's Tweets. When clicking the line displays the time of the twit it puts twit url into clipboard.
Also *Chirp contains five main functional buttons: Faves, Home, Direct, Update and Refresh. When Home tab unfocused (for example you're on other screen), it also displays a number of new twits.
Error screen of *Chirp is really odd. It contains everything you not really need to know and beautiful whales moving on screen.
TwitterFox is much simpler. It contains two buttons on mouse/keyboard over – reply and fave. When clicking on user's avatar it opens it's page in Twitter with all necessary information. Main TwitterFox window contains three buttons: Recent, Replies, Messages.
No doubt, that *Chirp provides much richer functional spec, but wait, am I really need all this? I told earlier, that I used to read twits and replies, while *Chirp has no such view at all. You can easy copy twit url into clipboard, but what for? Also, you can read bio and statistics of people you following whenever you want without opening browser window. But how often you're doing that?
TwitterFox concentrated on functionality – twit, read, reply, read replies (and direct messages) – base tasks , Twitter designed for. It also marks replies with contrast color in public timeline, while *Chirp has inline reply functionality with threaded discussions support (which is very odd for Twitter)
Bottom line: *Chirp is enriched with not useful features, while TwitterFox contains only things, you're use. Thus for my specific functional requirements TwitterFox won again!
Developers vs. Designers final round
So, we already understand, that *Chirp is an application, designed to show how skilled thirteen23 designers are. And it achieved this goal. The application is state-of-art, looks and designed very well with taking into account even small details, however it huge, unusable for everyday twittering and extremely slow. This is a general example about Designers' doctrine.
TwitterFox is very ugly, but concentrated on functionality, tiny and reactive. It includes only features are necessary for twittering and has no other goals. So, this is a general example about Developers' doctrine.
Is it possible to messmate those doctrines? Probably it is. And it is really simple. Each one of actors should do his own work. Designers should design and Developers – develop. I spoke about it a lot during my lectures, I'll speak about it also at 11th February in user group meeting. By now, when you know how I see Twitter, you can start following me. Also, I'm interesting to hear your ideas about Designer-Developer intercommunication. It is not just about Microsoft way
Have a nice day and be good people.
January 30th, 2009 · Comments (10)
My favorite gadget arrived…
If you're smoking, you know how it to flight more, then two hours when you cannot smoke. Also, you know hw it feels when outside is cold or rainy, but you should come outside to smoke. When you're in pub with friends and a pint of good beer, but you cannot satisfy with your drink, when each 10 minutes you need to go outside to smoke. This why, I ordered electronic cigarette, that so far become my favorite gadget.
It's absolutely perfect device. It produce odorless warm smoke and filled with real nicotine. It much healthier, then real cigarette, while you have a feeling of real smoke. And the most important thing, that you can smoke it in all places, where smoking prohibited.
The pack contains of two rechargeable batteries, charger, inhaler and nicotine cartridges. All you have to do it so mount cartridge and start smoking
It feels like regular cigarette, tastes like regular cigarette, smells (for smoker, not for all around) like regular cigarette, but it is not regular cigarette, thus you can smoke whenever you want and where ever you want.
Absolutely incredible and very useful gadget. Happy smoking and thanks to Gamucci for such innovation. Now I can smoke during 12 hours flight to MVP summit.
January 20th, 2009 · Comments (3)
Windows 7 – dry run or why Intel does not like Microsoft
Finally, I got a couple of free minutes to install Windows 7 x64 on my work machine. I have to admin, that installation was extremely fast. I just put DVD and keep talking with one of our architects near whiteboard. We enough to close only one issue, while Windows was installed and running.
There are number of visual glitches, but it's beta after all. Next thing is to install drivers. Everything was great (it even find and install fingerprint reader), except three strange drivers on my Lenovo W500, that Windows 7 refused to find:
- PCI Serial Port
- PCI Simple Communications Controller
- SM Bus Controller
What can be those drivers? The clue was in SM Bus. It something related to board chipset. So, just checked Intel AMT, Intel PM45 and Intel LMS. My approximation was right, Windows 7 (and Microsoft Windows Update service) has no information regarding Intel stuff while all other (more rare drivers were installed fluently). I also need to install three of those drivers in Windows Vista compatibility mode in order to make it works.
Why this happen? Why it's so hard to two huge conglomerates to work together in order to bring customers better installation experience? It seemed, that Lenovo did huge work with Microsoft to adopt its hardware drivers for Windows 7. Even switchable graphic cards worked perfect without additional drivers. So why Lenovo can, while Intel cannot?
I believe, that the problem is with Intel, who self fighting not to loss high end (and cost) processors, when the market requests low cost Atom-based machines with low power, yet good performing graphic processors.
Regarding biometric devices and switchable graphics. If you want to be able to login to domain with your fingerprint, be sure, that you visited Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Biometric Devices\Change settings and check this option. By default it's off.
Also it not seemed, that Windows 7 supports hybrid graphic cards. So unless I'll find a way to get rid of this issue, I have to use Lenovo switchable graphics utility…
Next thing was to install gentlemen's assembly:
- Windows Live Essentials
- Microsoft Office 2007 + SPs
- Total Commander
- Skype
- Virtual PC 2008 SP1
- Visual Studio 2008 + SP1
All installations were fine, except small problem with business edition of Skype. Newly introduced Action Center advised me to install 4.0 beta version of Skype to prevent compatibility issues.
Another problem (not really Windows, but Microsoft related) is a time, that takes to install Visual Studio. For some reason installation of Office (which is not smaller, then VS) takes about 5 minutes on my machine, when for Visual Studio it takes more, then 40 minutes to be installed.Devdiv guys, please do something with this installer.
So two restarts and here we go. Windows 7 with all necessary software installed. Now issues started.
The only disappointment was because of Windows Experience Index (140GB 7200RPM hard disk is not big and fast enough for this version of OS). If this not, what is?
But it can be fixed easily by disabling cache on disk Device Manager –> Disk Drives –> Uncheck "Disk write caching policy".
After doing this your system will run much faster and score will be increased.
I cannot understand the reason it checked by default for non solid state drives, which unsuitable for fast caching.
Switchable graphic cards are also seemed, to be an issue for Windows 7. It does not supported by now to switch graphic cards. All you can do is to pitch BIOS for denying OS from display driver detection and set the card you want. Here how my machine scores looks like with second graphic card enabled.
Taskbar is for fun, not for work
First of all new branded taskbar. How I supposed to distinct what running and what don't? Shinny borders and backgrounds? Cool, but not really helpful for me. Just for test try to set "Hide when minimized" option for Outlook 2007 and then detect whether it running or not. Ah, yes, I have to go via tinny arrow to configure taskbar icons – too bad.
Another issue with this bar is configuration of shortcuts. Just in case, sometimes I want to run programs minimized or maximized or set start keys (right click on shortcut and Properties). How should I do it for pinned items?
I understand, that for 5 years Microsoft tried somehow to prevent from developers to junk users notification area on taskbar, by hiding, swapping and moving things there. Finally, they managed to solve it by putting all trash into big shiny icons? Just take a look on Microsoft Messenger appearance in tasksbar. You have to run it in Vista compatibility mode in order to prevent it putting icon in this area? Too bad! This not called "feature complete" for sure.
Software compatibility
Yes, not everything perfect. For example drag and drop (DragonDrop) for Virtual PC will not work in regular mode in Windows 7. You have to create shared folder to workaround it. All programs, required elevated permission (those which triggered UAC on Vista all the time) will ask you for run only once, but if you accidently pressed anything else, then Allow, you'll never be able to run it again (unless resetting UAC credentials in Windows). Also all those great programs, not required installations or any registry changes (for example Notepad++ or WinSCP will always treated as suspicious by Windows Defender, thus will start very slow all the time and some times required to be sent "for inspection". This is general fail of Defender. Why me (as user) should wait you (as service provider) to check something. Do it on background, if you want to…
My first BSoD
Yes, I did it. I never was able to get Blue Screen of Death on Windows Vista. Here it happened after another restart. The reason was very funny: I did not closed Outlook before restarted Windows 7 (this fade screen with your applications will be forcibly closed). Yes, it was not really major BSoD. Windows made memory dump to prevent future crashes and send information. BTW, if you want to be able to report problems, you should use keys from Connect website, rather, then from MSDN. Beta reporting services is sensitive to product key.
Background services or what is really missing
My overall experience of Windows 7 is 7 of 10. It is major improvement of Windows Vista, but it still far from being perfect. I would advice to add OS foreground task dispatching. There are too many developers (also Microsoft's, who trying to perform long tasks in UI thread). I think, that operation system should handle such cases and dispatch jobs to background to prevent UI freeze.
Another thing, is to find good compromise between annoying user and smart operations. Other words, do not try to assume what customer want to do, let him to decide (or at least enable such option). Good example for this is very odd Clear Type wizard. What would you answer to such question?
Why I need to see the same stuff three times, when all I want it file manager?
Stop trying to replace software. You already screwed with Microsoft Valet.
ISO file burn directly from Windows is really great feature, but an ability to mount iso images as virtual disks would be much better.
Other words, if you, Microsoft, want to create great operation system – do operation system, do not try to complete OS issues with another nice to have features. But no words – great work. Thank you.
Ah, and do not forget to fire everybody in IE dev team… It awful and has no future.
Next time we'll speak about developer point of view to Windows 7.
January 13th, 2009 · Comments (33)
Microsoft Tag vs. QR tag
One of Microsoft's announcements on CES09 was Microsoft Tag. Do you remember last try of Microsoft to create mobile barcodes on Live platform? I remember it. So why Windows Live Barcode was deprecated, while Microsoft creates new one? What the key difference between Quick Response approach, barely adopted by industry and new colorful MS stuff? Let's try to understand differences and approximate future fail or success on this technology.
Key differences:
- The only information contains inside MS Tag is ID, which should be used to fetch all relevant information from tag server while QR contains all necessary information and can be used offline. Both technologies have it own advantages and disadvantages. From one hand, you can manage and fix results all the time, from the other hand, what happen with fraud and offline usage?
- MS Tag using High Capacity Color Barcode (HCCB) technology, which makes able to encode more information into relatively small area. Also because of small amount of information, errors can be handled easily for MS Tag. For encode 1 byte we need 8 symbols in QR codes, while in MS Tag only 4.
- MS Tag using thee base colors (CMYK) while QR only two (BW), thus in offset print MS Tag is much more sensitive to the quality of color plates. From other hand, if I my approximation is right, MS Tag can be printed in gray palette too, due to the fact, that it uses color differences, rather then color codes for decoding. Also it seemed, that hardware used for four barcodes will be more expensive, than similar hardware for two colors.
- Because of the fact, that QR is mature technology (first ISS was presented in October 1997), there are huge amount of devices, supports it natively, while MS Tag is rather new. From other hand, http://gettag.mobi/ provides WM,J2ME, IPhone, Blackberry and Symbian native clients for reading MS Tags. So it seemed, that very soon (if Microsoft will not abandon it again) this will be distributed de-facto.
- QR Code® is registered trademark of Denso Wave Inc, which makes this technology problematic for future enhancements, also HCCB, used for MS Tag is licensed by Microsoft, however as far as I understand from their IPL site, it can be used as far as remains under MS patent agreement. But maybe an appliance of this technology is protected.
Bottom line – I'm very skeptic with MS Tags, however let's give it a chance and see whether MS Tag will become another Semacode, ShotCode, PDF417, Dot Code, Aztec Code, etc. or become Barcode technology we see every day everywhere…
Meanwhile, you can create your own MS Tag, download free reader for your mobile device from http://gettag.mobi and decide whether you like it or not. For me, this technology is cool, but the code itself is very ugly
Be good people and have a nice day.
January 9th, 2009 · Comments (39)
Common phrases used by developers
One of my partners (who is PM in global company) sent me his list of common phrases used by his developers. I also added some of phrases, commonly used by my developers. Here the list:
- It works on my machine
- That's weird!
- But this was running before…
- Some minor stuff has to be fixed
- This must be a hardware problem
- Someone tinkered with incoming data
- But I didn't touch that module
- I'm almost finished
- That's will be done quickly
- You can't test everything.
- It's impossible that it will affect the other module
- I remember that I fixed this bug already
- Documentation is being written
- This is not my program
- I had lots of unexpected troubles
- But the specification was always changing
- I thought I found the bug
- This change will be done in 5 minutes
- I'm waiting for the others so I can test
- Aside from the fact it is not working, what is your impression?
- That's not a bug – it's a feature! (by dotmad)
- It works as coded (by Joseph Cooney)
- Sorry, my code is compiling. I will get back to you in a few hours (by David)
I'm inviting you to contribute your phrases in comments and if the phrase will be really interesting, I'll update it in the post (with like to your blog/site)
So, let's start creating ultimate developer's phrases list.
January 5th, 2009 · Comments (19)
What boots faster – Netbook, powered Windows XP or Nokia E71 mobile phone?
Some days ago, somebody from Microsoft was shocked, when I told him, that I'm planning to run Windows XP (and later Windows 7) as operation system for mission critical automotive device. He even checked with Windows XP embedded team boot times for XP. They told him, that the minimum can be achieved is about 40 seconds cold boot and 30 seconds from hibernate state. I was upset and decided to tweak my system for smallest possible boot time. Here the result video. This is not the limit. I believe, that I'll be able to decrease Windows XP boot time to less, then 10 seconds with a bit more efforts.
Note: This is absolutely authentic and non-touched video, recorded today by me, comparing boot time of Windows XP on unbranded weak netbook (Atom 1.6, 128MB and 8G SSD) and my Nokia E71 mobile phone. 15 seconds boot time of Windows XP achieved by tweaking only well known registry values and OS configuration values without special profundity of system settings.
Now the question: with todays' devices, why we are not running XP for mobile and automotive mission critical devices?
December 17th, 2008 · Comments (39)
Asus R50A UMPC review
So, I got new branded Asus R50A UMPC for test. This ultra mobile machine with 5.6″ WSVGA (1024×768) screen, based on Intel US15W chipset, comes with Intel Atom Z520 (1.33 Ghz, 533Mhz) processor, 1Gb of RAM and 20GB SSD. Also it has 3.5G mobile unit, integrated 802.11b/g network card and GPS. First impression was very cool. Slick design, big screen build in fingerprint reader.
What in the box? Power adapter (110/220V), compact keyboard, bunch of cables, extra stilus and handling strap.
What else this machine has? Microcard reader, three mini-usb sockets, one regular USB and camera. Looks like pretty fine machine, but not for €1K+ price tag. But who cares when we buy real good gadget? However, my euphoria disappears during 6 minutes startup (this was not first startup – first took more, then 15 minutes).
It was preinstalled with Windows Vista SP1 Ultimate (for this tiny machine) aside with huge amount of Asus junkware, so it was was even unable even to calculate Vista experience score
Also it has no drivers for strange device, named "Mini Card" (with factory branded Asus OS installation)
Well, it's probably because I'm still not connected to internet… Let's connect office WiFi… Err… It has some troubles with wireless network discovery – 2 bars for 12 feet distance from access point (my W500 has all 5) and no other networks (with 4 and less bars on another machine). Let's connect it. Hm, "unable to connect"… Weird. Leave it by now. This is multimedia device, so, probably, video will play better? Well, it failed also with playback of Windows sample movie. So maybe it has great battery life? Not really. Without doing anything new 2 cells, 2600mAh battery enough for less, then two hours (with vista battery saver it extended to 3, while this device does not support aero interface).
But the final accord was this one (one again – this is branded Asus installation):
Bottom line: 0/5. I paid $360 for my wife's pink Acer Aspire One and got much better computer (it even has camera).
The only thing remains enigma for me is why, the hell, this piece of crap costs more, then €1,000?
Have a nice day and be good people – do not buy this machine!
November 12th, 2008 · Comments (9)
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During Gen12, his father was killed and he and his brother Max were raised by their mother and abusive step-father. Cole's mother died later on in life when he was an adult. Cole left his family to start a life of crime so that he could survive. Despite being a criminal, he had a code of honor which he showed during an incident when he stopped one of his partners' from shooting at police officers. He was arrested, but was given a second chance and recruited into International Operation, during which time he showed that he was an extremely gifted marksman and had great potential.
Grifter was created by Jim Lee and made his first appearance in Wildstorm's WildC.A.T.S in August of 1992. Grifter has appeared in over 360 books and received his own ongoing series in September of 2011. When DC chose to integrate Wildstorm's characters into the DC Universe through Flashpoint, Grifter was the first, appearing in a notable role in the Flashpoint event itself. He then went on to be one of the Wildstorm properties to get an ongoing series as part of the New 52 launches that immediately followed Flashpoint. Grifter was written by Nathan Edmondson and illustrated by CAFU. It restarted the character from scratch and stripped him of his Wildstorm history with Team 7 and the WildC.A.T.S. The new continuity instead emphasized him as a former operator and con man and pitted him alone against the Daemonites.
Grifter became quite possibly the most prolific character in the Wildstorm franchise as a member of WildC.A.T.S. and as a regularly featured character throughout the many changes of the Wildstorm Universe over the years. Twice, he was given his own solo series, and he starred in multiple limited series featuring Team 7.
As a former Delta operator for the U.S. Army, Cole Cash made a living for himself and his girlfriend Gretchen as a con man. He was on the verge of his biggest score when he was abducted by the Daemonites, an alien race secretly infiltrating Earth by taking human bodies as hosts. They attempted this process on Cole only for him to awaken prematurely and escape. The experience left him with the ability to sense the Daemonites and hear their telepathic communications, making him a target. Since only he could perceive the Daemonites, his actions against them quickly had him deemed a murderer and terrorist by human authorities. He is now hunted by aliens and humans alike, donning a mask and becoming Grifter. He's recently had a run-in with Green Arrow and managed to catch an arrow bare handed.
Cole's natural talents landed him in a group called Team 7, a special operations unit whose main purpose was to safeguard the United States' national security overseas. The team consisted of John "Topkick" Lynch, Marc " Backlash" Slayton, Jackson "Arclight" Dane, Philip "Bulleteer" Chang, Stephen "Wraparound" Callahan, Alex "Slaphammer" Fairchild and Michael "Deathblow" Cray. Cole's handle in the group was Deadeye. The group was purposely exposed to a substance called the Gen-Factor which gave the team a variety of psionic powers. In Deathblow's case, these powers didn't show up until 20 years later. The exposure to the Gen-Factor affected most of the members' morality and mental health. After the team was exposed to the substance and became Gen-Actives, the team was labeled as Gen12. Several members of the team were either killed, died or committed suicide due to the side-effects of the exposure. Cole began to believe his superiors at I.O., specifically Miles Craven, were behind the experiments on them. After this, he had a violent falling out with his team leader, John Lynch. Cole took charge and came up with a plan to combine the teams' mental powers against a low-yield nuclear missile that was targeted at the team by Craven as a test of their abilities. After this incident, the team (except Lynch and Cray) went into hiding, but was later persuaded by Cray to return to I.O.
When the powers of Team 7 began to weaken and wane, Craven began to take an interest in their children, Gen 13, who would have inherited their fathers' powers. Most of the team yet again went into hiding again while others remained active, deciding to stay with the I.O. After this, the team finally disbanded for good. Cole parted ways with I.O., never to return to the organization. It was during this time that he encountered a women named Zealot. They fell in love and she took it upon herself to teach a male the ways of the Coda. The Coda teachings he was given, returned his sanity and locked away his psionic powers.
Sometime later, Cole and Zealot broke up. Even though it was only another relationship to her, Cole had become grateful to her for the teachings and restoring his sanity. Still on good terms, they both were recruited by Jacob Marlow to be part of his team called the Wild C.A.T.S . Cole later quit the team when they were forced to ally with Hightower, a Daemonite who had killed Grifter's friend Lonely. He rejoined the team when they came back from Khrea, and he even became team leader for a stint. During this time, his younger brother Max was killed, he left the team again after Zealot's apparent death. At this point, most of his teammates left as well and the WildC.A.T.s disbanded.
Soon, he joined another team with the same name alongside Lord Emp, Spartan and an arms dealer by the name of Noir. After Emp's ascension Cole sank into depression, he began drinking and having one night stands with women who looked like Zealot. One night she returned, but Grifter was too drunk to recognize her. After a night of sex, she left him before he realized who she was. She had come back to destroy the (Earth-based) Coda because they had betrayed the teachings and she was going to kill every member of the Coda, but spared Cole's life due to their history together and close relationship. After this meeting he straightened out his life and joined Jack Marlowe's (Spartan) Halo Corporation. During this time Cole was mind controlled by a villain named Tao. Tao made him shoot his friend, John Lynch which left him in a coma. These events were erased from his memories by Tao.
During a mission for Jake Marlowe, Cole's legs were shattered by Agent Orange, therefore he couldn't operate as Marlowe's agent. He trained accountant Edwin Dolby (Grifter II) to take his place. Dolby turned out to be unsuitable for the violent and often bloody missions Cole sent him on. After Marlowe apologized, he re-joined but only as an accountant. Cole later remodeled the robotic body of former teammate Ladytron as a remote-controlled body for himself.
Several weeks later, his legs are healed, a side-effect of dormant Gen-factor according to I.O. scientists. John Lynch woke from his coma and restored Cole's memory. Cole was assigned to take down Tao and Holden Carver who was a double agent. Tao's organization was completely dismantled and Tao was imprisoned. Since then he has joined a makeshift team of former Wildcats to take down an assassin called Nemesis.
In the series Captain Atom: Armageddon, Jake Marlowe is dead and Cole has taken control of the Halo corporation. Cole was killed by Apollo and Midnighter of The Authority, but was revived along with the rest of the Wildstorm universe. In this series, Captain Atom was mysteriously transported to the Wildstorm Universe and he exploded causing the death of everyone in the universe.
In the new team of Wildcats, Cole is shown to be a man trying to change his life yet is continually sucked back into the hero lifestyle. He appears to be an employee of Hadrian as a core member of the Wildcats team. Cole Cash briefly worked as an assassin for the US government, targeting Islamist terror networks. His latest assignment went awry when his target turned out to be an alien shape-shifter who was being hunted by others of the same race. Zee, as he/she calls itself, has now drawn Grifter and Midnighter into an interstellar conflict involving weaponized giant worms.
Grifter returned to the Wildcats after Armageddon, helping survivors in Los Angeles. He was later summoned by John Lynch and regrouped with Team-7 where he and his teammates learned of Tao's nihilistic threat. After the Halo Building in Los Angeles is destroyed, Grifter had himself and the Wildcats teamed up with Team-7 in stopping Tao. Ultimately their battle ended with Grifter shooting Tao pointblank in the head, thus relinquishing his powers from Void, Max Faraday, and Providence.
Grifter was among the many heroes that were notified of the Authority's Carrier's leaving, in which Grifter is among the few heroes to leave Earth when he is ordering the panic refugees who were boarding the shift-ship. Grifter and along with his old comrade Deathblow officially joined the "new" Authority and together helped in establishing order among the Carrier's influx of refugees. Cole entered into a sexual relationship with Stormwatch member, Flint.
As a result of the Gen Factor exposure, Cole had a strong amount of telekinesis and telepathy, but these powers began to burn out and by the time of Team 7: Dead Reckoning , he only had the psionic powers to give a person a bloody nose. His Coda-training sealed his psionic powers away, but he can still use them under certain circumstances (usually the presence of another Team 7 member so they are able to combine their powers). Note: As of Grifter/Midnighter #1, which takes place after the Worldstorm relaunch, Grifter has apparently regained control of his psionic powers and can use them unaided.
A side effect of the Gen-Factor is an accelerated healing factor, he once recovered from a broken neck and shattered legs without any scaring. The healing factor also slows his aging.
Aside from superhuman powers, he is an excellent marksman. And adept at any firearm, knife, explosive, and throwing weapon.
He can take out a group of enemies single handed. He was already a formidable hand-to-hand combatant due to his military training and experience, but the Coda training he received has sharpened these abilities even further.
For further information: Flashpoint
In the alternate world of Flashpoint, Grifter was the leader of an underground resistance group in England who were standing up against the Amazons and their occupation of London. Grifter and company rescue Lois Lane from the Amazons after she is revealed to be a spy for Cyborg and has been sending him secret information about their activity.
In Flashpoint #5, Grifter and the Resistance enter the final battle between the Amazons and the Atlanteans but are killed in action.
Cole Cash is a 1920s Chicago cop, trying to maintain order in a big city chock-full of hustlers and organized crime.
In alternate future Spawn overthrows Malebolgia and takes over the planet with the armies of hell. Many years pass and Spawn rules the world. Grifter is still part of the WildC.A.T.s and decides to join Cyan in going back in time to kill Spawn, before he takes over the world.
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Grifter appeared in the cartoon show, he was voiced by Colin O'Meara.
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Halloween: Healthy Trick or TreatingPosted Oct. 29, 2012
Kent State Associate Professor of Nutrition Natalie Caine-Bish is a registered and licensed dietitian.
Caine-Bish writes about how she celebrates a "healthy" Halloween with her family.
"Halloween is my husband and oldest daughter's favorite holiday, so it is celebrated every year with a very large haunted walk and scavenger hunt with dozens of children between the ages of 7-11 years descending upon our home."
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So many years of memories
they gather here for me
Each time I come to visit you
your spirit sets them free
The silence here is so profound
my thoughts so clear and true
Perspectives are in harmony
there all in tune with you
I wish that I could turn back time
and hold you once again
To run my fingers through your hair
and see your lovely grin
I long for days so long ago
when we were young at heart
We couldn't know a day would come
when we would be apart
One day My Love I'll come to stay
forever be with you
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What's your favorite novelty/odd food item?
Since the birth of bacon salt and probably even before, food seasonings, ingredients, and recipes have taken a turn for the weird. I say weird, but it's really just not commonplace. I love all the flavored salts, but the idea of a smoke cocktail isn't my idea of a nightcap.
What weird foods or food seasonings do you love and/or hate?
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Voice of the people
Congress listened to lobbyists, not voters, on guns
I want to thank all the politicians who had the courage and foresight to vote against gun background checks.
It's comforting to know that our representatives know how to look out for their political future rather than the good of the people.
Keep up the good work for yourselves and pay no attention to common-sense will of your constituents.
Way to go, NRA, you've done it once again.
Bill Miller
Proctorville, Ohio
Train trip a great experience
We recently returned from a trip sponsored by the Huntington Railroad Historical Society to Washington, DC. (The Cherry Blossom Express). The experience was absolutely fantastic from the organization of the activities, the wonderful meals prepared on the train, the friendliness of the crew and the train ride itself.
The Historical Society has its own train cars that are very comfortable and allow you to travel in style. Also, its volunteers are so knowledgeable they are able to narrate the trip throughout West Virginia. The whole crew love what they are doing, and it makes for a very enjoyable experience.
A big thank you to Chris Lockwood and all of his volunteers!
Colan and Mary Alice Freeman
Hutchinson not endorsing Canterbury
I would like to explain an article which was published in The Herald-Dispatch on May 2 in the Voice of the People section of the newspaper. This article implied that I publicly endorse Tom Canterbury for the mayor of Milton. I do not endorse Tom Canterbury for mayor.
I did write the previously published letter some months ago. There were issues that surfaced the very next day after writing this letter that made me decide that I was making a mistake by helping Tom in his campaign and it was not my desire for this letter to be published after my change of opinion.
The second issue that now brings us to the matter of the article published in the paper is that Tom Canterbury was also asked not to publish any articles that stated or implied that I endorse, represent or campaign for him to be re-elected for mayor. The article somehow did end up being published in the newspaper against my wishes because I do not endorse, I do not represent, and I am not campaigning for Tom Canterbury.
The harmful part about this letter is that there are a lot of fine council people in the city of Milton who did deserve the congratulations for a job well done that was published in the earlier article. I hope that the residents of Milton do not take away from all of the hard work that they have done and hopefully will continue to do.
Thank you for taking the time to read this article. I hope that everyone who reads this article gets to the voting booth in the city of Milton on Tuesday, May 7.
Marylou Hutchinson
Mothers encouraged to make their voices heard
How heartbreaking. Right now, we have 45 elected officials who care so little about American safety.
But make no mistake, mothers will not be silenced, nor will we allow these elected officials to continue. The violence in our nation is going to be addressed and there will be no room for cowards.
I encourage every mother to join "Moms Demand Action" and let's get to work!
Diane Pendleton
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The midfielder was called in with Arsenal looking to end a poor week on a high, which they just did after winning 1-0.
"I was shocked, to be honest. But it's great to be back, especially with this new team. Last time I played it was with [Cesc] Fábregas and Nasri and now there's [Mikel] Arteta and [Santi] Cazorla so it's like a new team and a new me," said Wilshere.


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Gear Question
Will these skins fit the women's rossignol...
Will these skins fit the women's rossignol S7 (168cm)?
Sandy Brown
Yes & No. The recommended width/length would be a 130mm short. G3 makes this, but it looks like Backcountry is out. The G3 Alpinist skin (http://www.backcountry.com/g3-alpinist-climbing-skin) is the exact same skin (graphic change only) and they have some in that size.
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In case you missed the announcement of Airphil Express, they have the Piso Sale which has started today September 1, the sale will last until tomorrow September 2, 2012.
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The Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal has rekindled debate about whether the state Right-to-Know Law should apply to Penn State and other universities that receive some state funding.
The law applies to all community colleges and the 14 state-owned schools, such as Kutztown University, in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.
In the spring, a House committee voted to expand the law to include the four so-called state-related universities - Penn State, Pittsburgh, Temple and Lincoln.
A state Senate panel held a hearing Oct. 21 to gather testimony on the issue.
Terry Mutchler, executive director of the state Open Records Office, said she believes state-related schools should be accountable to taxpayers. Those four universities receive hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding annually.


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Tuscumbia, Alabama 17.17 miles E
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Florence, Alabama 20.57 miles NE
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If you like to fish this is the place for you . One of the best Smallmouth , Crappie, and Catfish locations in the south. Located on Bear Creek about 1/4 mile from where it dumps into the Tennesse River on Pickwike Lake. The reason for the low raiting is the bathrooms and showers neds some work. The campground is quiet and pretty nice. Camp here a lot and will keep going . - Motorhome Madness
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Rockie' Campground if you like to fish and enjoy the friendliest people on earth. The owner and her husband will do anything to help you. Nice clean site, close to the boat ramp. Will camp here whenever we go to Pickwick. - User1192
Nov 2009 - $18.00
Rose Trail RV Park is directly across the street from Colbert County Rose Trail Park. We were able to walk across the street to the lake, boat ramp, and piers. There are only 14 sites. While we were here, we were the only over nighties. The rest were vacant except for two live-aboard and two empty seasonals. Gravel pads are level and partially shaded. Amenities are scarce. I don't know if they even have bathrooms or showers. The general store has typical mini mart inventory plus a good assortment of fishing tackle. Wi-Fi works in the general Store. Several loose aggressive dogs made it difficult to walk ours. At $18 including tax, this is a good deal for 50A full hookup site. - whizbang


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Our school welcomes undergraduate applications from any suitably qualified applicants (from the UK and abroad) with a desire to further their knowledge and understanding of molecular and cellular aspects of human disease. Applications are processed according to our admissions statement (opens as a pdf file).
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Selection is primarily based on the UCAS form.
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A-levels: AAB; must include Chemistry
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This scholarship is for graduating seniors at Tiffin Calvert High School in Tiffin, Ohio.
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This scholarship's application process may have items such as essays that could take a couple hours.
How much competition is there?
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This scholarship has a relatively low number of applicants.
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12:31 pm
Fri July 27, 2012
Ask An Astrophysicist
By Staff
The universe is being pushed apart at a faster and faster rate. And the culprit? Dark energy. Astrophysicist Adam Riess shared the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for that discovery, and now's your chance to ask him about it--or anything else you've been wondering about the cosmos.