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Developers should be able to develop using whatever tools they see fit and have the quality of the app(code) be evaluated, not simply be rejected becase they used a tool that enables them to easily create the same app for other platforms. You can have quality with cross-compiling tools just like you can have garbage coded in native. About time to bring that big screen with Steve Jobs on it crashing down.
Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission jostling over inquiry into Apple restriction on cross-compilers
Citing the usual "people familiar with the matter", the New York Post claims the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commissions are negotiating over which one of their organizations will inquire into Apple's new iPhone OS 4 SDK section 3.3.1 -- the restriction against cross-compilers in general and Adobe's Flash CS5 Packager for iPhone in specific.
It will focus on whether the policy, which took effect last month, kills competition by forcing programmers to choose between developing apps that can run only on Apple gizmos or come up with apps that are platform neutral, and can be used on a variety of operating systems, such as those from rivals Google, Microsoft and Research In Motion.
Which, while I'm not a lawyer or headline-seeking politico, doesn't sound like anything remotely approaching actionable behavior. Inquiry doesn't mean investigation, however, much less charges are pending. Apple could just as easily be absolved since they're not a monopoly in smartphones and competition in the app space is thriving.
Neither the DOJ, FTC, or Apple is commenting yet, so this could also just be one of those test-baloons-via-media-attention. Steve Jobs has recently written on the issue of cross-compilers in general in his Thoughts on Flash open letter.
Apple believes cross-compilers aren't in the best interests of their platform, and in the United States of America, absent monopolistic or other forms of illegal abuse, doesn't Apple get to decide how they want to run their own platform? And aren't developers equally free to vote with their apps and, if they don't like Apple's choices, develop for other platforms and take their user-bases with them?
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Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission jostling over inquiry into Apple restriction on cross-compilers
I hope this lets Steve back down. Thank you Steve for throwing us info how cross-compilers are bad for apps, but ya know what? Who cares! Let Developers develop in what ever language they want, and if it's bad, people won't buy it. Stop pissing off developers steve! They've taken too much abuse from the app store alone.
Go FTC!!! Shut Apple down... lock the door and dont let them out until Steve gets his head outof his A$$.
I hope the FTC decides that there is nothing wrong with this.
You don't have to have a monopoly in order to engage in anti-competitive behavior. The quality argument doesn't fly here - there is a whole lot of crap that is in the App Store and continuing to be approved daily. Forcing developers to code specifically to your platform is clearly anti-competitive. Whether anyone in a position to do anything about it, also has the will to do so, remains to be seen.
A lawyer, or else you would realize it depends on how you define the market, rather than assume the most favorable one to Apple applies. To take the salient quote from your article, which will be the core of Apple's argument in any such investigation:
"they're not a monopoly in smartphones and competition in the app space is thriving"
The smartphone market is irrelevant, because section 3.3.1 does not refer to the smartphone market as a whole, merely the app market. (I would add that section 3.3.1 is precisely aimed at making it more difficult to port apps between smartphones, but the market for different smartphones overall truly is irrelevant.) The follow-up questions then become:
1) Is the app market large enough to warrant an inquiry/investigation/charges on its own, and
In 2009, the Mobile App Market as a whole was about $4 billion, probably not enough to bother, but it is projected to double this year, and grow to over 21 billion by 2013. With that trajectory, the FTC might want to get involved sooner, rather than later after an MS-style 800 lb gorilla is embedded.
2) Is Apple's presence large enough in that market, and its behavior of concern to the FTC?
You may claim that competition in the App Market is thriving, but the numbers do not bear that out when 99.4% of mobile app sales last year went through Apple's store (Source: http://tinyurl.com/yccw9wc ) By any measure, a percentage that high is overwhelmingly dominant, and could be construed as a monopoly whose actions and policies reverberate far past their own pond.
If the FTC thinks a $20 billion market is worthy of regulation and a 99.4% share reaches the monopoly threshold, Apple will need to make some concessions in their behavior to ward off the regulatory watchdogs.
I think this may well be actionable under US law.
Its a little like Ford telling a car seat manufacturer that they must use buy their sewing machines from Ford, must drive to work in Fords, and must ship their product in fords. All this on the thin theory that anything that touches a Chevy is somehow inferior.
If you can't see the abuse here you have a fairly crippled sense of right and wrong.
And people need to stop throwing that monopoly word around. That has NEVER been the only prerequisite for federal trade regulations.
yeah, bust them! Steve Jobs in Jail :)
Prisoner "Hey, why are you here?"
Steve Jobs "I didn't want cross-compiler generated Apps to reach my Appstore. This would have been the best way to grow sales for the Macintosh, because everyone needed to buy a Mac to publish Iphone-Apps...the Macintosh, you know, our overpriced superdesigned Computer which only designers buy because it's useless for anyone else. Such a brilliant Idea from me, but it didn't work...damn!"
I think you made an excellent point. Apple is not a monopoly in the PC Market or the iPhone Market. It is a dominant player in the Music player market (which includes the iPod Touch) and they are the dominant player in the App market, if you define App in the proper way (as in, don't include standard software that runs on your PC or Mac as part of the "app space"). Apple I do believe is engaging in anti-competitive behavior and has a monopoly in a small area and yes their behavior stifles competition.
I never said Apple was completely saintly in their practices but this is the first area that they could be considered a monopoly and I'm glad you helped bring that to light. Lots of people have been pointing to Apple behavior like Microsoft but few ever showed Apple was a monopoly at anything (except at the music player level, and they never leveraged anything with that until now). Apple is trying to make it harder to make their applications portable to other platforms, and they know they have the app market cornered, so they force developers to chose between Apple and the other platform. Apple is banking that developers will chose Apple.
I'm sorry Steve, I side with competition. Cheers for the US justice department looking into this.
it's easy...the iphone can be purchased by almost every people, worldwide but on the other hand the people worldwide are only allowed to use Macintosh as Compiler to publish Apps.... and Macintosh is, ha, guess from who, surprise surprise.....APPLE!
I would even go so far, that they will even SKIP THE APPROVAL PROCESS! Yeeeehawww.
Why not define the market as binaries that run native on iPhone? Then Apple has 100% monopoly, same as Nintendo has for binaries that run native on the Wii. That's a slippery slope.
There's a difference between being "wrong" and being "illegal", and there are perspectives on being "wrong" as well. Apple is doing what they think is best for their platform, and yes it hurts developers so they are "wrong" from a developer's point of view. Whether or not they're wrong from a users' point of view we'll have to see. Palm is arguably the easier for the largest amount of developers, that's a competing strategy and if it that's what devs want, Palm will succeed and Apple will fail. The idea of the government intervening feels onerous here, just as it feels onerous in Europe with that silly Windows browser ballot.
And yes, you have to buy a Mac to run Xcode, just like you need to buy a Windows PC to run Visual Studio. No one forces you to buy either or develop for either.
...it's obvious this shi* wouldn't exist, if Apple wouldn't sell Macintosh. C,C#,C++ can also be written on every OS.
Ofcourse you are not forced to develop for the Appstore, pay the $99 developer fee, buy a MAC and do the work twice if you want to release the same app on Android & Co... but currently it's one of the best smartphones with the largest amount of apps which gives developers also the best profit in mobile development.
But as soon Android and the Android Market Place are further progressed, most Developers will Shi* on Apple's Policies, restrictions and the questionable approval Process...
Really awesome post thanks for sharing
I understand your allegiance towards Apple. However, whether or not you believe Apple's policies are right or wrong, their policies are bad for the consumer. And that's what is most important here. I really have no interest in lining the pockets of Apple's shareholders at the expense of iPhone owners...
@Joe McG,
I really don't care about Apple, I care about great apps and in my experience every attempt thus far to make life "easy for developers" and create "cross-platform" apps has resulted in crud. Java, Air, etc. are all substandard, lower quality apps that break the OS experience and I, personally, don't use them on my system. I don't even use Firefox at this point because the UI bugs me (maybe the next version will be better).
I don't want developers to have it easy. I want them to sweat every pixel, code as closely to the platform as possible, and make the best apps they possibly can. I want the Tweetie's, the Panic's, and all the other great apps made purposefully and specifically for the iPhone or whatever OS you can imagine.
Apple has been broadly consistent on this from the beginning. They've always believed in tight integration; that's why they make their own hardware and software.
Sure, it may not matter as much for games, but if 20% of regular apps so going the route of "easy", Flash-UI builds, that's bad for the platform.
Apple may not win popularity contests for this decision, and it may be bad for developers who don't want to code platform specific apps, but it's hardly bad for consumers at this point.
While the fact that "it's their platform, they should choose what's best" is great enough as said, there is still the fact that they are actually judging by the compiler over quality.
Apparently there are already apps that used the Flash Compiler on the App Store, and "apparently" they work great. Besides every app has to go through the App Approval process before it can even hit the App Store. Like I said, the App Review team should look into Quality rather the Compiler.
@smalls agree fully.....and what's more these flash-based apps in the appstore were done with a beta of the flash-compiler. We will never see how well the final release was.
I could have create so amazing apps with flash, where you wouldn't even see any difference as viewer/customer...ofcourse "games" is something else, doubt the flashcompiler had an access to the gpu, but that's not really interesting. Just to create an App!
And what i currently see in the appstore, there are apps where i think OMG where did these people learn to code? Terrible, terrible. In 75% of all cases only the big lables seem to have smooth running apps. And what you call this...."specially developed for the iphone"? This is "substandard".
@Joe McG: Re #15
They don't necessarily need to allow cross-compilers…
I think the cross compilers IS the BIG issue. If you have a development system that allows you to write once, and compile for iPhone, Android, or Symbian you have a gold mine. You can be on all platforms.
But by preventing this, Jobs is trying to make it so its too expensive two write apps for all platforms, because you have to hand-code everything for Apple in their own tools. Its not even good enough if you generate Objective C out of your IDE , that's not allowed either.
Its not like this development method is unheard of (And No, Rene, it doesn't mean automatically mean Java or Air.) The standard C/C++ compiler in Linux world is a cross compiler. You can compile for a platform you don't even HAVE.
Quality of apps is not the issue here. That's just the smoke screen.
If you write a game, and it performs badly due to your choice of tools, the MARKET will take care of this. It will get rated low, it will have bad reviews. But if it runs well enough for the users, why should Apple step in? EVEN if the iPhone/iPad gets multitasking, the game is for all practical purposes a single task environment, as is the iPhone in general.
@Rene #20
It is a slippery slope, which is why the FTC typically only sticks its nose in when a) the market is of sufficient size and/or potential that there is a compelling public interest in stepping in and b) a player in that market is behaving anti-competitively. If you want to throw in a strawman of narrowing the market to iphone binaries, that is your prerogative, but the FTC will look at the numbers behind the market, and the actions of the company. Period. Maybe they will decide that a company channeling 99.4% of sales in a 2013 $21 market needs to behave better, and maybe they will not.
@Rene #24
You keep insisting that developers who do not follow Apple's rules do not "sweat every pixel," and that there are only two choices, Apple or least common denominator applets.
Look at that list. Do you honestly think that Gameloft and EA do not "sweat every pixel?"
- Should Skee Ball return its Top 5 games of the year award to mention its "near perfect" award from Gamezeebo, because it was written with Unity?
- On your own site, are you going to insist Georgia no longer call Dungeon Hunter no-longer a "must-have" as in the tipb review, because it used Python?
- Should Jeremy no longer call Zombieville his favorite game in the App Store because it was written with Unity3D? (And therefore most likely C# or Boo.)
- Are you going to remove Earthworm Jim from your Top 5 Retro Games list because it used Lua?
Clearly, by your logic, since they did not follow Apple's proscriptions, they must have done a slapsash job. Just as clearly, in order to stop bad developers from using Flash, we have to shackle the good developers and keep them from doing what they need to in order to best "sweat every pixel."
Or maybe, just maybe, you and Apple both ignore the inconvenient truth that bad developers suck regardless of language, and good developers might actually be able to make intelligent decisions regarding the platforms they target, and how.
These policies may keep out the Flash riff-raff, but they are also going to prevent the good developers -- you know, the ones that "sweat every pixel" -- from doing their best work. So cheer on these restrictions; just stop pretending that App Quality has anything to do with it.
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@Rene #24
You keep insisting that developers who do not follow Apple's rules do not "sweat every pixel," and that there are only two choices, Apple or least common denominator applets.
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Look at that list. Do you honestly think that Gameloft and EA do not "sweat every pixel?"
- Should Skee Ball return its Top 5 games of the year award to mention its "near perfect" award from Gamezeebo, because it was written with Unity?
- On your own site, are you going to insist Georgia no longer call Dungeon Hunter no-longer a "must-have" as in the tipb review, because it used Python?
- Should Jeremy no longer call Zombieville his favorite game in the App Store because it was written with Unity3D? (And therefore most likely C# or Boo.)
- Are you going to remove Earthworm Jim from your Top 5 Retro Games list because it used Lua?
Clearly, by your logic, since they did not follow Apple's proscriptions, they must have done a slapdash job. Just as clearly, in order to stop bad developers from using Flash, we have to shackle the good developers and keep them from doing what they need to in order to best "sweat every pixel."
Or maybe, just maybe, you and Apple both ignore the inconvenient truth that bad developers suck regardless of language, and good developers might actually be able to make intelligent decisions regarding the platforms they target, and how.
These policies may keep out the Flash riff-raff, but they are also going to prevent the good developers — you know, the ones that "sweat every pixel" — from doing their best work. So cheer on these restrictions; just stop pretending that App Quality has anything to do with it.
By the way, i very much respect the way you run the site, especially that you take on the time-consuming, thankless, pain-in-the-butt job of moderating and still publish posts that strongly disagree with you. Of such stuff is a great community made, and, as a relative newbie here, I look forward to disagreeing with you for some time to come :)
@Jimbo, I said it didn't matter as much for games :p
There are numerous conflicts here -- Apple wants developers locked to the iPhone, Adobe wants them locked to Flash, developers want to the easiest way to hit as big a target as possible.
None of those things are user-centric concerns at the end of the day; they're all business concerns in the best interests of the companies or individuals promoting their agendas.
As a consumer, however, I'm not sure I'm best served by common-demominator apps that work to the same common-denominator level on every platform. I'd rather each platform had differentiation -- compelling apps that leverage the unique advantage(s) of each platform. Sure its easier to make the same app for every OS, but what's the point of having multiple platforms then?
The iPhone/iPad is closer to a gaming console than a computer, and a good example is Wii games made by Nintendo vs. Wii ports that tack on Wiimote functionality.
Are consumers better served by quick and easy?
A lot of you guys are going all kinds of crazy on this. The FCC, FTC, SEC, whatever commission is chosen to investigate this, will learn that they don't have anything. If anything, Apple is handicapping itself. We know they don't think so, but based on what people are saying, that cross-compilation is really important, they are.
Your definition of "abusing monopoly" or "violating anti-trust" is no more deep than saying Apple has a monopoly on Macs, Nintendo has a monopoly on DS's, MS a monopoly on Xbox's, or BMWs on BMW cars, and it's not fair for them to ban competitors onto their platform. How is Apple hurting the consumer here? How is it limiting consumer choice?
They're not. Consumers have a cadre of smartphone choices out there: Android, WinMob, WebOS, Symbian, or RIM. All of them have "app markets". Customers are free to choose them. There aren't any must-have things that iPhoneOS has that prevents people from moving to other systems.
Not only that, Apple has intentionally not implemented features which many believe are fatal flaws in iPhone OS; not only that, Apple stuff is expensive. By banning cross-compilation, they have further reduced their ability to compete (Apple doesn't believe that) by limiting the number of applications available on the platform, and making it less attractive to certain developers. A judge is going to laugh the FTC, FCC, SEC, whatever, out of the courtroom if they bring about a case on this.
Your market power example of Apple having 99% of the "app market" revenue isn't even applicable. It's like saying Apple is abusing it's monopoly on laptops over $1000 by not implementation eSata or HDMI or something. They own 90% of the revenue in that space! they should be allowed to play. I digress. There is no such thing as an "app market". This is the cell phone market, which today, essentially includes all of the abilities and features characteristic of handheld devices. Being able to run applications is one of those features in cell phones. In order to run applications, apps have to be written to certain sets of rules. Developers can choose to follow them or choose not to develop for it. They basically have no inalienable rights in this environment other than those given by the rules of the contract. Users still have a choice of not buying into Apple.
Apple has merely implemented the best system for applications from developing, selling, marketing, monetizing, buying and using apps, and they have been rewarded for it. If Apple owns 90% of mobile app revenue in 2012, and still ban cross-compilation, they still haven't done anything wrong. Developers are free to develop for iPhone OS as long as they have a Mac, pay the $99/yr fee and use Xcode to compile their apps. Apple isn't preventing anyone from making money in its mobile app market. They only need to abide by the rules of the contract they agree to. There is nothing wrong with that. A judge is going to laugh the FTC, FCC, SEC, whatever, out of the courtroom if they bring about a case on this.
The gov't has no case in this. If you want to argue that Apple is making a strategic mistake by doing this, we can do that, but discussing anti-trust violations is a waste of time. If Apple owns say 60% of the cell phone market and 90% of our stuff is in Apple formats (iWork, Fairplay DRM, etc.), we can talk about monopolies and abusing thereof. Today, this is so far from the truth that you're out there in the Kuiper Belt.
I'm an admitted Android fanboy and I'm taking a shining to webOS. But let's face it, Apple made the OS, the device and everything else related to it. It's their right to decided how they want things done on their stuff. Whether one personally likes it or not is a different story. But it is their right.
Rene made an excellent point I never thought about: you need Windows to run Visual Studio so why can't Apple require a Mac to develop for iPhone? Then again, you can develop on Android with Windows, Mac or Linux ;-)
I do not entirely disagree, which is why I agreed with you that Apple's policy will keep out the riff-raff. At the same time, however, you must admit that it will also hold down the top end, by limiting the choices the best developers may find most appropriate. At that point, the "quality" argument becomes more about "keeping up a high average" or "striving to be the best." That is fine, as far is it goes, but just be honest about it that way; it seems a very un-Apple like approach, and it certainly is not something that allows or encourages the best to "sweat every pixel."
You, like Rene, are defining the market as "all smartphones" and close your eyes to all other definitions. It is not your definition, nor mine, that matters. It is what the FTC decides.
"There is no such thing as an "app market"
Multiple competing providers angling for a pie that was Four point Two Billion Dollars last year. Eight point Four Billion Dollars in 2010. Twenty one point Six Billion Dollars by 2013. Reality disagrees.
Your HDMI and eSata analogies are silly, because Apple is not providing a platform for multiple HDMI eSata providers. If they were, and were placing anti-competitive restrictions on or preferentially treating those providers, the FTC might step in. Since they are not in those hardware examples, the FTC has no jurisdiction. Since they are in the iPhone software space, the FTC might. Not will -- might.
"If Apple owns 90% of mobile app revenue in 2012, and still ban cross-compilation, they still haven't done anything wrong."
Change it around:
"If Microsoft owns 95% of the OS market in 1999, and does not let OEMs preload other browsers, they still haven't done anything wrong."
MS had less OS market share than Apple does in the "App Market" you dismiss; MS did not ban anything, realized zero revenue from IE, and consumers could choose Mac or Linux. (The file format debate is irrelevant to the US/EU Netscape case, as they did not enter into either regulatory actions. But if insist they matter, even though there were not part of the decisions, for file formats, consumers even then were free to use Lotus, Abi, or OOO, and and Lotus, or one of several free doc readers.) So, comparing Windows 1999 to iPhone 2009, Microsoft had less market share (95% vs 99.4%), less revenue from the products at the center of the dispute (zero vs 30% of $4.2) billion, a better product (hard to believe now, but IE4-6 was far superior to Netscape 4.7) and allowed more choice (people could install Netscape, vs nothing unapproved on iPhone OS. ) The US DOJ and the EU still slapped Microsoft. Deservedly. And hard.
I do think Apple is making a strategic mistake in this, by artificially putting a ceiling on their best developers, and that it will bite them in the long run. I do not think the market is big enough for the FTC to jump in yet, but Apple's actions are practically daring them to do so.
Were I to be wearing my tinfoil hat today, I would almost say that Apple is crazy like a fox, acting so brazenly as to get the FTC to jump the gun and investigate while the market is clearly too immature to warrant an inquiry, and thereby immunize themselves later. But I do not think they are even considering the government in their plans; I think they are genuinely trying to follow a specific vision. I think, however, that vision will run afoul of a government on one side of the Atlantic within the next few years.
"Apple isn't preventing anyone from making money in its mobile app market. They only need to abide by the rules of the contract they agree to."
Err, they are -- ask Adobe, or any of the game houses listed using Unity, Lua, or Monotouch. You refer to a contract that Apple can and does change at its sole discretion, with no recourse, after the fact. That is not necessarily an anti-competitive action -- at most, it rises to the level of an unfair business practice. That does not necessary make it illegal, but it certainly is unethical.
[Multiple competing providers angling for a pie that was Four point Two Billion Dollars last year. Eight point Four Billion Dollars in 2010. Twenty one point Six Billion Dollars by 2013. Reality disagrees.]
Yup. It's not a market. Operating systems is a market. Office automation software is a market. Content creation software is a market. Server software is a market. Gaming software is a market. "App market" is simply a name people use to describe a "platform's" capability to run 1st, 2nd and 3rd party applications and the ability for people to do commerce on it. It really can't be owned or some company can't have a monopoly on it.
[Your HDMI and eSata analogies are silly, because Apple is not providing a platform for multiple HDMI eSata providers.]
It's intentionally silly because your declaration of Apple having a monopoly on the "app market" is silly. You're way out in left field in this. Your MS analogy doesn't apply as MS was using its operating system monopoly to force OEMs to remove Netscape from the desktop and to use IE instead. Operating systems are a market. OEMs needed it (and MS Office) to actually sell PCs. Apple is doing nothing to prevent people to sell applications in the iPhone OS App Store other than the proscribed limitations on what type of applications Apple is willing to sell.
[Err, they are — ask Adobe, or any of the game houses listed using Unity, Lua, or Monotouch. You refer to a contract that Apple can and does change at its sole discretion, with no recourse, after the fact. That is not necessarily an anti-competitive action — at most, it rises to the level of an unfair business practice. That does not necessary make it illegal, but it certainly is unethical.]
What? You're still not getting it. Adobe can ship all the software they want on it. They can write mini-versions of all of the apps in the CS5 suite and sell it in the iPhone OS App Store. They just need to do it in a C-based language, compile it in Xcode, and use HTML5/H.264. (Yes, not all CS5 apps are appropriate or should be ported). Same thing with all of the developers using Unity, Lua or Monotouch. Apple isn't preventing people who use those tools from selling an app in the App Store. They just need to use a C-based language and compile it in Xcode.
The FTC or DOJ or whoever has got nothing with regard to this. The only thing these gov't entities can presumably conclude from this is Apple is handicapping its business by preventing more applications to appear on it. If they were smarter, they would come to a different conclusion the "handicapping" but it's got nothing to do with anti-trust violations.
Separate post for a separate topic.
[I do think Apple is making a strategic mistake in this, by artificially putting a ceiling on their best developers, and that it will bite them in the long run. I do not think the market is big enough for the FTC to jump in yet, but Apple's actions are practically daring them to do so.]
Do you think Adobe is in competition with Apple in regards to development platforms? In the case of Adobe, it is Flash including the Air runtime which Adobe makes available for Windows, Mac OS and Linux desktop/laptop operating systems. In the case of Apple, it is Cocoa, except that Cocoa isn't cross-platform and is only available for Apple hardware.
The FTC has way too much time on its hands and should be investigated.


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Nail Polish Storage Solution: Ikea Alex
Ikea's Alex ($119.00) is my new storage solution for my nail polish. I stopped by Ikea earlier this week to investigate some potential storage solutions. I originally decided to finally grab some Helmers to control my nail polishes, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
See, every time I go to Ikea to buy the Helmer, I am completely put off by how flimsy it feels. Maybe the floor models are absolutely brutalized and feel less sturdy than newly assembled Helmers, but I just can't convince myself to buy them. (I'm also not keen on the color selection–all of our furniture is black, with the exception of our office desks, which are beech). Enter in Alex, which was this six drawer unit on display next to the Helmer!
The Alex is actually a product series, and there are quite a few variations. I considered the taller versions for makeup storage, but I couldn't commit because they only come in white–and for $119 a pop, I won't compromise on color. I reckon that you could probably DIY some kind of paint job, though, if you're creative enough Anyway, the six-drawer Alex that comes with casters does come in black.
There are three shorter drawers and three taller drawers. Since I expected to get Helmers, I didn't bring any polishes with me for height tests. I crossed my fingers and hoped that some of the shorter bottles would fit.
I think this unit would work for the majority of beauty buffs, both as makeup storage and/or nail polish storage. I will caution you that if your collection only consists of taller bottles (think China Glaze and OPI), you will only be able to use the bottom three drawers for storage. The top three drawers are too short (but they fit Chanel, Dior, Illamasqua, RBL, etc.). I was sad to learn that Essie is just a touch too tall to fit in the smaller drawers… like 2 millimeters too tall! Zoyas are also too tall. (Edited: It seems like Essies will fit with a little maneuvering – seems like you can't have them right against the sides.)
It does seem to hold quite a bit of polish. I only have four drawers with polish, and none of them are completely filled. I didn't count this time around (I will do more micro-organizing by color when I have more time), but last time I posted, I had 669. I would guesstimate that there are around 700-750 polishes in this at the moment.
For those with modest nail polish collections, this could easily work — the bottom drawers definitely hold enough (the bottom drawer looks like it'll hold 17 [China Glaze] bottles across x 10 bottles deep for 170 bottles in total). The shorter drawers will work for shorter brands, if you have 'em, but they can also hold makeup, hand creams, nail files, etc.
Ultimately, for me, I really love how sturdy the Alex is. It's heavy without polish, and the drawers slide in and out with ease. I also love the look of the drawer unit: it's sleek with clean lines and matches the rest of my furniture. It holds a good amount of nail polish, and there is some room for me to grow!
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The WBI Skills Development Program will offer Economics of Education for Policymakers - Part I, a six-week e-learning course, starting on Monday, May 17 and ending on Friday, June 25, 2010. This fee-based course, in English, is one of two WBI e-learning courses on the economics of education.
The course includes 5 modules on basic economic concepts, including education as an investment, costs, efficiency, equality, and education finance. Participants will:
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The one with the phone is the best one, while the last one is least convincing, but not too bad also.
Simplicity and a clear message – thumbs up for the advertising agency.
Advertising Agency: Jung von Matt Spree, Berlin, Germany
Creative Directors: Perter Gocht, Christian Kroll
Published: April 2009
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The lecture, part of the Center Stage series, is open to the public and begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Wattenbarger Auditorium of the Bryan Fine Arts Building.
Collins will provide an entertaining lecture summarizing his experiences from more 31 years of performing and recording with the world-class Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestras. He performed for more than 120 recordings including dozens of acclaimed albums with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra under the direction of Erich Kunzel.
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Prior to joining the Cincinnati Symphony, Collins was a member of the Cleveland Orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, and the Eastman Brass Quintet.
He is adjunct professor of trumpet at the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati and his publications include arrangements of sacred music for trumpet ensembles and three trumpet books including "Studies in the Style of Pops Orchestra Repertoire."
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I just sent off for the fifth and, I hope, last pre-publication copy of Yesterday's Tomorrows. I was sure it would be finished a month ago, but there were problems printing it due to some of the illustrations being too high of a resolution. It took a month to get the fourth printed.
I can't decide whether or not to assign an ISBN to it, since the book may not be legal in all countries. What do you think? I only have three or four left, and a block of ten is $250. Should I use one? The only country besides the US that has bought my books was Great Britain, and very few there although the web site gets visits from all over the world.
I'm pretty sure I'll never sell a book in Australia, because they're crazy expensive down there; tariffs, probably.
Oh, if you want to read the copy of Huckleberry Finn at my site, better hurry because when I post Yesterday's Tomorrows I'll have to take the Twain book down to make space. It will be back up this fall when I renew my URL and upgrade my hosting level. When it's back up I'll have a version that's easy to read on a phone.


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Georgia Power (Southern Company) owns 15 lakes in Georgia and Lake Sinclair has some very unique ownership types that are not found at all Georgia Power lakes and none of the core of engineer lakes in our state.
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- Fee Simple-just like anywhere else you get a deed when purchased and you own the property from the street right of way to the water.
- Full Lease Lots- On these properties, Georgia Power owns and retains ownership of the lands around our lakes and offers lots for lease to homeowners for recreational use. Lake lot leases are currently fifteen year leases with rates established by Georgia Power Company. Before a lease is issued, the lessee will be responsible for meeting certain requirements. Because new lots are no longer available, lots are usually acquired in the form of a lease transfer. Leases are normally transferred in conjunction with the sale of the improvements on the lots and a transfer fee will be applicable. You may call the local Land Management Office for more information. 706-485-8770 The current transfer fee is $3,000. Lease rates for 2010 have not been released yet.
- Strip Lease-Full pool of Lake Sinclair is 340 feet above sea level. The height of the dam is 343 feet above sea level. Contractually Georgia power reserves the right to flood to 350 feet above sea level and on some lots they own to the 350 ft. contour and lease the part of the property that falls between the 350 and the 340 (shoreline) to the owner of the property that is adjacent and above the 350. It depends upon the topography of the land to how much of any individual lot belongs to Georgia Power. On a steep lot it may only be a few feet while on a flat lot it is many times nearly the entire property. Georgia Power does not allow homes to be built below the 350 contour on their property, but this was not always the case which leads the type # 4 (The fee for this type is $100/yr and has no transfer fee)
- Residential Lease Lots-These are lots that Georgia Power has the same ownership as type # 3, but a pre-existing home extends below the 350 contour and sits on land owned by Georgia Power. There is no transfer fee when you purchase a home with this type of ownership, but because the home sits on Georgia Power land you pay the full lease lot fees annually and not the $100/yr as with un-encroached lease strips.
It may sound a bit complicated and even be confusing to you after an explanation. That's one of the best reasons to choose an agent familiar with Lake Sinclair who specializes in this area and is a member of the Lake Sinclair area MLS (Baldwin Multi-List) when shopping for a Lake Sinclair home. If you are looking for Lake Sinclair property Lane Realty has a staff of full time agents that bring a combined 100+ years of experience to the table to help you. We offer buyer agency, so you can be represented and aided in negotiations and guided to lenders that handle the unique lending process that lease properties present. And having been born and raised in this area, I can also tell you where the best coves are for skiing and fishing.
Lake Sinclair and Milledgeville and Eatonton have a lot to offer. If you are looking for a weekend get-a-way or a beautiful lake to spend your retirement Lane Realty will be happy to assist you in finding the home that suits your needs and with the type of ownership you desire.
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ACCT-220, Cost Accounting, provides an overview of the nature and purpose of cost accounting and covers job order and process costing, as well as standard costing, spoilage, budgeting and relevant costs for decision making. Prerequisite: ACCT 102. Three hours lecture each week. Three credits. Three billable hours. Offered Spring Term only.
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind reviewPosted : 1 month, 4 weeks ago on 2 June 2015 05:24
What a fresh, interesting film of its genre. I really like this one. Still, I liked Jaws compared with Close Encounters. The characters are interesting.
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Close Encounters of the Third KindPosted : 1 year ago on 29 July 2014 04:53
I know I'm going to get plenty of side-eyes and comments telling me that I'm crazy, but I just don't see what's so great about Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I find much of it interminably dull, it's depiction of aliens at odds with itself, but it's saved by impeccable craft and a great leading performance from Richard Dreyfuss.
I think the main problem with Close Encounters is that none of the main characters are terribly compelling or fleshed out enough to wrap me up in their supposed complex emotional states. They speak and act in goopy mystical exchanges, any depth doesn't come from within their characters as written but from the plot machinations as needed. Even then, only Dreyfuss as Roy Neary really gets anything juicy to chew on as an actor. The plot is thin, at 135 minutes it feels padded and like it could use a quick edit to tighten up its structure, and the characters are even thinner.
But it just seems such a strange choice to depict the actions of a man who goes dark, becomes obsessed with the possibility of flickering lights in the sky, practically cheats on his wife, and then abandons them to run off with the aliens in the end as one of child-like wonder and spectacle. Terri Garr's suffering wife is a badly needed dose of reality, and once she exits for saner living situations, Close Encounters goes head-first into the story of a selfish man who abandons his loved ones for a possibility of extraterrestrial life. Having been a child abandoned by a father for dubious reasons, I don't see much amazement, sympathy, or wonder in that choice.
Nor do I truly see a consistent presentation of the aliens. By turns they are kindly, coming in peace during the climatic moments, yet they also kidnap a child from a frantic mother desperate to keep him locked inside. No reason is given for why the aliens have chosen these people, or this particular time, to reveal their existence, but I'm not sure one could be given that is satisfactory. A moment of doubt or judgment on Dreyfuss's sanity as a character would be most welcome, but the film plays it sympathetic to him at all times. I will grant Close Encounters a refreshing choice of making the interaction between extraterrestrial life and ours a peaceful one instead of one of violence and planetary conquest.
For all of my problems with the story choices of Close Encounters, one cannot impeach its craft. The special effects are still wondrous after nearly 40 years. The aliens themselves are unimpressive, but the spaceships are idiosyncratic and seem to lack basic human concepts of engineering, always a smart choice. And John Williams offers an emotional highpoint with his score, reminding me that there was a time when he was one of the best in the business long before he began to repeat himself. For me, Close Encounters can't compare to the thrill-house adventure rides of other Spielberg works like Jaws, Jurassic Park, or Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's a terrific bit of movie-making technique, but that's about all it is for me.
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind reviewPosted : 1 year, 2 months ago on 10 May 2014 02:04
" If everything's ready here on the Dark Side of the Moon... play the five tones."
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is marvelous piece of Science fiction wonder, and is my second favorite sci-fi film of all time right behind 2001: A Space Odyssey. This is for sure one of Steven Spielberg greatest film making achievements. Having two feature films under his belt before making Close Encounters one being "The Sugarland Express" a crime/comedy movie and the other "Jaws" a thriller/horror film. Having done this film a sci-fi/drama it shows that even then a young Spielberg was showing off his directing talents.
The films follows Roy Neary(Richard Dreyfuss) a normal guy with a family living a normal life and while on a drive to investigate a blackout occurring around his town and nearby towns. He stops to find out where he is and this is when strange things start to happen around him the mailboxes on the side of the road by him start shaking back and forth, his flashlight turns off, and his car stops working. He even gets burned on one side of his face by the rays of light shinning down on him from the UFO.
From here we see him struggle with what has happened to him as it takes a tole on him and his family to a point to were he might be losing his mind so his wife takes their kids and leaves him. Ill be honest here and say that this does slow the movie down but without leaving a negative effect on it. It is essential to see the breakdown as he tries to figure out what the extraterrestrials left in his mind and why he cant get the shape of a mountain out of his head. Richard Dreyfuss did an amazing performance and i just realized that him and Spielberg have done quite a bit of films together.
The special effects looked stunning and still to this day all the little lights on the UFO's are a wonder to look at. I love that we got different shapes for the UFO and not just the same typical flying saucer type. Some look like cones, some like spheres, and some that look like a little dot also the mothership had a whole city within it i don't think that was done before this but im not 100% on that. Whats even better is that the amazing score by John Williams ties into the special effects especially there at the end were no matter what i always sit in amazement despite having seen it many of times.
Also another great thing that was cool about the movie is that while Dreyfuss is dealing with figuring out the where to go and what to do we see strange things happening around the world like the old planes of flight 19 showing up in the Sonoran Desert and the lost ship the SS Cotopaxi showing up in the Gobi Desert.
Overall i give it a solid 10 Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a Science Fiction masterpiece and is not to be missed by anyone with a ounce of love for its genre or for films in general.
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Review of Close Encounters Of The Third KindPosted : 2 years, 11 months ago on 16 August 2012 12:00
Note: The Director's Cut is the version viewed.
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind is not entertainment. It is torture. Despite Close Encounter's legacy, I cannot recommend it on almost any level. Yes, it has greatly impacted culture and films, but this is not entertainment. This is the destruction of a family, a father slowly turning insane, and an overall traumatizing affair turned into a film. I repeat for a third time, Close Encounters is not entertainment.
The, slightly confusing, story follows a man named Roy, who's life is changed when he sees several UFO flying around his hometown. He becomes obsessed with a strange shape and sculpts it endlessly. He begins to go crazy, and his family is devastated. In a nutshell, that is the plot. And while parts of the story seem somewhat intriguing, they are executed poorly.
A good portion of the film centers around Roy growing crazy and the effect it's having on his family. Do we really need all this screen time focusing on the arguments and stress that his family is experiencing? We get the point, his family is vexed, you don't have to emphasize your point with a sledge hammer!
But watching Close Encounters is not only stressful, but it's also incredibly boring. At over 2 hours in length, Close Encounters is a tedious film. It lacks any kind of excitement (minus in one somewhat crucial scene involving a UFO abduction) and is generally devoid of humor. UFOs are teased to the audience, but never in length until the end.
The slowness of the film may not have been a big deal, had the pay-off been substantial. Alas, it's just as dull as the rest of the film, though the most impressive special effect work occurs here, and it is indeed impressive.
The score is shockingly pedestrian, despite coming from master composer, John Williams. There is actually little music to speak of, excepting the famous five note theme. I've come to expect so much more from Williams, but this is a major disappointment.
I feel little need to waste any more of my life than I already have on Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. I despised it and saw it as an exercise in tedium and stress. To see a family fall apart is not entertainment. If other plot points were executed well enough, this wouldn't be a problem, but the whole thing is a big mess. If you want aliens and Spielberg, you'd be better off watching E.T. again.
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Building Mountains Out Of Mashed PotatoesPosted : 6 years, 3 months ago on 16 April 2009 05:08
My favorite Sci-fi film of all time.
For me, this movie represented the most realistic handling of a story of aliens up to that point in time, (inspiring films like Contact & Signs, both which tried admirably to emulate the "validity" of Encounters). So much so that, at the time, it made it almost believable for me that the idea of extra-terrestrials could be a reality. Also, it was done with such a sense of awe-inspiring hope & beauty, that it almost makes me wish now that they did indeed exist (& maybe aliens do, but that's an entirely different website, altogether).
In this this Speilberg classic, the otherworlders have made contact.
And at first, that makes us humans afraid.
But when we finally come face to face with 'em, we realize that the fear we felt was based more on own insecurites than it was on these bug-eyed long-fingered lil' grey angels from space (though, you have to admit, the fact that they have a knack of kidnapping a few of our jet-fighters, not to mention a kid or two, & then instill mental images of their landing site in own minds, urging us to ruin a plateful of perfectly good mash potatoes, doesn't help much to quell our apprehension of the little buggers).
To this day, even with jaded eyes overwhelmed with modern CGI gimmicktry , the special effects in Close Encounters, combined with their elegant integration to the story's premise,
this film still leaves me with a sense of awe after each viewing.
The kind of awe that I used to feel as kid whenever I would look up all the stars in the sky on clear summer night, & wonder at all of the possibilities that must've been up there.
Mannnn....I wish a UFO would come down & fly my pimp-ass away into the limitless potential of space.
(Sans anal-probes, of course.)
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Spielberg's reputation is well earnt!Posted : 7 years, 3 months ago on 22 April 2008 03:23
"Have you recently had a close encounter?"
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WOW, Well Worth the ReputationPosted : 8 years, 3 months ago on 15 April 2007 12:03
This movie has a big reputation for being a classic Scifi movie, and it definatially is. UFOs flying through the skies, people with shared visions, and off course the government coverup. This does go down in the books for a classic, visually stunning, and powerful movie. Spielberg knows how to make a great movie, and I would suggest that if you haven't, see it.
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2 slices white bread, crusts trimmed
1 cup whole milk or half-and-half
1 1/4 pounds ground pork
1 1/4 pounds ground veal
1 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
4 cloves garlic, grated or made into a paste
2 eggs, lightly beaten
A handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, finely chopped
EVOO, for drizzling
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
freshly grated nutmeg
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
For the meatballs: Soak the bread in the milk in a small bowl.
Put the pork and veal in a large bowl. Squeeze the liquid from the bread and mash it into small crumbs between your fingers as you add it to the bowl. Add the Parmigiano-Reggiano, garlic, eggs, parsley, a healthy drizzle of EVOO and some salt, pepper and nutmeg and mix gently to combine.
Keep a bowl of warm water on hand for rolling the meatballs. Place wire racks over 2 rimmed baking sheets. Roll the meat mixture into 1 1/2-inch balls, moistening your hands as needed, and place on the racks (24 meatballs balls per rack). Bake until cooked through, 18 to 20 minutes.
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