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The product page for AWDWR4 includes two paragraphs, including this one:
Shockingly, the first printing of AWDWR4 includes no discussion of some of the aforementioned changes, including Turbolinks and strong parameters, which are the first two subjects I searched for in my PDF copy of AWDWR4. The authors simply included a link to Turbolinks' GitHub repo, and there is literally not one mention of the term "strong parameters" in the whole book! AWDWR4 seems to be a hastily-updated version of AWDWR3, which I also own.
If you already know Rails 3, I recommend that you not waste your time or money on AWDWR4. After realizing that AWDWR4 is worthless, I bought a PDF copies of Rails 4 in Action and The Rails 4 Way. These two books are currently in beta, but they're already over 700 pages long and they include sections devoted to strong parameters, Turbolinks, etc.
In the past, I bought Pragmatic books without bothering to evaluate them beforehand because their books had always been high-quality. This seems to no longer be the case, and I won't buy another Pragmatic book until one is recommended to me by someone I trust. Pragmatic joins O'Reilly in this regard.
22 Nov 2013, 18:07
Sam Ruby (584 posts)
Strong parameters is a feature of Rails 4 which requires you to explicitly white-list parameters passed to a controller. If you scan your book for
As described in iteration C2, turbolinks is a largely transparent optimization, so the only case where you need to worry about it is when it turns out NOT to be transparent. Iteration F5 covers exactly such a case.
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They have a superb pizza oven, coated with brown-reddish stones and in this oven, they prepare excellent pizza, with a very thin paste, as it should always be!
As I have been happy with the Pasul in Don Paco restaurant, next door, I tried it in Galapgos. That was very different: plain beans with a grilled sausage added on top. Not bad but not worth another tasting. It was far from a kind of Balkanic version of the "cassoulet" and looked more like what we nickname in French "fayots"! Mean beans with tomato sauce!
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Don Paco: Don Paco, Kuzhina popullore
They have traditional janjetina, lamb that spit roasts on live charcoal. We had half a kilo of delicious janjetina with fries.
I had noticed that they had Pasul (Albanian name) or Pasulj (Serbian name). Thanks a lot to Jelena (VT Aurorae) to have pointed my attention on this dish!
She wrote : Pasulj is a veeeeeery popular dish in Serbia/ex-Yu, mostly famous for the army service days and often it's called vojniâki pasulj - soldiers beans. It is easy to prepare and very nutritive, and extremely cheap, so it's understandable why it is cooked in huge masses in the army service. Also, people often cook it when they go camping. and funny thing is, the longer it stays, the better it is !!! Unlike the other food!!
That seemed to be so terrible that I had to check! Actually, at Don Paco, the pasulj was excellent, with a lot of pieces of meat (left over from a previous janjetina, I suppose) and tasted for me as the famous 'cassoulet' from south western France. A few days later, I had it again and it was again excellent as a kind of Balkanic version of the 'cassoulet'. Mind, this is not true everywhere (see Galapagos tip)
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Don Paco: Kuzhina popullore
Restaurant Don Paco is situated along the road from Ulcinj to Ada Bojana. They have a wide terrace shaded by tall trees and a private parking along the terrace.
The menu outside is written in Albanian. They announce that they serve popular cooking (kuzhina popullore).
The photos of this tip show how the restaurant looks like, with the entrance and the menus posted besides the entrance and the terrace.
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Stoj plain
Favorite thing: Stoj plain stretches on almost 15 km between Ulcinj and Ada Bojana. It used to be a popular ground for hunting water birds and wild animals. However, it is now more and more inhabited and there is less hunting. Cattle graze the salty grass that gives their flesh a special taste. When it is too hot, cow and sheep rest together, under the shade of a tree.Related to:
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Fishing in the Milena canal
Favorite thing: The Mediterranean as a whole and more specifically the Adriatic, do have tides. Small tides, but tides. They can be enhanced by persistent winds and reach as much as half a meter. Depending on the amount of inflow and the height of the tide, water flows up or down the Canal. When the water in Liqeni i Zogajve cools under the influence of winter winds, the gray mullet, sea bass, lamprey and other fish are caught along the Canal by the fishing devices called kalimere and that hang from the cabins. The same kalimere are used along the Bojana river, as well a in various places in Albania.Related to:
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There was a time long, long ago when Download.com was the place I went for software. It's been years, however, as the site repeatedly showed signs of devolving into a site every bit as bothersome as the many third-tier software repositories that hide genuine links below clever-placed advertisements and bundle toolbars with their "certified" local downloads.
At Download.com, page designs have been repeatedly tweaked over the years to push its updater software (now called TechTracker), TrialPay offers, and the site's mailing list. Bothersome, perhaps, but certainly not inexcusable. They've got to make money off the site somehow, after all, and banner ads don't always do the job. Now, things have taken a turn for the worse: Cnet has begun wrapping downloads in a proprietary installer.
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ya know. i noticed this recently too. very freaking annoying!
The only ones that are NOT YET wrapped are those that have not yet been UPDATED SINCE the change. So, eventually they ALL will be wrapped. There are no exceptions. Since I PAY for my listing, I know – they wrapped my stuff up on the first update after the policy change. You may want to update that, else some vendors may think they are treated special or something.
http://www.mrseb.co.uk Sebastian Anthony
Ah-hah, thanks for the input.
Are you sure about this? (When did the change occur, and have you checked a big sample from after that date?)
Pretty darn sure. The official announcement was the 27th of July. See https://upload.cnet.com/8301-21_5-20084419-9978525.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=DownloadProductReview for that.
In my case, this was what happened. When the program was updated, the wrapper added. As mentioned, I do pay for my listing, making this even more upsetting.
All non-wrapped download I've seen have not been updated since the change. Likewise, all that have been updated recently do have the wrapper.
Take FlashFXP. Like me, he pays for his listing. He hasn't had a new final yet, so the final version isn't wrapped. However, the latest beta is wrapped. I can almost guarantee that when the new final is released, it'll be wrapped.
Could I be wrong? Yes, but I've found no evidence of that. All evidence I've seen points to me being right about this assumption.
So, take it for what you will, and validate this yourself by all means ;). It makes sense that they'd do it this way, it would be the easiest way to phase in the Download Manager.
http://www.mrseb.co.uk Sebastian Anthony
Dang, you pay for the listing too?
Is it really true that Cnet rolled this out without notifying developers?
I don't want it to be true, but…
Yep, I pay ;o. Talk about a slap in the face.
They *did* include a mention of it in one of their newsletters. It wasn't the primary topic of the newsletter, and their newsletters are so useless I quit reading long ago. Still, technically, they did, sort of, notify developers.
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Try filehippo, its a great alternatives and has rss feeds of all the programs,so you can get updates in your readers…
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FileHippo also has a sweet app that checks all your currently installed programs for updates and links you to them all.
Makes updating everything easy.
"As you can see from the image above, even the GPL'd free-as-in-speech-and-beer VLC is wrapped by Cnet."
AKA Microsoft/CNet.
http://www.mrseb.co.uk Sebastian Anthony
What'cha mean, or are you just trolling?
http://twitter.com/Valkyri9 M. Valkyr
Does the new CNET installer wrapper support LINUX? :D
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Whoha Déjà vu… Download Squad much ;-)
Hi guys! LOL
RIP download.com rest in peace.
I use to recommend it to my windows using friends oh well will have a look at the alts suggested.
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You finally found us! Hello.
Oh wow! familiar faces! :)
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Group hug!
Let's see, sounds like they need to distribute the source code for the installer or be in GPL violation with regards to VLC.
http://www.mrseb.co.uk Sebastian Anthony
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Will be interesting to see how this one pans out.
yeah, I ran into this too. Sigh. Sometimes I feel a bit like a SW Diogenes…
The company is called `OpenInstall´ which is a brand of Game Theory LLC,
owned by Eduardo Vivas, recent founder of bright.com — Matt Cutts buzzed about it!Nice to know CNET is working with such people!!!!
This sucks, but it's easy to avoid. Don't download any software from download.com, and contact the developers and tell them why you won't use their software. This sneaky crap reminds of what's happening in the free antivirus software industry now. Those apps are getting more and more like the bugs you're trying to remove. Filthy adware. Boycott idiocy. Unplug the internet.
http://twitter.com/alanhaggard Alan Haggard
Horrible, but not at all surprising. I'd rather use FileHippo or betanews' fileforum regardless.
FileHippo also allows you to download older versions of their various softwares, which is nice and something every site of its type should do. Download.com can go f' themselves. Bastards.
As long as I can remember, Download.com has never been a trusted source for downloads. So this news doesn't surprise me.
those guys really seem to know exactly what the deal is for sure.
http://geisen.tumblr.com Tim Geisenheimer
Shocking to see long-time CNET competitor Ziff-Davis publishing this takedown.
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Shocking to see the only person defending this trash works at CNET
http://geisen.tumblr.com Tim Geisenheimer
Former employee to be precise. I worked directly on Download.com on the sales side in fact. Also note that I did not defend any aspect of what Download.com is doing, I just noted that ZD published this piece. Frankly as a consumer I think it's a sub-optimal experience to say the least. I can confirm that it's not part of some nefarious plan on the part of Download.com: they just want a great understanding of trends on their site and I'm assuming this is part of an effort to close the redemption loop on trial software (see: http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/24/redemption-loop-local-commerce/).
I think it's a fairly awkward way to do it and I don't begrudge people from being pissed. That said, it's worth considering that even with this change Download.com still provides an enormous library of free and trial software that's malware-free and hosted on pretty speedy servers. If you don't like a little bloatware, I'm sure they're other download repositories you can frequent.
http://www.mrseb.co.uk Sebastian Anthony
Thanks for taking the time to comment — and to clarify your POV :)
As far as ZD publishing this, rest assured that it's merely coincidence. One of our bloggers found a good story, and wrote it up — nothing more, nothing less.
Not to mention all of us here have been using Download.com long before CNET/CBS acquired it…!
http://detested.wordpress.com/ Archaeme
VLC isn't wrapped. At least for me.
http://detested.wordpress.com/ Archaeme
VLC isn't wrapped for me.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Andrew-Elias/100000099519806 Andrew Elias
I don't see the big deal. They let you opt-out. This wasn't always the case. Yes, for the people who install things by blindly clicking the 'next' button (I'm looking at you, Mom) they get more than they asked for, but that's how lessons get learned.
So, it is for the users benefit. It teaches them that people will cram stuff into your installer, because they can, and to pay attention during the install process.
It also gives me a reason to pimp http://ninite.com/ as an alternative to CNET's BS.
the big deal is more then just the end user having to un-click all the BS… the biggest is that it makes the Developer of the app look shady.. all the hard work the Developer put in to his/her app to make a nice clean good app is tainted by CNET's crap..
to the Developers Take your app(s) off of CNET well if you can
to the End user don't download from CNET…
to all tell CNET to stick it …..
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HSHTSXRLRVGFKXH5CGIFIR3DAU Fast Turtle
That's just it. Youhave to Opt Out – meaning you get the crud/malware without notice if you're like most people who don't pay attention. It's gotten so bad that once I see an installer using this method, I refuse to return and I inform all of my customers/friends about their usage of malware practices.
Claiming that this is for the users benefit is like claiming that's it's good to stab people because it will teach them to be more vigilant against being stabbed in the future.
Hopefully this kind of garbage will all go away once the much-rumored AppStore appears in Windows 8.
For now, this is just another reason why Apple and Macs are eating Windows lunch in the marketplace; it is this kind of anti-user behaviour that ends up driving droves of users to Apple's platforms.
Sure it's just a toolbar and a home page change but what about the quality of said toolbar? What happens when Microsoft release IE10 and the toolbar hasn't been updated to work properly with it and the user's browser starts to crash? I'm not saying it will happen but this is the kind of unintended consequences that installing shit-ware on people's machine's ultimately leads to.
The PC shareware/freeware market looks like an absolute ghetto next to Apple's sanitised, curated AppStore.
It's no wonder Apple are selling so many computers these days.
http://profiles.google.com/maruadventurer john mcginnis
I don't defend M$ that much but how does your comment even get close to relating to M$ involvement in Download.com? CNet made a decision irrespective of ANY feedback from M$.
By the way, you might find the Apple App store getting much lighter in coming months as vendors leave in droves to avoid the 30% Apple tax.
http://profiles.google.com/soupgoblin00 Karl Kuykendall
Yup, that is why Apple has made it up to 5.2% of the PC market, they are going to destroy Microsoft by selling $500 dollar computers for $1000 each.
http://datn.org Anonymous
Free rein.
I haven't used download.com in years… although I used to frequent it (like 2001-2004). Once the banner adds started displaying 'DOWNLOAD HERE —->' with an itty-bitty actual download link obscured amongst the ads…. I knew that the end was nigh…
As an aside— I just bought the parts for and put together a business class PC for a client — Gigabyte P61-series mobo. Windows 7 Pro, SP1 DVD didn't recognize the onboard NIC, so I popped in the Gigabyte install CD, and (cough) blindly clicked 'Next' on the install wizard, reboot, ((internet … yay!)), and then realize I have to OPT-OUT of a Zynga promo which places a shortcut to Zynga (and who-the-hell-knows what-else) on the desktop, toolbar… WTF! (oh for the days of FDISK, FORMAT) Now I'm gonna have to dban and restart… grr.
http://profiles.google.com/maruadventurer john mcginnis
That is what FOSS is here for. :)
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2YHOYM57YIIH4FEUZ42TETSFI4 Wolf
I'm a software developer published in CNet, and I tell you they have definitely not been clear about wrapping any and all new submissions when it was introduced. I suggest any developer contacts email@example.com and gripes about this practice. Nobody should have [???] bundled with their software, or even have a wrapper around their installer to "make downloading easier" — for people with download problems there are client-side download managers, anyway, so it's not even needed apart for their own commercial edge.
On top of that, you DON'T get a normal download presented to you as ottembomb says, UNLESS you register for an account with them (subject to "special offers"). Bad, bad.
http://twitter.com/b1g1nj4p4n Seth Rosenblatt
Hey all,
I'm a writer at CNET
and Download.com, and personally I've been getting a lot of feedback on
the Download.com Installer. I have absolutely nothing to do with the
development or approval of the installer, but I wanted to assure you
that I've been forwarding on your complaints to the appropriate people.
have no news of changes being made to the installer as of yet, but I
can assure you that the people in charge of it are listening to your
complaints and are strongly considering options for improving the
experience. I can't say whether the installer will ever go away because
CNET is seeing a much higher download completion rate than before it was
in use. I have not been provided with numbers to back this up, yet.
However, your feedback does appear to be reaching its target.
the meantime, if you're a developer and would like your software to be
excluded from the installer, you can send a request for exclusion here:
email@example.com. No requests have been denied so far,
to the best of my knowledge.
If you're a Download.com reader,
logging into your CNET account (at the top right corner of the page)
will give you a text link on the download page that allows you to
directly download the program you want, bypassing the installer. The
link appears just below the green Download.com icon, and reads, "Direct
Download Link."
You are all more than welcome to continue sending
your complaints and concerns to me, and I can forward them on. I can be
reached at email@example.com. You can also send them to
p.s. Yes, I'm posting this on a
couple of sites. This is not an official CNET response, but me
personally taking matters into my own hands to let you know you're being
heard. In other words: BE GENTLE! :)
http://www.mrseb.co.uk Sebastian Anthony
Cool, thanks for stopping by, Seth :)
How's that "complaint response" coming along, Seth? Are they still in the "strongly considering options for improving the experience" phase?
Ahhhh. Aha….
As for logging in for the privilege of downloading without being subjected to all the "chickencrap" (politely put) — gee, that's special.
Pretty soon, they'll be resorting to using Disqus for their commenting…oops.
Thanks for posting this, Mr Mathews ! While I rarely use Windows machines myself and thus escape hassling with these proprietary installers, I do help quite a number of retirees install programmes on their Windows boxes and have noted with a mixture of sorrow and anger the phenomenon described in your article. And how many times have I not been compelled to help a user remove unwanted and intrusive programmes for his or her machine because the CNet wrapper has tricked them into installing something entirely different from what he or she had in mind ?!! The problem is that clicking the download button on many websites takes one automatically to the CNet downloader. Perhaps sid32's suggestion to use FileHippo (which I generally help people install in any event in order to keep track of updates) is the way to go ?…
http://twitter.com/FixItFor35 Dusty Arrington
I use ninite mostly. No prompts and it doesnt install crap
Ozone Grif
I removed VisiPics from Download.com
After 338,950 downloads, more than 2,000 per week, I considered they had enough advertizing from my software.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HSHTSXRLRVGFKXH5CGIFIR3DAU Fast Turtle
Then it's time to get a Lawyer involved isn't it? IANAL but IMPO, I'd say they're really stepping close to a Copyright violation and you can use a DMCA notice to force them to remove the downloads/links to your product, thus turning the table on big industry and using a law that is supposed to protect all.
Love VisiPics by the way.
Jon Hulka
Any luck with this? My apps aren't nearly as popular as yours, but I want to get them out of there asap.
Joe Norton
Hi Guys,
I am trying to find this installer but out of the dozen links I've tried all of them are downloading the correct, and authentic, installer package and not this cnet one. Whats the dillio? Did they step back off of this now? Even the VLC link you put in the above story is downloading the correct VLC installer when I just tried.
Anyone know about this?
http://www.mrseb.co.uk Sebastian Anthony
Good question! I don't know. I also just checked VLC, and you're right, the wrapper seems to be gone.
I'll have a look for some kind of official blog post/press release about it — maybe Download.com reversed its decision.
http://pcgeekblog.com Gouthaman Karunakaran
I almost completely stopped using CNET's Download.com these days. For popular software I always head over to Ninite to grab them.
My choice of download site is FileHippo.com, their update checker app is pretty cool too.
http://twitter.com/cargosizedrumor Cargo Sized Rumor
Wow. Tucows does this as well. Looks like they UPX pack their "download manager" to actually grab the "real" installer.
ia gp
Yeah, Filehippo.com is perfect (for now)
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Registered users of cnet see the BS setup link but there is also a direct link to the original file. See the screenshot below: http://i.imgur.com/JhfNW.png (I'm a registered user)
I downloaded CCleaner with the download.com bloat but didn't see regular bloat when installing CC
SG Finn
I have downloaded my softwares from AfterDawn. There is everything I have needed and the site is faaaaast.
The CNET installer has been detected as SPYWARE or other MALWARE. Read about it here:
To me CNET have lost their whole credibility. I don't suppose I will download anything from their website…
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KSJQVZZG664LCM3EE5WUU6IFBU if
I used to love cnet downloads. It was a site I can trust. Now I won't go there anymore because what I was trying to download had the new installer system. And it downloaded Incredimail, changed my home pages, changed my search bars, changed EVERYTHING, without my knowledge. I consider that a virus or malware, so sorry CNET. I won't be returning.
http://profiles.google.com/seronac Richard Smith
Yeah, cnet.com is doing the same thing. I think I'll be going elsewhere for downloads.
Softpedia has always been my first choice, with download.com coming in a very distant second.
Cnet's download.com immediately acquired the status of "shady, sneaky website — stay away!" in my mind, never to be used by me ever again.
They have a "direct download link" that you must be registered and logged-in for the "privilege" of using. Not good enough. Oh no, not by a long way.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_V7SQBQCOL637QH4KGZPXMZQSMA Alvin
Just got a new computer and am installing software. I had used Download.com since its launch in 1996 and am surprised by the latest changes. At first I thought there was a mistake with the file I downloaded, you know the "hidden" Download button trick. But the second time I tried, carefully, same thing. So I had no choice but to go through with it. Luckily I was very careful and checked (or was that UNchecked?) each step.
I guess that was 15 good years I had with Download.com, instead of a 1 step download, they made it a 4 step trap for crapware.
http://deputycio.com Zarko
Oh you are so right. I wanted to write a post on my own blog, but I found this article first and I see that you've nailed it. My experience and understanding is exactly the same. Throughout the years my antivirus and anti-malware programs have been finding adware and other junk on downloads from download.com, my search engine and other internet browser options would inexplicably change after an installation downloaded from CNET. I was blaming the developers until I recently discovered that I would indeed get a clean copy from the developer websites. I didn't know that before, so meanwhile I ditched FoxitPro first and started using Nitro PDF reader/print redirect. There you go Foxitsoftware, I booted you from my PC and it wasn't your fault. Blame download.com.
https://www.dennis-obrien.com/ Dennis O'Brien
Very interesting story. I had used download.com for some time and on occasions I still do…until now. Thanks for sharing
Corporations scream about respect for their "IP" and then show this disdain for other people's rights. I hope you take them to the cleaners and put them out of business for this willful infringement.
odane white
i think some of us should team up and make our own download.com website like back in the day..donation would help email@example.com im ready work with anyone!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QY5H25J7S6J2TKPWF3AFPZAFY4 Glendull Farnworth
Add 126.96.36.199/20 and 220.127.116.11/20 to your firewalls and blocklists to be rid of download.com and cnet.
Cameron Heard
This is why I love running Linux… :/ Sad to see this happen to Cnet :/
David Harbour
It'll be the last time I download from or go to CNet for anything. This type of behaviour is wrong in all ways. They cannot wrap up their excuses with lies like they do the software they deliver. When trust has been broken is there a way to repair it. In this case it appears as if they are not even trying but continue to issue half truths about what they are doing.
Jon Hulka
I just checked my GPL app on download.com. It is wrapped in their installer.
Last updated August 23, 2010. I'll be pulling my apps.
http://paulfwood.ulfwood.net/ Paul F. Wood
Appalled. I'm pulling my apps as we speak. AVG marks them as adware / spyware, then they tell the customer the application won't work on 64 bit?! Bye bye.
http://twitter.com/NikolicMarko Marko Nikolic
OpenInstall was recently acquired by AVG. Antivirus companies have far too much power with no regulation. They go out and flag products that bundle and will then turn around and do the same thing.
http://www.ashkon.com/ Alex
Why CNet is doing that, I mean wrapping the software with their bloatware? Very simple – they want to bring more visitors to their site when the user updates the app. Then the user clicks on the ads on their site and they get advertizing revenue. It is the major source of income for the site like that. However, we are not considering pulling off our software products listed there – simply put it, too many people still search for the apps there.
http://twitter.com/boochit25 mike
I no longer use cnet as a downloader of software due to the persistent refusal, on my part, to
accept what ever additional product they are attempting to trick us into downloading.
Good Riddance cnet!
http://twitter.com/boochit25 mike
I no longer utilize cnet as a downloader of software, due to the persistent attempts at
tricking the potential recipient into downloading this, that or the other thing, unsolicited.
Good riddance cnet!
What's a good alternative then? I am also annoyed by this, not so much because of the bundling but because it doesn't let me use my download manager for the download and that makes the download much slower. But, then, there aren't many alternatives out I know of that boast as large a collection of software as cnet.
download.com sucks! softpedia is best!
Why aren't open source developers just using bittorrent at this point? I see it for LibreOffice and Ubuntu and… that's about it. Even on Ubuntu's download page it's an "alternative download option", and not the main method.
Stop paying for web servers and let your users share amongst themselves.
Warning: If you have viruses or malware and you recently downloaded anything at all from cnet. That is where is is most likely to have come from. They are the criminals who assist the criminals who screw up your computers.
their bloatware is like virus, even if you uncheck all of them during installation process, it still installs everything. and funny part is, you can not remove them.
can we report download.com to bbb? they are installing virus on your computer
CNET is Trash
Here we go: February 10 / 2014
I downloaded a program from cnet's download.com service.
Even though I selected 'custom' installation and 'deselected' all the additional optional installs, the program still went ahead and downloaded extra programs that weren't part of the 'custom' install.
That's extremely low ball and I would love those responsible to be called out by name and humiliated.
CNET is Trash
Here we go: February 10 / 2014
I downloaded a program from cnet's download.com service.
Even though I selected 'custom' installation and 'deselected' all the additional optional installs, the program still went ahead and downloaded extra programs that weren't part of the 'custom' install.
That's extremely low ball and I would love those responsible to be called out by name and humiliated.
I got crapware from CNet download when installing AVG free anti-virus but not via CNET's download.com but direct via AVG site of:
In above link, the "AntiVirus FREE 2014″ link goes to download.cnet.com/… which is full of crapware. AVG promotes the use of CNET's download.com so now, I have banned the use of AVG and instead will use Avast free anti-virus.


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Canadian i4i, Inc wins abroad, but is there any protection at home?
Toronto based firm i4i, Inc. has been getting a fair bit of press lately as the tiny firm that took on Microsoft Corp. and succeeded in winning an injunction against sales of certain versions of Microsoft Word software in the United States as well as a US$290-million award for damages, willful infringement and prejudgment interest.
See, for example, Financial Post's article entitled Canadian firm's lawsuit halts some Microsoft Word sales in U.S. or the Globe and Mail's Canadian firm gets patent win over Microsoft
i4i, Inc.'s press release regarding its win can be found on its website here (pdf) and shows that the verdict was issued on May 20, 2009 for infringement of U.S. patent number 5,787,449 issued by the USPTO in 1998.
Surprisingly, however, there was no mention of any corresponding Canadian patent in i4i's press release. There was also no indication as to whether there would be any legal proceedings here in Canada against Microsoft Corp.
A quick check at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office shows that this is likely because i4i, Inc's corresponding Canadian patent (CA 2,150,765), which issued in 2000, lapsed in 2004 for failure to pay the 2003 and 2004 annual maintenance fees.
Even at today's rates, these fees would have been insignificant in light of a multi-million dollar award – i.e. only $200 for both 2003 and 2004. All together, from 2003 to 2009, the annual maintenance fees for those seven years for CA 2,150,765 would have been a mere $825 (at the "small entity" rate).
A final check at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, for patents issued to either i4i, Inc., Infrastructure for Information Inc. or where Michel Vulpe is the inventor does not reveal anything more other than lapsed CA 2,150,765. So it does not appear that this original Canadian patent might have been dropped in favour of some other divisional or subsequent application.
So I don't think we will see similar litigation by i4i, Inc. against Microsoft Corp. at home here in Canada and sales of MS Word should be able to continue here without any patent infringement concern.
That's too bad, it would have been interesting to see how the Canadian courts would have determined the issues of validity and infringement on the Canadian side of things. The Canadian patent actually issued with what appears to be broader claims as compared to the U.S. patent (at least claim 1 in the Canadian case looked broader at first glance).


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Winners of the Book Fair Student Writing Contest Announced
Release Date: 11/27/2006
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Winners of the Random House Book Fair Student Writing Contest Announced
The winners have been announced for the Tenth Annual Random House Book Fair Student Writing Contest. There were 496 submissions this year. The winners were notified ahead of time that they are winners, but their first, second, or third placement was announced at the Book Fair held on Nov. 11, 2006. Each winning author had the opportunity to read an excerpt of their work during the Book Fair.
The winners were as follows:
Elementary School Finalists
First Grade Poetry: Lauren Weitzel (1st place), Jonathan Miller (2nd place), Jacob Piazza (3rd place)
First Grade Short Story: Carin Elyse Rusk (1st place), Emily Venter (2nd place), Emma Sutovich (3rd place)
Second Grade Poetry: Lauren Brown (1st place), Kaitlyn Davey (2nd place), Nicholas M. Fiorelli (3rd place)
Second Grade Short Story: Carly Paratore (1st place), Alyssa Williams (2nd place), Julia Fino (3rd place)
Third Grade Poetry: Elizabeth Dumm (1st place), Brett Kitzmiller (2nd place), Noah J. Geier (3rd place), Megan Ensign and Joshua Leckron (Honorable Mentions)
Third Grade Short Story: Brianna Chop (1st place), Isaiah Sauvage (2nd place), Kiersten Tenne (3rd place)
Fourth Grade Poetry: Mable Windsor-Buchanan (1st place), Casey Gruber (2nd place), Brooke Schlossenberg (3rd place), Alex Stitely (Honorable Mention)
Fourth Grade Short Story: Jacqueline Wiley (1st place), Abigail Fuller (2nd place), Hannah Miller (3rd place)
Fifth Grade Poetry: Matthew Wesloh (1st place), Samantha Showman (2nd place), Conner Rhoten (3rd place)
Fifth Grade Short Story: Catalina Righter (1st place), Faith Joy Jordy (2nd place), Eric Beverly (3rd place), Bethany Slaughter (Honorable mention)
Middle School Finalists
Six Grade Poetry: Audrey Stydinger (1st place), Colette Hain (2nd place), Destiny Dietz (3rd place), Sarah Snead (Honorable Mention)
Six Grade Short Story: Thresea Drumgoole (1st place), Audrey Stydinger (2nd place), Shelby Newman (3rd place), Susannah Rachel Gorden (Honorable Mention)
Seventh Grade Poetry: Stephen Gilles (1st place), Allie Dearie (2nd place), Jackie Green (3rd place)
Seventh Grade Short Story: Stephen Gilles (1st place), Rebecca Martin (2nd place), Phyllis McKenzie (3rd place)
Eighth Grade Poetry: Emily Stanton (1st place), Megan Lin (2nd place), Britney Nicole Reese (3rd place), Moira Thompson (Honorable Mention)
Eighth Grade Short Story: Doug Atkinson (1st place), Kasey Plantholt (2nd place), Kristen Collins (3rd place)
High School Finalists
Ninth Grade Poetry: Matthew Reimer (1st place), Jennifer Elaine Gibbs (2nd place), Alexandra N. Bull (3rd place), Deanna Campbell (3rd place)
Ninth Grade Short Story: Collin Baker (1st place), Adria Freed (2nd place), Kerrie Kenefick (3rd place)
Tenth Grade Poetry: Kristina Gavin (1st place), Bethany Offut (2nd place), Jessica Martin (3rd place), Ce'Neda Monique Warney (Honorable Mention)
Tenth Grade Short Story: None
Eleventh Grade Poetry: Natalie Saragusa (1st place), Joshua Adam Paul (2nd place), Kyle Woodworth (3rd place), Diana Barley (Honorable Mention)


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Scott Miller Says Farewell to Knoxville
Word is leaking out that Miller is ending his 20-year adventure as a Knoxville resident. Well known here since the early '90s both under his own name and as front man for the V-Roys, aka the Viceroys, Miller has been saying for years that his folks in the Shenandoah Valley need some help with the farm, and the time's come. He expects to return frequently for shows.
"I don't think anybody will notice I'm gone, since I spend my time on the road, anyway," he says. "Knoxville will always be my hometown as far as I'm concerned."


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A few weeks ago I shared with you my meeting with Independent Avon consultant Angelique Agee and why she has been working for Avon the past 19 years. She holds such pride and true passion for what she does.
A little about Avon
Avon Representatives are from all walks of life, from all corners of the world. They had different reasons for becoming Representatives, but with one clear goal: to find personal empowerment and amazing earning potential. You can be your own boss and make your own schedule – with Avon, The Company for Women, you can have it all!
Representing Avon is unique, because Avon is unique!
- Avon is the world's leader in anti-aging skincare, fragrances and color cosmetics, with over $11 billion in annual revenue – Consistently appears among Fortune Magazine's leading companies and is listed on the world's major stock exchanges.
- Approximately 6.4 million Representatives worldwide – A trailblazer of opportunity for Representatives in more than 100 countries, with a simple, proven path to financial success.
- The most innovative marketing and sales tools available – From face-to-face to e-commerce, Avon makes it easy for you to succeed.
- Avon's $100 million Global Research and Development Center is key to the company's commitment to stay at the forefront of the beauty marketplace.
Avon, the leader in direct selling since 1886
Avon began in 1886 as the California Perfume Company, whose founder, David McConnell, discovered that bringing his perfumes directly to his customers – mostly women – was much more effective than traditional selling methods. His first "Representative" – then called a General Agent – was Mrs. P.F.E. Albee of Winchester, New Hampshire, who traveled by train, horse and foot to sell Avon and recruit other Agents. That was the beginning of Avon's heritage of empowering women by offering financial and professional opportunities in a time where little existed – it would be another 34 years before American women could even vote! Today, Avon continues to provide economic opportunities for women worldwide.
Avon, the world's most recognizable beauty brand
From leading the world in anti-aging skincare to cutting-edge concepts in color cosmetics, Avon constantly strives toward innovation in product technology, design, marketing and sales. Avon's product portfolio includes some of the most recognizable beauty brands in the world such as Avon Color, ANEW, Skin-So-Soft, Advance Techniques, Avon Naturals and mark.
You can read the full interview on why Angelique says that she works for Avon here.
This week I put Angelique on the spot and asked her what is on everyone's mind when they are searching for a new product and something I certainly wanted to know!
What is your FAVORITE Avon product of all time?
Here is her response:
And while Angelique gave you her favorite Avon product, there is always room for one more!
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The woman's version is described as a "floral oriental" scent, while the men's fragrance is "woodsy" and "musky".
"Avon, and the Avon Foundation for Women, have given support and a voice to those in need for decades," says Jon Bon Jovi. "Their philosophy of empowerment sends a strong message and I'm pleased to partner with them," says Jon Bon Jovi.
You can look for these and other great products to fill your stockings with this week! To find Angelique and order (all while supporting independently owned businesses!) or get started yourself in selling one of the most well known products out there) you can head to this Avon Page.
Additionally, if you are an Avon rep or an Avon Fan, please feel free to tell me what YOUR favorite Avon product is!
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Recommended prerequisite: Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Fundamentals.
I'm still working inside Ventura harbor.dng found inside the 24_camera_raw folder. In this exercise, I'm going to show you how to work with the variations on the curves adjustment that's found only inside the Camera RAW dialog box and that's the parametric tone curve. Now, you may recall that what I want to do here is I want to expand the shadows. I want to brighten up the shadows. So I'm going to start things off by increasing that Shadows value there, and I'll start by taking it up to +50, let's say. That has an interesting effect on the image.
I wouldn't say it's altogether positive, because we're sort of washing out some of the detail in the background. We'll come back to that. We are boosting the shadows, so they're brightening up quite nicely. However, we're also bringing out a ton of noise in this image, and anytime you make big modifications to your shadows, when you stretch out that shadow detail you're going to bring out a bunch of noise. That's just something that happens. We can counteract the effect of that noise using the next panel of options, the Detail options, and I'll show you how those work shortly.
But in the meantime, I want you to be aware that there is a Targeted Adjustment tool inside of Camera RAW. In fact, Adobe added this tool to Camera RAW and Lightroom before it appeared inside of Photoshop. You may recall in Photoshop, we have a Target Adjustment tool that's associated with the Curves adjustment, Hue/ Saturation, and Black-and-White, and that's the same way it is here inside Camera RAW. If you click and hold on this tool, you'll see that there's five different behaviors. You can adjust Parametric Curves or Hue, Saturation and Luminance, which is essentially your Hue/Saturation functions, all be it with a lot more control, and then we have Grayscale Mix for mixing your own black-and-white images.
Now, you can switch between these settings if you want to and Camera RAW will automatically take you to the appropriate panel of options, or you can switch to the desired panel in the first place, then just go ahead and select the tool, and it will automatically adopt the behavior of the given panel. Anyway, that's what I'm going to do. I'll just select Parametric Curve. Not even necessary. If I just clicked on the tool or pressed the T key, I would get that behavior as well. Then let's say I decide to drag up even further here inside my very dark shadows.
So I'm dragging upward to increase the value, and I'm going to end up taking it to 85. So +85 was a value I'm looking for. That creates a big hump over here in the bottom-left region of the graph. Now I'll drag from approximately here downward in order to darken my Darks up just a little bit to -10. I'm going to leave my lights alone, because they're in pretty good shape, that is the brighter midtones. However, where the highlights are concerned, I actually want to brighten them up. So I'm going to drag in this light region in the background until I increase my Highlights value to +50 and my reasoning there was I want to enhance the fog effect a little.
That is, I want the lights to be shimmering through the cloud coverage. As a result, I get this effect here. So I've got a lump over here on the left- hand side, a little bit of a dip in the middle, and a lump on the right-hand side as well. Now, notice how the graph is thoughtfully divided into four regions, one each for Shadows, Darks, Lights, and Highlights. You can change the definition of those areas if you want to. So right now shadows are the darkest quarter of colors, darks are the next quarter, lights are the quarter after that, and highlights are the brightest quarter.
But if you want to expand or contract these regions, you can. So let's say that I decide to contract my highlight region. Right now, it's the brightest 25% of the colors. I'm going to drag this triangle up to 85 so that I'm limiting the highlights to just the brightest 15% of the colors. Now, I'd also like to go ahead and compress the lights region, so I'm going to drag this slider triangle over to 65, and notice as I do, this dipping area of the graph is moving over to the right as well. Then finally, I want to expand the ahadow region.
That is the area that's affected by my Shadows adjustment, and this is going to brighten up the darkest colors even more by taking this value up to 40, let's say. That re-centers that big lump over here on the left-hand side. Now, my experience with adjusting a tone curve is that as soon as you get done, as soon as you complete your adjustment, you're going to want to go back to the Basic panel and revise your settings in order to fit that parametric adjustment. So in my case, I'm going to go ahead and take the Exposure down to +1, because the image is now a little bit too bright.
It's also a little bit washed out frankly. So we're going to have to solve that problem. I'm going to take the Blacks value down to 1 and that's going to add a whole bunch of brightness to the image, because after all, I'm backing off the black clipping just a little bit. Then I'm going to tab down to the Contrast value. I'll leave Brightness at 80 for now. I'm going to take the Contrast value up to its maximum of 100, because I really want to bring back some of the contrast associated with those boats in the background. In fact, that's still not enough contrast for me.
That's enough to take the boats in the foreground as dark as I'm comfortable with them going. However, if I still want to punch up the contrast in this upper-left region, then I'd probably just go ahead and add a Graduated Filter, which is what I'm going to do. So I'll grab that Graduated Filter tool. I'll drag down, like so, in order to add an adjustment, and these are the settings that I want to apply. So I'd already dialed them in, in advance. Basically, everything is zeroed out. Notice this. I'm not assigning any color.
So if you're seeing color, click the Swatch, switch it to white, click OK. The only value that I'm modifying is the contrast value. So I'm adding an additional layer of contrast here, all the way to +75 for that background detail, and then I could just nudge up this Graduated Filter effect a little bit if I want to protect the foreground boats. Then finally, in order to see what I've done to this image all the way around here, I'm going to press the Z key to switch back to the zoom tool. Then I'm going to click on the Presets icon, so that I can use the Preview check box to preview everything I've done using the parametric curves, using the basic adjustments, and that graduated filter.
So this is the original very dark version of the image, and this is the final effect, which contains much brighter shadow detail, some really robust midtones, and some brilliant highlights. Thanks in large part to the power of the Parametric Curve function inside Camera RAW.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission sued six former top executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, targeting the millions of dollars in they were paid even as their government-sponsored organizations were skidding toward insolvency. The lawsuits accuse them of hiding the amount of subprime mortgages their companies held going into the financial crisis. Given the slippery definition of "subprime" and generous insurance policies that cover most executives, it's not clear how much any of them will be forced to pay out of pocket.
The lawsuits were filed in federal court in New York. The government also filed non-prosecution agreements with Fannie and Freddie themselves, in which the companies agreed not to contest the core allegations that they misstated the amount of subprime loans they held. Both companies were seized by the government in September 2008 as they faced billions of dollars in losses due to the slumping value of their subprime portfolios. The bailouts have cost taxpayers more than $100 billion so far.
The lawsuit will be politically appealing because it targets executives like Fannie Mae Chief Executive Donald H. Mudd, who pulled down $10.7 million in bonuses in 2007, months before his company collapsed into government receivership. But it's not clear he or anyone else will actually have to cough up a nickel, since they are covered by director and officer insurance policies that pay for all but the most egregious cases of fraud. The company's bylaws indemnify execs for anything but "willful misconduct or knowing violation of the criminal law," tough bars to get over.
"A lot of these end up working into the D&O insurance," said Jacob Frenkel, a former SEC enforcement attorney who now specializes in white-collar defense at Shulman Rogers in Potomac, Md. "The Commission is generally more interested in seeing the case resolved on its merits, not in allowing the source of settlement funds to drive the outcome."
In the lawsuits, Mudd and the others are accused of downplaying the amount of "subprime" loans on the books in communications with investors, while internally they classified hundreds of billions of dollars in mortgages as "subprime-like" or "otherwise subprime."
The lawsuits also name Richard F. Syron, the former chairman of Freddie Mac, as well as Patricia Cook and Donald Bisenius, former Freddie Mac executives; and Enrico Dallavechia and Thomas Lund of Fannie Mae. The Freddie Mae suit contains especially damning allegations, saying the company's executives told investors it held only 0.1-0.2% of its assets in subprime when the actual exposure was $244 billion, or 14%. Much of that came in 2006 and 2007, when the company piled on more than $150 billion in risky loans to try and maintain market share against Wall Street banks who were engaging in similarly foolish behavior.
Cook, Freddie's former executive vice president in charge of investments, said at a 2007 conference tha Freddie had "basically no exposure" to subprime, the lawsuit says, although she was awarded $5 million in bonuses the year before for overseeing the company's "Touch More Loans" program to buy up the riskier securities. The lawsuit details a series of meetings and internal communications suggesting Cook, Syron and Bisenius were aware of the increasing risk of the portfolio but didn't change Freddie's public disclosures to reflect that.
The government's standard of proof for civil cases is a preponderance of evidence, Frenkel said, instead of the stricter requirement of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in criminal cases.
But the SEC still faces a challenge in proving the executives knowingly lied about "subprime" exposure when the term has no specific meaning. In its SEC filings, Freddie Mac said "there is no universally accepted definition of subprime." The government is seeking disgorgement of ill-gotten gains. Syron of Freddie Mac pulled down $18 million in salary and bonus in 2007 and $14.7 million in 2006. The company reported $26 billion in losses in 2008 before being taken over by the government.
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Clearwater Communications, Incorporated along with 250 plus management offices across the country are committed to fundraising for Operation Smile. Operation Smile mobilizes medical professionals from all over the world to treat children with facial deformities. Operation Smile is able to provide free cleft lip surgeries for children and young adults around the world for as little as $240.
The fundraising goal for Operation Smile this year is $400,000. Clearwater Communications, Incorporated is committed to doing their part through various fundraisers that will take place this year.
Daina King, Human Resources Manager said, "I really enjoy working with a company that values fundraising and philanthropy especially organizations such as Operation Smile, giving back is important to the company as well as to me"
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Where does life begin, where does it end, well if I knew that I wouldn't be here, I have had rough begining but doesn't mean I should stop, a artist never lets down his guard, and never can stop that ever long lasting flowing of knowledge we know as the infinte Imagination, I have been using this wonderful tool to create pieces of work even I cant believe I could of thought up, but guess what I did, and I will contiue so, even with my newest project in the games industry it will get as much attention and Hard Work put into it as much anything else I would do, besides of course the annoying teaches you may find at somewhat odd college in small but strange group, on a 3rd year that possibly may of not been the right choice, but hey, lifes a bitch live with it. Thank You For Taking Your Time To Read This...|.| James (Gondarc)
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When restarting a project and telling the world, you never know how people are going to react, so the best thing to do is start slow, get it out there and shown and get feeback.
Well that is the stage I have begun, although I havnt posted My Online Production Studio or The game itesel on the site yet till were near a suitable point to reveal anything that will keep people interested, and craving more.
My Futuristic Action Thriller Script loosly based on a story i wrote a long time ago, with some heavy input from some spectacular Detailed Swedish part time script writers, and the game has had some good development over the past year and hope to post in the next week or so.
Once my 3rd year at college has begun, I will be hiring talent, roughly 6 people, while me and other developers in the team are off working, or unable to contiue at current rate for Our Enviromental 0.1 Alpha release in December 2011 specific Date not yet verified.
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UP Health Info Exchange Gets Contract
Nashville, Tenn.-based ICA, a provider of technology that enables care management and health information exchange, announced it has signed a contract with the Upper Peninsula Health Information Exchange.
Predators 2, Red Wings 1
Hope for a Stanley Cup ended for the Detroit Red Wings losing to the Nashville Predators 2-1 on Friday night in Game 5 of the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs.
Nashville 3, Red Wings 1
The Red Wings fall to the Nashville Predators 3-1 Tuesday night and go down 3-1 in the best of 7 series the first-round Western Conference playoff series.
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The Detroit Red Wings pull goalie Joey MacDonald late in the game but could not connect – losing 3-2 to the Nashville Predators on Saturday night.
GRAMMY Camp 2012 To Be Held In Los Angeles, New York and Nashville
The GRAMMY Foundation recently announced that GRAMMY Camp, its signature music industry camp for U.S. high school students, will take place in Los Angeles, Nashville and New York this summer.
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The Detroit Red Wings make it five in a row beating the Nashville Predators 4-1 on Saturday.
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Monday's announcement of the $61 million investment will create nearly 700 jobs at the plant outside Nashville.
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An empty net goal by the Predators sealed the fate of Detroit as the Red Wings lose 3-1 to Nashville Saturday night.
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When Sabrina Mayhew was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, she was confident doctors would care for her medical needs, but she knew that with such a diagnosis also comes emotional pain. While recovering from a double mastectomy, someone gave … Continue reading
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Taking Care of Caregivers
According to The Mayo Clinic the incidence of non-medical professionals who are now caregivers exceeds 65 million Americans. Generally the care is provided to a loved one in need, including a spouse, parent, sibling, or disabled child. According to Novak … Continue reading
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How to lend a helping hand to someone diagnosed with cancer
Fighting cancer is best done with a support system. But when a loved one is first diagnosed we're often not sure how to help. Find out what you can do from someone who's been there. Continue reading
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