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Patch - Victorian Women on Farms Gathering, Swan Hill 1995 Reg. No: HT 1412 8
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- Patch presented in 1995 by the Swan Hill Women on Farms Gathering committee for the Women on Farms Gathering perpetual banner. The theme for the Swan Hill Gathering was 'As Many As We Are One'. The patch is now attached to the perpetual banner which is used at the Gathering each year.
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- Light blue, square fabric patch featuring a dark blue, printed logo. The oval logo features the text: 'As Many We Are One: WOF.' Below this logo a printed ribbon reads: 'SWAN HILL/1995'. The printing has been applied in flock.
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She graduated from Del Norte High School in 1957 and married her high school sweetheart. She worked in Crescent City at the Blair Theatres, Bank of America and Safeway. Bev had five children in Crescent City, then the family moved to Willits in 1969 and ran the Noyo Theatre. In 1974, they moved to Tennessee where she continued to cashier in grocery stores while Bill worked construction. Bev was a retired cashier at Piggly Wiggly's in Henderson, Tenn. She loved coming to California to visit her twin sister Jan, spending time with her family and working puzzles.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Dillard Sr., and nephew Charles "Chuck" Hartwick. Survivors include twin sister Janice Hartwick of Crescent City, son Billy Dillard Jr. and daughters Belinda Yager of Kansas, Renee Ruth, Bonnie Ruth and Dana Nails, all of Tennessee. Nieces: Terri Hartwick-Colton (Mike, Courtney, Caitlyn and Karson), Stacie Hartwick and Wendy Hartwick (Vannessa, Jacob, Layton, Ciera and Cruz), 14 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
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|Kazunori Fujimoto Architect - House in Sunami, Japan
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A simple yet highly efficient design. This recently built L-shaped house, by Japanese architect Kazunori Fujimoto, is organized around a courtyard and makes the most of the surrounding view. The predominant use of fair-face concrete and the overall monochromatic finishes accentuates the sculptural qualities of the spaces.
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"We selected the shell construction for the roof to get the spread of space. The slab reinforcement is consist of single layer, and the thickness of the slab is 120mm. The roof is covering the whole the house no matter which '' inside'' and ''outside''. Usually, the big beam or column of concrete frame are needed to against for the thrust of the shell. But in this house, light construction and simple space is realized by arranging a steal frame with the reinforced concrete."
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|Switcher Hangout The place for switchers to discuss their new machines, and how to work with OS X. General support can be had here for newbie stuff, like "How do I restart my new iMac?" :)
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Mac Specs: 933 Mhz Powermac Quicksilver,1.5GB RAM, OSX 10.5, Tangerine 300MHz Clamshell, OS 9.2
After about 20 minutes of failing to connect to the internet because Wind'hoz said the internet connection "Should already be configured" even though it wasn't and it wouldn't let me and after the keyboard decided to go haywire and stop functioning and after the blue screen of death popped up...I couldn't help but chuckle.
My dad bought this laptop brand new in May of 2003 for $900. Man I still remember when he got it, I was so envious of him because it looked real nice. I was "fortunate" and "lucky" that he bought me one for $500 for my birthday...
...Too bad mine only lasted 13 months before it konked the bed.
Anyways, back to his laptop...
He kept this laptop in pristine condition, but for the past 2 years it had been rendered practically unusable because it took FORTY FIVE minutes for it to fully boot and would continually crash. Yet my father stuck with it for another 2 years, struggling to perform even the most basic of internet functions like going on his bank's website to balance his checkbook. Mind you this man tried to keep his Dell in great condition - he always defragmented and did disk cleanup..But the D'ohz bugs were always a million steps ahead of him.
So now this Dell laptop is sitting on my floor....Big, bulky and utterly useless...It can't even do something simple like connect to the internet...And yes I tried every option available to connect to the internet...I look at it and just smile...Why?
This powerbook is from 2003 as well and is in the same condition as my dad's Dell. Only the insides of my powerbook are just as good as the outside.
It took me all of 15 seconds to connect to the internet on this powerbook.
I can actually pick this powerbook up with one hand and not strain myself unlike my dad's Dell.
Hey and um...it actually WORKS.
What is the point of all of this? I always see kids on campus walking around with Dell laptops and I ask them why they decided to get a Dell. They always say the same thing : "They're cheap." And I say "Why didn't you just spend a little extra and get an Apple?" And it's always the same classic reply: "Apples are too expensive."
...Really? You think so?
I'm going to give you some basic math that I have been a part of with living in a Wind'hoz family for so long:
-My dad purchased a desktop in 1999 for $950
-Purchased another desktop in 2002 for $700
-Purchased Dell laptop in 2003 for $900
-Purchased HP laptop in 2008 for $800
Yeah obviously the desktop made in 1999 is iBook clamshell slow nowadays...But let's take the fact he bought one in '99 and had to get another one in '02 because the first one was so slow and useless because of D'hoz programs and D'hoz D'ohs!
He's spent $2,400 in the past 6 years on computers which translates into spending $400 every year.
Really? Are Apples REALLY that much more expensive????!!!
...Whatever, I'll just chill on my old Tibook and be happy.
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Two suggestions:
1. Reinstall Windows. The laptop is almost certainly infected with viruses, spyware, malware, etc. The problems you described cannot be directly attributed to Windows. I have an HP Desktop from 2000 and a Dell laptop from 2003 that are still functioning. I also have two IBM Thinkpads that run quite well.
2. Install Linux on it. It should run Linux very well. For Internet access, e-mail, word processing, etc. Linux is a great choice. I have setup several older computers for family members that have only basic needs. The big bonus is NO VIRUSES. It should also run faster.
BTW, my full time computer is a MacBook. I switched 2 1/2 years ago and will never go back to Windows full time.
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My parents have a P3 866 Dell Dimension with 256MB of RAM and a 20GB hard drive. Every couple of years, I reimage it with a clean install of XP, with all their drivers and software that they use. When it starts to rot, I just wipe it and reimage. That machine was originally bought in early 2001 and does just fine for what they use it for (although I've been trying to convince them to buy an iMac).
Liquid and computers don't mix. It might seem simple, but we see an incredible amount of people post here about spills. Keep drinks and other liquids away from your expensive electronics!
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regardless I always end up back on my mackbook.
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Still, switched to the Macbook. You have to factor in all the spyware/virus software expenses that go along w/ the Windows machines. it's a headache. And they crash. Time is money too.
I turn on my Macbook, and i'm up and running w/ 5 programs in less than 30 seconds. A sleeping computer wakes up immediately, that's priceless.
Macs are amazing.
Macbook 2.4ghz, 2GB RAM, 1 Jiggabite of Awesome
They've done research, 80% of the time it works all of the time.
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Remember, its been used for 5 years so it will be crippled with crap, old software, temp files, bad registry keys etc. A clean install will breathe new life into it. I personally would have done that before buying a new one!?
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I can't count how many times I looked at a friends computer and ran ad-aware and they had over 1,000 pieces of spy/grayware.
Personally, I don't miss that at all. I haven't had to defrag my hard drive, run spybot/adaware etc etc. I got tired of the routine maintenance just to keep it running decently. But I agree though, with the proper care a windoze box can last just as long as a Mac.
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I used to use an hp pavilion with windows xp. Took it to a computer repair shop after it basically stopped working on me. The guy told me it had more viruses then he's ever seen on a computer. Since then, the same thing has happened at least three more times until I finally decided to put ubuntu on it. I lost so many important files because of those almost monthly crashes. Never heard of external hard drives back then.
Now I use a five year old imac g4 that i acquired from somebody and it performs better than some of the 2ghz and up pcs i've used. It's never had a problem. Never had a virus. And the OS has never been reinstalled (just updated). Let me correct myself. It has had a couple mouse related problems but I later found out that it was because the cord to the mouse had a short in it. Since then I bought a wireless mouse.
Anyways, isn't it better to spend a little more on a computer that will work until it finally dies of old age than buying a cheap computer that constantly needs to be fixed?
I know I really didn't have to spend much on this imac but I WILL be buying a new macbook soon and I wouldn't settle for anything less.
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Why did the USA become directly involved in the Korean War when the USSR did not?
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The United States became involved in the Korean War through its membership (and, in reality, leadership) of the United Nations. The intervention was the result of a UN resolution that the Soviet Union, though a member of the Security Council, did not veto because they were boycotting the UN at the time in response to the refusal of that body to recognize the People's Republic of China.
In any case, the Soviet Union, while probably deeply involved in planning and encouraging the invasion of South Korea by forces from the North, had no desire whatsoever to get involved in an open war with the United States. While Soviet pilots flew sorties against the UN forces, the fact that China poured in hundreds of thousands of troops in support of the North Koreans was itself an escalation that made Stalin very wary. The Soviet Union proposed peace talks in 1951 that divided the peninsula along the 38th parallel. For his part, US President Harry Truman also was worried about escalating the conflict, which led to a very public falling out with General Douglas MacArthur, who advocated a general war against China. Truman fired MacArthur, and maintained his limited goal of not losing ground to communism.
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February 6, 2014
Storm leaves hundreds of thousands in the dark
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A snow-and-ice storm that caused more than a million U.S. power outages has long since cleared out, yet its effects are expected to linger for days as utility crews work feverishly to restore electricity.
The vast majority of the outages are in a single state, Pennsylvania, where some customers could be in the dark until the weekend.
One Pennsylvania official on Wednesday likened the damage to what you'd expect to see from a hurricane.
The Northeast's second winter storm of the week dumped more than a foot of snow in some states, forcing schools, businesses and government offices to close, snarling air travel and sending cars and trucks sliding on slippery roads and highways.
What made this storm stand out — and caused all of the outages — was the thick coating of ice it left on trees and power lines.
Power slowly returning to the 849K left in dark
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Utility crews have been working through the night to try to restore power to customers following the snow and ice storm that left more than 849,000 Pennsylvania households and businesses without electricity.
PECO reported more than 423,000 customers still without power before dawn this morning in the five-county Philadelphia region, down from a peak of more than 600,000. PECO has warned that it could take until the weekend for some people get their electricity back. Most of the problems are in the Philadelphia suburbs, with more than 127,000 customers still without power in Chester County, 126,000 in Montgomery County and 111,000 in Bucks County this morning.
FirstEnergy is reporting almost 53,000 customers without power, most of them in York County. PPL is reporting more than 20,000, almost all of them in Lancaster County.
Strings in Corbett's grant proposal gets pushback
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Gov. Tom Corbett's newly proposed grant program for public schools attaches strings to how the money is used, and that's getting pushback from Pennsylvania schools groups.
Corbett's administration defended the uses under the $340 million program as proven ways to improve student achievement. The Republican governor unveiled it a day ago as the centerpiece of his budget plan.
But groups including the Pennsylvania School Boards Association say it's better for the districts to have maximum flexibility over the money to help with difficult financial decisions.
The Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials says it's a bad time to handcuff schools that are dealing with rising costs and program and personnel cuts since 2011.
Charter schools also would get grant money, the first time state aid would flow directly to them.
NY closing 4 prisons gradually over a year
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's corrections chief says the latest prison closings have been taking place gradually following notifications last summer and shuttering half-empty facilities should save taxpayers $30 million.
Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Acting Commissioner Anthony Annucci, testifying before legislators Wednesday, says the state inmate total has dropped from 71,600 in 1999 to about 54,200 currently.
People imprisoned on drug convictions have declined from 24,000 in 1996 to fewer than 6,700 at the end of last year.
Lawmakers have lowered sentences for many drug crimes.
Following notifications last summer, closings are scheduled at minimum-security Monterey Shock facility in Schuyler County and medium-security Butler in Wayne County, Chateaugay in Franklin County and Mt. McGregor in Saratoga County effective July 26.
Nine other state prison facilities were previously closed.
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Chris Carmody, MBA, Adjunct Instructor of Information Systems Management
Mr. Carmody serves as Vice President for Information Technology for one of the nation's largest integrated healthcare providers, where his responsibilities span the 1,800 employed IT professionals. In this role, he ensures successful and secure exchange of patient electronic health records, Computing Infrastructure, Strategic planning, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) based process improvement, Communications, and Organizational Training. Chris, a CISA, previously served as IT Audit Manager within the organization. He sits on the Board of Visitors at Robert Morris University's School of Communications and Information Systems. In addition, he serves as an affiliate at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute.
Jean Dixon, Director of Information Security, Dick's Sporting Goods
Jean is the Director of Information Security for Dick's Sporting Goods and is responsible for compliance, policies and standards, security framework, eDiscovery, business continuity and disaster recovery. Prior to joining Dick's Sporting Goods, Ms. Dixon was one of three owners of the information security company, SecureState. Ms. Dixon has held Senior Management positions including the role of senior member of the Enterprise and Health Solutions consulting practice for SAIC delivering security solutions to clients and Senior Manager in the eSecurity Solutions practice of Ernst & Young LLP. Ms. Dixon is also a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and a Certified Enterprise Security Manager (CESM).
Kathleen S. Hartzel Associate, Ph.D., Professor of Information Systems Management
Dr. Hartzel is a professor in the Palumbo Donahue School of Business at Duquesne University. She earned her Ph.D. from the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh. She holds the CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management) and CSCP (Certified Supply Chain Professions) certifications from APCIS and the CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management) from the Project Management Institute. Dr. Hartzel's research interests include project management, the management of attitudes and behaviors during system development and use, and the impacts of technology on inter-organizational cooperation, competition, and ethical practices. Her research has appeared in journals such as MIS Quarterly, Journal of Management Information Systems, Communications of the ACM, Journal of Computer Information Systems, and Business and Society Review.
Patricia G. Phillips, D.Sc., Adjunct Instructor of Information Systems Management
Pat has over 25 years of IT systems development and management experience. She has extensive knowledge of banking software applications including a variety of cash management applications. She has experience on platforms such as mainframe, midrange and distributed environments. She has been involved in all phases of system development including planning, design, construction, testing, implementation and support. She holds a Project Management Professional credential from the Project Management Institute. She attained a certification as a Certified Treasury Professional from the Association of Financial Professionals. Pat holds a Doctor of Science in information systems and communications.
Charles F. Rodger, MBA, Adjunct Instructor
Chuck is a consultant and most recently was the UPMC Preparedness Portal Content Manager. Previously, he was employed by PNC as a Vice President and Technology Risk Director where he managed the business continuity and crisis response program through such notable events as Y2K, 9/11/01, as well as multiple hurricanes and natural disasters. Chuck's research interests include corporate crisis management, crisis and emergency risk communications and critical incident stress management. He is currently the chairman of the PA Region 13 Risk Communications Committee and holds many technical certifications including Certified Business Continuity Professional and Certified Information Systems Security Professional.
Riley Seals, MSL, Adjunct Instructor Information Technology
Riley is a senior sales management professional for a tier-one global IP telecommunications provider. In this role he specializes in developing effective wireless and wire-line strategies using converged wireless wireline IP solutions. This involves renegotiating contracts, and increasing client commitment terms and financial obligations through the development of strategic plans, operational models and marketing programs. Riley's focus is on increasing productivity of mobile and traditional workers while reducing overall organizational costs by extending corporate networks and applications to wireless devices. He has also been responsible for corporate training of wireless technology solutions. Mr. Seals holds a Master of Science in Leadership and Information Technology from Duquesne University.
Richard B. Taylor II, MSL, Adjunct Instructor
Rick is the President of the Lehigh-Delaware Valley Local Interest Group for itSMF. He is also a contributor of the standard for the Help Desk Institute Support Center Certification. Rick has also served as a board member of the TIMIX (Texas Instruments Minicomputer Information Exchange). Currently, Rick is a Process Analyst for the Incident, Knowledge, and Problem Management best practices at Highmark. Rick is a certified practitioner in the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) best practices for Information Systems. His other certifications include Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), CompTIA A+, and Help Desk Manager. He holds his Master of Science Degree in Leadership and Business Ethics from Duquesne University.


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Release date: Friday October 15, 2010 (Limited)
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 1 hr. 47 min
Director: Tony Goldwyn
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Producer(s): Andrew Sugerman, Andrew S. Karsch, Tony Goldwyn
Screenplay: Pamela Gray
Cast: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver, Melissa Leo, Peter Gallagher, Juliette Lewis
Official Site: foxsearchlight.com/conviction
Rating: R for language and some violent images
Available film art: Conviction movie posters
CONVICTION is the inspirational true story of a sister's unwavering devotion to her brother. When Betty Anne Waters' (Hilary Swank) older brother Kenny (Sam Rockwell) is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction.
Convinced that her brother is innocent, Betty Anne puts herself through high school, college and, finally, law school in an 18 year quest to free Kenny. With the help of best friend Abra Rice (Minnie Driver), Betty Anne pores through suspicious evidence mounted by small town cop Nancy Taylor (Melissa Leo), meticulously retracing the steps that led to Kenny's arrest. Belief in her brother—and her quest for the truth—pushes Betty Anne and her team to uncover the facts and utilize DNA evidence with the hope of exonerating Kenny.
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Houston, TX (Sports Network) - The Houston Rockets waived Luis Scola, making the forward their amnesty player Friday amid reports they are looking to trade for Dwight Howard.
Scola has played all five of his NBA seasons for the Rockets, averaging 14.5 points and 7.7 rebounds in 386 games.
"Decisions like this are never easy, especially when it involves a player with the character and work ethic of Luis Scola," Rockets owner Leslie Alexander said in a statement.
"Luis is a special player whose winning qualities embodied what it means to be a Houston Rocket. His accomplishments in a Rockets uniform speak for themselves and we wish him all the best in the future."
Losing Scola via the amnesty provision cleared cap space the Rockets could use to absorb contracts, which is what ESPN.com said the Rockets were doing in an attempt to land Howard, the disgruntled Orlando Magic center who has been the topic of trade rumors for a while.
The website said the Rockets could take on the contracts of Glen Davis, Jason Richardson and Chris Duhon in a trade, letting the Magic clear their payroll to rebuild.
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6ABC reports on Penn Medicine's celebration of the new Basser Research Center for BRCA, a first-of-its-kind center focusing on the treatment and prevention of cancers associated with the inherited BRCA gene mutations. Women who carry these genetic mutations have a greatly increased risk of developing breast, ovarian and other cancers during their lives. Penn alumni Jon and Mindy Gray's $25 million gift creates a path for close collaboration between researchers and clinicians who are working to find new ways to prevent these cancers, detect them early when they occur, and treat them in new, more effective ways.
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One someone gets me in kesa the first thing I try to do is not only escape but win the match.
If they are thin enough I can often reach my free arm around their back and grab their forearm by going under the armpit(in wrestling terms it would be a "one on one") if I can get it and pull hard they are in a world of trouble.There's a couple ways it can go from here but they all lead to me getting his back with hooks in, unless I screw something up.
It is my match to lose.
If I find I can't get the one on one and subsequent easy win, THEN I start looking to escape by getting on top.
If I can't then I look to get guard.
I think it's important to consider not just escaping but where you escape to.
I know a couple good escapes that if tried vs a skilled grappler will usually leave me under north/south which is often an even suckier position.
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iPhone, Android, carriers, and the wrong wrong fight
Is it Apple vs. Google or platforms vs. carriers? I think neither. I think it's carriers vs. us, the users and here's why.
John Gruber from Daring Fireball links to this article from Elia Freedman's Elia Insider:
We have been distracted by ridiculous arguments and fabricated "wars" for too long. We have been distracted by thinking that Google is Microsoft and Apple is Apple in a doomed fight already fought 20 years ago.
But that is not the fight we should be caring about at all. The fight we should be talking about, but aren't, is the fight between mobile device makers and the carriers. This is the only real fight that matters.
Only not really, because aside from Apple it doesn't look like other platform makers or manufacturers are putting up much of a fight. Some are compliant, letting carriers dictate terms of the features and apps that can or can't be installed -- everything from indelible bloatware to locked down search engines to locked out side loads. Others are complicit, designing phones expressly to the specifications of carriers -- see Torch, BlackBerry.
Now TiPb has been covering these issues long before it was trendy, so if you want to groan and reach for your giant foam FANBOY hand, go right ahead. But if Apple had partnered with Verizon in 2007 would the original iPhone have had no Wi-Fi, a crippled GPS, and carrier-exclusive store (not to mention a big ugly logo on the face?) It might have. But Apple didn't go with Verizon. They didn't make that deal. They still haven't. They struck a deal with AT&T that ensured Apple control of the phone experience, and network knocks or not, a few embarrassing delays like MMS and tethering aside, the iPhone is exactly the phone Apple thinks their customers want.
During Steve Jobs' interview at the D8 conference he said companies often don't understand who their customers are. To make that sentiment fit this context, most platform makers and manufacturers think the carriers are their customers. Apple thinks the users are their customers (even if they think they know what we want better than we do) and that more than anything else explains the massive difference in end-user facing iPhone vs. other platforms.
There are carrier apps on some webOS devices and the original Pixi lacked Wi-Fi. RIM sees carriers as partners to such an extent they created the Storm. AT&T Android phones can't side load apps as shipped. Verizon is looking to supplant Android market with their own, curated carrier app store. Samsung's Galaxy S phones are littered with bloatware. Verizon's Galaxy S has Bing not as the default but as the only search option (sans hackery).
Are the carriers to blame for that? Friedman and MG Siegler from TechCrunch seem to think so:
My point is that the same "openness" that Android users are touting as a key selling point of the OS could very well end up being its weak point. If you don't think Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint are going to try to commandeer the OS in an attempt to return to their glory days where we were all slaves to their towers, you're being naive.
And I'd agree -- if the platform makers and manufacturers were putting up a fight. But again, they're not. Motorola is busy locking down their firmware, not battling it out with Verizon (and it's Verizon, not Motorola, who licensed the Droid trademark from Lucas, lest we mistake who owns that line of devices). Google even canned their lone, shining light of rebellion -- the Nexus One and the carrier-free store that sold it.
It should be obvious by now carriers aren't abusing Android's openness, they're using it. Google wanted Android adopted quickly and broadly by manufacturers and carriers and they've gotten their wish. Had they wanted it to be truly in the best interests of users they would have set it up differently from the start, used a different license and built in some protection, told the carriers to slag off, and not only stuck with the Nexus One but made the Nexus Two, Three, and Four. At the very least they would have denied Google branding and apps to carriers that violated the spirit of their OS. At most they would have used the same single act of will Apple did to disintermediated the carriers. If anyone besides Apple could do it, it's Google.
Instead they've turned back the clock and eroded what Apple started in 2007. They've given the carriers a competitive platform the carriers can control.
That's disappointing.
It means if Apple vs. Google is the wrong fight, manufacturers vs. carriers is the wrong wrong fight. The true battle is carriers vs. users, because it looks like every manufacturer besides Apple is letting carriers dictate the phones. And, as customers, if there's anyone that's proven to be less user friendly than Apple, Google, or any other platform maker, it's the carriers.
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iPhone, Android, carriers, and the wrong wrong fight
This may be your magnum opus Rene (that I've read), thanks for the great editorial!
It seems to me that the choice between apple and android tends to be "which carrier do you want?" Now that's a battle we should be fighting. Every carrier sucks. But we should at least get to choose.
I completely agree. But I feel like this the result of having subsidized hardware. (Excluding Apple) I think that it's crazy that Verizon and other carriers are replacing core features that come with Android to push their own. (i.e. Search, Google Maps, Side-loading apps) It's just crazy to me that the Nexus one is the only phone that you can get stock Android on to get all goodies of Android.
I don't understand. You make it sound as if Apple isn't compliant with the carriers. R u kidding me? Aside the logo issue with Verizon, Apple as been extremely compliant.
Here are some examples (if you don't believe me):
1) WiFi vs 3G. Until at&t gave their blessing, allowing apps like Slingplayer, Akype, etc to use 3G, the app store (aka Apple), did not alow these apps to be released with 3G enabled.
2) Tethering - Even though it was always possible to tether (ala Jailbreak apps), Apple never allowed it because it would piss off at&t
3) selling unlocked phones in the USA. Gee, apple sells unlocked phones in other countries, but at&t said NO!, therefore NO!
So please, Apple is jsut like every other manufacturer, they r in bed with the carriers.
Apple is little better than other hardware manufacturers.
The truth hurts.
Rene I dont understand why you even bother with these editorials. A Verizon iPhone would have been a huge success. And you make it sound as though Apple turned Verizon down. Thats clearly not the case. Next Verizon added a section to the android market that contains apps that Verizon thinks are useful (ex. Skype, Barcode scanner) along with their v-cast apps, but they don't require you to download any of that and if the user doesn't click on the Verizon tap they'll never even see what Verizon has to offer.
Sure the carriers always add useless less functional crapware to their phone but the iPhone is no exception. Have you heard of At&t Nav in the app store?
And i cant believe you even touched on the point of Motorola locking down their phones.
You are ridiculously bias and you should really stop attacking Android on an iPhone blog. You make the rest of us iPhone supporters look bad. You never see precentral, or android central blatantly attack ever other platform and it really makes the stereotype about iPhone users having huge egos more realistic.
I have both a droid x and a iPhone 3gs and both of them are equally customer friendly. And if someone complains as much as you do about bloatware, with android you can simple remove whatever you don't want on your phone by means of third party apps or by rooting.
I dont use stocks, compass, voice memos, the itunes app, or gamecenter (yet) and they cant be removed in anyway with a stock iPhone. So the iPhone has its share of bloatware too.
Mike, your an idiot! I don't like AT&T anymore than the next guy. But, if they had allowed the apps like slingplayer or the use of tethering it would have collapsed their entire network. The iPhone had and continues to have unprecedented sales figures. AT&T is trying hard to keep up, but no carrier could have handled this kind of load without the delays and restrictions. I think Verizon has the best network and coverage, but the dumbest asses in the world running the company. The greedy bastards don't want anything bein used on their network that they can't control and especially charge for. It's simply not enough for Big Red to get our money for calling, data and text. The feel the need to find a way to charge for GPS and anything else.
Rene, your dead on! It is and always has been the carriers vs. the users. Thanks for having the guts to put it out there.
Great post Rene. I really did like the direction Google was taking with the N1 and was sad to see it canned. Apple is the only one here with the balls to keep any outside(carrier) influences out of their vision for their phone. It's clear noone else cares about the end users. If they did, putting Bing as the default on the Fascinate would have been ludicrous.
The carriers are definitely an issue that will end up needing to be reigned in at some point but it won't be by the manufacturers. It will be by consumers and possibly by government intervention on the behalf of those consumers filing enough complaints against the carriers. As Mike pointed out, Apple is just as guilty of bowing to the carriers as any other manufacture. Maybe AT&T limited some of what they could do because of their poor network but the fact they stuck exclusive to AT&T while that was happening is telling of just how much control carriers have even over Apple.
good post almost everything said is true. Their are only two android phones that you can get the way google intended the n1 and droid1. Im thinking about getting an iphone 4 just because I don't want a cartier in my phone. I was amazed when vzw switched me too a d2 in how much bloat this thing comes with, from skype mobile that is all but useless to backup assist that eats up ram and does the same thing as one of androids core frictions. I'll give them until the end of the year if this continues I'm gone
Did you read what I wrote? Apple does kiss at&t's tushie. Yes, Apple has a vision. Apple does stick to that vision. But to say that Apple is not influenced by at&t is rediculous.
It was at&t that put the kabash on Skype going 3G way back when. at&t didn't want their customers using data (where it was unlimited) for free to call friends and family...
and it was at&t that didn't want Slingplayer to crush their fragile network (which it was and still is in NYC) by being a bandwidth hog.
There there is the 10 meg (now 20 meg) limit to downloads (podcasts, apps, etc). Apple wouldn't care. That is all at&t.
I firmly believe that many of the more visiable rejections were at&t instigated. Not all, we know that Apple can be heavy-handed, but at&t was part of the problem.
So please, Apple is no angel here.
If as u say, at&t has issues with their network, whcih I can agree with (coming from NYC), then they should never have allowed UNLIMITED data. They should not have imposed restrictions on Apple, they should say, ok, u wnt to watch TV on your iPhone, PAYUP!! Like now, it'll cost u per GB after a 2GB cap. Maybe back int he day, they could have said, 1 GB ot less, if their network was so bad. No need to tie the handles of Apple. Or for Apple to LET at&t tie their hands. Apple should have said to at&t, hey, if you can't handle the bandwidth, YOU limit it, leave us out of it.
But Apple bent over backwards to appease at&t.
Sorry, dem the facts..... Like it or not.
I think what we're all missing with Apple is that we don't completely know what concessions Apple was able to get from AT&T, and that these were just the beginning. Now, with Android, what motivation do carriers have to be more consumer friendly? Instead of seeing the iPhone as the cash cow, they campaign hard against it for it's shortcomings - and rightly so, milk their crippled Android platform phones - built upon the reputation of previous, good android phones - and know that they won't have to spend on their network as much as they might with iPhone. And with the Verizon app store, they are trying to undo what has long been the staple of the Android platform, locking the consumer to one carrier. Also, they know that it's not Apples style to go after Android, because when you're on top, you don't go after number 2. On AT&T side, they won't go after other carriers, pointing out their flawed Android phones like Verzion does with the iPhone, because they do it with their Android phones too. Our only hope as comsumers is that Google start their own carrier company or Apple does.
Apple cares about the user experience, and anything that improves the user experience. They want us to have those features you talk about, but not at the cost of a poor experience.
Apple wouldn't care? They do care, and that is why they comply with AT&T's network limitations. I'm not praising AT&T, and do wish they had a stronger network, but they don't, so we need to just deal with it until Apple switches to another carrier. Allowing things like tethering, downloading of apps over 20MB, Facetime over 3G, etc. would kill the AT&T network, and in return kill the user experience. Apple isn't just going to give those features because they can, but they will give them when they know that their users will be able to enjoy those features without a bad experience. These features won't come until AT&T gives the go-ahead because they are the one's who know their network best, and can tell when best to implement these features.
Good article. I completely agree that people are fighting about the wrong things. I truly hope in the short term we'll see some serious changes with the current carries. Once the iPhone heads to a different carrier in the U.S. I'm hoping we'll see some price drops and competition in data plans.
"They do care, and that is why they comply with AT&T's network limitations."
Then why are they still EXCLUSIVE to AT&T? That contract agreement they had with the original iPhone has to have ended by now. There are 3 other major carriers and they still don't have devices on any of those networks. Plus there are all the local carriers that Apple could easily push around if they wanted to have them bent to their requirements. But they haven't done any of that. They are still on AT&T only and they are still being strongly influanced by AT&T's interests.
This post isn't trying to knock on iphone or android.. This is letting us know that carriers are trying to change phones that could be great but instead mess it up.. Like for example the new samsung fascinate for vzw.. They switched the search to bing instead of trying to give an option.. And then now vzw is trying to replace the android market to their own market app store.. Which I think is horrible.. Just cause its of highquality doesn't mean its going to be great cause we all know most of the fun games are games that was just fun and not fancy.. So if they start changing what is suppose to be a great phone and put their own stuff and not let us have what we want then they will lose my business
You're soooooooo right! The Verizon iPhone would have been a big hit. Because it's an iPhone! But what would it have been exactly? What software would have been on it? How much vcrap would have been stuck (forever) on the main screen? Blackberry is definitely not listening to anybody other than carriers! What end user would ask them to keep using the same is they had in the beginning. It's hardly made any progress! It looks like a working pocket museum! The resolution of the screens wouldn't pass or be accepted on any other device costing what they cost! Why have they kept front facing cameras off of all American phones for so long? Even Apple let's AT&T push them around to a small degree. We just got video calling and it's wifi only because AT&T's network eats donkey ass!! They even took Netshare out of the iTunes app store because AT&T was crying about it. Other than that small thing Apple is the lone rebel. They've made a phone that changed all future phones. One that saved a carrier and allowed it to sale a phone with 3G in the name to millions of people in areas not in those 3 cities with 3G coverage! LOL! The Android Market will never be what iTunes is. The interface of android will never look as good an the iPhone. But we should really start submitting designs to carriers and a list of features that we must have! Peoe in Japan have been buying things by swiping barcodes on posters for years. There are so many thugs that we deserve as part of the price that we pay monthly! So many features. We should have been on LTE years ago! Screw the Carriers!! All of them!
Amen. Very well stated.
I can definitely agree with this article. I myself struggled with Android vs. iPhone. The iPhone won only because I'm a Mac user and all my data syncs so nicely. Ultimately, the real indicator of the iPhone's success is that it can be locked into what has been perceived as a "crappy" network (AT&T) and cause other networks to scramble as they see their users switch over to AT&T for the iPhone.
That article was well written. I actually agreed with majority (very rare with you Rene).
But, correct me if I'm wrong, Google does have a small step back, not allowing the "with Google" logo on devices not up to their standards. (I don't remember seeing it on any Galaxy S devices or Droids).
And also, even at the risk of dooming my loved Android, if customers REALLY have that big of a problem, they should show it with their wallets, not their mouths. And if Apple REALLY wanted to help be there for the consumers, they'd at LEAST allow a way to get an iPhone on every carrier so the consumer COULD in fact show with their wallet. Don't like the bloated phones...go to the Apple store, get an iPhone, activate it on the carrier. A carrier can not deny an unlocked phone from being activated.
But alas, it's all a dream for every single point of that. So until Apple gets on all carriers...Google finally mandates some things...we're stuck with this. Eh...
@iDavey: The 'with google' logo can be found on the back of the Galaxy S, right in the middle, and on the bottom right corner of the back on the Droid X. Can't speak for any other droids, but they are there.
All of the problems Rene is saying droid has as a platform is easily fixed, not by hand-wringing but by getting yourself some root and deleting carrier crap and switching yourself onto the android standards. You forget that if you want to change something on android, you can actually change it. Not every platform makes forces you to stay with things as they are out of the box.
Aren't you guys SO lucky to have Apple as your eternal big brother looking over your shoulder and saving you from having to pick which carrier you want and or which apps you want.
Apple does ALL the things you are saying android is failing at by itself by being carrier locked. There is one iPhone and one network per nation that carries it, which lets them dictate pricing and force their customers to either pay what they want and only use it the way they are told, or to get off the train.
Comparing that to specific versions of the Galaxy S having a keyboard or a front facing camera... Well its not the same ballpark...
"Apple cares about the user experience, and anything that improves the user experience. They want us to have those features you talk about, but not at the cost of a poor experience."
haha really sounds like fanboy talk. Why is it when Apple caves into a carrier's pressure, it is user expierence that is important, but when another manufacturer does it, it is accused of being "in bed" with the carrier.
If is walks like a duck, it quacks like a duck .....
Really sounds like fanboy talk.
But I can respect your view.
@JasonI have to agree with you. I absolutely hated what Motorola did with the Droid X interface. Butt-ugly widgets, IMO. But Rene is right. I just got my Sprint Epic (a.k.a. Galaxy S). I absolutely love it - except for one thing. The international version has an FM radio that I was really looking forward to using. But alas, not one of the U.S. carriers retained the radio. Sure Sprint demanded a keyboard (don't use it 'cause Swype is SOOO much better). A flash that the intl version doesn't have (don't need it 98% of the time). But it doesn't change the fact that Sprint screwed with the device.For that matter, all 4 carriers have the Galaxy S under different names. And each one of them did something the other didn't: be it a big think like Verizon swapping Google for Bing or Sprint removing the color icons used in Setting in favor of white icons.That's why this blog rips into them like it does: http://androidsfuture.blogspot.com/2010/08/editorial-dont-get-played-by-...
Why blame the carriers. In Us everybody wants a cheap phone(at the time of buying) with lots of features. They are ready to pay the cost several hundred dollars later(like credit card debt). This model is only prevalent in US. In Asia people have to pay upfront for the handset and then choose the service. Naturally they can decide what they want.
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Switzerland - Adelboden & Our Chalet
In the summer the mountainous landscape of the Bernese Oberland invites you to enjoy over 300 kilometres of well-groomed hiking and mountain biking trails from where you will experience spectacular panoramic views of the unspoilt alpine landscapes and traditional Swiss chalets below. The idyllic village of Adelboden is picture-perfect in every way and as the home to the WAGGGS World Centre, Our Chalet, it is the perfect summer holiday destination for Guide and Senior Section groups.
There is so much to do in and around Adelboden that there will never be a dull moment and with the reliable and unique public transport system, getting around the region couldn't be any easier! When the sun is out opt for swimming in the local outdoor pool, cycling and river rafting and if the rain passes through for a short time then pack your day full of activities such as indoor rock climbing or ice skating. Sampling some of the local cuisine, including the famous Swiss fondue, is always a fun evening activity and comes highly recommended by our representatives who are always on-hand to offer you advise or just a friendly face.
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1st Full DayPosted on 1 August 2015, Category: Adelboden
Weather just like home. RAIN Late rise which the boys appreciated breakfast and then some venture out to the open air pool with the view you get wet in the pool anyway. Others having a wee look around the village while others some just chilling. Early dinner before we join in the local National day...Read more
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We are currently at Hotel Alpina enjoyjing lots of cheese and traditional Swiss entertainment :) The three entertainers just treated us to a rendition of Happy Birthday for our girls Abigail and Jasmine. Their instruments are so beautiful, you can really imagine the sounds echoing around the mountains outside (the panoramic views here are amazing!)...Read more
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- Lauterbrunnen, Trummelbach falls, Murren
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- Engstligenalp cable car, Cheesemaker visit and Swimming
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- Boat trip to Interlaken, St Beatus Caves, Schuh chocolate show
- Adventure Park (light pass) and Swiss evening
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Day 1: You board the coach and settle in for your overnight journey across the channel and onwards to Switzerland.
Day 2: As you arrive in resort you will be met by your friendly Venture Abroad representative who will ensure you have everything you need to settle in. Where better to spend your first day than the local open air heated pool?
Day 3: Don your walking boots and set off to Engstligenalp, where you will stop for a picnic and some time to take in the astonishing scenery. Hike back to Adelboden where your afternoon will be filled with an orientation visit of the picturesque village.
Day 4: Travel by bus and train to the other side of the valley and you will find yourself in Kandersteg – a chance to discover Kandersteg International Scout Centre. In the afternoon, take the cable car up to Öschinensee and take a swim in the stunning blue lake. Whilst there, why not try out the summer toboggan?.
Day 5: You couldn't visit this region of Switzerland without taking the opportunity to visit the WAGGGS World Centre, Our Chalet. After Our Chalet, make your way up to Woodcarver's workshop where each member of your group will receive a woggle with their name engraved on it. Leave the workshop behind and embark on the Cholorenschlucht hike where you will experience some great views of this stunning gorge.
Day 6: Under the supervision of the Alpinschule guides, spend the day flying across the river with a zip wire, abseiling down the riverbank from the bridge and navigating your way through a ropes course.
Day 7: Travel by a traditional old Swiss Railway and take the Niesenbahn to a mountain summit from which you have wonderful panoramic views of the mountains, valleys and lakes. In the afternoon, return to Adelboden and relax in the chalet before taking part in the Swiss Evening at a local hotel.
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Contact 5 Special Report: Playground Dangers
Broken parts, missing equipment, exposed nails
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Broken metal, cracked plastic and exposed nails.
These are just a few of the problems the Contact 5 investigators discovered at area playgrounds.
Carl Abraham is a recreational safety consultant who has testified in hundreds of playground injury cases.
He says the most common playground peril is under your feet.
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission and the American Society for Testing and Materials have standards for safe surfacing cover that include 12 inches of fresh mulch, pea gravel, sand, rubber mulch or wood chips.
"If a child falls and the surface isn't right, a child can wind up with head injuries. It's very serious. It happens all the time," Abraham told the Contact 5 Investigators.
"I'm like 'oh my God, oh my God,' and 'umm, I'm sorry,' " said Tara Saxon who knows all about head injuries on the playground. Her seven-year-old son was hospitalized after, she says, he tripped on a concrete section of playground while in aftercare. Saxon is now suing the daycare.
"It was shocking to me that this could actually happen," she said. "I was just devastated."
Three years later, her son John still struggles with memory loss, and according to his doctor, it may continue for the rest of his life.
"I'm just lucky he's alive," Saxon said.
John is one of an estimated 200,000 children nationwide, according to the CPSC, who, each year enter the playground and land in a hospital emergency room.
"There are no perfect playgrounds," Abraham said. "There are safe playgrounds where the risks are essentially small."
After visiting dozens of playgrounds in Palm Beach County and along the Treasure Coast, the Contact 5 Investigators invited Abraham to see what we found.
Click here to view inspection results and playground location in your area.
In Riviera Beach, not far from the newly restored Wells Recreation Center and newly designed municipal playground on Singer Island, is Monroe Heights Park.
"I can see right away there are problems here," said Abraham who pointed to the dirt surface as a top concern.
"This is like a rock, this is unacceptable," he said.
Also a safety concern, according to Abraham, a rocking dinosaur missing its handle and the park's only climbing apparatus was missing several steps.
"There's no defense to this," he said. "If a child was playing on this and did fall, it's an excellent case against the municipality, without any question. Either make it safe and bring back new equipment or remove everything."
The Contact 5 Investigators took Abraham's concerns straight to John Williams, Director of the Riviera Beach Parks & Recreation Department.
View inspection results and playground location on this interactive map.
"We try our best to make sure we have some of the best, some of the safest playgrounds in the county," said Williams who also indicated that city playgrounds are inspected every day.
However, when the Contact 5 Investigators asked for the most recent inspection reports from Monroe Heights, we were provided 2009 records. Williams said the city was still working on getting us more recent reports.
As for the problems the Contact 5 Investigators found at Monroe Heights, Williams responded, "It will be taken care of."
Up the street at Cunningham Park, faded caution tape has not taken care of cracked plastic on the playground, rusted and broken parts and the hole in the middle of the slide..
When asked how long the city has known about conditions at Cunningham Park, Williams responded, "we've known about Cunningham Park for at least two years."
So why hasn't the city torn this playground down?
"If you go back there now, it has been removed," said Williams. Days after the Contact 5 Investigators started asking questions about Cunningham Park, the playground was torn down.
Cunningham Park is scheduled to undergo a total renovation this year, according to the city's Parks & Recreation Director. Monroe Heights will, eventually, undergo a renovation.
"It's not like we've sat back for years and not done anything to parks. It's just that we can't afford to do them all at one time," said Williams.
Time, it appears, has also stood still at Hand Park in Belle Glade. That's where the Contact 5 Investigators found cracks in a slide, splintered plywood and holes in metal. But, resting in the middle of the playground, surrounded by children running around, we found a charred log with a 10-inch nail sticking out of it.
Turns out the nail was just one of hundreds of nails sticking out of a burnt canopy hut nearby.
Contact 5 Investigator Katie LaGrone got on the phone with the city that day.
"I want to bring this to somebody's attention right now before another day goes by," she said.
Ten days later the hut and
the exposed nails were still at the park.
"We try to keep up on everything but sometimes the little things get by, said city commissioner Larry Underwood who met with us along with Belle Glade's Parks and Recreation Director.
"That was an act of vandalism that just happened a few days ago," said Underwood. However, according to the incident report, the canopy went up in flames in March.
Contact 5: "Commissioner why not tear this thing down?"
"I'll make you a promise, the next time you come out and see this, you won't know this park," said commissioner Underwood.
Days after our interview in Belle Glade, the charred canopy hut was torn down. Portions of the playground at Hand Park were also shut down until safety concerns are addressed.
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What is the hardest thing to find right now on a store shelf? Twinkies or any other Hostess product.
The reason, of course, is due to the announcement that the 80-year-old company is closing shop and no longer making the tasty treats.
At the Wegmans on East Avenue in Rochester, the Hostess section is basically bare. The only Hostess products left are the low-calorie snacks. There are no Twinkies or Cupcakes or Ding Dongs or Ho Ho's. The now empty shelves are being filled with Little Debbie brand snacks.
Mary Schneggenburger was looking for her favorite treats, but left the store empty handed Friday night. "I was looking for the snowballs. That was my guilty pleasure. If I was going to eat one, that was the one I would eat", she says.
She also says it is "a shame to see icons" like Hostess go away, and she is not alone. Fellow shoppers Stephanie McBride and Shaunte Carley talked to News10NBC about how much they loved the Hostess pies. McBride asked anyone who has any left "send them my way." Carley said even though she is "not a chocolate person," she loved the Hostess Chocolate pies.
Both women are well aware that the little snacks are now something of the past. Carley asked the question a lot of people are asking. "How can Hostess not be around anymore?" The company made $2.5 billion dollars in 2011. However, at the same time, Hostess posted a loss of $341 million. Then a strike over the past week by baker's union members concerning wage cuts was the final blow for the company.
Now the loss is on the customers. McBride says "It's sad that my kids won't be able to have a Hostess Twinkie."
That's not necessarily true for two reasons. First, there are hundreds of people selling Twinkies online. We checked on Ebay and you can buy a box for around $10 with free shipping. Some sellers are asking much more. One has three boxes of Twinkies listed for $74.99 and another is asking $500 for one box of Twinkies.
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|1972Cleveland, Ohio U.S. [1]in
|Vincent Marotta, Sr. and Samuel Glazer
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States
|coffee makers, espresso makers, iced tea makers
|Jarden Consumer Solutions
Mr. Coffee is a registered trademark of Sunbeam Products, Inc. d/b/a Jarden Consumer Solutions. The Mr. Coffee brand manufactures automatic-drip kitchen coffee machines as well as other products.
Vincent Marotta, Sr. and Samuel Glazer founded a company in Cleveland, Ohio[2] focused on coffee delivery called North American Systems (NAS) in the early 70's.[3] At this time, Marotta had an idea to create an automatic drip coffeemaker. Marotta and Glazer hired two former Westinghouse engineers, Edmund Abel and Edwin Schulze to engineer the idea.[4][5] In 1972, the Mr. Coffee brand drip coffee maker was made available for home use.[6] Unlike later models, this original offering with its distinctive yellow and white gingham decal used gravity to immediately pull water through a heating section and allowed to drip freely into carafe below. Later units used thermosyphons (similar to the principle operating geysers) to carry water up from a reservoir as it reached boiling point in the lift tube, identical to the percolator principle but without the endless recirculation and reheating of the coffee.
In 1973, Marotta convinced former baseball player Joe DiMaggio[7] to become an advertising spokesman for the brand. This coffee maker revolutionized coffee and sold more than one million units by April 1974. Prior to this machine, coffee was primarily made in a percolator which often gave it a bitter and burned flavor. The new Mr. Coffee machine produced a much more uniform brewing temperature which resulted in a much better flavor.
A succession of products from 1992 to 1995, the Potato Perfect, the Mr. Coffee Juicer, Food Dehydrator by Mr. Coffee, Breadmaker by Mr. Coffee, and Mrs. Tea Hot Tea Maker, contributed about one-third of Mr. Coffee's total annual sales of $174 million by 1995. In the 1980s, Mr. Coffee endured a leveraged buyout and two significant changes in ownership before being acquired by Health O Meter Products, Inc. (eventually known as Signature Brands USA) in 1994.[8]
In 1995, a variation was produced by the same company for tea called "Mrs. Tea". The machine differed from the Mr. Coffee branded appliance only in detail as the company claims the drip process works equally well for tea as for coffee,[9] although the result is often a darker, samovar type of tea.
In 1998 Sunbeam Corporation (eventually known as American Household, Inc.) purchased Signature Brands (Health o Meter and Mr. Coffee). In January 2005, Jarden acquired American Household, Inc.[10]
Popular culture[edit]
There have been several cultural references to the easily parodied name. It has been parodied in the Back to the Future trilogy as Mr. Fusion (which was actually made for the movie from a Krups coffee grinder), and in Spaceballs as Mr. Radar and Mr. Coffee itself. It was also mentioned in The Bloodhound Gang's song "The Bad Touch", in the full version of the Cheers theme song, the Marah song "Christian St." and in the title of Raymond Carver's short story "Mr. Coffee and Mr. Fixit." A Mr. Coffee branded appliance also appeared in a scene in the film Apollo 13. (However, a number of critics pointed out that this was technically inaccurate, since the film took place in 1970, and the Mr. Coffee branded appliance wouldn't be introduced until 1972.[11]) In the Futurama movie, The Beast With A Billion Backs, one character can be seen using a "Mr. Wino" machine to make wine directly from grapes. In Hoyle Card Games 2011, Rhett said "That's worse than Mr. Coffee".[12] Mr. Coffee was mentioned in the American TV show Seinfeld.
Mr. Coffee today[edit]
|This section contains content that is written like an advertisement. (February 2012)
Recently, the Mr. Coffee product development team altered how their drip coffee maker works with a method dubbed "Optimal Brew". The coffee maker does not use the previously mentioned traditional method of routing the water over a heating coil under the warming plate invented by Marotta, Abel, and Schulze. Instead, a small flash boiling chamber flash heats the water to deliver the water to the beans within a temperature range of 195-200 degrees F.[13] Heating the water this way allows 10 cups to be brewed in generally less than eight minutes depending on the barometric pressure.[14] Once brewed the coffee stays warm in a thermal carafe without requiring a heating plate which could potentially burn the coffee. This coffee maker engineered and designed by TEAMS Design USA and the Jarden team, won a Red Star Award[15] in 2010 and an Appliance Magazine EID Award [16] in 2011.
More recently, Mr. Coffee has licensed the Keurig K-cup technology[17] to introduce a line of single serve hot beverage machines. Also recently introduced, the Mr. Coffee Cafe Latte brews coffee as well as whips in steamed milk in one step.[18]
More than 600,000 coffeemakers, Chinese-made Mr. Coffee Single Cup Brewing System models, are being voluntarily recalled in the United States and Canada. A brewing malfunction can release steaming water and grounds. More than 61 injuries, including facial and hand burns, have been reported.[19]
- ^ "Here's to Mr. Coffee, Known to Some as Sam", The New York Times, March 21, 2012
- ^ About Mr. Coffee
- ^ History of NAS
- ^ NAS hires engineers
- ^ "NORTH AMERICAN SYSTEMS, INC.". The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. 20 Jun 1997. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ Mr. Coffee History
- ^ NPR story on how DiMaggio became Mr. Coffee spokesman
- ^ Detailed Company History
- ^ Mrs. Tea Introduction
- ^ Jarden acquisitions
- ^ IMDB: Goofs for Apollo 13
- ^ Download Hoyle Card Games 2011
- ^ National Coffee Brewing Association
- ^ Blogger reviews Optimal Brew
- ^ 2010 Red Star Design Award
- ^ 2011 Appliance Magazine EID Award
- ^ Mr. Coffee licenses Keurig K-Cup technology
- ^ Introducing Mr. Coffee Cafe Latte
- ^ Barnett, Jim. "Voluntary recall of 600,000 coffeemakers due to burn risk". CNN. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- NPR Story on Mr. Coffee and Joe DiMaggio
- Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Case Western Reserve University


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Letter from Wallace to his mother describing a treatment for fever, collecting insects and birds, meeting Sir James Brooke and problems with his field assistant, dated September 1854.
Wallace updates his mother on his travels. After collecting for two months in Malacca (Malaysia), he returned to Singapore. Wallace describes a remedy for a 'pretty strong touch of the fever'. By this he means malaria. He was told that while in South America he had taken only half the required dose of quinine needed to cure his symptoms. It was during an attack of malaria that Wallace came up with the concept of natural selection as a mechanism for evolution. He suffered bouts of malaria throughout his life, but despite his exposure to tropical diseases, Wallace lived to be 90 years old.
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Wallace's main complaint was about his assistant, Charles Allen. He summarises his feelings at the very end of the letter. 'If it were not for the expense I would send Charles home; I think I could not have chanced upon a more utterly careless boy. After 5 months I have still to tell him to put things away after he has been using them...' Wallace had high standards and expected others to meet them. Obviously poor Charles was not cut out for some of the fieldwork.
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Spring gobbler season closes out this Saturday (May 18). The end can oft spell relief from the middle of the night wake-ups and loss of sleep that goes with it. Sleep deprivation can be a form of torture, just like turkey hunting … Just kidding on the turkey hunting part however, but the scores of hunters that are somewhat addicted and have come to be known as "diehards" know full well what we're talking about.
And diehards they are, confessing to being one for having done so much of it over the years. Along those lines, I feel like I'm beginning to look and act more like a turkey all the time. For those that work for a living, they must have understanding bosses for sure. Like for example, "If I'm not here on time, you'll know what happened boss." All this is not to mention the possible losses in productivity from the weary-eyed gobbler chasers having to perform the day shift after being up half the night!
Guilty on that count too. Per the grinding challenge of the sport, many have thrown in the towel. In testament, the DNR news release this year says there are some 65,000 gobbler hunters in the Mountain State. For years in the past, that tally was 100,000! The turkey flock has tapered down a bit for one. For two, the turkeys have flat out caused them to give up. The spring gobbler survey compilers routinely reveal that it takes the state's best hunters an average of ten morning hunts to bag one gobbler!
Though it can be easy every now and again, this is no easy task. Every year, I pledge to turkey hunt less and trout fish more during the confounded four weeks of gobbler season. And just like clockwork, I fail to fulfill the pledge. I just can't stop going after them.
Now on this side of sixty years of age however, I'm at least giving more thought to what might be put on my headstone. "Pretty good Fella" comes to mind but I'm leaning more towards just "Turkey Hunter" around this gobbling time of year. Yeah, that's the ticket.
But since I thought I'd rather be cremated not wanting folks to look at my tired and turkey like features and all in that there camouflage cloth-lined coffin, I had to come up with Plan B. Please have my ashes spread on this one mountain and grassy wildlife food plot that the gobblers are gobbling and strutting their stuff about each spring.
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Diamond is a unique solid state platform for fundamental studies of spintronics and quantum information science that has recently enabled control, readout, and storage of quantum states at the single spin level. Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center spins can be individually addressed and have remarkably long spin coherence times at room temperature. We show that the spin of single NV centers in both the orbital ground\footnote {G. D. Fuchs, V. V. Dobrovitski, D. M. Toyli, F. J. Heremans, and D. D. Awschalom, \emph{Science} \textbf{326}, 1520 (2009).} and excited state\footnote{G. D. Fuchs, V. V. Dobrovitski, D. M. Toyli, F. J. Heremans, C. D. Weis, T. Schenkel, and D.D. Awschalom, \emph{Nat. Phys.} \textbf{6}, 668 (2010).} can be controlled on sub-nanosecond time scales using intense microwave fields. Moreover, coherent light-matter interactions enable non-destructive spin measurement and localized single spin manipulation with near-resonant light.\footnote{B. B. Buckley, G. D. Fuchs, L. C. Bassett, and D. D. Awschalom,\emph {Science Express} (DOI: 10.1126/science.1196436)} An associated quantum memory is also demonstrated using the intrinsic nuclear spin of nitrogen.\footnote{G. D. Fuchs, G. Burkard, P. Klimov, and D. D. Awschalom, in preparation.} Scaling these findings toward a spin network is a key challenge - to this end we present a simple method for patterning NV center formation on 50 nm length scales.\footnote {D. M. Toyli, C. D. Weis, G. D. Fuchs, T. Schenkel, and D. D. Awschalom,\emph{NanoLett.} \textbf{10}, 3168 (2010).} These results represent progress toward control, coupling, and scaling of single spins for future spin and photon based quantum information processing.
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